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A Sea of Troubles: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery (Paperback)
By Donna Leon
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Donna Leon has amassed devoted fans around the world for her atmospheric and intelligent Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries. A Sea of Troubles, the tenth book in the series, offers a rare glimpse into the scrupulous Commissario's personal life.
On a beautiful spring morning on the island of Pellestrina, south of the Lido on the Venetian lagoon, a small boat moored at the docks suddenly explodes, killing two local clam fishermen. When it becomes clear that the fire was deliberately set, Brunetti decides to investigate. But when he tries to dig up information about the murder, the island's tight-knit--and closemouthed--community closes ranks, forcing Brunetti to accept Signorina Elettra's offer to visit her relatives there to search for clues. On the island, Brunetti finds himself torn between his duty to solve the murders and his concerns for the Signorina's safety. Though loyal to his beloved wife, Paola, Brunetti's concern for his boss's spirited secretary may be driven by more than platonic feeling. Suspenseful, provocative, and deeply unsettling, A Sea of Troubles is an explosive and irresistible installment in Leon's marvelous series.
Donna Leon, born in New Jersey in 1942, has worked as a travel guide in Rome and as a copywriter in London. She taught literature in universities in Iran, China, and Saudi Arabia. Commissario Brunetti made her books world-famous. Donna Leon lived in Italy for many years, and although she now lives in Switzerland, she often visits Venice.
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Brandberg is een gemeente in het district Schwaz in de Oostenrijkse deelstaat Tirol.

Geografie
Brandberg ligt in de Zillergrund, een zijdal van het achterste deel van het Zillertal, dat bij Mayrhofen afbuigt en doorstroomd wordt door de Ziller. Het gemeentegebied omvat bijna deze hele Zillergrund en reikt tot aan de grens met het Italiaanse Zuid-Tirol. De gemeente wordt gekenmerkt door meerdere verspreid gelegen kernen, waarvan het dorp Brandberg ongeveer 200 meter boven de Ziller gelegen is. Tot de gemeente behoren verder de kernen Pignellen, Steglach, Dorf, Windhag, Emberg, Stein, Ahornach, Gruben, Ritzl-Pötzmann, Nößlrain-Klaushof, Häusling, Au en Bärenbad. Een belangrijke berg in deze regio is de Brandberger Kolm.

Geschiedenis
In de oudheid was het gemeentegebied van Brandberg niet bewoond. Brandberg is ontstaan nadat de Salzburger aartsbisschop in de 12e eeuw Brandberg cultiveerde door het land door middel van brand te ontginnen. Daar dankt het waarschijnlijk ook zijn naam aan. Destijds waren er vijf veeboerderijen aangelegd, die aan de meijerboerderij pacht en producten in natura moest afleveren. Met het Zuid-Tiroler Ahrntal werd over de bergpassen een ruileconomie in stand gehouden. Brandberg werd in 1350 voor het eerst officieel vermeld, als Pramberg

Tot 1801 was Brandberg een zelfstandige belastings- en administratieve eenheid, waartoe ook Mayrhofen behoorde. In 1837 moesten vele protestanten uit het Zillertal, ook in Brandberg, hun huis verlaten. In 1960 werd het dal door uitbreiding van het wegennet verder ontsloten voor het toerisme. In 1987 werd het stuwmeer Speicher Zillergründl gereed gemaakt.

Economie en infrastructuur
De belangrijkste bronnen van inkomsten zijn de landbouw en het toerisme. Verder is het opwekken van elektrische energie door middel van het Speicher Zillergründl van belang. In de zijdalen van de Zillergrund worden vooral de bergweiden beweid in de zomer. In de gemeente liggen twee schuilhutten, het Kolmhaus (1845 meter) en de Plauener Hütte (2373 meter).

Brandberg is bereikbaar over de weg vanuit Mayrhofen. De Zillertalspoorlijn eindigt in Mayrhofen. Richting Brandberg bestaat er vanaf dit station busverkeer.

Externe link
 Website van de gemeente

Gemeente in Tirol

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A sex doll (also love doll, fuck doll or blowup doll) is a type of anthropomorphic sex toy in the size and shape of a sexual partner. The sex doll may consist of an entire body, or just a head, pelvis, or other body part (vagina, anus, mouth, penis, breasts) intended for sexual stimulation. The parts sometimes vibrate and may be moveable and interchangeable. Sex dolls exist in many forms, but are usually distinguished from sex robots, which are anthropomorphic creations designed to be able to engage in more complex interactions.

History
Some of the first sex dolls were created by French (dame de voyage) and Spanish (dama de viaje) sailors in the sixteenth century who would be isolated during long voyages. These masturbatory dolls were often made of sewn cloth or old clothes and were a direct predecessor to today's sex dolls. Later, the Dutch sold some of these dolls to Japanese people during the Rangaku period, and the term "Dutch wives" is still sometimes used in Japan to refer to sex dolls.

One of the earliest recorded appearances of manufactured sex dolls dates to 1908, in Iwan Bloch's The Sexual Life of Our Time. Bloch wrote:

In 1918, Austrian artist Oskar Kokoschka commissioned a life-sized doll of Alma Mahler (whom Kokoschka was in love with) to German puppet maker Hermine Moos, while he was in Dresden. Although intended to simulate Alma and receive his affection, the "Alma doll" did not satisfy Kokoschka and he destroyed it during a party.

German surrealist artist Hans Bellmer has been described as "the father figure of the modern sex doll" for his sex puppets in the 1930s whose more realistic models moved sex dolls further into the future. Bellmer made three dolls, increasingly sophisticated in design, which also made waves in the international art community.

A report that, as part of the Borghild Project, Nazi Germany made sex dolls for soldiers during World War II has not been verified by reliable sources and is now considered to be a hoax. It is however said that the commercial sex doll has its origins in Germany, especially since the creation of the Bild Lilli doll in the 1950s, which was in turn the inspiration for creating the famous Barbie doll.

The production of human simulacra to substitute for human sexual partners took several technological leaps forward in the late twentieth century.  By the 1970s, vinyl, latex and silicone had become the materials most frequently used in the manufacture of sex dolls; silicone, in particular, allowed a greater degree of realism.

A 1982 attempt to import a consignment of sex dolls into Britain had the unintended consequence of ending the law against importing "obscene or indecent" items that were not illegal to sell within the UK. Having had the dolls seized by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise officers, David Sullivan's Conegate Ltd. took the case all the way to the European Court of Justice, and won in 1987. Britain was forced to lift its stringent import prohibitions dating from 1876 because for imports from within the European Community they constituted a barrier to free trade under the terms of the Treaty of Rome.

