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Le château de Beaufort-en-Vallée est un château situé à Beaufort-en-Vallée, en France.

Localisation
Le château est situé dans le département français de Maine-et-Loire, sur la commune de Beaufort-en-Vallée.

Historique

L'édifice est inscrit au titre des monuments historiques en 1951.

Description
La motte castrale est complètement restructurée afin de recevoir des bâtiments en pierre aux .

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des monuments historiques de Maine-et-Loire

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Beaufort-en-Vallee
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Paul Stafford Named ALFAPARF Milano Global Ambassador
by Stacey Soble | February 23, 2016 | Bookmark +
Premier luxury haircare brand ALFAPARF Milano is bolstering its global reputation as a leading creative and educational heavyweight with the appointment of one of America's favourite Brits, Instagram star Paul Stafford, as Global Ambassador. The coup, with multi award-winner Paul providing education and creative direction worldwide, marks a new phase for the company as it builds on its prestigious education department and expands its international network of luxury partner salons.
To celebrate, ALFAPARF has collaborated on Paul's latest collection, Signature, an exploration of purist cutting and precision styling, which will be launched next month at IBS on 6-8 March. Paul will be showcasing the collection on the Denman stand in New York and again at ABS in Chicago a week later on 12-14 March. Paul's partnership with Denman is acknowledged in the industry as one of the longest, most successful relationships ever, with the two brands working closely for more than 20 years without a break.
Already a popular face on the international hairdressing scene and a frequent visitor to the USA, Paul is a perfect match for the Milan-based colour and styling house, bringing his purist approach to styling together with ALFAPARF's passionate approach to fashion-led hairdressing.
'We chose Paul for his long-term experience in salon education and show work, along with his enthusiasm for pushing the boundaries of creativity in the modern world of hair styling,' said ALFAPARF spokesman Denis Pianetti.
Paul has been educating for ALFAPARF in Europe for the past three years, and is now looking forward to expanding that role. He said: 'ALFAPARF is an amazing company to link with as it is so fashion-focused. It's a real pleasure to work with a company that prioritizes staying current in every aspect of our art, while bringing in that classic Italian elegance and glamor. I see this new role as a fantastic opportunity to share my love of education and to work with other global ALFAPARF ambassadors on the international hair scene.'
Paul and Leisa Stafford are part of the international hairdressing elite and joint owners of Stafford Hair, Northern Ireland. Paul is the consummate all-round hairdresser, juggling TV appearances, magazine photoshoots, educational seminars, platform presentations and an oversubscribed column. He is in the BHA Hall of Fame, having won Northern Irish Hairdresser of the Year three times. Leisa is also a multiple award-winner, including Northern Irish Hairdresser of the Year 2004, and a seasoned session stylist in constant demand by magazines and ad agencies. For more info, visit staffordhair.com.

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Glastonbury Town and Tor, Somerset, UK Content from the guide to life, the universe and everything
Glastonbury Town and Tor, Somerset, UK
Created Oct 25, 2001 | Updated Aug 4, 2012
We'll begin with a brief description of the landscape surrounding Glastonbury, which will give us a better idea of where it is, and more importantly, why it is where it is.
The Somerset Levels comprise a large area of reclaimed land that was drained under the guidance of Dutch engineers in the 1700s. It has flourished into fertile water meadow, still segmented by the Dutchmen's Rhines1 and ditches. From the air it looks like an immense patchwork quilt. To the West lies the Bristol Channel and the Atlantic; to the South, a range of gentle but imposing hills, the Poldens; and to the North and East, another range of hills, the Mendips. In essence the Levels are contained within a gigantic 'U' of hills with the sea cutting off the 'open' end. There are many farms on the Levels, and there is also a living to be made from the legion willows that populate the banks of the rhines. Pollarded annually, these willows produce switches, or withies, which can be used to weave anything from baskets to fences. There are also a small number of peat farms, which are progressively destroying the few peat bogs left in England. Orchards are literally everywhere, the area being famous for its cider production/consumption.
Presiding over all this is Glastonbury Tor, around the base of which clings Glastonbury town. With a population of around 10,000 souls it is at best a medium-sized town for Somerset. Rising above the town is the Tor proper, a sweeping promontory of grass-covered sandstone. At the very peak of the Tor, standing like a gnomon, is a single tower, all that remains of St Michael's church, destroyed by an earthquake in 1275.
The Geology
At the base of the Tor is the Chalice Well - a fresh water spring that has been flowing for approximately 65 million years. The Tor wasn't there when the spring was young and dinosaurs came to drink. It was a rolling sandstone plain in those days, punctuated by watering holes and rivers. The well was running, and as it ran the iron-rich waters percolated down through the porous sandstone. Imagine, for a moment, the pattern a spill of water onto a thick mattress would make in three dimensions. At the top you would have a roundish stain where the water enters the mattress. Below this, in the mattress itself, the water would spread as it sank, so that when it finally came to a halt the base would cover a greater area than the apex. Remove this spill intact from the surrounding mattress and you would end up with a rough cone.
Now picture the sandstone plain as the mattress, and the constant percolation of the well as the water spill. Because the waters of the well are iron-rich they imbue the sandstone with a strength that the neighbouring sandstone cannot match. Thus over the years as the non-iron treated sandstone plains have eroded away, the iron rich sandstone cone has seemingly arisen out of nothing. Indeed, it might be possible to produce a three-dimensional map of ancient wells and springs of the locale by marking the positions of mumps2 and tors on the Levels. The well that produced the Tor has gradually eased its way down the side of the Tor and settled at the bottom, where it is now surrounded by the Chalice Well Gardens. Glastonbury Tor is not the only Tor on the Levels, but it is certainly the biggest and most spectacular. It has also seemingly retained its watery character. Some have described it as the hump of a whale breaking through the Levels, others have commented on its teardrop shape, and all have noticed the tiers that roll down the sides, resembling waves. Paradoxically it is the Tor's watery origins that later made it such a haven from flooding.
Glastonbury has as many myths about its name as it has about every other aspect of its existence.
Glaestingburgh is Celtic (although the 'burgh' is almost certainly Anglo-Saxon). Glastonbury is the modern version of this name. It means settlement (Burgh) of a people known only as the 'Glaestings'. Glaesting was the name of a man who supposedly chased a pig all the way from the Midlands to Glastonbury. He finally caught the pig on the Tor and, liking the spot, moved his people here. There are a couple of other pig-chasing legends in the area, primarily around Bath and Wells.
It gets simpler if you break the name down into three parts.
Glas - Some have ascribed the 'Glas' in Glastonbury to be a direct reference to the 'Castles of Glass' in Celtic mythology. However, in Brethonic Celtic, The word 'Glas' describes the colours blue, green and grey. During the Iron Age the area surrounding the Tor and the shoulder of land upon which it sits were either water-rich marshes or full-blown lakes. The main colours available to any observer sitting on the Tor would be the green of the grasses and reeds, and the blue or grey of the sky, both of which would be reflected by the water, depending on the weather.
Ton - Town, or occasionally stone (which may be a reference to the sandstone of the Tor being occasionally exposed).
Bury - Borough or 'burgh'.
It's all guesswork however, and the true meaning is unlikely to emerge.
Glastonbury Abbey lays claim to being the most ancient (above ground) Christian church in the world. The myths surrounding early religion in Glastonbury are simply too numerous for a Guide Entry to cover. For those interested, there are many complete books on the subject. Only the ruins remain today, thanks to Henry VIII's efforts against the monasteries, but they are impressive nonetheless, and stand within some delightful park ground. The original stew pond (where the Benedictine monks would keep carp to net for food) has been renovated, and is once again full of carp, who will vie with the ducks for bread (this is great entertainment - keep in mind that the ducks can reach the bread faster than the carp, but the carp are more aggressive than the ducks when they reach the bread simultaneously).
