Partner Highlight: Pho Ha Noi – STRIVE, San Diego!
Hello, Strivers! Today it is our delight to bring you a highlight on one of our STRIVE restaurant partners, Pho ha Noi. We sat down for a conversation with Thuan Phuang, the restaurant owner, and asked a few simple questions about his experience with STRIVE thus far.
In 2012, Thuan opened Pho Ha Noi, a restaurant that specializes in authentic Vietnamese cuisine. As with any other business, the first three years were a rough start but Thuan reports to be doing well now! And much to our pleasure, joining STRIVE has helped in some significant ways. After all, it is our mission to work with local restaurant owners, like Thuan, to reach out to the community and promote our vision of healthy eating.
We first asked Thuan: Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you first went into the restaurant business.
To put it simply, Thuan's passion for food stemmed from cooking for his family. He admits that even without much experience in restaurant ownership, his love for cooking for a big family inspired him to serve the public in the same way. With that said, you can bet his dishes are authentic! With a family-based restaurant, the most important thing for Thuan is flavor. From what we continue to learn, you don't have to compromise good taste for good flavor. Though it may be a challenge, it can be done! "We want all the flavors to still be there," Thuan agrees.
Thuan works hard to cater to his customers. After consultations with the STRIVE team and our nutritionists, some of his menu items have been modified for better nutritional value. For example, in preparation for pho (a staple Vietnamese soup), Thuan and his team will manually extract the fat from the broth that was prepared the night before, so that it is ready to be served with healthier ingredient substitutions the next day! It's a complicated process, but one that is worth it in the end. Reduced fat, healthier ingredients, same great and traditional taste—"that's the whole point of opening this restaurant," Thuan says.
We then asked Thuan: What are some challenges you have faced with your customer base while working as a STRIVE partner?
In the end, Thuan wants his customers to be satisfied with his healthy and modified dishes. It is his way of giving back to the community by giving people something that is both enjoyable and physically better for them! It is also our common goal, as STRIVE, to address the reality about certain Asian and Pacific Island dishes. When it comes to food, "Asian culture is a myth," Thuan says, and we agree! Let's continue to work together to reach clarity.
Lastly, we asked Thuan: What made you jump on board to become a STRIVE partner, and what are some of the benefits you are seeing?
Thuan says STRIVE's values and ideals align with his. Before partnering with us, he often felt that only few understood the difference between what is already out there and what it is that he's trying to achieve. In other words, he wants his customers and others to believe in the difference between traditional dishes and modified dishes. Small as they may seem, the little differences will go a long way.
One of the biggest gains Thuan has acquired from being a STRIVE partner is the opportunity to work with many likeminded people. Through professional meet-ups and events, STRIVE has presented Thuan and his business a network of doctors, nutritionists, and other business owners and professionals who he can both learn from and share his ideas with. Thuan takes the education he's getting seriously and projects these shared ideals to his restaurant. Pho Ha Noi now has "STRIVE-highlighted dishes" in its menu, and Thuan reports that sales for these items have gone up!
Thuan has always had confidence in the quality of his products, and with the support from other STRIVE individuals, that confidence has been fortified. He's a firm believer that there is always room for improvement. Not only does he want to improve his own business, Thuan wants to also reach out to others. "I'm hoping that other restaurants will catch on," Thuan says. A true health advocate, he wants to be a living example of open-mindedness and bringing new ideas to the table—literally!
Well thank you, Mr. Thuan Phuang! It's been a pleasure working alongside you and your team up until this point. We're happy to continue working with you in sharing our vision for healthier living.
Strivers, if you haven't already, be sure to check out Pho Ha Noi in Miramar when you get the chance! We highly recommend the pho or spicy beef salad. Until next time!


