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Studying Mario Bava's work is a reminder of how short his directorial career really was. He directed films under his own name during the period 1960-1977. Compare that to Alfred Hitchcock, who died the same week as Bava but made over 50 films in a career that began in the silent era. Bava is perhaps best known for his Gothic horror films, as he made his mark with those and that was the only genre he returned to. He nevertheless worked in an impressive variety of genres over that short time, often with a single visit to each, but he tended to make very interesting contributions.
Danger: Diabolik is one such film. Bava technically visited the spy genre with the supervillain farce Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs, but that was a throwaway effort. Diabolik puts Dr. Goldfoot's sense of fun into a more substantial film. DC Comics artist Stephen Bissette has praised this as the greatest-ever film adaptation of a comic book. Roger Ebert called it a "superior" example of its genre and felt that it succeeded where Barbarella failed.
The film begins with a high-security operation to transport $10 million. Officials create a complicated ruse intended to thwart Diabolik (John Phillip Law), but he is on to their scheme. He sets a sophisticated trap and goes away $10 million richer.
It's quickly obvious that Diabolik is not your ordinary comic-book superhero. He's technically not a spy but a master thief, and he would be a supervillain in many comics. Here he steals from the corrupt rich and...keeps the money. This is no goody-two-shoes Robin Hood. The $10 million? He and Eva (Marisa Mell), his gorgeous girlfriend, use it to line their bed. Then they roll in the cash like a couple of decadent tycoon hamsters.
Some viewers may wonder: Why should we sympathize with a supervillain thief who engages in terrorist acts like causing an economic collapse by blowing up the nation's treasury building? It's important to look at this through the paisley-colored glasses of the revolutionary sixties. Diabolik is not a rogue criminal, he's an antiestablishment activist who rebels against a restrictive society and enjoys the ultimate level of freedom. This is a bigger threat than if he were a common crook, and the government responds by reinstituting the death penalty. Diabolik couldn't be less concerned: He releases hilarity gas at the press conference at which this is announced.
Crime bosses who are also now eligible for that death penalty don't share Diabolik's amusement, so they take a page from M and scheme to catch Diabolik and hand him over to the police. They capture Eva and leave her as bait to attract him. He evades their trap, and every attempt the government makes to raise the stakes is met with an even more audacious retaliation. His actions soon bring the government itself to its knees.
The movie shares the jet-setting feel of the early James Bond movies, but it depends less on budget and effects. Diabolik has a few gadgets, but they tend to be lower-tech than those of his British counterpart. The big thing here is Diabolik's cleverness and ability to stay two or three moves ahead of his enemies. He goes through a few disguises, which play into the film's sense of humor and style.
Diabolik is massively stylish, even more so than the Bond films. The visual style of Bava's gothic horror films is not entirely abandoned, especially in Diabolik's underground lair, where saturated colors are set against a dark background. That an underground lair exists is itself a gothic element, and there are scenes set in castles as well. Diabolik recognizably comes from the same director who made Planet of the Vampires, and reflections of its relentless stylishness and sexiness show up in more recent films such as The Fifth Element.
The feel is swinging '60s. Ennio Morricone's groovy, loungey soundtrack matches the film's seductive tone. There's a certain air of camp to the movie, but it doesn't seem as though that was intentional. It may be that we've by now seen so many campy films made or set in this era that we've come to associate the period with camp. Diabolik is very much a product of its time and has a strong element of humor, but that humor is not based on irony or self-parody, even when John Philip Law's acting is taken into account. He fortunately doesn't say very much, but he is good in the action sequences and has a good villainous laugh. Which probably defines camp. Law also has fantastic onscreen chemistry with Marisa Mell. She is more effective, although her dialogue is similarly limited and she doesn't need to do much but stand there and breathe. If you like long legs, you're in for a treat.
I'm unfamiliar with the comic series, or "fumetti" as they're known in Italy, but my guess is that the "crime boss" plot is a story arc intended to tie together the plots of several individual issues. There's a loosely plotted feel, as though this were a stitched-together series of sketches. That's a minor complaint, but the movie feels somewhat incomplete. There's no real ending. It would have been great as the first in a series.
The DVD includes such interesting extras as a Tim Lucas commentary and a discussion by Bissette of the film's comic book aspects. Bissette's explanations are illuminating, as he points out specific ways in which Bava was successful at recognizing which aspects of the comic book would translate well to film. Bava also wisely avoids the common mistake of trying to render the scenes as two-dimensional. He takes full advantage of depth and keeps a sense of motion throughout. This kind of approach points to why Bava has been named by so many directors, and by directors who are acclaimed in their own right, as an influence. He truly had the eye of an artist.

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One of my favorite things to do watch here other than the sunsets are the farmers cutting the hay. It has been a busy time on the fields around our home. We are here about two weeks earlier than last year and I am enjoying some of the blooms that I usually don’t get to see.
After about three days of getting settled in and walking around in kind of a foggy mood from the last month, I wanted to get busy dyeing fabrics. So I set up my dye studio.
Only to struggle with the process and colors. I wanted deep dark purples and ended up with lots of mottled and tired darks. I think I didn’t make my soda ash solution strong enough. Or I have old dyes.
I was unimpressed with my results with my results from the 50 yards I dyed. I overdyed about 15 yards and the darks still look washed out and grainy. Good thing I am going to the Vermont Quilt Festival this weekend for 3 days. I will have to replenish the dyes to see if this helps.


