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The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The cult of Artemis in Ephesus had a powerful following. During the Roman period, prominent generals and politicians would come to Ephesus to offer sacrifices to the statue of the goddess, also known as Diana. Although many other gods were worshiped at Ephesus, Artemis was by far the most important deity in the 1st century.
The cult of Artemis in Ephesus goes back hundreds of years prior to the Greeks. The first record of a temple to Artemis at Ephesus is one that was destroyed by flood in the 7th century BC. Under orders from King Croesus of Lydia, it was rebuilt out of marble around 550 BC, but that version was destroyed by fire in 356 BC. Local myth says that Artemis was away helping Olympias give birth to Alexander the Great when the fire broke out. Allegedly, that's why Artemis was unable to protect her shrine from destruction.
The Temple of Artemis was rebuilt yet again, but on an even grander scale, taking 120 years to finish. Ancient historians such as Pliny and Antipater called it one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. In the time of Paul, the Temple of Artemis was one of the largest and most impressive structures in the Mediterranean region — about four times as large as the Parthenon in Rome.
According to Pliny, the Temple of Artemis was situated on a platform about 425 by 239 feet. The temple itself was 342 by 163 feet, with 127 columns that were 60 feet tall and over 6 feet thick. 36 of these columns were sculptured and overlaid with gold. The Temple was built northeast of the city on marshy soil to protect the structure from earthquakes. At one time, the waves of the Mediterranean could actually come right up to one side of the temple.
The cult of Artemis dominated in Ephesus until the influence of Christianity eclipsed it over the next 200 years after Paul. The Goths (a tribe from present-day Germany) destroyed the temple in 262 AD, and the worship of Artemis eventually faded into history. The ruins of the temple were reused in other building projects, and today, only foundations and column fragments remain of what was once considered a true wonder of the ancient world.
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Chapter 4 - Hypotheses About the Disappearance of Matter
4.1: The Alternatives
To obtain a complete hypothesis about the duration of the contents of the material universe one must combine one of the three hypotheses in the (A) list at the beginning of Chapter 3 with one of the three in the (B) list. The (A) list, it will be remembered, is concerned with the past and the (B) list with the future duration of matter. Of the nine possible combinations eight have to be eliminated.
The elimination cannot be based on scientific proof, for it does not appear that any one of the nine combinations can be proved false. But if one abandons the criterion of proof and adopts instead the criteria of minimum assumption, maximum explanatory and unifying power and satisfactory evidence, most of the combinations can be eliminated without much difficulty. It has already been shown that (Al) and (A2) fail badly by these criteria and I shall have several further occasions to confirm their inadequacy. So there remains only (A3) in the (A) list.
Of those in the (B) list it will be convenient to consider (B2) first, for this is the one that it is easiest to eliminate. (B2) is the hypothesis that the whole contents of the material universe will have ceased to exist after a definable time in the future. Apart from having the doubtful virtue of giving a very literal interpretation to the theological doctrine of the End of the World it has nothing to recommend it.
Consider its implications. Unless the further strange hypothesis is added that a process can be completed in zero time, supporters of (B2) must assume that a moment will arrive during the future year T1 A.D., when the extinction of the contents of the material universe will begin and they must assume a later moment during the year T2, when the process of extinction will be complete. Perhaps the hypothesis that a process can be completed in zero time would find supporters among laymen. But physicists do not know of any observation, experiment or line of reasoning by which to justify such an hypothesis.
If we believe that extinction is prevented in our time by certain specific physical laws, we could support (B2) only by assuming that these laws will be suspended for a period dating from the first of the two significant moments in the year T1 and lasting until the second significant moment in the year T2. We should, however, have to assume that the suspension will be one-sided, permitting the extinction of mass and energy but prohibiting the origin of anything new. It would be interesting to work out the implications of this hypothesis in detail. A physics from which one basic law was removed would differ in many other respects from that with which we are familiar.
From the moment when this new physics applies and matter begins to behave in new strange ways it would have to be assumed that the contents of the material universe will be dwindling until finally just one elementary component will be left. Then this, too, will disappear to mark the great transition from something to nothing.
This hypothesis can no more be disproved than its counterpart (A2), which assumes the same process in reverse for the past. But both are equally foreign to the physicist's habits of thought. The picture that they present looks more absurd the more closely it is examined; and this is just as true when the picture is relegated to a remote past as when it is relegated to a remote future. It is therefore not at all surprising that (B2) has no serious supporters among scientists, but it is surprising that (A2) has. Why, one is led to ask, should anyone who cannot believe that the laws of physics will ever be changed in the future believe that they may have been changed once upon a time in the past? Why should the notion of two specific, unrepeated and unrepeatable moments in the years T1 and T2 A.D. be rejected while the same notion is not even critically discussed when it is applied to the years T1 and T2 B.C.? Why should anyone who finds the notion of a future transition from something to nothing unacceptable be able to accept the notion of a past transition from nothing to something ? I do not know the answers to these questions, but the fact remains that attempts to justify (A2) by extrapolation from present observations have, at the time of writing, become fashionable and are being seriously discussed among scientists, while an attempt to justify (B2) by similar methods has not yet been made and would probably be deprecated.
Whatever it may be that causes (A2) to appear attractive need not, however, concern us here. (Al), (A2) and (B2) must all be dismissed by those who become aware of the tangle of additional hypotheses that are needed to preserve them. There remain thus for serious consideration only two of the nine possibilities: the combinations of (A3) with (Bl) and of (A3) with (B3). The former assumes that every elementary component of the material universe may have come into existence at any time and that a conservation law prohibits it from ever ceasing to exist. It attributes to each component a finite past and an infinite future, i.e. it assumes that one cannot trace the existence of any given component indefinitely back into the past, but that one can predict an indefinitely long future for it. (A3) coupled with (Bl) assumes a combination of past impermanence with future permanence. It can be called the Hypothesis of the Asymmetrical Impermanence of Matter. The combination of (A3) with (B3) can then be called the Hypothesis of the Symmetrical Impermanence of Matter; it assumes impermanence both for the future and for the past.
(Bl) postulates a specific law, which requires that every elementary component of the material universe shall last for all time. (B3) does not postulate this nor any equivalent law. It says that any component may become extinct at any moment of time, which is what would happen in the absence of a law. So (B3) seems to meet the criterion of minimum assumption better than (Bl). But I do not want to exaggerate the importance of this. I have already said that 'all time' may perhaps be less of an assumption than 'any time'. However, it will emerge from these pages that (B3) also meets the criterion of explanatory power much better. But this does not mean that (Bl) can be lightly dismissed. It is arguable that the Principle of Minimum Assumption may not always apply. (Bl) does have a little explanatory power. It is, moreover, sanctified by long tradition and has the backing of considerable authority.
This backing prevents its hypothetical nature from being easily recognized. We tend, understandably, to believe what we have been taught and to take for granted that it must have been subjected to the rigid canons of scientific proof. We are often told that good scientists, following Newton's precept, never adopt hypotheses and so we do not doubt that what has the backing of their authority must be irrefutable fact. It is a part of human nature to accept what is easy to believe and to reject what is unfamiliar. For all of these reasons many people are likely to deny hotly that the permanence of matter and energy (or at least their future permanence) is an hypothesis. They will contend that (Bl) is fact and only (B3) hypothesis.
I think that this view may well have been taken by the more recent supporters of (A3); for they have all adopted the Hypothesis of the Asymmetrical Impermanence of Matter1 Otherwise their reason for supporting (Bl) is not easy to understand. They can hardly have thought that it was the more attractive alternative. By the unreliable criterion of attractiveness one should expect symmetrical impermanence to be the favoured hypothesis. A more probable reason is that (Bl) is so firmly established and generally accepted that (B3) did not even enter their thoughts. This surmise is confirmed by the fact that the supporters of asymmetrical impermanence have never undertaken a critical comparison of the alternatives, as they would surely have done if they had noticed that there were alternatives.
He who has a new point of view to present cannot afford to ignore contemporary opinion and so I have to attach much importance to the relative strengths with which each of the hypotheses in the (A) and (B) lists is held today. From reading and conversation I have gained the impression that support for (Al) would be very weak. Many will say that, in attempting to refute it, I am only flogging a dead horse. But support for its counterpart (Bl) is likely to be so strong that my attempt to refute it is likely to evoke a different metaphor: that of tilting at windmills.
Nevertheless, it was a combination of (A3) with (B3) that I advocated when I first published the hypothesis of continuous origin in 1940 and I propose to show here that it alone is consistent with a cosmological model that accords with the observed universe.
Before I leave this theme I should like to emphasize that the words 'origin' and 'extinction' are to be understood literally and not as synonyms for 'conversion from one form into another'. It would deny my intention to assume, for instance, that, when matter becomes extinct, something else, such as energy, must necessarily take its place.
4.2: The Relative Rates of Origins and Extinctions
Let us imagine that a region of space can be so isolated that no matter or energy passes its boundary. According to the Hypothesis of Asymmetrical Impermanence the content of this region must continuously increase; for new matter will originate in the region while none will leave it. According to the Hypothesis of Symmetrical Impermanence, on the other hand, some matter will be originating in the region and some becoming extinct, and so the content will not necessarily increase. It will do so if the rate of origins exceeds the rate of extinctions; but the content will decrease if the rate of extinctions exceeds that of origins.
If the region is small and the density low, origins and extinctions will be only occasional and as they are both assumed to be random, they will occur at irregular intervals. The content may decrease at one moment and increase at the next. But the larger the region the more such irregularities will be smoothed out; and if a region be chosen large enough to be a fair sample of the whole material universe the rate of origin per unit volume will be the same as for the whole and so will the rate of extinctions.
McCrea has calculated the rate at which the content in mass of the universe is increasing and finds it to be about 500 atoms of hydrogen per cubic kilometre per year. According to asymmetrical impermanence this is the gross rate of origins. According to symmetrical impermanence it is the net rate given by the excess of origins over extinctions; the gross rate is greater, and may be much greater.
It is, of course, quite impossible to observe directly the annual arrival of 500 atoms of hydrogen in a cubic kilometre of space. The mass of those atoms is very minute and could not be measured even if they could be assembled at one time and place. But there is an indirect method for estimating the rate. This is derived from the fact that, as relativity theory shows, matter and space are inseparable. According to relativity theory,1 space is not regarded as a container but as a constituent of the material universe. To speak of the origin of matter is the same as to speak of the origin of space, and if the content of the material universe is increasing its extent must be doing so too!2 The origin of new matter must therefore be associated with the expansion of space and the rate at which the extent of the material universe is increasing becomes a measure of the rate of increase of its content. This is fortunate. For the rate of increase of extent is easier to measure than that of content. It is done with the help of telescopes, and these reveal regions of space large enough to show an easily measured effect.
As is well known, this effect is manifest as a shift towards the red of the spectrum lines of very remote objects, called the Doppler effect. A simple calculation shows that the amount of red shift is proportional to the velocity with which a remote object is receding. Observation shows that the amount of the red shift is proportional to the distance of the object. From these two facts it follows that the velocity with which every object is receding is proportional to its distance from us. This is what one would find in a universe that was expanding uniformly and so the expansion of space is inferred from observation and known facts and without the use of additional hypotheses. The rate of expansion is expressed by the simple formula v=Hx, where v is the velocity of recession, x the distance of the observed star and H a constant known as Hubble's Constant. It represents the increase of velocity of recession with distance, dv/dx, observed for every object in a uniformly expanding universe and is given as 145 km/sec per megaparsec by Opik.3 A more recent estimate is given by Humason, Mayall and Sandage.4 This is based on the measurement of red shifts. for nearly 1000 extragalactic nebulae and is 180 km/sec per megaparsec.
These most careful measurements show that the rate of expansion is nearly, if not quite, constant for all regions of space-time. But they do seem to show some small lack of uniformity. There may have been a change during the long period of time that the light from the most distant nebulae takes to complete the journey that ends in the observers' telescopes. However, it will be shown later that there are good reasons for the view that the change is not between different periods of time but between different regions of space, and that it results from unevenness in the distribution of ponderable matter.
The constancy of the expansion rate, and with it the rate of increase of the content of the material universe, reminds us of the constant half-lives of radioactive isotopes. The reason why the disintegration of an atom of radium is regarded by physicists as an uncaused event is just this constancy, as will be explained in the next chapter. If the half-life of radium varied, one would look for a circumstance with which the disintegration was associated and expect to find a causal relation between such circumstances and the disintegration. But the fact that the rate never changes is taken as negative evidence that the disintegration is uncaused.
The same reasoning applies to the increase in the content of the material universe. If one regards the unvarying value of Hubble's Constant as evidence of a constant net increase in the quantity of matter in the universe, one will also regard it as observational support for the conclusion that origins are random, without cause, and not associated with anything in the existing state of affairs. If one accepts (B3), one will then have to take the same view about extinctions. But this aspect of Symmetrical Impermanence will be discussed more fully in the next chapter.
1See footnotes 4,5, 6 to Chapter 3
2I doubt whether this is implicit in relativity theory, but it has been assumed by others besides myself. Its justification will be found in Appendix H.
3The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, November, 1954, Vol. 5, No. 19, 210.
4Astronomical Journal, Vol. 61, April, 1956, pp. 97-162.


