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Peter M. D'Abrosca Posted On September 7, 2019
After a week during which Facebook and other Silicon Valley titans met with several U.S. government intelligence and law enforcement entities to combat "disinformation" heading into the 2020 election, the Orwellian nightmare continues as a mainstream news outlet has joined the mix to fight "fake news."
"The BBC has partnered with Facebook, Google and Twitter on a strategy to fight fake news and other disinformation campaigns," Engadget reported. "The effort will include an 'early warning system' that lets organizations tell each other when they find false content that 'threatens human life or disrupts democracy.'"
BBC said that "the emphasis will be on moving quickly and collectively to undermine disinformation before it can take hold," and that the tech companies will teach users which media outlets to trust via "a joint online media education campaign to support and promote media education messages."
Regardless of the intentions, the outcome of such a partnership is more likely than not going to be disastrous. We often report on leftist bias among Big Tech companies and the mainstream media.
Just this week, we wrote:
Remember: Google donates vast sums to leftist candidates, and one of its former engineers is on the record saying that the company is rooting against Trump in 2020. The company's executives and employees actually cried the day after Trump won in 2016, and said that Trump supporters were filled with "fear, xenophobia, hatred." But don't worry, I'm sure they can be trusted to work with the same law enforcement entity whose highest level employees said they would be sure to "stop" Trump from winning in 2016.
And then, of course, there's Facebook.
"Attendees at Wednesday's meeting will also discuss plans for better coordination of security efforts between tech companies and government agencies — something that didn't happen in 2016. Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's head of cybersecurity policy, was leading the meeting, according to a person familiar with the situation," according to Bloomberg.
The world's largest social network couldn't possibly be biased against conservatives, could it? Oh wait. It banned four of Trump's top influencers in May: Laura Loomer, Milo Yiannopoulos, Alex Jones, and Paul Joseph Watson, labeling them as "dangerous," while terror group ISIS operates openly on Facebook's subsidiary, Instagram.
Twitter regularly bans conservatives too, simply for stating conservative opinions. The bans come under the pretext of dubious "terms of service violations."
The potential for such a partnership to label all conservative news sources as "fake news" and nuke them from social media, thus tilting the scales in favor of the Democrat Party's presidential nominee, is high. Trump-supporting network InfoWars is already totally banned from Facebook.
Still, the BBC thinks it is doing the morally virtuous thing, as though it's the job of a news network to dictate what information people should and should not access.
"Disinformation and so-called fake news is a threat to us all. At its worst, it can present a serious threat to democracy and even to people's lives," BBC's Director General Tony Hall said. "This summit has shown a determination to take collective action to fight this problem and we have agreed some crucial steps towards this."
This story is developing, as BBC has promised further details in the future.
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I've been having some trouble with my dog slicing flanks on the drive. He had a rocky start (improper training and an inexperienced handler -- me); he is my first working dog and is now 5. I've learned so much from him (and still am), and we've gotten much better training done as I've learned, but this slicing of the flanks is a lingering problem. I've tried several different methods (long-line, shortening distances he works from me, pushing him out off his stock, stopping him before he flanks while driving, etc.) to try to help him understand what I am asking. I'm at a loss.
So with that... any ideas on how to teach him that -- when I am asking him out (driving/fetching/outrun) -- it means from his stock, not me.
Thanks for this help Bob. We've tried this the last few times at work and there seems to be some improving. We will keep chipping away at this.


A training course for health personnel took place in Kinshasa last week, organized by the DREAM Program of the Community of Sant'Egidio, called "The challenges behind HIV therapy and the HIV/TB co-infection in Africa". Amongst the topics discussed were the shift to the third line of antiretrovirals and the use of the resistance test. The course was attended by 40 doctors, nurses and paramedic personnel from the DREAM center in Kinshasa and other local health centers and hospitals which collaborate with the DREAM Program in various ways, as well as representatives of the personnel of the DREAM center in Mbandaka (Équateur Province) and the Bandundu area. The course was held from the start by Professor Pasquale Narciso, an experienced infectious disease specialist in Europe, and a health consultant from the DREAM Program. The combined experience from both the African and European fronts laid the foundations for high-level training and impact at a local level. The attendees actively participated by presenting complex cases which they had to tackle over the course of their careers and welcomed the effort and effectiveness of sharing experience and know-how. A collective wish to participate in similar high-level courses was shared by the attendees, but most of all everyone felt more united and powerful in tackling the challenges posed by the HIV disease and tuberculosis together, which still take many lives in Kinshasa and the DRC.
In occasion of the presence of Prof. Narciso, a conference took place at the Medical School of the Kinshasa Unikin State University titled "The HIV virus and its resistances to antiretroviral drugs". The conference was aimed at about 50 final year students, doctoral students and interns specializing in infectious diseases. Following the interest generated by the conference, the Dean of the Faculty, who was also the moderator during the event, asked DREAM to draw up an exchange agreement with the University to host the young doctors in training. This would give them the chance to put to practice on the field the theory acquired during their studies, all in a context of excellence.


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Music project LiveSpace helps Vietnamese underground artists show off talent
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(L-R) Frontman Hà Nguyễn of the band Chú Cá Lơ, Director of L'Espace, Thierry Vergon, Monsoon Music Festival's director, composer and music producer Quốc Trung, representative of the Paris-based record label and music distributor Believe, and Chief Editor of Thể Thao & Văn Hóa newspaper, Lê Xuân Thành, seen at a press conference on LiveSpace in Hà Nội on Tuesday. Photos courtesy of L'Espace
HÀ NỘI Talented Vietnamese underground music bands will have the chance to shine at Livespace Vietnam – a new playground launched by L'Espace in collaboration with Moonsoon Music Festival, and the Thể Thao & Văn Hóa newspaper.
Initiated by L'Espace to create opportunities for the development of musical talents, LiveSpace Vietnam will search for talented young artists.
"The Vietnamese music industry doesn't have the necessary conditions and factors to allow young and talented artists to access and develop in an international environment. Meanwhile, they have to face many difficulties and challenges in promoting their name, career and management, as well as demo recordings.
"Nowadays, with the rapid development of the internet and other popular communication channels, young artists can introduce their products online. However, the process that allows them to become a professional artist is beyond their ability," Director of L'Espace, Thierry Vergon, said at a press conference about the music project in Hà Nội on Tuesday.
During the open call for submissions from from January 7 to February 28, and from April 1 to May 30, the best artists and bands will be selected to show off their talent at a live concert that will be organised every two months. Every concert which takes place from January to September at L'Espace will introduce three artists or bands. The opening concert on January 16 wil feature the Hà Nội-based bands Limebócx, Những Đứa Trẻ, and Chú Cá Lơ.
Rock band Chú Cá Lơ.
Alongside a stage for young artists to shine, the LiveSpace concert series will also offer opportunities for music lovers to have a fresh experience as they will be among the very first to listen to new songs by up-and-coming musicians.
In addition, LiveSpace will support every selected artist to build their career by providing knowledge and tools.
"Fifteen selected artists will have the chance to attend training programmes or workshops which have been designed to help them gain confidence," said director Vergon.
