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Top SciTech Gifts 2002
Still haven't found presents for the science fans on your list? Before you brave the cold and the holiday crowds again, take a look at our favorite geek gifts to give and get this year.
That time has come once again when Scientific American editors wrap up their holiday shopping. Okay, actually we're far from done. We admit it. But in our annual mad dash for this season's best science and technology presents, we have turned up quite a few terrific gifts--from pet tornadoes and weather stations to million-year-old fossils and ancient pyramid kits.
Grouped into five categories below--wearables, novelties, toys, gizmos and other stuff--this collection has something for the geek in all of us. How would Dad like a watch with a built-in universal remote control? How about a chemistry set of delicious bath soaps for Mom? Have a nutty relative who, so far as you can tell, lives in a cave? Give him a bona fide bat detector. Or a lump of coal--from the Titanic. Happy browsing! --the Editors
Tied to Science
When you have to tie one on, it might as well be scientifically stylish. Josh Bach offers several options among its offerings of colorful silk ties for $39 apiece, including cartoons of atoms, moon phases and rocket ships.
http://www.joshbach.com
Double Helix Bracelet
Wear your feelings about science on your sleeve--and at the same time commemorate the upcoming (March 2003) 50th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA by Watson and Crick. The bracelets are fashioned from spring steel and then silver plated. They come in three sizes and prices ($6, $10 or $15). There are also "hematite" and multi-color finishes available.
http://www.carolynforsman.com/product.cfm?item_id=14
Smart (Alec) T-shirts
Want to advertise your smarts before you even open your mouth? Some of these T-shirts should do the trick. The Bell Curve shirt shows the simple graph used so often for gradingand nicely points out the wearer's superior spot at the far end of the scale. Another T, in a lovely shade of turquoise, conveniently shows more digits of Pi than you will ever need.
http://store.thecoop.com/cgi-bin/coopstore.storefront /3dde42fa048dda74273fc0a814660702/Catalog/1343
Space Station Crew Cap
Is someone on your gift list out of this world in one way or another? Give them this black baseball cap, identifying them as a crew member on the space station. The back of the hat features the IMAX logo.
http://store.thetech.org/spacstatcrew.html
Midas Remote Controlled Watch
Think of ita universal remote control attached to your wrist at all times. No TV will ever again escape your will, at least not if it's within 20 feet. This watch's database covers every make/model of TV and cable receiver imaginable. What does such power cost, you ask? Only $39.99.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5a7b/
Aged Well
Fossils, skulls, and large insects are among the offerings at Maxilla and Mandible online. When we looked, for instance, the 350 million-year-old fossil trilobite was a steal at $56. Also available was a modern wildebeast skull with graceful black horns ($360), and an impressive specimen of a giant scorpion ($100). Prices and offerings vary.
http://www.maxillaandmandible.com/
Titanic Coal
Need to fill stockings for bad children, large and small? Well, for a mere $21.95 you can give them a piece of coal from the engine room of the most famous shipwreck, the sinking of the Titanic. Each lump comes with a certificate of authenticity.
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/scimall-usa/titaniccoal.html
Test-tube Spice Rack
For the chemist-cum-cook, this set of glass test tubes in a matching silver rack makes it easy to brew up just about anything in the kitchen. Cork stoppers keep spices fresh.
http://www.gourmetbistro.com/glastestubsp.html
Bath Science
Fill your tub with a variety of potions and lotions from chemistryset.net this season and keep the beakers and vials for later use. The delicious soaps, bath bombs, mineral salts, aromatherapy beads and candles from this site are all you need to dissolve holiday stress.
http://www.chemistryset.net/
MC2 Frame
Hand-made, hand-painted and cast in bonded porcelain, this beautiful frame is a nice way to display your photos of Einsteinor anyone else you hold near and dear.
http://store.yahoo.com/msichicago/16-538.html
Surveyors' Bearings
Antique scientific instruments can be very pricey. But there are some high quality, accurate reproductions available that will put less of a dent in the pocketbook. The classic surveying compass, for example, was patented by Colorado mining engineer D.W Brunton in 1894. It quickly became the standard instrument for explorers mapping new lands and territories and charting coastlines. This faithful replica has a solid polished brass casing that opens to reveal folding peep sights; on the inside of the lid is a mirror with a centre line. The case is heavily constructed from a machined casting, with brass screws and hinges. It comes in a leather case with stitched seams and brass strap fastening.
www.simplysuperbgifts.com
Signed by Chuck Yeager
In 1947, Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager, flew into history when he became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. The Bell X-1 Rocket Research plane he piloted. You can't give someone the original X-1--its at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum but you can give them a 1:32 scale model autographed by Yeager. The model is handcrafted of mahogany and presented on a wooden display stand.
www.smithsonianstore.com
Astronaut Autographs
The moonwalker astronauts are now in their 60s and 70s--and most will likely be gone before humans return to the moon. But space buffs can still get the gift of a living remembrance of those heroic journeys in the form of NASA photographs autographed by the astronauts. For example, a signed and authenticated 16-by-20 copy of the famous photo of Neil Armstrong reflected in the faceplate of Buzz Aldrin's helmet can be purchased for $299; framed for $459.
www.novaspace.com
Rocket Car
Forget the run-of-the-mill remote-controlled models from Radio Shack. This two-foot long speed machine runs on pure vinegar and baking soda. You might want to send Fido outside before you fire 'er up.
http://store.thecoop.com/cgi-bin/coopstore.storefront/3dde42fa048dda74273fc0a814660702/Product/View/5029
Speaking of pets, why not keep your very own storm around for a, well, sunny day? No need for walks, bones, scratching posts, flea collars or pigs ears. Just spin the cage and watch a baby tornado form. At $4.50, it makes a great stocking stuffer.
http://store.yahoo.com/msichicago/pettornado.html
Cat-A-Pults
Watch mechanics in action as Newton the foam cat flies from one catapult to the next. This set contains five catapults, each with 25 adjustment settings to control the cat's trajectory up to distances of eight feet, and 10 actual Newtons, for a total of 90 feline lives.
http://store.yahoo.com/
explo/catapults.html
Pyramid Building Blocks
Reconstruct Tut's tomb with this 67-piece block set. These hardwood blocks come in 18 different shapes, making it far easier for you to engineer a pyramid than it was for the ancient Egyptians.
http://www.smithsonianstore.com/product_detail.asp?style=67301&catid=10001814&dptid=502
Talking Globe
Learn geography plus national anthems and songs. This globe asks more than 10,000 questions and grades your answers. You can create custom quizzes at different skill levels and track scores for up to four players.
http://www.smithsonianstore.com/product_detail.asp?style=6026&catid=239&dptid=235
Ant-omology
Like chemistry sets, the holidays wouldn't be the same without some budding entomologist getting an ant farm. This escape-proof set up allows kids to watch these industrious arthropods through the walls of a round-walled clear container with a snap on magnifier for closer viewing. "Sugar Cement" puts nutrients into the sand while making it cave-in resistant and spurs the ants to greater activity. A mail-in coupon brings the ants to their new abode within 2 to 4 weeks. It also gives parents a chance to reconsider.
www.scientificsonline.com
Designer Molecules
Molecular models may be the Tinker Toys of the 21st century. Here's a kit that contains an extensive assortment of 480 atoms molded in polypropylene. Three hundred flexible vinyl connectors represent the bond "linkages. Double and triple bonds are easily constructed. Anything from an acid to an enzyme is easily fabricated. And even if its not the next blockbuster designer drug, the models are nice to look at.
gallery.bcentral.com
Unraveling DNA
It's been 50 years since Watson and Crick figured out that the DNA packed in all living cells was coiled in the form of a double helix. But few people have actually seen this stuff of life. Here's a kit that can give amateur experimenters a look by extracting the DNA from onion cells. By following simple instructions users can see the DNA precipitate from solution and lift it out of the test tube. In the process, they learn about cell lysis, denaturation, precipitation, super coiling, high molecular mass, and the double stranded helix.
www.books4kids.com
Portable Solar Array
If the batteries in your CD player or cell phone run dry on a clear, sunny day, just plug the little gadget into iSun, a portable solar charger offered by ICP Global Technologies. The size of a small book, one iSun generates about two Watts of electricity, enough to power a Walkman, cell phone or PD. Each unit costs $79.99 a piece, and they can be linked together like a daisy chain to power hungrier devices.
www.icpglobal.com
Backyard Weather Station
Dreaming of a white Christmas? Go one step farther and make your own forecast. These professional weather stations feature anemometers to measure wind speed and direction, rain collectors to track daily and accumulated rainfall amounts, temperature and humidity sensors and much more. They transmit their readings to remote LCD console/receivers that can be placed up to 400 feet away.
http://www.weathershop.com/davis_wireless.htm
Bat Detectors
No, this isn't a giant bat-shaped spotlight you project into the night sky. This palm-held gizmo is the bat-hunter's equivalent to a fish finder. For beginners, Bat Conservation International, Inc., which brings you the Swedish-made devices, suggests the E-5 Microbat model, with high/low frequency capabilities for detecting most bats through a speaker or headphones. For around $89, it comes with belt clip, battery and instructions.
http://www.batcon.org/catalog/catp3.html
Time Flows By
Here's new twist on the time-honored hourglass egg timer. The Bubble Timer is a polished two-inch acrylic cube that reckons the minutes by the lazy ascent of a bubble through a tube. Depending on the face the cube is set on, the tube has three inclinations--and hence counts out three different times: ten seconds, one minute or five minutes. Invert the cube to repeat the measurement.
bubbletimer.com/
Don't Party Without It
No need to fear the consequences of overzealous holiday celebrating if you are carrying this Digital Alcohol Detector. This compact personal breathalyzer uses advanced semiconductor gas sensor technology to approximate the percent of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) from your breath. Blow into the mouth vent and within 10 seconds a precise reading, in increments of 0.01 percent, ranging from 0.00 to 0.19 percent BAC.appears on the LCD display.
Atomic Time
With the ExactSet clock there is no reason to call the phone company for the correct time. This compact travel clock sets itself automatically to the radio signal from the US Atomic Clock in Colorado. In addition, the clock incorporates two alarms, time/day/date display, indoor temperature, and low battery indicator. It even has an eight minute snooze for an indisputable wakeup call.
www.weathertools.com
Solar Observer
Here's a safe way to look at the surface of the sun. The Sunspotter is a wooden, folded-Keplerian telescope that uses a system of mirrors and a powerful 62millimeter objective lens to project a brilliant three-inch solar image onto a white viewing screen. Sunspots can be easily tracked as they appear and move across the solar disk. Tracing the images provides an hour-by-hour or day-by-day record of the solar cycle.
Bright Beam
Almost everyone has a flashlight--or too many--but the X5 LED Long Distance Flashlight adds a new dimension. Its powerful beam reaches 120 feet but, unlike conventional flashlights, it illuminates that darkness in full spectrum color by combining the light from five LED bulbs. The distinctive blue beam can be seen more than two miles away at dusk or dark. Its aircraft-grade aluminum case is virtually unbreakable, completely waterproof (up to 150 feet), and shock proof.
shopping.discovery.com
Another old standby children's gift--the optical microscope--is going digital. The C2D Microscope connects to a PC and can magnify objects up to 220 times their actual size. The software can record both stills and video. Like its mechanical forebears, the kit also contains dissecting tools and prepared slides.
store.yahoo.com
Adopt a Whale
For only $54 dollars, you can help support research on killer whales and claim one for your very own or for a friend. The killer whale adoption program from the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Center sends you an ID photo and biography of your whale, an adoption certificate, a CD featuring the sounds of British Columbia's killer whales and newsletter about the research program. You choose your whale from a pull-down menu: Balaklava, Clio, Echo, Izumi, Nimpkish, Whisky and pals are waiting.
http://www.clamshell.org/
Sponsor a Big Cat
For only $25, you can sponsor a jaguar, snow leopard or Siberian Tiger and get a bunch of great goodies as well. The Wildlife Conservation Society will send you a limited edition T-shirt, one year of their magazine, a brief history of your cat and information about what WCS is doing in its habitat to help protect wildlife. For $35 or more, you'll also receive a quarterly newsletter.
http://wcs.org/bigcats/#whichcat
This hauntingly beautiful journey beneath the sea made documentary history. From giant whales to tiny coral polyps and the strange organisms that live in the abyssal deep, it contains scenes never before captured on camera. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, it stands as a definitive exploration of the ocean's most breathtaking habitats, from its deepest recesses to its frozen deserts. The entire series is available in a boxed gift set of four DVDs. DVD extras include behind-the-scenes featurettes, interviews, photo galleries, fact files and a Blue Planet music video.