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Home CEO INTERVIEW Nigerians must embrace debt capital for infrastructure development – Skystone MD
Nigerians must embrace debt capital for infrastructure development – Skystone MD
By Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma
Lagos, Dec. 8, 2020 The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Skystone Capital & Investment Ltd., Mr Ola Olabinjo, says opportunities inherent in debt capital should be explored in solving Nigeria's lingering infrastructure deficit
Olabinjo said at a media parley in Lagos on Tuesday that the quest by the Federal Government to develop critical infrastructure needed to attract investment, growth and development could only be achieved through debt capital financing.
Debt capital is the capital that a business raises by taking out a loan. It is a loan made to a company, typically as growth capital, and is normally repaid at some future date.
He said the nation's infrastructure needs could not be addressed with yearly budgetary allocations, stressing the need for debt capital financing.
Olabinjo said continued allocation and appropriation in the budget for development of critical infrastructure sector of the economy, amounted to paying lip service to infrastructure development.
"The budget allocation for infrastructure for the 2021 fiscal year is a drop of water in the ocean.
"It cannot maintain the existing infrastructure let alone develop new ones.
"The only way to think out of the box and think afresh is new ways of tackling infrastructure development," he said.
He said that government as a matter of urgency, must put in place, friendly and attractive business policies that would not be inimical to both local and foreign investors.
Olabinjo said that legal/regulatory framework must be right to attract the needed debt capital for infrastructure development.
He said that Nigeria could not extricate itself from the infrastructural deficit it found itself with, if it continued to allocate and appropriate funds in the budget for building of roads, development of the educational sector, amongst others.
"We need to reassess and rethink the way we go about financing projects in the domestic economy.
"Debt market is still a major source of financing that can bring back moribund companies," Olabinjo said.
The investment expert said there was $100 trillion debt fund at zero interest looking for safe environment and opportunities.
He disclosed that Egypt, Morocco and Ghana were already enjoying the funds.
According to him, Nigeria is in a better position to attract these funds due to its population, size and high return on investment.
"Our tax enforcement should be pursued aggressively. Multiple taxation must be jettisoned.
"The issues of our treaty, commercial dispute resolution, stable foreign exchange policy are key issues to be addressed to attract these funds," he said.
On the company's drive to help grow the economy through development of small businesses, Olabinjo said it would, early in 2021, bring about six companies to the capital market for debt capital raising.
He said the company would change the narrative of discussion in the area of debt capital financing in Nigeria.
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15 great travel quotes and perspectives on travelling
A collection of some of my favourite travel quotes.
Here are a bunch of travel quotes from my long list of favourite quotes. Here are fifteen travel quotations from eminent scholars and travellers, along with perspectives and interpretations of them, with a final bonus one.
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." ― Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo, also known as St. Augustine, was an early Christian theologian and philosopher. His wise words clearly say that if you don't travel, you don't really know the world as it is. Don't be a frog in the well, come out and explore.
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
― Lao Tzu
Lao Tzu, also known as Laozi or Lao-Tze, literally meaning "Old Master", was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He is known as the reputed author of the "Tao Te Ching", which is also referred to as"Laozi".[1]
Even though scholars and historians still debate the text's true authorship and date of its composition, there is truth in the ancient wisdom. Lao Tzu might have also meant to say that every great thing has a small beginning. Whatever the original context might have been, these wise words hold true in the context of travelling.
Every journey, whether long or short, does begin with a single step, which is the first step that you take. Nowadays, the first step would typically be planning where to go, followed by initiating the booking process, unless you're a hardcore wanderer at heart.
"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move."
― Robert Louis Stevenson
This is quoted from his book, "Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes", which is based on a journey he went on, in 1878. It was a 12-day, 200-kilometre long solo hiking journey through the sparsely populated and impoverished areas of the Cévennes mountains in south-central France [2].
Quoting more from his book, along with the above well known lines,
" For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move; to feel the needs and hitches of our life more nearly; to come down off this feather-bed of civilisation, and find the globe granite underfoot and strewn with cutting flints. Alas, as we get up in life, and are more preoccupied with our affairs, even a holiday is a thing that must be worked for. To hold a pack upon a pack-saddle against a gale out of the freezing north is no high industry, but it is one that serves to occupy and compose the mind. And when the present is so exacting, who can annoy himself about the future? " [3]
Now, how many of you people haven't felt this way?
― J.R.R. Tolkien
This is a well known quote from John Ronald Reuel Tolkien's book, The Fellowship of the Ring , and the wanderers at heart can relate with it.
Now, consider the following lines which appear before and after the quoted one above, in that poem in The Fellowship of the Ring, "All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.".
Can we use these lines for the context of ancient and historical monuments, along with deep rooted cultures as well? After all, the strong old ones still stand, and even though they don't glitter, they belong to a golden age of culture and heritage.
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference."
― Robert Frost
In his poem The Road Not Taken, the poet Robert Frost might have meant it literally, or he perhaps spoke about the journey of life, but this applies well for us travellers and tourists, who want to take the road less travelled, and seek the sights less visited. Have you ever done this and gone to a place not well known, or to a place not highly sought-after?
"The traveller sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see."
― G.K. Chesterton
