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I'm a huge fan of Logitech's keyboard cases for the iPad Pro — the 9.7-inch Logitech Create is, frankly, the best keyboard case I've ever used, with excellent key travel and protection without being overly bulky.
As such, it shouldn't surprise anyone that I was eager to test out Logitech's newest case for the 10.5-inch iPad Pro, the Slim Combo. It promised fixes for two of my minor nitpicks: an adjustable Smart Connector hinge, and a small bumper between the iPad and the screen (to keep from indenting keyboard smudges). And it offered a slightly different form-factor than the Create line — providing a hinged back, a la the Microsoft Surface tablets, and a detachable full-featured keyboard.
Sadly, as much as I wanted to like this keyboard, it's just not to be. This is a pretty quick review — I've had just 24 hours with the product — so I'll be the first to admit that my opinion may change, and if so, I'll update this review accordingly. But right now, I am thoroughly unimpressed with this offering.
Fit and form
First, let's talk feel: For all of the bells and whistles on this thing, the Slim Combo feels cheaper than any of the other Logitech iPad cases I've tested, in part due to the plasticky outer texture of the iPad shell. The back of the keyboard still has the textured fabric of the Create line, but the iPad's casing is straight plastic. It's at least smooth and reinforced, but the overhang on the iPad's corners reminds me of the original 12.9-inch Create — too stiff and clunky to put on, and painful to look at (especially with the full edge cutouts for the speaker, a much uglier implementation than the Create's curved speaker holes).
Here we come to my other big gripe about the Slim Combo: It comes in two pieces. For some, I understand that this is a selling point — it's absolutely nice to have the freedom to prop up your iPad without a keyboard attached. But here's the thing: There are a ton of great accessories that do similar things at a fraction of the price (like Studio Neat' Canopy) and allow you to bring your own keyboard for the ride. The reason to get a keyboard case is to enjoy the all-in-one protection and comfort it offers, not to constantly be fiddling with connections and kickstands.
And in the past 24 hours, there has been a lot of fiddling. The new adjustable Smart Connector hinge is brilliant in that it puts the connector on a flexible piece of fabric rather than a static spot inside the keyboard, but it comes at the expense of a secure connection. On a table, the hinge combined with the case's kickstand allow for a much greater viewing and typing angle than the Create; it's one of the few features I really like about this keyboard case. Unfortunately, this setup pretty much only works on a flat surface like a desk or table — setting up the case and kickstand is doable on a couch, lap, or bed, but highly frustrating.
Also, as someone who routinely draws, the clunkiness of disassembling and reassembling the case to draw on the screen is nothing short of a disaster when compared to the simplicity of the Create's "artist" mode, which let you collapse the screen on top of the keyboard with an ever-so-slight incline. To draw with the Slim Combo attached, you have to:
- Fold the keyboard all the way back and pray it doesn't disconnect in the process (or disconnect it entirely and find someplace to put it).
- Push the kickstand back all the way for an artist's easel or fold it back into the case.
- Find something else to prop under the iPad to provide a smooth drawing angle.
It's clumsy and frustrating, especially when the Create's drawing experience was so great.
One point in Logitech's favor: The keyboard part of its keyboard case is excellent as always, though the company seems to have kept the same key sizes as the 9.7-inch model and opt for a bigger side bezel, rather than widen the keys, as Apple has done with its 10.5-inch case. Like with the 12.9-inch Create, the extra palm rest is nice for typing, but I definitely keep reaching for a trackpad when I write.
I'm also a little worried about the long-term durability of the flexible Smart Connector. Without turning into an iFixit teardown, it feels as though the connector is attached to the keyboard by a ribbon cable or two, covered by a slim fabric hinge. While the look isn't bad, the fabric feels awfully flimsy, and I'm a little concerned about the prospects of tears in long-term use, especially given that the ribbon isn't protected at all when the case is closed and thrown in a bag.
The same goes for the Apple Pencil sleeve at the top of the iPad shell: It uses the same fabric as the connector, and without being protected by the case (as it is in the 9.7-inch Create), I wonder how durable it will be over time.
I'm conflicted on whether to recommend this product or not: The Slim Keyboard certainly isn't the worst keyboard case I've ever used, but it ships with more flaws than the leading Smart Connector case manufacturer really should have. It could be that there just wasn't enough lead time to build a version of the Create with the improvements Logitech wanted for the 10.5-inch model; it could be designers just wanted to try a different route.Whatever the case, the Slim Combo feels like the worst of both worlds: It has the far-too-deep top case inset of the 12.9-inch Create (and the same difficulty in prying the iPad out of its case); it's not built to work on uneven surfaces; and its best features (the flexible Smart Connector in particular) don't feel properly thought through or designed for long-term use.It's a disappointment, because I'm not a huge fan of Apple's Smart Keyboard either — my options are to either stick with this keyboard (which I'll probably do for at least another week, just to give it a fair shake), deal with Apple's option, or try out something like the Canopy with a Magic Keyboard until I find something better.Personally, I'm hoping that "better" option is a new 10.5-inch version of the Logitech Create.
Serenity was formerly the Managing Editor at iMore, and now works for Apple. She's been talking, writing about, and tinkering with Apple products since she was old enough to double-click. In her spare time, she sketches, sings, and in her secret superhero life, plays roller derby. Follow her on Twitter @settern.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
By the fourth entry in the series, the Nightmare formula was largely solidified. There’s a house on an unassuming street in which unspeakable things have happened. There’s a cohort of teenagers being pursued by a supernatural murderer who inhabits their dreams. There’s Robert Englund in a red and green sweater, wearing razors on his hands and telling one-liners. There are creepy kids singing a song on the soundtrack. But you don’t come to a movie with a 4 in the title for novelty or experiment — you come for the gross-out effects, the tongue-in-cheek cultural parody and the potent mix of humor and horror. There’s plenty of all of that in The Dream Master.
NIGHTMARE DAY PASS:
Everybody has a favorite A Nightmare on Elm Street movie, but it’s barely worth taking your red and green sweater to the cleaners if you’re only going to come see one! Let Freddy truly haunt your dreams – and your entire Saturday – by marathoning all six Elm Street movies on the primary timeline from the 1984 original through Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (yes, we know there were tangents like Freddy vs. Jason and Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, but there are only so many hours in the day).
In a true test of your Freddy fandom, we’ll start the screenings at 10:00am, and run them in sequence – with a few minutes in between for comfort breaks and popcorn refills – through midnight:
- 10:00am – A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
- 12:30pm – A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
- 3:00pm – A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
- 5:30pm – A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
- 8:00pm – A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
- 10:30pm – Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
The All-Day Nightmare Pass is $40, or $35 for Theatre Members.
Support is provided by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, Florida Council on Arts and Culture, the Arts Council of Hillsborough County, and the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners.

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If you’re visiting or relocating Indian Harbour Beach offers plenty of amenities. Visitors and residents can enjoy outdoor recreation at beachfront parks, or take a walk in Gleason Park around it’s meandering walking and biking trails. In the center of Gleason Park is a large lake with gazebos and picnic tables which offer a relaxing atmosphere and a wonderful view. The park also features a heated swimming pool with life guards on duty. Nearby are public and private tennis courts, river fishing, The Eau Gallie Yacht Club and a very popular oar and paddle public park with river access for canoes, kayaks and team crewing. Fishing, boating and golf facilities are also located nearby in a number of parks and beach access points.


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People aren’t natural optimists as a rule.
While we all hope for the best, many of us seem convinced that things can only get worse in the future. That is a central tenet of countless science fiction books and movies describing post-apocalyptic or dystopian futures that seem just around the corner. Not that we expect these horrible futures to materialize, but there is still that lingering sense of disaster that is bound to strike if we aren’t careful.
