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Prematch: FC Barcelona Aiming To Win First El Clasico Since 2019
Our final match before the International break, is a huge one. On Sunday 20th March at 9pm CET time. FC Barcelona will be playing in, none other than, El Clasico. For the third time this season, and the second in the league. Xavi's Barca will come up against Ancelotti's Real Madrid. What makes this particular match so intriguing is how both teams are looking, coming into it. And the huge differences from our last league matchup. Xavi has taken over a team in transition. Where the youth are taking centre stage. Whereas, with Real, things couldn't be more different. What they lack in terms of youth, they make up for in an abundance of experience. Which is of course something some of our young diamonds lack right now. Madrid are by far and away the leaders of La Liga.
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For once in a while this time won't be deciding who wins the league. As that already looks confirmed. What this game will do, is pit together the two most inform teams in Europe right now. Especially Barça. This game will be a good summary of where both teams are at. For Barça specifically, to see how far we have come so far under Xavi. Of course there are many things to be Improved on. But El Clasico will be a great way of seeing how far we have come already. Like every occasion, it's going to be a tricky game. Especially away from home. But our current form. And the fact that Xavi is our coach. Can give us a lot of hope and optimism going into tonight's game.
Lessons to take from our previous meetings
We've come up against Real Madrid twice already this season. And in terms of the performance, both varied massively. The first El Clasico of the season came at the Camp Nou in October, under Ronald Koeman. We ended up losing that game 2-1. Alaba and Vasquez scored for Real. Whilst Kun Aguero scored his one and only goal for us in the last minutes. On the day, we really didn't perform well at all. It was at a time where Koeman's job was under fire. Performances in general were mediocre. And morale at the club wasn't the best. The defeat pretty much summed up where we were at as a team. We were unable to compete with Real Madrid. And that in itself is painful enough.
Flash forward to January however. And although the result ended up the same. The performance couldn't of been more different. It was our first El Clasico performance under Xavi. You'll remember that we most recently faced Madrid in January. As part of the Spanish super cup. The result on the day ended in a 3-2 win to Real. That was after extra time. We went 1-0 down. Luuk De Jong pulled back the equaliser. We then went 2-1 down. And then in the final minutes. Our little king, Ansu Fati, headed home the equaliser. Although we ended up losing the game. All of us fans left with very good feelings. The most important one was that of pride. We were proud of our young team for finally being able to compete with Real Madrid. People after the game were mocking us for being happy in defeat.
But in reality. That performance proved to us that we are building something special with Xavi. We might've lost the game. But we gained so much more as a team. Almost 3 months later, we're now going to face them again. At the Santiago Bernabeu. It is genuinely fascinating to see how we will perform. Especially with our new signings. That have all worked out to be incredible additions to the squad. We go into this game unbeaten in our last 11 games. Real Madrid come into the match with an unbeaten streak of 5 games. One of those streaks will most likely end tonight. And we're hoping that ours can carry on!
Injury concerns and absentees
For the side of Real Madrid, they have a couple of very big absentees tonight. Due to respective injuries. They will not only be without Ferland Mendy. But they will also be without the services of their talisman. The man who does absolutely everything for them on the pitch. Karin Benzema. He's been ruled out of tonight's game due to a calf injury. We're going to have to capitalise on the absence of Benzema. They're most likely going to be a lot less creative. So we need to ensure that we are clinical with any chances we get.
As for Barça, there's only one noticeable absence for El Clasico. It is a big one to be fair. Especially considering how great he has been playing recently. Unfortunately, due to an injury he picked up against Galatasaray. A match winning tackle. We will be without Sergiño Dest after suffering a hamstring tear. It's a huge blow for us. He has the pace we need to be able to keep up with the runs of Vinicius Jr. Now that difficult task is going to be left with the veteran, Dani Alves. Who has been remarkable since signing for us. But this will definitely be a huge test. Apart from that, we have a fully fit squad.
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The defence is going to remain pretty much the same as it was against Galatasaray, in my opinion. Apart from the right back position. Where we will of course be without Dest. So Dani Alves will come into replace him. Pique has been suffering with discomfort for a while. But he will most likely force himself to play. He's been exceptional ever since Xavi took over. And is extremely important for our defence. Much like it is with Ronald Araujo. Who will most likely come back in to replace Garcia. The only real question for me. Is will it be Frenkie or Gavi in midfield.
Busquets has been remarkable under Xavi. Pedri has just been magical so they will definitely keep their place. Gavi was rested against Galatasaray. And performed exceptionally in our last league game. Frenkie has also Improved a lot recently and looked a lot more confident. He also assisted the winning goal in the europa league the other night. Both players have good cases to start tonight. But I personally feel that Gavi has to be in the team somehow. Maybe he will be played as an inverted winger. Meaning that Frenkie can play too. His energy, physicality and relentlessness would be vital in this game. It's a tough decision to make, so I'm happy that it's not me making it.
In terms of our attack. I think it's pretty self explanatory. Our absolute best possible front three consists of Ferran, Auba and Dembele. There's not much to be said about that. Those players compliment each other perfectly. Each and every player will give the Madrid defence something to think about.
My prediction:
Dani Alves- Araujo- Pique- Alba
Pedri- Busquets- Gavi
Dembele- Aubameyang- Ferran
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It's the Monday after DEFCON 17, the world's* largest Hacker convention, and like many attendees I am writing just a little bit about my 4 days in Vegas. For the most part this is going to be VERY edited, as what happens in Vegas tends to 'Stay in Vegas', so for the very best stuff you will just have to join us in Vegas next year for DEFCON 18 when we rehash stories of previous DEFCONs.
DEFCON is a bit different than you might think and although there are people there that are writing the next virus; 9,950 of the 10,000 (or 99.5%) people that show up are probably there to figure out how to help you secure your computer, or just enjoy technology and have some fun. So it's really a lot like any other geek conventions with people sharing ideas; wearing t-shirts, dawning costumes and hacker fashionable apparel, or just partying. This year I had the chance to participate in some of the better after hours parties of DEFCON (let me tell you there are plenty of parties that go from 9am to 6am with talks starting at 10am. ) and so I spent less time in sessions and more time socializing. DEFCON is a whole lot more playful than its brother convention, Black Hat (another security convention), which usually deals with the more corporate and work related issues of Network and Computer Security.
DEFCON's attendees include everyone from hackers, crackers, artists, activists, Feds, Spies, bands, DJs, fashion designers, writers, and journalists. It's really a diverse and well established subculture of geekdom and technology elitism. When DEFCON happens the dreams and fantasies of technology subcultures come out to play, and you get to live for 4 days in its subconscious alliterating technology and the Internet. Some of the more interesting talks range from World of Warcraft, UFOs, HackerSpaces, OpenSource, Iran, hacktivism and pre-purposed innovation ( ie innovation without a defined purpose ). One such talk actually demoed how one might establish a hidden network of command signals through the power lines in your house and have that communicate with your hard drive or bios directly without the operating system detecting it. The 'World of Warcraft' talk exposed an API extention that allowed for the creation of 'decision making helpers' that would allow 2 humans to run a raid and control 12 characters.