Shin Takagi, founder of the company Trottla, manufactures lifelike child sex dolls in the belief that doing so provides a safe and legal outlet for men expressing pedophilic desires. This has been disputed by paraphilia researcher Dr. Peter J. Fagan, who argues that contact with the products would likely have a reinforcing effect, increasing the risk of pedophilic action being taken. Since 2013, Australian officials have confiscated imported shipments of juvenile sex dolls legally classified as child exploitation material. However, machine ethicists Michael Anderson and Susan Leigh Anderson point out that sales of sex dolls are not and have never been a commercially significant industry, and can never become anything like as corrupting a source of money as psychiatric medication have since deinstitutionalization made psychiatric medication sales profitable by doing away with the cost of keeping the patients in mental hospitals, as selling dolls that are kept by the patients for a long time can never reach the sale volumes of medicines that the patients take on a daily basis. Corruption by psychiatric medication sale money is argued by Michael Anderson and Susan Leigh Anderson to be a cause of psychiatry alleging reinforcement, as studies of pedophilia show no correlation between the age of the pedophiles and their degree of fixation onto children or preferred age of children (unlike drug addicts for whom higher doses and lower effects of the same doses correlate with higher ages of the narcomanes) and penile plethysmograph studies on community samples of men with guaranteed anonymity show that the prevalence of sexual attraction to prepubescent children is much lower in the population than sexual attraction to adolescents which does not support the theory of reinforcement towards lower ages.

Sales of sex dolls increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Commercial forms
Cheaper sex dolls are inflatable, using air. These dolls, representing the lowest price range (less than US$75), are usually made of welded vinyl and bear only a passing resemblance to actual people.  They have an artificial and typically crudely designed vagina or penis, but due to their affordability, many users are willing to overlook their shortcomings. They often burst at the seams after a few uses, although they are commonly given as gag gifts and therefore many may not be used at all. In Russia, for some years the Bubble Baba Challenge humorously featured participants river rafting on blowup dolls as a matter of entertainment but in 2013 the race was canceled on "health and safety" grounds.

At the middle market price range ($100 to approximately $1,000), dolls are made of thicker vinyl or heavy latex without welded seams or a polyurethane and silicone mixture, typically surrounding a foam core.  Most have plastic mannequin-style heads and styled wigs, plastic or glass eyes, and occasionally properly molded hands and feet. Some vinyl dolls can contain water-filled body areas such as the breasts or buttocks. Latex dolls were made in Hungary, China and France but only the French manufacturer Domax now remains in production.

The manufacturing process causes most latex dolls to be delivered with a fine coating of zinc oxide covering the skin, which is usually removed by the consumer by placing the doll under the shower. Otherwise, latex is an inert and non-toxic natural material; although a small percentage of users may discover a latex allergy.

The most expensive sex dolls (approximately $1,200 and up) are usually made from silicone (usually above $3,000 at 2016 prices) or thermoplastic elastomer known as TPE (below $3,000). Dolls made of either material can be very lifelike, with faces and bodies modeled on real people in some instances, with realistic skin material (similar to that used for movie special effects), and with realistic (or even real) hair. These dolls usually have an articulated PVC or metal skeleton with flexible joints that allow them to be positioned in a variety of positions for display and for sexual acts. Silicone or TPE dolls are much heavier than vinyl or latex inflatable ones (which consist mostly of air), but are roughly half the weight of a real human being of comparable size.

Because of their ability to be posed in different positions silicone dolls are popular with artists and photographers as models.

In Japan, sex dolls are known as , which now refers to relatively inexpensive dolls. Their name originates from the term, possibly English, for the thick rattan or bamboo bolster, used to aid sleep in humid countries by keeping one's limbs lifted above sweaty sheets.
Orient Industry is considered to be the leading manufacturer of high-end silicone dolls in Japan, which started using another term  around 1998 to distinguish their dolls from the image of inflatable dolls associated with the term "Dutch wife". The term has stuck and is now used generally to refer to any high-end product.
There is a business, Doru no Mori (Doll Forest) in Tokyo, that rents love dolls and rooms to male customers. In March 2007 the Japanese daily Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported that there are also rental businesses that bring the dolls to the customer's home, and that the specialist love-doll magazine i-doloid has a print-run of 10,000 copies per issue.

The middle market and high-end market emerged in the USA around 1992. The market has grown for two main reasons. Firstly, the last twenty years have seen huge improvements over earlier types of sex dolls, and customers come to realize this through using the web. Secondly, the method of retail purchase has also improved, now showing customers what the actual doll, seams, hair, and even orifices look like.

In China the market has mushroomed on account of the demographic effects of the one-child policy and accordingly numerous new Chinese manufacturers have appeared in recent years.

Non-standard forms
In Japan  one can purchase inflatable or stuffed love pillows or dakimakura that can be fitted with a cover printed with a life-size picture of a porn star or anime character. Other less common novelty love dolls include overweight, intersex, and alien dolls, which are usable for pleasure but also tend to be given as gag gifts.

Some companies manufacture cloth sex dolls using the same technology that is used to create plush toys. With widespread cultural use of the internet amongst younger generations, numerous forums exist for amateurs who create their own sex dolls from fabric or other materials. There are even mailing lists for discussing techniques and experiences with MLDs (material love dolls) .

Some inflatable sex dolls are made in the form of animals, most notably sheep and cows. These dolls are more of a joke gift or party novelty and are often not suitable for sexual use.

New materials and technologies

Silicone dolls were at first made from tin-cure silicone but platinum technology has better longevity, less prone to tears and compression marks. For this reason, the "RealDoll" manufacturer reported switching from the tin to the platinum material in June 2009 and all other manufacturers have followed suit.

Since 2012 or so, a thermoplastic elastomer alternative known as TPE has come into common use particularly by Chinese manufacturers which have enabled realistic dolls to be made which are cheaper than those composed of the high quality expensive platinum cure silicone.

CybOrgasMatrix dolls used an elastic gel, which they claimed to be superior to silicone in elasticity, shape memory, and durability. Both this company and the company "First Androids" once offered pelvic thruster motor, audio capability, and heated orifices, though these options are no longer available. Several modern doll manufacturers now offer the last option on their silicone dolls, with the addition of an internal heating system.

Foam dolls have now become available from EX Doll and SeeDree dolls, in hope of making Sex Dolls a lighter weight. Cloud Climax reports that they can be as low as 9 kg, whilst being a life-sized doll and that the heads are silicone for realism.

Ethical Considerations Surrounding the Emergence of Sex Dolls and Robots

Scholarly Debates over Sex Dolls and Robots
The emergence of sex dolls and robots has raised ethical concerns and sparked debates among scholars. Some argue that they promote sexist objectification and should not be developed or used at all. Others suggest that, if designed ethically, sex robots can have positive effects on individual and social well-being. This would involve safeguarding advanced sentient robots with robocentric ethics and obtaining explicit consent for sexual interaction. Despite these considerations, ethical questions surrounding robot prostitution remain unresolved and continue to fuel debate.

Legal restrictions and issues

General
In 2019, the Israeli media reported on an incident where a European sex dolls company created a sex doll that is based on the Israeli model, Yael Cohen Aris, without her permission. In 2020, the same story was further investigated and reported by Playboy, and was mentioned in relation to Deepfake.

