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                        Your IP address works much like your physical home address,
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                        rather than your house. Your IP address allows your computer to connect to other computers over the Internet;
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Avon U by Ungaro For Her was developed by perfumers Jean Marc Chaillan and Loc Dong, and the "fresh, woody floral" includes notes of bergamot blossom, freesia, pepper blossom, acacia aura, lotus flower, osmanthus, iris, sandalwood and musk.
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I'll add the sizes & concentrations later when I can find them. (quotes via cosmeticnews, additional information via Women's Wear Daily) Update: U by Ungaro for Her is in 50 ml Eau de Parfum; U by Ungaro for Him is in 75 ml Eau de Toilette.
A sunny fragrance with sparkling opening notes of bergamot, orange, lemon petitgrain… exotic heart of tiare flower, frangipani blossom and jasmine sweetened with benzoin, musk and vetiver.
I really like what Avon is doing by way of these collaborations.
In a way it is "classy-ing up" their perfume line up, which although I must admit has some fine smelling products, specially for women (a coworker used to wear "pur blanca" I don't know if it is available worlwide but I loved it.. nice "clean" scent for women) the packaging and branding (names, photo ads) always looked cheap and half-assed to me.
The U by Ungaro for women is really nice, I get Freesia and Lotus Flower.
I like what they're doing in theory, but since I never get to smell any of them, that is as far as I can go!
I love the U by Ungaro for Her. It is spicy and light at the same time. And it has nice layers. Sometimes the reg Avon wears off in 1 hour. I did not get this with the U by Ungaro. I tried the CL Absinthe and Rouge. The Absinthe was interesting, and I will try it again this fall. The Rouge was too much for me (but I might try it again anyway.) I have not tried the Noir.
Glad to hear the U by Ungaro is nice! I did get to finally try the Absynthe, and it was nice too although didn't fall in love w/ it.