And you don’t need to take my word for it. In a 2021 Statista survey, 82 percent of respondents from 28 countries agreed that the world was becoming more dangerous. While many were cautiously optimistic about the long-term prospects for the world, that varied depending on where respondents happened to live. When looking at personal optimism, i.e., how people expect to be doing in the next ten or twenty years, they tend not to be so pessimistic.
Certainly, we are seeing a graphic example of that with the current COVID-19 pandemic. After seeing the pandemic drag on for more than two years with little real relief in sight, most people are dealing with pandemic fatigue expressing itself in different ways. Along with many people reacting to health restrictions with anger (and violence at times), many people are expressing a sense of hopelessness that things will get better.
What Is The Negativity Bias?
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So, why are we predisposed to focus on the negative rather than the positive? Sadly, we seem to have a built-in bias that makes us more likely to remember the bad things that happen to us rather than the good things. Known as the negativity bias, we are much more likely to remember traumatic experiences rather than positive things in our lives, something confirmed time and again by research into human memory. This negativity bias also explains why we are more likely to remember being insulted than we do to being praised and responding more forcefully as a result. This also affects how we make decisions since we are more likely to base those decisions on negative data than on positive data.
Even in a world of online news where we can choose which news stories we want to focus on, negative news stories are far more likely to get attention than positive ones do. This is something that newspapers, television news programs, and online news sites have known for years which generally explains why the news always seems to be bad whenever we tune in. It’s not necessarily because the world is a bad place, but negative news is generally more eye-catching and interesting to us than positive stories are. Certainly, we’re much more likely to remember a negative news story than we do a positive one, even if the story is about something happening thousands of miles away.
Are There Benefits to Being Negative?
Well, many researchers suggest that focusing on the negative, especially when it comes to future events such as getting a performance review from your supervisor, can be a way of protecting ourselves from disappointment. That’s because staying optimistic all the time has drawbacks, especially when we build up our hopes on something positive that never materializes. Imagine, for example, a performance review from your supervisor. If you hope for the best result, negative feedback can be particularly devastating. Therefore, we often lower our expectations as much as possible as a way of protecting ourselves from emotional hurt.
Researchers refer to this as defensive pessimism and it can be a powerful defense mechanism for people in uncertain situations where they face the risk of failure. As a result, people rely on defensive pessimism to prepare for negative consequences in any way they can. If they are dealing with a health crisis and the real possibility that they have a serious illness, they often educate themselves about the disease as much as possible to avoid being overwhelmed by health anxiety. Often, the very act of searching using Google or some other search engine can help keep anxious thoughts at bay. Still, this kind of defensive pessimism only works as a temporary fix since prolonged anxiety usually leads to becoming overwhelmed and burnt out in the long run.
But, in a real sense, we are trained to dampen our expectations from an early age. “Hope for the best and plan for the worst” tends to be the mantra that we are all expected to follow, especially when dealing with any kind of uncertainty. Which is fine so long as it isn’t taken too far. Unfortunately, many people engage in what is known as repetitive negative thinking as they continually brood on negative things happening, whether in the past or the future. This is usually part of what researchers refer to as dispositional negativity.
What Happens If We Stay Negative All The Time?
Usually linked to other issues such as low self-esteem, guilt, shyness, chronic anxiety, and self-criticism, dispositional negativity usually begins in early adolescence and can persist well into adulthood. People high in dispositional negativity typically see the world as dangerous and threatening and have little real confidence in their ability to cope with what life throws at them.
The consequences of this kind of long-term negativity can sabotage health, emotional well-being, and life satisfaction. Research studies looking at people high in dispositional negativity indicate that they are more likely to get divorced, engage in unhealthy behaviors (e.g., smoking, drinking, etc.)., are prone to developing emotional disorders, developing serious physical diseases, and dying prematurely.
Not surprisingly, they are also more likely to report lower levels of subjective well-being, are less able to cope with stress, are much less resilient when facing serious life challenges, and are a much higher burden on global health systems overall.
High dispositional negativity can also have a major impact on how well people can do in school or the workplace. A 2015 research study following 81,000 high school students over time showed that students rated high on negativity were well behind low negativity students in terms of length of schooling and long-term income.
Are There Alternatives to Focusing on the Negative?
While this kind of negativity tends to be stable, it’s hardly immutable and people high in dispositional negativity can still learn to develop and change across the lifespan. Long-term studies suggest that negativity levels are highest during adolescence and that women tend to report higher levels of negativity than men. As you might expect, stress, trauma, and negative life events can also boost overall negativity while positive life events (such as marriage or the birth of a first child) can have the opposite effect.
But when how we respond to stress becomes maladaptive because of chronic stress or depressed mood, learning how to change how we respond to stressful events can yield important dividends when it comes to long-term mental and physical health. In particular, people feeling overwhelmed by negativity can learn mindfulness training techniques to achieve inner peace.
Mindfulness is a concept rooted in Buddhist traditions and involves focusing on the present moment without obsessing about the past or worrying about the future. It also involves being nonjudgmental about our feelings, thoughts, and emotions. While mindfulness training can come in many varieties, the most popular is an eight-week program known as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MSBR). Developed in the 1970s at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, MSBR combines mindfulness meditation, yoga, and self-awareness training taught through weekly meetings, homework assignments, and a seven-hour retreat aimed at teaching skills people can apply to their daily lives. By training people to be less judgmental and more accepting of their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, MSBR can help overcome negativity and teach a more balanced outlook and a healthier way of coping with stress.
Granted, the focus on negativity still pervades daily life and makes us all a little more anxious than we need to be. Still, with the right mindset as well as the kind of coping strategies learned through MSBR and related therapies, we can learn to function a little better and keep this negativity from overwhelming us.
- Fredrickson, B. (2009). Positivity: Groundbreaking research reveals how to embrace the hidden strength of positive emotions, overcome negativity, and thrive. Crown Publishers/Random House.
- Leahy, R. L. (2004). Pessimism and the evolution of negativity. In P. Gilbert (Ed.), Evolutionary theory and cognitive therapy (pp. 91–118). Springer Publishing Company.
- Pearson, J. E. (2011). Why do I keep doing this!!? End bad habits, negativity, and stress with self-hypnosis and NLP. Crown House Publishing Limited.
- Wehrenberg, M. (2010). The 10 best-ever depression management techniques: Understanding how your brain makes you depressed & what you can do to change it. W W Norton & Co.
NeoRhythm has not been evaluated by the FDA. These products do not claim to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical conditions. Always consult your medical doctor regarding any health concerns.

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The Salon Suite is an innovative concept inspired by Airbnb, specifically designed for beauty professionals. Our mission is to provide a platform that empowers beauty professionals to create their own unique salon culture, set flexible schedules, and offer a more private and personalized experience for their clients.
At The Salon Suite, we understand that beauty professionals thrive in an environment that allows them to express their creativity and build their own brand. That's why we provide fully equipped, private salon spaces where beauty professionals can showcase their skills and provide top-notch services to their clients.
When we are not hosting beauty professionals, we are dedicated to giving back to the community by teaching young children how to style hair and fostering networking opportunities for business owners in our neighborhood. We believe in the power of education and collaboration, and we actively promote skill development and business growth among beauty professionals and entrepreneurs alike.
Our salon suite spaces are not only designed to cater to the needs of beauty professionals but also serve as a hub for various events. We host a wide range of events that bring together professionals from the beauty industry, such as workshops, masterclasses, networking sessions, and industry conferences. These events provide opportunities for learning, sharing knowledge, and building valuable connections within the beauty community.