Stepanek v. Rinker Materials Corp.
Opinion filed July 21, 1997.
An appeal from an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims. Steven P. Cullen, Judge.
David C. Wiitala of Wiitala Contole, P.A., North Palm Beach, for Appellant.
James A. Walker of McNally Walker, Coral Gables, for Appellees.
Claimant, Edward Stepanek, appeals an order of the judge of compensation claims (JCC), which denied his claim for benefits for the reason that his intoxication primarily occasioned his industrial accident. Stepanek contends that the JCC erred in finding that his employer, Rinker Materials Corporation, complied with the drug-free workplace requirements of section 440.102, Florida Statutes (1995), in concluding that the employer did not know he was intoxicated, and in admitting testimony of two expert toxicologists who had not been listed as such on the witness list. We affirm.
Stepanek arrived at work on March 17, 1995, after a long night of alcohol consumption and very little sleep. A supervisor, Mike Tedesco, smelled alcohol on his breath, but said nothing about it. Stepanek was sweeping near a cinder block cubing machine when he noticed the blocks were out of alignment. He climbed onto the rollers to arrange the blocks, and the operator, who did not see him, started the machine, crushing Stepanek's foot. Stepanek was taken to the hospital, where testing revealed a blood-alcohol level of .15 percent.
The JCC found that Rinker had complied with the drug-free workplace requirements of section 440.102, and that Stepanek's blood-alcohol level was over .10 percent, thereby raising the rebuttable presumption that Stepanek's intoxication primarily caused his injury, pursuant to section 440.09(7)(b), Florida Statutes (1995). The JCC concluded that by unnecessarily climbing on the conveyor belt, Stepanek irrationally placed himself in a position of peril, contrary to company policy, training standards, and common sense. As a result, Stepanek failed to overcome the presumption that his intoxication was the cause of his injury; therefore, the claim was denied.
Stepanek contends first that the JCC erred in finding that Rinker operated a qualified drug-free workplace program, because the medical assistant who collected his blood for testing was not a physician assistant under section 440.102(5)(e). We construe the language of subsection (5)(e) as permissive, in contrast to 14 of the remaining 16 provisions in subsection (5) that use mandatory language; consequently the list therein of persons qualified to collect specimens is not all-inclusive. The record shows that the medical assistant in this case possessed sufficient qualifications to collect Stepanek's blood for testing.
"A specimen for a drug test may be taken or collected by any of the following persons. . . ." § 440.102(5)(e), Fla. Stat. (1995) (emphasis added).
Stepanek also argues that the medical review officer authorized to evaluate the test results was not employed by or under contract with Rinker as required by section 440.102(1)(k). The evidence discloses, however, that the physician contracted with the hospital's testing department, which in turn contracted with Rinker, thus satisfying the statutory requirement.
A medical review officer is defined as a physician "employed with or contracted with an employer[.]" § 440.102(1)(k), Fla. Stat. (1995).
In his second issue, Stepanek claims that Mike Tedesco's testimony recounting that he smelled alcohol on Stepanek's breath a few hours before the accident occurred established the employer's knowledge of his intoxication. Such knowledge, he contends, defeats the presumption established in section 440.09(7)(b), providing that Stepanek's intoxication primarily occasioned his industrial injury, which was established by proof that his blood-alcohol level was .08 percent or higher. We cannot agree.
The pertinent provision of subsection (7)(b) states that the presumption does not apply if, before the accident, the employer "had actual knowledge of and expressly acquiesced in the employee's presence at the workplace while under the influence of such alcohol." Although evidence was presented that Tedesco had actual knowledge that Stepanek was under the influence of alcohol, there was no evidence that Tedesco expressly acquiesced in this state of affairs. "Express" means clear and unmistakable, not left to inference, while "acquiescence" means passive compliance, or assent inferred from silence. Black's Law Dictionary 580, 24 (6th ed. 1990). The former is overt and direct and precludes reliance upon inference; the latter is passive and silent and depends upon inference. Rather than find "express acquiescence" to be a contradiction in terms, we conclude that a claimant must show that the employer made some overt expression, either by words or conduct, showing that although the employer knew the claimant was under the influence of intoxicants, the claimant could nevertheless remain at work in such condition. No such expression was made in the case at bar. No evidence was presented that Tedesco communicated in any way to Stepanek or anyone else that he had such knowledge and that Stepanek could continue working in spite of his known probable impairment. Tedesco testified that neither he nor Stepanek said anything to each other about the situation, that Stepanek did not appear to be intoxicated, and that he did not confront Stepanek because he was afraid of being wrong on the matter. Thus, there was no statement or behavior demonstrating that Tedesco expressly acquiesced in Stepanek's presence at work under the influence of alcohol.
"The legislature is presumed to know the meaning of words and the rules of grammar[.]" Florida State Racing Comm'n v. Bourquardez, 42 So.2d 87, 88 (Fla. 1949).
Finally, we reject Stepanek's contention that the admission of expert toxicological testimony by witnesses who were not identified as experts or toxicologists on the witness list was reversible error. Stepanek claims that he was prejudiced by the witnesses' testimony that his injury was occasioned primarily by his intoxication. On the contrary, the JCC found that Stepanek's .15 percent blood-alcohol level established the presumption that his injury was primarily caused by his intoxication; therefore, the testimony of these witnesses appears to be only supplemental evidence to that the JCC relied upon. Indeed, the JCC did not mention such testimony in the final order.
BENTON, J., and SMITH, Senior Judge, CONCUR.