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I linked to it in the previous post, but I've just put my music genre name generator through a round of lexical and algorithmic improvements, so I recommend a look at it. As also mentioned in the previous post, I warn you that it can be quite addictive.
In addition, if you find one genre at a time is not enough, you can get a listing of a hundred of them at a time. (Update 2018: Not working currently. Single-genre generator is still online though, and it's been revamped to work purely client-side.)
Some of my favorites since I've been working on it today — I've been obliged to load the hundred-genres page each time I tweaked it, in order to check for mess-ups, and I copied the best results into a txt file — have been
pubstep
roboclash thrash
witch wonky
gore grunge-gogo
polka-punk proto-breaks
hyperbilly ghettobop
sadgamelan
lovers thrash
doom bop
hypnagogic hyper-punk
basement psychopsych
tropical gangsta ambient
dadcore
trance-trance rave-trance
classic ballroom industrial
post-minimal paleo-ragtime anti-dancehall
post-rave noise-polka
conceptual K-punk
beachwave
arena gamelan
album-oriented blues-blues blues concrète
crust-funk
I'm pretty sure there are quadrillions of possible combinations, and it's those alliterative, cognitively dissonant, and roll-off-the-tongue-in-a-special-way ones that keep me coming back.
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Transferred from Low Earth Orbit, originally posted 2011.02.08 14:01. I've hardly listened to what I below call liquid beat, liquid pop, color pop, or techwave for quite a while, but I still like the terms pretty well — except for "techwave," which I still think seems more like a synonym for electropop in general than the dark music I intend as its target. "Garage fusion" still works for some things too, but "bass music" seems to have gained the largest acceptance among the artists in that realm, so as a more general descriptor (for bass-led, dubstep-descended dance music that doesn't necessarily have garagey rhythm) that's fine with me. Still really like the term "dub garage." Carrier by Sully and Routes by LV and Josh Idehen, released since I originally posted this, contain great examples of dub garage.
Most exploratory musicians, at least of those I've read interviews of, seem to shy away from labeling their work within a narrowly defined subgenre, in order to avoid pigeonholing themselves. This is, I think, the correct attitude to take, and I probably will want the same for myself if I get around to releasing music. Despite this, I find labeling songs/albums into subgenres a perhaps inordinately pleasing pursuit. The funnest part of this, for me, is inventing new genre names (see here*) with which I try to encapsulate the spirit of the tune or album more exactly than existing labels can. This sometimes helps me draw new, intriguing connections between works that I otherwise might not consider together. The most satisfying names are fairly broad, so that an artist's whole oeuvre could sit within one of these genres and still be rewardingly varied. Here are a few examples that you're welcome to adopt if you're so inclined:
Perhaps the most useful one I've come up with, for my own conceptions of electronic music, is liquid beat. This encompasses the Dilla/Flying Lotus/Brainfeeder/Glasgow spectrum of psychedelic, enveloping music that is usually rhythmically grounded in hip hop. I like it because "liquid" seems to me the best term to describe the timbral qualities of such music, while "beat" refers to its somewhat commonplace label of "beat music" and carefully avoids narrowing it into a specified type of rhythm or tempo — since this can vary from a slow hip-hop/dubstep pace to a faster, housey 4x4 pulse. Such variation is heard in Flying Lotus's meisterwerk Cosmogramma and on Newworldaquarium's depressingly-named The Dead Bears. Liquid beat overlaps with other genres, of course: hip-hop itself, synth-funk, the "wonky" and "purple" varieties of UK bass music, and chillwave, which I prefer to call:
Liquid pop. Chillwave tends to have a similar sort of amniotic sense as liquid beat, but with a more pop/rock-based structure, often including vocals and guitar as main elements (not that liquid beat excludes either of those), hence "liquid pop." To me "chillwave" isn't really evocative of the actual sound of the music in the way that "liquid pop" is, although the two parts of the word do evoke the beach fixation that crested in 2009, so content-wise it works all right. I prefer "hypnagogic pop," yet that seems too close to "dream pop" in connotation, and I think of dream pop as more airy in texture, whereas liquid pop is more watery (duh). (And "glo-fi" makes me think of lo-fi rave-inspired music, like Pictureplane, which doesn't work for most chillwave.) The term "liquid pop" can also veer outside of what's labeled as chillwave; the best example here that I know of is Caribou's Swim, an album that Dan Snaith has explicitly described as being inspired by swimming and as an attempt to create a kind of aqueous dance music. Whereas a lot of liquid pop (the chillwave side of it) is relatively lo-fi, Swim is anything but. (Edit: Actually, now that I think about it, since Swim is the danciest record Caribou has made [I think], maybe liquid beat is a somewhat more apt descriptor for it.)
Color pop is another broad term that can also easily overlap with liquid pop. It refers to pop/rock-based music that contains a wide variety of usually warm instrument timbres and is often somewhat experimental while keeping within an easily listenable pop framework. I think that Vampy Weeks's Contra, Yeasayer's Odd Blood, and MGMT's Oracular Spectacular are all good examples of this. I came up with the term because labels like "indie pop" and "psych pop" didn't really capture what I felt was a common spirit among these albums. There's a lot of 70s/80s pop/rock that could probably fall under the spectrum (ha) of "color pop" too, and such music has provided quite a bit of inspiration to contemporary color-pop bands.
I think I might have come across the term post-funk in some writing about ESG, but I forget. I'm pretty sure I read it somewhere, at any rate, as opposed to having invented it out of thin air like the above names. Anyway, because it combines "funk" and "post-punk," it seems the perfect term to describe bands that dwell in the intersection of those genres. ESG, Liquid Liquid, A Certain Ratio, 23 Skidoo, and some of the no-wave groups like James Chance and the Contortions are a few of the OGs of post-funk, while !!! is a suitable fin-de-siècle example. Definitely one of my favorite genres of all time. (Of all time!)
The Knife's Silent Shout and Fever Ray have given me hell in my attempts to figure out a genre name for them (a sign of musical genius, I would contend). Their timbres are definitely techno-based, but Fever Ray is sometimes percussionless, so they're not straight techno, but they're not ambient either because there is a lot of percussion in Silent Shout … and Karin Dreijer Andersson's voice is fundamental to both, of course, and not in the fragmented way that vocals tend to be used in dance music, but in a more narrative way, pulling it in a more pop direction … but it's definitely not pop, it's way too spectral … maybe Gothic something? My current candidate is techwave, a conflation of "techno" and things like "darkwave" and "coldwave," but I'm still not entirely satisfied with it, because it could easily also refer to techno + new wave, i.e. modern synthpop/electropop, without the haunted character that is so prevalent in Silent Shout and Fever Ray. The albums have atmospheric similarities with the very contemporary wave of gothic music like "witch house" and Demdike Stare, but with a much more technoid sound palette, I think. Witch tech? Sure, whatever.
The term "dubstep" is a conflation of "dub" + "2-step garage," and in this capacity it more readily describes its very first apparitions — dubby, darker versions of 2-step garage tracks, or original tunes with the same kind of sound (shuffly-skippy garage rhythms married to welling sub-bass etc) — than the halfstep that emerged via FWD» and DMZ as dubstep's mainline rhythm. But now that dubstep's meaning has morphed quite a bit — though I think most open-minded steppaz still place both halfstep and the old garagey tunes, as well as a lot of other kinds of music these days, under the dubstep umbrella — I find a separate term for garagey dubstep useful. I call it dub garage. This is basically of the same provenance as "dubstep" itself but leaving the "2-step" and keeping the "garage." El-B's pioneering dub tracks and the old Horsepower Productions LPs (Quest for the Sonic Bounty is more halfstep) fall into this category, and with the resurgence of interest in garage rhythms in the last few years, a lot of "future garage" can also be considered dub garage, as it often retains the depth and darkness of dubstep.
Meanwhile, staying inside the hardcore continuum, in the last few years there's been a lot of mixing of rhythmic ideas from dubstep, garage, grime, house, techno, jungle, dancehall, etc. Some of the artists exemplifying this (and this is only a small fraction of those worth mentioning) are Ramadanman, Untold, Martyn, Pangaea, and Cosmin TRG, and labels such as Hessle Audio, Hemlock Recordings, and Night Slugs are in the middle of this melting pot. Understandably, there's not really been an attempt to give such music its own genre. Sometimes dubstep is stretched further and further to try to accommodate it all, sometimes it's lumped in with basically the whole 'nuum as "UK bass music," but because of certain commonalities within this interzone, I think it's possible to give it its own name. For this I have settled rather happily upon garage fusion. By this I intend to mean that such music is a fusion of garage, genres descended from garage (grime, dubstep, bassline, funky), genres related to garage (house, and, further on, jungle and techno) and/or unrelated kinds of music, so that it has room for the enormous variation that has already been produced as well as for endless as-yet unexplored directions. (Of course with a definition this wide, latter-day dub garage easily falls under the garage fusion umbrella.) Garage fusion is the most exciting music out there for me at the moment because, just as has been the case at other confusing times of mutation in and around the hardcore continuum, its possibilities seem infinite. To allude to my opening point about the avoidance of pigeonholing, I know that giving a vein of music so vital and nebulous a label at all is of dubious merit, even understandable as dangerous or restricting — as one of the commentators on the abovelinked Blackdown post remarked, "as soon as it's gotta name it's over," and I agree with that in spirit. However, and let's hope I'm right about this, I sincerely doubt that this tiny blog's semantic maneuvers pose much of a threat to the continued health of these kinds of music!
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Here we go! Transferred from Low Earth Orbit, originally posted 2011.02.01 20:58. This one still accords with my current thinking and is interesting to reread for the first time in a long while. I haven't had the problem of musical oversaturation that it discusses basically since I wrote it, happily. My love of the nuum is as strong as ever.
We all know that the amount of recorded music that exists today is practically infinite in terms of how much of it one individual can take in, and that online channels (even just the legal ones) make a still-practically-infinite portion of this total available to anyone with net access. This is so even within fairly circumscribed subgenres. As a result, a truly complete exposure to almost any genre of music except a nascent one is, I expect, either mathematically impossible for one person, or nearly so. And of course I've only mentioned recorded music, since it's relatively quantifiable — as opposed to live performances etc. Yet when I'm in a phase of deep interest in a particular genre, I have the understandable desire to hear a whole lot of it, and sometimes this desire approaches a gluttonous wish to hear every bit of output available within that genre and to know things about every artist working in it. I'm pretty sure that such compulsions are much stronger still in many music lovers, that my desire for encyclopedic knowledge and consumption is perhaps only middling (well, probably upper-middling) within the overall population. How far down into the genre I actually end up digging depends, naturally, on the intensity and duration of my interest in it. The question I started pondering last night is: how deep should one dig into a genre? How close to total should you try to make your understanding of it? How far in is just scratching the surface and how far is too much?
I think the obvious broad answer to such a subjective question is that it depends: on you, your personality, what you get out of the genre; on the works and artists that constitute the genre and their place in its history, and on the quality of their music itself; on the things you're supposed to be doing rather than listening to and learning about music; etc etc. In other words, there's clearly no real answer. But this is unsatisfying, and I'm going to try to be a little more precise.
Usually when I first become enthusiastic about a genre that I haven't much listened to before, my appetite for knowledge about it is voracious. I think sometimes the desire to read about music I'm interested in even outpaces my desire to hear new works within the genre. I'll find a few albums (or even just one to start, or indeed a single tune) that catch my ear, acquire them (legally) and read up on the artists and those connected to them. As I learn about more artists, I check out their music in turn. The listening and reading feed into each other. (As I describe this process, it seems it must obviously be the normal way of things for a music enthusiast and that it therefore hardly bears mentioning — how can you learn more about the sonic space of a tune or album that strikes your fancy other than by researching it? Pandora, I suppose, or other such passive means. Oh, or by actually talking to fellow fans in real life. Right.)
The degree of obsessiveness of these inquiries naturally affects how soon I become saturated in the genre, how soon I begin to tire of it. This usually does happen to some degree, but to date I don't think I've gone so far overboard that I permanently lose interest in the music. (Although admittedly there is plenty of music in my library that I haven't listened to in years, so maybe I'm actually quite wrong about that; only time will tell.) Often it will happen before I've really acquired a lot of music in the genre, particularly if the albums that I have bought I've listened to a whole lot.
That time of saturation may be when the question of how deep one "should" get into the genre is most likely to rise into conscious consideration. Even though I'm starting to tire of this kind of music, are there more works out there that are truly essential to my understanding of it, so that I'm doing a disservice to the genre if I don't listen to them before moving on? Should I just let go and revisit such works when my interest in the genre comes back around? Reviews of albums one hasn't yet listened to at this point saying that e.g. "you cannot be a true connoisseur of (insert genre here) if you don't have this album" are not helpful here, as the option I've come to think is more sound is the latter: let it go. Unless you're a professional music critic and it's your actual job to listen to a work in order to review it or to get context for other music, or, let's say, you're a student in a music class and have been assigned to listen to it, or you're a DJ and are considering playing it out, it is unlikely that you Really Must Hear It right now. More likely, you have been seeking out music in this genre for your own enjoyment, and so, once that enjoyment wanes, there's no point in forcing yourself to listen to it. You won't appreciate it as much as you would have during your initial passion for the genre, so in my view it's actually more respectful to the music and its creator(s) not to listen to it at that point, and to wait until you're once again able to appreciate it. It's all right not to have encyclopedic knowledge of a genre by the time your love for it wanes; no one will be harmed by such a lack; no one who is really worth chilling with should be affronted by it. On the contrary, they ought to be thankful that you're not super-obsessive. (Or maybe you are anyway. It's all a matter of degree, after all.) Maybe some tunes at the edge of the genre lead you into different ones that you find more fulfilling; that's great. Maybe you take a break from listening to much music at all for a while. That might be even better.
I have a similar attitude toward dessert: if you're really full after dinner, you won't appreciate dessert as much as if you have it when you're actually hungry. So basically what I've been leading up to this whole time is that you should eat ice cream for breakfast. Enjoy.
This essay has really been for my own benefit, fundamentally. I fear that I may be currently approaching saturation in the sphere of the "hardcore continuum" (garage, jungle, dubstep, grime, funky, bassline, etc) even though it continues to be the kind of music I want to make myself, and even though I feel woefully underexposed to certain parts of it, such as grime and funky, relative to where I want to be. This is more of a saturation in actual listening rather than in learning: my appetite for reading material about the 'nuum and its latest transformations is just as insatiable as it was six months ago when I really jumped into it deep for the first time, and I expect that many of my subsequent posts will concern the 'nuum — but recently I've started to feel overwhelmed by all the exciting new 'nuum music revealed to me seemingly every day (by Resident Advisor, Boomkat, etc) and by its enormous (practically infinite), enormously varied backlog, and that's what has spawned these more general thoughts on music consumption. I hope that having hashed out the foregoing line of argument will help me keep perspective at such times as this. But if your relationship to music is similar to mine, maybe you'll have some use for it as well.
All right, here's my sixth blog (at least: 1 2 3 4 5) starting up. This may well be foolhardy, given that I only update one of the other ones with any frequency. I hold out some hope though that this one will have some continuing vitality, because the intended subject is music, listening to it and making it; this is almost certainly my greatest passion these days.
Now, at the start of 2011 I began using my Tumblr as a music blog, it having had a previous half-year's life as a place to post interesting Google Maps satellite images. In this capacity it has lain fallow for ten months (which would seem to bode ill for this blog, but just humor me for the moment). A few minutes ago I found another satellite image that I really want to share, and that has pushed me to restore the Tumblr to its original purpose, which seems to fit much more naturally with the nature of Tumblr as basically a microblogging, often image-sharing platform. Blogspot, meanwhile, is the platform for my favorite music blogs and the best-established site for long-winded text posts.
So, to start I think I will transfer the music posts from Low Earth Orbit. These will show snapshots of my thinking on music that may have obsolesced to some degree over the ensuing weird year 2011, but which are still of some value precisely because of that obsolescence.
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Vive (Live) is the title of the studio album released by Mexican singer José José in 1974. The main hits of the album were: Vive, Déjame Conocerte (Paul Anka's "Let Me Get To Know You") and Tú Mi Delirio.

