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';
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}

?>

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U.S. strongly committed to Japan"s defense, Biden tells Kishida, hails military boost
U.S. President Joe Biden told Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday that the United States remained strongly committed to its alliance with Japan and praised Tokyo's "historic" defense reforms.
Kishida is in Washington on the last stop in a tour of the G7 industrial powers and has been seeking to bolster long-standing alliances amid rising concern in Japan, and the United States, about mounting regional security threats from China, North Korea and Russia.
In a meeting at the White House, Biden called it a "remarkable moment" in the U.S.-Japan alliance and said the two nations had never been closer.
"Let me be crystal clear: The United States is fully, thoroughly, completely committed to the alliance, and importantly … to the defense of Japan," he said, while also thanking Kishida for strong leadership in working closely on technology and economic issues.
"We are modernizing our military alliances, building on Japan's historic increase in defense spending, and new national security strategy," Biden said.
Kishida thanked Biden for U.S. work on regional security and said: "Japan and the United States are currently facing the most challenging and complex security environment in recent history." He said Tokyo had formulated its new defense strategy released last month "to ensure peace and prosperity in the region."
He said the two countries shared fundamental values of democracy and the rule of law "and the role that we are to play is becoming even greater."
Kishida said he looked forward to a "candid" exchange of views on issues including "a free and open Indo-Pacific" – language the two sides use to describe efforts to push back against China – the G7, which Japan's currently chairs, and climate change.
Japan last month announced its biggest military build-up since World War Two – a dramatic departure from seven decades of pacifism, largely fueled by concerns about Chinese actions in the region.
U.S. and Japanese foreign and defense ministers met on Wednesday and announced increased security cooperation following nearly two years of talks and the U.S. officials praised Tokyo's military buildup plans.
Japan's military reform plan will see it double defense spending to 2% of GDP and procure missiles that can strike ships or land-based targets 1,000 km (600 miles) away.
Biden and Kishida are expected to discuss security issues and the global economy and that their talks are likely to include control of semiconductor-related exports to China after Washington announced strict curbs last year, a senior U.S. official said.
Kishida earlier met Vice President Kamala Harris, who said the U.S.-Japan relationship is "ironclad" and that the two sides would sign an agreement on space cooperation later in the day.
As well as chairing the G7, Japan took up a two-year term on the U.N. Security Council on Jan. 1 and holds the rotating monthly presidency of the 15-member body for January.
Kishida has said he backs Biden's attempt to limit China's access to advanced semiconductors with export restrictions. Still, he has not agreed to match sweeping curbs on exports of chip-manufacturing equipment that the United States imposed in October.
The U.S. official said Washington was working closely with Japan on the issue and believes they share a similar vision even if their legal structures are different. He said the more countries and significant players that backed the controls, the more effective they would be.
A Japanese official said economic security, including semiconductors, was likely to be discussed, but that no announcement was expected on that from the meeting.
Kishida's visit follows one by Biden to Tokyo last May and a meeting between the two at a regional summit in Cambodia in November.
Kishida visited Arlington National Cemetery in the morning to pay his respects.
Christopher Johnstone, head of the Japan program at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies and until recently East Asia director at the U.S. National Security Council, said Kishida's Washington visit was a "capstone" for his security reforms and could offer him a domestic political boost.
He said it would be "an opportunity to highlight the significant, really unprecedented decisions Japan announced" and strong U.S. support for them, "and to also call attention to the role that Prime Minister Kishida himself played in getting them done."
Daniel Russel, the former top U.S. diplomat for Asia, said North Korea would likely be high on Kishida's agenda, "reflecting some anxiety that the war in Ukraine as well as competition with China may be causing Washington to discount Pyongyang's increasing tempo of missile launches — which directly threaten Japan."
U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attend the Japan-U.S.-Australia-India Fellowship Founding Celebration event, in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2022. Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Quad leaders Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden attend a meeting during the Quad Summit at Kantei Palace in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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The Homeland Security Presidential Directive 20 (HSPD-20) requires all local, state, tribal and territorial government agencies, and private sector owners of critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) to create a Continuity of Operations/Continuity of Government Plan (COOP/COG). There is planning and training guidance for generic transportation agency COOP/COG work, and the Transportation Research Board has offered guidance for transportation organizations. However, the special concerns of the state-level transportation agency's (State DOT's) plan development are not included, notably the responsibilities for the entire State Highway System and the responsibility to support specific essential functions related to the State DOT Director's role in the Governor's cabinet. There is also no guidance on where the COOP/COG planning and organizing fits into the National Incident Management System (NIMS) at the local or state-level department or agency. This report covers the research conducted to determine how to integrate COOP/COG into the overall NIMS approach to emergency management, including a connection between the emergency operations center (EOC) and the COOP/COG activity. The first section is a presentation of the research and its findings and analysis. The second section provides training for the EOC staff of a state-level transportation agency, using a hybrid model of FEMA's ICS and ESF approaches, including a complete set of EOC position checklists, and other training support material. The third section provides training for the COOP/COG Branch staff of a state-level transportation agency, including a set of personnel position descriptions for the COOP/COG Branch members.
Frances Edwards and Daniel C. Goodrich. "Continuity of Operations/Continuity of Government for State-Level Transportation Organizations, Research Report 11-02" Mineta Transportation Institute Publications (2011).


If our doctor informed us tomorrow that we would live to be 100 years old, it would be interesting to see how many folks currently have a plan in place to live out an entire century. Today, people can live 20, 30 or even 40 years after retirement. The current mindset is that the retirement years are a time to wind down and take it easy, but it's safe to say that most of us don't truly wish to spend decades winding down. Ilchi Lee's newest book, I've Decided to Live 120 Years, provides a blueprint to live a healthy and fulfilling life with a deep sense of purpose until our last day.
Lee gives several suggestions for maintaining our health and vigor to live our later years to their fullest. The book suggests three kinds of physical training: one-minute exercise, which means high-intensity interval training like pushups, sit-ups, squats and jumping jacks. The second is longevity walking, which is strolling pleasantly and strongly with feet parallel while pressing down on the energy point in the sole of each foot. The third is called belly button healing. This involves rhythmically compressing the navel, which is an important energy point. The benefits include increased blood circulation and better creation of the happiness hormones serotonin and dopamine. Practicing these three forms of physical training benefits our body and mind and helps us establish a better relationship with ourselves.
Once we are in charge of our health, it is easier to move to the next steps of finding our life purpose and achieving our goals. Life can feel boring and pointless if we do not have purpose. Too often our goals for retirement are easy (I'll play more golf!) and do not come from deep within. If we do not consciously plan, our goals can be a reflection of our younger years, such as acquiring wealth and possessions. We need to prioritize between needing more stuff or being financially well off enough to live comfortably. Depending on the decision, we may need to look deeper to realize that the true purpose of life is to live for completion. In the first 60 years of life, people typically live to achieve external, material success. When we retire, we give up that relentless pursuit of success and life can suddenly feel boring and pointless without a purpose. This is the perfect time to begin examining our internal self. We realize that the second half of our life is the time for us to find the sense of satisfaction that can only be experienced internally.
If we choose completion as our goal and take responsibility for achieving this goal, then there is no better sense of purpose and fulfillment for our life. To be truly happy, our goal needs to lead to peace and harmony for ourselves, humanity, and the Earth. Unchanging happiness means discovering our true self and using this for the benefit of the whole. If we live mindfully with each other and the Earth, we will naturally create a better world. This is the best way to live the second half of life and the true meaning of I've Decided to Live 120 Years.
Ilchi Lee is a visionary, educator, founder of Body & Brain Yoga, and author of 41 books, including The Call of Sedona. Journey of the Heart. As a dedicated advocate for a peaceful, sustainable world, he has helped millions of people worldwide find their true potential and develop it for the benefit of all. For more information, call 201-444-6020 or visit Bodynbrain.com/wyckoff.