There is a succession of abbots reaching back to the 7th Century. The last Abbot of Glastonbury was hung, drawn and quartered on the Tor, his severed head being placed above the gates of his abbey, an early victim of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. A shame really, as previous to this incident, he had been reported as doing rather well. The trial that resulted in his death was widely believed to have been fixed. A line from Thomas Cromwell's Remembrances attests to this belief:
The Abbot of Glaston to be tryed at Glaston and also executed there with his complycys.
Although the Abbot was actually tried at nearby Wells, Cromwell was evidently not a man who enjoyed surprises.
More of the Abbey can be found in the Mythology section.
The earliest evidence for human habitation is the Sweet Track3, which at 6,000 years old is the most ancient road in Europe. Although the Sweet Track is not actually in Glastonbury, it is quite close, and it isn't too far fetched to imagine that both regions were inhabited at the same time. 'Road' is a bit of a misleading term. A long row of poles have been hammered into the marsh, each of which results in a 'V' projection. Into the 'V' was dropped a split trunk, to form a secure pathway for its users. It stretched for well over a mile, and was in use for approximately ten years (abandoned, perhaps, due to a rise in water levels). As a point of interest, a jadeite axe head was recovered near the track. The jadeite has been traced to the Alps, showing a wider trading range than many people supposed existed.
4,000 years pass by before our next stop. Again, we're not on the shoulder of land that supports the Tor, but close by, at the so-called 'Lake Villages'. The name suggests a sophistication of building comparable to the contemporary La Tene culture of the continent, which constructed stilted villages in the middle of lakes proper. Our marsh dwellers, however, did not go to these lengths and instead laid down massive foundations on wetland, using split trunks and hurdles as a building base. These were very close to open water though, as some of them had jetties from which canoes could be launched. These villages were possibly built on the marshes to give access to the game available there (including, in those days, beaver and pelican). They were thought to be seasonally inhabited.
Skipping forward to today, the people are impossible to describe outside the context of the town, so we'll do that next.
The town, as has previously been mentioned, is small, totalling a population of approximately 10,000 people, which can swell to four times that number during the Glastonbury Festival. In Glastonbury, however, there is no such thing as Glastonbury Festival. It is referred to as the Pilton Festival, as it takes place a few miles away from the town, at Worthy Farm in Pilton. The festival is the main reason that so many people have heard of Glastonbury. Previous to the 1960s, the town didn't have many tourists. The poet, artist and visionary William Blake had been there, and the region inspired his hymn 'Jerusalem', primarily because of its supposed links with Joseph of Aramathea (who legendarily brought the Holy Grail to Glastonbury), and also, one imagines, because of its frequent magnificent cloudscapes which, when viewed from the Tor during a sunset, can be awe inspiring.
The high street is filled with alternative bookshops and crystal emporiums. There are that many that if you closed your eyes and threw a bread roll you'd definitely hit one (if not three, counting ricochets). Books to 'Heal Your Life' always sell well, as do the ranges of 'therapeutic' minerals and crystals. These are said to contain healing properties, and should be treated with care, regardless of the inference that the properties have so far survived being blasted out of the bowels of the earth, smacked about with geology hammers, carted about in trucks, rolled around for hours in a polisher and, in many cases, having been cooked in an industrial oven to bring out the colours. For those of you willing to invest a little effort, there is a quarry at the foot of the Mendips in which you can find lumps of amethyst, some of which are too large to carry.
There is a strange polarisation about the town. On the one hand, you have the population that are descended from people who have lived in the town (and environs) for generations, and on the other hand you have the population which have lived here since the 1960s. It wouldn't be too unfair to say that the most they have in common is the town in which they live. The locals call the newcomers 'hedgers' or 'hippies' and (to paint with a sweeping brush) essentially view them as the reason their sons/daughters can't get a council house. The newcomers (again, painting with a sweeping brush) refer to the locals as 'rednecks' or 'carrot crunchers' and essentially accept that the reason they can't get a council house is that the locals have bought them all, and the council hasn't built any more4.
There does, however, exist a truce. Regardless of Mr Blake's comparisons, this is hardly a new Jerusalem. Other than the odd 'hedger' getting roughed up on a Friday night, and in spite of the annual antagonistic pieces in the local rag prophesying blood in the streets every time the festival is due, it is still a quiet rural market town, with, for Somerset, more than its fair share of cosmopolitan pursuits.
You would be hard pushed to find a town that had more mythology attached to it than Glastonbury. The air is quite thick with it. There is barely a patch of ground within a two-mile radius of the town that doesn't have its own story. We'll start with the Abbey though, firstly because it is so rich in mythology, and such a catalyst in the town's history, and second, because it is pretty hard to beat in an alphabetical ranking.
The most widely promulgated myth about Glastonbury and the Abbey is that Joseph of Aramathea visited the place, carrying with him the Holy Grail. Chalice Well, a name which alludes to the Grail, was thought to have been originally called Calke Well, or Chalke Well5, the name being later adapted to suit the legend. When traced back there is no mention of Joseph of Aramathea until the 13th Century, when he is reported as arriving carrying two cruets, one of which contained the blood of Jesus Christ, the other containing some sweat of the same. This likely looks like a borrowing from the French Romances. Again, from the 13th Century, arises the myth of Joseph and the thorn tree. Joseph, having trekked all the way from the Mediterranean, is supposed to have planted his thorn walking stick on Wearyall Hill (actually a continuation of the Tor). Flying in the face of all botanical likelihood, it blossomed right away, and continued to blossom every winter. There are winter-blossoming thorn trees on Wearyall Hill, but it is more likely that the myth is an explanation of their presence, rather than their presence being proof of the myth.
With Joseph comes a link with that old showman of myth - Arthur, King of the Britons. Arthur, after his death at the hands of his son, was said to have been ferried off to Avalon and interned there. The name Avalon has been linked numerous times with Glastonbury, and a few other sites in Europe. The name has variously been associated with the abundant orchards around the Tor, and also a couple of Iron Age demigods of the Underworld. No one is completely sure of the translation. The association with Arthur, again, was not made until the penning of the 13th-Century French Romances. It is also, possibly, a reference to the Tor once being known as the 'Isle of the Dead', which could be a reference to Iron Age burial practises in the area. After all, it's hard to dig a grave in a marsh, and you wouldn't want bodies floating around the place. Perhaps they were hauled to dry land and buried. It would have been easier, however, to put the bodies in the crown of a tree and let the numerous raptors6 dispose of their remains. This method was widely employed in Bronze Age times, and may well have carried through the Celtic invasions.
The bodies of Arthur and Guinevere were said to have been discovered by the monks of the Abbey in 1191. They were discovered under a large leaden tablet inscribed in Latin - Hic iacet sepultus inclitus rex arturius in insula avalonia or 'Here lies buried the renowned King Arthur in the Isle of Avalon'. The fact that 'Arthur Fever' was sweeping the country, as it periodically does, and that the monks of the Abbey were in desperate need of funds at the time, is of course purely coincidental...
Another persistent myth is that of the Glastonbury Zodiac, an astrological zodiac of gargantuan proportions said to have been carved into the land along ancient hedgerows and trackways some 2,000 years ago. There are only ten figures in this zodiac, as opposed to the more usual twelve, and most of them do not conform to the characters we would recognise today. There are charts of the zodiac available to buy in the high street, some of which include aerial photographs of the figures, the most convincing of which is man with a beard, holding a sword above his head. His main features are made up of clumps of trees, his outline formed by field boundaries. Unsurprisingly, it is supposed to represent King Arthur. It is a charming idea, and someone has clearly spent a lot of time poring over maps and crosschecking aerial photographs to support it. Unfortunately, it failed to occur to that person that the vast majority of the land said to be covered by the zodiac was, at the proposed time of its construction, under several feet of water.
There is much more than this, but to cover it all in the detail it deserves would be a multi-volume task. All that can be done is to recommend a visit. It is beautiful in winter as well as summer, and the view from the top of the Tor has to be one of the most striking in the country.
