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Waterford and Tramore Racecourse
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Lying on the southeast coast of Ireland, just outside the town of Tramore itself, and only around 12km to the west of the world-famous crystal making town of Waterford, we find yet another of Ireland's many picturesque racetracks. Being perched upon a slightly elevated patch of land, visitors to the track – known to most simply as Tramore racecourse – are afforded wonderful panoramic views of the Tramore Strand, providing a tranquil backdrop to the entertainment on the track.
It was actually upon the sandy shores that the action initially took place in this area of the Emerald Isle, with the first beach race meeting being held way back in 1785. And so it continued until 1911, when damage to the course following a major storm in the area sparked the decision to move inland, with this course opening just one year later in 1912. Benefitting from €5 million worth of improvements since being taken over by a consortium of investors in 1997, the course continues to be a popular destination, both with Irish racegoers, and the many tourist visitors to the area.
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Whilst both flat and National Hunt contests take place at Tramore, the fixture list here is heavily weighted in favour of the National Hunt game. Kicking off with a hugely popular New Years Day meeting, featuring the Grade 3 New Year's Day Chase, the action then continues right through until late October. The major highlight of the year coming in the shape of the always well-attended four-day August festival.
Notable Trends
One of the trickiest tracks to ride in the whole of Irish racing, Tramore places a real premium upon jockeyship. As such, any rider to have previously shown the tactical nous and bold approach required to succeed can be worth keeping onside. When looking at the results over the recent seasons Paul Townend, with a strike rate of 42% and a net win to £1 level stakes of almost £41, and Brian Hayes (14% strike rate, over £37 level stakes net win) are the men who stand out from the crowd. Amongst the trainers, multiple Irish Champion Willie Mullins (43% strike rate, just under £13 level stakes net win) fares well here, as does W J Burke (19% strike rate, over £24 level stake net win).
A tough track for favourite backers overall, the non-handicap chases are the only National Hunt race category to show a net win to level stakes over the most recent period – and even then only to the tune of a paltry £0.32. The sample size on the flat requires all data to be treated with a pinch of salt, but jolly backers may be encouraged by the 67% strike rate and a £4.61 net win returned across all non-handicap events on the level.
Waterford and Tramore Flat Course
One of the tightest tracks in the whole of Irish racing, Tramore's right-handed circuit measures only seven and a half furlongs in circumference and features sharp turns and undulations throughout. Taking in a circuit from the winning post, the course climbs uphill as it turns ninety degrees into the straight leading away from the stands, before another right angular bend out into the backstretch. From this point, the ground begins to descend sharply around the long sweeping bend into a home straight of just over a furlong, with this final section then rising steeply to the line.
One of Ireland's more unique flat courses, racing takes place only over the distances of 1m4f and 2m and, unlike the vast majority of tracks, there are no starting stalls at the course, with all races beginning using the flag start method.
With its compact circuit, tight turns and undulations, Tramore is something of a nightmare for the long-striding galloper who needs time to settle into a rhythm. Nimble, well-balanced individuals are far better suited to this challenge, particularly those who like to race up with the pace. That said, hold up performers should not be dismissed entirely, especially when the word soft enters the going description. Unsurprisingly, given the distinctive demands of the track, this is very much a venue that produces course specialists – anything with a solid previous effort at the course being well worth a second look in the market.
Waterford and Tramore Jumps Course
For most of its duration, the National Hunt track takes place on the same course used in flat contests. The one variation is that the jumps course uses an alternative bend leading from the backstretch and round into the home straight. Lying to the inside of the corresponding turn on the level, this has the effect of making the National Hunt track even sharper than its flat counterpart.
Those tackling the chase course are faced with five fences per circuit; one plain fence and an open ditch in the straight leading away from the stands, one in the back straight and a final two in the home straight, with a run-in of around 160 yards after the last. The fences themselves are notably on the soft side, with the most difficult obstacle being the second last which features a downhill run-up followed by a climb on the landing side. The hurdles course features five flights per circuit; one on the run away from the stands, one in the back straight and again two in the home straight prior to the 160-yard run-in.
In addition to being well balanced and adaptable, those who like to race handily are at a definite advantage on the National Hunt course – a bias which is particularly pronounced in the chase contests. Speed is very much the name of the game at this track, with frontrunners and prominent racers having a much better record than those who race in mid-division or look to come with a late run.
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There are very few films made that allow us to be better people. Jersey has done that for me, says the actress
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Priyanka Roy | Published 12.04.22, 01:19 AM
Every interaction with Mrunal Thakur is a delight, given how honest and heartwarming she is. The actor, who has gone from strength to strength with her last few releases, has a biggie coming up. Jersey, co-starring Shahid Kapoor, an adaptation of the Telugu hit of the same name, releases in theatres on April 22. A candid chat with Mrunal on Jersey and more.
Toofaan to Dhamaka, you have had quite a few streaming releases in the last year. Your last big-screen release was Batla House in 2019. What's it like to have a film release in movie theatres after such a long gap?
Very, very excited for Jersey to come out because it's a very special film. But I must say that the wait was worth it. I saw the film sometime back and I was really blown away... I feel so proud to be a part of a film like Jersey.
What is it about your role in Jersey that spoke to you? Had you watched the original film before you were offered the part?
I had been offered the part when I was shooting Ghost Stories in Goa and after pack-up, I started watching the original film, that is Jersey in Telugu. I was really tired and I didn't think I would be able to finish watching the film that night. But I watched the film till 3am and I was smiling and crying at the same time. I felt so blessed that a part like this had reached me.
The last film that changed my life was 3 Idiots and this film moved something within me. When I woke up the next morning, the first thing I said was, 'I have to be a part of this film'.
The performances by Shraddha (Srinath) and Nani in the original were so mind-blowing. While shooting, I always felt that I hope I am able to do justice to my character in the way it had been done in the original.
Honestly, I did have second thoughts when I was offered Jersey because I was already part of a sports film (Toofaan). But after I watched the original, I realised that the character was nothing like what I was playing in Toofaan.
When we had spoken before Toofaan, you had described your character in that film as, 'Not just another Bollywood heroine giving support to her man.' In Jersey, at least from what I have seen in the trailer, your character seems to be someone who is critical, almost cynical, of her man's ambitions. What was it like playing her?
She's not like me at all. There are no similarities between Vidya and Mrunal, and that's what makes playing her more interesting for me. I had to get out of my comfort zone and I had to make sure that there are certain nuances that I had to get absolutely right. When one watches the film, Vidya should feel relatable in some way or the other.
There are very few films made that allow us to be better people. Jersey has done that for me. I felt I had become wiser at the end of making this film. In our films, we always talk about the relationship that the woman in the film has with the leading man. Why don't we ask the same question to the men? Aren't they tired of playing husbands and boyfriends? (Laughs)
It was really interesting to play a doctor in Toofaan, a dancer in Super 30, a journalist in Batla House and a reporter in Dhamaka. And now, in Jersey, I am playing a receptionist in a five-star hotel. The film is set in the '90s and Vidya supports her whole family financially. She is the only breadwinner. It wasn't an easy part for me to play.... (Pauses) Hey, I am in my car and I just saw the first poster of Jersey! Yay! (Laughs)… I am so excited!
Coming back to Vidya, there are many things about her that I have taken from my mother. The way the women of this generation think is very different from that of women in the '80s and '90s. The value of money, the household budget... all these things I have learnt from my mother. So basically, I was just replicating my mom in this film.
I know that you prepare backstories for almost all the characters that you play. Did you have one for Vidya?
Yes! For this one, the very interesting thing that I delved into is how Vidya met Arjun (played by Shahid Kapoor). A girl from Hyderabad who speaks Telugu... how she met Arjun, she first travelled to Delhi and then to Chandigarh and settles there. She must have first met Arjun at a cricket match, and she fell in love. At the back of my mind, I also had Sachin Tendulkar and his wife's (Anjali) love story... how they met at the airport and how their romance began....
What were your biggest learnings from working with Shahid?
Observation and absorption. He taught me the importance of observing things on set. Shahid is very focused and gets into the skin of every character he plays... we all know that. He makes every character his own, and that I learnt from him.
I was also so blessed to have Pankajji (Kapur) as a co-star. He entered the set as if it was his first day as an actor and he would just surrender himself to the director. Every take he gave was different, he modulated his voice differently.... Acting is give and take. Sometimes, you need to communicate with your co-star only through your eyes. There are so many unsaid things during a take that you, as an actor, need to be alert enough to be able to pick up, absorb and then perform.
There have been a slew of big-budget films for you over the last few years. The good thing is that your parts have been meaty and meaningful and you have stood out even in an ensemble. What's the way forward for you?
The kind of roles that have been offered to me in the last two years have been amazing. I have films that I am frontlining. I think film-makers have started to trust me and when that happens, then as an actor you feel, 'Okay, I am ready for this leap.' There are very interesting scripts being offered to me now.
Mrunal with Shahid Kapoor in Jersey, releasing in theatres on April 22
Taking off from how excited you just got after spotting the first poster of Jersey, do you remember what the emotions were like when your first-ever poster/ hoarding went up?
When the hoarding of my first television show went up, my father flew in from Kerala to stand under the hoarding and take a picture (smiles). That was so special. We took out our car and literally went hunting ki posters kahan lage hain (laughs). The first one is always special... just seeing yourself on that hoarding and knowing that millions of people will see it every day. You are in the centre of the city... that feeling is just marvellous.
You have always been refreshingly upfront and honest, which is also reflected in your social media. That's obviously a good thing but how much does it also hurt your chances in an industry where the majority believe in keeping silent and being diplomatic?
I was once told by a very senior actress, 'Itni honest mat bann... phasegi (laughs).' I kind of agree with her. People ask me for my opinion and when I share it, they have a problem with it. So it's really as good as not being asked. I always speak for myself. I am not hesitant to say what I like and what I don't like and once I say it, I move on. I would rather not spend energy on the things I don't like... I might as well do things which I am fond of.
Everyone is so quick to judge everyone else. If someone is comfortable wearing something, who are we to judge them? I remember when I first came to Bombay, I saw a plus-sized woman wearing denims and a crop top. She was so comfortable, but everyone around her was trying to make her feel uncomfortable.
There are so many people who don't come out of their homes because they are uncomfortable with their bodies. I struggled with acne as a teenager and when I posted about it on social media, I got so many DMs from young girls who were so happy that I was one of them.
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Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar has tapped Brillante Mendoza to direct the production of President Rodrigo Duterte's State of the Nation Address (SONA) for the second time. Like in 2016, the 2009 Cannes Film Festival Best Director is offering his service again pro bono.
At first, Andanar was hesitant to ask Mendoza again to direct the SONA production. The PCOO Secretary thought the director would charge a huge talent fee.
On July 17, Mendoza conducted his first ocular inspection at the Batasang Pambansa compound. The director and his team will occupy one of the booths in the area, where a mini studio had been set up.
On July 20, Duterte started rehearsing his second SONA. He will deliver his speech without a teleprompter as he had to resort to ad libs after having trouble reading his speech from the device in 2016.
Mendoza received the copy of Duterte's SONA 2017 speech on July 24, Monday, hours before the President delivers it. The director reviewed the speech to decide the portions where he can show photos related to the topic.
In Duterte's SONA 2017, he is expected to submit the 3.767 trillion pesos national budget proposed by his administration for 2018. Much of the budget will be allotted for education, health care and infrastructure development.
To follow security measures and maintain the solemnity of the occasion, no camera operators are allowed on the floor of the Plenary Hall of the Batasang Pambansa. Mendoza will use 16 to 18 cameras including a robotic camera as well as long-range, zoom cameras to be positioned in front of the podium.
The PCOO will assign sign language interpreter for those with hearing impairment. Former president Benigno Aquino III will not attend the event like in 2016.
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The State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte tackled numerous topics, starting with previous governments faults to unilateral ceasefire and human rights, even global warming.
From the moment he started campaigning to the present time, drug related stories have been all over the news. With that being said, acclaimed director, fresh from Cannes 2016 film festival, Brillante Mendoza stepped up and offered to cover the presidents SONA for free.
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Join in on the tongue-tingling flavors, toe-tappin' sounds and a great time at the Chili Challenge! Samples of delicious chili will be available for $1 each. Contestants work on their recipes all year and try new flavors and heat levels. There are chilis with beans, no-bean traditional chili, vegetarian chili, and every temperature from mild to way hot. Do you dare try them all?
Each business or individual contestant chooses a theme for their booth and cooks a unique chili recipe.
Participants are dressed in costume to accompany the booth's theme making this a fun and lively family event each fall. The recipes are amazing! "There is always plenty of great tasting chili, great costumes and plenty of family fun at this popular event," said Chamber President Sarah Gilligan, "We are extremely excited that so many cooks return again and again and we welcome any new chefs to the party."
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Zdzisław Mrożewski (ur. 21 maja 1909 we Włocławku, zm. 5 lipca 2002 w Warszawie) – polski aktor teatralny i filmowy.