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Well it has been a while since I wrote my Fitness Friday post .
3 weeks now 🙁 …..
I have still been exercising but not as much as I would have liked to.
I went all out last month and ran over 200 .
Maybe I pushed myself to hard in the first cross country and ran my fastest ever mile @7-33 pace and had to stop half way with really painful stitch and then quit because the pain was unbearable to run with.
Not been out and done much running this month as it seams to be really hard effort.Only on 73 miles for the month is a big drop from last month.
Or it could be I'm really feeling sorry for myself….
Either way I'm starting a fresh tomorrow,why does everything start tomorrow and not today with me!!!!
Starting to get my mileage back up.
Here are my plans but with the kids of will I manage to get them done?
Saturday 7 miles with hill reps included.
Tuesday 7 miles running club with hill reps.
Thursday 8 miles with 12*400 meter sprints included.
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You'll get back into the groove. Sounds like last month was really challenging and your body was telling you to scale back. Nice goals for the week – good luck. I'm visiting from Fitness Friday. Have a great week!
Sometimes you just need to take it easy for a week or two to give yourself time to recover. And even if you are feeling sorry for yourself that's OK once in a while too! 🙂 Besides, you now have a plan and are good to go – right?
You really worked yourself last month, you are probably just needing a break! Don't worry too much about it. 67 miles is not bad at all! Really! I think we get used to doing so much that to do any less seems like not enough, but it is more than enough!
wow, sounds like your doing great! Sometimes we need that time off to remember why we love to run again!
@Kyria @ Travel Spot Thanks this is so true,sometimes I put to much pressure on myself….


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Harry Lumley
Harry Garfield Lumley
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Height 5' 10", Weight 183 lb.
Debut April 14, 1904
Final Game May 19, 1910
Born September 29, 1880 in Forest City, PA USA
Died May 22, 1938 in Binghamton, NY USA
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". . . the best slugger in the history of baseball" - per a writer in 1907
Harry Lumley had an excellent 133 OPS+ in a short career as a player, and a lousy .359 winning percentage in a short career as a manager.
He led the National League in triples and homers while playing for the Brooklyn Superbas in 1904, but his greatest success was in 1906 when he led the league in OPS+.
A husky fellow, Lumley was born in 1880 and played semi-pro ball on the same team as Wildfire Frank Schulte. When he started in the minor leagues in 1901, he hit .350 for Rome in the New York State League, then in 1902 led the league in home runs for St. Paul in the American Association, and in 1903 split his time between playing 12 games in the Western League and the rest of the season with Seattle in the Pacific Coast League where he led the league in batting average.
If a Rookie of the Year award had existed, Lumley would have won it for his 1904 season with the Brooklyn Superbas. He led the league in triples and home runs (which has never been done since), was in the top ten in doubles, and his .279 batting average was highest on the Brooklyn team, which hit .232. He was second in the league in RBI, and his runs scored were highest on his team. Jimmy Sheckard, who was probably the biggest star on the team, had as many doubles but far fewer triples and home runs, and his average was 40 points lower than that of Lumley.
1905 was another good year, as Lumley again led the team in batting average and homers, and was close to the lead in doubles and triples and RBI.
1906 was his monster year, as his .324 average was nearly 100 points higher than the team average. It was third in the league, and his slugging average was tops in the league. He was second in the league in homers, third in the league in triples, and his 35 stolen bases were in the top ten in the league. This was accomplished despite an injury and an illness that cut down the number of games he was able to play.
"The fight between Lumley and (Honus) Wagner for the leadership in National League batting has been fast and furious" - a writer in 1906
Unfortunately, he was never to have such a good year again, as he continued to have injuries and he put on weight. His stolen base count would plummet after 1906.
In 1907, in 127 games, he was third in the league in slugging percentage, 2nd in the league in home runs, sixth in doubles, and sixth in RBI in spite of breaking an ankle. In 1908, his ankle refused to cooperate, and in August he suffered an injury to his good leg. His season batting average of .216 sounds terrible, but was above the team average of .213. His slugging average of .327 was still second on the team to Tim Jordan.
In spite of that season, Brooklyn made Harry the player/manager in 1909, and he responded by dumping many of his teammates from the 1908 Superbas who had lost 101 games and finished seventh in the league. The team in 1909 lost 98 and finished sixth, so there was an improvement, albeit slight. As for Harry as a player, he appeared in 55 games at age 28, hitting .250 on a team that hit .229. His power fell behind several other players on the team, though.
Lumley was not invited to return as a manager, and played only 8 more games in 1910 before his major league career was over. He joined a team in the New York State League and was player/manager for a while longer, through 1912. He led the league in batting in 1912 and was second in 1910.
He ran a cafe until 1937, and died without children in 1938.
Notable Achievements[edit]
NL Slugging Percentage Leader (1906)
NL Triples Leader (1904)
NL Home Runs Leader (1904)
Patsy Donovan Brooklyn Superbas Manager
Bill Dahlen
Year-By-Year Managerial Record[edit]
1909 Brooklyn Superbas National League 55-98 6th Brooklyn Superbas
1910 Binghamton Bingoes New York State League 8th none Replaced John Warner and J.H. Mooney
1911 Binghamton Bingoes New York State League 63-77 8th none
1912 Binghamton Bingoes New York State League -- none Replaced by Hollis Gitchell
Related Sites[edit]
Harry Lumley at the SABR Bio Project
BR Manager page
Retrieved from "https://www.baseball-reference.com/bpv/index.php?title=Harry_Lumley&oldid=1123586"
Minor League Managers
Rule V Draft
1904 Debut
Births in 1880
Deaths in 1938


