What does it mean to possess "of persuasive effect"? If a person argues in a debate for endless hours, and at the end of it all, various people from the watchful audience turn aside to one another and declare, "Well, he sure was persuasive, but I'm still going to vote for the other guy" — what can such a statement mean? If an acknowledgment of persuasion nevertheless results in an opposite conclusion, can one still maintain that there existed any degree of the very element which was supposed to modulate otherwise?
And legal precedents which must be applied — say, in a Federal Disability Retirement case, where the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is "required by law" to consider certain elements, such as under the Bruner case or the Simpkins case and subsequent case-law holdings which "mandate" that OPM consider the proffered evidence as cited by a Legal Memorandum — do they necessitate a certain outcome, or is it merely "persuasive but not determinative", and what does that mean? Is it that the level of persuasion was just "not enough", and while it might have come somewhat close, it just didn't have that final "clincher" to put it over the goal line?
And if we know beforehand that "persuasive effect" won't necessarily result in a "determinative impact", do we just not try at all, or is the mere possibility of "tipping the balance in one's favor" enough to try and attempt to persuade?
For Federal employees and U.S. Postal workers who suffer from a medical condition, and where preparing an effective Federal Disability Retirement application becomes necessary, the impact of a Legal Memorandum — prepared and submitted along with the Federal Disability Retirement "packet" — is like traveling with Google Maps guiding one into unfamiliar territory. Without it, the reviewing "specialist" at OPM will simply be presented with a stack of information with no indexing or cover sheet.
With it, the importance of persuasive effect is there to guide the OPM reviewer into seeing what is relevant and what is not; of the legal cases that are impactful and persuasive; and of the mandated requirements in applying the proper legal criteria, and not merely of empty arguments that seemingly possess of persuasive effect, but lead to conclusions otherwise left without direction.
Does hope lie fallow when the basket of tomorrows become numbered too few? When endless tomorrows lay before one's imagination, too numerous to count that one need not bother, does that purport to show that one has a great quantity of hope, or merely that youth's folly allows for a carefree tomorrow where an eternity of tomorrows can never be reduced to a handful beyond a few todays? Can time and incremental portions of divided moments be quantified in that manner?
That has always been an anomaly for the undersigned writer — the quantification of time, as in the manner that religious beliefs are scoffed at when it comes to the story of genesis. For, those who hold to the strict construction and literal meaning of the timeline of how old the earth is, count the obscure generational extensions of people who lived in former times, and somehow declare that the world is X-amount of years old. How one can calculate with precision that which is not explicitly stated is a conundrum in and of itself, leaving aside the issue of whether time can be quantified if the order of the planetary system and our specific galactic orbit had not yet been established.
Evolutionists, of course, contend that the world was clearly created billions of years ago. To both, the question is: Tell me the logical difference between the following 2 statements — 1. The world was created a long time ago, and 2. The world was created billions of years ago. Do humans have the capacity to imagine time beyond the present moment, or perhaps yesterday or a couple of days ago? What does it mean to say to a person, "A type of human being walked the earth 10 million years ago"? One can barely remember where one has placed the screwdriver used last week, and yet people want to put some significance upon a belief-system that purports to quantify time.
Ultimately, the question of whether one believes that the earth is a mere 10,000 years old, or billions of years in the making, is not a factual or scientific one; it is, a political condemnation that categorizes a person's religious belief into a bifurcated system of: Is he/she "scientific" or "religious"? In the end, time cannot be so easily quantified; rather, it is a basis of hope and an anticipation of a future yet to be resolved.
For Federal employees and U.S. Postal workers who suffer from a medical condition, such that the medical condition prevents the Federal and Postal worker from performing one or more of the essential elements of the Federal or Postal position, time often becomes paralyzed, much like our imagined world of dinosaurs and prehistoric images of those Pleistocene eras and beyond; and as time is unable to be made meaningful except in the here and now — by imagining the many tomorrows yet to come — preparing an effective Federal Disability Retirement application that lets you project a life beyond the present-day circumstances of pain, medical conditions and deteriorating health, is the singular differentiating way that humans can separate themselves from other species: with hope.
We all know well the concept behind it – of borrowing against the object itself, in order to "half-possess", occupy and enjoy it presently against a future promise that it will be paid over an incremental period of time. Sort of like life itself, or at least of one's health. Borrowed time; life's mortgage; banking on a better tomorrow; relying upon a promise being kept based upon today's favorable circumstances over a lengthy period of time well into a future we can never be certain about.
Yet, because the collateral is the object itself – normally, the house that is being mortgaged – the loaning institution actually doesn't take any gamble at all, even if the value of the collateral plunges below the agreed-upon amount to be paid; one is still obligated, no matter what.
It is sort of like life's challenge itself – of the promise of a promising life based upon an anticipated health that will last until the day when one is suddenly gone. But life doesn't always work that way, just as the mortgage, lien and promise of financial growth doesn't quite always fold out as planned, like the scrolled blueprint that keeps trying to roll back into an obscured cylinder with each attempt to lay it flat.
Sickness occurs; health deteriorates; the 30-year mortgage that was promised at the onset of the contract signed doesn't unfold as anticipated, and sometimes a default occurs – like the health that deteriorates and the career that must be ended.
Federal Disability Retirement is a benefit accorded to all Federal and Postal employees under FERS, CSRS or CSRS Offset, based upon the idea that recognizes that while a long-term commitment to a career is reasonably anticipated, there are instances where such a commitment may need to be modified in the event of failing health. Unlike the bank's position in a mortgage-relationship as lender-to-borrower, however, it is not quite all that one-sided. There are options still open.
Thus, because Federal Disability Retirement requires only that a person be unable to perform one or more of the essential elements of one's position being occupied, the Federal or Postal employee is allowed to go out into the private sector and work at a job somewhat dissimilar (so long as there are "essential elements" which are not identical to the former Federal or Postal position), and make up to 80% of what the former Federal or Postal job pays currently.
For, in the end, life's mortgage is unlike the home mortgage where the lender holds all of the proverbial cards; at least for the former, the great thing is that the reliance is upon the capacity of man's ability, and not upon the fine print hidden within the banker's contract.
The theoretical construct proposed by Darwin has proven itself many times over, according to evolutionists, since his initial dawn of delineating the "origins" of our existence; the urge towards existence, of remaining, of "being" as an instinctive component that cannot be denied, has become merely an accepted and acceptable normative paradigm of modernity.
In many ways, the inherent attachment to life itself is the basis of a wretchedness that leads to self-destructive behavior; many of us hate ourselves and do things that hurt and harm – a mode of self-immolation and Western-style seppuku that results in self-medicating devices encapsulating the spectrum from overeating, alcoholism, multiple partners and spreading of diseases untold; or, on the other end of the extreme, of become vegetarian, vegan, health-fitness-exercise-cosmetic-surgery and everything else to stay young and vibrant.
That wretched attachment to life cannot be avoided; it is who we are and the essence of our very being. Is there such a thing as an "unhealthy" attachment to life? It is all well and good for Camus to write about the Myth of Sisyphus and the need to turn away from self-annihilation before being able to live an "authentic" life; he was handsome, a pretty good writer, and French (or, actually, Algerian) to boot, and his only competition was a near-blind ally who was close to incoherent in philosophical discourse (i.e., referring to Sartre, of course).
But back to the idea at hand – of that wretched attachment to life. We see it in old people attached to mechanical apparatus to prolong it; of humanism and even religiosity that remains suspicious as to whether there is truly anything else in the great "beyond" after death; and so we cling to life at all costs. What would be the alternative? To live a quality-filled, balanced existence? We sometimes forget why we became what we are today, and become steeped too deeply in the troubles of everyday existence.
For Federal employees and U.S. Postal workers who suffer from a medical condition, such that the medical condition becomes the focal point of existence itself, there is a double whammy: Of the chronic and often debilitating medical condition itself, as well as worrying about and contending against the daily harassment and adversarial threats initiated by the Federal agency or the Postal facility, and it often becomes so burdensome that one wonders as to that wretched attachment to life.
But always go back to basics, to the foundation of Darwinian essence: Life is, indeed precious, and sometimes it takes a different sort of step in order to regain the balance in life that is needed. Filing for Federal Disability Retirement is merely that step in order to reorient one's self for a future course of life. It is a means to an end, where a Federal Disability Retirement allows for the Federal or Postal employee to separate and retire with an annuity, then to consider one's future after attending first to the medical conditions one is suffering from.
In that sense, that wretched attachment to life is more akin to the Hindu concept of reincarnation, where obtaining a Federal Disability Retirement through OPM is like returning to this life in a different form, and becoming resurrected from the ashes of the metaphorical Phoenix to live another day.
If value of item determines retention of possession, then few trinkets would survive the test of economic viability; but a quick perusal of one's home will often discover large caches of sentimental liabilities strewn throughout. What determines value, then? Is it the monetization of an item? Or perhaps the psychological attachment, combined with the economic forces in capitalism of supply and demand?
Real estate values soar and plummet daily, and when one considers the "high end" fluctuations where market reductions may comprise differences in the millions, one wonders about "true value" and "false valuations" of goods and services whether small or large. If you go through your house and begin to account for the trinkets we have amassed, is it because of the monetary value attached that we continue to retain it, or the memories and golden threads of psychological ties which bind? Is it not often the same with other issues in one's life — of even friendships, pets and jobs?
For Federal employees and U.S. Postal workers who suffer from a medical condition, such that the medical condition begins to prevent one from performing one or more of the essential elements of one's positional duties, the question one needs to ask at the outset is: Why are we holding onto this trinket for dear life? Is it really worth it? At what cost? What are the ties that bind?
Filing for OPM Disability Retirement is always a traumatic event; for, it is a dramatic change, often within a context of caustic and hostile circumstances. But to remain is rarely an option; to walk away with nothing is not a wise one; so, one is often left with the best alternative possible: to prepare, formulate and file for Federal Disability Retirement benefits through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, whether the Federal or Postal employee is under FERS, CSRS or CSRS Offset.
And like the trinket which holds one bound to memories of yore unblemished in their reflective delights of past warmth, they remain so, like the pitter-patter of a soft summer day's cloudburst, stopping only to reveal the misty haze of a childhood dream.
The advantages of holding one's own counsel are multiple: little internal strife; dictatorial rule; decision by fiat; complete control and dominance; no blame can accrue to others. The downside, of course, are just as numerous: no input from others; the limitation of new ideas, constrained by the perspective of one's own thoughts and concerns; the fool's impropriety of listening and following one's own judgment; little to no brainstorming.
Judgement and decision-making by singular counsel has worked well in countries, corners and civilizations which respond subserviently to dominance and domineering. But when the populace begins to realize that the emperor is not as wise as once thought (or declared by fiat to be by the dictates of the royal palace, issued in blaring tones and trumpeted daily in printed leaflets used by the peasantry for bookmarks and beddings), then the rumblings of a hunger beyond mere need and wants begins to pervade.
Insular delusions occur because the holding of one's own counsel ultimately results in a circularity of logic and judgment, and unless new and fresh perspectives are allowed in, self-immolation is the resulting loss of vigor and vitality. Further, when a deteriorating force begins to gnaw away, such as an unexpected medical condition, then sound judgment and rational perspectives give way to exaggerated and exponential quantification of fear and paranoia.
For Federal employees and U.S. Postal workers who need to file for Federal Disability Retirement benefits through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, whether the Federal or Postal employee is under FERS, CSRS or CSRS Offset, the decision-making process should always include counsel outside, above, beyond, and objectively-attained, in making decisions about one's future and security from the ravages pending by one's agency or the U.S. Postal Service.
Federal Disability Retirement is not just about securing one's future; it is, moreover, a matter of establishing a capacity of reaffirming one's potential in becoming employed, without penalty, beyond the Federal sector; of making sure that one's accrued Federal time in-service is not for nothing; and to ensure that one's rights have been protected in order to move forward into the future.
Insular delusions occur when an individual retains the sole counsel of one's own accumulated wisdom; but as wisdom is not merely the aggregate of one's own opinions and perspective, the delusions which follow are like the windmills of old where knighted grandeur resulted in the myth of Sisyphus, where the toil of rolling a boulder up the hill of agony left one depleted in the soul of the absurd.


