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By Skip Kaltenheuser
The Swamp by Nancy Ohanian
Allow me to offer a few additional thoughts on the recent Economic Inequality Town Hall that triggered Howie's post on job guarantees.
The event, "Inequality in America: The Rise of Oligarchy and Collapse of the Middle Class," took place on the 19th in the Visitor Center at the US Capitol before an overflow crowd. Its panel included Bernie Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren, filmmaker Michael Moore and economist Darrick Hamilton, with input from thoughtful experts, interspersed with short films of people describing their economic realities in ways that fracture stereotypes. I watched it here, thinking what a great resource it is for candidates and others exploring progressive values. Over 1.7 million viewers watched online, a figure I hope rises as it's sent about and if astute teachers make it a homework assignment.
Smack dab in the center of the swamp, this should have been a top drawer political story. Those wondering why so much of mainstream media is being deserted for alternative media offerings might do a search trying to find coverage of this event in publications like WaPo and the NY Times, and in the All Things Lightly Considered-type shows at NPR. To be fair, the following day was a crowded news day at NPR. For example, a gorilla in Philly walked upright to keep his hands clean.
What does this lack of MSM attention tell us? Unless we start making noise, we're going to see corporate media continue to use its coverage, or withholding of it, to damp down the prospect of truly progressive contenders who might exorcise the demon leeches from America's executive branch and the rest of government.
One wearies of media's frequent lumping together of all stripes of populism as if they make up a uniform monolith. As if Berlusconi and Bernie are cousins, with Trump the missing link. It's hard not to suspect some of an effort to tar Bernie's brand of egalitarianism. Let journalists, commentators, editors and any remaining of the vanishing ombudsman species know how dopy it sounds. It might eventually shame them into making the distinctions one hopes those in their profession are capable of. If they aren't capable or willing to end such media malpractice, they'd best continue on to their more promising careers in propaganda.
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren sure looked to me like an amiable presidential ticket. Mitch McConnell and Republican strategists who once dissed Warren in order to elevate her status, hoping she'd land on a presidential ticket, might be rethinking their wish list. You know wish lists. Like Hillary had for running against Trump. But as Hillary points out, she had the cool, prosperous, dynamic places in her pocket. What's to worry about places where people are hurting from neglect, from opioids, war casualties, unaffordable education and foaming the runway with people.
Part of Last Conversation Piece by Juan Munoz, on the grounds of the Hirshhorn Museum. I heard them whispering about what might be done about Bernie and Senator Warren.
I marvel at what Bernie has done. Distilling his themes and pounding away at them, he's helped sort our confusion over what's happening around us, giving us focal points. He might have had to run for President to do it, but with apologies to Ralph Nader, Bernie has had more success than anyone in recent memory to substantively change the political dialogue across the political spectrum. You probably have to go back to Clean Gene McCarthy and Uncle Ross Perot for contenders. Reagan of course, but he moved us toward the dark side. Bernie's provided a legitimate framework that Everyman can use to interpret what is going on behind the scenes in those places where public viewing is verboten, like forbidden meetings of lawyers for colluding banks. Despite his label as an Independent, never mind democratic socialist, he is the vanguard for reforming the Democratic Party, in the near term the only real game in town. That is one hell of an accomplishment. Even when it seems Bernie's about to stretch our attention spans by smacking our hands with a ruler, he's coming off as darn likable. Smiling more and dressing dapper, if he wasn't so worried about the country cracking apart – worry that seems written on his face – he might enjoy himself. No one can accuse Bernie of sticking his finger in the wind before he speaks. How many politicians can you say that about?
The Breadline by sculptor Georg Segal, part of the expansive FDR Memorial. One of FDR's quotes there, "THEY WHO SEEK TO ESTABLISH SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT BASED ON THE REGIMENTATION OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS BY A HANDFUL OF INDIVIDUAL RULERS… CALL THIS A NEW ORDER. IT IS NOT NEW AND IT IS NOT ORDER."