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The much awaited semi final round of Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix could happen on consecutive nights in October, according to Bellator president Scott Coker. After the first round of the Grand Prix was completed during the first half of the year, Scott Coker wants the semi-final round to take place in close proximity rather than stretching it out like the first round took place.
The semi final round includes ‘The Last Emperor’ Fedor Emelianenko who beat Frank Mir by knockout facing Chael Sonnen who defeated Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson by decision. The second semi-final takes place with Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion Ryan Bader facing Matt Mitrione with Bader defeating Muhammad ‘King Mo’ Lawal by knockout in 15 seconds and Mitrione defeating Roy Nelson by decision in their respective first round bouts.
Ryan Bader looks to become the first Bellator two weight World Champion if he wins the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix this year.

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The 47th New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series begins at Hastings on Saturday with the $70,000 Gr3 Hawke's Bay Breeders' Gold Trail Stakes (1200m). The prestigious Series is made up of 10 Group races, over distances ranging from 1200 to 2400 metres, between September and March. The New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year winner immediately becomes a highly valuable breeding proposition and earns her connections $50,000 in bonus cheques including $10,000 for her breeder, $10,000 for her trainer and $30,000 for her owner. The Gold Trail Stakes is the shortest race of the Series, but has often provided an early glimpse of outstanding talent with past winners including Snap, Taatletail, Anabandana, and Bounding. This year's field is headed by the champion 2YO Avantage (Fastnet Rock). Bought for $210,000 at the 2017 Premier Sale, Avantage has won five of her six starts including the Karaka Million (1200m) and the Gr1 Manawatu Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m). Click here to view commentary on each runner.
Talented Kiwi 3YO Sword Of Osman is set to resume in the Gr3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders' Stakes (1200m) at Ruakaka on Saturday, reports NZ Racing Desk. Sword Of Osman won three of his five starts as a juvenile with his biggest win being the Gr1 Sistema Stakes (formerly Diamond Stakes) where he defeated stable-mate and Champion New Zealand 2YO Avantage. Trainer Jamie Richards said the son of Savabeel's primary spring target is the Gr1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton in November. "He has had two trials to get him ready to return and they have both been pretty good," Richards said. "We were keen to get him in behind a couple and just give him some options. Hopefully he's not going to be just one dimensional. He got back and over-raced a little bit in the trials and that's probably taken the sprint out of him, but we've been pleased with him."
Last season's Champion New Zealand 2YO Avantage (Fastnet Rock-Asavant, by Zabeel) is likely to make her three-year-old debut in the Gr3 Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings on 22 September. Avantage had an exhibition gallop with stable-mate Chance To Dance between races at Hastings on Saturday, galloping 1000 metres in 1:02.5 with a last 600m in 34.5 seconds. "It was nice to get Avantage on a good track, a day away at the races, sunshine to bring her coat on, and I like the way she was cocking her ears and having a bit of a look around like she used to do last season and I think she's where she needs to be," trainer Jamie Richards told the Te Akau Racing website. Avantage had a brilliant juvenile season winning 5 of her 6 starts, including the Gr1 Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes and Karaka Million.
The 2018 New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards were held at a gala dinner in Auckland on Sunday night, reports NZ Racing Desk. The major category winners were:
Graduates of the Karaka sales complex had a spectacular night at Sunday’s New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards in Auckland, scooping seven awards including a second Horse of the Year title for Bonneval (NZ) (Makfi). Karaka graduates also dominated the age-group categories. Victories in the Karaka Million (1200m) and Group 1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) earned Champion 2YO honours for the $210,000 Premier Sale purchase Avantage (Fastnet Rock), while NZ Oaks winner and $65,000 Select Sale purchase Savvy Coup claimed the Champion 3YO title. Other winners were $90,000 Premier Sale purchase Charles Road (Champion Stayer, $37,500 South Island Sale purchase Wise Men Say (Champion Jumper), and $26,000 Select Sale purchase Dijon Bleu was the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year.
Last season’s leading juvenile in New Zealand is set to start the build up to her first sophomore campaign, reports NZ Racing Desk. Avantage, a daughter of Coolmore stalwart Fastnet Rock, is likely to have her first trial at either Te Rapa on 21 August or at Taupo on 22 August. With the One Thousand Guineas at Riccarton her primary goal, Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards revealed, “She hasn’t grown a lot, but she’s strengthened up a bit and is coming to hand. The trial will tell us where to run her first-up, either the Gold Trail Stakes or the Canterbury Belle Stakes – both are over 1200m on the same day (September 22).” Avantage won 5 of her 6 starts as a juvenile, including the Karaka Million and Gr1 Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes. Her sole defeat was when runner-up to stablemate Sword Of Osman in the Gr1 Sistema Stakes.
All finalists have been confirmed for the New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards, reports NZ Racing Desk. The category winners, together with Horse of the Year and the NZTR award for Outstanding Contribution to Racing, will be announced at a black-tie dinner in Auckland, at Ellerslie Racecourse, on Sunday 26 August. The major categories are:
Click here to view full list of categories and confirmed winners.
Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis says he is looking forward to the 2018-19 racing season, a season that will see young horseman Jamie Richards take over as head trainer at the Matamata based operation, reports NZ Racing Desk. "There will be a change at the Te Akau helm, however it's not actually a time of real change. Jamie Richards will be the sole Te Akau trainer but together with an outstanding team, it will be 'business as usual' with plenty of exciting goals for the new season," said Ellis. "We have a team of world class horse people - skilled and experienced professionals who contribute so much to Te Akau's success. It's now over 30 years since I established Te Akau Racing and we have a very strong framework of fundamentals in place." Ellis added: "We will have about 50 horses to trial at Te Teko in early August. The horses I am picking to lead the early charge are Mongolianconqueror, Melody Belle, Age of Fire, Avantage and Sword of Osman, but there are plenty of others that we are confident will step up to Group level. The quality of bloodstock that we have in the stable to race in the new season has everyone very excited."
At Awapuni in New Zealand, Coolmore's former Gr1-winning Champion Australian Sire Fastnet Rock (Danehill-Piccadilly Circus, by Royal Academy) celebrated an elite race success when high-class 2YO Australian-bred filly Avantage (Fastnet Rock-Asavant, by Zabeel) showed a good turn of foot to score a dominant win in the $225,000 Gr1 Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) for 2YOs, defeating Melt & Sir Nate. From the stakes winning Zabeel mare Asavant, Avantage was a $210,000 purchase by Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis at the 2017 NZB Premier Yearling Sale from the draft of The Oaks Stud. She improved her record to 5 wins (including the Listed Karaka Million 2YO) and 1 placing (the Gr1 Sistema Diamond Stakes) from 6 starts for NZ$742,370 in earnings. Co-trainer Jamie Richards said Avantage would now be sent for a break to prepare for the NZ 1000 Guineas in the spring. "He's got some value now, bring on the 1000 Guineas in the spring," Richards told NZ Racing Desk. "She's a lovely filly and a pleasure to have around the stable."
Top Te Akau Racing juveniles Sword Of Osman and Avantage will renew their Group One rivalry at Awapuni later this month, reports NZ Racing Desk. The talented stable-mates are confirmed starters for the $225,000 Group 1 Manawatu Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) on 31 March. The Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards-trained pair have met twice with Avantage taking top honours when winning the Karaka Million (1200m) before Sword Of Osman (Savabeel) evened the score with his defeat of the Fastnet Rock filly in last Saturday's Gr1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie. Te Akau principal David Ellis said: "We think he's [Sword Of Osman] probably six months away in his development so we will give him one more run before he goes to the paddock. When he returns we'll be getting him ready for the Hawke's Bay Guineas and the 2000 Guineas at Christchurch." Ellis added: "Avantage has come through the race really well and if we're still happy with her in the next few days she will go to the Sires' Produce as well. We want to give her the opportunity to get a Group One win."