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A few drinks on Christmas Eve 1885 at New Town
Posted on October 23, 2014 February 6, 2019 by Thomas Nevin
NEW TOWN HOTELS
NEVIN's NEW TOWN STUDIO
Above: Stereograph by Thomas J. Nevin of the Maypole Inn and Congregational Church behind, ca, 1870. The verso is unstamped, inscribed by an archivist with location details . Sourced from eBay March 2016. Below is the same image reprinted by Nevin at his new Town studio in the 1880s.
Title: Maypole Corner of Newtown Road and Risdon Road looking north
In: Allport album III No. 59
Publisher: Hobart : s.n., [ca. 1888] [s.n.= no name]
ADRI: AUTAS001126183722
Source: Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts
William Curtis was a shoemaker, a friend of William Ross, Thomas Nevin snr's apprentice at The City Photographic Establishment, 140 Elizabeth St. Hobart in the early 1870s. William married Philadelphia Henson on 15th October 1873. Both bride and groom were 20 yrs old at the time of their marriage at the Congregational Church, Hobart.
William Curtis, born 1853: parents, siblings and children
Name: Henson, Philadelphia
Spouse: Curtis, William
NAME_INDEXES:878138
ResourceRGD37/1/32 no 309
1885 at New Town
In 1885 William Curtis was 32 yrs old, born 1853 and and Thomas Nevin was 43 yrs old, born 1842 respectively. Thomas Nevin's photographic studio in the years 1880-1888 was located in New Town where he resumed commercial photography after his departure from the Hobart Town Hall residence in early 1881 and continued working for the New Town Territorial and Hobart Municipal Police Forces. He listed his occupation as "photographer, New Town" on the birth registration of his second daughter Minnie (Mary Ann) in December 1884 .
One year later, on or about Christmas Eve, December 24th 1885, William Curtis, Thomas Nevin and and an unnamed "first offender" were celebrating the Season of Cheer with a few drinks when they were each fined 5s. for "drunk and disorderly conduct at New Town".
…Three cases of drunk and disorderly conduct at New Town, viz., Thomas Nevin, Wm.Curtis, and another, a first offender, were each fined 5s., or seven days.
Source: THE MERCURY. (1885, December 24). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 – 1954), p. 2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9115280
What was the trouble? And why was the third person not named? It seems that the marriage between William Curtis and Philadelphia Henson was not a happy one. In October 1877, a warrant was issued for his arrest because he had failed to join the whaling vessel Maria Laurie. By late October 1877, the police had arrested him, but within months – in February 1878 – a summons was issued for his arrest, this time for failing to appear in the Police Court Hobart in answer to a complaint of non-maintenance of his wife. The police arrested him in March 1878, and sentenced him to three months at the Hobart Gaol for non-maintenance of wife and family. He was discharged on 26 June 1878. Just weeks later, he was reported as a "missing friend" in August 1878. Who was the friend who reported him missing?
William Curtis, 24 years old, warrant for arrest, 12 October 1877
William Curtis arrested, reported 26 October 1877
William Curtis, maintenance of his wife, warrant for failing to comply, 15 February 1878
William Curtis arrested 22 March 1878
William Curtis, aged 25 yrs, sentenced on 21 March 1878, and discharged from the Hobart Gaol on 26 June 1878, having served a sentence of three months for non-maintenance.
William Curtis, shoemaker of New Town, was reported as a missing friend on 23 August 1878, having left his wife and family without means of support. This notice appeared in the police gazette.
So, by 1885, William Curtis was known to the police, to the police photographer Thomas J. Nevin, and to Thomas' brother Constable John Nevin. His marriage to Philadelphia Henson in 1873 had failed. By 1883, she had given birth to a child, Thomas Charles Flynn (NAME_INDEXES:1097991, RGD33/1/13/ no 891), whose father Thomas Flynn was a fisherman. And in August 1885, she gave birth to another son, William Flynn (NAME_INDEXES:979111, RGD33/1/14/ no 183). She signed both birth registrations as P. Flynn formerly Henson, Hunter St. Hobart, presumably having divorced William Curtis and remarried, to Thomas Flynn (or not). There may have been a confrontation between Thomas Flynn and William Curtis on the night of 23rd December 1885 which implicated Thomas Nevin as an innocent third party, or even between William Curtis and his ex-wife Philadelphia Flynn nee Henson, which might account for the third party reported as an unnamed "first offender", involving Thomas Nevin as a friend of both.
Where had they been drinking? The closest hotel at the village called Augusta and nearest to the Nevin family's home and orchards at Ancanthe, Kangaroo Valley, was the Harvest Home Hotel, whose famously large proprietor T. D. Jennings was photographed by several Tasmanian photographers over a decade, including Thomas Nevin.
Title:Photograph – Exterior view of the Harvest Home Hotel, at Newtown, with the proprietor JENNINGS, Thomas D., standing outside
ADRI: PH30-1-2613
Source:Archives Office of Tasmania
Title: [Thomas Dewhurst] Jennings – 32 stone
In: Allport album IV No. 45
Publisher: Hobart : s.n., [Between 1880 and 1889]
LICENSED HOTELS in NEW TOWN 1887
Licensing to retail Liquor
Inland Revenue Branch
A LICENCE in the form prescribed by "The Licensing Act" to retail Liquor for the period ending 31st day of December, 1887, (provided it be not forfeited before such date), has been granted to each of the under-mentioned individuals:-
ALCOCK, Christopher Talbot Inn New Town
HILL, Thomas Sir William Don New Town-road Hobart
JENNINGS, Thomas D. Harvest Home New Town Road Hobart
MARRIOTT, Henry Maypole Inn New Town Road Hobart
NICHOLAS, Richard Eaglehawk Hotel Colville & New Town-road Hobart
RING, Thomas Queen's Head Inn New Town Road Hobart
SMITH, John Caledonian Inn New Town Road Hobart
TURNER, Joshua Rainbow Inn New Town Road Hobart
Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~austas/liquor1887.htm
Taken from the Hobart Town Gazette
Indexed by David J Bryce
Author of "Pubs in Hobart from 1807",
published date 1997, ISBN 0 646 301470.
Disambiguation: William Curtis
William Curtis, aged 20 yrs old in 1873 was NOT the prisoner William Curtis aka John Curtis who was transported from Plymouth on the Anson in 1843, and who was re-convicted as John Curtis for manslaughter in 1856, sentenced to penal servitude for life.
John Curtis, manslaughter
His Honor impressed on the prisoner the position in which he had stood. He ought to be thankful indeed to a jury of his country that they had not found him guilty of murder. If they had done so no earthly power could have saved his life. His Honor would not do his duty, were he not to pass the severest sentence it was in his power to do. In every case . in which cases of this description came before him, His Honor would mark with the severest punish- ment. Sentenced to penal servitude for the term of his natural life.
Source: SUPREME COURT.—CRIMINAL SITTINGS. (1856, June 9). Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828 – 1857), p. 2. Retrieved October 23, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8781229
Thomas Nevin photographed John Curtis aka William Curtis, 62 years old, on discharge from the Hobart Gaol (and Police Office) in the week ending 10th February 1875. The inscription of the date "1874" and the name "William Curtis" on the verso of his photograph are both incorrect: Curtis was neither sent to Port Arthur nor returned to the Hobart Gaol from Port Arthur in the years 1873-4.
Thomas Nevin photographed John Curtis aka William Curtis, 62 years old, on discharge from the Hobart Gaol (and Police Office) in the week ending 10th February 1875.
Reconvicted as John Curtis
Title: Photograph – William Curtis, convict transported per Anson. Photograph taken at Port Arthur by Thomas Nevin
QVMAG Ref: 1985_p_0100
Copy at: http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/item/?id=PH30-1-3232
TRANSPORTATION RECORD TAHO Tasmanian Names Index
Name: Curtis, William
Record Type: Convicts
Arrival date: 4 Feb 1844
Departure date:1 Oct 1843
Departure port:Plymouth
Ship: Anson
Voyage number: 227
Remarks: Reconvicted as John Curtis
Index number: 16721
Document ID: NAME_INDEXES:1385212
Appropriation List CON27/1/10
Conduct Record CON33/1/49
CON37/1/ Page 2860
Description List CON18/1/41
IndentCON14/1/25
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Q: How can I get aspnet compiler to handle a page that contains an include file I have a web application that lands on a shared hosting platform for my company.  That platform has global header/footer code that all applications on the platform consume using include files.  I can't change how the header files are structured and how they are to be cosumed--that is dictated to me by another group.  I have a build server that does not has IIS installed by design.  I am attempting to use the aspnet_compiler.exe during the build process to generate the precompiled website files for deployment.
However, when the build runs I get errors like this:
/Company/Controls/Header.ascx(7): error ASPPARSE: Failed to map the path '/sites/header.inc'.
The Header.ascx control has this server-side include in the HTML:
<!-- #include virtual="/sites/header.inc" -->
On my local machine, I have created a virtual directory in IIS named "sites" that points to the global header code (which I have also copied to my local machine).  This same "sites" virtual exists in IIS on the hosting environment. I would really like to avoid having to install IIS on the build machine because it is a shared build machine and I don't anyone to mistakenly work IIS dependencies into their code.  The build machine shouldn't need to have IIS.
What is the best way to get the precompiled site files that aspnet_compiler.exe produces during my build without installing IIS?

