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In Which We Learn That I Am Not That Much Of A (Pro)Feminist Yet
A conversation with my wife a little while ago:
Me: I understand that they installed a lock on the laundry room door so that only people who live in this apartment complex can use our facilities. But it's really annoying that the lock is double-sided, so you have to use your key to get out of the laundry room too.
Her: It's also potentially dangerous for women.
Me: Huh? How so?
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Bilingual Unoriginality
The same editorial cartoon joke about the California fires, in both English and Spanish.
Third-sexing
The new job and finishing up dissertation-related paperwork have kept me busy lately, but I wanted to note something before the post it relates to falls into archive-land. Mandolin wrote a much-praised post listing and linking all the many types of feminism out there (in the course of which she considers me not only a feminist, but also the representative of cissexuality). What I wanted to make particular note of, though, was a comment by Lisa Harney. Harney points out that we should write (and think) "trans woman" and "trans man" as two-word descriptions rather than running them together into a single word. The underlying principle here -- which applies more broadly than just in the choice of spellings -- is to avoid "third-sexing" or "third-gendering." Third-sexing occurs when trans people are accepted, but accepted as a third (and/or fourth) sex alongside and equal to (cis)men and (cis)women. The problem here is that for (most*) trans people, they see themselves as being fully members of their transitioned-to sex/gender. The preferred alternative to third-sexing is to see trans and cis as subcategories of "men" and "women."
I'd add to Harney's discussion that I've encountered third-sexing with respect to gays and lesbians as well. In particular, I've seen traditional Native American societies praised for accepting gays and lesbians as a "third sex" and/or some form of male-female hybrid. While that is certainly better than burning them at the stake, and I can't say how well it worked within the context of traditional Native American society, I always felt that such an arrangement would be quite inadequate to the needs of modern LGB people.
* I say "most" to leave the door open for some people (trans or cis) who do actually identify as neither male nor female.
Keeping the T in ENDA
In a strange turn of events, Congress appears to have listened to public outrage over a proposed bill, and responded by reconsidering its stance. The bill in question is the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which initially aimed to protect people from being fired for being LGBT. The outrage came when Democrats tried to drop the T, on the theory that it would be too difficult to pass otherwise. Votes on the bill have been postponed while the leadership works out how to address the pro-T objections.
I find the pragmatic rationale for dropping the T unconvincing. No ENDA will make it into law before January 2009, because either version would be vetoed by President Bush (assuming Republicans aren't able to use procedural tricks to kill it in Congress -- tricks which they'd use against either version), and neither version would have enough votes to override.
This year's ENDA fight is not a matter of pragmatic law-creation. It's a matter of clarifying where people stand and establishing the agenda, preparing the terms of debate for the day when the pragmatic battle is winnable. The version of ENDA that goes forward this year will set the standard or benchmark for the ENDA that is voted on in 2009.
Why, though, is it important for protection for trans people to be included in that benchmark? Many LGB people don't see why Ts don't have their own, separate movement. What does a gay man have in common with a straight cross-dresser?
The link between LGB and T is the grounds of discrimination against them. Homophobia and transphobia are both about resistance to non-conformity with gender norms. To the bigoted mind, being attracted to members of the same sex (that is, being attracted to the people that a member of the other sex should be attracted to) is just one among many forms of gender non-conformity. That's why lesbians are stereotyped as being extremely butch, and gay men are stereotyped as being highly effeminate. That's why bigoted parents will read a son's interest in (feminine) dance as a sign of gayness and enroll him in (masculine) little league as a corrective. It makes little sense to say that the fight for the right to be nonconformist in your choice of romantic partner should be separated from the fight for the right to be nonconformist in your way of dressing, choice of name and pronouns, chemical or surgical alteration of your body, etc. (And this is why feminism is at least a half-sibling to the LGBT movement, since resistance to gender nonconformity is a source of resistance to women's rights alongside resistance to the equal value of women qua ("normal") women.)
The gender nonconformity link also means that leaving the T out of ENDA creates a potential loophole for discrimination. Under the T-less ENDA, you can't fire someone for who they want to date, but you can fire them if you can find some other type of gender nonconformity. If a person is LGB, a bigoted employer will be extra-attuned to any other gender-nonconformity that they exhibit, including things that would pass unnoticed in a straight employee. This loophole won't be exploited in every case (either because employers don't think of it, because they fear courts wouldn't buy it, because many LGBs do conform in other ways, because the nonconformity in question can be classed under the giant exception for dress codes that the ENDA-with-T unfortunately still includes, or because their conception of their employee's nonconformity is too tied up in their identity as LGB so they can't separate out any other nonconformities). But it's not quite right to say that we can fully protect LGBs now and address Ts separately at a later date.
Poorly-Defined Hobgoblins
Hugo Schwyzer is a fan of one of my least favorite aphorisms* -- Ralph Waldo Emerson's claim that "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds." Hobgoblinism makes a lofty-sounding reply to any accusations of inconsistency, but I think it's problematic.
If hobgoblinism means the denial of any relevance for consistency -- as seems to be suggested by Schwyzer's comment that the word "foolish" in the quote is redundant -- it leads immediately to relativism. Rational argument works by demanding consistency between propositions, evidence, etc. So it's not surprising that few hobgoblinists (including Schwyzer himself in a later comment) would hold that hobgoblinism applies universally.
