The Canon EOS 1200D (called Canon T5 in some regions) and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 are two digital cameras that were officially introduced, respectively, in February 2014 and August 2013. The 1200D is a DSLR, while the GX7 is a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. The cameras are based on an APS-C (1200D) and a Four Thirds (GX7) sensor. The Canon has a resolution of 17.9 megapixels, whereas the Panasonic provides 15.8 MP. Read on to find out how these two cameras compare with respect to their body size, their sensors, their features, their input-output connections, and their reception by expert reviewers.
An illustration of the physical size and weight of the Canon 1200D and the Panasonic GX7 is provided in the side-by-side display below. The two cameras are presented according to their relative size. Three consecutive views from the front, the top, and the rear side are shown. All width, height and depth measures are rounded to the nearest millimeter.
The GX7 can be obtained in two different colors (black, silver), while the 1200D is only available in black.
If the front view area (width x height) of the cameras is taken as an aggregate measure of their size, the Panasonic GX7 is considerably smaller (33 percent) than the Canon 1200D. Moreover, the GX7 is markedly lighter (16 percent) than the 1200D. In this context, it is worth noting that neither the 1200D nor the GX7 are weather-sealed.
The above size and weight comparisons are to some extent incomplete since they do not consider the interchangeable lenses that both of these cameras require. A larger imaging sensor will tend to go along with bigger and heavier lenses, although exceptions exist. You can compare the optics available for the two cameras in the Canon EF Lens Catalog (1200D) and the Micro Four Thirds Lens Catalog (GX7). Mirrorless cameras, such as the GX7, have moreover the advantage that they can use many lenses from other systems via adapters, as they have a relatively short flange to focal plane distance.
Concerning battery life, the 1200D gets 500 shots out of its LP-E10 battery, while the GX7 can take 350 images on a single charge of its DMW-BLG10 power pack.
Any camera decision will obviously take relative prices into account. The retail prices at the time of the camera's release place the model in the market relative to other models in the producer's line-up and the competition. The 1200D was launched at a markedly lower price (by 55 percent) than the GX7, which puts it into a different market segment. Usually, retail prices stay at first close to the launch price, but after several months, discounts become available. Later in the product cycle and, in particular, when the replacement model is about to appear, further discounting and stock clearance sales often push the camera price considerably down. Then, after the new model is out, very good deals can frequently be found on the pre-owned market.
Of the two cameras under consideration, the Canon 1200D features an APS-C sensor and the Panasonic GX7 a Four Thirds sensor. The sensor area in the GX7 is 32 percent smaller. As a result of these sensor size differences, the cameras have a format factor of, respectively, 1.6 and 2.0. The sensor in the 1200D has a native 3:2 aspect ratio, while the one in the GX7 offers a 4:3 aspect.
With 17.9MP, the 1200D offers a higher resolution than the GX7 (15.8MP), but the 1200D nevertheless has larger individual pixels (pixel pitch of 4.31μm versus 3.77μm for the GX7) due to its larger sensor. Moreover, the 1200D is a somewhat more recent model (by 6 months) than the GX7, and its sensor might have benefitted from technological advances during this time that further enhance the light gathering capacity of its pixels.
The Canon EOS 1200D has a native sensitivity range from ISO 100 to ISO 6400, which can be extended to ISO 100-12800. The corresponding ISO settings for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 are ISO 125 to ISO 25600 (no boost).
Since 2007, DXO Mark has published sensor performance measurements that have been derived using a consistent methodology. This service is based on lab testing and assigns an overall score to each camera sensor, as well as ratings for dynamic range ("DXO Landscape"), color depth ("DXO Portrait"), and low-light sensitivity ("DXO Sports"). Of the two cameras under consideration, the GX7 has a markedly higher DXO score than the 1200D (overall score 7 points higher), which will translate into better image quality. The advantage is based on 0.7 bits higher color depth, 0.9 EV in additional dynamic range, and 0 stops of reduced low light sensitivity. The table below summarizes the physical sensor characteristics and sensor quality findings and compares them across a set of similar cameras.
Many modern cameras are not only capable of taking still images, but can also record movies. Both cameras under consideration have a sensor with sufficiently fast read-out times for moving pictures, but the GX7 provides a faster frame rate than the 1200D. It can shoot movie footage at 1080/60p, while the Canon is limited to 1080/30p.
Beyond body and sensor, cameras can and do differ across a range of features. For example, the GX7 has an electronic viewfinder (2760k dots), while the 1200D has an optical one. Both systems have their advantages, with the electronic viewfinder making it possible to project supplementary shooting information into the framing view, whereas the optical viewfinder offers lag-free viewing and a very clear framing image. The viewfinder in the GX7 offers a wider field of view (100%) than the one in the 1200D (95%), so that a larger proportion of the captured image is visible in the finder. In addition, the viewfinder of the GX7 has a higher magnification (0.70x vs 0.50x), so that the size of the image transmitted appears closer to the size seen with the naked human eye. The following table reports on some other key feature differences and similarities of the Canon 1200D, the Panasonic GX7, and comparable cameras.
One differentiating feature between the two cameras concerns the touch sensitivity of the rear screen. The GX7 has a touchscreen, while the 1200D has a conventional panel. Touch control can be particularly helpful, for example, for setting the focus point.
Concerning the storage of imaging data, both the 1200D and the GX7 write their files to SDXC cards. The GX7 supports UHS-I cards (Ultra High Speed data transfer of up to 104 MB/s), while the 1200D cannot take advantage of Ultra High Speed SD cards.
For some imaging applications, the extent to which a camera can communicate with its environment can be an important aspect in the camera decision process. The table below provides an overview of the connectivity of the Canon EOS 1200D and Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 and, in particular, the interfaces the cameras (and selected comparators) provide for accessory control and data transfer.
It is notable that the GX7 offers wifi support, which can be a very convenient means to transfer image data to an off-camera location. In contrast, the 1200D does not offer wifi capability.
Both the 1200D and the GX7 have been discontinued, but can regularly be found used on eBay. The GX7 was replaced by the Panasonic GX85, while the 1200D was followed by the Canon 1300D. Further information on the two cameras, as well as related accessories, can be found on the official Canon and Panasonic websites.
So what is the bottom line? Is the Canon 1200D better than the Panasonic GX7 or vice versa? Below is a summary of the relative strengths of each of the two contestants.
More detail: Offers more megapixels (17.9 vs 15.8MP) with a 8% higher linear resolution.
More modern: Is somewhat more recent (announced 6 months after the GX7).
More compact: Is smaller (123x71mm vs 130x100mm) and will fit more readily into a bag.
Less heavy: Has a lower weight (by 78g or 16 percent) and is thus easier to take along.
If the count of relative strengths (bullet points above) is taken as a measure, the GX7 is the clear winner of the contest (21 : 5 points). However, the relevance of individual strengths will vary across photographers, so that you might want to apply your own weighing scheme to the summary points when reflecting and deciding on a new camera.
Do the specifications of the Canon 1200D and the Panasonic GX7 place the cameras among the top in their class? Find out in the latest Best DSLR Camera and Best Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera listings.