Apple’s MacBook lineup has been completely refreshed over the past year between the 2022 MacBook Air and the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M2 chips and the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros that launched in late 2021. make a. Are you looking for yourself or someone else? , here’s an in-depth look at the difference between the MacBook Air and Pro to help you decide which is the best choice.
The late 2021 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptops feature a new design, mini-LED display backlighting, I/O recovery including HDMI, SD card slot, and MagSafe, and the removal of the Touch Bar.
And they’re more powerful than ever with the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips (if you’re on the fence between the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro, check out our comprehensive guide).
And at the cheaper end are the MacBook Air 2022 and the 13-inch MacBook Pro running on the updated M2 chip. MacBook Air has received the most changes with an all-new design, a larger 13.6-inch display, curved glass, a new midnight color, an updated webcam, and more.
Difference between MacBook Air and Pro
CPU, GPU, RAM, more
While the M2 is a significant upgrade over the M1, it is less powerful than the M1 Pro, Max and Ultra chips.
The M2 enables up to 24GB of RAM, up to 10 GPU cores, and an 8-core CPU faster than the M1. Here’s a more detailed look at the M1 vs M2 chips.
Meanwhile, with the 14-inch MacBook Pro, you get the M1 Pro or M1 Max chip with the option for even more CPU and GPU Cores, and up to 64GB of RAM.
|Hardware||2022 MacBook Air||2020 MacBook Air||13″ MacBook Pro (2022)||14″ MacBook Pro (2021)|
|CPU||M2 – 8-core||M1 – 8-core||M2 – 8-core||M1 Pro or Max – 8 or 10-core|
|Storage||Up to 2 TB||Up to 2 TB||Up to 2 TB||Up to 8 TB|
|Aries||8, 16, or 24 GB||8 or 16 GB||8, 16, or 24 GB||16 to 64 GB|
|Graphics||Up to 10-core||7-core||10-core||Up to 32-core|
|Speakers||4-speaker system with wide sound||Stereo speakers with wide sound||Stereo speakers with high dynamic range||6-speaker with high fidelity|
|Mix||Array 3-mic||Array 3-mic||Studio-quality 3-mic array||Studio-quality 3-mic array|
|Thermal management||Fanless||Fanless||Active cooling with fan||Active cooling with fan|
Apple says the M2 is 18% faster for CPU performance and 35% faster for GPU performance than the M1. It has more than 20 billion transistors and can perform 15.8 trillion operations per second.
The M2 chip also includes a media engine that brings support for H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and hardware-accelerated ProRes RAW. It also has a video engine and ProRes encoding and decoding.
Another nice addition to the MacBook Air 2022 is a 1080p web camera, just like the 14-inch MacBook Pro. Apple says it has the same “advanced image processing with computational video.” Meanwhile, the M2 13-inch MacBook Pro is equipped with the old 720p webcam.
If screen brightness is important to you, the MacBook Air 2022 gets a nice improvement from 400 to 500 nits of brightness.
Another change with the redesign is that the MacBook Air 2022 has a larger 13.6-inch screen with thinner bezels.
While the 14-inch MacBook Pro’s 1,000 nits continuous brightness (1,600 peak) is only for HDR content, you still get refresh rates up to 120Hz with ProMotion, a mini-LED backlight, and smooth bezels.
|2022 MacBook Air||2020 MacBook Air||13″ MacBook Pro (2022)||14″ MacBook Pro (2021)|
|Actual screen size||13.6-inch||13.3-inch||13.3-inch||14.2-inch|
|Resolution||2560 x 1664||2560 x 1600||2560 x 1600||3024 x 1964|
|Aspect Ratio||16:10 + notes||16:10||16:10||16:10 + notes|
|Nits (light)||500||400||500||500 for SDR, 1000 continuous, up to 1600 peak for HDR|
|Liquid Retina Display||✅||❌||❌||✅ + XDR|
|ProMotion (up to 120Hz)||❌||❌||❌||✅|
|P3 wide color||✅||✅||✅||✅|
The M2 MacBook Air and 14-inch MacBook Pro have a notch for the 1080p FaceTime camera in the top center of the display. But unlike the iPhone, it doesn’t include hardware/Face ID support.
I / O: The difference between MacBook Air and Pro
The 2022 MacBook Air gets MagSafe charging, just like the 2021 MacBook Pro notebooks. However, Apple has included additions like HDMI, an SDXC slot, and support for 4 external displays that are exclusive to the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro.
2022 MacBook Air and 13-inch Pro have support for 1 external display up to 6K at 60Hz, even with the new M2 chip. That might be a deal breaker for some.
Along with two USB4/Thunderbolt 3 ports, the M2 MacBook Air includes a 3.5mm headphone jack.
|mother||2022 MacBook Air||2020 MacBook Air||13″ MacBook Pro (2022)||14″ MacBook Pro (2021)|
|USB-C / Thunderbolt ports||2||2||2||3|
|SDXC card reader||❌||❌||❌||✅|
|Wi-Fi||Wi-Fi 6 (802.11.ax)||Wi-Fi 6 (802.11.ax)||Wi-Fi 6 (802.11.ax)||Wi-Fi 6 (802.11.ax)|
|External display support||1 external display with 60Hz up to 6K resolution||1 external display with 60Hz up to 6K resolution||1 external display with 60Hz up to 6K resolution||Up to 2 external displays at 6K res at 60Hz (M1 Pro) or up to 3 external displays at 6K res and 1 external display at up to 4K at 60Hz (M1 Max)|
Size, weight and finish
As you’d expect, the MacBook Air remains the lightest machine with the 13-inch MacBook Pro weighing slightly more, and the 14-inch being the heaviest. The 2022 MacBook Air is also 0.1 pounds lighter than its 2020 predecessor.
MacBook Air is also ultra-thin at 11.3 mm (0.44 in). And if the new gold or midnight colors are interesting, they’re only available with the MacBook Air.
|2022 MacBook Air||2020 MacBook Air||13″ MacBook Pro (2020)||14″ MacBook Pro (2021)|
|measure||2.7 pounds (1.24 kg)||2.8 pounds. (1.29 kg)||3 pounds (1.4 kg)||3.5 pounds (1.6 kg)|
|strength||0.44 in. (1.13 cm)||0.16-0.63 in. (0.41-1.61 cm)||0.61 inches (1.56 cm)||0.61 inches (1.55 cm)|
|Before||11.97 in. (30.41 cm)||11.97 in. (30.41 cm)||11.97 in. (30.31 cm)||12.31 in. (31.26 cm)|
|Kuri||8.46 in. (21.5 cm)||8.36 in. (21.24 cm)||8.36 inches (21.24 cm)||8.71 inches (22.12 cm)|
|Display size||13.6 in.||13.3 in.||13.3 in.||14.2 in.|
|It ends||Silver, gray, starlight, midnight||Silver, gray and gold||Silver or gray||Silver or gray|
Notably, the MacBook Air 2022 has moved away from the rugged design it’s had for years and now has a slim bezel like the MacBook Pro. But Apple has made it only 11.3 mm (1.13 cm) thin.
Real-world battery life for Apple Silicon MacBooks has been impressive compared to older Intel models and generally matches Apple’s claims. But it can depend on what you do with your MacBook, screen brightness and more.
In any case, power efficiency and battery life are strong with the M2 MacBook Air.
|2022 MacBook Air||2020 MacBook Air||13″ MacBook Pro (2022)||14″ MacBook Pro (2021)|
|Wireless web battery||15 hours||15 hours||17 hours||11 hours|
|Video transfer||18 hours||18 hours||20 hours||17 hours|
|power adapter included||30W, 35W, or 67W USB-C + MagSafe||30W USB-C||67W USB-C||67W or 96W USB-C + MagSafe|
Apple says that when using a 67W power adapter, the new MacBook Air can fast charge to 50% battery in just 30 minutes.
With a starting price of $1,199, the MacBook Air comes in at $800 less than the 14-inch MacBook Pro which starts at $1,999.
The standard models of the 2022 Air are 256 GB SSD / 8 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD / 8 GB RAM configurations. Models with 16 or 24 GB of RAM are standard orders for the 2022 Air and the upgraded M2 chip.
The base model of the 14-inch MacBook Pro costs $1,999 with an M1 Pro chip, 16 GB of RAM, and a 512 GB SSD.
|Model / price||2022 MacBook Air||2020 MacBook Air||13″ MacBook Pro (2020)||14″ MacBook Pro (2021)|
|256 / 8 GB||$1,199||$999||$1299||–|
|512 / 8 GB||$1399||$1,199||$1,499||–|
|256 / 16 GB||$1399||$1,199||$1,499||–|
|512 / 16 GB||$1,599||$1399||$1,699||From $1,999|
|1TB / 16 GB||$1799||$1,599||$1,899||From $2,199|
|1TB / 32GB||–||–||–||From $2,599|
|Custom Constructions||Up to $2,499||Up to $1,999||Up to $2,299||Up to $5,899|
Difference between MacBook Air and Pro output
Hopefully, it is now clear that the MacBook is the right choice.
- For light to medium performance needs and some limited solidity needs, in the lightest machine with great battery life, the MacBook Air is the best, starting at $1,199 or a reasonable $1,099 for students and teachers.
- For those looking to save some money and have a simple workflow (website, documents, media), the $999 M1 MacBook Air (often discounted) is still in line.
- But if you value maximum power, active cooling for extended heavy work, a brighter screen, more ports and greater external display support, the 14-inch MacBook Pro is the way to go.
- While the 13-inch MacBook Pro has been updated with the M2 chip, there probably aren’t many people who should buy it.
The main difference between the 2022 MacBook Air and Pro is the fans for the Pro and the Touch Bar. But if you’re worried about performance and overheating, you might want to look at the 14- or 16-inch MacBook Pro.
And the MacBook Air 2022 offers many upgrades that the new 13-inch MacBook Pro doesn’t like, including a larger Liquid Retina display, 1080p webcam, MagSafe charging, midnight and star color options, and more.
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Hunting begins in earnest on Sunday with the openers for doves and early Canada geese with some hope and some concern for a good dove opener.
You might say, there will be doves around, but prospects are not over the moon. At least I might say that with the photo above.
I outlined conditions at public sites in northeast Illinois Wednesday with my column for the Sun-Times outdoors page. To sum it up, it should be a usual year, though one of those smoking hot openers.
I will try to pull together a list of opening day results, but it might be tougher with Labor Day on Monday.
Chris Young had an interesting note in the State Journal-Register about the lack of sunflowers being harvested at Jim Edgar Panther Creek SFWA, usually the top dove spot of the Illinois public spots.
Conditions look pretty good at the public sites in northwest Indiana, where a few regulations have changed. One of the more interesting one is limiting hunters to 50 non-toxic shells at public sites. Boy, that would force people to focus on not sky-busting. I did a breakdown of public sites for the Post-Tribune.
As to Canada geese, looks tough. Geese left nesting areas a week or two ago. Absolutely no corn has been harvested and the flooding in April knocked down nesting success, particularly in the Fox River Valley.
That said, I am sure some will find open fields and some success.

