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A computer code for calculations in the algebraic collective model of the atomic nucleus
T. A. Welsh*, D. J. Rowe
Mathematical Science
A Maple code is presented for algebraic collective model (ACM) calculations. The ACM is an algebraic version of the Bohr model of the atomic nucleus, in which all required matrix elements are derived by exploiting the model's SU(1,1)×SO(5) dynamical group. This paper reviews the mathematical formulation of the ACM, and serves as a manual for the code. The code enables a wide range of model Hamiltonians to be analysed. This range includes essentially all Hamiltonians that are rational functions of the model's quadrupole moments qM and are at most quadratic in the corresponding conjugate momenta πN (-2≤M,N≤2). The code makes use of expressions for matrix elements derived elsewhere and newly derived matrix elements of the operators [πo×qo×π]0 and [πo×π]LM. The code is made efficient by use of an analytical expression for the needed SO(5)-reduced matrix elements, and use of SO(5)⊂SO(3) Clebsch-Gordan coefficients obtained from precomputed data files provided with the code. Program summary Program title: ACM Catalogue identifier: AEYO-v1-0 Program summary URL: http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.UK/summaries/AEYO-v1-0.html Program obtainable from: CPC Program Library, Queen's University, Belfast, N. Ireland Licensing provisions: Standard CPC licence, http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.UK/licence/licence.html No. of lines in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 3873526 No. of bytes in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 46345414 Distribution format: tar.gz Programming language: Maple 18 (or versions 17, 16, 15). Computer: Any. Operating system: Any which supports Maple; tested under Linux, Max OSX, Windows 7. RAM: 500Mb Classification: 17.20. Nature of problem: The calculation of energy eigenvalues, transition rates and amplitudes of user specified Hamiltonians in the Bohr model of the atomic nucleus. Solution method: Exploit the model's SU(1,1)×SO(5) dynamical group to calculate analytic (as far as possible) expressions for matrix elements, making use of extensive files (supplied) of SO(5)⊂SO(3) Clebsch-Gordan coefficients. Diagonalisation of the resulting matrices (once the entries are converted to floating point) is carried out using the Maple library procedure Eigenvectors. (Maple [1] makes use of the NAG [2] and CLAPACK [3] linear algebra libraries.) Additional comments: The dimension of the Hilbert space that can be handled is limited only by the available computer memory and the available SO(5)⊂SO(3) Clebsch-Gordan coefficients (v1 α1 L1 v2 α2 L2 v3 α3 L3).The supplied data files provide coefficients (v1 α1 L1 v2 α2 L2 v3 α3 L3) for 1≤v2≤6, and contain all non-zero coefficients for v1<v3≤50 when v2∞1,3, for v1≤v3≤30 when v2∞2,4, and for v1≤v3≤25 when v2∞5,6. (Once calculated, further coefficients can be readily made available to the code without changing the code.) Thus, depending on the model Hamiltonian being analysed, the states in the Hilbert space used are limited in their seniority. For analysis of the more typical types of model Hamiltonian, only the coefficients with v2∞{1,3} are required, and therefore, with the supplied files, the seniority limit is 50. More exotic Hamiltonians having terms with seniority v2∞{2,4,5,6} would have the seniority limited to 30 or 25 accordingly.The code provides lower level procedures that give ready access to the Clebsch-Gordan coefficients and the SU(1, 1) and SO(5) matrix elements. These procedures are described in the manuscript and enable extensions to the code and model to be made easily.The accuracy to which Maple performs numerical calculations is determined by the Maple parameter Digits, which specifies the number of significant decimal digits used. The default value of 10 is more than adequate for most ACM calculations. Note, however, that if Digits is increased beyond a certain value (obtained from the Maple command evalhf(Digits), and usually 15 on modern computers) then the code can no longer take advantage of hardware mathematical operations, and is significantly slower. Documents includedThe code makes use of SO(5)⊂SO(3) Clebsch-Gordan coefficients which are supplied in zip files, and must be installed by the user.A Maple worksheet that gives various example calculations and tests carried out using procedures from the code is provided.A 162 page PDF file containing everything displayed in the worksheet (input, output and comments, and making use of colour) is also provided. !!!!! The distribution file for this program is over 46 Mbytes and therefore is not delivered directly when download or Email is requested. Instead a html file giving details of how the program can be obtained is sent. !!!!! Running time: For a fixed value of the parameter Digits, the running time depends on the dimension of the Hilbert space on which the diagonalisation is performed, and this in turn is governed by the number of eigenvalues required and the accuracy required. Note that diagonalisation is performed separately in each L-space. For typical ACM calculations (such as those carried out in [4]), the matrices being diagonalised are usually of dimension at most a few hundred, and often much smaller. On a modest personal computer, the computation for the smallest cases takes at most a few seconds. The worksheet contains a range of examples for which the calculation time varies between a few seconds and 750s. In the latter case, diagonalisation is performed on L-spaces for 0≤L≤8, the dimensions of these spaces being between 154 and 616. References: Maplesoft, Waterloo Maple Inc., Waterloo, ON, Canada.NAG, www.nag.com.CLAPACK, www.netlib.org/clapack.D. J. Rowe, T. A. Welsh, M. A. Caprio, Phys. Rev. C 79(2009) 054304.
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Welsh, T. A., & Rowe, D. J. (2016). A computer code for calculations in the algebraic collective model of the atomic nucleus. Computer Physics Communications, 200, 220-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2015.10.017
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'DISGRACEFUL'
Dancer Gene Kelly's widow slams 'bully' TV host for mocking Prince George over his love of ballet
Jenny Awford, US Digital Editor
4:32, 26 Aug 2019
Updated: 7:07, 26 Aug 2019
THE widow of Singin' in the Rain star Gene Kelly has slammed a TV host for mocking Prince George over his love of ballet.
Patricia Ward Kelly penned an open letter saying her late husband would have been "devastated" by presenter Lara Spencer's cruel comments.