But if hobgoblinism's scope is limited, the critical question becomes defining its scope. What forms of consistency count as "foolish"? I have yet to find anyone even attempting to put some substance on that criterion (not even Emerson himself, as Bartleby's snarkily notes) -- either in terms of universal standards of foolishness, or in terms of why the specific consistency at issue is or is not a foolish one. Quoting the aphorism is treated as a final word. But without some specificity to the idea of foolish consistency, limited hobgoblinism collapses into universal hobgoblinism.
I do think there's a grain of truth to hobgoblinism. Truth must be consistent, and so inconsistency is always a marker that we don't quite have things right. But consistency need not be pursued at all costs. Consistency in one obvious context may force us into more significant inconsistencies somewhere else. There may be reasons we have not yet clarified that show why an apparent inconsistency is not actually inconsistent. We may have other good reasons to hold each of the inconsistent beliefs in their own domains. How a given inconsistency should be resolved may be unclear at the moment. In each of these cases, however, the acceptance of inconsistency is a provisional reservation of judgment, not a high-minded rejection of hobgoblins.
*My very least favorite is the Margaret Mead quote about small groups changing the world, which I think would make a good motto for al-Qaida.
Making The Best Of Bad News
Yesterday Larry Cirignano was acquitted of pushing my friend Sarah Loy while she was counter-protesting an anti-marriage rally that he was involved in. I think this is the wrong result, but there are two silver linings. First, the decision was made by a jury following a trial in which both sides got to present their evidence. None of the repeated attempts to skirt the judicial process by having the charges thrown out, making a settlement, or intimidating Loy with a last-minute criminal complaint were successful.
Second, the decision appears to be based on the theory that Loy tripped over someone's foot while Cirignano was escorting her out. This is the most plausible of the many ridiculous and inconsistent theories that have been expounded by people on the anti-marriage side both outside and inside the courtroom (theories which include that Cirignano never even touched her, and that she's a professional actress who deliberately took a dive).


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Samson & Gert 7 is het achtste cd-album van de serie Samson en Gert. Het album verscheen op 22 juni 1997. Op het album zijn de stemmen van Danny Verbiest als Samson en Gert Verhulst als Gert te horen. De backing vocals zijn Danny Caen, Piet van den Heuvel en Mieke Aerts. De teksten zijn vooral van Danny Verbiest, Gert Verhulst, Hans Bourlon en Ivo de Wijs. De muziek is van de hand van Johan Vanden Eede en Bob Davidse. In sommige liedjes zingt het koor De Wamblientjes mee o.l.v. Johan Waegeman.

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KU Athletic Director Jeff Long says Kansas has not considered cutting sports in wake of COVID-19 pandemic
By Matt Tait
University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long is pictured in this Feb. 2, 2019, file photo.
While colleges and universities across the country wrestle with the idea of cutting sports to save money in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long said no such discussions had taken place in Lawrence.
"We have not explored cutting any sports here at KU," Long told the Journal-World on Friday. "There are other areas of our budget where we can cut expenses rather than eliminating any specific sports."
Two weeks ago, Long characterized the KU athletic department to be in "strong financial shape." Since then, universities across the country have started to make drastic cuts.
Earlier this week, the University of Cincinnati announced that it would cut men's soccer from its varsity sports lineup, bringing Cincinnati's list of athletic department sponsored sports from 17 to 16 beginning with the 2020-21 school year.
Although Cincinnati and Kansas compete at the same level and serve a similar number of sports and athletes — Kansas opened the 2019-20 school year with 16 varsity sports, six men's programs and 10 women's programs — the two universities are on vastly different footing when it comes to their financial picture.
The biggest reason for that is KU's spot in the Power 5 Big 12 Conference while Cincinnati competes in the American Athletic Conference. Thus, comparing the number of total school-sponsored sports at KU and Cincinnati is far from an apples-to-apples approach.
According to data from USA Today for the 2017-18 school year, KU's athletic department ranked 33rd among all Division I public universities, with $106.3 million in revenue.
The department's expenses that same year were slightly lower at $104.1 million, which also ranked 33rd nationally.
The total revenue brought in by Cincinnati's athletic department during that same year ranked much lower, with the Bearcats, of the AAC, bringing in $61.8 million and spending $64.8 million. Both numbers ranked 55th nationally.
While Cincinnati is by far the most high-profile university to announce the elimination of one of its athletic programs, others have done the same.
Old Dominion University recently eliminated its wrestling program and Division II St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, this week cut six of its 16 sports.
Those moves, led by Cincinnati's, have led some college athletic directors across the country to wonder aloud if this is just the beginning.
"I think now that Cincinnati just did it, watch the next month," an unnamed AD from an FBS school told Yahoo Sports' Pete Thamel. "They cleared the way for other people to do it. Cincinnati puts it on a different level."
According to Thamel's report, the move to cut men's soccer eventually will save Cincinnati $800,000 per year, after honoring staff contracts and student-athlete scholarships through the 2020-21 season.
That kind of cash is significant.
Earlier this month, when discussing the NCAA's decision to allow spring sports athletes an extra year of eligibility to make up for missing out on the 2020 seasons, Long told the Journal-World that if every spring sports senior at KU chose to return for the 2020-21 school year, the department would take a $700,000-$800,000 one-year hit.
