In 1988 the Mirage fleet was upgraded by IAI at the Maintenance Command (CAMAN) in Madrid Air Base. They received Kfir-C.7-style canards, flight-refuelling capability and a new navigation and fire-control systems. The fleet was further upgraded during 2001 to include night vision systems and laser-guided weapons. The resulting aircraft has been designated 5COAM. In October 1996 the remaining 5COR recon version was converted into a standard 5COAM, after having its recon equipment removed. By 2004, the FAC had lost seven Mirages in separate incidents.


Read the information, then click on the link named "LAB MATERIAL", then click on "Mineral Physical Properties and Mineral Identification".
Read the information on this page, continue to the page bottom and do the mineral identification exercises (20 in all).
Try to identify the unknown minerals using the various properties listed. You may have to go back and check the list to verify.
If you have trouble, click on the lecture material link and then the Mineral Systems and Physical Properties links for background information.
After you've completed this much, use the properties below to try and identify the minerals. Write them on a separate sheet of paper and hand them in to me today.
1. Imperfect in three directions (rhombic) Hardness = 1� to 2� resinous to sub-vitreous, may appear somewhat earthy when massive or as crusts; Bright-yellow; Orthorhombic crystals; usually crystallized masses. Usually gives a pale yellow streak.
2. Perfect in one direction (rarely seen) Hardness = 2 to 2� earthy White to Tan, may be Greyish or pink; usually as compact earthy masses; has an earth odor when moistened.
3. Cleavage is Perfect in three directions, none at 90 degrees (rhombic); Hardness = 3; usually Clear or White to Tan or Grey, but may be tinted many colors vitreous to sub-vitreous. Trigonal crystals may be in cleavable masses producing rhombs, granular masses (limestone and marble),scalenohedral ("dogtooth") crystals, rhombohedral crystals, flattened rhombohedral ("nailhead") crystals, or a wide variety of related shapes; White streak; clear rhombs show a doubled image of print viewed through them, effervesces (fizzes) in cold, dilute acid � even in vinegar or Coke to a small degree.
4. Six cleavage directions - perfect in all six directions, dodecahedral; Hardness = 3� to 4 Brown to Black, Yellow-brown to Greenish-yellow-brown, may also be Red in small crystals resinous, but may be oily or sub-metallic on cleavage surfaces and adamantine in small crystals. Isometric crystals usually in coarsely crystalline cleavable masses exhibiting seemingly chaotic cleavage surfaces and as small tetrahedral (wedge-shaped) or dodecahedral (soccer ball-shaped) crystals; larger crystals tend to be somewhat crude and rough surfaced aggregates; brown to yellow streak.
5. Perfect in one direction, good in the second (prismatic) 6 to 6� White to Light-grey and Colorless, may be tinged blue or green, darkening to Dark-grey to Black. Vitreous luster; members on this end of this group are most easily distinguished from others in this group by fine, closely-spaced striations on a cleavage surface.


Brandi Carlile, John Prine and Margo Price were among the 2019 Grammy Awards nominees. Winners will be revealed at the 61st Grammy Awards ceremony taking place at Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 10.
Carlile's song "The Joke" was nominated for Record Of The Year and Best American Roots Performance and (with co-writers Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth) for Song Of The Year and Best American Roots Song. The song appeared on her album By The Way, I Forgive You that was nominated for Album Of The Year and Best Americana Album.
Prine will challenge Carlile for Best American Roots Song for his "Knockin' On Your Screen Door" and "Summer's End." Both songs appeared on Prine's album The Tree Of Forgiveness which will go up against Carlile and The Wood Brothers' One Drop Of Truth for Best Americana Album. Price, who released her second album All American Made in 2017 and debut album Midwest Farmer's Daughter in 2016, was nominated for Best New Artist.
Kacey Musgraves, Greta Van Fleet, Beck, Willie Nelson, Chris Cornell, St. Vincent, David Byrne, Leon Bridges, Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite, Buddy Guy, Anderson .Paak, The Travelin' McCourys and Punch Brothers were also among those receiving nominations. The full list of nominees can be found here.


Bagshot did indeed remember those who gave their lives for our freedom. The Parish Church was packed for the Remembrance Sunday service, with chairs having to be wheeled in from the adjoining hall.
Yet more people were waiting at the War Memorial for the Act of Remembrance, two minutes silence and laying wreaths.
Dozens of intricately painted stones had appeared on the War Memorial, many featuring the names of the departed – a very moving tribute, especially to those who discovered that an unknown person had taken time and care to pay tribute to their ancestor.
Following the service, displays featuring memories of the fallen were set up in the church and Church Centre. The names of all those recorded on the War Memorial can be found here and the inscriptions on the memorial here. A research project has sought to trace the history of those who died and a profile of each of those who died in WW1 can be seen here.
« Remembrance Service at St Anne's Church.


Subsidiarity expresses a very simple but essential idea which we often support even without knowing it. The idea is: every person or organization, having a bigger power has to help those who have less power in that way that this wouldn't hurt freedom but would rather stimulate individual's independence. Subsidiarity is adopted in many different fields (management, politics, education system, etc.). It is considered a universal principle that can be applied in all forms of social life. Therefore the aim of this research was to find out how the principle of subsidiarity can be applied in a social work area, speaking about an interaction between the social worker and the client. Seven respondents took part in this research (from Lithuania, Germany, Italy and USA): social work practitioners and social work specialists, acting in a scientific field. Research results indicated that the basic principle of subsidiarity in interaction between social worker and client is the integral attitude towards the other human being with emphasis of his dignity and value. According to subsidiarity principle the aim of the social worker is to help the client in solving his problems in self-sufficient way, with making full use of his and his environment potential. Social workers, working towards this aim, select the methods, which would support creating relations of solidarity among the client and the other people (for instance, self-supporting groups, family involvement, etc). On the other hand, the client's and his environment's empowerment takes more time, efforts, professional skills, etc. The final conclusion is that the application of the subsidiarity principle is useful and meaningful, since, it provides every participant with respect in of the process of help and support, it answers their needs better and the results achieved are more long-lasting.


Sometimes major inventions happen by accident.
Some big examples include penicillin, velcro, and the microwave oven.
One day in 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming returned to his lab in London after a two-week vacation to find that mold had developed on a contaminated staphylococcus culture plate. The scientist was searching for a "wonder drug" to cure a wide variety of diseases. A moldy Petri dish was not a part of the plan, but Fleming noticed the culture had prevented the growth of staphylococci. Further examination revealed penicillin, a powerful antibiotic that could be used to treat everything from tonsillitis to syphilis.
Sir Alexander Fleming's careless mistake became one of the most important medical discoveries in history. Thanks to penicillin, the rate of death due to infectious disease is now 5% of what it was at the beginning of the 20th century.
Today's infographic, from Broadbandwhatever, highlights some noteworthy accidental inventions in modern history and demonstrates that not all accidents are created equal.
The 1880s was the era of miracle elixirs and across America pharmacists were cooking up "cures" for every conceivable ailment. Atlanta-based pharmacist, John Pemberton, capitalized on the trend by selling a French Wine Coca concoction that was touted as a cure for headaches and nervous disorders. Pemberton's business hit a speed bump in 1885, when Atlanta banned the sale of alcohol, so he omitted the wine and created a coca-based syrup that could be mixed with carbonated water and drank as a soda. He named this new "brain tonic" Coca-Cola.
Swiss engineer George de Mestral was out hunting in the Alps with his dog when he noticed burrs sticking to its fur. To satisfy his curiosity about what makes burrs so "sticky", Mestral viewed one under a microscope and observed the tiny hooks that allow it to latch on to surfaces like fabric and fur. For years, Mestral experimented with a variety of textiles before arriving at a solution: Velcro, which he eventually patented. The technology was useful, but really began to take off in popularity when Apollo astronauts used Velcro to keep objects secure in orbit.
Next time you're making breakfast, remember that Roy Plunkett is the reason you're able flip pancake with ease. Long before CFCs became the environmental super-villain depleting the ozone layer, the chemist was aiming to create a new type of chlorofluorocarbon. One day, when Plunkett returned to a refrigeration chamber to check on an experiment, a canister that had contained gas had vanished leaving a few white flakes behind. Upon examining the mysterious substance, he realised it had a very high melting point and was very effective as a lubricant. Teflon was first used in military applications and is now famously applied to cookware around the world.
Whether you're experimenting with materials or working on a new business, you never know when a mishap can transform into your "Eureka" moment.