1Named after the Rhine river valley. In the context of the Levels it probably means large ditch or small canal.2A mump is a large hillock or small tor.3Named after its discoverer, Ray Sweet.4These polarisations have unfortunately carried across to the new generation of Glastonians. This is mainly because when parents despair of their children never listening to a word they say, they are often too wrapped up in themselves to realise that their children have listened to every word they said and, children being children, have probably agreed with some of the more spiteful ones...5There is no chalk in the area - this could be a reference to a nearby limestone deposit which could, charitably, have been mistaken for chalk.6A raptor is a bird of prey.
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PG&E Could Shut Off Power For Millions To Prevent Wildfires The utility could cut power to as many as 5.4 million during extreme weather conditions. PG&E declared bankruptcy last month in the face of billions of dollars in wildfire-related liabilities.
PG&E Could Shut Off Power For Millions To Prevent Wildfires
February 7, 20195:08 AM ET
Matthew S. Schwartz
Firefighters battle flames at a burning apartment complex in Paradise, Calif., in November. PG&E could shut down power to as many as 5.4 million customers during extreme weather conditions. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Firefighters battle flames at a burning apartment complex in Paradise, Calif., in November. PG&E could shut down power to as many as 5.4 million customers during extreme weather conditions.
Pacific Gas & Electric could shut off power to more than 5 million customers when extreme weather conditions are ripe for wildfires to break out, the company said Wednesday. It's an expansion of the company's previous power shutoff program, which only let the company turn off power to about half a million customers.
Several power companies submitted their required "wildfire mitigation plans" to California regulators this week. But PG&E's plan may be especially consequential, given that its power lines have been blamed for several Northern California fires over the past few years. The company filed for bankruptcy last month in the wake of billions of dollars in potential liability after two years of wildfires.
The company told the state's public utilities commission that to address wildfire risk, "shutting off power will likely be necessary and may need to be performed more frequently due to the extreme weather events and dry vegetation conditions."
"We understand the urgency of the situation, that lives could be at stake and that we need to move more quickly," the company said.
In 2018, the company's "public safety power shutoff" program affected up to 570,000 customers. This year, the company plans to include its entire 5.4 million electric customer base in the shutoff program. PG&E said it would try to alert customers within 48 hours of a power shutoff.
PG&E will only turn off power "as a last resort," a company official told The San Francisco Chronicle. And the company stressed it wouldn't consider shutting off power to all customers at once, the Chronicle reported.
PG&E also plans to trim or remove an additional 375,000 trees in 2019, to clear leaves and branches from around distribution lines. And it plans to conduct many more "enhanced" inspections of distribution poles and transmission structures, it said.
The California Public Utilities Commission will need to review and approve the proposal. PG&E cautioned that the company's bankruptcy filing could impact its ability to successfully implement its plan.
Mark Toney, executive director of the Utility Reform Network consumer group, told the Chronicle that PG&E's plan is a sign of mismanagement of the power grid and failure to properly keep trees trimmed. "We're paying them to keep the power on," Toney said. "Now we're paying them to shut us off. There's an irony in that."
Of the seven other utilities that submitted plans to regulators, "none included the significant reforms PG&E was proposing," the Associated Press said.


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to fishing grounds around the disputed Scarborough Shoal.
It's a tough life with the men working, eating and sleeping on these rickety boats hundreds of miles from home.
Forones does not catch what he needs to in order to survive.
their families in modest communities such as Masinloc suffer.
according to the Philippines Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.
Many families are having to consider leaving the region to search for a better life.
a tiny rock at the Scarborough Shoal on May 17 last year.
Luzon, Philippines (CNN) — A year ago, a fisherman Efren Forones came back from fishing trips with up to three and half tons of fish. In return he was able to buy 15 to 20 kilos of rice for his family every month and was planning to send at least one of his six children to college.
He now returns with just 400 kilos of catch at best, meaning he can only afford one to two kilos of rice a month, while school for his children is an expensive luxury and out of the question.
The reason? He says he can longer fish in the fertile waters around Scarborough Shoal.
A cluster of uninhabitable sand banks and small rocks set in a shallow azure water lagoon about 130 miles (200 km) west from the Philippine island of Luzon, Scarborough Shoal is one of a number of territories at the center of an international dispute in the South China Sea.
Both the Philippines and China lay claim to it.
The long-term tensions between the two nations escalated last April during a one-month stand off between the two nations, after Manila accused Chinese boats of fishing illegally in the area. When a Philippines navy vessel inspected the boats it found "large amounts of illegally collected corals, giant clams and live sharks" inside one of the boats, according to the Philippine government. Manila then reported that two Chinese surveillance ships had taken up position at the mouth of the lagoon, blocking the way to the fishing boats and "preventing the arrest" of the fishermen. The vessels stretched a cable across the mouth of the lagoon, which also prevented Filipino fishermen from going there, according to the Philippines coast guard.
Earlier this year, the Philippine government took its feud with China to a United Nations tribunal, a move that Beijing has rejected. In an article on state-run CCTV last month, China pointed to a code of conduct it signed in 2002, known as the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, with fellow members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It said the declaration expected that relevant disputes be solved through friendly talks and negotiations by sovereign states directly concerned.
That brings little comfort to the struggling fishermen in communities in west Luzon, the nearest region to Scarborough Shoal — also known as Panatag Shoal here or Huangyan Island to the Chinese. One of them is Masinloc, a municipality of 40,000 people, which relies on the seas for almost 80% of its income, according to the Philippines Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. It says thousands of fishermen have lost their regular jobs as catches decline.
Forones is one of them.
The 52 year old has been fishing in the waters off Masinloc for 22 years. He lives with his family in a traditional bamboo house mounted on pillars above the sea. His youngest daughter is four years old. Forones does not own a boat but used to be hired as a fisherman and paid a minimum of $85 dollars for a trip. Nobody is hiring now. He has tried to rent boats on his own and fish with his neighbors, but the little catch they bring back barely covers the rental fee and fuel.
Beijing is unwavering in its claims. As recently as last month, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported that Chinese surveillance vessels were carrying out regular missions in the South China Sea.
The Xinhua report cited Liu Cigui, director of the State Oceanic Administration, as saying that China would continue the patrols "to secure the nation's maritime rights and interests" in areas it claims as its territorial waters.
China's claim on the area dates back to 1279 during the Yuan Dynasty, when Chinese astronomer Guo Shoujing conducted a survey. Then in 1935, China declared sovereignty over 132 islands, reefs and shoals in the South China Sea, with the Scarborough Shoal — or Huangyan — included as a part of the Zhongsha Islands, according to Xinhua.
However, Forones is in little doubt who the lagoon, which lies within what the Philippines declares as its Exclusive Economic Zone, belongs to.
Forones and his wife plan to stay in Masinloc, for now. He will try to start diving for shellfish. By selling clams, mussels and oysters, they can make around $5 a day. Enough to buy rice and other basic food to feed the family. "There is no other place where we can go. I will stay here, get shells from nearby and help my husband to make living," Forones' wife, Gemma, says.
The situation is similar in Subic, a town 55 miles (88 km) south of Masinloc. It used to host one of the biggest American naval bases outside the United States, before it closed in 1991.
Operators of the fishing market on the outskirts of the town of 90,000 say business is down 50% since the fishermen were blocked from fishing where they wanted to at Scarborough. Many fishermen here share a similar story to their counterparts further north.
"When we went there, a Chinese vessel, the Chinese Marine Surveillance blocked our path," says Ronnie Drio, 46-year-old father of eight children. "As we managed to get past through it, it looked like they called another one because a different ship appeared and blocked our way again.
A number of fishermen have already left Subic and Masinloc and many more are considering it. One of them, 58-year-old Tolomeo "Lomi" Forones, is Efren's cousin. He's been a fisherman for 30 years but now makes a living as a motorbike taxi driver. He makes around $2 on a good day.
He still does occasional fishing trips but against his wife's wish. Janet Forones wants to leave Masinloc and their low income is not the only reason: "Who would not get worried when they are out there? What if they get shot?" She was referring to the presence of the Chinese boats.
What puzzles the fishermen here most is the speed the whole situation has changed. Although the Philippine and Chinese governments have disputed each other's claim to the lagoon for many years, they could fish at Scarborough alongside Chinese fishermen up until a few months ago.