In any case, while the comparison of the spec-sheets of cameras can offer a general idea of their imaging potential, it says little about, for example, the shooting experience and imaging performance of the 1200D and the GX7 in practical situations. User reviews that are available, for instance, at amazon can sometimes shed light on these issues, but such feedback is all too often partial, inconsistent, and inaccurate.


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OPINION: APC, OSHIOMHOLE AND THE LEADERSHIP QUESTION
Adams Oshiomhole
The emergence of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on the Nigerian political firmament and its success at the general election in 2015, remain one of the greatest wonders of African politics. It was unthinkable that a party that was quickly coupled by the coming together of about five hitherto disparate political parties could easily dismantle the ruling behemoth, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after sixteen years in power.
First, it was unbelievable that opposition politicians at the time with their big egos would agree to merge and forge a common front especially against the background of the poor performance mergers in the country's political history. Second, there was the greater impediment in the name of the ruling party, the PDP, armed with almost limitless resources to fight the election by any means possible; "do or die", if you like.
Apart from the organizational dexterity and even the Spartan spirit of the leading forces behind APC, there was the strong message of change that it preached. The change message resonated all across the Nigerian political landscape. APC availed citizens of an opportunity to teach the PDP a lesson on popular sovereignty – that power belongs to the people. That APC chose Muhammadu Buhari, a man reputed for his asceticism and integrity, as its presidential candidate, was not just an icing on the cake but also a clincher! It had to be because fighting corruption was a central campaign issue in the 2015 general election.
However, the fight to rescue our country from the destructive grip of the thieving PDP after sixteen years was so paramount that other leadership issues within the progressives' household were considered secondary. You have to chase the hawk away first before berating the mother-hen is an African wise saying. It was not as if President Muhammadu Buhari and, indeed, other national leaders of the party were oblivious of the leadership gap in the run-up to the general election. They saw the challenges but strategically kept their eyes on the ball and on the bigger picture. The expectation was that once victory had been achieved at the polls, focus would now shift to addressing the leadership question in the APC.
Indeed, the responsibilities of any leadership not only include achieving success but also managing that success. It was all too clear that the pre-election leadership of the APC was bereft of any sound idea of managing electoral victory. The leadership was unfortunately stuck in its past role as an opposition party. It forgot tragically that it has now transmuted into the party in government, which comes with the ennobling responsibility of providing political and policy support for its government, particularly the presidency. What follows immediately was one faux pas after another.
The first was the unforgivable ceding of the Senate leadership and to a large extent, the leadership of the House of Representatives, to the tendencies of a minority party in a presidential system. And given the fact of separation of powers that defines democracy, to all intents and purposes, APC is therefore only partially in control of the government it was elected to run by the Nigerian citizens. Put simply, APC only controls the executive while PDP controls the legislature. This singular error has defined all other contradictions within the government and the ruling party. And it is so because the legislature remains the engine room of any democratic government.
Let it be known that APC was really in bad shape until the election of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, a man gifted and well-equipped in the administration of social organisations, both of political and activist nature. In his short reign, Oshiomhole has brought back the respect that a ruling party deserves. And that is vital as the next election approaches. Before the election of Oshiomhole, APC was virtually non-existent as a ruling party. Its members formed a rather vicious opposition to President Buhari in a manner that even the PDP was incapable of. And this impacted directly on the day-to-day governance by the APC government and hampered its fulfilment of the change agenda it promised.
Sincerely, where was the party leadership when an opposition party appropriated the leadership of the legislature? Where was the party leadership when it took the President months to appoint ministers and form his cabinet? Where was the party leadership when parallel congresses were taking place in virtually all the states of the federation with its attendant fissiparous tendencies? Where was the leadership of APC when Bukola Saraki, working for the opposition even planted a mouthpiece for the party? Where was the party leadership when the seed of defections from the ruling party was obnoxiously planted? It was so bad that you wondered whether there was indeed a party Chairman!
So, those criticising Oshiomhole for being, in their view, too combative, must understand where he was coming from, and the new trajectory he is charting for APC as a progressive party. Yes, someone with clout needs to remind some treacherous politicians and a foolhardy opposition that politics is not necessarily shorn of morality. Oshiomhole is very right in insisting that it is immoral for a minority party to seize the leadership of the Senate in a majoritarian democracy. He is also right in calling for the removal of Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate President by his colleagues who are in the majority. Whether that is achieved or not is a different matter entirely.
Already, it is gratifying to note that Oshiomhole is making a huge impact as chairman of the ruling party. The way and manner he has successfully managed and even staved off what would have been an embarrassing gale of defections from his party is, indeed, admirable. Even those who left, including Senator Saraki, admitted that Oshiomhole tried his best to resolve the issues; only that a lot of damage had been wrought before his emergence. Even more interesting is Oshiomhole's deft move in striking the opposition where it hurts most, by poaching some of their most influential members like Senator Godswill Akpabio and Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan.
In just a few months in the saddle, Oshiomhole is already showing the type of party leader he is going to be. He has clearly indicated that by no means is he going to be reckoned as a naïve and shy leader like his predecessor. Certainly, he is not one to condone indiscipline in the membership. He is all for party supremacy. The era in which elected officials and government appointees carry on in an aloof manner, independent of the political party that produced them, appears to be over. If in any doubt, Oshiomhole's directive to the minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, and indeed other ministers recently is confirmation that with the new chairman, the ruling party is now well positioned to assume its role as party in government. And on the flipside, members at all levels can be sure that a man who made his name fighting for the rights of the ordinary man is now at the helm of their party and will not support any form of impunity and high-handedness within the party.
It was really hurtful for the Presidency in the past three years for appearing not to be in sync with the leadership of its party. It could be that President Buhari, a man who does not want his anti-corruption war to be compromised, did not find the past leadership of his party capacitated and passionate enough. Now, he has a man with evident passion as chairman. And guess what, the APC, under Oshiomhole, is on the road to bigger things in 2019 and the signs are there for all to see!
Written by Abimbola Jones.
Abimbolajones2013@yahoo.com
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Producer: Kumar Taurani, Renu Taurani
Director: Kookie Gulati
Starring: Vivek Oberoi, Kookie V Gulati, Aruna Sheilds, Nandana Sen, Isiah
Music: Sachin Gupta
Lyrics: Sameer
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance
Film Released on: 09 April 2010
Reviewed by: Ankit Ojha - Rating: 8.0 / 10
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I simply love slick action thrillers. Unfortunately they rarely come out in the Hindi film industry and even when they do they usually lack the punch or even the storyline to click. Testimonies to my argument would be the over-hyped Luck (2009), the over-hyped Cash (2007), and the more recent Blue (2009). Out of all the three examples, Blue turned out to be the only decent film of the lot, but the common factor between the three is that all of them sank without a trace at the box-office. As I write this, I also remember Acid Factory (2009) (coincidentally reviewed by myself), an 'unknown' movie (pun intended) which really packed a punch.
But that's another story for another time. For now, let's focus on the movie in question – Prince. A movie that's been in the news since the release of its very first theatrical trailer alongside the release of Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009), for reasons good as well as bad. While a certain section of people were gearing up to experience an adrenaline pumping action thriller, another sect was captivated by a faint sample of Atif Aslam's killer alaaps in the trailer. And there was a third sect of people who were against the movie; some of them because of actor Vivek Oberoi, and others because of the thematic element, which many people thought was ripped off from a number of movies, most rumored ones to be the Bourne franchise, the Crank franchise, the Matrix franchise, and some more – even Ghajini was pulled into this dubious list.