A team of experts in the music industry will support the selected artists. The promising artists will be offered a photoshoot by a French photographer, workshop on how to manage the stage conducted by experts from the Monsoon Music Festival, a porfolio created with the consultancy of experienced experts, and a studio-quality recording.
Limebócx is among three bands that will perform at the first LiveSpace concert on January 16.
"This support aims to enhance the capacity of the artists and at the same time equip them with professional knowledge so they can pursue their musical career," the L'Espace director said.
At the end of the concert series, the selected artists will enter a voting round in October. Voting results will be based partly on the number of online votes on the LiveSpace Vietnam's Facebook page and the jury will play the main role in making the final decision. The winner will be announced on October 11 with many valuable awards including an opportunity to hold a national tour starting at the Monsoon Music festival and a distribution and marketing contract with Believe – a Paris-based record label and music distributor.
Band Những Đứa Trẻ will perform at the 1st LiveSpace concert on January 16.
Composer and music producer Quốc Trung, who is also director of Monsoon Music Festival – Việt Nam's biggest international music festival – expects that the LiveSpace will be organised annually, thus can "open a door for Vietnamese artists to meet and exchange with other international artists".
The first LiveSpace concert on January 12 is expected to offer an eclectic music scene as it will be a journey from rock to electro, mixing together a touch of traditional Vietnamese music.
Tickets for the concert can be purchased on ticketbox.vn/event/ or at L'Espace, 24 Tràng Tiền Street.
Source: https://vietnamnews.vn/life-style/856757/music-project-livespace-helps-vietnamese-underground-artists-show-off-talent.html
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Vietnamese-American songtress Lệ Thu, who was well-known in southern Viet Nam in the 1970s, died of COVID-19 in the US on January 15. She was 78. — File photo from vietnamnet.vn
HCM CITY — Vietnamese-American songtress Lệ Thu, who was well-known in southern Việt Nam in the 1970s, died of COVID-19 in the US on January 15. She was 78.
Lệ Thu, whose real name was Bùi Thị Oanh, was born in Hải Phòng City in 1943.
She moved to Sài Gòn, now HCM City, with her family when she was 10 years old.
She began her singing career in 1959, and became famous for love songs by well-known composers Trịnh Công Sơn, Phạm Duy, Trường Sa, Vũ Đức Sao Biển and others from 1968 to 1971.
Her career is associated with many songs by Trường Sa, such as Rồi Mai Tôi Đưa Em (Tomorrow I Send You Away), Xin Còn Gọi Tên Nhau (Please Call Out Our Names), and Mùa Thu Trong Mưa (Autumn Rain).
After 1975, Lệ Thu emigrated to the US with her family and continued her music career in the Vietnamese community.
She worked with Thúy Nga Paris By Night, a music show produced by US-based Thúy Nga Productions.
She recorded 24 solo albums and numerous albums with famous overseas Vietnamese singers like Khánh Ly, Hương Lan and Tuấn Ngọc.
She also performed at music concerts for overseas Vietnamese in the US and other countries.
In 2007, she returned to Việt Nam to take part in concert memorialising late composer Trịnh Công Sơn.
After that, she took part in many concerts and became a judge for several TV music shows.
In 2014, Lệ Thu hosted her first live show in Việt Nam, receiving a very warm welcome from local audiences. —
Source: https://vietnamnews.vn/life-style/857733/vietnamese-american-songtress-le-thu-dies.html
Old people receive free healthcare services at a community program in Hanoi. The UNFPA has donated personal protective equipment and hygiene items to help Vietnam improve healthcare services for the elderly amid Covid-19 – PHOTO: VNA
HCMC – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam handed over personal protective equipment and hygiene items to the Social Protection Department on January 14 to support caregivers and social care workers who provide services to older people in the Covid-19 context.
The supplies, including gloves, face masks, anti-droplet face shields, thermometers and hand sanitizers worth US$30,000, will be distributed to social protection centers and community caregivers in high-risk cities and provinces such as Hai Duong, Danang and Quang Nam.
According to the UNFPA, Covid-19 has had devastating effects on older people as they are at an increased risk of developing severe conditions and seeing higher death rates from the disease.
As one of the fastest-ageing populations in the world, with the number of older persons aged 65 and above accounting for 7.7% of the total population, Vietnam has done an exemplary job in coping with the Covid-19 pandemic so far.
However, it is critical to prepare the country well to ensure dedicated and uninterrupted care and social security for the elderly to protect them from the pandemic, paying special attention to the elderly who live alone, in facilities and those with disabilities.
Addressing the handover ceremony, Naomi Kitahara, UNFPA representative in Vietnam, said, "Covid-19 is giving us excruciating challenges by amplifying the vulnerabilities of old people. It is clear that the fatality rate for older people is higher and for those above the age of 80, it is five times higher than the global average. Therefore, older people must be a priority while dealing with Covid-19 to ensure no one is left behind in the humanitarian response as well as in development efforts."
Pham Thi Hai Ha, deputy director of the Social Protection Department under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, highly appreciated UNFPA's support and affirmed, "Protecting people's health, particularly healthcare and support for older persons during the Covid-19 pandemic is the top priority of the Government. The protection of health workers and caregivers must also be prioritized as critical and lifesaving and they should be provided with personal protective equipment."
Source: https://english.thesaigontimes.vn/80202/unfpa-provides-aid-to-support-older-vietnamese-people-in-covid-19-context.html
Vietnamese diva Le Thu dies of COVID-19 in US
Vietnamese diva Le Thu died in the U.S. on Friday (local time) at the age of 78 after a period combating COVID-19, according the artistscommunity in the States.
Thu's passing away was announced by her daughter, Tu, emcee Jimmy Nhut Ha said on Saturday morning.
Accordingly, Le Thu was admitted to Memorial Coast Hospital in California and had to stay in the intensive care unit.
On January 3, Thu's daughter said she was in critical condition because of COVID-19.
On Thursday, her family said the diva was still in a coma and ventilator, with her family, friends and Vietnamese artists in the U.S. praying for her health.
However, Thu passed away at 7:00 pm on Friday (U.S. time) after a critical period of treatment for COVID-19.
Thu's funeral will not take place in a couple of weeks as the funeral services in her locality is currently overloaded due to the complications of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to singer Quang Thanh – one of Thu's juniors in the music industry living in the States.
Information about Thu's funeral in the U.S. will be updated later.
Singer Le Thu, whose real name is Bui Thi Oanh, was born on July 16, 1943.
She is one of the leading vocalists of the Vietnamese music in the 1960s and 1970s.
Le Thu, along with Thai Thanh and Khanh Ly, were three singers that took the Vietnamese music world by storm during that period for their performances of popular love songs and pre-war songs by famous composers such as Pham Duy, Cung Tien, Doan Chuan, and Trinh Cong Son.
In 1980, Le Thu relocated to the U.S. with her family.
She remained active in singing before catching COVID-19 .
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Use AI to Learn Spanish with Jumpspeak
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Moving to a Spanish-speaking country? Unless you've been actively learning the language for quite some time and practicing it with native speakers, chances are that you'll struggle with the day-to-day life of immersion into a foreign language and culture.