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After nearly two whole months spent in more or less rural areas of S.E. Asia, we were headed for Hanoi. We've just arrived in Vietnam, and even though we'd met several travelers who "warned" us against this country, saying it was too crowded with tourists and the local people weren't very nice to foreigners, I somehow had a different feeling about it.
Dopo quasi due mesi interi trascorsi in zone più o meno rurali del sud est asiatico, eccoci dirette a Hanoi. Siamo appena arrivate in Vietnam e, nonostante molti viaggiatori ci abbiano "messo in guardia" dicendo che il paese è troppo affollato di turisti e la gente del posto non è molto gentile con gli stranieri, io, non so perché, ho un presentimento positivo.
And indeed, although our journey from Laos to Vietnam (with a Vietnamese bus company) was a long and exhausting bumpy road full of misunderstandings and patience draining episodes that didn't promise well, when we finally arrived to our first stopover, an insignificant provincial big town from where we'd catch another bus for Hanoi on following morning, my positive gut feeling was confirmed by the warmest welcomes and very friendly, helpful people we met there. As we boarded a much more comfortable bus to Hanoi, the city girl in me who, let's be honest, has been dying for some cosmopolitan city life, woke from her hibernation (only way for her to survive the past two months!) and, though managing her hopes, carefully started looking forward to this new adventure ahead of us. Don't get me wrong though, I actually did enjoy the past two months and, apart from a very few bad moments, I had a lot of fun. I've seen and done things I normally would never even dream of, and I've learned so much from these new experiences. It's just that, in order to be able to truly enjoy this time, I had to let go of or even supress the 'typical' me, the me who, at any given moment, prefers asphalt to grass or traffic noise to the twittering of the birds in some woods somewhere.
E in effetti, anche se il nostro viaggio dal Laos al Vietnam (con una compagnia di autobus Vietnamita) è stata una strada lunga ed estenuante, piena di incomprensioni ed episodi che hanno messo a dura prova la mia pazienza, quando siamo finalmente arrivate alla nostra prima tappa, una città provinciale da cui partire alla volta di Hanoi il mattino seguente, la mia sensazione positiva è stata confermata dalla accoglienza calda e cordiale delle persone incontrate già nelle prime ora del nostro arrivo. Non appena sono salita a bordo di un confortevole autobus per Hanoi, la ragazza di città che è in me, che, ad essere onesti, stava morendo per un po' di vita metropolitana, si è svegliata dal suo letargo (l'unico modo per lei di sopravvivere negli ultimi due mesi!) e, cercando di non sovraccaricare le sue aspettative, ha iniziato con cautela a desiderare con impazienza l'inizio della nuova avventura vietnamita. Non fraintendetemi però, gli ultimi due mesi sono stati molto piacevoli e, a parte qualche momento davvero brutto, mi sono divertita. Ho visto e fatto cose che normalmente non avrei nemmeno pensato di poter fare, e ho imparato molto da questa nuova esperienza. È solo che ho dovuto lottare contro me stessa e spesso sopprimere la "tipica" me, quella che, in qualsiasi momento, preferisce l'asfalto ad un prato d'erba o il rumore del traffico al cinguettio degli uccelli.
So, just imagine the look on my face as we rode through the afternoon rush hour on those motorbike taxis, our huge backpacks pulling our weight backwards while we insistently grab on to each our driver who slalomed their way through dense queues of cars and buses with stunning nonchalance. At least we were given a stylish helmet with designated space for a pony tale! It was such an amazing moment and I'm not even particularly fond of motorbikes! Actually, the best way of exploring this city is from the back seat of a motorbike. At first, it was anonymous skyscrapers, grey and cold, very Soviet- style architecture. But as we were approaching the city centre, better known as the old quarter, a whole new world was opening up. Webs of narrow streets decorated by beautiful, centuries old trees. Small, colorful houses and charming, old buildings with faded façades and balconies full of lush green exotic plants and flowers. French and Chinese architecture styles merged into a soulful core of the city. Lakes surrounded by parks crawling with wellness oriented Hanoians, entire families out for the afternoon stroll. Oh how I love city parks, and how I've missed being in one! Everything but trekking and hiking in forests and jungles!
Quindi, immaginate solamente la mia faccia quando abbiamo attraversato Hanoi nell'ora di punta a bordo di economici moto taxi, con gli enormi zaini sulla schiena quasi a ribaltare i motorini, e noi aggrappate alle spalle dei nostri autisti che, con nonchalance, fanno lo slalom tra le code dense di auto e sciami di motociclette. Dandoci un casco però! E 'stato un momento davvero fantastico! E dire che non sono nemmeno una grande appassionata di moto. Stare sul sedile posteriore è il modo migliore per vedere la città. La parte periferica si presenta piena di grattacieli anonimi, grigi e freddi, dallo stile molto sovietico, ma via via che ci avviciniamo al centro, meglio conosciuto come il quartiere vecchio, il volto della città cambia completamente. Una rete contorta di stradine decorate da splendidi alberi secolari, piccole case colorate, antichi edifici dalle facciate sbiadite e dai balconi pieni di rigogliose piante esotiche e fiori. Stili di architettura francese e cinese a creare il nucleo e l'anima della città. E, appena fuori, laghi circondati da parchi con "Hanoiani" che praticano gli esercizi quotidiani e intere famiglie a godersi una passeggiata pomeridiana. Oh, quanto amo i parchi cittadini. Solo ora realizzo quanto mi siano mancati! Altrochè trekking e escursioni nella giungla o attraverso le foreste!
After a brief, yet very seducing motorbike ride, we were dropped off at our hotel in the heart of old quarter. We checked into our room and rushed out on the streets of Hanoi eager to meet and get to know this city and its people.
Hanoi, often referred to as the grand old dame of Asia, is a magical mix of graceful ancient orient and the chaotic, wound up west. Its turbulent past inflicted deep wounds on this city and its people whose unique spirit has brought the city back to life and its glory. Apart from being a very important commerce hub for centuries, today Hanoi's old quarter is also known as culinary capital of the very fine Vietnamese cuisine. Especially street food of Hanoi is world famous, both for its exquisite taste but also its vast variety.
Dopo una breve ma molto seducente panoramica in motorino, arriviamo al nostro hotel nel cuore del centro storico. Giusto il tempo di scaricare i bagagli e ci precipitiamo fuori per le strade di Hanoi, desiderose di incontrare e conoscere la città e la sua gente. Hanoi, la gran dama dell'Asia, è un mix magico dell'antica grazia d'oriente e del caotico e frenetico occidente. Il suo passato turbolento ha inflitto profonde ferite sulla città, ma la sua gente, dallo spirito così unico, ha saputo riportarla alla vita ad alla sua antica gloria. Oltre ad essere un centro commerciale molto importante per secoli, il quartiere vecchio di Hanoi è anche conosciuto come la capitale gastronomica della finissima cucina vietnamita. Soprattutto il cibo di strada di Hanoi è famoso nel mondo, non solo per il suo gusto squisito ma anche la sua grande varietà.
As soon as we stepped out on the street, we were greeted by seemingly crazy traffic, which we soon found out was actually quite harmless as Hanoians are: a) really fond of scooters, so there aren't really that many cars around, and b) they're really good drivers, even if it looks as if you're about to be ran over, all you need to do is just keep walking at a constant, preferably slow pace, so that the you give enough time for the drivers to estimate your distance and avoid running you over. It looks quite intimidating at first, but very soon you get the hang of it. Once we got the traffic jungle under control, we were able to have a look around the city and, as soon as we raised our eyes all we could see street in and out, were all kinds of food stalls. Endless food stalls everywhere you look and the most impressive thing was that there were people in all of them! People snacking or having serious lunch, local people: students, clerks, fancy dressed businessmen, shop assistants in latest fashion screams, all crouching down on tiny plastic stools matching the tiny plastic tables where all kinds of, to us new, delicacies were displayed. Our eyes were all over the place and, intoxicated by very inviting smells as we passed each stall, our mouths were watering by now. We suddenly found ourselves in front of a big problem: picking just one dish was nearly impossible! Most places don't have a menu, let lone an English one. Soon however, we found out why no menu is necessary. Hanoi has this particularity I haven't seen anywhere else before. The streets of the city centre are all specialized in a certain skill: there's a street entirely dedicated to blacksmiths, then there's another one where all the shops sell or make mirrors, another street's dedicated to florists, yet another one to shoemakers and shoe shops, carpet specialists, tin boxes, buddhist warship accessories, etc.
Non appena scendiamo in strada, siamo accolte dal traffico apparentemente folle, ma scopriamo ben presto essere piuttosto innocuo dal momento che gli abitanti di Hanoi sono: a) davvero appassionati di scooter, quindi non ci sono molte auto in giro, e b) sono davvero dei bravi piloti. Anche se sembra che ti stiano per investire da un momento all'altro, tutto quello che devi fare è semplicemente continuare a camminare con un passo lento, preferibilmente costante, in modo che i conducenti possano stimare distanze e tempi ed evitare di venirti addosso (a volte proprio al pelo!). Non ci sono precedenze, tutti passano continuamente da ogni direzione. In un primo momento il tutto può sembrare abbastanza intimidatorio, ma ben presto ci si fa l'abitudine. Quindi addomesticato il traffico e alzati gli occhi, ti rendi conto che ovunque guardi, le strade sono piene di tutte le varietà possibili di bancarelle e bettoline di cibo e la cosa più impressionante è che ci sono clienti in ognuna. Persone che si sono fermate per uno spuntino o per pranzo: dagli studenti agli impiegati, dalle commesse truccatissime ai businessmen in abiti eleganti, tutti accovacciati su piccoli sgabelli di plastica di fronte a minuscoli tavolini anch'essi di plastica, in cui sono esposte prelibatezze di ogni genere, e per noi completamente nuove.
I miei occhi sono dappertutto, la salivazione è a mille, inebriata da tutti gli odori invitanti che invadono le narici via via che passiamo i "localini" lungo le strade. C'è solo un problema: scegliere un unico piatto è una missione quasi impossibile. La maggior parte dei posti non hanno un menu, tanto meno in inglese, ma il motivo ci diventa chiaro ben presto. Hanoi ha questa particolarità che non ho visto in nessun altro posto prima. Le strade della città vecchia sono ognuna specializzata in una certa attività: c'è quella dei fabbri, un'altra dove si fanno e lavorano specchi, una per i calzolai e negozi di scarpe, un'altra dedicata ai fioristi, e poi tappeti, lapidi funerarie, scatole di latta, incensi e statue buddiste e così via.
A similar pattern regards street food stalls too, as each and every little joint is specialized in one or at most two dishes brought to perfection both quality and taste wise. So, led by our noses, our choice fell on Bun Cha, a dish with pork meatballs and grilled fatty pork (cha) in a sourish thin dipping served with a plate of white rice noodle (bun) and herbs. Absolutely amazingly delicious! Immersed in the local crowd, we soon discovered that we were feasting on a typical Hanoian delicacy, which although found all over the country, was best in its hometown. Beginners' luck? We'll see!
Diciamo che un concetto simile si estende anche alle bancarelle di cibo: ognuna è specializzata in uno o al massimo due piatti, che sono però portati alla perfezione nella esperienza di anni di preparazione. Così, guidate dall'olfatto, la nostra scelta cade sul Bún Chà, un piatto preparato con polpette di carne di maiale e pancetta fresca alla griglia (chà) servite all'interno di una zuppa acidula e accompagnate da spaghetti di riso (bún) ed erbe aromatiche. Assolutamente ed incredibilmente delizioso! Immerse nella folla locale, scopriamo subito che stiamo banchettando con una tipica prelibatezza di Hanoi, che anche se si può trovare in tutto il paese, dà il meglio di sé nella sua città natale. Fortuna del principiante? Staremo a vedere!
Our first evening in Hanoi introduced us to a vibrant, modern city whose streets are flooded by youths on tiny chairs snacking away as they wash down mugs of Bia Hoi, national draft beer brewed daily and matured for a very short period of time. Music pumping out on full volume from each bar, people's chatter, scooters beeping their way through the seated crowds, street vendor ladies acrobatically balancing their "quang ganh" (two baskets slung from each end of a bamboo pole). All the frenzy summoned in a harmonic symphony of a cosmopolitan city. It's a real urban jungle, the only jungle I'll ever feel at home in! I haven't felt this way since we left Mumbai!
Nella nostra prima serata qui, Hanoi si presenta come una città vivace e moderna, le cui strade sono invase da giovani (e non solo) su piccole sedie che pasteggiano a spuntini e fiumi di Bia Hoi (la birra nazionale alla spina senza conservanti da consumare in giornata) o, in alternativa, the verde con ghiaccio. Musica pompata a tutto volume da ogni bar, almeno fino a mezzanotte, chiacchiere, scooter che si fanno strada attraverso la folla seduta o accovacciata fuori e dentro i marciapiedi, venditrici ambulanti in acrobazia a bilanciare il loro "Quang Ganh" (due cesti appesi da ogni estremità di una canna di bambù). Tutto questo bailamme armonicamente fuso a creare la sinfonia di questa bellissima città cosmopolita. È una vera e propria giungla urbana, l'unica giungla dove mi sentirò sempre a casa!
Che gioia leggere questo racconto!
...e che voglia di Bia Hoi!