"Now, all of them are not going to come back," Long said. "And we understand that. But it's a challenge."
To meet that challenge, Long said he told leaders throughout KU's athletic department to begin exploring what cutting 10% of their budgets for next school year would look like.
If the crisis persists, Long said he was prepared to push the exercise to exploring cuts of 15-20%, too.
But in the interim, the second-year KU AD who has repeatedly pointed out that the support of KU's fans and donors has helped keep KU in sound financial shape said KU's focus remained the same.
"We will always continue to keep the highest priority on the health, safety and well-being of all our student-athletes," he said Friday.
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Detroit Mercy valedictorian dedicating her life to serving the poor
University of Detroit Mercy student Mary Margaret Payne was uncomfortable the first few times she worked with the poor and homeless. She knew she wanted to help, but she also knew she had to leave her comfort zone to be effective.
Now, as Payne prepares to take the stage on Saturday, May 11 as the 2019 University of Detroit Mercy Valedictorian, she is a different person.
"I love that discomfort, I seek that discomfort," Payne said. "All the things that I've been hesitant to do because they are outside of my comfort zone are ultimately the ones that brought me the most joy, helped me grow the most and were the most fulfilling. Now when I recognize the right kind of discomfort, I know that's going to be good."
Payne feels a special connection with the poor and hopes to dedicate her life to service as a member of the Community of the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal in New York.
"I'm halfway through the application process,"she said. "I have my final visit this summer. I've been thinking about joining for a while. I've really fallen in love with the poor and the Franciscan Sisters have a ministry of being present with people."
Payne is dedicated to helping the poor, but not necessarily by providing food, clothing or shelter. She enjoys getting to know people and feels she can serve them better once they have a connection.
"Obviously my heart breaks for individuals experiencing homelessness and who are without food and clothing, but it has really been on my heart to serve the poverty of loneliness," Payne said. "People who feel unknown and outcast by society. One of the hardest things is when I meet people on the street and they talk about how the people who walk by won't even look at them. All they want to do is say hi and people won't even give them a look. That is a very real poverty that people don't always acknowledge. I think we have to know people before we're able to serve them properly."
Payne discovered helping the poor was her passion while on an alternative spring break with Detroit Mercy Ministry at Nazareth Farm in West Virginia. Payne's group thought they were going to a shelter to do repairs, but there was a mix-up and the shelter didn't have anything for them to do.
"We just sat for three hours with people at the shelter," Payne said. "It felt like they were really grateful for that. They just wanted to have a conversation. They asked us about what we were studying. It was just a joy being with people. I went into that situation and said, 'I'm here to help you fix your building.' And I was humbled by realizing, 'No, I'm not. I'm here to listen to you and know you.' That's a big gift, to be given the joy of knowing somebody. I think that was the first encounter I ever really had with that."
Payne's experience at Nazareth Farm led to her spending a summer with Christ in the City in Denver.
Christ in the City is a Catholic program dedicated to forming young adults, volunteers and the greater community to be lifelong missionaries and to knowing, loving and serving the poor.
"It was definitely the most uncomfortable summer of my life," Payne said. "I went knowing nobody and I had to just start walking down the street and talk to strangers. I'm not that outgoing."
Every day Payne and other volunteers would go out and start conversations with the poor, often running into the same people on multiple occasions.
"We would meet them and then as the weeks go on you see the same people and you build friendships," Payne said. "It's really just a humbling experience to see these people in a difficult circumstance and I really can't do anything to lift them out of that. So my call is just to be there and be present with them. And when there is an opportunity to direct them to more resources, I can do that from a place of love after knowing them personally and knowing their needs, rather than just assuming that they are on the street so they need food and clothing."
The experience in Denver inspired Payne to consider joining the Community of the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal.
"They really live very simply and make themselves available to whatever the needs are of the community," Payne said. "It's having the opportunity to live in a community that is available to the needs of the poor around it, and listens to what they need and be there to accompany them in those circumstances."
Payne returned to Denver this year when she led an alternative spring break at Christ in the City.
"The students loved it. It was like the first time I was there, they were all very uncomfortable, but it's that discomfort that helps us grow," she said. "To get to see the joy that they found there was really beautiful."
Payne is thankful to Detroit Mercy Ministry for helping guide her and always being open to new ideas. Payne and Detroit Mercy student Annie Taylor were inspired to form Christian Life Communities after attending a conference and Payne said they couldn't have done it without the help of the Ministry office.
"Christian Life Communities is really just a space to come and talk in the context of our faith," Payne said. "Like what's happening in school, your life, your family, your highs and lows and your God moments. Just a place to share with students how God is working in their life.
"The Ministry office helped us form Christian Life Communities and has supported me when I wanted my faith to grow. They really put in extra effort to build a community of students growing in their faith. It's been really beautiful."
Payne is very passionate about service and faith, but she's also excelled in the classroom at Detroit Mercy and will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a minor in Philosophy.
"The chemistry department has supported me through everything," Payne said. "They want to see your success as a person, not necessarily just your success in chemistry. When I went to Denver they were thrilled for me and wanted to hear all about it. When I said I wanted to go to graduate school they were ready to help me with anything I needed and when I said, 'Nevermind, I want to be a sister,' they were thrilled too. They've accompanied me these four years as I figured out who I am and what I want to do. They were just present, attentive and available to students. Just them modeling that has meant a lot to me."