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At GeneClinicX we use the Freestyle Libre CGM device manufactured by Abbott Laboratories. This device has been approved for use by the US FDA (Food and Drug Administration), the globally accepted gold standard for medical device certification.
It's common for people to compare their CGM readings against their finger stick to compare accuracy and notice that the values are different. This can be disconcerting, but the key thing to know is that variations in readings will occur and this is expected.
The FreeStyle Libre is factory-calibrated to estimate blood glucose based on interstitial glucose - which is the fluid between skin cells. These numbers can lag behind blood glucose levels by ~15 minutes depending on how quickly things are changing. This can stack up especially when your glucose is actively rising or falling (as opposed to flat and steady), causing the difference between finger prick glucometer and CGM measurements to be more pronounced. For this, you should only compare readings in a fasting state.
The gold standard for accuracy is a blood draw measurement. But both finger sticks and CGMs have error margins to that standard known as MARD, or the mean absolute relative difference.
Finger sticks tend to be in the range of 5-10% MARD, while the Freestyle Libre has a MARD of about 9.2% over 14 days. With this measure, the lower the number, the better the accuracy.
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" Yes, I do enjoy walking at night. The world’s more to my liking then, not so loud, not so fast, not so crowded, and a good deal more mysterious. "
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Does stress, depression, and anxiety sometimes feel like a large weight on your mind? Then, you should look into nature.
A study from the University of Exeter and the University of Queensland report that people who live in residential areas populated by birds, shrubs, and trees - an increased immunity and mental health.
How much of an impact does nature have on our mental and emotional health? Results from the study stated that people were 17% less anxious and stressed while depression levels dropped by 11%.
Based on these results, you should try birdwatching in your local area. Keep reading to see why birdwatching is a trending hobby and how it can provide benefits to your life.
What Is Bird Watching?
Birdwatching is a hobby where people go outside or stay at home to observe birds. Someone who does this is a “birder” or “bird watcher.” While these two words are used interchangeably, but people who spend their time actively seek birds are known as “birders.” “Bird watchers” are people who like viewing birds throughout their day or when walking.
Both birders and bird watchers are considered amateur bird observers. Ornithology is the scientific study of birds where advanced observation data is recorded. People who professionally study birds are called ornithologists.
Birdwatching is popular in countries such as the U.S. and Britain. Statistics have shown that over 48 million Americans participate in birdwatching annually. Thus, it’s a great hobby to get into as it helps you understand the nature and daily lifestyle of birds.
How Many Bird Species Are There?
Currently, there are over 18,000 bird species in existence - almost double the amount that ornithologists previously thought. Birds are seen as a well-studied group with about 95% of their total global species have been described.
Researchers have already surveyed existing data on birds, that revealed about 20,000 bird species. But, since the birds in this study weren’t randomly selected - and most of them have been used because they were believed to have interesting genetics. The authors stated that bird future taxonomy experiments should have both requirements.
Due to this fact, birds have a diverse genetic pool. For bird watchers, this is a great advantage as it allows them to see a wide range of birds annually. Their huge population and diversity make it easier for a new birdwatcher to see a different bird every day.
Famous bird watches fall into two categories: birder watchers who became famous because of their dedication to the hobby, or celebrities who are famous for something else but are also birdwatchers.
Paul McCartney - The Beatles
After the creation of the Beatles, Maccas developed a new band called Wings. Paul McCartney believed that birds were the “Ultimate symbol of freedom, of flying away. As a kid, I lived on the outskirts of Liverpool and could walk a mile to reach the countryside”.
His fascination with birdwatching is displayed in his song lyrics and titles. For instance, Bluebird by Wings, and Blackbird from The White Album. As a result, he would use his bird observations as emotional therapy and song inspiration
Jimmy Carter - American author and politician
In a 2009 interview, Jimmy Carter stated that he found over 1,100 bird species throughout his lifetime. The 39th president started to record birds after their family trip to Tanzania in 1998. After exploring Mount Kilimanjaro, a trained ornithologist gave them a lesson on birds and other wildlife.
Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalyn began tracking every species they saw throughout their travels. In fact, Jimmy Carter has observed birds in the Middle East. The 39th President has participated in wildlife conservation groups like Operation Migration and counts birds for the Breeding Bird Survey.
Margaret Antwood - Author and Bird Activist
Margaret Antwood is an avid birdwatcher and advises the non-profit Pelee Island Bird Observatory Board. Her husband, Graeme Gibson, likes observing birds and they are birth presidents within the Rare Bird Club.
In 2010, Antwood collaborated with Balzac Coffee to make a blend of bird-friendly coffee that’s made from shade-grown organic beans from Mexico and Bolivia. The Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center certified the bird-friendly coffee and it's still currently sold in stores today.
To correctly observe birds, you’re going to need the right equipment. Doing so allows you to see the birds more clearly, resulting in enjoyable and accurate observations. Here is some key birding equipment that you should never leave your home without.
Choosing birding binoculars is dependent on your preferences. What’s important to you might be unimportant for another birdwatcher.
Binocular quality is determined by a set of numbers: 8x42, 7x35, 10x50. The first number demonstrates how far the binocular can zoom in. For instance, if you have a 7 power binocular, objects will appear 7x closer than they appear.
You can opt for binoculars with a higher zoom-in range, but they have one minor disadvantage. Binoculars with larger zooming capabilities have a narrower field of view. Here’s a list of problems you’ll face if you buy a binocular with a large zoom range.
Because of this, you should get a binocular that has a 7x or 8x zoom range. This allows you to view birds without losing light. Light plays an important role and is reduced each time you increase the magnification. Make sure that the binocular you choose is suited for your environment to enhance your bird watching experience.
There are two main types of birding binoculars: roof and porro. The table below gives a detailed explanation of both binoculars key traits and differences. Knowing these differences will help you buy an exceptional pair of binoculars that helps you get accurate observations on multiple bird species.
Streamlined and Slim
Bulky & Large
Internal Focus - More waterproofing seals
External Focus - o-ring seals can degrade and allow water & dirt to reach the interior.
Small field of view; prisms closely overlap.
Larger field of view.
Decreased depth perception due to straight inline barrels.
Better depth perception because of wider offset lens.
2 separate prisms combined into a single interior mount - this leads into a more durable design.
2 offset prisms that are mounted separately - weaker design due to alignment problems
Can become bright with the correct lens coating (PC corrected coating)
Higher light gathering capacity = Brighter
Costs more due to increased quality.
With roof prism binoculars, the objective lenses are in line with the eyepieces. It results in a streamlined and slim appearance. Since they have high-quality technology, roof prism binoculars are more expensive than their porro counterparts.
For birdwatchers on a budget, Porro prisms are the best option. But, porro prisms aren’t as durable and rugged as roof prism binoculars. So it might be a better choice in the long run to get a roof prism binocular if you can afford it.
With a good audio set up, you can even record birds when they’re singing. Whether you’re using the sound equipment to extend your ability to hear far away birds, or for fun, you’re going to need a recorder to plug your headphones and microphone into.
Headphones that are connected to your recording equipment help you distinguish different bird sounds amongst the crowd. We suggest that you invest in high-quality pair of headphones to filter out ambient noise so you can solely hear the birds within your area.
When it comes to microphones, only two of them are appropriate for birdwatching. Shotgun microphones can be used to hear sounds in a general direction without amplifying unwanted sound effects. Parabolic microphones are used when you want to hear birds from a distance.
Thanks to advancements in technology, trail cameras are an essential birdwatching tool. To get the best one for you, you have to determine the features you’ll need and how you plan on using the camera.
The first thing you’ll have to consider is the video resolution. Like megapixels, the larger the video resolution, the clearer the image. A 640 x 480 resolution is viewed in standard definition. Higher quality images are viewed in either 720p or 1080p.
Most medium to high-end trail cameras uses HD definition for better bird observation. Some models offer 4K resolution, which allows you to get a real-time image of your targeted birds. Whichever one you choose, make sure that it suits your needs and your price range.
You should also look into wingscapes cameras. Their main advantage is that they are weatherproof; making them a good choice for serious birdwatchers. Get a wingscape camera if you want accurate footage of your birds.
So what kind of bird watching activities are popular?
One of the more critical scientific pursuits of birding is keeping track of bird populations across the world. Birding of this nature is mainly performed by scientists who are trained in population tracking methods. Birds are typically more difficult to track than other animals due to their wings.
While you can make a rudimentary count of the birds in your area, it will not be particularly useful unless you are monitoring an unusual or rare bird species. Monitoring is usually used to ensure that endangered bird species population levels do not drop below a number which is considered acceptable
Increases and decreases in bird populations over a certain time period can help give researchers insight when it comes to the conditions and factors that lead to those fluctuations. While the birdwatchers who monitor the birds may not be the ones examining that data, they play their role.
More birders are always needed for monitoring, and if you are willing to learn, feel free to volunteer for local ornithological organizations and government bodies. Anyone with a rudimentary background in birding can help monitor bird populations in their local area.
Birding is not an activity which is only based on passive observation; there are some more active forms of birdwatching to partake in. If you have a competitive spirit, you may wish to participate in a birding competition. There are many of these tournaments around the world.
Perhaps the most famous example of these competitions is the World Series of Birding, which takes place in New Jersey. It is a competition in which the participants race to identify the largest number of different birds across the whole state in 24 hours. This competition tests your skill as a birdwatcher to the limit.
Knowing the best spots to find various bird species is not the only difficulty in this competition, it is also going from place to place in the most efficient manner possible. Saving time will help ensure that you spot the largest variety of birds since you will be able to travel over a larger area.
The World Series does not have a prize; it is merely a competition which is arranged in the name of charity. As such, there is no need to prove that your group witnessed a certain bird breed, although at least two members of the team should have seen a bird to count it as another one spotted.
Birding is one of the best ways to promote green living because it is a great way to bring people closer to nature, regardless of whether or not they are an enthusiast for the hobby. If you are looking for a great way to get the entire family interested in green living, encourage birding.
In addition to bringing you out into nature so you can admire it, you also get to interact with the birds. When you stay separated from nature for too long, you begin to forget its beauty and its importance to our world. People getting detached from nature is one of the reasons for pollution being so prevalent.
People who are educated about their surrounding environment will be more likely to live a green lifestyle since they will be more conscious about nature’s importance to us and the world. Birding is an excellent way to get some fresh air while admiring the natural beauty of avians.
In any activity, it is always crucial to understand the proper etiquette. While you don't have to be afraid of making mistakes as a beginner, it always helps to be ready before going out on your first birding trip. Most of the time, birding etiquette consists of just being polite and considerate towards your fellow birders.
For example, try to be accommodating for other birders, listen to more experienced members of the group and try to teach those who are newer than you. It can be a little intimidating to get into birding for the first time so try to help make the transition easy for your fellow birdwatchers.
While you should be polite to those around you, try not to be overly chatty, if you talk, try not to be too loud. If your voice is too loud when you are interacting with your fellow birdwatchers, you may scare away nearby birds, and there is no guarantee that they will return.
Aside from how you should interact with your fellow birdwatchers, you should also have respect for the birdwatching ground that you are on.
Some of the most popular locations for birding tend to be sanctuaries for some of the species that you will observe and you may end up harming them by not following rules.
For example, you will want to ensure that you never pollute the observation grounds under any circumstances, even accidentally. Scraps of trash can end up harming birds if they consume them. If you see any garbage on the ground, try to pick it up and put it in the proper receptacle for the sake of our avian friends.
While we are on the subject of how you should respect the grounds, you should extend that same respect to the birds themselves. While the hobby of birding consists of observing birds, there is a reason why we use binoculars; you do not want to get too close to the birds under any circumstances.
If you approach the birds too closely, they are not only likely to fly away since they are intimidated, the ones with chicks in their nests may end up stressed, and they can even abandon their nests. Approaching a nest too closely can also result in certain birds trying to attack you (such as robins and blackbirds).
As we stated when we began, birding etiquette is mostly a matter of being considerate of your surroundings and the birds.
Before doing anything when you are birding, think about how it will affect the birds and the environment. If everyone does their part, things will always go more smoothly.
As a birder, your most important piece of equipment will be your binoculars since they are the primary tool that you use to observe the birds in the first place. A pair of binoculars which is poorly maintained is one that will not serve you very well since the image will be unclear.
Many things can go wrong with binoculars that have not been appropriately maintained. Since birding can sometimes take place in more rigorous environments, you may also have to deal with any damage to your binoculars that may have been caused by your surroundings.
For example, if you are birding by a beach or an arid environment you may have to deal with sand in the workings of your binoculars. In sandy areas, you will want to keep your binoculars stowed away for as long as possible before you get to your observation spots.
If you are going birding by the beach, you will want to keep your binoculars as far away as possible from the water, especially saltwater. Saltwater damage, especially on the lenses of your binoculars, cannot be fixed, so your only recourse is to ensure that it does not happen in the first place.
When you are cleaning off the lenses of your binoculars, you will always want to use the finest of microfiber cloths, preferably ones which are made for use with high-power lenses. If there is dirt caked on the surface of your binocular lenses, you may have to use a cleaning solution.
Specific cleaning solutions for binoculars exist, but you can also use eyeglass cleaner or similar products intended for other lenses. In addition to cleaning the surface of the lenses on your binoculars, you should also make sure that none of the hinges or knobs on your binoculars are dirty.
The best solution for cleaning the tightest nooks and crannies is compressed air. All you have to do is spray the dusty areas of your binoculars with the compressed air can, and the dust will fly away. Compressed air eliminates the need for cotton swabs and fine brushes which can end up costing quite a bit in the long run.
If you want to ensure that your binoculars do not degrade in quality over the time that you use them, you should periodically check every one of their functions.
Going over your binoculars and testing every knob can help ensure that preventable issues can be dealt with early on before they take effect.
Thank you for taking the time to read this guide to birding, whether you are a beginner or an experienced birdwatcher, it never hurts to go over the basics. Knowing everything about the hobby of birding is one of the best ways to ensure that you get the most out of your experience.
Now that we have gone over the basics feel free to move on to our guide to finding the best birding binoculars. We will go over five of the best birding binoculars on the market and review each of them. Feel free to let us know what you think in the comments section down below.