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The design of this vehicle clearly emphasizes dynamic style and agility! Kia prioritized fit and finish as evidenced by: power moon roof, a power rear cargo door, and cruise control. Smooth gearshifts are achieved thanks to the refined 6 cylinder engine, and all wheel drive keeps this model firmly attached to the road surface.


This is a landing page for my vTARDIS project which won the VMworld Europe 2010 user awards.
A small, low cost physical infrastructure (or single server) which is capable of supporting several multi-node ESX clusters. It provides an infrastructure representative of enterprise-grade vSphere/vCD deployment through heavy over-subscription of physical hardware as well as providing "production" home services like media streaming, data storage, DNS, DHCP etc.
Variants of the vTARDIS has been demonstrated at several London VMUG meetings, BriForum Chicago 2010 and VMworld US 2010.
I must draw your attention to a technical inaccuracy on this page. its not Dr. Who its Doctor Who 🙂 He has never throughout the series provided evidence that he has gained any doctorate and therefore the shortening of the programs title is inacurate as its still assumed that "The Doctor" is a name rather than a title . The vTardis project looks awesome though!


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I love these John. The other advantage is that your humour (apart from being witty, subtle and sophisticated all at once) can be shared with children and seniors alike, without offending anyone.
Thanks Lise…I do my best to try and make them accessible to everyone.
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Posted on Thursday, July 17th, 2014 by Russ Fischer
A year and a half ago it looked like Microsoft was really going to take the plunge into developing Netflix-style original content. The company hired a former CBS exec, Nancy Tellem, to lead the Xbox Entertainment Studios division, and announced a live-action Halo series produced by Steven Spielberg. Now, Microsoft has killed off Xbox Entertainment Studios, and in so doing is all but abandoning the plan to create original content for Xbox Live.

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Lifestyle patterns of older Korean consumers are examined by conducting a nationwide survey. The data are analyzed using a three-step approach. First, the underlying dimensions of senior consumers' value system are identified using factor analysis. Based on 31 life-style and value items, six factors are obtained. The analysis suggests that the valuesystem of senior consumers can be described using the following six factors: (1) Socially active, (2) Optimistic & innovative, (3) Health conscious, (4) Independent, (5) Financially concerned and (6) Nostalgic tendency. Second, these six factors are then utilized to identify clusters of senior consumers with similar value profiles. The cluster analysis identifies four major groups of senior consumers: (1) Healthy hermits, (2) Care frees, (3) Optimistic socials, and (4) Fragile reclusives. Finally, to examine whether the identified value-based clusters can also be differentiated in terms of key demographic variables, a discriminant analysis is conducted. The results show that the four clusters have distinctive patterns along demographic variables. The examination of the aspirations and life satisfaction of the clusters show that significant differences exist among themselves. These differences in aspirations and life satisfaction are consistent with the traits and attitudes of the respective clusters and provide ample support for the grouping of older Korean consumers.


Whether you've been watching Lost for one month or six years, there's a lot of pressure on this Sunday's finale to deliver the goods. Viewers want an emotionally satisfying, information-laden, logical resolution to one of the most ambitious television series of all time. And yet, with only two and a half hours remaining, we still don't have a very good idea of what that resolution is going to look like. This week's installment of our favorite island drama gave some interesting answers and left us with a season's worth of questions, but it's time to focus on how everything will wind down. For insight into the possibilities for the finale, we looked to our favorite recappers, bloggers, and commenters for answers, perhaps for the last time ever.
• Commenter uberlegitimate doesn't buy Widmore's excuse that Jacob sent him back to the island. Instead, he returned (both times) to take the power of the light in the cave, and planned to use Desmond to get it.
• Dignell guesses that Sawyer will be the one to reconcile the timelines. His life isn't great in either one, and, despite his snarky comments, he looked a bit jealous as he watched Jack drink with Jacob.
• Tights_are_not_pants thinks that walkie-talkie was more for Miles's protection than for a way for Ben to keep in touch with him. Remember when he smashed that walkie from Widmore earlier in the season? Could any electronics function as a low-level pylon? If there's one thing Ben always has, it's a plan.
• Sboobydoo doesn't think Widmore died when Ben shot him, either because he was wearing a vest or because of the "rules" they mentioned a few seasons ago that prevent the two from killing each other — rules that MiB doesn't know about. Don't discount Ben's redemption plotline with Ilana so quickly.


Opioid crisis collateral damage is a lesson for journalists, writes Byard Duncan.
Many states hit hard by the opioid crisis also are seeing a spike in foster care placements. In most cases, the broad designation of "substance abuse" is all that gets logged by social workers.
"Sometimes the information we don't have is even more important than what we know," writes Duncan. Think about who else is affected, keep an open mind.


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Trolls – Video Review
Jan Gilbert Oct 13, 2016 Reviews
Trolls, the latest film from DreamWorks Animation, hits UK cinemas on 21 October, and takes us on a journey through the world of these all-hugging, all-singing, and all-dancing cute little shiny happy creatures as they try to avoid being captured by the extremely gloomy ogre-like Bergens, who can only experience happiness by gobbling up Trolls.
Check out my video review to find out why Trolls is a crazy blast of colours and glitter!
Rating: 3 / 5
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Bed bugs are flat, reddish brown, oval in shape. Approximately 3/16-inch long or the size of an apple seed. They get swollen and reddish colored right after a blood meal. They normally inhabit on cracks and crevices such as sheets, furniture, picture frames, behind baseboards, mattress seams, electrical outlet plates; usually present in hotels, where they are able to travel from room to room as well as in guests' baggage. They nourish themselves on blood. Female bed bugs can deposit one to five eggs each day and may lay 200 to 500 eggs in a life span. In regular room temperatures and with a sufficient food supply, they are able to survive for more than 300 days.
They are tiny, nocturnal, wingless insects. Generally, feed on the blood of humans along with other warm blooded hosts. Usually oval in form and grow up to 4-5mm in length when completely developed. Their skin color is rust brown to a deeper red brown. Also well called as "mahogany flats", "red coats" and "chinches." The adult bed bug doesn't have any wing and possesses a flattened figure.
behind loose wallpaper. Causing them to be hard to detect.
They aren't only undetectable, but they also typically stay collectively and also have a distinctively sweet, however unpleasant odor. Blood spotting on bedding's and nearby furnishings are also indicators of a bed bug infestation.
Their bites can result in itchy, welts over the skin and can trigger allergic reactions, just like severe itchiness.
Bed bugs are found in temperate environments all over the world. There are various kinds of bed bugs, but the usual bed bug is adaptable to human surroundings.
In tropical locations, other visible forms of species also are known to swarm among poultry and bats. On the other hand, the species, which are seen among bats are generally lurking throughout North of USA, mainly in poultry farms.
Due to the fact that they are able to live in birds' nests, they can be found in homes and structures that have numerous bird nests, especially on rooftops. Also, they are known to feed on bats or residential pets. However, their typical source of nourishment is human blood.


The 19-year-old was attending a party in Severn, Maryland, when he was hit in the back by a stray bullet, according to a GoFundMe page set up for him.
WASHINGTON — A Marshall University football player from Columbia, Maryland, was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot early New Year's Day.
According to a GoFundMe page set up for Larry Aaron III, the 19-year-old was attending a New Year's Eve party in Severn, Maryland, when he was hit in the back by a stray bullet.
Anne Arundel County police responded to a report of a shooting on Bastille Road in Severn just after 1 a.m. New Year's Day.
Aaron was injured, along with a 17-year-old boy who was shot in the arm.
Police are still trying to determine who pulled the trigger and why.
The GoFundMe page said Aaron, a sophomore at Marshall University in West Virginia, earned a full athletic scholarship and was a defensive tackle for the Thundering Herd. A little over two weeks ago, the team beat Colorado State to win the New Mexico Bowl.
"The family thanks all those that have reached out through prayers, calls, text messages and visits to see him. We understand that this will be a journey as we all come together to provide endless support, love, and care for Lawrence throughout his recovery. Any support during this difficult time is greatly appreciated.


