Day 38 – St. Augustine, FL ! ! !
It's done, in the books, checked off the list! We had a short 60 mile ride into St. Augustine today but were all awake well before dawn and anxious to hit the road. After going through our morning ritual of packing panniers, filling water bottles and checking tire pressure for the last time, we pulled out just after daybreak.
Gretchen drove most of the way from Louisville last night but stopped 100 miles outside of town, driving the rest of the way this morning. We started earlier than she did and stopped for coffee a couple of hours into the ride to kill some time. Buck had some family coming in as well. We were in St. Augustine before 11:30 AM, met up with Gretchen and headed through downtown and toward the beach. Today was all about just getting to the beach and dipping the bikes into the water!
After hanging on the beach for quite a while we headed across the street for our last lunch together, relived some of our our experiences and told a few stories. After spending pretty much every hour of every day together for the last 38 days, the trip was over and it was time for everyone to get back to their normal lives. Buck left for Atlanta after lunch. Baptiste found a youth hostel right in the heart of St. Augustine ($22 per night including breakfast), 8-10 people in the same room but they actually had beds. Gretchen and I are staying at a hotel in St. Augustine Beach for the next few days before heading back. We came back into town this evening to meet Baptiste for a celebratory dinner. He is going to come by the hotel tomorrow and hang out for part of the day on the beach and then will be back on his bike headed for Miami (restless soul).
I think I'm too tired right now to put it into proper perspective, but I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and feel lucky to have shared it with Buck, Baptiste and Ben. Thanks again to my family and everyone for all of their support and well wishes!
It was still raining this morning (fit my mood after watching UK lose to Uconn last night) so we waited around until 10:00 AM or so before we started riding, traveling 65 miles to Starke. We were about 120 miles from St. Augustine to start the day and were going to spread it out over three days (which would have been hard to go that slow), to allow for some family to get into St. Augustine before we finished. It looks like Gretchen (my wife) will be there tomorrow morning and Buck's people will also be there mid-day so we are going to go ahead and finish tomorrow, probably around 1:00 PM. The storms have moved out so we should have a clear ride.
Donations to The Dream Factory are still coming in. Including checks mailed to their office, and online donations, the total is approaching $4,500. Many thanks to everyone who has supported me with encouraging emails, texts and phone calls and by donating to The Dream Factory!
I quit taking pictures of livestock a while back. There are only so many horses, cows, goats, sheep, etc. you can take pictures of as you roll through the countryside…….but, I saw a steer today with horns bigger than anything I saw in Texas, right here in Florida.
Buck is heading to Atlanta tomorrow afternoon and Baptiste plans to hang around St. Augustine for a few days before riding down to Miami to catch his cruise to Spain. Gretchen and I plan to stay in St. Augustine for a few days as well to see the city and visit some family in the area. Ben is still riding and has made good progress since struggling through the hilly parts of the ride between California and Austin, Texas. He is a few days behind us but should finish over the weekend. I give him a lot of credit for sticking with it and riding the last half of the trip by himself.
As I draw closer to the end of the trip each day takes on a little different perspective. In the beginning the distance seemed so far, and the daily "bites" so small, that I tended to just focus on the current day's ride and maybe the next day's destination without thinking much about the end of the trip. My body was adjusting to the mental and physical demands of riding long distances everyday, missing family and friends, something I couldn't/didn't replicate in training. I didn't have much extended bike touring experience (meaning I didn't have any) and the farthest I had ridden my bike at one time before I started training for the trip was maybe 40 miles. I was used to the "grind" from running marathons in the past but doing it everyday all day is a different animal. It's kind of self regulating, I think most people in decent physical shape could do it, just a matter of how long it would take. We have now ridden 36 straight days taking only a couple of lower mileage rest days. It looks like we will finish without taking any days off which wasn't really a goal, just kind of worked out that way.
The countryside and expanse are so enormous you feel very small in comparison, especially out west. Cycling provides the time and opportunity to appreciate the nuances and enormity of it all. The other "half" of the equation is the people you talk to everyday which has been a lot of fun as well. If anyone reading this is considering doing something similar I say just make the time and go do it.
When traveling on a bike self supported, the normal conveniences aren't available, priorities become very short term….constantly checking the weather, wind strength/direction, lodging/camping options, maintaining your bike and equipment, eating, hydrating, eating, hydrating, applying sunscreen, reapplying sunscreen, washing your bike shorts/shirts/socks, putting air in the tires, changing flats, chamois lubricant, ibuprofen (a lot in the beginning…not much now), and so on. You get into a physical and mental routine of getting up and doing the same thing every morning, knowing you have many days of exploring and riding in front of you. I'm sure it's a little different for everyone. Baptiste is much less regimented in his approach and thinks we plan too much…..but at the end of the day his objectives and perspective at 29 and touring the world are different than mine or Buck's at 64 years old.
Yesterday we rolled into Tallahassee, riding through Florida State's campus and downtown after 66 miles and called it a day. The countryside through the heart of Florida is more picturesque than I had imagined, very green, large trees with some rolling hills mixed in. We also crossed into the eastern time zone yesterday which was another mini milestone. This morning we got started early with storms in the area and knocked out 88 miles by mid afternoon, stopping in Live Oak. An hour or so later it started pouring and hasn't stopped. The storms are supposed to continue tonight and move out tomorrow then be clear for the next few days.
As it stands now I plan to finish Thursday mid morning in St. Augustine.
Here are a couple pics from the day, it was overcast so didn't take too many.
The rain was all around us today but we were lucky and rode the entire 93 miles to the Marianna, FL area without getting wet. Paul rode the first 30 miles with us to Defuniak Springs where Ellen was waiting. They jumped in the car and got on with their 28th anniversary celebration and vacation in Destin about 30 miles away (where it rained much of the day). It's halftime of the Kentucky vs Wisconsin game right now……another nail biter.
Thoughts right now are that we will finish Wednesday afternoon or Thursday mid-day unless delayed by weather. The pic below is the map of the route into St. Augustine. We finish riding into town on King Street where I assume we will find some water at the end of it to drop the front wheels in……will update obviously as we get closer.
We left Biloxi early Thursday morning with the hopes of getting a jump on the traffic. The sun was just coming up as we crossed the causeway out of town.
We saw our first Waffle House of the trip and stopped for breakfast (I don't think Baptiste was terribly impressed). Buck had his first flat tire since El Paso where he installed some tube liners after a rough string of flats. A few hours later we checked another state off the list as we entered Alabama. While we were stopped taking pics of the Alabama welcome sign, two French Canadians rolled up on their bikes. Baptiste was thrilled to have someone to speak French with.
We continued on to Dauphin Island where we took the ferry 3-4 miles (45 minutes) over to Fort Morgan and continued on 27 miles or so to Gulf Shores and Orange Beach for a daily total of 92 miles (not including the ferry ride). The ferry only leaves every 90 minutes and we missed the 2:00 PM ferry by a few minutes and had to wait the hour and a half for the 3:30 PM departure time.
After the big push on Thursday we started Friday just a few miles from the Florida border. We started riding in some very heavy fog but it burned off after an hour or two as we rode toward Pensacola.
The forecast was for rain this afternoon and we made it most of the way to Crestview before getting caught in the storm and rode the last 15 miles or so in a steady rain. We had another strong day with 86 miles covered. Buck continues to nurse his sore leg but seems to be managing.
The highlight of the day was meeting up with Paul and Ellen Wilson. They are headed to Destin for vacation but left a day early to come find me on their way. Paul is a close childhood friend (we grew up next to each other on Green Manor Drive). In addition to being an old friend, Ellen also does great work for The Dream Factory at the Louisville headquarters location. Tomorrow is their 28th wedding anniversary! Paul is going to ride with us for a few hours in the morning before Ellen scoops him up and they head down to Destin.
