Tough, Blued Steel Designed To Take Steel Shot Abuse, So Gun Barrel Doesn't.
The trouble with steel shot is that it will bulge even the toughest, thickest shotgun 1 rel at the choke, gradually destroying not only pattern density but the barrel itself. Plus, the battering also jams the choke tube threads into the barrel threads, making removal extremely difficult. Colonial has solved the problem by making their Super Steel tubes with the choke beyond the barrel and threads. Even Colonial's tough, thick, blued steel Super Steel tube will expand, but when it does, all that is damaged is the tube, not an expensive barrel. Just unscrew the tube and replace with a new one.
Hastings:Flush mount screw-in choke tubes in Eather the Win-Choke Style tube or the Tru-Choke Style tube in 12 and 20 Gages.
-style tooling system (not Thinwall). Also fit Hastings CTI barrels. For use with LEAD SHOT ONLY!
SPECS: 12 ga. -.794 "-44 tpi. 20 ga..674"-44 tpi.
Longer, parallel choke section restrictions and smaller muzzle diameters give even "tighter-than-extra-full" patterns with lead shot. Made from heat-treated, 17-4 stainless steel for exceptional strength. Bead-blasted and bl Lied. dull, matte finish that won't spook game.
For use with LEAD SHOT ONLY! Pattern shotgun with largest restriction first.
SPECS: 12 ga. only to fit following styles: Wm-ChokeP: 812′-32 tpi Tru-Choke": .794″-44 tpi. Rem" Choke: .812′-32 tpi.
over 550 ft.lbs. of energy on impact.
platforms from which to begin.
tolerances in order to keep them functioning in combat conditions. Hence, they were reasonably accurate, but not outstanding.
1911 is generally a more accurate handgun than the .45 offerings of leading makers such as SIG, Glock, H&K, and Smith & Wesson.
than most of us have been on this troubled little planet.
tended to follow the double action/single action pattern being used in French and German pistols built by FN, Walther, and Mauser.
contrast, tended to favor the smaller and faster cartridges such as the .32, .380, and 9mm Luger.
explanations, the shear staying-power of the 1911 .45 ACP is an element of its mystique.
best? It is if you like it the best. For me, it's the most enjoyable handgun to shoot and study of them all.
or this one in Rosedale, Okla.
Here are some exploded firearms drawings and parts lists.
Astra_A-60. Pistol.(62Kb)Astra double action A-60.
Astra_A-80 Pistol. (137KB) Astra double action A-80.
Beretta 92 pistol. (130KB) This drawing is of the original 92, but it will also work with the various suffix models (such as the 92F).
Beretta Model 90 MODEL 90 DOUBLE ACTION AUTOMATIC .32 ACP cal., 3 5/8 in barrel, fixec sights, blue, plastic grips. Mfg. 1969-1983.
Beretta A-300 and A-301 (163KB) Semi-auto shotgun. This drawing is of an older model, but will give a good idea of the parts of all Beretta Semi-auto shotguns.
Browning Auto 5 Shotgun. (176KB) This drawing will also work for clones such as the Remington Model 11 and the Springfield.
Browning Auto 22 Rifle. (110KB) This drawing will also work for the Norinco auto 22.
Colt "D" frame Old Style revolvers. (105KB) This drawing is representative of all the small frame Colts such as the Cobra and the Police Positive.
Colt Gold Cup pistol. (129KB).
Colt .22_Cal_Converion Unit Pistol. (27KB).
Colt 1911 Gov. pistol. (116KB) Colt Government 1911.
Colt Mk III revolvers. (128KB) All the Mark III pistols such as the Trooper and Lawman.
Colt Mk V revolvers. (125KB) All the Mark V pistols such as the Trooper and Lawman.
Colt Single Action Army revolver. (105KB) The Original design, works for most SAA clones although many of them have some kind of firing pin block built into the hammer.
Dakota Single Action Army revolver. (127KB) Most Colt clones use a variant of this design.
High Standard Sentinel revolver. (114KB) Most High Standard revolvers.
Interarms Mark X rifles. (142KB) With slight variations, the whole range of commercial Mauser actions.
Luger Old Model pistol. The 1900 to 1902 design.
Luger P-08 pistol. The usual military Luger design.
Marlin 30 lever action rifle. (249KB) Marlin Model 30 and 30AS Lever-Action Rifle.
Marlin 39A lever action rifle. (210KB) The Marlin rim fire rifle.
Marlin (Glenfield) 60 semi-auto rifle. (135KB) Most of the Marlin rim fire semi-auto rifles.
Marlin 1881 lever action rifle.
Mauser 98 Rifle. (186KB) Most bolt action rifles are variations of this design.
Mossberg 500 pump shotgun. (163KB) With some variation, most Mossberg pump shotguns.
Remington Nylon 66 semi auto 22 rifle.
Remington 81 Rem Model 8 and 81 semi-auto.
Remington_M24 and Remington_M24 Parts list Remington Model 24/241,semi auto 22 rifle.
Rossi Model 92 rifle. The same basic design as the Winchester 92.
Ruger MK II Mfg 1982 to Date: semi auto pistol.
Ruger New Model Black Hawk revolver. (149Kb) Also can be used for the Super Black Hawk.
Ruger Security Six revolver. The basic design for the "6" series.
Ruger 44 Mag Carbine rifle.
Ruger SP_101 revolver. (88Kb) The basic design for the GP-100 and the SP-101.
Moisin-Nagant rifle. Models from 1892 through 1916.
S&W Model 19 revolver. (161KB) S&W "K" frame revolvers.
S&W Model 36 revolver. (144KB) S&W "J" frame revolvers.
S&W Model 39 pistol. (170KB) Single stack magazine. There are some changes to the 3rd generation.
S&W Model 41 pistol. (203KB) Rimfire target pistol.
S&W Model 59 pistol. (145KB) High capacity 9mm. There are some changes to the 3rd generation.
S&W 44 American revolver. Basic Scofield design.
Savage Model 110 bolt action rifle. (172KB) Most of Savage's bolt rifles.
Savage Model 67 pump shotgun. (189 KB) Most of Savage's pump shotguns.
Savage Fox SideXSide shotgun. (174KB) Most of the Savage's SXS shotguns.
Sig 220 pistol. (146KB) Is the basic design for the Sig double action pistols except the 230.
No. 1 Mk III bolt action rifle. (172 KB) Can be used for almost all British Enfields.
Krag-Jorgensen rifle. Models 1892 through 1899.
Krag-Jorgensen(U.S.Krag 30-40) rifle.(179Kb) Krag-Jorgensen(U.S.Krag 30-40).
Springfield 1903 A 1 and A3 rifle.(193Kb) Springfield 1903 A 1.
Walther PPK pistol. (153KB) Can be used to some extent for the Markarov and the PP, PPK/S and PPK clones.
Winchester Model 1873Winchester Model 1873,Lever action rifle.
Winchester Model 1897Winchester Model 1897,Shotgun.
Winchester Model 1911/Model 11 or Win_1911_11 Winchester Model 1911/Model 11,AutoLoading Shotgun.
Winchester Model 62A/1890-1906Winchester Model 62A/1890-1906,.22 Slide action Rifle.
This is a Ruger MK II, with a full bull-barrle that I build about 10 years ago for Guard compaction.
Hastings Flush mount screw-in choke tubes in Either the Win-Choke Style tube or the Tru-Choke Style tube in 12 and 20 Gages.
Clean all Pistols and Revolvers.
All bluing it a hot bluing bath.
safety on the side of the frame is applied.
wrong and slows the acquisition of the sight picture.
step, and an opening for mistakes in the process of getting the front sight onto the target.
Many major retailers (Sears, Wards, etc.) have always put their own brand name on guns they have sold. The following list shows the brand name and the original model it should cross over to for parts ordering. We would appreciate comments, additions and corrections to the list.
Sears 583.1 High Standard ?
Sears 583.17 High Standard ?
Western Field 151X Kessler ?
Widgeon SA 650 Marlin 55 12 ga.


