It is challenging to find an experienced plumber. The plumbers are people who deal with maintaining and installing drinking water, sewage and the drainage in the plumbing system. If you are enlightened on the good qualities of plumber then you can tell whether the plumber is qualified for the job. Any plumber should report for the job in clean and neat clothes.
Their physical appearance should make you view them as good people. You are able to judge a person just by their outward look. One is able to make a conclusion about the person in terms of how orderly they are. If the plumber looks rough then you have all the reasons to doubt their ability in doing some good work A qualified plumber should not leave any traces of his belongings in your house. In their preparation to leave they ought to collect all their equipment and put them together.
A plumber uses tools like the debris, the cut pipes and other new equipment needed for repair. He or she ought to collect all the waste material and the wrappers were taken off the new kits and leave the place clean. They should be able to arrive within the schedule. The plumber should make sure he or she is note for the appointment by the client. If they are going to be late they can tell you earlier the planned time They can even give you an explanation by telling you what time they will avail themselves of the job.
A qualified plumber is the one that understands customer service and knows how to offer quality services to their clients. Keeping in touch with the clients when there is need portrays respect from the plumber. The client will not feel wasted when they are paying for the service if the plumber shoe him or her respect. A professional plumber utilizes the right equipment and tools. An expert in plumbing is the one who handles various kind of situation. They can solve any problem that requires plumbing services. They don't do not use their equipment just for the sake but use each tool for its purpose.
Having the right fitting parts their work becomes simple such that it take a very short period of time to complete the work. You should stop the plumber when they try to force the parts to fit, unqualified expert will be confused when working. The work ethics of any plumber can be seen through their qualification. Any the plumber should possess a license and after the job they should give you a warranty in writing plus a guarantee. They should have a feeling of accomplishment after the repair or any other work they have done. Seek plumbing services from another plumbing services if the one you have is giving you benefits of doubt.