Other things I noticed was the pending red hair singularity, as many people are seemingly converging on vivid magenta, maroon, red, and pink hair highlights; where as in previous years hair color was a mixed as a box of Crayola Crayons are.
This year DEFCON kept up a many of its other traditions, like a micro controller based badge, and competitions like Capture The Flag ( aka, root fu, kenshoto, etc.. ) and other competitions that if won get you a 'Black-Badge' which says you are elite, and you get to come to DEFCON forever for free.
I love hackers, hackers in the true sense of the word. They are the painters and artists of technology, where they play and sculpt technology from its parts. They are a playful, free, and inquisitive group that is more than comfortable with having a few questions pop into their mind. I like DEFCON because where many of the other conventions in the field are either small like barcamps, or very 'White Hat' and deal mainly with corporate and overtly legal concept, DEFCON asks questions of technology even if the answer is a little bit scary at times with 10k similarly minded people. It's for this reason that the FBI is actually in support of the slightly skeptical, and often slightly Anarchist groups that meet there. It's the worlds chance to get the twitter like 'pulse' of technology and what is going on. And after getting back from DEFCON 17 I definitely feel like I have a better read on how the internet will work in 2009/2010. I hope to see you there next year.


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More context on the use of reconciliation
Updating my previous posts on past uses of reconciliation, a New York Times article this morning by Jackie Calmes has what appears to be the most complete breakdown of the two parties' use of reconciliation (updating Joshua Tucker's previous estimate).
Though there's no shortage of hypocrisy on this issue, the punchline is that most previous bills passed under reconciliation during periods in which Republicans controlled the Senate (emphasis added):
Sixteen of the 22 "reconciliation bills" that have made it through Congress were passed in the Senate when Republicans had majorities. Among them were the signature tax cuts of President George W. Bush, the 1996 overhaul of the welfare system, the Children's Health Insurance Program, Medicare Advantage insurance policies and the Cobra program allowing people who leave a job to pay to keep the health coverage their employer provided (the "R" and "A" in Cobra stand for "reconciliation act").
For additional context, see this NPR story by Julie Rovner documenting how most recent changes to the health care system have been passed using reconciliation:
[H]ealth care and reconciliation actually have a lengthy history. "In fact, the way in which virtually all of health reform, with very, very limited exceptions, has happened over the past 30 years has been the reconciliation process," says Sara Rosenbaum, who chairs the Department of Health Policy at George Washington University.
...[O]ver the past three decades, the number of major health financing measures that were NOT passed via budget reconciliation can be counted on one hand. And one of those — the 1988 Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act — was repealed the following year after a backlash by seniors who were asked to underwrite the measure themselves. So using the process to try to pass a health overhaul bill might not be easy. But it won't be unprecedented.
And here's a sidebar with a timeline:
For 30 years, major changes to health care laws have passed via the budget reconciliation process. Here are a few examples:
1982 — TEFRA: The Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act first opened Medicare to HMOs
1986 — COBRA: The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act allowed people who were laid off to keep their health coverage, and stopped hospitals from dumping ER patients unable to pay for their care
1987 — OBRA '87: Added nursing home protection rules to Medicare and Medicaid, created no-fault vaccine injury compensation program
1989 — OBRA '89: Overhauled doctor payment system for Medicare, created new federal agency on research and quality of care
1990 — OBRA '90: Added cancer screenings to Medicare, required providers to notify patients about advance directives and living wills, expanded Medicaid to all kids living below poverty level, required drug companies to provide discounts to Medicaid
1993 — OBRA '93: created federal vaccine funding for all children
1996 — Welfare Reform: Separated Medicaid from welfare
1997 — BBA: The Balanced Budget Act created the state-federal childrens' health program called CHIP
2005 — DRA: The Deficit Reduction Act reduced Medicaid spending, allowed parents of disabled children to buy into Medicaid
Update 2/25 9:36 PM: Politifact has slightly different numbers:
On Nov. 14, 2008, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service put out a report on reconciliation bills between 1981 and 2009. There have been 22 of them, including three that were vetoed by President Bill Clinton. It's been used for health insurance portability (COBRA), nursing home standards, expanded Medicaid eligibility, increases in the earned income tax credit, welfare reform, start-up of the state Children's Health Insurance Program, major tax cuts and student aid reform.
While some have tallied the Republican vs. Democratic report card on reconciliation based on the president in power at the time, we think it makes more sense to look at the party in power in Congress when the reconciliation procedure was initiated.
By our count, eight of the reconciliation bills were initiated by a Democratic-controlled Congress. The rest, 14, were done by a Republican-controlled Congress.
...Still, we think looking at all 22 reconciliation bills casts too wide a net. Many reconciliation bills were not even all that controversial, and enjoyed wide bipartisan support. But other ones have clearly involved policy decisions that otherwise would likely have failed. Only eight involved votes where the winning side had less than the supermajority threshold of 60 votes. One could argue those were the times when Congress got around the need for the standard 60 votes. But even among that smaller group, six of the eight came courtesy of a Republican-controlled Congress.
Brendan, you know there is a big question that you and the NY Times might be ducking:
Were these bills passed by reconciliiation supported broadly and bipartisanly, so that the reconciliation process was used as it was intended -- to tweak out relatively minor differences in the House and Senate bill versions?
Or were some of these past reconciliations used to force 100% partisan bills through against the unified opposition of the minority party -- in other words, to break a filibuster that would have been successful without the resort to reconciliation?
I think that, in the Senate reconciliation vote of the 2001 tax cut bill -- the bill the NY Times article uses as an example of Republican hypocrisy, there were 58 Yea votes.
Two Republican Senators, Domineci and Enzi, did not vote. By the way, two Republicans, McCain (still sulking from the 2000 primary) and Chafee, voted against the bill. McCain would have flipped like a smoking pancake if his vote meant more than an opportunity for him to preen. Only 33 Senators voted Nay.
In another example the Times points to -- a 2005 budget bill which originally included provisions to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (the bill was referred to in connection to Judd Gregg's comment) -- the ANWR provision was REMOVED during the reconciliation process because of Democratic objections. Is this an example the Times and Brendan want to point to in order to defend the use of reconciliation now to pass healthcare?
So, Can you point to one example of the reconciliation process being used to beat an otherwise potent filibuster?
