Under the leadership of the Director of Outdoor Education, Brisbane Grammar School's Outdoor Education Program represents an integral part of the total education of our students.
The program is sequential in nature and strives to build upon past experiences. Most programs are based at the School's purpose built centre, Pepperina Hill, on the shores of Lake Moogerah. The standard operation of the centre is consistent from year to year so students are familiar with expectations and are comfortable within that environment.
The focus of outdoor education is to develop strength within the individual, between individuals, and between individual groups and the environment. The core program is adventure based and focuses very much on experiential education. There are also expedition components within the program for each year level and different objectives for each year level. All programs are designed to complement the physical and emotional maturity of the group.
The BGS Outdoor Education Program promotes competent and capable problem solvers who show initiative and are able to adapt to ever changing environments.


I've warned people in the past of the potential dangers of stuffing gas, but it's never been taken seriously. Last thanksgiving while we were putting away leftovers, I gave out the warning again.
Less than two hours later I opened the fridge and this was the result. The stuffing gas had wafted up past the slices of turkey and eaten dozens of little holes in the aluminum.
If stuffing gas were to be weaponized, no aluminum structure would be safe. Keep an eye on Mrs. Cubbison!
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Was the dish the stuffing was in metal?
"Stainless" steel. You think we've been making batteries?
Yep, the aluminum is your anode, the stuffing (or other acidic/salty food) is the electrolyte and the iron is the cathode. The aluminum should convert to aluminum oxide, which is probably harmless when ingested.
Oh, in case you are interested in the chemistry try searching for "aluminum-air battery".
So is this why it's so hard to keep and restore WW2 era warplanes? I read once they were built for the duration and such long-term concerns as keeping dissimilar metals from touching was pretty much ignored.
He's right. I've heard it called a "lasagna cell" before. The iron/aluminum mix is well known for corrosion in other areas as well. The US Navy LCS Independence has had steel/aluminum corrosion issues….
Hell, the FFGs had to replace the bimetallic strip that connected their hull to their superstructure regularly.
One would have thought the Navy would have learned their lesson by now… Oh well.
Use glass for storing leftovers. Much better for you.
Also, I've heard that "there is no place like chrome for the hollandaise," but apparently that's a bad idea if you use an aluminum foil cover.
What then is special about the chemistry of stuffing? We're taking the pre-mix box and adding giblets, onions, garlic, some celery and I don't know what else. It seems we can put all other kinds of foods in stainless (we have a bunch of stainless bowls and whatnot, which we use constantly) and cover them with Al and this does not happen.
So you won't give me "Stuffing Gas"? I guess I'll have to start investigating. I still think Mrs. Cubbison is up to something.
Does it happen with Pepperidge Farm?
I never saw this, but my mother generally used glass or plastic for the "cathode". Her two stainless steel bowls she needed for our traditional next day's breakfast of Kaiserschmarn (very fluffy pancake all chopped up).
Stuffing probably just provides the best matrix for electrons to flow, while being solid enough to mound up and touch the covering. if you have a voltmeter you could check the resistance of the various foods you store like that. A lower resistance should correlate to faster degradation of the foil, provide the foods have similar content. It could also be that you just do not store that many foods that are good electrolytes. My understanding from chemistry classes long ago is acids and salts make good electrolytes. Check the Ph of your food and see if that correlates as well.
Onions are high in sulfur. Mixes with any added salt and makes a mild sulfuric acid solution, much as when onions make you cry, perhaps?
You guys make me want to get a roll of PH paper to start testing foods.
Also, I take it that this won't happen if both anode and cathode are aluminum, so Stouffer's Lasagna from Smart and Final should be safe from this effect.
Not only does this blog keep me current on news Pravda and Isvestia ignore, I learn bits of statistics and chemistry as well!
A friend of mine is a chemist and pretty much confirmed what I suspected.
The onion experiment is still open. Any takers?


Easy, delicious Veg Asian Momos Recipe with step by step instructions and a Video. Steamed dumplings coated in hot, sour, spicy Asian marinade and cooked to perfection.
In my earlier Veg momos recipe post, I discuss everything about Momos, rolling, stuffing, pleating and steaming. In this post we learn how to make Asian Momos. Asian momos are a notch above the regular steamed veg momos because they are soaked in Asian flavors which go very well with the bland veg momos stuffing. Sprinkling of sesame makes it even better.
Like Tandoori Momos, these Asian veg momos are to die for. Asian cuisine is famous for steamed dumplings or dimsums and momos is the Tibetian name for the same recipe. There are many varieties of dumplings found in different parts of the world including China, Nepal, Tibet and even India.
Momos gained popularity as the king of street food because they are quick and convenient to eat, they are steamed which people associate with healthy and they are very cheap. But now people are realizing that momos sold on the street may not be as healthy and convenient as they thought earlier.
The best way to enjoy these steamed dumplings is at home so here's the veg momos recipe and Asian Hot & Sour momos recipe video followed by the recipe. In this momos video series I have also made three other momo types, Veg Tandoori Momos Recipe, Veg Tex Mex Momos Recipe and Veg Cheesy Momos Recipe. Also check out the irresistible, hot and spicy Momos Chutney Recipe.
Easy, delicious Asian Momos Recipe. Steamed dumplings coated in hot, sour, spicy Asian marinade and cooked to perfection.
Knead the dough for momos by mixing whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, rice flour, salt with water. Knead into a medium soft dough. Cover and keep aside.
For the stuffing, heat oil in a heavy sauce pan. Add ginger garlic paste once hot. After a minute, add onions and saute till transparent.
Add cabbage, salt and pepper. Mix well, cover and cook until soft and done. Should take around 7-10 minutes.
Roll out big thin rounds if making "Jumbo Momos" or small thin rounds if making "Regular size Momos".
Place 4 tbsp of the stuffing for "Jumbo Momos" in the center. Start folding from one end by making small pleats. Continue till you make pleats throughout. Now carefully pinch the two ends together. Similarly make the others. With this dough, I could make 6 jumbo momos.
Prepare the bamboo or steal steamer and once the steam is built up, place the momos in the steamer and steam for about 8 to 10 minutes or until cooked through. Since it's whole wheat, it will take a bit more time to cook than the "maida (all purpose flour) version.
Take them out of the steamer and allow them to cool.
In the meanwhile, make the asian marinade by mixing together all the ingredients under marinade in a big bowl.
Place the cold momos in the marinade and allow to stand for 10 minutes or more (if time permits).
Now place some oil in a pan for shallow frying these momos.
Fry from both sides and serve hot with momo chutney.


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Q: Configuring Spring MockMvc to use custom argument resolver before built-in ones I have a straightforward test case. I have a controller which has a parameter of a type Spring doesn't support by default, so I wrote a custom resolver.
I create the mock mvc instance I'm using like so:
mvc = MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup(controller).setCustomArgumentResolvers(new GoogleOAuthUserResolver()).build();

However, Spring is also registering almost 30 other argument resolvers, one of which is general enough that it is getting used to resolve the argument before mine. How can I set or sort the resolvers so that mine is invoked first?

A: This worked for me without reflection:
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@Configuration
public class CustomerNumberArgumentResolverRegistration {

  private final RequestMappingHandlerAdapter requestMappingHandlerAdapter;

  @PostConstruct
  public void prioritizeCustomArgumentResolver () {
    final List<HandlerMethodArgumentResolver> argumentResolvers = new ArrayList<>(Objects.requireNonNull(requestMappingHandlerAdapter.getArgumentResolvers()));
    argumentResolvers.add(0, new CustomerNumberArgumentResolver());
    requestMappingHandlerAdapter.setArgumentResolvers(argumentResolvers);
  }

}

A: The issue was that the People class the Google OAuth library I am using extends Map and the mock servlet API provides no way to manipulate the order in which the handlers are registered.
I ended up using reflection to reach into the mocks guts and remove the offending handler.