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- Authorities say an inmate being transported to a court hearing in Kansas somehow got ahold of a weapon and shot 2 sheriff's deputies.
- Both deputies were killed, authorities said. The suspect was wounded.
- Authorities are not looking for other suspects and say the public is not in danger.
A second sheriff's deputy died early Saturday from injuries suffered when an inmate who was being transported in Kansas City overpowered two officers and shot them.
Kansas City, Kansas, police confirmed on their Facebook page that Deputy Theresa King, 44, died just after midnight following the shooting on Friday. Officer Patrick Rohrer, 35, died earlier. Both were parents, authorities said.
The inmate was also shot during the confrontation in a gated area near the Wyandotte County Courthouse and was taken to a hospital. He was in stable condition. Investigators said the inmate may have grabbed a weapon from one of the deputies during a struggle after he got out of a van late Friday morning.
"It is very possible that with their own firearm, they were both shot," Wyandotte County sheriff's Maj. Kelli Bailiff said during a news conference Friday at the University of Kansas Hospital.
Rohrer had been with the force for seven years and leaves behind two children, Wyandotte County sheriff's Maj. Kelli Bailiff said. King had been with the force for 13 years and had three children, including a young one.
Bailiff said the inmate was being taken across the street from the jail, to the services building, for a court hearing. The inmate was taken in a van to a gated area behind the building, and when he got out of the van, he somehow overpowered and shot the deputies, Bailiff said.
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Bailiff said investigators do not believe the public is in any danger. Video from the scene showed the courthouse surrounded by yellow police tape, several police vehicles parked in the street and numerous uniformed law enforcement officers walking the grounds.
Kansas City, Kansas has dealt with other officer shootings in the recent years.
Two Kansas City officers were shot and killed within less than three months in 2016. Capt. Robert Melton was slain in July while searching for a suspect in a drive-by shooting. Melton was part of the police honor guard for Det. Brad Lancaster, who was fatally shot earlier in 2016 near the Kansas Speedway.
In 2015, Wyandotte County Deputy Scott Wood was shot seven times but survived.