It won't cook your food, but plenty of parents are shelling out the hefty price tag for some pretty damn clean floors and carpets.
From the company that make Thermomix comes a new upright vacuum for $2000.
It wasn't that long ago when the thought of paying $2,000 for a kitchen appliance would have made us all laugh and get straight back to stirring a pot of pasta with an actual spoon.
But low and behind, just a few years later and Thermomixes have moved out of restaurant kitchens to the household benchtop, with many cooks buying a spare so they can be used in unison for the evening dinner. Yes, spending the equivalent of a used car for two kitchen gadgets - albeit very handy ones - is now a thing.
Well, Thermomix fans, we have some very good news to share. Vorwerk, the German makers of Thermomix, are in the vacuum game.
If you have a lazy $1,999 to spend, you can nab yourself the dust-sucking equivalent of the Thermie: the Vorwerk Kobold VK200 Upright Vacuum.
Don't have $2K spare but need some cleaning inspiration? Check out The f*cket bucket cleaning hack or this mum's viral cleaning tips that are actually very doable.
So, what do we get for that price tag? Godfreys, the retailer who sells the vacuum in Australia and New Zealand, says it has fully automatic floor detection, so do you don't have to select the right power level for different flooring and carpets. It also has a LED dust bag detector that shows you when the bag needs replacing. Our favourite feature is that it claims to capture "99% of all allergy-inducing particles". Well, we'd hope so for that price!
For those dust sneezers like me who aren't a fan of vacuuming no matter how snazzy a product is, then rest easy - there's also a Thermie equivalent in a robot vacuum. Praise be!
The Vorwerk Kobold VR200 Robot Vacuum retails for $1,499 and unlike most other automated dust collectors, it has a D-shaped design for getting into those hard to reach corners. It can run for 90 minutes on eco mode and will even go back to the charging dock by itself when finished cleaning or when it's going flat.
Godfreys says it can go up to rugs from hard floors without a problem, and has sensors to detect furniture and obstacles such as carefully constructed LEGO masterpieces that simply must remain in the middle of the lounge room until someone injures themselves (creative license on that last bit). Our favourite feature though, is the schedule option, so you can pop it on while everyone's at work and school and come back to a freshly clean floor.
The vacuums are a hot topic in some Facebook groups, with parents wondering if they're a good buy.
It pays to do your research on what suits your needs, as there are a few users who have mixed reviews.


Reason to Believe: The Eagles do a good job guarding the three ball (31.3%, 36th in NCAA), and they out-rebounded opponents by a wide margin (1,223-1,011) this season. Even if those numbers are skewed by a lower caliber of competition, those are still skills that translate. They're also an experienced group with five seniors among their eight-man rotation.
March Madness Ceiling: The Eagles have been ousted in one of the First new nike nfl jerseys for sale cheap Four games each of the past two seasons. A similar fate likely awaits them this year.
The 2018 Atlanta Falcons offense will be made up mostly of the same roster that went to Super Bowl 51. One of the biggest changes is first-round receiver Calvin Ridley, who was added as an immediate replacement to Taylor Gabriel and a long-term replacement for Mohamed Sanu. cheap nike nfl jersey The Falcons did not have much wiggle room this offseason, but they did figure out how to add guard Brandon Fusco on a three-year, $12.8 million deal, another improvement on offense.
On the defensive line, Vic Beasley is transitioning back to a cheap nike nfl jerseys wholesale full-time DE role after playing a hybrid last season, while 2017 first-round pick Takkarist McKinley is likely going to be a 16-game starter for the first time in his NFL career.
The loss of "prove-it deal" nose tackle Dontari Poe leaves a starting role open.cheap nfl nike jersey The post-draft signing of former Oakland Raiders and Washington Redskins defensive tackle Terrell McClain adds competition to Deadrin Senat, a rookie third-round pick.
Evans will be 35 years old when the 2018 season starts, but he's said that he still wants to play, per Ryan Wood of Packers News, and he's good enough to do it. As a player and leader for a young offense, Evans would be a fine addition.
Remember when the Golden State Warriors were destined to rule the NBA for the foreseeable future and win, to borrow a phrase, "not five, not six, not seven…" championships?
Forgive the past tense on that, uh, golden visage, but the injury machete that has lopped off the Warriors' four All-Stars—Steph Curry (sprained knee), Kevin Durant (cracked ribs), Klay Thompson (fractured thumb) and Draymond Green (sore shoulder, china nike nfl jerseys cheap contused pelvis)—has opposing coaches and executives revising their projections for just how long the franchise's current run of three NBA Finals' appearances will go. While the majority still consider them the favorite to repeat as champions and win their third title in four years this year, they all included a big if—as in if they're healthy, including their two-time league MVP, Curry.
While Durant and Green returned Thursday night, and Thompson is expected back sometime in the next week or so, the length of Curry's absence has yet to be determined—and considering how he wasn't quite the same two years ago when he resumed playing after a less severely sprained knee ligament, it's fair to question if he can come anywhere close to that 100 percent mark this spring.
As for how long they will remain the team to beat moving forward, the same executive believes what we've seen this season—stretches of indifferent effort along with the injuries—indicates they are beginning their inexorable slide, at least as presently constituted.nfl cheap jerseys nike If they manage to snare another championship this season, he sees them capturing, at most, one more beyond that.
But by eschewing a quarterback atop the draft this year, the Browns will ensure they remain firmly in the AFC North basement.
Despite having a quarterback situation that's become a tragic comedy, the Browns haven't spent a top-15 draft pick on a quarterback since selecting Tim Couch first overall in 1999. And even when they have taken a QB in Round 1, the pick has been a disaster (see: cheap nfl nike jerseys from china Weeden, Brandon and Manziel, Johnny).
Rather than draft Carson Wentz in 2016, the Browns traded that No. 2 pick to the Philadelphia Eagles. The same happened at No. 12 in 2017 with Deshaun Watson and the Houston Texans.
None of this year's top quarterbacks are can't-miss prospects, largely because there is no such thing. But one of them needs to be atop cheap nike nfl jerseys free shipping Cleveland's draft board, and the Browns need to take him at No. 1.
Whoever they pick there won't be guaranteed to succeed, but for the first time in a long time, the Browns will be able to say they tried.
The factors that led to Prescott having to don a proverbial cape in 2017 are still there.
While Ezekiel Elliott won't have a six-game suspension looming over his head this season, Dallas' pass-catchers remain a mess. Dez Bryant isn't the receiver he once was. Jason Witten will turn 36 in May. And the team's biggest free-agent addition at wideout was Allen Hurns, who is a 50/50 bet to get injured signing his contract.
The Cowboys could add a receiver in the 2018 draft, and Calvin Ridley of Alabama—nfl nike jerseys for cheap the top prospect at the position this season—may still be there at No. 19. But Ridley isn't exactly an instant-impact player.
Dallas' opponents are going to stack the line, try to stop Elliott and dare Prescott to beat them using this motley crew.


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Halsey melts Overwatch fans' hearts with adorable D.Va cosplay
Published: 30/Apr/2020 23:44 Updated: 30/Apr/2020 23:52
by Meg Bethany Koepp
Instagram: @iamhalsey / Blizzard Entertainment
Ashley Frangipane, better known as pop singer Halsey, shared the cutest take on the Overwatch tank hero D.Va that you'll ever see. It's so accurate, it looks as though she's jumped straight out of the TV screen.
D.Va is no doubt one of the first-person shooter's most popular characters – in both the game and with cosplayers. Searching for Overwatch cosplays, it's rare that you don't see at least 50% of them dedicated to the pint-sized Korean.
When you think of the typical OW fan, the last person you'd think of is Halsey, but she's proven she's a dedicated gamer by sharing the most perfect take on the tank character that you'll probably ever see – it's so good!
Halsey's Overwatch D.Va cosplay
The pop star uploaded a set of four photos to Twitter with the caption "Another day another play," in which she posed as the popular hero in a D.Va-themed bikini – because why not catch some sun while dressed up as your favorite video game character?
Complete with the heroine's famous headset and brown hair with bangs, the American completely nailed the look. She even included the pink face paint, as well as the iconic bunny logo featured on her swim top.
Read More: Pokemon Sword & Shield cosplayer shows dark side as Marnie
One of the tank's most recognized poses is when she throws up a peace sign with her hand during her 'Selfie' highlight intro. The 25-year-old replicated this perfectly in her shots, which really captures the carefree spirit of the hero perfectly.
another day another play ???? pic.twitter.com/FR34WuuOcK
— h (@halsey) April 30, 2020
Overwatch pro player and Los Angeles Valiant off-tank Caleb 'McGravy' McGarvey responded to the photos with some hilarious ones of his own, striking the same poses as her in a D.Va body suit.
This caught the singer's attention, and she quote-tweeted it, adding a simple "king" and crown emoji in approval.
king ? https://t.co/1gsSJxJXsb
While this is the first time Halsey has shared her love for Overwatch publicly, she has previously spoken about how she grew up playing video games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and how it helped her to create her music.
Read More: High-flying Overwatch tech takes Reinhardt airborne
"In a video game, you have two options, you have a quick battle or you can play campaign. A quick battle is like listening to the single," she said in an interview with Vulture in 2017. "Playing campaign is getting the whole story, the lore, why the characters are there, what's motivating them."