There's nothing I'd change in this kitchen sink pitch for Bernie during the primaries. It begins with an example of the media knives out for Bernie. A National Press Club election post-mortem on the media is here. True, Bernie now gets invited on the Sunday shows, for short segments. Producers figured out the most popular politician in America is a ratings booster.
Bernie, at a symposium for the Economists for Peace and Security
For a thicker slice of Bernie unbound than the Sunday shows carve, here's a twenty-five minute symposium keynote I heard him give last November to the Economists for Peace & Security, warming up on the bought-and-paid-for levers of inequality.
A quick digression on when I became aware of Micheal Moore's work. I knew former Congressman Jim Corman, a terrific guy, gone now, whose family was kind enough to host my wedding in their backyard, with Jim giving my wife away. Jim's father was a silica miner in rural Kansas who died of related lung disease. Jim was always batting to hit long balls for the downtrodden. The GOP targeted him for his support of the Supreme Court's decision to tackle desegregation with busing. Next in line for Ways & Means chairman, he lost by a hair when Jimmy Carter conceded defeat while the polls were still open in California. Jim was dismayed by what Reagan was doing to unions, starting with the air traffic controllers. He predicted a downward spiral for those who'd achieved middle class status with the help of unions.
Through Jim, I met Dale Kildee, a Michigan congressman who grew up in and taught school in Flint. I took him to see (Hyperlink) "Roger and Me," a 1989 film in which Moore explores the impacts of General Motors laying off Flint union workers, replacing their labor with that of non-unionized workers in Mexico. Roger is Roger B. Smith, then chairman of GM. The late, great Roger Ebert discusses the film's controversies here.
Two of the film's scenes involved women trying to make ends meet for their families by raising rabbits, necessary to supplement their job wages. The first had a sign offering customers the choice of rabbits for pets or meat. In the second, a woman shows her affection for a rabbit then whacks it in the head and skins it for her family's dinner that night. Both matter-of-factly discuss their lives while demonstrating the critical role their rabbits played. I glanced at the Congressman and saw tears rolling down his cheek. I then understood what was happening in his home town. And this was long before Republicans decided to save money with hot and cold running lead.
Bernie at the National Press Club, introducing a film on inequality by Robert Reich and Jacob Kornbluth
Sanders made the point, there was more discussion on inequality issues in this single town meeting than the networks ever present. Indeed, think of the rarity of gems like Harvest of Shame, Edward R. Murrow's final program for CBS. If you haven't seen the riveting 1960 documentary on the lives of American migrant agricultural workers it can be seen here.
I did see a decent piece on the town hall event in The Guardian, a British owned-paper with an American edition, and a media partner for the event.
The Guardian occasionally risks losing its MSM card by publishing Thomas Frank's essays. Here's a worthy batch.
To its credit, FOX News took note of the event. Except that it did so with goofballs claiming middle class shrinkage is from so many moving up. Comedy Central gets a run for its money.
The Hill initially focused on quips Moore and Sanders made about Stormy Daniels, along with Russians, being among the shiny keys to distract us.
Some irony there, the lesson that if you want media notice, at least give media a chance to quote mention of Stormy as a shiny distraction. I guess if one really wants coverage, put her on a panel.
Thankfully, I am above such cheap tricks.
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Norfolk Under 13, sponsored by Almary Green, kicked off their tour of Cape Town with a comfortable 90 run victory in a 20 over match against Langa CC. The team toured the Langa Township in the morning and enjoyed a locally prepared meal accompanied by some talented musicians. Set against a backdrop of the beautiful Table Mountain, Norfolk scored 165 for 4 in their allotted overs with Sam Grisewood top scoring with 25.
In reply the Langa boys could only score 75 before being bowled out in the 18th over. Eddie Darley took 2-5 but all the other bowlers took a wicket. After the match the Norfolk boys donated sports kit to the Langa boys and so ended a memorable day.
