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Cuba: A Destination Like No Other
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An array of Cuba's vintage American cars, newer Russian, Japanese and European models, local buses, and motorized and horse-drawn carriages pass by the spectacular Gran Teatro.
By Kay Showker
Yes, Cuba is an island in the Caribbean Sea. Her terrain is similar to other Caribbean islands, but different. Her history is similar, but different. Her culture is similar, but different. Indeed, almost everything about Cuba has some similarity to her Caribbean neighbors but Cuba is a destination like no other.
Despite the appearance of a time-warp, Cuba is not living in the past. It is a vibrant, colorful country that throbs with activity. On a recent visit, I learned quickly to put aside any preconceived notions I may have had about this Caribbean island and to be ready for surprises at every turn.
My trip was unusual in that it was a cruise around the island offered by Cuba Cruise, a Canadian company, on Louis Cristal, a cruise ship it leases for the winter season from Cyprus-based Louis Cruises. I was able to tag along on a FAM trip for U.S. travel agents – to my knowledge, the first since the Obama administration's moved to relax travel to Cuba.
Normally, passengers board Cuba Cruise's ship in Havana but because of the big increase in demand after the Obama announcement in January, it was nearly impossible to obtain enough airline seats from Miami for our group and thus, fifty of us boarded in Montego Bay, Jamaica, one of the ship's ports of call, 267 nautical miles south of Cuba.
Cuba Cruise ship, Louis Crystal, circumnavigates the island weekly from December through March.
The following morning, we woke up in time to watch our ship navigate the very narrow straits that open into the enormous Bay of Cienfuegos, which spans almost 34 sq. miles on the south coast of Cuba.
Although the area was sighted by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage in 1494, Cienfuegos was not settled until 1819, when Frenchmen from Louisiana created the first colony. You will see their traces in the charming colonial town with sidewalk cafes, lacey balconies, and features reminiscent of New Orleans.
Called the Pearl of the South, a long, wide tree-lined boulevard, Paseo del Prado, near the port, leads to the city's heart at Jose Marti Park, a leafy square with a grand statue of Cuba's national hero, and surrounded by historic, colonnaded buildings. The historic center, now restored, was named to the Unesco World Heritage List in 2005 – one of eight sites in Cuba so designated.
As with all our excursions, a walking tour was combined with a driving one. Our first stop on a walk in the historic center was the Thomas Terry Theatre, now restored to its Belle Epoque glory when it hosted such famous stars as Enrico Caruso and Sarah Bernhardt.
As the story goes, Thomas Terry, a wealthy sugar baron made part of his fortune by buying sick slaves, nursing them back to health, and selling them for a sizeable profit. He left funds to build the theatre after his death, as his way of "giving back to the region from which he had taken so much," our guide told us. The richly decorated theatre has a beautifully-painted ceiling and walls adorned with posters of famous performers. A poster for an upcoming performance by Cuba's famous National Ballet Company indicated the theatre is still hosting renowned artists.
From the port of Cienfuegos, the historic center is easily spotted by church towers and the copula of the Casa de la Cultura.
One block from the Park is the newly renovated La Union Club, the town's leading hotel built in 1868, with lovely interior courtyards. It is furnished in 1940's style suggesting you might expect Sidney Greenstreet to step out from around the corner. For our group, the hotel was a convenient place to exchange money. [Exchange facilities are available at every port. Current rate: US$=Cuban CUC 1, but with government fees, you actually get equivalent of 87 cents.]
About 15 miles east of Cienfuegos are the Botanical Gardens, a national monument, boasting 2,400 species including a great number of palm tree varieties. Begun in 1899, by Edwin Atkins, an American sugar baron, to develop better strains of sugar cane, the gardens became a research center on tropical plants with the assistance of Harvard University in 1919. An excursion offered by the ship combines a city tour with the gardens.
Another ship excursion travels to Trinidad, Cuba's third oldest city founded in 1514, by Spanish explorer, Diego Velasquez. Fifty miles away but almost a two hour drive, Trinidad is known for its beautiful setting with waterfalls and forested mountains as its backdrop. A slave trade and smuggling port for two centuries, Trinidad had become a wealthy center of the sugar industry by the late 18th century. In 1988, Trinidad was added to the Unesco World Heritage list.
Driving through Cienfuegos to lunch, we passed through Punta Gorda, a newer part of the city with the former palaces of Cuba's wealthy elite, dating from the 20th century. The 30 minute drive took us to Finca Los Colorados, a private beachside restaurant and bed & breakfast inn on the eastern edge of town. The paladar, as such private ventures are known, is situated in the home of the owner, Jose Pineiro Guardiola, whose family were our hosts. [Recently, Airbnb announced it now has an inventory of over 1,000 paladar in Cuba.]
To the music of a great Cuban combo, we dined on an elaborate spread of crab and other salads, grilled shrimp, fish, pork, beef, and steamed corn and washed down with mojitos and excellent Cuban beer. The music was so infectious, it didn't take long for our group to form a conga line. The inn offers three bedrooms, a bath with shower, dining room and kitchen, and tables outside in a garden setting for US$35 per person per night. A rental car would be essential.
Cathedral de la Purisma Concepcion overlooks the park square.
Upon our return to Cienfuegos, we made a quick stop at the Sociedad Grafica de Cienfuegos, the workshop of a graphic art cooperative, headed by Rafael Cáceras, a leading Cuban graphic artist. Along with his co-workers and students, we watched the artists at work and viewed their art available for sale. Upon our departure, each of our group was given a small, signed print by the artist.
Our last stop was the Provincial Museum bordering Jose Marti Park where we enjoyed a concert by the Cienfuegos Coral Society, a group of young men and women who has performed abroad on exchange programs.
Back on the Louis Cristal, passengers could attend a lecture on "Visual Arts in Cuba" given by Dr. Jorge Arocha, a professor from the University of Havana and one of the 70 Cubans working on the Louis Cristal. Arocha offered several lectures on different aspects of Cuba during the cruise.
Punta Frances/Isla de la Juventud
Cuba, most newcomers are surprised to learn, is an archipelago of several hundred islands. Isla de la Juventud, or Island of Youth, about 60 miles south of the mainland, is the largest. Our ship dropped anchor off Punta Frances, an isolated stretch on the island's northwest corner with miles of golden sand beach backed by thick low forest. Passengers were tendered to the island for a morning at beach.
Punta Frances with warm, clear water is known for good snorkeling and scuba diving on the nearby reef. In addition to a snorkeling excursion, passengers could participate in aqua exercise and dancing-in-the-water sessions. Most passengers were content to lie on the beach and enjoy the tranquility and beauty of the sea. Passengers could buy vouchers on board for snacks and drinks on the beach.
At 2:30 in the afternoon, the Louis Cristal weighed anchor for Havana, 157 miles away.
Shiny vintage Buick loads cruise passengers for a city tour.
The excitement began from early morning as the ship entered Havana Bay and we could see the famous city stretched out before us. To the west we could make out the high rises along the seaside Malecon – most being Miami-style hotels built in the last days of Batista. I had not realized until we docked that the piers were immediately in front of San Francisco Plaza at the head of Old Havana, the most desirable location for visitors in the city.
But first, we assembled in the spotless, modern terminal to wait for our coach to take us across Havana Bay to Regla where a very special program awaited us. While we waited a dozen or more vintage cars in mint condition passed by, some to take passengers from our ship on a city tour.