Posted by: Fred A Milton | February 25, 2010 at 01:59 PM
From the President's remarks at the end of the health care summit, it appears the Democrats are fully prepared to ram health care through the Senate using reconciliation (assuming they can muster the votes to pass a bill in the House, which is by no means certain). Seeing the President floundering reminds me of Charley's words at the end of "Death of a Salesman":
Nobody dast blame this man. You don't understand. [Barack] was a salesman. And for a salesman, there is no rock bottom to the life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you the law or give you medicine. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back – that's an earthquake. And then you get yourself a couple spots on your hat, and you're finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory.
Posted by: Rob | February 25, 2010 at 05:51 PM

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Bluetooth LE incorporates a protocol for beacon devices to identify themselves. Each sends out a short packet of data "advertising" which can contain up to 31 bytes of user-defined data. Apple's iBeacon specification, such as it is, stores four values in this space: a "Proximity" 128-bit UUID (Universally Unique IDentifier) and two 16-bit numbers, "Major" and "Minor".
Apple's developer documentation presents a good example of how these variables are used: a department store chain – Macy's, say – adopts a single UUID for all its beacons. It uses the value of the Major variable to distinguish one shop from another, and the value of the Minor variable to differentiate between beacons in one shop's departments.
In fact, I first tried an Inateck CSR4B5 dongle, but couldn't get it to work. It uses a CSR chipset, the 8510. The IoGear is based on a Broadcom chipset – like the Pi itself.
Next install BlueZ's source files and compile it. The version at the time of writing was 5.11. Check its website for the latest release.
The first "1E" is the number of "significant" octets in the advertising data that follow – 30 in this case – up to a maximum of 31. The non-significant part should only comprise pairs of zeroes to take the number of octets up to 31 and which, to save power, are not transmitted.
In my example, the first "02" in the sequence says the first block of ad data is two octets long. The next octet, "01" indicates that the advertising octet(s) following are Bluetooth flags, and the "1A" is the binary value derived when certain of those flags are set.
The second '1A' says the next, second group is 26 octets long, and the "FF" identifies the group as manufacturer-specific data. The Bluetooth 4.0 specification says the next two octets have to expose the manufacturer: the "4C 00" is Apple's Bluetooth manufacturer ID.
I'm not yet sure what the "02" and "15" signify, but as I say, the Proximity UUID, Major and Minor values, and the power level complete the 26 octets of manufacturer data – and also the 30 octets of the advertising data.
Placing a '3' at the end tells the dongle not to accept connections from other devices; leaving this value off causes hciconfig to use the default value, zero. This permits connections.
If you don't see your beacon after issuing the leadv command, try sudo hciconfig hci0 noscan which stops the dongle looking for other Bluetooth devices. This may interfere with the beacon operation. I also found that running dongles off even a good, Raspberry Pi-friendly USB hub caused problems.
It's an obvious next step to create scripts to set all this up and activate LE advertising whenever the Pi boots up. Just create start and stop scripts that contain the commands I've listed above. Some other commands you may want to include are sudo hciconfig hci0 reset, which re-initialises the Bluetooth hardware, and sudo hciconfig hci0 down and sudo hciconfig hci0 up to disable and enable the dongle.
I won't be covering such scripts here, but if you'd like to do that, there's a very good tutorial written by Washington DC-based Radius Networks here.
With the Pi running as a beacon, the next stage is to create an app that will look for it and notify you when you're there. I chose to work up an iOS app – I'm exploring Apple's iBeacon, after all – but it should be possible to code it up in Android 4.3, which added Bluetooth LE support to the Google OS.
Apple added LE to iOS 7, which was released back in September. iOS's existing CoreLocation framwork defines a CLLocationManager class that provides an interface for detecting iBeacons and a mechanism for dealing with events triggered by moving into and out a beacon's zone of coverage, an extension of CLLocationManager's already available ability to work with geographical regions.
CLLocationManager also defines methods for checking whether the device the app is running on has an OS and hardware able to handle Bluetooth LE: [CLLocationManager isMonitoringAvailableForClass:[CLBeaconRegion class]] returns a Boolean true if the device is beacon savvy.
The indentifier value is a string that helps you find the right beaconRegion if you need to interrogate the Location Manager sub-system.
Core Location provides two handy delegate methods for dealing with events triggered by the beacon monitor: - (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didEnterRegion:(CLRegion *)region and - (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didExitRegion:(CLRegion *)region. The object that owns the CLLocationManager must adhere to the CLLocationManagerDelegate protocol if it's to receive these messages.
These two methods provide an easy way to alert the user he or she has entered the zone and to trigger actions accordingly. My test app, for instance, grabs a block of HTML code from a server and present it in a UIWebView: "Special Offer! The Editor will buy you a pint if you present this code…", that kind of thing. Essentially, you use the beacon zone entry event to tell the use her or she is close to something interesting.
iOS scans for regions even when the app that initiated the monitoring isn't running. The app is automatically run in the background if the beacon is detected in those circumstances. Likewise, it's woken from sleep if it is merely napping. You can control whether messages triggered when beacon region boundaries are crossed are delayed while the iDevice's screen is off: the CLBeaconRegion object created above has a Boolean property, notifyEntryStateOnDisplay, you can use to enable this behaviour. It also has a Boolean property called notifyOnEntry, inherited from CLBeaconRegion's superclass CLRegion, which you'll need to set to NO in this case.
Once the phone knows it's inside a beacon's sphere of influence, the app can call the - (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didRangeBeacons:(NSArray *)beacons inRegion:(CLBeaconRegion *)region method to get a list of nearby beacons – they're stored in an array, the closest beacon first – and from each entry, a beacon's UUID, Major and Minor values to help identify which they are and, thanks to each beacon's proximity property, roughly how close it is: CLProximityUnknown, CLProximityImmediate, CLProximityNear or CLProximityFar.
To keep things tidy, I added a switch to disable beacon scanning. By way of inter-object notifications, it calls [appLocationManager stopMonitoringForRegion:beaconRegion] to take the currently defined beacon off the system-wide monitoring list and clear all the beacon data variables.
Once all this is up and running, and the Pi-hosted iBeacon is operating in the background, it's easy to test the system by walking out of range of the beacon and then turning round and coming back.
Android users keen to try this out without coding their own beacon detector can check out Radius Networks' iBeacon Locate app in Google Play. There's an iOS version in iTunes too. Radius also has an open-source library of iBeacon compatibility code for Android if you want to incorporate iBeacon support into an app of your own.
An edited version of this post originally appeared in The Register.
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Hi Tony, This is a great article indeed.
My question to you is – Why Caliberated Tx Power is always C5? Can it be configurable? AFAIK , Caliberated Tx Power is supposed to be the average RSSI measured one meter away from the beacon. And it will always depend on external factors like interference by other devices, people standing in line of sight etc.
I never researched calibrated power, Yogesh, but you're right, there's no reason why the value needs to be fixed at C5. The tricky thing is to measure the power level so you can set an appropriate value.