Payne has enjoyed being a member of the Chemistry Club and is thankful for her relationship with Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Matthew Mio.
"Professor Mio and the Chemistry Club are amazing examples of community," Payne said. "The lack of competitiveness in the Chemistry Department is great. We weren't ever competing against one another for grades. It's always been a community of support from my peers and our professors, which I'm so grateful for. Chemistry Club is amazing, just having the opportunity to get to know each other outside of class and really have fun with our major. Professor Mio is just an awesome professor. He's available to talk to students about classes but also about life crises. Just a lot of great support from everyone in the chemistry department."
Payne is honored to represent the Class of 2019 as the valedictorian and said she was motivated to apply by her parents and her desire to thank those who have helped her.
"I'm very grateful for this University, I learned a lot from it so having the opportunity to share some of that in a commencement address was important," Payne said. "To highlight what this University means to me and how it's helped me grow in the last four years was really the reason I applied."


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posted by on July 5th, 2018
Capri, an island very much loved by nobles and style icons, where modern luxury lifestyle and history coexist.
The island of Capri is a myth that endures over time. The merit is of that aura of "delicious quiet", so dared by Dickens, of his fashionable life and of his illustrious guests. The authenticity of the island has seduced everyone, from Emperor Tiberio to Margherita di Savoia, from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to international stars like Beyoncé.
There is the city of Capri with its elegant shops on the shopping triangle made up of the Piazzetta, from Via Camerelle – where the Falconeri store is at number 35 – and continues on via le Botteghe. The walk then continues to Via Tragara, where there is the luxurious Hotel Punta Tragara with a view of the Faraglioni.
Then there is the wildest Capri, characterized by the path of the forts built during the battles between Napoleon and England for the dominion of Europe at the beginning of 800, on the west coast, from the Via Krupp, which leads to Marina Piccola, to the Gardens of Augustus, close to the Certosa di San Giacomo.
Do not miss the luxurious private residences Villa Lysis, also known as Villa Fersen, in honor of Count Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, and Villa San Michele: famous for its mysterious sphinx. And of course a boat tour of the island, with a stop at the beautiful Blue Grotto.
And after discovering the scenic wonders of the island, the next step is to taste the local delicacies. Ideal places for refreshment are the Le Grottelle restaurant, made out of some rock caves and with a beautiful terrace on Punta Campanella, and Da Luigi ai Faraglioni, for a feast of fish. To enjoy a breathtaking view there is the restaurant of the historic beach resort La Canzone del Mare, while the Lido del Faro serves excellent aperitifs!
It is forbidden to go home without the iconic souvenirs, like a pair of sandals from the Canfora store, loved by Jackie Kennedy, or a bottle of limoncello, a handcrafted perfume from the monks of the Certosa di San Giacomo and obviously a caprese cake.
Posted in Food and wine, Luxury coastal villas, Luxury villas on the amalfi Coast, Tips for the best holiday, Tips to visit Italy, Tourism in italy, Travel tips Italy
MAIORI AND MINORI BEACHES
posted by on March 9th, 2017
Erchie is a tiny fishing village overlooking one of the most beautiful beaches of the Amalfi Coast. The two hundred meter long beach is guarded by two Saracen towers, originally built to warn off pirate attack. The water is always clean and the beach catches the sun until late afternoon. There is a stretch of "free" beach next to the bathing establishments.
How to get to Erchie
By car: On the SS163, three kilometers after Cetara (for those driving from Vietri) you'll see the turning for Erchie. You can pay to leave your vehicle in one of the town's car parks, from where a short flight of steps leads down to the beach.
By public transport: Salerno – Amalfi bus line. The bus will leave you at the junction on the main road, from here you will need to walk down to the beach.
Maiori beach is 930 meters long and 40 meters wide and is one of very few sandy beaches on the Amalfi Coast. The beach is almost completely occupied by bathing establishments. There are just two narrow strips of "free" beach at either end of the beach. Refreshments are available from kiosks located in both the bathing establishments and on free areas.
Only 4 minutes away from Maiori beach ia located 2 stunning villas: Argento and Olearia. These enchanting property, strategically situated on a rocky promontory overlooking the Amalfi coastline, are one of the most exclusive, private estates of this idyllic region. The extensive grounds, descending from the coast-road through a landscape of dense Mediterranean vegetation to a spectacular, sheer cliff-edge above a crystal-clear sea, offer a unique setting where tradition meets with innovation and relaxation reigns supreme.
The estate, boasts two outstanding constructions, each with characteristic features and spectacular sea-views. Both are very distinct for architectural style and era: the Argento is a renovated, medieval, Saracen tower surrounded by several independent, stone outbuildings. The Olearia is a contemporary residence designed by an eminent Italian architect in a harmonious fusion of style and local tradition.
These two units may be hired collectively or separately, both are equipped with private pool areas, terraces and luxury amenities.
How to get to the beach of Maiori
Maiori beach is located directly opposite the town with which it shares its name, on the other side of the main road.
By car: Exit the A3 motorway at Vietri sul Mare and head towards Maiori. At the end of the road running parallel to the sea, to the right, you'll find a large car park. Alternatively, there are parking spaces along the roads in the town (charge applies).