We are well ahead of schedule with the mileage we have been logging the last couple of weeks. We have about 450 miles left and can see light at the end of the tunnel!
We had an uneventful but longish 92 mile ride on "Day 30″ from Jackson to Bogalusa, LA. Buck has been nursing a lower leg problem the last couple of days but we haven't really cut down on the miles. He thought he might have to take a day or two off but has been icing it in the evenings and it hasn't gotten any worse. Bogalusa is just a few miles from the Mississippi border and when we headed out this morning we crossed into Mississippi almost immediately.
We stopped 20 miles into the ride in Poplarsville, MS for breakfast and then made our way down to Gulfport and stopped in Biloxi on Mississippi's Gulf Coast for about 82 miles on the day. This area was more or less destroyed during hurricane Katrina. Tonight we are staying in a casino hotel called the Grand Casino Biloxi (no gambling but we did put a hurt on the buffet). The following is a picture of the casino barge structure actually washed inland after Katrina.
From what I can gather the casino was a barge and the hotel was on land. The rebuilt version is all on land. Here it is now.
Nine years later the area along the beach looks good considering some of the pictures I have seen.
We ran into a couple motorcycle touring from Wisconsin and wearing Packers shirts. The guy was a good sport and took a pic with my Steelers Terrible Towel (he then reminded me the Packers beat Pittsburgh in the Superbowl a couple of years back).
Tomorrow we will likely end the day in Alabama. We plan to head down to Dauphin Island and take the ferry across to Fort Morgan and then towards the Gulf Shores area from there.
The weather was nice today and the winds were up but manageable. The road quality was also very good (and no dogs today!). As we got closer to the Baton Rouge area it was obvious that the demographics were changing with well kept homes and manicured lawns, etc. We stopped midday in a town called New Roads which appeared to be a sort of bedroom community of Baton Rouge. It sits on a large lake called False River (….it's a lake) that was dotted with upscale homes. False River has supposedly often held the state record for largest bass caught. We found a nice restaurant in downtown New Roads right on the lake and enjoyed a long lunch after putting in about 63 miles. After lunch we rode an additional 25 miles to Jackson.
We crossed over the Mississippi River today (still in Louisiana) ….per Wikipedia, "John James Audubon Bridge, completed and opened in 2011, is a Mississippi River crossing between Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana parishes in south central Louisiana. The bridge has the second longest cable-stayed span in the Western Hemisphere and replaces the ferry between the communities of New Roads and St. Francisville".
After crossing the bridge and before arriving in Jackson we came across an Audubon historic site but it was closed on Monday. I snapped a few pictures from the road though.
A tree covered in Spanish Moss and some swamp land (we saw a lot of it today).
Earlier in the day we saw a large field with what looked like hundreds of FEMA trailers left over from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (nine years ago). Clearly no plan for them, what a waste of tax payer money. It doesn't look like they were ever used. Someone mentioned the insides were covered in mold.
After arriving in Jackson we called the number on the front door of The Centenary Inn, a B&B in the 3-4 block downtown area. A very nice woman showed up 20 minutes later, opened up the Inn and gave us a nice deal on one of their twelve rooms. Baptiste slept on the floor as usual and Buck actually slept outside on the rear terrace (ceiling fan, covered roof, two couches, table). There was one other couple in the building but for the most part we had the place to ourselves. She gave us free reign with use of the kitchen and laundry room as well. The Inn was beautiful inside and out.
On March 3rd 2014, I will start cycling 3,070 miles, unsupported, from San Diego, CA to St. Augustine, FL. I hope to raise money and awareness for The Dream Factory while also satisfying a long time personal goal. The Dream Factory is a national children's wish-granting organization headquartered in Louisville, KY.
Click here to learn more. You can help by clicking on the button below and making a donation on behalf of my ride. Thanks in advance for your support!
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The Morning After: Mobile video service Quibi launches today
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Epix Now streaming service expands to Roku and Amazon Fire TV
It launched last month on Apple TV, Android and iOS.
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Last month, the MGM network Epix launched a standalone video streaming service called Epix Now. Initially, it was available on Apple TV, Android and iOS. But as of today, it's also available on Roku and Amazon Fire TV, too. This will give more customers access to the network's four live channels, original shows and movies. The expansion will also help Epix Now secure a better foothold in the living room, where Roku and Amazon Fire TV have a stronghold.
Epix was slower than other networks to launch a stand-alone streaming service, but at $6-per-month, Epix Now is less expensive than many competitors. HBO Now is $14.99 per month and Showtime's streaming option is $10.99 per month. While Epix Now might be a late bloomer, its expansion to Roku and Amazon Fire TV suggest the network is pushing ahead. Earlier this week, Epix also announced it will be part of the Apple TV+ launch, so customers will be able to subscribe and watch through Apple's TV app. Once signed up, be on the lookout for Epix's documentary series based on the podcast Slow Burn, which should appear later this year.
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As Mentioned in Episode 369 – Carly Askani
April 17, 2022 Miles Leave a comment
"This ought to give you" *POW* "a new perspective" *BIFF* "on things, Alex!" (Uncanny X-Men #339)
Head trauma for Lucas BIshop! (Uncanny X-Men #339)
I mean, she's not wrong. (Uncanny X-Men #339)
"You think I just fell off the turnip truck, McCoy? No one pulls a fast one on J. Jonah Jameson!" (Uncanny X-Men #339)
"I'm Ororo Munroe, and I'm here to x-plain the X-Men… because it's about time someone did." (Uncanny X-Men #339)
Never trust a Summers when he tells you he's fine. (Uncanny X-Men #339)
Well, if they can print it, I guess we can post it. (X-Men #59)
Head trauma for Lucas Bishop! Again! (X-Men #59)
Hell of a Wolverine you've got there, Mr. Kubert. (X-Men #59)
JOSEPH I AM CALLING THE POLICE (X-Men #59)
Not quite as good as the Rogue/Gambit kiss from #41, but still… whoa. (X-Men #59)
I'M HUGE (X-Men #59)
"For instance, I can see through this utterly massive chin." (Wolverine Annual 1996)
Josef Stalin..? (Wolverine Annual 1996)
Up… (Wolverine Annual 1996)
…and up… (Wolverine Annual 1996)
…and up. (Wolverine Annual 1996)
"General Grievious, sir, it's the Jedi!" (Wolverine Annual 1996)
You know, I think this might be Sunfire's best non-Age of Apocalypse look! (Wolverine Annual 1996)
*Pacific Rim music plays* (and now it's in your head too) (Wolverine Annual 1996)
Logan, that… that was there before. Maybe you need to adjust your bandana. (Wolverine Annual 1996)
NEXT TIME: The Silver Age with Max Carleton!
The article Jay mentioned about overlapping bigotries
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369 – Carly Askani
April 17, 2022 Miles 23 comments
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In which Storm & Joseph X-Plain the X-Men, Alex Summers is not brainwashed this time, he promises, Scott Lobdell writes better moments than stories, Ed McGuinness draws very large chins, and it's Denver the Last Dinosaur, not Denver the Lost Dinosaur
Uncanny X-Men #339
Spider-Man disambiguation
A. Kubert disambiguation
J. Jonah Jameson (again) (hooray!)
Sneaking songs
The history of smoking regulation on airlines
Creed disambiguation
Havok's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
Bonding while falling out of planes
The copyright status of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Well-drawn Wolverines
Hercules vs The Tick
Wolverine Annual 1996
The tragic death of Mariko Yashida
Silver Samurai (Kuniuchio Harada)
Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida) and what he's been up to since Fatal Attractions
Josef Stalin, apparently?
Red Ronin and its nemesis, a time-lost dinosaur who we assure you is not Godzilla
Jedi and/or samurai vs. doors
Our logo fonts
James Howlett, guidance counselor
Onslaught but not evil
Whether Magneto could wield Mjolnir
NEXT EPISODE: The Silver Age with Max Carleton!
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As Mentioned in Episode 357 – The Semiotics of Regret
December 26, 2021 Jay 3 comments
This cover accomplishes what it sets out to do so beautifully… (Uncanny X-Men #337)
…as does its credits page. (Uncanny X-Men #337)
Nothing is entirely okay here. (Uncanny X-Men #337)
Hank, no. (Uncanny X-Men #337)
And wistfulness for dessert. (Uncanny X-Men #337)
Ah, that cover. Again. (X-Men #57)
Versions of this have been used roughly a zillion times; but it always works. (X-Men #57)
The 616, where televisions always flip through the most scene-appropriate clips. (X-Men #57)
Clean up your damn flechettes, Warren Kenneth Worthington III. (X-Men #57)