The Norfolk Under 13 cricket team, sponsored by Almary Green, continued their tour of CapeTown with a thrilling tie against Somerset Prep College in a 20 20 match. Norfolk batted first on a glorious sunny day in magnificent surroundings. Wickets fell regularly on a very good batting wicket, which had a slow outfield to balance the scoring rate. After a few promising partnership the innings finished on 89- 7 and seemed to be 20 short of the required total. Danny Long retired with 22 not out.
When Somerset batted Callum Metcalf struck with 2 wickets in his first 2 balls to leave Norfolk on the front foot. Thereafter the game swung one way then the other. Bowling was becoming increasingly difficult as the wind became much stronger. Norfolk seemed to have the initiative going into the final few overs but this game kept everyone on their toes to the last ball when the Somerset top scorer was run out on the last ball attempting to get the winning run.
In their 3rd game on tour in Cape Town, Norfolk Under 13's, sponsored by Almary Green and Eastern Voice and Data, lost their unbeaten record when they were beaten by Paarl Skool Gimnasium by 7 wickets.
Norfolk lost the toss and batted first for the third game in a row. Norfolk's openers put on a bright and breezy 36 for the first wicket, which fell in the 8th over. Another good stand of 36 left Norfolk at 72 for 2 after 14 overs. This was a great base to build a good total in a 25 overs match. Further good stands left Norfolk's score at 134 - 6 in their allotted 25 overs. Top scorers were Dan Hastings (29), Dani Long (25 retired), Calum Metcalf (24) and Jacob Rhodes (22).
When Paarl batted Norfolk never really looked like taking enough wickets against some pugnacious batting from their opponents. Anything bowled short was hit with ease to the square leg boundary. Paarl hit the winning runs in the 20th over with 7 wickets to spare. Some good cricketing lessons were learnt as we move on to our final game.
Norfolk under 13 cricket tour of Cape Town, sponsored by Almary Green, came to end with a 30 over match against Wynberg Boys Junior School, the school which first harnessed the talents of Jacques Kallis.
Norfolk won the toss and elected to field for the first time on tour. Wynberg got off to a flying start and their opening batsmen scored 50 runs before the first wicket fell in the 9th over. The expected acceleration of the run rate did not materialise and Norfolk managed to stem the flow of runs with some tight bowling on an Astro Turf pitch which caused the ball to bounce in a rather lively way. After their allotted 30 overs Wynberg managed to score 144 for the loss of 5 wickets. This total seemed to be achievable given a fast outfield.
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From float therapy at the Blue Lagoon to forest bathing in the north, Iceland's newest spa experiences offer a deep dive into the country's bathing culture.
By Julia Eskins
With Iceland being a hotbed for geothermal activity, it's no surprise that many travelers plan a trip around a luxuriously long soak in one of the country's many volcanically heated pools. After all, daily dips are a quintessential part of Icelandic life—so much so that outdoor swimming pools, not pubs, are the main social hubs in every municipality. As Iceland repeatedly ranks high on lists of happiest countries in the world, it's safe to say there must be something in the water. And with records of public bathing dating back to the ninth century when settlers first discovered hot springs, it would be sacrilege to not indulge in this national pastime.
Whether you're slipping into the milky waters of the Blue Lagoon Iceland, detoxifying in the natural steam rooms at Mývatn Nature Baths, gazing at the ocean from Geosea, or joining the locals for a Saturday morning dip at the infinity-edge Hofsós Swimming Pool (which costs tourists $8 to enter), there is no shortage of tried and true options. But that doesn't mean there isn't room for more. Recently, Reykjavik announced plans to invest up to $62 million in upgrades to existing pools including the capital's largest public pool, Laugardalslaug, as well as the construction of new ones. And as more travelers look to slow down and connect more deeply with the local culture and nature, a slew of new and sustainable outdoor spa experiences are paying homage to Iceland's bathing traditions—and giving us good reason to plan a pool-hopping road trip in 2022.
The Float Therapy experience at Blue Lagoon Iceland
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Bathing for the mind and body
Geothermal pools have been popular in Iceland for years but there's recently been a shift in how visitors approach their soaking sessions. This past summer, U.S. travelers spent an average of eight days in the country—a 37 percent increase in the average length of stay in 2019, when quick trips with Icelandair's stopover service were more popular.