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Will Interpol become the new sheriff of the metaverse? One thing is certain: it does not want to fall behind.
The global police organisation has just unveiled what it calls "the first-ever metaverse specifically designed for law enforcement worldwide".
It says the move will help police forces across the world "interact with other officers via their avatars" and even take "immersive training courses in forensic investigation and other policing capabilities".
"The metaverse has the potential to transform every aspect of our daily lives with enormous implications for law enforcement," Madan Oberoi, Interpol's Executive Director of Technology and Innovation, said in a statement.
Sexual harassment, data and ownership: The metaverse's legal minefields we need to navigate
"But in order for police to understand the metaverse, we need to experience it".
The metaverse has been heralded as the next version of the Internet, where we would interact in cyberspace through avatars using augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) headsets.
Last year, Facebook's parent company Meta unveiled ambitious plans to massively invest in the metaverse, with a new immersive platform called Horizon Worlds. But it quickly faced allegations of harassment and criticism over lack of moderation.
Preventing another gang rape: Is Facebook's new tool enough to stop sexual assault in the metaverse?
Interpol, which connects police forces across 195 countries, says it's now setting up an expert group on the metaverse to ensure "this new virtual world is secure by design".
Harmful behavior in the virtual world poses a specific legal challenge, "because not all acts that are criminalised in the physical world are considered crimes when committed in the virtual world," the organisation added.
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As the number of metaverse users grows, more possible crimes will emerge, Interpol said, citing "crimes against children, data theft, money laundering, financial fraud, counterfeiting, ransomware, phishing, and sexual assault and harassment".
Cybercrime, from ransomware to online child sexual exploitation and abuse, is expected to rise in the coming years, according to its latest Global Crime Trend report.
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"As transnational crimes and criminal networks evolve at an unprecedented pace, law enforcement are often left playing 'catch up,' with tools, processes, and procedures that may be outdated or inefficient," it reads.
By diving into the metaverse, Interpol wants to reverse the trend.
"Only by having these conversations now can we build an effective response," Oberoi said.
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On the morning of November 15, a fire broke out near the railway station in Bengbu City, Anhui Province. According to Bengbu daily, the location of the fire was on the first and second floors of building 851 in the west of the Railway Hotel. At 9:10 a.m., the open fire in the burning commercial and residential building was out, and there were fire-fighting and casual clothes workers walking in the corridor on the third floor. There are more than ten fire trucks, two water guns to cool down and smoke, and two 120 ambulances on standby. At 9:27, many people were rescued at the scene, and the search and rescue was still in progress.
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You thought I'd completely stopped writing about law, didn't you? I've been surrounded by lawyers, lately, and so of course I've been thinking about the profession. While I was in Maine after Thanksgiving a former colleague of mine took me out to lunch, and after a nice interval of gossip and small talk, he entreated me to come back to the profession. It was unexpected, and flattering, and half-tempting. There are things about it that I miss. I miss bankruptcy. I miss some of the nimble thinking that it required of me. I miss it the way I occasionally miss Bikram yoga -- it was a practice that made me strong and flexible in a certain way that nothing else can.
Then I got down here and immediately went to two cocktail parties for lawyers. I was trying to identify strictly as a coach and a visitor from out of town, but I was outed by NBT and friends as an ex-lawyer. As has happened before, a couple of lawyers expressed envy at that. "If it weren't for my loans, that's what I'd be doing...." Is it really? I wonder about the people who tell me that. What are they really saying? Other times, lawyers have said, "I wish I had something else I loved as much as you love sailing. Because I don't really love what I'm doing, but I don't have anything else I'd love, and the pay is good, and so I'll just stay in this for the time being until I figure out what I really want to do." Among other things, the background chatter was about motions, and hours, and time in court, and practice areas. I didn't miss it.
But the day before yesterday NBT and I were talking about a research question he's working on for a summary judgment motion. And it reminded me of the process of hunting for caselaw, formulating a query, identifying with precision what your question is. NBT enjoys his practice, and I remembered how fun it can be to figure something out and to articulate it clearly and persuasively. It's a particular kind of pleasure.
And then yesterday, my musician friend admitted he's been thinking about law school and asked me for my take. It's really fun, I said. But don't go into debt for it. We talked about creativity and risk, money and stability, competition and prestige, freedom and second careers. He and I went to college together, and we talked about how many of our classmates have become lawyers and bankers and doctors, and are so far along on their paths in these professions. We talked about how it feels to be different than those peers, and the times we doubt ourselves.
When I was out to lunch in Maine with the bankruptcy lawyer friend of mine, I said that I was pretty sure I wouldn't go back to practicing. The ways I could imagine going back all depended very heavily on who I would work with. I care a lot about my mentors and my peers. I would want to apprentice with someone I respected and liked, and in my home state there's a list of about five people who I would approach if I wanted to get back into the profession. When I left the practice and wrote down what "wild success" meant to me it included the ability to have the time and freedom to take on new projects or goals that interested me. The practice of law rarely leaves you that kind of autonomy. I've become very used to a flexible life, open days, time on boats and outdoors, trips and room for relationships. I've discovered that I care about mentoring and helping other people get good at things, even more than I care about being good at things myself. Being a clerk is probably the only way I'd really consider going back into the law. And even then, I can't imagine going back to a life where I was indoors all day.
Are You Sure You Want Me On The Committee?
I've just been invited to be on the college's "Law School Advisory Committee." In responding to the invitation, I said I would be happy to be on the committee but that I have some strong opinions for students considering law school. I think the profession and those counseling prospective law students rarely speak as honestly as we need to about incurring a big debt burden to go to law school, and what that can mean. I loved law school, and I liked practicing law, but I like coaching sailing a whole lot better. Do you really want me on this committee? And they said, yes, we do. This should be interesting.
All Requests: Do You Need A Law Degree To Be A Sailing Coach?
Do you find having a J.D. in your back pocket allowed you to pursue other ventures like sailing and writing, both because it provides a financial safety net and because it is proof of your professional success? Do you think you could have been a sailing coach without having been a lawyer first?
As usual with my readers' good questions, I'm not sure I have a great answer. I think the best answer to this is sort of yes, and sort of no.
In high school we got something like 100 characters to go under our senior picture in the yearbook. I remember a lot of conversation and thinking about how to use those precious 100 characters. Which private jokes would go in? Capital or lowercase letters? Whose initials do I want in there? Did I want to put in a quotation or have all of the words my own? Eventually, I decided to include a quote, and that created a whole slew of additional questions. It may be dorky to admit this (or maybe it's cool -- I've never really known which) but I was a big Steely Dan fan in high school. They were my favorite band and I had all their albums. So I wanted to use a Steely Dan lyric. And after lots of concentrated listening and thinking the one I settled on was this, from Any Major Dude: "You can try to run but you can't hide from what's inside of you." That's under my yearbook picture, amidst the initials and the private high school jokes.