A: Microsoft has a very simple example of how to replace an include statement...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306575
Looking at the path of your error it seems you are already using some sort of global user control and I'm guessing this is a file which is reused by other applications or languages so I would suggest coming up with a more custom version with error handling and such since it is working over a mapped drive but the basic answer is you need to read the file and output it to the stream during the Render event.

A: Don't use server-side includes. They are ancient technology and are disabled on most modern sites.
I recommend you instead create .ascx files to replace each of the .inc files, and use those instead.

A: Try this:
<!-- #include virtual="~/sites/header.inc" -->

The ~ is a shortcut for "root of the web application."

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The main active ingredient of wine is alcohol, and therefore, the health effects of alcohol apply to wine. A 2016 systematic review and meta-analysis found that moderate ethanol consumption brought no mortality benefit compared with lifetime abstention from ethanol consumption.[118] A systematic analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease study found that consumption of ethanol increases the risk of cancer and increases the risk of all-cause mortality, and that the level of ethanol consumption that minimizes disease is zero consumption. [119] Some studies have concluded that drinking small quantities of alcohol (less than one drink in women and two in men) is associated with a decreased risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes mellitus, and early death.[120] Drinking more than this amount actually increases the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, and stroke. Some of these studies lumped former ethanol drinkers and life-long abstainers into a single group of nondrinkers, hiding the health benefits of life-long abstention from ethanol.[120] Risk is greater in younger people due to binge drinking which may result in violence or accidents.[120] About 3.3 million deaths (5.9% of all deaths) are believed to be due to alcohol each year.[121]
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The English word "wine" comes from the Proto-Germanic *winam, an early borrowing from the Latin vinum, "wine" or "(grape) vine", itself derived from the Proto-Indo-European stem *win-o- (cf. Armenian: գինի, gini; Ancient Greek: οἶνος oinos; Aeolic Greek: ϝοῖνος woinos; Hittite: wiyana; Lycian: oino).[40][41][42] The earliest attested terms referring to wine are the Mycenaean Greek 𐀕𐀶𐀺𐄀𐀚𐀺 me-tu-wo ne-wo (*μέθυϝος νέϝῳ),[43][44] meaning "in (the month)" or "(festival) of the new wine", and 𐀺𐀜𐀷𐀴𐀯 wo-no-wa-ti-si,[45] meaning "wine garden", written in Linear B inscriptions.[46][47][48][49] Linear B also includes, inter alia, an ideogram for wine, i.e. 𐂖.
^ Hornsey, Ian (2003). A History of Beer and Brewing. Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-85404-630-0. ...mead was known in Europe long before wine, although archaeological evidence of it is rather ambiguous. This is principally because the confirmed presence of beeswax or certain types of pollen ... is only indicative of the presence of honey (which could have been used for sweetening some other drink) – not necessarily of the production of mead.
Certain cultures highlight animal and vegetable foods in a raw state. Salads consisting of raw vegetables or fruits are common in many cuisines. Sashimi in Japanese cuisine consists of raw sliced fish or other meat, and sushi often incorporates raw fish or seafood. Steak tartare and salmon tartare are dishes made from diced or ground raw beef or salmon, mixed with various ingredients and served with baguettes, brioche, or frites.[96] In Italy, carpaccio is a dish of very thinly sliced raw beef, drizzled with a vinaigrette made with olive oil.[97] The health food movement known as raw foodism promotes a mostly vegan diet of raw fruits, vegetables, and grains prepared in various ways, including juicing, food dehydration, sprouting, and other methods of preparation that do not heat the food above 118 °F (47.8 °C).[98] An example of a raw meat dish is ceviche, a Latin American dish made with raw meat that is "cooked" from the highly acidic citric juice from lemons and limes along with other aromatics such as garlic.
In the context of wine production, terroir is a concept that encompasses the varieties of grapes used, elevation and shape of the vineyard, type and chemistry of soil, climate and seasonal conditions, and the local yeast cultures.[72] The range of possible combinations of these factors can result in great differences among wines, influencing the fermentation, finishing, and aging processes as well. Many wineries use growing and production methods that preserve or accentuate the aroma and taste influences of their unique terroir.[73] However, flavor differences are less desirable for producers of mass-market table wine or other cheaper wines, where consistency takes precedence. Such producers try to minimize differences in sources of grapes through production techniques such as micro-oxygenation, tannin filtration, cross-flow filtration, thin-film evaporation, and spinning cones.[74]
^ Smith-Spangler, C; Brandeau, ML; Hunter, GE; Bavinger, JC; Pearson, M; Eschbach, PJ; Sundaram, V; Liu, H; Schirmer, P; Stave, C; Olkin, I; Bravata, DM (September 4, 2012). "Are organic foods safer or healthier than conventional alternatives?: a systematic review". Annals of Internal Medicine. 157 (5): 348–66. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-157-5-201209040-00007. PMID 22944875.
Although red wine contains the chemical resveratrol and there is tentative evidence it may improve heart health, the evidence is unclear for those at high risk as of 2013.[131] Grape skins naturally produce resveratrol in response to fungal infection, including exposure to yeast during fermentation. White wine generally contains lower levels of the chemical as it has minimal contact with grape skins during this process.[132]


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using sandbox::ErrorCode;
using sandbox::SandboxBPF;
using sandbox::SyscallSets;

namespace content {

namespace {

inline bool IsChromeOS() {
#if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
  return true;
#else
  return false;
#endif
}

inline bool IsArchitectureArm() {
#if defined(__arm__)
  return true;
#else
  return false;
#endif
}

void AddArmMaliGpuWhitelist(std::vector<std::string>* read_whitelist,
                            std::vector<std::string>* write_whitelist) {
  // Device file needed by the ARM GPU userspace.
  static const char kMali0Path[] = "/dev/mali0";

  // Devices needed for video decode acceleration on ARM.
  static const char kDevMfcDecPath[] = "/dev/mfc-dec";
  static const char kDevGsc1Path[] = "/dev/gsc1";