"We've noticed a different mood in Iceland," says Sigurdur Thorsteinsson, Blue Lagoon Iceland's brand strategy director. "People are taking it a bit slower." A preference for longer, more intentional trips has increased interest in immersive spa experiences. And in the case of Blue Lagoon, more visitors are indulging in the Retreat at Blue Lagoon Iceland (the "business class" counterpart to the property's original, busier lagoon.) Every detail in the spa—from the acoustics to the no-phones rule—was carefully considered to help guests decompress.
Guests visiting this winter can experience the spa's newest treatment: Float Therapy, which launched in December. The in-water treatment, created by the aquatic healing experts at Flothetta, was designed to release tension from the spine and send bathers into a meditative state. Unlike your typical sensory-deprivation experience, the Retreat's version pairs you with a "floating therapist" that performs personalized bodywork—from stretches and pulls to gentle massage and exfoliation—as you drift through the healing waters blindfolded. Thanks to the lagoon's high concentration of minerals, algae, and silica, the treatment is as soothing for the skin as it is for the mind. With your ears submerged, the underwater sounds form a symphony that calms even the most high-strung bather. By the end, you may even be convinced to do like the locals and buy your own float set (complete with a helmet and leg floats) for solo sessions.
A nod to traditional architecture
More time in Iceland also means that travelers need not have to choose between the Blue Lagoon and newer pools like the Sky Lagoon, which opened near Reykjavik in 2021. Here, contemporary design is interwoven with nods to Viking traditions. The breathtaking 246-foot-long infinity pool, which overlooks the north Atlantic Ocean, is complemented by a traditional turf house and turf wall created using a centuries-old technique of stacking grassy swamp turf for optimal insulation. Even its circular cold plunge pool was inspired by the design of Snorralaug, Iceland's oldest known natural pool. The original hewn stone basin is located in the village of Reykholt, where it's believed that celebrated 13th-century literary figure Snorri Sturluson, who is credited for writing the world's oldest accounts of Norse mythology, bathed regularly.
The Sky Lagoon has views over the Atlantic Ocean.
The social aspect of soaking was also heavily incorporated into the concept. "Hot pots are designed with inward-facing seating, so you can make conversation," says Dagny Petursdottir, Sky Lagoon's managing director. "We wanted to push this further by having one or two staff members in the lagoon for chit-chat." That means after downing a refreshing glass of Töst, one of the many sparkling beverages served at the pool bar, the staff member who collects your plastic glass might share a few insider tips. Don't be surprised if you end up staying longer than three hours—the average time spent at the Sky Lagoon tends to be double that of your typical pool, says Petursdottir.
Drawing travelers beyond Reykjavik
Travelers will also have a new reason for an extended sojourn in Akureyri, sometimes referred to as the capital of North Iceland, when Skogarbod (also known as the Forest Baths) opens in February 2022. With views overlooking one of Iceland's longest fjords, the spa's unique position surrounded by birch and pine trees provides shelter from the harsh winds that are known to cool down geothermal pools in the wintertime. And considering less than 3 percent of the island is covered with trees, it plans to make the most of its verdant surroundings by encouraging guests to forest bathe as well as soak in a 500-square-meter natural geothermal lagoon with two pool bars.
Even the journey to the spa is part of the experience: a walk through the forest slowly reveals a wood-clad building set into the mountainside. Fireside dining at the property's restaurant, which has views over the bay and the town of Akureyri, provides a picturesque après-soak setting as well. The hope is that the Forest Baths, which were made possible thanks to the discovery of a new hot spring while constructing a nearby tunnel, will have a positive impact on the town and encourage tourists who would typically stop for only one night to stay longer.
"Icelandic architecture before the middle of the 19th century had to make use of whatever local material was available at each location because there was very little imported," says Hrólfur Karl Cela, an architect and partner at Basalt Architects, which designed the Forest Baths. "This way the architecture inevitably became 'of the land,' striking a certain harmony with its surroundings."