Życiorys
W filmie debiutował przed II wojną światową. Najbardziej znany z roli prezydenta Gabriela Narutowicza w filmie Jerzego Kawalerowicza Śmierć prezydenta. Jako aktor teatralny występował w Starym Teatrze i Teatrze Słowackiego w Krakowie oraz w Teatrze Polskim, Teatrze Narodowym i Teatrze Współczesnym w Warszawie, a także w Teatrze Nowym w Łodzi. Wykładał w krakowskiej PWST i warszawskiej Akademii Teatralnej. Od 1932 był członkiem ZASP.

Został pochowany na cmentarzu Komunalnym we Włocławku (sektor 21-3-95).

Filmografia
 1932 Ułani, ułani, chłopcy malowani
 1950 Warszawska premiera – hrabia Alfred
 1954 Niedaleko Warszawy – inżynier Przewłocki
 1955 Podhale w ogniu – szlachcic Gadra
 1958 Pożegnania – ojciec Pawła
 1960 Rok pierwszy – dziedzic Wołoka
 1960 Rzeczywistość – Wojewoda
 1961 Drugi człowiek – docent Maczewski
 1961 Dziś w nocy umrze miasto – profesor
 1961 Świadectwo urodzenia – doktor Orzechowski "Kropla krwi"
 1962 Głos z tamtego świata – profesor Choberski, ojciec Urszuli
 1962 Pevnost na Rýně – generał Gordon
 1965 Głos ma prokurator – obrońca
 1967 Westerplatte – pułkownik Wincenty Sobociński
 1967 Zbrodnia lorda Artura Savile'a – Lord Merton, ojciec Sybilli
 1967–1968 Stawka większa niż życie (serial telewizyjny) – pułkownik Kraft (odc. 9 Genialny plan pułkownika Krafta)
 1969 Czerwone i złote – Jan Nepomucen Pożarski
 1970 Dzięcioł – mecenas Tylski
 1970 Wakacje z duchami – profesor
 1971 Bolesław Śmiały – kanclerz Radosz
 1971 Egzamin – profesor Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
 1971 Epilog norymberski – David Maxwell Fyfe, prokurator brytyjski
 1973 Chłopcy – Pożarski
 1973 Wielka miłość Balzaka – Wacław Hański, mąż Eweliny
 1975 Dzieje grzechu – Pobratyński, ojciec Ewy
 1975 Noce i dnie – Leon Woynarowski, właściciel Pamiętowa
 1976 Honor dziecka  – generał Honorat Koszel
 1976 Zofia – Władysław
 1977 Granica – Walerian Ziembiewicz, ojciec Zenona
 1977 Sprawa Gorgonowej – prezes Gąsiorowski
 1977 Śmierć prezydenta – Gabriel Narutowicz
 1979 Doktor Murek – mecenas Boczarski
 1980 Polonia Restituta – Arthur Balfour, minister spraw zagranicznych Wielkiej Brytanii
 1980 Natalia
 1982 Polonia Restituta – Arthur Balfour, minister spraw zagranicznych Wielkiej Brytanii
 1982 Cienie
 1984 111 dni letargu – więzień, profesor medycyny

Odznaczenia
 Krzyż Komandorski z Gwiazdą Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (1999),
 Krzyż Komandorski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (1988),
 Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (1954),
 Medal 10-lecia Polski Ludowej (28 stycznia 1955),
 Medal Komisji Edukacji Narodowej (1978).