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The Aug. 5 Courant said it all on Page A3:
The top story: "Lawmakers Resigned To War With Iraq."
Column right: "Cheney's Defense Firm Chosen."
Photo left: "Fighting Back The Tears."
So, we are resigned to attack Iraq? I must have been sleeping a very long time, because I don't recall the United States (or its allies) having been recently attacked by Iraq.
The idea of our country going it alone (and we would be, because we have squandered any vestiges of coalition support since Sept. 11 with our unilateral policies) would mean the deaths of tens of thousands of U.S. men and women. A few thousand smart bombs provide no guarantee of dispatching Hussein, yet ensure that a brand new crop of martyrs will rise.
So then, either we "kill 'em all and let God/Allah sort 'em out," or we become an occupying force in perpetuity. Kind of like our 1776 revolution, except we'd be the Redcoats.
If I were a cynical person, I could make a case for a war (any war) as a distraction from current U.S. economic problems, and from the reluctance of Cheney and Bush to provide information demanded for pending lawsuits.
Most telling of all was the picture titled "Fighting Back The Tears," of the soldier hugging his crying son. We had better get used to that scene being replayed over and over. Except the soldier won't be in the picture, just the bereaved family doing the crying.
Dennis M. McDonald
In his attempt to gain support for his proposed invasion of Iraq, President Bush owes a debt of gratitude to former Republican President Richard Nixon. For it was Nixon who, in an attempt to defuse opposition to the Vietnam War, eliminated the military draft. He reasoned correctly that it's much easier to get "we the people" to go along with a war if we know that our own sons will not be on the front lines.
Notice how curiously impersonal, almost antiseptic, the debate over this proposed new war has been. We are even debating the probable cost (in dollars) of such a venture.
One thing is certain: If this invasion does take place, nobody will have to pull strings to hide their own sons in the Texas Air National Guard.
A misleading Courant headline proclaimed "Lawmakers Resigned To War With Iraq," then the article gave opposite information, quoting retired Gen. Brent Scowcroft, an adviser to President Bush, and Sen. Carl Levin and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, who (among other government members) have spoken out strongly against such a war.
Such a newspaper generalization about our legislators is untenable, and is a denial of their promised function and commitment -- to represent the will of the people who elected them. There is no damage more insidious to our democracy than for the American people to be insistently told by the news media that they have no voice in such a decision -- that imminent war on the devastated country of Iraq is a done deal, already determined by the powers currently in control, and that even our legislators are programmed to march us to still another war like obedient puppets.
The many Americans who are discouraged and alienated non-voters are only further disillusioned by such declarations. Instead they need -- we all need -- to believe again that a cardinal principle of democracy is still the importance of our individual thought, our acquiescence or our protest. We need to make our voices heard, especially now at this crucial time of determining the future direction of our nation. And our legislators need to consult and listen to the people before such life-changing decisions are made.
I, for one, am not resigned.
Mary B. Hess
"Lawmakers Resigned To War With Iraq" is the most discouraging article I have read in a long time. Are our senators and representatives simply going to sit back and accept President Bush's private revenge? Apparently so. "Well, that's it. We're going to war. Who wants a Coolatta?"
What has happened to our country? Are we simply (unprovoked) going to attack another country? Where is our justification? Because the current executive branch says we should? There are no proven links between Iraq and 9/11. So where's the case for further war?
Even former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter, who should know better than most what Iraq's capabilities are, is not fond of this approach. Have we become such a nation of lemmings that we will follow our leaders into a leap off the cliff without even questioning why?
I understand America was sorely hurt by terrorists. I understand the natural, human tendencies to extract vengeance. I understand that we are seemingly surrounded by enemies, and that we probably have them within our very midst. It is a scary time, to be sure. But we must remember who we are, and what our country represents. We are not marauders with free rein to lash out at those who displease us. We are Americans, and we do not do such things.


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The Southland Whiskey Kitchen has been open for three months and is the latest project from the group that also operates the seven-strong Casa del Matador chain of restaurants. It's a slick and professional production that already feels like part of its own branded chain; it's right at home alongside the posh and glossy storefronts of Northwest 23rd. The food on offer is BBQ and Southern standards, and a menu of around 150 whiskeys—nearly the entire OLCC catalog, plus special orders—supports the name.
One-half of the duo that opened Southland Whiskey Kitchen is a restaurant designer, and a talented one. The spacious and refined Old West-themed dining room is lit throughout with the low, warm, amber glow of wagon wheel chandeliers and handsome period fixtures; walls and tables of exposed-grain wood create a masculine feeling of sturdiness and quality. It's an idealized recreation taken to the brink of the concept without seeming clichéd or corny. Waiters are many and knowledgeable, and fully attentive even at peak capacity.
You'd better not open your doors in Portland without a competitive hamburger, and Southland's BBQ Burger ($11 with fries, a great value) is a strong offering. It's a tall, loaded, photogenic stack of meat that threatens to eat like a mess but handles fairly well. What feels like a half-pound patty of house-ground sirloin is cooked to order (mine came a perfect medium-rare without being asked, actually), thoroughly juicy, tender, and tastes of genuine fresh beef. The kitchen builds it with thick jack cheese, crisp battered shoestring onions, lettuce and tomato, generous bacon, and some truly good, spicy housemade dill pickles. It's a great burger, though I'd like to ask the kitchen to figure out a way to keep it from sitting in its own juices on the plate—the bottom bun was already sogging through when it arrived, so I had to sit it on a napkin like a priss.
Southland's fried wings are smoked first—a rare treatment of this ubiquitous dish—and their version is excellent. Sweet, sticky, fully-rendered brown skin pairs with deeply smoky jumbo wing meat for a stand-out house specialty. Fried chicken ($14 for two pieces) is perfectly cooked, with juicy meat and a crunchy, dry skin that holds well. The dredge is very plainly seasoned, in line with what I suspect is Southland Whiskey Kitchen's tricky corporate directive to please all but offend none.
Their BBQ items also aim for broadest appeal, which, in a town with this much good BBQ, is underwhelming. Brisket ($13-17) was thoroughly smoky but wan and dry, and like the mushy pulled pork ($12-16), had a nondescript rub. One could be forgiven for thinking the meats are kept plain in order for customers to simply dress them with the six light-bodied house-branded sauces on every table.
A surprising number of details were curiously amiss with the sides. Their horseradish slaw had zero horseradish, and tasted mainly of unseasoned mayonnaise. The Smoked Cheddar and Tasso Grit Sticks ($4-7) were crisp with a creamy interior, but lacked the smoke, spice, and richness of either named ingredient. The Smoky Baked Beans ($4) were loaded with bacon and a sweet, spiced sauce, but the beans were undercooked. The Collard Greens ($3) were generous with bacon but heavy with grease.
Desserts are made in-house, and the Key Lime Pie ($6), with its intense sweet/tart curd, tender marshmallow meringue, and rich, crumbly graham cracker crust, is the best of them. The crust of the Sweet Potato Pie ($6) was tough when served cold, but the filling tasted of real, pure, lightly spiced sweet potato (when brought to room temperature at home, the flavors became several shades more distinct and the crust softened considerably).
You are, of course, clearly meant to drink here—and to drink whiskey. You aren't going to learn any new names on the respectable fifteen-item single malt Scotch menu, but the eighty-item American bourbon menu is a connoisseur's playground. For those who wish to get educated and tight at the same time, nine flights of three labels each are available, in categories like "Oregon," "Bourbon," and "Top Shelf" ($16, $20, $97). Most pours are priced fairly, but some higher-end items seem marked up at a more aggressive rate than others.
Southland Whiskey Kitchen is a reliable source of fairly priced, accessible, archetypal Southern fare that satisfies but—with a few exceptions—does not wow. It is a place to enjoy good whiskey in a flawlessly attractive, upscale-casual setting, but not for those seeking food with a distinct personality.
Open Sunday-Thursday 11 am–midnight, Friday and Saturday 11 am–1 am. Happy Hour 3:30–6 pm, every day. Kids' menu available until 9 pm.