It would be unfair to expect the locals to speak English, so you'd have to pick up at least some spoken Spanish to be able to carry a conversation, negotiate better lease conditions, or simply buy something from a fruteria. Plus, not everyone will be used to your accent.
Aside from that, many of us have been in a situation where we learn a language with textbooks or apps, but when faced with a native speaker, our minds just go blank because we're nervous. And that's where the AI solution Jumpspeak comes in.
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USA-based company Rype, Inc. is Jumpspeak's parent company. Described as "language immersion 24/7, on-demand", the app is offering is a subscription service that teaches the user to speak Spanish confidently with the use of AI tools.
The focus of Jumpspeak is everyday oral conversations rather than spelling or strange sentences Duolingo is well-known for throwing at users. App users use their voice and say the words and sentences out loud rather than their fingers to type words. The conversations are similar to those users would have in real life like with native-speaker colleagues, friends, or even strangers.
The wide range of lessons on Jumpspeak, combined with the immersive experience of dialogues and instant feedback, is what helps the student get a speaking experience resembling that of chatting to a real person. Absolute beginners can use it. There are four "How much Spanish do you know?" modes offered to the user at the first launch: "None", "Basics", "Some" and "Mucho!".
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As I speak Spanish quite well, I chose the "Some" mode when testing the Jumpspeak app. I was offered a lesson about my friend being late to the airport. I could follow most of the conversation, and at the end, the app offered to review some of my answers and gave me percentages of how well I've done on each one.
Spanish is currently the only language on offer, but according to Jumpspeak's website, they're planning to offer English, French, and German in the future. The app works on iOS and Android. There's a 7-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee on offer, and the subscription costs $99 per year.
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A golden story
By Kashmir Life on	 11:32 am January 24, 2012 Banking, Business, Commodities, Special Report
The traditional gold market in Kashmir is resistant to hallmarking and transparency, leaving enough space for branded outlets and banks. An unconcerned government and indifferent traders threaten the livelihood of local artisans. A Kashmir Life report.
Historically, gold has remained the currency in conflict areas. Over the years, in Kashmir the yellow metal has ingrained itself so deep in the tradition that everyday seems to be a golden story, even beyond the small, scattered bullion market of Hari Singh High Street (HSHS). It is perhaps the only item that survived recession doom even when the prices are going through the roof.
Usually gold sales boom at the peak of marriage season however, the business sees high turnout throughout the year. Exchanges and barter of the old designs with new ones is a business not linked to marriages.
"We survive on the recycled material," says Tufail Ahmad, proprietor of the Royal Jewellers, one of the leading traders in the valley. "There is slump in the market, people do not have much money and whoever has, invests it elsewhere. And now, there is mushrooming of the traders who are not even registered." He does not know the requirement of the Kashmir market a year. He does not even hazard a guess. However, Ahmad estimates that Kashmir market consumes 70 percent of the recycled gold and barely thirty percent of the requirement is manufactured from the new gold purchases.
Off late, J&K witnessed mushrooming of jewellery outlets. Only a few of them are registered with the commercial taxes department. Right now, there are two associations in Srinagar alone and many more in the peripheries. "Yes, some differences did trigger a divide," said Prashutam Lal, a third generation dealer who heads the Gold Dealers and Manufacturers Association. "We have around 300 members and the other association must also be having over 200." He said the abolishing of Gold Control Act triggered mushrooming and many of them are not even registered with the state tax establishment. The Hari Singh High Street alone is home to 300 dealers. Lal says most of them are "seasonal traders".
The bullion market here has survived throughout on the rules they created. Till recently, no jeweller would offer a bill. They usually give just an estimate voucher which is inconsequential before the law of the land. These estimate vouchers, by and large, are accepted by the same dealers if and when the buyer comes to resell the item or exchange it.
But resale comes at a premium – Wat-e-Kasar, a system that exists nowhere on earth except Kashmir. Under this endemic trading practice, the traders deduct a particular amount in the buyback that, he says, takes care of the 'wastages', joints and other impurities (gold is alloyed with other metals to improve its durability) that have been there in the item when it was manufactured. Though it varies from item to item the trade has been sustaining the tradition at customers' cost.
Off late, however, the dealers have introduced yet another system. They would give you the 'estimate' bill, however, in case you insist for a proper bill you would get it. By and large it is barely two percent of the customers who get the bill, rest get the estimate voucher.
Most of the jewellers in Srinagar may offer an estimate but it is unlikely – in majority of cases, that they would sell a low-carat ornament as a high purity item. This is a problem more rampant in the peripheral market where jewellery as low as 17 carat is sold at the cost of 22 carat. They have no registrations and obviously, no accountability.
Ironically, there is no facility that would certify the purity of a purchased item. In its absence the consumer has no option but to accept whatever the dealer claims and charges. This makes dealer the king. There have been countless cases in which barely 17 carat has been passed on as 24 carat.
Cartage is the system indicating the percentage of gold content in an item. To make jewellery gold needs to be alloyed with any other metal, to give it the requisite strength. The cartage system helps to understand the purity of gold ornament. The colour, hardness, scratch resistance and strength of an item solely depend on the balance of other alloying metals used while designing an item. Use of alloying material helps the item to become green, pale yellow, yellow, pink, red or rosy and even white. The lower the cartage, the higher are the chances of getting the best colours. Usually 24 carat is accepted as the purest and the finest indicating that the item has 99 percent of gold – 990 parts of gold in 1000 parts. (see table)
Since most of the dealers and the goldsmiths operate in unorganized cottage sector, chances of getting a low-carat item at a 24-carat cost is a routine, especially in the countryside.
"We are not against creating a Hallmarking facility in Srinagar," says Tufail. "But what we insist on is that the government should assert and ensure that everybody adheres to it." He said hallmarking should become mandatory for everybody but before that all the dealers must get registered.
"There is more problem in the system (government) than in trade," he insists. Lal says it is the responsibility of the government but the machine is no sure-fire method to certify quality.
For the government tackling the gold market is not the top priority. The government sees the trade from the point how much it contributes to its kitty. Since the income from the gold proceeds is inconsequential to the public kitty, it is obviously on the tail end of priorities. There is only one percent VAT applicable on jewellery and it does not make a good proposition. Liquor has less than half of the turnover as gold in J&K but the taxman would offer taking care of wine simply because for every rupee, he would get thirty paisa. Almost one-third J&K's tax revenue comes from liquor that is related with barely 10 percent of the population but not even one percent of the tax comes from gold even though it relates to almost two-third of population.
"There is no organized movement of gold and most of the dealers are unorganized," says Commissioner Commercial Tax Bashir Ahmad. "Barring banks and some of the branded retailers, most of the movement is outside the system so there is huge potential for improvement." He said part of the gold that is recycled continues to be part of the unorganized trade which makes no contribution to the public kitty. In fact, the income from the gold sector is negligible.
The irony is that the dealers, who have twin billing systems, discourage people from seeking proper bills saying the item would cost more – there is only one percent of VAT on gold which means Rs 1000 on a one lakh rupees purchase. While making the buyer afraid of an 'inflated bill', the state losses revenue but the seller protects his interest as far as income tax goes.
