Alright, I've finally seen the Star Wars.
Yes, all of this time I hadn't seen any of them, which drove my SW loving friends bonkers. I now am totally hooked. They're amazing. I would like to take this opportunity to eat some crow to that effect. All this time, I was missing out. Glad to be part of the party. HUGE thank you to my amazing boyfriend for making time to check this off my to-do list. He's fantastic and I'm just the luckiest girl. (sorry, had to gush just a tad).
THE DINNER: Burundi is a landlocked nation in the middle of Africa… and for that, we can relate since the big C-O is landlocked as well. The main method of cooking in Brovskyland is probably grilling, but for Burundi it's either boiled or stewed. Like many of it's African neighbors, their main staples include plantains, legumes and maize. Stewed beans the most popular and common side dish and can be eaten as much as with every meal including breakfast…wow. Protein packed you ask? Sure thing– but it's a rarity. They are mostly a vegetarian nation. If they do eat the meats, chances are it'll be chicken or goat. Remember when we tackled goat meat for Kenya like 66 counties ago?! It was in fact a food adventure for our tummies on that one.
We picked a fish stew! Now, I gotcha, I did say it was landlocked, but that doesn't mean there aren't streams, rivers and fish available. Colorado is known for it's amazing trout, despite being landlocked as well. This adventure included pairing this river fish with tomatoes and onions– which aren't typically something I put in with my white fish. So hang tight, we are off to see how this one pans out! Out if the frying pan and into the fryer, so to speak anyway… this one is actually poached.
This was miles easier to traverse than our last several weeks adventures. There were no strange ingredients, except substituting the Mukéké (larger mackerel type fish) for a similar white fish like cod or mackerel or halibut.
Typically this is a lunch dish in Burundi, so we obliged that tradition here. It was warm and surprisingly hearty for a lighter fish dish that didn't have cream. We were astonished as how insanely spicy it was… though in full disclosure, it was of our own design and we took a small liberty with the recipe to get there. Instead of allowing the habenero to "poach" with the fish and take it out like a bay leaf, we decided, let's just "go big or go home" and cut that bad boy up. We don't shy away from spice here in Brovskyland… and boy was it all that and a bag of spicy chips. Lemme tell you! Dad didn't even fisnish his portion- mom and I had seconds. It was a brow sweating and sinus clearing kind of meal. We loved every minute of it. Initially, we gave it a four and as we continued to burn off our faces, that number we up. The tomatoes and onions worked so well with the fish, not overpowering but accompanying. The fish was firm but flaky and light. The whole meal was a delightful dish. We might need to catch the rains down in Africa with Toto though to quench our singed tongues.
Off to #167 in the middle eastern nation of Qatar!
May 2017 find you at war with your vices and at peace with your virtues.
I've got to confess, so far this year is off to the exact right start. Now, now, now! I hear you in the back row. Yes, I am aware we are x amount of days, hours, minutes into this thing– but talking from a place of "the last two years were totally awful", I can already feel a marked change in the tenor of this one. I'll be damned if it isn't already vastly better. Heading into the belly of National Western Stock Show season and on the brink of spring soccer, it's all starting to align. I usually dread this time of year to be honest. You're sort of coming off the proverbial holiday hangover. The lights aren't twinkling and the magic feeling has left with the chime of NYE midnight just like Cinderella warned you it would… and yet, from where I'm standing- it's still champagne and rose colored glasses. Which, knock me over with a feather, is pretty unnerving in all the best ways. So, yeah, best year ever so far, amiright?
THE DINNER: Rolling right along, we picked up an African country for a little island culinary love. Kicking this new year off on the correct, right, true north as best we could– we wondered how this last year of cooking was going to treat us. We have a mere 31 countries to tick off the meter. That's a staggering 86% completion of our three year cooking project!!! WOWZERS, kiddos. That's a lifetime in puppy years.
#164 took us to the Cape Verde Islands for a little Portuguese number involving peppers, chicken and saffron ❤ oh, how we love our little saffron star of the show around here. It's not unusual as we have found to have Portuguese inspiration for territories and islands inhabited by the motherland… here we find nothing different.
High brow recipe pull from The New York (freaking) Times affords that we didn't have to lift a neuron to translate, convert or compile anything for this one, ladies and gentlemen! Three cheers for some laziness for once as this is a gravity not seen here on this blog often. There was a grand total of "60 min" allotted to the recipe and that seemed about correct when all was said and done, though the recipe says "30 min". Overall, we decided two stars was probably on par for the elements encountered here.
This was really yummy, so don't let the four stars buck you off the bull (sorry, rodeo on the brain from this weekend's adventures). It was flavorful, though we wanted more spice. It was saucy, though we wanted it to be thicker. While it wasn't exactly on the mark for several components, it was satisfying and hearty. The peppers held up to the chicken nicely- and I'll be a monkey's aunt if we don't love some saffron up in Brovskyland as well as our favorite little secret weapon shallot <3. It's hard to complain about a nice meal, so I will leave you with that. I mean, it wasn't a home-run, but it probably rounded third base.
With the National Western Stock Show in full swing, we will make sure to have our boots polished and our hats on for a little trip to #165 for the Republic of Mauritius.