(He's not covered in water; it's the anti-psy field and the evocation of Days of Future Past.) (Onslaught Epilogue #1)
Not… the Rainbow Bears?! (Onslaught Epilogue #1)
Hi, kiddo. (Onslaught Epilogue #1)
Psychology is… different, here. (Onslaught Epilogue #1)
Sure, why not? (Onslaught Epilogue #1)
NEXT EPISODE: GIANT-SIZE WINTER SPECIAL, feat. Jonathan Hickman!
As Mentioned in Episode 348 – Onslaught Continues
October 3, 2021 Jay Leave a comment
In Apocalypse's defense, this is also roughly what I wear to sleep. (Uncanny X-Men #335)
"Quick! Let's fight for no reason!" (Uncanny X-Men #335)
"Next, we're gonna shut down Blue Man Group." (X-Men Unlimited #11)
This is what every bar is like, right? (X-Men Unlimited #11)
Rogue has no time for your nonsense. (X-Men Unlimited #11)
Damn, Bastion. Cold. (X-Men Unlimited #11)
"Do you like… magnets?" (X-Men Unlimited #11)
SEE? GUN ARM! (X-Men Unlimited #11)
Did Thor ever actually wear that outfit in a comic book? (Avengers #401)
Vision is RIGHT THERE, man. (Avengers #401)
Including this panel entirely for Gratuitously Topless Thor. (Avengers #401)
Uncalled for, Silver-Age callback. (Avengers #401)
That is not the face of a man who has driven around in a magnet-shaped car. (Avengers #401)
NEXT EPISODE: More Onslaught (but also Sinister)!
348 – Onslaught Continues
October 3, 2021 Jay 8 comments
In which all the heroes fight each other, a lot.
Teenage Iron Man
Onslaught thus far
What Onslaught wants
X-Men Unlimited #11
Avengers #401
The rebirth of Apocalypse
The Apocalocophagous
The Age of Wonders
X-Man vs. Professor X
Nate Grey-sitting
Humanity's Last Stand
Simon Trask
Rogue and Joseph
Avengers fashion
Other characters who could merge Onslaught-style
Origins of the Angry Claremontean Narrator
NEXT EPISODE: Yes, still Onslaught.
As Mentioned in Episode 299 – Toaster Ovens of the Gods
June 28, 2020 Jay Leave a comment
For full effect, there really needs to be an inset panel of Storm mugging at the reader. (What If? vol. 2 #77)
Forge is a JERK. (What If? vol. 2 #77)
What the hell kind of weird drills does this universe have? (What If? vol. 2 #77)
It's weird that there's a universe where both of these kids exist. (What If? vol. 2 #77)
I wonder if the Phoenix designs new costumes every time; and, if so, what its aesthetic phases have been. (What If? vol. 2 #77)
Is this page foreshadowing a Days of Future Past-style dystopia? Discuss. (What If? vol. 2 #77)
No, seriously, he JUST KEEPS SAYING IT. (What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse)
That hair. (What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse)
Brother Voodoo X-Plains the premise. (What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse)
Uncalled for, Ben. (What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse)
Damnit, Nate. (What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse)
Just had to work it in again, huh? (What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse)
The costume just isn't the same without metal wings. (What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse)
Why does Magneto look kind of like Keanu Reeves here? (What If? vol. 2 #81)
The more I look at the art from this issue, the angrier I get about it. (What If? vol. 2 #81)
[cries in comics editor] (What If? vol. 2 #81)
Galactus is a poet, and he didn't even know it! (He knew it.) (What If? vol. 2 #81)
Relatable sentiment. (What If? vol. 2 #81)
Hello, mid-1990s CG. You… sure do exist. (What If? vol. 2 #81)
NEXT EPISODE: The end of a world. (Also, #300? So, that's a thing.)
LINKS & FURTHER HYPOTHETICALS
You can hear all about Be X-Tra Safe With the X-Men in Episode 177 – The Less You Know.
Read Teen Vogue. Seriously.
You can see the Havok Care Bear–along with the Cyclops one that Jay made–over here.
Waiting for the Trade Magneto is the One True Magneto, now and forever.
299 – Toaster Ovens of the Gods
June 28, 2020 Jay 15 comments
In which some universes are more pleasant than others; Havok is basically a Care Bear; Wolverine is a P.R. nightmare; Nate Grey tries; stealth is not among the Silver Surfer's strengths; Night Thrasher ascends to godhood; Jay and Miles dive down the What If rabbit hole.
Earth-200500 (again)
Earth-42409
What If? vol. 2 #77
What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse
One of the worse versions of Forge
Superheroes x fashion
Care Bears vs. X-Men
The Hellfire Club of Earth-77995
A surprisingly normal Grey-Summers family
Several uses for the Phoenix Force
Worst-case scenarios
Savage Land home ec
Bad choices
The Defenders of Earth-93074
How to manipulate Nate Grey
Narrative benefits of omnipotence
A time loop
Earth-9601
A meeting on the moon
What the Watcher watches
The Silver Surfer
Grandpa Magneto
Some remarkable technology
A heavy-handed metaphor
Our takes on What If scenarios
The Corbeau-Grey scale of decision making
Storm's eyes
Our character voices
NEXT EPISODE: X-Men Omega
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As Mentioned in Episode 296 – Hard Choices
May 31, 2020 Miles Leave a comment
"Are you coming too, mysterious hooded stranger? My sister, Carmen Sandiego, would love to have you along!" (Amazing X-Men #1)
Danger Room cold open, Earth-295-style! (Amazing X-Men #1)
"Just a few more hours and a few dozen more cigarettes until Tom Waits karaoke night!" (Amazing X-Men #1)
"For further details, my X-Men, you must buy every other X-comic on the stands. Excelsior!" (Amazing X-Men #1)
As the famous thinker Parappa the Rapper once so wisely said: you gotta believe. (Amazing X-Men #1)
Earth-295 Sentinels may be lacking in toboggan hats and robot one-piece swimsuits, but they're still pretty impressive. (Amazing X-Men #1)
Half unspooled VHS tape, half Slinky, all nuisance. (Amazing X-Men #2)
"Go easy on 'em, X-Men – they remembered to use our logo font, and that was very considerate of them." (Amazing X-Men #2)
Banshee's facial expression speaks for us all. (Amazing X-Men #2)
Okay, that's legit terrifying. (Amazing X-Men #2)
Quicksilver? More like FRIPsilver! (Amazing X-Men #2)
If the title wasn't already taken, Magneto's autobiography would be called The Brood Saga. (Amazing X-Men #3)
It takes a true villain to make "being stretchy" an intimidating superpower. (Amazing X-Men #3)
Mary Poppins: The Snyder Cut. (Amazing X-Men #3)
Shaking Angel down for information is an X-Men rite of passage. (Amazing X-Men #3)
Open wide and say "flashback"! (Amazing X-Men #3)
you guys I think I'm in the wrong church (Amazing X-Men #4)
This may be bad, but at least he doesn't have to die of a mutant-targeting virus twice in the Age of Apocalypse the way he does in Earth-616… (Amazing X-Men #4)
Generation Next – ripping our hearts out even when it's someone else's comic! (Amazing X-Men #4)
I know you're mad at Gambit, Rogue, but did you really have to punch his legs off? (Amazing X-Men #4)
Aww, damn – he was just one week away from retirement! (Amazing X-Men #4)
*raises lighter* (Amazing X-Men #4)
NEXT EPISODE: This guy.
296 – Hard Choices
In which Magneto doesn't really do work/live divide; Amazing X-Men is a bit of a misnomer; Exodus is the lawful evil to Fabian Cortez's chaotic evil; smoking is bad for you; moisture molecular inversion is fairly definitely not a real thing; Earth-295 Quicksilver and Earth-616 Cyclops would probably get along; OSHA would probably like a word with the Madrii; Gambit had ONE JOB; and there are no superheroes in the Age of Apocalypse.
An unlikely team-up
Relative amazingness
Amazing X-Men #1-5
Color separations
Comics credits
The Brotherhood of Mutants and/or Chaos
The Great Human Airlift
Exodus (more) (again)
Best Quicksilver (Earth-295)
A dubiously aerodynamic cape
One last job
Several points of semantic distinction
Lone Nanny & Cub
The most punchable man on Earth-295
What it means to be X-Men
Dick Valentine
Jamie Madrox (Earth-295)
A world without superheroes
Universe numbering
NEXT EPISODE: X-Man!
CORRECTION: The line about fence-straddling that Jay attributed to Wonder Woman was in fact spoken by Hawkgirl.
As Mentioned in Episode 290 – The Obvious, the Silly, and the True
April 5, 2020 Jay Leave a comment
Magneto is definitely bowling in this picture, right? (Astonishing X-Men #1)
I dunno if I'd call them astonishing, but they'll do. (Astonishing X-Men #1)
Magneto's X-Men are AT LEAST 50% more dramatic than Xavier's, and I'm okay with that. (Astonishing X-Men #1)
We would x-plain Rex; but he's honestly just some guy. (Astonishing X-Men #1)
The first thing Apocalypse did upon seizing power was dissolve OSHA. (Astonishing X-Men #1)
Okay, he's got his moments. (Astonishing X-Men #1)
This is just incandescently delightful. (Astonishing X-Men #1)
Best character design in the AoA. (Astonishing X-Men #2)
Is the lake of blood literal, metaphorical, or both? You be the judge! (Astonishing X-Men #2)
THIS. PERFECT. TWIST. (Astonishing X-Men #2)
Spoiler: No, and no. (Astonishing X-Men #2)
Kinda disappointed that we never got to see this play. (Astonishing X-Men #3)
kyle no (Astonishing X-Men #3)
Is.. is Sabretooth not allowed to say "Hell"? (Astonishing X-Men #3)
Still not as weird as force-feeding superheroes baby food. (Astonishing X-Men #3)
Sure, why not? (Astonishing X-Men #3)
Now you're thinking with portals! (Astonishing X-Men #4)
And he didn't even quit the team once! (Astonishing X-Men #4)
Morph is a goof, but he's also by far the most emotionally literate of the X-Men. (Astonishing X-Men #4)
Rogue is DONE with this event. (Astonishing X-Men #4)
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Jerry Fuchs, rodným jménem Gerhardt Thomas Fuchs, (31. prosince 1974 – 8. listopadu 2009) byl americký bubeník.