The Museum of Regla is devoted to Afro-Cuban history and a cultural center for Santeria, the Afro-Cuba religion in which its deities (mostly based on Yoruba ones) brought to the New World by African slaves became identified with Catholic saints. Our guide attempted to translate as the director of the museum explained in Spanish the ritual dances we were about to see. Her explanations didn't help much. As each costumed dancer came before us, with drummers and singers chanting and providing the rhythms to invoke the spirits, we were left to our imagination to understand which deities were being beckoned.
. Drummers and singers chant while dancer draws symbols to beckon Santeria deities.
Before we left the area, we visited the Nuestra Señora de Regla church, built in 1810, dedicated to the Virgin of Regla (the black virgin). The church has two altars: An elaborate golden Catholic one and a simpler Santeria altar where two ladies were on their knees in prayer. Both altars picture a black Madonna holding a white child.
Rather than return to the ship for lunch, a friend and I were ready to check out Old Havana. From San Francisco Plaza, you can head in almost any direction to begin. Two blocks north is Plaza de Armas, the oldest square in Havana, now restored, surrounded by restaurants, cafes and bars. Another two blocs north is the Plaza de la Catedral with the Cathedral of Havana, dedicated to San Cristobal, Havana's patron saint. It would be easy to linger here as the nearby lanes have museums, mansions, and monuments, now restored, marking some aspect of Cuban history.
Near the Cathedral on Calle Empedrado, Hemingway fans might want to stop at La Bodeguita del Medio, one of the great writer's favorite haunts where the walls are covered with mementos and signatures of the many writers and artists who have frequented it. It's one of several bars that claim to have created Cuba's national drink, the mojito.
From San Francisco Plaza, we turned south on Calle San Ignacio to Plaza Vieja, one of the oldest and most beautiful squares surrounded on all side by handsome colonial houses that now housing art galleries and hotels.
I was on a mission to check out the Buenos Vista Social Club, the famous music group that skyrocketed to fame in the 1970's when their music and film about them was release. I knew the original club no longer existed and only one of the original band members, now in the 90's, continued to perform.
One of the Cuban musicians on our ship had given me the address for Café Taberna where the group was said to perform several nights a week. We found it on a corner across from the Plaza Vieja and it looked so inviting, we decided to stay for lunch. We dined on delicious red snapper served with fresh vegetables. The bill for the two of us was only US$16, including Cuban beer.
After lunch, we continued exploring Old Havana, wandering along the narrow streets, stopping briefly at the newly restored Hotel Raquel with a spectacular baroque façade. Built in 1905, its marble-filled lobby has a beautiful skylight reminiscent of Belle Époque hotels on the French Riviera. All its 25 guest rooms are decorated with paintings by famous Cuban artists. On a nearby corner we watched some school boys buy fresh pineapples from the vendor. They looked so good, we bought some ourselves.
Plaque honoring Hemingway at Hotel Ambos Mundos where he wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls.
A few blocks away on Calle Obispo, we came upon Hotel Ambos Mundos, a Hemingway favorite where he wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls and where his room is kept intact. The hotel's roof-top bar, a popular tourist stop, has a great view over Old Havana. The hotel's inner courtyard had a display of works by a Cuban artist, available for sale. Further along, a tourist market had the expected Cuban souvenirs and tee-shirts as well as some sophisticated apparel and accessories.
Calle Obispo, the earliest street to be renovated and the first to be made into a pedestrian lane, starts at Plaza de Armas and ends at Parque Central, where on a corner just before the park is El Floridita, Hemingway's favorite bar for daiquiris. Indeed, no matter where you start, any lane heading west from Plaza de Armas or San Francisco Square at the pier lead to Parque Central, a leafy, large square centered with a statue of Jose Marti and surrounded by buildings of magnificent architecture housing the National Arts Museum, the National Theatre, the National Capitol, and others which have been renovated into hotels, restaurants and art galleries. [Note: All museums in Cuba are closed on Monday]
In front of the magnificent Gran Teatro on the east side of Parque Central is a taxi stand with an array of vintage American cars and newer Russian, Japanese and European models. We wanted to take one of the vintage American cars, but were quickly pointed to the first in line of waiting taxis — a Russian car. Our plan was to head along the Malecon to the famous Hotel Nacional, the favorite of Hollywood stars and celebrities in Batista times, for a quick look-see and then to the Hotel Melia Cohiba, the city's newest international chain hotel, where we were to rendezvous with our agent group for dinner and a special show. The taxi, including waiting time, was US$15.
From the Melia we walked a block to the ArteChef, a teaching restaurant of Cuba's Association of Chefs, where we had dinner. The first lesson was making mojitos. In a separate room, we could attend a class by one of the chefs teaching a group of wanabees. Our main course for dinner was shredded beef – not my favorite – accompanied by rice and beans and flan for dessert. I'm sorry to say, if this was meant to be an exemplary sample of cuisine by Cuban chefs, they have a long way to go.
After dinner, the group made its way to a barrio south of the Malecon for a performance of the Opera de la Calle. I had no idea what to except but took the name literally, imagined something like the troubadours who went from town to town in olden days and are still a tradition in Mexico. I could not have been more off base.
The group of young Cuban singers and dancer performed a rock musical, in Spanish, closer to "Rent" or "Hair" in a cavernous former theater where the ear-shattering music was all the louder bouncing off metal walls and ceiling. My friend and I were happy to make a fast retreat to Café Taberna in time to hear the cool Latin beat played in Buena Vista Social Club style. Later, I learned that the Buena Vista Social Club had become a brand and its style of Cuban music is played at different venues around the city under the name.
Reluctantly, we had to call it an evening and make our way back to the Louis Cristal for its midnight departure. Clearly one day in Havana is not enough.
The next day was our only day at sea and a chance to enjoy the ship as we sailed east to Antilla, a small town and the port for Holguin Province where Christopher Columbus landed in 1492, declaring Holguin "the most beautiful land ever seen by human eyes."
As in every port, we were greeted by dancers and music and shiny new buses imported from China. This day we drove inland to Biran, the childhood home of the Castro brothers, more than an hour's drive away. The country roads — better than I had expected – pass through nice scenery of rolling hills, grassland and farms dotted here and there with simple houses and an occasional small village. At the turn off from the main road for Biran, a huge sign had a picture of Fidel and Raul. Upon seeing the sign, I reflected that on this trip, I had seen more posters of Che Guevara than of Fidel.
I was surprised to learn that the Castros grew up on a large, prosperous estate of 23,000-acres with its own school which they attended to age 8, a hotel for travelers passing through their land, a cock-fighting arena, stables, a large estate house and a small family cemetery. The property, now a heritage site and museum, was the first to be nationalized after the 1959 Revolution. Both the schoolhouse and the estate house remain furnished as they were when the Castros lived there with an array of family photographs, particularly of Fidel as a child and a young man.
The Holguin region, rich in natural attractions, is seen as having potential for eco-tourism. To that end, several farms are being developed for camping while rustic accommodations are planned. We visited such a farm with a thatch roof restaurant where we were greeted with music by a Cuban combo and enjoyed a Cuban lunch. Horses were available for riding. Afterwards, we visited the farm where a short walk through a sugar cane and banana grove brought us to a lovely shaded area where a feast of fresh fruits grown on the farm awaited us.