So does this movie succeed in fulfilling the immense expectations and hype? Does the movie manage to silence its detractors? Does Vivek Oberoi make use of this golden opportunity of his portrayal as a solo-hero to redeem himself? Does Shiraz Ahmed succeed in writing an engaging story and screenplay? Does debutant director Kookie Gulati succeed in grippingly executing the screenplay? Does Kumar Taurani's sizable investment (Rs. 40 Crores) get into good use? Read on to find out….
One humungous heist later, a thief (Vivek Oberoi) wakes up remembering absolutely nothing about his past. Gradually he comes to know that his name is Prince, he works for Sarang (Isiah), and his love interest is Maya. While he sets out to piece this puzzle, he discovers he is hot property – the iGrip, the CBI, and the entire world's government agencies are all after him because he possesses a single antique gold coin, an object he has no idea of. In the whole camaraderie he meets three mysterious women (Niroo Singh, Nandana Sen and Aruna Shields), all of them claiming to be Maya, thus further heightening the sense of distrust.
Through all this, he discovers that there is no one to trust but himself and his skills as his savior. All he knows is that he has 6 days to live, and time is running out quickly… will he survive?
Before stating the positive aspects of the movie, I would like to suggest to everybody to drop any pre-conceived comparisons of the movie with any other, as though the movie has a completely international feel, it has a completely original soul.
Leaving that aside, I'm extremely happy to say that just like Tips' last super-hit action thriller Race (2008), Prince also has a lot to offer , thus making this an intelligent, well-packaged movie. Let me start off with the story and screenplay. Shiraz Ahmed (who has also written for Race) has yet again nailed it by writing a gripping story and converting it into an equally gripping and well-layered screenplay. Debutant director Kookie V Gulati has been handed the reins of executing the screenplay, and his execution is flawless, thereby making the movie the edge-of the-seat thriller that it is now. Dialogues by Mayur Puri are those smart, cheeky one-liners that make you grin every now and then. Prince's motif dialogue ("It's showtime!") doesn't sound corny at all. In fact, Vivek mouthing it makes it look real cool! Resul Pookutty's sound design is cutting-edge.
Background score by Sandeep Shirodkar is excellent and fits each situation like a glove, giving each and every scene that extra edge. Camerawork is very smooth, and neither jerky nor shaky, which makes any post-production effects easier to handle. Visual Effects by Tata Elxsi will blow your mind! Editing by Nicolas Trembasiewicz (The Transporter) is crisp. What I appreciate about the movie is that it was really well visualized on paper – the storyboard (and animatics at a later stage) might have been visually accurate enough for the scene to turn into life. Action choreographer Allan Amin changes the face of action in Bollywood by including some really high voltage choreographed stunts, which wows the viewers! He did Dus (2005). He upped it all in Dhoom:2 (2006). And now he's gone all out for Prince. Extra kudos to him.
The music by Sachin Gupta is audibly arresting, and Kookie Gulati's direction makes the videos visually gripping too! The best ones out of the lot are "O Mere Khuda" and "Tere Liye", both are eye-candy and with the help of sensational music, you would seriously want to watch the videos again and again. While the former (song) relies heavily on visual effects (simply breathtaking for a music video), the latter relies heavily on editing and extra sound design and color-correction. Both the music videos though have one thing in common – style and glamour – and these are the two aspects that captivate the viewers. "Jiyara Jiyara" is also appealingly shot, thus making the 'item number' a cut above the rest of them.
Cinematography is rich and captures the beauty of the places really well. The locales chosen (Durban, Mumbai) are given justice by the cinematographer and the cameraman. Some wide lens shots are simply stunning.
What about the performances? Vivek Oberoi has proved to viewers and critics alike that he is a performer. And now, post his well-lauded role in Kurbaan, he gets to reaffirm the fact to us yet again. Prince has literally put Vivek Oberoi on a completely new level. Never at once does he look uncomfortable doing any scene; he looks completely at ease throughout this. Whether it's the stunts, the intimate scenes or the cool attitude, he doesn't play the character here; he literally 'is' the character. Isiah makes an unusual debut in the Hindi film industry; he plays the suave, sophisticated and cold-blooded white-collared criminal Sarang; and plays it with elan! The detail that goes into the making of Prince and Sarang captivates one and all, and the credit goes to Shiraz Ahmed for visualizing it and penning it, and to Kookie Gulati for bringing it alive.
As far as the three leading ladies are concerned, Niroo Singh shows a lot of promise. She is at ease emoting and looking stunning at the same time. And considering she's had that squeaky clean image in the Punjabi flicks she's acted in, the transformation has been tremendously surprising, yet she dons it and never once shows she's uncomfortable on-screen. Her demeanor suits the character really well. Ditto for Nandana Sen, who sinks her teeth into her role with glee. She needs good roles. Once she gets them, she'll be well-recognized. The third leading lady, Aruna Sheilds, is a performer, the British-Indian lass can not just act, she can look extremely hot and kick-ass when required! She knows her stuff. She can don a bikini, and can look naïve at the same time. She can emote and she can perform her choreographed action stunts at the same time. She's a talent to watch out for.
It is good to see Dalip Tahil as Colonel Khanna (seen after quite a long time), back in action in a somewhat meaty role. Sanjay Kapoor in the supporting role of Inspector Khan is bang on! He eerily reminds us of Anil Kapoor's characterization in Race though in all honesty the eeriness doesn't affect his role. Mohit Chauhan (not to be mistaken with singer Mohit Chauhan of Silk Route fame) as Dalip Tahil's sidekick is decent and does his part well. Others are equally good. The guy playing the character of Mike is efficient too.
As for flaws- well the movie doesn't really have any as such, being an all-out commercial entertainer, but technically, in the first few minutes of her character's introduction, Aruna Shields' dubbing artist might not have seemed comfortable syncing to her lip movements in the ADR (automatic dialogue replacement) stages. She slips into it like a glove around two minutes later though!
Overall, style meets substance here in this high-voltage, unapologetically commercial, and racy action-packed thriller that has all the elements to captivate the audience including the storyline which moves at a feverish pace with surprising twists and turns. Director Kookie Gulati along with story and screenwriter Shiraz Ahmed (with the help of the team of producers Kumar S. Taurani and Renu Taurani) have created a mind-blowing and intelligently packaged movie that has the global appeal of a slick action-thriller flick, and yet entices the Bollywood audience with its paisa-vasool experience. As a final word, I have nothing else to write but Vivek's dialogues which have been imprinted in my mind – "It's showtime!" And it truly is! Go for it!
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Adam Nguyen is a co-founder of eBrevia, a leading enterprise contract analysis software company that applies machine learning to quickly and accurately extract key information from unstructured data.
Prior to eBrevia, he was Chief-of-Staff and Legal Officer of Vantage Properties, a 350-person real estate private equity firm.
Adam practised law at Paul, Weiss and Shearman & Sterling, where he focused on private equity and hedge fund formation, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Adam holds a B.A. from Columbia and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He also studied at the University College London.
He is a thought leader on artificial intelligence, innovation, and automation in the legal sector.