Nagrody
1952: Nagroda państwowa III stopnia.

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

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Aktorzy związani z Włocławkiem
Ludzie urodzeni we Włocławku
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Komandorskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (Polska Ludowa)
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Komandorskim z Gwiazdą Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (III Rzeczpospolita)
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Oficerskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (Polska Ludowa)
Odznaczeni Medalem 10-lecia Polski Ludowej
Odznaczeni Medalem Komisji Edukacji Narodowej
Odznaczeni Odznaką Nagrody Państwowej
Pochowani na Cmentarzu Komunalnym we Włocławku
Polscy aktorzy filmowi
Polscy aktorzy teatralni
Wykładowcy Akademii Sztuk Teatralnych im. Stanisława Wyspiańskiego w Krakowie
Wykładowcy Akademii Teatralnej im. Aleksandra Zelwerowicza
Urodzeni w 1909
Zmarli w 2002

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Two college baseball players who played their high school ball in Berkshire County have earned player-of-the-week honors in their respective conferences.
Bobby New of MCLA is the MASCAC pitcher of the week, while Matt Koperniak of Trinity is the NESCAC player of the week.
For New, a senior from Pittsfield, it marked the third time this year he earned the MASCAC honor.
Last week, New went 2-0 for the Trailblazers. He pitched 12 innings, gave up eight hits and two walks, while striking out 10. He did not give up an earned run.
New threw a nine-inning, complete game shutout, beating Mass. Maritime 7-0. He surrendered seven hits and struck out seven. New also pitched three innings of shutout relief in a 4-3 win over Mass. Maritime.
Shortstop Logan Rumbolt, who was .471 last week, was named to the MASCAC weekly honor roll.
Koperniak, a junior from Adams, earned NESCAC honors by batting .625 (10 for 16) last week. He posted a .684 on-base percentage and an .875 slugging percentage, as Trinity won four games. He had multiple-hit games in all four contests, and had two, three-hit games. He hit a solo home run in a 3-2 win over Williams, and scored the game-winning run. He scored four runs, drove in three and stole six bases.
The junior is now playing the outfield for Trinity.
Three other Williams athletes earned NESCAC honors this week.
Emma TenBarge, a senior midfielder from Peapack, N.J., is the women's lacrosse player of the week.
She scored 16 goals in three games, where Williams went 2-1. She had six goals, 12 draw controls, two ground balls and a caused turnover in a win over Colby. In a victory over Hamilton, she scored three goals, had seven draw controls, registered two ground balls and caused a turnover.
Anna Passannante was named the women's track performer of the week, while Kelsie Hao was named the field performer of the week.
Passannante, a junior from Chapel Hill, N.C., won the 1,500 meters in the Farley-Kelly dual meet, as Williams beat MIT 108-76. Passannante's time of 4 minutes, 33.19 seconds ranks first in NESCAC.
Hao, a sophomore from McLean, Va., set a school record in the pole vault at the Farley-Kelly meet. Her jump of 3.91 meters not only broke the Williams record, but it ranks No. 1 on the national Division III performance list. She also finished third in the long jump with a jump of 5.43 meters.
The Williams men have moved up in the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association national Top 20.
Coach George McCormack's Ephs (10-2) moved up from ninth to eighth in this week's poll. Williams is one of four NESCAC schools in the Top 10.
Salisbury (14-0) received all 22 first-place votes and is again No. 1. Salisbury is followed by Rochester Institute of Technology and York.
The first NESCAC team in the Top 20 is fourth-ranked Tufts (11-1). The Jumbos moved up from No. 6 last week. Wesleyan (10-3) is fifth this week, down from No. 4, while Amherst (11-2) fell from fifth to sixth.
Bates is 12th, while Union is 15th and RPI is 16th.
Williams has three games left. The Ephs will play Western New England (9-4) on Wednesday night at Farley-Lamb Field. The Golden Bears have won their last three games.
The Ephs will host Bowdoin (6-7, 2-6 in NESCAC) on Saturday, and Middlebury (6-6, 4-4 in NESCAC) on April 24 to close out the regular season.
Williams is currently in a three-way tie for third in the NESCAC standings. Williams, Amherst and Wesleyan are all 6-2, while Bates and Tufts are tied at 6-1 atop the league standings.


Jon Worth notes that Belgium has launched an advertising campaign called Only In Belgium... and suggests a few ways in which such a slogan might be completed.
That's a pity. Could we not at least give it a go in Britain?
2: ...Can a racist separatist party come third in the elections.
Where paediophiles connect in goverment.
.. . . can drivers live south of a larger, more civilised country and still drive like nutters.
"can the country survive without a proper government since 10 June 2007"
This should be reworded. Britain hasn't had a 'proper' government since the first of May 1997.
Having said that, survival is questionable, we're on our deathbed.
Hmmm. Bit lazy really. Not sure 'proper' was the appropriate word. No 'permanent' government?
Like Labour or not in the UK, at least they have a working majority and get some things done!