The importation of sex dolls for men has been banned in Botswana according to Section 178 of the Botswana Penal Code. The law further abolishes the right to "possess, lend, trade-in, export, import, and or exhibit obscene objects or any objects tending to corrupt morals in Botswana", which includes sex dolls.

Austria
As prostitution is legalized and regulated, there are no legal restrictions concerning sex dolls in Austria and numerous brothels are offering sex dolls for clients. Although sex dolls originally started appearing in Austria around 1980, they gained popularity in 2017 when a brothel started offering sex doll services to clients. This can be attributed to the fact that the dolls have become more realistic in recent years.

In addition to being able to have intercourse with the sex doll, some places allow clients to purchase sex dolls for themselves. One of the biggest laufhauses in Vienna offers sex in the laufhaus with dolls alongside real women.

According to brothel owners who offer sex dolls, the dolls are being properly cleaned after every session. Unprotected sex with sex dolls is also allowed, but it is not advised as there is no guarantee that the dolls are being cleaned after each client.

South Korea
In 2018, the South Korean Supreme Court ruled to legalize the sale of sex dolls. The issue still remains controversial in the country.

China
In China, it is not illegal  to buy and use sex dolls. In the past year, sex doll experience halls have appeared in many cities in China.

United States
Sex dolls that look like children have been banned from Florida, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

United Kingdom
Sex dolls that look like children are illegal to import and carry up to 7 years in prison under several acts, one of which is an 1876 customs importation act on Obscene articles. However, the law is not directly specific on what constitutes a child doll and as such all sex dolls are technically illegal until decided otherwise by a border agent upon importation and inspection, the only guidelines known by vendors is to ensure the doll is taller than 140cms and this can be observed on UK sites since you'll not find dolls below this height, other factors affecting the outcome of a case will likely be breast size and the subjective opinion on the age of the face.

Myanmar
In Myanmar, it was highly public criticized on October 22, 2022, when people paid obeisance to China-made two silicone sex dolls as the two goddesses Thurathadi and Thiri Devi at the Shwedagon Pagoda. The dolls are owned by an alchemist named Inn Weizzamo. He bought the dolls from China for US$2,400 each, and worshiped them by dressing in royal clothes.  On the same day, he was arrested for allegedly causing harm to Buddhism.

The sayadaw Min Thunya (Buddhist University) says that "the act of worshiping two silicone sex dolls in the form of two noble goddesses is an insult to the religion. It's really shameful."

Sex robots

In June 2006, Henrik Christensen of the European Robotics Research Network told the UK's Sunday Times that "people are going to be having sex with robots within five years."

Reacting to the ongoing development of "sex robots" or "sexbots", in September 2015, Kathleen Richardson of De Montfort University and Erik Billing of the University of Skövde created the Campaign Against Sex Robots, calling for a ban on the creation of anthropomorphic sex robots.  They argue that the introduction of such devices would be socially harmful, and demeaning to women and children.

State of research
Compared to pornography for which thousands, and compared to sex robots for which dozens of scientific studies are available, sex dolls, their use and effects have been relatively little researched so far. This is not surprising because sex dolls are a subtype of sex toys, and sex toys as material sexual objects are fairly under-researched in general.

Nevertheless, a systematic review from the year 2020 was able to identify 29 published academic studies on sex dolls. These sex doll studies deal with the following five research questions:

What are appropriate theoretical conceptualizations of sex dolls?
How are sex dolls represented in art and media?
What empirical findings on the use and effect of sex dolls are available through interviews, surveys or analyses of sex doll online forums?
What therapeutic uses and effects of sex dolls are documented in clinical case studies?
Should there be a legal regulation of child sex dolls, and if yes, why and how?

Overall, the current state of research shows that sex doll owners (so far, the majority are men) and their uses are diverse and that sex dolls can be associated with negative and positive effects. Likewise, the available empirical studies with sex doll owners indicate that they do not only regard and treat their dolls as "sex" dolls, but sometimes also as "love" dolls or social companions. A clinical case study explained how living with a doll helped a divorced man to overcome relationship trauma and get ready to approach real women again. Psychological theories that can explain the human-doll relationship are, among others, the theory of transitional objects or the theory of parasocial interactions and relationships usually applied to media personas.

In popular culture

In the BBC programme Desert Island Discs, aired since 1942 with little interruption, guests were also permitted to bring either a book or a "luxury" in addition to musical recordings.  Several chose life-size dolls: Oliver Reed, Ronnie Scott (who settled instead for a saxophone), and Duncan Carse.

The fictional narrator in the Italian writer Tommaso Landolfi's comic short story "Gogol's Wife" describes several visits to the subject of his biography, Nikolai Gogol.  At that renowned 19th century Russian writer's residence, the future biographer finds Gogol, referred to throughout as Nikolai Vassilevitch (his personal name and patronymic), with a life-size, anatomically correct blow-up doll. In later visits, the doll is described with more and more human attributes, bringing the story ever more into the realm of fantastic fiction.

See also

Agalmatophilia
Artificial vagina
CandyGirl
RealDoll
Doll fetish
Gynoid
List of inflatable manufactured goods
Robot fetishism
Uncanny valley
Sex machine
Object sexuality
Xdolls

References

Bibliography
 Alexandre, Elisabeth. Des Poupées et des hommes — enquete sur l'amour Artif. (2005).  (Book is in French - 'Dolls and Men — Investigation into Artificial Love').
 Dorfman, Elana. Still Lovers (2005). . (Female art/fashion photographer photographs men and their dolls).
 Guys and Dolls: Art, Science, Fashion, and relationships. Royal Pavilion, Libraries, and Museums. (2005). (102-page catalog of a major exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, England).
 Moya, Cynthia Ann. (2006) "Artificial Vaginas and Sex Dolls: An Erotological Investigation." Dissertation, San Francisco, CA: Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. Available in hardcopy  or CD-ROM .

External links

"Just Like a Woman"- Salon.com article describing cultural phenomenon of RealDolls
 - original, more detailed version of the Salon article
 Sexbot slaves - Thanks to new technology, sex toys are becoming tools for connection - but will sexbots reverse that trend?  (June 2014), Leah Reich, Aeon