In this episode, he discusses how AI is helping tackle some of the big issues in the sector, a sector that is going through economic upheaval not seen since the crash of 2008/09.
Using AI tools like eBrevia, companies increasingly are able to identify documents – be that for Libor or GDPR or force majeure – look for clauses and terms, amend those terms, and change those documents. A process that previously would have taken a lot of manpower and taken a long time.
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The concept gôut de terroir or a "taste of place" in a wine was first presented by the French. They believe terroir is what separates one region from another, and ultimately, one wine from another. As each region is different in terms of climate, soils, topography, slope, elevation, exposure and sunlight, each should have its own grape varieties and wine styles defined by law.
The French wine classification system delimits regions, regulates varieties, wine styles and alcohol content and organizes French wines in a hierarchical fashion. The official goal is to define a relationship between terroir or place of origin and relative quality. Practically speaking, however, as a buyer, it is wise to look for a producer with a good reputation as well as the classification on the label.
Unlike the United States and other New World countries (South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Canada), French wines are organized not according to varietal (Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot and so forth) but by geography and producer. Here are some fundamentals to think about when looking at French wine labels.
Most French wines are named after places (registered and defined under law).
The French wine system is hierarchical. Some wines and place rank higher than other.
In general, the smaller and more specific the place, the higher the rank.
Rank does not necessarily indicate quality.
Rank is always stated on the label, usually in small letters underneath the name of the wine.
Appellation Contrôlée (short for Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée), AOC or AC, was introduced in the 1930's, and is the highest ranking. This system designates geographic names. It also controls which grapes can be planted where. The name of the place where the wine is from will usually appear between the "A" and the "C" such as Appellation Bordeaux Contrôlée.
Vins Délimités de Qualité Supérieure (VDQS wines). These are wines from a specific area of superior quality. The words ususally appear on the label just below the name. This is a small category, and is gradually being phased out.
Vins de Pays. This name means "country wines", and on the label the phrase is followed by the place where the grapes were grown. This place is generally much larger than those of wines with higher ranks.
Vins de table. These are "table wines", ordinary French wines with no indication of geography, variety or vintage on the label.
*Note: The American counterpart to the French AOC system is the American Viticultural Area (AVA); in Italy it is Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) and the higher-quality Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG); in Spain it is Denominación de Origen (DO).
AOC wines can be further classified are on a regional basis, such as the Classified Growths of Bordeaux and the Premier and Grand Crus of Burgundy. More about these later.
The terminology of French wine classification is not completely straigtforward. It tends to vary from region to region. A key word to always look for, however, is cru.
The word cru has been in use since the days of Ancient Rome. It is a French term for a vineyard (or alternately, "growth"), usually one of high quality. A cru that has been classified is called a cru classé or classed growth. The terms Premier (first) or Grand crus can also have a very specific meaning in certain regions such as Alsace and Burgundy.
The most well-known regional-based classification is the Bordeaux Official Classification of 1855. The rankings were constructed based on price, which at the time was considered the most accurate indication of quality. The Official Classification ranked the properties of the of Médoc and one of Graves, Haut-Brion, which was too important to omit. Château Mouton-Rothschild was promoted from second to first growth in 1973.
Premier Crus (First Growths): Ch. Lafite-Rothschild, Ch. Margaux, Ch. Latour, Ch. Haut-Brion and Ch. Mouton-Rotchschild (added in 1973).
Premier Cru Supérior (First Great Growth): the rank for Sauternes and Sauternes only; and considered even higher than Premier Cru.
The 1855 Bordeaux classification was amended in 1953 to include the remainder of the red wines of Graves, and in 1959 to include the whites. St. Emilion was officially classified in 1955, reclassified in 1985, and revised once more in 1996. Two rankings are included: Premier Grand Cru Classè and Grand Cru Classè. The only important Bordeaux district never to have been classified is Pomerol, although Ch. Pétrus is certainly considered first growth quality.
The Alsace Grand Cru appellation was created in 1983, and signifies a wine from a single vineyard site in a single vintage from one of the four permitted varieties, Riesling, Muscat, Gewürztraminer or Pinot Gris. Some of the top négociants have Grand Cru vineyard sites, but use the name by which they have historically sold their wine, as in F.E. Trimbach's Clos Ste.-Hune Riesling, which comes from the Grand Cru Rosaker.
Champagne is the only major French region to have just one appellation; however, its 301 vineyards are classified into 17 Grand Crus and 38 Premier Crus.
The top communes (villages) in Beaujolais are called crus as in Cru Beaujolais.


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Faculty associations, Politics
The Staying Power of Unions
By Trish Hennessy | From the October 2014 Issue
The spring air, typically redolent with a sense of hope and renewal, hung over Queen's Park in May 2014 like a menacing storm cloud ready to break into a twister.
Two years of rancorous, scandal-ridden minority government had collapsed into itself. As the election writ dropped, Ontarians faced a stark political reality: the prospect of a hard-right Progressive Conservative leader intent on declaring outright war on the province's labour movement.
The right to collective bargaining was going on political trial.
If successful, the prospect of a provincial government pulling out all the stops to break the power of Ontario's labour movement would have spread like contagion to other Canadian provinces.
For the labour movement, it had the feel of an existential crisis.
We all know how that story ended: the Progressive Conservatives were roundly defeated at the polls and the leader not only resigned but faced a virtual caucus revolt to push him out as fast as politically plausible.
Another year in the life of Canada's labour movement. It's a movement that, from day one, has had to fight to secure workers' rights. It's a movement that is constantly under trial, politically and at the bargaining table. A movement whose staying power relies purely on a steady resolve that going it together is better than going it alone.
No one ever handed unions an easy victory and no one likely ever will. Perhaps that is part of their staying power.
Steps from Queen's Park, there is a simple plaque commemorating a watershed moment for Canada's labour movement. In the spring of 1872, workers represented by the Toronto Typographical Union went on strike for the right to a nine-hour work day—down from the widely practiced 12-hour requirement. By mid-April, they were joined by 10,000 working-class supporters at Queen's Park. Solidarity in motion.
Some members of the strike committee did jail time. Some lost their jobs. But, eventually, there was a payoff. The Trade Union Act of 1872 legalized union activity in Canada. And after the strike of 1872, the fight for a shorter work week became a core focus of union negotiations. We've all benefited from that bargaining victory, whether we're in a union or not.
It has become cliché to thank unions for the eight-hour work week, but it did not come without sacrifice and struggle.
Those collective efforts have had staying power.
The labour movement found its stride marching to the heartbeat of the industrial revolution. The movement was about securing basic human rights to worker safety. The movement also sought to protect the fundamentals of a worker's craft or trade. This was particularly important during the deskilling efforts of Taylorism, which attempted to break down skilled work into small, repetitive tasks (as opposed to allowing a worker to, for instance, make a chair from start to finish).
Back when Canada had royal commissions on emerging socio-economic issues, the plight of the exploited worker became a national concern. The federal government created a Royal Commission on the Relations of Labour and Capital in 1889. Such a commission is fairly unthinkable in today's political zeitgeist, but, given the current rise of precarious work, it is possible we may see something similar in the not-too-distant future.