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There was a neat article in the Boston Sunday Globe about American Hypomania. Yeah, it sounds like the latest craze, but a new book suggests it may have been going on for centuries:
In his new book "The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness And (A Lot of) Success In America" (Simon & Schuster), John Gartner contends not only that most of today's successful entrepreneurs and businesspeople are hypomanic, but that many of our history's leading figures, such as Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Carnegie, and Henry Ford, had the condition as well. The United States has more hypomanics than other countries, Gartner claims, and these people are largely responsible for the nation's power and prosperity.
I remember learning about hypomania in the context of bipolar disease (manic-depression) in med school. Many of my classmates suspected they were hypomanic, or would need to be in order to graduate. Indeed, when you read the DSM-IV criteria for a hypomanic episode, it doesn't sound half bad:
A distinct period of persistently elevated, expansive or irritable mood, lasting throughout at least 4 days, that is clearly different from the usual nondepressed mood...
...inflated self-esteem or grandiosity, decreased need for sleep (e.g., feels rested after only 3 hours of sleep)... flight of ideas or subjective experience that thoughts are racing...increase in goal-directed activity (at work, at school, or sexually)...
...The mood disturbance not severe enough to cause marked impairment in social or occupational functioning, or to necessitate hospitalization, and there are no psychotic features.
Sounds great, right? Well, I'm leaving out the undesirable features -- distractability, irresponsible spending sprees, pressured speech -- and condensing the APA legalese. It's worth noting that, according to DSM, hypomania differs from full-blown mania only in that it can last just four days (mania requires a week) and that it doesn't markedly impair functioning. That's it. Follow the link above to see the rest, and learn how hypomanic episodes are a component of bipolar disorders.
It's sufficient to say that preclinical med students aren't the only people a little enamored with this disease. Even psychiatrists with a lot more experience treating bipolars think there's something attractive about hypomania. It's a small step from that, to assigning hypomania a role in making this nation great. But Dr. Kay Jamison, who herself is bipolar and has some fond memories of it, sounds aword of caution:
"Certainly there have been studies, long before his book, suggesting that there is a disproportionate rate of bipolar illness in immigrant populations, which is not surprising, really, when you think about the energy and the optimism and impulsiveness that drives people to immigrate," she said in a recent telephone interview. "Now, does that mean that most Americans are hypomanic? No, that means - at least from my point of view - that a very real minority may be hypomanic, though perhaps a very important minority."
Gertner apparently acknowledged that his book has no reasonable proof, just a provocative correlation. He elaborates:
"What I'm doing is putting certain things together, drawing an inference," he says. "I'm saying: 'Look, isn't it interesting that the countries that have been havens for immigrants also have the highest rates of bipolar disorder? And isn't it interesting that those are the countries that have the highest rates of new company creation?' Yes, it could be coincidental - but in science, we say that the simplest explanation is usually the right one."
It seems far simpler, to me, to say the following: the American system, with its lack of tradition, its relatively trustworthy institutions, and its extensive natural resources, encouraged the citizenry to take risks. Many did, leading to an unparalleled prosperity. Their wealthy decendants are now able to obtain psychiatric diagnoses that their counterparts in the Old Country cannot, and thus Americans lead the world in a number of disorders, including bipolar.
Jamison thinks that immigrants tended to have bipolar traits, compared to those left behind. But really, why not obsessive-compulsive traits? After all, one would need to be meticulous about planning to leave home, and those traits would serve one well in American business. And I wouldn't be surprised if Americans lead the world in OCD diagnoses, too. But no one's yet ascribed our economic state to that disease -- perhaps it's not as glamorous.
Anyway, any attempt to prove this hypomania hypothesis will be tough. It's easy enough to measure spending habits, and bankruptcies, but hard to attribute that to hypomania when there are so many external forces involved. Same with hours slept (Americans do work more and sleep less than others), and frequency of sex (Durex says we're #1). But again, is U.S. culture reinforcing these behaviors, or hypomanic behavior creating the culture?
They'd have an easier time explaining our high oil consumption with the obsessive-compulsive fear of public transportation. Much easier to study. I really think someone should look into this. I would, but I have too many other ideas to follow up on right now...
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Grand Rounds Update
Objectors, revisited
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Minder Binder
Wakeup Bomb
Vigor and Calmness
Healthy, Wealthy and Wiser
I Sing the Body Electric
Start Spreading the News
Telegenic
What, me worry
Acro-batics
Double Down
Memory Lapse
Cuddle up to Ebola
Cry Wolf Blitzer
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Fine points
Virtual Television
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Currently the way things get localized in model metadata is the same as DataAnnotations - static properties on some class that does the lookup.
The problem is, this doesn't integrate with the rest of ASP.NET localization (e.g., ResourceProviderFactory) and means you end up with a ton of these static properties to do lookups.
A similar situation is true with validation messages - you get a type name and a static property name.
The problem here is that you don't really get any opportunity to insert any control over where/how resources get retrieved. You can create a custom ResourceProviderFactory; you can't really insert yourself into the "new ResourceManager()" mechanism.
The view story isn't that great, either. If you want to localize a string, you either have to use the static property generation thing over standard resx (bypassing ResourceProviderFactory) or do the full GetGlobalResourceObject call for every string in your view.
In general, it feels like localization is a second class citizen. It'd be nice to see some cleaner support for localizing strings in views, for localizing model metadata and validation messages, and for integrating with some of the mechanisms already in use today in ASP.NET for localization.
Attempting to use a child action that's marked as "async" in its method declaration results in the error message "HttpServerUtility.Execute blocked while waiting for an asynchronous operation to complete.".
The lack of support for asynchronous child actions makes it extremely easy to deadlock .NET 4.5 code. For example, assume the child action makes a call to an 'async' function. Since the child action can't use async as well, it's forced to "Wait" on the async task and block synchronously.
By default, async methods attempt to use the synchronization context - which is blocked. This means that child actions calling asynchronous code will deadlock when developed in a trivial, standard sort of way.
Of course, the "await" calls in the async method can be set to "ConfigureAwait(false)", but only if the developer has access to the library's source code. If a third party library is used, they may use the default await syntax and ASP.NET will deadlock with absolutely no workarounds to the problem.
Definitely need support for async child actions to work around this problem. All of the Microsoft Gurus in the async team say over and over "never block on an async task" - yet MVC 4 requires us to.
better binding support for checkbox lists!
binding checkboxes is still a pain. I'd like to be able to bind a control to an IEnumerable of items and not worry about it anymore.
Often times it is necessary to perform a validation only under a certain condition, X is Required IF Y is checked...etc.
I think its a bit silly that we add a brand new way of working with users and roles, but aren't given just a basic default user management controller with the ability to add a role to a user or view the current users.
We used to have this in the membership system and not having it now has the feeling that someone has moved my cheese. Plus, having the ability to view this default controller and views gives the opportunity for us to see the new auth system in action, and provides some examples for simple tasks. It would make the new auth system appear slightly less confusing.
Surely it makes sense to have some basic operations covered by default rather than expecting every single asp.net mvc5 website to go and code the same page over and over?
It would be great if razor views could support generic models.
In MVC 3 creating global sites is not easy.
Route localization would be really useful for many reasons including SEO.
The culture code is necessary to distinguish between en-US and en-GB.
But all route items is localized.
This should also be integrated with a cookie just to redirect the user to its version if she or he already visited the site before.
I think I checked all the approaches and implementations I found. And I didn't find any really satisfying.
I hope MVC Team could include an easy way to have this on MVC 4.
Razor based pages need a design surface in the same way as ASP.Net Forms pages or straight HTML. This should support dropping of controls onto the page, dragging of margins and padding, and all the other features we have normally in design view.
Compiling views on the webserver takes a lot of ressource, and during that time the application is slow to respond.
I would be great if we could publish compiled versions of our views. I know razorgenerator do this, but it's not native and we only want compile views for deployment, not when developing.
Support for validation groups like in ASP.NET Forms. It is needed to support multiple HTML forms on the same page. Also, is should support strongly typed View Data Models, and both client and server side validation.
There is a serious flaw with how the unobtrusive library works. A user can't do the following api call because it just doesn't work.
Typically in ASP.NET MVC you redirect on success (thus avoiding duplicate post problems) but not on failure. On failure the action handling the post returns the validation errors. Is redirecting on failure and preserving the errors using TempData a common pattern? Is it perhaps even an anti-pattern?
Please add a Report Viewer Control for MVC. Web Forms has one. Will not be able to completely move off of Web Forms until one is created.
You can write a wrapper today. Write a helper that creates a ReportViewer control in code and and calls render on it to get the HTML. I will pass the feedback to the report viewer team in SQL.
It's high time we get rid of hidden fields to fix the non-sequential indices.
So the DefaultModelBinder respects this attribute and searches for "UserName", if not found searches for "un" and finally for "cn".
Helpers like TextBoxFor<> should also consider this attribute. When the first boolean argument is true (force alternate name) the HtmlHelper should choose the first alternate name as the input name ("un") otherwise choose the property name.
This attribute would allow to use models for forms that are posting to pages that are using other technologies or minimize parameter names but keeping meaningful property names.
We are currently migrating from asp.net webforms and a custom presentation layer to mvc and do have to reimplement a lot of stuff in mvc 3 to keep compatibility between the technologies.
We are investigating supporting aliasing for model binding.
It would great if we could get more clarity on when supporting multiple aliases is needed.


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Stacey Cunningham made Wall Street history when she was tapped as the first female President of the New York Stock Exchange in its 226 years. How did she rise to the top of this iconic, male-dominated institution?
Cunningham speaks from her own career experience. Her path to the top of the Big Board was unconventional. She started as a summer intern working at the NYSE in the 1990s and later as a floor trader. She took time off to become a chef, then a brief stint working at the Nasdaq. She returned to the NYSE in 2012 and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2015. Now as the head of the world's largest stock exchange, she is the most senior woman in the U.S. financial sector.
Watch the video above for more of my interview with Cunningham.


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Aside from my childhood home in Florida, my Oakland apartment is the most permanent place I've called home.
I've never broken a bone, smoked a cigarette, gotten a tattoo or gone skydiving, and I use all of these every time I play "Never Have I Ever."
I've made a playlist for just about every occasion/emotion that's ever existed. Seriously. Let me know if you need one.
Tell me something I don't know about you! Or ask me anything you want to know in the comments.