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XXXTentacion's posthumous career continues to roll on. The video for the song "Moonlight" was released Sunday night.
In the video, we can see XXXTentacion sitting and reflecting underneath a full moon while the opening notes of the ? track play. The melody is the second-highest charting song of X's short-lived career, having shot to No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 amid is an untimely death.
This video isn't the first to be released after the rapper's death. Around the same time that he was gunned down in an attempted burglary, the video for his greatest hit "sad!" was released. Fans had skyrocketed the song to the top spot on the Hot 100 charts, shattering Taylor Swift's single-day gushing record simultaneously.
All the more as of late, fans have been treated with unreleased verses from the rapper. X offers a sad wail on Lil Wayne's second track on Tha Carter V, "Don't Cry." Then he appeared on a collaboration with Lil Peep.
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Netflix shows may get an audio-only mode, because nothing is sacred
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Netflix is working on an audio-only listening mode for its Android app, it seems. A small selection of Android users are seeing a Video Off function that enables them to switch off video and just keep the audio playing.
As reported by Android Police, the feature was first noticed in October by XDA Developers, after an app teardown to see what secrets the Netflix code held for future features. (There's also a new Audio Only setting for switching between Always On, Headphones or External Speakers, and Off.)
As ever, Netflix appears to be trialling the new feature with a small number of subscribers, with the possibility that we'll see this audio-only functionality roll out to all Netflix users worldwide.
Why the change? It may speak to today's attention spans – or rather the immense multi-app, multi-tasking that the digital generation has grown used to. Why sit and watch Netflix when you can send out some tweets at the same time as listening to a nature documentary, or cooking a meal you can't take your eyes off for a minute or two?
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It may be that the move lands Netflix in some hot water, given the streaming service's history of measures that prioritize user convenience over creator intent.
Earlier this year we saw Netflix introduce playback speed controls, for those who wished to speed up TV shows and binge more efficiently, or slow down series for a more leisurely pace. There's definitely a case for accessibility here, though there's no getting around the fact that David Fincher didn't intend his new Netflix movie Mank to be watched at 1.5x regular speed (maybe try it, just in case).
The audio-only mode will certainly work for some titles better than others, with documentaries and chat shows likely bearing the brunt of usage. We don't think the telekinetic madness of Stranger Things season 4 or animated brilliance of Castlevania season 4 will be quite the same with just the sound effects.
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First Look: Sprint's Windows Phone 7
Jan 7, 2011, 3:32 AM by Philip Berne
At a Sprint executive dinner, we managed to sneak a few photos of Sprint's upcoming Windows Phone 7 smartphone. Check out the HTC QWERTY-slider coming to Sprint in the next few months.
At an executive dinner during CES in Las Vegas, while Sprint CEO Dan Hesse was talking up the company's upcoming 4G devices, I managed to snap a few pictures of the first Windows Phone 7 device coming to the carrier within the next few months. Hesse was coy about the exact timing, but did hint that we could expect the 3G-enabled smartphone to be available soon.
Though we've previously heard this phone identified as the HTC 7 Pro, Sprint reps told us that the actual name has not yet been finalized, but that it will probably be more user-friendly than the bland "7 Pro" moniker. The device is built by HTC, which is even more obvious when you slide open the keyboard and see the screen tilt at an angle from the sliding QWERTY, similar to the way the old HTC Touch Pro 2 tilts.
The slide mechanism was somewhat stiff, but this is certainly a pre-production unit and not final hardware, so I'll limit my judgments and just say I would like a smoother slide that is easier to open. The keyboard was fine. It felt similar to the T-Mobile G2, an Android slider built by HTC. That's okay, but I loved the keyboard on the Touch Pro 2, and I wish the Sprint WP7 phone had keys that were more bouncy and responsive.
For better and for worse, the phone runs the same Windows Phone 7 OS that we've seen on every WP7 device so far. That's mostly a good thing, because it's a fine interface with a blossoming app store selection. But Windows Phone 7 is still hobbled on side-sliding QWERTY phones. The OS still does a poor job reorienting itself for landscape mode, so when you open the keyboard, you're usually just looking at a sideways screen.
There were no special Sprint apps that I noticed, just the standard selection of Windows apps preloaded, as well as the HTC Hub with HTC's cool weather effects and apps.
Aside from my minor complaints about the slide, the phone feels solid. It isn't as chunky as the old Touch Pro 2 or other older HTC Windows Mobile side-sliders. It feels compact and more tightly constructed. It would be easier to fit into the pocket of a comfortable pair of pants, though you won't be stuffing this into your tight jeans.
Pricing, availability and the specific brand name for this phone have all yet to be determined, but the fact that Sprint is showing this phone to press and didn't stop me from snapping a few shots means it must be close to launch, probably within the next month or so.
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When will Microsoft get it together?
Bringing a 3G, non-production model to CES, with a "not so ready for prime time" OS... simply stunning.
Did anyone see the interview Steve Ballmer gave today with Maria Bartiromo today? Pathetic. The CEO of Microsoft dodged every legitimate question she asked about burgeoning tech, trying to pioneer "something" to compete in the handheld market and do anything, anything at all to kick start their 10 year flat stock price. He had absolutely no concrete answers. This is why they have been late to the party for the past 10 years.
Aren't you people tired of waiting for a company that should be a major player to innovate rather than... well, I'll refrain from using a word that rhymes with innovate for the act that MSFT is doing and I'll s...
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Personally I think Microsoft is taking their time with the OS, and trying not to go the Android route with 10000 different devices in 100000 different flavors. Having it all standardized is a giant step forward, and will only get better as time goes o...
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I agree on the OS being not ready for prime time. It should have had landscape support from the start.
That said, I don't think this game is a waiting game yet. 80% of U.S. phone buyers don't own a smartphone, but they will eventually. This is a v...
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"the company's upcoming 4G devices"
Was anything else mentioned besides the HTC EVO Shift 4G and BlackBerry Playbook 4G?