When you think about bingo, the only thing that you can envision is someone playing for cash prizes. Yet, this extremely popular game isn't all about winning. Bingo is mostly about having fun and, of course, enjoying yourself.
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More than six million children will attend one of the 10,000 summer camps in the United States this year. Sixty percent of these programs are designed for children to sleep away from home. While some children eagerly anticipate this time away from home, for others it can be an emotional experience. Dr. Gail Gross, a nationally recognized expert on juvenile education and development issues, encourages parents to help their children face homesickness and to not only survive summer camp but to enjoy it.
Begin with practice sleepovers. Choose a relative or family friend's house to adapt your child to being away from home for the night.
Chart your child's progress. Construct a chart by marking successful overnight stays to serve as a visible reminder of his/her progress.
Visit summer camps. Fear of the unknown is terrifying for many first-time campers. Familiarizing children with a summer camp setting will help put their minds at ease. Let them see what a camp looks like and where the important things (lunch hall, bathrooms, bunks) are located.
Meet the camp director. The camp director can make or break a child's first summer camp experience. Introduce them and allow them to interact before camp begins.
Offer reassurance. Long before the bags have been packed, offer upbeat words of encouragement. Never discuss how much your child will be missed back home. Instead, keep the focus on them and the camp experience. Resist calling your children at camp too often. This contact will sabotage their efforts to separate and succeed on their own.


For most people, the thing they tend to worry about most with a cut, live Christmas trees is how long the needles are going to last before they either fall off, get trampled around the house or get stuck in the soles of your feet. The trouble with cut trees is this, over half of a Christmas tree's weight is down to the water inside it. So when its roots are cut off for sale, the tree is no longer able to replenish the water it loses through evaporation and transpiration - the emission of water vapour in plants.
A Christmas tree will lose water naturally through its needles, but without roots it will be unable to replace that which is lost. Once this water loss reaches a critical level the trees natural defense system will kick in and it will try to shed as many needles as possible before it dies of dehydration (desiccation) in an attempt to save itself.
There are techniques you can use that will slow their water loss down, and this will prolong the time that the needles will stay on the stems and branches, but you need to start treatment as soon as possible after the tree has been cut.
The problem that occurs here is that most trees you buy would have had their roots removed a week or two earlier, sometimes more, before they even reach a shop, and each shop generally stops buying new stock during the second week in December. By that time, and particularly if the weather has been warm, they would have been drying out for a week or two and will probably be dropping leaves as soon as they are out of their protective netting. If you are the type of person who looks for a bargain just one or two days before Christmas day then you really are going to get what you pay for.
With all trees slightly differing some are worse for drying out than others, but with a little attention, you can maintain the quality of your display trees until the twelfth day itself. Check out our top tips for Christmas tree care.
1. The first thing to do with your chosen tree is to make a fresh cut 1-2 inches back from the base, quite often this is a service that your retailer will provide, but you may have to ask first.
2. Once you return home place the fresh cut into a container of water as this will allow some uptake of fluid back into the plant. If you intend to put your tree up in the home straight away, then your choice of Christmas tree stand then become important.
There are many on the market now that come with an in-built reservoir. I would advise purchasing one to keep your tree in peak condition. Remember to keep it topped up though as you will be surprised at how much water it will use. If you intend to wait before you decorate your tree then it will probably be best for your tree to leave it outside in the cold. The colder it is the less water will be lost through evaporation and transpiration.
3. With regards to Christmas tree stands make sure that it is of a suitable size for your tree. If you think that you can get away with a smaller size you will end up having to whittle away its base to make it fit.
By doing this, you will be removing the cambium layer responsible for water intake. This negates the point of having a stand with a reservoir. Your tree is also more likely to fall over!
4. Use small LED or low voltage lights as they will produce little or no heat. Larger lights will warm up where they touch the branches causing water loss.
5. If possible, keep your tree in a cool room, out of draughts and direct sunlight as this will all help in reducing water loss. If this isn't possible then remember to keep your tree away from direct sources of heat such as electric or open fires.
WARNING! Pine sap can be highly volatile if accidentally ignited, and if a tree catches light you can lose more than just your prized Christmas ornaments, you may end up losing your home! Remember the the longer the tree has been without roots, the drier it becomes and this increases the risk of it all going up in flames!
6. Finally, the oldest trick in the book. Spray the underside of you tree with hair spray as this will block the stomatal pores in the needles that allow water to escape.
Unfortunately this will also make your tree more flammable, although nowadays you can buy cans of Xmas tree 'needle-fast' spray. You generally find them next to cans of Christmas tree pine fragrance - perhaps the most ridiculous product on the market today as it can end up making your room smell like a 1970's toilet!


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At no time in the history of the world has every part of the planet been free of war, and no part of the planet has ever been free of war at all times in the history of the world.
Throughout the whole existence of humanity, people have disagreed, and where these disagreements have given rise to conflict, conflict has given rise to violence.
Like affection leads to passion, and passion to love, conflict has led to killings and killings to war. We are unlikely to have any reason to fear and hope respectively, that this will change in the coming millennium.
However, like love war is many things.
At one time, war being so primitive, that threatening gestures and sarcastic taunts were the only requirements of a bloodless conflict, and even when the plains flowed with blood and resounded with the din of battle, weapons were so simple, that nobody could hope to kill more than a single opponent at any one time, and never without considerable risk to their own life and well-being.
Cultures being so primitive and warfare being so underdeveloped, it is doubtful that any man that ever entered a battlefield, could in the end escape the crushing reality of having confronted an opponent that was human like himself.
Like so many things in our time, war is a rather different and civilised affair.
Weaponry and warfare have been automated to such a degree, that a military alliance can destroy towns and people simply by typing their coordinates, and without risking anything to themselves other than a broken nail.
For the mightiest warlords, with capital, cruise missiles and cluster bombs on their side, war is no longer war, but a clinical, almost aesthetic study in digitised information, a campaign against evil, and an operation against disease. Draw a line, make an incision, move a little with the mouse or discreetly manipulate the joystick, and the stricken country receives a colossal dose of medicine. And everything and everyone will be well again.
So advanced has the propaganda of war become, that its almost total manipulation of news and information, renders superfluous any control over that Press, which compliantly stages this propaganda, as though it were an expression of independent analyses and objective reporting. So confident in its bizarre conceptual devaluation that even the most violent air-bombardment is classified not as a military but, wait for it, a humanitarian operation - and so convincing in its endless absurdity, that it no longer lends itself to exaggeration and thereby effectively delivers its insidious fallacy, that any falsification would be impossible.
Only the mentally challenged could believe, that war, as we have experienced it since the dawn of time, will ever disappear, though only the extremely mentally challenged could deny that rationalisation and civilisation have made wars' practitioners, or its intentions more inhumane.
No person is so thoughtless and effective a killer as he, who happily never has to look his victim in the eye, whether they be soldiers or civilians, and nobody kills as comfortably as he who kills while sitting on a ship or flying a jet, jam-packed with electronic warning systems, that for all intents and purposes make him invisible, invulnerable and untouchable. Nobody has anything to fear, nobody has anything to regret, and nobody looses a nights sleep.
Never before has the supremacy of a dominant power been so absolute, and never before has the destruction been so systematic, that no combatant is forced to take even the remotest responsibility for his or her actions. No longer do individuals, by direct definition, actually kill anybody, merely give or pass on an order, press a button and complete an assignment. Not so different or more exciting than the most ordinary office work, and therefore no limits on how often, how many - or how nonsensically and carelessly - one can kill.
This pleasure is the sole reserve of ones opponent. Only ones opponent gets to throw up at the sight of splintered bones in open wounds, and only ones opponent gets to stink of involuntary defecation from shell shock, and only the families of ones opponents get their hands bloody as they place the bones and flesh of their sons, husbands and fathers in humble coffins.
All the while our prime minister, foreign minister and war minister, smile in competition with the arms manufacturers, newspapers hoist the flag and callous cynics display their pride in a fashion usually reserved for victory on the football pitch.
So low have we sunk.
Where is the showdown with this widespread stupidity, which not only passively ignores, but actively applauds this centralisation of power and concentration of weaponry, that is without precedent in the history of the world?
Where is the medias scrupulous exposure of the false negotiations, where the worlds largest, most powerful and wealthiest war machine, forcefully set unnecessary dictates and ultimata, that were so obviously unacceptable, that they knowingly and deliberately provoked a war, which they never had any intention of avoiding?
Where is the revolt against the alliances obvious arrogance, which hypocritically condemns ethnic cleansing and discrimination in its quest for power and influence, while at the same time, giving military support to, and remaining silent about, other regimes oppression and cleansing of their ethnic minorities, when its own power and influence needs preserving?
Where is the onslaught in opposition to the most bomb happy government in the history of Denmark, who with the air and sincerity of a TV evangelist, refuses to publish the agreement, which has sent this nation to war for the first time this century?
Where is the limit to the chronic naivete of public opinion, that from the bomb shelter of their own livingroom, swallow whole the propaganda of the wars' humanitarian objective, just as easily as they swallow the propaganda that tells them of the absence of propaganda?
As long as a thorough revolt against this, unprincipled centralisation and unscrupulous militarism of our time fails to materialise, humanism and genuine concern for human tragedy will remain exactly as minimised and down prioritised in the actual political agenda, as it is prioritised and propagandised in the official.