Now, isn't that true? That's the basic difference between a traveller and a tourist. A traveller travels, seeing what he sees. A tourist, on the other hand, typically sees whatever places he has come to see, be it some monuments, some mountains, nice beaches, or relax in a resort. Very insightful words by G.K Chesterton, who was an English writer, poet, philosopher, and journalist. Can we say he was "The Man Who Knew Too Much"? ;-)
"Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me."
Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer and songwriter. There has been several times we've hit rocky roads, full of potholes, whether they were village roads or even highways in a bad shape! But, they've always felt better than dealing with the frustrating traffic jams of the cities. Would you agree with me on this one?
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."
― Marcel Proust
I don't know the original context or composition where Marcel Proust, a French novelist who is considered as one of the prominent authors of the 20th century, said this.
I interpret it in a context of travel as: It isn't seeking of new places or landscapes, but looking at things differently (having new eyes), is what matters. That's when we go on a real voyage of discovery.
It may be something small, like a squirrel, or someplace close-by, and even places which are not so well known, or aren't so sought-after. It's the way we observe, explore, and appreciate that place, which matters.
"I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them."
I'm sure that most of you will agree, and even relate with this one. When you travel with people, especially on long overnight journeys, or tours, you'll be spending a lot of time with them and get to know them better, whether they're totally new people, or your friends or colleagues.
In Mark Twain's book, Tom Sawyer Abroad, which is a classic sequel to his books, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck Finn (Huckleberry Finn) narrates this, as he recollects and mourns for the people of their caravan who are deceased due to a sandstorm [4].
Okay, enough with its sad context, but the wise words hold true for any occasion where you travel with other people, either as a group of people, or some pleasant or unpleasant co-passengers.
Here's another quote from the same book, in which the character Huck Finn says the following, as he narrates the story -
"There ain't anything that is so interesting to look at as a place that a book has talked about." ― Mark Twain
It's always interesting to actually see a place that you've read about in the books. Or nowadays, a place that you've seen on the television, on YouTube, or even read about on great travel blogs like this one ;-)
"It's better to travel well than to arrive" ― Gautama Buddha
"The journey not the arrival matters." ― T.S. Eliot
Several times, we've enjoyed more during the journeys, along the way, rather than after arriving at a destination. Of course, some journeys don't go so well and leave us more frustrated. But in most cases, a pleasant journey makes an arrival even better.
Even though the contexts of the above quotes may have been different, quoting them together, the great Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism and T.S Eliot, who is considered as one of the major poets of the 20th century, It's better to travel well than to arrive. The journey, not the arrival, matters. However, this may not apply to very long train or air journeys, as they can be quite monotonous and boring!
"Travel is glamorous only in retrospect." — Paul Theroux
This is true, as there are times when our travels and journeys look better in retrospect, rather than during it. There are times when the travels don't go as planned, and become boring or unpleasant, but when we come back, it looks better than the mundane day to day lives we lead.
Sometimes, people tend to speak or write about better and nicer aspects of their travels, leaving out the unpleasant ones. We try to give a full picture in our travel experiences, even though we highlight the postives.
Here's one more from Paul Theroux, an American travel writer and novelist. It's something on the lines of G.K.Chesterson's words above.
"Tourists don't know where they've been, travellers don't know where they're going." — Paul Theroux
No need to elaborate this one, you've got the picture.
I saved the best one for the last. If we do not have a beautiful mind, or soul, no matter to which beautiful place we may travel to, we will not find any beauty.
"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not."
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is quoted from the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, a well known American essayist, lecturer, poet and a popular philosopher.
But the following is also attributed to him, from his essays :
"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
Whoops! Let us stop here with the quotes, and start packing for the next journey, and write the next travel story and give you more travel tips.
Happy travelling! :-)
[1] Laozi - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Stanford University.
[2] Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes and Selected Travel Writings, Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-19-282629-8
[3] Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes by Robert Louis Stevenson on Project Gutenberg
[4] Project Gutenberg's Tom Sawyer Abroad on Project Gutenberg
Images in this article are only representations. Images in this article are from Unsplash.
"15 great travel quotes and perspectives on travelling", by Pradeep Hegde, on Trayaan (https://www.trayaan.com/) . Published on Friday, July 28, 2017.
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Quantum Surgical, Ally Bridge and LifeTech Scientific announce Three-Way China Joint Venture to develop innovative surgical robot for the treatment of liver cancer
Quantum Surgical, an innovative surgical robotic company announces that it has entered into an agreement with Ally Bridge Group ("ABG"), a leading cross-border life science investment group and LifeTech Scientific Corporation (SEHK: 1302) ("LifeTech"), a leading medical device company in China to establish a three-way China joint venture ("JV").. The JV, based near Shenzhen, will focus on the R&D and commercialization of Quantum Surgical's integrated surgical robot platform in China for interventional oncology with the first target indication being liver cancer. China represents more than 50% of the world's incidence of liver cancer.
The creation of this JV follows ABG's Series A investment in Quantum Surgical (May 2018), in which LifeTech also participated in the investment through its existing partnership with ABG. ABG initiated and led the design and formation of the JV, where LifeTech is the majority shareholder and responsible for the setup and operation of the China JV, including contributing market know-how to expedite product approval and commercialization in China.