Track listing
 Cada Mañana
 Y Nada Más
 Es Que Te Quiero
 Tú Eres Todo Para Mí (You Are The Sunshine Of My Life)
 Alguien Que Te Extraña
 Estábamos Juntos
 Vive
 Déjame Conocerte (Paul Anka's "Let Me Get To Know You")
 Tú Mi Delirio
 Y Háblame
 Cuando El Amor Se Va De Casa (Cuando O Amor Cambia De Casa)

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The day-to-day stresses of life can be overwhelming and at times may make it hard to focus on keeping up the intimacy in our relationships. Often, a loss of attraction isn't to blame for extinguishing the flames that once burned in the bedroom, but rather a diminishing libido. Therapeutic use of essential oils has been a recognized practice for thousands of years, dating as far back as 2800 BC. In addition to traditional methods of using essential oils for relaxation, stress management and the alleviation of symptoms associated with menopause, they can also be used as a catalyst to stimulate arousal and boost libido naturally.
Topical application of essential oils through sensual massage can be used to stimulate arousal and boost libido naturally. Powerful aromatic properties of the oils working in combination with your partner's sensuous caresses will not only help to relax your body, but heighten your senses for added indulgence. Using essential oils for sensual massage is dually beneficial. Not only are your partner's caresses allowing the oils to enter the bloodstream through dermal application, the oils are also being absorbed into the bloodstream by way of inhalation. Many of the essential oils recommended for topical application call for specific measurements and blends in order for them to have libido-boosting effects, so it's important to read packaging and usage directions well before application.
Putting the spice back into the "bedroom" doesn't mean limiting yourself to the bedroom. Sometimes a change of scenery provides a bit of added excitement. Applying a few drops of lavender and eucalyptus to a warm bath is said to having calming effects. A relaxing soak using these essential oils will help rid you and your partner of anxieties and inhibitions, which are also known libido killers.
The benefits of essential oils extend far beyond their traditional therapeutic uses for stress relief and relaxation. A number of studies show that many essential oils also help to increase diminishing libido in both men and women. Rekindle those bedroom flames using natural essential oils in whichever form that pleases you and your partner to give your libido the kick start it needs.


