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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2020-69
Status: this preprint has been withdrawn by the authors.
Time domain reflectometry (TDR) for dielectric characterization of olive mill wastewater (OMW) contaminated soils
Alessandro Comegna1, Antonio Coppola1, and Giovanna Dragonetti2 Alessandro Comegna et al. Alessandro Comegna1, Antonio Coppola1, and Giovanna Dragonetti2
1School of Agricultural Forestry Food and Environmental Sciences (SAFE), University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
2Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, Land and Water Division, IAMB, Bari, 70010, Italy
Received: 12 Feb 2020 – Discussion started: 24 Feb 2020
Abstract. Olive mill wastewater (OMW) is a compound originating from oil mills during oil extraction processes. In the Mediterranean area, more than 30 million m3 of OMW are produced each year, which represents 95–97 % of world production. Such volumes of untreated OMW are usually directly disposed of into drainage systems, water bodies (such as streams, lagoons and ponds), or else are sprinkled on soils, causing potentially severe environmental problems to soils and groundwater. There is thus a serious waste management problem related to the olive oil industry, such practices no longer being acceptable. In the case of on-land OMW disposal, characterization and identification of this contaminant in soils is a fundamental task especially with a view to maintaining the integrity and quality of agroecosystems. In recent years, soils have been extensively studied to detect contaminants by using various geophysical methods. Among such techniques, time domain reflectometry (TDR) has shown, in different contexts, evident sensitivity and resolution capability for characterizing contaminated soil sites. In order to further exploit the potential of the TDR technique, in the present study we conducted a series of laboratory-controlled tests to explore how OMW influences the dielectric response of contaminated soils. The research led to the development of an empirical dielectric model to estimate the presence of OMW in variably saturated-contaminated soils with different textures and pedological features.
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How to cite. Comegna, A., Coppola, A., and Dragonetti, G.: Time domain reflectometry (TDR) for dielectric characterization of olive mill wastewater (OMW) contaminated soils, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2020-69, 2020.
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Olive mill wastewater (OMW) is a compound originating from oil mills during oil extraction processes. In the Mediterranean area, more than 30 million m3 of OMW are produced each year. Such volumes of untreated OMW are usually directly disposed on soils, causing potentially severe environmental problems to soils and groundwater. The research led to the development of an empirical dielectric model to estimate the presence of OMW in variably saturated-contaminated soils.
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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 22
Our New Curate
Many of you will have heard that the Reverend Allen Shin became the curate of our parish on July 1. Curate is a term used in the Episcopal Church generally for an assistant priest. In modern parlance a curate is often called simply "assistant". I was an "assistant" when I served at the Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, Texas. I was a "curate" when I served at Saint Luke's Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Saint Mary's has preferred the term curate and I intend to continue to follow this custom.
Many of you also know Father Shin already, far better than I do. He and Father William Parker were classmates at the General Theological Seminary. Each independent of the other was in conversation with Father Wells about positions at Saint Mary's. Father Wells spoke to Father Parker about the curate position and to Father Shin about the position of assistant. Bill and Allen both told me they had a great laugh when they realized they were going to the same parish.
Father Allen Shin and his wife, Clara Mun, moved to New York after Father had completed one year of seminary study at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, as a postulant from the Diocese of Chicago. Father comes to us from the position of assistant officer at the Episcopal Church Center here in New York. He has worked with the director of Congregational Ministries and the Office of Episcopal Asiamerica Ministries. His work at the Episcopal Church Center was both national and international in scope.
Father Shin mentioned to me that he would like to talk to me about being curate at Saint Mary's. I was delighted. He has not yet served in a parish. He is interested in pursuing further graduate work. His wife's work is in Manhattan. It seemed such a good opportunity for him to have the experience of serving in a parish before going on to graduate school. It seemed such a good fit for the parish, since he is so well known and appreciated already. For me, as a new rector, Father knows the life of Saint Mary's well. And he will get to know it better!
Last month my path happened to cross the paths on successive days first of the Presiding Bishop and second of the Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of New York. Both congratulated Saint Mary's and me on this appointment. Bishop Griswold sent Father to seminary from the Diocese of Chicago and ordained him deacon. Bishop Sisk knew Father as a student in Evanston where Bishop Sisk was dean of the seminary. Several days after this the Bishop of the Diocese, who had ordained Father Shin and Father Parker to the priesthood at the same time, also congratulated us. The Board of Trustees was also unanimous in their support for this appointment.
I am impressed by so many gifts for priestly ministry that the Lord has given to Allen. He is mature personally and as a man of prayer. His professional background and training in music is already a
much appreciated gift by this parish community. I hope very much I will be a good senior colleague for him. I know that this parish will help him to be a good priest for many reasons chief among which is this community's expectation that her priests try to put their service of the Gospel first in their lives. This is perhaps the quality that prompted such widespread support for this appointment.
Father Shin begins work officially on July 1, 1999. His first Sunday, July 4, is not the most auspicious time to welcome a new member of the clergy by the wider congregation. We will set aside a Sunday morning to welcome Father and Clara in a particular way. I promise.
I write this article on the last day of June. I have been surprised how hard it is for me to say goodbye to Father Parker. It was very hard for me last Sunday and I want to express again publicly my support and appreciation for his ministry to me and to the parish community. I think I speak for Bill when I say this transition to a new curate seems right for him and for the parish, and particularly so because the next curate was Bill's greatest clergy support and colleague through the challenges of the interim year. And it will be a great privilege for me personally to be sitting in choir tomorrow morning across from the Reverend Allen Shin. Stephen Gerth
PARISH PRAYER LIST . . . Your prayers are asked for the members of our Armed Forces on active duty in Kosovo, for Eileen, Walter and Dennis who are hospitalized and for Barbara, Edward, Mary Ann, Margaret, Scot, Shirley, Mark, Dorothy, Warren, Karen, Victoria, Frank, Florinda, Myrian, Charmaine, Rodney, priest, and Simon, priest, and for the repose of the soul of Robert . . . GRANT THEM PEACE . . . July 9: 1991 Blanche Evelyn Preene.
LITURGICAL NOTES . . . The Sunday Proper: Zechariah 9:9-12, Psalm 145:8-14, Romans 7:21-8:6, Matthew 11:25-30 . . . 9:00 Celebrant & Preacher Father Shin, 10:00 Celebrant & Preacher Father Shin, 11:00 AM Celebrant & Preacher The Rector, 5:00 PM Celebrant & Preacher, Father Shin . . . On Saturday, July 3, Father Shin will hear confessions. On Saturday, July 10, Canon Garrison will hear confessions.
AROUND THE PARISH . . . Monday, July 5, we will observe our "Federal Holiday Schedule." The church will be open only for one Mass at 12:15 PM . . . As we go to press Walter Morton is having coronary bypass surgery at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Manhattan, and Eileen Sorensen is a patient at Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn Heights, for medical evaluation. Dennis Peters, a churchman from out of town for whom your parish clergy are providing pastoral care, is also being evaluated for heart surgery. Please keep Walter, Eileen and Dennis in your prayers . . . A large print edition of the Sunday 11:00 AM Solemn Mass bulletin is now available. The ushers have these on request . . . A large print edition of the newsletter is also available. Please ask us to send you one! . . . Many thanks, again, to Jim Dennis and John Delves and their crew (Dale Bonenberger, Jon Bryant, Howard Christian, Dean Driver, and Barbara Stettner - and Sean Cassidy and Pat Higgins stepped forward to help with cleanup!) for giving us and Father Parker a wonderful send-off on Sunday! . . . it should have been in last week's newsletter: The Rector was very proud to be present for the closing Mass of Cursillo #69 where Kevin Farley was honored specially for his years of service to this ministry and Kathy Chase was recognized formally as his successor. Saint Mary's has had an important role in Cursillo in the Diocese of New York since its inception here under the leadership of Father Wells and Father Norman Catir, retired rector of our sister parish, the Church of the Transfiguration . . . This Sunday, July 4, Ken Cowan will be at the organ and Julie Morgan will be singing Handel at the Solemn Mass . . . Wayne Chvestuik is teaching English until mid-August in Lviv, Ukraine, at the Ukrainian Roman Catholic Seminary. He will be the only non-Roman Catholic on the faculty this summer and he's looking forward to introducing them to Anglicanism . . . Thomas Jayne, a new member of the parish and an interior decorator, is helping the Rector with a scheme for the renovation of the nursery . . . It was great to have the youth group from Saint Peter's Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, here last Sunday. The kids and their sponsors also stayed two nights in the rectory! . . . Woody Allen was here with Hugh Grant, Tracey Ullman and a lot of assistants to film a scene for his new movie in the Lady Chapel last week. Several of the extras were dressed as religious and some film crew members had quizzical looks on their faces when the members of the parish clergy would walk by . . . Attendance last Sunday: 201.