Cuba Cruise (http://www.yourcubacruise.com) has announced next year's itinerary will include two nights in Havana and the Holguin call will be dropped – a hard choice.
All major, early Spanish settlements were placed strategically on a deep bay with a narrow entrance to guard against pirates and other foes. Santiago de Cuba's entrance is especially dramatic with the massive El Morro fortress towering over the straits. Built in 1637, the Castilla de San Pedro de la Roca, as this Unesco World Heritage site is named, is the best preserved and most complete example of Spanish American military architecture in the Cuba. Another special feature of Santiago is its magnificent scenery backed by the Sierra Maestra Mountains where Fidel Castro prepared his guerrillas for the revolution to overthrow the Batista regime.
Santiago, the second largest city in Cuba, is celebrating her 500th anniversary this year. She is the birthplace of revolution – not just Fidel's but of revolts as early as the 16th century and of many of Cuba's national heroes. The most African, the most ethnically diverse, and the most Caribbean of Cuba's cities, Santiago is often credited with being the birthplace of Cuba's music, as well.
A tourist stall on El Morro hill sells amusing Cuban caricatures.
Our visit began in the heart of the city at Parque C spedes, up the hill from the port. At the center of the square is the monument to Carlos Manuel de C spedes, a lawyer and plantation owner, who in 1868, freed his slaves and declared Cuban independence, sparking the Ten Years' War against the Spanish government of Cuba. Although the revolution was not successful, C spedes is called Padre de la Patria (Father of the Country) and credited with laying the foundation of Cuba's Second War of Independence led by Jose Marti in 1895.
The square is dominated by the Cathedral de Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion, dating from 1524, but rebuilt many times, and surrounded by historic buildings. Left of the cathedral is the Hotel Casa Grande, once the gathering place of the city's elite and famous visitors, including Babe Ruth. Apparently, it also become a popular hangout of Cuban rebels and U.S. spies prompting writer, Graham Greene, to use it as the setting for his book, Our Man in Havana.
Across the square from the cathedral is the Ayuntamiento or town hall from where on Jan. 1, 1959, Fidel Castro declared the victory of the Cuban Revolution. On the west corner, Casa de Velazquez is the oldest house in Cuba, built in 1516, in pure Moorish style for the governor soon after Santiago was founded. Now renovated, it houses the Museo de Ambiente Historico Cubano with a collection of European furniture, paintings, ceramics and other antiques contributed by Cubans from around the island.
If you have time to linger, the streets around the square are replete with historic homes and buildings, some housing cafés, museums and centers of artists and musicians.
Our tour took us to the western edge of Santiago to the large Santa Ifigenia Cemetery where many famous Cubans are buried — none more important than Jose Marti, Cuba's national hero who died in the island's struggle for independence. His monumental mausoleum is surrounded by the figures of six women, each representing a province of Cuba. The sarcophagus of Marti, draped in the Cuban flag, lies at the center of the mausoleum, surrounded by wall plaques and earth from each of the Latin American countries whose independence was inspired by Marti. Every 30 minutes, an honor guard of three soldiers goose-step to martial music in a changing-of-the-guard ceremony.
Lunch at El Cayo waterside café
En route to lunch, we stopped at the shop of the rum factory that was the Bacardi Rum factory before the 1959 Revolution. There, we sampled several rums available for sale, starting at US$8, as was Cuban coffee about US$3 per pound and Cuban cigars from US$3. After lunch at El Cayo waterside café, we drove to the east side of the harbor to the hill top commanded by the amazing El Morro fortress and enjoyed a spectacular view over Santiago stretching from the coast to the Sierra Maestra mountains behind the city.
Upon return to the city, on a hill about a mile from the port, we stopped briefly at San Juan Hill, site of the famous and decisive battle in the Spanish–American War, which Cubans are quick to tell you it was the Cuban-Spanish-American War. In fact, there's a plaque at the site with precisely that reminder.
So much of Cuba's history and culture is tied to this beautiful, charming city and is being celebrated in its 500th Anniversary festivities throughout the year. We wished we could have stayed longer and we left Cuba knowing we wanted to return.
Ferry Service to Cuba Five U.S. ferry companies have been given licenses by the United States Treasury Department to operate ferry services between the United States and Cuba. However, hurdles remain, including managing passenger service within the guidelines of U.S. regulations for travel to Cuba. United Caribbean Lines, one of the approved companies, has announced plans to offer ferry services from Miami, Tampa, Port Everglades, and Key West to Cuba, using modern overnight ferry vessels designed for international service. Their sailing schedules and ship details will be issued after arrangements with Cuban authorities have been completed
Cuba Through A Lens Passage to Cuba, by New Yorker and former Newsweek photographer, Cynthia Carris Alonso, who has had an unusual opportunity to gain an intimate knowledge of Cuba, having worked there, off and on, for over twenty years. Published by Skyhorse Publishing, New York (www.skyhorsepublishing.com) the photographs provide a wide angle, in depth view of Cuban life and culture.
Author Kay Showker under the sign of El Floridita, Hemingway's favorite bar for daiquiris.
Kay Showker was destined to be a travel and cruise writer, having taken her first trans-Atlantic voyage at age two. Over the intervening years, she has visited 120 destinations around the world and authored 15 guidebooks. Following a 10-year tenure as an editor and travel journalist at Travel Weekly, a major U.S. travel trade publications, Showker became a freelance writer/photographer. In addition to guidebooks, she wrote AOL's Cruise Critic/Caribbean for three years, andhas appeared as a travel expert on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and The Travel Channel. Showker's newest publication is her first e-book, Jamaica – Naturally, A Guide for Today's Active Travelers, and the first of a series, The Caribbean – Naturally, Island Guides for Active Travelers, which she is writing.
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The Weather Channel's online site is the famous weather.com, a website that mostly caters to daily temperatures and forecasts, as well as some news. Beginning later this year, however, three new web shows will be a part of the site. Currently, we know quite a bit about the programs, although each of them is still rolling with a working title. The first to premiere will be the program I Am Unstoppable, which will follow six athletes who have had to overcome obstacles to be at the top of their respective games. I Am Unstoppable will hit the website in October of 2013.
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Written by Anne E. Johnson
For some reason, The Police are best known today for two particularly creepy songs: "Don't Stand So Close to Me," in which ex-teacher Sting references Nabokov's Lolita while describing a female student's crush; and "Every Breath You Take," a favorite song at weddings even though Sting has made clear that it's about a stalker. I'd say it's past time for a look back at some other Police tracks!
By coming up with an original blend of rock, fusion jazz, reggae, and punk, the three members of The Police – bassist/singer Sting, drummer Stewart Copeland, and guitarist Andy Summers – helped usher in the British New Wave. They were exactly what a lot of young people were looking for: intelligent, stylish, musically skilled rebels. Hats off to A&M Records for realizing that esoteric can sometimes sell if it comes along at the right time. While the Police made only five studio recordings, all are important works of popular music, and all are on A&M.
With Outlandos d'Amour (1978) the band showed its unique voice, mesmerizing new fans with its plaintive single "Roxanne." It's one of the most artistically worthwhile (not to mention best-selling) debut albums ever. In large part, this is thanks to Sting's emotional but thoughtful songwriting.