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Minding Spot: Blog tour: Summer House by Nancy Thayer w/ Give-Away!
Blog tour: Summer House by Nancy Thayer w/ Give-Away!
The Wheelwrights are a wealthy banking family whose summer house is located on the island of Nantucket. All family meetings are held there and the house is usually full of family during the summer months. Nona Wheelwright is the oldest member of the family still living and her ninetieth birthday is quickly approaching. The family is planning a spectacular party for her and she is looking forward to all her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren coming home to visit.
Nona seems to nod off alot and when she does she dreams of her past. We learn that Nona has a dark family secret and time is running out for her to reveal it before her time has passed.
Nona's daughter in law Helen is recently found out her husband was cheating on her. She spends her summer on the island questioning her decisions of the past and questioning what she wants from the future.
Helen's daughter Charlotte leases three acres of Nona's land for an organic garden. She spends all daylight hours working. She hopes to attone for a sin she feels guilty for that transpired three years ago.
Summer House is a wonderful read. Spanning three generations, there is romance, scandal, and at the heart there is love and family. A wonderful beach read!
I was born December 14, 1943 (Sagittarius!) in Emporia, Kansas, the first of three children, and for six years, the only one. My parents read to me a lot, and from Winnie-the-Pooh on, I knew I wanted to be a writer. I grew up in Wichita, Kansas, where I worked, in high school, as a "soda jerk" at a drugstore. What a great job! I was allowed to make myself any kind of sundae I wanted. . . .my specialty was hot fudge sauce, marshmallow fluff, whipped cream, and nuts. I didn't really care about the ice cream.
I attended the University of Wichita, got married at twenty, and moved to Kansas City, where I finished my bachelor's degree and got a master's in English literature. I also got to travel with my academic, peripatetic, husband. We lived in Iowa, Paris, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Amsterdam, Wisconsin, Vancouver, Massachusetts, and Helsinki before being divorced at the end of the seventies.
During my twenties I either taught freshmen English in various colleges or hid away at home, writing fiction I was too timid to send around. I wish I had taken more creative writing courses. I did take one at the University of Iowa taught by C.D.B. Bryan, who was immensely helpful. I recommend writers' workshops to any aspiring writers.
Gradually my short stories were accepted by various college literary reviews, and in 1978 my first novel, Stepping, was accepted by Doubleday, who published it in January of 1980. By then I was divorced, with a son, Josh, who was 5, and a daughter, Sam, who was 3. We lived in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with two cats and one dog, who kept us safe and sane.
You can contact Nancy - do email me!
I have one copy to give-away! USA & Canada Only. Please leave a comment, along with your email to enter. Deadline is August 4th, winner announced August 5th.
Definitely something I would be interested in, so count me in!
This does sound like a great beach read. Please enter me!
This sounds great. I would love this.
I'd love to read this. Please count me in.
Sounds like a wonderful book to read.
I am a follower and would love to win this novel.
Sounds like a great book. Please include me in the giveaway.
I love moving family drama's. This is a book I could sink my teeth into. I enjoyed reading about the author also, what an interesting life!
I heard wonders about this book. Please count me in.
Love family secret stories...Please enter me. Thanks!


Welcome to this week's EzyBusiness Weekly 5.
2. Ted Baker's "awkward hugging policy"
As ever, we provide discussion topics and relate these stories to elements of the Business Studies A-level course, to enable teachers and students to discuss the stories in detail in the classroom.


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A few weeks back I wrote a post discussing some general areas where you might be able to find some undervalued ideas. I always approach investing from a bottom up perspective, meaning I'm looking for businesses that have undervalued assets or high free cash flow relative to the stock price. I'm trying to find ideas where if I were buying the whole company, I would be satisfied that the assets and/or free cash flow (i.e. owner earnings) would provide me an large margin of safety and eventually produce solid investment returns.
However, there are often times when I begin to get interested in broader themes. These are rarely top-down macro themes (I never have an opinion on macro-economics, or at least one that would influence my investment decisions much). But these themes can sometimes be industry specific themes. In other words, I sometimes find that many different stocks in a specific industry all appear to be undervalued to varying degrees.
I never invest to get exposure to a specific industry. I don't search for ideas using industry analysis. It starts with finding individual stocks that are cheap. I maintain a diversified portfolio of undervalued stocks. I only invest in these themes because many stocks in the industry appear to be undervalued. This past year, I've been able to find value in a few different areas including insurance stocks, community bank stocks, for profit education, and metals/mining. These are themes where many stocks are cheap within the industry.
Today I'll make a few comments on the gold mining sector, which is an area that has some very passionate participants (to make an understatement). The mining industry is one that I hadn't ever really paid much attention to because these aren't businesses with great advantages and until now, they never were really that cheap. But I was amused reading about the industry because it's almost like a religion. There are certain gold bugs that would own gold and gold stocks at any valuation, and there are other investors that despise gold and think it's worthless.
In fact, many value investors eschew gold and gold stocks, for reasons I can certainly understand (no competitive advantages, poor capital structures in some cases, revenues tied to a commodity that is difficult to value, etc…). Many recite Buffett's thoughts on gold, which are also relevant (but I would also point out a somewhat related note that Buffett once invested billions into silver when it was selling below production costs in the late 90's).
The short recommendations are higher than they were during the 2008 bottom. Other sentiment readings show similar bearish extremes. Commercial hedgers are net long (meaning small speculators are net short) for the first time in over a decade.
But I don't typically make investments just because they are contrarian. Ben Graham said that you're right not because the crowd agrees or disagrees with you, you're right because the facts and your reasoning are accurate. Having said that, looking at places where sentiment is terrible is often a good place to start, and often is a place to find some value.
I've been analyzing and reading about gold mining stocks for months, basically beginning in mid April the day gold dropped 10%. That day it appeared that panic was in the air and many mining stocks were down 10-20% or more (and this was after they had already dropped in half in some cases).
I check the 52 week low list regularly, and if you do that you would have noticed gold stocks had been on the list for months. But in April, it seemed like we might be getting to the point of maximum pessimism. I hadn't ever owned a gold stock, but I began tracking lists of the major producers, and some smaller producers as well. I began reading annual reports and learning some about the business models. I put together a rudimentary spreadsheet to track a few different variables and try to make some valuation comparisons between the different businesses.
After spending a few weeks reading numerous annual reports and learning some about the businesses, I came to the conclusion that although I'm not enamored with the business models, I think the stocks are simply too cheap at these prices. Howard Marks talks about any asset could potentially be cheap enough to buy, and expensive enough to sell at various times. Ben Graham said the same thing essentially.
I have a few different reasons for why I own some of the miners at these prices, but it really comes down to the fact that they are very cheap relative to tangible assets. I have a secondary reasoning that they also VERY cheap relative to where they have historically traded (50-70% cheaper than historical valuations in many cases).
A couple months back I began investing in a number of different gold stocks, taking very small positions in each. I think of the miners collectively as one basket investment, but it's still only about 7% of my overall assets. My plan was to invest somewhere between 5-10% of my capital into a diversified basket of well financed miners at low multiples to cash flow, book value, and reserves. This takes away most of the company specific risk, but still allows me to have the asymmetric upside that I think will eventually occur in this industry.
Tomorrow I'll post a follow up on this theme and get more specific into the metrics I used to value these stocks, and make a few more comments about why I think that the miners are a good investment at these levels.
Thanks for the comment Marshall.
excellent,john. there are some opportunities existing in gold mine. but i think the best time to buy them is when the gold price is depressed.
I've been following the blog for quite a while, ever since I saw your first article on Seeking Alpha (which led me to GTAT, and their shift to sapphire, which has led to a nice return this year, so far). I've been recently following gold stocks, too. IAG and EGO, specifically. I was watching ANV, too, but I haven't read their transcript, yet (apparently, it wasn't good). I'm looking forward the second part of this article.
I'm also interested in your stance on Ebix? I know you were long Ebix at one time–and maybe still? But, the headlines today were a bit more nefarious than what I'd imagined from my previous readings about the company.
At any rate, I'm fairly new to investing and I've enjoyed your writing style and your stance on value investing. I've learned a lot from reading your articles and your suggested readings. Also, the recent Pabrai video was quite entertaining. I loved that if he didn't feel a stock was going to go 3x, 4x or higher over the next three years, it's not worth his time. I wonder if he'd feel the same if the market turned south. He seemed to diversify more during the downturn, if I understood him correctly.
Thanks for the nice words and thanks for reading. Regarding EBIX, I still own it. I typically am quite patient with the stocks I own after I buy them. I saw the headlines and honestly haven't been that impressed with the reporting from Bloomberg both now and back in June. They don't get very detailed and seem to repeat the same message but without much evidence. Often times I include these types of stocks in a basket approach to investing. Some will provide fantastic gains, others might go to 0, but I've found the former to greatly outnumber the latter. Much of the time the market misprices this uncertainty to the downside. I manage the risk through the basket approach and small position sizes. Similar to investing in net nets. EBIX is very likely not worth 10, a level that is close to a 20% FCF yield if the numbers aren't fraudulent. If they are a fraud, then of course the whole thing will be close to worthless. If the fraud doesn't come to fruition, it's likely back to 20 or higher. Raina (the CEO) has a major position, the company has few liabilities, and it produces a lot of free cash… these typically aren't the signs of frauds. But we'll see. I follow it with interest, but I'm more focused on other (bigger) opportunities that have more clear cut values.
As for Pabrai, yes he took a basket approach in 2009 when everything was cheap (he wanted to make sure he achieved his expected result). When things get more expensive, he chooses to concentrate. It's a strategy that has provided him with 25% per year, but it also can cause 60% down years if you concentrate too much. That type of performance is probably once in a lifetime (maybe twice), and he has since recovered, and still has a great long term record (25% gross). I am more comfortable with more securities in a few different strategies (compounders, cheap and good, cheap assets, some arbitrage). I will still concentrate when I get a great idea, but I am not as confident in my ability to judge business prospects and other qualitative aspects, so I choose to invest in cheap stocks primarily using simple income and balance sheet analysis, and let the odds work in my favor over time.
The portfolio is dynamic though and I'm always looking to improve and always looking for opportunities. Sometimes I come across a business or idea that I really like and understand, it's cheap, maybe has a catalyst, etc… those scenarios can be weighted accordingly.