FROM FATHER PARKER . . . Many thanks to all those who worked to make my last Sunday at St. Mary's such a splendid event (especially the mint julep fairies!). I will always hold St. Mary's in my heart and in my prayers. Thank you all, Fr. P.
CLERGY STAFF NOTES . . . We said goodbye this week also to the Reverend Amilcar Figueroa. His bishop wants him back in Puerto Rico! We don't like to argue with bishops, but we will miss Father. He has been a great help as an assisting priest. We have also said goodbye in another sense to the Reverend Paulette Schiff. Mother Schiff lives near Philadelphia and really is no longer able in a practical way to assist. Mother's ministry was extremely important for many in this parish community. At the present time Canon Garrison and Father Wolsoncroft are the only other two priests in the weekly rota. Canon Garrison normally takes the Friday 12:15 PM Mass and is on the Saturday rota. Father Wolsoncroft regularly celebrates the Thursday evening Mass with the Anointing of the Sick. A third priest to serve as the "assistant" is needed and the Rector has been in conversation with Bishop Grein about filling this position.
Worship at Saint Mary's
The Holy Eucharist
On Sundays Mass is said at 9:00 AM, 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. A Solemn Mass is offered at 11:00 AM. Monday through Friday Mass is said at 12:15 PM and 6:15 PM. On Saturdays Mass is said at 12:15 PM.
The Daily Office
On ordinary Sundays Morning Prayer is said at 8:40 AM and Evening Prayer at 4:45 PM. Monday through Friday Morning Prayer is offered at 8:30 AM, the Noonday Office at 12:00 PM and Evening Prayer at 6:00 PM. On Saturdays the Noonday Office is offered at 12:00 PM and Evening Prayer at 5:00 PM.
The Reconciliation of Penitents
Confessions are heard on Saturdays between 11:30 and 12:00 and between 4:00 and 5:00. Appointments can also be made with members of the parish clergy for the Reconciliation of Penitents at other times.
Friday Abstinence
The Calendar of the Seventh Week after Pentecost
Monday Independence Day (One Mass only - 12:15 PM)
Tuesday Weekday
Wednesday Weekday
Thursday Weekday
Friday Weekday
Saturday Of Our Lady
The Parish Clergy
The Reverend Stephen Gerth, rector, The Reverend Allen Shin, curate,
The Reverend Arthur Wolsoncroft, The Reverend Canon Maurice Garrison, assisting priests,
The Reverend Canon Edgar F. Wells, rector emeritus.

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These opportunities and guidance are all heavily supported by the school's vision and principles, taken on board and shared by the school leaders, teachers and all within the MAT.
There are 6 aspects to the vision and principles with each vision making up the acronym SEARCH, which also showcases who they are and what they provide. This is what was driving us as we set about creating a brand story and a logo with rationale.
The Transformation of the Butterfly.
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Butterflies are blessed with the opportunity and ability for extraordinary transformation – this is also true for all stakeholders of SEARCH Education Trust. They are enabled to expand their consciousness through different experiences such as art, reading, learning, and relationships with others that allow them to learn, blossom and transform into better versions of themselves.
Whether you want to change the way you view the world, how you treat others, or your career, the butterfly is the perfect symbol to represent transformational change for the better. It therefore aligns with the ethos of SEARCH Education Trust in providing young people and schools with the opportunity, guidance and impetus to advance.
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Fear and Loathing in Moscow
The former queen mother of the Russian opposition, now living in exile, reflects on the terror that drove her compatriots from the capital, the contempt among those left behind, and the oligarchs who are on the verge of revolt.
Russian opposition activist and journalist Yevgenia Albats. Photo by Sasha Mordovets
Julia Ioffe
Evgenia Markovna Albats, who is always addressed by her stately patronymic, is the doyenne of independent Russian journalism. At 64, she has the stripes to prove it. Back in the 1980s, she was one of the first Soviet journalists to actually report on the K.G.B. (Her story about tracking down the former N.K.V.D. interrogator who sent a legendary Soviet scientist to his death in the Gulag absolutely floored me.) She has also written vividly about being a woman in the late Soviet era, and what it was like to give birth in a perestroika-era hospital plagued by shortages of everything from clean needles to running water.
In the years since, she has covered the wars in Chechnya, gotten a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard, and founded and run an independent Russian news magazine called The New Times (since shuttered by the authorities) that was an absolutely crucial outlet for investigative reporting on the corruption of Vladimir Putin's regime.
She also became the queen mother of the Russian opposition, fusing, as is common in Russia, the roles of journalist and activist. She kept up a dedicated correspondence with oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky while he was in jail for a decade. She became extremely close with former prime minister and opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, whom she referred to simply as "Borya" before his 2015 assassination. She also fostered a younger generation of opposition activists, chief among them Alexey Navalny, whom she took under her wing back in 2005 when he was still a stoop-shouldered, beer-bellied, awkward young man from the outskirts of Moscow. She helped him grow as a politician and become a more sophisticated thinker, and became a sort of Jewish mother to him, watching over the entire Navalny clan. Since Navalny's imprisonment in January 2021, she has kept up a brisk correspondence with him—"Lesha," as she affectionately calls him—and has even visited him in prison.
When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, Albats was one of the very few independent Russian journalists who chose to stay and fight. She felt it was her duty to remain in Russia and tell the story of what happened to her country as it waged an unprovoked war. Eventually, she too had to flee. It became clear that staying and doing her job was no longer an option: both her lawyers and her sources in the security services told her that arrest was imminent. For a month, Albats told me, she would wake up before dawn so that she wouldn't be asleep and confused when they came for her. She cleared out her iCloud drive because, as she learned from two friends who had been arrested over the summer, the Russian authorities had learned to hack Apple's cloud, too. Last week, she crossed the Estonian border on foot.
When I caught up with Evgenia Markovna, who has become a cherished friend and mentor to me over the years, she was in New York, but still living on Moscow time. She still couldn't quite get used to the idea that it was all over. She had left behind a twin sister and her family in Moscow, as well as a whole, rich life, one that would never return, even if she eventually did. "I'm still not ready to accept this," she told me with great sadness in her voice, "even though I understand that old life will never exist again, never. It has ended forever."
Our conversation has been translated, edited and condensed for clarity. I hope you found it as remarkable, provocative, and moving as I did.
Julia Ioffe: When the war started, why did you stay when so many people left?