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Health Reform 2.0: Improving Health Literacy of Older Americans
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) increases access to health insurance coverage, establishes a minimum benefit package, makes coverage more affordable, and eliminates most cost sharing for recommended preventive services. Now it's time to empower consumers to take advantage of these improvements. One way to achieve this goal is to increase basic health literacy.
What is health literacy?
Health literacy is the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services in order to make appropriate health decisions.
Why does health literacy matter?
About 9 of 10 Americans struggle to access, understand and act on health information. According to the National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy , the lack of health literacy is a major public health problem that costs the U.S. economy between $106 billion and $236 billion annually . There is also a strong correlation between low health literacy and health disparities.
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Those most at risk include older adults, people with limited education, people of color and those with limited English proficiency.
Health literacy is particularly important for older adults.
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Making wise insurance coverage decisions — including when it is in one's best interest to change plans or providers. Experience with Medicare Part D tells us that older adults do not make wise insurance coverage choices even when it is in their financial best interest.
Navigating the health care system, including filling out complex forms, locating providers and services, and filing appeals. Using health insurance appropriately is the key to good care and cost savings.
Sharing personal information — such as health history — with providers. The ability to communicate effectively with providers improves patient outcomes and helps prevent medical errors.
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Limited health literacy is also associated with less use of preventive services, increased hospitalizations, higher health costs and higher mortality rates among older adults.
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Improving health literacy, especially among older adults, has the potential to save lives and dollars. It will also help to reduce health disparities. The ACA has several provisions that directly acknowledge the need for greater attention to health literacy, as well as many others that do so indirectly.
However, the law does not provide strong policy levers or explicit funding to improve consumer health literacy. Now is the time to focus more attention and resources on this important public health issue.
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Editor & Publisher Magazine Recognize Vikas Khorana
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Vikas Khorana, Stephens Media's director of information technology and digital media, was recently named to Editor & Publisher's "Publishing Leaders — 25 Under 35" list.
Stephens Media is a publisher of the local Las Vegas Review Journal. Vikas, 35, recently got promoted to the position of Director of Information Technology and Digital Media for the Stephens Media. He was previously the Director of Information Technology for the Las Vegas Review Journal and has been with the company since 2001.
In a posting on mediainfo.com, Editor & Publisher said the awards recognize next-generation newspaper publishing leaders, who are young, bright and capable of tackling whatever the changing newspaper climate throws at them.
"(They are) people with business acumen to lead through trying times and vision to implement bold, new strategies to move their newspapers forward," E&P said.
As reported in April 2011 issue of the Editor and Publisher, some people see Vikas Khorana as a visionary. He sees himself as a hardnosed negotiator. Either way, he's constantly on the lookout for opportunities to cut costs. By renegotiating existing IT contracts with vendors or using open source (performance testing) tools to implement a solution, he makes an impact. Khorana has been directly responsible for establishing an internal information technology customer service division for the company's many newspapers across 10 states and has reduced the overall operating expenses related to IT services.
He led key digital media initiatives, including online coupon sales, centralization of advertising operations, and classified ad sales — making a significant impact, not only on Stephens Media, but also on its flagship paper, the 142,476 circulation Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Khorana, who hails from New Delhi, India, came to the U.S. 11 years ago and already sounds like a typical American businessperson. "My main goal has always been to bring the cost of doing business down," he said.
Nominees for this prestigious award were publishers, editors, advertising executives, circulation managers and other newspaper leaders 35 and younger who own or work for print newspapers or online-only former newspapers.
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Pandiya is way ahead!! What has Faheem done?
I think Fahim needs to be given a complete run to see his what he is made of. So far, he played a crucial little cameo against Sri Lanka in the Champion's trophy. I was there at the stadium an Everyone could sense that had it not been for his positive intent, we were there for the taking.
It is too early to start comparing these two. Ashraf has only played two international games and in one of those games he had little involvement.
Kohli vs Babar or Shehzad, Pandya vs someone Fahim ?? Really.
Let's hope Micky picks Fahim Ashraf for KK and works on him like he did on Babar int he last PSL.
Have only seen one of them. Dont know who is other.
Obviously, Fahim is the better player (talent wise) and also has contributions in winning a global ICC trophy for Pakistan.
A much better comparison would be Pandya vs Bilawal Bhatti which I think is appropriate at this point in time however, IMHO Bhatti at the moment just edges ahead of him. Pandya over the course of his career, can effectively overtake Bhatti if he keeps on working on his fitness and bowling/batting.
In all seriousness Pandya is a serious talent, easily has more potential than Stokes with the bat, and expect him to take #1 all-rounder from Stokes within the next two years.
In terms of potential with the ball Fahim is slightly ahead, which isn't apparent now because of Fahim's god awful seam position.
In terms of batting potential Pandya is light years ahead, he's a future middle order prospect whilst Faheem at best will occupy a spot between 7-9. The timing and bat speed Pandya possesses is amazing.
atleast wait till Fahim plays 25 odd internationals.
Stokes is a better batsman and has more potential technically than Pandya. But higher potential or better technique does not always translate to better performances.
Let's first see if Faheem makes a place in his own team and then we can compare.
only if fahim gets a chance..... Captain sarafaraz has to be man enough for that.
this thread has become imran khan vs anwar ali, pandya miles ahead and fahim wont ever catch up with a weaker PCB, inferior facilities and nepotism.
bro what do you mean? to me thats like saying Umar akmal is ahead in potential compared to babar, which isn't apparent because of fitness.
Pandya is better than fahim in all regards and will always be.
Pandya's ability to hit sixes against spinners is well-documented. In fact, the frequency with which he hits them will instill fear in teams that plan to bowl spin to him. In Indore, however, the stand-out feature of his innings was his competence against pace. While he is not as aggressive against pace as he is against spin, Pandya is capable of keeping the quicker bowlers at bay and hitting proper cricketing shots in between. On Sunday, he proved that he isn't a mere finisher, but a batsman who can build an innings as well.
Pandaya will finish as the better player but I think Fahim can be a very good all rounder if he is given a chance.
I think this thread may have just Umar Akmal-ed poor Faheem.
There is absolutely no comparison between the two one is nobody and other is probably the best hitter in the world right now. Fahim do will do well if he adds 50% to the table what pandya is doing.
OTT. There are others, who are as good if not better.
A much better comparison would be Pandya vs Bilawal Bhatti which I think is appropriate at this point in time however, IMHO Bhatti at the moment just edges ahead of him.
Why, oh why, would you even make this comparison to say nothing of putting Bhatti ahead?
If every category, Pandya outscores Bhatti by a factor of 2 or more except for batting in tests in which he outscores him by a factor of about 1.7.
But Pandya does the Hakke Bakke, that counts for something, no?
He is the best lower order hitter in Pakistan.. Looking forward to see his development!
He is a better hitter against pace than Pandya who is hyped by Pakistanis too.
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Pandya the batsman may be, but as bowlers, they both stand on even ground.
I think Faheem is a better bowler.
Don't go by the hattrick today. 2 of the wickets were caught on boundary line and the 3rd one was an lbw against a proper tailender.