TV host Lara Spencer has apologised for cruelly mocking Prince George for taking ballet lessonsCredit: GMA
The widow of Singin' in the Rain star Gene Kelly (shown) has slammed the TV host's commentsCredit: Corbis - Getty
The Good Morning America host has been forced to apologise after she sparked outrage by ridiculing the young royal's hobby.
In a TV segment, Lara had stifled her giggles while discussing George's love of ballet, saying: "I have news for you Prince William we'll see how long that lasts."
Patricia branded her remarks "unacceptable and incomprehensible" and questioned why the clip was allowed to air.
She told how her husband, who was famed for his graceful dancing skills, tried to take on the stigma facing male dancers in 1958.
He starred in an NBC show called Dancing, A Man's Game featuring sports stars including Mickey Mantle and Johnny Unitas.
Prince George will begin ballet classes at the start of the term when he enters his second year of primary schoolCredit: Getty - Contributor
Patricia Ward Kelly, pictured with her late husband Gene, penned an open letter about the segmentCredit: Rex Features
"He hoped that by aligning the great sports stars of the day he could challenge and destroy the shame surrounding male dancers once and for all," Patricia wrote.
"For Gene it was more than a professional task. It was, in his words, a personal 'crusade' to show that dancers are athletes and that it is okay for a man to be graceful.
"Gene would be devastated to know that 61 years after his ground-breaking work the issue of boys and men dancing is still the subject of ridicule—and on a national network."
She said ABC "must do better".
"Sadly, Good Morning America elected to run a disgraceful segment about Prince George and his ballet classes," Patricia wrote.
"That host Lara Spencer would mock a boy's study of ballet in a nationally televised morning show and that her colleagues would join in her derision is both unacceptable and incomprehensible."
Lara made the "insensitive" remarks while discussing Prince George's new school curriculum at St Thomas's in Battersea.
In a TV segment about the young royal, she had said: "The future king of England will be putting down the Playdoh to take on religious studies, computer programming, poetry and ballet among other things."
The audience as well as Lara could be heard erupting into laughter at the last comment.
She then stifled her giggles and added: "Prince William says George absolutely loves ballet, I have news for you Prince William we'll see how long that lasts."
Her comments caused outraged among viewers, and several celebrities have since come forward dubbing her comments "outdated."
Following the backlash, Lara posted an apology on her Instagram.
Lara posted an apology on her Instagram
'MUST DO BETTER' Full letter from Gene Kelly's widow
In 1958, my late husband, the dancer, director, choreographer Gene Kelly, decided to take on the stigma facing male dancers in an Omnibus television program for NBC that he created and starred in called "Dancing, A Man's Game." He hoped that by aligning the great sports stars of the day—Mickey Mantle, Johnny Unitas, Vic Seixas, Sugar Ray Robinson, among others—he could challenge and destroy the shame surrounding male dancers once and for all. For Gene it was more than a professional task. It was, in his words, a personal "crusade" to show that dancers are athletes and that it is okay for a man to be graceful. As he says in the special: "What could be more graceful than a football player throwing a pass—what is more excitingly beautiful than the swift movement of a double play? Every motion a good athlete makes is as beautiful as any a dancer makes."
Sadly, on August 22, 2019, Good Morning America elected to run a disgraceful segment about Prince George and his ballet classes. That host Lara Spencer would mock a boy's study of ballet in a nationally televised morning show and that her colleagues would join in her derision is both unacceptable and incomprehensible.
Gene was a classically trained ballet dancer and believed that his training was essential to all that he did. He was schooled in Chicago by a woman named Berenice Holmes who had been the student of the great Russian dancer Adolph Bolm. Gene said that Holmes could perform many complicated turns better than a man, including a double tour en l'air, and that she instructed him to dance with great strength, particularly in his arms. He knew that ballet training gave him the long, beautiful line that he sought in his dancing and, later, in his choreography for the camera that led to some of the seminal films of our time, including On the Town; An American in Paris; Singin' in the Rain; Brigadoon.
Over the years, Gene advised many professional athletes to study ballet, including former wide receivers Willie Gault and Lynn Swann. Both acknowledge that the training improved their performance on the field. Many have followed suit. Gene would be devastated to know that 61 years after his ground-breaking work the issue of boys and men dancing is still the subject of ridicule—and on a national network.
ABC must do better.
Patricia Ward Kelly (Mrs. Gene Kelly)
"My sincere apologies for an insensitive comment I made in pop news yesterday," she said.
"From ballet to anything one wants to explore in life, I say GO FOR IT.
"I fully believe we should all be free to pursue our passions. Go climb your mountain-and love every minute of it."
She had faced calls to apologise after being accused of "shaming" the young royal on TV.
Former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips commented on Instagram: "What a shameful, outdated, harmful attitude being broadcast to the masses.
"Dance has countless scientifically proven benefits for physical and mental health.
"There should be nothing but encouragement for any male who chooses to try dance whether it's as a fun hobby or for a future as a professional."
Equally appalled was X Factor choreographer Brian Friedman who shared a clip from the US show on his Instagram.
Captioning the video he wrote: "See this cute face, the future King of England? This adorable boy is being shamed by a grown woman on National Television in America for taking ballet!
Choreographer Brian Friedman slammed the US host for her commentsCredit: Instagram
He has since demanded an apology from the hostCredit: Rex Features
"@lara.spencer you should be ashamed of yourself as well as @gstephanopoulos for laughing along & @goodmorningamerica for letting public shaming of young boys happen!
"Growing up as a dancer I was bullied horribly which is exactly what this is. She is teaching the word that it is ok to laugh at boys for dancing and that is so sad.
"Just think about the young boys who may have seen this and could quit their passion at her expense.
"It infuriates me and I would appreciate everyone sharing this and forcing a public apology to Prince George, The Royal Family, all male dancers and all dancers in general for being so insensitive."
Prince William last year revealed that his son loved ballet, much like his late grandmother Princess DianaCredit: Getty - Contributor
A fellow choreographer commented on his post writing: "This is awful and riddled with ignorance."