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Patient Adrian Perez undergoes dialysis at a DaVita Kidney Care clinic in Sacramento, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2018. Photo: Rich Pedroncelli/APPatient Adrian Perez undergoes dialysis at a DaVita Kidney Care clinic in Sacramento, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2018. Photo: Rich Pedroncelli/AP
The Dialysis Industry Is Spending $111 Million to Argue That Regulating It Would Put It Out of Business
October 31 2018, 12:00 p.m.
There's a new winner for the coveted title of most expensive ballot initiative campaign in American history. And it's a race that's been waged completely under the national radar.
In California, the dialysis industry has spent a record $111.4 million to oppose Proposition 8, which would cap what outpatient clinics can charge patients. Of that sum, $101 million comes from just two for-profit companies, Fresenius and DaVita, which serve around three-quarters of all dialysis patients in California and roughly the same portion nationwide.
The industry's aggressive spending undercuts its core message in the campaign, that capping profits would lead to mass closures of dialysis clinics, threatening access to treatment. It's easier to pull off such a plea of poverty when you don't have $111 million available for television ads, mailers, and other campaign spending.
"These clinics are routinely understaffed, leaving patients at risk," claimed Yes on 8 spokesperson Sean Wherley. The Yes on 8 campaign believes that the measure would not only rein in dialysis costs (which can run as high as $88,000 a year), but would also force the industry to improve staffing and hygiene at the facilities. "All of a sudden their profits are on the line and they cough up $111 million," added Wherley, referring to Fresenius and DaVita.
The No on 8 campaign denied that it is attempting to buy an election. Spokesperson Kathy Fairbanks noted that California is an expensive state to campaign in. The sum thrown in by the dialysis industry "goes to show how disastrous Prop 8 would be for patients and clinic viability in California," Fairbanks said. "Providers are taking Prop 8 very seriously because it would shutter clinics and jeopardize their patients' lives."
The incredible funding haul hit the record last week when Fresenius dropped another $5.44 million, according to filings from California's secretary of state office. That eclipsed the previous nationwide record of $110 million set by the opposition to 2016's Proposition 61, which would have limited the price of prescription drugs purchased by the state of California to the totals paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The orgy of funding was enough to defeat Prop 61 by 6.4 points.
This year, Prop 8's opponents are following the same strategy, blanketing the airwaves with ads from doctors and patients warning of limited access to lifesaving kidney treatments if the measure passes. The Yes side, for its part, has raised $20 million in support of the ballot initiative. Most of that money has come from the Service Employees International Union, which put the measure on the ballot as part of a corporate campaign to organize dialysis facilities.
The only statewide poll for Prop 8, from SurveyUSA on October 10, showed support for the initiative leading 47-34. SurveyUSA called the race a toss-up, as propositions tend to lose steam closer to Election Day, especially facing of a wall of opposition money. The Yes on 8 campaign says its internal polling shows a statistical tie.
If anything, the campaign reveals the lucrative nature of dialysis and the oligopoly getting rich off it.
A 1972 law commits the U.S. government to pay for all dialysis treatments — essentially a filtering of a patient's blood when their kidneys cannot perform the function — through Medicare, regardless of age. However, for patients with private insurance, the insurer covers the treatments for the first 30 months. This is a giant cash cow for Fresenius and DaVita, which charge several orders of magnitude more to commercial insurance companies than they do Medicare. All industry profits come from payments from private insurers.
Fresenius and DaVita have 3,900 clinics nationwide, serving about 70 percent of America's half-million dialysis patients. Around 80,000 of those patients and 588 clinics are in California. The two companies earned $4 billion last year in profits from dialysis operations.
Critics in California and nationally have raised concerns about unsanitary environments and a general assembly-line rush to get as many patients on dialysis machines as possible. Last year, the California Department of Public Health cited dialysis clinics for 1,417 deficiencies during inspections.
Prop 8 would restrict payments to commercial insurance providers for dialysis to 15 percent above the cost of care. Any excess profits would have to be refunded, either to patients or the insurance companies that paid for the treatment. The proposal is similar to the "medical loss ratio" in the Affordable Care Act, which limits insurance company profits in a similar fashion.
Proponents believe that the initiative would improve the performance of dialysis clinics. "They can refund to patients, or they can send money back into care, by hiring staff or exterminators to keep out roaches," said Wherley, the Yes on 8 spokesperson. If these investments lead to more efficient usage of dialysis clinics, it would increase revenues for the industry, adding the 15 percent paid to insurance providers to higher profits.
The industry claims that the caps would bankrupt its clinics in California. Because treatments covered by private insurance would be capped, and Medicare margins are tiny, the companies say the caps would have a more drastic impact. An industry-funded study claimed that 83 percent of state clinics would lose money. SEIU has questioned the calculations, which claim that certain administrative and managerial costs cannot be factored into the cap.
By contrast, two of the state's leading insurance providers, Kaiser Permanente and Anthem Blue Cross, told a Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System board meeting that capping profits would not impact members' "access to dialysis treatment, though Anthem noted it could lead to operational and pricing changes by chronic dialysis clinics." In a statement from the Yes campaign, dialysis patient Lorraine Lewis said that Kaiser and Anthem's comments disprove the industry's argument: "The entire basis of the dialysis industry's vote 'no' campaign is nothing more than groundless fear-mongering." (The two insurance companies have not taken a position on the ballot initiative.)
No on 8 spokesperson Fairbanks dismissed the remarks from the insurance companies, saying that they referred only to city employees in Los Angeles, which as a government payer wouldn't be affected by Prop 8. She added that insurance companies have not supported Prop 8, despite the prospect of lower dialysis charges. Fairbanks claimed that this is because clinic closures would shift dialysis treatments to hospitals. "That's going to be far more expensive than it is today. That's the reason insurers aren't backing Prop 8," she said.
Even without adjudicating this debate, the notion that Prop 8 would leave Fresenius and DaVita destitute when they have $111 million to spend on opposing it leaves critics cold. "It makes you wonder what are the prerogatives of the industry," said Wherley. "When someone comes out that hard and heavy, is it really about the patients?"
Other corporations are dumping cash into California ballot measures this year. As The Intercept has reported, Blackstone and a number of corporate landlords have spent $77.5 million to block Prop 10, which would lift a statewide ban on rent control laws. And the ambulance company American Medical Response has put $30 million into supporting Prop 11, which would allow the company to continue forcing workers to be on call during breaks, despite a state Supreme Court ruling striking down the practice. Passage would help AMR avoid liability for its break practices, which could lead to it paying tens of millions of dollars in back wages to EMT workers.
Companies have even started spending for 2020 in California. Triton, a bail bond company owned by private equity firm Endeavor Capital, has spent $800,000 to qualify a 2020 ballot measure to overturn a state law passed this year that would effectively end the money bail system, leaving pretrial releasing decisions up to the courts.
Correction: Oct. 31, 2018, 4:50 p.m.
An earlier version of this story stated that the Yes on 8 campaign had raised $38 million. That figure, obtained through California Secretary of State records, actually double-counts funds moved between separate accounts for the campaign. The actual amount raised is $20 million.
David Dayen[email protected]gmail.com@ddayen

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Q: How many files in magento? I am new to Magento. According to other sites, Magento seems to be the best open source store software. Does anyone know how much files are in the latest Magento?
My hosting provider has a limit of 20000 inodes, so I need to know if I need to upgrade my plan or not.

A: out of my head, magento can easily reach 13.000 files/folders. each product image creates multiple files for caching purposes. theres also other caches. I suggets you find yourself a hosting company who knows a thing or 2 about hosting magento webshops becouse it really needs some good hosting to be able to deliver good performance. About the 20k inodes, youll reach it pretty quickly is my guess, depends on the shop ofcourse.
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Luca Curci talks with the artist Melek Toraman during CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2018 at Misericordia Archives.
Born in 1972 in the North German Island of Sylt, Melek graduated as a designer in Accademia Italiana in Florence, Italy. After her business career in Istanbul, she moved to Alcati Izmir in 2006 due to her passion for Windsurf and nature. Melek opened her first solo exhibition in Alacati Izmir. Her strong brush strokes, she won acclaim in the contemporary art world. Her paintings began to attract the attention of many collectors and galleries. Focusing on the materials she uses in the picture, she directs the viewer to think about the principles of coloring and painting, and invites a viewpoint between imagination and truth through the free depths of the soul.
Melek Toraman – My background is Designer I studied in Firenze and worked also at Lake of Garda. My love to art began when I realized that I can take peoples soul to another dimension with my art. With my colours I want to let people feel the pure light that everyone of us has inside.
LC – Why do you express yourself with paint?
MT – I love to express myself with painting because it is something that you put out that you have deep in your soul, I love the spiritual part and the power of the colours.
MT – I do not thing so much about themes, it is something that comes as inspiration in that moment and flows into art.
MT – Yes it sounds very good and Venice like historical place attracts.
LC – What is the message linked to the artwork you have shown in this exhibition?
MT – I want to express how art can take the viewers emotions into joy and happiness.
LC – What did you like the most during our opening ceremony for the exhibition?
MT – I loved to exchange with artist from different cultures our ideas.
LC – Did you like your experience with ITSLIQUID group? Would you recommend it?
MT – I like to be together with different artists from all cultures to built a synergy and when you are in Venice all that you see is beauty. I would recommend it to make experience with galleries and meeting other artists. Art connects.
MT – ITSLIQUID likes to bring international artist together to give them opportunities to show their artworks in a beautiful city like Venice.