I still believe Pandya is a better bowler than Faheem.
Have not seen Faheem bat yet. So will reserve my comments.
Shanaka is not a tail-ender. Pandya is not a better bowler than Faheem. Pandya hasn't done much as a bowler, while Faheem has a hat-trick already.
I am saying this because Faheem is mainly a bowler. Pandya only learned how to bowl few years back.
Fahim should not be compared with pandya.
Fahim should be compared with stokes because they both bat left handedly.
This is going to be worse than Kohli vs Umar. Pandya is leagues above, but our fans will never learn.
Based on what? Just because Pandya is not a Pakistani cricketer? Pandya has done nothing with the ball, while Faheem has a hat-trick. Faheem hasn't got the opportunity to bat yet. Both have just started their careers, let them play a bit and then make such clownish statements.
Does Pandya have a hatrick?
Pandya doesnt have a hatrick yet and can only hit against spinners.
Where is the proof that Faheem can hit pacers for sixers? He struggled to get the ball away against Udana/Thisara/Sanjaya type trundlers.
Hardik can hit the above type trundlers all day. His struggle is against genuine 145k bowlers. He can only take singles against them.
That shot by Faheem would have gone for 6 on a pitch with bounce and pace.
I've seen him play that shot in domestics for 6.
Clearly it was very difficult to hit sixes on this wicket. You can't judge Faheem off this innings.
Mohammad Sami has a hat-trick. Does that make him a great player?
And it was an ordinary hat-trick. Two of them were caught in the outfield.
Secondly, neither are in the team due to their bowling. There are better bowlers than Pandya and Fahim in India and Pakistan, but they are in the team because of their batting, and Pandya is far, far ahead in that department.
The knocks that Pandya has played is well above his ability. He can't put bat on ball most of the times. There is comparison between the two.
It is Kohli vs Umar all over again. For a couple of years, our fans will fight for Umar and make excuses that oh it is his batting position and the management doesn't back him etc. etc., before eventually realizing that it is a simple matter of difference in ability and talent.
Fahim has as much of a chance of being better than Pandya as Masood does of being better than Cook.
Shadab had no trouble in lifting the bowler for a six.
By the way, I am not going to judge Fahim based on this 1 inning.
Can't believe such a thread exist when Faheem didn't even have a decent chance to bat yet.
Insightful post. Judges a player's ability by a 6-ball innings in a T20 match where 16 were required off 11 balls on a difficult pitch. Pandya might be untouchable for Indian fans, but he is just another player for other teams fans'.
Let both of them play for an extended period of time, then compare. Any comparisons right now are premature and frankly, daft.
Dont you think that the number of matches Pandya has played has helped in his development and even after that he can only hit spinners and looks pretty uneasy against pacers while Faheem is yet to play 7 matches more Pakistan i.e T20 and 50 overs combined.
Smith was a superb batsman in Shield Cricket. Bas har airay gharay ko khilao because Smith took time to become a world class international player.
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Even Irfan Pathan has a hatrick.Faheem struggled to bat against Lankan second string trundlers today whereas Pandya has smoked them in a test match at their home to score a century.And he is no mug against fast bowlers.Just that he doesnt do the same monstrous hitting against fastbowlers as he does against spin bowlers in international LOIs yet.However, in IPL he had smoked the likes of Rabada,Cummins and Boult for sixes and fours many times.
Faheem certainly has potential and needs backing. I hope Mickey and Sarfraz persist with him. He will come good, IA.
Faheem ashraf has always played as a bowling all-rounder. Where did u get your info on Faheem playing for his batting?
Some fans started bashing a player and started comparing a player who had players 30 ipl matches and lots of t20 and got good batting opportunities to the one who just batted for the 2nd time in his career in international cricket match. Some fans will never learn and will never be happy no matter what.
I am not the one judging Fahim based on this inning. It was the Pak poster who was claiming that Fahim can hit pacers better than Pandya. I was only asking for evidence.
Don't tell me domestic games. Pandya has hit pacers and trundlers in IPL before. Not easy to hit genuine pace bowlers like Coulter nile, Cummins etc.
While Pandya has played quite a number of matches for India nad has played 3, 4 seasons of IPL. Faheem is yet to play PSL and he is gonna play it in the coming edition hopefully and he can only be judged if he is given some matches at international level as 7 sins said.
Have you checked Fahim's stats in domestic cricket, or even heard of him before he broke into international cricket? His bowling is his stronger suit but he is a ferocious hitter and an asset to have coming in at number 7 or 8. Pandya is more of a batsman than a bowler. You just cannot compare the two right now based on the ridiculously small sample size. Your posts are just so bad, they might get mistaken for sarcasm and trolling the Indians for when they think Pandya is an untouchable cricketer.
You are right but we can have a look at him in next edition of PSL which is going to be his first edition.
Let Faheem play more games and bat more.
The comparison is definitely premature however.
He has potential and needs backing by management.
You need a sample of at least 10 T20's and 10 ODI's to judge a player. Even in that Fahim needs to bat at least 10 overs so that we can assess what kind of player he is.
Currently every Pak bowler that Pak puts on the paper is bowling like an ATG. We have to wait and see how many of them are real and how many are flash in the pans one series wonders.
As of now, the talent that is coming out of Pakistan is impressive.
Fahim has a nice fluid bat swing. He's a timer of the ball, a true pitch player. If we're to see his full potential, then Pakistan have to send him at 6 the next series. NZ pitches are ideal for his style of play.
There are very few who can muscle 145k bowlers. De Villiers and Andre Russel are the only two I can think of. Guptill at times.
Pandya has to time the genuine pacers. With his levers, even short arm jabs would clear the rope.
That's a timed six. Imad is a lazy idiot who hasn't progressed one bit even though he has timing and batspeed. Hasn't figured out his strengths or weaknesses. Plays stupid shots all the time. He grips the bat as if he's a top order shot-maker which he isn't. He needs a firmer bottom hand grip to stop the bat from twisting against faster bowlers. Anyway, I don't think he's gonna improve. Doesn't have the mental shrewdness or the drive to fine-tune his game.
Faheem needs to deliver big with the bat, needs to put in some serious match winning performances to match Pandya.
Fahim is in the team because the management have hopes from his batting. They believe that he has more potential than the other all-rounders when it comes to batting. Unless he develops his bowling to an extent where he can make the team purely on his bowling, he is going to be judged on his batting contributions.
Based on evidence so far, he seems to be cut from the same cloth as the other pretenders that we have had in the past. Of course, people are free to believe that he will develop into a Pandya or Stokes if given the time. I, however, do not share the optimism.
Don't know about "ferocious hitter" when he is catching thin air against 80 mph half-volleys. There is no point in bickering over this now. We shall revisit this thread in 4-5 years time, and if Fahim develops into a Pandya or Stokes level player, you can call me out throw eggs on my face.
Not so good execution today by Fahim with bat but will do well hopefully.
This was the first batting opportunity Faheem got in T20I's and it was such a pressure situation... we need to give him time and hold our expectations. Shahab has been in such siuations a couple of times and today he delivered-must say he is one level headed teenager that one!
Lol, at people writing him off the bat. Just wait and watch.
Faheem is also special. Saw him win a game from dead v Ban before CT. hit the ball miles. Very talented. I think he will be a key for Pakistan in the World Cup. Needs to play every game.
Sometimes you're spot on. Majority of the times you go a bit too far with the pessimism. Life is worth living!
Faheem is better than the other guys we've had in the last few years. He's still very raw but I'm optimistic he will be very good. He is more a no8 hitter and good fast medium. Not comparable to Pandya who's a proper batsman who bowls some handy overs.
Faheem will develop given a consistent run.
Wait .. why are we even comparing anybody to Pandya yet? Whats so special about what he has done that we are ravin about him to this extent?
Yes he certainly has shown potential and has the chance to become a great all-rounder but to already start comparing other players to him is certainly not warranted at this moment.
On the other hand to completely rubbish Faheem when he has only played a handful of games is not right either. If Pandya was a Pakistani, the same posters who are raving about him now would be nitpicking his weaknesses.