Now, in retrospect, I am kind of amazed by that decision. Because the older I get the more sense that little snippet of Steely Dan lyric makes. Was I really so wise back then? Of course not -- look at all the stupid things I did subsequently. Look at all the running I did. Still, I picked those words and I'm glad I did. I can imagine that my teenage self was an old soul.
What do you think makes a good interview/er/ee?
A good question. I've written a little about interviewing in this post, about finding a job in a small market. One thing that's interesting about my current job is that I meet a fair number of high school students who want to be admitted to the college. They are with their parents. Nobody knows quite whether or how they can make a good impression on the college admissions folks, and I'm connected to the college, and so there's this desperate desire to impress or please me that really doesn't have much to do with me or my job at all. It's very interesting to sit on my side of the desk and talk to these folks. Because, of course, no matter what a good impression a kid or his or her parents makes on me, I can't get them into the college. I can help, perhaps, a tiny tiny little bit. I suppose if I wanted to I could hurt them, but I can't imagine a scenario where I'd do that.
Anyway, this position lets me watch nervous people who are trying to impress. One thing that's fascinating is how or whether the parents take over the conversation. Another thing that's interesting is how comfortable the student is in his or her own skin. Sometimes students act like robots, which is completely ridiculous. I expect to be talking to a 17 year old kid about something they do for fun, so a robot or a forced grown-up act is very bizarre and unwelcome. I'm looking for signs of commitment, enthusiasm, maturity, social ease, and engagement. I've been learning how to put parents and students at ease so that I can get a better sense of what a prospective student is like. I've discovered that when people are nervous there is very little useful, authentic information that I can get from them.
So that's about what I would have said back when I was in the legal world or the business world. Be yourself. That's not to encourage inappropriate casualness or excessive familiarity. But I think if you're reasonably prepared, you can and should forget your script or your talking points. You should listen and react authentically. You shouldn't be overwhelmed by the fact that it's an interview to forget that it's a conversation. You shouldn't give the other person all of the social power -- you need to retain your own power. It's okay to guide the conversation in a direction you think it should go, or to go back to something or even to disagree with something. Pretending to be excessively agreeable or smart or extremely conscientious is boring and fake. I see it with 17 year olds, and it's just silly. But I see it with their parents, too. And when and if I manage to relax them, by explaining that I'm an ally and not an adversary, and that I really don't have the power they imagine I do, I end up seeing much more interesting and much more impressive human beings.
My interview "trick," if I have one, is something I use on either side of the desk, and I've found it pretty helpful in both roles. After I've asked the questions that I wanted to ask, if there's still a good conversational feel in the room and time isn't a factor, I like to ask, "What should I have asked you that I didn't know to ask?" You get some very interesting responses to that question. It's worth a try.
Yesterday one of the students I coach asked me a question about criminal constitutional rights -- how long can a cop detain you at a Terry stop if you choose not to answer any of his questions? I had no idea how to answer. If you do, it would help me look smart.
And also yesterday I thought about the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, of all things, during an athletic department meeting when we were discussing whether the athletic department should have a uniform policy across teams that addresses alcohol abuse among players, or whether the university's policy was sufficient, or whether individual coaches should each set their own policies. The circularity and repetition during the athletic department conversation made me long for my days as a lawyer. It's an interesting and important and complicated discussion -- how coaches model and enforce codes of social behavior on their teams, the benefits of uniformity and consistency versus the value of discretion and individualized responses, the effectiveness of the college's policy and its enforcement on campus, the risk that a hard-line policy would drive abuse underground and close off the chance for players to give coaches tips about who on their team needed help or support or monitoring -- and it was full of passion and divergent views that were worth listening to. But it went around and around and veered off topic, too. A roomful of lawyers would have managed the discussion differently, and used different words. I suspect a roomful of lawyers wouldn't make better decisions on the topic. But they would have sounded more articulate and been way way more organized when talking about it.
I'm on a board, and met as part of a subcommittee last night to work on redrafting some language for a possibly controversial change in our by-laws. The two people I was working with were also JDs -- one's a partner in a firm in town, and the other is a therapist who went to law school. We talked through the ends we were trying to achieve, asked one another threshhold questions and then proposed language that might enable the result we wanted, tested the language with horrible hypos to see whether the language would create unintended consequences. We created definitions and referred to them in other places in the document. I got to use (i) and (ii). Do you know how long it's been since I've used those? They don't come up in everyday life, I've discovered. And we spoke to one another like drafters. This is redundant after the definition in section A. Do we need to change this term in the second paragraph, or is it clear the way it is? We did a few things that were inelegant from a drafting point of view in order to make the document clearer to non-lawyers and to change less of it -- we permitted some redundancies, and we left untouched a section of previously drafted language that could be cleaned up.
Anyway, the dorky part was that it was fun. It was late, after practice, and I hadn't eaten dinner, but I sat there with my computer redlining a document and reading back the amended paragraphs, drinking a glass of red wine, for two hours, and I enjoyed it.
I was driving the inflatable coach boat in yesterday, near the end of practice, to pick up two sailors who'd headed in early due to the crew's knee issues. I passed the 'No Wake' buoy at the coast guard station and throttled back, impatiently. As I looked around at the coast guard vessels and the pelicans swooping and diving, my mind was on the sailors practicing. They were running a plus/minus drill, which would keep them going for a while, but I wanted to get this pickup done as quickly as possible to start a couple of races. I was hot. The breeze was good but starting to die. I thought about the pairings I should set up for the next day's practice. The drive in felt slow. I wasn't irritable, exactly, but I was impatient and distracted.
And then suddenly I pulled back for a moment and saw myself from afar and thought, "This is my life," and the whole thing seemed unbelievable and miraculous. I could see the green lawn of the USF campus stretched out in front of me with palm trees all around, and there were my sailors on the dock, walking towards me. I'm here in Florida, in a fast motorboat, putting in to get some college students. I'm in a tank top, a whistle around my neck, the sun on my skin, the faint odor of Coppertone in the air. This is what I get to do, what I'm paid to do. I glanced up at the big ugly office buildings and imagined air conditioning, stark grey carpets, photocopy machines and fluorescent lights. Most people work in places like that, I thought. This is so great. I wanted to gun the engine a little bit with delight, but it was a no wake zone, so I had to wait until I got back out into the bay to open her up.
My readers don't want to forget I have a law degree. SLR requests help on law school exams, while Christine writes in asking what I think about careers in public interest law.
My law school exam taking days were a long time ago. Here are some posts about them: a link to studying strategy posts, and a previous request asking about take home exams, a post about how awful and wonderful I thought taking exams was, and how it's normal to be disgusted with yourself and absolutely panicked and still unmotivated. I think that's everything I've written about exams.