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How do people become allies to a cause?
"Allyship" has recently become a hot topic in the worlds of social justice agitation and movements for greater equality. Movements and campaigns like support for marriage equality and the Black Lives Matter movement, and men's support for the Women's March, have highlighted the role allies can play in social movements.
White allies at a Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis (Image: Fibonacci Blue CC BY 2.0)
Who are allies?
Allies are people from privileged groups, working together with or on behalf of socially disadvantaged groups, to improve the status and conditions for the latter. Think of White people protesting side by side with Black Lives Matter protestors, men supporting women in demanding equal pay, and straight people joining marches for marriage equality in support of LGBTIQ groups.
Allyship is not a new phenomenon
Researchers have only started discussing allyship in recent years. Yet allies have been around for as long as social movements have. For instance, the suffrage movement in the United States was a movement that was supported by many influential men of the time. Similarly, White politicians were important allies of the African National Congress in South Africa's anti-apartheid movement.
What influences people to act as allies?
Social research shows that people generally tend to favour their own groups and communities. We are rewarded for actions that favour our own groups—perhaps through acceptance, recognition for being a valuable group member, receiving favours when in need, etc. On the flip side, if we favour the interests of other groups or communities, we risk criticism, rejection, suspicion, and ostracism.
Given this context, how do advantaged group allies come to create and sustain support for disadvantaged groups outside of their own group? We identify 5 factors.
1. Normalising influences early in life
Allies tend to have had normalising influences while growing up, in the form of positive parental influence, contact with relatives or members of the community who probably belonged to these socially disadvantaged groups (like having a gay uncle, or a Black teacher), and exposure through popular culture and entertainment.
2. Feeling empathy for disadvantaged people
Allies report feeling empathy towards people they knew who may have identified as gay/lesbian/bisexual/trans, or been a racial minority, and saw them struggling with their identity. Studies show this can happen because of greater abilities for perspective-taking. This empathy also comes from the ability to relate the experiences of people from disadvantaged groups, to their own experiences of distress from being slighted, excluded or discriminated against in some way.
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3. Feeling angry about unjust systems
Allies report feeling anger or a feeling of resistance towards people or systems found to be oppressing or bullying the people they know. Research suggests that when new experiences and information challenge their internalised worldview, allies start to experience resistance and rejection of those systems.
4. Having had opportunities to help
Allies tend to have had opportunities to reflect and help. Some have had the chance to directly help disadvantaged groups. Others encountered information that lead to self-reflection on topics of systemic oppression. Perhaps such opportunities for activism arose during high school or university life. Early experience tends to be an important primer to later engagement in allyship.
5. Supporting progressive values
Allies tend to have liberal or progressive values and a pluralistic orientation. They are lower on sexual prejudice, and religiosity. Allies typically have a broad orientation towards egalitarianism and fairness, even if they have not had contact with people different from themselves. This orientation is strengthened through exposure to diverse people, new information, and opportunities to help. With time, they are able to integrate or become comfortable with accepting multiple views of the world, and apply that to their understanding of complex concepts of privilege, oppression, and the existence of multiple social identities and realities.
Do you recognise any of these characteristics and themes in your own journey as an ally? Feel free to comment and tell us more. Understanding the nature of allyship is at the heart of my ongoing PhD research.
- Tulsi Achia
Losing faith: Why people leave behind religious identities
Why do people choose to leave their faith behind?
Humans are social beings. We all belong to social groups - for example family, friends, colleagues, church choir, or even political parties.
When we commit to a group, we act in accordance to the group's standards for behaviours, and add the group's identity to our sense of self.
Some groups are more important to us than others, providing meaningful identities and even personal life goals. Religious or faith groups often work like that. Research has found links between religious beliefs and our attitudes towards life or even how we vote for political leaders and choose to support national policies. In general, being part of a religious group or faith is linked to higher well-being.
Life changes can make group memberships toxic
Yet sometimes group memberships can become toxic or undesirable for a person. Faith groups are no exception. For example, one participant in our study was rejected by their local church and congregation after they married their same-sex partner.
More broadly, life events such as migration or marriage, or societal events such as natural disasters or political revolutions, can introduce new environments and motivate changes to attitudes, beliefs and identities. Such changes may mean that our groups no longer 'fit' us.
Leaving toxic groups may preserve well-being
We conducted research with Americans who have had different experiences with religions. We asked people aged over 30 about their faith at age 20 and today, and compared people who have left their faith and become non-religious (n = 36) with those who maintained the same faith (n = 96).
Among other things, we were interested in to what extent being rejected by the faith group would affect their well-being today.
Our results show that being rejected at age 20 by people in their faith group was associated with lower well-being in the present (more than 10 years later) for people who continued with their faith. However, for those who left a faith group, the rejection did not do ongoing harm.
Such results affirm one reason why our social identities can be changed or lost. Previous research on identity loss has mostly focused on its harmful effects, such as increased depression and mortality. Here, however, we show that identity loss can sometimes be a buffer to protect our well-being from threats in a toxic group.
When groups become toxic, leaving the group can protect psychological well-being.
On a psychological level, the findings show how losing group membership can be beneficial in certain circumstances, where the benefits of abandoning a particular group membership outweigh the benefits of maintaining it. However, changes in faith have broad and far-reaching consequences. Understanding changes in religious and political affiliation is the topic of my PhD research.
- Gi Chonu
Chonu, G. K., Louis, W. R., Haslam, S. A., (2017). When groups reject us: Testing buffering effects of identity change and multiple group memberships. Manuscript in preparation.

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Celebrating British Architecture and Welcoming French Talent!
This week I had the opportunity of visiting two very different exhibitions. This first was the RIBA's 'The Brits Who Built the Modern World.' The show is part of a season of events and exhibitions celebrating the work of some of the UK's most prominent architects – Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Nicholas Grimshaw, Michael Hopkins and Terry Farrell.
The show runs until 27th May 2014 in the new ground floor gallery at the RIBA's headquarters at Portland Place, London.
The gallery, designed by Carmody Groarke, was my office many years ago! I was interested to see its transformation and it meets with my approval!
One can certainly say, as ambassadors for architecture, each practitioner is responsible for some of the world's most recognisable and iconic buildings. These practitioners were born within six years of each other in the 1930s and have greatly influenced the profession and its status over the last 40 years.
The exhibition provides a timeline of designs, revealing more about iconic buildings, their practices and architectural influences. It explores the reasons behind a British/global success story with over 190 photographs, drawings and models taken from RIBA's collections and participating architectural practices.
My second exhibition definitely had a French feel to it. 5th Base Gallery in London's Brick Lane welcomed Paris gallerist Jean Pierre Lorriaux and his selection of emerging young French artists to London. The show featured a vibrant array of contemporary painting, photography, collage and sculpture, leaving me inspired and intrigued enough to follow the careers of artists Andreo-Wol, J. Decoux Bechaud and Florence Mouillot-Gaultier amongst others. The show runs until 26th February.
Two worthwhile exhibitions to see if you're in London this weekend. Wishing you great weekend wherever you are!
As usual, a GREAT blog Mr Noel… STAY BLESSED sir!!!
Thanks Joel! Hope all is well!