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In March, Universal Leasing Company celebrated its 10th anniversary after a long way to formation, development, and gaining the trust of its partners. New height and new achievements lie ahead.
With support from the First Deputy Governor of the Magadan Oblast, the Mayor of Magadan, the Magadan Regional Fund for Entrepreneurship Promotion, the company held a seminar titled "Leasing. The benefits are obvious" for managers, business owners, government officials and non-profit organizations in Magadan Oblast.
The company has continued cooperation with Dalspetsstroy, a leading construction company in the Russian Far East. Assets worth over 860 million rubles were leased out to Dalspetsstroy.
Forestry machineries worth over 500 million rubles were leased to Dallesprom Group.
We continued participation in the project on comprehensive re-equipment of Amur Artel Staratelei, which began in 2010. Assets worth 300 million rubles were leased to Amur Artel Staratelei in 2011.


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Should Sha'Carri Richardson have been disqualified from Olympics for marijuana use?
Kevin B.
Bertie M.
Sha'Carri Richardson is known for winning the 100-meter dash in 10.86 seconds and qualified as a potential gold-metal runner up in the 2021 Olympics.
On Friday, July 2, 2021, Richardson accepted a one-month suspension that disqualified her from the Olympics and she "forfeit any medals, points, and prizes." She was put on suspension following a positive test for THC after her biological mother's death.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki replied to the decision calling for the drug rules to be reviewed saying, "We know the rules are where they are. Maybe we should take another look at them."
According to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), THC is a prohibited drug. Its rules are upheld in the Olympics as well.
The 2021 Olympics are taking place in Tokyo, Japan, airing from July 23-August 8.
In the 2016 Olympics, there were about 10,000 athletes competing for about 5,000 medals.
Bertie (Yes)
It's unfortunate Sha'Carri Richardson chose to use marijuana while still preparing for the Olympic trials; the USA Track & Field is right to deny her a place on the US Olympic team. No matter that Richardson is a resident of Oregon, where recreational marijuana use is legal, she knew the restrictions associated with the games and chose to use anyway. Granted, her reason for doing so, finding out about the death of her biological mother, is both sad and understandable. In spite of the difficult circumstances, the Olympic Committee can't start making exceptions for athletes for 'simple' violations like pot without also being asked to start making them for other banned substances.
Olympians are respected the world over, and Richardson no doubt still has a long and hopefully successful track career in her future. Girls across the country and around the world will know her name and aspire to be like her. If she were to be allowed to compete in spite of using the controversial and banned substance, it would send the wrong message to the young women for whom she's a role model.
The majority of Americans now see marijuana use as something that should be legal nationwide. The same cannot be said for the majority of other countries, however, and many of those countries also participate in the Olympics. The American viewpoint of acceptance cannot be forced onto the international stage, thereby putting other countries and the IOC in a difficult position. No matter that pot is not 'performance-enhancing,' it does arguably 'violate the spirit' of sport. It's a banned substance, and Sha'Carri is right to accept her unfortunate fate as a result of her decision.
Kevin (No)
Although we don't know all of Sha'Carri Richardson's life and health circumstances, she told the hosts of the TODAY Show she was using cannabis to cope with her mother's death. The news of her mother's death apparently reached her through a reporter at the trial event, which was particularly difficult. Although cannabis, both natural and synthetic, is on the list of banned substances, the World Anti-Doping Agency allows 'therapeutic use exemptions' for certain other drugs that are used to 'treat illnesses or conditions.' There is no indication that she was using it to enhance performance. As Secular Talk host Kyle Kulinski pointed out, the rules about such substances are rather arbitrary in any case. Some substances that could be considered to enhance or impair one's performance more than cannabis are not against the rules.
As an example, it is worth noting that there is no policy prohibiting Olympic athletes from consuming alcohol. Cannabis is legal for both medical and recreational use in Oregon, where the Olympic trials took place, which should put it in roughly the same category as alcohol, regardless of whether Richardson was using it medically or not. While the USA Track and Field team said that they would not choose Richardson to compete in any Olympic events in order to 'maintain fairness,' their statement also said that the organization 'fully agrees that the merit of the World Anti-Doping Agency rules related to THC should be reevaluated.'


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A New TV Special Takes on Marilyn Monroe's Iconic, Troubled Some Like It Hot Performance
Former Bond girl Gemma Arterton will star in the UK's Marilyn Monroe and Billy Wilder.
By Leah Silverman
Some Like It Hot has earned itself a permanent place in the classic-movie pantheon. The black-and-white 1959 comedy makes almost everyone's list of the best movies ever made, and it features performances by Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe that helped turn each of them into a Hollywood icon.
Now Britain's Sky Arts is at work on a one-off television special about the movie. Part of an "Urban Myth" series, the show stars Gemma Arterton as Marilyn Monroe and Rome's James Purefoy as director Billy Wilder.
Gemma Arteron as Marilyn Monroe and James Purefoy as Billy Wilder.
Courtesy of Sky Arts
"Marilyn Monroe and Billy Wilder" will explore the making of Some Like It Hot, which is set in 1929 and follows two jazz musicians who impersonate female musicians in order to hide out from the mob. Specifically, it will focus on the difficulty Monroe's had delivering just one memorable line: "It's me, Sugar."
It allegedly took Monroe dozens of takes to nail the line and Curtis and Lemmon are said to have made bets over how many times Monroe would try until she got it right.
Wilder and Monroe apparently had a complicated—but affectionate—working relationship. Wilder had directed Monroe in The Seven Year Itch and was eager—if wary—to work with her again. "I knew that I was going to go crazy at moments. And there were such moments, half a dozen moments," Wilder said of Some Like It Hot. "But you always tell yourself, 'I'm not married to her, right?' And then you come home, you have no dinner, you take a sleeping pill, and you wake up in the morning and you start again."
Sky Arts "Urban Myth" series will also take on stories about the Sex Pistols and David Bowie, and has produced episodes about Bob Dyland, Cary Grant, and Samuel Beckett in the past.
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Biografia

Figlio di maestro elementare di fede socialista, Tommaso Pomilio, e di Emma Di Lorenzo, primo di tre fratelli (lui, Ernesto e Tina) da Orsogna, dove la famiglia risiedeva al momento della sua nascita, si spostò ancora infante ad Avezzano, dove avrebbe frequentato il liceo classico, allievo del mai da lui dimenticato Giulio Butticci.

Nel 1945 si laureò in Lettere alla Scuola normale superiore, sotto la guida di Luigi Russo e di Giovanni Macchia, con una tesi sulla narrativa di Luigi Pirandello. Proseguì quindi i suoi studi all'estero specializzandosi nelle università di Bruxelles e Parigi, con una ricerca sul furor poetico, i risultati di una cui sezione, dedicata all'idea di poesia in Petrarca, sarebbero stati ricostruiti ed editati, postumi, dalla filologa Cecilia Gibellini. Ebbe infine la nomina come insegnante di Lettere in un liceo napoletano: lo Scientifico "Vincenzo Cuoco" a via Foria. In seguito si trasferì allo Scientifico "Giuseppe Mercalli"; infine conseguì la Cattedra di Letteratura Italiana Poetica e Drammatica presso il Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella di Napoli. Dal 1979 al 1984 è stato docente di Letteratura italiana moderna e contemporanea all'Istituto Universitario Suor Orsola Benincasa.