  // Devices needed for video encode acceleration on ARM.
  static const char kDevMfcEncPath[] = "/dev/mfc-enc";

  read_whitelist->push_back(kMali0Path);
  read_whitelist->push_back(kDevMfcDecPath);
  read_whitelist->push_back(kDevGsc1Path);
  read_whitelist->push_back(kDevMfcEncPath);

  write_whitelist->push_back(kMali0Path);
  write_whitelist->push_back(kDevMfcDecPath);
  write_whitelist->push_back(kDevGsc1Path);
  write_whitelist->push_back(kDevMfcEncPath);
}

void AddArmTegraGpuWhitelist(std::vector<std::string>* read_whitelist,
                             std::vector<std::string>* write_whitelist) {
  // Device files needed by the Tegra GPU userspace.
  static const char kDevNvhostCtrlPath[] = "/dev/nvhost-ctrl";
  static const char kDevNvhostIspPath[] = "/dev/nvhost-isp";
  static const char kDevNvhostViPath[] = "/dev/nvhost-vi";
  static const char kDevNvmapPath[] = "/dev/nvmap";
  static const char kDevNvhostGpuPath[] = "/dev/nvhost-gpu";
  static const char kDevNvhostAsGpuPath[] = "/dev/nvhost-as-gpu";
  static const char kDevNvhostCtrlGpuPath[] = "/dev/nvhost-ctrl-gpu";
  static const char kSysDevicesSocIDPath[] = "/sys/devices/soc0/soc_id";
  static const char kSysDevicesSocRevPath[] = "/sys/devices/soc0/revision";
  // TODO(davidung): remove these device nodes before nyan launch.

  read_whitelist->push_back(kDevNvhostCtrlPath);
  read_whitelist->push_back(kDevNvhostIspPath);
  read_whitelist->push_back(kDevNvhostViPath);
  read_whitelist->push_back(kDevNvmapPath);
  read_whitelist->push_back(kDevNvhostGpuPath);
  read_whitelist->push_back(kDevNvhostAsGpuPath);
  read_whitelist->push_back(kDevNvhostCtrlGpuPath);
  read_whitelist->push_back(kSysDevicesSocIDPath);
  read_whitelist->push_back(kSysDevicesSocRevPath);

  write_whitelist->push_back(kDevNvhostCtrlPath);
  write_whitelist->push_back(kDevNvhostIspPath);
  write_whitelist->push_back(kDevNvhostViPath);
  write_whitelist->push_back(kDevNvmapPath);
  write_whitelist->push_back(kDevNvhostGpuPath);
  write_whitelist->push_back(kDevNvhostAsGpuPath);
  write_whitelist->push_back(kDevNvhostCtrlGpuPath);
}

void AddArmGpuWhitelist(std::vector<std::string>* read_whitelist,
                        std::vector<std::string>* write_whitelist) {
  // On ARM we're enabling the sandbox before the X connection is made,
  // so we need to allow access to |.Xauthority|.
  static const char kXAuthorityPath[] = "/home/chronos/.Xauthority";
  static const char kLdSoCache[] = "/etc/ld.so.cache";

  // Files needed by the ARM GPU userspace.
  static const char kLibGlesPath[] = "/usr/lib/libGLESv2.so.2";
  static const char kLibEglPath[] = "/usr/lib/libEGL.so.1";

  read_whitelist->push_back(kXAuthorityPath);
  read_whitelist->push_back(kLdSoCache);
  read_whitelist->push_back(kLibGlesPath);
  read_whitelist->push_back(kLibEglPath);

  AddArmMaliGpuWhitelist(read_whitelist, write_whitelist);
  AddArmTegraGpuWhitelist(read_whitelist, write_whitelist);
}

class CrosArmGpuBrokerProcessPolicy : public CrosArmGpuProcessPolicy {
 public:
  CrosArmGpuBrokerProcessPolicy() : CrosArmGpuProcessPolicy(false) {}
  virtual ~CrosArmGpuBrokerProcessPolicy() {}

  virtual ErrorCode EvaluateSyscall(SandboxBPF* sandbox_compiler,
                                    int system_call_number) const OVERRIDE;

 private:
  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(CrosArmGpuBrokerProcessPolicy);
};

// A GPU broker policy is the same as a GPU policy with open and
// openat allowed.
ErrorCode CrosArmGpuBrokerProcessPolicy::EvaluateSyscall(SandboxBPF* sandbox,
    int sysno) const {
  switch (sysno) {
    case __NR_access:
    case __NR_open:
    case __NR_openat:
      return ErrorCode(ErrorCode::ERR_ALLOWED);
    default:
      return CrosArmGpuProcessPolicy::EvaluateSyscall(sandbox, sysno);
  }
}

}  // namespace

CrosArmGpuProcessPolicy::CrosArmGpuProcessPolicy(bool allow_shmat)
    : allow_shmat_(allow_shmat) {}

CrosArmGpuProcessPolicy::~CrosArmGpuProcessPolicy() {}

ErrorCode CrosArmGpuProcessPolicy::EvaluateSyscall(SandboxBPF* sandbox,
                                                   int sysno) const {
#if defined(__arm__)
  if (allow_shmat_ && sysno == __NR_shmat)
    return ErrorCode(ErrorCode::ERR_ALLOWED);
#endif  // defined(__arm__)

  switch (sysno) {
#if defined(__arm__)
    // ARM GPU sandbox is started earlier so we need to allow networking
    // in the sandbox.
    case __NR_connect:
    case __NR_getpeername:
    case __NR_getsockname:
    case __NR_sysinfo:
    case __NR_uname:
      return ErrorCode(ErrorCode::ERR_ALLOWED);
    // Allow only AF_UNIX for |domain|.
    case __NR_socket:
    case __NR_socketpair:
      return sandbox->Cond(0, ErrorCode::TP_32BIT,
                           ErrorCode::OP_EQUAL, AF_UNIX,
                           ErrorCode(ErrorCode::ERR_ALLOWED),
                           ErrorCode(EPERM));
#endif  // defined(__arm__)
    default:
      if (SyscallSets::IsAdvancedScheduler(sysno))
        return ErrorCode(ErrorCode::ERR_ALLOWED);

      // Default to the generic GPU policy.
      return GpuProcessPolicy::EvaluateSyscall(sandbox, sysno);
  }
}

bool CrosArmGpuProcessPolicy::PreSandboxHook() {
  DCHECK(IsChromeOS() && IsArchitectureArm());
  // Create a new broker process.
  DCHECK(!broker_process());

  std::vector<std::string> read_whitelist_extra;
  std::vector<std::string> write_whitelist_extra;
  // Add ARM-specific files to whitelist in the broker.

  AddArmGpuWhitelist(&read_whitelist_extra, &write_whitelist_extra);
  InitGpuBrokerProcess(
      base::Bind(&SandboxSeccompBPF::StartSandboxWithExternalPolicy,
                 base::Passed(scoped_ptr<sandbox::SandboxBPFPolicy>(
                     new CrosArmGpuBrokerProcessPolicy))),
      read_whitelist_extra,
      write_whitelist_extra);

  const int dlopen_flag = RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL | RTLD_NODELETE;

  // Preload the Mali library.
  dlopen("/usr/lib/libmali.so", dlopen_flag);

  // Preload the Tegra libraries.
  dlopen("/usr/lib/libnvrm.so", dlopen_flag);
  dlopen("/usr/lib/libnvrm_graphics.so", dlopen_flag);
  dlopen("/usr/lib/libnvidia-glsi.so", dlopen_flag);
  dlopen("/usr/lib/libnvidia-rmapi-tegra.so", dlopen_flag);
  dlopen("/usr/lib/libnvidia-eglcore.so", dlopen_flag);
  // TODO(davidung): remove these libraries before nyan launch.

  return true;
}

}  // namespace content

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


>>>> with when it comes to new features.
>>> specifics is my tweak going to have.
>> prefer regularity over intuitivity.
I guess we won't have many devices, so no need to bother.
> I'm fine with the above.
> How to debug it?
and see what is executed during prototype filtering.


Seeing as we're now 13 days into 2013, I thought it fitting to share my 12 favorite photographs of 2012.
2012 took me around the US, with trips to Denver, Vail, New York City, San Francisco and more. It also took me abroad to New Zealand and Australia for the first time.
Coming off the end of my time abroad, I think you'll find I couldn't get enough of these places…so, it was difficult to choose my favorite shots.
When we drove into New Plymouth on the North Island's west coast, clouds prevented us from seeing even the silhouette of this elegant mountain. The next morning we woke up to clear skies and mind-blowing vistas of Mount Taranaki.
I wandered down to Circular Quay after my Bridge Climb at dusk…and made friends with a Chinese tourist who was trying to get the perfect Opera House/Full Moon shot. After some tips were shared, I snapped this one. It was such a beautiful night!
After one thwarted attempt to reach the road to Milford, we returned to Queenstown and chatted up a friendly Kiwi. We had been wanting to camp out, and she recommended a site called 'Lake Gunn' just before the tunnel to Milford Road. We arrived at 10:30 pm, and I snapped this photo at 11 pm when the light was still lingering in the sky.
After marveling at the size and sound of Huka Falls, which feeds into Lake Taupo on the North Island, it was hard to capture the beauty until I reached this part of our hike. Yes, the water is really that color.
Using my iPhone's panorama capabilities, I took this standing at the top of the last of the "Three Sisters." Thank goodness for panorama; it's the only way to remotely capture the feeling of being in this massive valley.
I snapped this quick photo of an ice tunnel while inside! I love that it conveys the feeling I had walking in and through a glacier.
This was one of my first views of Milford Sound, and its beauty stays with me!
This isolated island in, yep, the Bay of Islands (north of Auckland) was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. Really.
I adore this shot I got on my iPhone on the ferry back to the city from Manly beach.
After kayaking (a must-do in Abel Tasman) out of Motueka, we stopped for a breather and lunch break on a stretch of sand. I enjoyed this view of the beautiful water from the only proper place—with my bum in the sand.
Lastly, I'm a complete sucker for this photo as it richly encapsulates the experience of three weeks road-tripping New Zealand. Some of my favorite memories of the country are just this—endless green farmland, sheep, epic mountains….all from the side of a car.
Leaping into 2013! May the year be fearless and fruitful for both you and I!
And just because…the cutest sleeping koala you've ever seen.
These are some amazing photos. What an experience it must've been in Australia and New Zealand. It looks amazing. I hope to go there one day. Thanks for sharing the photos.
So beautiful! You've made me want to go to New Zealand so much more!
HOW ON EARTH did you LEAVE? Our oldest treks Abel Tasman in February and I am J.E.A.L.O.U.S. !!!
I saw your blog on LC! It's great! I've always wanted to make it down under, but I can live my lust for those experiences through your pictures!
Hi! Thank you for stopping by! I love to travel vicariously through others' pictures…I call it armchair travel. Hehe. I am happy to share!
Anne – you are my adventure hero! Game's on…where to next?
You are MINE! I still want to hear about YOUR recent trips. As for next, I am planning on somewhere in Southeast Asia for this year–or maybe back to India like we've talked…come along?!
Anne, I think you need to apply to an adventure magazine to write articles and to see the sights for them. At least to make $$$ while you travel. Your pictures are breath taking.
I just took a second look at this and had to comment about how breathtaking these shots are! Most of them are so amazing they look fake (but that's New Zealand for you), and I'm jealous you saw Milford Sound on a sunny day!