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Q: Radius of convergence of the Taylor series of $ f(z)=\Large\frac{3}{z^2-3iz-2}$
Find the radius of convergence of the Taylor series of $$ f(z)=\frac{3}{z^2-3iz-2}$$ expanded about $z=1$.

Separating into partial fractions $$f(z)= \frac{3i}{z-i}-\frac{3i}{z-2i}$$
which has poles $z=i$ and $z=2i$ and thus is analytic on $\mathbb C \setminus \{-3,2 \}$
I'm a bit confused about the next part, I know the answer is $\sqrt 2 $ but I'm trying to understand why...
Taking $\min\{(z_0-z_1),(z_0-z_2)\} =\min\{(1-i),(1-2i)\} $
which gives $|1-i|=\sqrt 2$ and $|1-2i|=\sqrt 5$, the smaller being  $\sqrt 2$, hence the radius of convergence? Is this logic correct or does the $\min$ part mean something else?
Would be grateful for any help!

A: The function $f$ is analytic on $\mathbb{C}\setminus\{i,2i\}$. Therefore, the radious of convergence of the Taylor series of $f$ centered at $1$ is$$\min\{|1-i|,|1-2i|\}=\min\{\sqrt2,\sqrt5\}=\sqrt2.$$

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Just out is a new book by Bob Montgomery on the history of the Irish International Grand Prix held from 1929 to 1931. As Bob says in his forword, he has written on this subject before but he always felt that these three historic races deserved a more detailed publication of their own, and he has now completed this in a beautiful, large-format, 236-page hardback book. I personally think this is one of Bob's best books to date, and the content and the way it is presented is very impressive. All three of the Irish International Grand Prix were organised by the Royal Irish Automobile Club, who appointed Walter Sexton and Edward White to head up the team to run the events. Today we still have the Sexton Trophy, presented in memory of Walter Sexton. Also to play a big part in all of this was the Phoenix Park, and it's great to see the book starts off with a chapter dedicated to "Dublin's Great Park". This is followed by a chapter on the RIAC, and another on the Phoenix Park Speed Trials of 1903, the first motorsport events held in the Park, which has over the years done motorsport proud. A chapter on the circuit and the moving of the Phoenix Monument gives some great photos of works carried out to allow the races to happen. Each of the three Grand Prix get a chapter of up to forty pages, in which each day of the event is listed along with the results. Again the photographs reproduced here are superb. These are followed up with a very thought-provoking chapter entitled "The Aftermath", which explains how and why the 1931 was the last. Just imagine if these events had been successful, would we today be enjoying an F1 race around our capital? If only. Some good did come from these events in the fact that the Irish Motor Racing Club was formed, and they kept motorsport alive in the Phoenix Park for many years. Of them all, the section on Irish Grand Prix memorabilia is my favourite, where tickets, programmes, press releases, maps, advertising and so much more are reproduced in large, full-page images with superb detail. If you're a fan of history, early Irish motoring or just good old pictures, then this just-released book should be on your Christmas list. It retails for €50, and can be bought from all good book stores, book resellers and ourselves at Irish Vintage Scene. Review by Tom Heavey
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NBA: Knicks centre Noah undergoes right shoulder surgery
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NEW YORK (AFP) - New York Knicks starting center Joakim Noah has undergone surgery on his right shoulder to repair a torn rotator cuff, the NBA team announced on Thursday (April 27) morning.
The Knicks did not establish a timetable for his return in posting the news on their Twitter feed, but Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek has said the expected rehabilitation process should last five months, which would see him recovered in time for 2017-18 pre-season training camp.
Dr David Altchek performed the procedure at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan, the team said.
Noah, 32, averaged only 5.0 points and 8.7 rebounds in 46 games this season, his first campaign under a four-year contract worth US$72 million (S$100 million).
Noah has missed 89 games over the past two seasons, playing in only 29 last season for Chicago due to shoulder surgery while missing 36 games this season, having been sidelined since February following knee surgery.
He had been expected to return in late March but was suspended 20 games for a positive doping test for a performance-enhancing substance, sitting out the first eight games of that ban to conclude this past season.
Noah will be banned for the first 12 games for which he is healthy to start next season.
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Витешки ред Змаја (; ) настао је према угледу на бургундијски витешки ред Св. Ђорђа. Ред је првобитно био задужен за заштиту краљевске породице цара Светог римског царства Жигмунда (у време док је још увек био краљ Угарске). Чланови реда називали су се драконима. У хрватским стручним текстовима користи се и назив змајоносци .