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St Kitts-Nevis FIFA Officials Returns from Antigua & Barbuda
As several of the St. Kitts-Nevis National teams have been involved in qualifiers recently; the Under 17 females tried to advance to their 2012 World Cup in Azerbaijan; the U-23 Olympic male team continues to press forward to make it to London for the 2012 Olympics; and the senior male team battles for a spot in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil; our officials have also been involved in various Qualifiers.
FIFA referee James Matthew and FIFA assistant referees Graeme Browne and Ike Inniss returned to the Federation yesterday (Wednesday 12th October), after successfully honouring their men's World Cup Qualifier, Antigua-Barbuda vs the United States Virgin Islands, at the Sticky-Wicket Ground in St. Johns Antigua.
The host won 10-0.
This is not the first (1st) time for the year that these ambassadors have officiated in qualifiers.
1.	James Matthew had appointments on:
•	15.6.11 – Men's World Cup Qualifier – Preliminary Competition in Trinidad & Tobago: Montserrat vs Belize.
•	19 – 23 July, 2011, Men's Olympic Qualifier – Preliminary Competition Caribbean Zone – Round 1 – Appointments – Group B in Dominica: Dominica, Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago and Curacao while
2.	Graeme Browne worked on :
•	23 – 27 June, 2011 – Men's Olympic Qualifier – Preliminary Competition Caribbean Zone – Round 1 – Appointments – Group C? in Cuba: Cuba, Aruba & Guyana
Mr James Greene also completed an assignment as referee assessor on 15th September, 2011, when he journeyed to Trinidad to perform duties in the Women's U 17 World Cup Qualifier, Trinidad & Tobago vs Dominica.
The St. Kitts-Nevis Football Association (SKNFA) congratulates all of the above officials on these appointments, as well as their performances, and wish them more appointments in future.
St Lucia Hold St Kitts-Nevis to a draw
Premier League gets off to an Exciting Start


There are no rules that say you have to picnic on a Sunday. So, last weekend, instead of doing boring Saturday stuff (like ironing clothes for the week), we decided to kick-start the blog instead.
So, are you packed? Yes? Let's go!
Eveleigh Market comes alive every Saturday between 8am and 1pm. Market stalls are set up in an old heritage listed railway workshop known as the Blacksmith's Workshop (adjacent to Carriageworks) in Eveleigh, a tiny suburb near Redfern.
I need to make a confession upfront, as it is likely to be something you see in this blog a lot. I have a thing for old walls. It's weird. I know it. Mark knows it. But I can't help it! The more flaky, decrepit, crumbled, or worn out the wall looks, the more I love it. Eveleigh Market has great walls.
Apart from that, you can find all kinds of local fresh produce here. There's everything from gourmet meats (organic grass-fed lamb anyone?), handmade pasta, free-range eggs, artisan cheese, smoked fish, delicious baked goods, boutique wines and vibrant flowers. And of course, a great range of organic fruits and vegetables.
Multi-tasking Saturday grocery shopping with our brunch picnic date. See, efficient!
Yes, it's not exactly cheaper than Coles or Woolies for your fruit and veg, but you do get a chance to chat to the owners and find out where your produce is coming from. And for some things, like the massive bunch of organic purple kale we got, its freshness can't be beaten. If you normally save your grocery shopping for Saturday, then this is the perfect opportunity to multi-task. The bonus is that most of the stallholders offer free samples so you can see what takes your fancy. And, you can do it all with a coffee in hand!
It's a good idea to bring a spare bag for your goodies!
So for our picnic brunch menu, we tried amazing goats curd from a stall called Willowbrae Chevre Cheese and decided this had to feature. We paired that with some delicious fresh figs from G & M Putrino, which we were informed may be the last of the season, and which would go perfectly with the goats curd and our pre-packed crackers.
And because of the way those damn cinnamon scrolls were deliciously stacked at the Sonoma stand – I swear if you stood close enough you could hear them whisper "Eat me! Eat me!" – we picked up a croissant and a cinnamon scroll to round it out.
Sonoma croissants – the best in Sydney!
As you can see, deciding on our picnic menu was an unplanned but very inspired process. If you make the Eveleigh Market your picnic produce stop, then we simply encourage you to go in hungry and see what you feel like on the day!
Mark chose kale over flowers. What a romantic!
→ Bring cash to save time lining up for it. There is an ATM in Carriageworks across the Markets if you need more.
→ Bring a spare bag for your produce, or if you have it, a 'granny trolley' (there's probably a proper name for this). Never fear, there is a stall selling these in cute prints if you decide you need one.
→ Chat to the growers about what's in season and what to do with your produce. For example, I didn't know that you could use beetroot leaves instead of kale in salad or that you could freeze goats curd and defrost as needed to make it last longer. It makes for less waste and a good learning experience.
→ Get up early and enjoy breakfast there. There is great coffee to get you started (and for while you're looking around) and the guys at Bird Cow Fish do unbelievably good lookin' bacon and egg sandwiches with melted cheese (which Mark already knows we need to come back for).
→ If you head over later or are peckish for a light lunch instead, check out the very popular Billy Kwong stall which serves up pork dumplings and egg pancakes. Kylie Kwong is often spotted there behind the steamers and by the way those people stand around devouring those pork buns, you just know it's good.
→ Keep an eye on the prices or just ask if you're unsure. For example, I got said massive bunch of organic purple kale plus a large head of organic broccoli for $7 which I thought wasn't too bad as it most likely will last us the week. A small bag of organic green beans at another stall was $5 so perhaps less of a bargain.
→ And most importantly, try stuff you haven't tried before if a tasting is on offer.
Train: It's about a 7-minute walk from Redfern train station.
Bike: If you're local and have a bicycle with a basket (seems mandatory here), then you can park it in the bike rack out front.
Car: If like us, you've taken the car, there is street parking which is free for a certain period, but you may need to (kindly) stalk someone for it. Apparently, you can also park at Australian Technology Park and take a free shuttle service to Eveleigh from 8.15am to 12.30pm from Bay 8.
See the Eveleigh Market website for more details.
On Saturdays, the Paddington Markets are held next door from 10am, so if you're not in a rush, you might want to check that out too.
So maybe you've spent the day shopping on Oxford Street in Paddington and walked right past it, but in between Country Road and the Paddington Chauvel Cinema is a beautifully landscaped underground garden known as Paddington Reservoir. If you have read "About Us", you'd have found out that this place kicked off the blog and is also affectionately termed "Ritual" (as in, "Shall we do Ritual today?").
In its former life (and as its name hints), it used to be a vital source of water to Sydney up until 1899. The water was emptied and the site was then repurposed a couple of times including as a garage and petrol station which was later abandoned. It opened again in 2009 after having been restored and re-imagined in a new way. There are two levels – the upper street level has a lawn with permanent concrete seating and which has displays showing the history of the site.
But, for a picnic, we suggest heading down to the lower level to relax in the garden, away from the hustle and bustle of Oxford Street.
The lower level has various chambers with beautiful Romanesque brick archways, a hanging garden canopy around a pool in the centre.
I would describe it as Sydney's answer to the High Line in New York – not as big obviously – but with a similar concept of lovingly transforming an industrial, abandoned space into an urban oasis.
Photographers love this space as there are many architectural features that give off great light and shadows, so you'll often see some sort of photo shoot taking place here. One of the chambers is used for various art installations and community events but is not always open to the public. You can still take a peek in though.
There is a great feeling of calm and it is surprisingly quiet, given the main street is just above. You don't have to just come for a picnic – it's also a wonderful place to rest your legs (and credit card) if you've spent the day shopping on Oxford Street, or to simply take some time out with a book. It really is a hidden gem.
To read & sit: There are FREE library books to read and FREE gorgeous striped deck chairs to sit on while you are there. There are newsagents for more reading materials nearby.
Toilets: There are no public toilets in the Reservoir but nearby are some pubs. If you're cheeky like us, there is the Australian Centre for Photography on Oxford Street (walk past the Country Road side) which may have a bathroom with Aesop hand-wash BUT if you visit them it is only fair that you also check out the amazing photography as well.
Kids: The Reservoir is a great option for little kids as they can run about in the underground section and play hide and seek without you having to worry about them running onto the road.
Located on the corner of Oxford Street and Oatley Road, Paddington. In between Country Road and the Chauvel Cinema, and across from the Imperial Hotel pub.
Bus: Bus routes 378, 382 and 380 stop nearby.
Bike: Of course you can ride your bicycle there too. There is wheelchair and pram access to the lower level as well.
We had a car with us so we were happy to drive between destinations. If you don't feel like travelling between Redfern and Paddington (about a 10 minute drive, but longer by public transport) you may want to mix and match this itinerary. For example, if the Eveleigh Market takes your fancy, head there instead and find a more local park for your picnic, like Australian Technology Park (which we'll write up in a later issue). Or if you like the look of Paddington Reservoir Gardens, the coffee stop at Crate Bar & Pizza is walkable and you can pick up lunch / snacks there or along the way.
It's more enjoyable that way.
P.S. If you like Mark's photos, check out his professional page, Mark Jay Photography and on Facebook, for more!