Un breve soggiorno a Teramo, in veste di Commissario agli Esami di Stato, gli ispirò il suo primo romanzo, L'uccello nella cupola, pubblicato nel 1954, che lo porrà subito all'attenzione della critica e del grande pubblico con la vittoria nel Premio Marzotto, opera prima. Seguì, due anni più tardi. Il testimone, e quindi, nel 1959, il romanzo a fondo distopico Il nuovo corso, ispirato ai fatti d'Ungheria.

Ancora a Teramo sarà ambientato La compromissione (1965), romanzo dal forte contenuto politico, non privo di risvolti autobiografici, in cui è adombrata in qualche modo la sua crisi di intellettuale di sinistra di fronte alle vicende politiche del 1948. L'impegno politico lo aveva portato infatti, dopo un periodo di militanza nel Partito d'Azione, a schierarsi nelle file del Partito Socialista Italiano. Il romanzo accese un ampio dibattito, e impose definitivamente il nome del suo autore fra quelli dei più importanti romanzieri del secondo dopoguerra. Pochi anni dopo, nel pubblicare il lungo racconto Il cimitero cinese (apparso in rivista più di dieci anni avanti), propose in unica raccolta i romanzi degli anni cinquanta, nella luce nuova dovuta al successo conseguito con La compromissione.

Intanto, procedeva intensa l'attività di saggista, di critico e di storico della letteratura, nella collaborazione con Salvatore Battaglia presso la Cattedra di Letteratura Italiana dell'Università Federico II, e con la pubblicazione di monografie su Luigi Pirandello, Benvenuto Cellini, il Verismo, e diversi altri temi; sul fronte dell'impegno critico-militante (con tensioni d'ordine anche teorico), aveva fondato nel 1960 la rivista Le ragioni narrative, assieme ad altri scrittori napoletani come Luigi Compagnone, Luigi Incoronato, Michele Prisco, Domenico Rea, e al critico Gian Franco Venè, mentre sarebbe continuata incessante la sua attività di pubblicista culturale presso molti dei periodici letterari più in vista (come "La fiera letteraria", su cui pubblicò ampi interventi), nonché su quotidiani (come Il Mattino di Napoli, di cui, fra il 1977 e il 1979, avrebbe diretto la pagina libri). Gli anni fra Il nuovo corso e La compromissione (dalla metà anni '50 alla metà degli anni '60) sono anche quelli di una significativa attività di scrittore d'inchiesta, di impegno specialmente meridionalista, i cui frutti sono raccolti, postumi, nel volume Taccuino industriale. Reportages 1945-1980, che peraltro include aforismi pubblicati in rivista nel 1968 (da cui il titolo della raccolta), e un inedito giovanile.

È però il decennio posto fra la metà degli anni settanta e i primi anni ottanta, quello della piena maturità, con la pubblicazione di Il quinto evangelio (1975) e Il Natale del 1833 (1983), e inoltre, di un volume di racconti di carattere, a un tempo, metatestuale e metafisico, dai tratti fortemente innovativi, risalenti ai tardi anni sessanta, dal titolo Il cane sull'Etna. Frammenti d'una enciclopedia del dissesto (1978). A questo volume si ricollega il suo ultimo libro, pubblicato postumo in volume, a pochi mesi dalla sua morte (ma già apparso precedentemente in rivista): Una lapide in via del Babuino (1990), il cui primo titolo era, assai significativamente, Il racconto interrotto. Postuma, a cura del figlio Tommaso Pomilio (in arte Tommaso Ottonieri), uscì anche la raccolta dei suoi versi, Emblemi, databili ai primi anni cinquanta, e dunque anteriori al suo esordio narrativi; i componimenti centrali della raccolta erano usciti diverse volte in riviste e plaquettes.Nel corso della sua attività ricevé numerosi riconoscimenti (vedi infra) e fu membro di numerose giurie di premi letterari.

Negli ultimi anni della sua vita, gli fu arduo poter scrivere, per il peggiorare della sua artrite reumatoide, che lo costrinse anche a dover subire un intervento chirurgico alla mano destra. Già debilitato nel fisico, morì il 3 aprile 1990. Il suo archivio è conservato presso il Centro per gli studi sulla tradizione manoscritta di autori moderni e contemporanei dell'Università di Pavia.

Opere principali

Narrativa
 L'uccello nella cupola, Milano, Bompiani, 1954.
 Il testimone, Milano, Massimo, 1956.
 Il nuovo corso, Milano, Bompiani, 1959. Nuova edizione, a cura di Mirko Volpi, con uno scritto introduttivo di Alessandro Zaccuri, Matelica, Hacca, 2014. ISBN 978-88-89920-99-2
 La compromissione, Firenze, Vallecchi, 1965. L'ultima edizione tascabile (Bompiani 2021) è corredata da un'introduzione di Giuseppe Lupo, oltre che da una biografia dell'autore.
 Il cimitero cinese, Milano, Rizzoli, 1969. Nuova edizione, a cura di Federico Francucci, con uno scritto introduttivo di Fabio Pierangeli, Roma, Studium, 2013 (il volume include il racconto Ritorno a Cassino e l'inedito giovanile I partigiani, rinvenuto tra le carte custodite presso il Fondo Manoscritti dell'Università di Pavia) ISBN 978-88-382-4226-7
 Il quinto evangelio, Milano, Rusconi, 1975. Nuova edizione "definitiva", con un saggio di Gabriele Frasca e nota archivistica di Wanda Santini, e con tre scritti accessorii di M.P., Roma, L'orma editore (collana «Fuoriformato - Nuova serie»), 2015. ISBN 978-88-98038-54-1
 Il quinto evangelista, Milano, Edizioni Paoline, 1986. ISBN 88-215-1095-6. (rielaborazione della "pièce" teatrale posta a conclusione del romanzo, a seguito della messa in scena di Orazio Costa, San Miniato 1975).
 Il cane sull'Etna. Frammenti d'una enciclopedia del dissesto, Milano, Rusconi, 1978, ISBN 9788818063448
 Il Natale del 1833, Milano, Rusconi, 1983. ISBN 88-18-06863-6. L'ultima edizione tascabile (Bompiani 2015) è corredata da un ampio saggio prefatorio di Salvatore Silvano Nigro, oltre che dalla riproposta di un saggio di Carlo Bo.
 Una lapide in via del Babuino, con un saggio di Giancarlo Vigorelli, Milano, Rizzoli, 1991. ISBN 88-17-66524-X ; seconda edizione, con introduzione di Silvio Perrella, Cava de' Tirreni, Avagliano, 2002. ISBN 88-8309-078-0.

Poesia
 Emblemi. Poesie 1949-1953, a cura di Tommaso Pomilio, Napoli, Cronopio, 2000. ISBN 88-85414-58-3.

Saggistica
 Dal naturalismo al verismo, Napoli, Liguori, 1962.
 La fortuna del Verga, 2 voll., Napoli, Liguori, 1963.
 La formazione critico-estetica di Pirandello, Napoli, Liguori, 1966.
 Contestazioni, Milano, Rizzoli, 1967.
 Scritti cristiani, Milano, Rusconi, 1979. Nuova edizione accresciuta, a cura di Marco Beck, con scritto introduttivo di Giuseppe Langella, Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2014.
 Edoardo Scarfoglio, Napoli, Guida, 1989. ISBN 88-7835-007-9.
 Petrarca e l'idea di poesia. Una monografia inedita, a cura di Cecilia Gibellini, Roma, Studium, 2016. ISBN 978-88-382-4371-4
 Scritti sull'ultimo Ottocento [su Verga, Capuana, D'Annunzio, Serao, De Roberto, Scarfoglio, Pirandello, e altro], a cura di Mirko Volpi, introduzione di Paola Villani, con una nota di Maria Antonietta Grignani, Novate Milanese, Prospero, 2017, ISBN 978-8885491243
 Abruzzo la terra dei santi poveri, raccolta di scritti abruzzesi, a cura di Dora Pomilio e Vittoriano Esposito, L'Aquila, Ufficio stampa del Consiglio regionale dell'Abruzzo, 1997, OCLC 971145487
 *(a cura di) Santino G. Bonsera, Le parole del silenzio di Michele Prisco, con un ricordo di Michele Prisco, Potenza, Ermes, 1997; ISBN 88-900215-0-0
Taccuino industriale. Reportages 1945-1980, con un'introduzione di Goffredo Fofi, Matelica, Hacca, 2021 ((il volume include l'inedito giovanile Terra e bandiere, rinvenuto tra le carte dell'autore custodite presso il Fondo Manoscritti dell'Università di Pavia, testo ricostruito da Mirko Volpi), ISBN 978-88-98983-60-5