By public transport: Sita coach company Salerno – Amalfi line
Minori beach is a 250 meter long, sandy beach. In the middle of the beach there are 3 bathing establishments, to either side of which the beach is 'free'. Whilst in Minori, you'll want to pop in to Salvatore De Riso's pastry shop to sample some of the mouth watering delicacies created by the Amalfi Coast's most famous pastry chef!
How to get to Minori beach
By car: traveling on the SS 163, from Vietri, proceed beyond Maiori and after a couple of bends you'll come to Minori. You can pay to park your vehicle on the blue lines, or in one of the town's three car parks.
By public transport: Sita coach company Salerno – Amalfi line.
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5 HIDDEN TREASURES OF THE AMALFI COAST NOT TO BE MISSED
posted by on February 1st, 2017
The Amalfi Coast is the stretched coastline of Campania, located south of the Sorrento Peninsula, overlooking the Gulf of Salerno; it is bordered to the west from Positano to the east from Vietri sul Mare. It is a stretch of coastline famous worldwide for its natural beauty, home to major tourist sites. Considered a World Heritage by UNESCO named after the town of Amalfi, the central nucleus of the coast, not only geographically but also historically. The Amalfi Coast is known for its diversity: each of the places of the coast has its own character and its traditions. But here are some less known places for tourists, yet very interesting, places connected to the history and tradition of the local people.
Pogerola of Amalfi
This characteristic village renowned for its tranquility, during the Middle Ages was known under the name of Castrum Pigellula. It was a real defensive castle which, together with Castrum Scalelle and a mighty wall, surrounded the town of Amalfi defending from enemy attacks. From the top of the hill you can admire the enchanting scenery of the Gulf of Salerno, from the Amalfi Coast up to the islands of Li Galli and further down, the villages of Lone and Pastena. Worth visiting the sixteenth century church of Madonna delle Grazie, in the main square, the church of San Michele of XII century and the church of Santa Maria Vergine of the twelfth century, with a nice porch covered with vaults.
Valle delle Ferriere
The setting of the reserve is very picturesque, full of waterfalls that create ideal conditions for the proliferation of a very rich flora and fauna. Here can you easily see the Woodwardia radicans, an endemic species of fern, and with a little bit of luck, one can encounter small and rare amphibians such as the newt Apennine. Going down towards Amalfi, the trial runs along some old abandoned paper mills that now prelude to the visit of a paper mill restored in the center. For its abundance of water, this valley has hosted in the past some mills and an ironworks. The metal came from Elba, landed at Amalfi and was transported by mule along the valley to the ironworks, where the work was done. The energy was supplied by the water and the head needed to melt was obtained by burning wood, available in abundance.
Fjord of Furore, Amalfi
Created by the incessant work of a creek that runs down the mountain into the sea, and hosted by a friendly and tiny fishing village, the fjord is also bypassed by the highway with a suspended 30 meters high bridge, from where, every summer, the World Great Heights Diving Championships take place.
A platform mounted at 28 meters heights, in front of the cliff overlooking the sea. It is the diving competition from great heights from the Fjord of Furore. A competition of great tradition and charm in a breathtaking setting in the small village of the Amalfi Coast, where hundreds of people watch the race from the ground but also from the boats anchored away from the shore of the Fjord in order to avoid the athletes to reach during their dive a speed of 100 km/hour.
Cloister of Paradise, Amalfi
The cloister, which is accessed from the left side of the atrium of the Cathedral (the portal with carved doorposts was once the entrance to the church-chapel of the Crucifix), was built in 1266-68 by the archbishop Filippo Augustariccio, used as a cemetery for distinguished citizens, as an peristyle of double columns that support highly acute and intersecting arches. Abandoned at the beginning of the century XVII and restored in 1908, it offers some frescoed chapels built during the period when the site housed the remains of the nobles.
Cathedral of Amalfi
The Cathedral of Amalfi is located at the top of a monumental staircase and dominates the main square of the small villages. The present façade with its porch is the work of the eighteenth century reconstruction. The tower bell dates back from the second half of the twelfth century; between this and the new façade you notice the pediment of the primitive cathedral of Amalfi, known as the Crucifix Chapel, dating from the tenth century. The body of the tower has typical characteristics of many buildings in Campania.
The top instead dates back to 1276 and consists of a central cylindrical core surrounded by four corner turrets. The reason why it seems to have a Calabrian-Byzantine origin is because this was often used in some towers of Campania, such as those of Salerno and Caserta.
The construction of the new cathedral which is parallel to the one of the tenth century started in the mid eleventh century.
In 1208 the Cardinal Capuano brought from Constantinople to Amalfi the remains of St. Andrew, who were placed into the crypt. During the following decades several works of embellishment and enlargement of the church were done, but the church however kept its original structure.
Under the porch you can still find the preserved original portal with its original Byzantine bronze door, there since 1065. The interior is in Baroque style although the original structure of the church is still recognizable. Dating back to the thirteenth century are the mighty Egyptian granite columns that support the triumphal arch. North of the church of the Crucifix, the cloister of Paradise extends, built between 1266 and 1268, as a cemetery for the burial of the famous people of the city.
