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Shards of Alara: Naya Behemoths Review (Part 2 of 2)
It's our final visit to the plane of Alara for the while (until we return in the future with Conflux), and it's been a richly rewarding one. Although this is a set Sam much prefers over me, we've both found reasons to enjoy and appreciate the set. Sam's delighted in the setting and memorable characters like Ajani and Elspeth, while I've found a word here to describe my personal colour-preference: Grixis.
And so it's with some irony that for our final match we'll have completely switched places, for I'll be piloting Naya Behemoths while Sam sets up behind Grixis Undead. Being candid, I've probably looked forward to playing this deck the least as a matter of personal enjoyment- heavy creature decks don't typically thrill me the way others do, but we're both ready to see how they measure up. Can the heavy killpower of Grixis keep my behemoths at bay, or will Sam find herself reduced to a foul-smelling substance beneath the foot of one of my mighty gargantua- here are our notes.
It's our last stop on our tour of the plane of Alara, and this one's going to be big. No- huge. Wait… gargantuan! That's right, today we're visiting Naya, the shard where going big isn't just a philosophy, it's a necessity. Like Esper, the mechanical distinctiveness of this shard isn't keyworded. There's no equivalent of unearth or exalted or devour here. Rather, Naya takes a "size matters" approach, giving you a raft of massive fatties as well as cards that care about power. Indeed, with over half your creatures weighing in with a power of 5 or greater, Naya specialises in doing one thing, and that's smashing your opponent's head in. As we'll see, the bulk of the deck is engineered to either do that itself, or to help you do that.
We'll begin, fittingly enough, with the creatures.
Shards of Alara: Esper Artifice Review (Part 2 of 2)
With Jund available as an opponent deck, my nemesis this time could be no other than Sam. In addition to loving the shard of Jund, Sam also happens to have a devour deck of her own that she delights in playing. For my part, I'd be leading the more thoughtful and pensive shard of Esper into battle, though certainly not a shard without its own formidable resources. In our analysis of Esper Artifice, we found it a solidly-built skies deck with some unique artifact twists. Now we'd see just how well that strategy paid off. Our notes from the three matches are as follows…
Thus far in our tour of the various shards of Alara, we've found three new keywords: Bant's exalted, Grixis' unearth, and Jund's devour. The designers of the set wanted to give each shard its own identity through a mechanic, but for the last two shards on our list no keyword was needed. Instead, they have a more thematic approach, and for Esper that meant a new innovation- coloured artifacts. Sure there had been a smattering of these before, but Esper was designed to be dedicated to them fully- every Esper-themed creature is an artifact.
Esper in some ways is something of a mini-Mirrodin, a land where artifacts and artifice holds sway. Visually and conceptually distinction from Mirrodin, however, was achieved through the concept of etherium, a metal infused with Magic that could be not just grafted onto, but actually replace body parts and appendages. The most notable example of this is the iconic right arm of Tezzeret, but it extends to all living things on the shard.
This gives the shard's denizens a cohesive look and feel, and Esper Artifice takes full advantage. Many of the deck's cards care about artifacts in some way- either through direct interaction or passive bonus. Nowhere is this more prevalent than with the deck's creatures, and so there we'll begin.
Shards of Alara: Bant Exalted Review (Part 2 of 2)
Although in the lore the shards of Bant and Esper weren't directly inimical to one another, they might as well have been tonight as Jimi and I sat down to do battle with both. Jimi selected the synergistic and artifact-heavy Esper Artifice, and we lined them up for the customary three games. Would exalted have what it takes to take down the etherium-addicts? Here are our notes from the match.
Most of you are familiar with the concept of a 'cycle' in Magic: the Gathering, but for those newer to the game who may not have come across this concept yet, it is as follows. A cycle describes a group of cards that are linked together either thematically or mechanically. A good example from the latest block might be the Smith cycle (Myrsmith, Painsmith, Riddlesmith, Embersmith, and Lifesmith), with each card doing something very similar yet representative of the colour each card draws from.
In that vein, the five intro decks from the Shards of Alara set could be said to be a "cycle" as well. This is not just thematic, which is the obvious part- each of the five decks represents a shard of the plane of Alara, a part of the plane that has splintered off from the others and carries a very different topography and culture. It's the actual compostion of each deck's mana base that also gives it a mechanical connection. Within each deck is seventeen land, and each of the five has it divided identically. The primary colour gets seven of its respective basic land. Bant, identified with the colour White, has seven Plains. Then each of the two allied colours gets three basics each. As the allied colours of White are Blue and Green, there are three Islands and three Forests in the deck.
Shards of Alara: Grixis Undead Review (Part 2 of 2)
If Sam immediately identifies with Naya, with its emphasis on Green and love of huge creatures, Jimi is likewise a devotee of Bant. The White-natured setting, the bounty of Soldiers, Knights, and other typically weenie creatures, the early aggression, all these are consistent with Jimi's preferred mode of play. It took no prodding whatsoever to get her to rally the forces of the adoptive home of Elspeth Tirel in defense against the shambling hordes of Grixis. Here are the notes from the clash.
Our next stop in our tour of the shards of Alara is the world of Grixis, a bleak and dystopian world where the dead both outnumber and hunt the living. Vast bonescapes cover the terrain, fields littered with the remnants of those too far deteriorated or scattered to be reanimated or repurposed. Small pockets of humans and other races band together in pockets, hiding from the horrors about them. If it helps, think of the humans in the Terminator series in the future where machines hold sway. In a word? Grim.
In more concrete terms, Grixis describes the shard ruled by the colour Black, alongside its two allied-colours Red and Blue. In keeping with the set's theme, Grixis has its own unique mechanic in unearth. A creature with unearth has a limited second live, a recursive "two-and-out" that lets you recast them from the graveyard once they've ended their initial lifespan on the battlefield. This second go-round is, to repurpose a phrase, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. Put another way, once you trigger their unearth, they rocket from the crypt with haste and are removed from the game if they die again or at the end of turn. With this in mind, we now turn our attention to the inhabitants of Grixis.
Shards of Alara: Primordial Jund Review (Part 2 of 2)
With Jimi having acted as foil for much of Mirrodin Besieged, it's Sam's turn to get back in the hotseat and do battle with the preconstructed decks. Everyone has a favourite world, and Sam's is Alara. From the book to the mechanics to the cards, she's a huge fan of the block and a natural choice to take lead against me.
For the match, Sam opts to go with Naya Behemoths, hoping to win the attrition war in the red zone through that deck's massive beaters. Here are our notes from the match.
Ahh, Jund. Certainly no other shard conveys the same resonance by the mere utterance of its name. Filled with incremental-advantage cards like Bloodbraid Elf, Sprouting Thrinax, and Broodmate Dragon, and Blightning, "Jund decks" had a solid run at Standard dominance until Shards block rotated out and Scars block rotated in, and now content for their rightful place at the Extended table. Of course, this isn't constructed, but no doubt the Jund deck here secretly longs for the soul-withering success its older brother achieved.
2005's Ravnica, with its ten dual-coloured guilds, showed how just a little branding could turn groupings of the five colours of Magic into easily-graspable concepts for the playerbase. Although most of the guilds have faded into shrouded obscurity, we still here talk of Boros decks even now, indicating a deck that has both White and Red. Three years later, Wizards would repeat the trick, this time with tri-colour "shards." A shard consists of a single colour and it's two allied or "friendly" colours. (For those keeping score at home, a grouping of a colour and its two 'enemy' colours is called a wedge). For Jund, that primary colour was Red, supported by both Black and Green. In the setting, this revealed Jund to be a place of elemental fury, with a landscape littered with volcanoes, skies filled with dragons, and inhabitants engaged in a neverending struggle for survival.
Welcome to primordial Jund.