Principali premi e riconoscimenti
 Premio Marzotto "opera prima" 1954: L'uccello nella cupola;
 Premio Napoli 1959: Il nuovo corso (ex aequo con Una vampata di rossore di Domenico Rea);
 Premio Campiello 1965: La compromissione
 Premio Flaiano 1974: Il quinto evangelista;
 Premio Napoli 1975: Il quinto evangelio
 Prix du Meilleur livre étranger, Parigi 1977: Il quinto evangelio
 Premio Pax, Varsavia 1979: Il quinto evangelio
 Premio Strega 1983: Il Natale del 1833
 Premio Fiuggi 1983: Il Natale del 1833

Note

Bibliografia
 Giorgio Pullini, Il romanzo italiano del dopoguerra, Padova, Marsilio, 1965;
 Salvatore Battaglia, in Mitografia del personaggio, Milano, Rizzoli, 1968;
 Giuliano Manacorda, Storia della letteratura italiana contemporanea (1940-1975), Roma, Editori Riuniti, 1977;
 Mariapia Bonanate, Invito alla lettura di Mario Pomilio, Milano, Mursia, 1977;
 Carmine Di Biase, Lettura di Mario Pomilio. Antologia e storia della critica, Milano, 1980;
 Agata Manganaro, Mario Pomilio, Firenze, La Nuova Italia (collezione Il castoro), 1983;
 "Hermeneutica", 1983, n. 3, numero monografico su Il quinto evangelio, scritti di Carlo Bo, Italo Mancini, Piergiorgio Grassi, e lo scritto di Mario Pomilio Lettura e creazione;
 "Italian Quarterly", a.XXVI, nn. 99-101 (Winter, Spring, Summer 1985), numero monografico su Mario Pomilio, scritti di Umberto Mariani (foreword), Giorgio Pullini, Rodolfo Doni, Agata Manganaro, Henri Louette, Pasquale Maffeo, Vittoriano Esposito, Michele Sovente, Ornella Sobrero, Giorgio De Rienzo, Settimio Cipriani, Claudio Toscani, Carmine Di Biase, Angelo Paoluzi, Maria Marchi e Carla Menotti, Franco Zangrilli, Anthony Costantini, e una lunga conversazione, Incontro con Mario Pomilio, a cura di Franco Zangrilli.
 Mario Pomilio scrittore problematico, numero monografico di Abruzzo. Rivista dell'Istituto di Studi Abruzzesi, a. XXIX, 1991;
 Maria Marchi e Carla Menotti, Il cristianesimo come profezia in Mario Pomilio, Roma, LAS, 1985;
 Ferdinando Castelli, Volti di Gesù nella letteratura moderna (scritti introduttivi di F.Ulivi, I.A.Chiusano, B.Forte), Cinisello Balsamo, Edizioni Paoline, 1987;
 Elsa Moccia, "Il silenzio di Dio in Mario Pomilio". Trento, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia. AA 1999/2000. Segnatura: LE564
 Wanda Rupolo, Umanità e stile. Studio su Mario Pomilio, Napoli, pubblicazioni dell'Istituto Suor Orsola Benincasa, 1991;
 Ottaviano Giannangeli, L'esperienza poetica di Mario Pomilio in Mario Pomilio scrittore problematico, numero monografico di Abruzzo. Rivista dell'Istituto di Studi Abruzzesi, a. XXIX, 1991 (poi in Scrittura e radici. Saggi 1969-2000, Lanciano, Carabba, 2002);
 Carmine Di Biase, Mario Pomilio. L'assoluto nella storia, Napoli, 1992;
 Marco Testi, Il romanzo al passato. Medioevo e invenzione in tre autori contemporanei, Roma, Bulzoni, 1992;
 Vito Moretti, Tra insidie e divagazioni. Ricerche e problemi di critica letteraria, Pescara, Tracce, 1992;
 "La rassegna della letteratura italiana", 1993, n. 3, contributi di Giulio Ferroni, Silvio Guarnieri, Mario Socrate, Dante Della Terza sull'opera di M.P.;
 Carlo Bo, Letteratura come Vita. Antologia Critica, a cura di Sergio Pautasso, prefazione di Jean Starobinski, testimonianza di Giancarlo Vigorelli, Milano, Rizzoli, 1994;
 Carmine Di Biase [et al.], Mario Pomilio e il romanzo italiano del Novecento, (Atti del Convegno, Napoli, 19-20 aprile 1991), Napoli, Guida, 1995; scritti di Michele Prisco, Geno Pampaloni, Rodolfo Doni, Pietro Gibellini, Giuseppe Amoroso, Wanda Rupolo, Valerio Volpini, Italo Alighiero Chiusano, Leone Piccioni, Luciano Luisi, Carmine Di Biase, Antonio Palermo, Nicolò Mineo, Raffaele La Capria, Claudio Marabini, Vittoriano Esposito, Paolo Mario Sipala, Silvio Guarnieri, Giorgio Pullini, Renato Filippelli, Fausto Gianfranceschi, Raffaele Sirri, Riccardo Scrivano, Sergio Campailla, Gabriele La Porta;
 Paola Villani, Pomilio e Manzoni scrittori morali, Napoli, 1996;
 Mario Gabriele Giordano, "Il pessimismo cristiano di Mario Pomilio", in "Etica cristiana e scrittori del Novecento", a c. di F.M.Iannace, "Forum Italicum", Filibraly, n. 5 (1993), pp. 69–76", ora in Id., '"Il fantastico e il reale. Pagine di critica letteraria da Dante al Novecento", Napoli, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 1997, pp. 219–227.
 Mario Gabriele Giordano, Il manzonismo di Pomilio, in Carmine Di Biase e Mario Gabriele Giordano (a cura di), Mario Pomilio intellettuale e scrittore problematico. Scritti e testimonianze per il decennale della morte, Avellino, Sabatia Editrice, 2001.
 Carmine Di Biase e Mario Gabriele Giordano (a cura di), Mario Pomilio intellettuale e scrittore problematico. Scritti e testimonianze per il decennale della morte, Avellino, Sabatia Editrice, 2001;
 Alessandra Montariello, Mario Pomilio. La ricerca della Verità, itinerario spirituale e artistico di un intellettuale cattolico, Napoli, Giannini, 2005;
 Alessandra Montariello, Scrittori del Novecento: Buzzati, D'Annunzio, Morante, Pirandello, Pomilio, Tozzi, Napoli, Giannini, 2007;
 Simone Gambacorta, La narrativa che dubita: proviamo con Pomilio, in «Books Brothers», rivista online, 5 luglio 2007;
 Giuseppe Leone, Interviste su Silone, Pomilio e Flaiano. Il "criticar parlando" di Vittoriano Esposito, su "Pomezia-Notizie", Roma, maggio 2009, pagg.16-17
 Mariapia Bonanate [et al.], Mario Pomilio. Pellegrino dell'Assoluto (Atti del Convegno, Firenze-Fiesole-Pieve di San Leolino, 20-21 novembre 2009), Panzano in Chianti, Feeria, 2010 (collana "Teorie" a cura della Comunità di San Leolino); scritti di Marco Beck, Mariapia Bonanate, Ferdinando Castelli, Cesare Cavalleri, Pasquale Maffeo, Carmelo Mezzasalma, Massimo Naro, Ermanno Paccagnini, Francesca Parmeggiani, Antonio Spadaro (in appendice, materiali ulteriori a cura di M.Apa, V,Caporale, M.Fazioli, S.Gambacorta);
 Simone Gambacorta, Sempre più come un sogno. Tre conversazioni, Giulianova, Duende, 2011 (Contiene tre interviste in cui Giuseppe Rosato si racconta a Simone Gambacorta parlando della sua poesia e di due amici: Ennio Flaiano e Mario Pomilio);
 Luca Isernia, Mario Pomilio e gli Scritti cristiani. Una rilettura critica, Roma, Studium, 2012;
 Fabio Pierangeli - Paola Villani (a cura di), Le ragioni del romanzo: Mario Pomilio e la vita letteraria a Napoli (Atti del Convegno internazionale di Studi promosso dall'Universita Suor Orsola Benincasa di Napoli, novembre 2012), introduzione di Maria Antonietta Grignani, Roma, Studium, 2015; scritti di Giulio Ferroni, Paola Villani, Mariapia Bonanate, Francesco Durante, Donatella Trotta, Fabio Pierangeli, Silvia Zoppi Garampi, Ortensio Zecchino, Gabriele Frasca, Luisa Bianchi, Wanda Santini, Franco Zangrilli, Vincenzo Caporale, Mirko Volpi, Giovanni Maffei, Carla Damnotti, Tommaso Pomilio. ISBN 978-88-382-4283-0;
 Gabriele Frasca, La letteratura nel reticolo mediale. La lettera che muore, Roma, Sossella, 2015, ISBN 978-88-973-5621-9;
Simone Gambacorta, Lo scrittore problematico. Appunti biografici e interviste su Mario Pomilio (nuova edizione rivista e ampliata), Giulianova, Galaad Edizioni, 2021;