Are you looking for a cocktail that offers a bit more than your usual gin & tonic? Maybe it's not the drink but the liquor. While some spirits have worldwide success, others haven't gained the international popularity they deserve. From fiery baijiu to syrupy cachaça, here are nine spirits that merit a spot in your next drink.
The most iconic American distilled spirit, surely, is bourbon. The corn-based whiskey has been made in the United States since the 18th century, and it's even been recognized by the U.S. Congress as a "distinctive product of the United States." Even older than bourbon, however, is applejack. Beginning in the 17th century, American colonists learned to increase the potency of their homemade hard apple cider by allowing it to freeze outside and then separating the liquid from the ice—a process called "jacking." The resulting "applejack" was essentially a type of apple brandy, a less-refined and sweeter version of French calvados. In 1698 a New Jersey resident named William Laird began producing his own applejack, which won widespread favor (even George Washington asked for the recipe), and Laird & Company subsequently became the first licensed commercial distillery in the United States. Although its techniques have changed, the company is still in business today.
For many not familiar with baijiu, the Chinese spirit is an acquired taste. Its name literally translates to "white alcohol," and it is made from sorghum, a cereal grain plant. The beverage derives its earthy flavor from being fermented in mud pits and aged in earthenware vessels. This, mixed with the fiery sensation due to its high alcohol content (upward of 50%), makes the beverage unpalatable to many Westerners, while Korean soju (see below) and Japanese sake have translated well across markets. Baijiu can also be made with rice and other grains. According to Derek Sandhaus, the author of Baijiu: The Essential Guide to Chinese Spirits (2014), the name baijiu doesn't refer to a particular alcohol but rather any grain-based alcohol produced with traditional Chinese techniques. Sandhaus is a big proponent of getting Westerners to enjoy this harsh alcohol, but he himself had to consume more than 50 shots of baijiu to learn to enjoy to the flavor.
In Mexico, spirits have long been produced from the agave plant. The traditional term for distilled agave spirits is mezcal (a Nahuatl-derived word also spelled "mescal"). Historically, different regions of Mexico have produced different varieties of mezcal, the most famous of which is tequila, made exclusively from blue agave (Agave tequilana) and named after a town in Jalisco state. After the mass production of tequila made it internationally famous, the term mezcal came to refer to the varieties made mostly in southern Mexico (especially Oaxaca) and typically by traditional (nonindustrial) methods. Whereas tequilas are produced by cooking the heart of the agave plant in an oven, mezcal distillers slow-roast it in an underground fire pit, which imparts a smoky flavor to the final product. In recent years, artisanal mezcals have become popular outside Mexico and have even found their way into cocktails.
The Scandinavian liquor aquavit has the best qualities of vodka and gin. Like the former, it's distilled from fermented potato or grain mash, yet it is dominated and judged by its botanical flavor nature, à la gin. Its name comes from the Latin aqua vitae, or "water of life," which is a pretty common name for liquors: the name whiskey comes from the Celtic usquebaugh, a version of this Latin phrase, and in French eau de vie refers to a clear brandy distilled from fermented fruit juice. Many flavors can be integrated into this unaged liquor, but caraway and cumin are the most popular. Aquavits with dill, cardamom, aniseed, fennel, or citrus peel are also produced. Sweden produces the most aquavit, although Norway and Denmark are also known for their versions. Finnish aquavit is less savory since it generally has a cinnamon-forward flavor. Like gin and vodka, most aquavits aren't aged, which gives them great market potential in the U.S. While this spirit is often served cold, some drinkers prefer aged aquavit at room temperature to taste its more-nuanced flavors.
For centuries, the neighboring countries of Peru and Chile have been embroiled in a debate over which is the true birthplace of pisco. Both sides, claiming the spirit as their own, have adopted the frothy pisco sour cocktail as the national drink. And, while each country imports pisco produced across the border, neither allows it to be labeled pisco. What's all the fuss about? Like French cognac, pisco is a brandy distilled from wine (which has been produced in South America since the Spanish arrived there in the 16th century). However, although some Chilean piscos are aged in wood as cognac is, most piscos—including all Peruvian varieties, by law—are stored in neutral vessels such as glass or stainless steel. In addition, Peruvian pisco must be distilled only once and cannot be diluted by water or other ingredients. What results is a clear spirit that, according to its aficionados, captures the natural essence of the locally cultivated grapes. Does it matter who made it first?
If unaged plum brandy sounds like it would taste like jet fuel, then you should stay away from slivovitz, a Slavic brandy made from Damson plums (its name derived from the Serbian and Croatian sljiva or sliva, for "plum"). Luckily, some slivovitz is aged to tone down its burning quality. The receptacle in which it's aged determines its color: if aged in glass, it will be clear, but if aged in a barrel, it takes on a golden-brown hue similar to whiskey. Slivovitz has sweet fruity aromas from the plum's juices but also has a bitter herbaceous aspect, thanks to the plum kernels included in the fermentation process. (Plum pits contain amygdalin, a primary component of bitter almonds.) Homemade plum brandy became a decent use for excess plums common in eastern Europe, and some slivovitz fans today still claim that homemade slivovitz is the best.
The world's best-selling alcohol comes from the country with the world's best hard-alcohol drinkers. Perhaps surprisingly, this country is South Korea, and their rice alcohol soju has dominated the world market, selling about 90 million cases per year. The popular soju brand Jinro accounted for 73.8 million of these cases in 2015. Soju's popularity arises from its low price—selling for about 1,450 won, which is just over $1—and its medium-range alcohol composition, usually about 20%. Like vodka, soju lends itself to mixed drinks because it essentially lacks smell or flavor. While Jinro is still trying to crack the international market, it is almost too beloved at home: soju consumption has been a problem in South Korea, leading to swarms of overdrinkers landing in prison or passed out on the street overnight. In 2011 Seoul police reported that nearly 77 percent of those charged with obstruction of justice were drunk at the time.
Cachaça is an unaged sugarcane alcohol from Brazil, developed by Brazilian slaves in the 1600s. The name cachaça came from the name for the foam that boiling sugarcane produces. (For those who have never processed sugarcane into sugar, boiling the sugarcane is the first step.) This fermented froth became the slaves' moonshine. Cachaça is usually not aged and so is often clear, although some producers add color for a golden-brown hue. The main production difference between cachaça and rum is that rum is produced from sugarcane byproducts, such as molasses. Cachaça is less refined and, while it has the similar syrupy texture as rum, often has more floral and bright notes. This national spirit of Brazil ranges between 38 and 54% alcohol. It also goes by the nickname aquela que matou o guarda: "that which killed the cop." Beware of this before trying the most popular cachaça drink, caipirinha!
Aniseed drinks are popular in the Mediterranean and Middle East. Similar to the Greek ouzo, rakı is an aniseed drink that is the almost-official beverage of Turkey. (As prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave that title to the yogurt-based beverage ayran in 2013.) Made from the solids of grapes or plums and distilled twice over, rakı supposedly originated as an alcohol made from the solid remains of grapes after they had been pressed to make wine. Rakı is often served with water and perhaps ice, and, like other aniseed drinks, it turns into a milky white color when mixed with water, hence its nickname "lion's milk." This transformation is an example of the "ouzo effect," which is when substances that should not be able to remain mixed do. For example, you can stir oil (nonpolar) and water (polar) in together, but the two substances will naturally separate if there isn't an emulsifier holding them together. In the case of aniseed drinks like rakı, however, the nonpolar essential oils can actually stay mixed with the polar water for months. Armed with about 45% alcohol, rakı is often served over mezes (small shareable plates), and the first meze is almost always a plate of white cheese (bayaz peynir) and melons (kavun). More cold mezes of vegetables and seafood will be next, followed by warm dishes (sicklar) of meat and more seafood. Rakı enjoyed among friends often leads to therapeutic or philosophical discussions. Don't be surprised if you leave the table well after midnight.
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How to Calculate How Many Solar Panels & Batteries Needed for a Solar Refrigerator & Solar Freezer
In this article we will demonstrate how to easily calculate what you need in terms of Solar Panels and Batteries in order to properly operate your EcoSolarCool solar refrigerators and solar freezers anywhere in the world.
After reading this blog, you will be able to calculate what size of solar system/ kit required.
The critical information needed to determine the Power Consumption of your DC fridge or freezer is the Average Solar Hours (or peak sun hours) of the city & country the unit will be used in.
Our product pages show the Power Consumption of each model, so that information is already available for you.
For US and Canadian customers, the Solar Hours, is available by please log onto the NREL website using the link below:
http://pvwatts.nrel.gov
On the top left hand corner of this page (next to "Get Started:"), please type in your zip code (US addresses) or postal code (Canadian addresses) and then click the "Go" button. On the following page, please click on the "Results" button, which is located on the top of this page. The next page will display a set of results. Please look in the table under Solar Radiation (kWh / m2 / day). This information shows the average monthly solar hours for this address. Please select a figure that is the smallest figure of the year. The number you selected will be used as the Average Monthly Solar Hours to be used in the calculations.
For addresses outside of US and Canada, you will need to use the following link:
http://solarelectricityhandbook.com/solar-irradiance.html
In this Webpage, you should select the Country and Town/City the unit will be installed in, and then select the appropriate Solar Panel direction that you plan to install your solar panels. If you don't know this, you can use an estimate of 'Facing directly North' or 'Facing directly South' in the third field.
Now you're presented with the Average Solar Insolation Figures for each month of the year, and here comes a very important step: you need to select a figure that is the smallest figure of the year. The number you selected will be used as the Average Monthly Solar Hours to be used in the calculations.
After using either of the above websites to determine the Average Monthly Solar Hours, please proceed below:
For EcoSolarCool Solar Upright Refrigerators and Solar Chest Refrigerator/ Freezers calculations, use the following equation:
Power Consumption x 1000
-------------------------------------- = Solar Panel Size (in Watts)
Peak Sun Hours
NB: The power consumption figure used in the above equation should be in kWh/day (DO NOT USE Wh/ day figures in the above calculation)
That is to say, multiply the Power Consumption by 1,000 and then divide it by the Average Solar Hours determined from the Nrel or Solar Electricity Handbook websites. Round up the result to the nearest 50 integer, and you'll have the Solar Panels size in Watts needed to operate your Solar Refrigerator or Solar Freezer.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate on contacting us and we'll be more than happy to further assist you.
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Dagmar Bruß (* 1963 in Bad Pyrmont) ist eine deutsche Physikerin und Professorin. Sie forscht im Bereich der Quanteninformationstheorie mit einem Schwerpunkt Quantenkryptographie.