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Tunnel Digger Testifies in Murder Trial of Bethesda Millionaire
First defense witness takes stand after judge denies motion to dismiss case
A New York man who was hired to dig tunnels under a Bethesda house testified Wednesday that he quit the job after six months because he was concerned for his dog and had grown tired of the work.
Douglas Hart, 23, was the first witness called by the defense in the trial of Daniel Beckwitt, 27, who is charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the death of Askia Khafra in September 2017.
Khafra, who also was hired for the excavation work, was killed when he was unable to escape a fire that erupted in the basement of the Danbury Road house where Beckwitt, a millionaire stock trader, was building a secret bunker, fearing an attack from North Korea.
Prosecutors contend conditions in the tunnel were unsafe and the basement was dangerously cluttered.
The basement leading into the tunnels "wasn't pristine and clean," Hart testified, but there was a clear path to a bunker that had a small refrigerator, microwave, television, Xbox gaming system and WiFi.
"I didn't really want that type of environment for my dog all the time, she was very old," Hart said of the 10-pound Pomeranian that accompanied him.
After Hart was hired by Beckwitt, the two would occasionally work together and go out for food.
"I thought he was really smart and interesting," Hart said. "I really thought he was one of the smartest people I had ever spoken to. … I had an interest in being his friend."
They stayed in a Washington hotel to celebrate Hart's 21st birthday, he testified during his 90 minutes on the stand.
"We were friends," Hart said. "But I was also a worker. It was both."
In cross-examination by prosecutor Marybeth Ayres, Hart denied that claustrophobic conditions or depression forced him to quit.
The defense, which lost a procedural move to have the case dismissed earlier Wednesday, said in opening statements last week that Khafra's death was an accident.
Circuit Court Judge Margaret Schweitzer cited potential evidence that Khafra was working under unsafe circumstances in her decision to continue the jury trial, now in its second week.
The criminal case could go to the jury next week.
In a separate case, Khafra's parents have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Beckwitt in Montgomery County Circuit Court.
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A templated electrochemical technique for patterning macroscopic arrays of single-crystalline Si micro- and nanowires with feature dimensions down to 5 nm is reported. This technique, termed three-dimensional electrochemical axial lithography (3DEAL), allows the design and parallel fabrication of hybrid silicon nanowire arrays decorated with complex metal nano-ring architectures in a flexible and modular approach. While conventional templated approaches are based on the direct replication of a template, our method can be used to perform high-resolution lithography on pre-existing nanostructures. This is made possible by the synthesis of a porous template with tunable dimensions that guides the deposition of well-defined metallic shells around the Si wires. The synthesis of a variety of ring architectures composed of different metals (Au, Ag, Fe, and Ni) with controlled sequence, height, and position along the wire is demonstrated for both straight and kinked wires. We observe a strong enhancement of the Raman signal for arrays of Si nanowires decorated with multiple gold rings due to the plasmonic hot spots created in these tailored architectures. The uniformity of the fabrication method is evidenced by a homogeneous increase in the Raman signal throughout the macroscopic sample. This demonstrates the reliability of the method for engineering plasmonic fields in three dimensions within Si wire arrays.


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The dissimilarities in these two poets are in the way they composed their poems and possibly in the content of the poems. It is possible that her slant rhymes reflect her emotional tensions fracture would be a stronger word for it , but most critical attempts to establish clear-cut correlations between types of rhyme and particular moods in her poems are relatively unsuccessful. Emily Dickinson's writing style simply spelled out, however informally, the passions and truths about life, about her life and her experiences. On the other hand, some people criticize her poetry for being strange and too hard to understand. Such patterns may — and for the Dickinson expert must — include material from her life and letters, but this approach requires a continual awareness that, like her poems, her letters were written for specific effects on their readers they were often drafted , and they are often even more vague than her poems on parallel subjects. It's as if everyone could interpret Dickinson's poems into his or her personal life; seeing the poems the way they want to see it.
Allegory is the use of scenes and actions whose structuring is so artificial and unreal that the reader comes to see that they stand for people, scenes, and ideas recognizably different from the representation itself. In the 1863 poem 'I heard a Fly buzz — when I died' in ; Chapter 4:46 Dickinson enumerates the elements of a conventional and pious deathbed scene: 'I willed my Keepsakes — Signed away What portion of me be Assignable…'. During her time she was not well known, but as time progressed after her death more and more people took her works into consideration and many of them were published. Susan Dickinson received more than 250 poems throughout the two women's forty-year relationship, and to , who authored an article in an 1862 issue of the Atlantic Monthly that encouraged young people to write and publish, Dickinson sent about 100 poems. One often suspects that many such subjects are being treated simultaneously. Some of her poems were written in the style of hymns, like the Bible. It is not always clear what her pronouns refer to; sometimes a pronoun refers to a word which does not appear in the poem.
She refused to see most people, and aside from a single year at South Hadley Female Seminary now Mount Holyoke College , one excursion to Philadelphia and Washington, and several brief trips to Boston to see a doctor about eye problems, she lived all her life in her father's house. Like Henry David Thoreau, she simplified her life so that doing without was a means of being within. The daughter of a lawyer, she was born in Amherst, a small provincial town of Massachusetts. After her work became publish she caught the attention of many readers through her unique form of writing. By just such a hazard Hundreds have lost, indeed, But tens have won an all. She spends much of her life dressed in white and withdrawn from much of society. Two characteristics of her writing that set her apart from other writers are the use of capitalization, and the use of dashes throughout her poems.
While the fly diminishes the lead up to the speaker's death, its appearance also creates a break, coming between 'the light' and the speaker at the very moment of transition: 'And then the Windows failed — and then I could not see to see'. Those are my top favorite poems. This provides a very healthy caution for interpreting Dickinson, but this idea should not keep us from using our knowledge of her life and thought to interpret her poems. A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest. Food imagery is associated with this theme; hunger and thirst are the prerequisites for comprehending the value of food and drink. Emily Dickinson was born December 10th, 1830 in her family home on main street in Amherst, Massachusetts to her two parents Edward and Emily Norcross Dickinson.
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Ask the students to consider how Pastan responds to Dickinson's poetry and her image and how she expresses her views through her poem. During her time she was not well known, but as time progressed after her death more and more people took her works into consideration and many of them were published. The grim reaper in this poem is a civil gentleman who takes the narrator — already ghostlike in gossamer and tulle — gently towards death. Emily Dickinson lived from December 10, 1830, to May 15, 1886. Topics on this Page Almost unknown as a poet in her lifetime, Emily Dickinson is now recognized as one of America's greatest poets and, in the view of some, as one of the greatest poets of all time. Only then would people recognize that writing, especially poetry, was just like music and music's song writers. This is why some knowledge of her life and her cast of mind is essential for illuminating much of her work.
By turning her back on notoriety Dickinson may have been trying to protect her good name. For a full understanding of Emily Dickinson, a reading of her complete poems and letters is essential. The gentian weaves her fringes. Dickinson did share a portion of her poems with family and selected friends whose literary taste she admired. Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam.
Her father had purchased the home in early 1855 and made significant renovations to it. Critical Reviews over Emily Dickinson differ in opinions. Dickinson further emphasizes the drumming of the meter by equating the leaves falling to rain, specifically scarlet rain, which reminds the reader of blood. They are thinking of exact rhyme for example, see, tree. To understand how and why she writes the way she does, her background has to be brought into perspective. Any of these, or just plain old depression, might have sparked this poem.
Even without striving to hope that her works would impact so many generations, Dickinson has influenced many generations of poets and plays a major role in the development of American Literature. In addition to providing close proximity to her brother and his family, the renovated Homestead offered Dickinson several other advantages. It helped her assert independence and rebel from the conservative stereotypes of the era. The chief tonal problem is distinguishing between ironic and non-ironic voices. The simplicity can be seen in many of Emily Dickinson's poem.
Her poems are filled with robins, bees, winter light, household items, and domestic duties. Most of them were discovered by her family, in 40 hand-bound volumes, after her death. Emily Dickinson, as scholars have since discovered, was more self-aware than early critics originally theorized. Please and reload the page. In face of the difficulty of many of her poems and the bafflingly diffuse and contradictory general impression made by her work and personality, Dickinson's popularity is a great tribute to her genius. Unfortunately for her, she was a poet who would not be recognized as one of America's literary giants until long after she passed away.


Jamie Reid started his one month loan deal against Havant and Waterlooville with a perfectly timed goal, where he lobbed the ball from 20 yards. The Grecian striker set the pace of the game which finished 3-0. Steve Tully was delighted with Reid and said after the match that he put in a full 66 minute shift of commitment.
Reid had a professional debut season to remember for the Grecians.
The Torquay-born youngster, who had come through the Exeter youth ranks, was offered a contract ahead of the 2012/13 season and made his debut for the Grecians on Boxing Day as a late substitute in a home defeat to Oxford United.
He was thrown back into the fray late in the season, and was a surprise starter – admitting his own shock at being selected – when he was named amongst the starters away at AFC Wimbledon in what was a crucial clash at Kingsmeadow.
On his full debut, he netted twice in a 2-2 draw with the Dons and was only denied a hat-trick by an erroneous offside-flag.
He spent a period on loan with Dorchester Town in the Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division and impressed with the Magpies.
Reid's 2013/14 season was bittersweet – the year began with a call-up to represent Northern Ireland at under-19 and under-21 level, but a groin injury picked up on international duty persisted for the remainder of the season and curtailed his campaign, to the extent that he was sidelined ahead of 2014/15.
Out with injury for much of 2014/15, he had a short loan spell with Torquay United in March.
He made his return to competitive action for the Grecians in coming off the bench in the 2-0 Johnstone's Paint Trophy first round success against Portsmouth earlier this month.