Успостављање Витешког реда Змаја

Дана 13. децембра 1408. године објављена је повеља реда у којој је назначено да је основни задатак реда одбрана крста од непријатеља, нарочито од Турака. Међу 24 витеза који су учествовали у успостављању (или обнављању) реда 1408. год. налазили су се:
 Жигмунд Луксембуршки, краљ Угарске
 Ладислав II, краљ Пољске
 краљ Алфонсо од Арагона и Напуља
 Витовт од Литваније, велики принц
 Стефан Лазаревић, деспот Србије
 Херман II, гроф цељски
 Ернст од Аустрије, војвода
 Томас Маубреј, војвода од Норфолка (после 1439. године)
 Влад Цепеш, војвода Влашке (после 1431. године)
 Филип Мађарин односно Пипо од Озоре, италијански племић и угарски великаш

Чланови реда из оснивачке повеље 1408. године

-{Stephanus despoth, dominus Rasciae, item Hermannus comes Cily et Zagoriae, comes Fredericus, filius eiusdem, Nicolaus de gara, regni Hungariae palatinus, Stiborius de Stiboricz alias vaiuoda Transyluanus, Joannes filius Henrici de Thamassy et Jacobus Laczk de Zantho, vaiuodae Transyluani, Joannes de Maroth Machouiensis, Pipo de Ozora Zewreniensis, bani; Nicolaus de Zeech magister tauernicorum regalium, comes Karolus de Corbauia, supremus thesaurarius regius, Symon filius condam Konye bani de Zecheen, janitorum, comes Joannes de Corbauia, dapiferorum, Joannes filius Georgii de Alsaan pincernarum, Petrus Cheh de Lewa aganzonum regalium magistri, Nicolaus de Chak, alias vaiuoda Transyluanus, Paulus Byssenus, alter Paulus de Peth, pridem Dalmatiae, Croatiae et totius Sclauoniae regnorum bani, Michael, filius Salamonis de Nadasd comes siculorum regalium, Petrus de Peren, alias siculorum nunc vero maramorossensis comes, Emericus de eadem Pern secretarius cancellarius regius et Joannes filius condam domini Nicolai de Gara palatini.}-

Према: -{G. Fejér: Codex Diplomaticus Hungariae ecclesiasticus ac civilis, X/4, Budae, 1841, 317.}-

Симбол реда

Симбол реда је змај са репом обавијеним око врата. На леђима змаја, од врата па све до репа, налазио се црвени крст Светог Ђорђа, док је читав симбол био на сребрној позадини. Змај је представљао звер из Књиге откровења, док је црвени крст симболизовао победу Христа над злим силама. Од чланова реда очекивало се да стално носе симбол, најчешће у облику медаљона око врата и често су сахрањивани са њим.

Представници Универзитета у Букурешту сматрају да је оригинални назив повеље о оснивању реда -{'O Quam Misericors est Deus, Pius et Justus'}- највероватније био део амблема.

Раст реда

Године 1431, год. Жигмунд је донео одлуку да прошири ред. Да би то учинио, позвао је велики број тадашњих политички утицајних личности и војно корисних вазала да постану чланови витешког реда Змаја. Међу значајним личностима којима је указана ова част био је и Влад II Дракул, отац Влада Цепеша, који је био задужен за одбрану дела границе, тј. пролаза од Трансилваније ка Влашкој. (Надимак "Дракул" додељен му је када је постао члан витешког реда змаја.)

Увођење нових чланова у ред Змаја довело је до стварања различитих класа унутар самог реда. Свака класа имала је малу варијацију у симболу реда, иако је фигура змаја још увек била доминантна. Најчешће промене обухватале су употребу натписа као што су -{"O quam misericors est Deus"}- ("Ох, како је Бог милостив") и -{"Iustus et paciens"}- ("Праведно и мирољубиво"). Витешки ред Змаја је имао веома снажан утицај све до Жигмундове смрти 1437. год. Међутим, без снажног заштитника, ред је убрзо изгубио на значају и престижу.

Модерно доба

Иако је симбол реда присвојен од стране многобројних племићких породица у Европи, до данас је очувано мало историјских артефаката реда. Копија повеље о оснивању реда из 1707. године, која се чува у универзитету у Букурешту, представља најстарији сачувани историјски артефакт реда.

Данас "Империјални и краљевски суд и ред змаја" представља недавно незванично обновљени ред Змаја. Иако се не сматра витешким редом, стекао је велики број следбеника. Један од његових најистакнутијих чланова је Мајкл Стјуарт од Олбанија, познатији под титулом "Принц Мајкл од Олбанија", коју је сам себи наденуо. Олбани тврди да је директан потомак Чарлса Едварда Стјуарта, последњег представника краљевске куће Стјуарта.
28.Јуна 2011 године Кнез Александар Карађорђевић као припадник краљевске породице из Србије, државе чији је владар Деспот Стефан Лазаревић био један од оснивача старог Реда Змаја, покреће поново Ред. Након његове смрти први човек реда је Принц Владимир Карађорђевић. http://www.redzmaja.org/o-redu-zmaja/

Референце

Литература

На српском

На енглеском, немачком
 -{Kozlovački, Vesna Milojević: Gospdari zmaja: Poreklo viteških linija Balkana MBM-plas, Novi Sad, Serbia. .
 -{Thomas A. Emmert: Serbian Golgotha, Kosovo, 1389, New York, 1990.}-
 -{Th. v. Bogyay: Drachenorden, u: Lexikon des Mittelalters, Band 3, Varlag J.B. Metzer, München, 1986, 1346.}-
 -{B. Baranyai: Zsigmond király ú. n. Sárkány-rendje, Századok LIX-LX, 1925-1926, 561-591, 681-719.}-