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Amsterdam - The Satirist
Life in Amsterdam
How to Survive the Dutch Winter - Darkness. Rain. Punishing winds. Gray skies. “Oh God, when will it end?” These are some of the words that come to mind when thinking of Dutch winters.
Learning Dutch describes one man's fledgling efforts to master the Dutch tongue.
Saturday at Amsterdam's Noordermarkt - Apple-pie is but one gastronomical delight you can find at the Noordermarkt, the biological market held each Saturday on the Prinsengracht near the Brouwersgracht.
Ice Skating on Amsterdam Canals - "I was a bit reluctant to join the others out on the ice on the Amsterdam canals. Seeing crowds of people walking on the ice makes it seem safer—or does it? Doesn’t the mass of people make it more likely that the ice will crack?"
Weather In Holland - Does it rain every single day? The eternal question.
Amsterdam's Westerpark - our own piece of grass on warm weather days.
Cycling in Amsterdam - There may not be hills, but battling the elements is no picnic.
Amsterdam Standup Comedy Scene
Amsterdam High School Relocates to Save Historic Coffeeshop (Satire) - A recent Dutch law forbids the operation of any of Amsterdam’s world famous cannabis coffeeshops within 300 meters of a school. While many coffeeshops will be forced to close, one Amsterdam principal has responded to the law by announcing that he will be closing his public high school instead.
Hans Donkerzijde's Amsterdam Portal (Satire) - A short biography of the life and times of Hans Donkerzijde, the Golden Age Amsterdam architect who left behind some controversial designs.
Saint Nicholas / Sinterklaas Poems
Poem: High-Tech Saint Nick
- Dan Geddes
"I used old maps—not GPS./ I got lost near France…or Siam."
Letter from Saint Nicholas to the Tax Inspector: A Poem - "I was greatly upset as I read your last FAX,
(including Santa Claus and Sinterklaas comparison table.)
Books About Dutch History
Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City - Russell Shorto's Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City is such an enjoyable book in part because Shorto cherry-picks the most interesting characters and events from his research into the city's history.
The Dutch Republic - During this Golden Age, the Netherlands became the richest, most progressive, and technologically advanced country in Europe. Amsterdam became the financial capital and entrepôt of Western Europe.
The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution — Barbara Tuchman. Barbara Tuchman's compelling view on the American Revolution highlights the key role played by The Netherlands in the struggle, first as arms merchant via Saint Eustatius (Dutch Antilles), and later as creditor and ally.
The Island at the Centre of the World: The Untold Story of the Founding of New York — Russell Shorto. The Dutch impact on New York (New Amsterdam) was much greater than you think.

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- “Heaven and Earth in Jest,” Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Olive Editions (HarperCollins), 2016 (1974), pp. 14-15.
- Philippians 2.5: the Greek word often translated as mind connotes feeling and emotion in addition to intellectual activity; therefore attitude translates the Greek word well.
- Society of Jesus, General Congregation 32, Decree 12.4 (Poverty),
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Good Friday (14 Apr 2017)
Homily of Fr. Paul Panaretos, S.J., Holy Week Retreat, Guelph, ON
The Passion According to John makes its point: Jesus’ cross wasn’t only an instrument of his shameful torture and death; his cross was the throne of our King’s glory. The gospel’s conviction is no solution: the notions, shame and glory, collide in our minds; our hearts tremble as we try to hold together dying by public asphyxiation and undying presence with God.
Yet Christians remind one another that Jesus’ dying into God’s undying presence calls us not to ignore any suffering and death and to look through human anguish to life. So this vision can be our ever-new vision, Jesus’ cross is our lens. Can we better appreciate Jesus’ cross? venerate it? carry it? A contemporary writer offered a useful image.
Annie Dillard wrote: American “Indians…used to carve long grooves along the wooden shafts of their arrows. They called the grooves ‘lightning marks,’ because they resembled the curved fissures lightning slices down the trunks of trees. The function of lightning marks is this: if the arrow fails to kill the game, blood from a deep wound will channel along the lightning mark, streak down the arrow shaft, and splatter to the ground, laying a trail dripped on broadleaves, on stones, that the barefoot and trembling archer can follow into whatever deep or rare wilderness it leads.”1
Her image helps me see with Jesus. We see lightning marks of other kinds surround us. Lives scarred by suffering and death scar us and cut us deeply. Blood is poured out in numerous places near and far. The cries of the poor and oppressed, and our affirmation of them in deed as well as prayer, call beyond anguish and despair.
Calls beyond ourselves received clear voice from the cross and its mystery. Can we not say the cross of Jesus is the lightning mark of God? Might this be what you and I seek? Holding the cross, bearing our crosses we see ourselves anew: we realize each of us is “the barefoot and trembling archer,” who follows the trail through life’s wilderness to find the very heart of God. Jesus’ cross graces us with his divine spirit and pioneering love. His pioneering love dots the trails of our lives; it trains us and forms us as God’s scouts.
Trained scouts see what others overlook. God’s scouts note each dot, each drop of blood calls, ‘God loves forever.’ By God’s forever-love God reaches into and beyond the grave. God reaches into and beyond each valley of death that veils from sight the attitude of Christ.2 God reaches into and beyond every setback that prevents us from putting on the attitude of Christ. God’s forever-love alive in us frees us to be “forgetful of self in…generous and ready service of all the abandoned.”3
Jesus’ attitude frees us to forget self more consistently. His attitude makes no human sense when we forget he nurtured intimate relationship with God: Jesus lived faithful to God’s heart. Jesus invites and graces us to do likewise. Jesus freely continues giving his attitude to all who desire to receive it.
Ask Jesus to help you stay near him and his cross. As you hold it ask Jesus to help you see the cross as the “lightening mark” of God’s pioneering love. For God’s pioneering love Jesus daily chooses us as his trained scouts for the life of our world.

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Provincial Minister for Agriculture Hussain Jahanian Gardezi said on Thursday that the government was providing subsidy and incentives to wheat growers to enhance productivity as increase in wheat production was imperative to achieve food security. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of wheat cultivation campaign at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) here, he said that the Punjab government had fixed a target of 16.5 million acres for wheat cultivation this year, which would help achieve wheat production target of 21 million metric tons. He said that the UAF students must participate in the campaign to convince farmers to cultivate wheat on maximum area of their lands. In this regard, they should also provide technical guidance to growers at their doorsteps. He said that wheat was most important crop. This year, due to devastating floods, wheat seeds stored in the homes were damaged. Therefore, the federal and provincial governments were working together in the flood affected areas to ensure timely cultivation of wheat. He said that Punjab produces nearly 75 per cent of the total wheat production. He said that wheat crop could lead to economic stability of farmers. Hence, in order to make wheat crop profitable this year, the government had fixed wheat support price at Rs 3,000 per 40-kg so that the farmers could bring maximum area under wheat cultivation.


I was so intrigued by the subtitle of our guest’s new book, “Rescued From The Life I Always Wanted”. What did it mean? What was her story?
Today, Shannan shares her story of how personal conviction called her out of the “good life” and into her dream life. A story filled with risk, confusion, and counterintuitive decisions.
Shannan’s story is convicting. It will make you question what you’ve always thought was success. It will challenge how you think about achievement, wealth, relationships, and culture. Our conversation is progressive and toward the middle of our interview, Shannan drops some powerful ideas that are difficult to swallow.
You can read her entire story in her new book “Falling Free Rescued From The Life I Always Wanted“. If her story has impacted you or made you question success, let me know your thoughts in the comments below.