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Macroeconomics (from the Greek prefix makro- meaning "large" and economics) is a branch of economics dealing with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole, rather than individual markets. This includes national, regional, and global economies.[1][2] With microeconomics, macroeconomics is one of the two most general fields in economics.
Macroeconomists study aggregated indicators such as GDP, unemployment rates, and price indices to understand how the whole economy functions. Macroeconomists develop models that explain the relationship between such factors as national income, output, consumption, unemployment, inflation, savings, investment, international trade and international finance. In contrast, microeconomics is primarily focused on the actions of individual agents, such as firms and consumers, and how their behavior determines prices and quantities in specific markets.
While macroeconomics is a broad field of study, there are two areas of research that are emblematic of the discipline: the attempt to understand the causes and consequences of short-run fluctuations in national income (the business cycle), and the attempt to understand the determinants of long-run economic growth (increases in national income). Macroeconomic models and their forecasts are used by governments to assist in the development and evaluation of economic policy.
1 Basic macroeconomic concepts
1.1 Output and income
1.2 Unemployment
1.3 Inflation and deflation
2 Macroeconomic models
2.1 Aggregate demand–aggregate supply
2.2 IS–LM
2.3 Growth models
3 Macroeconomic policy
3.3 Comparison
4.2 Austrian School
4.3 Keynes and his followers
4.4 Monetarism
4.5 New classicals
4.6 New Keynesian response
Basic macroeconomic concepts
Macroeconomics encompasses a variety of concepts and variables, but there are three central topics for macroeconomic research.[3] Macroeconomic theories usually relate the phenomena of output, unemployment, and inflation. Outside of macroeconomic theory, these topics are also extremely important to all economic agents including workers, consumers, and producers.
Output and income
National output is the total value of everything a country produces in a given time period. Everything that is produced and sold generates income. Therefore, output and income are usually considered equivalent and the two terms are often used interchangeably. Output can be measured as total income, or, it can be viewed from the production side and measured as the total value of final goods and services or the sum of all value added in the economy.[4]
Macroeconomic output is usually measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or one of the other national accounts. Economists interested in long-run increases in output study economic growth. Advances in technology, accumulation of machinery and other capital, and better education and human capital all lead to increased economic output over time. However, output does not always increase consistently. Business cycles can cause short-term drops in output called recessions. Economists look for macroeconomic policies that prevent economies from slipping into recessions and that lead to faster long-term growth.
Main article: Unemployment
The amount of unemployment in an economy is measured by the unemployment rate, the percentage of workers without jobs in the labor force. The labor force only includes workers actively looking for jobs. People who are retired, pursuing education, or discouraged from seeking work by a lack of job prospects are excluded from the labor force.
Unemployment can be generally broken down into several types that are related to different causes. Classical unemployment occurs when wages are too high for employers to be willing to hire more workers. Wages may be too high because of minimum wage laws or union activity. Consistent with classical unemployment, frictional unemployment occurs when appropriate job vacancies exist for a worker, but the length of time needed to search for and find the job leads to a period of unemployment.[5]
Structural unemployment covers a variety of possible causes of unemployment including a mismatch between workers' skills and the skills required for open jobs.[6] Large amounts of structural unemployment can occur when an economy is transitioning industries and workers find their previous set of skills are no longer in demand. Structural unemployment is similar to frictional unemployment since both reflect the problem of matching workers with job vacancies, but structural unemployment covers the time needed to acquire new skills not just the short term search process.[7]
While some types of unemployment may occur regardless of the condition of the economy, cyclical unemployment occurs when growth stagnates. Okun's law represents the empirical relationship between unemployment and economic growth.[8] The original version of Okun's law states that a 3% increase in output would lead to a 1% decrease in unemployment.[9]
Inflation and deflation
A general price increase across the entire economy is called inflation. When prices decrease, there is deflation. Economists measure these changes in prices with price indexes. Inflation can occur when an economy becomes overheated and grows too quickly. Similarly, a declining economy can lead to deflation.
Central bankers, who control a country's money supply, try to avoid changes in price level by using monetary policy. Raising interest rates or reducing the supply of money in an economy will reduce inflation. Inflation can lead to increased uncertainty and other negative consequences. Deflation can lower economic output. Central bankers try to stabilize prices to protect economies from the negative consequences of price changes.
Changes in price level may be result of several factors. The quantity theory of money holds that changes in price level are directly related to changes in the money supply. Most economists believe that this relationship explains long-run changes in the price level. Short-run fluctuations may also be related to monetary factors, but changes in aggregate demand and aggregate supply can also influence price level. For example, a decrease in demand because of a recession can lead to lower price levels and deflation. A negative supply shock, like an oil crisis, lowers aggregate supply and can cause inflation.
Macroeconomic models
Aggregate demand–aggregate supply
The AD-AS model has become the standard textbook model for explaining the macroeconomy.[10] This model shows the price level and level of real output given the equilibrium in aggregate demand and aggregate supply. The aggregate demand curve's downward slope means that more output is demanded at lower price levels.[11]
The downward slope is the result of three effects: the Pigou or real balance effect, which states that as real prices fall, real wealth increases, so consumers demand more goods; the Keynes or interest rate effect, which states that as prices fall the demand for money declines causing interest rates to decline and borrowing for investment and consumption to increase; and the net export effect, which states that as prices rise, domestic goods become comparatively more expensive to foreign consumers and thus exports decline.[11]
In the conventional Keynesian use of the AS-AD model, the aggregate supply curve is horizontal at low levels of output and becomes inelastic near the point of potential output, which corresponds with full employment.[10] Since the economy cannot produce beyond more than potential output, any AD expansion will lead to higher price levels instead of higher output.
The AD–AS diagram can model a variety of macroeconomic phenomena including inflation. When demand for goods exceeds supply there is an inflationary gap where demand-pull inflation occurs and the AD curve shifts upward to a higher price level. When the economy faces higher costs, cost-push inflation occurs and the AS curve shifts upward to higher price levels.[12] The AS–AD diagram is also widely used as pedagogical tool to model the effects of various macroeconomic policies.[13]
The IS–LM model represents the equilibrium in interest rates and output given by the equilibrium in the goods and money markets.[14] The goods market is represented by the equilibrium in investment and saving (IS), and the money market is represented by the equilibrium between the money supply and liquidity preference.[15] The IS curve consists of the points where investment, given the interest rate, is equal to savings, given output.[16]
The IS curve is downward sloping because output and the interest rate have an inverse relationship in the goods market: As output increases more money is saved, which means interest rates must be lower to spur enough investment to match savings.[16] The LM curve is upward sloping because interest rates and output have a positive relationship in the money market. As output increases, the demand for money increases, and interest rates increase.[17]
The IS/LM model is often used to demonstrate the effects of monetary and fiscal policy.[14] Textbooks frequently use the IS/LM model, but it does not feature the complexities of most modern macroeconomic models.[14] Nevertheless, these models still feature similar relationships to those in IS/LM.[14]
Growth models
The neoclassical growth model of Robert Solow has become a common textbook model for explaining economic growth in the long-run. The model begins with a production function where national output is the product of two inputs: capital and labor. The Solow model assumes that labor and capital are used at constant rates without the fluctuations in unemployment and capital utilization commonly seen in business cycles.[18]
An increase in output, economic growth, can only occur because of an increase in the capital stock, a larger population, or technological advancements that lead to higher productivity (Total factor productivity). An increase in the savings rate leads to a temporary increase as the economy creates more capital, which adds to output. However, eventually the depreciation rate will limit the expansion of capital: Savings will be used up replacing depreciated capital, and no savings will remain to pay for an additional expansion in capital. Solow's model suggests that economic growth in terms of output per capita depends solely on technological advances that enhance productivity.[19]
In the 1980s and 1990s endogenous growth theory arose to challenge neoclassical growth theory. This group of models explains economic growth through other factors, like increasing returns to scale for capital and learning-by-doing, that are endogenously determined instead of the exogenous technological improvement used to explain growth in Solow's model.[20]
Macroeconomic policy is usually implemented through two sets of tools: fiscal and monetary policy. Both forms of policy are used to stabilize the economy, which usually means boosting the economy to the level of GDP consistent with full employment.[21]
Central banks implement monetary policy by controlling the money supply through several mechanisms. Typically, central banks take action by issuing money to buy bonds (or other assets), which boosts the supply of money and lowers interest rates, or, in the case of contractionary monetary policy, banks sell bonds and takes money out of circulation. Usually policy is not implemented by directly targeting the supply of money.
Banks continuously shift the money supply to maintain a fixed interest rate target. Some banks allow the interest rate to fluctuate and focus on targeting inflation rates instead. Central banks generally try to achieve high output without letting loose monetary policy create large amounts of inflation.
Conventional monetary policy can be ineffective in situations such as a liquidity trap. When interest rates and inflation are near zero, the central bank cannot loosen monetary policy through conventional means. Central banks can use unconventional monetary policy such as quantitative easing to help increase output. Instead of buying government bonds, central banks implement quantitative easing by buying other assets such as corporate bonds, stocks, and other securities.
This allows lowers interest rates for broader class of assets beyond government bonds. In another example of unconventional monetary policy, the United States Federal Reserve recently made an attempt at such as policy with Operation Twist. Unable to lower current interest rates, the Federal Reserve lowered long-term interest rates by buying long-term bonds and selling short-term bonds to create a flat yield curve.
Fiscal policy is the use of government's revenue and expenditure as instruments to influence the economy. If the economy is producing less than potential output, government spending can be used to employ idle resources and boost output. Government spending does not have to make up for the entire output gap. There is a multiplier effect that boosts the impact of government spending. For example, when the government pays for a bridge, the project not only adds the value of the bridge to output, it also allows the bridge workers to increase their consumption and investment, which also help close the output gap.