A lot has changed since Iceland's bathing traditions first took hold, but one thing remains: the simple pleasure of soaking and socializing in nature's bathtubs. Between dramatic waterfalls and charming seaside towns, you'll always find a swimming pool without having to look too far.
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Style, Nuances, and
Trick Differentiation
by Andrew Vargason
It is said that no two snowflakes are exactly alike. This old adage is true in the sense that there is no such thing as perfection in nature. What may seem identical at first glance may, in fact, be so similar that it would need to be broken down further and further until one was able to distinguish the differences. On the flip side, some things are so obviously different, that no further evaluation is required. What I propose is that tricks in BMX, and other subcultures as well, are a lot like snowflakes.
Returning to the adage, there are two words that complicate the statement: exactly and alike. Exactly is an adverb defined by Merriam-Webster as "in a manner or measure or to a degree or number that strictly conforms to a fact or condition" or "in every respect." Alike, on the other hand, is defined as "exhibiting close resemblance without being identical." I would contend that many snowflakes, especially those that have been created under laboratory conditions, are alike, and to the degree detectable by humans, even under a microscope, maybe be considered exactly alike. Often it comes down to the definitions and technicalities to make these arguments.
So how does this relate to BMX? Let's consider something as simple as a one-footer. There is a plethora of factors just in this trick that you could make the argument that no two one-footers are exactly alike and you would probably be correct, especially when the focus is not isolated to the leg or foot itself. The more variables that are introduced, the less likely that something could ever be exactly alike. From the standpoint of the trick itself, you have the variation in distance from the pedal, direction of movement, leg position, and speed of execution. Next is what is happening with the foot once removed from the pedal. Are nac-nacs, can-cans, grizz airs, and candy-bars not one-footers? Because of the methods used to execute these different tricks, it makes perfect sense why they are differentiated. What about doing a foot-jam? By all technicalities, the execution of a foot-jam would be a one-footer to foot-jam to one-footer out. However, it's generally unnecessary to address the one-footer at all as it's a means of execution for another trick.
Disregarding the established variants of the one-footer, as already addressed prior, it is curious to consider how much variation is considered the same trick. For a trick to be called a one-footer at the highest level, one foot must be removed from the bike. By convention, we have also collectively agreed that the foot must also return to the bike in order to "count" – more on this in a moment. A one-footer lifted straight up from the pedal, straight away from the pedal – dog piss style, downward from the pedal, or slightly forward or backwards are all considered one footers, yet aside from taking a foot off, all look drastically different. The movements of the foot and leg alone play a large role in the style of the one-footer. The introduction of the rest of the body and the bicycle itself add to the variables in the trick. Even which foot gets taken off doesn't affect the trick being called a one-footer.
So, at what point does the one-footer in the foot-jam example become significant? Nobody would argue with calling a can-can to foot-jam exactly that, yet would generally deem the one-footer insignificant. I propose that it is when a change of motion takes place. The motion from pedal to tire does not need to be addressed, but if the motion is outward, and then inward to the tire, it becomes a one-footer to foot-jam.
The dynamic freedom we allow within the one-footer allows for the development of style. Yet, these nuances begin to be less subtle and often push for trick differentiation, which explains perfectly the candy-bar, can-can, etc. The minimum parameters for a one-footer to become one of these other tricks have been determined, but are not always clearly defined for future riders to learn and understand. Definitions become open to interpretation and become a game of telephone, where many people are either doing the same trick and calling it something different, or saying the same trick name, but executing different maneuvers.
While the discussion so far has focused on the simplest form of a trick and how variations in dynamic movement and style don't inherently change what a trick is called, I'd now like to switch the discussion to turndowns. The turndown is a relatively simple trick when the handlebars are turned 180 degrees while your upper body moves to the outside of the bike. The turndown is interesting in that there is not distinction between a turndown brought into 180 degrees versus a turndown like those of Chris Doyle, where the handlebars have been turned over 270 degrees and the rider's body has become entangled in the bike. Visually, these look like very different tricks, and yet, they have the same name; one of them has just been extended further than the other. But at what point are they no longer alike enough to share a name? I'll counter with the lookback. The lookback and the turndown have nearly no distinguishing factors, aside from a direction of rotation in relative direction to the obstacle being ridden. Does this matter? Are they not the same trick? How do we determine that a turndown cranked to 270 degrees is the same as a turndown turned to the standard 180 degrees, but a turndown and lookback, both at 180 degrees, are not the same?
