You Asked Us: Why Do You Love Omega So Much? Here's Why!
You Asked Us: Why Do You Love Omega So Much? Here's Why!
Since the start of Fratello in 2004, we've received the same question over and over: why do you love Omega so much? Recently this question popped up again as well. It is clear we have a special love for the Speedmaster, we all do here at Fratello. This resulted in 2017 in the special project we did for Speedy Tuesday. But the love for Omega comes from somewhere else than Speedmasters in my case.
You Asked Us: Why Do You Love Omega So Much?
This question came in via email and was short and simple. Addressed at me (RJ), so let me try to explain why I love Omega so much.
I am often being asked why I 'only' buy and wear Omega watches. Well, that 'only' is not entirely the case of course, as I also possess watches from other brands like Audemars Piguet, Rolex, (Grand) Seiko, Chronoswiss, Swatch, G-Shock and a bunch of other perhaps lesser known ones. And in the past, I've owned IWC, Sinn, Breitling, Linde Werdelin and others as well. But truth be told, most of my watches are Omegas. To be honest, most people that ask me about it are colleague journalists and bloggers who feel I am too focused on one brand (or perhaps there's another reason for them to ask ;-)). Our readers aren't too concerned with it, though, given the fact we get so many emails and messages with questions about Omega watches. This also shows in the traffic we receive on our Speedy Tuesday articles.
But I thought it would be a good moment to explain why I like Omega so much. Or actually, love it. I am not afraid to admit this, as I really do have a weak spot for this brand. I also feel that there is little harm in this, even being a journalist. A car magazine journalist is able to share his love for the Porsche 911, so why can't I for a watch brand? It also doesn't mean I don't like other brands or prefer certain watches from other brands over certain Omega watches (which is the case).
For this story, we need to go back. Way back. It is somewhere in the 1960s actually and in The Netherlands. It has nothing to do with the Moonwatch or the space program as such. It has to do with a bridal boutique. It's the one below actually that was located in the east part of The Netherlands in a city called Enschede.
It was owned by my grandparents who lived nearby. Omega watches at the time were very popular in The Netherlands, perhaps it was even the number 1 brand in the 1950s and 1960s in this market. In 1967, my great-grandfather bought an Omega Constellation. It was the famous model with a pie-pan dial due to the shape of an up-side-down pie-pan. My great-grandfather lived in the house next door to my grandparents and father, which was relatively common at the time. It isn't unthinkable that my grandparents weren't influenced by the choice of my great-grandfather as in 1969 they bought a pair of Omega watches. They needed to sell the bridal boutique that is pictured above because of health reasons and bought a pair of nice watches for themselves. My grandfather chose a Constellation and my grandmother a small self-winding ladies watch, both watches on gold Milanese Omega bracelets. Before, my grandfather was wearing a pilot's watch that he got from a pilot from the US Army at the end of World War II (1945). The Constellation replaced that watch and unfortunately we have no clue where the pilot watch went. I can only imagine that my grandfather put a lot of research and work into choosing his Omega as he did with many other things he bought in those years. Whether it was a car, camera or (Danish design) furniture, he studied these things very carefully. Unfortunately, I never asked him about this. Below, an image from the late 1960s or early 1970s where my grandfather wears his Constellation on the original bracelet.
Also in 1969, my father finished his high school and received a watch as a graduation gift. It was an Omega Geneve with black dial and with a red second hand. There were no box or papers as it was quite common back then to leave that stuff behind at the jeweller. My family wore these Omega watches for decades. The Omega Geneve from my father was on his wrist for many years and he still wears it. Below, an image of him wearing the watch during his time in the military service.
I never met my great-grandfather, but when he passed away right before I was born, his watch was left with my grandfather. Somewhere in the early 1980s my father got it, had it overhauled and wore it during special occasions. He still does.
I have fond memories about my grandparents and I vividly remember them wearing these watches. My grandmother with her small gold ladies' watch and my grandfather with his Constellation on a gold bracelet. My grandfather changed the Milanese bracelet to another gold bracelet in the 1970s somewhere as these Milanese bracelet were so sharp that they ripped a number of his shirts. He exchanged it for a nice and comfortable gold bracelet with a lot of links. He wore that watch every single day until he passed away in 2011.
In the 1980s, when I was a kid, my father told me that Omega was the brand that was used by the astronauts on the Moon. But being a kid, that didn't really ring a bell, even though I was very interested in the Space Shuttle program as a Dutch astronaut by the name of Wubbo Ockels took part in one of the early missions (1985). My father was wearing the black dial Omega Geneve but also had other watches to wear (like his pie-pan Constellation from his grandfather). I found myself wearing Casios in the 1980s and Swatch watches in the early 1990s. Although these can be seen as disposable and inexpensive watches (I still have all of them by the way), I was very fond of them and had an interest in watches. One of my earliest memories is that of our neighbour showing off his new Seiko watch with moon phase on the dial. I also loved all these digital watches with video games embedded and, of course, the ones with a calculator.
Then, in 1996 or so, my interest in watches really hit off. I found myself often looking at the displays at local jewellers, and was part of the early online communities back then. Being an IT student, it was easily accessible for me. I gained interest in the Omega Constellation, as I felt it was part of my family history. Although the then current Constellation was based on the 1982 Constellation 'Manhattan' and looked very different from those 1950s and 1960s models, I did like it a lot. It was a sincere interest not influenced by people. There were no social media and no one would tell me what I should like and more importantly should not like. Call it bad taste, but I loved it and still do to be honest. So, in 1998, when I graduated with a degree in Information Technology, I was over the Moon when I received an Omega Constellation from my mother. It was a Constellation'95, in bi-color, meaning stainless steel and 18-carat gold. I couldn't have been happier and wore it non-stop for a number of years. When I started my next study at the university, I pretty much wore this watch every day.