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Chilli paneer is a very popular Indo-Chinese recipe and a famous vegetarian dish. This dish is basically a stir fry of deep fried cottage cheese cubes, onions, garlic and delicious sauces. It can be played the role of both starter the main course.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
- Paneer 300 grams (cut into medium sized cubes)
- Ginger 2 inch (finely chopped)
- Garlic 2-3 cloves (finely chopped)
- Green chilli 1-2 (slitted)
- Spring onion 2 (finely chopped)
- Onion 1 (cubed)
- Green capsicum 1 small sized (cubed)
- Red capsicum 1 small sized (cubed)
- Corn flour 3 tablespons
- Black pepper 2 teaspoons
- Salt to taste
- Sugar 1 teaspoon
- Chilli sauce 1 ½ teaspoons
- Tomato sauce 3 tablespoons
- Soy sauce 1 ½ teaspoons
- Water 1 cup
Fry the paneer cubes
Take a big bowl and place the paneer cubes in it. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon black pepper and some salt and mix well. Now add 1 tablespoon of corn flour in it. coat the paneer cubes with corn flour properly. Then heat some oil in a pan. Add the coated paneer cubes in the oil when it turns hot. Fry them on both the sides till they become nice golden in colour. Drain them on absorbent paper.
Make a corn flour-water mixture
Take the remaining corn flour and add it with ½ cup of water in a bowl and mix it. Keep it aside.
Prepare the gravy
Now heat some oil in a kadai. When the oil turns hot, add chopped ginger, garlic,chilli and spring onions. Saute them on high flame for 40 seconds. Then add cubed onions, green and red capsicums. Saute for half a minute. Then add chilli sauce, tomato sauce and soy sauce and mix well. Now add sugar, salt and the corn flour-water mixture and stir it. Cook on high heat stirring continuously until the sauce thickens.
Add the fried paneer into the sauce
When the chilli sauce gets its consistency, add the fried the paneer and some black pepper in it. mix well.
Better serve with roti, paratha or naan
Now the chilli paneer dish is ready to serve. Garnish it with chopped spring onion or freshly chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot along with naan or roti or paratha.


Fall Culture Travel: Copyright Murakami
Our Fall Culture Map will give you things to ponder over that second piece of pie.
There's no faster way to our heart than putting together a rollicking art show by an artist who "effortlessly navigates between the worlds of fine art and popular culture." So we're gagging to get to The Geffen Contemporary branch of the Museum of Contemporary Art in LA.
Running until February 11, the oddly-titled exhibition features a retrospective of works by Japanese shining star Takashi Murakami, with painting, sculpture, film and installation all represented. (We're hoping to see some of his cherry-bedecked Louis Vuitton bags.)
© Murakami will also feature the premiere of the artist's newest animated film and a self-portrait in sculpture with Takashi as a buddha. If that's not blending high culture and low culture, we don't know what is. Oh, did we mention the show's in Los Angeles?


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Morgan Amalfitano has left West Ham after falling out with the manager, Slaven Bilic.
The 30-year-old only midfielder moved to Upton Park from Marseille 13 months ago but has not made a Premier League appearance under Bilic, who revealed in August he had punished the Frenchman for a “breach of discipline”.
And West Ham said on Tuesday that the player had left the club “by mutual consent”.
“The Hammers would like to thank Morgan for his efforts during his time with the club and wish him well in his future career,” their statement added.
Amalfitano joined West Ham in the summer of 2014 following a season on loan at West Brom and made 32 appearances for the club, scoring three goals.


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Casey Manor residents and staff have been volunteering their time to prepare meals for those who have fallen on hard times, may be homeless, or just struggling with the cost of living. Located in a community centre in Hampton Park, The Find A Penny Foundation operate between Monday and Friday where a team of volunteers come together to turn donated food into delicious meals, ready to be given to those in need.
Our residents have helped to prepare vegetables, re-packaged food into smaller containers, ready to be given to families, as well as putting labels on containers which will be filled with nutritious meals. Residents are also knitting hats, gloves and scarves, which are gratefully received. We will continue to volunteer every fortnight as our residents absolutely love giving back to the community, they feel a sense of purpose.
Beth a current student at Casey Manor sharing that her family had won a $500 supermarket voucher, felt very inspired to make a difference so they donated the cheque to Find A Penny, certainly an incredible, selfless thing to do.
Find a Penny founder Ibbi recently visited Casey Manor to talk with the residents and thank them for their support.


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2022 was rough: inflation, energy crisis, and plenty of other controversial situations…
China's Huawei 2017 revenue ascends backed by smartphone sales and cost controls
On Friday, the world's number three smartphone producer, China's Huawei Technologies reported a 28% jump in the previous year’s net revenue, powered by cost controls as well as a sturdy performance in its home market.
The outlook for the high-tech Chinese company, actually trailing Samsung Electronics along with Apple Inc in mobile devices, is clouded by fierce competition in the domestic market, not to mention diving sales in America because Washington’s considering higher import duties on China's tech stuff.
Shenzhen-based Huawei boasted net revenue surge to about 47.5 billion Yuan the previous year, steeply up from a 0.4% leap in 2016. Apparently, the surge turned to be partly the outcome of a 85% sag in net financing expenses because the Chinese company had smaller foreign exchange losses booked.
Profit inched up 15.7% hitting 603.6 billion Yuan, which is in line with Huawei’s previous guidance as well as its slowest surge for four years.
The Chinese company vowed to concentrate on improving revenue having posted the slowest revenue surge for five years in 2016 because its slim-margin smartphone business suppressed revenue surge.
The company’s consumer business, including smartphone operations, tacked on at a slower 31.9% ending up with 237.2 billion Yuan having shipped up to 153 million smartphones in 2017. The given segment had managed to inch up 43.6% in 2016.
The carrier business, which accounts for almost half of the group's total profit, ascended at a slower tempo of 2.5%, versus 2016's 23.6% expansion because telecom operators are about to present next-generation 5G wireless networks in the nearer future.
Market share revenues in the European Union have helped Huawei to compensate the company's exclusion from America, which appears to be the world's most profitable market for smartphone makers.
The US dollar index keeps rounding above the 103.60 historical support level. The buyers have already defended this level for three weeks, highlighting their interest in the greenback. Thus, buying USD looks less risky right now.
Happy Monday, dear traders! Hope you had a great weekend and you’re ready for the last trading week in 2022! Later this week we’ll announce some exciting news for you, but now let’s look through some interesting news! Today’s events: USA, UK, Hong…
This week may be the most important since the year started as the Fed assess the economic outlook and the US presents fresh NFP readings.
S&P Global, a private banking company, will release a monthly change in British Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) on January 24, 11:30 GMT+2. The index is a leading indicator of economic health as businesses react quickly to market conditions, and purchasing managers hold the most current and relevant insight into the company's view of the economy.
The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics will publish the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) m/m on January 12 at 15:30 GMT+2. The index measures a change in the price of goods and services purchased by consumers.