Crankflips are another interesting talking point here. They can be kicked either with the front foot or back foot. Crankflips are also called kickflips somewhat interchangeably. I am uncertain at the time of writing if these two terms were used originally to differentiate between the two styles of crankflip, or if the terms developed regionally to describe the same trick, done either way. What I can attest to is that I have never heard them differentiated from one another, leading me to believe that it is a regional development to call them either crankflips or kickflips. Whichever the origin happens to be, these tricks are inherently different by method of execution, even though the end results are alike. Is it a different trick or is it just a nuance in execution?
There are countless other tricks that are similar to all of these examples, too. The tabletop, flatty, and invert discussion has been ongoing for years. Barspins and bus-drivers have a grey-area. Tailwhips versus whoppers do as well. It's extremely difficult to nail down exactly what differentiates a trick sometimes and why it's different, especially when there is always a counter-argument of style. In my opinion, BMX has historically done a bad job of defining exactly what a trick is or is not. It's entirely possible that some riders were doing tricks slightly differently for the sole intention of calling it something else.
As an aside, all of this discussion so far has been about differentiating tricks or stylistic nuances, but what about a trick "counting." By conventional standards, a trick doesn't count if your foot hits the ground. Well, unless of course you intended it to hit the ground. When BMX is looked at as art, it becomes harder to lay out specific ground rules and standards. Art is in the eye of the beholder, and if you as a rider want to put your foot down before, during, or after your trick, then that is your prerogative. But more interestingly, at what point does a trick not count. There are plenty of discussions out there about grass landings not counting, resi not counting, or skatepark rails not counting. Resi is probably one of the more interesting topics to discuss here, as there is a negative attitude that immediately comes out as soon as it is in a clip. From the beginning of a trick idea in a foam pit, it is abundantly clear than landing in a foam pit is not equal to landing and rolling away on a real ramp. The development of a resi landing bridges this gap and provides the ability to roll away from your tricks after learning them into the foam. Nearly every resi clip has at least one passive aggressive comments, such as "to resi though…" or "do it to a real landing…" Then, when you do see these tricks done to a real ramp, where they are formally considered to count, there are still comments that arise discrediting the trick back to having been learned with the assistance of foam and resi. As far as grass landings go, it's a little easier: you either care or you don't. The spot is what it is, and if you want to do the rail-hop into a grass hill, then by all means, have at it.
Back to the primary topic at hand, I would like to introduce my final and overall point of this discussion: "switch" and why it matters.
Regular stance on bike is considered either left foot forward, left grind, right spin; or right foot forward, right grind, left spin. Goofy, or "dick-footed," is when your natural footing and spin direction conflict with each other, such as left foot forward, right grind, left spin; or right foot forward, left grind, right spin.
This is somewhat more complicated than in skateboarding, where left foot forward was deemed regular and right foot forward was deemed goofy. The direction of spin and grind was taken out of the equation and factored solely into frontside and backside. Switch in skateboarding is purely skating with your alternate foot forward.
Until recently, BMX utilized switch in the same manner as skateboarding, to address riding with your alternate foot forward. We also used the word opposite, or "oppo" for short, to define spins, tricks, or grinds to our alternate side or direction.
Within the last few years, there has been a steady shift to using the word switch in place of oppo. In my opinion, and many others, this is fundamentally wrong and these two things have to be different. Most tricks can be done both switch and oppo at the same time. You can do a feeble, an oppo feeble, a switch feeble, and a switch oppo feeble all on the same ledge. You can do a barspin, an oppo barspin, a switch barspin, and a switch oppo barspin. By modern convention, there's no differentiating as there was in the past, and for clarity these are not alike.