What you see is not what you get. Someone or something is obviously unloading JCY starting 17/8 until 24/8. But now CIMB is recommending a "trading buy"? They who already despise this unwanted stock need someone to take the baggage because in this environment, when someone selling there must be someone on the other side who is buying. Therefore, to cut to the case, when someone profit from stock market, there must be the other side who had to bit the bullet and hold on to losses. To create and induce the appetite of buyer to buy the "unwanted" stocks, is the role of media. With news from "credible" source (Bankers. Who say bankers are bad? They had the welfare of the masses in their [stone cold] heart)and a bit of sparkle here and there, no need much effort (except couple of thousand bucks for fees) to entice the unsuspected masses to buy the unwanted baggage.
And in the Friday report, CIMB – which has a target price of RM1.41 for JCY — said fundamentally it still has a Neutral rating on JCY as it is concerned on the slowdown in HDD demand due to the weak notebook PC sales, evident from the 8% m-o-m sales contraction for the top 5 notebook Taiwanese ODMs in July.


Do you play any sports or are consistently involved with activities that incorporate regular contact? If that's the case then you should give some serious thought to protecting your smile, whether or not you are wearing braces or have undergone any other orthodontic work.
Luckily, the perfect technology to protect your teeth during contact sports already exists. If you are consistently involved with any kind of contact activity, the American Dental Association highly recommends that you use mouthguards.
Mouthguards are protective coverings that are worn over the teeth to help alleviate any contact or pressure against your teeth.
There are a few different basic types of mouthguards.
Custom-made mouthguards made by your dentist and their technicians.
The main things to consider when choosing a mouthguard is how well-fitted and comfortable it feels, how strong and tear-resistant it is, how easy it is to keep clean and bacteria-free and whether or not it impedes your ability to breathe properly.
If you are regularly competing in any contact sport or activity, come get a mouthguard today here at Loop Dental! We can help you choose the right mouthguard for you and teach you how to maintain it properly to keep your teeth safe for a long time.


Kate Moss's younger sister, 16-year-old Lottie Moss, has picked up a new gig modeling for Calvin Klein, just like her sister first did back in 1992. That's Kate Moss on the left; Lottie on the right.
The new ads are a clear homage to Kate's first photos. The Fashion Spot reports that the clothes are part of a collaboration with Mytheresa.com called "The Re-Issue Project" for which the label is re-issuing "iconic hits to a new generation." They've also been shot by the Michael Avedon, the grandson of the man responsible for Calvin Klein ads in the '80s, Richard Avedon.
Again: Lottie on the left, Kate on the right. No Marky Mark, though (and hopefully no breakdowns).