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Александер Зульцер (; 30 травня 1984, м. Кауфбойрен, ФРН) — німецький хокеїст, захисник. Виступає за «Кельнер Гайє» у Німецькій хокейній лізі.

Виступав за: ХК «Кауфбойрен», «Гамбург Фрізерс», «Дюссельдорф Метро Старс», «Мілвокі Едміралс» (АХЛ), «Нешвілл Предаторс», «Флорида Пантерс», «Ванкувер Канакс», «Баффало Сейбрс».

В чемпіонатах НХЛ — 80 матчів (2+8).

У складі національної збірної Німеччини учасник зимових Олімпійських ігор 2006 і 2010 (9 матчів, 0+1), учасник чемпіонатів світу 2005, 2006 (дивізіон I), 2007 і 2010 (18 матчів, 0+2). У складі молодіжної збірної Німеччини учасник чемпіонатів світу 2003 і 2004 (дивізіон I).

Посилання
 Профіль  на Eliteprospects

Німецькі хокеїсти
Гравці збірної Німеччини з хокею
Хокеїсти «Нашвілл Предаторс»
Хокеїсти «Флорида Пантерс»
Хокеїсти «Ванкувер Канакс»
Хокеїсти «Баффало Сейбрс»
Задрафтовані «Нашвілл Предаторс»
Хокеїсти на зимових Олімпійських іграх 2006
Хокеїсти на зимових Олімпійських іграх 2010
Хокеїсти АХЛ
Хокеїсти «Дюссельдорфа»
Хокеїсти «Кельнер Гайє»
Хокеїсти «Мілвокі Едміралс»