Evgenia Albats: It was awful. I tried to stop them. I remember it so well, I was driving back from the penal colony where Navalny is being held and I was still on crutches [after knee-replacement surgery] and I got a call from TV Rain. So I stop the car and they say, Evgenia Markovna, this is likely our last broadcast. And I said, Guys, have you lost your minds? Nothing has even happened yet! This is a war that we, as Russian journalists, are obligated to cover. What are you doing? If they shut you down, then we'll have to start distributing leaflets. We've already been through this! Where are you going? Who needs you in all these countries?! Just think about it. And if you do decide to fuck off from Russia, then go to Ukraine! Go to Ukraine and tell the story of how your soldiers, your army, your country is killing people. Why are you going instead to comfortable Tbilisi or Vilnius or Riga, and talking about the war from there?
Why do you think they did this?
Because this is a completely spoiled generation. Because they're afraid. Because they don't have the experience. Because they're cowards. It's stunning.
What kind of experience are they lacking?
Probably the experience of Soviet struggle. The Kremlin very artfully bought this young generation of what everyone calls hipsters. It was an absolutely conscious decision by the government, after the pro-democracy protests of 2011-2012, to transform Moscow, the most protest-prone city in Russia, into the most comfortable—and conformist—city in Russia. Here you go, the best restaurants and bike lanes and sidewalks and new theaters and overhauled, modernized museums and libraries, and here's work and you can do whatever you want. You shouldn't criticize Putin, of course, but anything else, go for it.
Yes, it's like the satirists KermlinRussia once wrote, "Why does everyone keep talking about a stick? We can fuck you up with a carrot, too!"
Absolutely right. I was talking the other day to [liberal cultural guru] Yuri Saprykin, and I said, Yuri, didn't you understand that they were buying you off? And he said, Yes, but you always think you're smarter than they are. I think that also played a role. And it's true, Moscow was a wildly comfortable city. An incredible banking system. Everything you need is accessible with the push of a button on your phone. Everything you need, everything you want, you can have delivered. Everything is comfortable, everything is good.
And you think this is why they weren't ready to resist?
They weren't ready to lose this comfort.
Or they weren't ready to go to jail?
No one is ready to go to jail. I'm not ready to go to jail. Physical freedom is one of the few things a person has… Some [that fled] were afraid that a national draft would be announced, for example. But the profession of journalism is about more than going to receptions. The profession of a journalist in an authoritarian country entails the risk of getting in trouble. You might get arrested. And when your country is at war, you have to cover it. What can you do?
Why are there so few Russian journalists covering the war on the ground in Ukraine right now?
There are none there right now, if you haven't noticed. I've also had this question. Some have gone in temporarily and left, but I've mostly read English-language journalists from Ukraine, or French or German ones, but not Russian ones.
I've heard some Russian journalists, especially the men, say that it's not safe for them to be there, going through Ukrainian army checkpoints with a Russian passport. What do you think of that?
Maybe, but it wasn't a problem at the beginning of the war. When the war was just in the Donbas [between 2014 and February 24], there were several Russian journalists working there, including the BBC's Ilya Barabanov, without a problem… This wasn't at all an issue at the beginning of the war, in March and April. Zelensky was giving interviews to Russian journalists. Maybe it became an issue later on. But you know, Julia, you can find lots of excuses…
How did you personally make the decision to leave?
My lawyers told me that I would be arrested. In June, I was slapped with a civil conviction for intentionally spreading information that discredited the Russian army by writing that the Russian army bombed Kharkiv and Odessa and that there were civilian casualties. How did this discredit the Russian army? This was right in the verdict, by the way. Because this information is not on the website of the Ministry of Defense. And why is this information not on the website of the Ministry of Defense? Because the Commander in Chief said that the special military operation was to prevent an invasion of Russia.
Basically, we now live in a country where there are no longer any rules. So in late July, when I got three civil indictments simultaneously, which is what happened to everyone right before they were arrested and sent to jail, I called an old source of mine, a retired K.G.B. general. I thought, I'm older, I'm a pretty well-known person, they wouldn't arrest me. I asked his opinion and he agreed, so for a week, I slept well. Then, a week later, I was labeled a foreign agent by the Ministry of Justice and the source said, You know, looks like it's time for you to go. I knew, given how long it took the others to be arrested, that I had about three weeks. So I tied up loose ends and left 25 days later, crossing the Estonian border on foot.
What could I do? I said right away that I would not be going to jail. I understand that I would die in jail. I'm a horrible germaphobe. I have a bad knee. I'm in my 60s. [Opposition politician] Ilya Yashin is writing me letters from the Butyrka prison. He's in a cell that is 96 square feet that has four people in it. And he says, It's so interesting here. But prison is definitely not for you, Zhenya. You won't make it here. And Navalny wrote to me, If they arrest you, it'll just create more problems. We'll have to raise money for lawyers, you won't be able to work. Go and work. That's what he wrote to me. I adore him.
Were you waiting for Navalny's approval to leave?
Of course. If Lesha had said, You have to stand firm and not leave, I wouldn't have left. You have to understand, people are afraid. They're very afraid, especially people of my generation, who remember the K.G.B. and the Soviet Union. It's very important that someone stands up and calls a war a war and an invasion an invasion. That's a very important function of the opposition, to show that you're not afraid. But there's nothing left. There's nothing left. Everything has been closed. All the national independent press, all the regional independent press, it's all gone. So I just got in my car and drove to see what was happening in the rest of the country because we no longer had any idea.
And this is another very important thing: I understand that, unlike a lot of people, I can leave Russia and find a way to feed myself. But these people cannot, you understand? That's why I begged all these democrats and liberals who ran faster than the wind not to go. Because in leaving, their message to the people who had followed them was: You can all go screw yourselves. We don't want to live here so you can stay here and eat shit without us.
What are things like in Moscow?
Moscow is unbearable. I couldn't stand being there. In the square where I live, I saw the PriceWaterhouseCoopers sign come down and the Starbucks close and the office towers empty out. Even the faces have changed. They're completely different. You suddenly see these fat men with beer bellies and t-shirts with Z's on them. It's astonishing the speed with which the public has changed. Some people still recognize me on the streets and thank me, while others literally spit at me.
There's this absolute generational divide. There is, for example, the 35-year-old couple I met in Pskov. They are horrified by what's happening but their parents are for the war and think they are being paid by the American government to be against it. Meanwhile, their children are being taught in school that the way to differentiate real information from fake information is to go on the website of the Ministry of Defense and if the information is on there, then it's real. If it's not, it's fake. I can understand why they would want to save their children from the Russian school system.
What about the older generation? Why do they support the war?
That is what's so extraordinary. I keep having these conversations with these people in regional cities, in the markets, and what I find over and over again is that they have relatives in Ukraine, but that they don't believe their own brothers and sisters. Instead, they believe what the television tells them. I have only one explanation, that they grew up under Soviet rule and they know how important it is to conform, how important it is not to go against the regime, and that if you do what the regime wants, then you'll get by more or less okay. You might even get a tasty morsel here and there. But if you resist, then everything will be very bad. That is the memory that still sits in these people's cerebellums, because the K.G.B. is back in power, everyone understands that. And everyone is very, very scared.
People in the U.S. constantly ask me, is this the thing that finally topples Putin? Is this Ukrainian offensive, for example, that brings Putin down? How would you answer this question? And is it a stupid one?
I don't think it's a stupid question, but I do think it's too early. But if the Ukrainian army continues pushing the Russian army back this successfully and beats them back from Kherson and Melitopol, then they're well and truly fucked. But here's the problem: any coup needs a mechanism. You can't just have one guy among the elites call another guy and say, Hey, let's go slit VVP's throat. It doesn't work like that. When Nikita Khrushchev overthrew Lavrentiy Beria, and when Leonid Brezhnev overthrew Khrushchev, there was a mechanism and it was the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. They could say, Here is our collective decision. No such mechanism exists today. That's the first thing.