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Q: The semigroup of Laplace-Beltrami operator on 3-flat torus I am studying a recent paper in which the author worked on the rectangular, flat 3 tori. It can be realized, the author explained, as $\mathbb{R}^3 \over (L_1 \mathbb Z \times L_2 \mathbb Z \times L_3 \mathbb Z)$ with $L_j \in (0, \infty),j=1,2,3.$ For notational convenience, we use the coordinates for the standard torus $\mathbb{T}^3 :=
{\mathbb{R}^3 \over \mathbb{Z}^3}$ and incorporate the geometry of the torus into the Riemannian metric, using the corresponding Laplace-Beltrami operator
$$\triangle = \sum_{j=1}^3 L_j^{-2} \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x_2^2}$$
We then define the Schrodinger propagator $e^{i t \triangle} $ by
$$\mathcal{F}(e^{i t \triangle } f)(\xi)=e^{- 2 \pi i t \sum_{j=1}^3 L_j^{-2} \xi_j^2} \hat{f}(\xi), \,\,\, for\,\,\, \xi =(\xi_1,\xi_2,\xi_3)\in \mathbb{Z}^3.$$
I have some difficulties understanding how he scaled the coordinates of the Laplace operator. Also, I can not get how he got the semigroup. Could you please explain for me in details. Thanks in advance.