6 pieces of steamed shrimp dumplings with hot mustard sauce.
6 pieces of pan-fried pork dumplings.
Served with four pieces of California roll, two pieces of shumai, miso soup, green salad and rice.
6 pieces of pan-fried vegetable dumplings. Vegetarian.
Deep-fried bean curd with sauce.
2 pieces. Japanese-style spring rolls. Vegetarian.
Assortment of Japanese pickles. Vegetarian.
Boiled spinach with special sauce. Vegetarian.
Deep-fried sweet potato with tempura sauce. Vegetarian.
2 pieces of shrimp and vegetables deep-fried.
6 pieces fried shrimp dumplings with gyoza sauce.
Shrimp, avocado and tobiko with vinegar sauce.
Seared, sliced tuna served with tataki sauce.
Chopped spicy tuna with tobiko and quail egg on the top.
Crab meat and cucumbers with vinegar sauce.
Sliced octopus and vegetables with vinegar sauce.
Very thin-sliced fluke with vinegar sauce.
Chopped spicy salmon with tobiko and on the bowl.
Raw squid and scallions with Japanese beans.
Shrimp, crab meat and fish cake with vegetables.
Shrimp tempura, chicken, egg and vegetables.
With mixed salad and miso mustard dressing. Vegetarian.
Avocado mango, vegan chicken mixed with green salad with spicy mayo.
Chicken over salad served with a miso mustard dressing.
Cucumber, dried bonito and tobiko with ponzu sauce.
Squid marinated in spicy and sour sauce.
Crab meat, cucumber, spicy mayo and caviar.
Assorted seafood with mixed salad. Ginger dressing.
With mixed salad and miso mustard dressing.
Chopped tuna, salmon, mango, cucumbers and tobiko with ginger dressing.
Shrimp, egg, cucumber, caviar and avocado.
Mackerel and pickled ginger with scallion.
Eel, avocado and powder seaweed.
Tuna, kani, avocado and tobiko.
Kampyo, egg, kani, yamagobo, spinach and caviar.
Fried oyster, cucumber, onion, lettuce and tobiko with eel sauce.
Spicy shrimp, mango, crunch and tobiko.
Vegetarian. Kampyo, cucumber, lettuce, oshinko and yamagobo.
Shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber, tobiko and lettuce.
Cucumber and crab wrapped with salmon and avocado.
Cucumber and crab wrapped with tuna and avocado.
Crab and cucumber wrapped with raw fish and avocado.
Deep-fried white fish, kani, tamago and tobiko with spicy sauce.
Salmon, tuna and yellowtail rolled with thinly-sliced cucumber.
Tuna, salmon, avocado, crunch and spicy sauce.
Tuna, salmon, avocado, cucumber, wasabi and tobiko.
Crab and cucumber wrapped with yellowtail and avocado.
Shrimp tempura wrapped with eel, avocado and tobiko.
Spicy salmon wrapped with spicy tuna.
Spicy yellowtail crunch wrapped with spicy tuna.
Salmon, cucumber with eel, avocado and tobiko.
Spicy salmon wrapped with tuna and avocado.
Spicy tuna wrapped with tuna and avocado.
Spicy yellowtail wrapped with tuna and avocado.
Spicy tuna, cucumber and avocado with tobiko and fresh soft shell crab.
Spicy salmon wrapped with salmon and avocado.
Lobster tail tempura, cucumber, avocado, lettuce, onion, tobiko and mayo.
Shrimp tempura wrapped with mango and tobiko.
Eel and cucumber wrapped with mango and tobiko.
Deep-fried eel, tamago, asparagus and tobiko with eel sauce.
Spicy tuna wrapped with tuna and yellowtail with spicy crunch on top.
Spicy tuna and crunch wrapped with white tuna, avocado and tobiko.
Spicy white tuna and crunch wrapped with yellowtail, salmon and tuna.
Yellowtail and cucumber wrapped with salmon, avocado and ikura on top.
California, Alaskan and eel cucumber rolls.
Yellowtail, tuna and salmon rolls. All with avocado.
Spicy California, spicy tuna and spicy salmon roll.
Cucumber, avocado and oshinko rolls. Vegetarian.
Six pieces of chef selected sushi and with one California roll.
Eight pieces of chef selected sushi and with one tuna roll.
Vegetarian. Eight pieces of chef selected veggie sushi and with one avocado cucumber roll.
Four pieces tuna and four pieces yellowtail sushi with one tuna roll.
Three pieces each of tuna, salmon and yellowtail with salmon avocado.
Assorted chef's choice of 12 pieces of raw fish.
Assorted chef's choice of 15 pieces of raw fish.
Four pieces each of tuna, salmon and yellowtail.
Six pieces of chef selected sashimi and six pieces of chef selected sushi with a California roll.
Assorted chef's choice of 12 pieces of sliced raw fish on a bed of seasoned rice.
Eight pieces of salmon and on a bed of vinegar rice.
Eight pieces of sliced tuna and on a bed of vinegar rice.
Eight pieces of yellowtail and on a bed of vinegar rice.
An assortment of chef's choice of 30 pieces of raw fish.
Two pieces of tuna sushi, two pieces of salmon sushi and one California roll.
Two pieces of salmon sushi, two pieces of shrimp sushi and one California roll.
Four pieces of tuna and one tuna roll.
Four pieces of salmon sushi and one salmon roll.
Four pieces of eel and one eel avocado roll.
Four pieces yellowtail and one yellowtail roll.
Twenty pieces of chef selected sushi, tuna roll and California roll.
Ten pieces of chef selected sushi and 10 pieces of chef selected sashimi with Alaska Roll and California roll.
Chef's selection of eight rolls.
Cooked chicken, onions and egg over rice. Served with miso soup.
Beef teriyaki, onions and egg over rice. Served with miso soup.
Deep-fried breaded chicken, onions and egg over rice. Served with miso soup.
Deep-fried shrimp, onions and egg over rice. Served with miso soup.
Broiled eel, served over rice. Served with miso soup.
Served with four pieces of California roll, two pieces of shumai, miso soup, green salad and rice. Vegetarian.
Vegetarian. Served with miso soup and white rice.
Served with miso soup and white rice.Vegetarian.
Served with miso soup and white rice. Vegetarian.
Pork. Served with miso soup and white rice.
Five pieces of sushi, four pieces of sashimi and one California roll. Served with miso soup and green salad.
Five pieces of sushi and one California roll. Served with miso soup and green salad.
Assorted nine pieces of raw fish. Served with miso soup and green salad and white rice.
Served with two pieces of gyoza, salad and white rice.
Served with two pieces of gyoza,salad and white rice.
Pork. Served with two pieces of gyoza, salad and white rice.
Served with two pieces of vegetable gyoza, salad and white rice. Vegetarian.


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Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkić suffers a gruesome leg injury during an intense battle with the Brooklyn Nets.
Nurkić was seen battling for an offensive rebound against Nets players DeMarre Carroll and Jared Dudley.
He landed awkwardly and was seen that his left leg snapped when it landed to the floor.
It was on the second overtime when that incident occurred as his team fighting for a playoff spot in the Western Conference.
The Bosnian player was pulled out from the basketball court through a stretcher.
"It's kind of discouraging to see that … but now we gotta lean on each other even more," Lillard said.
Portland will now face its reality that they'll be playing the rest of the season including the playoffs without the service of their big man who is having a magnificent performance this 2018-19 season.
Nurkić was playing well before that injury. He helped his team by scoring 32 points and 16 rebounds along with 5 assists.