This watch stayed on my wrist until 1999 when I bought my first Speedmaster Professional. It was a reference 145.012-67. A year later, I worked all summer at a publishing company to be able to buy a brand new Seamaster 300M 2531.80. I wore these three watches pretty much all the time for the rest of my study. Then, in the early 2000s when I graduated and started my professional life, I found myself buying a number of watches. These ranged from vintage Bulova, to IWC, Breitling and Rolex – even a Dubey & Schaldenbrand. At some point, my collection was literally all over the place.
I am sure you are familiar with the Patek Philippe advertisement that says that you don't own a Patek Philippe, but that you're merely looking after it for the next generation. When my grandfather passed away, I inherited his Omega Constellation. I am convinced he enjoyed wearing that watch for the 42 years he did. I sometimes wear it, especially during Christmas days. But it took me actually a few years before I wore it. The dial was pretty bad, as some watchmaker tried to clean it or something. The printed letters were all over the place and it had severe damage. My grandfather probably never noticed this, due to his old eyes. I asked Omega and they had a couple of dials in stock still and offered me one to use. But there was not the similar dial. The colours were slightly different. I found it quite amazing though that they offered me this and I wonder what other big watch brands would go this far. I declined and they actually helped me sourcing a watch with a similar dial. I bought it and used that dial as a donor. But that did not feel the same. It suddenly wasn't my grandfather's Constellation anymore. So I switched back and put it in the safe. When discussing this at some point with our Fratello watchmaker diva Paul, he just said: Why don't you just have it restored? Perhaps it isn't original anymore that way, but at least it is his dial and you can enjoy wearing it again. I thought about it and decided to go this route. So I gave the Constellation to Paul and he gave it a full service. The dial went to this firm in Germany, where they are very good at restoring dials. A few months later, the watch returned in all of its glory. It is like it was in 1969, hence the different gold bracelet and some battle scars from the 42 years of daily use. I cherish this watch a lot and, as written above, give it some time on the wrist during Christmas days.
I don't wear it more often, because it is very small (34mm) and because I am too afraid that something will happen to it. If it ever would get lost or stolen, I wouldn't forgive myself.
In 2015, though, something strange happened. Omega introduced their Constellation Globemaster series. It's a beautiful 39mm watch that has influences from the 1950s Constellations with its pie-pan dial, but comes with modern innovations such as the in-house developed Master Chronometer movements. I liked it from the start, but delivery really started slow. In October of that year, I asked Omega to send me the Sedna gold version for a review. They shipped a prototype to my office in The Hague. After unboxing and staring at this beautiful 18 carat rose gold watch for a few moments (Omega calls it Sedna gold) with a brown alligator strap and a rose gold folding buckle, I put it on my wrist. I felt a sensation that I've never experienced before when putting on a watch. It wasn't the sensation of just putting on a watch that is very pretty or nice. No, this was much deeper. It is hard to describe the emotion I felt, but in essence, I felt a deep connection to my grandfather and his watch. I thought "This is how my grandfather must have felt when he bought that Constellation on February 6th 1969 and put it on his wrist.". That thought did not let me go. I wore the watch for two weeks or so, and with pain in my heart I sent it back (not in the last place because it was a prototype with some shortcomings). There was never a watch that gave me that sensation before. Not my gold Speedmaster Professional, not any of the other watches I've ever tried, whatever make and model. This watch I could not get out of my head, but at 18.000 Euro at the time, I had to.
Life went on of course and back to business as usual. 2016 and 2017 were important years for Fratello, and the introduction of the Speedmaster Speedy Tuesday of which we were a huge part made the Omega presence only bigger on our online magazine. So be it. I am pretty sure my grandparents look down with a bit of pride in what we established with 'their' brand. Also our readers – you – seem to enjoy the Omega coverage that we at least do on a weekly basis. With all that happened, whether that was the Speedy Tuesday limited edition or any of the other watches I bought personally or received for reviews, the Globemaster still held a special place in my mind. The steel one I tried, but that was not for me. In my opinion – but this is very personal, as you can read – it should have at least a touch of gold.
Then, a few weeks before my 40th birthday in 2017, it was there. The Omega Globemaster, or officially Omega Constellation Globemaster, in Sedna gold. Out of the box, on my wrist and yes, the same sensation appeared. Every time I put it on my wrist, there is this spark of magic. I wear the Globemaster a lot, and although some people consider this watch to be a dress watch, I wear it whenever and however I want to. I see the amazement in people's eyes when I turn up wearing this watch, as they expected something different, I guess. But I rarely tell this story. It is a perfect timekeeper and is packed with interesting innovations, as it has the Master Chronometer certification, combined with its beautiful design and finish. These are all perfect reasons to buy one. But in this case, I don't care much about that: this particular Constellation Globemaster is about me and my family: as personal as it gets. Four generations with Constellations – with Omegas. Below, my Constellation Globemaster placed on a photo of me as a child at my grandparent's house, probably around 1983.
The brand is deeply rooted in my family, which explains the number of Omega watches in my (still modest) collection. This doesn't mean I don't like any other brands, don't buy any other brands (which I still do as well) or even think everything Omega does is the best or all fantastic. This brand just holds a special place with me and now you know why.


Women are often relegated to the sidelines. Despite Sheryl Sandberg's advice that we "lean in", there are forces at work that have nothing to do with an ability to get the job done. Many of those forces are benign, a simple artifact of decades (centuries) of male-dominated societies. Women do things differently, and those differences are somewhat hard-to-understand for the pantheon of men-at-the-top.
What does it really take to run a project successfully? I hear that question on a regular basis. It sometimes surprises me, because the answer is really very simple.
Don't get me wrong… Most project managers work very hard. This job is the closest thing most of us will ever come to juggling angry kittens. Even small projects have lots of "what ifs" and "yes, buts". While some large projects can take years, small projects might be finished in a matter of days. No matter the size, here's the action framework to keep in mind.
First, make progress toward goal(s).
Nothing else matters if you're not proceeding toward one or more of your goals. Job one for all project managers should be to understand ALL the goals of the project, from all stakeholders. Job two is to understand – and clearly communicate – the priority for those goals. There will be conflicts, which you are there to resolve. Understand your goals and priorities BEFORE you start the project and you will have an all-purpose roadmap for resolving issues along the way.