You know, some of my best exams were in the classes where I knew the subject the least well. Not knowing much about the subject forced me to be extremely structured in writing the answer. Because I had to. Okay, identify the issue here. What's the issue? Hell if I know. Is it this? God I hope not, I don't know anything about that. All I know about that it might be is this. Better write that down as clearly as I can. Now what's the rule? I know the rule. Get that down, and make it super clear, so it sounds like I have some authority here. Let's go back to the fact pattern and start sorting through it, and maybe as I filibuster along here doing that as tidily as I can I'll figure out the answer. Yep, I guess I'm getting to the conclusion here. Let's wrap this up tight and move on to the next question. Hopefully I'll know something about the next question.
Maybe that approach was helpful because my answers were spare and clear and not rambling. I didn't know enough to throw in the kitchen sink and a bunch of marginally relevant information into the answers. I just stuck to the basics, and tried to be well-organized and tight in my answers. It worked for me. I fell back to structure when I wasn't so sure of the strength of my content. I also was rigorous about timing myself and trying to schedule the right amount of time for each answer -- not running over or skipping ahead. Discipline and focus and basic competence were my aims, not genius or brilliance. Hmmm. As I write this it seems like a principle for wider application.
And now for my thoughts on public interest law.
All Requests: Can I Have A Dog In Law School?
Christina asks whether she can take care of a dog while in law school. This is an easy one. Yes.
Your law school years are full of free time. You can run, you can take your dog for walks, you can meet friends for coffee. You can have a part time job. You're in class in the mornings, maybe until 2 PM. You've got a lot of reading to do, but you can decide when to do that. You can do that sitting on your sofa at home, with your dog on the floor in a patch of sunlight by your feet.
I find it sad when people use law school as an excuse for constricting their lives. "I can't be in a relationship -- I'm in law school." That's silly -- I've written about it before. That elevates the work associated with law school into a place of importance and primacy that it doesn't deserve. There's work and stress in law school but there's time for it. And it's not more important than all the other components of a happy life. Having a dog, as I have already written, is a good way to learn how to be happy. You'll need to exercise, too. You'll need to have relationships and a creative outlet distinct from school. Don't let law school or the craziness of your classmates convince you that somehow your status as a law student will make you too important or too rushed or too pressured to do the basic maintenance of your spirit that will keep you happy. Law school isn't that hard. Yes, there's a lot of reading. And yes, comprehending that reading is very hard. But it shouldn't swallow the rest of your life.
Here's what you'll need to remember about having a dog. You need to be steadily there for your dog. Feed him or her at the same time every day. Make time for exercise and play, training and reinforcement. Can you do that? Do you have a stable enough platform for your life to make that commitment? Do you have friends or family, a support network who can step in if you need to be at an event until late and can't feed and let out the dog? Could somebody take the dog for a weekend if you take a trip? Are you in a place where your dog will get to be outside, daily, with you? And look forward three or four years, when you're out of law school. Can you commit to structuring a life where you'll still be able to take care of this dog -- a steady presence, exercise, play, and time outdoors -- after law school? You don't have to know how you're going to do it, but I think if you take on the responsibility of having a dog you need to promise THAT you will do it.


Kepco's TMA are power supply controllers to program, control and monitor the output of up to 27 Kepco power modules in the MAT, MST, MBT and BOP series at distances up to 1000 feet.
The Kepco TMA 4882-27 controller receives commands and transmits data to a host computer over the bi-directional digital control bus IEEE 488.2 or over a serial communications link using RS 232.
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On February 21, 2010 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm there will be a Lecture on Visual Reflections on Arabic Poetry by Salwa Mikdadi Head of the Arts & Culture Programme, The Emirates Foundation, as part of the Spring Season of events from the NYU Abu Dhabi, in association with ADMAF.
In Arabic, the term Khatt references writing as drawing denoting the dimensions of calligraphy as an art form first developed to preserve the sacred words of the Quran and adhering to strict rules and styles. The formal calligraphic tradition dominated until the 1940s, when Arabic letters appeared in modern Arab art drawn in an abstract style. These fragments of Arabic texts were a reaffirmation of Arab identity and an assertion of the personal and variable in contrast to the sacred and immutable. Recently, Arab poets in collaboration with Arab artists and artists who write poetry created works that empower the image and enrich the word. This lecture will explore ways in which cursive writing in the form of poetry is used as an element of composition to create a union between two aesthetics.


Edwards James Olmo's is speaking TRUTH! Very true and sad reality. I can honestly say I really didn't care about school until I had the option to write a report on Louis Armstrong in the 11th grade. A teacher made the entire class write a report on an influential figure who was not white. Too often we are only given surface level stories about entire races of people, because its easier to place the unknown into a box and categorize them as being the same. Through education we have the opportunity to share knowledge and promote collaboration, to end the fear and xenophobia.
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Everyone seems to want a compact SUV today and so Volvo has brought one to market in the form of the XC40 – Volvo's first-ever compact SUV. There are similarities with the bigger XC60, and even the seven-seat XC90, but the XC40 has a strong identity all of its own.
The Volvo XC40 D4 has a 4-cylinder, 2-litre turbodiesel engine with an 8-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel-drive. On the outside it's obviously a Volvo, but it has bolder styling than its bigger brothers. The interior has an overall feel that will be familiar to anyone who has driven the XC60 or XC90, which is a good thing, as it's high quality, with an absence of fussy design details. You also get lots of storage compartments, and a good-sized 460-litre boot.
Under most driving conditions the Volvo XC40 is an extremely refined and quiet place to be. And like all other recent Volvos, it has an excellent ride, along with comfortable seats. Combine these elements together and long journeys become very pleasant experiences. And the XC40 is also very adept at coping with urban roads that currently seem to more closely resemble off-road routes due to all the pot holes. It may come as little surprise that the handling of this 1.7 tonne SUV is safe and secure rather than sporty and agile.
The overall calm driving experience can be spoilt if you ask too much of the engine, when it can sound, and feel, strained. The automatic gearbox is also effective most of the time, although it can be somewhat slow when moving off from standstill. You can also change gear manually using the steering wheel-mounted paddles.
There's a drive mode switch, which is more of a conventional switch than the chrome-effect affair found in the XC60 and XC90. The drive mode settings control the responses of the engine, automatic gearbox, steering, brakes, all-wheel-drive system and the climate control. Comfort is the default setting; Eco calibrates engine, automatic gearbox and accelerator responses for the best economy; Dynamic makes the throttle more responsive; Off Road maximises performance on slippery surfaces, but only operates below 25mph; and you can set your own preferences in Individual mode.