" Quantum will set new standards for minimally invasive cancer treatment procedures with the first target indication being liver cancer. We believe that LifeTech's regulatory expertise and established commercialization infrastructure in China, coupled with ABG's truly global industry network and strong capital markets and deal-making capabilities, will enable Quantum Surgical to accelerate its market entry into China and benefit millions of cancer patients there," said Bertin Nahum, Founder and CEO of Quantum Surgical.
"This JV between Quantum Surgical, LifeTech and ABG showcases a new model for Sino-foreign collaboration in medical technologies. The ABG team has been working closely with Quantum Surgical, led by Bertin Nahum, following our successful investment in – and exit from – its previous company Medtech SA. Quantum Surgical is a natural extension of the 2018 ABG – led US$300 million investment in GRAIL, a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured" said Frank Yu, ABG's founder and CEO. "LifeTech has a proven track record in obtaining "green channel" fast-track approval and commercializing in China for some of the world's most innovative medical technologies, as demonstrated by its China partnership with Medtronic," Frank Yu added.
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From Disney Parks To Carnival Cruises: The Petri Dishes of DFC and IoT?
Theme parks and resorts are emblematic of an encroaching future, a future without keys, wallets, tickets and - dare the thought - maybe even without smartphones. The Internet of Things (IoT), including location-based services, paired with Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI), renders experiences more seamless and enjoyable for users, while boosting retailers' revenues. These connected closed-loop ecosystems are a testing ground for technology, 'Petri dishes' that have Silicon Valley salivating. But, these Petri dishes have larger consequences, and closed, connected ecosystems are the first intellectual exercise in a series of steps which will eventually inform digital finance innovation in the outside world and Smart Cities.
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In 2013, Disney World introduced the MagicBand, a $1 billion project which features a wristband equipped with a RFID chip and radio technology, thereby connecting the user to a system of sensors around the park. The wristbands minimize paper and hassle by allowing users to board a park-bound airport shuttle and check into their hotel, where luggage is automatically directed as each piece was tagged previously at the departure airport. The band is then used as a park entry ticket, fast pass, room key, reservation facilitator and payment instrument.
Carnival ships will soon adopt similar offerings. Through the Ocean Compass application, in combination with a smart medallion, travelers will be pampered with expedited check-in, electronic door access, or ordering friction-less poolside cocktails. But friction-less travel and payment are not particularly new or inventive concepts, instead the Compass app will embrace a new level of utility: responsive. In fact, testimonials emphasize the location-specific and personalized experience it delivers.
Compass app in hand, I could see that the options for nearby entertainment would shift as I walked across the room, as the servers crunched new data about what was closed, and what I had chosen. It was almost like a right click for the real world. And no matter where I was, I could order what I wanted—there would be no waiting in line, no waiting for a server. Cliff Kuang, Co.Design
The lessons derived from closed-ecosystems will, first and foremost, shake up brick-and-mortar retail as relevance expands to more real-world use cases. Amazon is the first to trial such technology and dismantle the orthodoxy of retail. Late in 2016, the E-Commerce powerhouse launched a store that is bare of both credit card machines and cash registers, a reality powered by IoT and AI advancements.
In order to participate, users must register within the applicable smartphone app and then present the generated barcode to a sensor. Through the unique barcode scan, along with other sensor technology, Amazon tracks the user perusing throughout the store and then identifies and catalogs any products selected. Once a shopper has had his fill, he is free to leave though the turnstile doors.
By leveraging sophisticated AI tools and machine learning, Amazon can detect the location of a product in varying circumstances - from missing off a shelf, in the hands of customer, sitting in a bag to even under a shirt. In all likelihood, Amazon will not invest in their own brick-and-mortar stores, but rather might sell the solution to enterprise customers as they do with Amazon Web Services.
Benefits All Around
IoT and AI technology is currently used by theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, museums and, tentatively, retail shops to enhance user experience, increase security, and gain incredible insight into the habits of their customers.
Contactless wristbands add to the user experience on multiple levels. Perks available to customers might combine options to pre-book rides or restaurants, skip ticket lines (or all together in the case of fast passes), access exclusive / VIP events, receive coupons & discounts, transact seamless payments, or even gamble.
Big data promises to further complement the benefits associated with contactless wristbands. Analytics - which deconstruct users' behavior and preferences - could supply individualized recommendations that would cut down wasted time and align with the interests of a customer. Location-based services, too, would communicate the most pertinent information at any given place and time. Theme parks, for one, often exploit this technology to publicize wait times for rides. Or, park cartoon characters, princesses and ghouls alike, could consult geo-location, preference and data inputs to interact with visitors in a more meaningful way, like, say, birthday wishes and anniversaries.
Museums, too, are brimming with comparable potential. Users could be served up personalized content about a specific item in a museum's collection while meandering through an exhibit or guided toward attractions that have similar appeal. Augmented reality is the next logical step to weave into the presentation, with sites rising from ashed ruins or historical figures animating before the eyes of audiences.
IoT and AI, together, have the ability to whittle down what can seem like an overwhelming number of options. While Netflix and Amazon have empowered the consumer, without personalized recommendations or reviews, committing to one choice with certainty is a daunting task. Too many options hinder consumer decision-making, but companies can employ IoT and AI solutions to create personalized experiences, content and recommendations, which will ultimately improve a business's bottom line and promote efficient advertising. That said, there is a fine line between helpful and invasive, and as this technology develops enterprises must 'feel out' the delicate balance.
However, it is not just revenue that is at stake, but also business costs. Personnel could be monitored and better deployed as changes in human capital requirements, whether that be security or first responders, become obvious instantaneously.