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New upgrade to Tezos blockchain will include ZCash privacy features
By Collin Brown 1. December 2020 No Comments
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Tezos developers are adding a new privacy feature to the blockchain.
A new ticketing system will empower smart contracts to issue tokens.
Developers of the Tezos blockchain are gearing up for some significant upgrades as they hope to attract new users. Yesterday, Nomadic Labs, Metastate, and Marigold shared a joint press release where they proposed a new upgrade to the Tezos blockchain. The upgrade, dubbed "Edo," plans to bring in some new privacy and smart contract upgrades as Tezos hopes to branch out and expand its user base.
Meet "Edo"
Most prominent on the list is the introduction of Sapling, a library used by the ZCash blockchain. The feature essentially introduces "transaction shielding," a component that allows users to send transactions privately. Sapling is one of the many features that have made ZCash the force it is today. As the developers explained:
Our proposal allows smart contract developers to easily integrate Sapling in their smart contracts and create privacy-conscious applications. Because Tezos can be amended, it was possible for us to add this exciting new feature directly to Tezos itself.
The developers have also introduced a new ticketing system that enables smart contracts to grant portable permissions and issue tokens. They pointed out that ticketing makes it easier to write functional contracts, and incorporating it could allow the Tezos blockchain to appeal to more users.
Also, prominent is the incorporation of a new adoption period for protocol upgrades. The developers highlighted that before now, changes to the blockchain have gone live just one block after voting on them is done. Ideally, this takes about a minute – much less time for network users to understand and acclimatize to the changes.
"Edo" brings a change to that. Instead of four periods of eight cycles during voting, the developers are introducing a five-cycle gap between new protocol adoption and activation. This should take about two weeks, ensuring that integrations from network users can be seamless.
Treading murky waters
The new upgrade will be the second for Tezos in less than a month. On November 13, the developers announced the successful implementation of "Delphi," an upgrade that primarily reduced smart contract fees by 74 percent. As they explained, the changes had been implemented to attract users from fledgling areas like collectibles, gaming, and decentralized finance (DeFi).
With DeFi mainly growing strong, most of the market remains on the Ethereum blockchain. Tezos hopes that reduced gas fees can attract some protocols, essentially giving it a foothold on the market.
While "Edo" appears to be another step in the right direction, it is worth noting that it could have some ramifications. The industry – especially regulators – is becoming more aware of privacy coins and their use for criminal activity.
Earlier this month, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of South Korea announced that it would ban the use of privacy coins like Monero and ZCash from March 2021. Calling the assets "dark coins," the agency highlighted that tracking these coins has proven difficult. Looking to curb criminal activity, it would simply cut them from its economy.
Crypto companies are also following suit. This month, top exchange platform ShapeShift confirmed that it would delist Monero, ZCash, and DASH. Therefore, Tezos might not want to get the same "privacy coin" tag.
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Information Minister Fayyazul Hasan assaulted as lawyer protest in Lahore turns violent
LAHORE: Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan was assaulted by lawyers on Wednesday as members of the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) protested outside the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), before breaking into the medical facility.
Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hasan Chauhan, who had arrived at the hospital, said that "lawyers had tried to kidnap" him. In a video, he can be seen being manhandled by a group of protesting lawyers.
Police used tear gas and baton charge in an attempt to disperse the lawyers, who were had gathered at the hospital in a large number. The president and secretary of the Lahore High Court Bar Association were also at PIC to convince the angry lawyers to leave the hospital.
Lahore DIG Operations, who had arrived at the hospital, said that those who took the law into their own hands will be dealt with strongly.
Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmeen Rashid was also at the hospital.
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New Mexico Special Election Could Further Reduce Pelosi's House Majority
The following appeared at National Review on May 4, 2021.
Nancy Pelosi's majority in the House of Representatives continues to shrink. The recent swearing-in of Republican Julia Letlow of Louisiana has taken the House Democrats' majority down to 218–212. This means that Pelosi has a mere two-vote governing majority with which to push the Biden administration's big-government agenda.
The GOP will soon have another chance to reduce Pelosi's margin for error when voters in New Mexico's first congressional district (which includes Albuquerque and its environs) go to the polls to elect a replacement for Biden's newly minted secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, a Democrat. Early voting begins today, while Election Day itself is June 1.
The district is classified by many in the national media as a "blue" district that should safely remain in Democratic hands, and as recently as November 2020, Haaland defeated Republican challenger Michelle Garcia Holmes by an overwhelming 58–42 percent margin. The seat was previously held by New Mexico's current Democratic governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, and before that, now–senator Martin Heinrich, also a Democrat.
But Republicans have faced challenges in candidate recruitment in recent years in this congressional district. The last time they had a truly top-notch challenger was in 2010, when Jon Barela lost just 52–48 to Martin Heinrich, and in 2009 Heather Wilson, a Republican, held the seat, having done so for a decade. With this race being the sole topic of a special election and so much at stake in Washington, this could be a much more interesting contest than outsiders expect.
The candidates to replace Haaland could not be more different. While there is a serious independent contender and the Libertarians technically have major-party status, the Republican and Democrat contenders are state legislators with long histories of voting on important policy issues. Republican senator Mark Moores has been in the New Mexico Senate since 2013. In addition to his prior experience as a staffer for various Republican officeholders Moores played offensive line for the University of New Mexico Lobos.
Melanie Stansbury, on the other hand, was unknown in the state until she ran for the New Mexico house in 2018. Her prior political experience was in the Obama administration's Office of Management and Budget.
The legislative track records of these two candidates are also drastically different. For starters, Stansbury strongly believes that New Mexicans should have their tax burdens increased rather dramatically.
In 2019, she voted for HB 6, which subsequently became law. Among other provisions, the bill increased taxes on auto sales, imposed taxes on Internet purchases, and increased New Mexico's personal income tax. Ironically, this tax hike took New Mexico's top personal income-tax rate from 4.9 percent (set by former Democratic governor Bill Richardson and the Democrat-controlled legislature) and brought it up to 5.9 percent. Moores voted against the tax hike, but it was subsequently signed into law by Governor Lujan Grisham, despite the state having a surplus in excess of $1 billion at the time.
In their most recent legislative session, the New Mexico legislature was back to raising taxes, and Stansbury was more than happy to go along. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and a state unemployment rate that remains among the worst in the nation, the combined forces of New Mexico's resurgent oil and gas industry and the massive economic stimuli out of Washington again put the New Mexico budget comfortably in surplus territory.
Nonetheless, Stansbury and other Democrats in New Mexico's legislature voted for and passed numerous tax hikes. HB 122, which failed after House approval, was subsequently folded into SB 317 and ultimately signed into law. Stansbury voted for the bills both times. The bills increase a tax imposed by the state on health-insurance premiums from 1 percent to 3.75 percent — a tax increase of 275 percent. Moores voted against the tax hike.
As if that were not enough to illustrate the stark difference between these candidates, Stansbury joined her Democratic colleagues in the New Mexico House to push even more egregious tax legislation in the form of HB 291. This bill which passed the House with Stansbury's support would have again increased New Mexico's personal income tax, this time to 6.5 percent, but (more problematically) would have revised the state's personal income-tax structure to make the higher tax rates kick in at much lower income levels than under current law.
On top of this, the proposal Stansbury endorsed would have allowed property-tax assessments to increase by up to 10 percent annually if the property was not occupied by the owner. The current cap in New Mexico limits annual increases to the already-substantial rate of 3 percent per year. The measure was intended to target Texans with second homes in New Mexico, but it would have applied to apartment and condo dwellers as well.
Fortunately for New Mexicans, cooler heads prevailed in the (also Democrat-controlled) Senate Finance Committee, which eliminated the tax hikes from HB 291 before the bill passed into law.
These are just the tax hikes endorsed by Stansbury in her three short years in the New Mexico legislature. During her time in office, she has voted to ban local governments from enacting "Right to Work" laws on the local level, and she voted for New Mexico to abandon the Electoral College, saying instead that it should dedicate its five electoral votes to whatever candidate won the popular vote. The latter would have dramatically diminished what influence small-population New Mexico has in presidential races for no benefit aside from her ideology.
Stansbury is a true big-government radical. Her advocacy of big government in the New Mexico legislature places her to the left of Nancy Pelosi. At a time when every race matters in a closely divided U.S. House, conservatives cannot ignore this special election in a "blue" but winnable district.
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Roundup of the 2022 Fall Book on Cold War and Covid
Looking at the university With the press headlines coming in the fall, I see that two distinct clusters stand out as relevant. Keeping pace with the latest news, they also highlighted the unfinished business of the past year.
Currently, about half the press has made their catalog available. The rest should come in the next month or so, allowing for a broader view of trends or themes. But for now, here's the roundup as Memorial Day Weekend. (The text quoted below is taken from the press material of the University.)
Recent developments are no doubt Accounts for a quick reprint of the less expensive version of the two-volume Yale University Press, published in hardcover just a few months ago. ME Sarotte's Not an inch: America, Russia, and the making of post-Cold War stalemate (Appearing on Hardcover last November, from Paperback in August) "Returns the veil of a crucial decade between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of Vladimir Putin," while "the seed of tension that makes up today's world" was sown in conflict over NATO expansion and Europe's geopolitical prospects. Hal brand The Twilight Struggle: What Cold War Teaches Us About the Great-Power Rivalry Today (Hardcover published in January of this year, Paperback scheduled for September) predicts that for "an era of long-term superpower competition with China and Russia," the United States will have to "look to the history of the Cold War for education" to succeed in today's superpower race . "
Given that Cold War tensions have repeatedly escalated to the embarrassing point of Thermonuclear Warfare, I'm not at all convinced that excellence in super-power competition is much better than demonstrating Russian roulette skills. Penny M. Von Eschen's The paradox of nostalgia: Cold War victories since 1989 and global disorder (Duke University Press, July) Seems skeptical about the "win" award. In drawing on "diplomatic archives, museums, films, and video games," the author considers how the "conquestist claims that capitalism and military might be victorious." "Embraces Wing nationalism and authoritarian sensitivities in the United States and beyond."
Of course, "Russia" has become a byword for "embracing xenophobic right-wing nationalism and authoritarian sensibilities", with its own culture of nostalgia. People can be emotional about anything, but Elizabeth Leak behaves in history Afghan Crucible: Made in Soviet invasion and modern Afghanistan (Oxford University Press, June) Misty watercolor memories seem to be resistant. The 1979 Red Army invasion was followed by nearly a decade of "parallel secret American aid to Afghan resistance fighters," contributing "a moment of crisis not only for Afghanistan or the Cold War but also for international relations and the post-colonial state."
The Soviet war in Afghanistan was "a defining event in international politics in the last years of the Cold War, lasting long after the Soviet Union's own death," as Leak writes. Fortunately, one of the author's main concerns is to ensure that Afghans don't get lost in the story.
Among the millions of people The United States has died of COVID-19 this month; Worldwide tolls have reached about 6.3 million. Alex Jahangir Hot spots: A doctor's diary from an epidemic (Vanderbilt University Press, September) Nashville in March 2020 leads readers to the onset of the disease. The author, a trauma surgeon, said, "Unexpectedly the head of the city's coronavirus task force and responsible for leading through the unknown waters. "His" op notes (entry surgeons like the journal often carry out the following operations)… have been extended to include his personal reflection and a glimpse of the inner sanctuary of the city and state government in crisis. "
Other expert reflections of that year have been compiled by Richard Grusin and Maureen Ryan, its editors Long 2020 (University of Minnesota Press, January 2023). The articles by "an interesting interdisciplinary group of scholars and thinkers" consider the "epidemic, political, environmental and social" crises of that year as the world "caring from one catastrophe to another." (The description of the book left me with a vague idea that it was already in print. My mistake, to be sure, is nothing but bad déjà vu: earlier this year, Columbia University Press published Long years: a 2020 readerEdited by Thomas J. Sugrue and Caitlin Zaloom, where "some of the world's sharpest thinkers dig into the buried crises of 2020, revealing how they must be tackled to achieve a more equal future.")
Other upcoming headlines focus on how the epidemic has exacerbated inequality in the country and vice versa. Black and Latinox are at the center of unequal rates of "disease, outbreak and death" among the population. Epidemic Divide: How Kovid Increased Inequality in America (Duke University Press, November), Goendolin L. A collection of research papers edited by Wright, Lucas Hubbard and William A. Derity. Contributors assess "the impact of Kovid-19 on multiple areas of daily life – including wealth, health, housing, employment and education – and what steps can be taken to mitigate the full force of the epidemic."
Shana Kushner Guardian, Sarah Wallace Goodman and Thomas B. Author of Pepinsky 8 Epidemic Politics: A Deadly Toll of Prejudice in the Covidian Era (Princeton University Press, October) – "A wealth of new information on public opinion" quotes how, "when solidarity and bipartisan unity were sorely needed, Americans came to view the epidemic in a biased way, adopting attitudes and attitudes that divided us." Today. "
Judith Butler What is this world? An epidemiological phenomenology (Columbia University Press, November) Covid found "raising fundamental questions about our position on Earth: the way humans depend on each other, how we breathe in the same air, both alive and sometimes deadly, dividing the Earth's surface, and the existing social world." Proximity to other perforated animals for living. " Disasters on a global scale reveal our identities and shared weaknesses, as well as "the kind of injustice that denies the essential interrelationships of living beings."
Another theoretical approach to how society understands and responds to epidemics is Stuart J. Murray The Living from the Dead: Disforming Biopolitics (Penn State University Press, September). Foucault's views on biopolitics include various institutions and practices for monitoring, structuring and controlling the human population. The author questions "the 'war' concept of 'abandonment' and the 'preventable' and 'untimely' infant mortality lawsuits against Kovid-19, asking, 'How can we calculate with moral responsibility when we have a sacrificial economy? Involved with that which produces and tolerates death as a necessity of life?
Finally, at the juncture of literature and everyday life: Albert Camus's second novel, PlagueFirst published in 1947, a new reader was found by 2020. Of Alice Kaplan and Laura Maris Kingdom of the Plague: Reading Albert Camus in the Epidemic (University of Chicago Press, October) "Albert Camur examines the novel as a palliative of epidemic life, an unrealistically relevant account of the psychology and politics of a public health crisis." Writing during the lockdown, one of them became infected with the coronavirus, and the authors "see that in their own lives the stress of illness, recovery, anxiety and care, as well as a new reality, have developed their camouflage feeling."
Circumstances push them to consider "how the original metaphor of the novel can resonate with a new generation of readers who have experienced a global epidemic." In the words of William Faulkner, one of Kamur's favorite writers: "The past is never dead. It's not even past. "
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Q: Get Strings from JSONArray to String[] or List for input into an ArrayList I have this JSON code and have succesfully created objects for other keys but the "authors" key is causing me problems. I have retrieved the data into a single String but it contained unwanted characters so formatted it in my Adapter class, but I feel this is sloppy.
Here is a snippet of the JSON
    {
   "kind":"books#volumes",
   "totalItems":2816,
   "items":[
      {
         "kind":"books#volume",
         "id":"6tLAyQLSzG0C",
         "etag":"N70szFickpY",
         "selfLink":"https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes/6tLAyQLSzG0C",
         "volumeInfo":{
            "title":"Android for Work",
            "subtitle":"Productivity for Professionals",
            "authors":[
               "Marziah Karch"
            ],
            "publisher":"Apress",
            "publishedDate":"2010-09-01",