A: You are probably just overthinking it since this is basically just a multivariable calculus change of variables.
The transformation $\mathbb{R}^3 \to \mathbb{R}^3$ given by
$$ (x_1, x_2, x_3) \mapsto (y_1,y_2,y_3) = (L_1 x_1, L_2, x_2, L_3 x_3)$$
maps the torus $\mathbb{T}^3 = \mathbb{R}^3 / \mathbb{Z}^3$ to the rectangular torus $\mathbb{R}^3 / L_1\mathbb{Z} \times L_2 \mathbb{Z}\times L_3 \mathbb{Z}$. In other words, this defines a change of variables between the standard torus and the rectangular torus.
The change of variables satisfies
$$ \frac{\partial}{\partial x_i} = L_i \frac{\partial}{\partial y_i}$$
So the Laplace operator on the rectangular tori
$$ \sum \left(\frac{\partial}{\partial y_i}\right)^2 = \sum \frac{1}{(L_i)^2} \left( \frac{\partial}{\partial x_i} \right)^2 $$
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Pomoc de minimis to pomoc publiczna, wsparcie państwa, udzielana przedsiębiorcom, która nie musi być zgłaszana do Komisji Europejskiej. Zgodnie bowiem z normą prawa rzymskiego de minimis non curat lex  – prawo nie troszczy się o drobiazgi, pomoc o niewielkich rozmiarach nie powoduje naruszenia konkurencji na rynku.

Szczegółowe uregulowania zawarte są w rozporządzeniu Komisji (UE) nr 1407/2013 z 18 grudnia 2013, które weszło w życie 1 stycznia 2014, zastępując wcześniejsze rozporządzenie Komisji (WE) nr 1998/2006 z 15 grudnia 2006. Zgodnie z obowiązującymi przepisami, zgłoszeniu nie podlega pomoc publiczna w wysokości nieprzekraczającej 200 tys. euro w ciągu 3 lat.

Konstrukcja pomocy de minimis opiera się nie na wyłączeniu jej spod ogólnego zakazu konkurencji (art. 107 i 108 TFUE) na mocy aktu prawnego, a na uznaniu (i jedynie potwierdzeniu tego w rozporządzeniu Komisji), że pomoc ta jest na tyle drobna, że nie zagraża zasadom wolnego rynku. Stąd też tytuł rozporządzenia: "w sprawie stosowania art. 107 i 108 Traktatu o funkcjonowaniu Unii Europejskiej do pomocy de minimis".

Zakres
Wsparcie de minimis obejmuje m.in.najbardziej popularne dotacje ze środków unijnych. Ponadto państwo może w tym przypadku wesprzeć właścicieli firm poprzez m.in. zwolnienia z podatku od nieruchomości czy dotacje na cele środowiskowe. Pomoc de minimis może być udzielana przedsiębiorcy w różnych formach:

    dofinansowania szkoleń,
    dotacji na inwestycje,
    umorzeń (zwolnień) podatkowych,
    umorzenia odsetek ZUS,
    jako jednorazowa amortyzacja środka trwałego,
    gwarancji kredytowych.

Limit
Zgodnie z przepisami całkowita kwota pomocy de minimis przyznanej przez państwo członkowskie jednemu przedsiębiorstwu nie może przekroczyć 200 000 EUR brutto (ok. 867000 złotych) w okresie trzech lat kalendarzowych. Wyjątkiem są przedsiębiorstwa z sektora drogowego transportu towarów, gdzie limit otrzymanej pomocy wynosi 100 000 EUR. Jednakże świadczenia usług zintegrowanych, w których sam transport jest tylko jednym z elementów usługi (np. usług przeprowadzkowych, pocztowych lub kurierskich albo usług obejmujących zbieranie i przetwarzanie odpadów), nie należy uznawać za usługi transportowe.