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
 Sito personale dello scrittore, a cura del Comitato Nazionale per le Celebrazioni del Centenario della nascita
 Voce di Wikiradio di RAI-Radio3, di Silvio Perrella, andata in onda il 3 aprile 2017, con brani da interviste all'Autore.
 Ultima intervista (estate 1989) prima della scomparsa
 Intervista televisiva (estate 1978), a cura di Ugo Ronfani
 Petrarca: la poesia come "humanitas", inedito a cura e con introduzione di Cecilia Gibellini (il testo è stato poi incluso nel volume Petrarca e l'idea di poesia, ricostruito dalla stessa C.Gibellini)
 Notte di Carnevale, un inedito giovanile (circa 1945), ricostruito e pubblicato da Mirko Volpi in La scatola a sorpresa. Studi e poesie per Maria Antonietta Grignani, a cura di G. Mattarucco et al., Firenze, Cesati, 2016.
 Pagina di lancio dell'edizione speciale 2015 (L'orma editore) de Il quinto evangelio, contenente ulteriori materiali extra, non contenuti nel volume cartaceo
 Ampia recensione di Donatella Trotta per l'edizione 2015 del Quinto evangelio (su "Il Mattino"); con una lettera inedita dello scrittore.
 Pomilio e i Vangeli come «fonte di virtù antagoniste», in una ricostruzione di Enzo Di Mauro delle ragioni del Quinto evangelio (su "Alias domenica" de "il manifesto", in occasione dell'edizione 2015).
 Affioramenti da una topografia d'Islam, saggio-memoria di Tommaso Pomilio, sullo sperimentalismo dell'opera dell'Autore, fra distopia e autofiction metaletteraria, dal volume Le ragioni del romanzo, cit. (include due frammenti inediti)
 Apocrifo, apocrifi e cantiere autoriale. La costruzione del "Quinto evangelio", saggio di Wanda Santini, in "Rivista di studi italiani" (2011)
 Riscrivere i Vangeli tra eclissi e ritorno del sacro: sei riscritture italiane dei Vangeli, saggio di Elisabetta Lo Vecchio, in "Cahiers d'études italiennes" (2009)
 L'altro scrittoio: Mario Pomilio giornalista al Mattino, saggio di Paola Villani, in D. De Liso e R.Giglio (a c. di), C'era una volta la terza pagina (Franco Cesati editore, 2015)
 Memoria dell'Autore, a 25 anni dalla scomparsa (articolo di Giuseppe Lupo sul domenicale de "Il Sole 24 ore")
 Mario Pomilio - Le nuove provocazioni di un autore scomodo, forum tenutosi presso la redazione de "Il Mattino" (autunno 2015), con Giulio Ferroni, Gabriele Frasca, Giuseppe Galasso, Giovanni Maffei, Tommaso Ottonieri, Paola Villani, P. Luigi Di Pinto, a c. di Donatella Trotta.
 "Glaciazione" e "dissesto": "Il nuovo corso" di Mario Pomilio tra distopia ed eterotopia, un saggio di Enrico Meroni, in occasione della riedizione de Il nuovo corso (ed. Hacca, settembre 2014)
 Mario Pomilio romanziere europeo (Atti del convegno organizzato da Demetrio Paolin, Gabriele Dadati, Alessandro Zaccuri; ottobre 2015)
Biografia sul sito Terre Marsicane.

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If you're looking for an opportunity to side-step the overwhelming commercialism that passes for holiday cheer, consider catching Joe Johnson tonight at Swirl, where the talented local singer-songwriter will be performing his album, A Cold Christmas Moon, in its entirety.
There's really just one catch: A Cold Christmas Moon isn't actually a Christmas album; the title is taken from Woody Guthrie's "1913 Massacre," which he covers on it.
Johnson also does renditions of songs by other local musicians, including the Haunted Windchimes' "Swimming Through a Dream," Jason Miller's "O'Lyda" and Chauncy Crandall's "Justified Sins." Showtime is 8 p.m., with Curtis Boucher opening.


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Looking back, the top dining news from 2014
Carly Cooper - December 30, 2014
It was the year of the city center. With the opening of Buckhead Atlanta, Inman Park's Krog Street Market, and Alpharetta's Avalon, restaurants opened in droves. Local chefs got a nod from the James Beard Foundation, a lime shortage caused momentary panic, and one popular pop-up signed on its first brick-and-mortar location. Read on as we remember when.
Updates, renderings for Staplehouse, Gu's Dumplings, Little Tart Bakeshop
Carly Cooper - July 22, 2014
Setbacks and delays are a common theme in the restaurant industry. The winding permitting process, construction mishaps, and other unforeseen circumstances often push back the opening day for months. We checked in with four local restaurants—Staplehouse, the Cockentrice, the Little Tart Bakeshop, Gu's Dumplings—for an update on their progress.
Chef Ryan Smith divulges details about Staplehouse
Carly Cooper - March 24, 2014
What started as a dream in 2009 is about to become reality this year. Staplehouse, a restaurant helmed by chef Ryan Smith (previously of Empire State South), will open in the Old Fourth Ward in "the very foreseeable future," according to co-owner Jen Hidinger.
Barley + Rye: SweetWater debuts The Giving Kitchen's Second Helping IPA
Osayi Endolyn - January 9, 2014
SweetWater Brewery is set to launch a limited release of The Giving Kitchen's Second Helping IPA next week, a collaboration that will benefit the nonprofit created to support Metro Atlanta food industry employees during unforeseen hardship. The Giving Kitchen (TGK) was inspired by the community support chef Ryan Hidinger of Staplehouse received, following a stage four gallbladder cancer diagnosis this time last year. Hidinger and his wife Jen were on the cusp of moving their much loved supper club into a brick-and-mortar location when news of the cancer struck. [Editors note: Ryan Hidinger passed away on the day we published this blog post. He leaves behind a community unified by his battle, as evidenced by the generosity he inspired.]
The 14 most anticipated restaurants for 2014
Carly Cooper - January 2, 2014
With the new year comes new restaurants to watch, new chefs to follow, and new menus to salivate over. As we (impatiently) await opening night, here are the 14 most anticipated restaurants for 2014.
Looking back, a review of 2013
As the saying goes, you win some, and you lose some. This year we saw famed mixologists leave their longtime outposts, award-winning chefs open new "it" spots, and the restaurant community band together to help one of their own. As we welcome in the new year, we pause to take a look back at what happened in 2013.
Joshua Hopkins replaces Ryan Smith at Empire State South
Carly Cooper - September 3, 2013
Ryan Smith officially ended his tenure as executive chef at Hugh Acheson's Empire State South this past weekend, leaving Joshua Hopkins at the helm. Hopkins, who previously served as executive chef at White Oak Kitchen and Cocktails, as well as STG Trattoria and Abattoir, says Empire State South customers shouldn't expect to see too much of a change in the food as Smith turns his focus to Staplehouse.
Ryan Smith is Joining the Staplehouse Team
Bill Addison - April 9, 2013
Ryan Smith, Empire State South's executive chef, will leave his position by the end of 2013 to join as a partner in the forthcoming Staplehouse, conceived by Ryan and Jen Hidinger. Smith's fiancé and Ryan Hidinger's sister, Kara Hidinger (currently at Abattoir), will also be a partner in the restaurant. The team hopes to have the restaurant open by the end of the year; they've already filed a letter of intent on a building in the Old Fourth Ward/Inman Park area.