"I do not know why they don't like us or why they do not want us within that area. If Americans were still in the region, the Chinese would have never came to Scarborough because they would be scared. If our government allows the U.S. to come back over here, its OK with me," she says, referring to Washington's commitment to its mutual defense treaty with the Philippines that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reaffirmed last year.
But the solution to the dispute is as distant as ever. Litigation at the United Nations could last years. Most of the local fishermen do not have so much time. So while the governments squabble, many of these fishermen and their families will have to leave the only life they have known and start from scratch somewhere else.


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Scotch distilleries to visit this summer
Planning a staycation in Scotland this year? Here are some of the whisky distilleries that have re-opened to visitors for tours and tastings
Words by Becky Paskin
Kingsbarns restarted guided distillery tours in the East Neuk of Fife on 1 May
While many Scottish distilleries have continued to distil spirit over the last testing year, they've certainly had to take a more cautious approach when it comes to reopening their doors to visitors for distillery tours and tastings.
The priority remains the safeguarding of staff to ensure the continued smooth running of the working areas. As a result, while Scotland boasts over 130 operational whisky distilleries, only a handful were able to safely welcome back guests in the summer of 2020 while observing social distancing guidelines. Those that could had to introduce several measures to ensure visitors still had an educational and enjoyable experience.
West coast distillery Nc'nean is offering tastings of its first single malt Scotch whisky when you book a distillery tour
Things are opening up again now. Since 26 April, visitor centres at Scotland's distilleries have been able to welcome back the whisky-loving public, and many have chosen to start to revive their distillery tours. The safety measures are still in place, of course – in most cases these include the mandatory wearing of face masks at all times (apart from in tastings), small tour groups of one household or 'social bubble', temperature checks and the provision of hand-sanitiser stations.
Most of the more rural distilleries that are welcoming visitors are doing so to their on-site shop and café only, offering tastings, lunches or food and drink for takeaway – essentially a pit stop to grab a bite and browse the whiskies on offer. There are several, however, that are conducting partial tours of production areas.
Below is our guide to some of the best whisky distillery tours in Scotland currently on offer. We'll be updating this list regularly, but do bear in mind that information found below is subject to change. You're advised to contact the distillery well in advance of your trip and book ahead to avoid disappointment. For more ideas for visits, check out the Scotch Whisky Association's guide. You might also want to consult our guide to Scotland's best hotels offering luxurious overnight stays for whisky lovers.
Distillery tours in the Lowlands
Borders Distillery
Hawick has a proud history of manufacturing cashmere and tweed, but now it can add whisky and gin to its hall of fame. Borders Distillery was opened in 2018, bringing whisky-making back to the region for the first time since 1837.
From 1 June, the distillery is offering limited tours and tastings for groups of 4-6 people from a single household or social bubble.
Tour times: Monday-Friday at 10:00, 11:30, 13:00, 14:30; 16:00
Bookings: Tours must be booked at least one day in advance. The shop remains open for walk-ins.
thebordersdistillery.com
Kingsbarns restarted guided tours of its distillery in the East Neuk of Fife – the heart of golf country – on 1 May, offering tastings of its new-make spirit and 'Dream to Dram' whisky. Visitors can upgrade their experience to a Dream to Dram or 19th Hole Tour by booking in advance. All tours come with a voucher to spend on a bottle of whisky or gin from the Kingsbarns shop.
Tour times: Daily at 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 14:00
Bookings: All tours must be booked in advance. The on-site café and shop remains open for walk-ins.
kingsbarnsdistillery.com
If you're fascinated by the history of Scotch whisky then a tour of its spiritual home at Lindores Abbey in Newburgh, Fife will appeal. The distillery is now hosting small pre-booked whisky and history tours and tastings within the visitor centre and abbey ruins, although parts of the distillery itself remain closed to visitors.
Tour times: Daily at 10:00, 12:30, 14:30.
Bookings: All tours, tastings and tables for lunch or drinks must be booked at least one day in advance.
lindoresabbey.com
Distillery tours in Speyside
This Speyside stalwart is welcoming visitors to its Robbie Dhu outdoor terrace restaurant for lunch, afternoon tea or tutored whisky flights, and distillery tours can now be booked for the summer months, too. The new experience at Glenfiddich is designed to immerse visitors in the distillery's history, with guided tours through some production areas, culminating in a guided tasting.
Tour times: Tour times are arranged over email. The restaurant and shop are daily, 09:30-16:30.
Bookings: All tours, meals and tastings must be booked in advance.
glenfiddich.com/uk/distillery/
Speyside Cooperage
For something a little different to a standard distillery tour, Speyside Cooperage offers the chance to experience the craftsmanship that goes into making oak casks. The popular site, situated in Craigellachie, will reopen from 28 June for tours.
Tour times: Monday-Friday on the hour between 9:00-15:00.
Bookings: All tours and visits to the cooperage, café and gift shop must be booked in advance.
speysidecooperage.co.uk
The home of blended Scotch whisky brand Chivas Regal is situated in Keith, in the heart of Speyside. Renowned as one of the prettiest distilleries in Scotland, Strathisla is back open for visitors. While tours won't be on offer, you can visit the on-site shop and book one of two hands-on whisky experiences in its 'Emporium' – a blending masterclass, or a tasting of exclusive cask strength single malts.
Tour times: The distillery is open to visitors Thursday to Monday 10:00-16:00pm, with tastings conducted at 12:00 and 15:00.
Bookings: Pre-booking for a tasting is essential.
chivas.com/visit-strathisla
Distillery tours in the Highlands
Dewar's Aberfeldy Distillery, situated on the outskirts of picturesque Aberfeldy, makes for a perfect day-trip from Edinburgh. The distillery offers a range of tastings to suit whisky novices and connoisseurs alike. Currently, tours of the warehouse are unavailable. But an insightful heritage exhibition and tastings direct from the cask make up for that. There's also an on-site café and whisky lounge serving drams and light lunches.
Tour times: Tours take place regularly throughout the day, from 10:00 to 16:00 (or at 12:00 to 14:00 on Sundays).
Bookings: All tours must be booked in advance.
dewars.com/gl/en/aberfeldydistillery
The home of Bell's whisky in Pitlochry at the foot of the Grampian mountains is now open and offering a whisky tasting experience with (£16) or without (£12) a distillery tour. Within one of the most popular Scottish distilleries to visit, enjoying a whisky at Blair Athol's bespoke mashtun bar is something of a right of passage.
Tour times: Tours take place every hour on the hour between 10:00-16:00.
Bookings: Sessions are capped to 4-6 people from mixed households, so while booking is not mandatory, it's advisable to avoid disappointment.
malts.com/en-gb/visit-our-distilleries/blair-athol
Nc'Nean
This west coast distillery situated on the beautiful Morvern peninsula last summer launched its first single malt Scotch whisky. It's now also taking bookings for distillery visits, which, from 21 June, will open up to travellers outside of the UK, too. Due to its layout, access to the distillery itself is limited, but each tour is accompanied by a taste of the range of Nc'Nean's botanical spirits served with homemade cake, and guests are welcome to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy the stunning views.
Tour times: Daily at 10am and 2pm.
Bookings: Contact the distillery to arrange a visit.
ncnean.com
Becky Paskin is IWSC's 2020 Spirits Communicator – sponsored by Chivas Brothers – a respected journalist and 'Keeper of the Quaich', Whisky's highest honour.
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In our day, to say that you believe that the Bible is inspired by God and without error in all that it affirms puts you in league with the folks in the Flat Earth Society. Especially in a university town, we expose ourselves to ridicule to go on record as saying that we believe that the Bible is completely true and without error.
Even many who claim to be evangelicals will not affirm the Bible to be without error. Many professors in evangelical colleges do not accept the biblical account of creation as true. Some believe that there are historical errors in the Bible and contradictions between parallel accounts. A few have gone so far as to say that the Bible errs on doctrinal and moral issues, such as Paul's teaching on the role of women or his condemnation of homosexuality. They advocate re-interpreting these issues in light of modern knowledge.