At Ellerslie in Auckland in the first of three Gr1 features (all taken out by NZB graduates) Waikato Stud's Cox Plate winning multiple champion stallion Savabeel (Zabeel-Savannah Success, by Success Express) celebrated a Gr1 triumph when 2YO gelding Sword Of Osman (Savabeel-Bunyah, by Distant View) scored by 1.3-lengths for trainers Steven Autridge & Jamie Richards in the $200,000 Gr1 Sistema Diamond Stakes (1200m) for 2YOs, defeating stablemate 2YO filly Avantage & 2YO filly Spanish Whisper. Purchased for $165,000 by Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis at the 2017 NZ Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale from the Trelawney Stud draft, Sword Of Osman was ridden by Opie Bosson who speared him straght to the lead before holding off the rapidly closing Advantage. "The whole race he relaxed beautifully in front," Bosson enthused. "He changed legs a few times, but he just kept running. He's very, very good. He's amazing. He's like a three-year-old now. I can't wait for his three-year-old career." He improved his record to 3 wins (including last start's Gr3 Slipper Stakes at Matamata) from 4 starts for $188,250 in earnings. The result has catapulted Savabeel to more than double the earnings of his nearest competitor on the New Zealand General Sires table, almost guaranteeing him a third consecutive stallion title.
Boom Kiwi filly Avantage won't race again until next month's the Gr1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie, reports NZ Racing Desk. The Australian-bred daughter of Fastnet Rock showed why she is considered the best juvenile in New Zealand when extending her unbeaten record to 4 wins from 4 starts in the $1 million Listed Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie last month. "We're pleased with the way she came through that run and she'll be going straight to the Sistema Stakes on March 10," said Jamie Richards, who trains the Te Akau Racing-owned filly in partnership with Stephen Autridge.
At Ellerslie in New Zealand, Coolmore's former Gr1-winning Champion Australian Sire Fastnet Rock (Danehill-Piccadilly Circus, by Royal Academy) added a restricted black-type success when high-class 2YO Australian-bred filly Avantage (Fastnet Rock-Asavant, by Zabeel) showed why she is considered the best juvenile in New Zealand when scoring a dominant win in the $1 million Listed Karaka Million 2YO (1200m), defeating stable-mate Al Hasa & Bocce. From the stakes winning Zabeel mare Asavant, Avantage was a $210,000 purchase by Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis at the 2017 NZB Premier Yearling Sale from the draft of The Oaks Stud. Her Karaka Million win extended her unbeaten record to 4 wins from 4 starts for NZ$592,120 in earnings. Ellis was thrilled with the win. "Opie [jockey Opie Bosson] told me early on she was a high-class filly. She trialled at Te Teko back in August and has just shown us so much all the way through," Ellis told NZ Racing Desk. "She is owned by a terrific bunch of people who are just over the moon. It's a life-changing experience for them."
At Sha Tin racecourse in Hong Kong, The Oaks Stud's 5-time Gr1-winning & 5-time Gr1-placed stallion Darci Brahma (Danehill-Grand Echezeaux, by Zabeel) celebrated an elite race success when 5YO Australian-bred gelding DB Pin (Darci Brahma-Pins 'n' Needles, by Pins) unleashed a withering late burst to land the biggest prize of his career in the HK$10 million Gr1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m), defeating Mr Stunning & Beat The Clock. Purchased for $200,000 by esteemed bloodstock agent John Foote at the 2014 NZB Premier Yearling Sale from the draft of The Oaks Stud, DB Pin improved his record to 6 wins and 7 placings (including the Gr1 Hong Kong Sprint) from 14 starts for HK$16,603,700 in earnings. He is a half-brother to the dam of last Saturday's Karaka Million winner Avantage.
Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards have two well-credentialed youngsters to lead the stable's defence of a prized title at Ellerslie next month, reports NZ Racing Desk. Impressive last-start winner Al Hasa Al Hasa (Exceed And Excel-Oasis Rose, by Oasis Dream) and the unbeaten Avantage (Fastnet Rock-Asavant, by Zabeel) are on target for the Karaka Million (1200m), a race the Te Akau operation won last season with champion 2YO Melody Belle. "Al Hasa will go to the Eclipse Stakes on New Year's Day and he's just got to keep improving, and we believe he will, and then it will be three and a-half weeks into the Million," Richards said of the well-bred colt who was a brilliant 6 length winner of the Listed Welcome Stakes (1000m) at Riccarton at his most recent outing. Meanwhile, stable-mate Avantage has shown plenty of promise winning both her starts at Riccarton by wide margins. "She'll have one more run before the Karaka Million, but we've yet to decide when that will be," Richards said.
Meanwhile, the race to the richest meeting on the New Zealand calendar has begun with a number of talented youngsters vying for a start. 2018 is set to showcase the enhanced Series with the $1 million Karaka Million 3YO Classic a new addition to the $1 million Karaka Million 2YO. The feature events will include a sensational support card of four Group races to be run at the Auckland Racing Club.
One of the wildcard entries for this year's Arc Sale at Arqana (held on Saturday prior to Lonchamp's Arc meeting) has topped the session when selling for €700,000 to the bid of agent Hubie De Burgh. Undefeated 2YO colt Mutin (Kentucky Dynamite-Mytographie, by Anabaa) was purchased for an unnamed client, with De Burgh saying that it was for an established owner. Also active at the top end was Asian Bloodstock who paid €380,000 for Avantage & €320,000 for Cay Verde, both purchased on behalf of Hong Kong owner Howard Liang. Overall, including private sales, the sale's aggregate was €4,435,500 at an average of €150,808.
Deceased former Widden Stud shuttler Anabaa (Danzig-Balbonella, by Gay Mecene) added a black-type success at Deauville in France when juvenile Style Vendome (Anabaa–Place Vendome, by Dr Fong) scored by 0.75-length for trainer N.Clement over One Word More (Thousand Words-Somoushe, by Black Minnaloushe) & Avantage (Layman–Territorial, by Selkirk) in the Listed Prix Francois Boutin (1400m) for 2YO colts. Style Vendome took his record to 2 wins and a placing from 3 starts for €48,500 earnings. It was his first victory at stakes level and he is the 82nd stakes winner for his sire Anabaa.

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I couldn't wait to make this recipe when I saw it so I had it for breakfast!
Eleonora Baldwin has a simple recipe using Lardo as a main ingredient. Have you ever cured your own meats before? First laid to cure in March, we dined on the first of the cured meats for my hubby’s 30th birthday in mid-October, and then again for our spook-tastic Halloween Affair later that month. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption. My best gal pal, Lillie, and I kindly requested her husband, George, a butcher by profession, to portion one slab of the lardo into thin slices and larger sticks for cooking.
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Rub the remaining garlic half over each slice of bread. The brine can contain any number of herbs or spices including rosemary, cinnamon, juniper, nutmeg, or sage.
You saved Bruschette al Lardo di Colonnata to your. The brine can contain any number of herbs or spices including rosemary, cinnamon, juniper, nutmeg, or sage. Word to the wise, never skip on the Lardo. Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients.