The day the policy makers see the bullion market from the consumers' side, things can change for good. But nobody knows when that will happen. "There are only two factors that must be responsible for government inaction," says Abdul Gani, a teacher who claims he was cheated. "I had no proof of the fraud and was left with low-carat jewellery. There is nobody to turn to for redressal," he adds.
Demands for protecting consumer rights by law and creation of a mechanism by Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution ministry to stop fleecing of customers at the hands of jewellers, fell on deaf ears. It only takes Rs 14 lakhs to set up a hallmarking facility that can check and certify the purity of an item.
Things are changing albeit slowly. The branded jewellery is making inroads in Kashmir. "We have been there for a few years but the change is there. We now control around five percent of the market as more educated and quality conscious clients want right thing for the right price," says Nissar Ahmad, whose is the manager at the Srinagar retail outlet of Tanishq.
As the up-market jeweller chain has all its transactions listed and the business practices transparent, he does not hide things. "We pay as much if not more VAT as the all dealers in HSH Street, that has two associations now," Ahmad says confidently, insisting that they have a turnover of around Rs 13 crores a year now. He believes that J&K market consumes around 240 kilograms (barely 40 kg of it in Jammu) a month and not more than 10 percent of it returns for recycling in the system.
Nissar has his own assessment of the market. He has problems with the billing system, trade's failure to install a hallmarking facility and the age old practices that lack any sanctity in today's business. "It is tragic that in Jammu you have 22 hallmark showrooms and in Srinagar there are only two," he says. As an insider he has been observing certain trends. "In the peak of marriage season the coins (popularly called pounds) are being sold in Srinagar for Rs 14,600 while as the same carat hallmarked coin sells at Rs 13500," he said. "Right now the rate of (22carat) gold ornaments per 10 gram is between Rs 1400 and 1500 in Srinagar, while as in Jammu it is between Rs 1610 to Rs 1630. That is a variation of almost 15 percent, why is it so?" he asks.
Such practices existed in Jammu as well but the market has changed given its proximity with the plains. Interestingly, the consumer in Jammu has also changed. "Right now Jammu purchases only 60 percent of gold as 40 percent users have switched to diamonds but in Kashmir gold continues to be the first preference in 90 percent of the cases," Nissar says.
Off late, intervention by banks has helped a great deal. They have started selling gold not because they want to discipline the trade but because they want to leverage their access to maximize their gains. As many as three banks are doing it and doing very well.
"Ever since we started selling branded gold coins, we have a good demand," says A K Mota of the Punjab National Bank. "During the current financial year, we have sold 474 coins (3.75 Kgs) and it is picking up," Mota says. "The total sale so far is 4913 coins that make it 42 kilograms." Some other banks are also doing it. State premier J&K Bank intends to do it but is yet to get the licence.
But no bank has done it as successfully as the HDFC bank. "We introduced it two months back and right now we are selling 10 kilograms in Srinagar and five kilograms in Jammu, every month," says an excited Iftikhar Ahmad, the young branch manager of its main branch in MS shopping Mall at Residency Road. "People are brand conscious and know the traditional market is selling less pure ornaments," he adds with emphasis on every single word. The bank imports coins from Switzerland and co-brands it. "The demand is massive and it is increasing because people want to invest in gold," he said.
But Iftikhar's bank does not just sell the gold. The bank's innovative policy of accepting gold as collateral for instant loans is quite popular now. "We started the scheme (only in Kashmir) around 18 months back," says Iftikhar. "Initially it triggered a credit off take of around Rs 30 to Rs 40 lakh a month but now it is around one crore rupees a month." He said right row when the creditors have paid back almost six crore rupees, still there is gold jewellery worth seven crore rupees in the HDFCs vaults and it is growing.
Many people do ask as why the J&K Bank is not taking the initiative given its massive network, reach and popularity. "We had applied few years back but the RBI has not acceded to the plea," a senior executive speaking for the bank said.
Traditional trade is lackadaisical to the trend setting initiatives. Milking the pathetic governance system to sustain its mints, the trade is actually playing with the livelihood of hundreds of artisans who are directly linked with it. The more branded invasion in Kashmir, the more market the traditional trade will be losing. At the end of the day the big golden fish in HSH Street will be enough liquid to jump and get its pie in any sunrise sector leaving the poor artisans in lurch. It is high time for policy makers to ponder over the imminent crisis looming over a trade, a livelihood and a heritage.
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Fiji is so much more than sipping piña coladas by the hotel pool in Denarau (not that we have anything against that!). If you're keen to get a true taste of this South Pacific paradise, consider an island hopping adventure throughout the stunning Yasawa Islands. Bula!
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Pro tip: Sunday is the day of rest for Fijians and they tend to relax at home after church, so try and visit on another day of the week if you can.
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Do Alien Bees flashtubes degrade over time?
I wasnt able to do any studio shooting for a year or more. My Alien Bees B800 units sat in a closet during that time. I finally have a space to set up a studio. When taking some test shots, I am just not able to get the results I am expecting.
I use a Sekonic flash meter to get an approximate idea of the settings from the light. I set the camera to those settings. My Canon 50D is tethered to my MacBook Pro and I am firing from the Mac through the EOS utility. When I make adjustments, either stopping up or down, or changing exposure, I am not seeing the results I am expecting. in some instances, drastic changes in either settings don't result in any change.
I think I have read in the past that the tubes do degrade, but I don't know if this is the kind of results one gets when the tubes are degraded. Would bad tubes cause erratic exposures? Or do I have some other problem.
Prior to the year+ they sat unused, they worked like a charm and I never had issues with exposures.
Be sure to reset the capacitor when you change light power.
Forgive me if you find what follows insulting, but I want to cover all the bases.
First, are you shooting in Manual mode?
Second, how are you triggering your strobes?
Third, if you adjust the power on the strobes, do you hit the Dump button before you try taking a shot?
Fourth, you say you're making adjustments and then say you stop up or down or change exposure. How are you doing that? Changing ISO or aperture will affect your shot; changing shutter speed won't, since it's the speed of the strobe rather than the shutter that affects exposure.
If you know all this and still have a problem, maybe it's the strobes. But I haven't had any issues with Alien Bees after long periods between uses.
As mentioned in my original post, I am firing from the EOS utility via tethered mac. But I also disconnected the mac and just used the button on the camera to trigger the lights.
Yes, I always dump after adjusting the power.
I am changing the f stop. When nothing worked there, I changed shutter speeds and I changed light source. But I think I might have been missing one element. You reminded me with your statement. I think the shutter of the camera syncs with the lights at 400. I think I might have missed that setting. I told you it has been a long time.
Let me go try again.
When you say 400 do you mean 1/400 of a second? That's much too fast for your camera to sync and would lead to only part of the frame being open when the strobe fires. Try a slower shutter, say 1/160. And check on the max sync speed of your camera, which is typically 1/200 or 1/250. Faster than that and you'll see a dark band where the rear curtain was already closing before the strobe went off.
then adjust light power to taste.
review on Mac for clipping highlights and keep histogram healthy.
Thanks so much, guys. I forgot about the sync speed. Max sync for my camera is 1/250 so I tried that and 1/125. Both work OK. Just have to fine tune and check the histo.
Not sure where I got 1/400. Apparently, the only thing degrading is my memory. Glad I don't have to buy new tubes.