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Coweta County officials limited access to a number of services, including tags, libraries and courts, after a ransomware attack earlier this week.
Ransomware attack hits Coweta County government systems
Raisa Habersham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A weekend ransomware attack prompted Coweta County officials to restrict servers and limit access to a number of services, including tags, libraries and courts.
The county's information technology servers were compromised about 6:30 a.m. Sunday, officials said. While the attack did not compromise the county's workstations, phone systems or external sites, all servers were shut down as a precaution.
"This attack, while very serious, was not as harmful as originally thought due to the limited exposure of the attack to all servers and available backups," according to a statement on the county's website. "County IT staff have been working diligently since Sunday morning to assess all systems and now to complete restoration using backup systems and focusing on services based on priority. Please understand that it will take a few days to completely restore all services back to normal operations."
Public safety agencies were able to use backup systems such as radio communications and manual record-keeping systems until services were fully restored Tuesday.
Coweta County officials have not said what, if anything, the attackers demanded.
"We apologize for the inconvenience," the county said Friday in a Facebook post. "Please call 770-254-2601 before coming to any County office to check operational status. You can renew tags online at https://mvd.dor.ga.gov/tags/index.aspx We will provide further updates as they become available."
Atlanta officials warn cyber attack may compromise sensitive data
CONFIDENTIAL REPORT: Atlanta's cyber attack could cost taxpayers $17 million
In March, the city of Atlanta faced a ransomware attack that caused outages of various internal and customer applications, including some that prevented customers from paying bills and accessing court information. The attackers demanded roughly $51,000 in bitcoin, a cryptocurrency that allows for anonymous transactions online.
The attack also wiped out years of Atlanta police footage from officers' patrol cars. Atlanta police Chief Erika Shields told AJC.com earlier this month the lost footage could compromise cases. It is unclear how many investigations are affected.
The attack could potentially cost taxpayers $17 million, making it one of the most expensive suffered by local government in 2018.
—Staff writer Stephen Deere contributed to this report.
In other news:
Eight Bodies, Some Dismembered, Found On Streets Of Cancun


This afternoon's program serves up a selection of Short Films ranging from Serial Killers to Vampires, Ghosts, and Monsters! Films are different each night. Be sure to get a full festival pass if you want to see everything!
THE LAPLACE'S DEMON: from Italian writer and director Giordano Giulivi. This feature chiller follows a group of researchers, invited to an isolated mansion by a mysterious professor, who become unwitting participants in a highly calculated experiment. This tense dive into the nature of free will is a thrill-ride of sight and sound!


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He skipped school to work in top kitchens – now he's Head Chef at The Bear.
Posted on 19 October, 2018 by Tim Jones
His name is Padrig, but everyone calls him "Paj". He had an "infamous row" with the great chef Marco Pierre White over two pike. He used to run the Welsh Restaurant of the Year, and he says, "French cooking is in my blood." He is the new Head Chef at The Bear Hotel in Crickhowell.
Padrig Jones grew up in his parents' B+B in Cardiff: "I came from a big foodie family, and I got used to working in the kitchen and serving people from an early age. My mum used to do a lot of buffets, and I remember when the Pope came to Cardiff we made sandwiches and sold them to the thousands of people who were streaming down Cathedral Road – we made a bit of money that day."
"We used to eat out all the time, so I got to try lots of different foods. We used to go sailing in the South of France, and we went to a famous restaurant in Chablis near where Mum and Dad used to fill up the car to the roof with wine. Mum and Dad said, 'there's no children's menu here, you are having what we are having.' We ordered, and I remember waiters coming over with big cloches and nodding to each other and lifting the cloches to reveal the food, the first of 7 or 8 courses – it was utterly mind-blowing, French cooking has been with me ever since." Padrig said.
He went to catering college and worked in his spare time with the "brilliant Chef" David Evans at Spangheros in Westgate Street. "It was a kitchen full of really talented Chefs who are holding their own in restaurants all around the world now. I used to mitch off school to go and watch him work and dress plates on the pass. At that age, it was a brilliant experience."
Padrig wanted to work in a French Restaurant and found himself at Le Cassoulet in Cardiff – which was famous for its casserole from South West France made with bean, sausage, pork, and duck confit. While there, he was given a cooking book by Marco Pierre White: "The food he was cooking was so far above anything else at the time that I decided I had to work with him."
So, at the age of 18, Padrig went to work in the Hilton in Park Lane as a First Commis Chef working 70-80 hours a week. "I absolutely loved it," Padrig said. On his days off he would work unpaid in other restaurants including Marco Pierre White's Harveys in Wandsworth. He was then offered a job at Marco's new restaurant called The Canteen in Chelsea, where he worked under Stephen Terry – now at The Hardwick in Abergavenny. "I spent a couple of years there. It was One Michelin Star serving 500 covers a day. It really drilled me and got me disciplined. A Michelin Star requires absolute consistency from a restaurant …nothing is good enough. Working there really made me push myself, and I have done ever since."
Marco used to call him "The Welsh Boy" until a row which has become legend in catering circles: "He had caught some pike and brought them into the kitchen to be cleaned. I cleaned them and left them for him but he forgot, and they went out with the rubbish. I was lucky to keep my job, even though it wasn't my fault. The story is still doing the rounds, and it gets grander every time I hear it. He remembered it – I met him a few years later, and he called me 'The Pike Boy' instead of 'The Welsh Boy".
Padrig left the Canteen and went travelling around Europe and Asia in "an old banger of a car, eating my way around, learning a bit more – because one of the best ways for chefs to learn about food is to eat. But Wales was calling, and I had to come back."
He recalls working as a student under Franco Taruschio at The Walnut Tree near Abergavenny: "He was a huge inspiration to me. I went mushroom picking with him, and he showed me how to shell scallops at an incredible speed. I loved it there. I wanted to return to God's country full of amazing local suppliers."
Padrig returned to Cardiff and, with family, opened Le Gallois – which became the Welsh Restaurant of the Year, and won 2 AA Rosettes. After that, he worked as a Freelance Development Chef designing food ideas for supermarkets.
Then he saw the position of Head Chef at The Bear in Crickhowell advertised and thought: "I still have something to prove to myself in the kitchen, and The Bear is such a great place with so much history in such a brilliant area for ingredients …it has great potential to do something really special."
← The Bear – One of The Times Top 30 Best Garden Pubs
POST CHRISTMAS WALKS →


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A look at the world's skinniest skyscraper: Steinway Tower
One skyscraper stands out from the rest in the Manhattan skyline. It's not the tallest, but it is the skinniest — the world's skinniest, in fact.
The 84-story residential Steinway Tower, designed by New York architecture firm SHoP Architects, has the title of "most slender skyscraper in the world" thanks to its logic-defying ratio of width to height: 1-to-23 1/2.
"Any time it's 1-to-10 or more that's considered a slender building; 1-to-15 or more is considered exotic and really difficult to do," SHoP Architects founding principal Gregg Pasquarelli said. "The most slender buildings in the world are mostly in Hong Kong, and they're around 17- or 18-to-1."
The 60 apartments in the tower range in cost from $18 million to $66 million per unit, and offer 360-degree views of the city. It's located just south of Central Park, along a stretch of Manhattan's 57th Street known as "Billionaires' Row."
At 1,428 feet (435 meters), the building is the second-tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere, second to the nearby Central Park Tower at 1,550 feet (470 meters). For comparison, the world's tallest tower is Dubai's Burj Khalifa, which stands at 2,717 feet (828 meters).
Steinway Tower is so skinny at the top that whenever the wind ramps up, the luxury homes on the upper floors sway around by a few feet.
"Every skyscraper has to move," Pasquarelli said. "If it's too stiff, it's actually more dangerous — it has to have flexibility in it."
To prevent the tower from swaying too far, the architects created a counterbalance with tuned steel plates. And while the exterior has the de rigueur reflective glass, it also includes a textured terracotta and bronze facade that creates wind turbulence to slow the acceleration of the building, Pasquarelli said. About 200 rock anchors descend at most 100 feet (30 meters) into the underlying bedrock to provide a deep foundation.
Steinway Tower has a long history as the former location of Steinway Hall, constructed in 1924. JDS Development Group and Property Markets Group bought the building in 2013, and now they're looking to the future.
"What I'm hoping is that 50 years from now, you've only known New York with 111 West 57th St.," Pasquarelli said. "I hope it holds a special place in all future New Yorkers' hearts."