Give your melodica a bath!
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This topic contains 14 replies, has 5 voices, and was last updated by Francis Valerio 6 months, 3 weeks ago.
We have discussed flushing melodicas with water, submerging melodicas in water or in water/vinegar or other solutions, even running one through the dishwasher. But here is as easy refresher for almost any melodica or keyboard harmonica that does not have wooden parts. Simply submerge your melodica in warm water, working the keys and spit button to get all air out, and leave it there for 4-5 hours, shaking it around occasionally and then again before you take it out. After you take it out, work all keys and the spit valve until quite a bit of water has been exprelled and the notes are all or almost all sounding at least roughly. Swing the melodica around a few times for good measure, and then stand it on end overnight.
Chances are that you will see some particles or debris when you are done at the sink. Chances are that after playing any remaining moisture out in the morning, you will find that the keys work more freely. If there was an odor problem, it will be gone or at least diminished. This is especially effective with an older vintage instrument with sticking keys, but it can also make a noticeable difference with a heavily used relatively new melodica. There's more to do about odors or persistently sticky keys, but a good Saturday night bath can work wonders.
Older vintage melodicas for which this cannot be recommended would include the Hohner Professional 36, the Hohner Piano 36, Claviettas and other 1960s-70s Italian models, the Bohema I'm sure, and in general very old melodicas whose gaskets may be in the process of decomposition. Melodicas are designed to handle moisture, but failing gaskets are vulnerable to it, more or less depending on the material.
TQ, and so happy to be part of your community. Will upload something soon. The 44H arrived last week!!!
I'm not sure about the output jack, but usually it is older melodicas, especially vintage models that need a bath. Your ten year old Pro 37 could possibly benefit from one if keys are sticky, for example, but it's not likely that the Hammond would need it in the foreseeable future.
Hi Alan. Yes, the question is a bit premature fur the Hammond 😊. I just wanted to know. I'll give the Suzuki a wash, and I also have a Yamaha 32 key, the light blue one, which is a few years older. That was my first. Bathtime for them both then. TQ again. Joanna.
Hi MM! Thank you for the advice. Yes I had a vague idea that might be the case, but wanted it confirmed by a pro. And you did!
I won't need to clean the 44H for a while, but will get the screwdriver out when it needs.
"[Musicians] need to be aware that there are risks that instruments can become colonised with mould and fungi and this can be related to serious and potentially fatal lung disease," said Dr Jenny King, first author of the study, of North Manchester general hospital.
Hi Daren. Pouring in liquid sounds a bit scary! Maybe I'll just have to learn how to do it.
I read that post about the danger of fungi and mould, and the importance of hygiene.
Does anyone open up their Hammond 44H, to clean the relevant parts while keeping the electric bits dry?
First bath! After 10 and 12 years.
There is moisture on and around the reeds after playing, especially after extended playing, but I'm curious about why you feel the need to clean it or dry the reeds off after playing, Francis. This is normal with a melodica. The moisture is from condensation and does not soil the inside of the instrument. Occasionally there's reason to take a melodica apart and/or give it a bath. But I don't think it's a good idea to be taking the melodica apart frequently (especially an expensive one such as the Hammond) or to be running water through it on a regular basis. When you open it after playing, there's a temptation to wipe off the reeds, but I don't think there's any reason to do so unless you're tuning it. My opinion; others may disagree.
Some time later, I bought a Superforce 37 Hohner, but this time I always opened it after playing. To this day it works like the first day.
This is the reason, I understand that for some it is strange, but it works for me.
Hey, Francis, do what works for you. But I don't think reeds of the Hammond will rust. Or of a Yamaha or high end Suzuki. Not sure about the recent Hohners. These models all have phosphor bronze reeds.


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Mustang volleyball sinks BRHS
Date: 14 Sep 2018Author: honsat
Bella Sellmer– Mustangs Ahead
(LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL) – Thursday night the LRHS volleyball Mustangs went to Braden River High School to battle out against their rivals, the Pirates.
The varsity girls lost their first match, but were motivated to win the next three matches, which they ended up doing. It was a great game and the ladies ended up taking home the win.
The freshman team played hard and went to three sets but in the end didn't win going 1-2. The JV girls played next but lost in two games.
Freshman coach Smith Williams said, "Against Braden River we battled for every point, we took leads, got our serves over, and did everything we could to win the second set. We didn't beat them yet, but I know we will! At the end of the day I will always be proud of all my girls do."
Wednesday night, the LRHS girls volleyball team headed to Venice for their third district match of the year.
Freshmen played first, fighting hard, but lost in two sets. Junior varsity (JV) followed the freshmen, also fighting hard, but sadly lost in two sets as well. Varsity played last but lost in three sets.
Maddie Koczersut said, "We fought hard against Venice but sadly were unable to beat them. They were a great team and we tried all we could but, in the end, I am happy with how we performed. For our game against Braden River I was glad we were able to beat them."
The next game is Monday, Sept. 13. The lady Mustangs are playing Sarasota High School here at the Ranch with freshman starting at 5 p.m. and JV and varsity following after.
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The Health Campus Turku network includes the Hospital District of Southwest Finland, University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Novia University of Applied Sciences, and Turku Science Park as a new member.
The Health Campus Turku collaboration was initiated at the end of 2015. On Wednesday, 27 September, the members of the network signed an agreement on the objectives of the collaboration and Turku Science Park joined the collaboration as a new member.
The Health Campus Turku network develops the Turku University Hospital area as a multidisciplinary, international and top-level cluster of expertise. The expertise within the network involves medicine and other fields of research and education related to health and well-being. Turku Science Park joins the collaboration in developing innovation activities and business.
Several joint units of the different parties operate in the area, such as the national Turku PET Centre of the universities and the Hospital District of Southwest Finland, and the Auria Biobank of the University of Turku, Hospital District of Southwest Finland, and other hospital districts within its special responsibility area.
Members of the Health Campus Turku are highly committed to joint multi-professional and disciplinary operation, which is already evident in the development of education and RDI, and in business collaboration.
– The Health Campus Turku significantly supports the drug development and diagnostics cluster concentrated to Southwest Finland, as well as the development of future health technologies. The Health Campus Turku is one of the largest Nordic clusters of research and education in medicine and health that serves working and business life, says the Chair of the Steering Group of the Health Campus Turku, Vice Rector Juhani Soini from Turku University of Applied Sciences.
Actions listed in the agreement include, for example, developing the prerequisites for research and collaboration between researchers, promoting the education and research activities of the organisations within the network, as well as developing business and innovation activities in the area. The goal is to build the Health Campus Turku into a strong brand which, for example, supports recruitment.
Members signing the agreement at Forum Marinum on 27 September 2017. From the left: Tero Piispanen (Turku Science Park), Päivi Rautava (Hospital District of Southwest Finland), Örjan Andersson (Novia), Leena Setälä (Hospital District of Southwest Finland), Vesa Taatila (TUA), Kalervo Väänänen (UTU), Mikko Hupa (ÅAU), Ulla Achrén (ÅAU), Päivi Mikkola (UTU).
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Dr Craig came to Singapore in 2012 to head Wheelock College, a Boston-based liberal arts college whose programmes overseas focused on education. Prior to relocating to Asia, Dr Craig spent most of her career at Harvard University, most recently, as Executive Director of the university's Center for European Studies, a leading graduate and post-doctoral research centre for the study of Europe. Dr Craig's experience in Asia began at the Harvard Institute for International Development where she worked in numerous countries doing research and policy advising in the social sector. Invited by the Asian Development Bank to examine the quality of life in rural Asia, she carried out fieldwork in China, India and Thailand, eventually co-authoring a book on the topic. Subsequently, she developed a year-long project on infrastructure in China that was based in the Foreign Capital Management division of the Chinese Ministry of Finance.
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Incas transported chicha from one place to another in raquis, large pottery vases, so they could have it to drink during days of hard work and during times of need. They carried the raquis on their backs, tied with ropes, to get it to its destination. The raquis also served to process and store the beverage.
During Inca times when the empire connected with nature and promoted harmony and balance among people, chicha was the drink that made Inca culture dynamic.
Chicha was made in great quantities, enough to supply the entire empire. For this they needed many containers (raquis) in order to elaborate chicha in different shapes and forms for different purposes and uses.
Raquis are still known by this name from Quechua, although we also use Spanish words such as cántaros and vasijas. They are large containers made from clay and colored beige or rouge. On the raquis you can see designs that represent the culture.
Raquis tended to be in different shapes. Some were and are conical in shape, not unlike a top. They are still used as vessels in which to ferment chicha. The raquis with wide necks are used to transport chicha. Smaller raquis are used, even today, for transporting the beverage. Each has a particular decoration with stylized and minimalist geometric shapes.
Besides holding chicha, raquis were also used to keep and maintain water. Even today, you will find raquis semi buried in the ground for chicha fermentation. The use of these ceramics is necessary, they say, for a quality product, in chicherías throughout the city of Cuzco as well as in the surrounding countryside. Within the places where chicha is sold we generally find a pair of raquis, half below ground. Each has this drink made from corn. They are also a kind of decoration that gives life and authenticity to these rustic places that are so central to Cuzco's gastronomic heritage.
If you wish to see raquis, besides visiting a neighborhood chichería, you can go to the Mueso Inca (the Inca Museum). In one of its rooms you will see a variety of raquis, and other pottery containers, in different shapes and sizes. They were used for our ancestral drink. In the museum's patio you will find the top shaped raqui with surprising and complex designs.
The town of Raqchi, Canas Province, is where there is a very rich tradition of making ceramics. It is its passion. The people of Raqchi are famous, from time immemorial for their pottery work and they still make raquis today.
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BOB ABERNETHY, host: Finally, the world's largest religious festival got underway in India this week. Kim Lawton has more.
KIM LAWTON, correspondent: For the next two months, as many as 100 million Hindu pilgrims are expected to converge in northern India for the Maha Kumba Mela or Big Pitcher festival. It happens only once every 12 years. The pilgrims believe their sins will be washed away by bathing at the point where the Ganges and Yamuna rivers meet a third mystical river. The festival has been taking place for more than 2,000 years, and officials say this may be the biggest celebration yet.
The event commemorates a Hindu story that describes the god Vishnu fight with demons to gain possession of a golden pitcher containing the nectar of immortality. During the battle, some drops fell to the earth. Smaller Kumbh Mela festivals are held more often at the spots where tradition says those drops fell. But this Big Pitcher Festival is considered the holiest. Hindu sages and hermits come out of their seclusion, and the event has also become a meeting point for yoga practitioners from around the world.
Authorities have constructed makeshift tents and medical facilities in the small town where the pilgrims are gathering, but security is a huge challenge. Another problem: dealing with the already-severe pollution in the Ganges River. The government has banned pilgrims from using plastic bags and asked them not to use soap. Industries in the area have been put under new pollution restrictions. Despite the problems and the massive crowds, many pilgrims who make the trek say this will be the spiritual journey of their lifetime. I'm Kim Lawton reporting.