The effects of fiscal policy can be limited by crowding out. When government takes on spending projects, it limits the amount of resources available for the private sector to use. Crowding out occurs when government spending simply replaces private sector output instead of adding additional output to the economy. Crowding out also occurs when government spending raises interest rates which limits investment. Defenders of fiscal stimulus argue that crowding out is not a concern when the economy is depressed, plenty of resources are left idle, and interest rates are low.
Fiscal policy can be implemented through automatic stabilizers. Automatic stabilizers do not suffer from the policy lags of discretionary fiscal policy. Automatic stabilizers use conventional fiscal mechanisms but take effect as soon as the economy takes a downturn: spending on unemployment benefits automatically increases when unemployment rises and, in a progressive income tax system, the effective tax rate automatically falls when incomes decline.
Economists usually favor monetary over fiscal policy because it has two major advantages. First, monetary policy is generally implemented by independent central banks instead of the political institutions that control fiscal policy. Independent central banks are less likely to make decisions based on political motives.[21] Second, monetary policy suffers fewer lags than fiscal. Central banks can quickly make and implement decisions while discretionary fiscal policy may take time to pass and even longer to carry out.[21]
Main article: History of macroeconomic thought
Macroeconomics descended from the once divided fields of business cycle theory and monetary theory.[22] The quantity theory of money was particularly influential prior to World War II. It took many forms including the version based on the work of Irving Fisher:
M\cdot V = P\cdot Q
In the typical view of the quantity theory, money velocity (V) and the quantity of goods produced (Q) would be constant, so any increase in money supply (M) would lead to a direct increase in price level (P). The quantity theory of money was a central part of the classical theory of the economy that prevailed in the early twentieth century.
Ludwig Von Mises work Theory of Money and Credit published in 1912 was one of the first books from the Austrian School to deal with macroeconomic topics.
Keynes and his followers
Macroeconomics, at least in its modern form,[23] began with the publication of John Maynard Keynes's General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.[22] When the Great Depression struck, classical economists had difficulty explaining how goods could go unsold and workers could be left unemployed. In classical theory, prices and wages would drop until the market cleared, and all goods and labor were sold. Keynes offered a new theory of economics that explained why markets might not clear, which would evolve (later in the 20th century) into a group of macroeconomic schools of thought known as Keynesian economics – also called Keynesianism or Keynesian theory.
In Keynes's theory, the quantity theory broke down because people and businesses tend to hold on to their cash in tough economic times, a phenomenon he described in terms of liquidity preferences. Keynes also explained how the multiplier effect would magnify a small decrease in consumption or investment and cause declines throughout the economy. Keynes also noted the role uncertainty and animal spirits can play in the economy.[23]
The generation following Keynes combined the macroeconomics of the General Theory with neoclassical microeconomics to create the neoclassical synthesis. By the 1950s, most economists had accepted the synthesis view of the macro economy.[23] Economists like Paul Samuelson, Franco Modigliani, James Tobin, and Robert Solow developed formal Keynesian models, and contributed formal theories of consumption, investment, and money demand that fleshed out the Keynesian framework.[24]
Monetarism
Milton Friedman updated the quantity theory of money to include a role for money demand. He argued that the role of money in the economy was sufficient to explain the Great Depression and aggregate demand oriented explanations were not necessary. Friedman argued that monetary policy was more effective than fiscal policy; however, Friedman doubted the government has ability to "fine-tune" the economy with monetary policy. He generally favored a policy of steady growth in money supply instead of frequent intervention.[25]
Friedman also challenged the Phillips curve relationship between inflation and unemployment. Friedman and Edmund Phelps (who was not a monetarist) proposed an "augmented" version of the Phillips curve that excluded the possibility of a stable, long-run tradeoff between inflation and unemployment. When the oil shocks of the 1970s created a high unemployment and high inflation, Friedman and Phelps were vindicated. Monetarism was particularly influential in the early 1980s. Monetarism fell out of favor when central banks found it difficult to target money supply instead of interest rates as monetarists recommended. Monetarism also became politically unpopular when the central banks created recessions in order to slow inflation.
New classicals
New classical macroeconomics further challenged the Keynesian school. A central development in new classical thought came when Robert Lucas introduced rational expectations to macroeconomics. Prior to Lucas, economists had generally used adaptive expectations where agents were assumed to look at the recent past to make expectations about the future. Under rational expectations, agents are assumed to be more sophisticated. A consumer will not simply assume a 2% inflation rate because that has been the average the past few years; she will look at current monetary policy and economic conditions to make an informed forecast. When new classical economists introduced rational expectations into their models, they showed that monetary policy could only have a limited impact.
Lucas also made an influential critique of Keynesian empirical models. He argued that forecasting models based on empirical relationships would keep producing the same predictions even as the underlying model generating the data changed.. He advocated models based on fundamental economic theory that would, in principle, be structurally accurate as economies changed. Following Lucas's critique, new classical economists, led by Edward C. Prescott and Finn E. Kydland created real business cycle (RBC) models of the macroeconomy.[26]
RBC models were created by combining fundamental equations from neo-classical microeconomics. In order to generate macroeconomic fluctuations, RBC models explained recessions and unemployment with changes in technology instead changes in the markets for goods or money. Critics of RBC models argue that money clearly plays an important role in the economy, and the idea that technological regress can explain recent recessions is also implausible.[27] However, technological shocks are only the more prominent of a myriad of possible shocks to the system that can be modeled. Despite questions about the theory behind RBC models, they have clearly been influential in economic methodology.
New Keynesian response
New Keynesian economists responded to the new classical school by adopting rational expectations and focusing on developing micro-founded models that are immune to the Lucas critique. Stanley Fischer and John B. Taylor produced early work in this area by showing that monetary policy could be effective even in models with rational expectations when contracts locked-in wages for workers. Other new Keynesian economists expanded on this work and demonstrated other cases where inflexible prices and wages led to monetary and fiscal policy having real effects.
Like classical models, new classical models had assumed that prices would be able to adjust perfectly and monetary policy would only lead to price changes. New Keynesian models investigated sources of sticky prices and wages due to imperfect competition,[28] which would not adjust, allowing monetary policy to impact quantities instead of prices.
By the late 1990s economists had reached a rough consensus. The rigidities of new Keynesian theory were combined with rational expectations and the RBC methodology to produce dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models. The fusion of elements from different schools of thought has been dubbed the new neoclassical synthesis. These models are now used by many central banks and are a core part of contemporary macroeconomics.[29]
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Where in the LTA 1985 or elsewhere is this pre-supposition?
It follows from logic.
Let A = residence and B = appurtenaces.
Dwelling = A together with any B.
So dwelling can be:
i. A on its own; or
ii. A + B.
Dwelling cannot be B on its own.
Proof: what if A (residence) were to be freehold? Where then stands your argument?
What about this logic:
18. Meaning of "service charge" and "relevant costs".
(1) In the following provisions of this Act "service charge" means an amount payable by a tenant of a dwelling as part of or in addition to the rent:
(a) which is payable, directly or indirectly, for services, repairs, maintenance or insurance or the landlord's costs of management, and
(b) the whole or part of which varies or may vary according to the relevant costs.
So the test is:
a. Is the house together with the garage a dwelling under the LTA 1985?(there is no requirement in the definition that these have to be under the same title, or indeed that if more than one title, all titles must be a leasehold interest. The garage simply has to "belong to the house" or be "usually enjoyed by it"). Yes
b. Is there a service charge payable in realtion to that dwelling? Yes
c. Is that service charge payable by a tenant of that dwelling? Yes.
Last edited by dominic; 09-07-2009, 14:37 PM. Reason: for sense.
Jeffrey - you're right. Point c does not pass.
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I share this experience and I have always interpreted it to mean divide total service charge by number of flats.
In 30 years I've never had a tribunal tell me that's not fair and reasonable....
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Service charges according to floorspace vs lease stipulation
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Hello. I own a flat in a block of four. The new owner of the smallest flat is disputing their contribution to service charges based on floor size. All four flats have historically paid 25% each, but of the four leases only mine states that I pay 25%. I have spoken with a solicitor about this and he...
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A bit of background, we currently have three directors, we are allowed to have up to a maximum of eight directors according to the articles of association. We are all leaseholders. Last summer the three directors decided to hire a managing agent who is now in charge of the...
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Yes indeed, the company is fully aware of who wants to be directors, that's why they cancelled the AGM....
Thank you for the reply, yes that's the other thing, they have cancelled the meeting without informing the director who is on our side, he says that they haven't followed the correct process to cancel the meeting. They should've called a meeting of directors to discuss the matter first. But it...
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All four owners share the freehold....
All four flats share the freehold....
Thank you for the reply, we are all shareholders/leaseholders and have one share each.
No election process involving all the shareholders has ever been used to appoint directors. The only requirement is that you are a shareholder/leaseholder. They have no legal right to object to leaseholders...
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Need to convert an integer to an enum in Java? The bad news is that it is not as easy as it should be, but the good news is that it is still easy!
With the above enum, one can get the enum from an integer, but also get the integer based on an enum. The trick here is to use a map internally which handles the mapping of an integer (or whichever type you need) to its corresponding enum. This is done in a static method, which iterates through the values within the enum and adds them to the map. There is also a private constructor where we assign the passed value to a variable. This is done automatically upon using an enum due to the parenthesis after each enum name.
To get the enum for a given integer, we simply have to call the valueOf method, like below.
On the other hand, to get the integer value from an enum, one can do as follows, by using the getValue method.
The getValue method simply returns the internal value of the enum that we store within the value variable.
I hope this helps! Thank you for reading.
Thanks for your solution Bo, it really helped me!
That's how I make it working, thanks again!
Parser cuts several letters. It must be next expression in if block: i < 0 || i >= values.length. There are more and less signs must be.
It seems getting Enum using value of is straightforward.
Really cool guy! :) Good solution!
If you used Map instead of plain Map, there would be no need for the (PageType) cast in the valueOf() method.
This code returns a int value based of position on array (declared values on enum is an array).
One observation, If I may, is to check for nullity in your valueOf method, so that you can throw an exception instead of returning null.
Again, thanks for your easy and clean solution!