Here is my method for retrieving the data from the JSON results -
public static ArrayList<Books> extractBooks(String jsonString) {
        ArrayList<Books> books = new ArrayList<>();
        String title;
        String[] authors;
        String published;
        String description;
        String url;
        Bitmap bitmap;
        JSONObject imageLinks = null;

        try {
            JSONObject baseJsonObject = new JSONObject(jsonString);
            JSONArray jsonArray = baseJsonObject.getJSONArray("items");

            for (int i = 0; i < jsonArray.length(); i ++) {
                JSONObject currentBook = jsonArray.getJSONObject(i);
                JSONObject items = currentBook.getJSONObject("volumeInfo");
                JSONArray authorArray = items.getJSONArray("authors");
                authors = new String[authorArray.length()];
                for (int a = 0; a < jsonArray.length(); a++) {
                    authors[a]= jsonArray.getString("authors");
                    Log.i(LOG_TAG, "String[] authors: " + authors);
                }
//TODO: Fixed? Keep testing.
                if (items.has("imageLinks")) {
                imageLinks = items.getJSONObject("imageLinks");
                    String image = imageLinks.getString("smallThumbnail");
                    bitmap = extractImages(image);
                } else {
                    bitmap = extractImages("http://books.google.com/books/content?id=M_bMehaHiG0C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl&source=gbs_api");
                }

                Boolean hasCover = items.has("imageLinks");
                Log.i(LOG_TAG, "has imageLinks - " + hasCover.toString());

                if (items.has("title")){
                    title = items.getString("title");
                } else {
                    title = "No title available";
                }
                //TODO: Fix authors value to "list" or "array" rather than patching with String.replace in BooksAdapter
//                if (author.has("authors")){
//                    author = items.toString("authors");
//                } else {
//                    author = ("No author available");
//                }
                if (items.has("publishedDate")) {
                    published = items.getString("publishedDate");
                } else {
                    published = null;
                }
                if (items.has("description")){
                    description = items.getString("description");
                } else {
                    description = "No description available";
                }
                if (items.has("infoLink")) {
                    url = items.getString("infoLink");
                } else {
                    url = "none";
                }
                //TODO:Add key for ebook:True||False so can add icon over cover for Google Play Books

                Books book = new Books(title, bitmap, published, description, url, authors);
                books.add(book);
            }
        } catch (JSONException e) {
            Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Problem parsing JSON book results", e);
        }

        return books;
    }

As you can see this is work in progress! I am trying to create a for loop to loop through the "authors" key and save the results in a String[]. It is not working, I get an error "No value for authors". I can see that once I've gone to that key, I have no value to reference, but I'm not sure how to continue.

A: authors":[  // your json array
               "Marziah Karch"
            ],

so authors contains string values so you should retrieve them using index a
you need to use
authors[a] = authorArray.getString(a);
// i recommend to use optString as authorArray.optString(a);

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A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has jeered President Muhammadu Buhari and a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, over the fuel scarcity across the country, and the government's fight against corruption.
Mr. Lamido said Mr. Buhari should lead a protest against the fuel situation.
The former governor, who is facing corruption charges, questioned the integrity of the government's effort.
In indirect reference to Mr. Buhari, Mr. Lamido referenced the president's involvement with the Abacha government, and the looting that took place under that government.
Mr. Tinubu, represented by an associate, Wale Edun, had earlier delivered his address at the event where he called for scrapping of any subsidy on petroleum.


Plateau de Bonascre, basking in the mid-morning sun, lies at the heart of Ax-3-Domaines and is the access point to 80 kilometres of pistes spread over three distinct ski areas.
Skis now on, I make a short slide over to the Lièvre Blanc six-seat chairlift. This modern apparatus would confound the prejudice among Alpine skiers that the lifts in the Pyrénées are old and slow. Indeed, there is hardly any time to take in the panorama now opening up. Across to my left is the fine snowy ridge dominated by the Dent d'Orlu and beyond that the Pic Carlit and just maybe a glimpse of the Pic du Canigou, a mountain that is considered almost sacred to the Catalans inhabiting the lands on each side of the border with Spain.
My guide Jacques leads me via a short, easy green piste to another chairlift and I am once again seated for the final climb to the Tute de l'Ours at 2,255 metres. At the top I am in a world of total snow and, without pausing, Jacques shoots off down Savis, a long, slightly harder, blue run that he assures me I will enjoy. This is the Campels ski area; with its wide-open slopes facing south and east, it is where to start your day.
On the long lift to the top of the resort at almost 2,400 metres, Jacques explains that Ax-3-Domaines is different from many resorts in that the beginners' area is above 2,000 metres, so even novices are almost guaranteed snow.
Jacques recommends Bonascre, another of those long, straightforward blue runs that seem to characterise the resort. It makes up the third of the domaines and is understandably popular as it heads down through the pine trees. For Jacques this is what makes Ax special. Skiing through the trees and unable to see the other pistes, you have no sense of sharing the resort with anyone else. Indeed as this is a Monday in January, Jacques estimates that there are fewer than 1,500 skiers in the entire resort, compared with more than 8,000 at the weekend.
In one crucial respect, however, Ax is typical of Pyrenean ski resorts and that is in the range of activities away from the ski slopes. Almost every Pyrenean ski resort has a thermal spa within striking distance, and in Ax, the Bains du Couloubret are right in the centre close to the cable car station. Only minutes after touching down, I am soothing my aching muscles in a grand Roman-style swimming pool thermally heated to a comfortable 38°C. Moving to the outdoor pool I lie back and admire the views of the mountains that bear down on the town.
After a couple of days in Ax, I drive up the Val d'Ariège towards the principality of Andorra and rather than go through the tunnel I opt for the more daring option over the Col de Puymorens (1,920 metres), which is open to vehicles.
On the south side of the col, things really start to change, although I am still in France (apart from a brief moment when I accidentally pass through the Spanish enclave of Llivia). The village names suggest a Catalan influence and the region's distinctive red and yellow flag is a frequent presence.
The long, looping and slow-rising road leads to Font-Romeu, a high-altitude resort that began in the 1920s as a fashionable climatic spa famed for its cool, dry air. In Font-Romeu everything faces south and despite sitting between 1,300 metres and 2,200 metres, the resort area always seems warm. Indeed on the way up I encounter the array of giant mirrors of a solar furnace that concentrates the sun's rays into an experimental oven that can produce temperatures in excess of 3,500°C.
At the hotel Le Grand Tetras I meet my guide François and we continue the drive up through the well-spaced pine forest on a road that is often pounded by Olympic athletes Mo Farah and Paula Radcliffe, who spend part of the year at the specialist high-altitude training centre.
When we hit the slopes I have no problem adopting the philosophy. On the south-facing side it is like skiing on a beach, it feels so warm. It hasn't snowed for 18 days, but the slopes are in good shape thanks to 300 snow cannons that work well in the dry atmosphere. The steepest slopes are on the north side and the red and black runs that plunge down into the chilly shade are also on the gentle side and flatter my skiing abilities.
As is becoming my custom, I end the day with a visit to a thermal spa. The Bains de Llo lie a short distance away at the bottom of the rocky Gorges du Sègre. Again it is a mix of indoor pools, where underwater music helps the relaxation process, and outdoor pools fringed with snow. The water is hotter than I have experienced elsewhere in the Pyrénées and it is with great reluctance that I leave the pools for the bitterly cold but short walk back inside.
Les Angles, my final resort, lies just a few kilometres north of Font-Romeu, and a heavy snowfall is forecast as I set off. When I get up the next morning, the resort is encased in a layer of deep, soft snow.
Where Font-Romeu is warm and relaxed, Les Angles at 1,650 metres is much colder and sportier. Indeed, it is so cold that it is often referred to as Petite-Sibérie. None of the 53 kilometres of pistes is in the sun all day and many face north. The upside is that the well-groomed pistes remain in perfect condition and the pines shrouding the slopes retain their thick layer of snow.
The custom in Les Angles is to start at the Pla del Mir, where there is never any wind, and work your way round the dome-shaped ski-mountain in an anti-clockwise direction, taking each run in turn. This gives me a varied day of easy greens and blues up to seven kilometres long in the Pla del Mir and Bigorre sectors to challenging reds in the Secteur Balcère. Inevitably, I arrive at the top of the infamous Mermet Mur, a black run that takes a vertiginous route back in to the town centre.
Emboldened by my success in Font-Romeu, I get off to a good start, but halfway down it is clear that I have bitten off more than I can chew, so I have to adopt a conspicuous and undignified sliding technique to get me to the bottom. From here I have a good view of the old village, which sits apart on a knoll beyond the ski hire shops and restaurants. The village stands out against the snowy slopes of the Pic du Canigou in the distance and to my eye is indisputably untypical of the Pyrénées.
The loosely packed houses are square and the roofs have the low-slung look of southern Europe; the iron campanile holding the exposed bell on the church tower confirms its Mediterranean credentials. The village, at least, catches the sun all day.