These critics maintain that inerrancy is not all that important. The real issue is a person's relationship to Jesus Christ. They argue that to hold to inerrancy is not scholastic and it imposes on the authors of Scripture standards of accuracy that they themselves did not hold. Thus evangelicals should not divide over this issue.
But is the inerrancy of the Bible a trivial issue? I think not. If the Bible errs on some historical facts, then how do we know that it is accurate on other historical events, such as Christ's virgin birth, bodily resurrection and ascension? If we can't be sure of the historical accuracy of the Bible, how can we know anything about Jesus? The Jesus of the Bible could then be a composite fictional character invented by the early church!
The main problem is that if we say that there are errors in the Bible, then we set ourselves up as judges over the Bible. Then we don't have to submit to its authority. We're free to pick and choose what we wish to obey. Over 100 years ago, the British preacher, Charles Spurgeon saw this clearly. He pointed out that faith that accepts one word of God and rejects another is not faith in God at all, but rather, faith in one's own judgment and preferences. Further, he argued that invariably when a man argues against the Word of God, some form of sin lies at the root of it (Iain Murray, Spurgeon & Hyper-Calvinism [Banner of Truth, pp. 6-8).
You can trust the Bible because it is God's Word and it is without error in all its teaching.
A. God is the originator of the Bible.
The Bible did not come from the best religious ideas of the apostles or prophets. It originated when God spoke to them and they wrote down the words of Scripture. This is not to say that God dictated the words of the Bible. Obviously He used the personalities and styles of the various human authors. But God originated it and thus the final product is preserved from error.
The only verse which gives us a hint of how God accomplished the process of inspiration is 2 Peter 1:21: "No prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy spirit spoke from God." The word "moved" is used in Acts (27:15, 17) to describe the effect of strong winds upon Paul's ship. Luke says that the ship was "driven along" by the wind, meaning that it was no longer under the control of the sailors, but of the wind. But just as the sailors were active, though not in control, so the human authors of Scripture were active, but not in control (see Charles Ryrie, What You Should Know About Inerrancy [Moody Press], p. 46). The Holy Spirit moved the authors so that the words they wrote were the words God intended. Since the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth (John 16:13), He did not superintend errors. The Bible is the Word of God.
At this point a critic might accuse me of begging the question. I'm saying that the Bible is the inspired Word of God because the Bible says so. But anybody can make a claim like that and it doesn't prove a thing. So how do we verify whether or not the Bible's claim is true?
A. We must approach the Bible properly.
The Bible says that God scoffs at scoffers (Prov. 3:34). If you do not humble yourself before God and ask Him to open your spiritually blind eyes, you won't be able to understand His truth (1 Cor. 2:14; 2 Cor. 4:4; 2 Thess. 2:11-12). Jesus said (John 7:17), "If any man is willing to do [God's] will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself." In other words, the issue is being willing to submit to God. If you come to the Bible to find fault with it and to provide yourself with excuses to continue in rebellion against God, you will find supposed errors. But if you come in submission to God, with the desire to follow His ways, you will find solutions to most of the difficulties.
The late theologian Kenneth Kantzer had a friend whose mother was killed. Kantzer first heard about her death through a trusted mutual friend who reported that the woman had been standing on the street corner, was hit by a bus, was fatally injured and died a few minutes later. A short time later he heard from the dead woman's grandson that she was riding in a car that was in a collision, she was thrown from the car and killed instantly. The boy was quite certain of his facts. Which story was correct?
If you didn't like or trust the grandson, you would conclude that the boy was confused and that the first account was the correct one. Or, if you had a problem with the first man, you could believe the boy's account. Or, you could scoff at both accounts and say that obviously they contradict one another, so neither story is true. Your approach to the credibility of the witnesses would greatly affect your conclusion.
Let's apply that story to the problem of harmonizing some of the seeming contradictions in the gospel accounts, such as Peter's denials or the resurrection narratives. If you approach the problems as a skeptic, you may quickly conclude, "There are errors in the Bible." I think that's an unscholarly and arrogant approach for several reasons. First, the different accounts make it obvious that the various authors were not fabricating a story in collusion with one another, or they would have ironed out these apparent differences. Second, we have no reason to doubt the integrity of these eyewitness accounts. Third, since they were there and I wasn't and since they are truthful men of integrity (as the totality of their writings shows), I would need strong, compelling evidence to say that they are in error, even if I cannot harmonize the accounts.
2. The Bible is without error in all its teaching.
A. Deductive evidence: The God of truth would not inspire error.
A deductive argument (or syllogism) consists of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion that stems from the two premises. Any deductive argument is only as good as its premises. If a premise is faulty, then the conclusion is invalid. This argument would not prove anything to a skeptic, but it ought to carry some weight with those who agree that the Bible is inspired by God. It goes like this: Major premise: God is a God of truth (Titus 1:2; Heb. 6:18; Ps. 119:160). Minor premise: God breathed out (originated) all the Scriptures (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Pet. 1:21). Conclusion: The Scriptures are God's truth (John 17:17). (This syllogism adapted from Ryrie, p. 40.) A true God cannot originate error.
(1). Jesus believed the Scriptures to be authoritative.
Often Jesus referred to the Scriptures as the authority for His actions. He assumed that if Scripture said it, that settled it. In His temptation by Satan, Jesus responded each time with, "It is written" and then quoted Scripture. He refuted the Jewish leaders by referring to Scripture (Matt. 19:3-5; Mark 7:5-13; 12:26). He said that all the Scriptures bore witness to Him (Luke 24:25, 27, 44-46; John 5:39).
(2). Jesus believed the Scriptures to be the Word of God, not the word of men.
He referred to Moses' writings as both the commandment and Word of God (Mark 7:8, 9, 13). He referred to David's Psalm 110 as being spoken "by the Holy Spirit" (Mark 12:36).
(3). Jesus believed in the factual historicity of the Scriptures.
He acknowledged that God created Adam and Eve and referred to them as real people, not myths (Matt. 19:3-5). He referred to Noah and the great flood as historical precedent for what will happen when He returns (Matt. 24:37-39). He verified the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and of Lot's wife (Luke 17:28-29, 32). He accepted the story of Jonah and the great fish as actual history (Matt. 12:40). Jesus made many other references to Old Testament people and events. Clearly, He saw them as true history, not as fiction.
(4). Jesus believed the very words and even letters of Scripture to be authoritative, reliable, and significant.
In Jesus' debate with the Sadducees about the resurrection (Matt. 22:23-32), His argument hinged on a particular verse of Scripture (Exod. 3:6), and further on a particular verb tense (present) in that verse!
In Matthew 5:17-18, Jesus upheld the Law and Prophets (a reference to the entire Old Testament) and said that it will all be fulfilled, down to the smallest letter or stroke ("jot or tittle," KJV). The smallest letter is yod, which looks like an English apostrophe. The stroke ("tittle") is a reference to a small extension that distinguishes the Hebrew daleth from resh. His point is that even the most minute details of God's Word are reliable and accurate.
(5). Jesus taught that His own words were the authoritative, trustworthy word of God.
He said (John 12:49-50), "For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me." (See also, Matt. 24:35.) Obviously, Jesus affirmed all of the Old Testament and His own words as being the word of God, totally reliable and accurate not only in spiritual matters, but in factual and historical matters as well. If we claim to be followers of Christ, we must follow Him in affirming the complete truthfulness of Scripture.
A. Inductive evidence: The Bible has been authenticated as accurate prophetically, historically, and scientifically.
There are hundreds of prophecies in the Bible that were made in some cases hundreds of years before they were fulfilled, with too much specific detail to be mere coincidence. For example, Daniel 11 reads like a history of the 300 years that followed Daniel's lifetime. He also predicted the succession of four great world powers: Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome (Daniel 2 & 7). The stunning precision of these prophecies has led liberal critics, who have an a priori bias against the miraculous, to say that Daniel had to be written after the fact, although there are solid, scholarly reasons for believing that the book was written in the sixth century B.C. as claimed (see, Josh McDowell, Daniel in the Critics' Den [Campus Crusade for Christ, 1979]).