I have a bunch of ABs out in the garage. My problem was color casts from those cheap lights. seemed to get blue casts a lot. they are known for poor color quality.
Has anyone tried Alien Skin to upsize?
Why do you use Alien Bees?
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San Diego's public spaces offer scenic views, year-round destinations for locals and visitors alike
By Social Media Staff
Dec. 18, 2011 8 PM PT
By Paul Benton
At any time of year – and especially during the holiday season – public spaces like Balboa Park provide a wonderful setting for locals and tourists alike to meet, gather, and take in the beauty of our unique
San Diego architecture
and art history. The gracious Prado creates a promenade that is perfect for walking, with majestic buildings at both sides, two plazas with fountains and the dramatic crossing at the bridge. Balboa Park recalls a time when only a fraction of the population owned cars – and when a day at the park was an opportunity to linger and explore these wonderful shared spaces on foot. Of course, over the years, traffic has increased dramatically; and now, opportunities to enjoy pedestrianized public spaces have become increasingly special, as they also have grown fewer and further between. As modernity threatens to compromise the Prado promenade, city officials face a difficult decision: whether or not return the space to pedestrian use, and to limit driver access in exchange for greater pedestrian access and aesthetic charm. San Diego architects and the community are presently in a lively discussion about what would be the best solution to this new concept.
Here in La Jolla, we have similar open spaces, and are blessed with dramatic settings and breathtaking views into the bargain. We also have our own wonderful promenades that offer a pleasant walk and the chance to see others and ourselves in a gracious setting – and with the help of skilled architects and city planners, we can maintain these spaces without compromising vehicle access or parking convenience. The various and renowned shops throughout the village may be a pedestrian incentive, of course; but each time we happen to see something that we can claim as part of our community, we are also enriched and revitalized in our sense of living in La Jolla. To talk about "where we live" encompasses so much more than our individual homes: we live at all of the places we frequent -- our places of work, where we do business, where we meet with all of our friends and neighbors, and where we walk to exercise and explore our village.
Bringing a new pedestrian promenade to La Jolla's downtown community
Recently, one such area in particular has come to our attention: the short section of Prospect known as "the Dip," located between Girard and Herschel near downtown La Jolla. Thanks to the higher ground on Prospect, a dramatic view extends over the traffic on the street below, leading down the slope to the park and the ocean beyond. This area has been identified as a view corridor in our community plan, to be made into a pedestrian promenade; and we at the
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of Alcorn & Benton have concluded that just such a development is not only feasible, but also a wonderful addition to our coastal village. Not only is it possible to divert all car traffic to the lower street at this location, but it is also possible to plant a garden on the new slope, reconfigure the parking options and provide for the wider promenade with outdoor cafes and a scenic lookout – all in keeping with the community plan that is already approved. This area has grown up: the traffic volume has increased, and it is time to reclaim this wonderful space for people who can enjoy the view and the promenade.
Our community has so many spaces designed specifically to help us enjoy and celebrate our environment. If we are fortunate enough, we even consider some of these spaces a regular part of our everyday lives. We should remember that there is a community plan for the village, and we should take care to respect and build on that plan. At
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, we are committed to shaping an environment to be both shared with our many visitors and also beloved by those lucky enough to call La Jolla home.
Paul Benton is a principal of Alcorn & Benton Architects, on Girard Avenue in La Jolla. If there is a subject about La Jolla architecture or San Diego architecture that you would like to see in future articles, please email Paul at
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The Peña Adobe Historical Society will host members from the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park at the Peña Adobe Park in Vacaville, on Saturday May 4, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The park is located in Vacaville at Peña Adobe Road off Interstate 80 to the left of Lagoon Valley Regional Park's entrance.
The Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park was established in Richmond, California in 2000. This National Park tells the story of the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond which produced 747 ships during World War II with the largest number of people in the history of our country working at war jobs out of a sense of patriotic duty. During World War II six million women entered the workforce and became known as "Rosie the Riveter". Her "We Can Do It" motto came to symbolize all women workers.
On Saturday, May 4th, three "Rosies" from the National Historical Park will chat with visitors at Peña Adobe and share their stories. Kay Morrison was a Journeyman Welder from 1943-1945. Marian Sousa was a Draftsman during 1943-1944 and Marian Wynn was a Pipe Welder from 1944-1945. All three "Rosies" left their homes to find wartime work at the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California.
The Kaiser Shipyard produced over 700 Liberty Ships. One such ship, the SS Jeremiah O'Brien is one of two remaining fully functional Liberty ships of the 2,710 built and launched during World War II. The O'Brien has the distinction of being the last unaltered Liberty ship and remains historically accurate. Moored at Pier 45, Fisherman's Wharf, she is a premier San Francisco attraction. Larry Serkanic from the SS Jeremiah O'Brien will join the "Rosies" to answer questions and transport you back almost seven decades to when sailors braved the harshest of high seas and threat of enemy attack.
In addition to Larry and the "Rosies" docents from The Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation will also be available. The foundation preserves and honors the legacy of the USS Hornet, a National and State Historic Landmark. The USS Hornet is an aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy during World War II. The Hornet was decommissioned in 1970 and in 1998 opened to the public as a museum in Alameda, California.
Come meet the "Rosies", the docents of the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum, and the SS Jeremiah O'Brien and learn how they connect the greatest generation of Americans with future generations.
Peña Adobe Historical Society docents will be on hand to answer questions and conduct tours of the Peña Adobe, the Peña family home from 1842 until 1957. This event is free!


On the one hand, I understand why some need to resort to street demonstrations to make their views heard. On the other hand, I also fear for its ramifications. It only takes a little to ignite the fire within to turn peaceful demonstrations to all out rioting.
I feel for those who've had enough with the sad state of affairs, but I feel even more for my family for whom I am the sole breadwinner to. Yes, I've been told its 'just a peaceful walk' but for me this 'little' walk has elements of wild abandon I can ill afford right now.
So, for better or for worse I'm sitting on the fence. The photos below are not so much about Bersih 2.0, but about how the city centre became a ghost town because of it..
AM Updates: Went out for breakfast only to find most shops closed. Used a point-and-shoot camera so as to not attract attention.
PM Updates: Went out for lunch, still the roads were desolate. This time felt a little bolder so I brought my DSLR along.
Note: I'm glad I didn't join in the 'walk', I later learnt the tear gas might have proved fatal for someone with asthma (me)..


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Home The Importance of Being Earnest
13 Feb 2018 to 17 Feb 2018
Theatre Royal Plymouth Royal Parade , Plymouth, PL1 2TR
Tuesday 13-Saturday 17 February
The Importance of Being Earnest by the master of comedy Oscar Wilde, makes a welcome visit to Plymouth society in this wonderfully witty, deliciously decadent and classic revival from The Original Theatre Company.
Jack wishes to marry Algernon's cousin the beautiful Gwendolen but first he must convince her mother, the fearsome Lady Bracknell, of the respectability of his parents and his past. For Jack, however, this is not as easy as it sounds, having started life abandoned in a handbag at Victoria station. Prepare to take a welcome turn with Wilde's much-loved Algernon, Earnest, Gwendolen and Cecily, as town and country clash in a brilliant and wildly funny story of romance, identity, perambulators and capacious handbags.