If we are truly past using opposite or "oppo" completely, I stand by the fact that some sort of differentiation needs to remain in place, and the next logical phrases would be frontside and backside. This causes conflict, of course, because it would require renaming other tricks, such as downside whips would become frontside whips. I don't believe we are past it though; because of the complexity of tricks, directions, and overall possibility within BMX, I don't understand why we would move away from the switch and opposite convention that has been in place since I started riding BMX.
I can speculate as to a handful of reasons why this shift started to happen, but there's little value in doing so. I will offer up the suggestion that all of the earlier discussion with regard to style, trick differentiation, and nuances within core BMX tricks may make it overly confusing for those that start riding only with a mild interest to care what the conventions are. What I do know is that it is our responsibility to teach the current and upcoming generations what tricks are called, help others learn, and work together to keep BMX awesome.
I would like to return to the one-footer for a moment, where I said that "[e]ven which foot gets taken off doesn't affect the trick being called a one-footer" and would like to add that one of those is an opposite one-footer, and it does, in-fact, matter. With that said, let's all agree to stop using switch in place of oppo and differentiate our tricks accordingly.
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I would like to propose the idea of dominant and non dominant with regards to the one footer. Here is why. I ride right foot forward and rotate to the left. My right (front) foot is the one I would naturally take off doing a one footer. If l do a downside footplant l find it much easier to plant my right ( dominant) foot and rotate opposite than l do to rotate regular and plant my non dominant foot. So this would make the usual way l do downside footplants a dominant opposite downside footplant and the other way a non dominant regular footplant. The same can be said of one foot tables. I've also met a couple of people who's dominant side for grinds is what would usually be the opposite side for most meaning if they were riding a mini ramp and manualed one deck and then did a peg grind on the other coping, the grind would be non dominant even though they were turning the same direction as the manual. If they did a grind in the opposite direction the grind would be dominant.


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The Indy 500's Borg Warner Trophy Takes a Tour of Washington D.C.
Ryan Hunter-Reay and the Borg Warner just visited the House and the Senate.
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2014 Indianapolis 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay and the famed Borg Warner Indy 500 trophy spent Tuesday touring America's capitol. As part of a promotion to drive awareness for May's 100th running of the Indy 500, RHR, Indianapolis Motor Speedway CEO Doug Boles, and the $3 million trophy made stops at the House of Representatives and met with Speaker Paul Ryan, among others.
"It was a huge honor," said RHR, who drives the No. 28 DHL Honda for Andretti Autosport. "It was something new to me. I was surprised by the amount of interest in the Indy 500 and the Borg Warner. I appreciate the House of Representatives for having us and celebrating one of America's greatest traditions, the Indy 500."
Added Boles: "The reception that we've had today has been pretty overwhelming. It truly is the greatest race in the world and people from all over the country are demonstrating that today with their excitement in meeting Ryan Hunter-Reay and the Borg."
The Floridian made numerous stops with the Borg Warner trophy after winning the Indy 500, including an appearance on Late Night with David Letterman, and says the trip to Washington D.C. with the grand creation was an honor.
"It was cool taking it all in and it is one of those experiences that you relish," he remarked. "This is a very proud moment for me, as an American winner, in our nation's capital with the powers that be discussing the Indy 500 and the road to victory."
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Clean Makeup Brand Ilia Beauty Secures Investment From Silas Capital
Silas Capital has invested in clean makeup brand Ilia Beauty.
For Ilia, which has built out both its product assortment and its retail distribution over the past several years, the Silas investment should help grow the company's direct-to-consumer business. Ilia was founded by Sasha Plavsic and her brother, Zachary, who developed a line of clean makeup products. At first, they skewed heavily toward the lip category, but over the past years, Ilia has built out other core product lines, including True Skin Serum Foundation, $54, and Limitless Lash Mascara, $28.
The mascara has turned out to be a surprise hit, Plavsic said. "That's something that in the clean category, in the natural category, has always suffered," she said. "Where I think we have a point of difference is going after certain categories that are more challenging."