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Docházel na Georgijskou univerzitu, kde studoval grafický design. Již během studií hrál s lokálními skupinami The Martians a Koncak. V roce 1996 odešel do New Yorku, kde začal vystupovat s kapelou Vineland, a následně s Turing Machine. Později působil ve skupině !!!, s níž nahrál album Myth Takes.

Rovněž spolupracoval s dalšími skupinami, mezi něž patří například The Juan MacLean, LCD Soundsystem, Massive Attack, Holy Ghost! a Maserati. Rovněž vystupoval v televizním pořadu Late Night with Conan O'Brien, v němž doprovázel hudebníka Mobyho. Dále vystupoval napříklav v pořadu Late Show with David Letterman se skupinou MSTRKRFT.

Dne 8. listopadu 2009 se se svým přítelem zasekl v rozbitém výtahu v brooklynském Williamsburgu. Dvojici se podařilo otevřít dveře. Fuchs se následně pokusil z kabiny výtahu vyskočit, avšak zachytil se kapucí, kvůli čemuž byl vyveden z rovnováhy a spadl do výtahové šachty. Spadl z výšky pátého patra. Když byl nalezen, nebyl schopný mluvit, a brzy byl prohlášen za mrtvého. Kapela LCD Soundsystem, s níž také vystupoval, mu věnovala své následující album This Is Happening.

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I don't know about all of you, but when I was growing up, my mother used to make these on a regular basis. Now I do the same and enjoy every minute of it. Handtertjies is a very soft flaky pastry filled with apricot jam and baked until light brown. It tastes great when it just comes out of the over, but can be enjoyed either warm or cold.
2. Mix the water and fold in with a knife..
3. Bind the dough, cover with a cold wet cloth and leave in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
4. Roll out the dough and use a round shaped cookie cutter. Place one or 1/2 teaspoon of jam in the middle and fold over, making a half moon.
5. Press around the outside with a fork.
6. Smear milk on the top and bake in a pre-heated oven at 200 degrees Celsius for about 15 – 20 minutes, until light brown.