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December 2022 7 Min Read
Review: Charles Frodsham Double Impulse Chronometer
By Russell Sheldrake
This is a new format for us, and one we're quite excited about. The watch review is a tried-and-tested formula that all of us are familiar with. However, we feel that there are some watches out there that may not get the attention they deserve. As such, we will be looking to feature watches which we like, regardless of their age or price. Whilst we will always look to handle and photograph the watches we review, we've chosen these pieces independently and have not been sponsored by the brands or watchmakers in any way.
These are incredibly English watches. Not only does their name feel like a product of the Home Counties, but their design language seems to epitomise English sensibilities of charm, restraint, and moderation. This makes them excellent candidates for this first instalment of our new Review section.
In both 22k yellow gold and steel, this watch is equally charming.
We were lucky enough to get our hands on two Charles Frodsham Chronometers, one in 22k yellow gold that has belonged to a private collector since 2018, and another in steel that is used by the brand as a gallery display model. Given the opportunity to try the two and compare them, we thought it would make for an interesting contrast – after all, it is rare enough to find one of these in the wild. Finding two in different metals, to compare, is near enough impossible.
Why it's interesting
Charles Frodsham & Co is the oldest continuously trading firm of chronometer manufacturers in the world, dating back to 1834. Renowned for making marine chronometers, clocks, and pocket watches for the likes of J.P. Morgan and the British Navy. Today, the brand carries forward this heritage by restoring historic technical timepieces and, much more recently, creating their own wristwatches.
To understand what makes the Charles Frodsham Double Impulse Chronometer special we must start, as you can imagine, with the movement. The research and development of this watch took 16 years, although the company worked on other significant projects during that time, such as replicas of John Harrison's H3 and H4. Why did it take so long? They wanted to include a chronometer escapement in their first wristwatch, as a homage to their history of making chronometers. However, having chosen George Daniels' double impulse chronometer escapement, they found that miniaturising it was no easy feat. In fact, it was something no one had managed before – not even Daniels himself.
Even on these slightly smaller wrists, this watch still manages to sit comfortably.
After taking advice from Daniels' contemporary, Derek Pratt – the only other watchmaker at that time to have made a watch with the escapement, the team at Frodsham began the necessary problem solving of the escapement's tight tolerances, compacting a 2-train layout, an epicyclic up-and down mechanism, and a balance break safety device to ensure the two barrels stay in synchronisation. The latter means that the watch doesn't start running until it has been fully wound.
This complex movement is accompanied by understated finishing.
Not many of these watches have been produced in the five years that they have been available. This stems from the fact that the watch is produced entirely in house, except for the two crystals, the strap, mainsprings, and the balance spring – which is made to their specification – and the jewels, which are from the company's old stock dating back to the 1950s.
The company aims to make roughly 12 watches a year, and this number is not always met; however, they are not numbered as you might expect. Each one has a rather long serial number, which is a continuation of the watch numbering sequence first started by John Arnold in 1761, and adopted by Charles Frodsham when he bought Arnolds and Son in 1843. This means that the first of the current wristwatches produced were numbered in the 010780's.
Having both on the wrist, you feel the difference between the metal types, with the steel feeling like it could be worn and forgotten about far more easily.
They are not the only historical independent to use this continuation of serial numbers: Winnerl, recently restarted by Bernhard Zwinz, has done the same. The brand's last known serial numbers went up to 555, so at their relaunch they have picked this system back up, beginning just below 600.
Frodsham clients can also choose semi-bespoke options when ordering a watch, that highlight the brand's heritage. There are case options of hard rolled 22k yellow gold, 18k white or rose gold, and stainless steel. These can be paired with any one of four dial styles; plain Arabic or Roman numerals, or either with two historical cyphers, that along with the signature and tracking are applied by vapour deposition, rather than the usual cliché printing.
On The Wrist
As someone who readily admits they have unfortunately small wrists, my hesitation to wear this 42.2mm watch felt fairly justified. That was until I put it on. Despite a case size that could seem on the wrong side of oversized compared to many of the pieces we love at A Collected Man, this watch sits extremely well. Its short, curved lugs help its wearability, and by not extending past the depth of the case they make no difference in its feel day-to-day.
While it is not the slimmest watch in the world, at 10.7mm thick, there are similarities in how it sits on the wrist to something like an F.P. Journe Tourbillon, even if the construction and aesthetics differ. Of course, the dimensions of the case is dictated by the movement and its complex construction, mentioned above. The steel version feels marginally more wearable to me due to the variation in weight between the two metals, but this will always come down to personal preference. The difference certainly isn't as stark as you find between a steel and gold Royal Oak, but it is still there.
Getting up close with something like this can reveal an entire world of details.
A unique feature of this watch, again down to the complexity of the movement, is the crown's positioning. Moved up by 15 degrees from its usual position, it is now found at 2:30. The reasoning for having the crown slightly offset is that it allows the large subsidiary seconds to appear at 6 o'clock on the dial. Due to the space that the up and down mechanism and the winding work takes up, either the crown or the sub-dial for the seconds needs to be offset. In real terms this feels like it reduces the width of the overall piece and avoids any unwanted digging into your skin that can occur with bigger watches. This singular crown position might raise a few eyebrows when it comes to handling, setting, and winding the watch, but in reality, it makes very little difference when manipulating it. From having to wind it every day for a week, due to its 40-hour power reserve, it is clear some thought went into the crown's design as it is incredibly easy to use. When you wind it there is a clear recoil as you release it, causing the crown to rotate backwards slightly when you let it go.
Design Facts
The crisp white dial of this piece certainly evokes the traditional enamel we are used to seeing on museum exhibits, but it is in fact made from the far tougher ceramic, zirconium oxide, which is more durable and will not suffer from the hairline cracks that plague many enamel dials. Contrasting against the white dial are the hands and numerals, blued to a deep shade of purple. The hands again link to the company's heritage by mirroring those used on chronometers from the 1900s. In addition, they are each made to the same length, only distinguished by a wide spade at the end of the hour hand. Their colouring and shape seem similar to – but perhaps a more refined version of – those found on certain Moritz Grossmann models.
Something that might be a slight annoyance to some, although it certainly has its benefits when it comes to the look of a watch, is that this piece requires curved spring bars measuring 22mm. This can prove rather limiting if you are someone who likes to chop and change their straps to match your mood or outfit, but Frodshams will freely give spare straps to aid this. While curved ends are still available from most decent strap suppliers, it seems that something the watch industry as a whole is hesitant to embrace.
This watch is certainly a rare bird – not only because very few have been made, and very few are made every year, but because of the innovation that has gone into its development. While the Swiss lever will remain supreme across the industry, finding brands willing to look outside of this norm is refreshing and exciting for those able to get to grips with the technicalities of these micro-engineering feats. This is part of the reason why so many were impressed when Raúl Pagès released his regulator RP1 with a detent escapement.
There are many layers to this watch and while you can read about a lot of its history, wearing it, and living with it has given us a unique perspective on it.
Not only is it independent, but it is also completely made in England, and on top of that it comes from a company with a lineage stretching back to the 1800s. This is a rare combination of factors found in today's market where just one of them would make these pieces desirable. Frodsham watches are eccentric in their construction, their execution, and their design, and the watch market likely doesn't need them, but that only adds to their appeal for us. They don't need to exist, but we're very glad they do.
We would like to thank Charles Frodsham & Co for helping us produce this article and allowing us access to their gallery display model.
If you have a watch that you think we should review, please get in touch be sending an email to journal@acollectedman.com.
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Bumps in the Energy Transition
Events of the last 18 months are leading to much deeper thinking about the energy transition and its challenges. In my new article for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), I lay out four big challenges – energy security, timing and costs, the new North-South divide, and the voracious demand for minerals that is ahead.
Despite a growing global consensus, obstacles to reducing net carbon emissions to zero are stark.
The global disruptions in energy markets and the war in Ukraine have added impetus to the push for renewable energy and the drive toward net-zero carbon emissions. Yet, even as the global consensus around the energy transition becomes stronger, the challenges to that transition are also becoming clearer.
In addition to the uncertain pace of technological development and deployment, four issues in particular stand out:
The return of energy security as a prime requirement for countries
Lack of consensus on how fast the transition should and can take place, in part because of its potential economic disruptions
A sharpening divide between advanced and developing countries on priorities in the transition
Obstacles to expanding mining and building supply chains for the minerals needed for the net-zero objective.
The need for energy security was a concern that had largely faded over the past several years. The energy shock, the economic hardship that ensued, skyrocketing energy prices that could not have been imagined 18 months ago, and geopolitical conflicts—all these have combined to force many governments to reassess strategies. This reassessment recognizes that the energy transition needs to be grounded in energy security—that is, adequate and reasonably priced supplies—to ensure public support and avoid severe economic dislocations, with the dangerous political consequences that can follow.
The current global energy crisis did not start with the February 2022. Rather, it began in late summer of 2021. The economic rebound that came with the ending of the global COVID-19 lockdowns fired up global energy consumption. Oil, natural gas, and coal markets all tightened in the latter part of 2021, sending prices up as demand pushed against what became apparent—insufficient supply. It was in November 2021, three months before the invasion, that the US government announced the first release from its strategic petroleum reserve. What has become clear is that "preemptive underinvestment" has constrained the development of adequate new oil and gas resources. There are a number of reasons for this underinvestment—government policies and regulations; environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations by investors; poor returns caused by two price collapses in seven years; and uncertainty about future demand. The shortfall in investment was "preemptive" because of what was mistakenly assumed—that sufficient alternatives to oil and gas would already be in place at scale by now. Some have described what is currently unfolding as the "first energy crisis of the energy transition"—a mismatch between supply and demand. If it does prove to be only the first, future such crises will create uncertainty, cause major economic problems, and undermine public support for the energy transition.
Energy transitions throughout history
The first energy transition was from wood to coal in the 18th century. Although coal was used as early as the 13th century in Britain because the cost of wood had gone up, it emerged as a distinctive industrial fuel only in January 1709—when English metalworker Abraham Darby proved that coal was, as he said, "a more effective means for iron production" than wood. He noted, though, that "there are many who doubt me foolhardy."
Yet energy transitions have hardly been swift. Although the 19th century is known as the "century of coal," that century actually still ran, in the words of energy scholar Vaclav Smil, on "wood, charcoal, and coal residues." It was not until 1900 that coal supplied half the world's energy demand.
Oil was discovered in the United States in 1859. More than half a century later, on the eve of World War I, then First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill directed the conversion of the Royal Navy from coal to oil for technological reasons—speed, flexibility, ease of refueling, and the elimination of crews shoveling coal. But it took until the 1960s, a century after it was discovered, for oil to overtake coal as the world's number one energy source.
Until now, energy transitions have unfolded over long periods of time (see "Picture This" in this issue of F&D). They also have really been energy additions rather than transitions. In the six decades since oil overtook coal as the world's number one energy source, the global consumption of coal has almost tripled.
The current climate-driven energy transition is meant to be achieved quickly—in little more than a quarter century. And it is meant to be transformative. Coal is to disappear, and the European Union anticipates that hydrogen will provide 20 to 25 percent of its total energy by 2050. While it is the focus of increasingly intense activity and ambition, hydrogen provides less than 2 percent today.
The objective of this transition is not just to bring on new energy sources, but to entirely change the energy foundations of what today is a $100 trillion global economy.
Speed of the transition
If energy security is the first challenge of the transition, timing is the second. How fast should it—and can it—proceed? There is much pressure to accelerate a significant part of the 2050 carbon emission targets toward 2030. But it sometimes seems that the scale of what is being attempted is underestimated.
In my book The New Map (2021), I looked at the previous energy transitions, and it is clear that this one is like no other. All previous transitions were driven largely by economic and technological advantages—not by policy, which is the primary driver this time. Each of the preceding transitions unfolded over a century or more, and none were the type of transition currently envisioned. The objective of this transition is not just to bring on new energy sources, but to entirely change the energy foundations of what today is a $100 trillion global economy—and do so in little more than a quarter century. It is a very big ambition, and nothing on this scale has ever been attempted up to now.
Some have warned that because the scale of the transition is so large and far-reaching, the macroeconomic impact needs deeper analysis. The economist Jean Pisani-Ferry, cofounder of Bruegel, Europe's leading economic think tank, has observed that accelerating the targets for net carbon emission reductions too aggressively could create much larger economic disruptions than generally anticipated—what he called "an adverse supply shock—very much like the shocks of the 1970s." Such a transition, Pisani-Ferry presciently wrote in 2021, just before the current energy crisis began, is "unlikely to be benign and policymakers should get ready for tough choices." He subsequently added, in 2022: "Climate action has become a major macroeconomic issue, but the macroeconomics of climate action are far from the level of rigor and precision that is now necessary to provide a sound basis for public discussions and to guide policymakers adequately. For understandable reasons, advocacy has too often taken precedence over analysis. But at this stage of the discussion, complacent scenarios have become counterproductive. The policy conversation now needs methodical, peer-examined assessments of the potential costs and benefits of alternative plans for action."
North-South divide
The third challenge is the emergence of a new North-South divide—a sharpening difference between developed and developing countries on how the transition should proceed. The original North-South divide of the 1970s was a collision between developed and developing nations over the distribution of wealth and, in particular, the pricing of commodities and raw materials. That division faded with globalization and advances in technology, as reflected in the shift in nomenclature to "emerging market" nations.