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Revisiting Spielberg's E.T.
I'm old enough to remember seeing E.T. countless times in the theater back in 1982. I was in elementary, and I specifically remember the school taking us all to the theater to see it. I also remember my after school daycare doing the same thing. It was just that kind of movie. The kind you could take pretty much any kid to and that they knew it was both suitable and also very entertaining. I also remember that it took years for it to hit VHS, and waiting and waiting for it to eventually hit. See, back in those days the time it took to go from theaters to home video was usually about a year, not like now where it's virtually just a matter of weeks or a month. But I wanted to see it again so bad and always checking with my local video stores and all saying the same thing, that it still wasn't out and they had no idea when it would be. Of all the things I remember about E.T. as a kid, it was the fact that I had to wait so long (years if I'm not mistaken) to see it again on my home television screen.
It would eventually hit Home Video and become as big a juggernaut as it was on the big screen. I can't even tell you how many times I saw it, but it was a lot. Not to mention the barrage of endless tie-ins, toys, and product placements, most famously with Reese's Pieces candy. But as we get older our tastes change and I kind of forgot about it, not watching it a single time for several decades, that is until the Special Edition hit on Blu Ray, which provided us with both the regular and the "touched up" a la George Lucas' Special Editions where Spielberg added a few scenes that he wasn't able to do before because of the lack of technology, and altered a scene here and there, most famously with the one where he replaces guns with giant walkie talkie's in some of the agents hands. Really, the Special Edition has become kind of a laughing stock for a few reasons, and most people still prefer to watch the original, as do I. Since watching that SE version I've unknowingly avoided this film ever since, by sheer happenstance. Flash forward quite a few years and I see that it's on Netflix, so I decide to give it a shot one afternoon as I'm full-blown into my 80's obsession and hope for the best for 2 reasons: 1) that it's the Theatrical Version, and 2), that it's still as good as I remember.
The answer to that is yes and yes. E.T. is still as magical and engaging as it ever was, even now as a 41 year old man, I enjoyed it just as much as I did so many decades ago. But I also learned something very important this time around. While Spielberg has better films under his belt, I think E.T. is his most visually stunning film to date. And that, more than anything is what really caught me by surprise because of all the films he's ever directed, most of them all-time classics, the fact that he pulled off something so visually captivating aesthetically that he hadn't been able to before or since blows my mind. Every single shot was a work of art, and I was constantly in awe of what he did on a visual level with this film.
I'm not going to bore you with every little detail about the film, other than to say that it was just as enjoyable as it was all those many years ago, only this time I was also able to fully appreciate how visually stimulating this was. For a filmmaker who's given us some fantastic films in his decades long career, most of them impressive on a technical level, I was blown away by the fact that when compared to his work on E.T., most of those other films only barely scratch the surface of what he can do with a camera in terms of compositions. On a technical side, most of the effects work is still outstanding and come off far better than most CGI that we are inundated with today. I will say though that some of the "bikes flying in the air" stuff just wasn't very good, but even so, considering "when" this was made they're still rather impressive.....for their time. I'm glad this was the Theatrical Cut too, because my memories of the Special Edition just aren't very good. I think of the scene with E.T. in the bathtub and I cringe.
Hands down an incredible experience for me all around, and proves yet again what a talented and incredible filmmaker Spielberg was in his prime. I mean, he still is, but he seems to churn out more drama's than usual these days, and when he does do an adventure film, well we get Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Need I say more?
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Marvel's Spider-Man Design Analysis
by Stanislav Costiuc on 10/29/18 10:38:00 am
The following is a Design-specific excerpt from my Marvel's Spider-Man YouTube video, which I thought would be the sections of most interest for discussion on this site. If you want to listen more about Context, Aesthetics, Cohesion and Emotions feel free to watch the full video.
"--Let's start with the corest of the core gameplays. What makes Spider-Man special in the superhero pantheon. The web swinging. It is incredibly thrilling in this game, and really, just a joy to swing around. And there are so many little mechanical and aesthetical elements that make it really work, so let's try to deconstruct them.
Swinging in general as a mechanic in a Spider-Man game has an interesting conundrum. On one hand, you want the swinging to be a skill check. On another one, it's also the main traversal mechanism in an open-world game and you don't really want that to be frustrating. And Insomniac has done a very right thing by making the basics of the swinging easy to use, but adding in mechanics on top that players could master.
And even though the swinging is physics-based, and webs attach to buildings and the traversal is about gaining and keeping momentum, Spider-Man cheats physics A LOT, and that's why it works so well.
For starters, if you just swing without holding any direction, the game will adjust the arc of your swing to keep moving you as straight as possible. So if you just jump and start holding and releasing R2, you will move in a straight line, as opposed to keep moving you from side to side which is what a truer to physics game would do. Of course, even in Spider-Man there's some edge cases where this is not possible, but it's a general rule of thumb the game follows.
Then, if you do move with the analog stick, you can do so in any direction. Of course, trying to go directly the opposite way of where you were swinging to will make you lose momentum, but in general Spider-Man is like a floating drone that is attached to a swinging rope, you know. This lets the swinging still feel very physics-based, but also allow a great degree of control precision.
And the last important physics cheat that Spider-Man utilizes, and the most well known probably, is that Spider-Man shortens the web if you get very close to the ground, allowing to avoid breaking the flow.
In addition to those physics cheats, what makes Spider-Man swinging work so well as a main basic traversal mechanism in the game is the fact that you don't crash into walls, but automatically start wall-running on collision.
So all this provides a very easy to use and not frustrating base for traversal around the city. What Insomniac adds on top is additional mastery moves that include web zipping, point launching, corner turning during wall running, and stuff like that which if mastered allows you to get to really high speeds, and also to self-express yourself.
If there's one criticism I have about Insomniac's swinging system is that even with those elements, the skill ceiling is pretty low. I think in sequel more additional mastery mechanics have to be added. Also, it's kinda disappointing that a lot of moves that you see Spider-Man doing in cutscenes, like sliding on the road between cars, is not possible within the game. But still, it's a great swinging system, and the parkour mechanics while not used much, are nice too.
The combat is the second most important part of Spider-Man's core gameplay. And it can look really similar to Arkham's system, but it's actually much closer to the console Spider-Man 2 from 2004 combat in terms of spirit and principles. It's based a lot on dodging, jumping around, and launching enemies in the air to do air combos. The combat feels very fast-paced and sloppy, in a good way, you feel more improvisational like Spider-Man and not a perfectionist martial arts master like Batman.
Absolutely every standard combat animation can be cancelled into a dodge, which is great. Finishers can't be cancelled, but enemies don't try to hit you during those and the camera changes zoom and focus to hide that fact. And also to show off the finishing animation of course.
What is cool is that combos end only when you're hit or when a lot of time passes without you hitting anybody, but it stays if you make a failed hit that doesn't do any damage. Again, this is more in line with the feeling of Spider-Man. Another neat trick the game uses is related to grenade timers. If you pick up a grenade to throw it at an enemy, the timer stops working, so even if you start throwing it at the last moment, you're good. Also, the grenade explosion doesn't affect you if you have thrown it, which prevents unlucky accidents of getting hit by something you wanted to throw away. All these are nice touches.
One big caveat I would like to mention regarding combat though, is how gadgets are utilized. Insomniac wanted to promote gadget use and improvisation, but the weapon wheel is so clunky that usually you just use the gadget that you had equipped when combat started. Also, changing gadgets midcombat can be very risky because the weapon wheel doesn't actually stop time, but just slows it down a bit, opening you up for attacks. If there's one thing that Spider-Man should've taken from Arkham, then it's the gadget shortcuts, it would make the combat feel even better.
Spider-Man's stealth… is there. It's functional, it's nothing special, but it's also nothing bad. I do appreciate the fact that you can see when it's safe to takedown enemies.
At any rate, overall the core gameplay is… great, really. The swinging is fantastic even with a low skill ceiling, combat though has a higher skill ceiling and is pretty fun too, and stealth is… there. But how this core gameplay is utilized within the open world and all the content and systems of the game? And the answer is… it varies.
The main campaign is very well designed, mostly. It's got a great variety of well-done missions, ranging from chases to fights on top of moving trucks to more calm or investigational scenarios. The puzzles that you have to solve as Peter, created with a goal of showing his scientific side, are cute, though I will get back to them in a bit when will talk about the side-content. Boss battles might not be amazing or a reference to go by, but they're great fun so I can't complain really.
However, every now and then, the main Spider-Man campaign puts you in the shoes of somebody else than Spider-Man, in mandatory stealth sections that instantly fail if you get noticed. And in theory, I really like the idea of juxtaposing the Spider-Man gameplay with the gameplay of somebody who doesn't have any powers, especially during some very dramatic moments like a terror attack that happened in the city. But… they're not really well executed. Maybe instant failing on detection would not be an issue if the stealth levels were more open-ended and not as linear, the enemy detection wasn't as fast and there were more tools. Admittedly, the very last Mary Jane stealth section was the most enjoyable one because the area was actually more open-ended and we had access to a huge number of TWO tools. So there's that.
When it comes to side-content though… Here's the thing. The side content in the game is not bad. But there's a LOT of it, TONS, and it's very repetitive. I do appreciate how everything opens up gradually as you progress through the game, but there's just… so much stuff.
The most enjoyable side content for me was, honestly, the simple things like finding backpacks and catching pigeons, because it's pretty much based on swinging and swinging is always fun and fantastic, I never minded doing slight detours for a backpack because, hey, more swinging around!
All the other stuff though, they're totally fine the first one or two times you do them, but then start feeling like a chore. Like, you can go in to work in the science lab to do some side-research, and you know, the puzzles are cute but Spider-Man does not have a well designed puzzle progression, so they become boring and honestly I turned on the accessibility option that allows you to autocomplete those just because it wasn't engaging.
Fights with random crimes are fine, but some scenarios with reinforcements and stuff make those really drawn out. And speaking of drawn out, I stopped doing the hideout-type side-missions because they just take too much time with all that 6-wave gameplay. What is especially weird about those is that they start you in a stealth state, and will make you instantly detected if you're being too good at taking out enemies stealthily. Which to me doesn't make much sense. I think it would be better that if you removed all enemies undetected, then there would be no reinforcements and you would be able to complete the mission without the wave attack stuff.
And all this side-content is tied into the token economy - different types of missions give you different tokens that you can use for crafting suits, mods and gadgets and I think that system is a little bit overcomplicated for its own good. And not in a sense of it being hard to understand, but in a sense of it feeling very menial and redundant.
Of course, there are also some properly constructed side missions in the game, in the vein of the main campaign, and those are pretty nice.
And the last thing I would like to talk about in terms of design, is the skill progression system. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me, for various reasons.
First things first - the separation into three skill trees is incredibly arbitrary here. It doesn't really define a style and I think some other kind of skill categorization would work better.
Second, a lot of things that make the combat really enjoyable and experimental are locked behind the skill tree. Like throws and swing kicks and some other things. I really don't think it would've been an issue to have them available from the start so players could experiment more with the combat from the get go.
And third, and this is less of a design thing and more of a cohesion thing, but still, a lot of skills that you have to unlock, Spider-Man does in cutscenes long before the availability. Yanking weapons, doing tricks, and it just brings some dissonance, you know.
At any rate, even though the progression system is kinda arbitrary, it also is not offensive. I would like to see it changed and improved of course, but it didn't lead to an actual negative experience.
So, overall in terms of design I can't call Spider-Man an exemplary game of its genre. Don't get me wrong, its core gameplay is exceptional, and the main campaign is great. It is, however, bogged down by lots of repetitive side content and some weird designed choices. Overall though, Spider-Man is still a very well designed game,--"
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Wimbledon masterclass: Federer, Serena advance
Jul 5, 2018 8:32 AM PHT
As Roger Federer and Serena Williams continue their stroll, world number two Caroline Wozniacki crashes out
LONDON, United Kingdom – Roger Federer extended his flawless winning streak at Wimbledon to 26 consecutive sets as the defending champion crushed Lukas Lacko, while Serena Williams powered to her 16th successive win in second round action on Wednesday, July 4.
While Federer and Serena strolled, Caroline Wozniacki suffered fresh Wimbledon woe as the world number two suffered a shock 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 defeat against Ekaterina Makarova.
Federer delivered a Centre Court masterclass lasting 89 minutes as the Swiss star hit 48 winners and 16 aces in his 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 victory.
The 36-year-old is now on his joint second longest streak of sets won at Wimbledon – his best was 34 between the 3rd round in 2005 to the 2006 final.
Next up for Federer is a 3rd round tie against German world number 64 Jan-Lennard Struff, who came back from two sets down to defeat 39-year-old Ivo Karlovic 13-11 in the final set.
In his 20th Wimbledon appearance, top seed Federer, a 20-time major winner, is bidding to become only the second player to claim 9 singles titles at the All England Club after Martina Navratilova.
On the evidence of his ruthless demolition of Slovakian world number 73 Lacko, it will take something special to stop Federer making more Wimbledon history.
"I played very well. I felt good out there, less nerves than in the first round," Federer said.
"I'm happy how I am hitting the ball, good concentration on my service games and able to mix it up with some slices.
"Of course, you sometimes play the percentages, but if you do that too much it becomes boring, so I like to mix it up."
Peak form
Federer wasn't the only former champion in peak form on Centre Court as 7-time winner Serena Williams routed Bulgarian qualifier Viktoriya Tomova 6-1, 6-4.
Williams brushed aside Tomova in just 66 minutes with 24 winners and 4 aces to extend her streak of consecutive match wins at the All England Club.
"It was better than the first round. I'm happy I'm going in the right direction," Serena said.
"I'm getting there. I expect to get there, not only for Wimbledon but for the tournaments in the future."
The 36-year-old, whose winning run encompasses her Wimbledon titles in 2015 and 2016, missed the grass-court Grand Slam last year while she prepared to give birth to daughter Alexis Olympia in September.
Serena, seeded 25th after her return from maternity leave, faces France's Kristina Mladenovic for a place in the last 16.
Eating bugs
Wozniacki, plagued by an invasion of flying ants during the Court One clash, saved 5 match points but has now failed to get past the last 16 in 12 visits to the All England Club.
It was a bitter defeat for the 27-year-old Dane, who was expected to challenge for the Wimbledon title after winning her maiden Grand Slam crown at the Australian Open in January.
With flying ants stuck in Wozniacki's hair and dive-bombing her throughout the match, the former world number one asked the umpire if there was something that could be sprayed to keep the bugs away.
"They're in my mouth and in my hair and everywhere – we need to do something. Is there a spray?" she said.
"I want to be here to focus on tennis, not eating bugs."
Oldest woman
Five-time champion Venus Williams battled into the 3rd round with a 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 win over Romanian qualifier Alexandra Dulgheru.
Venus reached her 9th Wimbledon final last year, but the American star was denied a 6th title by Garbine Muguruza.
Making her 21st Wimbledon appearance, 38-year-old Venus is the oldest woman in this year's tournament.
But she didn't look her age in making it 89 career match wins at Wimbledon by demolishing Dulgheru in the final two sets.
Asked if her wealth of Wimbledon experience was a key factor, Venus said: "I'd love to have that extra advantage. If that's working for me I'm all for it.
"It's just about winning the match. If that's your best or not doesn't matter."
Venus next faces Dutch 20th seed Kiki Bertens, who beat Russian world number 107 Anna Blinkova 6-4, 6-0.
Former world number one Karolina Pliskova finally made it to the 3rd round on her 7th visit to Wimbledon after seeing off two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 6-3.
Former finalist Agnieszka Radwanska lost 7-5, 6-4 to Czech world number 66 Lucie Safarova. – Rappler.com