Starring national treasure Gwen Taylor (Coronation Street, Duty Free and Barbara) as the formidable Lady Bracknell, Wilde's most famous and entertaining play is set to delight and amuse this Spring.
https://www.theatreroyal.com/whats-on/2018/the-importance-of-being-earnest/
Location Theatre Royal Plymouth Royal Parade , Plymouth, PL1 2TR
Date & Time 13 Feb 2018 to 17 Feb 2018


Adeline Gray is one of the greatest U.S. women wrestlers in history, winner of three World gold medals and five World medals. A 2016 Olympian, she is a leader within the U.S. Women's program, and a tremendous role model to girls around the nation. After missing the 2017 international season to heal from surgery, Gray has come back strong in 2018. It has been an active year of competition for her, and she enters the 2018 World Championships with momentum and confidence. Adeline Gray updates us on her preparation and her thoughts about Team USA as it gets ready this summer for October's 2018 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.


Earth Day celebrations, happening in many places in the United States this weekend, are a great place to present and discuss ecosocialist ideas with an audience that may be unfamiliar with them. Here's a two-sided flyer you can use to get those conversations started. It has a space on the back for a local contact email.


Hello stampers! I had a wonderful vacation this past week. I went on a Caribbean cruise. I went for 8 days. The first stop was in Charleston, then Port Carnaval, Nassau and Freeport. Surprisingly, the first few days were pretty cold, but once we hit the Bahamas, it was nice and hot.
Today's card feature one of my favorite new stamp sets from the upcoming 2017 Occasions Catalog: Beautiful You. I decided to keep this card simple by using only the stamps. However, I will have another card to share using the new watercolor pencils!
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Analysis of Madame Bovary
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Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary
Comparative Analysis of Elizabeth Bennett and Emma Bovary
Society, Lives and Authors
Sympathy for the betrayers and the betrayed
Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary
Contradictions of human
Analysis of Madame Bovary Essay
Essay Topic: Literature
In his first paragraph Barthes uses Balzac's Sarrasine's castrato character's inner voice to examine who's really doing the talking in a written work, since there are layers of meaning in the identity within the particular quote. One of my favorite aspects of post-modernist literature is its playfulness with the notion of authorship and recursive identity within a given work. John Barth's "Giles Goat Boy," a favorite and seminal work for me, starts with a forward deliberately attempting to put the authorship of the book into question (it is supposedly a 'discovered' manuscript of debatable origin).
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But Barthes claim "We shall never know (the author), for the good reason that writing is the destruction of every voice, of every point of origin. " It's a good point in a theoretical way, like the idea within Information Theory that the maximum amount of information that can be carried is with white noise (which by the way, is only a single construct within Information Theory, necessary to build other constructs on the formation of information within a signal).
However, contending that we can never know, and that the text exists in a "negative oblique space where" everything slips away stands at odds with the practical reality that if the author and the author's creative genius wasn't there, the text would not exist in the first place. One could allow that Barthes' point of view is suggestive and not absolute, or that it promotes a point of view to help shade meanings on traditional critical methods, but he's constantly painting himself into corners with absolute statements.
He doesn't limit his point of view to contemporary authorship, or even to the author as a modern figure emerging from the middle ages. He states that "No doubt it (the loss of identity of the author in a negative oblique space) has always been this way", that as soon as narration occurs "the author enters into his own death". Barthes' claims that the author is a modern construct that emerges from the Middle Ages, implying that before that time authorship was assumed by a mediator, shaman or performer, and not coming from genius.
But what about the ancient Greek Tragidians, like Aeschylus, or Roman pornographers, like Patronius and his Satyricon? As a form, the novel may be modern but not the author nor the notion of a genius within the author. Barthes makes a valid and important point that Capitalism's relationship with the author is as a unique commodifiable object. It make me think of the profoundly capitalist notion of "branding", as in the Mickey Mouse brand to Walt Disney. It's also reasonable to place classical criticism at the service of Capitalism, which provides an excellent motive for placing the "branded" author at the center of a critical approach.
And is it correct to see a creative work as existing solely in the context of the author, even to the extent of not placing the content of the work outside of the context of the author's personal life up to that point. It makes sense that some authors have become recluses, like Salinger and Pynchon, who prefer to let their work stand on its own. In fact the notion of a creative work "standing on its own" is what strikes me to be the appropriate post-modernist attitude to take regarding a creative work relative to its creator, and as an approach does not require the destruction of the author.
Barthes states that "it goes without saying that certain writers have long since attempted to loosen" the sway of the Author. No doubt, but if you destroy the validity of the author as a creative center, one who either brings works into the world from some unconscious place of 'genius' as I believe, or out of a "tissue of signs" or quotations and a "mosaic of other activated texts' or drawn from an "immense dictionary" as Barthes contends, you still don't have to kill off the creator.
Who constructed the "tissue of signs" or the "mosaic" or read the "immense dictionary" to begin with? Even Mallarme's intensely abstracted and word-based poetry (though I must confess to not having read it) is based in language as a kind of meta language, Mallarme still had to create it, even if Mallarme makes deliberate efforts to remove himself from the writing of it.
According to Barthes, Valery approached his prose with the notion that his interiority, or creative genius or authorship, was pure superstition. Fine, he can believe that. I'd like to see Valery prove it. The mere attempt to compile a series of words, to become a "scriptor" as Barthes puts it, the mere attempt in itself is a creative act by a unique individual, and not by a scriptor snatching bits from a pre-existing dictionary without any personal intervention.
Barthes takes on Proust as proof somehow that by the self-referential and recursive existence of the author within the book working up to writing the book, that by blurring the realities of authorship and narrative of authorship, one can assume the actual author has in some semiotic sense committed suicide, when in fact Proust has only 'played off' an idea, like a jazz rift, and has not actually dissolved himself. Barthes includes Surrealistic texts as further proof of non-authorship, with aleatoric and unconscious techniques of construction.
But again, where did the technique of construction come from if not from a creative place within the author? Surrealists are in effect trapped in a paradox that the subversion of codes is in itself a code (and Barthes believes in the indestructibility of codes) but it in nowise removes the destroyer of the code from a creative act through a destructive one. Barthes puts up linguistics as providing a sort of murderous apparatus for deconstructing the author out of the text it examines.
That the un-provable, and therefore empty, process of enunciation exhausts the notion of an "I" within a text, reducing it to no more than an instance of saying "I". Fine, great, so? If I have a tool, say a microscope, and I use it to examine the surface of Michelangelo's incomplete Prisoner Statues in Florence, and I get a very interesting take on the chisel marks' depth and flow and intersections, have I therefore negated Michelangelo? Even if you add on top of that Michelangelo's insistence that he was merely releasing the character from within the stone, Michelangelo's creative force is still there.
Barthes contends that by removing the Author from the text, or even taking text from which the "scriptor" has removed themselves, that it utterly transforms the text. And here I agree, and I agree that the tools of post modern deconstruction and linguistics do transform our understanding of what text can mean and how it can be received in a critical context, and even in a personal one. It is intellectually interesting to remove the author and his/her existence as conjoined in time and see the 'scriptor' as coming into existence at the moment of reading, and to consider the writing as being what the linguist J.