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Eddie Merlot's Prime Aged Beef and Seafood starts with U.S.D.A. Prime Beef. Only 2% of all U.S. beef is awarded this superior certification. Eddie Merlot's ages the beef naturally to an unparalleled standard of tenderness and flavor. The chef then personally selects each piece for the optimum proportion of marbling, and texture, before hand-cutting and seasoning the thick, tender, and juicy steaks to your specifications. To seal in the flavor, the steak is flash-sear on high-heat grills. Eddie Merlot's has created one of the hottest concepts today; the wine bar provides more than 40 wines by the glass and a very extensive reserve wine collection by the bottle. The bar is stocked with all of the finest spirits and after dinner cordials and Cognacs. Eddie Merlot's boasts a contemporary but stunningly elegant interior design and atmosphere—where guests can have fun, relax and enjoy listening to up-tempo music, while dressed in business or casual attire.
This Mother's Day treat the mom in your life to an exceptional brunch! Enjoy mouth-watering meats at our carving station, make a seafood selection at our fresh shellfish bar, savor hot buffet items with a variety of options, as well as a made to order omelet station, there's something for everyone!
Our waiter was probably the best I've ever had. Extremely knowledgeable, helpful, professional and attentive.
Birthday celebration dinner was amazing! Off the charts food and service!
As usual the service and ambiance was super. My steak was excellent. Regrettably, my wife's red snapper was a little dry - she's more used to the Bobby Flay version.
Overall, and despite having a number of other good choices in the Ashburn area, Eddie Merlot remains my go-to choice in the neighborhood.
Although we went for dinner, I'd like to add my appreciation for the bar service and menu. Unequaled in our area!
Had the all you can eat king crab legs. They were awesome. And three desserts. Great time with friends.
Food was very good though not inexpensive. Our waiter was very helpful and attentive. It was a lovely evening celebrating a friend's birthday.
We always have a great meal.
Keith was an amazing server, made my husbands birthday dinner so special!
Great experience. Food was a ten. And service was outstanding. Forgot my servers name but she was dynamite!
We liked it but prefer DC Prime and Ruth Chris.
Will definitely go again! Great service, oh my gosh the bacon ! Thank you for a lovely Anniversary Dinner.
We made last-minute reservations for my birthday dinner on a Saturday night and EM's was wonderfully accommodating to us. My boyfriend and I loved everything about the place! It's beautiful, well-lit, tastefully and artfully decorated, the music sensational, the ambiance and energy were just incredible. The food...OMG...After eating Wagyu beef, how will we ever eat another regular steak, again?! It melted in our mouths...Our server was PHENOMENAL. His name was CHRIS and he's definitely a top-notch, world-class, hospitality professional. He even gave me a birthday card. We'd return to EM's just to see Chris even if the food had been less than AMAZING. One of the best dining experiences we've ever had. Thank you, Eddie Merlot's!
Katie the waitress was fantastic! We had king crab legs. Some were hot and some were room temperature. The sweet and spicy shrimp was very good.
Waitress Britney was very friendly and helpful, excellent service. Manger Kurt was relevant and friendly. When it comes to food I am very difficult person to please. I order Chefs File de Mar. Not Happy with it, It was less than my expectations.
We're so glad we chose Eddie Merlot's for our anniversary dinner. The ambience is warm and inviting, the perfect setting for our dinner celebration. The table service is impeccable, nothing is rushed. The skilled servers are friendly, and true professionals. Tim, our server was highly professional, and a pleasure to chat with. He answered our questions about wine selection and entree options in a bright, conversational manner.
The food is absolutely superb! The bourbon brown sugar ribeye was masterfully presented, and the most delicious piece of beef my wife and I have had in years. We highly recommend Eddie Merlot's for celebration dinners, or any fine dining event.
Went here for my birthday. Decided to get two entree's as I wanted the wagyu, but the shrimp and scallops sounded good too. Both were excellent but the steak was out of this world. Great atmosphere and staff too.
We had reservations but were told it would be at least 30 minutes. We then sat at a nice table in the bar area but it was very noisy. Waitress even had a hard time hearing. Waitress was very nice and attentive. We Then had to wait at least 20 minutes for our cocktails to arrive.
Dinners were ok. Bread salad and dessert were good. Good company made it a nice evening.
Dinner was delicious and our server was great.
What happened? Eddies used to be awesome. Now it's just OK and for the price, not worth it.
The raw material of the food is good quality. But what they do to it during the cooking process is just ordinary. If I'm going to pay $50 for a steak, it had better be awesome. It isn't.
The mixed salad is really ordinary. Some wilted lettuce and a few tomatoes and a sprinkling of cheese for $10. Naah.
The deserts are huge. But again, just ordinary. We took the rest of the chocolate cake home. Later we heated it a little to see if it got better. It didn't. We threw the rest out.
The service is a little clueless. If asked what ingredients are in a dish, "I don't know" is not an acceptable answer. Go find out.
We might go back in a few months. For now, there's better food in the area for a lot less money.
Overall I liked the restaurant and the food is excellent. I do want to say one thing, if you are expecting to get there and eat within an hour or so, this is not the place. Our dinner took about two and a half hours. The slower pace is nice but does give you the chance to over eat 😉. I do recommend their ribeye, it literally melted in my mouth and their bananas foster, which is made table side, is fantastic !!! We will definitely go there again for dinner or even drinks and dessert.
Waitress said she was offended. We to this day do not know what she was talking about.
Great steaks, awesome atmosphere and the best sweet potato casserole ever. I highly recommend Eddie Merlots for romantic dates, anniversaries and birthdays. Enjoy.
Service was good. We were there to celebrate my wife's birthday. It was our first visit. The reason I call it a "mixed experience" was because my wife ordered a Filet Mignon that was to be cooked medium well. I know, not a kind thing to do to a good steak, but she's ok with a little pink. I ordered a NY Strip done medium. Her steak came out, and it was barely to the medium level, almost rare. Mine was just a touch overdone, but quite good all the same. We had to send her plate back, and our server was not where we could wave him over, after he initially dropped our food off. A couple of minutes went by, and a manager saw us and noticed we needed help. She quickly stepped in, taking the Filet back after we explained. Meanwhile, being polite, I waited while my meal cooled. This was unfortunate, since the manager really stepped up, and the service was actually pretty good. We still enjoyed ourself, just expect just a bit more.
It was clear our waitress was fairly new, however she had a darling personality and overall did a good job. Our disappointments did not stem from her service. To start we requested the blue cheese chips that are served in the bar for an appetizer and she managed to serve them to us in the dining room which was appreciated. I was craving them but they were a huge disappointment and no where closet to as good as the first time we had them. There was barely any sauce/cheese on them and the sauce was lacking flavor. You could not tell it was blue cheese at all! Most of the chips were eaten without any sauce on them. A pretty expensive bowl of chips at $9.95!!! All three of us ordered the scallops which were pretty disappointing as well. The accompaniments were so much better than the actual scallops. They were WAY over salted and this is coming from someone who LOVES her salt! It really ruined it for me. We also ordered a side of broccoli for the table which never came. We ended our dinner with the bananas foster which was very delicious. Overall not a great value.
very disappointing went for a birthday celebration and could not get order right or steak prepared correctly.
We love this place. It's such a beautiful restaurant and the food and service are always good. We love the fact that they change up their menu with the seasons and usually have different specials. This was the first time that I had their "wedge" salad and it was delicious. Very fresh with lots of smoky bacon and the dressing was perfect.
Very friendly staff. Great options. Been there with my wife and kids. Great options and ambiance for a family dinner or an adult date night. Thrilled they are nearby.
Service was poor. I was seated for over two hours and only received one drink refill. It was overly noisy and after mentioning such, nothing was done to remedy it. I even had to have the waiter speak up and repeat what he was saying when taking our order. The side dishes were served cold and the chicken dish was overly tough requiring it be cut with a knife. The French press was too full of coffee grinds resulting in a cup full of grounds when poured. Overall not a very good experience for price.
The steaks were great; fixed exactly the way we ordered! Truffle fries and asparagus were good, although way too much. The crème brûlée was delicious. I would appreciate a better choice of moscato other than d'asti. Our server, Cassie, I think, was fabulous. She made the whole dinner experience VERY enjoyable. Price was high, but expected. We probably would only return for very special occasions.
Fabulous food and service and lovely upscale atmosphere - a real gem in Ashburn!
The ambience was very nice, and our waitress was AMAZING! Like imagine Nordstrom's model customer service and then inject that image with steroids and that's how good our waitress was! The steak melted in our mouths - oh the Lobster Bisque, mmmmmm! Can't wait to go back again!
Food and service were great, we will return!
The only downside would be that we were seated at a table for two right behind the entrance and it was cold that night, every time the doors opened we would catch the draught.