The Commission reported that many workers were being injured on the job. They laboured under oppressive working conditions. The solution? Government intervention to correct the excesses of capitalism.
But even a royal commission endorsement of workers' rights was small potatoes. It would take the courage of workers to act en masse, on behalf of all workers' rights, to secure real improvements. And that was only a few decades away.
Canada after World War I wasn't exactly a haven for good jobs. There was high income inequality, high unemployment, high inflation, and massive worker unrest. There were more than 400 strikes in Canada between 1919 and 1920.
The flashpoint for resistance came in May 1919, when the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council called for a general strike after negotiations broke down between building and metal trades workers and their employers. Within hours, more than 30,000 workers walked off the job. They closed the factories. They stopped the trains. The city ground to a standstill.
Many paid a price. Some strike leaders were convicted of trying to overthrow the government. A charge by the RCMP resulted in many casualties and one death.
But on the streets of Winnipeg, the true staying power of the labour movement was forged as the various Western Canada unions decided to become "one big union" and try to reverse exploitative working conditions. Their point was not lost.
The royal commission that resulted from this disruption warned, "if Capital does not provide enough to assure Labour a contented existence … then the Government might find it necessary to step in and let the state do these things at the expense of Capital."
It took decades, but eventually, workers' rights took root in Canada.
In 1937, Canada was coming to grips with what had become the Great Depression, with mass poverty and increasing social unrest. It was also the year collective bargaining was officially recognized in Canada, following a strike by the United Auto Workers at the General Motors' plant in Oshawa.
While the gains made by Canada's labour movement are often associated with the strengthening of blue-collar workers under the industrial revolution, it is no accident that Canadian workers who made automobiles took the first great strides in collective bargaining. The automobile was a symbol of hope and prosperity in North America. Automakers like Henry Ford understood that to create a sustainable market of consumers for his automobiles, he needed to pay his workers a higher minimum wage (so they could buy his goods). The gains in collective bargaining made by autoworkers ultimately morphed into the symbol for middle class prosperity.
The middle class dream: own your home, buy a car, enjoy a modicum of job security in return for hard work, expertise, and company loyalty. It was good for the company and it was good for capitalism.
In today's political climate—where some politicians deride the idea of job security in an attempt to score cheap political points and others make empty promises to curry favour with middle class and working families—that history is readily forgotten, to our detriment. The promise of a vibrant middle class requires the same sensibility as a vibrant democracy: neither survives on mere autopilot. Complacency is a killer.
As I've written elsewhere, unions can be a great equalizer in society. Before the 1950s, Canada didn't have a strong middle class. Income inequality was higher. The quality of life was not what it is today.
Unions and broadly shared prosperity go hand in hand. Economist Jordan Brennan's research (http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/06/27/who-built-the-middle-class-unions-did/) shows that as union density grew modestly between 1910 and 1940, hourly earnings grew by 43 per cent. But between 1940 and 1977, union density in Canada doubled—and hourly earnings tripled. During this same period, as unionization was on steady ascent, income inequality in Canada dropped. Before World War II, the story in Canada was really one of the rich and the rest of us. But the rise of unionized workers in the 1950s, '60s and '70s made a difference. That's when Canada got busy building its middle class, solidifying the notion that as the economy grew, prosperity should be shared.
Since 1977, income inequality has gotten worse—mirroring many of the trends in place before Canada's labour movement was fully entrenched. As union density declined post-1977, so did hourly earnings. It's a story that affects us all, whether we're among the lucky ones earning more than 90 per cent of the rest of Canadians, or whether we're among Canada's most vulnerable.
It matters—and unions matter—in several ways.
With the rise of the middle class came the ability for people to pool their tax contributions to pay for public services that benefit everyone: universal health care and public education, to name just two. I was born a farm kid, with dim chances for a university education, for a life as a writer and researcher. But in 1965, the federal government promised to implement three public programs: universal public health care, public pensions to greatly reduce seniors' poverty, and affordable university tuition.
I was the first in my immediate family to go to university, thanks to that policy decision, and thanks to Canadian taxpayers, who gave the ultimate gift: opportunity.
But yesterday's gains hold no iron-clad promise for tomorrow's workers.
It has only been 68 years since Canadian political parties agreed to uphold one of the most important legal decisions affecting unionized workers: the Rand Formula, a 1946 legal judgment granting unions the right to include a union dues clause in their collective bargaining agreements.
This right to expect all unionized workers to contribute, by way of dues, to the viability of a union is exactly what the Ontario Progressive Conservative leader was hoping to undermine in his bid for power. The Rand Formula articulates the ultimate expression of union solidarity. Everyone contributes, everyone benefits.
It is a principle of collective bargaining that is as relevant today as it was in the contested days of the industrial revolution.
The anti-union trope goes like this: during the industrial revolution, where exploitation of desperate blue-collar workers was rampant, unions served a purpose. They secured safer working conditions. But Canada has moved on. What, possibly, do educated white-collar workers have to gain from a union?
In the 1970s, as decades of middle-class growth began to falter, faculty associations began to unionize. They did so not only in response to hard economic times, but also to fight back against administrators who sought to centralize control of the university. A decade earlier, a new organization formed in Ontario—the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations. As its member associations unionized, OCUFA began to help them bargain for fair working terms while trying to set a higher bar for public investment in an affordable, quality university system. Unions are never about individual pay, though the premium is undeniable. They're also about setting the terms for better jobs, a condition critical to the longevity of the middle class. OCUFA and its member associations have been fighting for better academic jobs for decades.
Today, young academics find themselves completing their PhD studies only to land in an uncharitable work reality: one that is precarious, low-paying, and the antithesis of the promise of a well-trained academic. No one is immune to workplace exploitation. For OCUFA and its members, this will be a defining issue in the coming years.
The challenges to collective action are constant, and constantly changing. That's why unions are a great equalizer, the counterforce to unfettered capitalism. They are sometimes even the catalysts for something revolutionary. That is part of their tremendous staying power. It's why unions matter. AM
Trish Hennessy, a former OCUFA staffer, is director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' Ontario office.
October 20, 2014 Faculty associations, Politics


PITTSBURGH (March 12, 2018) … Have a seat. No, wait! Stand. With researchers suggesting that "sitting is the new smoking," sit-stand desks (SSD) have become a common tool to quell sedentary behavior in an office environment. As this furniture becomes ubiquitous, conflicting opinions have arisen on its effectiveness. The University of Pittsburgh's Dr. April Chambers worked with collaborators to gather data from 53 studies and published a scoping review article detailing current information on the benefits of SSDs.
This work was done in collaboration with Dr. Nancy A. Baker, associate professor of occupational therapy at Tufts University, and Dr. Michelle M. Robertson, executive director for the Office Ergonomics Research Committee (OERC). The scoping review, published recently in Applied Ergonomics (DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2019.01.015), examines the effects of a sit-stand desk in the following domains: behavior, physiological, work performance, psychological, discomfort, and posture.
"The study found only minimal impacts on any of those areas, the strongest being changes in behavior and discomfort," said Baker.
There are many considerations to most effectively use a SSD, such as desk height, monitor height, amount of time standing, or the use of an anti-fatigue mat. Chambers believes that workplace setup and dosage are two factors that should be further studied.