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"Love Vigilantes" is a song by the English band New Order. Here it is performed live by Peter Hook in Philadelphia, 2014.
It first appeared as the opening track of their 1985 album Low-Life. The song is a departure from New Order's usual style in many ways. Described by allmusic.com as "at its core a campfire singalong", "Love Vigilantes" is decidedly pop and shows inspiration from American country and folk music. In a 2014 list compiled by The Guardian, "Love Vigilantes" was ranked ninth in a list of the ten best New Order songs.
According to Bernard Sumner, "Love Vigilantes" is one of the few songs for which he started out wanting to tell a story rather than his usual method of listening to a newly composed piece and writing lyrics to match the mood of the music. Having "decided to write a Redneck song", Sumner's lyrics tell a rather "tongue-in-cheek" tale of a soldier returning home from Vietnam only to find that his wife had received a telegram informing her that he had died. Sumner further relates that the ending is open to interpretation. Either the soldier had actually died and returns as a ghost or the telegram was sent mistakenly and he is quite alive. Either way, he finds her lying on the floor having committed suicide with the telegram in her hand, an ending Sumner describes as "a very country tragedy".
The subject of the song is close to the one of "Vietnam", the 1969 Jimmy Cliff standard covered by New Order in 2003 for War Child's Hope album.
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Troubled couple seeks child custody mediation agreement | Reisinger Booth & Associates, P.C., L.L.O.
On behalf of Reisinger Booth & Associates, P.C., L.L.O. posted in Child Custody on Friday, August 8, 2014.
It is common in Nebraska to seek family law-related mediation services regarding child custody or divorce cases.
Nebraskans are watching with interest as the judge in a Texas court rules on a final hearing pertaining to the best interests of the couple's remaining seven children following the mysterious death of their adopted son.
After rescue workers responded to a call, they found the 4-year-old adopted son unresponsive. The courts assigned the remaining seven children, ages one to thirteen, to be placed in foster homes and monitored by Child Protective Services. This included conversations with the young children to evaluate their emotional state. The couple was charged with injury to a child by omission.
The ruling judge said the couple might regain custody of the children if CPS continued to monitor the stability of the environment.
The judge will decide if the period of monitoring for the family should come to an end. In such mediated settlement agreements, the need for a jury trial is not necessary. It is a solution that works for Nebraskans, as well as other troubled families in the nation.
Public support for the couple has been mixed. There was a questionable video posted by one of the children online, as well as conflicting reports of abuse in the foster homes. The district attorney presented evidence from witnesses and discrepancies in medical evidence, so the charges against the couple were dropped.
Officials are still concerned that the couple has not undergone counseling, as per the mediated agreement.
The children were placed with a family friend with allowed parental visits without CPS monitoring the situation.
When the courts ruled the children could be returned home, updated allegations indicated the children were adjusting well.
This case is tragic but in the state of Nebraska and elsewhere, mediation agreements are becoming a popular alternative to traditional divorce and child custody issues. If you are in a painful place and dealing with divorce or custody, seek the assistance of a person who can guide you through the case to determine the best outcome for you and your children.