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Villa Vanto | Amalfi Coast | Sorrento
posted by on September 3rd, 2015
Situated between Massa Lubrense and Sorrento, in an exclusive and panoramic location, this luxury, modern and minimalist-style villa offers the maximum comfort and luxury. A private road controlled by security guards leads to Villa Vanto and to other villas immersed in one of the most exclusive and panoramic areas, in the greenery of the hillside, bordering the coastline. Sorrento, just 5 kilometres away from Villa Vanto, is the ideal base for excursions along the Sorrento coastline. From Sorrento it is also possible to take the ferry or hydrofoil to the amazing islands Capri and Ischia, or to take the 'Circumvesuviana' train to visit ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum (Ercolano). The nearest sandy beach is 3 kilometres away throughout a pathway or on a 10 minutes drive.
Swimming pool (4x8mts), A/C, Wi-fi internet connection, SKY TV in the living room, outdoor Jacuzzi, private parking space, washing machine and dryer, BBQ, safe.
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Game Night: November 3, 2011
The first game this evening was Bohnanza. Playing was Alan, Ted, Brandi, Olivita, Marta, Brian, Anna and myself.
Bohnanza is the first in the Bohnanza family of games and has been published in several different editions.
As card games go, this one is quite revolutionary. Perhaps its oddest feature is that you cannot rearrange your hand, as you need to play the cards in the order that you draw them. The cards are colorful depictions of beans in various descriptive poses, and the object is to make coins by planting fields (sets) of these beans and then harvesting them. To help players match their cards up, the game features extensive trading and deal making.
The original German edition supports 3-5 players.
The newest English version is from Rio Grande Games and it comes with the first edition of the first German expansionincluded in a slightly oversized box. One difference in the contents, however, is that bean #22's Weinbrandbohne (Brandy Bean) was replaced by the Wachsbohne, or Wax Bean. This edition includes rules for up to seven players, like theErweiterungs-Set, but also adapts the two-player rules of Al Cabohne in order to allow two people to play Bohnanza.
Ted and Olivita tied the game with 9 points each.
The second game we played was Incan Gold.
Ted, Brandi, Brian, Anna and myself played the game.
Incan Gold is a quick, fun and tense game in which you and other adventurers explore an old Incan temple in search of gold and treasure. In each of the five rounds, you secretly choose if you want to continue exploring the temple in search of more treasure or retreat to the safety of your camp with your share of the treasure that has been discovered so far.
Each time that an explorer braves new territory, more treasure or a danger appears. When a second type of the same danger is turned over, all exposed treasure is buried, leaving the remaining adventurers with nothing. Do you flee the dangerous temple with your portion of the treasure that has been uncovered so far or do you venture into the exciting temple in search of more hidden valuables?
After five rounds of exploration, whoever has the most treasure is the ultimate explorer and winner!
From the publisher: "You and your fellow adventurers travel to Peru to find a ruined Incan temple and its treasures: turquoise, obsidian and gold. There are also rumors of valuable Incan artifacts. Will you chance dangers like giant spiders, mummies and fire during your search, or will you escape back to camp and safety, carrying out your loot?"
Ann won this game.
The last game we played was 7 Wonders.
The game group played this one.
7 Wonders lasts three ages. In each age, players receive seven cards from a particular deck, choose one of those cards, then pass the remainder to an adjacent player, as in Fairy Tale or a Magic: the Gathering booster draft. Players reveal their cards simultaneously, paying resources if needed or collecting resources or interacting with other players in various ways. (Players have individual boards with special powers on which to organize their cards, and the boards are double-sided as in Bauza's Ghost Stories.) Each player then chooses another card from the deck they were passed, and the process repeats until players have six cards in play from that age. After three ages, the game ends.
In essence 7 Wonders is a card development game along the lines of Race for the Galaxy or Dominion. Some cards have immediate effects, while others provide bonuses or upgrades later in the game. Some cards provide discounts on future purchases. Some provide military strength to overpower your neighbors and others give nothing but victory points. UnlikeMagic or Fairy Tale, however, each card is played immediately after being drafted, so you'll know which cards your neighbor is receiving and how his choices might affect what you've already built up. Cards are passed left-right-left over the three ages, so you need to keep an eye on the neighbors in both directions.
I won this game with 54 points.
Posted by iamthebiggestgeek on November 6, 2011 in Games
Tags: 7 Wonders, Bohnanza, Game Night, Incan Gold
Game Night: October 27, 2011
This whole evening we played Halloween themed games.
Marcus, Ted, Brian and I played Fearsome Floors.
Fearsome Floors / Finstere Flure (or 'Sinister Corridors') is a game from Friedemann Friese:
The storyline attempts to continue the FFF-saga with the players trying to escape from Fürst Fieso. Story aside, what we have is a wonderful race game in which the players must move through a dungeon as fast as possible – or at least within 14 turns – before it crumbles over their heads.
This could be done in 7 turns if everything was peaceful and quiet, but unfortunately the dungeon is also the home of a very hungry monster!
Players must maneuver their disks through the dungeon trying to manipulate the movement of a monster who is always after fresh prey. Players can try to lead the monster to opponents' pieces, but may find themselves eaten instead! Pieces might slide along blood slicks or be crushed between a boulder and a wall. You can even try to get the monster to teleport to another part of the board, where it will fall upon its next victim!
I won this game. However I think we were missing something it just did not seem to click with any of us.
The next game we played was Betrayal at the House on the Hill.