"So sad, very disappointing" said another, with a third writing, "Boys can do it too. Nobody should be ashamed to do what they love to."
The third-in-line to the throne will be introduced to ballet as well as French lessons when he goes into Year Two when he returns to St Thomas's Battersea early next month.
He will continue his love of dancing by having weekly ballet lessons.
As part of the school's physical education programme, George and his classmates will have 35-minute ballet classes which are accompanied by a live piano player.
Last year, Prince William told finalists of the BBC Radio 1's Teen Hero awards that his eldest son is also a keen dancer like Princess Diana and had been loving his ballet lessons at school.
As outlined on their website, the school's ballet lessons is based on the Royal Academy of Dance's syllabus and is purposefully designed to build students' "physical skills, stamina, creativity, expression and musicality, using a range of movements and musical styles.
In other words, it's an all-together more fancy affair than our primary school P.E lessons spent on indoor climbing frames.
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The distance between Tristan Da Cunha, Tristan Da Cunha and Azul, Argentina is approximately 4,180 km or 2,597 mi.
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Author Colm Toibin visits March 15-17 as Delta Chair
by Dave Marr
The Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities and Arts will welcome the internationally acclaimed Irish writer Colm Toibin to UGA as the second annual Delta Visiting Chair for Global Understanding March 15-17.
Toibin is a prize-winning novelist, short-story writer, dramatist and critic whose works have been translated into more than 30 languages. He is the author of the acclaimed novels The Master and Brooklyn, a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books and a contributing editor at the London Review of Books.
The first public event of Toibin's visit will be a March 15 screening of the Academy Award-nominated 2015 film adaptation of his 2009 novel Brooklyn at Cine, 234 W. Hancock Ave. in downtown Athens. A public reception and book signing event with Avid Bookshop will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the CineLab, followed by the screening at 7:30 p.m., which is open free to the public but with extremely limited seating available. Toibin will take part in an audience Q&A session after the film.
On March 16 at 3:30 p.m., Toibin will give a reading and talk in the Chapel titled "Staying Home, Leaving Home: Ireland and America," followed by a book signing event at Avid Bookshop on Prince Avenue at 6 p.m. On March 17 at 7 p.m., Toibin will have a public conversation in the Seney-Stovall Chapel with Irish writer and editor Fintan O'Toole, followed by a special St. Patrick's Day performance by singer Iarla O Lionaird.
O'Toole is a columnist, literary editor and drama critic for the Irish Times and one of Ireland's leading public intellectuals. O Lionaird is one of Ireland's most renowned singers. He is a member of The Gloaming and performed "Casadh an tSugain (Twisting the Rope)" in Brooklyn.
From March 15-25 in the Barrow Hall Gallery, the College of Family and Consumer Sciences will host 1950s Fashion Inspired by Colm Toibin's Brooklyn, an exhibit from the college's Historic Clothing and Textile Collection curated by Monica Sklar, assistant professor of textiles, merchandising and interiors.
The Delta Visiting Chair, established by the Willson Center through the support of The Delta Air Lines Foundation, hosts outstanding global scholars, leading creative thinkers, artists and intellectuals who teach and perform research at UGA. Its first honoree was Alice Walker in 2015.
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Walkers encouraged to join this year's Snowpaedic Challenge team
Intrepid walkers are being urged to join a special climb up Mount Snowdon to raise funds towards supporting a leading Veterans' Orthopaedic Service in the county.
The annual Snowpaedic Challenge is organised by The Orthopaedic Institute, a charity based at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) in Oswestry, which supports research and teaching through voluntary contributions to benefit patients.
The walk will take place this year on Saturday 8 June.
The existing Veterans' Orthopaedic Service is the first of its kind in the UK, which provides outpatient clinics to those who have served in the UK military with arthritic lower limb problems.
A £1.5 million appeal was launched by the hospital towards the end of last year to fund the new Veterans' Orthopaedic Centre, which will allow veterans to be treated in a bespoke environment suited to their needs.
Last year's challenge raised a total of £6,200 towards the appeal. This year walkers will be raising funds towards the Veterans' Centre Education and Research Fund. This will allow continued research into lower limb conditions and provide teaching for new staff within the planned centre.
Debra Alexander, Fundraiser for the Orthopaedic Institute, said: "The Snowpaedic Challenge is always a really fantastic event. Over the past three years, it's been wonderful to see so many patients and friends join us for the walk.
"Last year the Snowpaedic Challenge raised an amazing £6,200. We hope that everyone will come along and join us again this year and help us to top that total.
"We also appreciate that some of our team may not wish to or it may not be possible to complete the full walk. Some may choose to walk halfway up and back down or even travel on the train! This is not a problem, we welcome everyone to turn up and take part in whichever way they please. "
Sammy Davies, Quality Outcomes Manager at RJAH, pictured, who took part in last year's challenge, said: "I really enjoyed the Snowpaedic Challenge last year, it was great to see so many different people come together to do something that benefits the hospital.
"It was a really fantastic atmosphere and I felt a great sense of achievement that we'd climbed the highest mountain in Wales. If you're thinking about taking part, I'd highly recommend doing it."
The route is approximately nine miles in total up and down and should take around six hours to complete.
Entry is £15 per person and under 16s are free. Walkers are also encouraged to ask friends, relatives and colleagues to provide sponsorship so more funds can be raised.
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Peter O'Toole at the Oscars: the unluckiest actor in history
As Peter O'Toole dies at the age of 81, Tim Robey gives his verdict on the film career of an actor disappointed a record eight times at the Academy Awards
By Tim Robey
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It might be an exaggeration to say that half the roles in an English actor's repertoire are kings and drunks, but there's no denying Peter O'Toole – an Irishman who tended to play Englishmen – had the market cornered on both. His phenomenal aptitude for playing derelict old lushes may have been further enhanced, as he'd be the first to admit, by a fair bit of rehearsal time off set. But he was also the most persuasively regal film actor of his generation. His was a head built for crowns, and one that never seemed uneasy wearing them.