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The psacct packages contain utilities for monitoring process activities, including ac, lastcomm, accton, dump-acct, dump-utmp and sa. The "ac" command displays statistics about how long users have been logged on. The "lastcomm" command displays information about previously executed commands. The "accton" command turns process accounting on or off. The "dump-acct" command transforms the output file from the accton format to a human-readable format. The "dump-utmp" command prints utmp files in human-readable format. The "sa" command summarizes information about previously executed commands.
Previously, improper data type detection could have caused an arithmetic overflow. As a consequence, the dump-acct tool reported incorrect elapsed time values. A patch has been applied so that correct values are reported with this update.
Previously, improper data type conversion caused the dump-utmp tool to report invalid timestamps. Consequently, mainly on the 64-bit PowerPC architecture, dump-utmp could have terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. A patch has been applied so that correct values are reported and no crashes occur with this update.
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How Maddox's smile won over Angelina Jolie and made her choose him
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Angelina Jolie's friend and former Cambodian business associate, Sarath Mounh (pictured) helped the desperate Hollywood star push through Maddox's adoption by becoming his adopted father
Angelina Jolie's former right-hand man in Cambodia – who helped the desperate Hollywood star push through Maddox's adoption by becoming his adopted father – reveals why she chose her son out of the hundreds of orphaned babies in the country.
Maddox turned 20 on August 5, and the actress' friend and former business associate, Sarath Mounh, tells DailyMail.com he couldn't be more proud of the way he's turned out.
Angie faced a red-tape headache with the adoption back in 2002 and asked Sarath to help her out by acting as Maddox's dad on his adoption court documents.
Maddox was also added to Sarath's family records, which shows that Maddox was his third child.
Having a Cambodian father cut through many of the legal problems Angie faced as a foreigner especially as there was a government crackdown on international adoptions due to baby trafficking.
Sarath says he then signed a document for Angie to adopt Maddox from him.
Now he reveals why the 46-year-old wanted to adopt from Cambodia after falling in love with the place when she filmed Tomb Raider there in 2000.
Sarath tells DailyMail.com that baby Maddox was 'clever, sharp, smart, a lovely kid, who smiled at people more than any of the other babies'
'When she visited the [orphanage] and saw Maddox, he smiled at her and got up, instead of crying like all the other babies,' Sarath said. 'He was smiling right at her, it touched her heart, that's why she chose Maddox'
'There are a lot of children in the world that need good care, need a better life. By that time, she wanted to be a mother, but thought it was better to be a mother to some baby who desperately needs good care,' says Sarath. He's pictured in Cambodia (right) with Angie and Maddox in 2003
Sarath (pictured) tells DailyMail.com why Angie specifically chose Maddox when there were hundreds of babies up for adoption in the developing country
Sarath tells DailyMail.com why Angie specifically chose Maddox when there were hundreds of babies up for adoption in the developing country.
'There are a lot of children in the world that need good care, need a better life. By that time, she wanted to be a mother, but thought it was better to be a mother to some baby who desperately needs good care,' says Sarath.
'That's why she decided on Maddox rather than a biological baby. That's what I heard from her, we talked about everything.
'He was clever, sharp, smart, a lovely kid, who smiled at people more than any of the other babies. I always remember his smiley face.
'As far as I understand from her, when she visited the place [orphanage] and saw Maddox, he smiled at her and got up, instead of crying like all the other babies.
'He was smiling right at her, it touched her heart, that's why she chose Maddox.'
Maddox and Angie are pictured at the 'First They Killed My Father' premiere during the 2017 Toronto Film Festival. The whole family also visited Cambodia for a screening of the film
Maddox, who has the last name Jolie-Pitt after Brad Pitt, is seen in 2006 with his parents and sister Zahara – also adopted – in Mumbai
Three of the couple's six children are adopted, while the other three, Shiloh and twins Knox and Vivienne are biological. The family are pictured in Tokyo
Sarath has no regrets with personally helping out Angie by becoming Maddox's father. They had become pals after Sarath's non-profit worked alongside the Maddox Jolie Pitt Foundation on conservation issues.
'Baby trafficking was very bad at that time in Cambodia, a lot of legal issues needed to be covered and she didn't want it to go wrong,' says Sarath.
'My role as a friend and colleague, I was there to help with the legal issues and register Maddox as my adopted son, then I signed a legal document for her to adopt Maddox from me. I don't know why they wanted me to help, or how they got into that position.'
Now Sarath hopes that Maddox and Angie can stay true to her word that Cambodia will always be a part of Maddox's identity.
The whole family visited Cambodia for the premiere of her directorial debut First They Killed My Father in 2017, with Angie saying: 'We've been coming back and forth for 17 years, it feels like a second home to me. The children have close ties to the children here, many of them are their best friends. Maddox is happy to be back in his country.'
Maddox was added to Sarath's family records, which shows that Maddox was his third child, before Angie adopted Maddox from him
This is Maddox's court certificate which states that Angelina Jolie's fixer in Cambodia Sarath was named as Maddox's father
Sarath adds: 'Cambodian people, we were proud and happy for him growing up in such a high class life. Many others in the population don't get that chance. We'd love him to go back and understand his culture.
'She was planning to return as much as possible, it was going to be the second home for Maddox.
'He grew up in a modern life, if he could make a contribution back to his own people, that would be very nice. If he could learn about his heritage and culture, how he came to be in the orphanage – a horrifying part to his early life.
'He could have turned out to be a street kid, a lot of them fall through the net and go out into drug addiction, glue sniffing. The orphanage system in Cambodia is not well managed, a lot of the kids are not protected, donor money only goes so far, and the government doesn't do anything.
'He is a lucky boy compared to many, many in Cambodia. It would be nice for him to come back and help the community.'
Recently, Maddox's adoption has received widespread publicity after The Sun revealed that fellow Cambodian adoptee Elizabeth Jacobs was making a documentary to find out the truth about adoptions at that time in the late 90s/early 2000s, entitled The Stolen Children
'Society is not much different since Maddox was adopted,' Sarath says of Cambodia. He fled the country and now lives in Canada
Recently, Maddox's adoption has received widespread publicity after The Sun revealed that fellow Cambodian adoptee Elizabeth Jacobs was making a documentary to find out the truth about adoptions at that time in the late 90s/early 2000s, entitled The Stolen Children.
'People ask me if I know if Maddox's parents are still alive and I have no clue,' adds Sarath, a father-of-three, who now lives in Toronto.
His family was forced to flee the south East Asian country when the current prime minister Hun Sen banned the opposition party Cambodia National Rescue Party in 2017 and threatened to put its high-ranking members, such as Sarath, in jail.
'Society is not much different since Maddox was adopted,' he says.
'But the political and diplomatic issues have got worse. I can never go back, unless the government changes. If they are still in a dictatorship, I can't go back at all. That's not just me, a lot of opposition members are exiled right now.'
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It's no secret that dementia is a global health crisis. With no cure it's important that we begin to look at ways to offer a better standard of living. One Dutch village is taking a new stance against dementia, offering its 152 residents a chance at a normal life.
At first glance Hogeweyk could be any other village, it has a grocery story, a post office, a theatre. However, workers at the shops and restaurants are all in fact registered nurses, cameras keep an eye on residents at all times and there is only one-way in and out.
Hogeweyk functions as full time 'reminiscence therapy' that draws on patients' own lives to help them cope with the cognitive and behavioural symptoms of dementia.
Instead of being confined to their rooms, residents move freely through out the village, going about their day-to-day lives, all the while watched carefully by staff.
The community aspect of the village is particularly important. Studies have shown that isolation can actually decrease the production of Myelin in the brain. Myelin is a fibre that's crucial to maintaining nerve cells in the brain. A decrease in Myelin results in worsening symptoms of dementia and therefore worsens their quality of life.
One of the nicest things that Hogeweyk do for their residents is provide unique décor for their homes. Each house is furnished according to the period the residents began losing their memories and so they don't have to cope with confusion over modern times.
Unlike other dementia facilities, Hogeweyk's nurses don't try to correct residents when they've misremembered the date or some fact about their lives, instead they agree with everything they're saying. This reminds me of something the staff at Poppy Lodge in the UK is doing. I highly recommend watching the Channel 4 show if you've not already. It's a real eye-opener into what I hope becomes the norm for dementia treatment globally.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of testing our latest prototype with my mum's Alzheimer's group. Testing went really well and we're now extremely close to finalising our product, ready for crowdfunding in April.
The group my mum helps to look after meets every Thursday; there are around 15 people with varying forms of dementia and 4 carers, my mum included. They do a wide variety of activities from going on walks, to singing, to going bowling and to the cinema.
This is now the third time I've been out with the group and it was just as fantastic as the last 2. I feel very fortunate to have been exposed to dementia, not only because it's extremely educational and eye-opening, but also because it's great to see that there is support out there. Whilst you see the admittedly heart-breaking side effects of the disease, it's lovely to see everyone so happy and enjoying life. I would challenge anyone to spend the day with these people and not spend the whole day smiling and laughing. In my eyes, dementia is not something that anyone should feel embarrassed about and so I believe it's very important that we start educating people about the disease.
One thing that became very apparent to me yesterday, is that everyday life is hard, and I was only helping for one day. For a loved one, caring for someone with dementia must be exhausting. With no cure, we need to find solutions in order to offer a better life. We need innovation and we need it fast.
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Social Media In The Playground
We were asked this week to talk to a group of teenagers about social media, particularly about staying safe on line and protecting themselves. We learned a lot from the group in terms of what they knew about the social world and how they used it with their friends. We also learned that many of their younger siblings who were still in primary school had their own accounts on various social platforms and we wondered how many of their parents knew about it.
The group we spoke with didn't know that Facebook's user agreement requires the user to be at least 13 years old when signing up to the site and we questioned whether their parents were aware of this either. It seems that many parents assumed that social media was something covered in schools. I'm not sure that it is, but it probably should be.
How TV Is Becoming Increasingly Social
Recently we've been looking into the applications of social media for broadcasters. The way audiences consume TV content has changed radically in the last few years and research shows that a large proportion of viewers are time-shifting their viewing, watching it on different devices, or commenting on second screens.
Whilst the vast majority of prime-time TV shows have their own social media channels, which have been proven to increase ratings and viewer numbers, it's no longer a question of simply asking viewers to share a hashtag that relates to the programme itself. TV related social media campaigns are becoming a fascinating blend of broadcast and social content which are tailored very specifically to the audiences and fans of the shows that we watch on a weekly basis.
In the UK, one of the best examples that springs to my mind is Channel 4's 'The Last Leg', a late Friday night live show that encourages viewers to submit questions through Facebook and Twitter which are used as part of the live broadcast. Whilst this immediately gives viewers a sense of being part of the larger broadcast, it also serves to form a very subtle link between weekly shows, encouraging further discussion and participation whilst the show is off air.
Other shows, like HBO's incredibly successful Game of Thrones, have sparked the social world's imagination with incredible results. Whether through George R R Martin's willingness to deviate from his original novels or discussions around which major character he's about to unexpectedly kill off next, the broadcast content is consistently talked about off air. In fact, video footage of audiences reacting to the 'Red Wedding' episode went viral within hours of the episode being broadcast. Getting it right for such a big show as Game of Thrones pays huge dividends, effectively allowing the programme to remain current with social audiences even between seasons whilst viewers wait several months for new episodes.
We want the story to continue and social allows us to do that. What used to be 'water-cooler' moments of "did you see what happened on that show last night?", have become immediately at our fingertips TV forums, Twitter discussions and Facebook fan pages. Even cancelled shows like Joss Whedon's 'Firefly' or more recently NBC's 'The Playboy Club' are still discussed, at great length, by online fans.
But not everyone is getting it right. As we've seen from Fox News recently, encouraging viewers to share content (which later proves to be factually incorrect) can backfire; leading to hordes of angry social media users putting #FoxNewsFacts to great satirical use. Whilst they always come across as the pantomime 'bad guy', you can't argue with the engagement they provoke from their followers. Although provocation isn't a method I'd endorse to encourage your audience to engage with your channels.
The more I think about it, the more potential I see for integration of traditional broadcasting and social channels. We've already seen live twitter voting on The Voice, trending hashtags for This Morning (which brought us Katie Hopkins), teaser trailers for next season's shows on social platforms long before they're trailed on TV and even SKY's unimaginative ThroneCast; an attempt to corral the social audience to watch a programme discussing the last episode of Game of Thrones (a discussion which was already happening online anyway). There's definitely some winners and not-so-winners out there.
We're starting to see social and TV partnerships and campaigns pop up all over the place now and we're even getting involved in designing them ourselves. Some of which are clearly more noticeable and more successful than others. I'd like to hear about some of the social TV campaigns you've noticed recently, what made them stand out, made you talk about them, share them, or actively engage with them?