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Conservative whips may have a Theresa May problem, and other things we learnt at PMQs
Meanwhile, the case of Zaghari-Ratcliffe is going to run and run.
By Stephen Bush
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On the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Labour prefer to let their badges do the talking
Although Jeremy Corbyn himself used six questions to discuss Saudi Arabia's bombing of Yemen and the UK's involvement in the same, the most striking foreign policy decision he made – from a political strategy perspective – was to wear a "Free Nazanin" badge, in support of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian citizen who is detained in Iran. Although it was left to Ian Blackford, the SNP's Westminster leader, to ask the question directly, the important point made itself – the opposition parties are, if Boris Johnson is leader, going to do as much as humanly possible to keep the question of Zaghari-Ratcliffe in the public eye.
It's a tricky balancing act for Labour (and the SNP, and the Liberal Democrats, and Plaid Cymru, and so on) in that, for obvious reasons, it is in their interest to keep the question of Johnson's tenure in the Foreign Office and what it suggests about his ability to actually run the country in public view but it is at its most effective when it exists as a topic raised largely by other people.
Labour think their environmental platform is something to be proud of
Although Corbyn devoted his questions to Saudi Arabia's bombing in the Yemen and the UKs involvement in it, it was striking that his opening remarks were on climate change – leading with the fact that the British parliament is the first in the world to have officially declared a climate emergency, following a Labour motion.
Green issues are a topic Labour often returns to at Prime Minister's Questions – Rebecca Long-Bailey got some joy out of David Lidington when acting as a stand-in – and the party clearly believes that it has a positive story to talk about.
That's true if the comparator is the Conservative Party. Both the government and the opposition are willing to commit to any rhetoric – both are currently committed to the UK becoming a net-zero carbon country by 2050, and John McDonnell is considering moving to a 2030 target, both voted to declare a "climate emergency" – but are less keen to commit to concrete measures to meet the ambition. Labour has a better offer on increasing public transport than the Conservatives but on the target which should surely be the bare minimum – not expanding Britain's airport capacity, a decision which quite literally requires the government to do nothing – the two parties are peas in a pod.
If politics reverts to a simple conflict behind Labour and Conservatives, the issue is a good wedge theme for Labour. If it has reverted to multi-party politics, as the polls and local elections currently suggest it has, the opposition may simply be raising the salience of an issue on which its opponents in the Green and Liberal Democrat parties currently have a better set of answers.
Theresa May's legacy project is not going to work
Downing Street is busily trying to write a better obituary for Theresa May's time in office than a disastrous general election and a failure to leave the EU. But as her response to Thangam Debbonaire's opening question on the environment indicated, this isn't going to work. It really doesn't matter if in your last few months you set some targets for the next prime minister. What matters is what you can say about your own record – and May's issue is she can't really say very much. Future historians seeking to rehabilitate her will suffer the same problem.
Conservative whips may soon have a Theresa May problem
The most interesting answer May gave was one she didn't. Ian Blackford asked if she would vote to ensure a no-deal Brexit wouldn't happen. There was, obviously, an easy answer available: that no Brexit is worse than no deal. Indeed, that's the answer that both her possible successors as prime minister are giving on the campaign trail.
That she instead avoided the question means that the government whips may find that on the backbenches, May cannot always be relied upon to vote with the government.
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The future of work. How will tech impact grocery's labour force?
HomeThe future of work. How will tech impact grocery's labour force?
Like many grocery retailers these days, the Longo's leadership team is thinking a lot about technology and how it will affect their workforce. There's not a lot of technology in stores yet, but they're starting to test and explore the possibilities.
Self checkout was previously deemed a poor fit for Longo's, but they are reconsidering it as systems improve. They've partnered with the University of Guelph on a retail innovation lab and they're in the midst of implementing a new enterprise resource planning system, which will serve as the digital foundation of additional enhancements. "We are going to be introducing more and more technology," says Liz Volk, vice-president of human resources at the chain that has more than 30 stores around Ontario's Golden Horseshoe.
"We do a little bit of testing and learning, trying to look at what are some of the technologies for the future, and what it could mean for our workforce," she says.
By now most people working in food and grocery will know some version of the, well, grim labour market forecast for the industry. Thanks to smarter and smarter artificial intelligence systems, software and platforms, along with ever more capable robots, a wave of automation is expected to wash over the retail labour workforce, eliminating millions of jobs around the world. Intuitively, this makes sense. We've already got self checkouts, and the trend line seems clear. Amazon is already opening cashier-free stores and we've all seen those creepy robots that open doors, pick up items and deliver packages.
But this might be an over-simplified vision of what lies ahead for retail labour. Indeed, the impact of automation is a matter of debate among economists and many simply don't accept that bleak view of the future where human labour is replaced by robots.
The financial sector is sometimes used as an analogy for this argument: one of the reasons bank teller employment didn't plummet after ATMs became ubiquitous was that the more efficient delivery of basic services allowed banks to open more branches, even if each branch had fewer tellers.
In other words, the net effect of technology will largely depend on the answers to fundamental—even philosophical— decisions about what a grocery business wants to become through the application of new technology, and how they get and use that technology to move there.
Some experts see a new spectrum for the industry emerging. At one end, we'll have businesses that use technology to sell food and consumer packaged goods as efficiently and cheaply as possible. This is grocery shopping as pure transaction: maximum automation and minimal human interaction.
The challenge in that space will be coming up with a unique value proposition. Globally, the two e-commerce overlords, Amazon and Alibaba, have benefits of scale and technology that provide an enormous advantage against most other players.
At the other end of the spectrum, grocery retailers will still use technology to reduce and eliminate repetitive, monotonous labour. But rather than simply cut head count, they could use staff—equipped with the latest information technology—to provide different and better services to consumers. "They could hire a sommelier who can help customers pair up wines with their foods. They could potentially hire chefs in the store [to] help customers understand how to cook the things they are buying, or [have] nutritionists helping people match up the right diet for any medical condition," says Stephens.
Recruiting highly skilled digital talent has been a challenge at Longo's, especially for its e-commerce business, says Volk. The technologies are always evolving and changing so there is constant pressure to ensure the company has employees who are proficient in the newest and best—people who are in demand across most of the economy. That competition for talent is pushing Longo's to change how it finds and vets those in-demand candidates.
Norman Shaw, professor of retail management at Ryerson University, has a similar perspective on how the workforce—outside of the dedicated technology experts and developers—will have to change. When tools and technology become ubiquitous, infusing all aspects of all businesses, he says, the quality of the employees will be what allows businesses to succeed.
his article appeared in Canadian Grocer's August 2018 issue.