It let’s you know what kind of flavor and aroma your pack of Lardo will have. Add comma separated list of ingredients to include in recipe. © Copyright 2020, 18 Easy Halloween Treats Kids Can Help Make, 15 Warm Squash Soups for Cool Fall Nights, 15 of the World's Best Savory Beef Stew Recipes, 8 Ways to Season and Sweeten Pumpkin Seeds, 13 Easy Pork Chop Recipes Inspired by World Cuisines, 15 Fall Fruit Salads That Celebrate Autumn Flavors, 15 Fresh Green Bean Recipes to Mix Up Your Dinner Sides, These 15 Meatless Chili Recipes Prove You Don't Need Beef, 12 Vegetable-Friendly Side Dishes for the Mediterranean Diet, 18 Spicy Korean Recipes That Showcase Gochujang Chile Paste, Nutrition Lardo can … Get notified about exclusive content and offers every week! Add tomatoes, rosemary, olive oil, red pepper flakes, and salt; mix well. 378 calories; protein 6.5g 13% DV; carbohydrates 36.6g 12% DV; fat 22.8g 35% DV; cholesterol 18.6mg 6% DV; sodium 413mg 17% DV.
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Info. You may see some remnants of the brine on top, such as peppercorns, rosemary leaves, etc. It all began with the desire to eat better food. Lardo d’Arnad. This bruschetta is true indulgence! Eleonora Baldwin has a simple recipe using Lardo as a main ingredient. Allrecipes is part of the Meredith Food Group. My rations totaled three, 1.25 pound slabs of fatback, which I slathered in a copious amount of kosher salt, toasted and crushed black peppercorns, minced garlic cloves, crushed juniper berries and bay leaves, as seen in the Lardo Typico recipe from Salumi: The Craft of Italian Dry Curing. It was beyond scrumptious.
A bunch of questions probably went through your head: “Can I just use bacon? Sign up to receive 10 Steps to start living Magazine Ready for Life! The Lardo is then cut into chunks and placed in special boxes made out of chestnut wood called “doils.” Then the brine is added. I’ll be checking in on their progress, so stay tuned on Instagram for the update – good, bad, or ugly. Day-by-day, I’m manifesting my dream to create a modern, eclectic and glam world (that’s my Italian side showing). cured meats lardo, curing meats at home, how to make lardo, italian salumi, the craft of italian dry curing, Your email address will not be published. That’s perfectly okay. Refrigerate tomato mixture for 1 hour. From university, to the Culinary Institute of America, to the restaurants of NYC. 320 g Ziti or Zitoni pasta (11-12oz) If using zitoni or long ziti you will need to break the pasta pieces … Not only has this saved us money in the long run, but our beef comes from a pasture-raised cow, free of any hormones or antibiotics harmful to our health, and we get to support a local business. Combining a love of writing and food, Andrew's culinary journey has walked many paths. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Lardo is not for everybody, but if you like it you will love it on warm toasted bread. YO GIRL!! Required fields are marked *. After some research, I discovered all ways to use the “whole hog,” but my personal favorite was what could come of the fatback. What’s great is lardo is the easiest of meats to cure in your home, not requiring a open-air, dark chamber with consistent temperature and humidity as most cured meats, such as prosciutto, salami, guanciale, coppa, lonza, and pancetta do. Like any other cured meat, curing lardo is not a race; it takes time, patience, and passion for the outcome. The aroma and flavor you get from rendering the Lardo is incredible. Due to the curing process, the Lardo gets infused with the flavors of the brine that was used, along with preserving flavors and sealing up juices. The Lardo is then cut into chunks and placed in special boxes made out of chestnut wood called “doils.” Then the brine is added. From what I hear, the longer you wait, the better the payoff. Traditionally, lardo was cured in marble casks, a prevalent, natural material in the town of Colonnata, Italy. George, in his good nature, even scored the skin, which will make for a lovely, pork broth someday soon. Add tomatoes, rosemary, olive oil, red pepper … The whole package is then sealed away for a minimum of 3 months. Combining a love of writing and food, Andrew's culinary journey…. Thinly sliced, this lardo is, simply, a piece of heaven. Lardo di Colonnata is a type of Italian charcuterie that is, simply, lard. Two years ago, we decided to try a pork share from Four Mile River Farm in Old Lyme. Your email address will not be published. Leave a comment below and tell me your story. Welcome to my online magazine, lovers!! Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Photo from Shutterstock copyright Only Fabrizio. Be sure to keep your Lardo, after you open the package, well wrapped and in the fridge. But don't be tempted to use refrigerated lard from the supermarket - Italian lardo is a true delicacy and can be found at specialty shops.
Spread lardo onto each slice and top with tomato mixture.
It’s imperative your fatback is from a trusted source in order to yield the creamy, clean-tasting goodness. The two most popular styles are Lardo d’Arnad from the Vallée d’Aoste region of Italy, and Lardo di Colonnata from Tuscany. Lardo takes, at minimum, six months to cure, and can be done in a dark place in your refrigerator. But switching up your side dishes can bring a refreshing change to a classic comfort food dish. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. I want to know about you! Cook lardo with potatoes (or any starchy vegetable) and let the fat melt in just before serving. © 2020 HONEST COOKING MAGAZINE. Enjoy! With the beef, we received many known cuts, including shanks (osso bucco) and neck bones supplying our stockpile of homemade broths for the wintertime. On March 26th, the two remaining slabs turn three! If you ever find yourself in a situation where you receive a whole hog, the book details insights of the entire history of Salumi as well as a detailed, illustrational guide on how to butcher from scratch. Most people won't think twice about serving basic cornbread when is on the table. Your email address will not be published. Please note: JessicaBrigham.com may contain affiliate links to retailers I support and believe in. Lardo has a high smoke point, so frying with it works is another option. For traditional recipes and to learn more about the cut, I sought the book Salumi: The Craft of Italian Dry Curing by Michael Ruhlman + Brian Polcyn. The Lardo is cut from the shoulder of the pig, with most of the fat left on. My rations totaled three, 1.25 pound slabs of fatback, which I slathered in a copious amount of kosher salt, toasted and crushed black peppercorns, minced garlic cloves, crushed juniper berries and bay leaves, as seen in the Lardo Typico recipe from Salumi: The Craft of Italian Dry Curing.First laid to cure in March, we dined on the first of the cured meats for my hubby’s 30 th …
Italian Lardo, or Lardo d’Arnad, is the epitome of high-end Italian cured meats that can either be rendered for cooking, or served as an antipasto. Add comma separated list of ingredients to exclude from recipe. You can usually find Lardo in speciality stores, or online at websites like Buon Italia. I’m obsessed with doing-it-myself, rearranging, cooking, cocktails, thrifting and getting shit done. The Lardo is cut from the shoulder of the pig, with most of the fat left on.