The second thing is trust. No one in Russia trusts anyone else. Hugo Chavez could walk into his barracks and say, Comrades, let's go take the presidential palace, and they would follow him. But no such trust exists in Russia today, where public trust is in the single digits. Putin will eventually be ousted, of course, but it will likely be by his closest circle. It will be some kind of junta, which would still be an improvement.
Why do you think it will be better? And what will the junta be like?
It will be bloody, of course, but it will be completely illegitimate. We can only judge by coups that have happened in other authoritarian regimes, but juntas aren't very long-lived because they lack legitimacy. But again, I'm just fantasizing here based on what we know about authoritarian regimes. And because I used to teach courses on authoritarian regimes, I'm looking at how these coups happened in African and Latin American countries.
Last question, and it's one I've been asking everyone. When do you think we'll return to Moscow?
In the spring, I hope.
Really, that soon? Why?
It's not that soon! Nine months—children are born in that time. But I think that this situation will continue getting worse quite rapidly. I don't know if you noticed a small thing that happened in recent days: the deputies of the Moscow and St. Petersburg city councils wrote an open letter to Putin demanding that he resign. Despite all the arrests and criminal cases being opened these days, they took this step. This mute discontent is going to continue growing in spite of it all. Because grocery prices have gone way up. Because people are afraid to spend money. Because it's already impossible to get your car fixed. Because the things people had gotten used to are no longer in the stores. Because they've started taking young men and because people are afraid to lose their sons. And so on.
And the most important thing: coups d'etat are always the handiwork of the elite, and the elite in Russia are millionaires and billionaires, people who got used to working and earning their money in Russia until Thursday, but on Friday, we're already off to London or Nice, or wherever. All their kids are there, in the West, getting an education. All their wives are there, and, most importantly, what are they going to do about their young mistresses?
Then there's the fact that all the crypto markets are closed to them, and all the F.S.B. guys had a ton of money in crypto. There were the domestic mutual funds that had 7 trillion rubles invested in them because in 2019 Putin told everyone to bring their money home and invest in these mutual funds and now they've gone tits up.
All the oligarchs who have been sanctioned, they're weeping because they have absolutely no idea how they're going to go on with life. Before they thought, Oh, all the proles can live in dirty Russia, but we'll live in the big civilized world. That's over now. After 2014, they still managed to travel on two passports because the British authorities closed their eyes to it. But not anymore. It's all over for them. One of these oligarchs called me to complain that he literally can't buy groceries abroad because his accounts are all frozen. Even Putin's oligarchs—their yachts have been seized, their villas in Italy, too. Viktor Vekselberg is having his American property searched. When I ask them, what percentage [of the oligarchs] support the war? They tell me at most 30 percent support it. That means at least 70 percent are against it. Those are the people who understand their lives are simply over.
That's why I think this can't last too much longer. This will be a long, hard winter.
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Do you ship internationally? What about Canada?
We're not currently set-up to ship outside the U.S. We haven't yet ventured into direct shipments to customers outside the U.S. due to cost and level of complication for a small family company like ours. We have experimented a couple times with sending product to customers in Australia and New Zealand, but both times the shipment ended up getting tagged at customs (raw seeds) and never made it to the customers.
We are able to ship Unpopped Kernels to Canada, but it can be quite expensive to do so. Previously we would get charged a $25 bank fee for sending to Canada, which is why we avoided direct shipping to Canada on our old website. There are always wild cards that can add more (duties, taxes, handling fees) and would be part of the shipping cost directly by Canada Post and/or Canada customs folks.
It is simply not "cheap" for a small company like ours to export popcorn directly to customers. We've had numerous customers order who live in Canada Kernels from us in bulk, but it typically runs about $56 for a large flat rate USPS box.
With the support of our customers, we hope to be able to get to the level where international shipping to all customers can be a reality for us, so we can continue spreading the heirloom love across the planet!
Why does it cost so much to ship orders under $10?
Small orders are simply not optimal by mail. All carrier rates have increased significantly over the past couple of years, and for a while we were taking a sizable hit to our small family company by not raising shipping costs when USPS, FedEx and UPS raised their rates, in hopes of keeping our customers happy. We send our Unpopped Kernels (our heaviest product by weight) via USPS Flat Rate box in order to save on cost – still, a formerly $5 flat rate shipping option that is now between $7-$8…a significant increase, that can really add up, especially with a small business. It's just not economical to ship single orders these days, which is why we try to encourage customers to buy in multiples.
Are you making a profit on shipping charges?
No. We absolutely do not make any money on freight expense, we are simply trying to cover the cost that is charged to us by the freight or postal company. The way it works is larger orders save for everyone. One bag of Unpopped Kernels costs $7-$8 for us to ship to a customer no matter what, whereas 16 bags can ship for around $18 (almost down to $1 per bag). Just an example how incredibly significant the per unit savings become as you ship more items. We wish we could keep our shipping costs lower to keep more customers happy, but sadly it's not the reality of the postal / shipping world or of being a small, family-run company. If the shipping price per bag still seems too much, a larger company like Amazon can offer a better rate, and you can still find our products there online. Grocery stores are also a great option if you have one near you that carries our popcorn. You can use our Where To Buy page to find a store near you.
We hope you are very much enjoying your Tiny But Mighty Popcorn Purchase, and we are 100% committed to customer satisfaction. In the event you are not satisfied, we offer refunds and/or replacements on a case by case basis. Refund/Replacement requirements are: order number, description of product, lot number and photos of product.
If you need to return a product for any reason, we can only accept unopened items and the customer pays the shipping for the return.
Tiny But Mighty Popcorn is not responsible for lost or stolen packages delivered by USPS, UPS or FedEx.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at Connect@TinyButMightyFoods.com
What are the price breaks for buying in multiples/bundles/bulk?
If you know you love Tiny But Mighty Popcorn, ordering in multiples is a great way to save and we sure do appreciate it. Our Unpopped Kernels and Microwave lines have an expiration date of 1 year from production, and our Popped Varieties have an 8 month shelf life from production date.
Product price breaks by case:
UNPOPPED KERNELS
1 bag = $5.99 (plus $8.00 shipping for orders less than $10)
8 bags/1 case = $44.00 (includes free shipping and save $3.92 on product)
POPPED VARIETIES
12 bags/1 case = $44.00 (includes free shipping and save $3.88 on product)
MICROWAVE VARIETIES
1 box = $4.49 (plus $8.00 shipping for orders less than $10)
8 boxes/1 case = $34.00 (save $1.92 on product)
Where can I buy Tiny But Mighty Popcorn?
Our popcorn is available at retailers across the USA, on our website and on Amazon. If you don't see Tiny But Mighty in your local grocer, do us (and yourself!) a favor and make a request to the Grocery Manager for the store to carry Tiny But Mighty Popcorn! You can also submit a request directly on our Where to Buy page.
Is your popcorn Non-GMO?
Yes, our popcorn is Non-GMO Project Verified and there is no risk for GMO contamination due to our unique variety of popcorn that won't cross-pollinate with other varieties.
Is Tiny But Mighty Popcorn all natural?
Yes! There are no artificial ingredients, flavors or preservatives in any of our products.
What does "heirloom" mean?
The term "heirloom" refers to a seed that is at least 50 years old, that has not been changed in any way from its original state, and has never been hybridized. Learn more about why heirloom matters.
What makes Tiny But Mighty Popcorn an "heirloom" variety?
Our Tiny But Mighty Popcorn seed dates back to the early 1800's, and was passed down through several generations of a family in Iowa. This means that it was never hybridized to become something that nature didn't intend.
Is your popcorn actually smaller than conventional varieties?
Yes! Our popcorn is actually about half the size of regular/conventional popcorn varieties. It grows on ears that are only 3″ to 4″ in length when fully grown. Smaller ears produce smaller, more dense kernels, which produce a naturally flavorful popcorn – hence the name, Tiny But Mighty Popcorn!