Beyond The Band
In the end, Disney decided to abandon the MagicBand, outside of Orlando, and instead move forward with a smartphone-based solution. In the Shanghai park, guests will be able to replicate the advantages of the MagicBand with their smartphones.
This functionality could be also be extended to personal wearables. As it is not sound logic for someone to carry more than one wearable - especially as the industry matures and more people invest in their own wearable and related services - enterprises will have to strategize to leverage new technology within this context. That might mean integration with wearables, but it also might mean integration with smartphones, as smartphones tentatively become the center point in device management. And of course, merchants must be ready to connect to and accept payments from these devices.
Shoppers who invest in the technology will certainly expect plenty of opportunities to use it. Retailers can start by adopting Point-of-Sale (PoS) infrastructure that's able to process NFC payments… In order for wearables to expand their reach, there will also need to be more alignment between the myriad of players.
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The Magic Is Behind the Scenes
Bringing such expansive programs to life is not only about user devices, but also about what lies behind the scenes. The environment in these closed ecosystems is laden with sensors to discern who and where you are. The actual wristbands and personal devices are one small piece of the puzzle. Providers must retrofit locations, ships, parks, resorts, museums, and re-train employees on a massive scale, not to mention all the back-end analytics. MyMagic+, alone, cost Disney over a billion dollars, and that is only in the Orlando Parks.
Theme parks and resorts are rays of light that will help illuminate the path forward to a future with friction-less commerce in the form of a cashless payments. That, mixed with communicating data will let us arrive to more pleasant experiences informed by, supposedly, better choices.
However, that future is mind-boggling expensive if it is to be implemented at a high-level. If cities are ever to materialize similar, all-encompassing technology, one party might be able to act as a unifying and propelling force, but partnerships across the private-public sphere will have to coordinate. On the payment side, payment processors, banks, card brands and retailers must also work together. Growth in connectivity, sensors and data analytics will aid in a piece-meal approach that eventually splashes out to an open ecosystem as well.
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January 20, 2019 Musictonyives
Eric Brace, Peter Cooper & Thomm Jutz – Riverland
The gifts of the Mississippi are the historical and geographical attributes that surround it. These include inequality, cotton, deprivation, heat, a lazy pace, roots music and a mighty ribbon of water that broadens as it descends the USA to become little short of a country within a country.
Here we have three gifted musicians who've taken their wonderment to produce a remarkable album. They write stories about war, floods, workers, segregation, bootleggers and the simple towering majesty of the river. The range of the themes and people who 'speak' these stories are beautifully crafted and diverse in their perspectives. Add some acoustic folk/roots music delivered with harmony, humour and memorable melodies and we may have an album that stands out from the current crop of releases.
Eric Brace, Peter Cooper and Thomm Jutz collaborate on yet another album and pen 13 out of the 14 songs. All three are accomplished musicians with a considerable catalogue of music between them. Brace and Cooper, two former journalists, have worked together for many years and been Grammy nominated. Jutz has had a career that includes playing in the bands of Nanci Griffith and Mary Gauthier.
"River City" tells us about the boats that work the channel and its men who tumble off at various ports for an evening's entertainment before returning to carry on their journey. The song carries a heavy heart at the life of being continually in transit with all the leaving that this entails. The three voices, whether as a lead or in the chorus, work so well together often harmonising to give a depth and emotion to the lyrics.
The working river saw changes as sail gave way to steam. Inevitably some trades fell into disuse. "King of the Keelboat Men" has that Springsteen bitter undercurrent of proud and strong men being made obsolete; their talents discarded. "Drowned & Washed Away" revisits the vicissitudes and upheaval of the devastating 1927 flood. "Down Along The River" is a song about the role the river played in the 1860s' Civil War.
Recent history is about segregation. "Mississippi Magic" touches on a landmark that was key in the nascent civil rights movement. With a heartfelt conversational narrated start we see the unfolding conflagration of 1962 with conflict between white and black over an African American's entrance to the the University of Mississippi. Never preachy and told from the perspective of a surprised onlooker this captures the era.
Acoustic albums are often beautifully played (as the absence of electricity seems to provide nowhere to hide). Whether it's Jutz's flatpicking or the plucking of a banjo we have accompaniment that compliments but never intrudes and creates space for those voices to enthral. Welcome to 2019, we're setting the bar high.
This is a tremendous album but the concept appealed to me after my 2015 bike ride down the USA:
(http://toronto-neworleans-orlando.blogspot.com).
I trundled through the Deep South leaving Memphis on Highway 61 and picking up the signs on the Blues Trail and absorbed the culture and geography. Landmarks were numerous from Bessie Smith's place of death to B B King's museum in Indianola and a night of being bitten by bed bugs. I only came across cotton once as I cycled into Clarksdale. Apparently it's too thirsty compared to soya and probably not as lucrative. Other myths are that black folk still play the blues. Sadly not really, it seems a white person's pursuit nowadays. All the black folk were helpful and kind (Including the inmates from the local penitentiary who wanted a light for their cigarette as they painted the car park at the field where I camped). Time on the Natchez Parkway will always live with me as will Natchez as I camped beside the river on a site with a huge RV looming over my one man tent. The next day I crossed the Mississippi three times before getting into Louisiana. The worst road surfaces in the USA welcomed me along with torrential rain as I approach New Orleans. The rain on a crossing across the Mississippi by ferry was so horrific that the operator invited me to sit inside for another trip until the weather passed! So I 'did' this part of the world and feel a little smug that i lived and pedalled miles absorbing all it had to offer and not just writing beautiful songs from a misty yet romantic notion.
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require 'spec_helper'