While not really doing anything to it, beyond letting it melt a little before you eat, it let’s the full flavor shine through! Now finally settled in as an editorial intern at Alimentari, the next step of his journey can begin. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Lardo di Colonnata is rubbed with a curing mixture of salt, pepper, rosemary and garlic, but some makers add other flavourings too, like oregano, coriander, cloves or nutmeg Lardo is, in essence, cured pork fat. Rocking an ancient charcuterie moniker that truly serves as a harbinger of things to come, Lardo is a sandwich shop that worships at the altar of bovine & swine. The result is a aromatic, white-pink cured meat that, when sliced thin, can be served as a delicious antipasto, or diced and rendered out into a clear cooking liquid with a distinct and herbaceous aroma. . Amount is based on available nutrient data. Gracious thanks for your support. The idea of curing my own meat pleased me, because the intent is to preserve everything you have, and I am a firm believer of “waste not, want not.”. 1 loaf crusty Italian bread, sliced and toasted, 7 ounces lardo (such as Lardo di Colonnata). About five years ago, my husband and I purchased shares of beef and pork from Connecticut farms at our city’s farmer’s market. Sprinkle ground pink peppercorns over tomato mixture. Mince 1 of the garlic halves and transfer to a bowl. Grilled Pineapple Margarita with Jalapeño Tequila, New Fall Menus To Try in New York This Season, Secrets To Making Perfect Italian Risotto By Italian Chef Marta Grassi, You’re Always Home at Cibo e Vino’s Italian Eatery, Fall for Disaronno with these Easy Cocktails. Fatback, when cured in a salt bath, turns into an unctuous, silky, and salty delight that melts in your mouth, a remarkable addition to any charcuterie platter, or the cook’s kitchen. It was an easy decision and a win-win all around. The lard is taken specifically from the back of the pig and cured in a marble basin with a mixture of salt, pepper, rosemary and garlic. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Powered by the ESHA Research Database © 2018, ESHA Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved, The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified. Information is not currently available for this nutrient. Mince 1 of the garlic halves and transfer to a bowl. Hankering for 1-on-1 design help? When buying Lardo, always look for clean, creamy-white fat and pinkish meat with no veins. Rosemary and lardo go so well together and when you melt it on some hot crusty bread then top it with seasoned tomatoes....mmmmmm...... Congrats! The share came along with several cuts unknown to us at first, most notably smoked hocks, lard, skin and fatback. Where can I find this?” etc. Notify me of follow-up comments by email.
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Ask the U.S. Congress that question and you may be surprised by the answer. Congress is a HUGE supporter of term limits. Yes, that’s right. They LOVE term limits.
No, I haven’t skipped a dose of my medication. Congress is lecturing the International Olympic Committee on the need for term limits. In fact, Congressman Henry Waxman of California threatened legislation to prevent U.S. companies from giving money to the Olympic Committee unless the committee adopts various reforms including term limits.
The Olympic Committee has been chastised for allowing members to accept lavish gifts from cities lobbying to host the games. There are rules against this, but the rules haven’t been enforced. Now, don’t get me wrong. Congress is 100 percent correct. (And how often does THAT happen?) The Olympic Committee would benefit greatly from term limits, from new ideas and fresh perspectives.
But the hypocrisy from Congress is . . . well . . . frankly . . . now that I think about it, not all that surprising. Congress has passed term limits for the president, the Speaker of the House, committee chairs, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Military and now wants them on the Olympic Committee.
They love term limits for everyone-except themselves. Sheesh! What a do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do Congress. That’s why the gold medal for unlimited hypocrisy goes to: Congressman Henry Waxman. Climb on top of your pedestal now, Mr. Congressman, for the medal ceremony.
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I want to thank you so much for standing up in opposition to this war on Iraq. My husband and I have been living in the Triangle for over three years now and, while we often picked up The Independent, we rarely took the time to read it. However, over the last few weeks, we have read them cover-to-cover. Your columns against this war and this administration have provided much comfort to us, as we realize that we are not the only people who believe this is all madness.
Many thanks for the recent coverage of the challenges facing the state's arts field and the N.C. Arts Council in relation to the state budget difficulties. I offer clarification on two aspects of the article ["Easley Art Cuts Trigger 'Call to Arms,'" March 19].
Arts North Carolina was formed in the mid-1990s in a merger of two heralded groups--Arts Advocates and the N.C. Association of Arts Councils--and is older than the approximate one year of existence referenced in the article. Today's arts leaders take many of their cues from the decades long successes of these groups.
Also, the meeting Mr. Woods attended in Greensboro was one of a set of regional meetings that Arts N.C. now sponsors annually, geared to address long-term issues of the field. After re-scheduling due to inclement weather, we adjusted our agenda when it became apparent that our membership and arts leaders wanted to address the state budget concerns that arose days prior to the Greensboro gathering.
Arts groups are frequently demonstrating the broad positive impact that the arts can have on the state budget itself (specifically in this case, the N.C. Arts Council), as many of the 9 million people who participate annually in arts events across this state are served through the over 800 groups that receive state funding (for reference, check out www.ncarts.org).
Arts leaders across the state remain keenly aware of the challenges our elected leaders face in times of fiscal duress and international conflict. In that light, we're grateful for their arduous work on behalf of all of us. But as arts leaders have successfully demonstrated in the past, we look forward to another opportunity to communicate the clear case that the arts are not part of the budget problem. Indeed, they are part of the solution.
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I normally read The Independent to keep abreast of music news, but it's hard not to also observe the comings and goings of the budding Neo-Socialists in the community.
Your war coverage (and particularly, the "Back Talk" section) proves that revisionism isn't limited to turning defeat into victory ... you've managed to revise fact to create the polar opposite.
I finally had a chance to read last week's issue of The Independent and was rather concerned with a part of Barbara Solow's health care article. The part which concerns me, amongst other things, is that she lumps massage therapy in with unlicensed alternative healthcare providers.
I am a Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist, emphasis on the Licensed. LMBTs have no fear of "being targeted" by the medical board or the attorney general because we have a code of ethics and a scope of practice to work within. Acupuncturists and chiropractors are also licensed. This means a board of our peers have reviewed our educational background, checked our professional references, and our records outside of North Carolina. Having this review board also ensures that licensed individuals who are unethical can and do have their licenses revoked. In fact, I just received my N.C. Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy newsletter. There were: 27 cease and desist orders issued (practicing without a license), 2 license revocation (sexual misconduct), 1 license surrender, and 14 license revocations (non-compliance with the terms of their license).
We are all grouped under the term "alternative health care" as a opposed to "medical care", but, again, we are all licensed. Licensed acupuncturists in this state are trained as herbalists and are therefore, allowed to practice as such. Would you really want to go to an herbalist who has no formal training to treat your depression or your child's asthma? If someone truly wants to practice legitimately, that person will get the formal education, training and go through the licensing procedures.
What many of my colleagues and I, within the alternative healthcare community, would like to see is a licensing board for naturopaths and homeopaths, whose professional and educational backgrounds have been thoroughly investigated. My understanding is there are a couple of states already that have this type of board. I'm sure the states where these boards already exist would be only too happy to assist us in creating one of our own in North Carolina. This board can then be responsible for licensing others with in their field. Think about it this way: Would you go to an unlicensed doctor, surgeon or dentist who simply assured you of their background? I know as an LMBT, I will not go to a massage therapist who isn't licensed. I have no assurances they know anything about anatomy, physiology, contraindications, etc.
I choose not to go to an allopathic physician except in a dire emergency, a broken bone for example. However, I do believe everyone is safer when all health care practitioners have a series of checks and balances they must go through. Patients/clients will also have an avenue of recourse if any practitioner practices unethically. If any unlicensed alternative healthcare providers hesitate at the idea/possibility of having to be licensed to practice as herbalists, homeopaths or naturopaths, I would strongly question their reasons and motives. Especially since licensing would greatly legitimize their standing in this state. Those who have nothing to hide will have nothing to fear.
Re: Your review of the Full Frame documentary School's Out about kids at the Walt Whitman School in Dallas.
When you said "the struggling principal fields teenage melodrama with an unusually serious edge" did you mean A) that the principal was unusually serious, or did you mean B) the melodrama was? If it was A, I will ask you how many school administrators in America have to decide whether to suspend an HIV-positive student for having unprotected sex, or go without a paycheck to keep the school open because the need is so great. If it was B) I'm thinking this is pretty much drama of the non-melo kind. HIV, homelessness, gender identity questions and raw brutality really are reality, REALLY. So, it's "juvenile reality TV" to you, and it's everyday life to these kids.