Why doesn't Tiny But Mighty Popcorn get stuck in your teeth?
Because Tiny But Mighty Popcorn is a smaller variety of popcorn, it's virtually hulless, which means those annoying shells won't get stuck in your teeth.
Can I eat the kernels that aren't popped?
Safety First: Keep your teeth happy and please do not eat unpopped kernels. Our popcorn is also not recommended for infants or toddlers due to choking risk.
Is the Palm Oil used in your Microwave Products sustainably sourced?
Yes – we use only sustainably sourced Palm Oil. On our Microwave packaging we have printed and we abide by the Sustainable Palm Oil Pledge: Tiny But Mighty pledges to exclusively source palm oil that is independently certified to meet the sustainable farming and fair trade criteria outlined by the RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil).
More information on sustainably sourced Palm Oil can be found here.
Does Tiny But Mighty Popcorn look different than other popcorn or corn varieties?
It sure does! Our tiny heirloom looks very different from other popcorn / corn varieties, and that starts as soon as it sprouts from the soil. This special heirloom actually grows in a bush with several stalks, instead of on a single stalk like conventional varieties, and the plant itself usually grows to only about 3-5 feet tall. Multiple stalks produce multiple, tiny ears of corn. In fact, Farmer Gene's record stands at 36 ears on one plant! Our corn – when unpopped and then also when popped – is about half the size of conventional varieties – which means more density and flavor, disintegrating hulls and happier tummies and teeth. When it comes to popcorn – smaller is better!
What's the best way to pop Tiny But Mighty?
Check out our full popping instructions and other popping tips.
What type of pot is best to use when popping your popcorn on the stovetop?
A heavy-bottom pot is best for popping on the stovetop. For example, a cast iron pot or a thick-walled aluminum or stainless steel pot. Other lighter-bottom pots can work as well, but heavier pots do a much better job of retaining heat and eliminating hot spots. Surprisingly enough, when you put all the oil and kernels into the pot the temperature drops; consistent heat is the key to getting the best popcorn explosion, and heavy-bottom pots aid in getting those results.
What is the best type of oil to use when popping on the stovetop or in a popcorn machine that requires oil?
Experimenting with oils is one of the best ways to create a wide variety of delicious, natural flavors of popcorn. As mentioned in the stovetop popping directions section above, we prefer the following healthy and heat tolerant oils: Coconut, Avocado, Sunflower, Olive Oil, Safflower, Canola. As most of us know, there are "good" fats and there are "bad" fats. Different oils offer different health benefits. Some of our customers are completely off fats and they elect to use air poppers (see our comments on air popping above), but most popcorn lovers are perfectly happy with a little healthy fat along with their popcorn. The best oils for popping are "Expeller pressed" oils – this process is the most natural way of extracting oil and it eliminates the use of things like hexane in the oil making process. Any oil varieties with a "high smoke point" can be used for popping popcorn and we encourage you to ask your doctor or nutritionist if there are varieties they recommend.
How hot should the oil be before I add the popcorn?
Preheat the oil to medium/high heat is best. This is one of the most important tips and we can't stress it enough. Heating the oil in advance along with a few test kernels is the best way to make sure your oil is at the proper temperature when you add the remainder of your kernels. This all goes back to HEAT – when you add your kernels, you want the oil temperature to remain high so that the kernels can quickly get to their job of popping. If you add all the kernels right at the beginning, your whole batch will be fighting to get up to popping temperature and will often lead to batches that aren't perfect. This is also why we recommend medium/high heat – anything lower will not provide enough heat and lead to kernels that slowly roast, rather than explode.
When popping on the stovetop, should I pick up the pot constantly to shake around the popcorn inside - will this help it all pop?
Resist the urge to shake obsessively! Constantly picking up the pot to shake it means you're removing it from the heat source, when the heat is needed for it to pop. Shaking the pot like crazy is only fighting against their goal of getting the heat. What does have the potential to burn is the popped popcorn – but unlike a microwave (where everything inside is getting heated intensely and relentlessly) the stovetop batch of popped popcorn is only taking heat from the metal, and very few pieces of popped popcorn are actually touching the bottom of the pot (the rest of them pop up into the center and have almost no risk of burning). When you get to the point during the popping process where the kernels are popping vigorously, you know you're on track for a perfect batch (you preheated the proper amount of oil, didn't add too many kernels, and resisted the urge to shake the pot). What's happening at this point is the popped popcorn starts to fill the pot and all the commotion inside the pot will trap some of the unpopped kernels up and away from the bottom of the pot (and the heat they need). So rather than shaking continuously to prevent burning, you actually want to briefly shake the pot toward the end (see How To Pop instructions) and help those unpopped kernels return to the bottom of the pot so they may also pop.
What if I want to pop a larger-sized batch than the amount listed in your "How To Pop" directions?
The amount listed in our How To Pop directions should yield enough popcorn for 1-2 people to enjoy. Typically, ½ cup of Unpopped Kernels popped will yield 8 cups of popped popcorn. Depending on the size of the pot you're using on the stovetop, our general rule of thumb is that the oil should nearly coat the entire bottom of the pot, but the oil should never be more than 1mm deep. If you use too much oil, this can easily lead to poor popping results. The problem with too much oil is that the kernels end up swimming in the oil and roasting slowly instead of exploding into fully popped kernels. Also, do not pour in too many kernels with the oil. Another rule of thumb is that there should never be more than a single layer of kernels in the pot. If you add too many and they are piling up on top of one another, you may have many unpopped kernels – or what we call "Old Maids" – at the end.
Can your Unpopped Kernels be popped in the microwave?
We get questions about popping our popcorn kernels out of the retail bag (Unpopped Kernels) in the microwave; it can be done, but we don't really recommend it. The two biggest problems are the amount of leftover unpopped kernels and burnt popcorn – really badly burnt popcorn. A microwave produces relentless heat to everything inside and this means there is no place to hide for the already popped popcorn. The one method that we (and several of our longtime fans) have had some success with: just a plain brown paper bag like you used for lunch as a kid. You can put a few tablespoons of kernels into the bag by themselves or with a little oil beforehand – then fold the end over making sure to leave room for the popped corn to expand. You'll want to use the highest heat setting on your microwave and pop just like normal. The aspect of microwave popcorn that's very frustrating (and different from the stovetop process) is that there is a very fine line between burnt and not burnt – once you cross the magical burning threshold, a lot of the kernels will burn quickly and badly.
What is Ghee and can I use it to pop your popcorn?
Ghee is clarified butter, which is essentially butter that's rendered so it can be cooked at higher temperatures. We love to pop in Ghee (grass fed and organic ghees are our favorites), or it's wonderful when melted down and used as a flavorful topping on our popcorn.
Which Tiny But Mighty products are dairy-free?
Tiny But Mighty Unpopped Kernels are dairy-free and run on equipment without any dairy production. Tiny But Mighty Spicy Southwest Microwave Popcorn and Ready To Eat Sea Salt Popcorn are dairy-free, but are produced on equipment that contains milk.
Is your popcorn Kosher?
Yes, all of our products are certified Kosher.
Do your products contain allergens?
Our 1.25 lb bag of Unpopped Kernels may contain trace amounts of peanuts or tree nuts.
Our Butter and Light Butter Microwave Popcorn contain milk are produced on equipment that uses soy. Our Spicy Southwest Microwave Popcorn is produced on equipment that uses milk and soy. Our Popped Butter and White Cheddar Popcorn contain milk, and all of our Popped Popcorn items are produced on equipment that uses coconut oil.
Is your popcorn gluten free?
Yes, all of our products in our line are certified gluten free.
I have digestive issues - can I eat your popcorn?