We haven't gone back yet.
Social Media at Work: How Much is Too Much?
It amazes me how often this question arises among millennials: How much time is too much for social media at work?
Social media is like having real friends. If you spent your entire work day socializing in the break room or chatting on your phone… well, you would get fired.
What Technology is Eating Your Lunch?
This is my grandfather's camera. I keep it because it's sentimental, not because I want to use the technology.
Most of us know the story of Kodak. The company was a powerhouse. It was founded in 1888, and for about 100 years, was THE company you thought of when you thought of cameras, or film, or photography. I still have my grandfather's Brownie camera (that's it in the photo). My brother has my dad's, the one he used to take pictures during the Korean War.
Ever have a day when you don't have any deadlines? If it only happens occasionally, you'll feel blessed to have a day to catch up on a few things. But there's a hidden lesson here: without client- or boss-driven deadlines, it's often hard to get started.
Centuries ago, there were landowners (managers) and there were peasants (workers). That management structured worked up until roughly ten years ago, when we began to see the rapid move toward the "matrix organization".
I know… it already sounds like I'm skeptical of the matrix. I'm not. But I've seen it plenty. And it doesn't always work as well as it could.


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First of all I must say that I LOVE Elizabeth Pantley's books/methods. I have read several of her books and they have all helped me more than I could possibly say. The no-cry nap solution is brilliant. I love that Pantley is not pushy about her ideas. She often says that each family needs to decide what works for them... no guilt, no making you feel like an incompetent inadequate parent. Just wonderful helpful advice and ideas to make your life a little easier... and more restful!
Personally I could never handle the cry-it-out method so the no-cry solutions were absolutely perfect for me. When Aiden was a new baby he was colicky... horribly horrendously colicky. He cried a good 8-10 hours per day, every day for 5 months straight. Even then he cried a good 5 hours per day until he was about a year old. I thought I was going to die from lack of sleep.
When Aiden was about 8 months old I was desperate for some sleep. Several of my friends and a pediatrician told me to let him cry it out. So I tried. We did it for 4 nights in a row. He would scream until he would puke all over himself and his bed. I would change the sheets and try all over again. He would scream til he was practically asleep standing up holding the crib rail then he would fall down and hit his head/arm/foot on the crib and start all over again. I spent the night weeping outside his door, feeling horribly guilty.
I gave up after 4 nights of torture for ALL of us. I found a copy of the no-cry Sleep Solution somewhere (library? store? no idea) and picked it up. Read it front to back. Immediately started with her plan. 3 weeks later Aiden was going to sleep no problem AND having good naps. He was still a VERY high needs kid (always has been, always will be) but things were drastically improved!
With Owen I started the program earlier and it worked like a charm for him too.
Pantley's methods got both Aiden AND Owen sleeping perfectly through the night. To this day I have ZERO problems with the boys going to bed. I am still using her methods with Olivia- both for bedtime AND naptime. Naptime is going beautifully well but I will admit bedtime is taking longer with Olivia but it IS working. And I am ok with it taking time.
One of the pieces of advice in Pantley's book that I loved is this: " At any time if you feel too frustrated to continue with the [method] just let your little one nurse to sleep and try again at the next nap. Don't feel you must succeed quickly. This process may take some time. Be patient. There are no awards for being the first parent on your block to have your child fall asleep without your help!"
I also LOVED this one " If you really love having your sleeping baby in your arms and your daily schedule allows this pleasure, then continue on as you are with my blessings. Don't change what works for you and your baby because someone else told you that you should. If your baby is having long, restful naps in your arms or sling and you are happy holding him, go ahead and enjoy this precious, fleeting time in your life and his. Don't change what works today for some fear of future problems. It will likely be no harder or easier for your baby to make a change now or later, but it will be easier for you when you are truly ready and motivated to create change."
That right there is why it is taking longer with Olivia- she is my last baby and I am holding on to that pretty tightly :) I am not nearly as motivated to create change with her!
Thanks to the Family Review Network for giving me the opportunity to review the No-Cry Nap Solution!


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Survey of CIE: 30% of 6th Graders in Bulgaria Are at Risk to Lose Their Motivation to Study or Even to Drop Out From School
Key highlights of the survey:
46% of children believe that the most important subjects (such as mathematics, history, geography, English) are totally uninteresting;
Favourite subjects are physical education (76%), drawing (57%) and music (56%);
95% of them agree that going to school is important and 79% like their teachers;
23% of 6th graders live in extreme poverty and 18% have difficulties with Bulgarian;
According to children not the violence (18%), but the fear of failure in learning (56%) is the biggest problem.
Before the start of the new school year, Centre for Inclusive Education (the Centre) presented via detailed infographic data of national representative survey on 6th graders in Bulgaria. The Infographic "What is to be a 6th grader in Bulgaria" shows not only positive, but also worrying tendencies.
The best news is that 95% of 6th graders in the country believe that going to school is important, while 79% of them like their teachers. But the fact that almost half of them (45%) share that they are ready to run out of class at the earliest opportunity clearly shows that the school is inadequate to the requirements of modern children.
This could be especially seen within the questions related to favourite and less liked subjects. Children's favourite subjects are physical education (76%), drawing (57%) and music (56%) – this is not surprising because during these classes there is learning by doing and children are active participants in the process.
And the less liked subjects by the children are the most important – history (43%), mathematics (40%), geography (35%) and English (31%). Almost half of 6th graders (46%) define them as uninteresting which mean that the conventional education system, where they are widely thought fails to inspire children to learn.
"There are around 57 000 6th graders per year. And they are the least studied group of students, which, however, is at the most critical age, " Dimiter Lazarov, Programme Director of Centre for Inclusive Education explains and adds: "Usually we are very excited around 5th grade when children start to learn with different teachers and around 7th grade where there are school examinations. But 6th grade is critical for the children because this is the time when they develop for the first time perceptions for life and there is the highest risk to lose interest in learning and even to drop out. Therefore, the battle for their interest and love for learning should be done in 6th grade and it is important for all of us to win this battle.