For developing countries, what seems a singular emphasis on reducing emissions needs to be balanced against other urgent priorities—health, poverty, and eco¬nomic growth.
The new North-South divide reflects disagreement over climate and transition policies, their impact on development, and who is responsible for cumulative and new emissions and who pays. The global commodity shocks triggered by the war in Ukraine and the interest rate increases and currency devaluations that have ensued have only deepened the pressures on developing countries.
For developing countries, what seems a singular emphasis on reducing emissions needs to be balanced against other urgent priorities—health, poverty, and economic growth. Billions of people still cook with wood and waste, resulting in indoor pollution and poor health. Many of these countries are looking to increased use of hydrocarbons as integral to raising standards of living. As former Indian Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan put it, there are multiple paths for energy transitions. India, while making a big commitment to renewables, is also building a $60 billion natural gas distribution system. Developing countries are seeking to initiate and expand the use of natural gas to reduce indoor pollution, promote economic development and job creation, and, in many cases, eliminate the emissions and pollution that come from burning coal and biomass.
There may be a tendency in countries with advanced economies to wave away this divide, but the reality was sharply captured in September 2022, when the European Parliament voted, in an unusual expression of extraterritoriality, to condemn a proposed oil pipeline from Uganda through Tanzania to the Indian Ocean. The parliament denounced the project for what it said would be the pipeline's detrimental impact on climate, environment, and "human rights." The parliament is headquartered in France and Belgium, where the per capita income is about 20 times greater than in Uganda. Not unexpectedly, the condemnation set off a furious reaction in Uganda, where the pipeline is viewed as crucial to economic development. The deputy speaker of the parliament denounced the European resolution as "the highest level of neocolonialism and imperialism against the sovereignty of Uganda and Tanzania." The energy minister added, "Africa has been green, but people are cutting down trees because they are poor." The national student union in Uganda took to the streets to demonstrate against the European Parliament, with one of the student leaders saying, "The Europeans have no moral superiority." Whatever the specific issues, it's hard to deny the sharp difference in perspectives.
The split is particularly evident when it comes to finance. Western banks and multilateral financial institutions have shut off finance for pipelines as well as for ports and other infrastructure related to hydrocarbon development. One African energy minister summed up the impact of the denial of access to finance as akin to "removing the ladder and asking us to jump or fly." Finding a balance between the perspectives of the developing world, where 80 percent of the globe's population live, and Western Europe and North America will take on increasing urgency.
Finance shut off
The fourth challenge will be ensuring new supply chains for net zero. The passage in the United States of the Inflation Reduction Act, with its massive incentives and subsidies for renewable sources of energy; the REPowerEU plan in Europe; and similar initiatives elsewhere will accelerate the demand for the minerals that are the building blocks for renewable energy, which requires wind turbines, electric vehicles, and solar panels, among other things. A host of organizations—the IMF, the World Bank, the International Energy Agency (IEA), the US government, the European Union, Japan—have all issued studies on the urgency of those supply chains. The IEA projects that the world economy will be moving from "a fuel intensive to a mineral intensive energy system" that will "supercharge demand for critical minerals." In The New Map, I summarize this as the move from "Big Oil" to "Big Shovels."
S&P Global, the financial and analytical firm of which I am vice chairman, has sought to build upon those studies and quantify what that "supercharged demand" for minerals might be. S&P Global's study "The Future of Copper: Will the Looming Supply Gap Short-Circuit the Energy Transition?" (2022) focused on that metal because the thrust of the energy transition is toward electrification, and copper is "the metal of electrification." The study took the types of year 2050 targets advanced by the US administration and the EU and assessed what realizing those targets would require for specific applications—for instance, the different components of an offshore wind system or electric vehicles. An electric car, for example will require at least two-and-a-half times more copper than a vehicle with a conventional internal combustion engine. The conclusion of this analysis is that copper demand would have to double by the mid-2030s to achieve the 2050 goals.
The choke point is supply. At the current rate of supply growth—which encompasses new mines, mine expansion and greater efficiency, and recycling, as well as substitution—the amount of copper available will be significantly smaller than the copper supply requirements. For instance, the IEA estimates that it takes 16 years from discovery to first production for a new mine. Some mining companies say more than 20 years. Permitting and environmental issues are major constraints around the world. Also, copper production is more concentrated than, say, oil. Three countries produced 40 percent of world oil in 2021—the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Russia. Just two countries produced 38 percent of copper—Chile and Peru.
Copper is crucial
Copper prices have fallen about 20 percent from their high point this year. That reflects the metal's oft-noted role as "Dr. Copper"—its price as a predictor of economic slowdowns and recessions. And indeed, the IMF sees a sharp slowdown in global growth in 2022 and projects further slowing in 2023 and potential recession—as do many other forecasters. But, post-recession, the coming flood of demand from the energy transition will cause copper prices to rise again. As has been the historical pattern, the surge in demand and prices will likely create new tensions between resource-holding countries and mining companies, which in turn will affect the rate of investment. Moreover, as the race to net zero intensifies, there is a risk that the competition for minerals will become caught up in what has become known as the "great power competition" between China and the United States.
S&P Global's copper study is meant to contribute to a deeper analysis of the physical challenges to the energy transition. The wind industry has what a 12th century English champion of windmills called "the free benefit of wind." And solar has the free benefit of the sun. But the physical inputs that go into harnessing wind and solar power are not costless. The effort to push a significant part of the 2050 goals toward 2030 will likely have to contend with significant physical constraints.
These four challenges—energy security, macroeconomic impacts, the North-South divide, and minerals—will each have significant effects on how the energy transition unfolds. None are easy to grapple with—and they will interact with each other, which will compound their impacts. But recognizing them will promote deeper understanding of the issues and requirements in seeking to achieve the energy transition.
/Daniel Yergin, IMF/
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Phuket Restaurants - Where to eat out in Phuket, some great eateries not to be missed. As a visitor there can be no excuse for going hungry on Phuket as it can seem like every other building on the island is a restaurant. Whilst many are traditional Thai eateries, especially in the tourist areas almost every kind of eating establishment can be found from burger joints to up market French and Italian restaurants, from Korean BBQ's to Mexican and of course a great variety of local Thai delights. Stroll along the beach front or down a side street and you will find something to suit every taste. Most of Phuket's beachfronts have a plethora of seafood restaurants aimed at both locals and tourists and are usually loaded up with the fresh catch of the day be it fresh fish (Snapper is a local favorite and well recommended), lobsters, mussels, prawns, crabs and much more. Most have menus in English and Thai and now many have Russian and Chinese too.
We can only offer a taste of what awaits as we can't get close to describing even a small percentage of what's here but below are a few that we have enjoyed, they may not be the best or cheapest but, just simply that we liked them, meals were paid for in full and we have not been paid to recommend them.
Phuket restaurants like other businesses here come and go and there are always new places opening up, We would encourage you to explore and try new experiences, it's very likely that you may well discover a gem.
The Baan Hat Rawai seafood restaurant is a favorite with both locals and visitors alike. Situated at the end of Rawai beach it is located virtually right next to the seafront and has lovely views out to sea. You can enjoy a beautiful meal whilst looking at the sunlight glinting off the sea, the small tropical islands in the distance and the fishermen in their longtail boats puttering by, the scene is absolutely tropical idyll at it's best.
Whilst the restaurant does serve most of the Thai classics fresh Seafood is it's specialty and the reason most of the customers go there. A great selection of fish, Prawns and squid are favorites. They can be cooked Thai style with herbs, garlic and spices or as-you-like-it. Menus are available in English and prices whilst not as cheap as they used to be are reasonable for the quality of food and location.
One of my favourite Phuket restaurants, Le Celtique is not the easiest of restaurants to find but when you get there you will find that it was well worth it. Run by a French chef and his Thai wife the food is a delight and Lek the hostess does an truly excellent job of making you feel genuinely welcome and it is also abundantly obvious that the staff have been professionally trained.
On my first visit I did wonder how a place so off the beaten track and with little advertising could be so busy but I soon realised that with the food and atmosphere so good, reasonable prices and very good service word had gotten around and you really can't wait to go back. The restaurant is beautifully decorated with high quality furniture and a number of quality hardwood Buddhist and Thai style statues and 2 huge tropical fish tanks that really give the place some flair. The menu is traditional French faire and very good quality, there are also a number of very nice Thai dishes. As you would expect in a French restaurant there is a decent selection of wine from France and also Chile, South Africa and Australia.
Another personal favorite Phuket restaurant is Shakers in Rawai/Nai harn. After a successful decade in Patong Shakers relocated to Rawai/Naiharn at the end of 2014 bringing a much needed addition to the local restaurant scene.
The menu is huge and the portions are anything but stingy. Western favorites like Pizza, Burgers and Steaks, Swiss style fondue's, Thai food and great value daily specials ensure that there is something for every palette . There's a selection of international beers plus the local favorites, a decent variety of wines as well as an extensive selection of cocktails and spirits. The Belgian owner and staff are friendly and helpful and there's a great ambience with inside and outside dining and Sofa's for an after dinner relaxing drink.
I have no idea whether the Natural Restaurant is unique or not but there can't be many like it. It is extraordinarily decorated and might best be described as a cross between a treehouse, antique shop and restaurant. Set on a number of floors and half floors and attached to the wooden walls old bicycles, what looks like an original Singer sewing machine, lots of plants and a mishmash of other memorabilia. Anywhere else it might look out of place but here it seems to create a memorable atmosphere, whenever I have taken friends they have always wanted to go back.
The food is mainly Thai classics, with a large variety of seafood dishes (highly recommended) and some western favorites. If you go with others then I highly recommend ordering a number of dishes and sharing them 'Thai Style' even for those not used to it this is well suited to this type of restaurant, fun, different and something to talk about. The food and value for money is very good and menus in English are available.
It used to be off the tourist trail but now it has been 'discovered' inevitably the prices have increased a little and the ubiquitous flower sellers appear now and again, having said that it is still a great place to visit and is situated in Soi Phuton, just off the Bangkok Road in Phuket town.
Kan Eang 1 and 2 are 2 large and well situated seafood restaurants located on the seafront in Chalong. Kan Eang 1 is the easiest to find sited at the end of the Chalong Pier road on the right, it was renovated at some cost some years ago and offers a very scenic view across the bay. This is the more touristy of the 2 and prices reflect this, it has a large range of seafood dishes which they are happy to cook to your order.
Kang Eang 2 is owned by the same family and located about 300 meters down the coast which is signposted from the Chaofa East road off of Chalong circle. Personally I prefer Kan Eang 2 as it's more authentic, less touristy and more reasonably priced. It offers the same great vistas and you can watch the boats coming and going as you eat.
Both restaurants have good parking which on Phuket can be a bonus and both have English menus and English speaking staff.
Palai Seafood as the name suggests is another seafront sited seafood restaurant though a little off the beaten track and mostly frequented by locals. It is located right at the end of the Phuket Zoo road between Phuket town and Chalong off of the Chaofa East road. The seafood is fresh, often you can select the prawns, Lobsters, Crabs and Fish whilst they are still alive swimming in tanks. Standard Thai faire is also available for those not partial to seafood. Again it's a nice location to look out at the islands and boats and across to Panwa whilst you dine and if there is a nice breeze blowing to cool things down a little so much the better. The prices are very reasonable and menus in English are available.
The fresh seafood at the Koh Maprow (Coconut island) restaurants is OK, as are the service and prices but the main reason for visiting these 4 restaurants is their unusual position. They float just off the coast between Phuket's eastern shore and Koh Maprow. It is a good location as the sea is shielded here and thus the waters are always becalmed. The views are splendid, out to sea and of the Coconuts trees of Maprow island little more than a stone's throw away.
The 4 floating restaurants are all similar to look at having grass roofs and basic tables and benches to sit at, it can be quite an experience. Fresh live seafood is kept in nets dropped into the sea until ready to be selected for dinner, the usual fish, crabs, squid and prawns being on the menu which is also available in English.
Mostly frequented by locals as it's not so easy to find though the current development of Koh Maprow is sure to introduce more tourists to this area. It can be reached by taking the turn off from Thepkrasattri road just outside of Phuket town and following the lane down to the sea front. There is a good sized car park at the Laem Hin pier.
This one gets a mention for the unusual experience of eating your food while floating on a raft in the middle of a lake. Located in Kathu it is a good option if you are on a shopping trip to Central Festival, Big C or Tesco Lotus. The restaurant is off Wichitsongkram Road. If you drive from Central or Big C along Wichitsongkram Road towards Patong then after one kilometer there is an 'S' bend and right at the end of the bend is a red sign for the left hand turn to the restaurant. There is also a green sign to Sabai Spa. If you reach the 7-Eleven, you have gone too far.
The restaurant has a peaceful lakeside location. As well as a seating area by the lake there are also four covered rafts floating on the lake. The rafts are attached to ropes that hang above the lake so you can pull the raft across. You sit on the floor of the raft around a low table. Once you have got your food and drink loaded up pull yourselves into the middle of the lake. You can also order some fish food (ah-hahn plah) to feed the fish that will crowd around the raft.
They serve a good selection of seafood and classic Thai dishes. The food is reasonable but nothing special. The main selling point of the restaurant is the location. Most of the customers are Thai with a few ex-pats. They have an English language menu although most of the serving staff do not have very good English skills.
This type of restaurant is known as 'Korean Bar-B-Que' style and has really taken off in Thailand in general and especially Phuket and are enormously popular with locals.
You basically get to choose the raw food from a buffet table and then cook your choice at your own table. Each table has a kind of cooking pan that is cooked from below by a kind of BBQ, the charcoal burns heating up your pan where your vegetables cook around the outside and your meat on the raised middle.
It's quite a nice social way to eat with friends and usually extremely good value as prices are normally very cheap for an 'all you can eat' meal. A typical buffet might include prawns, squid, ham/pork, chicken, sausage, vegetables and side dishes. Also present and included in the price are herbs, spices, chilies, garlic e.t.c. to be added to your taste.
No menu's here as it is buffet style but feel free to tuck in to a bargain if you are adventurous.