You'll be happy to know that many people who've had to generally stay away from eating popcorn, due to digestive issues and conditions such as Diverticulitis, Crohn's, IBS, Colitis or Celiac Disease, are actually able to eat Tiny But Mighty Popcorn with no issues. Tiny But Mighty is easy to digest, so it often works for folks with digestive issues. However, it's always important to check with your own Doctor before consuming our popcorn if you have any questions.
Is your popcorn considered a whole grain?
Yes, all of our products are certified whole grain and they are a great source of fiber!
Is Tiny But Mighty Popcorn organic?
Tiny But Mighty Popcorn is not certified organic, but every aspect of the growing and production is done organically (including organic fertilizers).
Why aren't you Certified Organic?
Farmer Gene has been using organic farming practices when growing the popcorn (and for decades before that outside of popcorn farming), and what we have is as close as it can be to organic without technically qualifying. Some of what we're doing with the growing methods and soil building is actually beyond organic standards, but this unique heirloom can't produce well enough without some help. The challenge that this specific breed presents is much lower yields than standard hybrid varieties – sometimes as low as 25% of what those varieties can produce. When Farmer Gene first started working with our variety alongside Richard Kelty the original farmer/owner, the plant genetics were so unruly that the average yield was only about 400-600 lbs/acre. These days Farmer Gene has gotten the yields up to around 2,600 lbs/acre, but that's still on the low end compared to conventional, hybrid popcorn varieties, which typically fall in the range of 6,000 to 10,000 lbs/acre. As you can see, our popcorn truly is a rare and precious breed.
Do you use pesticides?
No, we do not use pesticides in any aspect of growing or producing Tiny But Mighty Popcorn. Farmer Gene performs seed selections every year and over time has made sure the seeds that are used carry the best traits for natural insect resistance. However, our variety is particularly susceptible to being destroyed by weeds or grasses during the first stage of each growing season, Therefore, we do use an herbicide that is "non-residual" or "non-systemic" – meaning that it never actually enters the popcorn plant. It only targets the grasses and broadleaf weeds on contact. There is only one application early in the season. We also use a special organic fertilizer blend that includes trace minerals and other positive elements for plants and soilsOnce the corn gets past this early growth it becomes tall enough to form a leaf canopy that is sufficient to fight off weed and grass growth. There are no herbicides used in the second part of the season when the ears/kernels are actually developing.
What variety of corn is Tiny But Mighty?
Tiny But Mighty Popcorn is an Open Pollinated (OP), dent-sterile variety of popcorn and it cannot be cross-pollinated by other varieties, which means our seed is guaranteed to stay GMO-free. Tiny But Mighty is also a super-premium variety, and is actually its very own unique species. In fact, there was previously no name for this species on record until we decided to name it Tiny But Mighty Popcorn®. Farmer Gene even had it tested at Purdue University along with other experts in the agriculture and seed breeding community and their response was unanimous; no one has seen anything quite like it and there are no records of other corn varieties remotely similar to the Tiny But Mighty Popcorn genotype.
What's the main difference between "Open Pollinated" seeds and "Hybridized" seeds?
An Open Pollinated seed is one that has a large genetic base, has not been hybridized and can regenerate seed from itself each year. Hybridized seeds have a male and a female parent; all of the offspring from hybridized parents are genetically identical, but when the offspring is planted, they may not produce seeds.
What color seed is Tiny But Mighty Popcorn?
Our popcorn is a lemon-yellow variety.
Why are there more calories in 1 cup of your popcorn than some other varieties?
When looking at calorie counts in our popcorn vs. other varieties, it's important to remember that our popcorn is approximately half the size of the larger, conventional varieties. There is almost twice the amount of our popcorn in 1 cup than other varieties when measured out.
What does "virtually hulless" mean?
There are two parts to a seed – the Aleurone (inner layer) and the Pericarp – or hull (outer layer). Larger hybrid varieties (conventional popcorns today) have larger hulls, which are the big sharp shells that often get stuck in teeth and are difficult for folks to digest. Due to our one-of-a-kind variety's smaller size, our corn has a very thin, smaller hull. When it cooks, the hulls virtually disintegrate so it's less likely that the popcorn will get stuck in your teeth.
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Center for Teaching Excellence selects 4 teams for Curriculum Innovation Program
LAWRENCE — Four teams of faculty members at the University of Kansas have been selected for a one-year Curriculum Innovation Program aimed at transforming important components of their curricula.
The winners, from the Environmental Studies Program, the Department of Geology, the School of Journalism & Mass Communications and the Department of Linguistics, were recognized at KU's annual Teaching Summit last week.
Each of the four teams will receive $10,000 to $12,000 for the project, along with up to $5,000 for team members to visit an institution that has had success in innovating its curriculum. The awards are the largest ever made by the Center for Teaching Excellence. They were made possible by a donation from Bob and Kathie Taylor, KU alumni from Mission Hills.
"We really wanted to see ideas that would have a big impact on student learning in a short amount of time," said Andrea Greenhoot, director of the Center for Teaching Excellence. "We also wanted the changes to be sustainable. The four programs selected made the strongest cases for that."
To help with the curricular changes, the teams will meet with each other and CTE faculty leaders across the academic year to discuss their progress and challenges. The goal of the program is to nurture changes that improve learning and retention, and provide new ways of preparing students for an ever-changing career landscape. Each team will concentrate on remaking two to three courses within a curriculum.
The winning teams all take different approaches to the innovation challenge. Here are their plans:
The Environmental Studies Program has undergone considerable change over the past eight years as core faculty members have left and the number of students taking classes in the program has tripled. The program, which draws from such fields as ecology, law, English, geology and social sciences, will build on the diverse perspectives of its faculty members by creating modules that focus on interdisciplinary problem-solving. The modules will allow instructors to bring multiple perspectives to two 100-level classes, Global Environmental Change I and II, and make it easier for additional instructors to teach those courses. At the capstone level, the modules will allow students to go into more depth in such areas as informatics, systems thinking, technical communication and project management, while maintaining an emphasis on work that benefits communities. Team members are Ali Brox, David Fowle, Kelly Kindscher, Terry Loecke, and Paul Stock.
The department has transformed five introductory courses since 2013 by integrating such practices as group problem-solving, two-stage exams and an end-of-semester event to showcase student work. Those and other approaches have improved learning for all students but have been especially effective for women and underrepresented minority students. For example, women used to fail or withdraw from Geology 101 at a much higher rate than men. Those disparities have been eliminated over the past few years as the class has shifted from lecture to active learning. The department plans to apply those techniques to two upper-level courses that prepare students for a capstone course. It will shift some material for those courses online, reduce the amount of in-class lecturing, add writing and data-synthesis assignments, and reorganize course components so that students learn in incremental ways, an approach known as scaffolding. Team members are Diane Kamola, Andreas Moeller, Noah McLean and Alison Olcott.
Journalism & mass communications
The many fields of journalism have undergone enormous changes over the past two decades as digital communication has upended the media landscape. Four instructors in the School of Journalism's strategic communication track plan to help students better keep up with those changes by creating a data hub for social media, shifting more elements of learning online and providing more opportunities for experiential learning. Strategic communication, which accounts for more than two-thirds of the school's enrollment, prepares students for careers in such areas as public relations, marketing and advertising. The journalism team will concentrate on four courses at the 400- and 600-levels, including a capstone course, better integrating elements of social media into the curriculum. Creation of a social media hub will allow students to gain more hands-on experiences with social media, and the work students do with the hub will create additional resources for future students and courses. Faculty members involved are Hyejin Bang, Yvonnes Chen, Joseph Erba and Hyunjin Seo.