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10 Years of "Contra," the Album that Proved Vampire Weekend Were Here to Stay
A retrospective on the indie legends' second record.
Abby Jones
Ezra Koenig was drawn to the cover photo of Contra because of its vagueness and candid nature.
The eyes staring back at you from Vampire Weekend's second record are so striking, so intentional, that it's fair to assume the Polaroid was taken for the sole purpose of the album. But in fact, the photo is older than Koenig himself, one he found by browsing the image hosting service Flickr. "The ambiguity of her age and expression made me feel like she was on the cusp of something, which really matches the vibe of the new album," the band's frontman explained. "Wrapped up in her expression is this question: 'How is she feeling?' Maybe she wasn't even really sure at the time." Though Contra just turned 10 years old, the simple Polo shirt and gold hoops of its cover girl feel ageless, and the album itself remains an enduring touchstone of indie rock that's become a considerable classic itself.
But Vampire Weekend didn't need to make another iconic record. Their 2008 self-titled debut spawned their first certified gold single, "A-Punk," further popularized by soundtracks to films like Step Brothers and video games like Guitar Hero 5. In the expansive realm of art-rock acts to emerge around the same time, Vampire Weekend's blend of afropop and chamber pop wasn't just an act of pandering to the same kids who fawned over bands like Grizzly Bear and Animal Collective; it was a bunch of New York prepsters paving new roads for indie music.
Vampire Weekend - 'Holiday' (official video) www.youtube.com
Though their debut was plenty brave, Contra saw Vampire Weekend introduce a wider pool of influences and exercise new sounds. "California English" utilized an unlikely dash of Auto-Tune, while tracks like "Run" and "White Sky" implemented electronic instrumentation that was previously unheard of from them. The "Miserlou"-approximating guitar trills of "Cousins" are the band at their most chaotic. They sampled British rapper M.I.A. for the bouncy "Diplomat's Son," only to follow it up with the closing "I Think Ur a Contra," a peaceful, heart-wrenching breakup ballad that remains one of Vampire Weekend's most stunning songs to date.
Vampire Weekend - 'Cousins' (Official Music Video) www.youtube.com
Recently, music journalist Evan Rytlewski tweeted a metric he uses to estimate a band's greatness—which he calls the "Strokes test"—that's had my brain rattling for days: "Would people still care about this band if their best album did not exist?" Vampire Weekend were one of the first bands I thought of who'd pass the test with flying colors. They're one of those bands whose "best album" will be hotly debated for years to come; some favor the new-band rootsiness of their self-titled, while others, like myself, tend to lean towards the polished atmosphere of their 2013 masterpiece, Modern Vampires of the City. A minority delight in the sheer amusement of their comeback double album, last year's Father of the Bride.
The only certainty of Contra is that it solidified this gang of Columbia grads as not one-time successes, but as torchbearers of indie rock that'll continue to be idolized and imitated countless times, decades on. Years after "A-Punk" stops autoplaying on our car stereos, Contra serves as indication of a band qualified to stay for both a good time and a long time.
Vampire Weekend - I Think Ur A Contra www.youtube.com


Possibilities for summer science for kids are endless. All you need to do is to go outside and take advantage of what nature has to offer. Where we live it certainly includes hot sun and opportunities for sun science.
We were very lucky to review 101 Kids Activities - a wonderful book by two super talented kid bloggers Holly Homer and Rachel Miller. Holly and Rachel run a very popular blog Kids Activities Blog, and they have a knack of selecting the bestest and funnest activities to share on their blog and in their book. One big advantage of a book over a blog is that it allows easy comparison of one activity vs. another, and each activity selected for the book has an adaptation for older and younger kids.
When I was reading through the book, I had an immediate I want to do that! response to at least a third of activities, which is a pretty high number for me. As a working mother, I don't like activities that require a lot of prep, a lot of clean up or a lot of supervision. 101 Kids Activities is well organized and most projects don't require a trip to the store or exotic craft materials.
I really wanted my daughter to select some projects that she wants to do and see how much she can accomplish on her own. I am going to let her loose on this book right after she emerges from digesting Harry Potter books – right now she has very little interest in anything else. However, one activity popped up right away at me as the one that I was pretty sure Smarty would enjoy – melted crayon art, and I suggested it to my 7 year old on a hot day when she came back from her camp.
Alas, by that time the sun was getting low and our crayons "sweated" a little, but didn't melt. Smarty observed how dark colors seem to absorb more heat than lighter ones and we discussed reflection. Then my husband came home, laughed at our oven and said that we would have been much better off if we simply had closed the lid on the black box. He got out an oven thermometer with a sensor and put that sensor inside the box to demonstrate to Smarty how the temperature increases inside the black box standing outside. Unfortunately, that box was from an expensive champagne set, and it was surprisingly well insulated. The temperature did increase inside but not enough to melt the crayons.
101 Kids Activities book has a beautiful "process art" project for melted crayons, but when we finally got our crayons melted (we had to wait out cooler days in between our first attempt and next attempt), Smarty was not much interested in staying outside in the heat to play with melted wax. She half-heartedly drew a picture and disappeared inside. I should have offered her to use crayon on rocks instead on paper – she is always more interested in 3D art projects.
Since Smarty is so into Harry Potter, she liked the thought of crayons' transfiguration from boring and broken pieces into pretty hearts. Next time I am going to stick a straw into melted crayons, so we can hang them up.
Is it hot enough where you live for the crayons to melt in the sun?
We have never successfully melted crayons in the sun. I'd also say though, I think the more recent crayola crayons have been changed so they don't melt as easily in the sun, because we've left crayons in our car for hours and days and they've never melted.
We have, but it took a solar oven :) I haven't tried since we got to California.
We haven't tried melting crayons in the sun.... yet!


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Some of the campground site trails (pods or leaves) marked as 6a, b, c and d on the map are groomed - these are perfect for working on technique out of the wind.