Either way, this review was another shocking example of exactly why we need a school like this. Apparently in the post Ellen and Will & Grace era, many people still don't get it at all that glbt and questioning kids are now in a new era facing issues that us older glbt people never imagined. And guess what? Their lives are nothing like Will or Grace or even poor Jack. Thanks for sticking up for the "vulnerable teenage subjects" but I was moved by their courage.
In your April 9-15 edition you printed a photograph of the marquee of a Baptist church reading, "War Brings and Maintians Peace." I find your publication of the photo one of those telling slips that give the lie to the moral claims of the liberalism from which we so often hear cries for "diversity" and tolerance.
Obviously the church is not offering on their marquee a thorougly expounded justification for the war in Iraq, though perhaps you would hear one if you went inside. At most, the message is a thought-provoking aphorism that I daresay most party-line Independent readers (you know, Birkenstocks and all that) are not equipped to refute because they have not given a moment's thought as to whether it is true (you may have to "thimk" on that if you are not used to doing so). Or maybe the sign is just Orwellian doublespeak. But that's the point. One cannot simply pronounce, one must decide for oneself.
The implications the photo makes are several, the least nasty being simply that because someone makes a typo (and surely no one takes this for a misspelling, unlike if it had read, say, "maintanes") their message is ridiculous. The deeper, nastier level of implication is of a correlation of Baptists, and of conservative political views, with illiteracy, and therefore with lower social rank.
Very tolerant. The next time The Independent prints a typo (and in a publication so frequent, surely they will come), perhaps I will post it, highlighted, in my workplace, so to announce to passersby, "You see! Liberals are such idiots for supporting their progressive causes, and they can't even spell!"
What a bunch of insecure, self-righteous morality snobs you all must be to print this photo. Surely your photographers have bigger fish to fry?
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I write to you to applaud The Independent for its courage and convictions in its reporting of the war and ongoing local coverage. Thank you for creating the much needed space for different sides of the story to be told here in the Triangle.
Your war coverage has been thoughtful and intelligent. I have also been happy to see recent articles about sprawl, new urbanism and green building. Additionally, the calendars recently have been especially thorough. Keep up the great work!
Last week's music feature, "It's Got That Swing," should have read that the NCCU Jazz Festival, which has run since 1990, has been named after Grady Tate since 1998.
In Peter Eichenberger's column on April 2 ("Final Jeopardy"), the name Mike Veranda should have been Mike Vreeland.
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PHILADELPHIA — Brett Brown knows what a championship team looks like, and the Philadelphia 76ers are most assuredly not that.
He has four years to do something about it.
The longtime San Antonio Spurs assistant was introduced as the Sixers’ eighth head coach in 10 years Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Center, in no small part because of the commitment the organization made in order to pry him off the end of Gregg Popovich’s bench. He wouldn’t have been here otherwise.
“I was not going to take the job without the four years (guaranteed),” Brown said about his contract. “And I am extremely grateful to the owners where they took a step back, and I think it’s a tremendous reflection of what they truly think too. It’s going to take time. They really do have a tolerance. There is a patience. And as much as it was security for myself, I felt like they made a statement to the marketplace that they’re for real. They really do see this being a long-haul type of position. But it was vital to my decision and I’m thrilled that they allowed me to have that duration.”
Brown, 52, has spent his life surrounded by and learning from basketball luminaries, from father Bob Brown, who is enshrined in the New England Sports Hall of Fame, to Rick Pitino at Boston University to all-time Australian great Lindsay Gaze to Popovich. And he has known only winning in the NBA.
Brown has been affiliated with the Spurs for parts of 13 seasons, helping the organization win four NBA championships and nearly snagging a fifth in June before losing to the Miami Heat in seven games. He joined the Spurs as a member of their basketball operations department in 1998, in time for their first championship run and rejoined San Antonio in 2002 as the team’s director of player development. He moved to the bench as an assistant coach before the 2006-07 season, for the team’s fourth title.
The 76ers are nothing like the Spurs.
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Everyone loves the Moscow subway (Moscow Metro), and there’s a reason for that. It is fast and reliable, its structure is clear-cut, and many of its stations look like palaces or museum halls. Traffic jams are left behind on the surface, trains come every two minutes, and it’s hard to get lost because there are so many direction signs: Just follow the color of your line.
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But what is your line? It’s better to start your acquaintanceship with “метро” with its map (You can find one online or purchase it in a kiosk). You’ll notice that its structure looks like the sun: Lines are like rays that meet in the center and are connected by the ring – that’s Кольцевая линия/the Circle line. Using the Ring line or the central intersections makes it easy to change lines, crossing the city in almost no time. The online map will even build your route for you and calculate the ride time: Just enter your starting station and your destination.
To find a subway station, look for the big red letter “M” – it stands for “Метро.” Once in the subway, you have to purchase the ticket (or better a batch, so that you don’t have to stand in the ticket line every time) which you then pass through the ticket barrier. If it is a one-ride ticket, don’t worry if you lose it: You don’t have to pass it through on the way out, and there is no ticket control in the subway itself. After the barrier, go down on an escalator (unfortunately, there are no elevators at all) and board your train. Look for the name of your destination on a sign. It’s as easy as pie – if you can read Cyrillic, that is.
Almost no Latin transliteration of signs, very crowded halls, and packed trains in the rush-hour – still, in spite of those drawbacks, the Moscow subway is the best public transportation system of the city.
Pictures of stations and their positions on the Google maps
(Especially fine stations are Площадь революции, Комсомольская, Киевская, Маяковская, Новослободская)


October 9, 2009
Hi Stephen, haven’t heard from you for a while. Isn’t anything interesting happening in Israel?
I decided to check for myself, considering we get so little news over here. What we do get seems so superficial. Even hesitate to say that many articles appear to be written by someone who’s either scared of the Islamic World, or is paid by them.
I’ve been glancing at your 2 English-language newspapers lately. The Post seems quite balanced, but then when I see Ha-Aretz, it’s obviously more left-wing.
Read that the Muslim population takes up around 1/4 of the World’s people, and that 60% of them are NOT in the Middle East. Wow! Like in all religions, in all walks of life, there are the extremists. Trouble is that the silent majority of Muslims appear to be actively silent, clearly happy that they have become such a powerful presence in recent years.
I knew there were Muslims in Israel; you’ve often told me that they take up around 25% of the population, a fact that always surprises me. Seems they’re becoming more militant – and more ‘Islamic’. Is it really true that they’ve started denying the existence of the Jewish temple where now stands the Dome of the Rock.
But everyone knows that that’s a lie. Just like Ahmadinejad’s Holocaust denial. Be careful of that. It’s not so much that they’re changing the facts; more that they’re ‘creating a popular fashion’, knowing that there are many out there who love Israel-bashing.
In transit at Bucharest airport. Had coffee at same table as a very nice guy. Dutch/Canadian, working for IBM’s military intelligence and technology division. He covers Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Can’t wait to visit Israel.
He says UN and EU are learning the meaning and importance of unity – he’s breathing a sigh of relief that the Lisbon Treaty is going to be ratified. It takes them so long to make decisions. They pride themselves on achieving some important strategic position, when Israel has usually ‘been there and done it’ years before.