Chambers noted that the current research is limited because many of studies were done with young and healthy subjects who were asked to use the desk for a week or month at most. Since some of the significant benefits are with cardiovascular health or muscle discomfort, it may be beneficial to perform additional studies with middle-aged or overweight workers.


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Hours Jokes
I had sex for three hours last night.
We role-played as doctor and patient, and I was in the waiting room for two hours and 58 minutes.
I just heard that the Swedish prime minister quit after just a few hours
And I thought I was the only one who couldn't put together a Swedish cabinet.
Student: (*hands in exam*) "I've been writing for 2 hours but I haven't answered a single question!"
Politics Teacher: "Congratulations, that's a straight A."
After three hours at my mother-in-law's funeral, I had to relieve myself.
So I walked up to the coffin and screamed, "Why were you such a bitch!?"
A French, a German and an Italian spy are captured one day. The captors grab the French spy, take him to the next room and tie his hands behind a chair. They then proceed to torture him for 2 hours before he finally cracks, answers all questions and gives up all of his secrets.
The captors then grab the German spy. They tie his hands behind the chair in the next room too and torture him for 4 hours before he finally cracks and tells them what they want to know.
They then grabbed the Italian spy. Once again, they tie his hands behind the chair and begin torturing.4 h...
What do you call a clown after you've boiled it for 10 hours?
A laughing stock!
After masterbating for about 3 hours - I finally came…
to the conclusion that I jack off way too much.
A few hours ago I dropped a piece of ice
It slid under the refrigerator. I was really upset at first but now it's water under the fridge.
As a father with 50/50 custody of my kids they are still my responsibility 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Don't know about next week.
I got fired from my job this week, which is ridiculous considering I was putting in 80+ hours of hard work..
...every single year.
I spent many hours trying to attach a faucet to a donkey.
I tapped that ass all night.
A man was hunting when a gust of wind blew, the gun fell over & discharged, shooting him in the genitals.
Several hours later, lying in a hospital bed, he was approached by his doctor.
"Well, sir, I have some good news & some bad news.
The good news is that you are going to be OK.
The damage was local to your groin, there was very little internal damage, & we were able to r...
Jeff Bezos is informed about the passing away of a warehouse worker on a Sunday after working continuously for 12 hours leaving behind a wife and 2 young kids
"Let's make sure his hard work and sacrifice are not wasted...."
Jeff Bezos orders his subordinates
"Find someone who can finish the remaining 2 hours of his shift"
Q: Why did the blonde stare at the orange juice bottle for 2 hours?
A: Because it said 'concentrate'
The Iowa Wage and Hour Department claimed a man owning a small farm was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent to interview him.
"I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the agent.
"Well, there are my hired hands. One has been with me for four years; the other for three. I pay them each $600 a week, plus free room and board. The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $500 a month plus ...
Lesson in History The king wanted to go fishing and he asked the royal weather forecaster the forecast for the next few hours. The palace meteorologist assured him that there was no chance of rain.
So the king and the queen went fishing. On the way they met a man with a fishing pole riding on a donkey, and the king asked the man if the fish were biting.
The fisherman said, "Your Majesty, you should return to the palace! In just a short time I expect a huge rain storm."
The king r...
Tuna must age about five times faster than humans.
This is supported by the fact that tuna half-hours are equal to 150 minutes.
Jesus and satan bet on who is a better programmer
Jesus and Satan have a discussion as to who is the better programmer. This goes on for a few hours until they come to an agreement to hold a contest, with God as the judge.
They sit themselves at their computers and begin. They type furiously, lines of code streaming up the screen, for severa...
A farmer got an idea for how to make money off his farm in the off-season. He had a huge property all bounded by a big, white fence end to end. Along that fence was an old country road where few people drove. He decided he would set up a Christmas light display.
It took him some time to gather all the lights necessary, but eventually through the sweat of his farmhands and an absurd number of extension cords, he was finished. When sunset came, the first car to come down that road got an amazing sight.
The entire fence was covered in lights! Fenc...
3 brothers own a cow, which suddenly dies.
The cow being almost a part of their family and a major income source for the family, the 3 brothers become very heartbroken and decide to commit suicide in the river. So they approach the river and are almost about to jump in when a fairy comes out of the river.
Fairy: "If anyone of you is ...
Last night my wife and I argued for hours as to whose turn it was to do the laundry.
This went on but eventually I folded.
A woman is badly burned in a car accident and requires a skin graft on her face.
Because of her injuries the doctors are unable to take skin from any part of her body, so they must rely on a donor. Her husband of 25 years volunteers and the operation goes ahead. Whilst deciding which bit of his skin to use he mentions he has a smooth bottom and perhaps that would be the best pla...
My little daughter came to me all excited, shrieking, "Daddy! Daddy! Guess how old I'll be in October!" Playing along, I laughed, "Oh I don't know princess, why don't you tell me?" She gave me a huge smile and held up four fingers...
It's now three hours later, the police are annoyed and she *still* won't say where she got them...
Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin and Boris Johnson had a near death experience together.
They met God and his closest angels, who told them that their time wasn't up yet but that each of them could ask one question.
Biden went first. He asked "God, when will the Coronavirus pandemic end?" God made a sign to his angels. They went away and after 30 seconds they came back and whisp...
What is your favorite Norm Macdonald joke/lune
"You,re the first defensive player ever to win the Heisman trophy, and no one can take that away from you."
"....Unless, of course, you kill your wife and a waiter"
If you see your joke, by all means comment, but don't repeat it, find another -he has thousands and thousands - I ...
I was feeling lethargic and apathetic so I took a vacation to the Bahamas. Still completely unmotivated, I just sat on the beach with a bottle of rum for hours and watched as a storm rolled in.
I was in a tropical depression.
Scientists got so bored of watching the Earth spin that after 24 hours
They called it a day.
A blonde lady motorist was about two hours from San Diego when she was flagged down by a man whose truck had broken down.
The man walked up to the car and asked, "Are you going to San Diego?"
"Sure," answered the blonde, "do you need a lift?"
"Not for me. I'll be spending the next three hours fixing my truck. My problem is I've got two chimpanzees in the back that have to be taken to the San Diego Zoo. They're a ...
Why did the blonde remove the lense from her eye and draw circles around it for hours?
She was practicing before her interview to be a contact tracer.
Sherlock and Watson go camping After a nice fire, roasting s'mores, and talking for a few hours, they finally crawl into their tent and go to sleep
In the middle of the night, Sherlock shakes Watson awake. "Tell me Watson" he said "What can you deduce by looking at the stars?"
Watson, slightly puzzled, said "Well, I can deduce by the number of them that the universe must be incredibly vast, and contain billions of stars. Likely...
The other night I was invited out for a night with the 'girls.'
The other night I was invited out for a night with the 'girls.' I told my husband that I would be home by midnight, 'I promise!' Well, the hours passed and the drinks went down way too easily.
Around 3 a.m., a bit pissed, I headed for home. Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock in the...
Wife said the grandkids were coming over for the first time..I spent five hours child-proofing the house.
They still got in.
The male bees were unhappy with their lot ...
So they decided to stop fertilizing the Queen. They had the usual demands: larger honey rations, shorter hours, etc. The worker bees tried to negotiate, but it was too late, and the hive never recovered. Thus it became the first beehive destroyed in a drone strike.