Wellness with Penny | Empower Yourself From The Inside Out: 12 ways to speed up your metabolism right now!
I've heard people ask why the weight loss strategies they've used in the past (like reducing calories and avoiding junk food) no longer work. The frustratingly simple explanation is that weight loss gets harder as we get older, in part because our metabolism slows with age. Metabolism is a process in which your body burns calories from foods you eat and convert them to energy you can use.
Research shows that in women, metabolism declines by an average of 2-5 percent per decade, starting at age 20. For the average man, metabolism begins to decline at age 25. But here's the good news: There are simple ways you can tweak your daily routine to counterbalance this natural dip.
Certain activities, supplements, foods, and beverages can speed your metabolism; the faster it burns, the more calories you use, and the more fat you lose over time. Here are 12 ways you can fire up your metabolism around the clock. Some of the tips are challenging (lunges and planks) and some you'll actually love (evening glass of wine). Try to follow as many of them as you can every day to help your body find its healthy weight.
In the process of digesting food, your body actually burns calories. This is called the "thermogenic effect of food." Certain types of food are tougher to digest and require more work by your body to break them down. Foods high in fiber and protein tend to have higher thermogenic effects — meaning your body generates heat and uses more energy to digest them, hence, raising your metabolism.
As usual, be mindful of your portions. Don't eat more calories than you burn in a day. Learn more about your daily calorie intake here.
The more intense your workout, the more calories you'll continue to burn long after your workout is over because the body consumes more oxygen, a crucial player in metabolism, when it's recovering from exertion. This keeps your fat-burning metabolism higher all throughout the day.
It's best to do a high intensity workout at least 2-3 times a week and do low intensity workouts the other days. Even going for a brisk 15-minute walk (a trip around the block) can triple your metabolic rate. And smaller 10-minute workouts done regularly can keep your metabolism fired up! Try one of my 10-minute home workouts here.
The fat-burning process of metabolism needs water to work effectively. Not only does water help prevent you from getting bloated by flushing out waste, it also triggers the sympathetic nervous system, which in turn stimulates your metabolism. On top of that, cold water may raise your metabolism by forcing your body to burn extra calories to warm up the cold water you drink.
Do a little yoga or mini exercise routine. Something as simple as a 8-10 minute session can double your metabolic rate first thing in the morning.
Morning workouts give you a longer lasting "after-burn effect" (as described in point #2 above). This helps you burn more calories during the day. On the other hand, you also get the after-burn with evening workouts, but your after-burn won't last as long since you'll probably end up going to bed in the evening; and when you sleep, your metabolism slows back down.
Eat a protein-packed or fiber-rich breakfast. Digesting protein takes up to seven times more energy than digesting carbohydrates or fat. Have some eggs for protein, or have some oatmeal for fiber. Even a refreshing green veggie drink will do the trick.
It's best you eat a breakfast that consists of protein and fiber (as mentioned in point #1) to boost your fat-burning metabolism earlier in the day so you can burn more fat. Skipping breakfast can make your metabolism (which is already slow from you sleeping 6-8 hours) even slower. That, or you end up overeating at lunch from feeling overly hungry.
After age 30, we lose 3 to 8 percent of our muscle mass per decade, which is one of the main reasons metabolism slows. To counteract that loss, aim to do 2-3 30-minute strength training sessions a week using moves that engage as many muscles as possible (such as squats, lunges, planks).
1 pound of muscle can burn 5-14 calories a day. So when you put on 5 pounds of muscle, your metabolism can burn 25-70 extra calories a day. Also, because muscle takes up less space than fat, as you replace your body fat with muscles, you will look 5-10 pounds slimmer (regardless of your weight).
This miracle beverage pairs a little caffeine with a compound known as EGCG. This compound causes the brain and nervous system to run faster helping you to burn more calories — and together they create an even greater bump in metabolism than caffeine alone. Learn more about benefits of green tea, especially Matcha green tea - the most powerful kind.
Calcium, which is a metabolic trigger, can help improve your muscle-to-fat ratio in two ways: It binds with fat to reduce the body's absorption of fat. And any remaining calcium typically circulates in your bloodstream, helping to break down fat cells. You can get your servings of calcium from almond milk, or low-fat dairy like yogurt, cheese, or skim milk.
Different studies have said that spices can increase your metabolism by 8-20% for at least 30 minutes after eating them. For example: An Oxford University study proved that hot peppers can increase your fat-burning metabolism by adding just 3 grams of chili peppers to meals.
In a British Study: Spicy mustard made people burn an extra 45-75 calories over 3 hours.
Jalapenos (cayenne pepper) contain capsaicin which stimulates metabolism, speeds up heart rate and reduces "bad" fat in the arteries. All you need to do to get a metabolism boost from spices is to add a little bit of cayenne pepper or spicy mustard to your favorite recipes. Learn more about super spices here.
People who have hypothyroidism (a thyroid dysfunction) or slow metabolisms add more selenium, vitamin E, iodine, zinc and copper to their diets to naturally treat hypothyroidism and help speed up their metabolism.
Your thyroid basically regulates your metabolism and you may be able to increase your metabolism simply by eating more seafood, nuts and seeds because all of these foods are high in the mentioned nutrients.
Irregular sleep patterns can disrupt the circadian rhythm of your cells, throwing your metabolism out of whack. Do your best to get a steady 7-8 hours of rest each night.


Amazon kicked off their fourth annual Prime Day with the site experiencing a glitch that left customers unable to capitalize in the opening moments of the 36-hour window of online sales. Some shoppers reported that the crash forced them into an annoying loop that refreshed the page whenever they clicked on the "Shop All Deals" button while others were subjected to random dog photos.
It took about an hour from when the event started for Amazon to have the issue somewhat resolved. "Some customers are having difficulty shopping, and we're working to resolve this issue quickly," an Amazon said in a statement. "Many are shopping successfully -- in the first hour of Prime Day in the U.S., customers have ordered more items compared to the first hour last year. There are hundreds of thousands of deals to come and more than 34 hours to shop Prime Day."
After investing a reported $3.1 million this year into building awareness through television ads for Prime Day, Amazon is estimated to reach $3.4 billion in sales, surpassing last year's mark of $2.4 billion. We'll need to wait and see how the glitch impacted the company's numbers.


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Myanmar Business News in Brief
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S Korea to step up cooperation
Myanmar and South Korea are to step up development cooperation, focusing on agriculture, livestock breeding, industrial and rural development sectors. During his recent visit to South Korea, President U Thein Sein discussed with his counterpart Park Geun-hye on improvement of SME industries for production of value-added agricultural and livestock products; promotion of trade, investment, culture, education and health sectors; development of ports, waterways, electricity and energy sectors.
YESB to be corporatised
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will transform Yangon Electricity Supply Board (YESB) into a corporation next year, said Vikram Kumar, resident representative of IFC in Myanmar. The process would take a few months if it ran smoothly, he said, depending on the speed of the government's decision. The IFC has been providing assistance to YESB since March.
Indonesian tin miner drops Myanmar smelter plan
Indonesian tin miner PT Timah Tbk has decided to call off a plan to build a tin smelter in Myanmar as it could not find an ideal location for the plant and due to concerns over the security condition, Kontan reported, citing Corporate Secretary Agung Nugroho.
Myanmar firm plans Thai listing
A local tourism firm in Myanmar with expected market capitalisation of over $300 million is planning to raise funds from a primary listing on the Thai stock market in 2016, according to Thai media reports. Adisorn Singhsacha, managing director of Twin Pine Consulting, which is acting as the financial adviser for the listing, told Bangkok Post that his firm is considering fund-raising options for the Myanmar company. Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission recently said it will relax rules and regulations for foreign companies listing on the Thai bourse. The amended rules are expected to take effect next February.
Yangon airport sees more tourist arrivals in 11 months
The number of tourist arrivals through Yangon International Airport reached 931,236 in the first 11 months of this year, up from about 700,000 in the same period of last year, according to official data. Thailand stood first with 148,260 visitors, followed by Japan and China. According to the Ministry of Hotel and Tourism, tourist arrivals in Myanmar hit 1.6 million in the first seven months of this year, and are expected to surpass 3 million by the year-end.
Myanmar, Thailand set to resume Joint Trade Commission
Myanmar and Thailand will resume the Joint Trade Commission in January in a bid to cement economic cooperation and boost bilateral trade, Thai deputy commerce minister Apiradi Tantraporn said, according to Thai media reports. The two nations' leaders will chair the JTC meeting, which had been suspended for much of the year because of the political turmoil in Thailand. With the upcoming Asean integration, Thailand and Myanmar aims to tighten cooperation, mainly cross-border trade and promoting special economic zones in border provinces between Mae Sot and Myawaddy, she was quoted as saying. The agenda for the January meeting, which will be held in Thailand, is to exchange trade information and promote growth via trade activities; reduce duplicated customs procedures; and promote more trade and investment after completion of the second Friendship Bridge and four-lane roads linking the countries next year. Cross-border trade between Thailand and Myanmar stood at $5.2 billion in the first 10 months of the year, 7.8 percent higher than in the same period last year.
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Enter a whole new world of culinary wonder at The River Restaurant - a Fortune Hotel.
The River Restaurant serves a fusion menu designed to revive gourmet Goan flavours at a luxe boutique property for those who want a slice of Baga along with the quintessential Goan luxury experience.
Quietly tucked away inside the Acron Waterfront Resort, at the confluence of the Baga River and the Arabian Sea, which offers guests remarkable views, aims to strike a delicate balance between the expectations of international epicureans and locals seeking to experience the tastes, textures and flavours associated with Goa's celebrated Seafood and Indo- Portuguese palette.