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Der Fluss Boyne (irisch: An Bhóinn) ist ein etwa 112 km langes Fließgewässer in Leinster, Irland. Er entspringt beim Dorf Carbury in der Grafschaft Kildare, durchfließt die Grafschaft Meath in nordöstlicher Richtung und mündet bei Drogheda in die Irische See.

Der Fluss war bereits im Altertum bekannt. Auf der Landkarte des Ptolemäus aus dem 2. Jahrhundert ist er als Bouinda verzeichnet. Im Altirischen lautet der Name Bóand oder Bóann und bedeutet vermutlich "weiße Kuh". Es gibt eine Flussgöttin gleichen Namens, siehe Bóann.

Trotz seiner geringen Länge ist der Boyne von historischer, archäologischer und mythischer Bedeutung. Der Fluss passiert unter anderem die alte Stadt Trim, den Hügel von Tara, den Sitz der Hochkönige von Irland, die Klöster Mellifont Abbey, Monasterboice sowie die mittelalterliche Stadt Drogheda. Am bekanntesten unter den touristischen Attraktionen des Boyne ist jedoch die Brú na Bóinne (Palast des Boyne) genannte Ansammlung von Megalithanlagen, darunter die zum UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe zählenden Anlagen Knowth, Dowth und Newgrange.

Der Legende zufolge hat Mac Cumhail Fionn Fiontán den Lachs des Wissens im Boyne gefangen. Am Hill of Slane soll im Jahr 433 der heilige Patrick das erste Osterfeuer entzündet haben. An seinen Ufern fand 1690 die Schlacht am Boyne statt.

Literatur
 Sylvia Botheroyd: Irland – Mythologie in der Landschaft: ein Reise- und Lesebuch. Häusser-Verlag, Darmstadt 1997, ISBN 3-89552-034-9.

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Earth's Black Box Warns of Planet's End Due to Climate Change
Earth's Black Box Warns of Planet's End Due to Climate Change
In autumn 2021, as leaders from across the globe converged on Glasgow to talk about the impact of human-caused climate change, a coalition of artists, architects and researchers in Australia devised a way to document the apocalypse. How? By storing data in a massive metal monolith in Tasmania, an island off the coast of Australia.
The installation's name is a nod to a common aviation practice. Commercial airplanes and many private aircraft are equipped with a "black box" (otherwise known as a flight recorder), a mechanism that automatically logs important flight details like altitude, airspeed, time elapsed and equipment functionality. These boxes, which are usually bright orange rather than black, are designed to withstand extreme temperatures as well as immense amounts of force and pressure. They are sometimes the only objects that survive a plane crash intact, allowing investigators to reconstruct a timeline of what went wrong in the aftermath.
Earth's Black Box draws inspiration from these mechanisms. The vault will be made from specially designed, 3-inch (76-millimeter)-thick reinforced steel, chosen for its resilience to fire and water damage as well as its general toughness.
Along with the University of Tasmania and an artists' collective called the Glue Society, Clemenger BBDO, an Australian communications firm, plans to build the 33-foot (10-meter)-long vault in a remote part of western Tasmania. They chose the location for its relative geological and geopolitical stability.
"We believe it should withstand any foreseeable natural events," says Jim Curtis, executive creative director at Clemenger BBDO, via email.
Known as Earth's Black Box, the project, equal parts art installation and time capsule, aims to document the physical changes wrought by global warming — and humanity's geopolitical response to them.
A new project aims to document the possible demise of Planet Earth due to climate change. It's called Earth's Black Box and the creators hope this will be a warning to all Earth-dwellers to take global warming seriously.
https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/conservation/issues/earths-black-box-news.htm


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Don't be embarrassed – it doesn't mean you're a dirty guy! Some men just naturally have an oilier skin type than others.
Even if you wash your face twice every day, problems with oiliness can persist – but it's possible to get excessive oil production under control.
A key factor is to know how to choose grooming products if you have oily skin in order to get great results out of your daily grooming routine - and this guide will teach you how to do just that.
First things first: just what is "oily skin" anyway?
It all has to do with your pores.
Beneath those small openings in your skin are sebaceous glands that make oily stuff called "sebum." Your skin needs sebum to stay lubricated, much like mechanical parts need grease.
If you have oily skin though, your body makes more oil than your skin actually needs, and the problem occurs all over your face (unlike combination skin where only certain spots are plagued by oiliness).
An oily complexion is the polar opposite of a dry complexion that doesn't get enough natural oil.
Oily skin can be something you're born with or something that develops over time. Either way, you can deal with it with the right regimen.
If you have visible pores or shine in just the forehead, nose and chin area, you probably have combination skin - in which case, check out our guide on how to choose grooming products for men with combination skin.
If you're prone to sensitivity, head over to our guide to grooming products for sensitive complexions.
To eliminate the excess oil that's present on your complexion and in your pores, pick a clarifying face wash.
These products have ingredients that can cut through oil - and ones with coconut-based cleansing agents are especially effective.
If acne is a major problem, a cleanser with salicylic acid or benzoyl peroxide can help you promote clearer pores.
Clear, gel-like cleansers that foam are usually a good bet for oily complexions.
After you've washed your face, apply an astringent to purify your pores and help tighten them.
Astringents can cut down on skin congestion and can encourage proper oil production to diminish symptoms of oiliness.
Good ones to try are those that are alcohol-free, as they're less likely to over-dry your complexion.
Even though your skin is naturally oily, you still need to hydrate it every day. The trick is to use an oil-free moisturizing balm or lotion that won't exacerbate greasiness or clog your pores.
Hyaluronic acid or glycerin-based moisturizers will hydrate your skin by allowing it to absorb moisture from the air. They're great alternatives to heavy creams that contain plant oils and butters.
Exfoliating two times per week can help you to reduce your pore size and reduce your risk of blemishes.
Products with alpha and beta hydroxy acids like glycolic acid and salicylic acid can be highly beneficial for oily skin types.
When your skin is at its oiliest, use a purifying facial mask with kaolin or another type of clay on a weekly basis.
The clay will draw out impurities from your pores and soak up excess oil to mattify your complexion and reduce congestion.
Before you pick up the razor, apply a pre-shave lotion to soften the growth and give your skin a little more lubrication.
Choose a product that is labeled as noncomedogenic or oil-free.
A shaving soap is a great option for guys with oily skin, as the average bar contains ingredients that help to clarify the complexion.
If you don't want to fuss with lathering a bar, try a shaving gel that is oil free to prevent skin congestion.
Like shaving gels, aftershave gels don't contain oils, so they're a great way to soothe and calm skin after a shave if you have an oily complexion.
If your skin becomes oily during the summer months, you may want to try an aftershave lotion once or twice per week to help decongest your skin.
Be aware of the effects of the weather on your skin. Oiliness is generally worse during the humid summer months. In the winter, you may be able to use a slightly heavier moisturizer or discontinue using acne treatment products.
Whether you're washing your face, bathing or shaving, don't use steaming hot water, as this can encourage sebum production and worsen oiliness.
Try to keep your hands away from your face during the day. Touching an oily complexion frequently can lead to pore blockages.
During times when your skin is extra oily, you can use facial wipes in the middle of the day at the office to sweep away excess oil and refresh your skin.