Copeland had not yet found his compositional legs, but he is given co-author credit on "Peanuts." The frantic pace and angry mood of "Peanuts" is a good reminder of The Police's connection to the burgeoning British punk scene in their early days. Not surprisingly, the drums take center stage in this number about being disappointed in a former hero. The lyrics sung by Sting here are also by him; Copeland had originally composed this song with different words.
It's also interesting to hear Summers' hysterical, dissonant scrabbling on the guitar, a style not found in any of the band's singles. For all their originality and weirdness, The Police don't usually sound out of control.
The singles "Message in a Bottle" and "Walking on the Moon," off 1979's Reggatta de Blanc, proved that Sting's quirky worldview could consistently appeal to millions. Both of those singles hit number one in Britain and were smashes in the U.S. as well. The Police also won their first Grammy for this record.
Unlike the first album, the tracks on Reggatta are a nearly even mix of Sting and Copeland compositions. "Bed's Too Big Without You" is Sting's; it luxuriates in his love of reggae more thoroughly than most of the band's catalogue. They went all-out in getting that Jamaican vibe, including the reverb associated with bands like Bob Marley and the Wailers and Steel Pulse. Rhythmically, the empty downbeat and double-emphasized second beat of each bar is a classic reggae trope.
We get to hear another side of Summers' guitar playing on "Bring on the Night." One of his favorite composers is Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), important for his intertwining of Western European counterpoint and the guitar traditions of Spain and his native Brazil. The gorgeous fingerpicking patterns Summers plays against Sting's voice in the verses are meant as a tribute to Villa-Lobos.
Two Grammy Awards awaited the 1980 album Zenyatta Mondatta: Best Duo or Group Rock Vocal Performance ("Don't Stand So Close to Me") and Best Rock Performance ("Behind My Camel"). The latter is an Andy Summers composition and one of two instrumental tracks on the album. Although the song is in eight-bar phrases in 4/4 time, the most common configuration in rock music, the bass and drum syncopation lies in an off-kilter relationship with the guitar, making the meter seem complex and uneven. There aren't many pop tracks with only two chords and just a single eight-bar idea repeated for over three minutes; the result is an authentic impression of trudging along an endless desert.
Zenyatta Mondatta also finds The Police showing their socially conscious side. Sting's lyrics for "Driven to Tears" confront those who witness suffering in the world and do nothing about it: "How can you say that you're not responsible? What does it have to do with me?" This might come off as condescending if Sting didn't seem to be including himself in the guilt: "My comfortable existence / reduced to a shallow, meaningless party." The rhythmic fluidity of those lines creates a sense of lamentation, like someone so distressed that he blurts out his pain in waves of rambling words.
In their first foray without co-producer Nigel Gray, Ghost in the Machine (1981) paired The Police with Hugh Padgham, who would go on to produce hits with Phil Collins, Human League, and others. The over-bright, synthy production does not do the listener any favors, unfortunately. The singles from this album are an especially energetic group, including "Spirits in the Material World" and "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," seemingly intent on emphasizing the pop angle.
While the album's songs are mostly credited to Sting, there's less use of reggae rhythms and harmonies than on the earlier records. And it seems like there's more focus on Sting the rock star than on The Police. One of the non-single tracks features him pouring out his heart in French. He wrote "Hungry for You (J'Aurais Toujours Faim de Toi)" for Trudie Styler, the actress he was having an affair with. The song must have eventually worked: Styler has been married to Sting since 1992. Reportedly, Sting had recently learned to play the saxophone from a do-it-yourself book, and he premiered his (modest) new skills on this track.
There's a lot to be said for going out at the top of your game. The band's final album, Synchronicity (1983), was their best selling and most award-winning. While it produced a pile of hit singles, including "Wrapped around Your Finger," it's not an overstatement to say that every track is outstanding.
Consider "Tea in the Sahara," with its sultry, pulsing bass. Copeland's syncopated accents on the drums and splash cymbals give this song a hint of bossa nova, diffused into a spacy coolness by the atmospheric electronic effects of guitar and synths.
And that was it for the band. Copeland and Sting were constantly at each other's throats, and everybody had other things he wanted to do. It was time to stop. The Police took their last tour in 1986, with a brief reunion in 2007. Sting went on to a successful solo career, Copeland has focused on production and composing, and Summers is a photographer.
The Police may be gone, but you can be sure couples will continue using "Every Breath You Take" as their hilariously inappropriate wedding song until the end of time.
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Stan loved to tell the story about me meeting him for the first time while sitting on the front steps of our house in North Highlands.
"You must be Sister's new boyfriend." he laughingly recalls.
What he didn't know was how I knew.
Sister (as I always called her) seldom had boys call on her at home. In fact, she had a unique way of terminating friendships with boys she didn't want to date. When she came home with one she didn't like, she came via the Fountain Heights bus line. On the walk from the bus stop to our house she had to come through a park next to Martin School which had, in addition to swings and a huge sand box, a wading pool which was at most about three feet deep. The area was not very well lighted so it was easy for her to walk her undesirable into the pool. After which, the prospective bow was made to walk down the rock steps in the park to 15th Avenue which was below our house. Now in the light there was no problem. However, in the dark you had to be very familiar with them. The slope was not steep enough to require even steps so was made up of a series of steps interspersing ramps at an uneven spacing. There would be three steps, a 10 foot slope, three steps, a 15 foot slope, 2 steps, a 20 foot slope, 3 steps, and a 10 foot slope …, next to impossible to navigate in the dark except for Sister. So the undesirable boyfriend would never make it to our house without being wet and having his dress-up cloths exhibiting evidence of at least one fall on those steps.
So when Stan showed up, dry, and with his cloths in tact, I knew he was not only new, but would be around for a while.
And he was… In addition to becoming the hero to Sister's little brother by serving in the Army during World War II and being awarded the Purple Heart. He became the favorite uncle not only to his family but countless children who visited him in his garage to have their bicycles, tricycles, and other toys repaired. Not to mention the visits to his special door in the kitchen cabinets where he kept goodies reserved for them.
At one of our visits, his son had a bicycle made of several frames, that required him to mount from a high wall. He insisted in demonstrating that he could ride this contraption on a city street. I remember that he was stopped at a red light and had to put his foot on top of a car until the light turned green. This was just an example of Stans ingenious inventions for children and young people. It was always a joy to visit his house to observe his solutions to normal household problems.
He was the "go-to" persons when our parents needed help. Sons in law everywhere could do not better than following his example in their relations with their wives family.
The world will miss Stan, one of God's foot soldiers in this world.


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Tim Torkildson is a retired circus clown who messes around with words. He is the author of Clown Notes: A Circus Memoir, and The Life & Times of Irvin Feld. Both are available through Amazon.com. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the L.A. Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Saint Paul Pioneer Press and the Minneapolis StarTribune.
If he has ever won any awards, he's not telling.
His biography in the New York Times is here.
Torkildson in his basement apartment in Provo, Utah.


I recently joined forces with Chef Krista Van Wagner of www.CurlysGrill.com to produce a video highlighting her participation in Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution: Pass It On Campaign.
1. Gather a small group of people interested in cooking at home.
2. Select 3 recipes to share and pass on with each of the members in the group.
3. Each member of the group then commits to passing on the recipes they have learned with others.
The goal is exponential growth. Once guests have learned a recipe, get them to promise to pass it on to two or more of their friends, who'll then pass it on to two of theirs and so on…. and soon there'll be chains of people all over the world passing on their new found skills and having fun in the kitchen.