Wartość otrzymanej pomocy de minimis można sprawdzić w Urzędzie Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów. Istnieje nawet aplikacja SHRIMP, która ma ułatwić ten proces. Pułap pomocy gwarantuje niewywieranie wpływu na wymianę handlową pomiędzy państwami członkowskimi Unii oraz nie zagraża konkurencji rynkowej. Małe i średnie przedsiębiorstwa definiuje zalecenie KE 2003/361/WE (1) oraz załącznik I do rozporządzenia (WE) nr 800/2008 (2).

Gdy w ciągu ostatnich trzech lat limit został przekroczony, przedsiębiorstwo nie może skorzystać z innych form wsparcia, będzie także zmuszone oddać uzyskaną ponad limit pomoc wraz z odsetkami.

Ograniczenia
Pomoc de minimis przeznacza się na rozwój przedsiębiorstw, jej celem nie jest ratowanie firm, które są w kiepskiej kondycji finansowej. Jednym z czynników wykluczających możliwość skorzystania ze wsparcia jest fakt, iż firma znajduje się w trudnej kondycji ekonomicznej. O wsparcie de minimis nie mogą ubiegać się także przedsiębiorcy:
 z sektorów rybołówstwa i akwakultury,
 zajmujący się produkcją podstawową produktów rolnych.

De minimis nie obejmuje również pomocy uwarunkowanej pierwszeństwem korzystania z towarów krajowych do towarów z zagranicy. Ponadto nie można ubiegać się o wsparcie na działalność związaną z wywozem do państw trzecich lub państw członkowskich ani na działalność w sektorze przetwarzania i wprowadzania do obrotu produktów rolnych w następujących przypadkach:
 kiedy wysokość pomocy ustalana jest na podstawie ceny lub ilości takich produktów nabytych od producentów podstawowych lub wprowadzonych na rynek przez przedsiębiorstwa objęte pomocą;
 kiedy przyznanie pomocy zależy od faktu przekazania jej w części lub w całości producentom podstawowym.

Szczegółowe postanowienia dotyczące pomocy de minimis zawarte są w rozporządzeniu Komisji (UE) nr 1407/2013 z 18 grudnia 2013, które weszło w życie 1 stycznia 2014, zastępując wcześniejsze rozporządzenie Komisji (WE) nr 1998/2006 z 15 grudnia 2006.

Wielkość pomocy publicznej w latach 2005-2015 w Polsce

Pomoc de minimis udzielona przedsiębiorcom w latach 2015-2017 w Polsce
Wartość pomocy de minimis udzielonej przedsiębiorcom w 2017 roku:

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 Rozporządzenie Komisji (UE) NR 1407/2013 z dnia 18 grudnia 2013 r. w sprawie stosowania art. 107 i 108 Traktatu o funkcjonowaniu Unii Europejskiej do pomocy de minimis

Linki zewnętrzne
 Leksykon budżetowy Biura Analiz Sejmowych – Pomoc de minimis
 Co to jest pomoc de minimis i kiedy można ją otrzymać

Polityka Unii Europejskiej
Gospodarka Unii Europejskiej
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According to Forbes, companies will spend approximately $7.4 billion over year on data-driven projects. Further, 80% of enterprises will invest about 13.8 million and 63% of small to medium size businesses will invest approximately $1.6 million on Big Data analytics.
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In order to simplify the Big Data analytics process, companies are pursuing a unified customer database. At the present time, there are still many businesses operating multiple platforms and systems, however this practice of collecting data separately will come to end soon. With cost-effective tools like Apache Spark added to the mix, this phenomenon will become increasingly important.
In the past, only corporate giants had access to this data, but now it has become easier and cheaper for companies to gather their own data and build customer databases both online and offline (and engage in analytics).
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The crown jewel of Camden's performing arts scene, this amazing venue has a divine history involving steam engines, gin, trade unions and some of the world's most legendary performers.
Originally, the Railway's Chief Engineer Robert Stephenson was tasked with building a 'round house' for maintaining and storing railway engines. The circular building was 160 feet in diameter, topped by a broad, conical roof supported by 24 columns and cast-iron girders. It opened in 1847 and was rightly celebrated as a marvelous feat of civil engineering. Unfortunately, just over 20 years later, it was already deemed obsolete. With the unprecedented industrial and technological developments taking place in the UK at that time, the engines grew too big to fit the building.
A new purpose had to be found for the round house. In 1869, a man named Gilbey (of Gilbey's Gin) took on its lease and began to use the venue as a warehouse for his liquor. The gin manufacturer remained for more than 90 years, during which time it continued to attract attention and numerous visits from students and admirers of architecture.
It wasn't until 1964 that it started its life as a cultural venue. Led by playwright Arnold Wesker, the Trade Unions and the Centre 42 movement, it became a cutting-edge arts venue, opening with a performance by a little known band called Pink Floyd. It continued hosing music performances through the 70s and 80s, becoming renowned for presenting radical theatre and new music. Work by Andy Warhol, Samuel Beckett, Steven Berkoff and David Hare has been shown here; Vanessa Redgrave, Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, Bob Hoskins and Tom Courtenay have all appeared on stage, and countless groundbreaking music acts have rocked the audience, including David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, the Clash, The Ramones, Patti Smith, Blondie, Elvis Costello and many, many more.
Following a short period of closure in the 80s, The Roundhouse still continues to showcases a variety of events: from large music gigs and dance, to circus, film, comedy and exhibitions. In 2004 it underwent a £30 million refurbishment, and opened to include a state-of-the-art creative centre for 11-25 year-olds to develop skills in performing arts, music and media. Since then more than
16,000 young people have benefited from creative opportunities, and in 2008 Roundhouse Radio launched developing the careers of young radio presenters, producer and DJs.
Today The Roundhouse is a hub of inspiration, a place where artists and emerging talent create extraordinary work and young people can grow into creative individuals.
The Roundhouse (c) Rob Dunlop
Black History Month 2019: Libraries
Click here to see the events happening around Camden libraries this October. Including Library Lates, music and more!
The hidden LGBT histories of King's Cross
Kings Cross (Remix) at Camden People's Theatre uncovers the hidden histories of LGBT communities in London during the 1980s.
The first pub theatre festival comes to Camden!
Theatrefullstop have teamed up with both the Etcetera Theatre and Lion and Unicorn Theatre to present the first Pub Theatre Festival this April!
Portraiture and Figure Drawing - Spring Term
Lauderdale House
Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill
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12.30 pm - 3.00 pm every Tuesday
Standard - per term (£190.00 concessions)
Regent's Park Summer 10K Series - Sunday 5 April 2020
The Hub, The Regent's Park
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PROJECTIONS: Psychoanalytic Investigation of The Joker at Freud Museum London