I thought that I'd show you all a few of my award winning images. the 1st one was taken at an abandoned dairy farm in Monmouth, NJ. I actually went to this site twice and got some pretty good shots. The 2nd time I was there the Monmouth Police threw me off the site. At least they didn't arrest me. One of the hazards of my hobby. This farm was originally tied to the Monmouth State Psychiatric Hospital, now abandoned. Sure wish I could get in to that site, but it had a guard shack and a chain link fence surrounding the complete site, but not the dairy. I won a first place with this image. It looks a little Wyethian to me, and the judge really liked it. Once again a 3 shot HDR that came out really well, although, it took me several iterations to come up with the final product. The window "burned" out th first few times and I had to reprocess at different settings. I won a first place in the non-professional catagory.
The weather has been just terrible for me to go out to just shoot. So the other night I went out to specifically take some winter shots with my new camera, a Nikon D-7000. I was using a Nikon D-90 and getting some good images. So far, however, I think that this camera far surpasses the quality of image I was getting with the D-90.
I have told you in the past that I love to go out near sunset to try and catch some drama. Well, in the 1st shot, I think I did that. With the sun still above the horizon giving off a nice orange tint to the clouds, and the sky a bit to the turquoise, and the clouds obscuring some of the light so there were neat rays in the sky, I'm pretty sure I got drama. The 2nd shot is a bit mundane, but with the subfreezing temps we've been having, these geese had no where to swim. So they were all clustered on the ice and when I came up they all got up, thinking that maybe I had some food for them. But when the expected food didn't materialize, they all sat back down to continue their naps, or whatever.
One thing I enjoy doing is running around to take pictures near sunset. No matter how often I go out the conditions are almost always different. I just really love when there are clear conditions at the Blue Hour, when the light is fading and the ultra dark blue of night is almost upon us, and there is a peachy glow low on the horizon. But many times there clouds about that really give the sky dramatic colors, and, sometimes, a sense of foreboding. Recently I was out in a lull between storms, and as the sun set I was able to grab this shot at an old farm near my house. The peaceful scene with the trees in the distance and the old fence along the driveway was accentuated by a few small clouds lit by the setting sun.
This second picture was taken from a slightly different perspective, and I added a touch of artistic license to create something a bit more dramatic.
In my last post I said that there were tons of bottle caps at this old distillery. So here's an example. They were literally strewn everywhere. It was a lot of inventory to leave behind. But I guess that they couldn't sell them to some other bottler.
In my last post I said that I enjoy UrbEx, or urban exploration, photography. There are many things that really turn me on about this. In the first place, at least for me, it's photographing old buildings. Ones that have been abandoned and left to nature to take it's course. I have photographed within the oldest farmhouse in Cheltenham Township, in an abandoned psychiatric hospital and it's power plant, at an abandoned dairy farm in New Jersey, and here at the abandoned Continental Distillery. There were about 13 to 15 old buildings on this site, and this was the only one open. The other buildings were warehouses used to store the product. In its last days it functioned as strictly a bottleing factory for other distillers, and produced no spirits. In its early days it distilled whiskey and bourbon mostly. All of the places I have photographed in HDR. One of these days I'll show you that process show you have a bit of understanding about what I do. The machines behind these chairs are capping machines used to put the caps on the bottles. From what I could find looking around this kinda spooky warehouse, was that in their last days they were bottleing and capping Inver House scotch. If you look closely you can see caps littering the floor. There were, literally, thousand of caps that were left behind when the closed up the place. There are so many stories in these old places, which I love finding out.
Many of you know that there are things about the hobby of mine that I really like. Like HDR (High Dynamic Range) and UrbEx (Urban Exploration) and just plain old processing. HDR requires 3 shots (-2, metered, +2) combined to pick up the full range of light (mostly) between light and shadow. I'll give you a taste of some UrbEx later, but for now, the 1st picture is an HDR photo I took while visiting San Francisco. It was actually taken in Oakland. But, I took the image one step further to show you how I then go onto other processing to give the image a distinctive look. That's the 2nd shot. Big Difference. tell me what you think – Really.
So, Robin and I were in San Francisco visiting our Daughter and new Son-in-Law. We were walking near Fisherman's Wharf, and Robin spotted this guy on a bench. He was engrossed in his book, and never saw this coming.


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AI and Data Protection – How do they work?
The quality of data affects hugely the efficiency of the function of AI. As a saying goes, if you provide an excellent AI algorithm with a poor set of data, you will only be able to crawl poor output results. Therefore, if the input data is defective (e.g. discriminatory), the AI algorithm will also produce results / advice that are discriminatory.
Big data and purpose limitation
AI algorithms works like a detective and find correlations between data to make predictions and generate set of rules. Agreeably, our digital footprints on social media, search engines and instant messaging applications create rich sources of big data to fuel AI algorithms. Google, the most commonly used search engine, has a dark history of installing eavesdropping tool on computers in order to make search predictions and generate relative advertisements to target interested users. This potentially exposes real-life, private conversations without users' consent, albeit having a user-friendly motive. In Hong Kong, there has not yet been any legislation answering to big data feeding. In the guidelines issued by the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data ("PCPD"), the principles of "Privacy by Design" & "Privacy by Default" were introduced. They encourage companies to embed privacy in all business processes rather than an afterthought but after all, these are just recommended practices and carry no legal effect. The grey area remains as a loophole as big data collected from users is still one of the major sources of marketing information for companies today.
Monitoring and Profiling
The GDPR recognizes that AI may be susceptible to abuses, therefore section 71 calls for the implementation of technical measures that prevent discriminatory effects on natural persons. These concerns are not without merit. Hewlett-Packard's implementation of a facial tracking software revealed that the computer could not recognize darker faces in certain light conditions. Similarly, in 2015, Google Photo's image recognition came under fire as black faces were being classified as gorillas. These data missteps are just shadows of the larger issues. Last year, it was revealed that Amazon's sought-after recruiting tool showed signs of human biases. The system taught itself that male candidates were preferable and discriminated against female candidates. Amazon changed the algorithm and later abandoned the project altogether.
There is a growing concern that virtual banking software will also self-teach itself discriminatory patterns and provide higher interests rates to people with ethnic names and information. Hong Kong's banking sector drastically changed in 2019 with issuance of eight virtual bank licenses and the discriminatory practices in these new developments are a possibility, particularly without proper regulations to address it.
Transparency and Consent
When an individual logs on to an electronic device each time, the user is tracked. Although the collection of data must be consented by the users, they are unable to control and influence how their data is being used. There have been many attempts by people in the United States to pass "Do Not Track" legislations that allow individuals to prohibit websites from collecting their data. A do-not-track disclosure law was enacted in California which requires websites to disclose how the identifiable information from consumers were collected by third parties. There has been no legislation yet in Hong Kong. A guidance note titled "New Guidance on Direct Marketing" was released by The Office of the PCPD, and the note walks through high level business practices that should be followed, such as not to send unnamed emails to a consumer and to ensure that consent is received before any further contact is made.
Authors: Alan Chiu Managing Partner
Charles To Partner
Date: 1 November 2019


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Cargo flights are a key part of disaster response. They take life sustaining aid to the people affected. There are many different types of cargo.
The UN divides disaster response into 9 clusters. Each is normally led by a UN agency. Not all disasters require all the clusters. But cargo flights may be needed to support any or all of them. They are Nutrition (UNICEF). Health (WHO). Water/Sanitation often called SANWAT (UNICEF). Emergency Shelter (UNHCR/IFRC). Camp Coordination/Management (UNHCR/IOM). Protection (UNHCR/OHCHR/UNICEF). Early Recovery (UNDP). Logistics (WFP). Emergency Telecommunications (OCHA/UNICEF/WFP). Why not check out what the UN says about the clusters. Each cluster can have its own special cargo flights.
We have set ourselves the target of helping get the right aid to the right people.
Cargo flights – Is there room for more?
Medical cargoes can be of all sorts. The most demanding are vaccines that need to be kept cool. This means we need to help establish a 'cold chain'. The refrigerated trucks we see on the highway are a link in a cold chain. Our helicopter can be too.
This picture shows normal medical stores. The bulkiest are hygiene packs for people. After a disaster, there can be secondary diseases like cholera. These are most often caused by poor sanitation. So the SANWAT cluster wants a hygiene pack delivered for each family. In big camps this is done by road. However, isolated villages need a helicopter to supply them.
When the immediate medical needs are met, people need food. The World Food Program (WFP) oversees this.
The quantities of food can be very large. Then large helicopters are needed.
They can deliver the quantities to sustain communities until the roads open. Often these can be in under-slung loads. The choice between under-slung and internal loads can be driven by the size of helicopters present. It can also be driven by the size of landing sites. It can also be driven by the fact that under-slung loads are generally quicker to deliver. Hook equipped helicopters are very useful in disasters.
Our helicopter has a hook.
Shelter materials are normally bulky. Flying them can be complex. As under-slung loads big bolts of canvas or plastic can have a flight of their own. So skill is required to fly and deliver them. Also shelter materials are difficult internal loads. They require careful loading. Many big helicopters have specialist load masters. They ensure the loads are properly distributed. They also check for banned cargoes like rifles and compressed gas containers etc. The shelter cluster is led by UNICEF.