The Centre's experts consider that for many children we are on the way to lose it. The survey shows that 30% of 6th graders in Bulgaria are at risk to lose interest in learning and even to drop out from school.
There are many and various reasons - except the mentioned above boring and difficult to understand way of teaching of key subjects, it becomes clear that the main fears of children are also related to school. But, contrary to the popular statements, most of 6th graders are not afraid of school violence (only 18% mention it as something they are afraid of), but of failure or serious failure in learning - 57%.
In addition, almost a quarter (23%) of children in 6th grade live in families of extreme poverty and 18% have difficulties with Bulgarian at school. 14% of 6th graders need to work to make money, 12% of them travel to school in another location, and 10% of them do not live with their parents – all these factors put children at extra risk of dropping out.
Although the challenges are extremely serious, there are decisions to wake up the interest of children and keep them in school, experts from the Centre say and share some major recommendations:
To demonstrate children the importance of studied material and how it could be applied in life..
To introduce more practical classes and lessons, related to learning by doing.
To teach out of the classroom, in environment related to lesson's topics. The school should open out and at every opportunity to meet children with people outside because there is a large unused resource in the local community which the school could attract.
The national representative survey is organized within Looking Forward My Future – School Makes Sense programme which is realized with the financial support of Velux Foundations. Centre for Inclusive Education aims with it to encourage school and local community to help children to realize the connection between school and their own realization. The programme is implemented among all 6th grade students in two consecutive school years, in two partner schools in Brezovo and Teteven and serves as a basis for developing a model that links schools with local entrepreneurs and professionals.
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School Makes Sense is our most ambitious cause. We are aiming at 100 schools to join it in 2025, because this is a cause which makes the school to revive again in children hearts and to become special for them.
School Makes Sense creates a bridge which connects the school, the local community and the supportive business environment. By crossing it every day, children integrate knowledge, inspiration and challenges and find their place and contribution to the world.
School Makes Sense motivates children to find themselves, to dream about where they want to be, and we, the people around them – teachers, professionals, mentors and parents to help them to trace their path to achieve their dreams.
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World Bank, ARTF approve 3 emergency projects for Afghanistan
The Islamic Emirate once again said that the aid should be provided to the people in coordination with the current Afghan government.
The World Bank and Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) Management Committee have recently approved three projects totalling $793 million that will provide urgent and essential food, livelihood, and health services to the people of Afghanistan, said a World Bank announcement.
The fund is intended to provide aid to the public outside of the Islamic Emirate's control.
"The project will focus on wheat production, supporting about 300,000 households in the November 2022 planting season and another 300,000 households in the March-November 2023 planting season. The project will support the nutritional needs of children, people with disabilities or chronic illness, and households headed by women by providing seeds and basic tools for backyard kitchen gardening and technical training on improved nutrition and climate-smart production practices," the World Bank said in a statement.
" About 150,000 women will receive training in cultivation and nutrition."
"The Islamic Emirate wants the funds that were allocated for Afghanistan in the past to be provided to … the needy people of Afghanistan. The Islamic Emirate is ready for any kind of cooperation in this area," said Inamullah Samangani, deputy spokesman for the Islamic Emirate.
"The Central Bank appreciates the decision of the World Bank and Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) to provide food materials, health services and liveihood resources to the people of Afghanistan," said Sabir Momand, a spokesman for the Central Bank.
Economists said that the humanitarian aid will only be helpful in the short term.
"At the current situation, as all social services have been stopped, the international aid including the World Bank could be useful," said Azeraksh Hafizi, an economist.
Earlier, the World Bank allocated a $1 billion package of humanitarian aid for Afghanistan.—Tolo News
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Nearly six months after Li Ka-shing's CK Asset Holdings sold Hong Kong's The Center skyscraper to a consortium of investors for HK$40.2 billion ($5.15 billion), the world's most expensive office building is poised to be divvied up among its new owners on a floor-by-floor basis.
According to local media reports, the members of the consortium that bought the landmark tower on Queen's Road in Central will convert their respective stakes in the venture into ownership of individual floors early next month. The acquisition last November gave the new owners control of 47 floors within the 73-storey tower, after CK Asset had previously sold off a number of floors in the building on an individual basis.
The decision to sell off the prime building on a strata-title basis comes as the city's space speculators compete to set new price records for office floors in a bet that rents and capital values will continue to rise.
Ma Ah-muk, owner of Hong Kong's largest minibus operator Koon Wing Motors, will take 13 floors in The Center , the most among the new buyers. Ma is estimated to be acquiring his baker's dozen of floors, which include the high-zone 68th, 69th and 78th floors, for around HK$11 billion.
In September of last year Tai United Holdings sold the 79th and top floor in the Center to an unidentified investor for HK$738 ($94.5 million) which constituted a then record-breaking HK$55,854 per square foot.
Shimao Property chairman Xu Rongmao and Hong Kong businesswoman Pollyanna Chu, who joined the buyer consortium in February following the withdrawal of Beijing-based China Energy Reserve & Chemicals Group Properties (CERCG), are buying nine floors and seven floors respectively.
Five floors in the Center go into the hands of Lo Man-tuen, chairman of Wing Li Group, while the remaining 13 floors are taken by a consortium comprising veteran investors Chan Ping-che, Cheung Shun-yee and Tsoi Chi-chung.
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In another strata title deal this month, the 11th floor of World-Wide House, a dilapidated commercial complex at 19 Des Voeux Rd Central, was sold for approximately HK$735 million ($94 million) according to media reports. The World-Wide House seller made gross profit of HK$134 million on that deal in only ten months, after having purchased the floor in July last year for HK$601 million ($77 million).
As the Center's new owners rush to divvy up their prize, some of the building's best-known occupants are already hurrying toward the exits. Two weeks ago, Goldman Sachs was reported to be planning to move out of The Center, where it currently occupies four floors, after its seven-year lease expires in December.
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By: Erin Smith
A chase of a stolen vehicle that was initiated in Columbus County Deputies ended in Bladen County near Allen Priest Road about five miles past East Bladen High School on Tuesday afternoon.