Betrayal at House on the Hill quickly builds suspense and excitement as players explore a haunted mansion of their own design, encountering spirits and frightening omens that foretell their fate. With an estimated one hour playing time, Betrayal at House on the Hill is ideal for parties, family gatherings or casual fun with friends.
Betrayal at House on the Hill is a tile game that allows players to build their own haunted house room by room, tile by tile, creating a new thrilling game board every time. The game is designed for three to six people, each of whom plays one of six possible characters.
Secretly, one of the characters betrays the rest of the party, and the innocent members of the party must defeat the traitor in their midst before it's too late! Betrayal at House on the Hill will appeal to any game player who enjoys a fun, suspenseful, and strategic game.
Betrayal at House on the Hill includes detailed game pieces, including character cards, pre-painted plastic figures, and special tokens, all of which help create a spooky atmosphere and streamline game play.
I was the traitor and won the game beating everyone else.
It was a fairly large group that evening so there was another game being played while we played our two.
Anna, Dannis, Heidi, Allison and Eric played Fury of Dracula.
In this game of Gothic adventure, one player takes the role of Dracula while up to four others attempt to stop him by controlling Vampire hunters from the famous Bram Stoker novel.
Dracula has returned, and is determined to control all of Europe by creating an undead empire of Vampires. Dracula uses a deck of location cards to secretly travel through Europe, leaving a trail of encounters and events for the hunters that chase him.
Meanwhile, the hunters attempt to track and destroy Dracula using the limited information available to them – a task easier said than done when their prey has the power to change forms into a wolf or bat, and can even melt away into the mist when confronted.
To save Europe and rid the world of Dracula's foul plague, the hunters must destroy Dracula before he earns enough victory points to win the game… will they have enough wit and bravery to defeat the dark count?
Anna played Dracula and lost the game, and the others were the winners.
Tags: Betrayal in the House on the Hill, Fearsome Floors, Fury of Dracula, Game Night
The first game on the evening was 7 Wonders. Playing this game was Ted, Anna, Brian and myself.
7 Wonders lasts three ages. In each age, players receive seven cards from a particular deck, choose one of those cards, then pass the remainder to an adjacent player, as inFairy Tale or a Magic: the Gathering booster draft. Players reveal their cards simultaneously, paying resources if needed or collecting resources or interacting with other players in various ways. (Players have individual boards with special powers on which to organize their cards, and the boards are double-sided as in Bauza's Ghost Stories.) Each player then chooses another card from the deck they were passed, and the process repeats until players have six cards in play from that age. After three ages, the game ends.
In essence 7 Wonders is a card development game along the lines of Race for the Galaxy or Dominion. Some cards have immediate effects, while others provide bonuses or upgrades later in the game. Some cards provide discounts on future purchases. Some provide military strength to overpower your neighbors and others give nothing but victory points. Unlike Magic or Fairy Tale, however, each card is played immediately after being drafted, so you'll know which cards your neighbor is receiving and how his choices might affect what you've already built up. Cards are passed left-right-left over the three ages, so you need to keep an eye on the neighbors in both directions.
Though the box is listed as being for 3-7 players, there is an official 2-player variant included in the instructions.
Ted won the game by researching lots of science.
The second game of the evening was To Court the King.
In this game, the players are petitioners at the royal court, trying to gain the King's favor. To do so, they must first gain the help of the servants and petty officials at the court, who can then help them gain access to the nobility, who, in turn, can help to reach the king.
The game is played in turns. On their turn, a player will gather his dice, roll them, set aside at least one, and roll the remaining dice again, until all dice have been set aside. After that, he gets to select a character who will help him. Each character requires a certain combination of dice (such as two pairs or dice that show at least 30 points). The character will give the player some benefits on later rolls, such as an additional die or the ability to modify the results of a roll.
The game ends when a player gains the support of the Queen (and temporary favor of the King, winning ties in the final roll-off). Now, all players try to gain a dice result of as many equal dice as possible (7x 2s, 8x 6s, etc). The player who gets the longest, highest result gains the favor of the King and wins.
Contents: 12 Dice, 60 character cards, 5 player aids, 1 marker, rules.
I won this game.
Posted by iamthebiggestgeek on November 6, 2011 in Games, Uncategorized
Tags: 7 Wonders, Game Night, To Court the King
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Urgency to implement the inner line permit in Meghalaya
Meghalaya is a State composed mainly by three Autonomous Districts and a small portion of an areas known as Normal Areas of Shillong (Shillong Catonment Areas, European Ward, Jail Road and Police Bazar). Out of the three Autonomous District, two Autonomous District Council viz. Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council and Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council are already covered by the Eastern Bengal Frontier Regulation, 1873; the only matter left is for the Governor to announce the date or dates and the area or areas to which the Inner Line Permit will be enforce, this is as per the Ruling of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of The State Government and Ors. Vrs Ka Byrhien Kurkalang and Ors. [AIR 1972 SC 223, (1972) 1 SCC 148, 1972 2 SCR 506, 1972 (4) UJ 262 SC]. This is the excerpt from the said ruling – Quote "17. The effect of the Regulation was that the competent legislative authority, in this case the Governor, selected certain laws enumerated in the Schedule for their being applied to District Council. It, however, left to the Governor to decided on what date or dates and to which part or parts of the District any one or more of them should be extended and brought into force. The Regulation itself determined which laws were to be applied in the District. The only matter left to the Governor was the time when and the area to which they or any more of them should be extended. The Regulation came into force at once and continued to remain in force even after the District Council was set up; so also the power thereunder conferred on the Governor to extend them either to the District as a whole or to any part or parts thereof." Unquote
The only Autonomous District Council not covered by the said Regulation of 1873 is the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council which the Government has to come out by a separate legislation.