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There he is again, spamming same old same old. Sad if you have only one thing in your life to keep you going. Another feeble attempt to give his competitor some "bad review" google hits. Yawn.
Looks very good, is it expensive ?
You should check out the Sobbat pedals, much favoured by amongst others Richie Kotzen, who get a fabulous sound from them and his Cornford rig. There's a guitarist who is worth looking at, excellent player, excellent singer and essentially a very simple setup, which can be replicated with a little effort and some cash.
Gatts888: Just to keep things factual, you may choose to think either Dawk or Steve Renton are "competitors", but I certianly don't, in any shape or form. Dawk may have a business running I've no idea. Steve operates from his house as a hobby, without business insurance, I know this because he told a friend of mine. On that basis, I don't think I'll lose much sleep over them or much money to them, so it's perhaps of interest to you but to me, it's of no interest.
As per Stratobastard, if you don't like what I [sign in to see URL], you are not actually obliged to reply at [sign in to see URL]'s not mandatory, nor actually [sign in to see URL] actually can just ignore [sign in to see URL] if it upsets you so much...... and you read things into it that aren't [sign in to see URL]'ll happily reciprocate and ignore your posts in [sign in to see URL] LATER as the saying goes!
Not cheap but one can be sure of the quality.
Thanks for the Sobbat tip!
Lol. Then why do you devote so much time to them, if they weren't? Just look at how many % of your posts here (and on other forums I'm sure) contain rants against your competitors. It comes across you have no other obsession in life but them.
I knew you just couldn't resist the temptation to respond, you see I think it's YOU and not ME who has the obsessional problem, YOU have to obsess about my postings and reply to them. That's not a rant at all, what a load of utter twaddle, it's just a few facts, sorry but that's how it is. If you want to read a defamatory rant, without any factual content, here's a classic example. He's a brave man Mr Renton, as you can see. I should mention, of course the topic has been heavily edited to scale it back, perhaps not as brave as they were!!
Have a read, I'm sure you will have something to say, then perhaps after that you [sign in to see URL] my [sign in to see URL] stop obsessing about my [sign in to see URL] a life [sign in to see URL] ignore [sign in to see URL]'ll do [sign in to see URL] LATER!
Price isn't too bad at all for what claims to be a hand-made device ? I think the Sobbat gear is perhaps a bit more expensive but I'd need to check again. Be very interesting to hear how your new pedal goes.
I awaiting delivery of the new Roland GK55 Guitar systh for my collection. Due to arrive in early March as understand. I have all the other Roland sysnths, GR50,GR33,GR09, GR01,GR20 etc so I'm interested to have this one. It claims to be a mixture of the BOSS ME pedal series with the GR20 on board, so a mixture of synth/ COSM modelling pedal. Personally I could happily live without the COSM stuff, as I've never found the ME70 or it's derivatives very interesting, but I'll wait and see. The pre-launch revies seem interesting, althouhg they always big this stuff up, even though it's maybe sh1te!! I think this means the VG99 may be due to get the push, tho they may keep it running like they did with the VG88/VG8 series. It's all GK pickup powered this gear, so it gives you an additional pickup on the guitar, so I guess arguably, the synth/COSM sounds can be routes to one amp, with the normal guitar going to the normal rig. That's how I've always run the other synths, too blend the sounds gives a great result.
Well seems you can't get over your "need" to reply to my every posting, that's unfortunate don't you think. Perhaps you ought to turn your questions inward and ask what sort of "man" calls himself "Stratobastard" and tells us he "pisses his pants" ?
Seems like that's actually you really!
Okay lads, I think that conversation is over as far as this topic goes.
Looking forward hearing your impressions with the synth, MIJF!
I had a Boss ME-50 for a few years. Bought it for a cover band I was in. Some of the COSM sounds were quite usable, but I found two basic problems with it, understandable as they were: 1. the volume of the factory presets altered far too much to be changed on a fly, or even during a rehersal, let alone a gig. 2. The modulation effects controls (too) needed to be changed quite a bit if you went from one effect to another. The net result was I only used one distortion / overdrive setting (I think it was called "natural overdrive"), and bits of chorus and phase (you had to be really careful with both control-wise, otherwise they sounded really awful). The wah was decent, as was the harmonizer/octaver (the synth-style, booming lows were actually quite great). Eventually, I only used the device for tuning up and as a volume pedal. Sold the device some years back, it just ate too much of the sparkle out of the clean signal. You could tell by the volume boost when you took it off and plugged the guitar straight into an amp. So it was only really usable when you used the effects.
Sometimes I miss I'd kept it, as you could get some really unusual, freaky sounds out of it.
There's no question one can find useful sounds out of those COSM things, as one can from Line6 Pods, but going from one setting / effect to another needs tinkering or "programming" your own presets. I never went there, as I always set controls at the soundcheck, to the acoustics of the venue.
As for reviews, I know what you mean. Fpr example, ProGuitarShop's YouTube demos are excellent, but as they sell the gear they review, you don't find any criticism in them.