Leben und Werk
Bruß studierte Physik an der RWTH Aachen und legte 1989 ihr Diplom ab. 1990 erwarb sie an der Universität Edinburgh den Master of Science in Astronomical Technology. 1994 promovierte sie bei Otto Nachtmann an der Universität Heidelberg zu einem Thema aus der Elementarteilchenphysik. 1996 und 1997 arbeitete sie an der Universität Oxford als European Research Fellow am Clarendon Laboratory bei Professor Patrick Sandars und Professor Artur Ekert. Sie wechselte 1997 ihren Arbeitsschwerpunkt zur Quanteninformationstheorie. 1998 verbrachte sie ein weiteres Jahr als European Research Fellow in Italien am Institute for Scientific Interchange in Turin, das durch die ersten bedeutenden Konferenzen über Quanteninformation bekannt ist. 1999 war sie wissenschaftliche Assistentin am Institut für Theoretische Physik der Universität Hannover, wo sie 2002 habilitierte. Seit 2004 hat sie eine Professur für theoretische Physik an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. Neben zahlreichen wissenschaftlichen Veröffentlichungen in internationalen Fachzeitschriften hat sie ein populärwissenschaftliches Buch mit dem Titel "Quanteninformation" veröffentlicht. Sie ist Mitherausgeberin der Fachzeitschrift International Journal of Quantum Information.

Veröffentlichungen (Auswahl)
 2003: Quanteninformation. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, ISBN 978-3-596-15563-7.
 1998: Optimal eavesdropping in quantum cryptography with six states. DB, Physical Review Letters (PRL) 81, 3018–3021.
 2009: Multipartite entanglement detection via structure factors. P. Krammer et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 100502
 2011: Linking Quantum Discord to Entanglement in a Measurement. A. Streltsov, H. Kampermann, and DB, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 160401
 2015: Complementarity and Correlations. L. Maccone, DB, and C. Macchiavello, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 130401
 2017: Device-Independent Bounds on Detection Efficiency. J. Szangolies, H. Kampermann, and DB, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 260401

Auszeichnungen
 1986–90: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
 1996–97: European Research Fellowship, Oxford
 1998: European Research Fellowship, Turin
 2005–09: Selection Committee for the Gustav-Hertz-Prize of the DPG
 2013–17: PhD Selection Committee for the German National Academic Foundation
 2014–18: Scientific Advisory Board of "Welt der Physik"
 2016: Scientific Advisory Board of "Doctoral Programme ALM", Innsbruck
 2016–18: Chair of DPG Division Q (Quantum Optics and Photonics)
 2017: Advisory Board for "Pauli Center for Theoretical Studies", ETH Zürich

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Chelsea Handler has recently marked a huge milestone in her career as a TV host.
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The Sun (in the Northern Hemisphere), at it's low time, the shortest day, longest night. A celebration also know Yule, Winter Solstice and even called Christmas. The cold and dark are celebrated as the Sun now slowly begins to return.


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That's right. Get ready. Hipsters are coming to a Chinese restaurant near you.
The news flash hit while I was browsing through the Urban Outfitters November 2010 catalog and stumbled across a few pages that the innocuous consumer might have otherwise overlooked. Turns out, Chinese restaurants, though widely known for their tasty and economical fare, are hotbeds of the très, très chic.
But could such an ordinary, everyday place (at least to my eyes) really be magical? I sat staring past the clothes in the pages and instead at the Golden Phoenix on the wall, the red seat covers, and the fobby waitstaff uniforms, wondering whether it might be a frequent haunt of mine (Golden Unicorn). It's kind of like having a professional photoshoot done in your living room and the whole time you're thinking, why on earth would anyone want to use a room full of mismatched furniture, crocheted doilies, and dusty chotchkies as a backdrop?
I don't find the photos offensive, but something about them feels all wrong–out of place. The models appear more like little girls on their first trip to a Chinese restaurant, stuffing their faces with baos, than like the fearless trendsetters they aspire to be. The restaurant staff sitting in the background is comical (although realistic). They eat their dinner greedily with bowed heads. The manager steals a furtive glance at the photoshoot in progress, destroying the illusion of a prescribed setting.
I get the point, though. And, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, I will state it: Chinatown (and Chinese restaurants by association) is EXOTIC. Avant-garde. Cool. Kitschy. One step away from tacky. The question is, does it appear that way to you?
Sometimes. One of my favorite Edward Hopper paintings is a work entitled "Chop Suey." It pictures two flapper-esque women (flappers, after all, were the hipsters of their day) sitting at a chop suey joint (all the rage in the 1920s) with a red clay teapot on the table. I love this painting because it feels at once strange and familiar. Hopper offers a glimpse into a place I will never go, a Chinese restaurant I will never eat at.
As for those hipsters? I'm sure they've wised up. Chinese restaurants are so ubiquitous and entrenched in the fabric of this country, I wouldn't be surprised if they were already considered passé. Seriously, mapo tofu and soup dumplings are so 2007.
I didn't realize eating in Chinese restaurants was considered trendy. To me it doesn't seem exotic. It seems like just another place to eat. Then again, I've done quite a bit of traveling too.
I have never understood why trendy people like to take commonplace things and places and put a new meaning and emphasis on them. Like triangles and fixed gear bikes. I just don't get it!
I feel like the worst thing was when Emo/Scene kids popularized depressive symptoms and its effects. It just made it worse for people who actually suffered from depression – it's not meant to be a fashionable statement or fashionable behavior. It's an actual disease and people can't take it seriously when kids are doing it just to fit in and be cool.
If Hopper could do as an American scenario why can't fashion magazine that caters to the permanent American youth culture? It is a trend, sign of the times and besides it encourages the usual tourism of an economically depressed neighborhood once the garment factories are closed.
New labor intensive jobs are created ie Chinese women collecting bottles and cans to redeem for 5 cents each. I manage to take a photo of a Chinese woman's collection near City Hall as an eyesore. However, I'm only able to put on facebook with no response.
Now, there are cheap buses transporting students – workers to nearby cities or cross country. Their amenities are lower than Grey Hounds but you save money. In addition, there are no bus depots but you could shop around for their storefronts.
Senior citizens cluster around small Columbus Park as well as small cramped Senior centers.
It is nice that you can explicate various details of Chinatown's changes in awe and being a 4th generation Asian-American qualifies you. However, I still feel you cannot relate to the on-going oppressions experienced by descendants of the "Coolie" railroad workers who constantly got to daily rid the stereotypical denigration of exising as an aging, single, beautiful "young" talented artist .
Thanks for your comment, Susan. I think the thing that I love best about Chinatown is that it means something different to each person. For many it is an exotic locale, a kind of strange and magical place (see Chinatown, My Chinatown). For others it's a crowded, dirty place where immigrants toil for long hours trying to make their own American dream come true. It's a complex piece of geography that has a long and varied history (it didn't always used to be Chinatown) and that's why I can only speak for my own experience of the place.
Your blog is great! I'd never seen that Hopper painting before. I love the sign.
Thanks, Christopher! That means a lot. I've always loved Hopper and this painting of his is a special treat.
Your blog is gorgeous and so well-written. I love it.


I have long thought that the story of the Garden of Eden and the fall of Adam and Eve as an allegory for the advent of civilization – and specifically the transition from hunter/gatherer existence to agricultural toil. The timelines don't quite match up (7000 years since the fall of man, 10,000 years since the establishment of agriculture in the fertile crescent), but even so, the journey of Adam and Eve describes perfectly the loss of cohesion with the natural world and the separation of humans from the animal world.
Thinking about it this morning – I've discovered an interesting argument for that line of thought here.
I find it curious that upon the transition to agriculture, cities and so forth – humans have felt such a great need to pretend superiority from the natural world even as we devise whole core mythologies that lament our losses.
Wow, barely skimmed that article and already found tons to think about. Like: "A peaceful and calm city is indicative of a well adjusted society. Or of a highly repressed one." What a fascinating topic!


GREENSBORO, N.C. – After taking part in 12 days of spring practice, the UNCG volleyball team participated in their first spring scrimmage over the weekend in Charlotte, N.C., competing against South Carolina, Wingate, Davidson and Charlotte.
The Spartans, who didn't take part in Elon Tournament on March 16th in an effort to recover from injuries, saw their first weekend of action at the Carolina Union Volleyball Club College Tournament. There were 14 teams participating in the event including Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Wofford, Davidson, Appalachian State, Charlotte, Western Carolina and High Point.
Among the points of stressed during those practice sessions were varying defensive strategies as well as getting maximum offensive shot selections.
The Spartans will have an opportunity to refine those facets of their performance when they trek up I-40 on Friday, March 29th to face Wake Forest and High Point.