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The Creative Sherlock Holmes: Appreciating the Rational Thinker's Hidden Artistry
"Art requires the challenge of intense focus yet the ability to simultaneously remain open."
April 23, 2021 By Bonnie MacBird
Via Collins Crime Club
We all think of Sherlock Holmes as a rational thinker, a scientist, a man who uses remarkable powers of inference, deduction and observation to extract the truth from a tangled mass of facts. Holmes brings the rigor of scientific thinking to crime solving—a new idea in the nineteenth century, but now standard practice.
Of course Holmes is every bit as much as artist as he is a scientist.
But artists create. What, exactly does Holmes create? You won't find daubs of cerulean blue paint on his frock coat. "Data, data, data! I cannot make bricks without clay!" says he.
His art material is this data, this clay—the details, the facts of the case which he has observed or ferreted out. But only Holmes creates these bricks which build up the solution. He creates a mental model of "what happened, who did it, how, and why?"
Let's look at "creativity" from a philosophical, and then a practical angle.
Arthur Koestler in "The Act of Creation" presents us with the concept of bisociation—which he calls the foundation of creativity. Very roughly defined, it means taking two different planes of reference—world views, really, which are not normally associated—and viewing them at the same time. This reveals a previously unseen connection between them, which in turn feels altogether new.
On the simplest level, it's a joke. Puns are good examples, with two worlds colliding and turning on a single word. Such as: "Clones are people two."
Our reaction is "Ha! Ha!"
The second may be more scientific. This time the fresh thing is uncovered by the conscious search. It might be a recognition of a pattern, the discernment of complex interactions. A mathematic solution. A sudden insight that connects all the data we have been puzzling over, and then all falls into place, triggered by one final, last piece. Sherlock Holmes and that thumbprint in the closet in "The Norwood Builder". Not just that it's an obvious clue. But that it wasn't there yesterday. That means the criminal is still at large. Directing the investigation. And local!
Creative discoveries made like those above elicit …. "Aha!"
And the third level is the highest form of human endeavor. A work of unmistakable genius, where the juxtaposition of materials and ideas or execution actually extend our notion of what is possible. We are transformed and transported by the experience of it. How can this even exist? It is a thing of beauty. Of wonder. A symphony. A painting. An eloquent mathematical proof. Has this been true all along? It evokes a feeling of connection to something much larger than oneself. Divine, some might call it. It takes us out of ourselves and admiration may be too pale a word.
Our response is "Ahhhhhhh!"
At this moment of creation/discovery scientists and artists may themselves laugh with pleasure. As Turing Award winner Alan Kay says, "the universe has always been there but we just didn't see it."
Holmes expresses his appreciation of this level of genius when he attends a concert of Sarasate playing Bach. And, as Watson says in The Valley of Fear of one of the smarter policemen who admires Holmes, "Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius."
There is no question that a highly creative individual differs from their less creative colleagues. But the label of "artistic" in the late nineteenth century was not necessarily a compliment. While their works may have been admired, artists themselves were viewed as people who had their heads in the clouds, their hands on the absinthe or cocaine, and their personal lives veering toward a train wreck. Holmes was looked at as a bohemian, a renegade, an outsider.
The "artistic temperament" as it was called then was often a euphemism for emotional, lazy, flighty, manic, unreliable, and subject to moods. Artists dressed differently, they worked and slept at odd hours, and did not care for propriety. And who knew about their sex life? Scandalous, no doubt. The "artist" label was fraught then… and frankly, still misunderstood even today.
Someone who has never attempted to excel in an art form does not realize the sheer hard work it is to develop chops. Instead, non artists point to daydreaming, the contemplative hours, the apparent self-indulgence but miss the point. In fact, good artists have all learned how to work.
Art requires the challenge of intense focus yet the ability to simultaneously remain open. It also requires detailed specialized knowledge of materials, tools, techniques and subject matter.
In "The Greek Interpreter" we learn that Holmes' grandmother was the sister of the artist Vernet. The eldest Vernet in this family of illustrious French painters created a very detailed catalogue of precise colours he used for seascapes and landscapes. He carefully mixed paints and then categorized and codified these tints for specific subject matter.
Sherlock Holmes's art form is solving crime, and he has spent his adult life accruing the knowledge he needs—a mental catalogue of ashes, tire tracks, perfumes, and many other things which may turn up as indicators in his work. Reams of newspaper clippings detailing crimes and the motives and methods line his study. And he developed chemical tests—a reagent that infallibly detects human blood, for example.
The mental discipline of art often requires a precise inner language to guide the act of creation. To continue with the visual metaphor, the great drawing teacher Betty Edwards in her seminal work "Drawing on the Right side of the Brain" points out that most people, as Holmes sometimes admonishes Watson, "see but do not observe". When asked to draw an eye from memory, someone who hasn't learned the trick might draw the symbol of an eye, as on the left, instead of the actual observed eye, which might look more like the figure on the right.
If a portrait painter can move past preconceived notions to the detail of what is actually there, s/he will "achieve a likeness" of the subject. (Note: I am not implying that drawing a likeness is the pinnacle of visual art, just that it's an advanced drawing skill, acquired by training and by practice. Although Betty's book will move you past that quickly).
As Goethe, one of Holmes's favorite philosophers, says. "A person hears only what they understand." Most people's preconceived notions so block their perception that they fail to see or hear what is really there—because it is not what they expect, or what they already know.
Against all odds, artists must maintain a level of excitement, of enthusiasm for the act of creation that propels them on, and they must also have the ego to persist past early failure. One must sail right past the squawking early violin playing, the clumsy portraits, the muddy watercolours, that rough first draft of the novel. Acknowledge, improve, persevere.
In "The Sign of the Four", as Holmes and Watson exhaustively trail their quarry, the doctor begins to fatigue, unable to keep up with Holmes. He says of his friend, "I had not the professional enthusiasm which carried my companion on."
And that's exactly the engine for all artists. The professional enthusiasm. Yes, Sherlock Holmes is not only a man of science, but he is unquestionably an artist as well.
A Samba for SherlockBonnie MacBirdCollins Crime ClubSherlock HolmesThe Three Locks
Bonnie MacBird
Bonnie MacBird is a produced screenwriter and playwright as well as an accomplished stage actor and writing teacher. She holds degrees from Stanford in music and film, and when she's not writing Sherlock Holmes, moonlights as a theatre director and audiobook reader. She divides her time between Los Angeles and London. Visit her at www.macbird.com.
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At today's press conference where the new jersey was unveiled, UAE Abu Dhabi announced a new signing.
Half a dozen riders showed up in the colors of the new formation which has taken over from Lampre-Merida. One of them was United Arab Emirates champion Youcef Mirza who was present alongside Andrea Guardini and Matej Mohoric. The former Nasr-Dubai rider will reinforce the WorldTour team and at 28 years of age, he will ride at the highest level for the first time.
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Moon Knight Producer Confirms WandaVision Similarities
By Liam Crowley Posted: March 24, 2022
The Marvel Cinematic Universe kicks off this year's release slate the same way it began in 2021. Before Marvel Studios movies make their way to theaters this summer, the franchise restarts on Disney+ with Oscar Isaac's Moon Knight. Just as WandaVision opened up 2021 as the first MCU streaming series, Moon Knight represents the first time a Marvel Studios rookie will debut on Disney+.
Moon Knight will follow Steven Grant, a calm gift shop employee whose life is turned upside down when revelations about his past begin to surface. Isaac is pulling double duty in this series, as Grant is just one of the multiple personalities within his character. Mix in the worlds of Egyptian gods and "David Koresh"-inspired cult leaders, and Isaac's character has enough internal and external conflicts for lifetimes.
While many of those aspects are teased in Moon Knight trailers and have been pieced together from comic inspiration, the core of this series remains a mystery. Even though this series is said to have "no attachment" to the current MCU, it still bears big similarities to an aforementioned acclaimed Marvel show.
Moon Knight's WandaVision Parallels
Embrace the Chaos Magic.
Speaking during the Moon Knight premiere, Marvel Studios president and show producer Kevin Feige drew a "mystery" parallel between the Oscar Isaac-led series and Elizabeth Olsen's WandaVision:
"This series is very much a mystery, and the audience is right with the lead character, Steven Grant. He wakes up in the morning and he struggles to figure out what is happening to him and what is going on. The audience is with him on that journey throughout all six episodes. For us, it's really fun, almost akin to WandaVision, as each episode something else is uncovered. We travel down that journey with Oscar's character."
Unlike the beginning of 2021 during the middle of the pandemic, Marvel Studios was able to roll out the red carpet ahead of Moon Knight's Disney+ debut on March 30. Feige emphasized that he loves reading the "amazing feedback" from every Wednesday for streaming releases, but hearing the "cheers" and "gasps" of a premiere event is an added bonus:
"It's great fun, especially for the Disney+ series where we get to see all the amazing feedback online and read it, but on the premiere night, we get to be in an audience and hear the laughs and hear the cheers and hear the gasps, as there may be tonight. That's wonderful."
Unwrapping Another Marvel Studios Mystery
2021 was a tale of two tones for Marvel Studios. While all four live-action releases were met with an overwhelmingly positive response, chatter revolving around WandaVision and Loki outweighed online discussion about The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Hawkeye.
The biggest reason for that was the mystery of both Westview and the Time Variance Authority. The secrets of both Olsen and Tom Hiddleston's solo shows bred significantly higher speculation compared to the adventurous aspects of Anthony Mackie and Jeremy Renner's respective projects. Putting Moon Knight in a similar spot does not guarantee it will live up to the quality of 2021 MCU streaming shows, but it does put it in a position to succeed.
Marvel Studios thrives off online discussion. WandaVision's snowball-esque momentum was generated by the week-to-week fan theories, even if most of them were proven false by the series' finale. Looking at you, Mephisto.
Moon Knight is the first of three Marvel rookies debuting on the House of Mouse's streaming service. It's up to the Fist of Khonshu to ensure the streaming side of the MCU gets off to a hot start, and if Kevin Feige's words are to be believed, fans are in for a treat.
Moon Knight premieres Wednesday, March 30, on Disney+.
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A video purportedly captured by a home security camera and apparently showing a nanny abusing a 10-month-old boy has gone viral in China, triggering a police investigation and an online conversation among working mothers.
In the video, which is understood to have been recorded in Changsha, in the central province of Hunan, a woman in a black shirt can be seen hurling the child on to a sofa and holding him upside down before dropping him head first on to the floor.
According to the person who this week posted the video to Weibo, China's version of Twitter, it was originally shared by a relative of the child to a closed chat group.
"The child's parents wanted to report it to the police, but were not sure if this qualified for a police complaint. The nanny even wanted to settle it privately, so I posted the video for them," she wrote.
The internet user who shared the video on Weibo said the infant's parents had hired a friend of the child's grandmother to take care of him in the morning while they were at work.
The nanny did not know there was a security camera in the flat.
Local police said on Thursday they were still investigating whether the video was authentic.
Many women responded to the video on social media by talking about their own struggles in raising children.
"It's best to take care of your child yourself. Old people sometimes lack patience, just like my mum. She won't beat my child but will often ignore him. So I quit my job to look after him until he starts going to kindergarten," one woman wrote in an online forum.
"I can either find a job after my child grows up or start a business at home, but my parents would not allow me to work and my husband does not want to give up his high-paying job," another wrote.
There has been a profusion of such cases in China where the number of housekeepers – including nannies and part-time cleaners – exceeded 25 million people in 2016, a rise of 9.3 per cent on the previous year, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
But the supply of nannies has failed to keep up with demand, fuelled by young families moving away from their home provinces to cities in search of work, along with changing attitudes as more women prioritise a career.
In Beijing, for example, the number of available nannies did not even meet half the demand in the capital last year, according to NetEase News.
Nearly 80 per cent of women born after 1995 want to be financially independent, according to a March 2018 survey by LinkedIn and L'Oreal in China.
In September last year a nanny in Datong, in the northern province of Shanxi, was captured by a hidden camera repeatedly hitting and slapping an eight-month-old baby while the parents were away.