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Denmark holds first PEGIDA rallies
by Al-Masdar News
The Danish wing of Germany's anti-Islamic PEGIDA movement staged its first rallies on Monday, drawing several hundred people in the capital and in other cities although marchers were outnumbered by counter-demonstrators.
Some 200 PEGIDA supporters turned out in Copenhagen, many carrying torches and signs saying "No to violence and racism".
Some also held up covers of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, whose Paris offices were attacked on January 7 by Islamist gunmen claiming to avenge its cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.
"Of course there is room for everyone, but when there is talk about women's rights being suppressed or people are killed for Allah… that's what I'm demonstrating against," said a demonstrator who gave her name as Elena.
Launched in Germany, PEGIDA — "Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident" — started out with just a few hundred supporters but its weekly marches have steadily grown since then, attracting a record 25,000 in the eastern city of Dresden last week.
Branches have since popped up in other European countries.
Around 300 people attended a counter-demonstration in Noerrebro, a Copenhagen district popular with immigrants and students.
In Aarhus, Denmark's second largest city, 30 PEGIDA demonstrators were outnumbered by 300 counter-demonstrators.
afp.com / Scanpix Denmark / Christian Liliendahl
Anti-PEGIDA Denmark protesters hold a counter demonstration in Copenhagen on January 19, 2015
In the western city of Esbjerg, up to 100 people took part in a demonstration held by Stop the Islamisation of Denmark (SIAD) while 400 took part in a counter-protest.
The organisers of the Copenhagen PEGIDA rally said they were only against Islamic fundamentalism and not regular Muslims, and that they didn't want the event to be high-jacked by racists.
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"Our goal is to give the middle class a chance to express their worries concerning violent Islam and to send a signal to politicians that we voters are worried," said organiser Nicolai Sennels, who has previously stood for parliament for the anti-immigrant Danish People's Party (DPP).
However, Sennels has in the past claimed that half the world's Muslims are inbred and has suggested banning the sale of halal meat so that "the Islamists can't get any food."
Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard called the PEGIDA demos the wrong reaction to what we have experienced", referring to the massacre at Charlie Hebdo in which 12 people were killed.
PEGIDA's Danish organisers said they would continue to hold "peaceful evening strolls" once a week.
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India Approves Oxford's, Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 Vaccines For Restricted Emergency Use
Oxford-AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin are country's first vaccines to receive regulatory approval for emergency use to fight the COVID-19 pandemic
Press Trust Of India |
Covishield and Covaxin have to be administered in two doses
Bother vaccines have to be stored at 2-8° C: Dr V G Somani
Pfizer had also applied for regulatory approval for its vaccine in December
New Delhi: India's drugs regulator on Sunday approved Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for restricted emergency use in the country, paving the way for a massive inoculation drive. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) granted the approval on the basis of recommendations by a COVID-19 Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO). "After adequate examination, CDSCO has decided to accept the recommendations of the Expert Committee and accordingly, vaccines of M/s Serum and M/s Bharat Biotech are being approved for restricted use in emergency situations," DCGI Dr V G Somani told the media here.
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This paves the way for the roll out of at least two vaccines in India in the coming days.
Serum and Bharat Biotech vaccines have to be administered in two doses. All the three vaccines have to be stored at 2-8° C, he said.
The Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, has tied up with AstraZeneca to manufacture Covishield, while Covaxin has been indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the approval a decisive turning point in India's fight against coronavirus.
DCGI granting approval to vaccines of @SerumInstIndia and @BharatBiotech accelerates the road to a healthier and COVID-free nation. Congratulations India. Congratulations to our hardworking scientists and innovators," he tweeted.
It would make every Indian proud that the two vaccines that have been given emergency use approval are made in India! This shows the eagerness of our scientific community to fulfil the dream of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat, at the root of which is care and compassion, he said in another tweet.
He also saluted the frontline workers who have been leading the country's fight against the virus.
Serum Institute of India's CEO Adar Poonawalla tweeted,
COVISHIELD, India's first COVID-19 vaccine is approved, safe, effective and ready to roll-out in the coming weeks.
In his media statement, Dr Somani also said Cadila Healthcare has been granted the permission to conduct the Phase III clinical trial of its vaccine candidate in India.
Pune-based SII's shot is a Recombinant Chimpanzee Adenovirus vector vaccine (Covishield), encoding the SARS-CoV-2 Spike (S) glycoprotein with technology transfer from AstraZeneca/Oxford University.
The firm submitted safety, immunogenicity and efficacy data generated on 23,745 participants aged 18 years or older from overseas clinical studies. The overall vaccine efficacy was found to be 70.42 per cent, Dr Somani said.
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Further, Serum Institute was granted permission to conduct Phase-2/3 clinical trials on 1,00 participants within the country, he said.
The firm also submitted the interim safety and immunogenicity data generated from this trial and the data was found comparable with the data from the overseas clinical studies. The clinical trial ongoing within the country by the firm will continue. Bharat Biotech has developed a Whole Virion Inactivated Coronavirus Vaccine (Covaxin) in collaboration with ICMR and NIV (Pune), from where they received the virus seed strains. This vaccine is developed on the Vero cell platform, which has a well established track record of safety and efficacy in the country & globally. The firm has generated safety and immunogenicity data in various animal species such as mice, rats, rabbits, Syrian hamster, and also conducted challenge studies on non-human primates (Rhesus macaques) and hamsters, he said. All these data have been shared by the firm with CDSCO, he said. On Covaxin, Somani said,
The Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials were conducted on approx 800 subjects and the results have demonstrated that the vaccine is safe and provides a robust immune response, he said. The Phase 3 efficacy trial was initiated in India on 25,800 volunteers and till date, approximately 22,500 participants have been vaccinated across the country and the vaccine has been found to be safe as per the data available till date, Somani said.
The SEC has reviewed the data on safety and immunogenicity of the vaccine and recommended for grant of permission for restricted use in emergency situation in public interest as an abundant precaution, in clinical trial mode, to have more options for vaccinations, especially in case of infection by mutant strains. The clinical trial ongoing within the country by the firm will continue, he said.
SII had applied to the DCGI for EUA for Oxford COVID-19 vaccine on December 6, while the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech had sought the nod for its Covaxin on December 7.
In terms of safety, Covishield was well tolerated…majority of solicited reactions were mild in severity and resolved without any sequelae. Therefore, Covishield is safe and can be used effectively for prevention of COVID-19 in the targeted population, the EUA application signed by Prakash Kumar Singh, Additional Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at Serum Institute of India (SII), had stated.
Pfizer had also applied for regulatory approval for its vaccine on December 4 but not much progress has been made on it after that.
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NDTV – Dettol Banega Swasth India campaign is an extension of the five-year-old Banega Swachh India initiative helmed by Campaign Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan. It aims to spread awareness about critical health issues facing the country. In wake of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the need for WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) is reaffirmed as handwashing is one of the ways to prevent Coronavirus infection and other diseases. The campaign highlights the importance of nutrition and healthcare for women and children to prevent maternal and child mortality, fight malnutrition, stunting, wasting, anaemia and disease prevention through vaccines. Importance of programmes like Public Distribution System (PDS), Mid-day Meal Scheme, POSHAN Abhiyan and the role of Aganwadis and ASHA workers are also covered. Only a Swachh or clean India where toilets are used and open defecation free (ODF) status achieved as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014, can eradicate diseases like diahorrea and become a Swasth or healthy India. The campaign will continue to cover issues like air pollution, waste management, plastic ban, manual scavenging and sanitation workers and menstrual hygiene.
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On Sunday May 22nd, I took part in the Annual Race for Life Event at Lydiard Park in Swindon to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Events like Race for Life are vital in funding Cancer Research UK's life-saving work into preventing, diagnosing and treating cancer.
In an attempt to beat my efforts last year; and raise a little more sponsorship money I agreed to compete wearing very girly, pink fairy wings (photos coming soon). So far I've raised £157.50 against a target of £250.00. My sponsorship page will be open and able to accept donations for a few more days and I'd really appreciate your help in reaching my target.
By sponsoring me now you can help more people survive cancer!
By sponsoring me, you can help more people survive cancer. If you are a UK taxpayer, please remember to tick the Gift Aid box when donating as this will increase your donation by at least 25% (at no additional cost to you). Every pound you donate really does make a difference, so please sponsor me!
The following pictures appear courtesy of the Heart Radio Wiltshire website, check out more photos from this event on their Race for Life page.