Ezekiel 26 predicted that the city of Tyre would be destroyed and the ruins scraped off and dumped into the sea. Nebuchadnezzar fulfilled the first part of the prophecy when he destroyed the city in 573 B.C. But for 250 years the city was not dumped into the sea. Then Alexander the Great came along in 322 B.C. and used the ruins of the city to build a causeway out to an offshore island where the people had fled, thus fulfilling Ezekiel's prediction that the stones and timbers of Tyre would be laid in the sea.
But the most amazing prophecies are those relating to Christ. As He said, the Scriptures bear witness of Him (John 5:39). Scholars say that there are over 300 specific Old Testament prophecies relating to the person of Christ. Micah 5:2 predicted Bethlehem as His birthplace. Zechariah 9:9 prophesied that Jerusalem's king would come to her lowly, riding on the colt of a donkey, which Jesus fulfilled in the triumphal entry (Matt. 21:5). Psalm 22 describes the death of Messiah by crucifixion hundreds of years before that was known as a means of execution. Isaiah 53 predicts that Jesus would bear our sins as the lamb of God, silent before His accusers. It says that His grave would be with wicked men, yet He would be with a rich man in His death. That was specifically fulfilled when Jesus was crucified with the two criminals, yet buried in the tomb of the wealthy Joseph of Arimathea.
Math professor Peter Stoner (Science Speaks [Moody Press], pp. 101-107) took just eight of the prophecies that Christ fulfilled and calculated conservatively that the odds of these prophecies being fulfilled in one man just by chance would be one in 10 to the 17th power! He illustrates this number by saying that if you took that many silver dollars, they would cover the state of Texas two feet deep. Mark one, stir it thoroughly into the whole mass, blindfold a man and let him travel as far and long over the state as he wishes. He must pick that one silver dollar. Those are the odds that Jesus could, by chance, have fulfilled just eight of the prophecies made about Him. And there are over 300!
In spite of numerous critical scholars who have attempted to disprove the historical accuracy of the Bible, none have succeeded. One familiar example concerns the Hittite people, mentioned often in the Old Testament. Skeptics in the 19th century scoffed at the Bible's mentioning this race, since there was no corroborating evidence that such a people existed in history. Then, in 1906, the Hittite capital was uncovered about 90 miles east of Ankara, Turkey, silencing the critics on that point.
Critics attacked Daniel's mention of Belshazzar as the final king of Babylon, since Herodotus (450 B.C.) refers to Nabonidus as the final king. But more recent archaeological discoveries of some tablets dated from the 12th year of Nabonidus show that his son, Belshazzar, reigned in Babylon as co-regent while Nabonidus was at war in Arabia for ten years. Thus the book of Daniel is precisely correct when Belshazzar promises Daniel that he will make him a third ruler in the kingdom (Dan. 5:16, 29).
Although the Bible is not a science textbook and should not be pushed beyond its intended purpose, there are no proven scientific inaccuracies in the Bible. Obviously, the Bible sometimes uses poetic language and figures of speech that are not intended to be taken literally (such as the sun setting or rising). Moses' purpose in Genesis 1 was not to write a detailed scientific account of origins. This is not to say that it is inaccurate, but rather that Moses' point was not to answer all our scientific questions. Rather, he wants to show God as the mighty Creator who spoke the universe into existence through His power in an orderly manner.
We need to be careful not to capitulate to science as if it were inerrant (since it often has been proved wrong), nor to hold to our interpretation of debatable texts as if we were inerrant. The Bible, rightly interpreted, is inerrant. We can rest in the fact that there are no proven scientific inaccuracies in the Bible, even though it was written thousands of years before modern science.
... the total trust that Jesus and the apostles displayed toward Scripture entails a precise and controlled hermeneutic. They subordinated the opinions and traditions of their day to Scripture; so must we. They did not regard Scripture as erroneous or self-contradictory; neither can we. They took its miracles and prophecies as literal fact; so must we. They regarded Scripture not as the product of editors and redactors but as stemming from Moses, David, and other immediately inspired writers; we must follow their lead. They believed that the events recorded in the Bible happened as real history; we can do no less.
Thus, there are solid reasons why you can trust the Bible. If you have never investigated its claims carefully, you owe it to yourself to read the gospel accounts about the main character of the Bible, the Lord Jesus Christ. Remember, you must read with a willingness to follow Him as Lord if His claims are authenticated. You will find that Jesus is who He claimed to be, God in human flesh, who gave Himself as the penalty for our sins.
If you are a Christian struggling with doubts, you can trust the Bible over and above all modern claims to truth. It speaks accurately and authoritatively to the problems we all grapple with. None who have trusted in God and followed the commands and counsel given in the Bible have been ultimately disappointed. The Bible is a life-changing book. I invite you to commit yourself afresh to read it, study it, and apply its teachings to your life. You can count your life on it!
Why is the complete accuracy of the Bible important? What difference would it make if there were errors?
How would you answer a non-Christian who said, "I don't believe in the Bible; besides, it's full of contradictions"?
Is it intellectually dishonest to believe in inerrancy when there are still unsolved problems in the Bible? Why/why not?
Since it is only the original manuscripts of the Bible that are inerrant, and we do not possess any originals, is it still important to affirm inerrancy? Why/why not?


"TREASON AMNESTY" for America he says, what for?
Could be for them doing in America what they did in Oz?
People who know beforehand are mostly Perp's.
Are you gonna wait till I'm dead to support me are you Australia?
Gee Buddha, are you implying Cessna Pilot's can't fly commercial jet's?
Are you claiming that 2 commercial jet's can't knock down 3 skyscrapers?
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Book Review: CONFESSIONS ON THE 7:45 by Lisa Unger
Oh . . . I love twisty complicated thrillers! Scroll down for my complete review.
Confessions on the 7:45
by Lisa Unger
On Sale: October 6, 2020
Description from Publisher:
From master of suspense Lisa Unger comes a riveting thriller about a chance encounter that unravels a stunning web of lies and deceit.
Be careful to whom you tell your darkest secrets…
Selena Murphy is commuting home from her job in the city when the train stalls out on the tracks. She strikes up a conversation with a beautiful stranger in the next seat, and their connection is fast and easy. The woman introduces herself as Martha and confesses that she's been stuck in an affair with her boss. Selena, in turn, confesses that she suspects her husband is sleeping with the nanny. When the train arrives at Selena's station, the two women part ways, presumably never to meet again.
But days later, Selena's nanny disappears.
Soon Selena finds her once-perfect life upended. As she is pulled into the mystery of the missing nanny, and as the fractures in her marriage grow deeper, Selena begins to wonder, who was Martha really? But she is hardly prepared for what she'll discover.
Expertly plotted and reminiscent of the timeless classic Strangers on a Train, Confessions on the 7:45 is a gripping thriller about the delicate facades we create around our lives.
Lisa Unger is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author. With books published in twenty-six languages and millions of copies sold worldwide, she is widely regarded as a master of suspense. Her new release is CONFESSIONS ON THE 7:45.
Unger's critically acclaimed books have been named on "Best Book" lists from the Today show, Good Morning America, Entertainment Weekly, People, Amazon, Goodreads, and many others. She has been nominated for, or won, numerous awards including the Hammett Prize, Macavity, Thriller Award, and Goodreads Choice. In 2019, she received two Edgar Award nominations, an honor held by only a few authors, including Agatha Christie. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, and Travel+Leisure. She lives on the west coast of Florida with her family.x
GREAT WRITING! Fascinating story.
The truth of the matter is we've all become skilled con artists when it comes to posting on social media. Why is that? What are we lying (or pretending) about in our lives, wanting so desperately to convince others of? Quote used in the book from George Orwell's 1984: "If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself."
While I did like this book, I disliked the disparagement of marriage, the fictional misuse/exploitation of the "Me Too" movement, and the sex scenes right at the start of the book. These are obviously my personal tastes. Not everyone will feel the same way about these topics. Additionally, there is a lot of cussing and use of the f-word in the story - so if that offends you, be forewarned.