ATC120903: Report of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education on a Joint Oversight Visit to Mthatha and Libode, Eastern Cape, dated 28 August 2012.
Report of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education on a Joint Oversight Visit to Mthatha and Libode , Eastern Cape , dated 28 August 2012.
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education received an invitation from the Standing Committee on Appropriations to join them during their oversight visit to the Eastern Cape . The visit by the Standing Committee on Appropriations was to identify sites for the Accelerated School Infrastructure Delivery Initiative (ASIDI) programme. The visit was to establish and investigate whether there had been any progress in the implementation of ASIDI under which 49 schools would have been constructed by the Department of Basic Education by the end of August 2012 as promised. An amount of R 700 million had been allocated to the ASIDI programme for the 2011/12 financial year. It was further promised that the Department of Basic Education would construct 185 schools by the end of the 2012/13 financial year. A further 300 schools were planned to be constructed during the 2013/14 financial year.
During the week-long oversight programme, the Standing Committee on Appropriations aimed to meet with the Department of Basic Education on 21 June 2012 in Mthatha to receive a briefing and update on progress in respect of the ASIDI programme in the Province. The Standing Committee on Appropriations would also visit some of the ASIDI sites in Mthatha, Libode and Lusikisiki. It was for these engagements that the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education was invited to participate. It was therefore incumbent upon the Committee, in line with its mandate and oversight responsibilities to form part of the oversight and monitoring in the areas mentioned.
Subsequent to the reporting and undertakings on the implementation of ASIDI by the Department of Basic Education to the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education and the Standing Committee on Appropriations in 2011 and 2012, the two Committees undertook an oversight visit to the identified sites to assess progress on the implementation of the ASIDI programme. The visit was in relation to the building of 49 schools in the Eastern Cape , through the School Infrastructure Backlogs Grant, as part of the mud school eradication endeavour across the country affected by the government.
Necessitating this oversight was the undertaking to construct 49 schools and to provide water and sanitation to 84 schools, and electricity in 104 schools in Lusikisiki, Libode and the Umtata regions. When the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education met with the Department of Basic Education on the 49 schools, some issues emerged. The Portfolio Committee was not satisfied with the apparent continued non-implementation of the programme which was marked by the continued shifting of the implementation and finalization of the dates of the programme. Upon further enquiries, it emerged that the Portfolio Committee was constantly receiving conflicting information regarding the implementation of the programme. At some point the Portfolio Committee realised that reporting offered by the Department of Basic Education differed between the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education and the Standing Committee on Appropriations, particularly in terms of the implementation dates of the programme.
In November 2011 the Department of Basic Education appeared before the Standing Committee on Appropriations for a briefing on the budget adjustments and related matters; and the issue of the building of 49 schools, as part of the process of the eradication of mud schools, in the Eastern Cape was pursued further. During this engagement it was mentioned that the budget of R700 million in the form of the Schools Infrastructure Backlogs Grant had been unallocated in the 2011 Division of Revenue Act. The budget was only allocated in the adjustments period; which was a cause for concern given the Department's insistence on the completion of 50 schools in the Eastern Cape by 31 March 2012. Even more concerning for the Standing Committee on Appropriations was the fact that none of the 50 school had been built at the time, but the Department insisted that building would commence in the festive season. The Committee was further informed that the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), which was the implementing agent, had given an undertaking that the availability of building materials would not be a challenge.
3.1 Portfolio Committee on Basic Education - The delegation from the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education comprised of Hon H H Malgas MP (Chairperson) (ANC), Hon F F Mushwana MP (ANC), Hon A C Mashishi MP (ANC), Hon A Lovemore MP (DA), Hon W Madisha MP (Cope), Hon A M Mpontshane MP (IFP), Mr D Bandi (Content Advisor), Mr L Mahada (Parliamentary Researcher) and Mr L Brown (Committee Secretary).
3.2 Standing Committee on Appropriations - The delegation from the Standing Committee on Appropriations comprised Hon EM Sogoni (Chairperson of the Committee, ANC); Hon R J Mashigo (ANC); Hon J P Gelderblom (ANC); Hon NNP Mkhulusi (ANC); Hon GT Snell (ANC); Hon N Singh (IFP); Hon M Swart (DA); and Hon L Ramatlakane (Cope), Mr D Arends (Committee Secretary), Mr M Zamisa (Committee Researcher), and Ms T Majone (Committee Assistant).
3.3 National Department of Basic Education – Ms V Diale and Mr R Mafoko.
3.4 Eastern Cape Department of Education – Hon M Makupula, MEC for Education, Mr Q Msiwa and Ms N Duntsula.
3.5 Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature – Mr P Van Vuuren MPL, Ms M Matomela MPL, Ms V Limba MPL, Ms M Michael-Peter MPL, Ms A Ponco MPL, Ms J Bici MPL, Ms M J Daniels and Ms N Myataza.
It was indicated that the Development Bank of South Africa ( DBSA) was the appointed Implementing Agent (IA) for the 50 inappropriate schools in the Eastern Cape . However only 49 schools were being implemented as one school was being implemented by the Eastern Cape Department of Education. The Mvula Trust was appointed to implement water and sanitation projects in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape and Eskom was the appointed Implementing Agent for the electrification of schools in the Eastern Cape , Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces . The Free State , Gauteng , KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape were the Implementing Agents in the 2011/12 financial year.
According to the Department, approximately R1.058 billion was committed in contracts for the implementation of ASIDI during the 2011/12 financial year. The Department went on to give the Committees a comprehensive breakdown of the total expenditure in relation to allocations per project, expenditure as at 31 March 2012, expenditure as at 20 June 2012 and the percentage spent.
· Procurement of Implementing Agents took longer than anticipated.
· Negotiations with the DBSA started in April 2011.
· There were delays in the finalisation of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the DBSA as the bank had to receive approval from the Minister of Finance before the MOA could be concluded.
· The DBSA planned to use Preferred Service Providers (PSPs) to undertake scoping work which was crucial for determining the extent of the scope of work.
· The process for procurement of the PSP to undertake the work had to be rescinded at the end of August after issues of conflict of interest were discovered between the companies bidding for the PSU and project scoping.
The DBSA then started another process to appoint PSPs for scoping, planning and detailed designs which was concluded on 15 September 2011 and resulted in a delay in the finalisation of the scope before going out on tender in October 2011. A strategy adopted for the procurement of contractors was to initially pre-qualify contractors and appoint them from a pool of pre-qualified contractors. The process was halted due to a dispute by contractors from the Eastern Cape who requested consideration of Grade 6GB instead of Grade 7GB. The procurement of contractors resumed on the 25th October 2011 and was concluded on the 4th and 29th November for 28 of the 50 schools and 22 of the 50 schools respectively. Tenders received were based on the generic scope of work due to the delay in the development of project scoping per school. As a result the tendered amounts for the first 28 of 50 and 22 of 50 schools were R 711 million and R 595 million respectively. This resulted in a prolonged adjudication process and appointment of successful contractors. Sites were handed over to the contractors on the 12th and 13th January 2012 for a contraction amount of approximately R 675 million (excluding professional fees, etc).
The Committees received a breakdown of the overall contractors' physical progress as at 11 June 2012, showing the percentage progress achieved for all contractors. Further, the Committees were given a detailed breakdown of progress for each contractor, which included the number of schools allocated, the names of these schools and the percentage building progress to date for each school.
In its analysis of progress, the Department indicated that the programme was behind schedule in all of the schools. Contractors were behind schedule by between 15 and 77 days based on their baseline programmes. Progress at six of the schools was between 3.2 percent and 10 percent. Progress at 16 of the schools was between 10.1 percent and 20 percent. Progress at 17 of the schools was between 20.1 percent and 30 percent. Progress at six of the schools was between 30.1 percent and 40 percent. Progress at three of the schools was between 40.1 percent and 50 percent. Progress at one of the schools was over 50 percent. The Department indicated that contractual provisions had been invoked for non performing contractors.
From the Department's close monitoring and analysis, it was evident that not all schools would be completed by the end of August 2012. Construction work at all schools would be completed on, or before November 2012. Table 1 below shows the new indicative practical completion dates supplied by the Department for the completion of the 49 schools in the ASIDI Schools Building Programme, based on the current rate of progress of contractors.
· Competition with other business sectors for transportation of bulk materials.
In conclusion, the Department reported that the DBSA continues to engage the contractors with the view of a practical approach to expedite the work to ensure that more schools are completed by the end of August 2012. Contractors who had shown poor performance had been issued with notices of defaults, and in one case a contract had been terminated. Termination would be the last resort as it had the potential of serious costs overruns.
4.2.1 Limpopo - The Department indicated that Thirty-three (33) of the 40 sanitation projects had achieved practical completion. All thirty-eight (38) water projects had been completed.
4.2.2 The Eastern Cape – F ifty-one (51) of the 58 sanitation projects in the Province had achieved practical completion. All eighty-four (84) schools had been provided with rain water harvesting tanks and related infrastructure. Thirty-one (31) of the 32 projects had been connected to municipal bulk supply. None of the 49 projects identified for borehole connections were completed yet.
4.2.3 KwaZulu-Natal – The Department stated that the Province was the Implementing Agent. There were 88 schools identified for this Programme, after assessments, five schools were taken out after it was found that they were already addressed. Out of the 83 schools only 28 schools had been completed, 17 projects were in progress and were between 60 and 90 percent completed. There were 38 projects that were handed over in March and April 2012, and were between 1 percent and 20 percent complete.
4.2.4 Western Cape - The Western Cape Department of Education was the appointed Implementing Agent. The project scope entailed the upgrading of water, ablution facilities & electrical and sanitation facilities. The targets were seven schools for electrification. 21 schools for sanitation and three schools for the upgrading of water. All projects had achieved final completion.
4.2.5 Gauteng – The Gauteng Department of Education was the appointed Implementing Agent. Seven sanitation projects were implemented and two electrification projects. All nine projects had achieved practical completion.
4.2.6 Free State – The Free State Department of Education was the Implementing Agent. The scope in implementation was 32 water projects; 13 sanitation projects and 26 electrification projects. Eleven water projects; 11 Sanitation projects and 22 electrification projects had achieved practical completion.
4.2.7 Northern Cape – The Northern Cape was the Implementing Agent. The scope in implementation was six water projects and 16 sanitation projects. All schools were in construction.
In their analysis of the progress in respect of water and sanitation, the Department indicated that m ost of the projects had been completed by the end of the 4 th Quarter. Delays in Limpopo were mainly due to work stoppages due to non-payment which was as a result of scope change processes. Payments had been processed and anticipated completion date was end of May. Delays in the Eastern Cape were generally due to delayed manufacturing of some of the materials (e.g. Urinals). Only one supplier was manufacturing the specified quality and therefore had to provide large quantities of orders.
· Bush Clearing Teams - There was a shortage of registered bush clearing teams within Eskom in the Eastern Cape Province .
· The Indigenous Forest - A Survey to Gwexintaba Senior Primary School (500284) was hampered by the indigenous forest. A line through the forest meant cutting down trees which would also cause concern regarding the maintenance of the line.
In conclusion, the Department touched on the 2012/13 plans and master list. The scope of the plans included 100 inappropriate schools, 692 electrifications, 453 sanitations, 928 water and 50 specialist classroom projects. Scoping processes for inappropriate schools, water and sanitation was completed and cost estimations had been procured. Scoping for specialist class rooms was in progress. COEGA, Independent Development Trust, (IDT) and the Department of Public Works Eastern Cape (DPWEC) had been appointed for the implementation of the 50 schools in the Eastern Cape . Advertisements were out in the Tender Bulletin (4 May) for Implementing Agents, Build Environment Professionals (BEPs) and Contractors for the implementation of the ASIDI programme in the 2012/13 to 2013/14 financial years. Briefing sessions were held from the 21 – 23 May 2012.
· Members were concerned, and raised issue with the high target levels projected by the Department and were not convinced that they were attainable.
· The quality of the workmanship in the construction of schools needed constant monitoring.
· There was a need for clarity on the legal ramification of the agreements between the Department and its contractors.
· Was the issue of a material shortage factual or was it used as an excuse?
· There was further concern over the criteria for the appointments of contractors and what informed the decision to award some contractor's one school and others more than one. It appeared that those awarded more than one school were not performing well. Of concern was whether contractors who had their contracts terminated were blacklisted or reconsidered for further contracts.
· Of importance was how the programme was aligned to the overall rationalisation/redesign of schools.
· It was agued that all schools needed to be built as per the Department's minimum guidelines for construction.
· Of concern was whether the Department would have reached its target of completion by November 2012 as indicated.
· A further concern was the use of too many consultants.
· It was important that completed schools also received the necessary furniture.
· A major concern was the 22 schools whose construction completion had undergone less than 20 percent. What retention clauses were there in the contracts?
· It was important that material suppliers from the Eastern Cape be fully utilised to benefit from the programme.
· Members questioned the role of the Provincial Departments of Education and the Department of Public Works in the projects.
· Another issue was how the 49 schools identified had been initially chosen.
· Of concern was the delay in the digging of the boreholes at certain schools.
· It was important that the Department had a risk management plan in place.
In respect of inappropriate structures, the Department was dealing with all of them, focusing on total inappropriate structures (mud, prefabricated, metal etc.). There were many so-called inappropriate structures that were in a fairly good condition as compared to others. In respect of school construction, these followed the guidelines on norms and standards. The Department further mentioned that in respect of class-size, the smallest school comprised seven classrooms (135 – 300 learners) and included an administration block, laboratory, sports field and nutrition centre. Although the Department reported to Heads of Education Departments Committee (HEDCOM) and the Council of Education Ministers (CEM), there was a need to have regular meetings with provinces to address concerns as they emerged. When the Department provided the school, it was as a complete school with all furniture included. Of the R8.2 billion about R6 billion was allocated to projects in the province, but not to the province itself. The R8.2 billion was allocated entirely to the Department of Basic Education, and as such, was the accounting agent and the responsibility of the Department. The ASIDI programme was a supplementary programme to assist provinces in respect of dealing with infrastructure challenges.
All implementing agents had the necessary quality checks in place. The Department had regular meetings with the DBSA in respect of challenges faced with the programme. It was notable that the Department had shortened the procurement process and procedures by at least 80 percent. The DBSA had experienced many problems on site that were not envisaged e.g. gravesites and rock foundations. Because the project was an accelerated programme, there was a need to ensure high capacity companies. The DBSA erred in thinking that the bigger, more established construction companies would be able to cope with more than one school. Unfortunately this was not the case and there were many lessons learned. A huge problem was the unavailability of concrete and bricks. Many had now turned to procuring from other provinces. Many transport companies were refusing to transport building material to sites due to bad weather conditions and poor roads. Penalties of at least R32 000.00 would be applied where necessary and there was a 10 percent retention and 10 percent guarantee. To assist with effective monitoring, the DBSA had opened offices in the provinces. It was made clear that at least 70 percent of the contractors were from the Eastern Cape .
7.1 The completion date for the construction of the 49 schools under the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Development Initiative (ASIDI) had been shifted to the end of November 2012. The initial completion date for the 49 schools was 31 March 2012, which had been shifted to the end of August 2012 during the Standing Committee's oversight visit to the Eastern Cape Province in January 2012.
7.2 The Department of Basic Education reported that there were challenges with the supply of material in the Eastern Cape Province which had contributed to the completion date being shifted for the second time. This was a cause for concern given the fact that the Department initially assured the Committee in November 2011 that there would be a constant supply of material over the December festive period.
The Minister of Basic Education should ensure that the Department of Basic Education submit a report on the envisaged cost escalations that would arise as a result of the shifting of the completion date for construction of the 49 schools in the Eastern Cape Province as part of the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Development Initiative. In this report, the Department should indicate whether provisions were made in tenders for the payment of penalties in the event of delays that came as a result of non performance.