describe Event do

  let(:event){Event.new}

  describe "capacity" do
    it "should be the total ticket capacity" do
      event.tickets << Ticket.new(:capacity=>10)
      event.tickets << Ticket.new(:capacity=>4)

      event.capacity.should == 14
    end
  end

  describe "fixed_expenses" do
    describe "total" do
      it "should be total of amounts" do
        event.fixed_expenses.total.should == 0
        event.fixed_expenses << Expense.new(:amount=>2)
        event.fixed_expenses.total.should == 2
        event.fixed_expenses << Expense.new(:amount=>3)
        event.fixed_expenses.total.should == 5
      end
    end
  end

  describe "sponsors" do
    describe "total_price" do
      it "should be the sum of all the sponsorship cash" do
        event.sponsors.total_price.should == 0
        event.sponsors.create(:name=>'A', :number_of_tickets=>0,:price=>1000)
        event.sponsors.total_price.should == 1000
      end
    end

    describe "total tickets" do
      it "should be the sum of all the sponsorship tickets" do
        event.sponsors.create(:name=>'A', :number_of_tickets=>1,:price=>1000)
        event.sponsors.create(:name=>'B', :number_of_tickets=>3,:price=>1000)
        event.sponsors.total_tickets.should == 4
      end

    end
  end

  describe "scenarios" do
    before(:each) do
      event.tickets << Ticket.new(:name=>"Free", :price=>0, :capacity=>5)
      event.tickets << Ticket.new(:name=>"Mid", :price=>100, :capacity=>15)
      event.tickets << Ticket.new(:name=>"High", :price=>200, :capacity=>15)

      event.fixed_expenses << Expense.new(:amount=>150)
      event.delegate_expenses << Expense.new(:amount=>10)
    end

    describe "total cost" do

      it"should be the same as fixed expenses if no tickets sold" do
        event.scenario_for(0).total_cost.should == 150
      end

      it "should increase fixed expense + sales * delegate costs" do
        event.scenario_for(1).total_cost.should == 160
        event.scenario_for(5).total_cost.should == 200
        event.scenario_for(10).total_cost.should == 250
      end

    end

    describe "profit" do
      it "should be total income - cost - ticket cost" do
        event.scenario_for(0).profit.should == -150
        event.scenario_for(10).profit.should == 250
        event.fixed_cost_per_ticket = 1
        event.scenario_for(10).profit.should == 240
      end
    end

    describe "total income" do
      it "should be sum of each ticket price * amount sold" do
        event.scenario_for(0).total_income.should == 0
        event.scenario_for(5).total_income.should == 0
        event.scenario_for(6).total_income.should == 100
        event.scenario_for(10).total_income.should == 500
        event.scenario_for(20).total_income.should == 1500
        event.scenario_for(21).total_income.should == 1700
      end

      it "takes into account fixed ticket price" do
        event.fixed_cost_per_ticket = 1;
        event.scenario_for(6).ticket_cost.should == 6
      end

      it "takes into account percent cost per ticket" do
        event.percent_cost_per_ticket = 10
        event.scenario_for(6).ticket_cost.should == 10
        event.scenario_for(21).ticket_cost.should == 170
      end

    end

    describe "sponsorship" do
      before(:each) do
        event.sponsors.create(:name=>"A", :price=>1000, :number_of_tickets=>2)
        event.sponsors.create(:name=>"B", :price=>2000, :number_of_tickets=>3)
      end

      it "cost of for sponsors should be included in the total cost" do
        event.scenario_for(0).total_cost.should == 200
        event.scenario_for(0).delegate_cost.should == 50
      end

      it "should include sponsorship income in the total income" do
        event.scenario_for(0).total_income.should == 3000
        event.scenario_for(0).sponsorship_income.should == 3000
      end
    end

    describe "tickets sold" do
      it "should assume tickets sold cheapest first" do
        event.scenario_for(00).tickets_sold.should == {"Free"=>0, "Mid"=>0, "High"=>0}
        event.scenario_for(05).tickets_sold.should == {"Free"=>5, "Mid"=>0, "High"=>0}
        event.scenario_for(20).tickets_sold.should == {"Free"=>5, "Mid"=>15, "High"=>0}
        event.scenario_for(25).tickets_sold.should == {"Free"=>5, "Mid"=>15, "High"=>5}
      end
    end