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Weighing up lab-grown steak: the problems with eating meat are not Silicon Valley's to solve
October 11, 2017 3.19pm EDT
Oron Catts, University of Western Australia
Oron Catts
Director of SymbioticA;The Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts, Professor in Contestable Design, University of Western Australia
Oron Catts receives funding from the Australian and West Australian Governments through their art and research funding bodies (Australia Council, Australia Research Council, and West Australian Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC))
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A new techno bubble is inflating above the meadows of Silicon Valley: lab-grown meat, which plays a major part in what's being called cellular agriculture (CA).
Based on a seductive story of providing food with zero consequences, CA promises to get rid of the ethical, environmental and health costs of animal husbandry. How? By growing animal products without the animal and its body.
Read more: No animal required, but would people eat artificial meat?
This movement is very much aligned with the inflated rhetoric of the innovation economy. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being sunk into the promise of CA. People like Sergey Brin, Bill Gates, Peter Thiel and other venture capitalists are reportedly among notable investors.
But does this techno-capitalist mindset really fit our food system?
In my view, these initiatives are aimed at prolonging the West's excessive consumption of meat, rather than genuine attempts to deal with the problems they claim to solve.
Designing living products
As far as we know, the first time someone ate a piece of in-vitro meat was in Nantes, France in 2003. As part of our art installation Disembodied Cuisine, we grew about five grams of a frog muscle tissue and served it to six guests.
This was part of the Tissue Culture & Art Project, which I set up with my collaborator, Ionat Zurr. Since 1996, we have used tissue engineering to probe the changing relationship humans have to life, including to food, which is one of our most intimate connections.
Tissue Engineered Steak No.1 2000 A study for Disembodied Cuisine. This was the first attempt to use tissue engineering for meat production without the need to slaughter animals. The Tissue Culture & Art Project, Author provided
But despite its artistic origins, CA is ascending rapidly up the curve towards what's known as "the peak of inflated expectations", according to Gartner's technological development hype cycle.
Now that commercial interests are intertwined with the development of CA, it's getting harder to verify the technology: trade secrets, nondisclosure agreements, and fancy product launches at non-academic conferences such as TED and South by South West (SXSW) arguably obscure, excite and misinform.
Indeed, claims about resources, costs and returns are designed to attract investors more than actual consumers.
Take, for example, the suggestion that "clean meat does not require antibiotics or hormones, making it a safer product for consumers".
It may be created without controversial "growth hormone" drugs, but cells growing outside the body will not proliferate and mature without proper hormonal signals and growth factors that instruct them to do so.
Lab grown meat is a reality, but is it a solution?
Many projections promoting the rise of CA point to an increase in meat consumption thanks to global population growth and an increase in affluence.
In other words, CA aims to keep us eating meat at and beyond current levels.
If there is a lesson from our current modes of large-scale meat production, it's that optimising and upscaling living systems towards a desirable outcome – namely, industrial farming – is not always environmentally sound.
The environmental impact of generating and transporting feed and dealing with the waste of factory scale meat production might not be wholly different in factory-grown meat.
When it comes to the health issues and health benefits of CA, the risks of over-consumption of animal based-protein are also rarely discussed.
This is not surprising, as the only way to generate investment is to promise a growing market for the product. Therefore, by Silicon Valley logic, money must be invested in changing attitudes towards a techno fix. That cash will rarely go to a campaign for behavioural change to reduce meat consumption in the west.
Simply reducing meat in our diet is a much simpler, albeit non-technological, step in the right direction.
The Semi-Living Steak after roughly four months of growth. The Tissue Culture & Art Project, Author provided
Overshoot engineering
In many ways, growing meat in the lab is an over-engineered solution to problems associated with current meat production and consumption.
Changing public attitudes towards engineered food is often based on the premise that it is biologically identical to meat from a body, but this move from farm to factory might ultimately be a hard sell. And this is probably one of the reasons for so many PR and marketing people in the field are working to bring about this perceptual change.
Read more: Why eating grass-fed beef isn't going to help fight climate change
A much more realistic approach to CA is to treat it like molecular gastronomy: an expensive, novel and luxury experience for the 1%, and not something that will save the world any time soon.
After eating the lab-grown frog steaks in 2003, I made a decision to reduce my meat consumption to almost zero. And I'm still around, albeit generating a massive carbon footprint touring the world trying to explain why CA might not be the techno fix we are hoping for.
Meat consumption
Cellular agriculture
Next time, follow five simple steps. Lisa A/Shuttestock
Struggling to ditch meat? Here are five ways to resist the temptation
Australian consumption of chicken and pork both now far outstrip beef, mutton and lamb. Ben Phillips/Flickr
Three charts on: Australia's declining taste for beef and growing appetite for chicken
Five ways the meat on your plate is killing the planet
The world's first lab-grown beef burger, the result of years of research by Dutch scientist Mark Post at the University of Maastricht. Reuters/David Parry/pool
No animal required, but would people eat artificial meat?