As summer approaches and plans for big trips are finalized, it's hard to not count down to your vacation to faraway places, visiting loved ones, and activating your out-of-office message. But before you head out the door, don't let your skincare routine go out the window.
Dr. Francesca Lewis of Delray Dermatology + Skin Care can empathize with how harsh travel can be on the skin—dry airplane cabins, disrupted sleeping schedules, and new climates.
So how do you keep up your skin regimen while on the road and in the air? We talked with the doctor and got the scoop on the three things you can't leave home without.
Because of the havoc that travel can do to your skin, Lewis recommends a light moisturizer—leave those heavy creams packed with perfumes at home, including retinol creams that might be a little too harsh for your skin during travel. Because of its curative properties, it can dry out the skin and make you more sun sensitive.
What does she recommend? CeraVe, a brand known for its lightness and is great for people with sensitive skin. Plus, it's chock full of hyaluronic acid, which helps prevent skin dryness.
Another important item to pack is a good serum packed with vitamin C, vitamin E and ferulic acid—all antioxidants that will protect your skin from damage and stress. Lewis created her own line of skincare products, Delray Skin, and one of her favorites is the aptly named Take Your Vitamins, which includes all three ingredients.
Plus, studies show that antioxidant serums help the effectiveness of sunscreens. Which brings us to our last item on the must-pack list.
As Floridians, this a give-in, but that doesn't mean we're the best at protecting our skin from the sun. No matter if you're lounging on the beach with the family or walking through a new city, if you're exposed to the sun, you need to wear sunscreen.
Not only is the amount important, but so is the SPF. Lewis said no less than SPF 30, pay special attention to sunscreens that protect against UVA and UVB rays, and those that contain zinc are preferred since it blocks the rays better. Her recommendation? Simple over-the-counter brands like Aveeno do the job perfectly.


The soundtrack of insects featured on this audio contemplation truly was recorded in the heart of Manhattan.
I hope you find time to take a break from the busyness of your life, to daydream in a quiet place around your neighborhood.
A few moments in thoughtful contemplation will help you sort out feelings, reassess strategies, and imagine your future.
Those fanciful places you drift off to when you sit in quiet repose contain a wealth of psychic messages.
Click on the play button above to take a 7 minute journey into Central Park at Night.
(A smart phone may not display the mp3 player).
Once you've listened to the mp3 above, click on the "read more" link below for a psychic reflection on the time I spent in The Kingdom of the Crickets.
The very day after recording my thoughts in my time with the crickets, I spotted a grasshopper about the size of my pinky, hidden in a brilliant stalk of lavender.
No sooner had I laid eyes upon him, I said, "What a coincidence! I was just thinking of your cousins last night."
I could tell he was mortified that his camouflage was broken. His shy and longing eyes said, "You won't hurt me, will you?"
I said, "Hurt you? I'm admiring you! Would you let me take your picture?"
Slowly, I pushed my camera-phone to within inches of his face. He stayed clutched to his perch, his body reared back. He was obviously uneasy, but faithful enough to indulge me.
I imagined, as I was going in for the shot, that I could hear the grasshopper's thoughts.
He'd heard a kind voice, from somewhere beyond. The voice requested he allow me to enter his personal space for a benign purpose he wouldn't entirely understand. The voice suggested he was safe, and asked him to be trustful, still, and patient.
I felt the grasshopper acquiesce. I snapped the picture.
Slowly, I withdrew my phone away from the lavender, thanking the grasshopper for the honor of such an intimate visit.
Over the next several days, I thought of the uniqueness of this encounter. Somehow I felt I'd met a sacred deity. I mean, did my eyes really fall upon this creature by pure and random chance? Might I have happened upon him because I was thinking of him?
When you experience a coincidence significant enough to prod you to question the presence of a greater intelligence, consider the possibility you've met a Spiritual Teacher.
Responding to my intuition, I began investigating the symbolic significance of the Cricket, as well as his cousin, the Grasshopper. I felt these insects were Totem Spirits, sent to share a message.
I learned that crickets are known for being aware of their surroundings and circumstances. They have a unique facility for communication, stillness, and quiet reflection.
Weren't these the very same themes on my mind during my evening's meditation? I felt like the crickets shared their talent with me, that I'd taken on some of their qualities, just by being in their presence.
At least, that's what I like to imagine!