  end
end


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A real road trip
Intro to U9 Hockey
Timbits U7 Program
Hockey Canada statement announcing Fall 2020 event rescheduling
Focused on health and safety
Roster named for Canada's National Para Hockey Team Training Camp, presented by Canadian Tire
Roster named for BFL National Women's Team training camp, presented by Sobeys
HCF launches Assist Fund
Shop with Hockey Canada
Canadian black tie
WWC cancelled
Living their big dreams
Peyton Krebs and his brothers proudly wear the family name on the back of their jerseys, but big sister Maddison wants to see hers on the country-music marquee
Madison Koekkoek
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Cindy and Greg Krebs raised their four children to be best friends, to chase big dreams and to go after a life they loved in full.
For Maddison, the eldest of the close-knit quartet, it was music that filled her up. A budding country music artist, she got her start as part of the Young Canadians School of Performing Arts program with the Calgary Stampede and moved from home in 'Nashville North' to Nashville proper in 2018.
"I want to pursue [music] for the rest of my life and my parents were super encouraging of that."
For the three boys, it was hockey that struck a chord.
Oldest brother Dakota is playing at the University of Calgary this year after a five-year WHL career, while youngest Dru is in what should be his sophomore season with the Medicine Hat Tigers were it not for COVID-19 restrictions.
And then there's Peyton, a Team Canada mainstay over the last few years whose international résumé includes the 2017 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship and, of course, the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship.
For Peyton, the passion his parents encouraged centres around fun. "I play hockey because I love it. When I wake up in the morning it's all I have on my mind and all I want to do."
Greg and Cindy wanted their family to set its sights on big dreams and to know that, no matter where their journeys take them, they are supported.
"We created a culture in our house of being each other's biggest fans and doing whatever it takes to help each other out," says Greg.
The culture of big dreams started when the kids were young. Growing up in Okotoks, Alta., about 20 minutes south of Calgary, Greg and Cindy gifted their foursome with dream books one Christmas, something the two of them had practiced for years. Each Krebs was tasked with writing down 100 of their biggest dreams.
"If you don't write it down, you don't achieve it," Greg says. "That's our motto."
The boys, he says, look up to Maddison for having checked off a number of the dreams she made note of at a young age. Did Peyton's book include a dream of playing at the World Juniors?
"If it's not in his book, it's definitely written somewhere," Greg says. "It's pretty hard not to have that on your list if you're a hockey player in Canada."
While chasing big dreams means high-speed lives on the road, the Krebs family remains close and connected. They log a lot of FaceTime hours, important to Greg and Cindy so they can better understand how their kids are feeling.
The family Snapchat group is also active, Greg says with a laugh, adding that it's the six Krebs plus one: Dylan Holloway, a teammate of Peyton's with Canada's National Junior Team who billeted with the family during his time with the Okotoks Oilers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.
"We send family Snapchats to each other [and] we chirp each other all the time," Greg says. "Dylan got some good chirps about how messy his selection camp hotel room was."
When musical guests like The Arkells joined Canada's National Junior Team Sport Chek Selection Camp via Zoom during the 14-day quarantine, it was Facetime that Peyton used to make sure his sister could take in the music, too.
Including his big sister in these cool moments wasn't out of the ordinary.
Maddison's new single, 'Younger Brothers' (still unreleased but available on YouTube) references the boys waiting for her to get home from school so they could play. In true hockey-sister fashion, she took her turn in net.
"The boys would try to get me to come down to the basement and play goalie," she says. "I'm not really clueing in to what that entailed… no equipment at all and they start slap-shotting. Well, that game went really quick and I was crying up the stairs."
It's the laughter, not the tears, that's oh-so-familiar to the Krebs household, though.
"We're all goofballs and it's usually a lot of laughing at our house and keeping it light," Maddison says. "If you're at our house, you're definitely going to see the dance floor heating up, the music is on in the kitchen and somebody's pulling out some moves."
That scene might paint a contrast to the unassuming, quiet confidence Peyton exemplifies on the ice. But Greg says Peyton, Dakota and Dru were enrolled in hip-hop classes at one point. "If you get the music going, Peyton is quite the dancer," he laughs, knowing he's said too much.
"It's interesting because I see the boys [at the rink] and they're very focused, which in that space is totally appropriate," Maddison adds, "but once they get home, they're very care-free and having fun with all of us."
The Krebs family certainly lived up to its 'Don't be boring' mantra in its pre-game rally video ahead of Canada's preliminary-round game against Slovakia on Dec. 27.
The Krebs family is FIRED UP for Canada's second game.
LET'S GO! 🇨🇦👊#WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/hd33GJegWC
— #WorldJuniors (@HC_WJC) December 27, 2020
In a house of infinite support and one-in-a-million dreams, it goes without saying the close-knit group draws on one another. Peyton and his brothers look up to Maddison's drive and her work ethic, pulling from her persistence in the tough music world.
For a proud big sister, it's discipline she learns from her hockey-playing brothers.
"I think that's part of being a hockey player; you have to be disciplined, you have to do all the behind-the-scenes things, the preparation that people don't see… all the hours they put into working out, waking up every morning, eating a great meal and practicing, consistently working at their craft."
She admires and points to Peyton and the preparation he has put into the World Juniors.
"They are always pushing me to carpe diem, seize the day, do all that you can to prepare for the big moments. For Peyton, all the work that went in will reflect and now he can just enjoy his experience. It's really cool to see."
Musical talent and athletic prowess make for a well-rounded household. While Maddison laughs at her athletic ability, Peyton is quick to insist she's no pushover on the ice. "She can still skate really well," he says. "Last Christmas she threw on the jets and was wheeling around. She's got a natural ability, for sure."
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Another listen to 'Younger Brothers' reflects the siblings' special bond and the moments that forged it:
Backyard ice and hockey skates
First snowfall and rosy cheeks
Round and round and round in figure 8s
Then the world slowed down
Nothing else matters now
Thank God for my mother
Thank God for my father
For giving this older sister
Younger brothers
While Peyton works towards a gold medal with Team Canada before lacing up for his rookie NHL season with the Vegas Golden Knights, his sister is working to put the finishing touches on her record for release this year.
"Being an older sister is the best," Maddison says. "I love hanging out with my brothers and I love cheering them on. I really hope by the spring people can start seeing one another again and people can be in the stands and all the things, crossing our fingers."
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2021 IIHF World Junior Championship
Canada gets silver medal at 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship
World Juniors Recap: United States 2, Canada 0
24 days in Edmonton, by the numbers
World Juniors Recap: Canada 5, Russia 0
World Juniors online 50/50 jackpot to start at over $1.9 million for final two draws
Red Deer will be ready
World Juniors Recap: Canada 3, Czech Republic 0
Family takes care of family
Looking at the future
Dominick Saillant
Esther Madziya
Manager, Communications
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2021 WJC: Frame by Frame – Game action
From Boxing Day to the gold medal game, look back at the best moments from Canada's run at the World Juniors.
2021 WJC: Frame by Frame – Behind the scenes
Go behind the scenes at the World Juniors through the eyes of the teams, Hockey Canada, the IIHF and volunteers.
2021 WJC: Frame by Frame – Around the rink
Get an inside look at Team Canada on the ice and in the dressing room with candid moments from the World Juniors.
2021 WJC: USA 2 – CAN 0 (Gold Medal)
Canada outshot the Americans 34-21, but was left with a silver medal.
2021 WJC: CAN 5 – RUS 0 (Semifinal)
Levi and Cozens led Canada past Russia and into the gold medal game.
2021 WJC: CAN 3 – CZE 0 (Quarterfinal)
Levi was brilliant, making 29 saves to send Canada to the semifinals.
2021 WJC: CAN 4 - FIN 1 (Preliminary)
Cozens opened and closed the scoring to help Canada atop Group A.
2021 WJC: CAN 10 – SUI 0 (Preliminary)
Byfield finished with two goals and four assists in a shutout victory.
2021 WJC: CAN 3 – SVK 1 (Preliminary)
Spence, Tomasino and Quinn scored to help Canada edge the Slovaks.
2021 WJC: CAN 16 – GER 2 (Preliminary)
Cozens had a hat trick and three assists to lead a dominant offence.
NJT: Eyes on Edmonton (Dec. 23)
Check out what's happening on the ice as Team Canada preps for the WJC.