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FC Dallas Forward Blas Pérez Voted MLS Player of the Week
NEW YORK (Monday, September 15, 2014) – FC Dallas forward Blas Pérez was voted Major League Soccer Player of the Week by the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) for Week 27 of the 2014 MLS regular season.
Pérez scored FC Dallas' two goals in their 2-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
Pérez scored the game's opening goal in the 20th minute with a wonder strike from an impossible angle. After FC Dallas midfielder Je-Vaughn Watson floated a pass to Pérez, the Panamanian forward volleyed the ball from in front of the corner flag which curled into the left side of goal evading the outstretched hands of Vancouver goalkeeper David Ousted.
Pérez's second goal put FC Dallas ahead in the 78th minute and proved to be the game winner. Following a free kick into the box, the ball took a deflection off of FC Dallas forward Tesho Akindele's head and fell to the feet of Pérez who first-timed a shot into the back of the net.
FC Dallas hit the road to take on the LA Galaxy on Saturday, September 20 10:30 p.m. ET.


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Republican Sen. Josh Hawley used campaign funds to pay for $197 in food during family Universal Studios trip
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The New York Post uncovered questionable spending by Republican Sen. Josh Hawley.
FEC records show Hawley used campaign funds to pay for food for his family during a lobbyist retreat at Universal Studios.
Hawley's office told Insider that he later reimbursed the expenses.
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley, who has been in the spotlight in recent days for stirring up Trump supporters who breached the Capitol, is attracting scrutiny for using campaign funds to pay for food for his family during a lobbyist retreat outing at Universal Studios Orlando.
The New York Post was the first to uncover the Federal Election Commission records showing Hawley using $197 in campaign funds to buy food at Universal Studios vendors like Lard Lad Donuts and Margaritaville.
Politicians are expressly prohibited from using campaign funds to pay for personal expenditures.
Hawley and his family visited Universal Studios as part of a family-friend lobbyist retreat to Orlando in February 2020.
Read more: SCOOP: Josh Hawley says he is not running for president in 2024
When reached for comment by Insider, Hawley's office said the senator later reimbursed the spending, albeit more than 10 months later, on January 30. His office said that the event, for the respective Leadership PACs of Sen. Roy Blunt and Hawley, is "designed specifically for families to attend."
"Guests are encouraged to bring their children and Sen. Blunt has been hosting it for a number of years," the statement said.
Ann Ravel, former chairwoman of the FEC under President Obama between 2013 and 2017, told The Post that Hawley's spending at Universal Studios "appears to not be a legal use of campaign funds."
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Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, agreed with Ravel, telling The Post that "it does warrant some scrutiny."
Campaign finance violations can ruin a politician's career. In January 2020, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) resigned from the House of Representatives after pleading guilty to corruption in connection to an investigation into his campaign finances. He was pardoned in December by President Trump.
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Home>News>Tech>Google's Predictive Email Typing Feature 'Smart Compose' Now Available On iOS After Web and Android Launch
Google's Predictive Email Typing Feature 'Smart Compose' Now Available On iOS After Web and Android Launch
By Alap Naik Desai June 14, 2019
Google has made the popular 'Smart Compose' feature available to Apple iOS users. The feature primarily relies on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning to instantaneously decipher and offer words to type. The feature might appear similar to Smart Reply, but in reality, is quite advanced and designed for dynamic typing.
iPhone users now have the opportunity to switch on and use Smart Compose while typing out emails on their smartphones. The feature first debuted on desktop or web version of Google's Gmail last year. Shortly afterward, Google offered the feature on Android, its own mobile operating system. It is not clear why Google delayed the launch of Smart Compose for iOS. However, now that the feature is here, iOS users can start using the same to save time while composing a long or short email.
Needless to add, the Smart Compose feature has quickly become one of the most popular and must-have features for smartphone users. According to Google's own claim, the Smart Compose has saved users the stress of typing more than 1 billion characters. It is rather a surprisingly tall claim primarily because the feature was only launched on desktop last year, and added to mobile just this year.
The Smart Compose launched exclusively on Google Pixel 3. However, the search giant quickly offered the same to every Android smartphone user. Reports indicated iOS users too, were expecting Google to extend the Smart Compose feature to iPhones the same way it was rolled out on Android. However, for reasons yet unknown Google didn't follow through with the expected rollout, till today.
Gmail's Smart Compose goes live on iOS https://t.co/IykJHSoorp pic.twitter.com/k6rMk1AUjQ
— Google (@oYIOeWlgIe3ObZu) June 14, 2019
Smart Compose first debuted at the 2018 Google I/O conference. The feature appears similar to the Smart Reply feature that Google added to its email app. Incidentally, Smart Reply is also available and on by default on the web version of Gmail. The primary difference between Smart Compose and Smart Reply lies in the way they work. Smart Reply is not dynamic. It essentially offers multiple options to quickly reply to an email with the most common responses. Smart Compose, on the other hand, is much more intuitive and dynamic.
Smart Compose works by trying to understand the typed text. Google's predictive typing AI quickly and dynamically suggests words and phrases that can be used to quickly complete a sentence that is being typed. Users have a choice to either accept the suggested text or simply continue typing. On the desktop version, users have to hit the Tab key to accept the suggestions. On the Android version, users have to swipe on the text to accept the suggestion. Alternatively, users can ignore suggestions and continue typing.
Smart Compose is one of the most important features that Gmail users on smartphones must use. Using the feature, users can save time by reducing repetitive writing. Additionally, the suggested text is completely free of spelling or grammatical errors. In addition to the powerful AI and machine learning, Google's Smart Compose comes with support for four additional languages besides English. Google recently added support for Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Italian languages. Needless to say, adding these languages substantially boosts the appeal and usability of Smart Compose.
One of the recent improvements to Smart Compose includes personalization suggestions. In other words, besides the standard greetings like Hello or Hi, users could personalize their greetings with "Namaste", "Ahoy" or something quirky. Once users start using their own custom greetings Smart Compose will suggest the same. Additionally, Google has ensured Smart Compose will suggest a subject line based on the email that's being written.
Incidentally, Smart Compose is essentially a feature that Gmail users can choose to switch on or off. The feature is officially called Smart Compose, but users need to activate or deactivate 'Writing Suggestions' to use the same. Moreover, users who wish to use their own custom suggestions need to go to 'Smart Compose personalization' and switch on 'Personalization'. All the settings pertaining to Smart Compose are quickly accessible from the 'Setting pages which can be pulled by clicking on the 'Gear' icon on the top right corner.
[Update] It appears Google is also actively offering the ability to schedule emails in Gmails. The process is quite straightforward for scheduling emails to be sent at a later date. Users need to merely hit the small arrow near the Send button to activate the feature.
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The Great Liberal Death Wish Enters a New Phase
"The Great Liberal Death Wish" is Malcolm Muggeridge's famous theme, which appeared in various iterations over the years. Here's one version, from which we can extract the essence:
I began to get the feeling that a liberal view of life was not what I'd supposed it to be—a creative movement which would shape the future—but rather a sort of death wish. . . It's difficult to convey to you what a shock this [recognition of the bankruptcy of liberalism] was, realizing that what I had supposed to be the new brotherly way of life my father and his cronies had imagined long before, was simply on examination an appalling tyranny, in which the only thing that mattered, the only reality, was power. . .