In the beginning, I really struggled to keep track of the large cast of characters, but I relaxed into it, and trusted that the author would guide me along the path and help me remember who was who throughout the story.
Unger is certainly a master at suspense, embedding creepy little elements to keep the reader fully engaged, such as: "But when she looked out her bedroom window just before turning out her lights to sleep, his car was still there."
Like solving a jigsaw puzzle, Lisa Unger slowly gives the reader one piece at a time, out of order but meticulously filling in the whole picture so it all makes sense at the end. And I was happy that this story had a satisfying ending.
I enjoyed this complicated and twisty thriller from Lisa Unger, and I look forward to reading more books written by her!
Some of my favorite lines from the book:
"The girl didn't know what she was saying. She was a mouse. And the mouse was so afraid that she was looking to the cat for love."
"The truth like a wildfire that burned everything in its path. One that destroyed but also cleansed. And then from the ash, new life."
"Write it, said Beth. When we narrate our experience, we take control of it. And in controlling the story of our past, we can create a better future."
[I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley, which in no way influenced my opinion.]
Susan Kane October 5, 2020 at 1:57 PM
Oh, this sounds good.
Friendzit November 3, 2020 at 1:29 AM
Wow. Superb review about CONFESSIONS ON THE 7:45. Great job-keep doing
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Probably all of you who have met with the masking of the Informix database have learned that Masking Engine qualifies object names in double quotes - ".
2018/10/15 14:29:53 - Table input.0 - ERROR (version 4.4.0-stable, build 17588 from 2012-11-29 13.29.40 by buildguy) : SELECT "company" , "dept" , "email" , "first_name" , "last_name" , "phone" , "id" FROM dbo."employees"
2018/10/15 14:29:53 - Table input.0 - ERROR (version 4.4.0-stable, build 17588 from 2012-11-29 13.29.40 by buildguy) : A syntax error has occurred.
Masking Engine add double quotes characters to handle any space or special characters.
The problem is in the Informix instance, which by default does not support double quotes on table, column, or where clause. The solution for the database is very simple. The environment variable DELIMIDENT corresponds to the ability to accept commands in doulble quotes in Informix. Thanks to this parameter, the Infromix database can be shutdown before the masking process, add the variable DELIMIDENT=y to the environment and run the Informix database with the new setting. From that moment, Informix accepts double quotes and the masking process in Delphix Masking works just like any database.
Also you need to ask Delphix Support for installing JDBC Informix Driver .jar file on your Delphix Masking Engine.
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Xiaomi Mi Band, 16000mAh Power Bank to Go on Sale Without Registration on Tuesday
Xiaomi India on Monday announced that Tuesday will see an open sale of the Mi Band and 16000mAh Mi Power Bank on its site. The company however did not reveal how many units of either device will be made available to purchase.Both the Xiaomi Mi Band and the 16000mAh Mi Power Bank will go on sale without registrations at 2pm IST on Mi.com, and the company also announced that Mi Band straps in all colours will also be sold during the same period.
The Xiaomi Mi Band was launched back in late-April this year, alongside the launch of the Xiaomi Mi 4i at the company's Global Mi Phone Premiere launch event in New Delhi. Priced at Rs. 999, the Mi 4i is aimed at undercutting most of the competing fitness trackers in the market. The Mi Band straps are priced at Rs. 199 each.
Interestingly though, Micromax subsidiary Yu Televentures soon after in May alsolaunched its own fitness tracking band in India at the same price, the YuFit, with a few added features such as an LCD display.
Coming to the new 16000mAh Mi Power Bank, Xiaomi India had introduced the mobile accessory back in November in China, but only announced the India launch back in late May alongside the new 5000mAh Mi Power Bank. At the time, Xiaomi had asked its fans to vote for which power bank should be launched first in the country on June 9 – the 16000mAh Mi Power Bank won out. It is priced at Rs. 1,399
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KinSi, No. 1-2, Vol. 16, 2010
Borja Sañudo Corrales, Moisés de Hoyo Lora, Inmaculada C. Martínez Díaz, Luís Carrasco Páez, Gabriela Ochiana
HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AND DEPRESSION IN WOMEN WITH FIBROMIALGIA SYNDROME: EFFECTS OF A LONG-TERM EXERCISE PROGRAM
Borut Fonda, Nejc Šarabon
INTER-MUSCULAR COORDINATION DURING UPHILL CYCLING IN A SEATED POSITION: A PILOT STUDY
Luís Carrasco Páez, Inmaculada C Martínez Díaz, Moisés de Hoyo Lora, Borja Sañudo Corrales, Nicolae Ochiana
ERGOMETRIC TESTING FOR TOP-LEVEL KAYAKERS: VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF A DISCONTINUOUS GRADED EXERCISE TEST
Jernej Rošker, Miloš Kalc, Nejc Šarabon
AN ATTEMPT TO OPTIMISE THE ACTIVE KNEE ANGLE TRACKING TEST WHILE USING A CYCLIC MOVEMENT PATTERN
Marina Mateos, Miquel Torregrosa and Jaume Cruz
EVALUATION OF A CAREER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME FOR ELITE ATHLETES: SATISFACTION LEVELS AND EXPLORATION OF CAREER DECISION MAKING AND ATHLETIC-IDENTITY
Goran Vučković, Nic James
THE DISTANCE COVERED BY WINNING AND LOSING PLAYERS IN ELITE SQUASH MATCHES
Frane Erčulj, Mitja Bračič
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VARIOUS TYPES OF ELITE YOUNG FEMALE BASKETBALL PLAYERS IN TERMS OF THEIR MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Julijan Malacko
THE CANONICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SYSTEMS OF VARIABLES OF BASIC MOTOR AND COGNITIVE ABILITIES OF TOP FOOTBALLERS
Ivan Uher, Milena Pullmannová Švedová, Mirianna Brtková, Jan Junger
EFFECT OF A RESISTANCE TRAINING ON FUNCTIONAL FITNESS IN ELDERLY MEN
Saša Bubanj, Ratko Stanković, Saša Joksimović, Radoslav Bubanj, Stanimir Joksimović, Goran Kozomara, Pavlos Efthimiadis
KINEMATICS OF ACCURATE INSIDE OF FOOT KICK
This study aims to assess the effect of a program combined by aerobic, strengthening and flexibility exercises in patients with fibromyalgia (FM) in relation to health-related quality of life and psychological health status. Forty-two women with FM were randomly allocated to one of two groups: an experimental group that would conduct aerobic exercise, strength and flexibility exercises and a usual care control group, for 24 weeks. They were evaluated by using the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), and their psychological health status by using Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) for depression levels. Significant improvements were observed after the intervention for the combined exercise program in both quality of life (SF-36) and psychological health status (depression) and mainly in SF-36 mental health, physical function, body pain and vitality domains, while the control group patients even experienced a decrease in some of those variables such as body pain. These results confirm that a combination of aerobic exercise, strengthening and flexibility is beneficial to improving psychological health status in patients with FM. Therefore, this practice can be recommended to FM patients.
Keywords: fibromyalgia, exercise, depression, quality of life
The aim of this case study report was to outline the effects of uphill cycling on the muscle activity pattern and to practically test the methodological approach for the main study. The purpose was to observe the differences in the electromyographic (EMG) activity of eight leg muscles while a subject was cycling under three laboratory conditions: cycling on a level surface, cycling on a 10% incline , and cycling on a 20% incline. A quantitative evaluation of the EMG signals was carried out using (i) the timing of the muscles on-off activity with the 10% of MVC set as a threshold and (ii) calculating the differences between the activations of the same muscle under the three cycling conditions. In both cases, the muscles' activation pattern was observed in the context of the crank-angle position. Preliminary observations suggest that the incline affects the inter- and intra-muscular coordination pattern with greatest modulation in two joint muscles of the thigh. The measurement tool, used to evaluate the differences in timing and amplitude, was found to be a promising evaluation approach and will be used in the main study.