An employee of the United States Postal Service told how one evening he was handling a very large box, when he noticed something written on it. The sender had noted, "Fragile – Ego Enclosed." In the Greek of the original New Testament, the word for "I" was "ego." Today, we use it to describe someone who has an inflated opinion of himself.
It has been noted, "There is only one thing that can keep growing without nourishment - the human ego." Here are some practical ways to deal with our ego; then, some practical ways to put others first.
1. Resist the temptation to defend or vindicate yourself. It has been stated, "An ego trip is something that never gets you anywhere."
2. Resist the temptation to praise yourself. Proverbs 27:2 admonishes, "Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips."
3. Let others win. In planning and strategizing, let others have the credit for an idea. Peter Marshall prayed, "When I am wrong, dear Lord, make me easy to change, and when I am right, make me easy to live with."
4. Remind yourself of God's sovereignty. All our gifts, talents, accomplishments, etc., God gave to us. In Romans 12:6, we are reminded, "Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us."
Make a conscious effort every day to consider the needs of others, and place higher value on their needs than your own. J. F. Newton said, "An egotist is not a man who thinks too much of himself. He is a man who thinks too little of other people."
Listening. Take time to listen to others. Take an interest in their life. Make them the expert. People want to feel valued and important. One of the flagrant problems with most conversations is that we fail to listen to others. When asked for help, be available, whether a menial or very important thing. Take to time to encourage others. Booker T. Washington reminds us, "If you want to lift yourself up, lift someone else."
"Love is never boastful, nor proud, nor haughty, nor selfish, nor rude," I Corinthians 13: 4 and 5 (T.L.B.).