Doctor says "I've got bad news and worse"
John says "Oh, no, what's the bad news?"
Doctor: "Well, the bad news is that you've got 24 hours to live"
John: "That's, that's awful, what could be worse than that?"
Doctor: "Well, I've been trying to get a hold of you since yesterday"
Jesus and Satan were having an on-going argument about who was better on the computer.
They had been going at it for days, and frankly God was tired of hearing all the bickering.
Finally fed up, God said, 'THAT'S IT! I have had enough. I am going to setup a test that will run for two hours, and from those results, I will judge who does the better job.' So Satan and Jesus sat do...
A joke from my country (Brazil)
In an international police convention, American FBI, English Scotland Yard and Brazilian BOPE are about to take part in a competition.
A rabbit will be set loose in the woods and the team that retrieves it in the shortest time wins.
First goes the Scotland Yard. They use hounds and hel...
A dad overhears his daughter...
One day, a dad overheard his daughter praying in her room. She said "bless mom, bless dad, bless grandmom, goodbye grandad". He found this weird but didn't say anything. A few hours later the family finds out that her grandad had passed away. The dad freaked out initially, but chalked it up to coinc...
A man returns from the doctor and tells his wife that the doctor has told him he has only 24 hours to live. Given this prognosis, the man asks his wife for sex. Naturally, she agrees, and they make love.
About six hours later, the husband goes to his wife says, "Honey, you know I now have o...
One Adam Twelve
A man was being tailgated by a stressed out woman on a busy boulevard.
Suddenly, the light turned yellow just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection.
The tailgating woman was ...
I came home from the pub...
...four hours late last night.
"" Where the fuck have you been?!" Screamed my wife.
I said "I've been playing poker with the lads"
" Playing poker with the lads?" She repeated "Well you can pack your bags and go!"
"So can you" I said "This isn't our house anymore"
Three men approach a wishing well one after another
The first, wishes to have one million bucks. Instantly, he is now in ownership of one million wild deer. He sets up a venison business and makes millions
The second wishes for his ex-wife to fall for him again. She instantly trips while thinking about him, and on the way to the hospital, he m...
Three men are outside of Heavens gate waiting to get in.
Three men are outside Heaven's gates waiting to be go to through Heaven. The angel at the gate tells them "Depending on the length of time and your faithfulness to your last partner decides your way across the bridge to Heaven".
The first guy says "I was with my wife for 5 years and cheated 3...
I grilled a chicken for two hours.
It still wouldn't tell me why it crossed the road.
The village blacksmith was glad to have finally found an apprentice that did not mind the long hours and was willing to work hard.
He instructed the boy, "When I take the shoe out of the fire, I'll lay it on the anvil; and when I nod my head, you hit it with this hammer."The apprentice did just as he was told.
And now he's the village blacksmith.
One night, back when I was in my late 20's, I was at a bar having a cold one.
An attractive older woman - probably late 30's or early 40's - sat down next to me, and we began chatting. After a couple hours and several drinks, she asks me, "Hey, have you ever had a threesome with a mother and daughter?"
"No, I haven't," I reply.
"Would you like to?" she asks, ey...
After God created 24 hours of alternating darkness and light, one of the angels asked him "what are you going to do now"
God said, "I think I'm going to call it a day."
The lion gathered the whole jungle and said…
Who ever jumps from the top of that mountain gets to fuck my wife.
The lion then goes to the bottom of the mountain and patiently waits.
1 hour goes by
2 hours go by
Then suddenly, the lion hears a scream.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAA" *Dump*
A bear lands on the floor frantically gets up and ...
Three kingdoms at war
There's a far-off place that consists of a perfectly triangular lake surrounded by land, with three kingdoms on the three sides of the lake:
The first kingdom is rich and powerful, filled with wealthy, prosperous people.
The second kingdom is more humble, but has its fair share of we...
A man is overweight
A man is overweight, so he looks on the internet for weight loss programs. He is scrolling through the internet, when he finds an ad: "We guarantee you will lose weight or your money back" It said. He clicks on it, and it purchases a 5-pound weight loss program. Two hours later, a beautiful woman sh...
Timber Land
A young woman from California purchased a piece of timber land in Oregon. There was a large tree on one of the highest points in the tract. She wanted to get a good view of her land, so she started to climb the big tree.
As she neared the top, she encountered a spotted owl that attacked her....
The world record for a drum solo is 10 hours and 17 minutes.
It's held by the kid who sat behind me on American Airlines flight 86 from DFW to Paris.
A man walks into a bar...
The bartender asks "Why the long face?"
The man replies "I just found out my wife is sleeping with another man. I've decided I'm going to drink myself to death."
The bartender looks shocked and says "I'm sorry I can't help you kill yourself."
The man asks "W...
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson decide to go on a camping trip
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson decide to go on a camping trip. After dinner and a bottle of wine, they lay down for the night, and go to sleep.
Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend.
"Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see."
Watson replied, "...
A wife was in bed, naked with her lover when she heard her husband's key in the door. "Stay where you are," she said. "He's so drunk he won't even notice you're in bed with me."
The husband lurched into the bed, but a few minutes later, through a drunken haze, he saw six feet sticking out at the end of the bed.
He turned to his wife: "Hey, there are six feet in this bed. There should only be four. What's going on?"
"You're so drunk you miscounted," said the wi...
After a terrible cruise shipwreck, famous beauty and actress Scarlett Johansson finds herself alone on a deserted island. Hours pass, and only one other man makes it to the island with her. They didn't know each other before the shipwreck, but he did know who she was, of course.
At the beginning it was hard, but as time passed this guy learned how to provide food and shelter, and started taking care of her, and she took care of him in return. Eventually she started really caring about him. After all, there wasn't anyone else on the island. He eventually built a cabin, had a...
I slept like a baby last night.
I woke every two hours and cried.
A Viking sailed across Europe challenging people to staring contests.
He was so confident in his abilities that he promised to hand over all of the gold he had pillaged to anyone who could defeat him. The news spread throughout Europe, catching the attention of a couple in Ireland whose daughter was born without eyelids.
Believing that their daughter was guaran...
If you set a fire for a man you'll keep him warm for a few hours
But if you set a man on fire you'll keep him warm for the rest of his life
It took my wife six hours to push out our first child.
He's old enough to live by himself now.
Door to door baby photographer
After Mrs. Jacobs found out her husband was sterile, the couple decided to hire a proxy father to start their family. On the day the proxy father was to arrive, Mr. Jacobs kissed his wife and said 'I'm off to work, Lydia. The guy should be here soon.'
Wouldn't you know it, a door-to-door baby...
The first Humans saw the sun go up and then back down in 24 hours
and so they decided to call it a day
A man is suffering from the worst headaches...
From about age 14, a man has been getting more and more intense headaches. They started mildly annoying, but have been consistently getting worse month after month, year after year.
Finally, after about 7 years of troublesome headaches turning into bothersome headaches, turning into debilita...
A shipwrecked man washes up onto a deserted beach.
He meets a couple that's also stranded there. He and the wife immediately lock eyes and feel the chemistry for some genital bonding.
The Husband tells the Stranger: "hey man, see that tall coconut tree over there? We take turns all day climbing it to the top and seeing if any ships are approa...