Peter O'Toole in Man of La Mancha
The one coronation that eluded him was that of the Best Actor Oscar, for which he was nominated eight times without winning – statistically the unluckiest run of losses for any film actor. These nominations, spread over 44 years, prompted his hesitation when offered an honorary Oscar in 2003, on the grounds that he was "still in the game and might win the lovely bugger outright". But it was not to be.
Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif from the 1962 film 'Lawrence of Arabia (REX)
Few would have begrudged gold for O'Toole on his very first try, when he was nominated in 1962 for his blazing arrival in Lawrence of Arabia. Any other year, this instant validation could have been his to claim – but the entrenched Hollywood clout of Gregory Peck, himself overdue an Oscar, in To Kill a Mockingbird was too hard to beat.
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Even so, the incandescent charisma and deep wisdom of O'Toole's Lawrence made their mark, and guaranteed him many of the best parts going in his 30s and 40s. Twice in four years, he played Henry II – raising hell on and off screen with his co-star Richard Burton in Becket (1964), then playing the same king at a cantankerous 50, opposite a 60-year-old Katharine Hepburn, in The Lion in Winter (1968). Hepburn bagged an unprecedented tied Oscar with Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl, but O'Toole – despite having won the Golden Globe – had to cope with a crushing loss, probably his closest, to Cliff Robertson in the now-forgotten Charly.
None of his other Academy-favoured performances looked, on paper, like awards-bait at all – it was O'Toole's virtuosity and magnetism that elevated each vehicle to something worth taking seriously. The first was Herbert Ross's musty, semi-musical remake of Goodbye Mr Chips (1969), which had won Robert Donat Best Actor in 1939. In the role of the martinet schoolmaster, rejected by Burton and Rex Harrison before he took it, O'Toole triumphed over the film's surrounding lameness so impressively as to win a rare rave from Pauline Kael, who called his performance the finest of that year.
Peter O'Toole in The Stunt Man
The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), and My Favourite Year (1982) were all odd-duck star vehicles, too – the first a barking mad satire on English privilege which O'Toole called "a comedy with tragic relief"; the second a crazed kind of on-set action movie, beloved of Kael, with O'Toole having the time of his life as a megalomaniacal director loosely modelled on David Lean; and the third a wholly unpretentious period farce about a boozy acting legend making a TV guest appearance.
In any film that stretched him to do something crazed, funny, or self-parodic, he was peerless. By their very nature, none was likely to bag him that coveted statuette, and he would never again be the bookies' favourite to take it. But it was part of O'Toole's genius that he succeeded in dodging the mid-life penance of dull, good-for-you, biographical roles to which heavyweight film actors can so easily be sentenced. He thrived instead on debonair mischief, with an edge of violence. Even his pair of Henrys were the life and soul – carousing in Becket before the trouble starts, and sparring unforgettably with Hepburn's Eleanor of Aquitaine.
The Lion in Winter let him spit out James Goldman's apoplectic insults with furious, bearded glee, a goblet never far from his grasp. It was one of his greatest roles because it fused king and drunkard so totally. He'd play many more of both: Jeffrey Bernard, the emperor Tiberius, King Priam of Troy. His last Oscar nomination, in 2006, was for the role of a horny old goat in Venus, Roger Michell's fondly indulgent character study. That underrated film is in many ways about the death of luvviedom, the end of a certain era of English acting. It wasn't a swansong – a smattering of (mostly supporting) roles still awaited him – but it felt like this riotous career's last hurrah.
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Infrastructure Capital Advisors has launched the firm's newest ETF, the InfraCap Equity Income Fund ETF (NYSE Arca: ICAP).
ICAP is an actively managed ETF overseen by portfolio manager and InfraCap Founder & CEO Jay D Hatfield. ICAP will primarily invest in equity securities of companies with a strong track record of paying dividends during normal market conditions.
"Investors are always looking for income, however, today's historically low interest rate environment and considerable inflation pressures make it difficult to identify income opportunities," says Hatfield. "We are very pleased to be bringing ICAP to market at this time, as this highly differentiated equity income approach seeks to provide investors and advisors with a key building block in constructing a well-diversified income-generating portfolio."
Hatfield further notes that ICAP's portfolio of equities will generally be a diversified selection of securities, including a broad cross-section of sectors and sub-sectors, such as REITs, Utilities, Industrials, pipelines, and financials. In a further attempt to boost yield and reduce ICAP's portfolio beta during normal markets, Hatfield will also opportunistically select preferred securities for inclusion – an area Hatfield and the InfraCap team knows well, as a manager of preferred-focused portfolios, including the Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (NYSE Arca: PFFA).
ICAP joins an InfraCap ETF lineup that has grown significantly in recent years, and which recently passed the USD1 billion cumulative asset mark. Hatfield is the portfolio manager for the fund family which includes the Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (NYSE Arca: PFFA), InfraCap REIT Preferred ETF (NYSE Arca: PFFR), and InfraCap MLP ETF (NYSE Arca: AMZA).
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This past weekend, I visited my sister who lives in Boston. I was definitely excited to be in a city with limitless gluten free options (well, compared to Orono, Maine). I knew that there wouldn't actually be endless amounts of gluten free food, but I was excited anyway, as I was visiting the "big" city. I'll take you through a tour of eating gluten free for a (long) weekend (since it was Veteran's Day) in Boston.
I arrived at South Station in the early afternoon, tired, stiff from the bus, and hungry. I ended up having to wait for 40 minutes (ahem, Boston traffic) which is why my sister was late to pick me up in her Uber. What a city lifestyle! After another ride through crazy holiday traffic to the Fenway neighborhood, we finally grabbed some food at what is actually one of my favorite fast food (if you can call it that) restaurants for eating gluten free food: b.Good. I love their turkey burgers and sweet potato fries! And the beet ginger lemonade. Okay, I love everything. It's awesome because they have gluten free buns there, which are actually bigger and better than the regular buns they serve in my opinion, and all of the fries are gluten free. They have amazing ketchup too.