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Arrow "Who Are You?" Review (Season 5, Episode 10)
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Sometimes, it's quite difficult to see the good in people when you're constantly confronted with the bad. It's difficult to remain hopeful when experience has demonstrated time and time again that hope gets you hurt. But, as Andy reminds us in The Shawshank Redemption, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. That's the message Oliver was trying to convey to Felicity, and one he probably has to keep reminding himself too.
This Arrow picks up right where the mid-season finale left off. Oliver discovering Laurel in Team Arrow HQ. I wasn't thrilled with the idea of being subjected to more of Laurel, and I'm glad the show didn't try to bring her back yet again. Not only does it diminish the impact of her death, I'm just SO over Laurel. This was just an alternate universe Black Canary and it doesn't look like she's sticking around. She was mostly just a means to an end anyway. She was simply there to remind us that Prometheus wants Oliver to die a slow, painful death and Oliver is the broodiest brooder to ever brood.
Despite evil Black Canary destroying Team Arrow HQ, helping Prometheus advance his plan to destroy Oliver, and attempting to kill Felicity; Oliver steadfastly believes that good Laurel is still somewhere inside evil Laurel. All it'll take is a little patience and love to bring her around. Part of that is Oliver desperately trying to make amends for, in his mind, failing Laurel and leading to her demise. But a bigger part of it is Oliver desperately trying to find redemption for himself. Oliver has done some horrible things and made some epic mistakes. Most recently, he's responsible for Billy's death which has led Oliver to question his own relative goodness. Is he just a murderer masquerading as a hero? Is he really a good man who has just had one bad situation after another thrown at him? Is he light or has the darkness consumed him? These are questions he's asking himself, and evil Black Canary's appearance gives Oliver a chance to figure out whether he's past saving.
If Oliver can "save" Laurel, then that means he isn't beyond saving either. But what Oliver's logic fails to factor in is choice. Yes. Circumstances have a great impact on our lives and the choices we make. Yes. Our nature also has a great impact on our lives and the choices we make. But the common denominator is choice, and that what Oliver's logic fails to include. Evil Black Canary is who she is partially because of her situation, partially because of her nature, but mostly because of her own choices. The same is true of Oliver. He's responsible for Billy's death because he chose to confront Prometheus on his own despite having a team ready and willing to help him. He's responsible for Billy's death because he continually chooses not to listen to anyone's counsel but his own. Oliver thinks that by saving evil Black Canary he can save himself, but the truth is, the only way for Oliver to save himself is to make better choices. Besides, evil Black Canary has already told Oliver that the Laurel he's looking to find in her doesn't exist and, to paraphrase Dr. Maya Angelou, when people tell you who they are, believe them.
Felicity didn't have the same problem seeing through evil Black Canary. Ordinarily, I would applaud Felicity being on her game enough to recognize that Laurel suddenly returning from the dead wasn't a good thing. Ordinarily, I would applaud Felicity being smart enough to surrepticiously obtain Laurel's DNA so she could confirm her identity. Ordinarily, I would applaud Felicity slapping some sense into Oliver when he automatically trusts her with no questions asked. However, despite how please I was to see Felicity being smart again, she turned right around and ruined it by being stupid.
Every time Team Arrow goes out on a mission, it's a dangerous situation. It's important for everyone to follow orders and do their jobs so that everyone can come back home in one piece. That's one of the reasons I don't like Rene. He never follows orders, and his failure to do so has gotten people hurt. That's why I have never been more frustrated by Felicity than when she went on a different channel to give Rene, Curtis, and Rory different orders after Oliver told them to hold position. Considering how frustrated I've been by Felicity for the last season and a half, that's saying a lot. It wasn't just a stupid thing to do. That was a dangerous thing to do, and it could've gotten Oliver and everyone else hurt and/or killed. There is one leader of Team Arrow, and that's Oliver. It's especially not someone who isn't in the field and doesn't have the total picture of what's going on. Then, to add insult to injury, the narrative validated Felicity's bad behavior by Oliver basically saying, 'yeah, you released a dangerous sociopath out into the world, you put me and the rest of the team at risk, you almost cost two security guards their lives, but it's cool because we almost got Prometheus.' Um….what?!
It's nothing new that Felicity stood up to Oliver. She's never held her tongue when she believes Oliver is in the wrong, and that's actually saved Oliver's life on more than one occasion. However, she's also always understood the dangers Oliver faced while he was out doing his thing. So whenever she's had beef with him, she waited until he was safely back at HQ to give him the dressing down he deserved. For her to not only give the team orders contrary to Oliver's, but to also go behind Oliver's back to let evil Black Canary go was not only frustrating, it was out of character. I'm guessing this behavior was supposed to demonstrate how off Felicity is because of Billy's death, but the narrative did not do a good job of showing that at all. Felicity just came off as overbearing and self-righteous.
One aspect this episode did a pretty decent job with was Curtis. In my review of the mid-season finale, I mentioned how out of the blue Paul walking out on Curtis felt. In the first half of the season, we may have seen Paul once. But in the mid-season finale, Paul talks about all the problems that have apparently been building in his and Curtis' marriage. All of that, sadly, took place off screen. It was so bad that for a little while there, I forgot that Curtis was even married. However, this episode spent almost the entirety of Curtis' screen time focusing on him attempting to deal with Paul leaving him. Curtis clearly loves Paul, but he also loves his home and wants to protect it. Paul's issue with Curtis being Mr. Terrific isn't, as Curtis says, that he tried to be a hero. It's that Curtis a) lied to him about what he was doing and b) nearly got himself killed more than once. For someone who loves Curtis as much as Paul clearly does, it can't have been easy to see your spouse come home at all hours beat up, stabbed, etc. Curtis is an engineer and computer geek. He's smart and he's more than capable of learning to defend himself physically, but he's not a soldier. He doesn't have that in him, and that's ok. There are more ways to be a hero than being out in the thick of battle. This episode helped Curtis realize that he's got better skills that he can offer to Team Arrow, and I hope he'll spend more time focusing on those. It would be interesting to see what kind of tech he can create for the team, but it may also be a way for him to save his marriage. It allows Curtis to continue his hero work without constantly putting himself in harm's way. It might be a compromise Paul can live with and come back.