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Satellite Wine Club, Septembre 2022
Domaine Sérol - 'Odan' - Gamay - Côte Roannaise, Loire Valley, FR - 2020
$41 Retail, $492/Case $394/Case for Members ($32.80/Bottle)
Storm x Satellite - 'Presqu'ile Vineyard' - Gamay - Santa Maria Valley, CA - 2021
BONUS ROUND! This month it's all about Gamay… and not just any Gamay —> Satellite's Very Own Gamay. GALACTIC GAMAY. Bet you didn't expect another Satellite collab this year!
I swear one day we're going to miss badly on a wine made in partnership with our favorite local winemakers, but this is not that day. You are the lucky recipient of what I can only describe as another triumphant winner!
Gamay is one of my favorite grapes. It's one of those varieties that feels like a mile marker on my path to wine appreciation, and most especially natural wine appreciation. It's been a darling of the natural wine world for nearly 50 years, in fact, many credit the OG "Gang of Four" in Beaujolais for igniting the popularity of natural winemaking in general. Jules Chavet and his protegees - Jean-Paul Thevenet, Jean Foillard, Guy Breton, and Marcel Lapierre - all started growing grapes without pesticides on their relatively unknown estates in the 70's and 80's. They fermented whole clusters without SO2 additions at least until bottling, never fining or filtering their wines - patiently learning to trust the natural flow of vinifying pure, clean fruit - grown without systemic poisons.
Gamay was the perfect fruit to exemplify and establish the movement. It grows readily on Beaujolais' granitic soils, verdant and happy in that warm continental summer climate. It wants to be gardened more than farmed, with clusters that lend themselves to minimalistic whole-cluster and even carbonic fermentations. Good acidity, clear bright fruit, and structure that encourages early and casual consumption made this the friendly face of a post-industrial farming movement.
Nowadays, some 50 years later, the Gamay grape still occupies front-of-mind for so many natural winemakers and drinkers alike. A lucky happenstance of the right personalities, in the right geography, with the perfect mix of ampelographic characteristics. We see it in the shop everyday... people freaking love drinking Gamay and winemakers love making it. We can hardly keep it stocked any time of year.
So what are we showing you this month? Well… it's Gamay. Our way. We've got two examples that demonstrate just how great this grape is. Just how flexible it is. These two wines, perhaps more than any wines we've carried in the club recently, speak the same language. From the first splash of color to the last drop of carnal-infused juicy fruit. Visceral in Parallel!
All this is to say that you're going to learn something about Gamay this month, Winestronaut. One fact that you must not miss is that Santa Barbara has the potential, like so many other grapes, to grow world class Gamay that mimics the greats of the old world. I really do believe anything is possible with wine here in Santa Barbara, how lucky are we?
I'll pass the ball to Sean here to give you a thorough detailed analysis of just how magic these two wines are… and for those of you saying "I thought Gamay was a November thing for Thanksgiving!?" we say to you "Consider this a thirst trap/pre-game for November's ludicrous over-consumption of Gamay!".
Prost!
Welcome to September, when the days shorten, the temperatures climb, and sweaty Santa Barbarans wander the streets for A/C and a cool drink as if the living dead in search of brains. It's too hot, man. Last week I literally peeled myself from the Satellite bar, still zombified even after a lively spritz and spiced almonds. We're not the only ones in escape mode. Harvest 2022 is well underway, and in this heat, the grapes wait for no one. Swelled with water and sugar, they're ready to leave the vine and enter cool, temperature-controlled cellars en route to our thirsty gullets. Some sooner than others - in two months, quick-turnaround wines like Beaujolais Nouveau will line store shelves before California has finished fermenting its cabernet. That's assuming this heat peters out.
One can't help but daydream of an oasis in such Saharan conditions. September's wines will take you there.
As Drew mentioned, Beaujolais is warm. It's a continental region far from the coasts. The rocky soils here store heat, drain water and reflect intense sunlight onto vines, and in a familiar scene around the globe, climate change is wresting once moderate weather from these hillsides in a tempermental tug of war. But this month we're seeing another side of gamay. We're staying cool in the Côte Roannaise, a little slice of granite on the foothills of an ancient mountain range, and Santa Maria's Presqu'ile Vineyard, where ocean views and own-rooted vines reign supreme. These two locales, and the gamay they grow, have plenty to say about the grape's contradictions. The wines are refreshing, yet structured. Buoyantly fruity, yet bone-dry and mineral. Their makers captured the delicacy and power of a grape that set the natural wine movement ablaze.
As blue-eyed soul star Mayer Hawthorne crooned in "On A Good One": My body's burning up/It's hot in here/And all this grooving is removing all my fear… Blinds tightly shut, hallways dark as night, roommates groaning in heat-induced agony, I'm holed up in what feels like a crack house, if our addiction is maintaining sub-90 degree temperatures within its walls. That hasn't been successful, so my next drug of choice, gamay, will have to do. Could be worse.
These producers have the grape singing like Mayer. Their grooving is removing all our thirst. Here's why.
You've probably never heard of the Côte Roannaise. I hadn't until days ago. Cast aside by haughty purists as the red-headed step-child of the Loire Valley, it's a fascinating and distinctive place. Nearly smack-dab in the middle of France, this is nonetheless border country, home to the nation's northernmost viognier, southernmost chenin blanc, and gamay. A weird gamay. Which is why we're here.
The Sérol family has tended their estate since Louis XVI tended a head atop his shoulders. Theirs remained a small, modest plot for over two centuries. That changed when fifth-generation Stéphane succeeded his father in 1996 and began feverishly planting the land. He now oversees seven dozen acres sprinkled with vines reaching some 90 years of age. Those newer plantings (like squeezed-in gamay in 1996 and chenin blanc in 2018) dramatically line their steep slopes, which Stéphane and his wife Carine recently converted from organic to biodynamic farming. There's even a collaboration with internationally renowned restaurant La Maison Troisgros in nearby Roanne. The three-Michelin star house of nouvelle cuisine and Sérol share two acres of gamay in a combinaison unique et délicieuse.
Well-draining granite soils, extremely high-density plantings and a plethora of old vines keep yields low and quality high. Not to mention their grape of choice is difficult to grow. It's not gamay as we know it. This is gamay st-romain, a local clone that boasts smaller, tighter clusters that are prone to uneven fertilization and ripen late in the season. Finicky and fragile, the little berry fits right in with its underrated region.
The Loire Valley is a complicated place. Bisected by its namesake river and home to a staggering range of styles, from quiet, seashell-driven muscadet on the Atlantic coast to smoky, textured sauvignon blanc further east, it's maybe the most versatile - and perplexing - French wine region. While dry white wines bookend the valley, rugged cabernet franc and acid-driven chenin blancs of varying degrees of sweetness fill its interior, with playful and fruity grolleau and gamay also in the mix. Old, indigenous varieties like pineau d'aunis, a personal favorite, are coming back to life as well. The diversity and value of these wines are dizzying. They over-deliver time and time again.
Like any other, the Loire River starts as a slow trickle in the mountains that builds steam before emptying into the ocean. The geologic path it carves is fascinating. This was once the edge of an ancient continent. Millions of years ago, that continent collided with another, mangling the edges of both and forming the Massif Central (literally the central massive, or central mountains in the middle of France) and the Massif Armorican to the northwest. Their new home: the supercontinent Pangea. The mangling pushed things around a bit, and after a while, Pangea began breaking apart. High sea levels quickly flooded large swaths of land between the mountains. The shallow, warm-water seas that emerged are the foundation for limestone, the regions of Champagne and Burgundy, and some of the most famous wines in the world. Oh, and the city of Paris.
It's this limestone that extends much of the gap between the two massifs, spilling well into the Loire Valley. Hugging the river, the Côte Roannaise is Loire terrain. Original Loire terrain at that - these are considered among the original vineyards of the serpentine appellation. Yet they're far removed from the crisp, mineral Sancerres, richer Pouilly-Fumés, and limestone soils that bring the region acclaim some 100 miles north. In fact, we're just due west of Beaujolais. The red and pink quartz-punctuated granite of Bojo is all over the place, glistening in technicolor like the contents of Fiesta confetti eggs interlaced with broken glass. It's no surprise, then, that gamay is at home up here on the massif. Even if it's a different gamay.
Gam' and gran' be damned - there's something very Loire about this wine. The cooler climate, the lesser-known, indigenous grape variety, the focus on traditional fermentation as opposed to Beaujolais-beloved carbonic maceration, sure. But there's a piquant, savory, almost floral note, brooding, dark chocolate-y fruit, and walloping minerality that all point to spice boy cabernet franc. Wait, now pepper and iron… Is Northern Rhône syrah in the house? This wine is complex and tough to unpack.
Intense concentration of fruit, a late-ripening, sensitive little grape variety, and partial whole-cluster fermentation all take us there. Stéphane's high-density plantings encourage competition among the vines for water and nutrients, which need to be limited lest the plants grow leafy and flabby. What's more; that limited energy is delivered more effectively to smaller, denser clusters, where less berries will naturally pack more flavor.
The other genetic advantage to this special grape is that if (and it's a big if) weather stays mild throughout harvest, a late-ripening grape in a cooler climate like this will show incredible density and complexity of flavor at moderate alcohol levels. All that hang time can soften tannins while retaining the fruit's acidity. Partial whole-cluster inclusion lends a pleasant herbaceousness wrapped in more structure. All of these point to a dance of tension and richness - exactly what we see here.
For a grape like gamay, this wine is noticeably dark. The nose follows suit. Immediately firm and granitic. A karate chop of dusty rock splits red and blue berry-painted rosewood planks. There's toasty mocha infused with pink peppercorn, sage and a hint of iron. It's kinda mushroomy, too. Equally dense on the palate, fine, stemmy tannins bring more pepper and graphite to dusted strawberries, iodine and garrigue. Savory greenness coalesces expertly with the fruit and mineral components. A headier take on gamay that's nonetheless easy-drinking. Smart and undeniably delicious.
There's not much more to say. Wines like these are why we blur borders, stan granite, and love the Loire.
A South African Storm hangs on the edge of the Santa Maria Valley. The scene atop Presqui'le Vineyard is a striking one. Florets of eucalyptus and sheets of sand from wind-swept dunes cloud the west, the rounded San Rafaels head-butt the east, and oak scrub at varying altitudes lay a rumpled green shag rug across everything in between. The sandy-haired force descends into the valley. No, this isn't some freak tornado from The Day After Tomorrow. It's Ernst Storm, a man who came halfway across the world to make wine mere yards away from his fellow countryman and friend. He feels at home here. For a native South African, that might sound strange. But cultivation, community and the cooling influences of any ocean have been the defining aspects of this Storm's accumulation.
Like many winemakers, the man was fated for a life outdoors. Growing up on the coast southeast of Cape Town, Ernst followed his older brother to the nearby vineyards of the Hemel-en-Aarde (Heaven on Earth) Valley, where the latter became celebrated for his oceanic, cool-climate pinot noirs and chardonnays. Little brother caught on quickly. Ernst was walking vineyards when the end of apartheid took Nelson Mandela from prison to president. He isn't an old man – the bug just bit him earlier than most.
California opened its doors to the young winemaker in 2003 after graduation from South Africa's Elsenburg Agricultural College, where he barely missed a dread-headed man named Dieter Cronje. A few years Ernst's junior, Dieter is winemaker at Presqu'ile Winery. The two now craft their wines on the very same property. Their South African-style braai barbecues are the stuff of local legend, and often a who's who of Santa Barbara County wine, where grilled meats and inspiration bottles from around the world cram the boisterous table. Stay late enough, and wine isn't the only intoxicant on the menu.
A stint in the warm Sierra Foothills inspired Ernst to rediscover the coast. Santa Barbara quickly wooed him, and since 2005, he's birthed wines for a staggering number of local brands, from Firestone to Donnachadh, Curtis to Notary Public, Grimm's Bluff to Storm Wines. The breadth of his work would stretch many too thin. But this experience only sharpens Ernst's vision with his own label, currently celebrating its 17th vintage. Initially honing in on sauvignon blanc, pinot noir and syrah, the roster now claims cabernet franc, a GSM blend, and of course, gamay.
You may recall Stephen Searle's Leitmotif label, whose Santa Barbara County pinot noirs have graced the Satty shelves since day one. We also featured his Slide Hill syrah in January. Stephen and Ernst are undeniably simpatico. Roughly the same age, both have been hustling in Santa Barbara since the mid-aughts, craft myriad wines for brands large and small, and show deference to cool-climate fruit and minimalist winemaking with their own labels. Not to mention plucking fruit and tasting juice from many of the same vineyards like fraternity brothers swigging from a whiskey bottle.
Nowadays Storm watches the sea from Presqu'ile Vineyard. His eponymous winery is just down the road. From this vantage point, one can see the curvature of the coast from Santa Maria to Pismo Beach and beyond. San Luis Obispo's Edna Valley peeks out further north. Even with limited visibility, it's an impressive view. It's also the end of the county, and continent. Like Domaine Sérol, this is the boundary of an appellation, seemingly torn between two identities, and yet the scenery tells it all. The ocean is just 15 miles west. Sand beneath our toes, we're standing on an ancient beach.
Remember the Sideways effect? Just to recap – Santa Barbara used to be flat. Or at least until 30 million years ago, when tectonic activity snatched a piece of present-day Los Angeles, spun it 90 degrees and carried it northwest. New mountains formed, and a unique pocket of ocean-exposed valleys emerged. Santa Barbara is now the only transverse (east-west) growing region on the Pacific Coast of the Americas. That pocket is stuffed like a fourth-grader's after a rock and gem show - sandstone, schist, silex, diatomaceous earth, even a little limestone. Further north, Presqu'ile's are sandy soils; well-draining and heat-trapping like granite, but notable for their inhospitality to vineyard pest phylloxera.
Phylloxera is a louse that nearly decimated Europe's vineyards in the late 19th century. It started when some yokel brought an American vine to France. Unbeknownst to him, a little vine-munching turd bug was hitching a ride, and within a generation, phylloxera housed most of the continent's grapevines as if Garfield's lasagna. For most wineries, its damage is now a distant memory. What resurrected these regions? It was discovered that European vines could outsmart the louse if planted to American rootstock. The American trunks grew up and evolved with phylloxera, and they figured out an effective defense system to thwart it. Today, most vines are European grapes on Yankee roots. This is why we geek out over own-rooted plants. Not only are they rare; most winemakers and sommeliers agree they produce among the greatest bottles of wine. Santa Barbara hot spots like Stolpman, Bien Nacido, Ibarra-Young and Presqu'ile all claim own-rooted vines.
It's not just this no-vacancy policy that makes sand unique. Sand lends a different texture to wine. Discussions of how soil impacts wine get a little muddy, but there are some generally established concepts. Clay brings broadness and depth, while limestone is prized for the linear, laser-like quality it shoots into a wine. As implied earlier, granite makes things feel rocky and mineral. Sand lends unique, airy tannins and a looseness of structure.
The tannic profile and light body are there. Just like the Oudan, there's a world to discover. Taut acidity coats tart, salt and pepper-dashed raspberries and sous-bois, the edges frayed like an old Wanted poster kissed by just-burnt rubber and bay leaf. It smells French and intoxicating. Cinnamon and roses recall classic gamays. The palate is equally dynamic - olive brine, black tea, so savory and salty and pleasing. This wine is like the contents of a Pier 51 store dumped onto a wet mountain overlooking the ocean. It's fresh wood and leathery but damp and dirty and saline in a damn fine balancing act. Cranberry sauce, white pepper and black tea linger on and on. Extra shout out to our Satellite homie Coop for helping bring this beauty to life.
Coincidentally, I just reached into my messenger bag and came up with a pouch of biltong, a South African dried beef snack not unlike jerky. No, I didn't fly it in from Cape Town. This one was made right here in Santa Barbara, sourced from grass-fed beef in Jalama Canyon, outside Lompoc. I had totally forgotten about it, and it's delicious. Like Ernst and his wines, the snack brings a spicy accent with which I'm not entirely familiar. Yet it's one that feels uncontrived and without pretense. And the peppery biltong is as home-grown as anything around.
Does it pair well with Ernst's wine? Hell Jaa.
Can't wait.
Til' Gamay Day.
I want it my way.
Never Late.
I appreciate.
Gamay… babay.
It's September at Satellite!