Cherry Blossoms are a harbinger of the Spring season. Imagine streets and cities being curtained by pink and white flowers or getting to stand under a canopy of powder pink cherry blossom trees that burst into bloom….its a lavish spectacle and must be experienced at least once in a lifetime. Japanese cherries, popularly known as Sakura in Japan , are among the most beautiful of blossom-bearing trees. During this time of the year, tourists from all corners of the world flock to Japan to catch a glimpse of this magical vista.
So what if you cannot travel to Japan and still wish to witness these beauties? Visit Europe because the weather is simply perfect and as a bonus you also get to see the European cities tinged with wonderful colours. Spring in Europe is equally beautiful. While everyone knows of the Keukenhof Gardens in Netherlands where you get to witness 800 varieties of Tulips, not many are aware of the The Peach Tree Pink Blossom route in Spain. Yes you read it right. Cherry Blossoms in Spain.
Spring in Spain is so underrated. In this post we talk about the best place to see cherry Blossom in Spain and we assure you a Sakura like experience where you get to be surrounded by hundreds of cherry trees in full bloom. If you are someone who fancies postcard landscapes, then you must visit the city of Aitona in Spain and you will be amazed by the beauty of thousands of flowering fruit trees. The almond, peach and pear blossoms offer a true aesthetic spectacle. This for sure must be added to your list of things to do in Spain.
So while randomly browsing through Facebook, I came across this page called Insideout Barcelona – a tour company which does Mountain hikes, Barcelona excursions, Adventures in the rivers,Activities in the snow,Cultural tours,Wine tastings,Guided visits and Tailor-made hikes/tours for small groups etc. While checking out their future tours, the Ruta Rosada del árbol frutal de Aitona caught my attention. Honestly, the pictures looked stunning and surreal that i was intrigued if the place really looks like that or was it all photoshopped. So i reached out to the event organiser Johann and asked him the same to which he responded that he had shot those pictures last week with his professional camera and that they are for real. Convinced with his response and also realising that the flowering only happens for a couple of weeks a year, usually at the end of March and beginning of April, we decided to give it a try and not miss out on the opportunity to see the blossoms this year as we were already running out on time. We confirmed our seats with Johann and decided to make a guided trip with Insideout Barcelona to the locality of Aitona with entrance to an exhibition on the fruit trees, have lunch and post that we planned to explore the city of Lleida.
Guided tour through the fields with a farmer with explanations in Spanish. (The MeetUp website stated that the explanation would also be in English for those who cannot understand Spanish but when it was time for the translation, Johann disappeared.!
Our experience- So yes..lets be honest here! We just felt that we paid 30€ for a day long never ending bus tour from Barcelona to Llieda and back. We left at 9.30 AM from Placa Catalunya and reached the fruit fields of Aitona at around 12.30 – 1 noon. It was raining all day long right from when we reached Lleida region. We got off our buses and were split into two groups and we had to follow the respective group lead to be taken to the fields. Upon reaching the fields, we weren't allowed to wander around or explore the fields on our own. Instead we were made to stand for a good 40 minutes listening to a farmer educating us about the fields, the methods used, harvest time etc. It was a very detailed explanation but was pretty much pointless for most of us who couldn't comprehend Spanish. We just waited patiently for the explanation to stop so that we could walk around a bit and take some photographs. As soon as the explanation was done, we all ran to different parts of the field to capture some photos of the ephemeral beauty of the blossoms.
The biggest disappointment came in when we were asked to get back to the bus after spending barely 10 minutes clicking pictures. We were then taken by bus to the city of Lleida and we reached at 3 pm and were given two hours time to wander and explore the nearby touristic spots and attractions. So in this short span, we had to grab some lunch and then set out to explore the closeby touristic spots. We found a decent restaurant where we grabbed some good food post which we barely got 20 minutes to explore the city of Lleida. The incessant downpours made it almost impossible for us to see the places around. Even before we could realise, time flew and we had to head back to the stop where the bus was waiting for us and we traveled back to Barcelona and reached back at 8.30 pm .
Sharing a few pictures from our trip. Must admit that the fields are very well maintained and looked truly beautiful .But the time we got to spend at the field was so little which was a big disappointment for us.
Insider Tip– Do keep an eye on the weather before you go. Since nature is anything but predicatble, make sure you check the forecast so that you can see the blossoms at their best. If there is too much frost, the tours are usually called off.
More options to see Cherry trees in Spain? The Cherry Tree Blossom Feast in the Valley of Jerte, Spain is one of the best places to see Cherry Blossoms in Spain.
FUN FACTS /Did you Know?
Ever heard of Cherry Blossom delicacies? Apparently during the Sakura season in Japan, food and drinks are sakura themed. If you ever go to Japan to witness the Cherry Blossom festival, make sure you try out the Sakura ice cream, Sakura potato chips, Sakura flavored Kitkat etc. Its a great option to take back home for friends and family as souvenirs.
If you are looking for some Easy day trip from Barcelona ,then the city of Aitona is definitely a good option.
So beautiful. The light pink variety blossomed here in Bangalore last month and withered away. It was awesome for the little time it lasted. Thank you for all the nice information. You both are looking gorgeous!
Thanks a ton Shiju 🙂 And yes, Namma Bengaluru has some amazing bloom…i miss home and my beautiful city.
The pictures are amazing but I can understand the overall experience. Looks like a place where a night halt would be nice.
Disappointed to read that rain played a spoilsport in your trip. Nevertheless, whatever little time you enjoyed witnessing the magical vista of the pink blossom will stay with you forever. I can only imagine looking at the picture, how surreal it would've felt standing in front of such a heavenly site. I am surprised to know that Spain too creates such a marvelous landscape. Thanks for bringing it to my notice.