The thing that impressed me, and the thing that touched off my awareness of the great liberal death wish, my sense that western man was, as it were, sleep-walking into his own ruin, was the extraordinary performance of the liberal intelligentsia, who, in those days, flocked to Moscow like pilgrims to Mecca. . .
It was from that moment that I began to get the feeling that a liberal view of life was not what I'd supposed it to be—a creative movement which would shape the future—but rather a sort of death wish. How otherwise could you explain how people, in their own country ardent for equality, bitter opponents of capital punishment and all for more humane treatment of people in prison, supporters, in fact, of every good cause, should in the USSR prostrate themselves before a regime ruled over brutally and oppressively and arbitrarily by a privileged party oligarchy? I still ponder over the mystery of how men displaying critical intelligence in other fields could be so astonishingly deluded.
This thesis comes to mind in watching the hysterical reaction—and outright lying—by the left in reaction to Georgia's revision to its election laws, which, it must be pointed out, replicate many of the same election management features in Democratic-run states such as New York and Maryland. Even the New York Times concludes that this is mostly much ado about nothing, while the Washington Post gave (P)resident Biden four Pinocchios for lying about the bill.
It's one thing for the partisan left to lie about the bill in order to serve the imperative of gaining and keeping power by any means necessary. What's baseball's excuse? Or Delta Air Lines? (By the way, shouldn't Delta follow the example of major league baseball and boycott Georgia by ceasing or reducing flights into and out of Georgia? What that? Cheap grace you say?)
Turns out there are some real costs to baseball's cheap virtue-signaling, as the Daily Wire reports:
The Georgia county that was set to host the 2020 Major League Baseball All Star Game said over the weekend that it will lose more than $100 million after the league pulled the game and draft out of the state — a decision that comes after Democrats made a number of false claims about the state's new election law and signaled they would support the league boycotting the state. . .
The Atlanta Braves released a statement following the league's announcement, saying that they did not support the decision and that they were "saddened that fans will not be able to see this event in our city."
Punch line: Cobb County voted for Biden. And this is the thanks they get. Atlanta used to boast it is "the city too busy to hate," but for the activist left that controls the Democratic Party, you're never too busy to hate Atlanta, and inflicting economic pain on your own voters is a perfect example of the Great Liberal Death Wish in action.
Postscript: I've been wondering whether CNN's egregious Jim Acosta is in the witness protection program or something as we see so little of him lately, and also wondering how soon he and others like him would admit they secretly miss Trump. We're not even to Day 100 of the Biden Era, and here he is, as predicted:
CNN's Jim Acosta said reporters are experiencing "post-Trump stress disorder" following the former president's exodus from the White House.
You need to read this statement backward to understand what's really going on (besides ratings that are cratering. . .)
Who Wants To Be White?


RAISING VOICES is an NGO based in Uganda. We have been partners with them since 2015. They envision relationships, families and communities in which each voice is heard, each right respected and where each member can live free from violence.
Through their SASA! initiative, Raising Voices gets along side communities to explore the issues of power imbalance between men and women, as a key driver of Violence Against Women and Girls.
Raising Voices and Cedar Tanzania are aware that sustainable change has to begin from the inside out. And that is why the Cedar Tanzania SASA! team are working together with 20 motivated Kamanga village members, who have been trained in the SASA! methodology to become Community Activists.
Cedar Tanzania Field Team training Kamanga Community Activists in SASA!


Hidden in the tourist city of Kyrenia you'll find Avenue Hotel and Garden Restaurant.
The original building dates back to the early 1900's and has been renovated in to the 12-bed boutique Hotel; when restoring the building we tried to keep as many of the original features as possible.
The restaurant and bar is located in the courtyard garden which is covered with mature lemon and orange trees.
You can enjoy lazy afternoons on our sun terrace which is just above the garden. Each room has it's own individuality and aims to give each guest the luxury they deserve, from fluffy towels and comfy beds, to unlimited internet access and a USB point in each room.


The most significant greenhouse gas policy you've probably never heard of—the federal Clean Fuel Standard (CFS)—is being developed this winter and throughout 2018. The federal government is looking for substantial emissions reductions from the policy. But a key question is how much will those emissions reductions cost? Could other policies achieve the same outcomes more cost-effectively? New analysis from Nic Rivers and Randy Wigle sheds some light.
Wait, what's a Clean Fuel Standard, again?
Although details are not yet available, the basics of the CFS are likely to follow the template laid out by British Columbia and California in their Low Carbon Fuel Standards. It will require that fuel suppliers reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of the fuels they sell by a given amount and by a given deadline. For example, the regulation could require that fuel suppliers cut the overall greenhouse gas intensity of their fuel mix by 10% by 2030.
The policy will likely include a tradable credit system, such that the target will be achieved in aggregate, rather than by individual fuel suppliers. That flexibility for individual firms will keep overall costs down. Fuel suppliers can meet the target by substituting renewable fuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, for fossil-based fuels. But the policy might (depending on design details) also allow encourage investments in electric vehicles or hydrogen by creating credits for those actions, similar to British Columbia's Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
Finally, the federal CFS will differ from the BC and California low carbon fuel standards in coverage. It will cover not just transportation fuels, but also fuels used by industry and in buildings. (Nevertheless, the analysis here focuses on the transportation sector, alone).
What's to like about a potential Clean Fuel Standard?
First, it will change the fuel mix, and as a result, likely reduce emissions. Fuel suppliers will be subject to clear regulatory requirements to use different fuels. Environment and Climate Change Canada expect the policy to deliver at least 30 Mt of GHG emissions reductions by 2030. That's a significant chunk of the gap to our 2030 target.
Second, it might be politically palatable. Some analysts, including SFU's Mark Jaccard, argue that that consumers favour this type of regulatory approach over a price-based approach to reducing emissions because the costs of the policy are implicit rather than explicit.
Still, even hidden costs should be considered carefully. This policy is likely to be considerably more expensive than a carbon price-based approach. Economic modelling from the Rivers and Wigle working paper estimates that achieving a 10% reduction in emissions using a low carbon fuel standard alone would cost around four times as much as achieving the same reduction using a carbon tax.
Two main factors drive higher costs.
First, a Clean Fuel Standard sends slightly mixed signals. By requiring more lower-carbon fuels, it essentially forces fuel suppliers to "cross-subsidize" lower carbon fuels from revenue from higher-carbon fuels. In other words, the policy increases the costs of higher-carbon fuels (e.g., gasoline) and lowers the costs of lower-carbon fuels (e.g., ethanol). But those lower-carbon fuels aren't typically zero-carbon. As a result, the policy effectively subsidizes a portion of fuel use—exactly what we want to avoid in order to cut emissions.
Second, the policy doesn't create the same incentives across of a full range of emissions-reducing activities. For example, it doesn't provide much incentive for consumers to improve the fuel efficiency of their vehicle (or buy an electric vehicle), or to reduce travel demand.
Implementing a Clean Fuel Standard as part of a package of policy instruments might change how the costs stack up. Indeed the federal government is considering exactly that approach. It has implemented regulations governing the greenhouse gas intensity of new vehicles, is implementing a carbon price (along with provinces), and plans to develop a strategy for increasing the roll out of electric vehicles.