The XC40 AWD operates in front-wheel drive most of the time, with the ability to send up to 50% of torque to the rear wheels if needed. We carried out some off-road driving and the XC40 coped adequately; although the tyres didn't have any form of off-road tread, on the large 19-inch wheels they just drove over everything with no problems.
The XC40 infomedia system is shared with other Volvos; there's a nine-inch touch screen with Volvo's Sensus system. We're not fans of many touch screen systems, unless there's a separate iDrive-style rotary controller, but Volvo's system is very good, with excellent high quality graphics, and it's more user-friendly than many other systems. However there's still a lot of complex information on here, which can take some finding while driving.
Although the steering wheel and seat have decent adjustment, the steering column doesn't come out very far, and the silver trim on the spokes of the steering wheel prevents you from wrapping your hands fully around the wheel where it meets the spokes.
The official combined fuel economy for the Volvo XC40 D4 AWD is 56.5mpg, with CO2 emissions of 133 g/km. Because we're currently in a changeover phase from NEDC to WLTP, this is an NEDC figure correlated from WLTP-based testing (this is the figure that UK government taxation is based on currently). As an indication of how the emissions figures will change (ie. worsen) when we transfer to WLTP, without the calculation to convert the figures back to NEDC, the combined WLTP CO2 emissions figures for the D4 AWD range from 166-185g/km CO2.
In our real-world economy test, we averaged 40.3mpg at 70mph on the motorway, 40.9mpg at 60mph on A-roads, and 42.6mpg at 50mph on A-roads. When 34.6mpg urban driving was thrown into the mix – and some Lake District hills – the average economy of the XC40 after a week was 38.0mpg. This is perfect proof that although everyone wants a compact SUV, at 1.7 tonnes the XC40 is heavy, and it isn't the most aerodynamic shape, so if you really want an efficient car, don't buy an SUV.
The Volvo XC40 D4 AWD First Edition, as tested, costs £39,905. A very rare occurrence for a press car, it came with zero options. This is because the First Edition – which is based upon R-Design Pro specification and is now sold out – is completely fully loaded with just about every bit of equipment that's available. There's too much to list, but some highlights are the Xenium Pack, Intellisafe Pro, Convenience Pack, Harman Kardon Premium Sound, Power Driver Seat with Memory for Seat and Mirrors, Power Passenger Seat, Heated Steering Wheel, Heated Rear Seats, Gear Shift Paddles, and 19-inch Alloy Wheels.
Trim levels, with expected sales splits, are: Momentum (20%), Momentum Pro (10%), R-Design (30%), R-Design Pro (10%), Inscription (20%) and Inscription Pro (10%).
The XC40 range is available from £27,905 for the T3 FWD Momentum.
Three petrol and two diesel engines are offered in the XC40, with power outputs ranging from 150hp to 247hp. The T3 petrol engine comes with a six-speed manual gearbox, and the D3 diesel is available with a manual or automatic gearbox. The T4 and T5 petrols and the D4 diesel come with an eight-speed automatic transmission.
We've also driven the XC40 with a petrol engine and it's as equally competent and desirable as the diesel, but it doesn't quite promise the same levels of economy.
The anticipated sales split for the XC40's engines are D3 FWD (40%), D3 AWD (20%), D4 AWD (15%), T3 FWD (10%), T4 AWD (10%), and T5 AWD (5%).
D4 diesel and T4 and T5 petrol versions of the XC40 come with all-wheel drive as standard, while the D3 diesel is available in front or all-wheel drive form.
The Volvo XC40 D4 AWD has launched itself straight into the compact SUV class and has gone pretty much straight to the top of the class. As a compact SUV for everyday all-round use, it's refined, high quality, well designed and practical. In a very crowded sector, it seems to have carved out a niche to set itself apart from rivals. It therefore gains a Green Car Guide rating of 9 out of 10, for being a highly impressive all-round car, but it can't quite score a 10 because a 1.7 tonne SUV with poor aerodynamics relative to a smaller car just doesn't tick the box for ultimate efficiency. And of course we're also obliged to say that a diesel SUV isn't recommended for driving patterns that primarily involve urban use. It's worthwhile noting that plug-in hybrid and pure electric versions of the XC40 are due to be launched over the coming years, but unfortunately they're not quite here yet.


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UK: Anti-Islam group PEGIDA holds rally in Birmingham
Feb 08, 2016 by admin	in Muslim NEWS
Around 200 protesters have performed a "silent march" organized by newly founded and controversial UK branch of anti-Islam PEGIDA movement Saturday in Birmingham city center.
The far-right group members arrived at Birmingham's international train station under heavy police presence and marched to city's business park.
A counter gathering was also held by Unite Against Racism at city's Victoria Square, which saw around 60 people. People sang to bands performing peace songs and shouted anti-fascist slogans. One protester was detained due to public disorder offences, the police said.
There were no reports of serious disorder or injuries.
Previous demonstrations, by Pegida's predecessor group the English Defence League, have resulted in violent clashes in Birmingham City Centre.
A day before the march, Pegida UK's leader and ex-UKIP candidate Paul Weston said during a radio program that Muslims should not be in the political arena in Britain.
"I don't want Muslims in areas of political power because they put Islam as their primary allegiance," he told to LBC radio, which follows the PEGIDA gatherings across Europe. Watson also described asylum seekers as "migrant invaders" in the same program and rejected the "Syrian refugee" concept.
Some Pegida UK protesters carried posters of U.S. presidential contender Donald Trump, which read "Trump is Right"– a slogan associating with Trump's recent calls for a total travel ban into the country on Muslims.
Pegida UK is modeled on a fascist German movement, which has the same name PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West), founded in Dresden in 2014 that is opposed to what it considers the Islamization of the West. Other branches have been established in Norway, Sweden and Spain.
The British group is backed by the former leader of the anti-immigration English Defence League Tommy Robinson, who said he wants to appeal to moderate British voters.
PEGIDA also held similar gatherings on Saturday in 14 different European cities including Warsaw, Tallin, Prague, Graz, Bratislava, Amsterdam and Dresden Saturday.
Author Ahmet Gürhan Kartal
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The Scheeff East Point Nature Preserve is an 8.8 acre parcel of land located on the eastern side of South Bass Island. As part of the Lake Erie Islands Conservancy, this is an essential nature area and its preservation is vital to the island health.
The preserve offers spectacular views of Lake Erie and the surrounding islands including Ballast Islands and Middle Bass. The upland coverage, rocky shores, and shallow waters also provide the ideal habitat for the threatened Lake Erie Watersnake as well as migratory birds and waterfowl. Shoreline plants happily make their home here as well.
Named in honor of Rose Scheef who generously donated funds to the conservancy, Scheef also includes a pleasant walking path that winds around the perimeter of the park. Parking is also conveniently located on site. This is an ideal spot for shoreline fishing, birdwatching, and kayak access.