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Biografia
Nata a Palermo, Laura Giordano ha fatto molto giovane il suo debutto operistico in Noye's Fludde di Benjamin Britten. Ha poi cantato in numerosi festival e teatri d'opera in Europa, Asia e America del Nord, tra i quali il Teatro alla Scala, il Festival di Salisburgo, l'Opéra National de Paris, il Rossini Opera Festival di Pesaro, e la Santa Fe Opera nel Nuovo Messico.

Il cuore del repertorio della Giordano è formato dalle opere di Donizetti, Verdi, Mozart e Puccini. I suoi ruoli donizettiani comprendono Norina (Don Pasquale) eseguito sotto la direzione di Riccardo Muti al Ravenna Festival, al Théâtre des Champs-Élysées di Parigi, a Liegi, Colonia, Como, Mosca e Pietroburgo, e in altre esibizioni a Santiago del Cile, Treviso, al Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, e a Ferrara; Adina (L'elisir d'amore) a Las Palmas Tel Aviv, Maribor e Oderzo; Marie (La fille du régiment) al Teatro Massimo di Palermo, a Lecce e in tour col Teatro Comunale di Bologna al Savonlinna Opera Festival; inoltre Betly (Betly) alla Konzerthaus di Berlino.

Le sue interpretazioni di opere verdiane comprendono Falstaff (Nannetta) a Milano diretta da Riccardo Muti, e a Strasburgo, Roma, Bruxelles, Lione, all'Opera di Santa Fe, al Teatro Regio di Torino, e alla Berwaldhallen di Stoccolma; Rigoletto (Gilda) al Seoul Arts Center, a Fano e adAncona; Un ballo in maschera (Oscar) diretto da Antonio Pappano all'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, sotto la bacchetta di Valerij Gergiev al Teatro Regio di Parma, e a Nizza e Trieste; e Don Carlo (Tebaldo) diretto da Zubin Mehta al Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

Tra i suoi ruoli mozartiani vi sono Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) a Palermo;, Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) a Palermo e altrove, Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) al Teatro Regio di Parma, Semperoper a Dresda al Teatro Carlo Felice a Genova, e a Reggio Emilia; Zerlina (Don Giovanni) all'Opernhaus Zürich; Despina (Così fan tutte) a Palermo, Catania e Zurigo;  e Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro) all'Opéra Bastille di Parigi.

Ha cantato il ruolo di Musetta ne La bohème di Puccini più volte, comprese delle rappresentazioni al Teatro alla Scala, al Teatro Real di Madrid, a Catania, e all'Opéra Royal de Wallonie. Ha cantato anche la parte di Lauretta nel Gianni Schicchi di Puccini in un'esibizione a Lisbona.

Il primo ruolo della è stato quello di Elvira ne I puritani di Bellini al Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania.

I suoi altri ruoli significativi, alcuni dei quali in opere raramente rappresentate, sono stati Livietta (Il ritorno di Don Calandrino) diretta da Riccardo Muti al Festival di Salisburgo a Ravenna, a Las Palmas in Pisa, e a Piacenza; Corinna (Il viaggio a Reims) a Pesaro, al Teatro Real de Madrid e al Rossini in Wildbad opera festival; Coraline (Le toréador) a Palermo; Carolina (Il matrimonio segreto) al Théâtre des Champs-Élysées a Parigi, al Barbican Centre di Londra, e a Palermo; Donna Fulvia (La pietra del paragone) al Théâtre du Châtelet a Parigi; Elena (Il cappello di paglia di Firenze) al Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Sylvie (La colombe) all'Accademia Musicale Chigiana; Vi (Blue Monday) at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon; and Aminta (L'Olimpiade) at Festival de Beaune.

Laura Giordano si è esibita come solista nel Requiem di Mozart alla Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano; negli Stabat Mater di Rossini e di Poulenc a Palermo; Poulenc's Stabat Mater in Palermo;  la Messa n. 6 di Schubert al Festival di Saint-Denis;  la Messa dell'incoronazione di Mozart al Mozart Festival de La Coruña;  la Quarta sinfonia di Mahler a Kazan; i Carmina Buranadi Orff  al Teatro Fraschini di Pavia, a Ravenna e alle Terme di Caracalla a Roma.

Nel 2010 la Giordano comparve come artista ospite al concerto di Roberto Alagna alle Arènes de Bayonne dedicato a Luis Mariano. Nel 2014 partecipò allo show televisivo Il meglio d'Italia trasmesso su Rai 1 e condotto da Enrico Brignano, eseguendo brani da Rigoletto e La traviata, e fece anche un'apparizione nello show Si può fare! come insegnante vocale di Karin Proia. Inoltre, nello stesso anno la Giordano fece il suo debutto come attrice nel suo primo film, Laurus Nobilis.

Discografia

DVD
 La bohème, Giacomo Puccini. Opus Arte, OA 0961, 2006
 La pietra del paragone, Gioachino Rossini. Naive, V5089, 2007
 Don Pasquale, Gaetano Donizetti. Arthaus Musik, 101303, 2007
 Riccardo Muti - Lezioni concerto, 5. La lezione: Muti incontra Cimarosa. Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A., 2009
 Roberto Alagna Live. Deutsche Grammophon, LC00173 - 0762797 - EDV17, 2010

CD
 Rossini Discoveries, Gioachino Rossini. Decca, 4702982, 2002
 L'Olimpiade, Antonio Vivaldi. Opus 111, OP30316, 2003
 Don Pasquale, Gaetano Donizetti. RAI Trade, RTTI 0002, 2008
 Il ritorno di Don Calandrino, Domenico Cimarosa. Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A., 2009

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Collegamenti esterni
 Laura Giordano (sito ufficiale)
 Laura Giordano (canale ufficiale YouTube)
 Atelier Musicale Artists Management (agenzia di management)
 Operabase (programma delle esibizioni)

Interviste
 Il Flauto Magico di Mozart debutta al Teatro Massimo, Repubblica Tv, 17 ottobre 2015
 Mi garba cantare a casa del doge, Messaggero Veneto, 30 giugno 2015
 Cavalleria e Toréador, un dittico al Massimo di Palermo, Repubblica Tv, 16 aprile 2015
 Laura Giordano: "La musica? È arrivata come uno schiaffo", Sicilia in Rosa, 16 febbraio 2016
 Sottovoce – Laura Giordano, Rai 1, 25 luglio 2012


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What Happened to Goodbye Award-winning author
by Sarah Dessen (author)
Suitable for 11 - 18 years
Rated 4/5 from 1 rating
More books for 11 - 18 year olds
All About You > Changes and New Experiences > Growing Up
All About You > Coping with Death, Grief, and Loss
All About You > Families
All About You > Love and Relationships
Fiction > Contemporary Fiction
What Happened to Goodbye is a captivating young adult novel about learning to be true to yourself, from New York Times Number One bestseller Sarah Dessen, author of Just Listen and Lock and Key.
Mclean never lets herself get too attached. . .
After the scandal of her mother's affair, Mclean and her dad chose life on the road. But since losing her family and home Mclean has lost herself too; she's been Eliza, then Lizbet, then Beth – changing her name as often as she changed towns.
Until now. Her neighbour, Dave, is like no one she's met before. It's as if she's always known him, and just like that, she becomes Mclean again. Is it finally time to stop reinventing? Or will Mclean turn her back on the new life she loves, without even saying goodbye…
Acclaim for Sarah Dessen:
'Unputdownable' MIZZ
'A poignant coming-of-age story' Big Issue
'A compelling story and beautifully written' Time Out
Sarah Dessen is the author of six stunning teen novels: Just Listen, The Truth About Forever, Lock and Key, That Summer and Along for the Ride. She lives in the countryside in North Carolina with her daughter, husband, some lizards and two very spoilt dogs – read her once and fall in love.
AR book level: 4.8; Upper years; 16.0 points
Sarah Dessen graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with Highest Honors in Creative Writing. Her first novel, That Summer, was a 1997 ALA Best Book for Young Adults. She is also the author of Just Listen, The Truth About Forever and Lock and Key, which recently reached number 1 in the New York Times Bestseller list. Sarah Dessen lives in Durham, North Carolina.
P.S. I Still Love You
A Flash of Blue
Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me?
Heartside Bay #8: Summer of Secrets
Disney: Real Life #1: Who's That Boy?