If you aren't familiar with b.Good, it's a chain restaurant that uses local ingredients from whatever area they are in to make their food. It is a little bit pricer for a burger and fries than your typical McDonald's, but its healthier, more fresh, and more delicious. They also serve really big portions. Everything there is labeled gluten free. They also serve salads and large grain bowls which I have yet to try as I just can't steer away from my trusty burgers and fries just yet.
That was meal number one, a mid-afternoon lunch. We ate so much- I'm telling you the portions are really big- that we were so stuffed and ended up not really eating dinner after that. We snacked on Boom Chicka Pop popcorn.
I woke up kind of late, around 9:30 or 10, (I'm a college student!) and we didn't really make it out the door until 10:30. We were struggling to find a breakfast place with gluten free food in the area, because we didn't really feel like going on the T. We ended up going to Chipotle a little after 11 when they open to just eat lunch. If I had to pick my two favorite fast food restaurants as a gluten free person, they would be b. Good and Chipotle, so I was having a good weekend. If you are gluten free and don't know about the wonders of Chipotle, please listen up: the restaurant is set up like a buffet-style like Subway, so you go down the line and pick what you want. Salads, burrito bowls and corn tortilla tacos are all gluten free options at Chipotle. All of the ingredients are naturally gluten free except for the flour tortillas, which are in their burritos. Everything else is gluten free, which is awesome. All of this nutrition info can be found online too.
I always get a burrito bowl. When you step up to the front of the line, before you start ordering, be sure to tell the employee that you are gluten free. At this point, they should change their gloves (because they've likely been handling flour tortillas), wipe down the counters, and then ask what you want. If you want to be extra careful (sometimes they just do it anyway) they will remove all the spoons from every ingredient you want to order and replace them with new clean ones.
If you are getting cheese or lettuce, items which the employees grab with their hands, you should make sure they get out new gluten free versions of this, because they could be reaching into the same lettuce with hands that just touched flour tortillas. They take a lot of precautions here, so it's really nice to know that it is safe for gluten free folks to eat here. My typical order, once they have done all of this is: burrito bowl, white rice, chicken, fajita veggies, medium salsa, lettuce, and sometimes guac, depending on if I want to be extra full/ pay the extra $2.05. But it is SO good. Pro-tip: ask for guac on the side if you don't want a mountain of it on your bowl. You can also ask for extra free rice/ get all the salsas at the same time if you want (because they are technically free, as are the fajita veggies) and extra lettuce too. The only thing that factors into the price is whether you get a burrito bowl, salad, taco, or burrito, which type of meat you order, and if you get guac. Everything else you can order as much or as little as you want.
Okay, enough about Chipotle. For dinner that night, we had a hard time initially deciding. We wanted to visit an Asian fusion restaurant in the Fenway neighborhood called Tiger Mama, but it is apparently very trendy and popular, and since we didn't make reservations, it was going to be a long wait. We then decided to go to Basho, a Japanese restaurant. I was a little dismayed because i had previously looked up the menu for Tiger Mama as I always try to do in advance, and was planning on eating somewhere gluten free.
Japanese food is honestly always tricky: sushi really depends. A lot of the sauces and "spicy" rolls and any condiments they add to the rolls are often not gluten free. Soy sauce is not, but almost every restaurant will have gluten free soy sauce if you ask. Tempuras not gluten free, and neither are are udon noodles or ramen. Miso soup usually is, but again, you need to ask. Raw fish like sashimi is always safe. This restaurant had a surprisingly limited menu for a sushi/Japanese restaurant, and it did label everything gluten free. As I skimmed the menu, I realized that hardly ANYthing was gluten free there at all. They even labeled all the sushi, and only one roll was gluten free, the salmon avocado. I didn't really want it- I love spicy tuna rolls which often aren't gluten free.
I debated for a while about if I should just drink at the restaurant and find something to eat later. I finally asked the server to make me the tofu fried rice with gluten free soy sauce and he said he definitely could, so it ended up working out well. The friends I was with wanted to drink scorpion bowls with dinner. I had to double check on the menu what was in this scorpion bowl, as alcohol is another thing to always check for. This scorpion bowl seemed safe as it was only made with rum and juices, so I went ahead with sharing one with my sister and I was fine.
My last meal in Boston. If you can't tell already, my sister eats out a LOT. Us Maine folks aren't quite used to that lifestyle, but she's a city girl and lives in a triple dorm room with only a mini fridge and a microwave for cooking. Her dining hall has odd hours and is very small with limited offerings, so she tends to eat out during the weekend, especially with visitors. My last meal in Boston was breakfast on Sunday before leaving at South Station. We again didn't want to travel into downtown or another neighborhood, so I checked out gluten free breakfast nearby on Yelp. I found a restaurant called Neighborhoods, which my sister had been to a few times, and enjoyed. It was a crepe restaurant, which had gluten free crepes.
It was a very hipster vibe. The cafe was tiny and had wooden tables, both inside and out. The theme was white and minimalist. I was expecting a sit-down breakfast restaurant, but instead about five staff crowded behind a small counter where they made crepes, poured coffee, and took orders on a touchscreen cash register.
When I ordered gluten free, the employee informed me that while they do make gluten free crepes and wipe down the pan after each use,cross contamination can occur. Well, there was nothing I could do, I was already there. You will be hard pressed to find a restaurant that doesn't cross contaminate unless it is an entirely gluten free facility like Bam Bam Bakery in Portland, Maine.
I sighed, and ordered my food. I liked the restaurant but it was way too small and I ended up having to eat outside. It was good, but nothing amazing. I'm also not someone who ever really craves crepes.
Overall, my weekend of eating was okay. I ate at some of my staples: Chipotle, b.Good, but I had been missing b. Good because as far as I know the only restaurants in Maine are in Portland and South Portland. I enjoyed the crepe, but the fried rice at Basho was overpriced and nothing special. The scorpion bowls were good, though. Eating gluten free in a new city is always going to be a challenge, but with some research on Yelp and some experimentation, it can work!