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A look inside the cockpit of the Ferrari 488 Pista. Carbon, caramel leather, green stitching, and some cloth accents. I dig the tri-colore on the drive selector.


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Jan Fyt, dit aussi Johannes Fijt, né le  à Anvers où il meurt le , est un peintre flamand.

Biographie

Bien que sa vie soit peu connue, on sait qu'en 1621, à l'âge de dix ans, il est apprenti chez le restaurateur d'images et de tableaux Hans van den Berghe. Dix ans plus tard, il entre dans la Guilde de Saint-Luc d'Anvers en tant que maître. Il voyage à Paris en 1633 et 1634, et sans doute en Italie (Venise, Rome, Naples et Florence) à des dates indéterminées. Il s'installe à Anvers en 1641 : sa présence y est attestée par de nombreux documents d'archives, notamment des procès intentés à des confrères peintres, pour violation de ses droits.

Il est formé par Frans Snyders (1579-1657), lui aussi peintre d'Anvers à qui on le compare beaucoup, sans toutefois lui reconnaître le même talent, sauf en ce qui concerne les sujets animaliers et surtout les plumages et les fourrures, qui font sa réputation. Ses compositions sont souvent agrémentées de divers éléments de vaisselle (plat en étain, vase en porcelaine, etc.). Spécialisé dans de grands tableaux représentant des scènes de butin de chasse, Fyt peint également des fleurs et des scènes de cours de ferme avec des volailles. Il peint principalement des natures mortes où la présence de gibiers (souvent des lièvres) s'impose. Dans des compositions équilibrés, Fyt se distingue de Snyders par des empâtements plus vibrants.

Admiré à son époque, Fyt influence plusieurs peintres comme Christian Luycks et Pieter Boel.

Œuvres
Il peint jusqu'à sa mort un grand nombre de toiles : il signe plus de 160 tableaux ; on lui en attribue le même nombre par similitude stylistique. En 1983, le catalogue d'Edith Greindl identifie 287 natures mortes de sa main. En 2016, Sandrine Vézilier Dussart répertorie 76 tableaux signés et datés pour la période 1642-1661.

Chronologie
 1642 : Gibier à poil et à plume, fruits et engins de chasse avec un chien, huile sur toile, 110 x 155 cm, signé et daté, musée des beaux-arts de Liège.
 1642 : Gibier à poil et à plume avec des fruits et un chat, huile sur toile, 100 x 140 cm, signé et daté, collection privée.
 1642 : Gibier à poil et à plume, huile sur toile, 108 x 154 cm, signé et daté, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbonne.
 1644 : Nature morte avec un lièvre et gibiers à plumes, huile sur bois; 60,3 x 87 cm, signé et daté, collection privée.
 1645 : Fruits et perroquet, Musée de l'Ermitage, Saint-Pétersbourg.
 1645 : Trophée de chasse avec un lièvre et des oiseaux convoités par un chat, huile sur toile, 73,7 x  94 cm, signé et daté, musée de Flandre, Cassel.
 1649 : Nature morte, à la Ca' d'Oro,  Venise
 1649 : Chiens avec gibier mort, huile sur toile, , Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
 1650 : La Déesse Diane recevant le butin de la chasse, huile sur toile, , Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienne
 1650-1660 : Gibier et corbeille de raisins observés par un chat, huile sur toile, , musée du Louvre, Paris
 1651 : Nature morte, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
 1652 : Portrait d'un grand chien, d'un enfant et d'un nain, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresde
 1661 : Nature morte dans un paysage avec deux perdrix, un trébuchet, un filet, une gibecière et un chien, huile sur bois, 46,9 x 58,9 cm, signé et daté, musée de Picardie, Amiens.

Autres lieux de conservation

 En Autriche
 La Déesse Diane recevant le butin de la chasse, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienne.
 Concert d'oiseaux, Liechtensteincollections, Vienne.