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Nuclear spins in motion is an intrinsic component of any dynamic process when studied using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Moving spins define many functional characteristics of the human body such as diffusion, perfusion and blood flow. Quantitative MRI of moving spins can provide valuable information about the human physiology or of a technical system. In particular, phase-contrast MRI, which is based on two images with and without a flow-encoding gradient, has emerged as an important diagnostic tool in medicine to quantify human blood flow. Unfortunately, however, its clinical usage is hampered by long acquisition times which only provide mean data averaged across multiple cardiac cycles and therefore preclude Monitoring the immediate physiological responses to stress or exercise. These limitations are expected to be overcome by real-time imaging which constitutes a primary aim of this thesis. Short image acquisition times, as the core for real-time phase-contrast MRI, can be mainly realized through undersampling of the acquired data. Therefore the development focused on related technical aspects such as pulse sequence design, k-space encoding schemes and image reconstruction. A radial encoding scheme was experimentally found to be robust to motion and less sensitive to undersampling than Cartesian encoding. Radial encoding was combined with a FLASH acquisition technique for building an efficient real-time phase-contrast MRI sequence. The sequence was further optimized through overlapping of gradients to achieve the shortest possible echo time. Regularized nonlinear inverse reconstruction (NLINV), a technique which jointly estimates the image content and its corresponding coil sensitivities, was used for image reconstruction. NLINV was adapted specifically for phase-contrast MRI to produce both Magnitude images and phase-contrast maps. Real-time phase-contrast MRI therefore combined two highly undersampled (up to a factor of 30) radial gradient-echo acquisitions with and without a flow-encoding gradient with modified NLINV reconstructions. The developed method achieved real-time phase-contrast MRI at both high spatial (1.3 mm) and temporal resolution (40 ms). Applications to healthy human subjects as well as preliminary studies of patients demonstrated real-time phase-contrast MRI to offer improved patient compliance (e.g., free breathing) and immediate access to physiological variations of flow parameters (e.g., response to enhanced intrathoracic pressure). In most cases, quantitative blood flow was measured in the ascending aorta as an important blood vessel of the cardiovascular circulation system commonly studied in the clinic. The performance of real-time phase-contrast MRI was validated in comparison to standard Cine phase-contrast MRI using studies of flow phantoms as well as under in vivo conditions. The evaluations confirmed good agreement for comparable results. As a further extension to real-time phase-contrast MRI, this thesis implemented and explored a dual-echo phase-contrast MRI method which employs two sequential gradient echoes with and without flow encoding. The introduction of a flow-encoding gradient in between the two echoes aids in the further reduction of acquisition time. Although this technique was efficient under in vitro conditions, in vivo studies showed the influence of additional motion-induced Phase contributions. Due to these additional temporal phase information, the approach showed Little promise for quantitative flow MRI. As a further method three-dimensional real-time phase-contrast MRI was developed in this thesis to visualize and quantify multi-directional flow at about twice the measuring time of the standard real-time MRI method, i.e. at about 100 ms temporal resolution. This was achieved through velocity mapping along all three physical gradient directions. Although the method is still too slow to adequately cover cardiovascular blood flow, the preliminary results were found to be promising for future applications in tissues and organ systems outside the heart. Finally, future developments are expected to benefit from the adaptation of model-based reconstruction techniques to real-time phase-contrast MRI.