Keywords: cycling, EMG, incline
The aim of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of a graded exercise test on a specific kayak ergometer (Dansprint®) in which certain physiological and technical parameters that can to define kayaking performance were assessed. Fourteen male top-level kayak paddlers (all members of the Spanish National Kayaking Team) participated in this investigation. All subjects carried out two ergometric tests (Ergo1 and Ergo2) and one flat water test (FWT) in random order. At anaerobic threshold (AnT) intensity, the results showed acceptable levels of reliability (comparison between data of Ergo1 and Ergo2 tests) in the assessment of velocity (r=0.784; p=0.004), stroke frequency (r=0.976; p<0.001), heart rate (r=0.964; p<0.001), and blood lactic acid concentration (r=0.899; p<0.001). Validity coefficients showed a strong relationships between Ergo2 and FWT tests in all physiological and technical parameters with the exception of velocity (r=0.498; p=0.121). It can be concluded that specific ergometry can be used to evaluate and to prescribe training AnT intensities of top-level kayakers, regarding parameters such us heart rate, whole blood lactic acid concentration, and stroke frequency. Nevertheless, the training prescription through specific ergometry must be taken cautiously when velocity is the parameter of reference.
Keywords: kayaking, testing, ergometry
Voluntary angle tracking methods are used as training and diagnostic procedures for improving or analysing the performance of the sensory-motor system. Despite their wide application, only a few existing studies examine the repeatability of active tracking methods. Our study tested intra- and inter-visit repeatability and the sensitivity of parameters. We carried out measurements on 30 subjects on three non-subsequent days. At the first visit, we examined intra-visit repeatability and reliability by measuring different forms of reference signals (sine, triangle and trapezoid). During the remaining two visits, the subjects only carried out one instance of the test to check for inter-visit repeatability. The results indicate a poorer inter-visit (ICC<0.8) and medium-high intra-visit repeatability (ICC>0.8). Differences between various forms of the reference signal statistically differ significantly among themselves (p<0.05). Active tracking methods have been shown to have medium intra-visit repeatability and poor inter-visit repeatability. In the future, it would be beneficial to examine the protocols to improve the inter-visit repeatability.
Keywords: motor control, diagnostics, repeatability, joint angle, tracking, feedback
This aim of this study was to evaluate a career assistance programme for elite athletes. This was achieved by assessing satisfaction levels, as well as by examining the variables of athletic identity and career-related difficulties. Thirty-five athletes completed three measures: a survey to assess the programme, the Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire and the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale. The evaluation of the programme was positive, as satisfaction levels were high, and the level of career decision-making difficulties tended to be reduced in relation to the amount of time spent in the programme. Participants showed difficulties in three aspects of career decision-making: indecisiveness, dysfunctional beliefs and lack of information in the career decision-making process. This suggests that athletes may not feel as confident with their choices as first thought; this is something the programme needs to address. There were differences in difficulties related to career decision-making between groups of athletes that had been involved in the programme for different lengths of time. Athletic identity was shown to be related to dysfunctional beliefs; however, athletic identity did not correlate with global levels of career decision-making difficulties. Further research evaluating similar programmes is warranted in order to assess how effective career assistance programmes are, as well as clarifying the role that dysfunctional beliefs play in the context of career decision making for elite athletes.
Keywords: sport career, career assistance programme, transition, satisfaction, athletic identity, decision-making process
The aim of this research was to analyse players' motions in elite squash matches and to establish whether or not there were differences in the distance covered between winners and losers of individual rallies. An automated player-tracking system, with operator supervision and intervention, captured players' movements during matches at the World Team Championships (N=11). All rallies (n = 1429) were analyzed, except when a 'let' decision was made by the referee (n = 307). All rallies were sorted into four different time-related categories: very short, short, medium and long rallies. On average, the winners of rallies covered 0.71m less than the losers. However, in 41.4% of cases, the loser of the rally covered less distance than the winner of the rally. This result suggests that a player who forces an opponent to cover a greater distance is not guaranteed to win the rally. A general explanation for this finding is that whilst a player may dominate a rally and cause the opponent to cover a greater distance, an error by the dominant player, or a good move by the player under pressure, would result in the rally winner having covered a greater distance. Consequently, further analyses are needed to examine whether any link exists between shot selection and their outcome and the distance covered.
Keywords: squash, motion analysis, rally, winners, losers, differences
Morphological characteristics are an important factor of efficiency in basketball. This study aimed to establish and analyse the morphological characteristics of elite young European female basketball players. We were also interested in the development level of the morphological characteristics of various types of players and the differences amongst them. The study sample consisted of 68 basketball players with an average age of 14.58 years. They were divided into three groups according to their playing position: guards (n = 31), forwards (n = 20) and centres (n = 17). In the study, a battery of 23 morphological measures served as a basis for calculating somatotypes, percentages of fat, muscle and bone mass, and some other morphological indexes.
The study established significant differences between individual types of young female players in terms of their body height, body weight, all three somatotypes (ectomorphic, endomorphic and mesomorphic) and the percentage of muscle tissue. After eliminating the effect of body height, statistically significant differences were observed in the percentage of bone tissue, whereas the differences in the percentage of muscle tissue were no longer statistically significant. It is also interesting that no differences were established between the individual types of players in terms of the percentage of fat tissue.
Keywords: basketball, women, anthropometry, playing positions
A system of 12 variables (9 motor and 3 cognitive variables) was applied to a sample of 136 footballers, aged between 18 and 27, with the aim of determining significant relations between the systems of basic motor variables and the system of cognitive variables. The data is processed with a canonical correlation analysis. The application of the Bartlett chi-square between the system of basic motor variables and the system of cognitive variables produced a significant canonical correlation. The relations between the first canonical factor from the system of cognitive variables (interpreted as a general cognitive factor), and the first canonical factor from the system of basic motor variables (interpreted as a canonical factor of structuring the movement, regulation of intensity and duration of excitation) show that footballers have good results in basic motor abilities if they have increased values in cognitive abilities and vice versa. The results of the research have shown that footballers achieve better results in basic motor variables of structuring the movement and regulation of intensity, if they have increased values in cognitive variables of efficiency of perceptive processor, efficiency of serial processor and efficiency of parallel processor. Therefore, it can be concluded that cognitive mechanisms generally influence the successful performance of basic motor abilities of footballers where the impact of the efficiency test of the serial processor is the most important, because it is responsible for the ability to operate with symbols, especially in case of structuring movement, which is the ability regarded as the most dominant in footballers.
Keywords: footballers, motor abilities, cognitive abilities, relations
This study determined the effectiveness of a three-month program of regular exercises for the improvement of the functional performance of elderly men. The 30 subjects, aged 65–69, who took part in this trial were assigned either to an exercise group or a control group. The following variables were measured with the Senior Fitness Test (SFT test): muscular strength of lower and upper body, aerobic endurance, flexibility of lower and upper body, agility/dynamic balance and body-mass index. In the exercise group, 15 subjects completed the training program to the end of the trial; they showed significant performance improvement in lower and upper body muscular strength, aerobic endurance, agility/dynamic balance, but minimal or no significant performance improvement in lower and upper body flexibility, while the control subjects showed minimal or no improvement in all SFT subtests.
Keywords: senior fitness test, elderly, functional performance, strength
The aims of this research were to quantify the range in values of examined kinematic variables and the existence of statistically significant differences in values of the kinematic variables in accurate attempts of soccer kicks inside the foot, subsequent to approach abreast, within an angle of 0 degree and angled approaches, within angles of 30 and 60 degrees. The sample of subjects consisted of 20 professional soccer players of F.C. 'Radnički' from Niš, Serbia. A high-speed camera operating at 300 Hz was used to record the inside-foot kicking technique, in a horizontal plane. One-way ANOVA showed significant differences in the values of all examined variables, with the exception of the linear velocity of the ball after the kick and the duration of foot-ball contact. There are certain ranges in the values of the examined variables within which the accuracy was achieved. Also, although the angle of attack of the swing foot significantly differed compared to angle of approach of soccer player (0, 30 and 60 degrees), subjects automatically set their swing foot in almost a similar position before the kick, and hit the target.
Keywords: biomechanics analysis, soccer, angle of approach, differences
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