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November 2016 /
Vermouth for You
Crafting a homemade mixer
By Greg Horton
As often as not, we're likely to see vermouth poured into a martini glass, swirled around and then unceremoniously dumped. The "vermouth wash" is a disdainful way to treat a beverage that is, in fact, delicious in its own right. Fortunately, there is a vermouth revival of sorts right now, and brands such as Cocchi, Dolin and La Quintinye Vermouth Royal are helpful reminders that the fortified wine works well as a cordial, too.
J Mays, managing partner of Café 7 and Venue 7, often applies a playful curiosity to ad hoc projects. When the mood arises, he might Uber around town to find "the best Mint Julep" or "the best Old Fashioned" in the metro, sampling cocktails from six or eight of the city's bartenders along the way. Recently, he turned his curiosity to vermouth, and not just the kind you buy off a shelf.
"I wanted to make my own vermouth," he says.
If you think "Why?" is the obvious response here, you might suffer from a deficiency of curiosity, or you might not like to cook, but to hear Mays talk about it is suddenly to become fascinated with what Europeans have long known is a wonderful aperitif.
Essentially, vermouth is wine – usually white – fortified with botanicals that have been macerated (softened) in neutral spirits. The botanicals are strained out, and then the mixture is added to wine along with sugar – either syrup or caramel. Caramel works best, but it's the most tedious method of adding sugar.
Mays decided he wanted to make homemade vermouth. The Internet is a wonderful resource for such endeavors, and Mays quickly found a couple of recipes and lists of possible botanicals.
"It was much easier than I expected," he smiles. "Not the actual making of it, but the discovery of how to make it and what goes in it."
BUILDING YOUR BLEND
With the exception of wormwood, the botanicals most commonly associated with vermouth are easily found. We sent the list to Able Blakley, owner of Savory Spice Shop, and he confirmed that he had everything in-house. Kyle Fleischfresser, managing partner of The Hutch on Avondale and a bartending expert, said the wormwood is an easy fix, too.
"You can grow your own," Fleischfresser says. "Many people in Oklahoma have it growing in their yard and just don't know it."
You can also order it from the Internet. That's what Mays did, as it's not illegal. Fleischfresser also said the maceration process would give greater character to the homemade vermouth.
In addition to serving the tippler as a cordial, sweet vermouth can be used to make a Negroni, a Rob Roy or a Martinez, thereby creating a cocktail with your own signature blend.
In typical fashion, Mays intends to experiment with wine varietals. Ordinarily, a dry white wine is sufficient, but he intends to broaden the scope of flavors.
"I'm wondering what other varietals, even rosé, will impart in terms of flavors," Mays says. "I also want to use local honey in place of sugar to see what that will do."
To get started, choose between dry and sweet vermouth as your target, since the list of botanicals is radically different. Savory Spice can work with you on herb/spice combinations to suit your own flavor preferences. In fact, Mays said the most difficult part is getting the botanical mixture right.
"You have to macerate each one in its own jelly jar," he explains, "but that allows you to taste them individually after they have soaked for a couple of weeks. You can build your own flavor combinations that way."
As for neutral spirits, both Fleischfresser and Mays said vodka will do just fine. Blakley recommends being adventurous with ingredients, such as using rosebuds for dry and allspice or kaffir lime leaves for sweet. Other commonly used botanicals include vanilla pods, marjoram, gentian root, juniper berries, sage, rosemary, orange peel, lemon zest, bay leaves and many, many more. The variety allows for nearly unlimited combinations to create a personalized vermouth. Here's to possibilities.
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Raphaella's famous masterclasses make an everlasting impression. She has made a name for herself as an outstanding pedagogue.
Masterclass at the Ingesunds Musikhögskola, SE.
Raphaella loves to work with people, especially with pupils. Music is something she likes to share. She is internationally praised as a teacher for both guitar and chamber music. Besides her chair at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven, she regularly gives masterclasses worldwide.
During her own education at the conservatories of Antwerp and Brussels, she would participate at the masterclasses of José Tomàs in Alicante and Santiago de Compostella in Spain, during summer holidays from 1973 through 1977.
His lessons were so inspiring, that some years later, Raphaella did invite Pepe to Belgium to participate at the annual Academix International Guitar Happening.
After eleven editions (between 1983 and 1995) Academix ended that glorious series of Guitar Happenings.
Today Raphaella is giving masterclasses during the whole year at universities, conservatories and festivals around the globe.
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Some of the biggest companies in the hospitality sector are working to implement blockchain technology in the near future to solve payment issues and other problems in the ecosystem, and make distribution more affordable for smaller players.
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Will blockchain transform hospitality, like OTAs and TripAdvisor?


My Top 10 Anticipated Early 2019 Releases!
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The Six Red Drops represent the Precious Blood of Our Saviour by which mankind was redeemed.
The Star symbolises the brightness of the heavenly reward.
The Ship has local significance, Merseyside being closely connected with the sea and ships.


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Lumparn (finlandeză: Lumpari) este un mare golf lipsit de insule în insula principală din Åland, Finlanda.

Date generale

Cea mai mare parte a golfului umple un crater de impact care are un diametru de aproximativ 9 kilometri. Crater este estimat la circa 1 miliard de ani (proterozoic). Depresiunea a fost inițial considerată a fi un rift. Originea extraterestră a fost propusă pentru prima dată în 1979, dar abia în 1993 a fost confirmată ca structură de impact. Conuri lungi distruse au fost descoperite în partea de sud-vest a golfului. Craterul este umplut cu sedimente, între sedimentele din pleistocen și roca strivită de granit rapakivi există un strat de calcar din paleozoic (Ordovician). Acest lucru face ca Lumparn să fie unul dintre puținele locuri în Finlanda, unde au fost descoperite fosile.

Golful a fost anterior, de asemenea, menționat ca Lumpari în unele documente finlandeze, Institutul de Cercetare pentru Limbi din Finlanda nu listează Lumpari ca în utilizarea curentă.

Vezi și
 Lista craterelor de impact de pe Pământ
 Lista craterelor de impact din Europa

Referințe

Legături externe
www.passc.net
Lumparn impact structure
The Landforms of Finland

Map of Lumparn

Obiecte astronomice
Cratere de impact


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Q: WPF Window in Window (c#) I have a WPF Window in which I want to "open" other windows/interfaces. So that when I click on one of the labels, a "Popup" opens where I can do stuff (Input via a Textbox, images, buttons etc.). I already found this but it seems that this is not really what i am looking for. Images below. Would be nice if someone could point me in the right direction.
What I have

What I want to do/how it should look

A: This project shows how you can display dialog like content in a DropDownButton control:
https://github.com/Dirkster99/fsc/blob/master/source/Apps/FolderBrowserDemo/MainWindow.xaml
So, I think you probably do want a DropDownButton control like this:
https://github.com/Dirkster99/DropDownButtonLib
with a custom view as shown in your screenshot. This solution is quit advanced though but I hope it helps.

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The table below gives you an overview of the SIMATIC and SITOP load power supply modules that you can use as required.
The CPU is supplied with DC 24V from a load power supply module. The separate components like CPU, IM, load circuits of the SM, … are connected to the power supply module via the front-entry wiring. The CPU supplies the system via the backplane bus and the maximum number of modules depends on the power consumption of the modules (max. 10 modules).
The CPU is supplied with DC 24V from a load power supply module. The system is divided into multiple power segments. The CPU supplies Power Segment 1 via the backplane bus up to the maximum output (max. 10 modules). The other maximum of 2 power segments are also supplied via a system power supply module.
Fig. 02 shows the solution with SITOP smart as the load power supply module.
A SITOP smart power supply module is only an alternative to the SIMATIC S7-1500 load power supply module (PM) and cannot be used as power supply (PS) with the S7-1500.
More detailed information on the topic of power supply modules for the S7-1500 is available in Entry ID: 73191930.