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The Scientists - A Place Called Bad - Albums - Reviews - Soundblab
The Scientists - A Place Called Bad
by Kevin Orton Rating:10 Release Date:2016-08-19 Label:
Kim Salmon knows Rock & Roll isn't exactly rocket science. Or even an exact science. If you don't know the name, he fronted one of the 80's most influencial bands: The Scientists. If you aren't already acquainted, I'll stand on your coffee table and tell you The Scientists are one of the greatest bands you never heard.
Cult legends that they are, they're best known in their native Australia. True, The Scientists never achieved the international success of INXS nor the notoriety of The Birthday Party. But like the Saints or Triffids, the Scientists remain an all too well kept secret on their home shores. Despite their cult status their influence can be heard in Jon Spencer, Mudhoney and Sonic Youth. Not to mention Nick Cave and his number one Bad Seed these days, Warren Ellis. They also had a pronounced influence on the Seattle Grunge scene from Nirvana to Screaming Trees. Not just because of their their deranged, gutter bucket sound but a look which has been variously described as "seedy" and "grimy".
The Scientists are an Indie band's Indie Band.
While their work has been anthologized before, never has there been such a comprehensive overview as this. A Place Called Bad spans their early days onto their break up in 1987. Fronted by a teenage Kim Salmon, the Scientists began as a precociously cynical garage rock band. With the release of the single, 'Frantic Romantic' it was clear girls, getting wasted and driving around were on their sarcastic little minds. Their early cuts not only capture teen angst but mock it in the same breath. 'Last Night' and 'That Girl' are fantastic examples of the band's ability to capture the sexual frustration, romantic bliss and heartbreak of first love, in under three minutes. With some sharp Pop smarts lurking round the corner. Loitering with intent.
There's something beautifully anachronistic to these early Scientist cuts. Conjuring up the same cul de sac nostalgia Big Star manged to capture. Growing up is, and always shall remain a ripe cherry on the vine. And like Big Star, The Scientists weren't all that removed. Of course where Big Star were taking their cue from the Brit Invasion, the Scientists had the Brit Punk Invasion to reckon with. And they did. But on their own terms. Sure, they had the angst but also a dry, nod and wink sense of humor.
'Shadows of the Night' brings glimpses of the sound that would define them. A darker, more menacing sound. Some critics called it "Swamp Rock". And swampy it was. It was both humid and claustrophobic. Ominous and nocturnal. It's obvious Salmon was smitten with the Stooges but beyond that, The Cramps and early Rockabilly were coming into play. Needless to say, the Scientists put their own Noirish slant on it all. This new sound was unceremoniously unveiled with the cynically tortured single, 'My Happy Hour'. It's a sound you can smell. Dim, dank and subterranean.
'Swampland', 'Blood River' are Scientists classics. The pinnacle. Same goes for 'We Had Love' and 'Set It On Fire'. The growling Noir of 'Murderess in a Purple Dress' finds them at their most Raw Power. The furious 'Temple of Love' bears the track marks of a serious Suicide habit. Their raw take on the James Bond themesong, 'You Live Only Live Twice' is priceless. I think they may have stumbled on an a whole new genre with this one: Garage Lounge.
I hesitate to call 'Shine' a ballad, but musically it certainly hits on that territory. Like all of the Scientists' great work, it sounds both spontaneous and off the cuff. But well studied. Tongue and cheek, yet heartfelt.
At four discs its impossible to cover all the highlights. Nearly every cut is a gem.
From a gem of a band.
One of the most welcome box sets of the year. So what are you waiting for? That's it. The review is over. Proceed immediately to your nearest retailer, make your purchase, press play and sit down and be prepared to be that guy in the shades on the Maxell logo.
Rob Taylor
Great stuff Kevin ! I've seen The Scientists too any times to recall. They played last year in Sydney with their original line-up. Salmon still on fire !
....though James Baker's drumming not a patch on Leanne Chock's
Kevin Orton
Good to hear. Am a fan. So jealous. Just finished edits on review. Might be better now.
The Scientists - Not For Sale: Live 1978/79
By Kevin Orton


What The Dickens Is Going On At OhLook?
Grapevine, Texas – November 24, 2014 – Get ready to be visited by some very whimsical ghosts you will enjoy meeting this Holiday season! Local performers at OhLook Theater in Grapevine are hard at work on two different variations of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" for your holiday entertainment pleasure. Both shows offer nostalgia with a twist that won't leave you Ebenezer bitter!
Directed by Woody Blackburn, A Seussified Christmas Carol is being performed by kids ages 6-14 and is enjoyable for ALL ages. Wacky rhymed couplets that Dr. Seuss himself might have come up with, if he'd ever had his way with the story, steal the show. Join "Bed Headed Fred" and "Timmy Loo Hoo", along with "Things 1 and 2" on their Christmas adventure, December 5 – 7.
Scrooge's Groovy Christmas is an adaptation of the Dickens classic by Matt Lord. Watch Scrooge visit his past, present and future 70's style, after eating a bowl of mushroom soup! Jacob Marley becomes Bob Marley in this hilarious rendition you don't want to miss. Scrooge's Groovy Christmas is an OhLook signature late night show, with performances at 11 pm. Feel free to bring your own "holiday cheer".
Tickets for both shows are available online at www.ohlookperform.com. A Seussified Christmas Carol runs December 5-7; Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm and Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 pm. Scrooge's Groovy Christmas runs December 12-20; with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 11 pm.
If you've never been to this little gem of a theater, you are in for a treat. Get your tickets early, as seating is very personal and limited. Concessions are available, and you are welcome to BYOHC (Bring Your Own Holiday Cheer) for the late night shows. OhLook Theater is located at 1631 W. Northwest Hwy in Grapevine.


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Lieutenant Colonel Cecil Harry "Jiggs" Jaeger, OBE  (29 April 1913  – 27 September 1970) was a British military band leader.

Jaeger was born in Elham, Kent, the son of a German father, Heinrich Jaeger, and English mother, Mina Pickering. He joined the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at the age of 14. During World War II, he served  in Italy, Greece and Austria, as the bandmaster of the 4th Hussars.

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 18 November 1968. At that time he was Senior Director of Music in the Brigade of Guards, a post he had held since 1949.

He was an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

He died in Richmond upon Thames, aged 57.