Together, these other policies help to plug some of the emissions abatement gaps left by the Clean Fuel Standard, and—if carefully chosen— should help to reduce emissions at a relatively lower cost. Again, the new analysis provides some insight. Figure 3 below shows the incremental costs (vertical axis) of achieving different levels of emissions reductions (horizontal axis). As the figure illustrates, relying on a well-designed package of policies can achieve emissions reductions at much lower cost than a single regulation alone. Yet a package of policies — even one designed to keep costs as low as possible— is still more expensive than an equivalent carbon price, alone.
The logic is clear: policies that create similar incentives across all possible ways to reduce GHG emissions—whether improving the carbon intensities of fuel, switching to electric vehicles, using alternative modes of transit, or simply driving less—cost less than policies that focus on a single mode of emissions reductions. Carbon pricing automatically creates these incentives. A package of flexible regulations—including a Clean Fuel Standard— can do better than non-pricing policies alone, but only if both individual policies are well-designed and the package as a whole is coherent.
LCFS policies actually do reward electric mobility if they are designed well – in CA, an EV owner receives (as a requirement) a rebate from their utility for the value of credits sold into the LCFS by the utility. OR has the same approach, and ECCC will be assessing how to build this functionality into the Clean Fuel Standard. Modelling done for the Canadian CFS shows that a rebate could be worth $500/yr to an EV owner (ON was assumed as the location).
The core premise of this piece is also misses the acknowledged shortcoming of carbon pricing to get past the market failures in fuels' distribution. In short, carbon pricing doesn't work to address the 95% of fossil-based motive energy (liquid fuels).
– in ON/QC cap & trade, refiners' wholesale racks 'levelize' the pricing for prices of fuels – notwithstanding that the fuels have different carbon intensities, and that allowance were required on only some of the fuels.
In the latter case, the province acknowledges that this treatment is contrary to its carbon reduction objectives but that the administration of its fuels tax structure doesn't work for the carbon tax. Arguably this is a policy failure more than it is a market failure.
These are two examples of the ineffectiveness of carbon pricing on fuels.
Thanks for the comments, Ian. Yes, some fair points here about design of carbon pricing. We blogged about some of them here. https://ecofiscal.ca/2016/10/05/disincentives-design-carbon-pricing-biofuels-canada/ My first choice is to fix a policy failure by adjusting design, though, rather than layering other policies on top.
With respect to your bretheren of economists, energy is not dependent on anything or anyone. To the contrary, life on this planet is dependent on energy. A fuel (energy) standard must be based on the amount of energy being provided, not by cost impact and not by human policy preference.
Fossil fuels are carbon based, hence the source of carbon dioxide and methane GHGs. Joules and 4.2 calories are equal units of energy, just as 1000 gigajoules equals 1 petajoules. Dollars, euros, pesos are monetary units; unlike energy units, monetary units are not consistent simply because they do not obey the laws of energy. Carbon taxation, or carbon pricing, subjected to inconsistency is equal to inviting disaster. A gigajoule of natural gas generates 56.1 kg of CO2 and a gigajoule of diesel generates 74.1 kg of CO2; 1 GJ diesel is at least twice the costly of 1 GJ of natural gas.
Food companies now label their products identifying the amount of energy and corresponding nutrition being provided. People understand food labels. A two liter container of ice cream has 160 calories of energy, a 200 gram box of wheat crackers contains 90 calories, and a two liter bottle of water contains 0 calories; yet all can be acquired for the same quantity of monetary units. People understand energy labels; they know that food loss wastes generate CO2 and CH4 emissions.
GHGs recovered and recycled for reuse which do not attract carbon tax credits are a policy FAILURE.
Policy makers need to abide the laws of energy; CH4 is 30 times more dangerous than CO2.
A major fault flowing through all of the Rivers/ Beguin/ Bataille/ Sawyer analysis is they simply assume that the most efficient way to incent energy suppliers to phase out fossil fuel content in the energy supply chain is to tax energy at the point of end use. This assumption is hard-wired into the modelling and not supportable by real evidence. Every real-life precedent actually proves that taxing a the point of end use is a most inefficient way to get changes in upstream energy product and service pollution precursor content.
These unrealistoc analyses ignore, among other things, 30+ years of research that shows that developed nation energy users reveal a very high internal discount rate–20% to 40%–in their energy purchase decisions. So point-of-end use energy price increases have to be disproportionately large before most consumers make the capital investments required to shift to low-GHG and more efficient options. This is why most EU nations'more significant tax increases over the last 15 years have been on vehicle purchases and annual vehicle registrations, not retail fuel sales–where the taxes reflects combination of vehicle fuel efficiency, weight and kms of use. At this time, Norway collects 2.5 times more revenues from taxes on vehicle sales and registrations than they collect at the gas pumps. Denmark, Finland, France and Sweden are not there yet, but on their way. The models designed by Rivers et al. can't even replicate the reality that behaviour changes way faster at lower tax costs if the tax is applied upstream on what is or feels more like a capital expenditure, and not on retail energy sales.
Also, the point made above is important. These modellers always assume that point-of-end use carbon taxes convert directly into retail price signals –however insignificant those signals might be to consumers who reveal 20% to 40% internal discount rates–on the products/services that the taxman intends. But any review of Canadian and other nation's fuel price and tax data back to 1972 shows a very different story. Suppliers always adjust wholesale prices to shift tax burden across products, customer classes and between regions to maximize sales margins. There has been no correlation between change in fixed (as opposed to %-denominated) nominal tax rate and retail price, anywhere in the deveoped world since before 1980. Th imaginary correlation between change in tax rate and change in price occurs only in these unrealistic models.
In 1978, Canada, the US, the European Economic Community (EEC)? and Japan all pledged to get lead out of gasoline by 1990. Canada imposed the gasoline equivalent of a Clean Fuel Standard on fuel suppliers (not end-users). The Canadian rule said "obligated parties can comply jointly" (there was a privately operated lead credit market). Canadian gasoline suppliers got the lead out ahead of schedule–mostly by 1988 years–while real retail gasoline prices fell 12%. The European nations elected a "lead differential tax", instead. In 1999–after 19 years of the lead tax and when the retail price premium for leaded petrol ranged from USD$0.40 to $1.10/litre (depending on the county)–leaded petrol still dominated EU retail petrol sales. In 1999, EU nations agreed to phase out the lead tax and phase in a regulation that looked much like Canada's 1978 unleaded gasoline supply regulation. They didn't get the lead out until 2006, 18 years after Canada. Similar stories apply to the sulphur (in diesel) and Ozone Depleting Substance phase outs.
In every successful pollution reduction precedent we got pollution precursors out of our supply chains…by ordering reductions in pollution precursors in our supply chains (surprise, surprise)! But the Rivers/Beguin/Sawyer/Bataile models can't replicate any of this history. Their findings reflect assumptions that are hard-wired into their models that are inconsistent with reality.
It is time to move on from these bogus models. Let's have a fulsome debate about CFS design. In effective, efficient regulations governmenrs neother set peice or prescribe solutions. They order reductions in pollution precursor content, not reductions in end use emssions. Suppliers–not end-users–are the oblogated parties and the standards treat domestoclly produced energy amd imports ecactly the same way without introducing any form of tariff.