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China's Wartime Interpreters in the China-Burma-India Theater
Zach Fredman (Boston), PhD Candidate (History)
Two Years of Civil Diplomacy as an Interpreter - Yang Xianjian [6]
Registration for the interpreter program began in the summer of 1942. A notice posted at Southwest Associated University (Xinan Lianda) in Kunming, read, "The American Air Force has come to China to assist our war effort. [7] As the organization responsible for hosting them, China's War Area Service Corps (WASC) is recruiting English-Chinese interpreters to work alongside the Americans." [8] The notice also stated that interpreter service was a glorious duty, a means for students to fight the Japanese and save the country. My closest friend, Zou Yitao, and I talked it over and decided to register together. Both of us were recruited. Another classmate from the Lianda Foreign Languages Department, He Xianglin, was also recruited.
In early July 1942 we joined the fifth cohort of trainees to go through the WASC's interpreter course in Kunming. They gave us military uniforms, shaved our heads, and introduced us to military life. Our class was made up of about fifty students coming from various Chinese universities. Two Lianda professors, Fan Jichang and Wu Zelin, administered the program. [9] Our instructors came from Lianda and Yunnan University. Two Army officers took charge of military affairs and taught infantry drilling. The whole program lasted for over two months, and the classes included American history, geography, and culture, as well as English speaking, singing, and other subjects. I liked everything except for the infantry drilling and took my classes very seriously. The two officers in charge of military affairs took roll call during morning exercises and again before bed in the evening. These men knew that the trainees did not take them very seriously and were thus gentle towards us, never losing their tempers.
The director of the WASC, Huang Renlin, had studied in the US and spoke fluent English. He was said to be part of Song Meiling's inner circle. [10] Before we graduated, Huang came to Kunming to teach us social etiquette, such as how to eat Western food. He emphasized that interactions among interpreters and American soldiers were a form of civil diplomacy, so we had to take care to uphold national and personal dignity. I agreed with Huang's ideas and still remember his comments very clearly.
Huang also told us that he would arrange a party on August 27 for all the interpreter trainees and American Air Force personnel in honor of Confucius' birthday. When the party began, Huang used Chinese to tell the story of Confucius to the American soldiers and said he would have one student translate what he said into English, sentence by sentence. He looked through the roster on the podium at the names of interpreter trainees and called my name. I was shocked, but my only choice was to do my duty and follow the order. While interpreting I did my best to remain calm and managed to finish the task. Luckily I did not embarrass myself. I did not know it then, but this incident would help me solve many difficulties in my later interpreting career.
Graduation scores were posted at the end of the program. Two people got A's, everyone else B's and C's. The staff also issued military ranks to the new interpreters according to their grades: captains, first lieutenants, and second lieutenants [Yang's note: an unwritten rule back then stated that air force ranks were two ranks higher than corresponding army ranks. In other words, an air force second lieutenant was equal to an army captain]. Depending on one's rank, monthly salaries were either 200, 180, or 160 Chinese yuan. Graduates also had the chance to apply to where they most wanted to work. The WASC itself was divided into four administrative zones: the first, second, and fourth were Kunming, Chongqing, and Lanzhou, respectively [I couldn't recall where the third zone was]. Graduates were mostly deployed to work at hostels in different zones, but two would go with the Chinese Army to India. [11] Back then I wanted to go far away from home, but the two A students had already taken the Indian spots, so thus I applied to go to Lanzhou, the next furthest place. Also going to Lanzhou were Dong Mouxian and Jin Chaobing, from Chongqing Fudan University and an Indonesian Chinese named Chen Weisheng from Chengdu Qilu University.
When I had registered for the interpreter training program, I never asked for permission from the two family members who had funded my university studies because I was afraid they would say no. One of my motives in applying for interpreter service was to take some time away from school, save a little money, and allow myself to become financially independent. Instead of telling these two relatives about what I had done before leaving for Lanzhou, I only wrote to my uncle in Chongqing and to my oldest brother, who taught at Wuhan University.
In early September the four of us assigned to Lanzhou left Kunming and headed north. To prepare for the trip, which would pass through Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms sites, I bought [the famous Chinese novel] The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
When we arrived at the Lanzhou Air Force Hostel, the director met with us and politely said, "American military personnel have not arrived yet." Not long after, we were sent to a suburban Wulipu Air Force Hostel, and were given a task: compiling a simple English dialogue pamphlet that could be used to teach hostel service workers English. The director asked me to be responsible for this, which I guess was because my rank was one level higher than the other three interpreters.
The four of us lived in the Wulipu hostel for eight months without much to do and still did not see any American Air Force personnel. I did three things: first, I organized the English dialogue pamphlet and trained about twenty hostel staff members in simple spoken English. Second, I read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and drew a big map marking out the various military campaigns among the three kingdoms. Third, I learned to type in English. The Indonesian Chinese interpreter had an English book on palmistry, and I had just purchased an English typing textbook. I learned by gradually typing out the entire palmistry book, and this skill became useful in my later interpreting career. With little else to do, the four of us started to discuss going back to school in the spring of 1943 so we would not lose out on earning our degrees. After getting permission, we left Lanzhou and headed south in July.
In Lanzhou we had trouble buying long-distance bus tickets to Chengdu. The only solution we found was to hitch along with a commercial truck. After paying, we rode in the back of the truck on top of their merchandise and sat on steadily, regardless of the weather conditions. But not long after the truck left Lanzhou, we had to stop for repairs. In a single day, the truck would stop for repairs, start off, and then break down again. There were several breakdowns on the first day and many more on the second. And since there was no refund or chance for us to travel another way, we had to stick with the truck. Normally it should have taken a week to get from Lanzhou to Chengdu, but this broken down truck took over a month to arrive in Chengdu.
In Chengdu we stayed at the local Air Force Hostel and searched for tickets to Kunming. But after just a few days I came down with beriberi. Blisters emerged on my foot and began rotting, which made it impossible to walk. Other people had to bring me all of my meals. It took over half a month before I could walk again, and by then I had little money left. I had to borrow from friends who were at school in the
Huaxi area of Chengdu. [12] I ended up getting very little but I could not ask for more. Since I still did not have enough money to get to Kunming, I wrote to the WASC Director Huang Renlin in Chongqing. My letter explained my predicament and requested to get back on the job. To get his sympathy, I mentioned specifically that I was the student who interpreted for him at the party for the fifth Interpreter training class and the American military personnel.
After sending the letter, I feared that Huang would not reply. I had to resort to selling my clothes and bedding in order to eat. It now seemed like there was no alternative, and I had no choice but to register for the Chinese Expeditionary Army going to Burma. [13] I signed up, passed the physical, and was about to be inducted when the Chengdu Hostel director showed me the reply from Chongqing headquarters agreeing to readmit me and assigning me to work as an interpreter at hostel reception. It was already early October.
In Chengdu, the Air Force Hostel was located inside the city in a three-story building that looked pretty luxurious by contemporary standards. Entering the building you would first see a two hundred square meter lobby with a canteen on the right and reception office on the left. At the back of the lobby, on both right and left corners, were wide staircases with counters set up below them. The counter on the left was the information desk, which was also our office space for the reception department. American personnel lived on the second floor.
I now started to have contact with Americans. In the beginning I was a little intimidated and had difficulties conversing. I had learned English for eight years and could read English novels, so why would I have such trouble listening and speaking? It was actually psychological, all in my head. After a while my mental block disappeared, and I could deal with English conversations.
Soon a young man from Chongqing named Li Weishi arrived and become the hostel director. He was eight years older than me and had graduated from Fudan University and from the second WASC interpreter training class. He lived on the third floor. Four Soviets and their Russian languages interpreters took the other rooms on that floor, which was known as a "forbidden zone." People speculated that they operated a secret radio station there. I often chatted with Li in his dorm. He liked drinking and usually bought liquor for himself, which led me to start cultivating a drinking habit of my own. When Li found out that I had almost sold off all of my clothes, he gave me a good quality beige suit. I liked myself more after putting it on. We talked about all matters big or small, worked together for over a year, and kept up a solid friendship for decades after.
Not long after Li arrived, the second zone department, which had been in Chongqing, moved to the Chengdu hostel. Two interpreters from that zone worked at the right hand counter in the lobby, and the big guy between them would change dollars for people. When American troops arrived, they would first register their rank and name at reception and then get their room. They had to sign out on the day they left the hostel. We had to print a list at the beginning of each month detailing each American's name, rank, and duration of stay. This would be reported to the WASC as proof for calculating expenses between the Chinese and American sides. Because I could type in English, this became my job. During my interactions with Americans, I gradually realized what civil diplomacy was. When we talked, I would never forget the principle of upholding personal and national dignity. I acted neither overbearing nor self-effacing, and at the same time I showed a sincere service attitude. This resulted in friendly treatment from the other side.