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LÎle San Cristóbal (en espagnol : Isla  de San Cristóbal)  est une île du Panama située dans la baie d'Almirante appartenant administrativement à la province de Bocas del Toro.

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L'île est la plus centrale de l'archipel de Bocas del Toro. Elle abrite le peuple autochtone guaymí ou Ngäbe. Elle est très déboisée.

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Liens internes
 Géographie du Panama
 Liste des îles du Panama

Île au Panama
Île de la mer des Caraïbes
Province de Bocas del Toro


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Allsop Space auction cancelled due to aggressive protesting
Posted by The MyHome Newsdesk	in Commercial Blog, General, Home, Industry News, Mortgages & Money, Property News, Property Picks, The First Time Buyer, The Investor, The Renter, The Seller	with 2 Comments on Allsop Space auction cancelled due to aggressive protesting
The Allsop Space auction scheduled for the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin today has been cancelled due to aggressive protesting.
Auctioneer Gary Murphy was in the process of reading through the instructions for the auction when he was interrupted by several protestors, the most vocal of which surrounded the sale of a pub in Newtowncashel – which was due to be lot number 40 on the day.
After things eventually settled down, he announced that lot 1 – an apartment in Parnell Street in Dublin – had been withdrawn prior to auction so he moved on to lot two.
Before bidding could commence, however, protests flared up again with a large group chanting for the abandonment of the sale.
Within minutes potential bidders started to flee the auction room, forcing Mr Murphy to announce that he was taking "a break for a moment because obviously we can't conduct the auction."
After a delay of 45 minutes and with no sign of the protests ending, Allsop Space were forced to announce the cancellation of the auction.
Tags: Allsop Space, auction, Gary Murphy, Shelbourne Hotel
Duncan Quinn	 5th July 2013 at 10:41 am
The 120 lots on offer comprised of 60% residential and 40% commercial and land. The auction method has become an established route of sale in Ireland proven by the catalogue, which represented 50% private vendors.
khards	 4th July 2013 at 12:37 pm
It's a sad day for capitalism when people cannot play by the rules of the game.


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Santa Cruz County Smoke Shop Open, Despite COVID-19 Warning
831 Smoke Shop stocks up on toilet paper, bottled water and cleaning supplies
Instead of letting customers in, 831 Smoke Shop employees have been meeting them at the door. PHOTO: JACOB PIERCE
By Jacob Pierce
Update, March 31, 3:15pm: 831 Smoke Shop has closed both of its locations as of March 31. We have more details on the live blog.
While Santa Cruz County health officials hash out the details of their COVID-19 response and stores burn through essential supplies, one local entrepreneur thinks he found a convenient workaround in order to reopen—despite the health orders that non-essential businesses must stay closed.
Dual shelter-in-place orders are in effect from Santa Cruz County health officials and from Gov. Gavin Newsom, but 831 Smoke Shop—which sells pipes, bongs, CBD and various tobacco products—reopened its two locations Wednesday. 831 Smoke Shop has one location on Santa Cruz's Eastside and another in Watsonville.
For the past week and a half in Santa Cruz County, the only trips that have been permissible under the county's health order are for "essential" activities, like trips to the grocery store, bank, gas station, hardware store and pharmacy. But now, 831 Smoke Shop is claiming to be more than just a smoke shop. That's because, in addition to its normal items, the store has started selling rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, bleach, disinfectant wipes, toilet paper, and bottled water.
The store's owner Jacob Alquadri says he accessed the supplies from a distributor he knows, and he felt obligated to share them with the community because many supermarkets and drugstores have been running low on essential supplies—if they even have any left on their shelves at all. "Why are we just going to sit on it and sleep on it?" says Alquadri, who additionally owns Watsonville's Fat Boy Burger, which is currently open for drive-through only due to the county's shelter-in-place order.
Alquadri says he has hand sanitizer and boxes of highly coveted N95 respirator masks on the way as well. He says he plans to send some boxes of the masks to local law enforcement agencies. Since reopening, the store's employees have not been letting customers into the two shop locations. Instead, workers meet customers at the door, asking what they want and handling transactions in the doorway. Alquadri says they are dealing with customers one by one in order to make sure that everyone complies with the six-foot social distancing guidelines.
Santa Cruz County spokesperson Jason Hoppin says the county is aware that the smoke shop is operating, and he encourages all businesses to take the county's health order carefully.
"We're in a public health crisis. We are asking people to please take the shelter-in-place order seriously. Changing your business for the purpose of getting around the public health order is a risk to public health," he says.
Alquadri says if any health officials see a problem with what he's doing, they should start going after all the grocery stores and drug stores that also sell cigarettes.
According to the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency, the county has confirmed 32 cases of the new coronavirus, or COVID-19. Statewide, there have been 3,006 COVID-19 cases, including 42 deaths, according to the California Department of Public Health. The county's shelter-in-place orders are technically scheduled to expire April 7, but health officials can extend them to further stop the spread of disease.
When it comes to smoking, Tara Leonard, the county's tobacco compliance officer, notes that early data appears to show that the COVID-19 virus is much harder on those with a history of smoking. Like many health workers, Leonard has been temporarily reassigned to focus on the county's COVID-19 response. She feels 831 Smoke Shop's recent pivot was at the very least in violation of the spirit of the recent health orders.
Hoppin could not discuss whether 831 Smoke Shop was in violation of the county's order, and he did not know whether any fines had been issued in the county. He noted that law enforcement chiefs, like Sheriff Jim Hart, have recently announced that they'll be stepping up enforcement on everything from beach parties to illegally operating businesses.
"It clearly seems outside the realm of 'essential' business," Hoppin says, "when you're talking about smoke shops and a dangerous virus that attacks at the lungs."
For continuing in-depth coverage of the new coronavirus and its effects locally, visit goodtimes.sc/category/santa-cruz-news/coronavirus.
To learn about action you can take now, whether you're seeking assistance or want to find ways of supporting the community, visit goodtimes.sc/santa-cruz-coronavirus-resources.
Jacob Pierce
News Editor at Good Times | Blog
Jacob, the news editor for Good Times, is an award-winning journalist, whose news interests include housing, water, transportation, and county politics. A onetime connoisseur of dive bars and taquerias, he has evolved into an aspiring health food nut. Favorite yoga pose: shavasana. Follow him @pierceweekly.
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Jessica Remini
I for one am happy this shop is open. You cannot find isopropyl alcohol anywhere. These people had the opportunity to get stock and sell it to the public is a god send. Gives me a tiny bit of a peaceful mind in this crazy time having the disinfectant to keep my household sanitized for my family. I was greeted at the door and although I wasn't allowed inside the shop the service was still professional and clean so I'm very grateful they're still operating. Thx 831 smoke shop!
California Caring
Seriously!! He should be donating these items to a shelter or to the hospitals who need necessary PPE. If other healthcare facilities are being reached out to donate he should do the same. Embarrassing
Jenny Josephs
Honestly who cares what kind of shop they are! If they have the items my family needs to prevent the Corona virus I'm going there to buy it. We can't find most of those items that they carry in our local shops. It would Be terrible if the county decides to shut them down because they sell cigarettes. They would kill our only chance of actually acquiring these items we desperately need today. I'm going tomorrow to check it out!
Moeshine
I think it's great that this business is attempting to provide these essential items during our time of need. Elon Musk turned part of his manufacturing site for Tesla vehicles to manufacture ventilators. Budweiser and other liquor manufacturers are now making hand sanitizer. Other businesses are now making medical masks and gloves to cover the shortage. At the same time they are keeping their employees employed.Sometimes laws need to be bent during times like these. The govt lifted a 1938 law that prevented truck drivers working over a certain amount of time, that law has currently been lifted during this time to get essential supplies in the most needed areas It's a win win as long as they are still taking their precautions.
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It's officially summer now. The sun is pounding down on us, it's hot out and inside the air conditioners are cranked up to the max. Maybe you have the sound of cicadas buzzing away outside your window. In Japan it's hot and muggy and too hot to drink a hot cup of tea. After work you come home and need a treat to perk you up and congratulate you for your hard work. Or maybe it's after dinner and you need a little sweetness.
You could have an iced tea, maybe with some sugar, but you want something better than that. Something cold and creamy, but still somehow with the matcha taste you know and love.
How about a Matcha Affogato?
Affogatos are an Italian treat traditionally made with vanilla ice cream or gelato and then "drowned" with a shot of espresso. But did you know that you can make an affogato with matcha too?
The Matcha Affogato is a delicious and classy treat that will delight you and impress all your friends. The rich umami taste of the matcha perfectly complements the creamy taste and texture of vanilla ice cream. As you drizzle on the hot matcha it melts a little of the ice cream and creates delightful swirls of vibrant green and creamy white.
And it's very easy to make!
All you have to do is make essentially Koicha (thick tea) with the matcha and then drizzle that on top of your ice cream. Koicha is made by mixing a lower ratio of water to tea, making more of a thick matcha that's almost a weak paste consistency instead of Usucha (thin tea) that is normally made with a high ratio of water to tea. While you still want a high enough temperature to get some of those creamy swirls, you don't want to burn your matcha, so it's best to only use around 175F/80C water. If you aren't sure how hot that is and only really have boiling water available, just wait a minute for the 1/3 cup of hot water to cool off. Since it's such a low volume of water it should cool off enough very quickly.
And throughout July 2018, get 20% off all our matcha products!
We always love hearing from you, so let us know how it went. You can always tag us on Instagram @Sugimoto_America to show us your amazing pictures.