I think there should be one standard for all energy sales portfolios, not different standards foe different fuels. A, say, 3% per year reduction in fossil C content per Gj (and MWh-equivalent) energy sales, on a sales portfolio average basis. Same reduction rate requirement no matter what mix of energy products make up the obligated parties' portfolios. (There can be a declining C/Gj floor below which incremental cuts are not required but marketable credits can be earned.) No more than 3 alternative compliance options. Leave it to the suppliers to find different ways to shift the C content profile of their energy (and building product) sales portfolios. Every time we regulated this way in the past, the suppliers beat the schedule and retail prices went down or up only a little. And dump the modelling that can't replicate this.
2.	Besides: regulatory policies don't automatically overcome any challenges from "inelastic" price response. Those price responses imply high costs, irrespective of which policy is used to drive those changes.
5.	There's room for a conversation about flexible regulations vs. carbon pricing, especially when it comes to politics, but criticizing the model here seems like a red herring.


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By The Dispatch On Saturday, March 2nd, 2019
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Bodega Concejo, Cigales, Castilla y Leon, Spain, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.
Concejo Bodegas is a family winery originally called Bodega Pilcar. It is located to the north east of Valladolid in northern Spain, in Castilla y Leon (Castile and Leon). You will find it near the village Valoria la Buena where they also run a hotel. The winery was founded long ago by the grandparents of Enrique Concejo, the current winemaker. Their names were Pilar and Carlos, whence the original name of the bodega.
Bodega Concejo has 25 hectares of vines in the DO Cigales. 15 ha are planted with the grape variety tino fino (tempranillo). At harvest, when the grapes arrive at the winery, they are sorted and then destemmed. After a light crushing they are put in stainless steel tanks for fermentation. When fermentation is finished the wine is transferred to oak barrels for some cuvees whereas others are kept in tank.
Bodega Concejo makes four different ranges of wines: Vina Concejo, with some aging in American and Franch barriques, Carreduenas Rosado (rosé) and Roble (oak aged), Suarenas Rosado and Roble, and Cutoli which is a white wine made from verdejo grapes.


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Mon, Jul 9, 2018, 10:08 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
July 09, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court granted leave to proceed with the fundamental rights petition filed by a group of women activists requesting the court to declare the gazette issued by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera, barring women from buying liquor or working in establishments that sell liquor illegal.
The petition was filed by eleven women activists and Women and Media Collectives in Colombo against the gazette notification issued by the Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera reinstating the ban.
After a lengthy debate on the petition a three member bench headed by Chief Justice Priyasath Depp granted leave to proceed with the petition and issued orders to the 50 respondents including Finance Minister, and Secretary of Finance Ministry to present any objections to the petition.
The lawyer representing the petitioners stated that the decision to revoke the gazette notification allowing women to purchase liquor and working at establishments selling liquor on the advice of the President, was totally unlawful.
The petitioners claimed that the ban violated women's rights and is unconstitutional.
Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera on 10th January 2018 announced that he amended the schedule in the Excise Notification no.666 of the Gazette Extraordinary of 1979 to allow females over 18 years to purchase alcohol legally and to allow women to be employed in licensed premises without prior approval from Excise Commissioner.
Finance Minister's move changing the old law banning women from buying alcohol was welcomed by many in Sri Lanka as a positive step towards equal rights for women.
However, the President, Maithripala Sirisena opposed the move and instructed the Finance Ministry to rescind the gazette notification that removed the ban and the cabinet of ministers agreed with the President's decision.
Accordingly, the Finance Minister withdrew the gazette notification issued announcing the lifting on the ban on 18th January and reinstated the ban.
The Apex court will hear the petition on 6th February 2019 and respondents are ordered to make objections, if any, on that say.


JT is getting off to an exciting start in 2017 with a major investment in the 'Internet of Things'. This allows everyday devices to collect and share data via a cutting-edge wireless network. JT, in partnership with Digital Jersey, is now building the Island's first Long-Range (LoRa) Wide Area Network. This allows devices to access the internet without using 3G/4G or WiFi.
It means that Islanders will be among the first people in the world to experience – and benefit from – the next generation of internet technology. JT is already a global leader in the Internet of Things (IoT) with over one million JT SIM cards connecting devices worldwide. These include things like heart monitors in Canada to payment systems in West Africa. It has been working closely with Digital Jersey to develop plans for a smart island. Allowing other companies interested in IoT technology to use Jersey's LoRa network as a test bed for their own products and services. The technology used in a LoRa network is designed to connect low-cost, battery-operated sensors over long distances in environments that were previously too challenging or expensive to connect.
– Connecting data from sensors allows monitoring traffic congestion feeds or pedestrian footfall counts. A dynamic 'safer journey' planner could be created for Jersey.
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Last year we bought 44 per second, but growth has slowed so its frowning time […] Prognostication-producers Gartner reckon the disappointing start to 2016 will continue for smartphone makers, with the year to end a mere seven per cent ahead of 2015.
If it's accurate, that would translate to 1.5 billion units for the year – a little over 47 units per second, up from 44 units per second for 2015 (1.4 billion devices).
Again – there is something seriously wrong with people frowning about these figures because growth is low (*cough 7.5%!*). Total business size is absolutely stupendous!


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Ludlow Woman Uses "To Catch A New England Racist" Facebook Group To Organize Vandalism And Get People Fired For Disagreeing With Her
Uncle Turtleboy June 10, 2020
Cancel culture is not a new thing, but in light of the nationwide protests the call for people to be cancelled for their political opinions has been ramping up in SJW communities. These people seek to shame "racists," but to them racists are people who cite data and evidence that shows there is no epidemic of black men being killed by racist police officers, think rioting and looting is bad, say that all lives matter, think white privilege is a myth, and don't hate themselves for being born who they are. To that end a Facebook group called "To Catch A New England Racist" was formed to name and shame these alleged racists. Here's an example of the kind of people they target.
Uh muh God!! Someone in Palmer supporting the sitting president? Better egg their house and light their property on fire. That will help black people.
A Trump supporter infiltrated the group and they decided that his life needed to be destroyed for the crime of disagreeing with them.
Imagine waking up every day and being this person?
Must be awful. The only thing she hates more than Trump supports is apparently food. Safe to say there aren't too many black people in her "neck" of the woods, which is why she's overcompensating and constantly trying to prove that she's one of the "good ones."
Of course Emily doesn't have to worry about losing her job because she's a seamstress who makes money by selling homemade Bernie dolls to socialists like herself, who pay her money to sit at home and lecture other white people about their privilege.
Turns out it runs in the family for Emily.
Don't mess with Pa Dukes. If you do, there may be a confrontation, but only if you drive 5 mph under the speed limit.
Emily has also been protesting all over Western Mass, despite being an Uber Karen for the last 3 months and freaking out over people who get too close to her in the grocery store.
"STOP MAKING THIS ABOUT YOU!"
What these people don't realize is that posts like this do exactly that – make it all about them. She's telling white people not to have opinions on this, while stating her opinion. She's telling white people to listen to black people, while white people listen to her. But at least she realizes now how ridiculous she looks, so that's a start.
Anyway, this is the world we are living in today. People like this have dedicated their lives to ruining the lives of others for the crime of not agreeing with them. This is why we exist at TB Daily News – to fight back against mobs like this and restore sanity to society.
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