The Put-in-Bay Township Park District now owns this preserve after it was purchased by the Western Reserve Land Conservancy along with assistance from the Lake Erie Islands Conversancy.
The water snake and its habitat enjoys special protects from a Section 6 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grant. The Ohio Division of Wildlife, Ohio Division of Natural Areas and Preserves, the First Energy Foundation, the Sandusky Eagles Foundation as well as many other private donors help support this vital preserve.
Officially removed from the list of federally endangered species in 2011, the watersnake is still considered federally threatened. And so The Lake Erie Islands Conservancy is dedicated to providing safe harbor for this unique animal.
If you do spot a watersnake, don't touch the snake and give it some space. While the snake is not poisonous it has a curious and somewhat aggressive personality.
Snakes are all uniform gray in color and pattern. They grow between 1 ½ to 3 ½ feet in length. The snake prefers to hang out on cliff ledges and the rocky shoreline of the island. They hibernate underground during the winter.
The watersnake also plays an important role in the eradication of the invasive fish, the goby. Their entire diet now consists almost entirely of this fish that threatens the habitat of native species.


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Miracle-Beauty Waterfall in Sochi
Sochi National Park, Caucasus and Black sea, Russia
The Miracle-Beauty waterfall is located in a small gorge between the villages of Volkonka and Soloniki, 6.5 kilometers from Lazarevskoye. Parking and ticket office in front of the entrance to the gorge are located directly on the highway that runs along the Black Sea coast. The waterfalls are located on the territory of the Sochi National Park.
In guidebooks, this place is called "Miracle-Beauty Waterfall", although it is more correct to say "Miracle-Beauty Gorge", since there are two waterfalls here: Chilly and Beauty. Sometimes the Beauty waterfall is called Affectionate. You can read about the history of the appearance of this interesting name on the stands: in 1872, Afanasy Solyanik-Krasa bought the land east of the village of Lazarevskoye. This happened 15 years after the end of the Caucasian War and the gradual beginning of peaceful life in the Caucasus region.
View of the Waterfall Miracle-Beauty from above
Cascade waterfall Chilly in the gorge Miracle-Beauty
Afanasy Solyanik-Krasa built summer cottages here and rented them out to people who traveled along the Black Sea coast. He called his farm "Miracle-Krasovka". In Russian, a "Krasovka" can be heard as a "Beauty". He also contributed to the development of the village of Soloniki, to the west of the gorge. In 1918, these lands were nationalized. The Bolsheviks decided to change the name, and the "Miracle-Krasovka" was changed to a more understandable expression: "Miracle-Beauty".
The path to the waterfalls of the Miracle Beauty is very picturesque. The distance from the entrance to the gorge to the farthest point is 600 meters with a climb of 75 meters. Along the way you will see boxwood trees. Their branches, covered with moss, hang directly over the slopes of the gorge. Alas, these trees are gradually dying because of the firefly butterfly, whose larvae were brought to the 2014 Olympics on the roots of trees from Italy.
Thickets of boxwood trees on the trail in the Miracle-Beauty Gorge
Miracle-Beauty Gorge in Sochi
The first on the trail is the Miracle-Beauty Waterfall. Its height is 12 meters. The Chilly waterfall is located upstream and has two cascades, but they are not high, about 5-6 meters. Also, from the natural bath of the Chilly Waterfall, you can look at the Miracle-Beauty Waterfall from above. In spring and summer, these waterfalls are very full-flowing, but by autumn they dry up.
Svir waterfall with a height of 7 meters in the narrow Svir gorge
A narrow canyon among layered marl rocks (no more than 1 meter) in the Crab Gorge in Sochi
An excursion to the Miracle Beauty Waterfall can be combined with a visit to the Crab Gorge, which is 8 kilometers away. The entrance to the Svir Gorge is located 10 kilometers away. There is a megalithic dolmen near the village of Volkonka, as well as a hydrogen sulfide spring.
Waterfall Miracle Beauty surrounded by vines on the rocks
The upper part of the waterfall cascade is Chilly in the Wonder Beauty Gorge
A small waterfall in the Miracle-Beauty Gorge
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I'm not positive about the lipless but they may not consider the BBs for this rattling.
After viewing this thread I decided to weigh some lures just to see. From what I can tell there isn't really any set weight for Traps, Warpigs and Red Eyes as the weight fluctuates from one to another.
I didn't break out the calibration slug to check my scale for 100% accuracy as I was more or less just looking for consistency. I did weigh each lure multiple times and reset it between weigh ins.
I didn't examine the hooks and rings to see if they at least all looked like they were the same.
Red Eye were .8640-.9076 oz 3 examples.
The lightest 3/4 oz Red Eye was gifted to me by A-Jay and he had changed the rings and hooks. The other two had the stock hooks and rings on them still. The heaviest one clearly has slightly larger and beefier looking hooks on it, but they are the stock hooks.
I didn't remove the hooks and rings and weigh them or just the actual lures by themselves.
Scales that weigh in grams are more accurate then ounces.
To the OP's question, lures often vary (usually heavier) than labeled. Not an issue in my mind.
Oh, please let the weather warm up and the rain stop!!!
I'd rather get hit with a lb of feathers than a lb of lead.
Or just get a scale of the proper range and read the weights directly in ounces.
I did this too a while back, I had pictures at one time but now I can't find them. The only crankbaits, lipless or otherwise that were at their advertised weight where my Yo-Zuri 3DBs. Jerkbaits, however were almost all dead-on.
A scale is only as accurate as it's caligrated unit of measure. If that unit of measure is in ounces it may not display smaller units the 1/8 oz, then displayed in smaller of grams for example.
The OP has his answer and no reason to beat this dead horse.
Actually, it depends on the quality of the scale and the precision of the measurement. It actually has little to nothing to do with the unit of measure. Logically, a scale made to weigh in single grams will be more accurate than a scale made to weigh single ounces due to their weight in difference, but a scale made to accurately weigh to the nearest thousandth of an ounce is going to be more accurate than a scale to weigh single gram. And with today's digital scales, you can usually weigh in grams or ounces with the press of a button -- and in the end of the day the scale will perform exactly the same.
Before battery powered digital scales we used 4 beam gram scales calibrated to .01 gram. The only deviation was dust, humidity and temperature. Digital scales rely on a 4 wire bridge memory chip and the power source is critical and batteries are crucial to accuracy.
At the end of the day we are talking about lures in ounces and packaged weight of lures as we use them are inaccurate up to 50%.
That's my larger point as I don't think it really matters too much if his scale is reading to the hundredths of an ounce.
I haven't personally bothered weighing lures, but I've always suspected that a 3/8oz spinnerbait or jig is heavier than a 3/8oz crankbait largely regardless of manufacturer.