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Aramco's potential Sabic stake acquisition could impact IPO, says CEO
Saudi oil major aims to convert two to three million barrels of oil products per year into chemicals to diversify its operations
Oil tanks at the Saudi Aramco headquarters at Dammam city. The company's possible acquisition of a stake in Sabic could affect the timing of its planned partial IPO, Aramco chief executive Amin Nasser said. Ali Jarekji / Reuters
Sarah Townsend
Saudi Aramco's potential acquisition of a stake in Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, the Middle East biggest petchem company, could delay the planned listing of 5 per cent of the world's biggest oil producer, its chief executive said.
"If the deal is completed, with relevant regulations taken into account, it will definitely affect the timeframe for the partial IPO [initial public offering] of Saudi Aramco," Amin Nasser said in an interview with Al Arabiya TV, the content of which was circulated by the kingdom's government communications department on Saturday. "When Saudi Aramco is ready, the decision of going ahead with the IPO is for the state to make."
Saudi Arabia's oil minister Khalid Al Falih said in May the planned IPO – which would be the world's biggest ever listing – will "most likely" happen in 2019, later than the original target of the second half of 2018.
Talks to acquire part of Sabic, which are in the preliminary stage, "must take their time", Mr Nasser added. "The regulations of the financial markets pertaining to the acquisition processes must be taken into account," he told Al Arabiya.
Discussions with Sabic's majority shareholder the Public Investment Fund (PIF) – the country's sovereign wealth fund – to acquire a stake in Sabic are part of Aramco's strategy to expand its downstream operations, and in particular ramp up involvement in the global petrochemicals market.
The company aims to convert two to three million of oil products per year into chemicals in the long term to transform Aramco from being "a world leader in energy to a world leader in energy and chemicals", Mr Nasser said. Aramco currently pumps around 10 million bpd of oil.
[ Saudi Aramco says in early talks to acquire Sabic stake ]
[ Aramco, Sabic sign up KBR for $20bn oil-to-chemicals scheme ]
[ Adnoc expected to announce downstream strategy "soon", CEO says ]
The chemicals sector is growing at roughly 3 per cent per year and is set to expand by 50 per cent over the next 20-25 years, he added. Aramco plans to double its petrochemicals production by 2030, to increase the value of each barrel of oil produced and diversify the economy, enabling the kingdom to take a bigger bite of global energy markets beyond transportation, where most oil is consumed.
"To achieve this goal we have two options: either launching new projects, such as Sadara [Aramco's petchem joint venture with Dow in the kingdom], or through acquisitions," Mr Nasser said in the interview. "Such a transformation would offer many integration benefits and growth opportunities, as well as added value and economic diversification."
Saudi Aramco has already taken steps to expand into petrochemicals, such as its acquisition of 50 per cent of German chemicals company Lanxess two years ago, and through its $5bn PetroRabigh II and Sadara projects to help it boost refining capacity to between eight and 10 million barrels per day, from five million bpd at present.
In November, Aramco and Sabic signed an agreement to build a $20bn oil-to-chemicals facility on the Red Sea Coast of Saudi Arabia – the world's largest such refinery under the plans. Aramco is now eyeing further acquisitions and collaboration opportunities in the chemicals sector.
The possible deal with Sabic, and any further deals with other chemicals firms will "expand the manufacturing chain to include high-value specialised products, as well as achieving the highest possible added value of each oil barrel and [measure of] gas the company produces," Mr Nasser said.
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The first Championship Match (Open) will start at 0930 CDT (-5 GMT). We plan on going live shortly before that time. Please visit the main page of iamultimate.com on Sunday to view the video feed.
The order of the games will be: Open, Mixed, and Women's.
It is unlikely that there will be any live broadcasts of the Juniors and Masters finals on Saturday as 50 mm of rain is expected in Winnipeg. If appropriate shelter is found or the weather changes then there will be a broadcast. I will try to Tweet the games regardless of weather.
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'Prison-like' conditions for workers making IBM, Dell, HP, Microsoft and Lenovo products
Chinese factory workers are working in prison-like conditions for 41 cents an hour to make computer parts for IBM, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo and Dell, a report claims.
Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly
Published: 17 Feb 2009 13:00
US organisation the National Labour Committee (NLC) found 2,000 workers at the Meitai factory work an average of 74 hours a week, for a base wage of 64 cents an hour. This drops to 41 cents an hour after room and board is removed.
The workers, mostly young women aged from 18 to their mid-20s, are not allowed to talk, listen to music, look around them, put their hands in their pockets, or go to the toilet unless it is an official break.
See pictures of the working conditions
Workers are encouraged to monitor each other and are fined if they break rules. These include being one minute late for a shift or putting personal items on a work desk.
On the assembly line, a keyboard passes each worker every 7.2 seconds. The worker has to snap six or seven keys into place in that time.
Prison sentence
The NLC visited the factory between June and September 2008 and in January this year. One worker said, "I feel like I am serving a prison sentence. We are really livestock and should not be called workers."
The Meitai Plastics and Electronics factory in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China, makes keyboards and other equipment for Dell, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and Lenovo.
The companies said they would investigate conditions at the factory but none said they would cancel contracts linked to the factory.
Microsoft said the factory supplies one of its contracted manufacturers. A spokesperson said, "We are working closely with our industry partners and contracted supplier to conduct an investigation and make any necessary improvements to comply with all guidelines and regulations."
Actively investigating
Lenovo also said it does not deal directly with the factory, which has links with one of its suppliers. The company said the factory will be audited by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition. It also said its supplier would be investigating the factory.
A spokesperson for HP said, "The factory named in the report is not one of HP's direct suppliers, but is a supplier to two of our suppliers. HP will audit this facility through a validated industry audit. This will be conducted promptly by a third-party audit firm on behalf of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition. Based on the results of the audit, we will work together with our supplier to develop corrective actions where appropriate."
Dell said it was "actively investigating" the issues in the report. A spokesperson said, "I can tell you that any reports of poor working conditions in Dell's supply chain are investigated and appropriate action is taken."
Charles Kernaghan, report author and director at the NLC, said, "The $200 personal computer and the $22.99 keyboard may be seen as a great bargain, but in the long run they come at a terrible cost."
"Through the (Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), of which IBM is a founding member, a joint-audit is being conducted to assemble the facts and address this issue with the supplier/or suppliers involved."
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Family rave sensation Big Fish Little Fish are bringing their award winning, critically acclaimed, ultimate family party to Corby!
Helping parents be responsibly irresponsible since 2013 these events are taking the country by storm – with raves designed to be as much fun for the adults as they are the children, they are social, daft, anarchic and creative spaces for all the family to enjoy.
What to expect: 'Animal Fantastical' theme, top DJ Glenn Aston (Raindance/Flashback) playing (grown up) dance music, crafts, multi-sensory dance floor with glitter cannons and giant balloons, baby chill out space, tents and tunnels play area, colouring mural, glow sticks, licensed bar and more!
Fancy dress encouraged (but not essential).
For families with younger children (8s and under) though older siblings are welcome. Adults are not admitted unless accompanied by a child. A max of 3 children per adult. If there are more than 4 adults per child in your group please contact the Box Office for pre-approval before buying tickets. Each member of your group must have a ticket and pre-walking infants free (but ticketed).
Please be aware that events are standing/dancing with limited seating, club lighting rigs (no strobes) are used and events are busy – which helps create the rave ambience. Each event is stewarded and risk assessed in advance. Buggies must be left in buggy park and will not be allowed on the dance floor.
Tickets are available from www.thecorecorby.com by calling 01536 470470 or in person at the venue's ticket office. A transaction fee of £1 applies for telephone and website bookings of £15 and over only.