DIY Floating Glitter Necklace - Use Glitter & Resin to Make This!
Part 1 of this post was so long that I had to break it into two parts. If you haven't read part 1 – Floating Glitter with Resin Necklace – pause and then go back and read that one first.
This post is going to break down how I made several different looks with the necklaces and also give a few more tips about working with resin.
So let's buckle in and get started.
OK so tunnel of love might be a little dramatic but this turned out to be one of my favorite ones. Why? Because the deepness of the silver frame allows it to have a lot of depth in how it looks. When you look at this one you can see straight through it but that means that you can also see layers upon layers of glitter. It's fascinating in person. When I look straight at it, I almost feel like I'm falling into a galaxy of glitter.
How can you make this one?
To make it you need a deeper open back bezel such as this one or this one.
Follow all the steps listed in the first post to prepare the frame.
Next, take a small amount of resin in a seperate container and mix two different colors of glitter straight into the resin. For this one I used a dark red and purplish red fine glitter. The glitter concentration was pretty dense and you couldn't see through the mix.
Take your open back bezel frame, which should be already attached to blue tape and fill the bottom layer of it with the glitter / resin mix. Do not fill it all the way to the top.
Now take clear resin and slowly pour it directly into the middle of the pendant. The clear resin will slowly push all the glitter to the sides, leaving an open space in the middle and creating the layers of glitter.
Keep dripping clear resin into the same spot until it's filled to the top. Do not pour extra resin into this one, which would create the domed or rounded top. Fill it until the top is even with the frame and stop.
Let the resin harden and you're ready to wear it.
The other day I put up a picture of all of the necklaces that I had just made and asked people which one was their favorite. The overwhelming favorite was this one, which I did not expect to happen at all! I love this one but I have others that I'm head over heels for. However people just loved this one and the great news is that it's the easiest one to make! So if you want to make teachers gifts or do this for something else that will require a lot of them to be made, this is the route I suggest you go.
How do you make this one? Simple, simple, simple. Remember in the first one that I showed you, the first step was to mix two like shades of glitter into the resin? This was made using the rest of that resin.
This one was made simply by mixing two shades of glitter into resin until you couldn't see through the mix. Carefully pour it into the frame, pushing it against the sides with a toothpick or stir stick. The main difference is that I did let this one dome. which means that I poured extra to make a rounded top.
The longer your resin has been made, the easier it will dome. However don't wait too long or you won't be able to use it.
If you want it to be more see through, use less glitter and then you'll have a pendant that looks like the one in the picture above.
Another great style that you can make is to drizzle a tiny bit of clear resin into the glitter resin. It makes a crack through the resin that adds a fun bit of detail.
This is my second favorite pendant. Why? Because this one truly makes the glitter look like it's floating in space.
Actually when I started this project, my plan was to make all of the pendants look like this one but it was too much fun to experiment with other looks.
To make this look, start with your open frame bezel attached the painter's tape. Carefully place a small pile of glitter in the middle of the frame. Pour clear resin around the glitter but not into it. Stay closer to the frame with the resin. Using a toothpick or stir stick, slowly pull the resin into the pile of glitter and make sure it's mixed well within the resin but still in it's place. If the glitter starts to go further than you want it to, add a touch of resin to the outside edge of the frame and pull it toward the middle, which will bring the glitter back to the middle as well.
Creating an ombre effect by using a light color glitter on top of the frame and a darker color on the bottom.
Adding things other than glitter. You could try adding small seed beads or tiny trinkets.
Which one is your favorite? Do you have plans to make them soon?
If you want a simpler tutorial, don't forget to check out the Glitter Necklace made with Mod Podge!
If you need to go back to the first post to get a refresher as to the steps you need to take to start this project, click here.
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The Casket of Saint Louis, a small coffer, decorated with enamel medallions and heraldic shields, includes the arms of Louis IX of France and his mother Blanche of Castile among 21 members of the French nobility from the early thirteenth century. It holds special significance for the understanding of medieval France's political landscape. Ensembles of heraldry that appear on objects and monuments of the thirteenth century reveal more than individual identities: they define relationships and illuminate political events. The Casket of Saint Louis invokes political and social networks and events relating to the Capetian dynasty in the years before Louis IX reached his majority. The large number of powerful (and sometimes hostile) members of the nobility represented on the casket, arranged in an ordered, courtly space created by the decorations, affirm the power and stability of Capetian authority under Blanche of Castile's rule. In contrast to the earlier scholarship, I argue that Blanche of Castile likely served as patron or recipient of the casket.
Jacobs, Audrey L., "The Heraldic Casket of Saint Louis in the Louvre" (2014). Theses and Dissertations. 359.


That's me, up there 👆. I love going off road. The plan is to ride around the world… but I digress.
Human After All . – This image is to prove I have a face… though it is often contorted when extremely focused like behind the lens.
1. I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT MY CRAFT. I know it's cliche. I spent hours, actually days, coming up with fancy ways to reword this statement but fact of the matter is there is still no acceptable synonym for 'passion' as of yet. Here's an example to back up this claim. In 2009 I completed my 365 Project. Every single day for an entire year I took a self portrait. I'm not talking about the kind where you hold a camera at arms length and press the button. I'm talking about lathering my entire body in corn-syrup, rolling in cherry blossoms I collected off the street, and then using a remote triggered camera and flashes to create the superhero now known as Blossom Man.
2. I'M A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH. Sorry, I know there are many other adjectives such as, 'personable', 'reliable' and 'professional' that sound less self indulgent but, I strongly feel 'pleasure to work with' sums it up best. Because in the end, isn't that what you want, someone who puts you at ease, listens, delivers as promised and goes that extra mile every step of the way?
3. I WANT TO IMPRESS YOU. Admittedly my desire for praise is also my weakness. I'm simply not one of those artists who is contented merely by the process of making art. I want others to see what I create and for my work to evoke such strong feelings that I can hear you laugh, see you smile and feel your happiness.
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