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Kate Middleton Reveals Prince Louis Has an Adorable New Habit
Prince Louis is definitely a mama's boy.
Kate Middleton has revealed her youngest child is already talking and never wants to leave her side.
Kate Middleton Reveals 'Little Louis' Is Talking: 'He Wants to Come Everywhere with Me!' https://t.co/Zjg92IBfuT
— People (@people) December 4, 2019
The Duchess of Cambridge made the disclosure while helping children pick out Christmas trees at a local farm, when one boisterous little boy caught her attention by raising his hand and exclaiming, "me, me!" reported People.
"You remind me of my little Louis," Middleton told the youngster while gently touching his cheek.
"He keeps saying, 'Me, me, me.' And he wants to come everywhere with me!'" That's one smart 19-month old.
It was during that same outing that the 37-year-old also dropped some insight into how she'll be decorating Kensington Palace over the holidays.
Some more highlights -- from The Duchess of Cambridge's visit yesterday with children and families supported by @Family_Action to a Christmas tree farm, on the day she became their Royal Patron. Family Action was founded in 1869 to help families in difficulty by giving them practical help and support — the new patronage aligns with The Duchess's longstanding work on the early years, and the importance of supporting children and families during this seminal period of their lives. Footage -- courtesy of PA Video
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Speaking to the owner of the tree farm, Kate said she normally gets a Nordmann Fir because they smell nice and don't shed their needles.
No doubt if there are any loose needles, little Prince Louis will be quick to point them out to his mom.
Kate and Prince William are expected to spend at least part of the holidays at Sandringham Castle with Queen Elizabeth and other members of the royal family.
Although in previous years, the royal couple has also made time for Kate's family by enjoying the festive season with them in Berkshire.
It was previously revealed that Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and baby Archie would not be celebrating the holidays with the Queen at Sandringham.
Instead, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will spend it with Meghan's mother at an undisclosed location.
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Best White Coffee: Asking, "Where Can I Buy White Coffee?" See Here!
If you're on top of coffee trends, you're probably asking, "Where can I buy white coffee?" right about now. It's been around for years (it was popular in the Middle East first) but now it's popping up everywhere. So where do you buy it and which brands are best?
What Is White Coffee, Anyway?
First, let's talk about what white coffee is, in case you're wondering exactly what it is that you're hoping to try soon. It's not just a new kind of coffee bean. These are roasted at 325 (as opposed to 450 or higher) and can't be ground in just any old grinder.
You'll most likely need to buy it pre-ground unless you're drinking it in a coffee shop (in that case, they'll just grind it on the premises before they make your cup) or just happen to have a commercial grade grinder at home.
Generally, it's not brewed like a normal pot of coffee, either. It can be made that way, but espresso style is usually recommended. Just pay attention to the grind when you buy a bag.
What you get with white coffee is a smoother, brighter, less bitter beverage with higher acidity than you might find with other beans. It tastes nutty and looks lighter in the cup than your average cuppa joe, too.
It's often served with a mix of spices, including turmeric, pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, and/or ginger. This mix is called Hawaji. It doesn't necessarily have all of the spices above, but each shop may have its own combination of a couple (or more) that they use in their white coffee.
You won't usually find blends roasted in the white coffee way. Instead, the lower roasting temperatures play up the flavor nuances of single origin beans. You'll often see 100% Arabica beans and beans from Brazil used in this type of roast.
Beyond being trendy and cool, there are some additional benefits of white coffee.
It's extra strong, so if you're a fan of getting the most caffeine possible out of your cup, this is for you. You'll get a little bit of an extra boost. Keyword, little. It's not a huge difference.
Some people say it's easier on their stomachs.
It has a smooth, bright, nutty flavor without bitterness.
It looks cool since it's usually beige or taupe instead of brown or black.
Lowery's Coffee: Wired Willey's White Coffee is available on their site or Amazon. Get it in 16 oz, 32 oz, and 64 oz bags. It's pre-ground (necessary), high in caffeine content, and has a nutty flavor. The Lowery's site says not to tamp it if you're using it in an espresso maker because it expands when you're brewing it. They do recommend using it in espresso drinks instead of brewing a regular pot of it.
Even if you order on Amazon, the coffee will ship fresh from the roaster, so it's not sitting around in a warehouse going stale. Expect to pay anywhere from $10.00 to $40.00 depending on where you order from and how big of a bag you decide to buy.
Abbey Roast uses a Brazilian Arabica for its white coffee, a bean that's already known for a smooth, nutty flavor. While most white coffee comes with instructions to use it in an espresso machine for a fancier drink than everyday coffee, this one says you can use it in a traditional coffee maker, French press, or espresso machine. You'll just need to choose the appropriate grind (medium for drip, coarse for French press, and fine for espresso).
Get a 12 oz. bag for around $11.00 or go for the 5 lb. bag for $60.00 right on the Abbey Roast website.
If you find that you really love white coffee and can go through it pretty quickly, the larger bag size may be perfect for your needs. You won't need weekly (or even more frequent) shipments. You can, however, set up automatic shipments and have it sent to you as frequently as every week.
Worried about shipping costs? Getting a 5 lb. bag or three smaller bags will get you free shipping.
You can find Caffee Appasionato's white coffee on Amazon. This one is made from 100 percent Arabica beans and costs about $25.00 for 2 lbs., with options to save a small percentage with the Subscribe & Save option. Have it delivered as frequently as once per month (as many bags as you'd like).
Reviewers report a delicious, nutty flavor and a kickstart to the day that surpasses what they've gotten from their average cup of coffee in the past. This is smoother and does a better job of perking you up in the morning (or waking you up from that mid-afternoon slump). Some people compare it to the taste of tea. Even people who don't normally enjoy coffee have said they enjoy this brand.
Bargeen's Coffee's Espresso Classico White Ground Gourmet Coffee is one more option. It's available on their site or Amazon. Grab the 1 lb. or 4 lb. bag from either place. Expect to pay between $10.00 and $15.00 for the smaller bag and between $30.00 and $40.00 for the larger one. It'll depend on when and where you make your purchase. You can get free shipping on Amazon and pay minimal shipping costs on the Bargreen site, so it may end up costing about the same regardless of where you shop.
It's low in acid and high in caffeine, and Bargreen's site says people have reported fewer stomach troubles after drinking this coffee as opposed to those higher in acid. Make it in an espresso maker or brew it up at home, with or without fancy additions.
If you have a Dutch Bros location near you, you can buy white coffee beverages there. They've had white coffee since around June of 2015. Pair it up with chocolate and/or nutty flavors for the most delicious drinks.
It doesn't look like you'll be able to purchase a bag of white coffee at Dutch Bros to take home and make on your own, but if you're looking for a specialty drink with white coffee, give Dutch Bros a try.
So now that you know what it is and what you're looking for, where do you buy white coffee? Outside of hipster coffee shops, you can look online. Amazon, as demonstrated above, is the best spot to buy different types of coffee and compare prices between brands.
Of course, you can always go to a roaster's website to see what they ship and how much it will cost. Some roasters even have their white coffee for sale in grocery stores. You'll need to check with the specific roasters to find out where in your area may sell pre-ground bags of white coffee. For example, Bargreen's Coffee is limited to Everett, Washington, and the greater Northwest region right now.
If you can't get your hands on white coffee quite yet or you don't have an espresso maker, you can get closer with a blonde roast coffee or espresso, like the ones that Starbucks offers.
Admittedly, it's not exactly the same, but you'll be able to taste the difference between blonde and darker roasts. If you like that, you may want to continue your pursuit of white coffee. If you don't care for it, you may decide to hold off on your search until it's so easily accessible, it's like it found you rather than the other way around.
Though it's totally different, there's another kind of white coffee that's worth mentioning. This one originates from Malaysia and is also known as "Ipoh white coffee." The beans are roasted with margarine and then served with condensed milk. It's a sweet, creamy drink similar to Vietnamese coffee.
You can actually buy instant Ipoh white coffee online if that's what you're looking for. You'll save yourself the prep work. A quick search for Ipoh white coffee on Amazon will show you quite a few options. When you want to buy white coffee, this is actually the easier one to find. Just be aware that they're often pre-sweetened, so you won't get a lot of control over the taste.
Some people may confuse a flat white with white coffee, but they're totally different. A traditional flat white is made with lots of steamed milk, some microfoam, and regular espresso. The espresso used in flat whites does have something in common with white coffee, though. It's pulled in a way to ensure a smoother, less bitter flavor. But it's not (or at least not always) white espresso.
Whether you take to the online world to place an order or happen to stumble into a coffee shop that carries white coffee, it's worth a try. Remember to check the grind on any bag you decide to buy online (and if they're selling whole beans, just don't buy it) and, if left to your own devices at a café, complement the earthy, nutty tones of the coffee with chocolate or other nutty syrups.
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Where are you from – that's a good question isn't it? At risk of being accused of over-thinking it, I think that there's more to being "from" somewhere than simply having been born there.