The Department of Linguistics has been a university leader in evaluating student learning and in making curricular adjustments based on learning data it gathers. The department plans to build on that work by modifying, expanding and restructuring three courses that have proved especially challenging for students. Instructors plan to add interactive assignments and group case studies to Introductory Linguistics to help students learn theoretical concepts of language structure. They also plan to create an online version of that course so that it can be offered more often. For a mid-level course in syntax, instructors will create online materials for students to work through on their own, freeing up class time for group problem-solving and application. For an upper-level course in neurolinguistics, the department plans to add lab work that will give students practice in such areas as experimental design and data analysis for brain imaging. Faculty members involved in the project are Kate Coughlin, Phil Duncan, Robert Fiorentino, Alison Gabriele, John Gluckman, Andrew McKenzie, Joan Sereno, Anie Tremblay and Jie Zhang.


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Mow Problems
By Kimberly | February 4, 2014 | Add to Favorites
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It's funny how when you are absolutely sick of the cold even a chore that's done in the sun can sound appealing. Mark Diehr gets you thinking about grass and how to cut it in his puzzle game Mow Problems. And since we've already determined that mowing can be fun, let's get down to how to play. Use the [arrow] keys to move, and take note that you can't move backwards. The object of the game is to mow the lawn without getting any clippings in the pools. Whenever the mower moves over a spot, cut grass (indicated by the number of light green lines on a square) will always fly out to the right of the mower. If you pile up three lines of clippings, it's too much for your mower to handle and that square will be blocked. Sometimes there's a way around the mound, but if there's too many clippings on top of a square of grass, you won't be able to push your mower over it. Thankfully you can hit [U] or [Z] to undo as many moves as you want, or [R] to reset the level. In later levels there are goats hungry for grass who enjoy helping you out, though you do have to nudge them in the right direction.
There's no limit on the number of moves you can make, which is good considering I'm pretty sure I single-handedly caused global warming pushing that lawn mower around. New gameplay elements are added at a good pace to keep things interesting. The levels vary in difficulty, with some requiring a lot more thought than others, but overall it presents a challenge without becoming overwhelming. Mow Problems is a great little puzzle game with which to whittle away some time while exercising your brain. Oh, and pssst... Here's a little advice for next time you're trying to avoid getting grass in your pool. Bag it.
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Nathaniel Shaw • February 4, 2014 10:35 AM
Very Fun Take on the ye olde Chore!! Love It!! 5/5!
Kyh • February 4, 2014 1:00 PM
Aww man, Kimberly. I was expecting a "Mow Money, Mow Problems" joke in the review :P
(What, not a rap fan?)
cyberphlash • February 4, 2014 1:23 PM
I've got 99 problems, but mowin' aint one!
Nice game - would like to see more levels. The addition of the goats was a good idea - maybe some additional characters like that, who could only be moved left/right or up/down would be interesting. Improving the graphics a notch would make the puzzles a little more clear.
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This catalogue represents around 1800 TV highlights of performance and documentary programming in a wide variety of genres, including opera, ballet & dance, orchestral music, jazz and entertainment.
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Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Stravinsky found the inspiration for his work in sources ranging from Greek Orthodox liturgy to his beloved Verdi.
Manuel de Falla "El Sombrero de Tres Picos"
Manuel de Falla's "Three Cornered Hat" ballet is by far his most popular composition. The dances in the ballet represent high points of Spanish folk music, full of sparkling melodies and captivating rhythms.
Johann Christian Friedrich Bach: Miserere mei Deus
The performance features the talents of today's leading Bach expert, Helmuth Rilling with his Gächinger Kantorei and Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, in the first performance of this work since its rediscovery in 1988.
Marcia Haydée's choreography "Sleeping Beauty" is the tragic conflict of Carabosse and the Lilac Fairy; of good and evil. This programme portrays a Ballet company at work on the choreography and includes clips from the finished production.
A documentary on the concept and execution of Marcia Haydée's new choreography of "Giselle".
"Enas" - The Greek word for "being one" - is interpreted in this ballet, which represents Marcia Haydée's first free choreography. With the music of Vangelis Papathanassiou.
Four superb solo guitarists have joined together and formed a quartet to perform works by Fauré, Albeniz, de Falla, Granados, van der Staak and Ravel in original arrangements and transcriptions. 8 episodes from 7 - 9 minutes.
Ludwig Güttler and the Leipziger Bach Collegium
The Albrechtsburg Castle, Meissen Cathedral and the Ludwigsburg Palace provide magnificent backgrounds for the musical presentations of Ludwig Güttler, the international renowned trumpeter. 7 episodes from 6 - 12 minutes with compositions by Telemann…
Larry Fuller, famous for his work on "Evita", joins forces with musical theatre specialist Charles B. Axton to create a sizzling rendition of the Rodgers and Hard Broadway classic. This documentary goes behind the scenes at the Stuttgarter Ballet.
Heinz Spoerli
Norbert Beilharz captures the Swiss choreographer Heinz Spoerli's work methods on film, basing his portrait on the development of the Swiss master's new ballet: "Goldberg Variations".


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Last year Hideo Kojima made an awkward exit from Konami, resulting in his Kojima Productions studio going solo. At around the same time he unveiled a new logo for the studio, which depicted what appeared to be a skeletal head inside a futuristic-looking space helmet.
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There was never any doubt as to which country would claim the top spot on the ladies' figure skating podium.
GANGNEUNG, South Korea—With talent and gamesmanship, the Russian women proved they deserved to be at the top of the Olympic figure skating podium.
There was no doubt as to which country would claim the newest Olympic figure skating queen; the only tension surrounded which skater she would be. Entering the free skate on Thursday night, Alina Zagitova of Olympic Athletes of Russia (OAR) led the field with a record-setting score after the short program, followed by her training partner and OAR teammate Evgenia Medvedeva.
By the end of the event, Zagitova retained her lead with a total of 239.57 points, followed by Medvedeva for silver and Canada's Kaetlyn Osmond for bronze.
And for the U.S. ladies, it was the third Olympics in a row in which they failed to reach the figure skating podium. (Sasha Cohen earned the last Olympic medal, a silver, in 2006).
Zagitova emerged on the senior competitive figure skating stage this season, as Medvedeva recovered after injuring her foot in November. The world junior champion in 2017, 15-year-old Zagitova stormed the senior ranks with her consistent and seemingly unstoppable jumping ability, which continued right into PyeongChang. The reason for her mind-boggling scores? She saves all her high-value tricks like jumps for the second half of her routine, where they earn bonus points.
The strategy has paid off handsomely for the ballerina-like Zagitova, who says she is named after a Russian gymnast. She's the current Russian national, European and now Olympic figure skating champion.
In her Don Quixote free skate, Zagitova made a rare error missing the second jump in a two-jump combination, but easily tacked it on to the end of another jump a few seconds later — not an easy thing to do when the jumps come rapid fire one after the other.
Even before the Olympic figure skating competition began, Zagitova seemed to already be looking far beyond the next few hours. While most skaters are struggling to contain nerves and keep focused, to warm up for the main event Zagitova whirled off a string of five triple jumps in a row, her way of laying claim not just to the current Olympics, but most assuredly the next Games as well. To put it in perspective, no men's or ladies skater tries a triple-triple-triple combination; most three jump series include at least one, if not two, double jumps.
Medvedeva, 18, who dominated international competitions since the 2014 Olympics, trains with the same coach, Eteri Tutberidze, as Zagitova does in Moscow, and has been overshadowed a bit by Zagitova's rising star over the past few months. Medvedeva does not back-load her programs in the same way as her training partner does; a more lyrical skater, Medvedeva opted for the less challenging triple-triple jump combination in her Anna Karenina free skate, and moved her highest value two-jump combination to the very top of her program where it couldn't earn the additional points.