All in all, this was a rather lackluster episode. The fight sequences were ok, but lacked any real intensity. It was kind of odd to see Rene reach out to Curtis, but in the end it seemed to help Curtis figure out where he fit. Oliver has been brooding over the same questions for the last season and a half, and it's starting to wear a bit thin. It would be nice to see some lasting character grown from him so he can move on to brooding about new issues. Maybe it's just me, but it seems like every time we take a step forward with him, it's four or five steps back. John's situation is pretty precarious at the moment. They did some lazy writing to get him locked back up, but I'm kinda digging his legal counsel. There are times I'm pretty certain the new DA is the other masked vigilante, but I'm still liking him. He seems like he's a pretty decent guy, but he also seems like he's kind of dangerous and/or quietly crazy. I'm really intrigued. Hopefully, he's on the up and up though because John is pretty much screwed if he isn't. One very positive thing to come out of this episode was the destruction of that ridiculous Black Canary statute. I can't be the only one who thought it was completely cheesy. Next week's episode finds Team Arrow looking to add another Black Canary to their ranks. Let's hope she works out better than Evelyn. So what did y'all think of this week's Arrow?
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Public Release: 27-Oct-2016
Researchers root for more cassava research
A recent paper finds that research is lagging to increase yields of this staple crop, but there are opportunities to catch up
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
IMAGE: Cassava, a tuberous root crop that thrives in poor soil, is a staple food for 600 million people across the world. view more
Credit: Angela Obiageli of Covenant University, Nigeria
Cassava makes up nearly 50 percent of the diet in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, where populations are projected to increase by more than 120% in the next 30 years. With stagnant yields for the last half century, scientists realize the need to focus their efforts on this crop now. It is particularly valuable for rural smallholder farmers.
A prestigious Tansley Review, published in New Phytologist, found that the average yield of this starchy staple food crop has not significantly increased since 1961 -- but there are major opportunities to increase yields by improving photosynthesis, the process where plants turn light and carbon dioxide into food and fuel. This is the first publication that has explored improving photosynthesis, in conjunction with other aspects of physiology, in cassava.
The paper quantifies 14 different routes to yield improvements that might be achieved through genetic modifications of the plant. Individual improvements could realize as much as 25%-100% improvements in yield as well as water and fertilizer use efficiency.
"Cassava is so important to so many people, yet while we have seen massive efforts to scientifically understand and improve the yields of other crops, in comparison cassava has been neglected," said lead author Steve Long, Gutgsell Endowed Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois. "¬Here we have summarized and integrated scientific knowledge of the crop as a basis for understanding how sustainable yield improvement might be achieved and to identify critical gaps in knowledge."
This work is part of Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE), a multi-institutional research project, led by Long, that is improving photosynthesis in cassava and other staple food crops in developing countries to increase global food productivity sustainably. RIPE is led by Illinois at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology.
Cassava is a vital food crop for more than 600 million people worldwide. It thrives on marginal lands, especially in semi-arid tropical and sub-tropical lands that could be the most severely impacted by climate change.
"An alternative would be to introduce new crops that have higher yields, but there are good reasons for favoring cassava, and cultures cannot change and should not be expected to change overnight," said first author Amanda De Souza, a postdoctoral researcher with the RIP¬¬E project. "With all the know-how in growing and preparing cassava as a food, it makes the most sense to improve this crop rather than try to replace it with other crops."
Over the past 50 years, cassava yields have flat lined whereas corn yields in Nigeria (a major cassava producer) and the U.S. have more than doubled.
Most published research to date, the study found, has focused on improving the nutritional value or disease resistance of cassava. Even with these improvements, the current yield potential of cassava creates a ceiling, limiting how much food smallholder farmers can produce.
"We found cassava is photosynthesizing far below its theoretical limit," De Souza said. "If we can improve photosynthesis, we might gain large sustainable increases in the yield of this important crop."
Long, De Souza, and colleagues suggest "synergistic improvements"--multiple opportunities to increase the yield of cassava under environmental stresses, such as drought and nutrient deficient soil. These opportunities include improving the architecture of the plant's leaves to better capture light and genetically improving the rate of photosynthesis.
In the future, De Souza believes this paper will serve as a tool. "I think this manuscript can guide people that want to improve the yield of cassava."
The paper "Rooting for cassava: insights on photosynthesis and associated physiology as a route to improve yield potential" was published in New Phytologist and will be available online. Co-authors include Lynnicia Massenburg, Deepak Jaiswal, Siyuan Cheng, and Rachel Shekar.
RIPE and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (under Grant Number DGE-1144245) supported this work.
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Oklahoma Sooners Basketball vs. Iowa State: Preview, Thread & How to Watch
The Sooners will look to right the ship after a disastrous week. Unfortunately, they'll have to do so against a talented Iowa State team.
By Austin Brown@AustinOBrown Feb 4, 2019, 3:45pm CST
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If you didn't watch any Oklahoma Sooners basketball last week, consider yourself lucky. Last week was one that OU will look to quickly put in the rearview mirror following a 30-point home loss to Baylor and a clunker at last-place West Virginia. Lon Kruger's squad will have a chance to redeem itself and get back on the right track tonight. Unfortunately, the opportunity comes against the talented Iowa State Cyclones, who have won five of their last six games.
Oklahoma (15-7, 3-6 Big 12) vs. No. 17 Iowa State (17-5, 6-3 Big 12): 8 p.m. CT at Lloyd Noble Center (Norman, OK)
TV: ESPN2
Commentary: Kevin Connors and Chris Spatula
Radio: Sooner Radio Network (107.7 FM 'The Franchise' in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Tune In Radio App) with Toby Rowland and Kevin Henry announcing
Line: Iowa State -2.5 (as of 3:30 p.m. CT)
About Iowa State
The Cyclones got off to a slow start in Big 12 play but bounced back to win five of their last six games. The lone loss came at Kansas by a score of 80-76.