The company's "motto for clean" includes using organic and natural bases, but sometimes including synthetics in formulations, she said. "It takes a combination of both to get a product that truly performs," Plavsic said. "We look at each product individually because each product needs its own set of ingredients to get to a level where people would say, 'This is the same as my mainstream brand.'"
Terms of the Silas investment were not disclosed, but industry sources said Ilia's sales have doubled year-over-year for the past three years and the brand is expected to reach $20 million in retail sales for 2019.
Plavsic will remain on board with the business, as will chief executive officer Lynda Berkowitz, who joined the business in 2016 after working at brands like Bobbi Brown, Too Faced and Perricone. According to Plavsic, she has been instrumental in turning the business into a skin care-makeup hybrid offering.
"The client that's buying clean color is well informed and comes from natural skin care, and what's more important to a skin care client than their skin? I saw this brand…as a complexion brand, and then she took it from there," Berkowitz said.
"Linda was like, 'I see you guys more as complexion' and I was like, 'No, no, no, we're lip' and she was like, 'I don't think so,' and that was the kickoff where she was like, 'We need new foundation,' and I was like, 'OK,'" Plavsic said.
That conversation prompted the birth of Ilia's Serum Foundation, now one of its bestsellers, and a product that took dozens of formulations to get right, Plavsic said. The brand has just expanded the shade range to 18 shades.
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Bringing the brand into more mainstream beauty retailers should allow the brand increased consumer insights, Berkowitz noted.
"We're curious about the customer's response to clean beauty and learning about her and finding out what questions she has," Berkowitz said. "We increased our distribution by about 25 percent last year."
Next spring, Ilia will launch a True Skin Radiant Priming Serum, a silicone-free priming serum that aims to tighten, fill pores and brighten. The brand is also debuting a True Skin Serum Concealer, echoing its foundation launch a year-prior, next year. The concealer will come in nine shades and provide medium coverage. Later in the year, Ilia plans to break out from its cream-based naturals that are so common and delve into gel-based formulations, and in the fall, plans to launch more eye products.
By the end of 2019, Ilia will be distributed in about 500 doors globally. Now that the physical footprint is set up, Ilia is planning to shift its focus to digital, which is where Silas comes in, Plavsic said.
" had extreme success in direct-to-consumer," Plavsic said. "With Lynda on board, product, distribution, figuring out how to do this side of the business, I feel really confident and like we have good resources — as far as the direct-to-consumer side…it's very attractive to see what Silas has done." The firm is invested in Boll & Branch, Casper and Dos Toros.
"We've never really done any marketing, nor have we done advertising and apparently we've come pretty far without ," Plavsic said. "The digital front for us is really exciting and we don't know much about it in the sense that we haven't explored it, so that's something I'm really excited to go after as well."
Ilia sits in the fast-growing clean beauty category.
"Part of me thinks is the improvement in how labs are able to formulate clean beauty, and part of me thinks it's the timing," Plavsic said. "In it's not where it was today — clean beauty is now clear. Even though this brand is six or seven years old, and it was truly grassroots in the beginning, the timing is truly now for clean beauty to actually take off. We're in the right time and the right place."
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A: Basic SMTP doesn't require auth at all.  SMTP-AUTH is defined in RFC 4954 but it doesn't define the specific type of auth you're using here 'auth login'.  It does say.

A server implementation MUST implement a configuration in which it does NOT permit any plaintext password mechanisms

I can't find a specification for 'AUTH LOGIN', though googling it indicates its most likely a Microsoft exchange only feature.  Further googling indicates your example is directly copied from here.
If you're asking why the particular example is base64 encoded, its because Microsoft has a dumb interpretation of the RFC's prohibition on cleartext.  If you want to know why other SMTP auth mechanisms use base64, its because typically the data they're sending is actually binary data of some sort (like a MD5 hash of the shared secret and a token provided by the server).  If this doesn't answer your question, please edit your question to include more details.

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