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Colombian Kfir fighters train with the Thunderbolt and Fighting Falcons at Nellis Air Force Base
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Modified date: Jul 18, 2018
Photo by Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz
Colombian Air Force on the six Kfir fighter jets takes part in air-to-air combat training exercise with A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 354th Fighter Squadron "the Bulldogs" and F-16 Fighting Falcons from Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing that is hosted at the Nevada Test and Training Range.
According to the United States Air Force's statement, Six Colombian Air Force Kfir fighter jets on their way to Red Flag 18-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, stopped at Davis-Monthan AFB from July 5-16, to train with A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and F-16 Fighting Falcons.
Red Flag is the U.S. Air Force's premier air-to-air combat training exercise that is hosted at the Nevada Test and Training Range. Red Flag 18-3 will provide the Colombian Air Force the experience of multiple, intensive air combat sorties in the safe training environment with the U.S. Air Force.
"This week is very important here at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base because our pilots and aircrew can train alongside members of the United States Air Force, which allows a better training environment for all," said Colombian Air Force Brig. Gen. Pablo Garcia, Aerial Combat Command 1 commander.
Colombian Air Force Brig. Gen. Pablo Garcia, Aerial Combat Command 1 commander, and 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) partner nation liaison officers take a group photo in front of the Colombian Kfir fighter jet Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., July 7, 2018. Photo by Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz
The Colombian Air Force sent 130 personnel to support the six Colombian Kfirs fighter jets and one Colombian Air Force 767 Multi-Mission Tanker Transport Jupiter. While at Davis-Monthan AFB, the Kfirs flew air-to air combat training missions with A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 354th Fighter Squadron "the Bulldogs" and F-16 Fighting Falcons from Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing.
"It was amazing training, an amazing warm up before Red Flag," said Colombian Air Force Maj. Freddy Figueroa, 111th Fighter Squadron commander. "We are very proud, it was a very high honor to fly with the bulldogs, with the vipers."
Colombian Kfir fighter jets hold on the flightline as they prepare for a launch at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., July 7, 2018. Photo by Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Julian Pachecho, 162nd Fighter Wing alert commander, has been the Colombian country manager for the 162nd Wing for the last eight years. He worked directly with them in preparation for Red Flag 18-3.
"I actually helped them train for their first trip to Red Flag in 2012. Over the last nine months I've made another three trips down to Colombia," Pachecho said. "I think the Colombians are a hard-working force and I look forward to seeing their success in Red Flag."
During the Colombian Air Force's time at Davis-Monthan AFB, they visited 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern), met with 12th AF (AFSOUTH) commander Lt. Gen. Mark Kelly, and partner nation liaison officers from Colombia, Brazil, Chile and Argentina.
An A-10 Thunderbolt II taxies next to a Colombian Kfir fighter jet on the flighline at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., July 7, 2018. Photo by Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz
"I was lucky enough to fly with the squadron when I visited Palanquero (Colombia) back in March," said U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark Kelly, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) commander. "When I flew with them they were ready for Red Flag and this visit gets them even more ready and more confident, they are very ready and very prepared."
Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern) is the air and space component to U.S. Southern Command, and conducts security cooperation and provides air, space and cyberspace capabilities throughout the 31 nations of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Colombian Kfir fighter jets fly in a formation over Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., July 9, 2018. Photo by Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz


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Dr. Ulrike Mosel is a professor of linguistics and head of the linguistics department at the University of Kiel. She has held these positions since 1995. Mosel is the co-editor and author of nine academic books, including Essentials of Language Documentation with Jost Gippert and Nikolaus Himmelmann. This book is as described as "a landmark" in the field of Language Documentation.

Research
Mosel's research centers on language documentation in the Pacific, with particular focus on the languages of Western Samoa and Papua New Guinea. She has conducted fieldwork in Rabaul, Western Samoa, and Bougainville.

Career
After completing her first PhD in Munich in Semitic Languages, Assyriology, and Linguistics in 1974, Mosel held assistant professor and research assistant, and research fellow positions before undertaking her second PhD in Munich in Linguistics in 1983. Since then, she has held positions at the Australia National University and Christian Albrechts Universität. Mosel has also served as a consultant for the government of Western Samoa

Selected publications
 2006 Gippert, Josh, Nikolaus Himmelmmann, and Ulrike Mosel, eds. Essentials of Language Documentation. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
 1999b Hovdhaugen, Even, and Ulrike Mosel, eds. Negation in Oceanic languages. München: Lincom.
 1997 Mosel, Ulrike and Ainslie So'o. Say it in Samoan. Canberra: Australian National University Press.
 1994 Saliba. München: Lincom (Sketch grammar of an Oceanic language spoken in Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province).
 1992 Hovdhaugen, Even, and Ulrike Mosel. Samoan Reference Grammar. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press.
 1984 Tolai syntax and its historical development. Pacific Linguistics B – 73. Canberra A.N.U. Press (Habilitation Thesis).
 1980 Tolai and Tok Pisin. The influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin. Pacific Linguistics B – 73. Canberra: : Australian National University Press.
 1977 'Tolai Texts, Kivung'. Journal of the Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby.
 1975 Die syntaktische Terminologie bei Sibawaih. 2 Bde. Dissertation. München: Uni Fotodruck Frank, Vol.1.

References

German women academics
Linguists from Germany
Academic staff of the University of Kiel
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


currently i use Cura 2.6.2 with Windows 10 (64bit).
If i start 2.7.0 or 3.0.3, the splash screen disappears after "Szene wird geladen..." without error message and Cura doesnt' start.
Has someone an idea what i can do?
Yes I have the same problem 2.6.2 and 2.7 stopped working, hoping loading 3.0 would fix.... Nope still will not open!
Yep, similar issue. Win7-64bit. Cura 2.7.8 works fine but 3.0.3 just vanishes after a few seconds. The very last instant looks like this.
Very very strange App Dev.
Someone wrote "Delete C:\Benutzer\DeinBenutzerName\AppData\Local\cura "
Note that the workaround @Msuurmond points to is strictly fixing a 3.0.3 issue; Cura 2.7 was not affected by this, so if you are dealing with a crashing 2.7 that fix will not work for you.
Cura 3.0.3 now starts and everything is fine, except, no graphics. No files are displayed. Cannot see what I am doing./H/H/H Correction IT WORKS!
I'm also having an issue with launching Cura 3.0.4 (The problem started from the 3.7 update). As soon as Cura is launched it exits. The only way I can start the application is by disabling my wifi connection. It then starts normally but the moment I enable wifi again the application exits again.
@scootersi, do you have an UM3? If not, you could try to disable the UM3NetworkPrinting plugin through the Plugins pane of the preferences.


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Allods Online to launch with new expansion
By Tom Senior 2011-03-31T15:59:42.89Z
Free-to-play MMO Allods Online will officially launch in the next few months, though the game has playable for quite a while now. Three major expansions have been released during its long open beta period, but with the addition of volume 4, the game will officially go live. Volume 4 is set to raise the level cap to 47, add new questing areas, rebalanced raids and more. There's no exact date for the launch yet, but it's coming "very soon." You'll find nine new screens of the game below.
Allods Online is free to play. If you fancy giving it a go, sign up on the Allods Online EU site, or the Allods Online US site.
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World of Warcraft recreated in Unreal Engine 4 looks great
Pakistani politician mistakes a GTA 5 stunt video for real life, congratulates pilot


North Somerset District Council resolved to grant outline planning permission on 9th November 2016 for a £7 million redevelopment of the former Tickenham Garden Centre. The redundant glasshouses and hardstanding will make way for 32 two-and three-bed lifetime homes, and 900 sq. metres of flexible office space. Houses are arranged around a series of courtyards, with traffic calming and pedestrian priority ensured through the use of shared space roadways.
The project is a clear example of how the redevelopment of unsightly brownfield land in the Green Belt can be handled sensitively to provide much needed housing. Benefits to the local community will include improved bus stops on the nearby main road, as well as a small park with water-meadow and woodland play areas.