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was three months late with payments. According to Meyers, she was told to default on the mortgage in order to apply for a modification. Meyers testified that she followed this advice, made a down payment and faxed over a hardship letter along with financial documentation. Meyers claimed that the plaintiff kept losing the documents and that she had to re-fax the information numerous times.
by the defendants (see e.g. EMC Mortgage Co v Gross, 289 AD2d 438 [2d Dept 2001]).
ORDERED that the complaint to foreclose the mortgage is dismissed.
its about fliping time the judges help us. wells comes off like some dignified servicer that does everyhting right. mean while i am sitting waiting for a hamp loan with appraisla fraud siiting in my mortgage paper work. so they are not the baby obama thinks they are.
A loan modification? Forget about it. Give the property owner damages. Big damages. Three times the damages. Millions in damages for having treated them terribly.


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Only Fools and Horses' Raquel actress Tessa Peake-Jones looks unrecognisable 30 years on
Updated: 8:05, 10 Dec 2021
ONLY Fools and Horses star Tessa Peake-Jones first appeared in the iconic sitcom 33 years ago - and she looks completely unrecognisable now.
Fans of the hit BBC show have been left wondering what the actors have been up to since it ended in 2003 - in particular beloved character Raquel Turner.
Tessa Peake-Jones played the iconic role of Raquel Turner in Only Fools and Horses
The 64-year-old continues to carve out a very successful acting career
Raquel deserved a medal for putting up with Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter for all those years.
Actress Tessa played the iconic role in the sitcom from 1988 and is one of the most recognisable faces in British comedy history.
Despite life's many challenges, Raquel and Del Boy lived happily at their Peckham flat with their son Damien until the show ended in 2003.
The now 64-year-old is famed for her portrayal of straight-talking Raquel, but what else has she been up to since the final episode?
During her time on Only Fools and Horses, Tessa also appeared in a long list of other television shows, as well as movies, including Up the Garden Path, So Haunt Me, The Demon Headmaster and Waking the Dead.
After Only Fools' final episode aired, the only way was up for Tessa as she continues to carve out a very successful acting career.
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To date, she has played major parts in some of the UK's most popular dramas such as ITV's Unforgotten, Midsomer Murders, Marchlands, Doctor Who and Holby City.
Much like Tessa, another actor in Patrick Murray - who portrayed Mickey Pearce - also looks completely unrecognisable.
As one of the show's most underrated characters came in the shape and size of Mickey - essentially a 'frenemy' of Rodney - often running off with his girlfriends or swindling him out of money.
During a 2018 appearance of Loose Women, Murray revealed he'd gone to Thailand for 10 years where he had met his wife.
However, Murray later faced the heartache of being separated from his Thai wife and their daughter Josie following a visa row.
It was revealed the Home Office had denied a visa to his wife and daughter on the grounds he didn't earn enough money to support them.
You can catch both Tessa and Patrick in Only Fools and Horses which is available to stream on BritBox.
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Tessa, right, appeared alongside former co-star Gwyneth Strong - who played Cassandra Trotter - on Loose Women back in 2018
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Presented by: Nancy Christ, Planning and Environmental Coordinator for the BLM Renewable Energy Coordination Office in Las Vegas.
Searchlight Wind Energy, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Duke Energy, is proposing to develop a 200-megawatt wind energy generation facility on public land located near Searchlight, Nevada, approximately 60 miles southeast of Las Vegas. The proposed project would include up to 96 wind turbines.
Solar NV meets monthly and everyone is invited!
The UNLV Solar Decathalon Team will compete in the 2013 Department of Energy Solar Decathalon.
Student team leaders and their faculty advisor will present their project at Solar NV's monthly meeting on April 19th. Here is a colorful description of The Autonomy House project from Team Las Vegas (PDF).
The Solar Decathlon is a serious challenge and only twenty collegiate teams are chosen to compete in this prestigious biennial event, first held in 2002. The next one will take place in the fall of 2013 and it is special, for a few reasons. All previous Solar Decathlons have been held in Washington, D.C. In 2013, it will take place in sunny Orange County, California. That puts it into easy driving distance for Southern Nevadans. What a great opportunity!
Note: We've changed meeting locations, day of the week and starting time!
6:30 PM on the third Thursday of every month. Our next meeting is March 15th.
Comments from our members and meeting attendees have mentioned an array of interests from homeowners looking to maximize their own efficiency or lower their footprints to citizens looking to get involved on a community or regional level. This panel will speak about energy efficiency on the personal homeowner's level, the business level, and the community level.
6:30 PM on the third Thursday of every month. Our next meeting is February 16th.
Our meetings feature speakers from a variety of renewable energy disciplines and are also a great place to network with people who share an interest in renewable energy.
Greg Helseth is the Southern Nevada Renewable Energy Manager for the Bureau of Land Management. Stationed in Las Vegas, he had been with the BLM for three years, managing the Renewable Energy Coordination Office Southern Nevada District. Greg successfully accomplished two fast track Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) in 2010 and has the first solar energy site on federal land sending power to the grid. Southern Nevada has 5 EIS (4 solar, 1 wind) processing now. Before the BLM, Greg worked as a Mechanical Engineer, Senior Mechanical Engineer, and Engineering Manager for more than 15 years. He recently graduated from the University of Phoenix with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management Green and Sustainable Enterprise.
How to get solar for your home or business, and finance it too!
Solar NV board member and electrician/solar installer Guy Snow will give a presentation that will teach you everything you need to know about getting that solar installation you've always wanted. Come prepared to learn and ask questions from one of the most experienced and busy installers in town!
Then, learn about a great financing option available from US Bank, as branch manager Denise Lyon will be speaking and providing information about their solar financing programs!
We hope to see you at December's meeting! It is open to the public.
November's event is a very special opportunity to learn about a major solar project in our backyard, BrightSource's Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) in construction near Primm, NV. Solar NV thanks the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for orgainzing this meeting! Members from both groups and the public will be in attendance.
Todd Stewart P.E., BrightSource's Senior Director for Project Development, is our guest speaker. BrightSource's main office is in Oakland, CA, however as a fellow engineer Todd is visiting for our event – please come to this rare opportunity!
ISEGS is a 3-plant, 392-megawatt solar complex using mirrors to focus the power of the sun on solar receivers atop power towers. The electricity generated by all three plants is enough to serve more than 140,000 homes in California during the peak hours of the day. The complex is located in Ivanpah, about five miles from the California-Nevada border, on federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The project – which counts RG Solar, Google and BrightSource as equity investors – is currently the largest solar plant under construction in the world. The project is being constructed by Bechtel.
For more detailed information on the project, visit IvanpahSolar.com.
We hope to see you at this special event! It is open to the public.


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I have been using the new tools and equipment I purchased on my visit to Yarndale. I have been able to clip and grip three different pieces of kit on to the seat of a tall wooden kitchen stool, so each tool can be selected and used without having to set it up each time- brilliant!
First to show you is this lovely wooden skein winder. It makes winding my hand spun yarn into balls quick and simple. An umbrella design function means it will open to the desired size and fold away when not in use.
My yarn looks beautiful wound into neat balls all ready to use.
Last weekend we took a trip to the mainland and travelled up country to Yorkshire to visit the Yarndale festival of creativity. It was long way to journey from the Isle of Wight but with gorgeous sunny weather and mild autumn feel in the air meant we made a little holiday of it, as we browsed little places on route and went on to visit family afterwards.
Arriving early in the town of Skipton allowed us time to explore this pretty little place on market day. After a breakfast in one of the cafes we drove out to the Auction Mart where Yarndale was being held. I was amazed by the event's size and the amount of visitors attending. Most of all I was in total heaven at all the lovely woolliness!!
I highly recommend Yarndale as a really good day out and I met some wonderful business owners/crafters and fellow enthusiasts of all things wool related.
Yes, I did come home with a whole stash of goodies! Some new equipment- skein winder, stick shuttle and fringe twister, something I will blog about when I have a play with them. Wool for weaving, wool for knitting, wool for carding, wool for spinning.
I also treated myself to some lovely handmade items. Knowing the work, care and skill that each crafter has put into them gives me a sense of understanding and enjoyment for such simple pleasures. I have a pair of hand warmers in angora rabbit spun yarn, a hand knitted scarf in hand dyed yarns and a beautiful scarf pin made of beech wood.


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