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"K'nisteneux Indians Attacking Two Grizzly Bears" is my favorite title on a list released Tuesday of the forty-five art works the Obamas have borrowed for the White House from federal collections. Might the eponymous, valiant image, one of a chosen dozen by the Civil War-era frontier illustrator George Catlin, resonate with present-day, righteous belligerence in, say, western Pakistan? But then there's "I Think I'll..." (1983), Ed Ruscha's painted aria of indecision ("MAYBE … NO …," "ON SECOND THOUGHT,") in high-anxiety reds and a struggling patch of blue. Does its selection foretell executive dither?
These are preposterous reaches, sure, but the contemplation of art, and of tastes in art, licenses vacations from reasonableness, or what good is it? By mirroring themselves in deciding what they want to see around the house every day for next three or seven years, the Obamas tempt us to indulge in psychic as well as (look who we're dealing with) political projections. Let's.
The two Degas bronzes of young dancers stir fond thoughts of the two Obama daughters. My wife tells me that if she had been presented with one of those in her girlhood, she would have been bedridden with rapture. Vive la France, by the way.
The art critic Blake Gopnik has deplored Obama's failure to secure his bases with Latinos and homosexuals, at once, by picking a work (one being available at the National Gallery, he reports) by the late Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Gopnik writes for the Washington Post. Vive la inside-the-beltway.
The Obamas do evince blatant tokenism regarding, for heaven's sake, New York. But for the Rothkos, the imperially triumphant mid-century New York School is down the oubliette. A lonesome Jasper Johns does it for Manhattan Pop, not that Johns is even Pop. Were the minor figures Leon Polk Smith and Louise Nevelson minimalists? Not really, so there's none of that. Is Susan Rothenberg still a New York artist? Nah: too long in New Mexico.
I believe I yelped aloud when encountering the name of Nicolas de Staël, a middling paladin of last-gasp School of Paris painting that contested our post-Second World War artistic hegemony. You'd almost think that Obama imagines he can take New York's good will for granted.
The Obamas' fancies in twentieth-century art-for-art's-sake suggest a distinctly un-New Yorkish flavor that I'll call Gemütlich Modernism. Upper-middlebrow in an O.K. way, G-Mod inclines the first family toward the pleasant taciturnities of Joseph Albers (three "Homages to the Square"), tender-minded semi-abstraction from the Bay Area (Sam Francis, Richard Diebenkorn, Edward Corbett), and, stepping up, the humble sublime of Giorgio Morandi (two still lifes).
What's left? A Winslow Homer, a portrait of Harry Truman, and three conversation-piece patent models. Go argue.


After fielding questions from a number of friends about where to begin with making cocktails, I'm starting a series that will walk you through the basics. Last time, I covered basic equipment. Today, I'll teach you how to make one of the most essential cocktail ingredients, simple syrup.
Scroll down to the bottom of this post for a list of simple syrups that go beyond the basic.
After you have the basic equipment for making cocktails, you'll need some basic ingredients. Many of these ingredients will require a trip to the liquor store, and some of them will be pricy, but one of the most common cocktail ingredients, simple syrup, is cheap and easy to make at home.
Have you ever tried to stir granulated sugar into iced coffee or iced tea? Did you have a pile of sugar granules collected at the bottom of the glass?
If you see a recipe for an old fashioned or a margarita or a mint julep that calls for a sugar cube or granulated sugar, skip that recipe, because at best the sugar will only partially dissolve in the drink, and you'll be left with a pile of sugar granules or most of a sugar cube at the bottom of the drink.
So, next you'll want to know how to make simple syrup. The good news is that as the name suggests, it's really simple. The bad news is, if you want to make it right so that your cocktails come out consistently, you'll have to pay attention to a few details.
First, you'll need to measure consistently.
You can do this one of two ways. You can measure it by volume, combining a cup of water and a cup of sugar in a saucepan. This is how I do it when I'm feeling lazy, and it works pretty well.
But then I learned that while this is a 1:1 ratio by volume, it's not a 1:1 ratio by weight.
One cup of sugar weighs about 7 ounces, while a cup of water weighs 8 ounces, which means that simple syrup made from a cup of sugar and a cup of water is a little light on the sugar.
So if you want 1:1 by weight, you'll need a kitchen scale so you can weigh out 8 ounces or 226 grams of sugar and water. I scale most ingredients in my kitchen because it is both easier (I don't need to fuss with measuring cups) and more precise, so I scale my simple syrup now, too.
Honestly, you can use either measuring method. Just pick one and do it the same way every time, otherwise, you'll be wondering why your old fashioned is so much sweeter than the last one you made when you used the same amount of simple syrup.
Besides measuring carefully, the other thing you need to think about when making simple syrup is dissolving the sugar in the water.
All you need to do is combine the two in a saucepan over medium heat and stir until the sugar is dissolved.
You don't want the water to come to a boil because some of the water will evaporate, and this will throw off your ratio, making your simple syrup a little heavy on the sugar (if you let it boil, it's not ruined, it'll just be hard to make it exactly the same level of sweetness next time, and if you like a drink you'll want to be able to make it the same way again, so aim for consistency).
Let it cool to room temperature and then transfer it to an impeccably clean container and store it in the fridge for up to a month or so.
Really, that's all there is to it. But if you look at the lovely gradient of simple syrups pictured above, you'll see that there are plenty of ways you can play with simple syrup.
You can make it with any kind of sugar you like. Pictured above, from left to right, is simple syrup (1:1 by weight) made with granulated sugar, organic cane sugar, honey, demerara sugar, maple syrup, turbinado (or raw) sugar, and coconut palm sugar.
For most recipes you just need the clear one made with basic granulated sugar, or you can (as I like to) substitute the pale golden organic cane sugar simple syrup.
Both of these are pretty neutral in flavor and will work with pretty much any spirits.
The honey simple syrup plays well in cocktails with lemon juice and spirits like bourbon or scotch. The demerara and turbinado syrups are great in rum drinks. The maple is nice with anything with apple brandy and also with bourbon or rye drinks.
The coconut palm sugar has deep dark not-molasses almost cocoa-like notes, and I think it would be lovely in Irish coffee, though I'd be careful to limit its use to bold, dark drinks where an assertive simple syrup doesn't overpower the other flavors.
I'd recommend weighing things like honey, maple syrup and coconut palm sugar, because their densities vary significantly from cane sugars. I'd also recommend weighing any simple syrup made with brown sugar because it's tough to pack brown sugar into a measuring cup the same way every time.
There is one other kind of simple syrup that drinks commonly call for. It's called rich simple syrup, and it uses a 2:1 ratio of sugar to water. Often, rich simple syrup is made with a less-refined cane sugar like demerara or turbinado.
If you have two kinds of simple syrup on hand, I'd recommend a basic 1:1 granulated sugar or organic cane sugar one and a rich simple syrup made with demerara (awesome) or turbinado (also called raw sugar, still good and easier to find). I'd recommend playing with the other kinds of sugars and sweeteners in simple syrup if the flavors are particularly appealing to you.
Variations: You can play with simple syrup in other ways, like substituting citrus juice for the water in lemon, lime or grapefruit syrups. Or making a rhubarb syrup. Or grenadine (which is really just pomegranate simple syrup). Or ginger ale syrup. Or orgeat (which is an almond orange flower syrup). You can play with the ratios beyond the basic 1:1 and 2:1. But start with the basic 1:1 with a neutral sugar and go from there.
Looking for drinks with simple syrup? Try The Perfect Pear or the Aperol Sour.
When you want to go beyond simple syrup, start here.
A fruity simple syrup that's great in cocktails or homemade soda!
Yes, it's possible to make tonic water at home. It's also delicious.
A great way to use up lemons, limes, or grapefruit and have great cocktail mixers or lemon-lime or grapefruit soda.
A sweet, spicy, creamy syrup for homemade ginger ale with real fresh ginger and other spices.
You'll be all set for your Shirley Temples!
The easiest way I've found to make orgeat, the almond syrup that's essential for Mai Tais and so many tiki drinks.
A sweet-tart syrup that's great as a cocktail mixer or in homemade soda.
Orgeat is the classic almond and orange flower syrup that's essential to Mai Tais. This version starts with almonds and really lets them steep.
These look so yummy and will add flair to any drink! I bet mixing these with lemonade or other drinks would be fun for non alcoholic versions! Great post.
Thanks, Allie. If you mix lemon juice and simple syrup you can have an easy lemonade. It's also great in iced coffee and iced tea.
Sarah, you can totally use these in coffee!
looks nice and simple, just need to buy a scale now! I use syrup in my coffee so for sure this would taste awesome in a latte!
Thanks! A scale is totally worth investing in. Makes measuring so much easier and more precise.
Thanks, Chloe! The maple one might be my favorite!


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Singles Club: Tim Carr
It's funny, isn't it, the way a song can grab a hold of you from the instant it starts.
The first minute or two of LA-based troubadour Tim Carr's "The Last Day of Fighting" feels a bit like standing at the summit of a hill, perhaps at sunset, bathed in golden light and with wind whipping around and a chill in the air. It's a feeling of awareness and adventure, of being connected to something special.
By the end of the song, the magic of Carr's enveloping sonic rhythms and beatific, hushed vocals have come to feel like home.
The Last Day of Fighting by Tim Carr
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