Canadian College futsal? Oh, what a dream! Many in the futsal and soccer community believe it is only a matter of time before the CIS and CCAA adopt futsal as a sport. But you will be surprised to know which college association currently offers futsal to its members.
It was a very nice surprise to find out that sport existed at the college level here in Canada. No it is not run by the CCAA, OCAA, or the BCCAA. The pioneers of college futsal in Canada happen to be located in oil country where the Alberta Colleges Athletic Leagues (ACAL) has competitive futsal leagues for both mens and womens. When all of us at futsalcanada.ca first learned that the ACAL had competitive futsal, needless to say we were blown away.
All one has to do is take a look at their website www.acal.ab.ca and you'll see four main sports: volleyball, basketball, hockey, and yes, futsal! Naturally we were quite excited in learning more about the ACAL futsal system and how we could help promote them to the rest of the country. What we did was call up Mark Oxer, the Athletic Director and Head Coach of the 2009 ACAL's mens and womens champiionship teams from Keyano College in the oil boom town of Fort McMurray.
Like many who were relatively new to futsal, Mark was an instant convert, after seeing the results in his youth players when he introduced the sport into his training programs. His genuine enthusiasm for the sport was quite evident right off the bat when we spoke with him, a common trait among people who pick up the sport. He explained that the ACAL was essentially the 3rd level of competition in the Canadian post-secondary sporting scene. Most top athletes compete within the CIS system (Canadian Interuniversity Sport), while the CCAA (Canadian Colleges Athletic Association) also has its fair share of elite Canadian athletes. Mark likened the ACAL to Canada's division 3 level, when looking at the American NCAA model, but believes futsal will eventually become a part of all college and university athletic associations.
Naturally, the ACAL play using the FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game and all matches are played in large college gymnasiums. The league runs from November through March.
The mens division currently has 6 teams with colleges from Calgary, Edmonton and others the league has a 10 game schedule and like 95% of futsal leagues in Canada runs during the fall/winter season. Keyano finished atop the league standings via goal dofference after posting an 8-2 record before defeating Calgary's Ambrose College in the playoff final by a 5-2 scoreline.
Adrianna Martinez was named playoff final MVP as she helped clinch the womens title for Keyano with a 3-1 win over undefeated Ambrose. The womens divisiion has just 5 teams but Oxer says this season is going to see a major increase in new colleges for the league.


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Sept. 20, 2019 / 1:34 PM
France receives its first KC-130J Super Hercules tanker
Ed Adamczyk
The first KC-130J Super Hercules refueling plane for the French air force arrived Thursday at Orleans-Bricy Air Base, France. Photo courtesy of French Ministry of Defense
Sept. 20 (UPI) -- France received its first KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refueling aircraft in a ceremony at Orleans-Bricy Air Base.
The plane, which arrived on Thursday, is the refueling variant of the C-130J, a durable, four-engine plane built since 1960 by Lockheed Martin.
Designed to supply fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft with fuel, it will give France's Caracal helicopters increased flying time and a "capability unique in Europe," the French defense ministry said in a statement on Friday. Missions of up to five hours, compared to current 90-minute missions, will be possible.
France ordered four Super Hercules aircraft from Lockheed in 2015 through a Foreign Military Sale with the U.S. government. Two C-130J-30 cargo versions were delivered in 2017 and 2018, and a second KC-130J refueling plane is expected to be delivered in 2020.
The sale, at an estimated $650 million, includes the four planes, spare engines, AN/ALE 47 electronic counter-measure dispensers, AN/AAR-47A(V)2 missile warning systems, AN/ALR-56M radar warning receivers, embedded Global Positioning/Inertial Navigation systems, and radios.
"This new capacity developed with the KC-130J is important, especially for tactical missions of the Air Force with the Caracal," Col. Stanislas Michel, commander of the Franche-Comte BA 123 transport squadron which received the plane, said in a press release. "We want to be able to implement that capacity in three months, that's the priority."
France and Germany will collaborate on a C-130J training center located in France, beginning in 2021, when Germany is expected to begin receiving its own tanker fleet from Lockheed.
Air Force C-130s back in service after checks for wing cracks Lockheed tapped for sustainment of Norway's C-130J cargo aircraft U.S. Air Mobile Command's 'Mobility Guardian' kicks off with 4,000 aviators


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Institutional Economics
Culture and Prosperity, Again
By Arnold Kling
Pete Boettke chimes in,
However advantageous a culture may be, it cannot overcome bad institutions. And however disadvantageous a culture may be, it will improve when people get to live under institutions of political and economic freedom. Culture can act as a constraint, but it is also a malleable constraint. The important causal variable is the set of rules that govern the way we interact with one another and with the resources at our disposal. Those rules must enable our ability to realize the gains from specialization and exchange, and reap the benefits of innovation.
If you think that culture matters but institutions do not, look at North and South Korea. If you think that culture does not matter at all, look at differences among different ethnic groups within countries.
Boettke is responding to Lawrence E. Harrison, in an essay that Bryan and I both linked.
Categories: Institutional Economics
John S Bolton
Dec 11 2006 at 2:20am
Given the persistence of enormous differentials, despite the ease of adopting technology, particular political systems and whatever cultural features that can turn on a dime there may be,
N&S Korea may be interpreted as representing how far down a high-IQ population can be pushed by the extremes of socialism and tyranny, and the limits of cultural change's possibilities in the south.
In the world we do not see extremes like these much at all.
No place in Africa has experimented with such thorough totalitarian systems as NK. The poorest African countries have almost always been anything but systematic or thorough.
When Marxist regimes there change to a more capitalist-friendly policy, there is no suppressed intelligent population there, in numbers sufficient to make a SKorea, or even a shadow of it.
RogerM
Boettke should read the later books of Douglass North. North focused on institutions in his early works and believed that institutions evolved in response to the demand to reduce transaction costs. But in his later works, he sees culture as a more powerful force. North seems to agree with Harrison and others that culture creates institutions while institutions have little effect on culture. Latin America is a good example. As De Soto has pointed out, the elites of most Lation American countries adopted the constitutions, government forms and other US institutions when they gained independence, but very similar institutions existing in very different cultures produced very different results, because the institutions didn't grow organically from the culture, they were foreign institutions grafted onto the culture.
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Imagine you're looking for a new accountant. You perform a search on Google. The first accountant you see has 35 raving reviews with an average 4.8-star Google rating.
You move on to the next accountant on the list. Out of the 10 reviews you observe, half of the reviewers claim their tax filings triggered an audit. They have a 1.8-star Google rating.
Who do you choose? Obviously, the first one.
A poor online reputation is a major deterrent for prospective patients searching for a new dentist. There's no doubt, if you're a 1-star dentist, your competitors are eating your lunch.
Bumping your average star rating from 3.0 up to 5.0 yields 25 percent more clicks from the Google Local Pack (the three listings displayed near the top of a local search).
Having a 5-star rating earns you 39 percent more clicks from Google Local than having a 1-star rating.
If you don't have any Google reviews, 28 percent of the clicks on Google Local are being distributed to your competitors.
Google is emphasising the importance of online reputation management more than ever. Not only are the algorithms evolving, the search engine has introduced new features that make your reputation even more revealing.
Now, if a prospective patient is looking for a new dentist, and they see they can sort by star rating, why wouldn't they eliminate all dentists with a rating lower than four?
In essence, if you're not keeping tabs on your online reputation, you're – literally – filtering yourself out of the search results.
With years of experience analysing thousands of practice websites, our data echoes BrightLocal's study.
The data is clear: Smile Marketing clients with higher star ratings see more traffic on their Google My Business listings and rank higher in local search. Moreover, dentists who actively seek out good patient feedback see more "conversion-oriented" actions (i.e. learning more about your practice and then booking appointments).
You might be the greatest dentist in your area. But don't think that means your patients will be flocking to Google to reward you with a 5-star review. It's not that they're resistant. But they need to be asked.
The importance of reputation management isn't rocket science. Say that a prospective patient types in Google, "dentist in Brisbane." Your practice shows up in the local listings. You have 40 reviews with an average star rating of 4.8.
As the patient skims through your reviews, they see the social proof your current patients have provided. You are friendly, you deliver quality work, and on and on.
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The dancer Victor Bravo presented his show "Alegoría" at the XVII Festival Flamenco Al Gurugú (Arahal, Seville). The work received a long standing ovation from an excited audience who enjoyed the wonderful staging and great interpretation of all of its artists.
Premier of "En la Memoria", with Ángeles Gabaldón, Gema Caballero and Marta Robles.
This May you can't miss the absolute premiere of "En la memoria", the new project by Ángeles Gabaldón with Gema Caballero and Marta Robles.
It will take place on 24th May at the Sala Chicarreros in Seville, as part of the Cajasol Flamenco Thursday series.
Marco Vargas & Chloé Brulé have been awarded the prizes for Best Male Flamenco Dancer and Best Female Dancer for their street piece "Naufragio universal" at the VI Lorca Awards of Andalusian Theatre 2018. Congratulations on your well-deserved recognition!
"NAUFRAGIO UNIVERSAL" gets three Lorca Awards nominations.
Marco Vargas & Chloé Brulé will perform their "Libertino" tonight at 20:00 at Pazo de Cultura de Narón, A Coruña.
"Libertino" was awarded the Best Dance Show Prize at the 2016 Lorca Awards and the Prizes of Best Original Music, Best Female Dancer and Best Male Dancer at the 2017 Stage Awards.