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To get to Timberyard, I took a shortcut past St Cuthbert's and through its little community of gravestones sheltered under the castle's watchful glower. It felt natural: Edinburgh has always been a sepulchral city, a place of echoes and shadows of my former self to encounter around every corner. Here is where I was scared witless as a child on a ghost tour; here is where I was bored senseless as my mother shopped for a jacket that could stand up to the cold. Here I am, escaping my job in London, visiting my brother at the university, happy to play the gawky older sibling because of how little effort it requires, despairing at the loose leaves of oregano strewn across his kitchen table (reader, it was a different herb). Here I am with my family, or with the woman who would become my wife, or – this, most recent time – sitting in a long handsome hardwood dining room, a pine sap negroni in hand.
It's really good, too; the best twist on this drink I've ever had. It instantly relocates the original cocktail, ripping it away from my associations with Piazza della Passera in Florence and concoctions drunk by the half-pint on balmy summer nights; putting down instead deep, loamy roots in the hillcountry north of the wall, the artfully shaved ice cube not a coolant but a token of the dun dreich February night outside. It's an immensely promising opening act compromised ever so slightly a few minutes later by an eccentric wine list full of grapes I don't want to drink by the glass, many of them ambitiously priced beyond my ambition. I go with a bummy natural Syrah / Grenache blend that is as funky and meaty as hung grouse. This is a good thing, I think.
Things take a little longer to get into gear on the food front. Porter bread with whipped butter and smoked salt is fine, but if I'm going full Andy Hayler baked goods snob on it I'd venture to suggest it's a little dense (I would say more Dawn than Cole, but she's a published author, so the joke's on me). A single shaving of goose ham, a nugget of salami, and a squelch of fermented cucumber arrive next – all made Clove Clubbily in-house. I don't really get the kudos accorded to people for rubbing some stuff on a bit of meat and hanging it out to dry for a while, so maybe I'm not best qualified to pass judgement beyond "fine" on the animal flesh; I know deep in my bones, however, that the cucumber savours greenly, coldly, of something growing by, or maybe even in, a grave.
But we're off to the races with the dinner's proper opening salvo, a mackerel / oyster / kohlrabi assemblage that comes on like Rene Redzepi reimaginging that iconic Ledbury dish. If I had the skill to make it myself I'd probably juice the ratio of ingredients in favour of the oyster emulsion and to the disadvantage of the brassica but, as they say of people who eat too many oysters, chacun a son gout. There is certainly no arguing with the mackerel, which is exquisitely cooked, if maybe lacking the snap and crackle on the skin you get down at Brett Graham's gaff.
Duck egg with Jerusalem artichoke and cep reads beautifully, if familiarly; a jumble of complementary ingredients that sing of comfort during long winter months: a hygge in a mug. Unfortunately this one could fit into a mug with room to spare; it is jarring to see such parsimony in presentation when the flavours are so profoundly generous. The white is also on the boaky side of underdone for me – but as the record shows I have a particularly sensitive stomach here.
Four – with a few extra little bits and pieces, maybe – is the perfect number of courses. But portion sizing represents a bit of a high-wire act; it's hard to find a satisfying midpoint between the bog standard à la carte triumvirate and a full belts-and-braces tasting menu. Here, where the egg felt practically naked, the lamb arrives overdressed in a Birnam Wood of kale and broccoli and some very unseasonal pea-shoots. Once it has been excavated, it is fantastic: possibly not the noblest beast to have walked the earth, but butchered and cooked to perfection, a thick collar of fat left on and crisped to the verge of indecency. With that natural Syrah / Grenache – now emerging from a mid-life crisis as a barnyard literally on fire – it is utterly winning.
Pudding is very Great British Menu in its pinks and its whites and its fruit leathers and gels and sheep's yoghurt. But wow how delicious, the rhubarb's flavour surprisingly unadulterated, its sourness left intact. An exclamation mark to finish a menu that has gone from strength to strength, a jolt to the cortex, rather than a slow flabby collapse into butterfat and pastry. A sudden memory of chewing on a stalk as a child, sprinkling more sugar on top after each bite, the only way to beat the sharpness. A pause for contemplation, for questioning how we – people, cooks, restaurants – grow and develop; a hope that Timberyard will continue to cook such delicious food, but will have the confidence to do it in its own way, not in fealty to anyone else's trends. A quiet delight that it exists in its current form, nonetheless.
And then back, another walk among the tombstones. A fresh grave that will in time be overgrown, overlooked; a visit that will grow dim in the memory. It will take a while.


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