The U.S. ladies stayed where they after the short, ending the Olympics in ninth, tenth and 11th places with better free skates that still were still strewn with mistakes.
Mirai Nagasu planned a perhaps an overly ambitious nine triple jumps in her four minute program to "Miss Saigon," including the triple axel. After popping the axel, for which she received no credit since she didn't complete any rotations, she popped a triple lutz later in the program as well, which cost her valuable points and landed her in 10th place, behind teammate Bradie Tennell.
Tennell made up for her fall in the short program with her Cinderella routine, but she too showed signs of nerves as she missed a jump combination and had to make up for it later.
Teammate Karen Chen had a fall and stepped out of a jumping sequence and fell to 11th place.
Claiming the top spots on the podium, as the U.S. has done in the past with Olympic medalists like Kristi Yamaguchi, Nancy Kerrigan, Michelle Kwan, Tara Lipinski, Sasha Cohen, and Sarah Hughes, may take some rethinking about how to push senior skaters to keep innovating while encouraging young talent to develop. The two feed into each other; if younger skaters see those at the elite levels trying riskier technical and skating skills such as the more difficult triple-triple jump combinations, for example, or even triple axel jumps like Nagasu is doing, then they too will train more high level material and end up raising the level of skating. But if top skaters remain ensconced at the senior level with stagnant skills, then it's less likely the pipeline of skaters behind them will be motivated to master riskier moves.
It's something U.S. men's national champion Nathan Chen noticed as an up and coming skater; at international competitions, he saw his rivals from Japan and Russia trying quadruple jumps, even though no one at home was doing them, and decided he needed to learn them too in order to stand on the international stage.
There's nothing like competition to push athletes— it certainly worked for Medvedeva and Zagitova, who duel daily when they practice. Competing on Olympic ice was just another training day.


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Sartre OTR Will Close Its Doors After the New Year
The upscale eatery located beneath Rhinegeist Brewery opened in fall of 2017
By Hailey Bollinger on Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 8:37 am
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Inside Sartre OTR
Upscale Over-the-Rhine eatery Sartre announced that it will be closing its doors after the new year. The restaurant is located beneath Rhinegeist Brewery and opened in the fall of 2017.
A spread of dishes and cocktails from Sartre OTR
Announced in a Facebook post on Thursday, Dec. 26, the eatery explained that they would be closing after two years and thanked their patrons, farmers and craftsman. In the post they also invited guests to visit before their last day.
"Regretfully, after two wonderful years, Sartre will be closing its doors on Wednesday, January 1st," the post from Jim Cornwell and the Sartre staff read. "We are very grateful for the love and support from not only our guests, but from all the hard working farmers and craftsman that kept us supplied with inspiration. We would love to see all of you one last time before we go. Reservations are greatly appreciated. Thank you once again for your support. When one door closes, another opens. So stay tuned to see what we have planned for the space in early 2020!"
The name behind French(ish) brasserie the restaurant was conceived as a playful homage to philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. The eatery serves up a changing menu of snacks, shareables and mains with a Parisian bistro sensibility; offerings range from beignets to pappardelle bolognese to burger frites. Sartre is also a stupendous stop for drinks, offering multiple communal seating areas with a shabby chic industrial Art Nouveau vibe, flattering lighting and plenty of space for you and several of your friends. The décor is transportive without artifice, just like the drink selection.
The restaurant's last day open will be Dec. 31.
Read a review from our visit to Sartre here and view a slideshow of the restaurant here.
Sartre OTR, 1910 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine.
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This walk follows the Royal National Park Coast Walk.
It takes about 10 hours to complete the full 31 kilometre walk, but plan extra for plenty of breaks and photography stops. Consider that there's a lot to see along the way.
Get the train to Cronulla and ferry to Bundeena using transportnsw.info.	Plan your return trip from Otford at transportnsw.info.
Exit the station and follow the road left to the tunnel underneath the tracks.
Continue towards the bay through the reserve to find the ferry dock. Take the ferry to Bundeena from there.
After a short ride across Port Hacking, the ferry will arrive at the Bundeena ferry dock.
From the Bundeena ferry dock make your way up the street and left past the public toilets.
+ 1.5h / 6km If there is an extra hour to spare be sure to take the alternate route around Jibbon Head.
Follow the road to the start of Jobbin Beach and walk along it to the next headland.
At the far end of Jibbon Beach a marked trail leads up onto the headland to a self guided tour to the Aboriginal rock engravings.
A large viewing platform offers a clear view across the various rock engravings.
From the platform a bush trail leads past several lookouts to the tip of the headland.
The next stop along the track is Shelly Beach.
From the far end of Shelly Beach a grassy path leads up the headland. Follow the path to the left at the fork.
Where the grassy path emerges from the covering coastal heath, take care not to miss the side trail to the left.
Take the side trail to the left to continue following the coast, or follow the other direction back to the start of the Coast Track.
The left track follows the coastal cliffs closely. On the rocky platforms the trail can be hard to spot.
Eventually the trail brings you to the top of a deep gully just above the tide level. You can spot the trail continuing up the far end.
Cross the gully and find the rough trail back up the cliff on the far end.
From there the overgrown trail soon joins back up with signposts from the Coastal Walk.
Follow the fire trail past the sign for the Jibbon Head trail. This the end of the optional loop across the headland.
The second sign reads Coast Track. Follow this to the well marked track along the cliffs.
The first landmark along the track is a deep gully with a creek plunging into the ocean.
Further along the track the square white rock formation of Wedding Cake Rock makers the perfect spot for a photo.
In the distance a large beach will become apparent over the tops of the coastal heath.
Eventually the trail descend down to Marley Beach, where large lagoon empties into the ocean.
Cross the lagoon and follow the beach all the way to the other headland.
A narrow path leads across the headland to the second Little Marley Beach.
From the far end of Little Marley Beach the well marked track continues along the steep cliffs.
Part of the track has been fortified with metal and plastic walkways to avoid erosion.
Near Wattamolla the walk heads away from the coast and becomes a bush trail through dense vegetation for a while.
The bush trail end at the top of a dam over Wattamolla Lagoon and continues across the picnic area on the other side.
Wattamolla Beach marks the halfway point for this walk and has public toilets available.
To continue the walk, find the signs across the car park of the picnic area.
Follow the directions to Curracurrang and Curracurrong at splits in the fire trail.
The walk crosses both water features in turn and there are lookouts to see the waterfalls near the track.
After Curracurrang and Curracurrong the track follows the coast to Garie Beach.
Be sure to follow the trail ahead through the dense vegetation instead of the directions to Curra Moors car park down the fire trail.
The trail eventuall leads to a high cliff overlooking Garie Beach. Carefully descend down to the beach.
On the far end of Garie Beach explore the surf club for refreshments and public toilets. Please mind that the tapwater is not potable.
From the sign at the surf club, follow the directions to Otford along the narrow path to Little Garie Beach.
At the far end of Little Garie Beach, a marked path meanders around the beach shacks across the headland and down the other side.
Similarly the track crosses the beaches, headlands and campgrounds of North and South Era.
At the top of the third headlands there will be a split in the track. The alternative to this walk leads to a fire trail along the top of the scarpment.
From the headland, keep following the coastal track to end up on Burning Palms Beach.
A rough path overgrown with vegetation goes around the beach and eventually leads into the palm jungle.
At the far end of the palm jungle the trail starts a long steep ascend up the escarpment.
At the top of the climb, the trail joins the fire trail along the escarpment. Follow it to the left towards Otford.
The fire trail ends at Otford Lookout, along the busy Lady Wakehurst Drive.
A little way up the road there is a gravel road with a sign to Otford Station. Even further is a cafe that may be open.
Follow the signs down this gravel road down to Otford Station. Mind that trains are not frequent there and the fastest connection anywhere may be from either platform.