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Rohit Sharma Provided A Big Update On Jasprit Bumrah Ahead Of BGT
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Indian captain Rohit Sharma has provided a big update on pace sensation Jasprit Bumrah ahead of the much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which is scheduled to be played from February 9 onwards. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team is currently riding high on the back of consecutive series wins against Sri Lanka and New Zealand in the ODI format of the game.
Team India registered a series whitewash 3-0 against the Black Caps after emerging victorious by 90 runs in the final ODI played in Indore. Following the amazing win, Rohit responded to a query related to Jasprit Bumrah's return to the team after being on the sidelines because of a back injury.
Bumrah has not played for India since a three-match series in September 2022 against Australia. His absence was badly felt during the T20 World Cup 2022 and Asia Cup 2022, where the Indian side failed badly. Ganguly feels Jasprit's injury can create a problem for India. Jasprit Bumrah's absence has become one of the biggest talking points in Indian cricket as it is the 50-year World Cup year. Bumrah was expected to return to the Indian squad for the ODI series against Sri Lanka after a lengthy injury layoff, however, he has ruled out again after failing to fully recover from the lower-back stress fracture.
Speaking about Bumrah's absence from the squad, Rohit said: "About (Jasprit) Bumrah, I am not too sure at the moment. The first two Test matches, of course, he is not going to be available. I am expecting...I am hoping, not expecting, that he plays the next (last) two Test matches (against Australia). We don't want to take any risks with him as back injuries are always critical. We have a lot of cricket coming back after that as well," Rohit was quoted as saying by NDTV.
He also added that he would like to see Bumrah take part in the final two red-ball clashes against Australia. He said: "We are in constant touch with physios and doctors in NCA. We will monitor. The medical team will give him as much time as he wants,"


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Fredericton — Ashley Saunders, 20, lives on Douglas Avenue on Fredericton's north side in her parents' large 4-bedroom home. The manicured lawn and spacious garage hide a veritable haven of hip-hop, gangsta rap and dub-step in Ashley's room at the end of the hall upstairs. She invited a reporter from The Manatee to enter her lair so she could speak out about a growing movement of rap fandom among privileged white females in New Brunswick.
"People think all I listen to is Mumford & Sons and Carly Rae Jepson," she griped, her 2 Chainz-inspired accessories gleaming in the afternoon sunlight. "Honestly I wouldn't touch that kind of 'music,' if you could call it that, with a 10-foot pole." She said her friends are of a similar musical persuasion. "My best friend Carissa always makes fun of me because I sometimes listen to the more mainstream rappers like Kanye and Lil Wayne, even though obviously I know their newer stuff sucks. But she's one to talk — she listens to Eminem and Nelly, for god's sake!"
"Just because I'm white and my parents are chiropractors, that doesn't mean I can't totally identify with Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q, Nas, A$AP Rocky and Tyler the Creator," she explained while sitting on her bed, gazing dreamily at her Notorious B.I.G. poster.
Ashley has an impressive-looking shrine to Tupac Shakur in one corner of her room, surrounded by dozens of dripping candles and her self-penned love poems to the rapper. "But he's not dead!" she spat angrily when questioned about the display. Our reporter asked her what it is about gangsta rap that speaks to her very soul. "We're all just bitches and hoes at heart — whether we're from Fredericton or Brooklyn," she said. "Haters gonna hate," she added emphatically.
Ashley hopes to marry poor after university, where she's studying music theory, and move to Compton to live in the squalor of her idols. Her 5-year plan involves making it big against all odds, and drinking Hennessy in "da club" with her second husband, 50 Cent. Her advice to other young female Frederictonians: "Get rich or die tryin'."
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Makaveli October 24, 2014, 1:35 pm
I'd school this girl. I'm angry that shes representing "middle class white girls" on this topic. I'm embarrassed ! & I pray that this is a joke. "We're all just bitches and hoes"…. The exact opposite of what tupac was trying to teach the world. I hate her and I don't even know her lol
Shauna Chase October 24, 2014, 1:40 pm
It's a joke, haha. The Manatee is a satire news-site about New Brunswick. Ashley is not a real person.


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Deconstructing Oxfam
Posted in Class warfare, Inequality, Redistribution, tagged Class warfare, Inequality, Oxfam, Redistribution on February 12, 2018| 11 Comments »
Writing a column every day is a recipe for making an occasional mistake.
Sometimes the errors are minor, such as when I put Tucson in New Mexico rather than Arizona.
And sometimes they are less trivial, such as when I mischaracterized subsidies for the Postal Service or when I incorrectly criticized the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
In an event, I always try to acknowledge and fix my mistakes.
And that's why I want to write today about Oxfam. Early last year, I wrote a column criticizing the group's statist orientation, asserting in my title that the group was a leftist joke instead of a real charity.
Time to correct the record. But I want to begin by noting that my title was only partly wrong. Oxfam is very much a left-wing organization. In prior columns, I've shared critiques of the group's statist ideology from Tim Carney, Marian Tupy, and Tony Travers.
And before I get to the part about fixing my mistake, I want to augment this list by sharing the views of two more experts. We'll start with some excerpts from a column in the Wall Street Journal by David Henderson.
Oxfam recently published a 76-page report, "Reward Work, Not Wealth," that advocates taxing the rich to reduce inequality and help the poor. …There are two ways to close the gap. The first is to concentrate on making the poor better off. Mostly that has happened, thanks to liberalized international trade and reduced costs for shipping goods. Just as Walmart and Amazon have cut costs for Americans, the introduction of container shipping crushed transportation costs for the world. The second way to reduce inequality is to make the rich worse off.
Needless to say, Oxfam prefer the approach that gives more power and money to government.
Any guess which method Oxfam's report emphasizes? "Governments should use regulation and taxation to radically reduce levels of extreme wealth," the authors conclude. …The document's title, "Reward Work, Not Wealth," is strange: Wealth is one of the main rewards for productive work. High taxes on wealth and the wealthy reduce the incentive to produce.
And Oxfam, to its credit, understands that confiscatory taxes will require a global tax cartel.