Our reception department had a few couches, and some of the soldiers would come down to the lobby, sit with us, and chat. A few liked to take out family photos and show us, and some liked to show family photos and pictures of their girlfriends. Li Weishi and I would often talk about the Americans' characteristics. On the one hand, we thought they were simple-minded and uncultured. They usually swore when they spoke. On the other hand, we found them open, straightforward, and friendly. Our overall impression can be expressed using a sentence that's popular today: people from all countries are kind and friendly.
One day an American officer came to the reception office asking if we could change U.S. dollars for him. Seeing that he was arrogant, I acted in kind and coldly told him we did not do this business and that he would have to go to the opposite counter. But besides that one time, I had no unpleasant dealings with the Americans. Our relations with them were harmonious, and I even made a good friend, Captain Conway, an American military doctor. We would go shopping and visit the universities in the Huaxi area with him. We also introduced him to some social activities, and two of his male nurses became our good friends.
Rumor had it that the WASC was a corrupt organization. The four zone departments purchased large quantities of permanent living items such as beds, blankets, and mosquito nets for distribution to hostels. But each hostel purchased food items directly, so there were opportunities for graft. But back then Li Weishi and I had not the slightest idea about corruption. We carefully tracked everything that we received and issued out. Li even asked me to assist headquarters personnel and supervise the canteen's bulk purchases. Our serious attitude blocked opportunities for corruption, which may very well have angered some people and influenced our work coordination.
In the spring of 1944, the WASC zone director met with Li Weishi and told him that American personnel at the Qionglai First Air Force Hostel were very dissatisfied with the work being done there. He decided to send Li to take over, so he and I went to Qionglai.
The Qionglai First Air Force Hostel was in Qionglai, which was located more than 100 kilometers southwest of Chengdu, close to the Xinjin Airport, a base for the B-29's that bombed Japan. Three hostels were located near the airport, and the one we took over, the first, was a newly built, simple, one-story flat. Its canteen could feed 100 people at once, and the American soldiers staying there all lived in tents. The sanitary conditions in the hostel were bad: you could see the swarms of flies in the canteen.
We discovered that none of the American troops staying at the hostel had registered. According to a Chinese interpreter working at reception, the Americans believed that registration here was a military secret, so only their side could be responsible for keeping track of arrivals and departures. At the beginning of each month the Americans would send a list of names and stay durations to the reception department. When we asked the interpreter if the Americans reported accurately, he said that he wasn't sure. Li and I thought the Americans' conduct undermined China's national dignity, and we found ourselves facing a diplomatic struggle.
We talked the situation over with American soldiers in charge of logistics. They complained about work done at the hostel, especially the terrible sanitary conditions, and hoped we could take over soon. Li and I felt that their hope was our trump card. We explained that in the Chengdu Hostel, the reception department supervised registration, and that this wasn't any sort of military secret. If this problem could not be settled appropriately, we would return to Chengdu rather than take over at Qionglai. The Americans recognized that while we used soft language, our attitude was firm. They relaxed a little bit but insisted that Qionglai was different from Chengdu and that the Americans had to handle registration and departures on their own. According to them, it would be redundant for the hostel to supervise registration, so we failed to reach an agreement. We took another look at the problem on our own and decided that if the Americans supervised registration but did not underreport the number of soldiers staying in the hostel or their duration there, things would be okay. So we devised a new supervision system. We gave weekly report forms to the hostel staff responsible for the Americans' tents. They would write daily reports, and from these calculate total numbers and stay durations. The next time we talked with the American staff, we explained our new supervision system. We also told them that we wanted to be able to enter tents for random checks to verify the accuracy of our weekly reports. The American side agreed, including our rights to check their tents. We thought of it as a diplomatic victory, but in reality both sides won.
After we took charge at Qionglai, Li Weishi gathered the Chinese canteen staff for a meeting. He told them our American allies had come to China to help us wage war, so we had to make sure our service work was done well. If we did a sloppy job and angered the American troops, it would harm China's reputation. Li asked the hostel workers to do a thorough cleaning, especially in kitchen and canteen areas. We spent several days weeding, unclogging drains, and cleaning trash. We also sprayed pesticide to kill the flies, and our work earned the Americans' respect.
Li and I also met with the American canteen supervisors and suggested that they divide the canteen into separate dining areas for officers and men. They agreed and hung white curtains as a divider. I chose a saying and had it stitched into the curtains in Chinese and English versions: "Confucius said, 'is it not pleasant to welcome friends coming from afar?'" We also prepared a banquet for the American officers and men we had been talking with and printed out formal invitations in English. The chefs prepared their feature Chinese dishes and also proposed to supply alcohol for the event. They had already opened a bar next to the hostel. The atmosphere at the banquet was harmonious and happy, which improved our friendship.
There was one American, the head quartermaster, who used to give me a carton of cigarettes every month. One day he patted me on the shoulder and said, "come to the U.S. and I'll let you marry my daughter." After word of that got around, whenever people saw him approaching they would say to me, "look, your American father-in-law is coming!"
After a while, I saw that my service was about to end and started thinking about going back to school. But returning to Kunming required money for travel expenses, and I had not saved much, so I considered transferring to the Economics Department at Yanjing University in Chengdu to begin my junior year. After taking the transfer exam and gaining admission, I left the hostel and headed for Yanjing University in July 1944, ending my two years of interpreter service.
From 1942 until the end of the war, the American Air Force came to China as our ally. I got along with the American soldiers peacefully. Back then I did not hear of any violent actions among American soldiers, but later, during the Civil War, the government brought in American troops to support them, turning the latter against the Chinese people. The Americans saw the areas under Chiang Kaishek's administration as semi-colonial, which led to violence from their side. I faithfully recorded my career as an interpreter, which shows that I did nothing wrong during those two years. But during the Cultural Revolution, my interpreter service became a crime. That was a willful distortion of the history of the war against Japan. In those illegal struggle sessions, I had a board hung from my neck that said "Senior American Military advisor." Was that supposed to put feathers in my cap?
[1] See Michael Schaller, The U.S. Crusade in China, 1938-1945 (New York: Columbia University Press, 1979).
[2] See Rana Mitter, Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013); Hans van de Ven, War and Nationalism in China (London: Routledge, 2003), Hans van de Ven, "Stilwell in the Stocks: The Chinese Nationalists and the Allied Powers in the Second World War," Journal of Asian Affairs, (November 2003), pp. 243-260; Ch'i Hsi-sheng, Jianbanuzhang de mengyou: Taipingyang zhanzheng qijian de ZhongMei junshi hezuo guanxi, 1941-1945 [Allies at Daggers Drawn: U.S.-China Military Cooperation Relations during the Pacific War, 1941-1945] (Beijing: Shehui kexue wenxian chuban she, 2011); Matthew David Johnson, "Propaganda and Sovereignty in Wartime China: Moral Operations and Psychological Warfare Under the Office of War Information," Modern Asian Studies 45:02 (March 2011) pp.303-344.
[3] See Zuo Ping, "Kangzhan shiqi mengjun zhong de Zhongguo yiyuan," [The Chinese Interpreters in the US Military during the War of Resistance] Shehui kexue yanjiu (2013.1) pp. 167-172.
[4] For the history of Lianda, see John Israel, Lianda: A Chinese University in War and Revolution (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998).
[5] See Daniel Ford, Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942 (New York: HarperCollins 2007).
[6] This memoir is part of a collection published by the Flying Tigers Research Association in Kunming, China. Forthe original text, see Yang Xianjian, "Liang nian fanyi shengya luxing guomin waijiao," in Yunnan sheng Kunming shi Feihudui yanjiu yuan ed., Er zhan ZhongYinMian zhanchang zhong Zhongguo yiyuan, Kunming: Feihudui yanjiu yuan chuban, 2006, pp. 132-138.
[7] During World War II, the American Air Force was part of the U.S. Army and officially called the United States Army Air Forces.
[8] The War Area Service Corps (WASC) was under the command of China's highest military body, the Military Affairs Commission. The WASC supervised the training of Chinese interpreters and the housing and feeding of American troops in China.
[9] Fan Yichang was director of teaching affairs at Lianda. He had completed his graduate studies in psychology at Washington University, St. Louis, U.S.A. during the early 1920s. Wu Zelin earned his PhD in Sociology at Ohio State University in 1927 after earning his BA and MA degrees at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Missouri.
[10] Song Meiling was the wife of China's wartime leader, Chiang Kaishek.
[11] Hostels (招待所 or zhaodaisuo in Chinese) were the facilities in China that housed American soldiers. The Chinese Army in India was originally made up of the elements of the Chinese 5th and 6th Armies that had retreated into India during the summer of 1942 after the disastrous First Burma Campaign. Over the next few years, tens of thousands of Chinese troops flew to India to join the Chinese forces there and prepare for the Second Burma Campaign.
[12] This was the location of Chengdu's main universities.[13] Chinese Expeditionary Army was the name given to the Chinese forces that fought in the two Burma campaign.