Iowa State leads the Big 12 in scoring offense, averaging 79.0 points per game and boasts the best turnover margin in the league at +3.2 per game. Senior guard Marial Shayok is currently second in the conference in scoring at 19.2 PPG.
ESPN's Joe Lunardi currently has Iowa State projected as a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Christian James looks to bounce back - OU's leading scorer had quite a rough couple games last week and has rarely been sharp since the beginning of January. James, who averages 16.0 PPG, scored just 18 points total on an abysmal 3-19 shooting from the field and 1-11 from three over the last two games. He obviously has the potential to carry a large chunk of the scoring load, and the Sooners desperately need that to happen. Unfortunately, James appears to be inside of his own head at the moment and has been hesitant to fire away on what have appeared to be good looks for him.
Sooners need to slow the game down - OU's offense has been inconsistent, to say the least, as of late. Iowa State is one of the best offensive teams in the country and is capable of scoring in a hurry, so the Sooners need to slow the game down and work for better looks than they did the last two games. In short, OU will probably need to make this a bit of a dull affair — while still being somewhat efficient on offense — in order to come out on top.
NCAA Tournament implications - The Sooners appear to still be in position to make the NCAA Tournament field (Lunardi currently has them as an 8-seed), but they have obviously been trending heavily in the wrong direction. A win over the No. 17 team in the country would be a massive boost to OU's resume. However, with this team playing Iowa State and Texas Tech before facing both Baylor and TCU on the road, the chances of OU dancing in March could be all but gone by late February. On the other hand, this team will still be in a decent position if they can steal two of those games.
Trying to predict this team's level of is like trying to predict the weather, but I actually think the Sooners come out strong tonight and muddy things up just enough to give themselves a chance.
OU 74 Iowa State 69


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Board index ‹ Miscellaneous ‹ Debates
Hillary or Bernie?
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Re: Hillary or Bernie?
by musashisamurai » 09 Apr 2016, 03:19
Keirador wrote:
ruffdove wrote: Hillary Clinton belongs in prison. That's where thousands of non-celebrity-first-lady-American civil servants with security clearances would be right now if they had put classified information on the open internet for their own convenience - especially under the current administration which has doggedly punished such people whether they were being careless or were whistle blowers.
Well, one of the points Clinton supporters are making is that what Clinton did--[url]what she actually did[/url], not the wildly distorted summary you just gave--while unwise and a violation of at least the SPIRIT of government regulations, presented neither a security threat nor an actual crime, and the only reason this is a big deal is BECAUSE she's a celebrity First Lady.
I tend to concur here. The woman has enemies. If an actual specific security threat had emerged from the email hullabaloo, I'm pretty sure that that's all we would have been hearing about for the past year.
That said, I think Jack Sullivan her policy adviser won't walk away from this happy. Whereas whatever the others may have felt, known, or intended, Sullivan is on record ordering a subordinate to take the header off a document and email it unsecured (in guess what, an email).
Hillary has enemies, yes, but the Clintons also tend to make their scandals worse than they actually, or by set them up. Like, about those Wall Street speeches-whichever aides or advisers didn't tell her that would be a bad idea before she ran (She was already making her superpac that year) is so horribly incompetent that they should be fired on the spot.
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by Keirador » 09 Apr 2016, 06:35
Yeah. Deeply flawed candidate. But I'd argue no politician has been under as much scrutiny since Nixon. The fact that nothing has ever stuck means she's either innocent or like the most effective and influential evil genius in American history and if so like ok fine be president.
Did you know there's a faceless old woman who secretly lives in your home? It's true. She's there now. She's always there, just out of your sight. Always just out of your sight.
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Or its also because of the incompetence of the other side.
I mean, while Bill and Hillary are easily two of the smartest politicians of the last two or three decades, they've made some mistakes and they've been involved in some extremely shady business. Hell, they got one of the main conservative character assassins to go work for them and now he (David Brock) runs two or three of their pacs (Used to be three. Then the Feds pointed out that even though her superpac wasn't officially coordinating, having one guy run everything meant they pretty much were coordinated). "I did not have sex with that woman." Cattle futures and stock. Travelgate. To name a few.
But you can't lie and say the right are pretty incompetent with their attacks. Look at the Beghazi committee. Its like they wanted her to succeed after that. Even their handling of the email controversy, the latest one, has been pretty awful if they want to use that to end her-then again, given all the Republicans are even older and even less technically competent, I'm suprised if they understand what email is. You know, because its not in the Bible-but maybe the Koch Brothers send their orders via email?
You may think I'm conservative or liberal, btw. The truth is, I'd rather think for myself, and thus I'm just cynical since both sides are pretty scummy, care only for themselves, and idiots. I'm just afraid that vthe Republican Party's self-destruction will lead to essentially a one-party system for awhile-or just as bad, a system where its the Democrats and Teabaggers, and the Democrats are too fractured to do anything.
by ruffdove » 09 Apr 2016, 14:56
Um... no. Not even close. I mean yeah, I get that Clinton supporters are trying to make the point that what she did was just a foolish but honest mistake, and you can choose to believe them if you like, but all the evidence indicates that she deliberately took classification markings (and ordered her subordinates to remove classification markings) from classified information and then put it on the Internet. I find it impossible to believe--after all her years in Washington--that she was ignorant of the fact that such actions were illegal. And if you think worker bees wouldn't be prosecuted for that, then you haven't been paying much attention.
The only assumption I'm making is when I give her the benefit of the doubt that she did it out of an arrogant sense of entitlement to convenience and not as a deliberate attempt to make classified information available to those unauthorized to see it.
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Keirador wrote: Yeah. Deeply flawed candidate. But I'd argue no politician has been under as much scrutiny since Nixon. The fact that nothing has ever stuck means she's either innocent or like the most effective and influential evil genius in American history and if so like ok fine be president.
Perhaps no politician since Nixon has deserved such scrutiny. Nixon was brought down by the media exposing what he did, and the media gleefully (and, I'll say, rightfully so) went about that business with a gusto. Most of the media today is actively apologizing for Hillary. Sure, a couple of outlets are talking about the e-mail and other stories, but with most of the outlets blowing it off, that just looks like an attack job. Look through the opinion--all the Hillary supporters you trust so much--to the facts of the case.