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DOE Patents Patent: Fusion pumped laser
Title: Fusion pumped laser
The apparatus of this invention may comprise a system for generating laser radiation from a high-energy neutron source. The neutron source is a tokamak fusion reactor generating a long pulse of high-energy neutrons and having a temperature and magnetic field effective to generate a neutron flux of at least 10/sup 15/ neutrons/cm/sup 2//center dot/s. Conversion means are provided adjacent the fusion reactor at a location operable for converting the high-energy neutrons to an energy source with an intensity and energy effective to excite a preselected lasing medium. A lasing medium is spaced about and responsive to the energy source to generate a population inversion effective to support laser oscillations for generating output radiation. 2 figs., 2 tabs.
Pappas, D.S.
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
TIC; EDB-88-178977
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
42 ENGINEERING; LASERS; NUCLEAR PUMPING; DESIGN; INVENTIONS; NEUTRON FLUX; NEUTRON SOURCES; TOKAMAK DEVICES; CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; PARTICLE SOURCES; PUMPING; RADIATION FLUX; RADIATION SOURCES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; 420300* - Engineering- Lasers- (-1989)
Pappas, D.S. Fusion pumped laser. United States: N. p., 1987. Web.
Pappas, D.S. Fusion pumped laser. United States.
Pappas, D.S. Fri . "Fusion pumped laser". United States.
title = {Fusion pumped laser},
author = {Pappas, D.S.},
abstractNote = {The apparatus of this invention may comprise a system for generating laser radiation from a high-energy neutron source. The neutron source is a tokamak fusion reactor generating a long pulse of high-energy neutrons and having a temperature and magnetic field effective to generate a neutron flux of at least 10/sup 15/ neutrons/cm/sup 2//center dot/s. Conversion means are provided adjacent the fusion reactor at a location operable for converting the high-energy neutrons to an energy source with an intensity and energy effective to excite a preselected lasing medium. A lasing medium is spaced about and responsive to the energy source to generate a population inversion effective to support laser oscillations for generating output radiation. 2 figs., 2 tabs.},
Fusion pumped laser
Patent Pappas, D.S.
Apparatus is provided for generating energy in the form of laser radiation. A tokamak fusion reactor is provided for generating a long, or continuous, pulse of high-energy neutrons. The tokamak design provides a temperature and a magnetic field which is effective to generate a neutron flux of at least 10/sup 15/ neutrons/cm/sup 2/.s. A conversion medium receives neutrons from the tokamak and converts the high-energy neutrons to an energy source with an intensity and an energy effective to excite a preselected lasing medium. The energy source typically comprises fission fragments, alpha particles, and radiation from a fission event. A lasingmore » medium is provided which is responsive to the energy source to generate a population inversion which is effective to support laser oscillations for generating output radiation.« less
Fusion reactor pumped laser
Patent Jassby, D.L.
A nuclear pumped laser capable of producing long pulses of very high power laser radiation is provided. A toroidal fusion reactor provides energetic neutrons which are slowed down by a moderator. The moderated neutrons are converted to energetic particles capable of pumping a lasing medium. The lasing medium is housed in an annular cell surrounding the reactor. The cell includes an annular reflecting mirror at the bottom and an annular output window at the top. A neutron reflector is disposed around the cell to reflect escaping neutrons back into the cell. The laser radiation from the annular window is focusedmore » onto a beam compactor which generates a single coherent output laser beam. 10 figs.« less
A nuclear pumped laser is described comprising: a toroidal fusion reactor, the reactor generating energetic neutrons; an annular gas cell disposed around the outer periphery of the reactor, the cell including an annular reflecting mirror disposed at the bottom of the cell and an annular output window disposed at the top of the cell; a gas lasing medium disposed within the annular cell for generating output laser radiation; neutron reflector material means disposed around the annular cell for reflecting neutrons incident thereon back into the gas cell; neutron moderator material means disposed between the reactor and the gas cell andmore » between the gas cell and the neutron reflector material for moderating the energy of energetic neutrons from the reactor; converting means for converting energy from the moderated neutrons to energy pumping means for pumping the gas lasing medium; and beam compactor means for receiving output laser radiation from the annular output window and generating a single output laser beam therefrom.« less
Patent Jassby, Daniel L. (Princeton, NJ)
A nuclear pumped laser capable of producing long pulses of very high power laser radiation is provided. A toroidal fusion reactor provides energetic neutrons which are slowed down by a moderator. The moderated neutrons are converted to energetic particles capable of pumping a lasing medium. The lasing medium is housed in an annular cell surrounding the reactor. The cell includes an annular reflecting mirror at the bottom and an annular output window at the top. A neutron reflector is disposed around the cell to reflect escaping neutrons back into the cell. The laser radiation from the annular window is focusedmore » onto a beam compactor which generates a single coherent output laser beam.« less
Patent Pappas, Daniel S. (Los Alamos, NM)
Apparatus is provided for generating energy in the form of laser radiation. A tokamak fusion reactor is provided for generating a long, or continuous, pulse of high-energy neutrons. The tokamak design provides a temperature and a magnetic field which is effective to generate a neutron flux of at least 10.sup.15 neutrons/cm.sup.2.s. A conversion medium receives neutrons from the tokamak and converts the high-energy neutrons to an energy source with an intensity and an energy effective to excite a preselected lasing medium. The energy source typically comprises fission fragments, alpha particles, and radiation from a fission event. A lasing medium ismore » provided which is responsive to the energy source to generate a population inversion which is effective to support laser oscillations for generating output radiation.« less


Mrs Ciara Warnock becomes the new Headteacher of Edenham High School on 1 September 2016.
Mrs Warnock was appointed following a national advertisement and two days of interviews in a rigorous process carried out by the Governing Body of Edenham High School in conjunction with the Greenshaw Learning Trust.
Mike Cooper, Chair of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, said:"Mrs Warnock has an excellent track record of leading schools in delivering excellent outcomes for young people, and the Governing Body and Trust were very impressed with her vision for the future of the school.
"Mrs Warnock brings a wealth of experience that will benefit the students, parents and staff at Edenham High School as well as contribute to the development of the wider family of schools within the Greenshaw Learning Trust."