L. Austin calls a Performative Utterance (an act of utterance that does not report a fact, but is an action in and of itself). But contending that the performative utterance, activated by a hand trapped in the phenomena of lagging behind reality by a few microseconds, "traces a field without origin" or if there is an origin the language itself negates it by "ceaselessly" calling it into question, is interesting as a point of view only for about the few microseconds that my sensory information to my mind lags behind reality.
This isn't about the removal of the author so much as it is contending that even if an author exists, they merely inscribe and don't create, since the language they inscribe is self-referentially self canceling. Barthes says "We know now that text is not a line of words releasing a single 'theological' meaning (the message of the author god) but a multi-dimensional space in which a variety of writings, none of them original, blend and clash. The text is a tissue of quotations drawn from the innumerable centres of culture. " Fine.
Interesting, even revelatory in its point of view that there is nothing new under the sun (which is not something new under the sun). But is not this assembled mosaic of texts assembled by someone? And how is it that the act of assembly is tacitly a non-creative act, and an act that does not come from 'genius'. Barthes uses Bouvard and Pecuchet, characters from the same titled book by Flaubert, who try and move from a non-creative life as copyists to a creative one as farmers and back to copyists from a dictionary which Flaubert himself wrote before the book was created, as another example of non-authorness.
But it again strikes me as ironic that these are characters, created by Flaubert. It's interestingly recursive, but not self-canceling as Barthes contends. He includes Baudelaire's internal fictional "unfailing" dictionary in Paradis Atrificiels to exemplify the scriptors self-removal from emotions and passive reading of an "immense dictionary from which life never does more than imitate the book, and the book itself is only a tissue of signs, an imitation that is lost, infinitely deferred" A tissue of signs perhaps, but lost and infinitely deferred?
If an author/scriptor is a mere copyist assembling a tissue of signs, how then is the author/scriptor lost and infinitely deferred from the readers interaction with the text. If I read a text I am creating meaning from that text, but I am also aware that there is a creative force behind my created meaning, irrespective of my created meaning, and that is the author. Barthes seems to contend that all "agency" or representation must be transferred to the text, or language, itself.
Some, like Graham Allen in his book "Intertextuality" claim that Barthes "does not murder all forms of Authorial agency" (my italics) and to take it as such is a misinterpretation; but he does, over and over. When he says "writing is the destruction of every voice, of every point of origin", "the whole of enunciation is an empty process", "the text is henceforth made and read in such a way that at all levels the author is absent", "the text is not a line of words releasing a single 'theological' meaning, but a multidimensional space", "the writer can only imitate a gesture that is always anterior, never original.
" Barthes says "To give a text an author is to impose a limit on that text, to furnish it with a final signified, to close the writing. " How so? I am unconvinced. If, as he claims, criticism has allotted itself the task of discovering the author beneath the work, how does that impose a limit on the text? A critic may, like Barthes, impose whatever they like, but in no way does that limit me to my own creation of meaning from a given text. Does the act of analysis destroy flexibility of meaning in a creative work? Only if you give the author of the analysis a God-like power over all other interpretations.
Here I agree with Barthes in not granting that power, but it raises the paradox that by agreeing too heartily, I'm also negating Barthes' existence as the author of Death of the Author. So I choose to limit my giving over of power to the author, but I don't see the need to kill him or her. In Barthes' conclusion, he ironically refers to Greek Tragedy's texts which carrying double meanings understood by the characters within the play in only a unilateral way, and with the viewer/listener/reader able to perceive the layers of meaning from outside the play.
This reveals to Barthes the totality of the existence of writing; a tissue of signs, drawn from many texts, a multiplicity focused in one place in the reader. True enough, but to say the author is not a part of that focused multiplicity is nonsense. A texts' unity lies in its destination as he says, but not at the cost of its origin. That "Classic criticism has never paid any attention to the reader" may be true enough, but recognizing the reader doesn't obviate the writer. I contend we don't have to throw out the author/baby when we throw out the bathwater of classic criticism.
Barthes' newly-birthed reader can live quite nicely with its older sibling, the author. or" has really achieved. Has it thrown off the yoke of "capitalist ideology"? Has it done anything to progress society? Has it overthrown the old elites and liberated the vast horde of readers? No; quite the contrary. When the author is dead, the reader is king, or rather, the individual, free-floating consumer is king. The quality of a work of art is therefore determined by the number of people who consume it; in other words, by market forces.
Artists must cater their work to market realities, and a whole swathe of nominally "left" commentators cheer them on; those artists who pursue their singular, uncommercial vision are condemned as "elitist" or worse. The trend launched by the "Death of the Author" has been against self-expression in art, and in favour of pandering to the dollar and to the lowest common denominator. It's a perfect example of the dead end and hypocrisy of 60s radicalism. The author is dead, long live the free market! Deconstructing Authorship © 2010 DeathofTheAuthor. com
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How is the drive between Kenmare and Killarney Ireland?
We'll be bringing our two teens to Ireland in June and I'm torn between staying in Kenmare or Killarney when we're in Kerry. We can stay between 2 and 4 nights depending how I adjust the rest of the itinerary.
The town of Kenmare itself sounds more appealing (less touristy) to us, but many of the attractions we want to see are closer to Killarney, such as the National Forest. Don't want to feel we are in the car too much. We don't plan to drive the Ring of Kerry, but will stay in Dingle two or three nights so will drive that peninsula.
I've read some really negative thiings about Killarney town itself, but the surrounding area sounds so beautiful and with so much to do?
Any opinions? I posted a similar question last week, but didn't get much reply.
Killarney is Ireland`s largest tourist centre outside of Dublin.It has been in business for 250 years and was the last family holiday for Queen Victoria of England before her husband died later in 1861.The town is full of hotels and B and Bs as well as a wide range of shopping facilities aimed at tourists.
People do not travel from all over the world to Killarney to see the town but to see the beauty of the surrounding countryside.Places to see include Killarney National Park (on the road to Kenmare),The Gap of Dunloe and The Ring of Kerry which is the name of the road from Killarney to Killorgin to Cahirciveen to Kenmare and back to Killarney -over 100 miles,most of it really beautiful. www.derostours.com covers some of the local tours.
This year there is a celebration of 250 years of serving the visitors at www.killarney250.com.The teens might enjoy a trip to Skellig Rock near the Ring of Kerry- a day trip.Another good trip is the one through the Gap of Dunloe and down through the three lakes in a small boat.Enjoy a meal in Muckross House in the National Park and perhaps visit the traditional farm nearby.
I'm a big fan of Kenmare and I do find Killarney to be a bit crazy, espe. in the summer months. It should be noted that I like a much quieter place. There is certainly a lot to do in Killarney and it might be a bit more interesting for the teens. Killarney sould it's sould to torism over 100 years ago and you will certainly find lots of tacky plastic leprochaun shops and made for tourist music nights as you sit at long picnic tables. I certainly think you can have fun there though and you might be able to find some out of the way places. It will likely be pretty crowded.