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Blue Swan Daily > Europe/MEA > Analysis > Why do the Nordic countries eschew the privatisation of their airports?
At an airport investment conference last year the chief executive of Finavia, which is responsible for the operation of Finland's airports on behalf of the state, described the Finnish Government as being a "great owner" that understands corporate governance and which is investing heavily in improving the customer experience in the country's airports.
There is little private interest in airports across the region, perhaps explained by their being a small number of large and profitable primary airports supporting a much larger number of widely scattered unprofitable secondary ones.
He added, "in that perspective, in Finland [state ownership] works quite well. In many cases the concession model is good but there have to be some reasons to go for that." Finavia operates 21 of the 28 commercial airports with municipalities accounting for the remainder. There are no privately owned ones. There was some talk of privatisation and foreign investment five or six years ago but nothing came of it.
That position is typical of the one taken within the Nordic countries as a whole. There is little private interest in airports while, for example, the UK's airports are largely privately controlled (though there has been some reversion to public control), France has a privatisation programme and there are partially privatised airports in Germany.
In Sweden, Swedavia, the state operator has less overall control, with 10 airports under its control, including those at the main cities of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. It does not operate all of them and some of the others, including those in local ownership that are members of an independent group, have been targeted for privatisation. Even so, private activity has been limited.
Denmark is unusual in that Copenhagen Airports, which operates Kastrup and Roskilde airports, is publicly listed and Copenhagen Airports has been a foreign investor. Otherwise its owners are pension and investment funds from Canada and Australia.
Billund Airport started as a private airport to serve Legoland but is now owned by eight municipalities. In late 2016 a replacement airport for Aarhus, currently owned by five municipalities, was discussed together with the attraction of private funding but nothing came of it.
In Iceland, Keflavik, Reykjavik and the other airports, scattered around the country, come under the remit of state operator Isavia. There has been some talk of privatisation but with the tourism bubble having burst that driver may diminish in importance. Neither Greenland nor the Faroe Islands (Danish dependencies) have private commercial airports.
There has been privatisation activity in Norway and state operator Avinor, like its Finnish and Icelandic counterparts, has looked into the advantages and disadvantages of privatisation. 60 km (40 miles) south of Oslo the Moss Rygge Airport, which was once partly owned by Copenhagen Airports, was in the ownership of private companies and the Østfold municipality until its closure in Nov-2016. It was subsequently acquired by a distress investment company, Jotunfjell Partners, which intends to reopen it to commercial traffic in 2019.
Meanwhile, another airport to the south of Oslo, Sandefjord Torp, which has benefitted from Moss Rygge's closure, counts a private investment group amongst its shareholders.
Together, there is only a small amount of activity amongst five countries and their dependencies. Part of the reason for that is the spirit of social enterprise that exists in the Scandinavia; the Nordic Model as it is known. While that model commits to private ownership there are caveats, and one of them is that a partnership between employers, trades unions and the government is paramount, in order to protect workers' rights. Such a partnership does not always sit easily with privatisation though.
The major reason is that in all cases except perhaps Denmark there are a small number of large and profitable primary airports supporting a much larger number of widely scattered unprofitable secondary ones. The former sustain the latter financially.
Privatising the larger ones, while it would provide an immediate financial boost to the government which could be spent on infrastructure improvements at the smaller ones (though that might not happen, it could be spent elsewhere), would remove that 'prop' from the smaller ones over time, potentially leading to closure and community isolation. At the same time it might well not be possible to privatise all the airports as few investors would wish to commit resources to loss-makers for any length of time, however they were packaged up.
Operating airports under concession comes up against the same barriers. How will the concessionaire make money out of the remote airports? Until a new model is produced which gets around this sticking point, this aviation Nordic Model looks sure to continue.