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ESPN's Friday Night Fightswill kick off the first of 29 boxing cards in 2010 on Friday, Jan. 8. In its 12th season, Friday Night Fights will feature a consistent high-definition telecast on ESPN2 in addition to complimentary coverage on ESPN Deportes and ESPN360.com.
As in 2009, this year's studio portion of the telecast will feature a rotating quartet of analysts. The four are Bernard Hopkins, ESPN.com columnist Dan Rafael, Bernardo Osuna and BJ Flores. Brian Kenny will primarily serve as host from the studio.
In the booth ringside, Joe Tessitore will host while Teddy Atlas will continue to offer his unique insight and perspective.
"We look forward to showcasing some entertaining matches in the 2010 season and are pleased to offer fans a number of ways to be able to enjoy Friday Night Fights content," said Doug Loughrey, ESPN's boxing programming director.
The ESPN2 studio portion will focus on hot topics in the industry with the guest analysts offering their opinions. Hopkins added an entertaining element to FNF telecasts in 2009. The future Hall of Fame middleweight is best known for his 10-year reign as Middleweight World Champion, during which time he defended his title a record 20 times. He is the oldest man to have held the Middleweight Championship in professional boxing.
Rafael began writing for ESPN.com in March 2005 after working for five years as the boxing writer for USA Today. Rafael will continue to cover boxing for ESPN.com in addition to his television role.
In line with Friday Night Fights' continued focus on the U.S. Hispanic sports fan, the panel will include two accomplished Hispanic personalities: Former WBF Cruiserweight champion Flores, who is undefeated, will add cache as an active boxer.
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Folate is also known as Vitamin B9. It is one of a group of important vitamins involved in cell metabolism. Folate plays a critical role in the synthesis of DNA, RNA and proteins. Deficiency can therefore cause impairment of cell division and an accumulation of possibly toxic metabolites, e.g. homocysteine. Along with Vitamin B12, folate is important for regulating the manufacture of red blood cells.
The synthetic form of folate is folic acid, which converts to folate in the body. Because folic acid is more easily absorbed by the body, it is the form most commonly used in supplements and fortified foods.
Many plants, particularly green leafy vegetables, and animal products contain folate. Thus, most healthy people absorb sufficient folate from their diets to avoid deficiency, but in some cases the body may increase demand. If supplementation doesn't occur, this may lead to deficiency.
Folate deficiency is most commonly found in pregnant and lactating women, people with chronic conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, people following restricted diets due to weight-loss regimes or medical conditions, people with alcohol dependence and people more than 65 years of age.
Folate deficiency will not go away on its own. Treatment is required and may involve dietary changes and/or oral supplements and treatment of underlying causes, if any are present. If left untreated, folate deficiency may result in folate deficiency anemia, which can cause severe complications.
Headache, dizziness, pallor and shortness of breath are also symptoms of anemia. Anemia, particularly megaloblastic anemia, is often the first sign that there is an underlying folate deficiency, and doctors will usually test for folate and Vitamin B12 deficiencies when they encounter anemia.
In children with congenital malabsorption disorders, which are rare, neurological problems might also be present.
Diagnosis is based on evaluation of symptoms and blood tests. Although there is no official medical consensus of what level of folate in blood serum indicates a deficiency, most practitioners agree that a level of less than seven nanomols per liter (7nmol/L) is problematic. Below that level, the risk of megaloblastic anemia is much higher. If a blood test reveals anemia, this will lead to further evaluation of the possible causes, including analyzing serum folate levels. Elevated homocysteine levels can also indicate a folate deficiency and can therefore be part of the laboratory testing.
The process of diagnosing a folate deficiency involves the exclusion of other possible causes of the symptoms. In cases where anemia is suspected, other possible causes of anemia, for example iron deficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency, chronic disease and others, must be excluded.
Physicians will evaluate the affected person's diet for signs of insufficient intake, such as might accompany vegan diets, poor diets, or "fad" diets. Often, people with this condition present with a history of alcohol intake which contributes to a poor diet. Other affected people may be pregnant or lactating. Certain drugs, such as anticonvulsants, can also cause this type of deficiency.
If you are concerned that you might have a folate deficiency, you can consult the Ada app for a free symptom assessment at any time.
Folate deficiency has a number of potential causes. Most healthy people absorb sufficient folate from their diets to avoid deficiency, but in some cases the body may increase demand, which, if supplementation doesn't occur, may lead to deficiency. In other cases, the body may be unable to absorb enough folate, due to low intake or excessive excretion.
Low dietary intake due to medically restricted diets such as those followed by people with phenylketonuria or due to fad diets concentrating on foods that do not contain enough folate. Infants who are fed unfortified goat's milk will also experience folate deficiency, as folate is not naturally present in goat's milk.
Malabsorption, which can be due to age, liver problems or gastrointestinal problems causing chronic diarrhoea, such as sprue, celiac disease or inflammatory bowel disease. Other causes of malabsorption are pancreatitis, bariatric surgery and extensive surgery involving the large or small intestine. Malabsorption is also a risk for people who use drugs that interfere with the absorption of folate, such as proton-pump inhibitors, some anticonvulsants such as carbamezapine, phenytoin, valproic acid, and phenobarbitol.
Disorders such as leukaemia, carcinomas and lymphomas,, which increase the body's demand for folate and may consequently lead to deficiency if folic acid supplements aren't taken.
Age, which causes changes in the gastrointestinal systems of people more than 65 years of age. These may lead to reduced absorption and reduced dietary intake.
Alcohol-related damage to the liver, which affects the way in which folate is stored in the liver and increases the amount of folate excreted in urine. People with alcohol dependence may also have a nutritionally insufficient diet.
Pregnancy and lactation, which raise the body's demand for folate considerably due to the growth of new tissue in both mother and fetus. Sufficient folic acid supplementation is crucial for pregnant women, as a deficiency may cause birth defects.
Renal dialysis, which affects the amounts of homocysteine in the body and therefore increases the amount of folic acid needed.
While folic acid is found in many food and fortified products, some groups of people are more likely to develop a deficiency than others. Pregnant women, people with alcohol use addictions and the elderly are at particular risk.
Alcoholism causes physical damage to the body, and one significant element of this is the development of nutritional deficiencies. This is the result of damage to the liver, which uses stored nutrients to process alcohol. Alcohol abuse causes the liver to run out of stored nutrients, causing the body to draw nutrients out of the bloodstream to make up the difference. This can cause deficiencies of Vitamin A, calcium, Vitamin B12 and Vitamin B9, which is also called folic acid or folate.
High alcohol concentrations can also directly destroy B vitamins in the gastrointestinal tract. The body's ability to process nutrients is further compromised as alcohol damages the liver, pancreas and stomach. The ability of the small intestine to absorb nutrients such as folate is also reduced.
Furthermore, some people with alcoholism do not eat balanced diets, leading to low nutrient intake. Folate is one of the most important nutrients affected by excessive alcohol use. Folate deficiency can contribute to the development of alcoholic liver disease.
Folic acid is vital during pregnancy, as it is required for the growth and development of the fetus.
In women, pregnancy increases the risk of folate-deficiency-related anemia because of the effect it has on the mother's circulatory system. During pregnancy, the mother's blood volume increases, meaning that plasma levels and red blood cell numbers increase. Folate is needed to produce red blood cells, so pregnant women experience an increased demand for folate.
In fetuses, folate is crucial for the proper development of the neural tube. Folic acid also prevents oral clefts and congenital heart disease.
Ideally, women who are planning to have a baby should begin to supplement with folic acid before they fall pregnant (see below).
It is well-established that folic acid levels can have an affect on a person's mood, social function and cognitive function, especially among older people. Depression is also common in people with folic acid deficiency. Many elderly people have folic acid deficiencies, because of ageing, poor diets linked to reduced income or absorption problems caused by medication. Some older people also develop an increased demand for folate, for unknown reasons.
Supplementation with B9 for older people may be helpful, and some studies have found that increasing folic acid supplementation in people with low folate levels leads to notable improvements in mood, cognitive function and social functioning.
However, it is not advisable to begin taking folate supplements without consulting a physician. This is important because in elderly people with anemia, supplementing with B9 may cover the effects of B12 deficiencies. For more information on B12 deficiencies, see the FAQs below. If you are concerned that you or a loved one may have a folate deficiency, you can do a free symptom assessment with Ada.
Megaloblasts are large, poorly-formed red blood cells that form in cases of anemia caused by, among others, folate or B12 deficiencies. Megaloblastic anemia is a result of folate deficiency as well as one of the most easily-identified symptoms: sometimes, a deficiency is only identified when anemia presents. If it results from folate deficiency, this anemia, is treated by taking oral or intravenous folate supplements. For more information on folate-related anemia and B12-related anemia, see FAQs below.
Folic acid is very important in the correct development of cells and is crucial for the correct development of fetuses. Pregnant women and women planning to become pregnant should increase their folic acid intake to 400 micrograms a day.
Women should increase their intake to 5mg a day if they are or wish to become pregnant and are affected by the following factors: If a women is affected by diabetes, celiac disease, a BMI of more than 30 or is treated with drugs that affect folate absorption, additional supplementation must be considered.
Folic acid deficiency in the mother can cause defects in the neural tube, which is the structure that eventually develops into the baby's spinal cord. Neural tube defects (NTDs) can include spina bifida, caudal regressive (affecting the lowest part of the spine), and cleft palate. Extremely rare, but severe, complications of folic acid deficiency can include anencephaly and encephaloceles, which involve the baby's skull and brain.
In most cases, folate deficiency is relatively easy to correct. In cases where a deficiency has set in due to poor diet or age, taking a folic acid supplement or modifying the diet is sufficient. However, if there is an underlying problem, like alcoholic changes to the liver or a drug interaction or condition causing malabsorption, specialised treatment will be required. The underlying causes of folate deficiency need to be addressed to prevent the problem recurring.
Good to know: Liver should be avoided by pregnant women, due to the high levels of Vitamin A it contains. Too much vitamin A can cause birth defects.
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Q:How much folic acid should I take every day?
A: The daily need of folic acid differs between adults (200mcg) and people younger than 14 years of age (150-200mcg). It must be emphasized that men, children and women who are not likely to become pregnant obtain a sufficient amount of folate in a healthy diet, containing a wide variety of foods. Pregnant and lactating women need at least 400 micrograms a day and possibly as much as 800mcg. Pregnant and lactating women with diabetes, or a family history of neural tube defects, should consult a specialist for optimum supplementation during pregnancy.
Q:How much folic acid is too much?
A: The safe upper limit for daily folate/folic acid intake is 1000 micrograms a day. Beyond this, there might be adverse effects. Not much is known about the long-term adverse effects of exceeding the upper limit, if any. It has been suggested that taking too much folic acid is particularly risky for elderly people, because taking large amounts of B9 can mask the symptoms of a Vitamin B12 deficiency.
Q: Can folic acid deficiency cause diarrhea?
A: Yes, it can. Folic acid deficiency can cause a range of gastrointestinal problems, including diarrhea, stomach pain, and indigestion. Folic acid deficiency can lead to weight loss because of causing lack of appetite.
Q:How does taking extra folate affect a Vitamin B12 deficiency?
A: Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause severe neurological damage. It can also cause megaloblastic anemia. Taking supplemental doses of Vitamin B9 does make it look like the B12 deficiency is being cured, because it can increase the number of red blood cells in the body, which improves the anemia. But it does not cure the deficiency, and the neurological damage caused by the B12 deficiency will continue. It is possible that taking extra Vitamin B9 in cases of Vitamin B12 deficiency can worsen the severity of the B12 deficiency, but this is not known for certain. It is best to consult a physician if there is any possibility of a B12 deficiency.
Q: Is folate supplementation safe for people with cancer?
A: It is not known for certain whether supplementation with folic acid is safe for people with cancer. Some studies suggest that folic acid reduces the chance of developing cancer and accelerates the progression of certain types of cancer; other studies suggest the opposite. It is best to consult specialist physicians and/or oncological caregivers before beginning supplementation.
Q: What sort of anemia results from a deficiency of Vitamin B12?
A: The type of anemia that results from a vitamin B12 deficiency is known as pernicious anemia, a type of megaloblastic anemia. Megaloblastic anemia can also be caused by a deficiency of folic acid. In B12-related anemia, low levels of B12 affect the body's ability to make red blood cells, resulting in anemia.
Q: What causes B12-related anemia, also known as pernicious anemia?
A: In some people, low B12 levels happen because they cannot absorb B12 from food due to a lack of a substance known as intrinsic factor in the stomach. Other causes of low B12 levels include infections, surgery, some medications or diet, all of which can affect the amount of B12 that the body can absorb.
Strict vegetarians and vegans are at increased risk of developing B12-related anemia because of their diets. Foods that are rich in B12 are animal products such as beef, fish, eggs and dairy products. B12 anemia can also affect the babies of breastfeeding women who are strict vegetarians or vegans. However, in certain countries, many cereals and grain products are enriched with B12.
Q: What are the symptoms of B12-related anemia?
Gastrointestinal symptoms such as constipation, nausea, vomiting, flatulence or heartburn.
If the affected person is experiencing severe abdominal pain, a doctor should be consulted as soon as possible, as this indicates a severe B12 deficiency.
If you are concerned that you or a loved one might have pernicious anemia/B12-related anemia, Ada is ready to start your symptom assessment.
Q: How does megaloblastic anemia differ from other anemias?
A: Anemia occurs when an individual has too few or deformed red blood cells (erythrocytes). For example, anemia can occur when an individual's iron levels are too low, e.g. when they are undergoing chemotherapy, or when they have kidney disease.
Megaloblastic anemia is also known as Vitamin B12-related anemia, folate-related anemia, or macrocytic anemia. It occurs when the body produces short-lived, large, poorly-developed red blood cells. These blood cells cannot move out of the bone marrow where they develop, due to their shape. As a result, there are too few red blood cells in the blood, leaving the affected person feeling weak and fatigued.
Other types of anemia are hemolytic anemia, a subtype of hemolytic anemia known as sickle-cell anemia, and aplastic anemia. Hemolytic anemia can be inherited, as in the case of thalassemia or glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. It can also be caused by autoimmune disorders, infections or leaky heart valves. It occurs when red blood cells break up in the blood vessels or the spleen. Sickle-cell anemia is hereditary and causes rigid red blood cells that do not readily flow through the blood vessels. Aplastic anemia occurs when the bone marrow stops making enough red blood cells, often when the body's immune system attacks it.
For more information on anemia, see this resource on anemia. If you are worried that you or a loved one might have anemia, Ada is ready to start your free symptom assessment.