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Q: Slow Linux Desktop performance in a Virtualbox guest installation I have a CentOS guest running on VirtualBox with GNOME 3, which is using Windows 7 as a host. This guest is configured to use all 4 of my CPUs, 2GB of RAM (which is plenty), and 128MB of VRAM. The guest also has 3 monitors enabled. Guest additionas are installed and working.
The desktop performance unfortunately is very slow. I do not mean that the CPU performance is slow, it's just things like moving winodws, redrawing windows, resizing, scrolling, etc. There's an amount of lag that is tolerable, but it would be really useful if I can eliminate it.
I do not get this issue with Windows guests. So that means there probably is something misconfigured in the Linux guest. And the problem seems to be noticeably worse the more monitors I add to the guest. It feels as if I have absolutely no desktop acceleration while having the desktop composited at the same time.
Is there anything I can do to improve desktop performance of the Linux guest? Or is this a problem inherent to GNOME3 running under VirtualBox?
When I open top, and look at what is consuming CPU time, I notice that gnome-shell's CPU usage spikes up whenever I do these window operations I mentioned above. So there's something probably misconfigured in GNOME3 but I can't tell what it is.
Note: I'm only talking about desktop graphics performance. RAM/swap is not the problem here, and it's not the CPU either.


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Classes to temporarily move online for NSU, other BOR institutions
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Citing the continued high risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus throughout the United States and in the interest of public safety, the South Dakota Board of Regents announced today that classes will temporarily move online for all of its institutions, including Northern State University.
"It has been an unprecedented time in our state, country and world as we continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and make decisions that are in the best interest of everyone in the South Dakota Board of Regents (SDBOR) system," the BOR stated in its announcement. "The health and safety of our students, faculty and staff throughout the state is our top priority and we continue to monitor the situation around the clock."
The SDBOR is taking the following actions:
Beginning Monday, March 23, all classes will be temporarily moved online.
On-campus, in-person classes are currently scheduled to resume on Monday, April 6.
This is an evolving situation and the SDBOR will revisit this situation and communicate any changes in course delivery again on March 27.
"As leaders in higher education, we are thankful for our university presidents and their staff, who have worked tirelessly the past several weeks, providing wisdom and knowledge to help navigate these difficult times that still include a level of uncertainty," the BOR stated.
NSU-Specific Information
In light of this announcement, Northern State University encouraged its students to stay at their permanent residences until Sunday, April 5, if possible, in order to slow the spread of COVID-19.
However, as this may not be possible for some students, especially those who depend on campus housing and dining facilities, Northern stated that residence halls and Dining Services will remain open. Students planning to return to campus should notify NSU Residence Life.
Also, students who need assistance accessing online course information should email access@northern.edu to make arrangements.
The NSU campus remains open for students, faculty and staff concerning basic business operations; however, Northern also announced today that campus is closed to the public until further notice. All campus events through April 3 have been canceled.
No local cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Aberdeen or Brown County. Northern continues to work with regional entities to monitor the situation, including as part of the newly activated Brown County Emergency Operations Center. For more information about this ongoing situation, visit Northern's COVID-19 Resource Page or call the South Dakota COVID hotline: 1-800-997-2880.
About Northern State University
Northern State University is a regional university that offers outstanding academics and exceptional extracurricular activities at an affordable price on a safe, welcoming campus. Northern State recently announced its Educational Impact Campaign, with a goal of raising $55 million for a new South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, new athletic and recreation fields, and an on-campus regional sports complex. Once the campaign is complete, NSU will be the recipient of more than $100 million in privately funded building projects and scholarships within a decade. To learn more, visit NSU Admissions.


'<name>! You have come along at just the right moment. You must help us settle this argument.
The hobbits Pippin and Merry draw you into a debate with Gandalf about where they can and should go.
Pippin, Merry, and Gandalf stand just within Cirith Gorgor, before the ruined Black Gates of Mordor.
You should hear what Pippin has to say.
You should hear Gandalf's response.
You should hear Merry's rejoinder.
You should hear what Gandalf has to say in return.
Pippin and Merry have returned to Cirith Gorgor, before the ruined Black Gates of Mordor.
You should talk to Merry.
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Rocket, Flying Model, Mark 1 Rock-A-Chute
Home Rocket, Flying Model, Mark 1 Rock A Chute
Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer
This is a Mark I Rock-A-Chute flying rocket model, one of the first ones built by the flying model pioneer Orville Carlisle. The model has a balsa body, cardboard fins, and a paper parachute. A solid propellant rocket motor propels the model, and then at the end of the vertical flight it forces the release of the parachute. The model is then retrieved and can be used again. G. Harry Stine, another of the American pioneers in the field of flying rocket and missile models, donated it to the museum.
Display Status This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Country of Origin United States of America Type MODELS-Missiles & Rockets Manufacturer Orville H. Carlisle Dimensions Other: 1 x 13 x 2 1/2in., 0.2lb. (2.5 x 33 x 6.35cm, 0.1kg)
Materials Paper
Balsa body, cardboard fins, and a paper parachute attached by a string and rubber band.
Inventory Number A19930777000 Credit Line Gift of G. Harry Stine Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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Q: Using RecyclerView with StaggeredGridLayoutManager not showing anything I'm trying out RecyclerViews to build out something like Pinterest staggered layout. However, while LinearLayoutMnager and GridLayoutManager both work well in the same code, replacing that with StaggeredGridLayoutManager doesn't show any items. Putting breakpoints in the code shows that it gets the item count and items, but rendered nothing. Any idea on what I am missing?
final RecyclerView rView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.app_list);
rView.setClickable(true);
rView.setHasFixedSize(true);
rView.setLayoutManager(new StaggeredGridLayoutManager(5, StaggeredGridLayoutManager.HORIZONTAL));
rView.setAdapter(new ItemListAdapter(this, getItems()));

Replacing the StaggeredGridLayoutManager with just the GridLayoutManger everything works.
rView.setLayoutManager(new GridLayoutManager(this, 5));

The following is the adapter:
private static class ItemListAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<ItemViewHolder> {
    private final LayoutInflater mInflater;
    private final ArrayList<ItemDetail> mList;

    public ItemListAdapter(Context context, ArrayList<ItemDetail> list) {
        mInflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
        mList = list;
    }

    @Override
    public ItemViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int position) {
        final View view = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.item_blob, parent, false);
        return new ItemViewHolder(view);
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(ItemViewHolder holder, int position) {
        holder.hive.showDrawable(mList.get(position).icon);
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return mList.size();
    }
}

And the following is the ViewHolder
private static class ItemViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
    public final HiveView hive;

    public ItemViewHolder(View view) {
        super(view);
        this.hive = (HiveView) view;
    }
}

And finally the item layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.bidyut.app.hivelauncher.widget.HiveView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="@dimen/app_blob_size"
    android:layout_height="@dimen/app_blob_size"
    android:background="@android:color/holo_red_light"/>

A: In your samples, you are setting StaggeredGrid horizontal but Grid vertical. If your item views cannot properly measure themselves when given specified HEIGHT and variable WIDTH, this may turn into a problem.
If you can add the code for your adapter & item views, we can figure out what the problem is.
Edit for updated question
StaggeredGridLM (when horizontal) currently measures the child with exact height and infinite width. The layout params you are setting are not helping here since they are ignored. In a future release, it will start reading the value for scroll direction but other direction will stay the same until we introduce gravity support.
You can fix the bug by fixing the onMeasure method in your HiveView.