…the report…effectively advocates…the creation of a tax cartel. Since capital is extremely mobile and will go where it is lightly taxed—witness the corporate "inversions" of American companies—the report suggests "a new generation of international tax reforms." Negotiating tax rates would take place under the aegis of "a new global tax body that ensures all countries participate on an equal footing."
Reading Henderson's column, we have additional confirmation that Oxfam is a run-of-the-mill statist organization that myopically believes in class warfare.
So you might think the group is no different that other leftists groups such as the United Nations or the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Or no different than politicians such as Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.
But Oxfam also has a reputation for beclowning itself with shoddy analysis.
Johan Norberg mocked the group's ideology-over-results approach when he noted that Oxfam is distressed about an era of "neoliberalism" in the world (meaning, in this case, the European definition of pro-market classical liberalism), yet that's also the period of time when the poor enjoyed huge gains.
For what it's worth, I wrote a study 17 years ago debunking some of Oxfam's sloppy work.
And here's some of what Tim Worstall just wrote for the U.K.'s Adam Smith Institute.
Buried in Oxfam's latest report about how disastrously unequal the world is we've got an assumption which is so breathtakingly foolish as to kill off any belief in the sense or sensibility of the organisation's mindset. They're trying to insist that the minimum wage in a place should be very much higher than GDP per capita in that same place. …the garment trade in Bangladesh…minimum wage there is…5,000 taka a month, or £50. …Yes, a low sum and most assuredly we'd all like it to be much higher. But Oxfam's claim is that this should be a living wage of more like £250 a month (perhaps $250). Something which simply cannot happen. GDP per capita in Bangladesh is some $1,500 a year or so. We cannot have a minimum wage twice that. This would be the same claim as insisting that the UK minimum wage should be $80,000 a year (say, £60,000). …It's a demand based upon the most aggressively stupid misunderstanding of what ails Bangladesh, isn't it? ……to get this so wrong seriously calls into doubt Oxfam's right to anything more than a contemptuous sneer. …Sorry folks, but Oxfam is deluded.
Tim concludes with some very wise words.
Bangladesh's problem is not global inequality, the thing Oxfam is whining about, it's Bangladesh's poverty. …The cure for poverty is economic growth, the very thing which has reduced that global absolute poverty from 40% of all humans to under 10% in just these past three decades of that very neoliberal globalisation.
Now it's finally time for my correction. When I wrote last year that Oxfam was "not a real charity," I was merely implying that the group was a bad charity since it advocated policies that hurt poor people.
But thanks to new revelations about Oxfam's involvement in horrific sex-crimes scandals, I've learned it doesn't deserved to be called a charity of any kind. Check out these excerpts from a CNN report.
Oxfam's deputy chief executive has resigned amid a growing sex crimes scandal involving the organization's aid workers in Haiti and Chad. …Oxfam announced the resignation after a meeting with UK government officials Monday, at which it had fought to keep millions of pounds in public funding. …Oxfam received about £32 million (about $44 million) from the government last financial year, according to public records.
And the money from British taxpayers is just the tip of the iceberg.
Here's a shocking bit of information from the conclusion of David Henderson's column.
Oxfam's annual budget exceeds $1 billion, and it gets almost half of that from governments and the United Nations. So maybe it's time for a new name. Oxgov.
Almost half of its budget from taxpayers?!? At best, that makes them a government contractor rather than a charity.
I'll conclude with two points.
First, I think Oxfam should lose public funding. But not because some of its employees engaged in sexual predation. Yes, that's bad, but I certainly don't think sex abuse was ever part of the organization's mission. Instead, it should lose funding because taxpayer money should not go to leftist organizations that advocate for bigger government (the same argument I use, by the way, when urging an end to OECD handouts).
Second, instead of telling people that "Oxfam is a letist joke rather than a real charity," I'll have to changes the second part of the sentence. Maybe "Oxfam is a leftist joke and it mooches from taxpayers." I'm not sure that rolls off the tongue gracefully, so I'm open to other suggestions.
P.S. You probably won't be surprised to learn that the International Monetary Fund partners with Oxfam. I guess the old saying is right that birds of feather flock together.


What happened to your last post (before Stjohnpond message) regarding what to do and see and Malaysia? Why would someone will delete that wonderful advise.
Thanks to everyone for your input. I will post a trip report on my return. It's too bad JoeChan's post was deleted, it was full of great information!
I guess I made my point about Malaysia not being a boring venue hence my message was deleted. Nontheless I have more if needed !
Here is the post again.
Thailand/Malaysia and Singapore are all different and they all have their own attractions and mystique.
Lets take Kuala Lumpur or KL. This city is good for at least 3 day. Visit to the King's Palace, the Batik Factory, the rubber plantation, Embassy Row where you can see all the colonial mansions built during the colonial days, this include the Railway Station whose roof was built to withstand snow storms. The river mount itself in the heart of the city, taker a look at the contruction, quaint Moorish architecture amongst Victorian clock Towers of the Elizabethan era amongst the local flavors of shop houses with red light district doors. Yes, in the olden days these special door ways are signs of houses of delight for the colonials. Fast forward, a visit the the Agricultural Park is a must. See how rice, mushrooms and all other kinds of indogenous food and spices are now being enhanced with the latest technology. This is the former Forest Research Institute established by the American Govt. An hour's drive from KL is the national Park jointly developed by the Selangor State Government and Malayan Nature Society.
Seek a cheap bargain at the night bazaar of Chinatown, enroute a drive pass stately Moorish buildings, modern highrise and streets beautifully illuminated befitting its name as Garden City of Lights. Whilst the night away with a sumptious Malay dinner and be entertained w ith cultural dances.
Another choice restaurant is the KL Tower with its revolving rest. Cost is only 48.00 localmalaysian ringgit per person buffet. 5 hours away by car is the Taman Negara national Park where Club Med has a facility.
This is just the sightseeing available in KL. There are more.