My piano has been tuned today and is now sounding very nice indeed. Is it my imagination or am I kidding myself that it is now easier to play ? I might add that the tuning wasn't a mile out before today. The treble had held pitch since the previous tuning. The tenor strings had dropped a little.
If upright, depending on your regular custom & time allowed, most often small adjustments may be made (inadvertently) to the mechanism to "improve" performance - the odd tweak here and there, because the action is right there in front of the tuner's nose. Grands obviously require part-dismantling of the cabinet to get the action out. Most piano actions go through a "tread mill" when being tuned by constant repetition of the same note, so this may loosen off anything needing easing.... done in the tuning. However in most cases, a tuning is just a tuning, so best to ask your piano tuner if not written on your invoice.
Just a humble upright Colin; a 85 note 1994 Kemble Classic.
I am sure the tuner didn't adjust any of the actions and when I said,with tongue in cheek, it was easier to play I wasn't referring to physical effort. It is just that the harmonies seem so spot on it seems to encourage me to play the right* notes. That is why I ask myself if it is all in my imagination.
* Since the tuning I haven't tried to play the start of the Grieg concerto as Eric Morecambe did.


The Golden Globes may have taken over your Insta feeds days ago, but I'm still obsessively hunting images for my own makeup mood board. My fave look? Lea Michele's glow-y skin. For the afterparty circuit, the actress made her way to the red carpet wearing a sultry smoky eye, luscious lashes, and pretty rosy lips. But as a skin editor, I couldn't help but be more enamored of her radiant complexion. With that being said, I did what any good reporter would do: I stalked her makeup artist, Meredith Baraf, for the exact cocktail of products that gave Michele that coveted lit-from-within glow. Here's what I learned.
Baraf tells Allure that she credits Michele's dewy finish to a customized Japanese skin-care treatment called the Skin Inc My Daily Dose serum. If you're not familiar with Skin Inc's My Daily Dose, here's a quick refresher: It's a custom-made serum you create online. But before purchasing your treatment, you have to figure out your skin's exact needs by completing a Skin Identity quiz. During this "test," you'll answer a few questions on your skin-care routine, lifestyle habits, and skin issues, which will eventually lead you to a customized evaluation with the top three ingredients needed for your made-for-you serum.
Going back to Michele's cocktail treatment, Baraf says the actress's serum was made with these three ingredients: soothing licorice, which targets redness; antioxidant-rich chlorella, which helps improve skin's elasticity; and brightening vitamin C to smooth texture and lighten dark spots. All together, these three powerhouse ingredients helped give the star a seriously gorgeous glow. "I wanted to keep Lea's skin looking healthy and glowing without sacrificing longevity," Baraf tells Allure.