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Saw this movie 2night. Wasn't that exciting. Felt like I've seen it before and been done better. Yes its the Lord of the Rings syndrome all over again. I just felt like it was shooting these loud blanks, especially when it came to bringing up the emotionality it just felt corny. Maybe the kids will enjoy it and post-traumatic Lord of the Rings disordered people. It just didn't do it for me, sadly. I liked the first film though.
On a happier note, I just bought a ticket to one of my favourite bands, Band of Horses, who will play in Melbourne on the 3rd of August. Its pretty exciting. Just two days after enjoying the angelics of Sigur-Rós I can enjoy the country-rock melodies of the Horses. Far out man.
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Ghost Site, Museum, Sightseeing
The dry desert ranges of southern Arizona make for a perfect habitat for warbirds – the almost null humidity percentage and 'sky clear' conditions prevailing year round are particularly attractive when it comes to store rust and corrosion-prone pieces of machinery, like aircraft are.
For this reason the region between Phoenix and the border with Mexico is scattered with larger and smaller aircraft-centered businesses, going from pure airplane and engine storages, to refurbishment shops, parts resellers and so on.
Of course, if you own an old aircraft you would like to preserve, it would be a good deal finding a place in the area. This is what some people from the Government must have thought when they placed the famous AMARG in Tucson, in the southernmost part of Arizona. It was likely the same motivation which brought the largest private collection of aircraft in the world – Pima Air & Space Museum – down to the same location.
These two attractions, both perfectly accessible on a regular basis, already make a visit to Tucson a true 'must' for aviation-minded people. But the area offers also another unique site surely to be found in the shortlist of every aviation enthusiast – the only inter-continental ballistic missile silo you can visit in the US!
In this chapter you can see a series of photographs I took during a memorable two-days visit to these places back in 2012.
The 309th AMARG at Davis-Monthan AFB – Tucson, AZ
The acronym AMARG stands for 'Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group', a group which is operating under the Air Force Materiel Command. The most conspicuous part of their facility at the Air Force Base of Davis-Monthan – also home to the 355th FW – is a huge open-air storage area in the desert. This is made of two parts.
The first is where surplus aircraft from the various branches of the Armed Forces of the US and some of their Allies are stored. Before being placed out on the desert, these aircraft are treated to better preserve them, sealing all doors, windows, holes and slots. Some parts are covered in a special white rubber coating, to protect them from direct sunlight exposure. The process can be inverted, and all aircraft preserved in these conditions can be re-activated and return fully operational.
AMARG Davis-Monthan
The aircraft stored here in a mothballed condition are really many and make for an unbelievable sight! You will not find the same amount of planes in the same spot anywhere else in the world! And if you think this is just the 'not strictly necessary part' of the Armed Forces, well, it's hard to imagine what the sight of all the aircraft on duty would be like!
In the same part of the installation there is also a kind of 'commemoration alley', where an exemplar for almost every model ever stored on the base have been preserved, so as to keep memory of the past activities of the AMARG. These aircraft are placed to the sides of a straight road in a mothballed condition.
The second main part of the AMARG is known as 'the boneyard', and it looks more like a huge scrapyard. Here aircraft which are not intended to ever return to active service are stored. Thanks to the good climate, their condition probably appears more derelict than it actually is. Most aircraft here are used as donors for spare parts to supply others still on duty. The business is not limited to within the national borders. At the time of my visit, there were still many General Dynamics F-111, which until recently had been used to supply spare parts to the Royal Australian Air Force, which had just finished to phase out that model from active service.
Geographically in the same area of 'the boneyard', it is possible to see also some larger aircraft on storage, up in size to the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, plus some unique exemplars, like the incredible Boeing YAL-1, a modified 747-400 mounting an experimental laser cannon!
There are also some large missiles, and some mystery aircraft with civil markings, as well as a less attractive but really important asset – all the factory rigs necessary for re-booting the production of discontinued plane models.
Other items not on shortage here are jet engines. There are hundreds of them, some stored in dedicated cases, some just placed on a sand lot in open air.
The AMARG is very busy also with maintenance and conversion activities. At the time of my visit, they were working on the conversion of some McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom into target drones for weapons testing.
Leaving the installation you can spot close to the fence of the airbase – and besides a parking area for sequestered cars – a small deposit for aircraft. I don't know much about it, but noticed a pretty good number of interesting items, especially a series of Grumman Albatross.
This is an active military installation, and visiting is managed only by the Pima Air & Space Museum through a special agreement with the Air Force. The museum is located at a short distance from Davis-Monthan, just south of downtown Tucson. You will need to go to the museum reception to arrange a visit. Tours are offered on a regular basis, but it is not possible to book tickets, so you will need to go early to make sure you get your tickets. Full info from the website of the tour here.
The visit will take a couple of hours in total. You will board an air conditioned bus and you will tour the AMARG facilities without stepping off, which is nice as the temperature maybe crazy outside. The guide during my visit was a friendly former Super Sabre pilot and war veteran. Taking pictures was allowed at the time of my visit, except when military personnel were in the scope of your camera and in some specific spots your guide told us. A very enjoyable visit to a truly unique place! Totally recommended for aviation enthusiasts.
Pima Air & Space Museum – Tucson, AZ
Besides being the largest privately run collection of aircraft in the world, this museum has adopted a very interesting acquisition policy and also boasts an active restoration facility, making the place interesting not only for plenty of aircraft, but also for their variety and condition of preservation.
The museum is organized with some large hangars, close to the reception and gift shop, a huge open-air part and some smaller hangars scattered over the property.
The first hangars showcase some items from the collection which were restored to a very good non-flying condition. These include a very rare Martin PBM-5 Mariner, a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, an A-10 Warthog, a F-14 Tomcat and a F-4 Phantom! Also a super rare North American F-107 is part of the collection. Already enough for a visit, these are just a starter…
On the outside you will find a representative for virtually any model ever in service with the USAF or the Navy since the Fifties, from fighters to bombers, transport and observation aircraft.
These include a B-47 Stratojet, two B-52 Stratofortress, a B-36 Peacemaker – it looks like a real monster even parked outside, where things look shorter! – and some special aircraft, like a ski-equipped C-130, a veteran of operation 'Deep Freeze' to Antarctica, a Super Guppy and the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker christianed "Weightless Wonder V", used for parabolic zero-gravity flights.
In a somewhat secluded part of the open-air exhibition you will find a shortlist of extremely rare aircraft, including a Beechcraft 2000 Starship, a twin turboprop design by Burt Rutan with a canard configuration, made for the executive market, and a Budd RB-1 Conestoga, an aircraft proposed during WWII when an aluminium shortage was feared, and mainly made of steel! Both models never entered serial production. Nearby there is also a Boeing YC-14 prototype, which participated in a competition for a STOL aircraft to replace the C-130.
Other highlights on the outside include a Convair B-58 Hustler and a Douglas VC-118 Liftmaster – a version of the Douglas DC-6 propliner – serving as Air Force One transporting Presidents Kennedy and Johnson on some official travels. But the list of interesting aircraft here would be really long!
Some aircraft in the exhibition are pretty rare to find at least in this part of the world. These include a French Sud Aviation Caravelle passenger aircraft, several British aircraft including a Fairey Gannet, and also some Soviet models.
The restoration facility could not be toured during my visit, but on the outside I could spot a rare Avro Shackleton patrol aircraft from the Fleet Air Arm – an unexpected sight in the desert of Arizona!
Among the warbirds preserved in the smaller hangars, a B-17, B-24 and B-29 from WWII are surely worth mentioning. Another interesting sight is one of NASA's X-15 rocket planes.
You can choose to tour the huge open-air exhibition with special covered trolleys departing at certain times instead of moving around alone. I elected to go on my own, but I experienced a certain level of dehydration – as it is typical in deserts, a combination of intense sunlight, hot air temperature and very low humidity triggers intense perspiration from your skin, but this goes unnoticed to you, for sweat evaporates fast and has not the time to accumulate to form droplets, so you don't realize anything strange is happening… until your mind starts to feel light and your legs very heavy! Luckily, there is a restaurant offering cold drinks inside the museum – there I consumed the fastest 'tall size' of Coke in my life during my visit!
The museum is open year round and almost every day. Check the website here for further info. The location is quite close to downtown Tucson, and can be easily reached by car.
To help your plans, if you are an aviation enthusiast consider that the combination of a visit to this museum and the AMARG facility described above will easily fill a 1-day schedule, for this collection is extra-large and also very interesting. This is especially true if you are interested in taking pictures – something you are encouraged to do by the clean, perfect light typical of desert areas.
I visited in August and the temperature was very high. You can bear it easily thanks to the low humidity rate, but be sure to take precautions to avoid dehydration. Visiting in other seasons may be indicated to enjoy milder climatic conditions.
Titan Missile Museum – Sahuarita, AZ
This museum encompasses a full Titan II missile launch facility. The Titan II was constituted by a liquid propelled, two-stages missile capable of reaching targets more than 6000 miles away, transporting a 9 megaton W-53 thermonuclear warhead, the most powerful ever deployed operationally by the US.
There were just above 50 such launch sites in the US, in southern Arizona, Kansas and Arkansas, and this is the only one which can be visited today. The operational life of the missile spanned from the early Sixties to the mid-Eighties. Even though it was soon superseded by the Minuteman missile fleet, the mighty Titan II remains a true icon of the Cold War era.
Being more than 100 ft tall and weighing around 350'000 lb, this missile could not be moved easily, and was in fact kept in a concrete interred silo specifically built around it. The cylinder-shaped silo is a relatively small part of the installation, which is composed also of a number of underground passages, control rooms, staircases, storages, safety doors, air ducts, cables and literally tons of equipment.
The whole site was designed to withstand the blast of a nuclear attack directed to the silo, itself a designated target for the enemy of the time – the Soviet Union. To this aim, a large part of the structures in the underground facility are standing on a complicated elastic base, with springs and dampers to compensate for intense vibrations coming from the ground in case of a nuclear attack.
During your visit to the museum you will receive a briefing about the history of the Titan II in a service house. You will be given a helmet before accessing the underground control part.
The most interesting stop in this area is by the control room of the missile, where the condition of all systems was constantly kept under control. It was from here that the missile could be armed and launched in case an attack was authorized. During the visit you are shown a simulation of the launch sequence. This is a very lively experience, for all control panels are lighted on as they used to be when the system was actually working!
After exploring a bit of the underground site, you reach the inside of the cylindrical silo, where a Titan II is still standing today. Here you can appreciate the monstrous size of this ICBM, and the complexity of the system – many pipes going in and out, cables and other systems.
In the final part of the visit you leave the underground facility and return to the ground level, where you can have a look at some pieces of machinery like dismounted rocket engines, pumps and other equipment connected with the function of the site.
All in all, this museum represents a unique destination for aviation enthusiasts as well as historians, veterans of the Cold War and everybody with a fascination for relics of the duel between the two Superpowers. Even if you are not an expert, you will be astonished by the size and complexity of this missile, so there is definitely something for everybody in this site!
The Titan museum is located south of Sahuarita, less than 15 miles south of Tucson, AZ, along the I-19 going to the Mexican border.
The museum is actually a friend of the Pima Air & Space Museum, but it is a separated entity, so timetables are different. Visiting is possible only through guided tours, which are organized on a regular basis. Full information from their website. They also offer special-themed tours to usually inaccessible parts of the site. Taking pictures is possible anywhere, for the installation is today decommissioned and declassified.
Touring the underground facility may ba a little uncomfortable when moving in groups – the rooms where not intended for tourist groups! -, there are several flights of stairs and the terrain is sometimes uneven. That said, for the average person there is really nothing to worry about during the visit.
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