Multidimensional high throughput separations are ideal for analyzing distinct ion characteristics simultaneously in one analysis. We report on the first evaluation of a platform coupling a high speed field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometry microchip (μFAIMS) with drift tube ion mobility and mass spectrometry (IMS-MS). The μFAIMS/IMS-MS platform was used to analyze biological samples and simultaneously acquire multidimensional FAIMS compensation fields, IMS drift times, and accurate ion masses for the detected features. These separations thereby increased the overall measurement separation power, resulting in greater information content and more complete characterization of the complex samples. The separation conditions were optimized for sensitivity and resolving power by the selection of gas compositions and pressures in the FAIMS and IMS separation stages. The resulting performance provided three dimensional separations, benefitting both broad complex mixture studies and targeted analyses by improving isomeric separations and allowing detection of species obscured by interfering peaks.


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Lahaou Konaté, né le  à Créteil, est un basketteur français. Il évolue aux postes d'arrière et d'ailier.

Biographie

Carrière en club
Lahaou Konaté commence le basket dans l'Île-de-France, à Charenton-le-Pont, avant d'évoluer avec l'équipe de Hyères Toulon dans le championnat Espoirs de la Ligue Nationale de Basket, il fait ses débuts en Pro A lors de la saison 2009-2010 en participant à quelques matchs. Après une année passée en NM1 à Denek, il signe en Pro B à Évreux en 2011 comme simple espoir devant d'abord s'aguerrir avec la réserve en NM3. Au fil des mois, il finit par s'imposer au sein de l'effectif et devient au fur et à mesure des saisons, un rouage important de la mécanique ébroïcienne.

Le , après quatre saisons passées à l'ALM Évreux, il s'engage pour deux ans au Mans en Pro A.

Le , Lahaou Konaté rejoint Nanterre 92 pour deux ans. En  et après être resté sans club plusieurs semaines, il signe pour sa première expérience à l'étranger au Iberostar Tenerife dans le championnat espagnol. Il remporte la Coupe Intercontinentale, son premier titre international, avec le club espagnol le .

Au mois de , il fait son retour en France en signant un contrat de quatre saisons avec le Metropolitans 92.