How many influencers does it take yo change a lightbulb?
One, but it will take 300 videos, over 10 hours and they will stop to comment every eight of a turn.
A guy dies, goes to the gates of heaven, and starts telling Saint Peter a joke.
8 hours later, Peter finally gets impatient, interrupts him and says, "We don't have forever, Norm."
A young lad sees the Director of the company he works at park up in a brand new Aston Martin.
'Nice car' says the lad.
The Director looks at him coolly on the eye and says 'See this lad, if you work hard, do loads of unpaid hours and consistently exceed your punishing sales targets, well lad, this time next year ...... I can buy another one.'
The student asks his teacher: Can i go to the bathroom?
Teacher: I don't know, can you?
Student: Yes, i can.
The student leaves for the bathroom.
3 hours later, in detention
Student: Principal!
Principal: What is it?
Student: My 3 hours in detention have finished, can i leave?
Principal: It's "may".
Student: No, i...
A man decides to quit his job and run away to join a pirate crew
After spending a few hours at the dock, he sees a man who has a peg leg, a hook hand, and an eye patch; the man is obviously a pirate captain. The man promptly joins the captains crew and they ship out to sea that very day.
Later that night, the man walks up to the captain and says "I'm sorr...
Today I had both colonoscopy and gastroscopy, and in a few hours, well...
I'll see my self out.
A Blonde and her girlfriend are lying in bed listening to the next door neighbor's dog. It has been in the backyard barking for hours. The Blonde jumps up out of bed and says, "I've had enough of this." She goes downstairs then comes back up to bed and her girlfriend says.
"The dog is still barking, what have you been doing?"The Blonde says, "I put the dog in our backyard. Let's see how the neighbors like all the barking!"
Any body got a good go to story when on a date to make them laugh … here s mine .. true story buckle up
So I went on holiday to Benidorm with my mate Paul
Now we're on the beach , red hot day and I'm laid there getting nicely frazzled with a cold beer in one hand and an iPhone in the other hand ,watching the sun give it its best
Now ,all of a sudden my mate Paul gets up and says
Jack decided to go skiing with his best buddy, Bob. So they loaded up Jack's minivan and headed north. After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard. So they pulled into a nearby farm and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night.
"I realize it's terrible weather out there and I have this huge house all to myself, but I'm recently widowed," she explained. "I'm afraid the neighbors will talk if I let you stay in my house." "Don't worry," Jack said. "We'll be happy to sleep in the barn. And if the weather breaks, we'll be gone ...
Three old men sitting on a park bench…
Man #1: I wish I can sleep through the night, I get up every 2 hours to pee.
Man #2: You think that's bad? I'm constipated and haven't had a bowel movement in a week.
Man #3: You think you guys have problems? I sleep throughout the night and every morning at 7:30 I empty my bladder and...
Written on My Forehead
John is at home watching a football game when his wife interrupts, "Honey, could you fix the light in the hallway? It's been flickering for weeks now".
He looks at her and says angrily, "Fix the lights now? Does it look like I have GE written on my forehead? I don't think so".
Fine, then t...
Mohammad, a child of Arab parents was enrolled in a school in New York.
On the first day, the teacher asked him 'what's your name?'. The boy replied, 'Mohammed'
'From now on your name is Harry as you are in America,' she said.
In the evening, when he came back, his mother asked, 'How was your day Mohammad?' He said, 'My name is not Mohammad. I'm in A...
400 passengers and only 200 meals were loaded on a long haul transatlantic flight to New York.
The airline had bungled, and the crew was in a fix! However, one smart flight attendant had an idea!
About 30 minutes into the flight she nervously announced : "Ladies and Gentlemen, I don't...
The IRS suspected a fishing boat owner wasn't paying proper wages to his Deckhand and sent an agent to investigate him.
IRS AUDITOR: "I Need A List Of Your Employees And How Much You Pay Them".
Boat Owner: "Well, There's Clarence, My Deckhand, He's Been With Me For 3 Years. I Pay Him $1,000 A Week Plus Free Room And Board. Then There's The Mentally Challenged Guy. He Works About 18 Hours Every Day And Does...
Rednecks are good at sensitive stuff.
Three Rednecks were working on a Cell Phone pole: Cooter, Pete and KC. As they start their descent Cooter slips, falls off the tower and is killed instantly.
As the ambulance takes the body away, Pete says, "Well, damn, someone should go and tell his wife." KC says, "OK, I'm pretty g...
Sad day today. After 7 years of medical training and many hours of hard work, one of my colleagues was struck off today due to a minor indiscretion....
He slept with one of his patients. Even though they were good friends, he is no longer allowed to work in the profession he has loved all this time. Such a shame as he is a genuinely nice guy and a brilliant vet...
An Italian, a Scotsman and a Chinese man, are hired at a Construction site. The foreman points out a huge pile of sand.
He says to the Italian guy, "You're in charge of sweeping."
To the Scotsman he says, "You're in charge of shoveling."
And to the Chinese guy, "You're in charge of supplies."
He then says, "Now, I have to leave for a little while. I expect you men to make a dent in that pile of s...
While walking down the street one day, a senator is tragically hit by a truck and killed.
His soul arrives in Heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.
"Welcome to Heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."
"No problem, just let ...
horsehorse racing
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Mike's Gone Fishin'... Again: Aboard the "Know Mad"
As luck would have it, Capt'n Richard and First Mate Dan had the forty-foot Know Mad out stretching her sails around the Virgin Islands at the same time we arrived in Culebra. It's one thing to enjoy the beaches on the "mainland" but another entirely to get out to the lush green islands that dot the horizon. Miles of white sands and Caribbean jungle to one's self with a beautiful ride in between.
Our profound thanks go out to the boys for a wonderful couple of days, both on the water and ashore.
There are good ships and wood ships, and ships that sail the seas.
Keep the dry side up, gentlemen.
I can see us and another couple island hopp'n for a good long while... Sop jealous!
My pleasure, NOCO. And it would be easy to do, Capt'n.


To prove our point, at Fieldays this year we suspended a 1.9 tonne Nissan Navara on our Tuffspan fabric for the duration of the 3 day show. As well as drawing the crowds, the stunt certainly demonstrated the incredible strenth and durability of the 407gsm polyethelene.
It has been developed chiefly as a structure cladding fabric unlike other fabrics such as PVC which are intended for tarpaulin and transport type applications.
It has a ripstop base cloth which is coated with a high density polyethlene, meaning it does not stretch or wear as other heavier roof cover fabrics do.
It has been designed to suit New Zealand's harsh UV conditions.
It does not stretch or shrink in varying temperatures unlike PVC and other fabrics.


Nintendo is reportedly working on two new versions of the Switch that could be released as soon as this summer, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
The WSJ says a cheaper variant will omit the vibration feature, suggesting that it won't have detachable Joy-Con controllers at all; it's said to be seen as a successor to the 3DS. Nikkei reported earlier this year that Nintendo was planning to release a smaller Switch with a focus on portability.
The report doesn't have any firm on the higher-end model, although at least a performance boost should be expected, provided that the Switch uses Nvidia's four-year-old Tegra X1 processor.
The report says the new Switch hardware is likely to be announced at E3 in June.