Personally, I think your Nixon comparison is an apt one in more ways than just the scrutiny.
Thats why the law is so iffy here, because the Espionage acts were made to prosecute people deliberately sharing top sect information. Gross incompetence isnt a route they want to go on either
Well, shes just as paranoid for starters, and also probably keeps a list of enemies, real or imaginary.
musashisamurai wrote: Thats why the law is so iffy here, because the Espionage acts were made to prosecute people deliberately sharing top sect information. Gross incompetence isnt a route they want to go on either
The laws governing the mishandling of classified information were made to dissuade people from mishandling classified information (and failing that, to punish them so as to dissuade others in the future). Why the information was mishandled should, of course, have a bearing on sentencing, and even the nature of the crime one is charged with, but breaking the law is breaking the law. Should Clinton be charged with espionage and given a sentence comparable to an Ames, a Hansen, or a Montes? Certainly not. But she should be charged with mishandling classified information, and, if convicted, punished. It happens, though only lower ranking officials ever actually get charged. Bill Clinton's own Director of Central Intelligence, John Deutsch, mishandled classified information in much the way Hillary did and retired from public life in disgrace (I forget if Clinton pardoned him or just leaned on the Justice Dept not to prosecute). Kind of illustrates how unevenly the powerful apply the law in this country, which should dismay people from all points on the political spectrum.
As for gross incompetence/ignorance, I'm not buying that defense - especially when you consider the Clintons had experience with a situation pretty much exactly like this with Bill's own DCI. While I don't think Hillary was trying to give the information away (there are frankly easier and less traceable ways of doing that), I think a sense of entitlement and a rules-don't-apply-to-me attitude is what's to blame here. After all, she braved sniper fire in Bosnia for this country - why should she have to wait until she's in a secure area to access classified information?
by gsmx » 11 Apr 2016, 20:07
Can't you just do it the Canadian way and choose your leader based on their core strength and impressiveness of their party tricks? Makes politics so much simpler.
The first quality that is needed is audacity.
gsmx
ruffdove wrote:
Ruffdove it's fairly clear we're not working from the same understanding of the facts, or perhaps we're working with different "facts" entirely. I don't understand what you mean when you say she "put [classified information] on the Internet." Quite apart from an argument about what constitutes "classified information," I don't understand what you mean by "put it on the Internet." If anything the opposite is true: Clinton's emails were being stored and handled by a private server that she had installed in her home in 2008. The primary objection is not that her emails were insufficiently secure, but rather they were too secure: Clinton herself controlled ultimate access to her emails, and this violates at least the spirit if not the letter of the law regarding government record-keeping. You can't edit what records you pass on to the government and what you keep to yourself. If her emails had been handled by the State Department through a .gov server, she would not have had exclusive access to her own records. Now the Clinton camp has contended that they eventually turned all e-mails over to the State Department, the exact truth of that we shall likely never know, but the fact that she had unusually exclusive control over her own records is indisputable.
It's also, in my opinion, very clear that this was a "mistake." How would that even work? "Whoops, I accidentally had a private server installed in my basement, haha, crazy things can happen!" But what's not at all clear is what law this would be breaking. It does violate State Department protocol and record-keeping requirements, AT LEAST in spirit if not a technical violation of the language of the requirement. Part of what's at issue here is that Clinton's camp did eventually comply with these requirements by turning over the emails in question. . . but again, my understanding is that we basically have to take the Clinton camp's word that they turned over everything necessary. Even if they held something back, however, this would be a violation of protocol but not a criminal act nor even necessarily a technical breach of regulation. It would be NOW: in 2014, Congress amended the Federal Records Act to require that government business performed on private email accounts MUST be turned over to an official account within 20 days of the transmission of the communication. But Hillary Clinton was a private citizen by 2014.
As for managing classified information, so far every email found to contain classified information has been classified retroactively, meaning the information was not classified at the time it was sent, or not marked as classified. There've been around 2,100 of those. Colin Powell himself and members of Condi Rice's staff with high security clearances are all also "guilty" of using personal emails that contained information that was later determined to be classified, or should have been marked classified but was not at the time. Still waiting to find a single Clinton email that was marked as classified at the time it was sent. If one is found, that will be a big deal and a clear violation of policy. That is what the FBI is investigating now.
It's also been alleged, primarily by Clinton's political enemies, that her system was far less secure than a government server would have been. Maybe so. To date there has been no evidence, however, that her system was ever successfully hacked into. The one confirmed instance of hacking Clinton communications, in this case an email sent from her to Sidney Blumenthal, was hacked from Blumenthal's side, meaning it would have made no difference if Clinton were using a government email account because it was the recipient who got hacked, not her.
TL;DR, it's pretty clear that Hillary Clinton's use of private email was highly unusual and didn't comport with established practices, would have been a violation of the Federal Records Act if it had occurred after the 2014 amendment, and went right to the edge of what was technically allowed under regulations that existed at the time. As far as security is concerned, to date there is no evidence that any unauthorized person was able to access information from Clinton's private server.
If your understanding of the facts diverges from my understanding, please point out where and how, with evidence.
But with Nixon, we found evidence of wrong-doing. With Hillary Clinton, about a third of the country is JUST SURE SHE'S CROOKED and if there isn't any actual evidence, well the lack of evidence is just evidence of how deep the corruption goes.
As for the media, there's just more of it today than there was in Nixon's time, and reporting standards are different as well. I mean part of the reason people hate the Clintons is Bill's tawdry personal life, and "the President is having an affair!" would have been considered sleazy and not news-worthy a few decades ago. Yeah, some media outlets are friendly to Clinton. Others are rabidly, aggressively, relentlessly hostile to her. Fox News has billions to throw around in investigatory reporting. Hell, the GOP Congress threw together a Select Committee whose stated purpose was to hurt Hillary's poll numbers. Why haven't they found evidence of a crime?
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