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Samsung Announce Australian Pricing For The Frame
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Following the confirmation that The Frame, the crown jewel in Samsung's 2017 lineup, would be coming to Australian retailers (issued back in March), the company have now spoken up about local pricing for the lifestyle TV.
The Frame will be available in two sizes and three color variants from July, with the 55-inch model priced at $3299 while the 65-inch arrives at $4,699.
As explained by Samsung, "The Frame looks like a picture frame hanging on a wall when 'Art Mode' is on.
Instead of fading to black like a conventional TV, The Frame's display transforms into a work of art, letting the users select custom-designed digital art pieces."
The company say that it'll come preloaded with more than 100 artworks across 10 categories, including landscape, architecture, wildlife, action, drawing and more.
Additional content is available from the Art Store via a subscription for $5.99 per month per piece, or for a 'one-off' purchase fee of $24.99
Consumers will also be able to further customize the frame via a number of accessories, including interchangeable bezels (priced at $299) and an optional Studio Stand (priced at $799).
According to Carl Rose, Samsung Australia's Vice President of Consumer Electronics "The Frame brings new purpose to the television as it can complement any space, at all times. When it is powered on, The Frame offers a premium entertainment experience that our customers have come to love from Samsung televisions."
Rose says that "The Frame also reflects Samsung's vision to integrate design and technology with purpose. In today's ever-evolving world, consumers are looking for technology that fits seamlessly into their lifestyles and The Frame is the epitome of this."
The Frame will be available from July, with the RRP starting at $3299 for the 55-inch model and $4699 for the 65-inch display.
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Q: AJAX post request error 404 I'm trying to do a AJAX post from index.html in the root to my controller. But it is returning 404 Not Found in the firefox console.
index.html:
    <!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title></title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />

    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

    <script>
        $.ajax(
            {
                url: "api/postData",
                type: "POST",
                dataType: 'json',
                success: function (result) {
                    console.debug(result);
                    alert(result);
                },
                error: function (xhr, status, p3, p4) {
                    console.debug(xhr);
                    var err = "Error " + " " + status + " " + p3;
                    if (xhr.responseText && xhr.responseText[0] == "{")
                        err = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText).message;
                    alert(err);
                }
            });
    </script>

</body>
</html>

My Controller:
    namespace MyAPI.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/postData")]
    public class MyAPIController : ApiController
    {
        [HttpPost]
        public bool Post()
        {

            return true;
        }
    }
}

Do I need to set something in the RouteConfig.cs?
Thanks

A: Update your AJAX url to include the method:
 url: "api/postData/Post"

You could also try changing:
 type: "POST"

to
 method: "POST"

A: Your url is not correct. The url that you have specified leads to the controller itself. And, as you don't have a default index (GET) method you have to specify a route for the method itself:
namespace MyAPI.Controllers
{
    [Route("api")]
    public class MyAPIController : ApiController
    {
        [HttpPost]
        [Route("postData")]
        public bool Post()
        {

            return true;
        }
    }
}

this will make your desired url to be the one you are currently using.
Ither option is to remove both of the routes. Then your url will be myapi/post.
Check the Documentation for more information and options.