Carrière en sélection nationale
À l'été 2015, il est sélectionné par Pascal Donnadieu pour participer aux Universiades 2015 en Corée du Sud avec l'équipe de France A'.

Le , il est convoqué par le staff de l'équipe de France afin de participer à la première fenêtre internationale de qualification pour la Coupe du monde 2019. Il honore sa première sélection avec l'équipe de France A face à la Belgique le .

Clubs successifs
 2010 - 2011 :  Denek Bat Urcuit (NM1) ;
 2011 - 2015 :  ALM Évreux Basket (Pro B) ;
 2015 - 2017 :  Le Mans Sarthe Basket (Pro A) ;
 2017 - 2019 :  Nanterre 92 (Pro A) ;
 2019 - 2020 :  Iberostar Tenerife (Liga ACB) ;
 depuis 2020 :  Metropolitans 92 (Jeep Élite/BetClic Élite).

Palmarès

En club
 Coupe Intercontinentale 2020 (Tenerife) ;
 Match des Champions 2017 (Nanterre) ;
 Coupe de France 2016 (Le Mans).

Distinctions personnelles
 Meilleur défenseur de première division saison 2018-2019 ;
 Membre du cinq majeur de la saison régulière de première division 2018-2019 ;
 MVP du All-Star Game LNB 2018 ;
 MVP du Match des Champions 2017 ;
 Meilleur joueur du mois de  en Pro B.

Statistiques en championnat

Statistiques en Coupes d'Europe

Références

Liens externes

Naissance en novembre 1991
Naissance à Créteil
Joueur international français de basket-ball
Joueur du Hyères Toulon Var Basket
Joueur de Denek Bat Bayonne Urcuit
Joueur de l'ALM Évreux Basket
Joueur du Mans Sarthe Basket
Joueur de la JSF Nanterre
Joueur du CB Canarias
Joueur des Levallois Metropolitans


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package com.google.api.codegen.config;

import com.google.api.codegen.MethodConfigProto;
import com.google.api.codegen.SampleConfiguration;
import com.google.api.codegen.SampleConfiguration.SampleTypeConfiguration;
import com.google.api.codegen.SampleValueSet;
import com.google.api.codegen.util.Name;
import com.google.api.codegen.viewmodel.CallingForm;
import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * Class {@code SampleSpec} stores the sample specification for a given method, and provides methods
 * to easily access them by calling form and sample type.
 */
public class SampleSpec {

  /** A reference to the {@code SampleConfiguration} from which the other fields are derived. */
  private final SampleConfiguration sampleConfiguration;

  /** All the {@code SampleValueSets} defined for this method. */
  private final List<SampleValueSet> valueSets;

  /** Whether samples have been specified (ie. need to be emitted) for this method. */
  private final boolean specified;

  /** The various types of supported samples. */
  public enum SampleType {
    IN_CODE,
    STANDALONE,
    EXPLORER,
  }

  /**
   * A class used by {@code getMatchingValueSets} to return a value set needed to generate a sample
   * for a given method, sample type, and calling form, together with region tag that should be used
   * in that sample.
   */
  @AutoValue
  public abstract static class ValueSetAndTags {

    public abstract SampleValueSet values();

    /** Returns the region tag prefix to be used for this sample. */
    @Nullable
    public abstract String regionTag();

    public static Builder newBuilder() {
      return new AutoValue_SampleSpec_ValueSetAndTags.Builder();
    }

    @AutoValue.Builder
    public abstract static class Builder {

      public abstract Builder values(SampleValueSet sets);

      public abstract Builder regionTag(String tag);

      public abstract ValueSetAndTags build();
    }
  }

  public SampleSpec(MethodConfigProto methodConfigProto) {
    specified = methodConfigProto.hasSamples();
    sampleConfiguration = methodConfigProto.getSamples();
    valueSets = methodConfigProto.getSampleValueSetsList();

    HashSet<String> ids = new HashSet<>();
    for (SampleValueSet valueSet : valueSets) {
      String id = valueSet.getId();
      if (!ids.add(id)) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
            String.format(
                "in method \"%s\": duplicate value set id: \"%s\"",
                methodConfigProto.getName(), id));
      }
    }
  }

  public boolean isConfigured() {
    return specified;
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if id is a regexp match for the given expression. This is the function used to
   * determine whether calling forms and value sets match expressions referencing them by ID.
   *
   * @param expression The regex to use for matching
   * @param id The ID to be matched against the regex
   * @return True iff id matches expression
   */
  private static boolean expressionMatchesId(String expression, String id) {
    return id.matches(expression);
  }

  /**
   * Matches all the IDs within `targets` that match one or more elements of `expressions`. The IDs
   * are extracted from elements of targets via `targetToId`."
   */
  private static <T> List<T> expressionsMatchIds(
      List<String> expressions, List<T> targets, Function<T, String> targetToId) {
    return targets
        .stream()
        .filter(
            t ->
                expressions.stream().anyMatch(exp -> expressionMatchesId(exp, targetToId.apply(t))))
        .collect(Collectors.toList());
  }

  /**
   * Returns all the valid combinations of calling forms of value sets.
   *
   *
We match calling forms specified by users with `allValidCallingForms`. If users did not
   * specify any calling forms, we match `defaultCallingForm` with `allValidCallingForms`. If we
   * found no matching calling forms, an empty list will be returned. Note this implies that
   * `defaultCallingForm` can match none of the calling forms in `allValidCallingForms`. For
   * example, the `defaultCallingForm` for a C# unary call is `Request`, but it's not a valid
   * calling form when generating asynchronous samples using the generated asynchonous public
   * method. In this case we will not generate samples for this method.
   *
   *
We match value sets specified by users with `this.values`. If we find no matching value
   * sets, we use the default one. For incode samples, we always use the default value set derived
   * from sample_code_init_fields for backward compatibility.
   *
   *
We should probably disable default value sets after incode samples stop using
   * `sample_code_init_fields`.
   */
  public List<SampleConfig> getSampleConfigs(
      List<CallingForm> allValidCallingForms,
      CallingForm defaultCallingForm,
      SampleValueSet defaultValueSet,
      SampleType type) {
    List<SampleConfig> sampleConfigs = new ArrayList<>();
    if (type == SampleType.EXPLORER) {
      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("API Explorer samples unimplemented yet.");
    } else if (type == SampleType.IN_CODE) {
      for (CallingForm form : allValidCallingForms) {
        sampleConfigs.add(SampleConfig.create("", form, defaultValueSet, type));
      }
    } else {
      for (SampleTypeConfiguration config : getConfigFor(type)) {
        List<CallingForm> matchingCallingForms = null;
        List<SampleValueSet> matchingValueSets = null;