The urgency to implement the Inner Line Permit now comes from two main reasons : i) The provision in the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 has clearly stated that Meghalaya being a State where Sixth Schedule is being in operational is exempted from the provisions of CAA 2019. As such the Autonomous District Councils has to abide by the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court to protect itself from any kind of influx. ii) The entire North Eastern States (Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Parts of Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram) have been well protected by the said Regulation of 1873. As such the only State which is left out is our Meghalaya. The reason behind this, is crystal clear : Meghalaya has to be another Non-Tribal State like Tripura as could be understood from the twisted news item appeared today (16.12.19) in the Shillong Times under the caption – Centre may exempt entire State from CAA – where it is written Quote "For the Central government, it will be easier to bring the remaining parts of Shillong under Sixth Schedule rather than accepting ILP." Unquote
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West Sussex river re-routed to create wetland habitat
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Image caption The surrounding fields will flood during the winter and create a wetland grazing marsh.
Work to create a new wetland habitat for birds and other wildlife has begun at a West Sussex nature reserve.
The Woods Mill river at Henfield has been re-routed to attract species such as snipe, kingfisher and little egret.
The Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) said water from the river would now flood the surrounding fields during the winter to create a wetland marsh.
SWT and the Environment Agency constructed meanders and oxbow lakes to move the stream.
'Valuable wetland'
SWT Reserves Officer, Steve Tillman, said: "When the project is completed there will be greater habitat diversity on site enhancing everyone's enjoyment of a visit to the Woods Mill nature reserve.
"Visitors will be able to walk around the new landscape (when it is not flooded) and see the river course develop and change into a new valuable wetland habitat from specially constructed viewing platforms."
The SWT said the line of the old river would still retain some water to provide a static pool for pond insects and small mammals such as the water shrew.
The Environment Agency is also building a fish pass upstream to allow protected sea trout to access new breeding grounds.
Hannah Wright from the Environment Agency said: "The new fish pass will allow sea trout and other fish species to access areas previously virtually impassable.
"Together with the restoration scheme, it will improve a large stretch of the Woods Mill stream for many species of fauna and flora."
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Q: Can electrons reflect light? Lately, I have been watching sparks while connecting my electronic devices  and I can notice that electricity is kind of blue, and theoretically it's blue because it reflects blue wavelengths?? And that makes it a particle (like if I said that light is a particle because photons). So am I correct?
If electricity doesn't have that color because of that, then why is it blue?? After asking this now I think the following questions:

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*Does electricity have the exact temperature to produce blue light (in terms of the EM spectrum)??

*If the answer is no, why does electricity have color??

A: Can electrons reflect light?
Yes. Like CuriosuOne said, electrons are shiny. I kid ye not, google on electrons shiny. Metals are shiny because they have free electrons. Check out this question about the colour of metals, where Ali said a metal is are silvery because it "reflects all wavelengths specularly (more or less)". Also see this article by William Beatty. I read it some years ago, and this bit stuck with me:
"Here is a way to see charge directly: look at the surface of a wire. Metals look metallic because they contain a "fluid" composed of movable electrons. This electrical "fluid" is an excellent reflector of light waves, and it causes the surfaces of metals to act like mirrors. It's these same electrons which flow during an electric current. The "silvery" stuff of a metal is the charge."
Lately, I have been watching sparks while connecting my electronic devices and I can notice that electricity is kind of blue, and theoretically it's blue because it reflects blue wavelengths?? And that makes it a particle (like if I said that light is a particle because photons). So am I correct?
No, like CuriousOne said, that's down to the air, not the electrons.

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GPO Acting Public Printer Davita Vance-Cooks
As the needs of its customers become more digitally focused, the Government Printing Office is shifting from a "print-centric model to a content-centric model" in its new five-year strategic plan.
"So many people have asked why you need a Government Printing Office because the information is available on the web. Most people don't realize we're the ones who put it on the web," said Acting Public Printer Davita Vance-Cooks in an interview with The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp.
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With that shift, GPO is focused on official, digital and secure information online. The agency uses public key encryption to certify documents are official. Users can see an eagle watermark as a digital signature that the document has been authenticated, Vance-Cooks said.
GPO will also continue to print secure identification cards and passports. Vance- Cooks said GPO is the only government-to-government provider to meet HSPD-12 standards.
The workforce will also have to change to meet future digital needs. GPO will continue to hire people but for specific technological skills, Vance-Cooks said.
The role of paper — what Vance-Cooks calls "tangible print" — will still have a place because some people do not have online access. Also, GPO can print at such volumes that it's cheaper than for an agency to print on their own, she said.
GPO is remaining in its sprawling building on North Capitol Street because it will continue to need space for digital equipment. However, some of the real estate is rented out to other agencies, Vance-Cooks said.
A new strategic direction could also mean a new name.
"We would love to change our name to the Government Publishing Office," she said. "The reason is very simple … We publish the information in whatever format the customer wants," Vance-Cooks said.
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