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at his best, and point to Cornelius as one of the most beautiful and original spirits of the 19th century.
In the song-work of the 19th century, though Schubert remains the rock upon which it has been built, Schumann represents the most directly inspiring influence, even when, as in the case of Adolph Jensen (whose spontaneously melodious and graceful, if not very deep, songs deserve mention), there are importations from such widely divergent sources as those of Mendelssohn and Wagner.
The application of the principles of Wagnerian music-drama to lyrical work, allied, as was natural, with the exaggerations and unconventionalities of Liszt and Berlioz, was sooner or later bound to come, bound also for a time to issue in confusion; to rescue song from which was the work of two men of genius, who, though approaching the task from standpoints removed by the whole distance of pole to pole, may be considered as placing the crown of final achievement upon the aspirations of 19th-century song—Hugo Wolf and Johannes Brahms.
Wolf exhibits an entirely unconventional and original style. He is as untroubled by tradition as Schubert, whom he resembles not often, as in "Fussreise," and "Der Gärtner," in pure melodiousness, but in the intensity of his power to penetrate to the very heart of poetry. To him may also be most fitly applied the epithet clairvoyant. He is the first who published songs for voice and pianoforte, not songs with pianoforte accompaniment, thus finally asserting the identity of singer and accompanist in true lyrical interpretation.
The unerring sagacity of Brahms discerned that the possibilities of song on the lines set by Schubert were far from being exhausted: his practical mind preferred to develop those possibilities rather than to seek after strange and novel methods, conforming thus in song to his practice in other branches of composition. A broad melodic outline is for him an essential feature: equally essential is a fine contrapuntal bass. In form the majority of his songs follow the orthodox A B A pattern, the central portion being so organized as to offer, with the least possible introduction of new unrelated material, a heightened contrast with the opening portion by means of new treatment and new tonalities and at the same time to justify itself by producing the mood in which the return to the opening portion is felt as a logical necessity. Chromatic effects in Brahms's scheme of melody are rarely introduced till the middle section, the opening being almost invariably diatonic. It must however be admitted that Brahms's formal perfection involves occasionally an awkward handling of words, and that in a few instances (see Magelone-lieder, Nos. 3 and 6), they are frankly sacrificed to that formal development of his material which has been criticized in the cases of Mozart and Beethoven. No part of his songs deserves closer study than the few bars of instrumental prelude and conclusion, in which is enshrined the very essence of his conception of a poem. It may almost be said that, since Schumann set the example, the first and the last word has passed from the voice to the instrument. Accompanist, like singer, must understand poetry as well as music: but with no composer is his responsibility greater than with Brahms. Complete mastery in close organization of form was allied in Brahms not only with the warmth and tenderness of romance, but with the imagination and insight of a profound thinker. Concentration of style and of thought have nowhere in the whole history of song been combined on a plane so high as that which is reached, with all perfection of melodic and harmonic beauty, in "Schwermuth," "Der Tod das ist die kühle Nacht," "Mit vierzig Jahren," "Am Kirchhof," "O wüsst'ich doch den Weg zurück" and the "Vier ernste Gesange," which closed the list of his 197 songs. The alliance to song of so dangerous a companion as philosophy, or at any rate of thoughts which are philosophical rather than lyrical, proved no obstacle to Brahms's equal success in the realm of romance. This side of his genius may be illustrated by numerous songs from the Magelone cycle (notably "Wie froh und frisch" and "Ruhe, süss, Liebchen") and by others, of which "Liebestreu," "Die Mainacht," "Feldeinsamkeit," "Wie rafft' ich mich auf in der Nacht," "Minnelied" and "Wir wandelten" are a few examples picked at random.
It has already been indicated that Brahms was a deep student of Schubert. If he had not Schubert's absolute spontaneity of melody, he restored it to its Schubertian place of supreme importance. In spite of all the tendencies of his age he never shirked that supreme test of a composer, the power to originate and organize melody: but it is melody often of a type so severe in its outline and proportions as to repel those hearers who are unable to attain to his level of thought and feeling. All mere prettiness and elegance are as alien to his nature as even the slightest approach to sentimental weakness on the one hand, or to realistic scene-painting on the other, so that for the world at large his popularity is jeopardized by an attitude which is felt to be uncompromisingly lofty and severe. It has hardly yet had time to reconcile itself to the union of modern lyrical poetry with a style whose elaborate contrapuntal texture differs as much from the delicate polyphony of Schumann as that in its turn differed from the broad harmonic system of Schubert. But that Brahms was never difficult without reason, or elaborate when he might have been simple, appears plainly from the preference he felt for his slighter songs in the Volkstümlich style and form, rather than for those which were durchcomponirt. He was strongly influenced by the Volkslieder of his country, the words of which he loved to repeat to himself, as they suggested ideas even for his instrumental compositions. His arrangements of Volkslieder mark an epoch in that field of work.[1]
In the history of song Brahms's name is likely to stand for the closing of a chapter. It is difficult to conceive of more complete work on lines that are essentially classical. The soundest traditions find in him their justification and their consummation. He has enshrined the best thought and the noblest feeling of his age in forms where elaboration and complexity of detail serve essential purposes of interpretation, and are never used as a brilliant artifice to conceal foundations which are insecure.
It is not proposed to discuss the work and tendencies of contemporary German composers—of whom Felix Weingartner (b. 1863), Max Reger (b. 1873) and Richard Strauss have attracted the largest share of attention. The above summary, though necessarily incomplete and confined only to the most conspicuous names, may yet provide some points of view from which the songs of other countries than Germany may be regarded, especially those in which German conceptions and German methods of technique have been dominant factors. Actual settings of German lyrics figure largely in the works of many non-German composers, and these it is hard to judge except by German standards. But, strongly as German influence has been felt in Russia, for instance, in Norway and in Finland, yet the last half century has seen the rise of more distinctly national schools of song in all these countries, and to this result the cult of the folk-song has very largely contributed. Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Balakirev, César Cui (b. 1835), and Moussorgsky in Russia, Nordraak (1842–1866) and Grieg in Norway, Sibelius (b. 1865) in Finland, are conspicuous names in this connexion.
The Latin countries have, as is natural, been but little subject to German influences; of these France alone seems to be working her way towards a solution of artistic problems which has interest for those who live beyond her borders and which bears emphatically her own hallmark.Modern French Song. The melodious style of Gounod, which has so powerfully
affected composers like Massenet, Godard and Widor, has
↑ Their value may be tested by comparing them with the small volume containing arrangements by R. Franz, which are sympathetically done but without inspiration, with those of Tappert, which are models of what such things ought not to be, and with the dull, uninviting work of A. Saran. Many of Reimann's arrangements, however, deserve cordial recognition as both sympathetic and scholarly. One fact emerges clearly from the study of folk-song arrangements, in Germany and elsewhere, that success depends upon qualities which are as rare as, and are seldom dissociated from, the power of original composition. Only a great composer can be a great arranger.
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Happy Birthday! It was also the Queens 80th Birthday today......erm no make thats yesterday it's just gone 1.32am here.
OOO! Happy Birthday to my favourite Roach Decorating Boardie!
hope you have a great day, and an awesome next year of life.
Ah!!! I'm so happy!!! Now I know I will bowl well tonight even though I've never bowled in my life. Thank you so much.
Ooo, I share a b-day with the Queen of England? Marvelous.
Oh, so THAT'S why you're going bowling!
Happy birthday, Krose!!!! I wub you!
you're 24? oh my god you're old!!
lol, 24 is not old.
Lol! Dave! Don't you know I was complaining at the begining of April about turning old? Besides, you're an early 1980s April baby yourself. Lol, I know you're just kidding around. You're so cute. Happy birthday again to you.
Thank you jedi_grrlie and Hellolover86. I wuv you guys right back. How does one bowl by the way? There appears to be a special walk and throw that I'm afraid I won't be able to learn.
Thank you so much MB. You are a valuable member of the Official OkGo Roach Broach Society. You have a great evening!
i'd invite you over to party but i know how you hate humidity.
Hope you had a day full of confetti and festivities and warmbubbyemotions.
haha, you can't even catch me with a butterfly net, what makes you think you can catch me in a glad bag?!?
I hope your bowling goes well, and that you enjoy Arizona. I'll be in Tucson for 32 hours this weekend, and I know I'll be enjoying the 90 degree weather.


Mudbug season is in full swing and that can only mean one thing – time for the All-You-Can-Eat Crawfish Fest at the Rockwall Harbor, benefiting J.E.R. Chilton YMCA's Angel Camp for children with special needs.
The annual fundraising event, presented by Dodie's Cajun Diner, sells out each year as hundreds gather on the eastern shore of Lake Ray Hubbard to enjoy mudbugs, music, and merriment for a good cause.
Last year, the record-setting turnout helped raise more than $6,000, allowing area kids with special needs to participate in the Y's summer day camp program at no cost to the families. Dodie's dished out more than 2,300 pounds of crawfish at the event.
This year's festivities will begin at 11 a.m. Sunday, April 28. The Big Daddy Band will take the stage at noon and play until the party ends at 4. There will be steaming platters of fresh crawfish, corn and potatoes – served up alongside mouthwatering red beans and rice and jambalya.


Watch this space for the announcement of the Call For Entries and the categories available for entry submission for the 2012 Belle Coco Republic Interior Design Awards to be hosted in May 2012.
The keenly contested accolades acknowledge and reward excellence and creativity in the Australian interior design industry.
The finalists and profiles of their work will be unveiled in the June/July issue of Belle with the ultimate award for the Belle Coco Republic Interior Designer of the Year will be granted a trip to the UK. Contenders for this are judged on interior design that is innovative and original as well as the overall bodies of work submitted.
In 2011 the Interior Designer of the Year was awarded to Greg Natale.