When we got on the subject of the Islamic expansion, and my criticism that so many countries, now criticizing Israel for it’s immigration policies, will one day wake up to some earth-shattering facts, he smiled knowingly and told me to check out ‘esdp 2025’ on Google. It appears there’s been an enourmous leak concerning the European Security and Defense Policy and what has been decided will happen in 2025.…
I see there’s more rioting on the Temple Mount. Seems to have started with stones being ‘mistakenly’ thrown by Arabs who thought that a group of French tourists were Jews. So that, I wondered, it’s OK to stone Jews, but not French tourists…Seems a shame that Jews are not accepted on the Temple Mount, the location of the Dome of the Rock. When I was in Israel, no one stopped me, a Christian, from visiting the Jewish Wailing Wall.
Those 2 places are joined together like Siamese twins, yet they have such blatantly different rules. (It’s incredible to remember that, before ’67, the Wall was closed to Jews, yet after ’67, the Temple Mount, now in Israel’s control, was actually handed over to the local Muslim authorities. Still the incite).
There’s a lot written in Israel about the ‘Goldstone Report’, the UN report on the Gaza offensive. At first, when I read that Richard Goldstone was a well-respected (Jewish) S. African judge, I suspected the report would be biased in Israel’s favour. Either way, there was potential for controversy.
The report proved to be very critical of Israel, and only small reference to Hamas’s wrongdoings. In fact, hardly any reference to the many years of bombing from Gaza. That’s subjectivity if ever I saw it.
Fact is, of course – you know it and I know it – that Israel DID rather overdo it in Gaza. But it’s the disproportional criticism that your papers are screaming about. And I see their point.
If Israel’s guilty of war crimes and/or crimes against humanity, well then, so are so may others, including of course, the Palestinians. Just about every war that has occurred has been made up of actions that fall into that category. American today and the Allies of yesterday are far more guilty of such crimes than Israel. And the French in Algeria, Spanish in the Sahara, British in India, Africans in Africa, Sikhs against Hindus, Hindus against Muslims, Muslims against just about every neighbour they can find.
(Whoops, sorry about that; I got carried away). But there is so much hypocrisy in all this. Did you see Goldstone being interviewed by CNN? He asked why a Jew can’t criticise Israel? What a dumb questions, I thought to myself. Jews are often the first to criticize their own beloved country. It’s the fact that he’s forgotten the meaning of the words ‘fair’ and ‘balanced’.
By the way, congratulations on yet another Israeli Nobel prize – Ada Yonath sharing the Chemistry prize. And I had read that Israel was actually expecting a prize on one of the other categories: physics, I believe – and literature. Well, you can forget the latter. The Scandinavians are very anti-America-Israel right now – you should know that. So no chance for the likes of Philip Roth or Amos Oz. The current winner, Rumanian-German Herta Mueller was an easy winner, writing as she did about the oppression during the Ceaucescu times.
Only now was I reminded of Tel Aviv’s 100th birthday. First, Austria subsidized the performances of ‘Alma’. I saw the original production when it appeared in 1998 at the Vienna Drama festival (and 8 consecutive years following). What a great theatrical experience, following the life of Alma Schindler, who either married or had an affair with just about every important man of culture of her day, including composer Mahler, artists Klimt & Kokoschka, write Werfel and architect founder of the Bauhaus movement, Korbius.
I had never seen a ‘polydrama’ before – giving me a choice of ‘getting involved, constantly being given the choice of following one of 5 story directions, ending up seeing only perhaps 30% of what was going on – and still being utterly entertained. Great stuff. Did they also have a banquet for the audience in the middle? (Stephen: Yes – the whole exciting event lasted almost 5 hours).
And Belgium donated the laying of a flower carpet in the Town Hall square, just like they do every year in Brussels’ Grand Place. That must have been fantastic.
Finally, just want to say one thing about Obama’s attempts to get things moving in the peace process. I admire his dedication, but fear that, as with many of his other ‘attempts’ he’s going to fall flat on his face. Even I have noticed that, as long as the Palestinians are battling each other, there’s really no one to talk to.
There, I’ve done it. Your letters inspired me to make more effort in understanding what’s going on. But, sorry Stephen, I just don’t have the time to spend, surfing the Internet for information. I’ll just depend on your letters, knowing that they favour the Israeli point of view, but also knowing that you lot would grab peace if it were honestly offered to you.


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My hotel is right behind the World Trade Center. Here I saw the man in the suit and tie coming out of the office building. It is full of foreign spirit 😀 The most foreign style. Estimated that the office building above is the most expensive in Colombo?
The center is located opposite the Dutch Hospital shopping area. The twin towers rise 39 stories above the 4-story retail area. Located in a prime area of the city, it is an ultra-modern glass, steel and concrete building that opened in 1997. The World Trade Center is a 152 m (499 ft) tall twin building in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with offices, banks and shops in the building.
You can check it out, the landmark. Colombo1. It is very crowded, comprehensive, with office buildings, shops, and coffee. It has everything, and the shuttle crowds are dressed very neatly. Have time to check it out.
Once the tallest building in Lanka, it is still an office building with a high occupancy rate. Many Chinese-funded companies work here
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PainRelief.com Interview with:
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PainRelief.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Chronic pain and obesity are interrelated; chronic pain is more common in obese individuals and obese individuals have a higher occurrence of chronic pain conditions such as low-back pain. The mechanisms behind this association are poorly understood. In this line of work we are trying to offer an explanation for how chronic pain could lead to obesity.
We build on two previous facts established in the literature to come up with a new theory.
First, it is well known that the current obesity epidemic is due to overeating in an environment where highly caloric food is cheap and readily available (e.g., fast food).
Second, our brain imaging research on chronic pain patients established that chronic pain affects the brain motivational pathways (or emotional brain) which are directly involved in feeding decisions, especially the ones that come after satiety. As such, the emotional brain has been implicated in the decision to overeat on top of satiety. We therefore hypothesized that chronic pain would be associated with disrupted eating behavior that could lead to overeating because of changes in the emotional brain of patients. This is a new approach because the prior thinking posited that obesity and chronic pain are interrelated either because of increased inflammation originating from the increased fat mass or from the fear of movement that patients may have leading to a more sedentary lifestyle. While both theories may be correct, they have never been confirmed.
The current paper builds on a finding we published in PAIN 2014 where we established disrupted eating behavior in patients with chronic low-back pain affecting mainly high-fat foods but not sugary drinks. In that work we asked patients with long-standing history of chronic low-back pain to sample without consumption pudding with increasing concentration of fat and a sugary drink with increasing concentration of sucrose. While the sensory experience of the food items was normal in the patients, they reported less pleasure (“liking”) from tasting the fatty pudding but not the sugary drink. On a different session, we brought back the patients and offered them to consume as much as they wanted the pudding that they liked the most during the first testing session. Participants were asked to come hungry. Chronic back-pain patients showed that their liking and hunger ratings did not predict how much they ate. Healthy controls showed a linear relationship between liking and hunger ratings and how much they ate.
In the manuscript we just published in PLOS One we continued this line of work to understand how this disrupted eating behavior sets in as low-back pain develops or subsides. We wanted to know whether disrupted eating behavior develops in conjunction with chronic pain or because of it. Hence, we recruited patients with new onset low-back pain (6-12 weeks duration) and tested them in the same way described in our PAIN 2014 paper at baseline and then again at one year as some of them recovered from pain while others became chronic low-back pain because pain persisted at one year follow-up. In this manuscript we also collected brain images that would allow-us to measure volumes of a key structure in the emotional brain, the nucleus accumbens. The function of the latter structure is to translate our motivation (e.g., wanting to eat) to actions (e.g. the motor response needed to reach for the food). We wanted to know whether we can link the disrupted eating behavior to measures in the emotional brain. This question was based on our previous finding where we observed that patients at risk of becoming chronic pain or patients already in the chronic phase have a compromised accumbens (i.e. smaller than normal).Continue reading

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