As far as staying in Kenmare, I like the fact that your have equal access to Beara and Iveragh. The drive to Killarney is about 45-60 mins as I remember and very scenic so it's certainly worth the drive. Kenmare is one of my favorite Irish towns and I just like the feel. I'll go back again and again.
We stayed in Kenmare in October last year and loved the location. It's a very pretty, quaint little town that doesn't feel like a tourist trap. We didn't spend any time in Killarney so I can't compare the two, but from what I've read and heard from other travelers, Killarny doesn't come close to the charm of Kenmare. We drove to the National Forest and lakes from Kenmare and found it an easy, scenic drive. Torc Waterfall is beautiful and Muckross House is worth a visit too.
If you are going to be staying in the Kenmare area for more than 2 nights, I would recommend driving at least part of the Ring of Kerry (we did the Dingle peninsula too). We set off from Kenmare and drove the southern part of the Ring (clockwise direction) to the Skelling Ring. This is the best part of the ROK with splendid views over the Skellig Islands and because the roads are very narrow, no tour buses are allowed here. Luckily, being October and a Sunday, we only saw one tour bus on the entire ROK. (We set off early too -- just after 8am).
Kenmare is very pretty. We travel shoulder season generally, and Killarney isn't bad in the spring or fall, crowds wise. Still hopping, but not bad. We chose it as it was so close to the park, etc. But in July, I could see it getting swamped with people. As Ardfert said, it's got a lot of infrastructure, so there has to be a horde of people there to fill all those B&Bs and hotels.
I think in the main season, I'd pick Kenmare. It's about 20 miles down the road from Killarney (although the park, the Torq waterfall, etc are actually south of Killarney town). The road isn't large though and there will undoubtedly be some traffic to sort through to get close to the attractions.
My wife & I stayed in Kenmare last October for 3 nights and loved it. We drove through Killarney to get there, and we commented at the time that we hoped Kenmare would be more charming than Killarney appeared to be. It was, to the nth degree. We are currently planning to win the lottery and retire to Kenmare.
Like California Claire, we easily drove from Kenmare to Killarney National Forest, perhaps 30 minutes of relatively slow driving. And Bill is right on the money about Kenmare being so convenient to the peninsulas to the east--one of our favorite 1/2 day trips was driving from Kenmare to Glengariff & back.
Thanks, all. I have decided on Kenmare. That's where I really wanted to go all along, it's just that Pat Preston strongly encouaraged me to stay in Killarney on her website. Because we are traveling with teens, she felt it would be more convenient and fun for them. But I think they would enjoy either place and I know my husband and I would prefer Kenmare based on your descriptions. It sounds lovely. Can't wait to go! I think we are going to stay at the Lodge. I emailed shelburne lodge as well but they haven't replied.
hello - I stayed in Kenmare for two nights this past June. I can strongly recommend Annagry House B&B if you are looking for a place to stay. www.annagryhouse.com. Have a great trip!
I am sure almost anywhere you stay in Kenmare will be fine. We loved the Shelburne Lodge--excellent owners, great house with lots of history and lots of antique furniture & artwork. It's about a 5-7 minute walk into the heart of town (The Lodge looked nice too; we passed it on our way to and from town, as it is on the same street as Shelburne Lodge).
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Granger Smith, '5 More Minutes' – Video Spotlight
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Texas country artist Granger Smith has given us some insight into his latest single, '5 More Minutes,' the final release from his 2009 album, 'Don't Listen to the Radio.'
The inspiration behind '5 More Minutes' begins with a true story -- the story of Smith's grandfather, who was a fighter pilot in WWII. The first line of the song, 'I think of my granddad in '44 / Overseas fighting in the war,' gives a personal touch from the Texas native to introduce the idea behind the song as a whole.
"Sometimes I write songs that are based around a hook or an idea, and sometimes I just write songs from the first line of the song and just keep going -- and that's what this one was," Smith tells Taste of Country. "I just started with that line and kind of worked down, and ended up with a sentimental song about wishing I had five more minutes."
Because the song centers around the importance of valuing the people closest to you, Smith decided to include some of the people closest to him in the music video. "We knew from the beginning that we wanted it to be a lot of different faces, but the original idea was to have strangers that we found on the street in Austin -- like a homeless guy, and a nurse, and a fire fighter -- people that kind of represented America," Smith says of the '5 More Minutes' video. "Then as we started doing it, we put a few guys from the band in, and then my parents. As we saw the familiar faces we thought, 'Wow, we need to scratch some of our strangers and do more familiar faces,' because it's a little bit more impactful to us when we see it."
'5 More Minutes' is the fourth single from Smith's 'Don't Listen to the Radio' album, which churned two Top 10 singles on the Texas Country Music chart. Smith is currently working on his next studio album, slated for later this year.
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What is the only source of new genetic variation?
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Mutations, the changes in the sequences of genes in DNA, are one source of genetic variation. Another source is gene flow, or the movement of genes between different groups of organisms. Finally, genetic variation can be a result of sexual reproduction, which leads to the creation of new combinations of genes.
What are the sources of genetic variation?
For a given population, there are three sources of variation: mutation, recombination, and immigration of genes. However, recombination by itself does not produce variation unless alleles are segregating already at different loci; otherwise there is nothing to recombine.
Where does new genetic variation come from?
Genetic variation can be caused by mutation (which can create entirely new alleles in a population), random mating, random fertilization, and recombination between homologous chromosomes during meiosis (which reshuffles alleles within an organism's offspring).
What are the 4 sources of genetic variation?
What is the most common source of genetic variation?
Mutations are the ultimate sources of genetic variation, but other mechanisms such as sexual reproduction and genetic drift contribute to it as well.
Why is lack of genetic variation bad?
Genetic diversity generally underpins population resilience and persistence. Reductions in population size and absence of gene flow can lead to reductions in genetic diversity, reproductive fitness, and a limited ability to adapt to environmental change increasing the risk of extinction.
What are the two main sources of genetic variation in a population?
Natural selection acts upon two major sources of genetic variation: mutations and recombination of genes through sexual reproduction.
Which is the main source of genetic variation?
How is genetic variation a result of sexual reproduction?
Finally, genetic variation can be a result of sexual reproduction, which leads to the creation of new combinations of genes. Genetic variation in a group of organisms enables some organisms to survive better than others in the environment in which they live.
How does meiosis and Mutation lead to genetic variation?
How does genetic variation help organisms to survive?
Genetic variation in a group of organisms enables some organisms to survive better than others in the environment in which they live. Organisms of even a small population can differ strikingly in terms of how well suited they are for life in a certain environment. An example would be moths of the same species with different color wings.
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Anne Matta (born Anne Grousbeck; February 5, 1966, in Miami, Florida) is an American former professional tennis player.

A three-time All-American at the University of Texas, Grousbeck competed on the professional tour after graduating in 1988. She featured on the tour until 1991, making the most impact as a doubles player, with a best doubles ranking of 100 in the world. In the 1990 season featured in the main draw of the women's doubles at the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.

Grousbeck is married to Chilean tennis player Horacio Matta. She is the daughter of Massachusetts entrepreneur H. Irving Grousbeck and her brother, Wyc Grousbeck, is the lead owner of the Boston Celtics.

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Singles: 1 (0–1)

Doubles: 7 (2–5)

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