 En Belgique
 Portrait d'un garçon, avec Érasme, au Musée royal des beaux-arts, à Anvers.
Chasse au cerf, Maison Snijders&Rockox, à Anvers.
 Concert d'oiseaux, Maison Snijders&Rockox, à Anvers.
 Le Marché aux poissons, Maison Snijders&Rockox, à Anvers.
 La Charrette à chiens, aux Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, à Bruxelles.
 Coq et dindon, aux Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, à Bruxelles.
 Les Champignons, huile sur bois, , Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, Bruxelles.
 Combat de coqs, aux Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, à Bruxelles.
 Fleurs et fruits dans un paysage, aux Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, à Bruxelles
 Butor et canards surpris par des chiens, huile sur toile, , musée des beaux-arts de Gand

 Au Brésil
 Scène de chasse avec des chiens, au musée d'Art de São Paulo.

 Au Canada
 Nature morte aux fruits, oiseaux chanteurs, perdrix et lièvre morts, avec un chat et un perroquet au musée des beaux-arts de Montréal.

 En Espagne
  Nature morte avec chien et chat, corbeille de fruits et gibiers, musée du Prado, Madrid
 La Chasse, musée Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

 En France
 Nature morte avec des oiseaux et un trébuchet dans un paysage, huile sur toile, , musée de Picardie, Amiens.
 Nature morte dans un paysage avec deux perdrix, un trébuchet, un filet, une gibecière et un chien, 1661, huile sur bois, 46,9 x 58,9 cm, musée de Picardie, Amiens.
 La Chasse aux renards, huile sur toile, 170 x 243 cm, musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux.
 Trophée de chasse avec un lièvre et des oiseaux convoités par un chat, huile sur toile, 73,7 x 93,6 cm, signé et daté, musée de Flandre, Cassel.
 Gibier gardé par un chien, huile sur toile, 73.5 x 98.2 cm, signé, musée des beaux-arts de Dijon, Dijon.
 Lièvre mort, huile sur toile, 62 x 42 cm, musée de la Chartreuse de Douai, Douai.
 Faucon chaperonnée, musée d'art et d'archéologie du Périgord, Périgueux.
 Cinq de ses peintures sont conservées au musée du Louvre à Paris.

 Au Portugal
 Nature morte, au Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga de Lisbonne.

 Collections privées référencées
 Chiens au retour de la chasse.
 Nature morte au lièvre.
 Nature morte aux fruits.
 La Déesse Diane recevant le butin de chasse.
 Nature morte avec un lièvre et gibiers à plumes, 1644, huile sur bois, .

Notes et références

Annexes

Bibliographie
  Cornelis de Bie, Het Gulden Cabinet, 1662, p. 339.
 Le siècle de Rubens, catalogue d'exposition, Bruxelles, Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, 1965, pp. 90-95.
 Edith Greindl, Les Peintres flamands de nature morte au XVIIe siècle, Bruxelles, 1983.
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 Sandrine Vézilier Dussart : " Les Trophées de chasse ou l'élégance de la vie silencieuse", in L'Odyssée des animaux, catalogue d'exposition, Cassel, musée de Flandre, 2016, pp. 45-55.

Liens externes

Peintre flamand (avant 1830)
Membre de la guilde de Saint-Luc d'Anvers
Membre des Bentvueghels
Naissance en mars  1611
Naissance à Anvers
Décès en  septembre 1661
Décès à Anvers
Décès à 50 ans

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Her shock nomination broke with a long-standing tradition of members of the royal family staying out of politics, Al Jazeera reported.
The Thai Raksa Chart responded swiftly, cancelling a campaign event on Saturday and issuing a statement saying it "complies with the royal command".
Thai Raksa Chart is one of several pro-Thaksin parties contesting the election. The military government's leader, Prayuth Chan-ocha, is also contesting the race for prime minister as the candidate of a pro-army party. Prayuth was the Thai army chief in 2014 and led the coup that overthrew a government led by Thaksin's sister.


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Guilt's cast confirmed as filming begins for BBC hit in Scotland on second series
New stars including Phyllis Logan, Stuart Bowman and Greg McHugh will join returning cast Mark Bonnar, Jamie Sives and Emun Elliot for the second season of the award-winning BBC show.
Mark Bonnar is now filming the second series of Guilt (Image: BBC)
It was one of the standout screen success stories of 2019.
And now filming is underway in Scotland on the second series of multi award-winning BBC Two and BBC Scotland drama, Guilt.
A new cast has been confirmed for the next run, including Sara Vickers, Phyllis Logan, Stuart Bowman, Greg McHugh, Ian Pirie, Rochelle Neil and Sandy McDade.
They join returning stars Mark Bonnar, Jamie Sives and Emun Elliot.
Mark Bonnar, who plays flawed lawyer Max, is delighted to be back filming Guilt again: "I'm completely overjoyed that Guilt is getting a second series!
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"Neil has crafted four amazing scripts with some cracking new characters and an immensely involving plot, full of twists and turns. He's really putting us through the mill! And of course, I'm over the moon to be working with Jamie again.
"We've assembled a fantastic crew - many returning from series one - and I know they're just as excited as us to be a part of this wonderful show."
The new four-part season is once again written by Neil Forsyth (whose previous work includes Eric, Ernie and Me and Bob Servant.
Viewers are promised another twisting, surprising story which picks up the action two years after the dramatic finale.
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The cliffhanger finished with disparate brothers, Max (Mark Bonnar) and Jake (Jamie Sives) facing up to their guilt after accidentally killing an old man.
Characters old and new will now battle the consequences of their actions, amidst shocking new developments.
Writer and Executive Producer Neil Forsyth adds: "I'm delighted that we've been given the opportunity to continue the Guilt story. Once again, we have an amazing cast and creative team and I can't wait to see them bring the scripts to life".
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Co-produced by Expectation and Happy Tramp North, the show is supported by Screen Scotland's Broadcast Content Fund.
The new series of Guilt is expected to air on both BBC Two and BBC Scotland in 2021.
The programme aired on both BBC Two and on BBC Scotland in 2019.
To date, the joint commission has been watched by 3 million people across the UK, with more than half a million of those in Scotland, and it was the most-requested BBC Scotland title on BBC iPlayer during its initial linear run.
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Brain Scans Could Help Diagnose Autism
Researchers use fMRI and computer algorithms to identify neural markers of autism.
(Photo: arselectronica/Flickr)
Like many neurological and cognitive disorders, diagnosing autism spectrum disorder can be tricky business. As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention puts it, there's no blood test for it. Fortunately, it might not be too long before reading words describing social interactions and a quick brain scan could diagnosis autism with remarkable accuracy, researchers report today in the journal PLoS One.
Some kind of autism affects about one in 68 children in the United States, according to CDC statistics, though exactly what causes autism remains a bit of a mystery. Genetic, neurological, and other explanations abound, and there's no particularly clear consensus on which are correct. Still, there's an intriguing common thread. Somehow, people with autism have an abnormal sense of self.
Some kind of autism affects about one in 68 children in the United States, according to CDC statistics, though exactly what causes autism remains a bit of a mystery.
"This is a very long-standing idea, that the representation of self is altered," says Marcel Just, the new study's lead author. It goes back to early studies of autism in the 1940s, when researchers noticed that autistic children "referred to themselves as 'you.'" Most kids learn that while others use second or third person to describe them, they're supposed to use first person. "In autism, that somehow doesn't work."
The fact that autism is connected to mental representations of the self fit in nicely with another of Just's research interests, algorithms for decoding what words a person is thinking about based on their brain activity. Since autism involves atypical representations of the self, Just says, it made sense to try out these methods as a way of diagnosing the disorder. First, they used functional magnetic resonance imaging to track brain activity in 17 high-functioning autistic people and 17 healthy people as they read eight words referring to social interactions—compliment, insult, adore, hate, hug, kick, encourage, and humiliate—while thinking about that interaction from their own perspective or another person's. Using that data, the team extracted a series of fine-grained activation patterns correlated with reading the social-interaction words at both the individual and then group level. Sorting those patterns, or "features," with a standard classifier computer algorithm, Just and his colleagues could identify which were associated with autism—that is, which showed up more or less often in people with autism.
While there's something to learn from which features worked best, the more interesting thing may be how well the researchers could tell the difference between people with and without autism. As a test of their method, the team used data from 33 participants to identify the most useful features and then used the presence or absence of those features in the remaining person to predict whether he or she had autism. They got the answer right 33 out of 34 times.
That suggests that fMRI-based autism diagnosis—and perhaps diagnosis of myriad psychiatric diseases as well—could be just around the corner, Just says. When combined with additional results on differences between white matter in autistic brains and others, the findings may also help sort out the disorder's underlying causes, he says.
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