        List<String> callingFormNames =
            config.getCallingFormsList().isEmpty()
                ? Collections.singletonList(
                    Name.anyCamel(defaultCallingForm.toString()).toLowerUnderscore())
                : config.getCallingFormsList();
        matchingCallingForms =
            expressionsMatchIds(
                callingFormNames, allValidCallingForms, CallingForm::toLowerUnderscore);

        matchingValueSets =
            expressionsMatchIds(config.getValueSetsList(), valueSets, v -> v.getId());

        for (CallingForm form : matchingCallingForms) {
          for (SampleValueSet matchingValueSet : matchingValueSets) {
            sampleConfigs.add(
                SampleConfig.create(config.getRegionTag(), form, matchingValueSet, type));
          }
        }
      }
    }

    return sampleConfigs;
  }

  /** Returns the single {@code SampleTypeConfiguration} for the specified {@code sampleType}. */
  private List<SampleTypeConfiguration> getConfigFor(SampleType sampleType) {
    switch (sampleType) {
      case STANDALONE:
        return sampleConfiguration.getStandaloneList();
      case IN_CODE:
        return sampleConfiguration.getInCodeList();
      case EXPLORER:
        return sampleConfiguration.getApiExplorerList();
      default:
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("unhandled SampleType: " + sampleType.toString());
    }
  }
}


Day one of The Championships at Randwick on Saturday is shaping up to be a big one for team CMR as we head north with a strong hand of runners in Group 1 action.
In the Group 1 1400m Inglis Sires' we have two talented two-year-olds, Dubious and Loving Gaby lining up as genuine contenders.
Loving Gaby was very impressive in the Golden Slipper last start where she drew the carpark and raced wide but managed to run on and finish fourth.
A line can be put through Dubious' Golden Slipper run as he just didn't handle the wet ground.
Both have come through the run well and we expect them to enjoy the step up to 1400m.
Loving Gaby will be ridden by James McDonald from barrier five and Dubious will be ridden by Mark Zahra from barrier eight.
We then have Global Exchange and Extra Brut lining up in the Group 1 Australian Derby over 2400m.
Global Exchange has had a faultless preparation winning all of his three starts including a Group 2 and a Group 3.
He trialled up in Sydney with Kerrin McEvoy last week and handled the different way of going.
This is a race that he has been set for, for a long time and we think he is spot on.
Extra Brut is already a Derby winner so we know he handles the distance and is up to the grade, but he doesn't handle a wet track so if the track doesn't dry up before Saturday, he is unlikely to run.
Global Exchange will jump from barrier eight with Kerrin McEvoy on board and Extra Brut will be ridden by Sam Clipperton from barrier 18.
Our final runner at Randwick is Aloisia in the 1600m Group 1 Doncaster Mile.
She ran terrific in the Group 1 Coolmore where she drew the carpark, raced at the end of the field and ran on down the fence on a Heavy 9.
She has finally drawn a good barrier and has a little weight so we are hopeful she can run another big race.
Jay Ford will take the ride from barrier six.
Down at Caulfield on Saturday we have a big hand of runner with the first being last start winner Zabalan in a 1600m handicap.
He won very well last start over 1400m in a fast run race and we will be hoping for more speed in his race on Saturday.
He has drawn wide but going back won't be an issue with him and with a three-kilo claim, he should be able to finish off strong.
Teo Nugent will take the ride from barrier 14.
We then have Think Bleue running in a 1600m handicap for fillies and mares.
This is a big step down in grade for her as she has been racing in stakes company for her last couple of preparations.
She has drawn well with barrier three and has a three-kilo claim so we are hopeful her class will prevail, and she can get a win under her belt.
Teo Nugent will take the ride from barrier three.
In the following race, we have Esthetic running in a handicap for three-year-olds over 1600m.
He has been improving at every start this prep and was unlucky to not finish closer to the winner last start, but he came through the run well and this is a similar calibre of race.
The winner of his last race will be tough to beat but he has a big weight and we are hopeful that can work in our favour.
Teo Nugent takes the ride from barrier three.
Later in the day, we have Kemono stepping out in the 1400m Anniversary Vase.
He was disappointing last start and will need to bounce back but he is a talented horse who we think will appreciate stepping out to 1400m.
His form before arriving in Australia was best around this distance so we think he can run a good race.
John Allen will ride from barrier nine.
In the final event of the day we have Sopressa and Thunder Cloud running in a 2000m handicap.
Sopressa ran well in the Mornington Cup last start but we think the 2000m might be a bit short of her best.
Thunder Cloud has been racing consistently all preparation and this looks like a suitable race for him.
He was unlucky to not finish closer last start but he came through the run well and we think he will run another good race on Saturday.
Teo Nugent will take the ride from barrier 12.


"My religion/spiritual path is right, yours is wrong." – Is inter-spirituality the challenge inter-faith people can't/won't accept – because of the 'dis-ease' of exclusivism?
Most of the time — and it is painful for me to admit this — it is terribly boring. Most of the time there is a tendency to manufacture consensus, whether it exists or not. Most of the time we go to great lengths to avoid conflict. Most of the time we cover the same ground that we covered last month or the month before. And far too often we finish our session without really knowing the people across the table and what makes them tick religiously.
And most of we time we are satisfied with mouthing a few noble, often-repeated sentiments. Thus, we affirm the importance of mutual understanding, tolerance and dialogue; we assert that all human beings are created in the image of God; we proclaim that despite our differences, all of our traditions preach love of humankind and service to humanity. Nothing is wrong with these sentiments, of course; in conceptual terms, I believe in them all. But if we don't dig beneath the surface and focus on substance rather than rhetoric, they mean very little.
The result is that most of the time, interfaith discussions are simply excruciating, irrelevant to me and to the world around me. Why then have I been so involved for so many years?
The reason is that very occasionally, something extraordinary happens: One of these conversations changes me, binds me to my colleagues, advances my understanding of myself and others, and adds texture and depth to my own religious beliefs and convictions. In thinking back on these moments, it seems to me that there are three things that make for a "good" dialogue and that turn tiresome interfaith conversations into meaningful religious moments.
First, meaningful dialogue happens when the conversation turns to our religious differences. Platitudes are set aside when, as representatives of our faith traditions, we cease to be embarrassed by the particular; when we put aside the search for the lowest common denominator that most often characterizes — and trivializes — our discussions; and when we recognize that absent a clear affirmation of who we are, how we are different and what we truly believe, all our conversations are likely to come to nothing.
Second, interreligious exchanges become compelling when my colleagues and partners give expression to their religious passions. I am drawn in when they share with me their deepest beliefs and strangest customs, no matter how radically other they are from my own. And the sharing of religious passions should lead to passionate debate, in which we struggle with the really hard questions: What happens when conflicting beliefs lead to conflicting interests? What do we do about those areas where differences cannot be bridged and must be dealt with?
Third, interreligious dialogue truly touches us when we can discuss what we all know to be true but what we rarely say: that, in some ways at least, we all believe in the exceptionalism of our own traditions. We all tend toward the conviction that there are some elements of our religious beliefs and practice that stand above and apart from what other religions offer, and it is liberating when we are able to acknowledge this and then explain why we think that way, without apology but open to the honest reactions of those around us.
Other high points come from those moments when we all say what it is about our own traditions and communities that we don't like and then talk frankly about why that it is so. And I am always delighted when we stop focusing on talk and start planning to work together — and really mean it.
The potential for human wholeness—or in other frames of reference, enlightenment, salvation, transformation, blessedness, nirvana—is present in every human person.
MORE SEED QUESTIONS: What insights & questions arise in comparing 1, 2, & 3 – and comparing them with Steindl-Rast's model? Are you better off being secular than being in a faith that is exclusivistic?