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Convict Records of Australia
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The BOXelite OS emits diffuse light through it's large front panel. The panel is elevated, making it very comfortable and pleasant to use while reading, eating, or working. The unit is bright, delivering 10,000 Lux at a distance of up to 14 inches. Includes 2 height adjustable legs.
Just like the sun, the BOXelite OS's large screen will light up your entire face and shine down into your eyes. To get light therapy your eyes must fall in the 10,000 Lux area. This makes getting 10,000 Lux with small units very difficult because you need to sit very close and very still.
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Is It really So Positive? It's interesting reading all the positive news about UK house prices in the last few months and general commentary. What we would like to do in this Special Report is analyse this, then give pointers for investors as to whether property prices may rise in the years to come and areas that are likely to see very little if any house price growth. It's important to look at the underlying trends and "route causes" of house price movements – before being able to assess which areas and types of properties are likely to see the biggest house price growth.
Slow Decline: First of all – house prices in all areas are down on an inflation adjusted basis since their highs of 2007 – except for the top 10% of London properties where they are marginally up. This might surprize many reading news articles at the moment – take a look at the chart below.
Prime London Aberration: London is the only area that is seeing any significant property price increases, and within London it's the top 10% that have moved rapidly whilst the lower 50 percentile end of the market has barely kept pace with inflation. Essentially 95+% of the UK homes still have house price inflation below general inflation and hence are in the doldrums – in a deflation or depression - in inflation adjusted terms.
Depression: Large areas of rural Wales, Northern and Midland areas plus northern cities are still suffering from a slow house price crash or decline – a deflation – particularly when you consider general inflationary effects. The slow decline of public sector jobs, stubbornly high unemployment, very low wage growth, high taxes and inflationary effects of fuel and food have eaten into disposable incomes. Mortgage borrowing remains difficult, with further house price decline likely and confidence levels low. Industry is still contracting in most parts of the UK – peripheral areas well away from London are the areas that got the biggest boost during the Labour years 1997 to 2008 from public sector jobs growth. These areas are now re-balancing and in decline. The depression is likely to continue in rural areas away from the more affluent cities and university towns. In industrial northern towns and cities, except for may be Leeds and Manchester the continuity of a general depression can be expected.
Addressing The Slump: This is the reason why the government is so keen to help first time buyers – it's not London's first time buyers they are targeting, it's the average person in the Midlands, North, Scotland, Wales or SW England. For many years, on the one hand they have asked banks to re-balance their books, helped with printed currency, kept rates at record lows only to find the banks hoarding the printed currency, not lending to first time buyers to avoid the risk – and in desperation the government have resorted to providing government guaranteed deposits to help first-time buyers raise the 20% deposit now required to get a private bank mortgage. The government and Bank of England want to stop further d eflation of property prices in all areas outside London – they are not trying to create a boom as some people suggest. In principle, its risky for the government and tax payer, because if there was widespread default by first time buyers in future years, the tax payer would have to pick up the tab. On the other side of the argument, the UK economy is in a pretty desperate state – may be some confidence and jobs boost in construction with property prices stabilizing would actually help the economy get moving again – in lots of shapes and forms.
Deposits Risen 20 Fold: Recall from 1990 up to 2005, first time buyers with an average job could get a mortgage with a 5% deposit. This disappeared in 2008 and the government is trying to redress this issue – since a deposit on a London Fulham flat in 1990 was 5% of the £65,000 asking price – or £3,250, whereas the same flat costs £350,000 now so a 20% deposit would be £70,000. That's a twenty fold increase! No wonder there are so few first time buyers. If this was to continue for another ten years, it would cause a generation of non home owners – and with no public sector housing being built – it hardly helps the socio-economic climate and cohesion within the UK.
Phased Approach: The first stage of this deposit scheme for new-builds certainly seems to have coincided with the property market moving into first gear from reverse - whether this is pure coincidence, Spring arriving, easier borrowing or an outcome of the budget remains open to question. The next phase – with deposits on re-sale properties planned in Jan 2014 will likely provide a further boost. Buy to let investors will likely also have access to this scheme if required. The mere expectation of the positive effect – like all markets – is probably encouraging people to jump into the property market rather than take no risk and stay on the side-lines watching.
Vote Winner: The sceptics would say this policy is just designed to win votes prior to the next General Election – and indeed, this probably has something to do with it. But frankly, everyone's complains about everything that Osborne does – he's sticking to his guns with the austerity drive which is pleasing the financial markets at least – and in our view is – by end 2014 – despite the economic headwinds – if he brings down the deficit and gets the property market moving – the economy could start to look far healthier dare we mention this!
Last Chance: Let's face it, the GDP growth has been miserable - negative if real inflation rates are considered - with North Sea oil production in decline, the deficit staying huge, the public sector remaining bloated, and the private sector struggling - construction is in a depression and unemployment is high. The only jobs being created are low paid jobs. Many people now have more than one part time job just to make ends meet. The last ditched and only sure way to boost the economy and confidence is to get the housing market going again after 6 years in a depression. It's also the only way the Tories stand any chance of winner the next election if everyone is frank about things.
Sterling Decline the Same As Prime London Price Rise: It's also worth describing why London property prices have risen so sharply versus other areas. This is where one needs to consider the "big picture". Sterling has dropped 25% against most currencies in the last five years – this has made London property appear 25% cheaper than it used to be – we are talking here about the type of property the super-rich investors buy – namely prime London real estate. So should we be surprized that prime property prices have risen 25% from their lows? No. Against a basket of global currencies they have not risen at all. Flats in peripheral London areas are about 15-20% below their 2007 levels if you consider currency and inflation effects. Property prices in global currency terms in places like Birmingham and Leeds are still crashing downward – they are barely up anywhere.
Why Property?: Okay, this does not sound particularly positive. You might be asking yourself why buy property. But here is this incredible opportunity in the long term that all property investors need to understand.
Inflation Huge Help: If you buy a property for £200,000, you borrow £150,000. The currency declines and inflation rages over 20 years - as is normal. Your property is now worth £400,000 and the borrowing is still £150,000 assuming an interest only mortgage. Your equity has risen from £50,000 to £250,000 – although that £250,000 will only be worth £125,000 in money of the day terms in 20 years time. In summary, inflation and currency decline rapidly eats away your debt and increases your equity – and property is therefore an excellent hedge against inflation.
They Will Never Allow Long Term Deflation: Some of those doubting Thom as's will say – what about deflation? Well, in western society – prolong deflation of property and asset prices in currency terms (rather than gold-money terms) is almost unheard of. Central Banks will do whatever it takes to create inflation. Even if we have very high general inflation, and property prices do not keep up with the general inflation, they will have to move up somewhat and in doing so, the proportion of debt to equity is eroded and the equity levels increase.
Deflation Kills a Property Investor: In the current London scenarios of 7% property price inflation and 3% general inflation, property prices are rising 4% above inflation – very nice. But even in Leeds, where property prices are rising at 2% and general inflation is 3%, which is a real terms decline of 1%, it still means the debt is devalued by 3% in a year in real terms and equity is increased by about 2%. An extreme example would be if general inflation was 15% and house prices rose 10% - the debt would be eroded at 15% - and equity would increase by about 10% - the following year the interest rate payments would be 10% lower in real terms. When rental prices rise, this creates a further boost to a property investor's cash-flow - further increasing returns. This is why rich people buy property as a key plank in their investment portfolio.
Hooray For Some Inflation: The bottom line is – if property prices rise, inflation is reasonable, rental prices rise and interest rates are low – this is the perfect scenario. We are just approaching this scenario in London. But it cannot last forever – interest rates could rise sharply, or rental prices drop back. Property prices can of course drop as well. But with the current government trying to stimulate the rest of the UK out of a depression – with low interest rates, currency printing, currency debasement and free deposits - the outcome is likely to be higher property prices driven by the super-rich foreigners in London and moderating or slightly rising property prices in the rest of the UK, particularly in the more affluent areas within each region or city.
Population and Housing Supply: So far, in explaining UK house prices tren ds, we have not yet mentioned two key other drivers. Firstly, that very few new properties are being build. The second is the population boom.
High Risk Building: Most builders are pretty close to bankrupt – and certainly cannot take much risk after the housing crash of 2008. Banks are quick to pull the plug on funding – foreclose. Don't expect the poor old builders to come out and start building masses of housing to solve the housing crisis. It's just not going to happen. At best, we will see the occasional low risk small extension or conversion, but very few new homes will be built – especially n ew houses. When was the last time you saw a mansion being built – everyone objects – it's not allowed to build large houses – call it envy, jealousy or Nimbyism – these nice big quality homes never get built anymore.
Population Boom - Demand: The other aspect is the population boom. This is caused partly by net inward migration of about 100,000 people a year, and partly because from 2002 (also seeming to coincide with the big increase in inwards migration) the fertility rate went up. It continues to rise – particularly in cosmopolitan areas. London is a good example – where primary schools are full and a severe primary school shortages are now evident. This is no surprize. We projected back in 2004 that London's population would increase by 800,000 in 10 years – it has delivered on this – and we project a further 800,000 for the next ten years - the scene is set for this population growth to continue - it's not possible to reverse it.
No Surprize London Prices Rising: So for London, when you consider the buoyant jobs market, booming population, high-tech industries, subsidized deposits, low exposure to public sector jobs, currency debasement of 25%, foreign investment because of lower house prices, housing shortage and lack of building – is it any wonder property prices are rising! The answer is no.
Best Investment Areas: We think you will agree the above criteria help increase property prices. We are now going to name a bunch of city areas that match almost all or all of the above criteria. Then you cannot go far wrong in the longer term by invest in property this these areas.
Victorian Property: Our guidance for residential property is to buy re-sale Victorian houses and flats that are suitable for the upper 50% wage earners, in quiet residential areas as close as possible to new stations and infra-structure. Best avoid busy-noisy streets and polluted streets. In selecting such areas, one should avoid high crime areas, and be positioned for when wealthy professionals start to move in, in large numbers when property supply is limited.
Environment: People are becoming increasingly sensitive to pollution and the environment, so we advise staying well clear of Heathrow which has some of the highest air pollution levels in Europe. It also has some of the worst noise pollution. It's set to worsen over the next twenty years. The below pollution map should help.
Depression: For some examples of places exactly the opposite that we really cannot see coming out of the doldrums soon are: Hull, Liverpool, Barrow-on-Furness, Newcastle, Middlesboro-Redcar, Stoke, mid Wales, Bury. If there is higher crime, low population growth, exposure to public sector jobs cuts, high unemployment, lack of new high-tech industry and an aging population – best avoid these areas.
Quiet, Close to Crossrail, Not New-Build: If you buy new-build, you normally give your returns to the developer. People like new property which means re-sale or previously new property are often more difficult. But if you buy Victorian flats and houses that need improvements – you can easily add value. Foreigners and locals tend to view living in old Victorian properties as more prestigious and they like their character. If you can buy these types of property in quiet streets with low crime – within 5 minutes walk of a new Crossrail station for instance, you will see these property prices rise sharply in the future – particularly as Crossrail opens in 2018. That's in only five years time. So buying now is pretty perfect timing – because Crossrail is actually being built – so it's almost certain to be completed. This reduces your investment risk. But it's well before the hoards arrive.


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