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The scripture highlights the pattern of the early church congregation meeting up in a small "home based fellowship" and experiencing a family atmosphere (Acts 2:41–47).
A place where they are spiritually grown and nurtured in cares, bonds, unity and interactive studying of the Word of God. Family Altar is not just another "church activity" additional to the Sunday Worship Service. It is designed as a small group meeting (8-15 people) to accomodate opportunities for every member to grow deeper in Christ.
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Family is a column for a church. A strong church consist of a strong family, which build a strong community. This fellowship is meant to give guidance and companion in Christ to those families. Purpose of this ministry is to build a strong Christian family according to God's purpose and plan and to train and equip families into the backbone of BIC Melbourne various ministries. We understand that a Strong family will impact the community for the kingdom of God. For more information, please click here.
Ladies Fellowship is held once a week every Tuesday, 11 am at BIC Melbourne. The purpose of this fellowship is to be a place where ladies can find destiny and fulfillment in each and every area of their lives whether in the home as a wife, mother, and home-maker, or it gifted by Christ may also be a fulfilled woman in the church. For more information, please click here.
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Xbox One Arrives on Nov. 22 in 13 Markets
Now in volume production, Microsoft's next-gen game console has received a CPU speed boost ahead of its release in the U.S. and other global markets.
By Damon Poeter
https://www.pcmag.com/news/xbox-one-arrives-on-nov-22-in-13-markets
Microsoft will release the Xbox One on Nov. 22 in 13 global markets, the company said Wednesday. The follow up to the Xbox 360 will be made available on the Friday following rival Sony's Nov. 15 North American release of its own next-generation game console, the PlayStation 4.
The Xbox One will initially be made available in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with"many more markets to follow in 2014," Microsoft said in a post on its Xbox Wire site.
The release date has some significance for Microsoft—the software giant launched the Xbox 360 ($118.99 at Amazon) on Nov. 22, 2005.
"We are humbled and gratified by the tremendous interest in Xbox One from game fans everywhere. We have sold out of our pre-order supply in the U.S. faster than at any other time in our history and we are on path to have the biggest launch of an Xbox ever. We look forward to celebrating with millions and millions of gamers this holiday," Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of marketing, strategy, and business for Microsoft's Xbox unit, said in a statement.
Mehdi also announced that Microsoft has made a "limited number of additional Xbox One Day One consoles" available for pre-order after selling out of its original pre-order stock, available immediately through select retailers listed on the company's Xbox One pre-order site.
The Xbox exec said Microsoft recently kicked off volume production of its new console. And somewhere along the line, the Xbox One got a faster central processor—the console's eight-core chip from Advanced Micro Devices has been bumped up from 1.6GHz to 1.75GHz, according to Mehdi. Microsoft had earlier revealed a similar pre-release performance boost to the Radeon graphics engine in AMD's custom-built Xbox One APU.
"What does this mean to you the gamer? It means that the Xbox One will have that much more power for developers to make their games and entertainment really shine," Mehdi said.
"We're going to keep bringing more value to the Xbox One as we head towards launch building on some of the advancements we have already shared such as the 40 plus improvements to the Xbox One controller, advancements to help you find the perfect opponent and make the most of our online community, to the power of the cloud," he added, referring to recently revealed improvements made to the next-gen console's wireless gamepad.
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Nissin Seafood (Japan)
Well this is very nice to see. This is a popular variety in Japan. Cup Noodle Seafood has been around for some time. Well, Nissin USA has brought it here to the United States in a microwave form with no added MSG and no artificial flavors. Here's a little tidbit from Wikipedia about Cup Noodle -
Instant noodles were invented in 1958 by Momofuku Ando, the Taiwanese-born founder of the Japanese food company Nissin. He used Chicken Ramen as the first instant ramen noodles.
In 1970, Nissin formed the subsidiary Nissin Foods (USA) Co. Inc, to sell instant noodles in the United States. Nissin recognized that the bowls traditionally used to package instant noodles in Asia were not common in the U.S, so they used the paper cup designed by Ron R. Matteson. In 1971, they introduced instant ramen packaged in a foam cup. The three original Cup O' Noodles flavors in the US were beef, chicken and shrimp. Pork flavor was added in 1976. In 1978, Nissin Foods offered more new varieties of Top Ramen and Cup O' Noodles. The product was known as Cup O' Noodles in the United States until 1993.
Alright - let's crack open the top of this one and see what's inside!
Nissin Cup Noodle Seafood Ramen Noodle Soup - United States
Detail of the side panels (click to enlarge). Contains pork and seafood. To prepare, remove lid and add room temperature water to line. Microwave at 1000W for 2 1/2 minutes. Let stand in microwave and additional minutes. Finally, stir and enjoy!
Detail of the lid (click to enlarge).
The noodle block.
Loose seasoning and seafood from the cup.
Finished (click to enlarge). The noodles are your standard Cup Noodle fare. They are flat and thin gauged. Soft tooth and decent quantity. The nice thing about this one is the inclusions and the broth. The broth is a tasty and milky seafood one - salty and full of nice seafood flavor without being fishy. Clam and other seafood are abundant in decent size as well as scrambled egg as well as cabbage. A really tasty one. 5.0 out of 5.0 stars. UPC bar code 070662402016.
Product of Japan.
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Colorectal cancer screening should start five years earlier — at 45 — expert panel says
By Nicholas St. Fleur @SciFleur
Colon cancer cells in a lab dish. Lorna McInroy/Wellcome
A national panel of medical experts recommended on Tuesday that most Americans start being screened for colorectal cancer five years earlier than called for in current guidelines — at age 45 instead of 50 — to combat increasing rates of the illness in younger people. With 53,200 people expected to die this year, the disease is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men and women in the U.S. But with early screening, it is among the most preventable forms of cancer.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent group of physicians that provides guidelines on preventive care, noted that it was especially concerned about increasing cases among Black Americans, who are at higher risk of developing colorectal cancer early and dying from it.
"Black men and women are disproportionately affected, both in terms of the development of colorectal cancer and unfortunately they have lower survival rates with colorectal cancer," said John Wong, a physician at Tufts Medical Center in Boston and a member of the task force. "That disparity, relative to other racial and ethnic groups, is an important part of our recommendations to lower the screening age at which to start."
The draft recommendation broadens the group of adults in the U.S. who should receive colorectal screening. Once it is finalized, after a public comment period of four weeks, it will replace the task force's 2016 guidelines that state adults without risk factors for colorectal cancer should begin screening at age 50 and continue periodically until 75. The task force based the draft recommendations on a review of new peer-reviewed research, including an analysis of the benefits and potential harms of screening.
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"We're seeing just as much colon cancer newly developing in the 45-to-49-year-olds as we used to see in 50-to-54-year-olds," Wong said. "The evidence suggests that screening is both effective and saves lives."
About 18,000 people under age 50 will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the U.S. this year — 12% of total cases — and more than 3,600 are projected to die, the American Cancer Society estimates. The research the task force examined showed that adults who were 45 in 2016 had a similar incidence of colorectal cancer as people who were 50 in 1992, during a time before colorectal cancer screening was widely used. The reasons for the rise are uncertain.
Under the Affordable Care Act, the task force's recommendations are used to determine preventive services that insurers must cover at no cost to patients. If the draft recommendation stays as is following the final deliberations, then colorectal screening for people between the ages of 45 and 49 would be covered, said Wong. He noted the task force's judgements were based on an examination of the clinical science and were not made with consideration to insurance coverage or cost to patients.
Gastroenterologists not involved with the task force welcomed the new recommendations, but noted they will present some challenges.
"What this equates to is about an additional 21 million Americans that will need to be screened," said Fola May, a gastroenterologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. From a public health standpoint, she said she worries about how to get all of these additional Americans screened. "Colon cancer screening was just one of the measures we as a nation were always poor at and we were especially bad with ethnic and racial minorities, Blacks, Latinos, Asians, and Native Americans."
While 69% of white adults in the 50-to-75 age group were up to date on colorectal cancer screenings in 2018, according to the American Cancer Society, the rate fell to 66% for Black adults and between 56% and 59% for Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian adults.
The two screening measures the task force recommends include "direct visualization tests," like colonoscopies, and stool-based tests that analyze a person's stool for blood or signs of cancer. The task force noted that after getting screened at 45, a person would have to receive a colonoscopy every 10 years or a stool-based test every one to three years, depending on the test.
"I hope that people will embrace that we should use even the non-invasive methods, like the stool tests," said May, "and not for everyone to get a colonoscopy because I think that would be virtually impossible."
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Because colonoscopies carry a low risk of complications like bleeding and damage to the colon, the task force physicians had to weigh those possible harms against the potential lifesaving benefits of the screening. They estimated that complications would occur in 1 in every 63 to 102 adults screened from ages 45 to 75 years. The recommendation for screening people ages 45 to 49 was given a "B" grade, meaning the task force had "moderate certainty" of a net benefit, while the recommendation for screening for people 50 to 75 remained an "A" grade, meaning the team had "high certainty" the net benefit was substantial.
The draft guidelines do not change previous guidance concerning adults aged 76 to 85. People in this age group should continue to consult their physicians on the risks about whether or not they should get screened, they said, and those older than 85 years should discontinue screening. The new recommendations apply to asymptomatic adults and not to people who already have colorectal cancer signs, a family history of colorectal cancer, or abnormal growths known as polyps in their colon.
The preventive services task force is not the only medical body that provides guidelines for colon cancer screening. Many recommend screening of most adults from 50 to 75. The U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Screening, which includes medical experts from various gastroenterological societies, recommended in 2017 that Black adults begin screening at 45 years old and that anyone with a family history start screening at 40 years of age or 10 years before the age when their family member was first diagnosed.
The new USPSTF screening guidelines do not make any specific recommendations based on race or ethnicity, but do call for additional research into understanding what contributes to the increased colorectal cancer incidence and death rates in Black adults. The average annual death rate from colorectal cancer in the U.S. is 12.2 deaths per 100,000 women, but 16.1 deaths per 100,000 Black women, and 17.3 deaths per 100,000 men, but 24.4 deaths per 100,000 Black men, according to the task force.
The guidelines also encourage clinicians to pay particular attention to having conversations about colorectal cancer screening with their Black patients.
"I think it's important to realize that lowering the screening age doesn't necessarily increase access to screening," said Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa, a gastroenterologist at Massachusetts General Hospital who was not a part of the task force. "But I do think that this is an important step forward and hopefully will help get more people covered and ideally will get more people screened."
Charles Rogers, an assistant professor of public health at the University of Utah School of Medicine, said there is compelling evidence the screening age in the task force's draft recommendations should be even lower for Black Americans because they are increasingly developing the disease at even younger ages. He pointed to examples like the actor Chadwick Boseman, who was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer at 39 and, in August, died at 43.
"I just keep continuing to see the issue getting worse and worse," Rogers said. "Yeah, this is great that we're going to 45. But what are we going to do for those that are much younger?"
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The stepped up screening would not be nearly so burdensome if the GE community would be more open and honest about the true medical value of Cologuard and FIT testing. These stool-based methods do not involve nearly the physical burden, risk, or financial costs associated with colonoscopies, which could be reserved for those special categories of patients for whom they are actually medically indicated. Hopefully, this new guideline will be viewed by GE's as an opportunity to prevent cancer rather than as a financial bonanza from doing more colonoscopies.
Ken Sandin says:
I see colorerctal cancer screening as designed to detect existing disease, not as preventative. That would be recommending a plant-based diet.
Kevin Chang says:
Don't forget the other direct visualization test that is approved for colorectal screening: CT Colonography (aka Virtual Colonoscopy)!
There is a much larger capacity for CT scans than endoscopies in the US so much of the increased screening burden can be shouldered by Radiology.
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