Three out of my four children were born in Gillingham in Kent, but having lived where they do now (early 2017 at time of writing this) since they were aged five, four and one, would any of them say they were from Kent? Perhaps merely that they had merely been born there? No arguments for my youngest…born where we live now! When I asked my eldest, she said "I'd say I was from Kent but have grown up here…". My wife was born in Worcester, but grew up in Portishead. Given that it was there she spent most of her childhood and formative school years, bar a couple of years living in the Lincoln area, maybe she'd say she was from Portishead? Not quite so clear-cut for me…
My dad recently pointed me in the direction of a book as he felt I'd appreciate some of the subject matter and the humour, the book in question being the autobiographical "Fatty Batter" by Michael Simpkins. The book describes a very similar environment and era to the one my dad grew up in, thus (I assume) his identifying strongly with it in addition to appreciation and enjoyment of subject(s) and humour. My point? Something described in the book by the main protagonist are the frequent visits of sales representatives to his father's shop. Never having been one of life's salespersons, I'm not entirely certain how it works nor am I interested, and I'm sure life has moved on since the 1960's. However, at the time, supermarkets and shops often had sales representatives from the suppliers of the goods they sold (or goods that said sales reps wanted them to sell!) visiting them. A Co-Op near Brislington, Bristol in the late 1960s was no exception. On one occasion at that establishment, a Heinz rep (my dad) got talking to the rep from another company (i.e. he "chatted her up" to use the vernacular!), and later gave her a lift home…and that was how my parents met, so dad tells me.
I was born in Southmead Hospital in Bristol, on the 8th of November 1970. My parents and older sister lived a short way from the Hospital, in a road called Ramsey Road. My dad has a habit of pointing things out to me whilst en route somewhere in his car (thus my knowledge of the Co-Op story referred to above, having passed by there with him one day). Perhaps he was a tour guide in a previous life! The man always seems to have a considerable amount of knowledge regarding his surroundings, along with what seems like a built-in satnav. Still, and I'm sure my younger siblings would back me up on this, that alone justifies requests for a lift from him! This pointing out of some fact or other whilst passing by somewhere / something is one of his habits that I've picked up myself (although the less said about some of them the better).
So, born in Southmead Hospital, and then subsequently living in the area; an area that I came back to later in life during my secondary school years. The hospital is in a location that becomes a grey area regarding what suburb of Bristol you deem yourself to be in, being at the boundary of a few. It depends on exactly whereabouts you are and which entrance you use around the edge of what is a very large hospital site I suppose! Southmead (where my mother grew up as a child), Horfield (where I lived up until 6th form), and Henleaze (where my older sister now lives) all border the Hospital, which confusingly always used to list it's address as Westbury –on-Trym (a well-to-do suburb of Bristol, a short way down the road). There's more to considering oneself as being "from" a particular place than simply being born there however. When people have asked where I'm from, in the past I've tended to say Nailsea or occasionally a more generic "Bristol".
Why Nailsea? Well, that's where I remember my early life being based, and it's certainly quite close to where I live now. We moved there when I was very small and lived there long enough for my older sister to (almost – bar the last two terms of it) finish primary school. For anyone wondering where the **** Nailsea is, the answer is that it's a commuter town on the outskirts of Bristol, just to the south en route to Clevedon. Small (at the time) and, barring the older houses that formed the original village, very early 1970's "new town" in appearance. The concrete jungle shopping precinct appears frozen in time, and there's little character to it. These days a large amount of housing sprawls outwards from its centre, and it seems to be little more than a place where people live with a couple of supermarket's attached thereto. This is not an essay on urban planning, or the character of North Somerset towns and villages however.
The subject of where I have lived is one of the things that prompted me to start writing all of this. Each of us has their soapbox rant subjects, and this is one of mine! I admire stability, routine and familiarity. Boring? Maybe. I'm not averse to new experiences and challenges – that's what holidays and visits are for, or business trips perhaps. I do think it's important to have a familiar base to come home to afterwards though. I'm fitting my thinking on this issue into that old adage "a place for everything, and everything in its place". What I'm getting at, is roots. Putting them down, and establishing a sense of belonging. Think of kids, who fly the family nest when they become adults, but know a place as home when they return for a visit…a bit like my daughter Charlotte who's now away at university. Whilst some may say it's more about people than a place, I think place has a big part to play in that feeling of belonging.
The 1980's sitcom "Cheers", a favourite of mine during my teenage years, featured a character named Norm. Each time, upon entering the Boston bar in which the show was based, he would say hello. The whole bar, as one, would say "Norm!" in response. It was his routine – they knew him and he knew them all. The title song of the programme included the words "…where everybody knows your name". Whilst merely a fictional character in a TV show, I thought that was brilliant and worth aspiring to (although not necessarily in a bar / tavern!)
Another and perhaps better example, to explain my thoughts on this subject, is my younger brother. He has a great many traits to admire and is a fine man, but one thing I particularly admire about him is the manner in which he has grown up. My dad and stepmother bought their house when she was pregnant with him. Now, some 27 years later, they still live there. My brother has known no other place as home in his life. When he briefly shared a house with a mate, it was only up the road. He went to a local school, lived at home whilst studying at college, grew up with a group of friends many of whom he still knows and socialises with now, and whilst he's often in London for work purposes, he has the same home to come home to. His best mates are local guys, his girlfriend is a local girl and he has very strong links on a number of personal levels with local community things (sports teams etc). He has roots, and can very definitely say "I'm from Downend in Bristol" when people ask him where he's from. Me? I wish I could be so sure.
I could say Nailsea, as I mentioned above, but citing somewhere as being where I'm from (in that sense of belonging / feels like home when I return kind of way), when I only lived there until the age of 5 is stretching a point. The key thing here I guess is not where you say you're from, but why you say that. It doesn't always correspond with where you were born or lived your early life. Roots, as I said above. There's more I remember about and more formative years spent in places elsewhere. For example, primary school years abroad, or teenage years in Bristol. By the time I was my brother's age (he is 26 at time of writing), I had had fifteen addresses!
Now, that may sound dramatic, and I have included every place I lived and could have received post at from birth until age 26. However, even discounting student digs that were away from "home" and being a boarder for my last year in school, that total only comes down to twelve. It does however encompass moving out of the parental home permanently as a young adult (as one does), moving in with my girlfriend (now wife) to our first flat, and then taking the plunge to move away from the Bristol area and try our luck in London. Granted, some of these are life events that my brother hasn't experienced yet. Even including his brief stint sharing a house with his mate, and crashing a few days a week with his Godmother in London when he's up there for work, his total only gets up to three. Sorry bro – I win. Although, in my opinion, he does. Roots.
At the age of (at time of writing) 46, I have lived in my current address for a little over twelve years, and it's the longest I've ever lived in one address. The previous holder of that title was Eastville Park in Bristol, where I lived for seven years – from the start of school 6th form, until moving out permanently in 1994. That was however punctuated by three years away at school or university. I now live in Yatton, a large village in North Somerset just south of Bristol, which is just a stone's throw across the moor from Nailsea. Three of my four children were born in Kent when my wife and I lived there. Charlotte, my eldest, did nursery school and reception year at infants down there. Natasha had just started nursery when we moved away. My son Adam (born in the same room of the same hospital as Charlotte) was only 14 months old when we moved away. Birthplace aside, whilst they acknowledge the fact that they were born elsewhere, when asked where they're from, I'm sure they'd say "Yatton". At least, if not from there…it's where they'd always consider as home. Growing up in the same street, attending the same village school and local secondary school as the people they're growing up with; local sports teams, clubs and social activities; friends and family. Roots. My roots maybe "hit and miss" with multiple addresses, but my children will always have a home where they feel at home, however humble it may be, and isn't just some place their mum and dad live. To employ yet another old chiche, home maybe where the heart is, but having roots really enhances that sense of belonging and where you're from.
I truly wish I could say "I'm from X" with a sense of certainty and clarity, but at the moment there's a grey area there (albeit gradually diminishing). However, given that I'm a short distance away from where I spent my early years, that I've lived here for longer than any other single address, that I'm strongly involved in the local community, and that my children have their roots and sense of belonging here, home is where the heart is. These days, where I live now, I can't walk down the street without seeing or talking to at least one person I know, and I love that. Allied with my involvement with local community activities, that further enhances a sense of belonging. Nailsea? Maybe – for personal history reasons and its close by. Bristol? Not far away, and important to me. Yatton? Home.
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