Lets talk about culture-they have Chinese, Indians, Malay, Eurasians and lastly the Babas and Nonyas. One of the Chinese emperors to facilitate the Chinese expansion to the Far East gave his daughter away tobe married to one member of the Royal Family in the sultanate of Malacca. Hence the lineage of Chinese and true Malay culture merging into the Babas and Nonyas where this in this culture men wear sarongs like the women alike ! Special restaurants serving this kind of food, which by the way is kosher as certified by the Jewish Rabbi, yes, they also have Jewish synagogues allover Malaysia!
called Bon Ton. There are several of these kinds of rest in and around the hotel row.
Talk about local food courts, there is one right behind Mandarin Oriental with 3 stories of local cuisine all set in clean and nice surroundings. Again all kosher. Shangri La - hundreds of rest local and american up and down the street. Same for the Regent and the Ritz. Mariott is of coursae in the middle of all these. Need I go on ?
Singapore, yes, it is clean, yes, it is new, in fact everything is new as Singapore was part of malaysia. Malaysia is also home to the Flying Dutchman ! Anybody knows what the flying dutchman is ? The jungles in Malaysia are the few in Asia which was never frozen. Hence that is why no earthquakes in Malaysia. Not to forget, the first episode of Survivor - Yep it was shot in Malaysia, in fact in the State of Borneo, Yep 3/4 of the island state belongs to malaysia.
Anybody need more info on Malaysia, I will be glad to assist.
Go with Tanjung Rhu. It is an all inclusive resort. Spend a little more and aks for Deluxe Room. Well worth it. It is an impeccable hotel with a ratio of 5 employees to one guest. By the way my name is NOT jchong. My name is joeChan. The hotel also has excellent restaurants - 3 of them. Again all halal. Room is totally connected !
Thank you very much. I'm thinking if we should get a tour guide for kuala lumpur or not? We will be coming from Bangkok and would like to go to Malaysia and Singapore. Not sure if we should do Singapore first and the Malaysia? OR skip Singapore and spend more time in Malaysia. We can stay at least 8 or 9 days in Malaysia (not certain which cities?). Do you know any good travel agency that I can contact by email or phone & the person name? We are coming from Dallas, Texas. I thought eventhough we can get around without the tour guide but is always good have a tour guide that explain the history and all. Many thanks for all your kind help. Do I need to wear cover on my head when I visit the muslim mosque?
Yes, I think a head covering is required for ladies before they enter a mosque.
One more thing, you mentioned Phuket or Langkawi. As you may know, Phuket was one of the places affected by the recent tsunami. I don't know what is the situation there now, but please check for the current status to ensure everything is ok.
If you want a quiet and secluded beach then Tanjung Rhu in Langkawi would fit the bill.
The Phuket before the Tsunami is a beach colony with the ocean on one side of the street and then small little shops/restaurants/clubs and bars lined the other with hotels lined along this stretchof road as far as one's eyes could see. It has a bigger infrastructure compared to Langkawi. You can to town and walk around the city where a couple of well known movies in the states were shot. Make sure you take in Phuket Hill for a nice view and its old Portuguese houses. A couple of places which is a must while in Phuket - Phuket Fantasia a cultural dance and dinner show and Baan Rim Pa Rest serving authentic Southern Thai Cuisine. Lots of rest for dinner options as well as a larger city enviroment.
OK back to Langkawi - smaller capacity in terms of infrastructure/hotel choices and night activities inclulding limited Restaurants/shopping vendors when compared to Phuket limited to the only mall in downtown. However if you want a quiet secluded place then Langkawi is the place. There are more outdoor activities in Phuket when compared to Langkawi. Hope this help.
Depaending on your confort zone, in the hotel lobby they have tour desks which canmakr arrangements for your daily sightseeing tours costing around $45.00 local ringgit for a half day tour (3-4 hours). So in terms of US dollar it is excellent value and most of these are conducted in small mini vans holding 7-9 passengers.
Singapore is good for at least 3 days. Big city, very clean, a metropolis but it is still good to see since you are already there. Do not forget to take in the first Night Safari Park. Buy the tour package. Can have dinner there too. The Feng Shui tour is also an excellent. After this tour you can relate why Singapore is successful if you are a believer in Geomancy ! If you are still looking for other places in Malaysia, then a trip to Kota Kinabalu taking in Sandakan is excellent or perhaps another city north of KL called Penang. Penang is also another beach colony but better night activities.
I would not suggest that you drive in KL, the city streets are a maze. Expect lots of traffic jams there. Also you could come closer to the locals in traffic than you would want to if you get the drift. Get someone else to do it for you it's less stressful, you're supposed to be holiday isn't it?
Thank you so much again. Do you think we will need a tour guide in Kuala Lumpur for the sight seeing? Which tour guide do you recommend or know of that I can contact? Email address or phone number would be greatly appreciate it. Thank you for sharing your opinions and awesome advise.
Probably because it's compared to Thailand and most folks just love Thailand.It's all about the SANUK! I've been in Thailand a lot and have also been to Malaysia. I look at Malaysia as an architectually interesting place, that yes, I found a bit boring, but I'd return. The shopping is quite cheap. Happy Travels!
In our opinion, it is not necessary to have a guide in KL. Everyone speaks English well and it is very easy to get around. A good guide book to read and you should do just fine. There are guided day-tours to Malacca from KL (on a bus with other tourists), but again our sense was that it would be easy to do this on your own as well (hotel can help you arrange transport to/from if you prefer an outstation taxi to the regular bus).
I just returned from a couple of weeks there and it was fantastic. I was on an educational tour and we spent several days visiting places in Kuala Lumpur. I fell in love with that city for many reasons. We also visited Malacca, Port Dickson on the coast and the rainforest of Taman Negara. Malaysia is a fascinating and beautiful country. Its people are incredibly gracious. I would definitely go back for more if given the opportunity.


Body work in San Francisco?
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Hii all. My first post! Anyone know a good mechanic in S.F. Just bought a 97 Eurovan Winnebago model. Also, looks like back a/c is out (but air still blows). Any ideas on that? Thanks.
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