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Advanto enters the Polish market. It becomes the largest payout provider ever in the CEE region
Advanto isn't slowing down. During the Anytime Payout's journey to the standard, Advanto has already crossed the line twice. After a successful expansion into Slovakia, the company is entering the Polish market. By buying out the clients of a similar service provider there, it becomes the largest provider of access to earned money in Central and Eastern Europe.
Advanto has been changing the rhythm of wage payments for almost four years. Thanks to the connection to payroll and time and attendance systems, over 70,000 employees in the Czech and Slovak Republics can send part of their wages directly to their bank account at any time. And all this with a few clicks in a mobile or web app. Earned wage access is an ethical solution to unexpected expenses and reduces financial stress for employees. According to Ewa Marczuk, Advanta's product director on the Polish market, "it is a benefit that gives people a foothold in these times of high inflation and at the same time, increasingly demanded flexibility."
Symmetrical has been providing similar services in Poland since 2019. During this time, it has become one of the most important players in the market with dozens of clients and thousands of employees. "Like many technology companies in recent months, Symmetrical decided to focus its attention on the development of a single product, which is a payroll system, a complicated product in itself. They decided to leave the pay-at-any-time platform, which inevitably also carries fintech elements such as regulation, capital and payment infrastructure, to us because it's a business and technology that we at Advanta are very good at," explains Martin Fortelny, CEO and co-founder of Advanta.
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Six shoppers walk away with the ultimate in adventure prizes – two Special Edition Jeep Wranglers and four extreme activities across the globe
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates: Sahara Centre, Sharjah’s leading retail and leisure destination, has announced the lucky winners of its ‘Extreme Action Like Never Before’ campaign – a month long competition that offered customers the chance to win one of four extreme activities and two Jeep Wranglers. The competition ran from 2nd April to 10th May, with the first raffle draw taking place on Wednesday 19th April and the second onSunday 10th May.
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Daum glass of the Art Nouveau era rivals that of Lalique and Galle in combining artistic expression with the finest craftsmanship. In 1900 the firm was awarded a Grand Prix at the Paris Exposition Universelle; and its designers later embraced Art Deco with equal flair. Many of their innovations were later adopted by other glassmakers, and the quality and distinctiveness of Daum design has remained up to the present day. Daum brings together the most representative and outstanding examples of the company's production from the 1890s to the 1990s. A brief history of the Daum family and their workshops at Nancy is followed by large-format colour photographs of over 200 individual objets d'art, from highly ornate Art Nouveau vases and lamps to recent sculptures. In translucent tints and elegantly curving lines, Daum glass depicts flowers, leaves, dragonflies and other insects with astonishing accuracy and delicacy. Designs from the 1930s combine etched and hand-carved designs set off by frosted surfaces. Salvador Dan and Philippe Starck are amongst the luminaries who have created some of Daum's most striking modern pieces. This collection of highly prized work is not only a glitter display of excellence in the fine arts, but is also a fitting tribute to a century of achievement by one of France's most esteemed manufacturers of fine glassware. Clotilde Bacri is the General Director of Daum, and holds degrees in political science and the history of art.
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WATERFORD >> The Waterford community is receiving a history lesson via five mule statues which were installed across town last week.
The life-size mules are located at Stewart’s Shop on Saratoga Avenue, Pioneer Savings Bank on Saratoga Avenue, One Day Signs on Broad Street, Waterford Harbor Visitors Center and the Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural Center, the latter of which organized the endeavor.
The Canal Mule Parade, which highlights the pivotal role mules played in the region’s canal towpaths in the early 1800s, will not only raise funds for the center but also promote Waterford.
According to Trish Burke, president of the center’s board, the mules, which were designed by local artists to mark its 50th anniversary, will be auctioned off in October to benefit the museum and cultural center.
The museum, which is currently searching for a new director, initially planned to select 10 designs for the Canal Mule Parade.
Both this project and the center’s anniversary will culminate during its annual gala, scheduled to take place at Chrome on Hudson River Road in October.
The Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural Center is located in the former 1830 Hugh White Homestead. For additional information about the museum and the Canal Mule Parade, visit http://waterfordmuseum.com
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Evelyn De Morgan
Evelyn showed a flair for and a dedication to art from an early age. On her seventeenth birthday she wrote in her diary: ”At work a little after 7... 17 today, that is to say seventeen years wasted in eating, dawdling and frittering time away... Art is eternal, but life is short... I will make up for it now, I have not a moment to lose.”
Evelyn was born in 1855 in London to upper class parents Percival Pickering Q.C. and Anna Maria Spencer Stanhope. On her mother's side, she was related to the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Roddam Spencer Stanhope and Coke of Norfolk. It was her middle class upbringing and the the availability of her uncle as a tutor which allowed Evelyn to pursue a career as an artist which was very unusual for a women of her time.
In 1872 Evelyn spent some months studying at the South Kensington National Art Training School, but her aspirations were clearly at odds with the school's traditional emphasis on the more feminine idea of artisanship and 'accomplishment'. The next year she enrolled at the newly established Slade School of Art, becoming one of the first three women to do so along with Mary Watts (née Tytler).
Evelyn rebelled against her middle class upbringing and gender stereotypes of the time. She had a coach and escort to take her from home to the Slade, but would insist of being dropped off a block away and walking the last block on her own, carrying her paints and canvases. She travelled unaccompanied throughout France and to Italy where she visited with her uncle, supposedly spending her dress allowance on getting there.
She was one of the first exhibitors at the Grosvenor Gallery, the avant-garde alternative to the Royal Academy. She was a fine draughtswoman and her drawings are often mistaken for those of her male contemporaries, Frederic Leighton and Burne-Jones. De Morgan continued to paint and exhibit professionally for the rest of her life.
She became involved in many of the leading issues of the day including prison reform, pacifism and spiritualism. She was also involved with the Suffragette movement and was a signatory for the "Declaration in Favour of Women's Suffrage" in 1889 .
Evelyn's drawings are enlightening not only for their skill and subject matter but also because they help us to understand her working process.
From loose compositional sketches, Evelyn swiftly progressed to detailed life studies for the figures in her paintings. Choosing to draw mainly on a grey wove paper in pencil and pastel Evelyn produced hundreds of figure studies. Her rigorously examined double studies of clothed and nude figures are particularly fascinating and underline the artist's obsession with the human form and her desire for accuracy.
As well as these postural studies, Evelyn also produced exquisite studies of details, such as faces, which were typically either beautiful or characterful. Hands and feet were also studied at length to ensure realism. On occasion oil studies of key elements were also executed, although the Foundation has very few of these within its Collection.
It is apparent that once a composition was decided and the model posed and studied, Evelyn rarely deviated from her concept. Scrutiny of the extant oil paintings proves this point as there is very little reworking or over painting: a remarkable fact considering the style of painting and complexity of compositions.
As a final element to her working process, Evelyn executed detailed compositional studies. These pieces can be considered works of art in their own right and it is apparent that Evelyn often sold them as such. The works in gold on dark grey wove paper are of particular interest as very few artists used this technique, although it is known that Burne-Jones produced similar works.
Evelyn usually painted on prepared canvases in oil paint, which is a long-standing convention. She did however paint some panels such as The Dryad and experimented with suspending oils in glycerine with Cyltie, a method she called 'the process' that she worked with William on, but did not find this method effective and painted only this and The Souls Prison House in this way.
Evelyn's early work defies the Aestheticism it is stylistically similar to as she chose narrative subjects rather than submitting to creating 'art for art's sake' which was central to the movement. Night and Sleep (1878) features the personified forms of night and sleep in a typical Aesthete dreamlike landscape, but the inclusion of bright red poppies that dominate the visual space are a clear commentary on the Opium Wars and the Laudanum crisis. She was clearly inspired by Botticelli's figures in his masterpiece Primavera for the composition of this painting.
Her later work – large jewel-like canvases with minute attention to detail and a photographic rendering of natural forms – is labelled as Pre-Raphaelite. However, her depiction of Rossetti's favoured model Jane Morris as an old woman pondering the passing of time in The Hourglass (1905) ridicules the Brotherhood's objectification of women by commenting that their ideals of beauty of destroyed by time.
Evelyn exhibited regularly at the Grosvenor Gallery and was a commercially successful artist, which regular patrons such as shipping magnate William Imrie. Her popularity was such that she held a solo exhibition in London in 1906 and in Wolverhampton in 1907, which was an unprecedented success for a female artist at that time.
Evelyn's social consciousness is most notable in her pacifist paintings which she exhibited in her studio in 1916 to raise funds for British Red Cross and the Italian Crocce Rosa. In these works, she uses a lexicon of symbols, such as dragons and sea monsters, to portray the horrors of war.
Evelyn's artistic talent is striking in her paintings, which are all of exceptional quality and her unique style and oeuvre set her apart from her contemporaries. Despite this, she is not a particularly well-known artist which is largely due to the fact her younger sister made it her life's work to collect her paintings until her death in the 1960s, leading to Evelyn's work being hugely unrepresented in public collections and overlooked by researchers and academics. Her sister's collection is the cornerstone of the De Morgan Foundation's collection today, which is the largest and most comprehensive in the world.


AMD’s web site leaks Radeon RX 490 video card
Visitors of AMD’s web site have noticed one peculiar fact – the site lists a new video card that no one has heard of – the Radeon RX 490.
Unfortunately there’s no information whatsoever on this new card so we can only speculate if it will have two GPUs inside or whether it will be a faster version of the RX 480. This news has come from a list of video cards that, when purchased, entitle their owners to a free game but you can also enjoy this promotion if you buy a computer that has been assembled by Dell, HP, ASUS, Acer, Alienware and other companies. The only requirement for these machines is to have an AMD CPU, GPU or APU inside. The last day of the promotion is February 28, 2017, which means that we will get the RX 490 before this date.


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Hello humans! i can't believe Feb is almost over! (where has the time gone?) With all the chinese new year festivities in the last 2 weeks, i have cooked, baked and eaten (HA!) wayyy too much! but hey everyone has a 2nd stomach for dessert right?!? (come on, i can't be the only one!)so today i bring you one of my all time favourites, the matcha chiffon with red bean cream. Yep its matcha related and it's cake, oh and theres cream too! perfect combo right?
The inspiration of this came came from Breadtop's matcha cake that we always get for any celebrations cos its the only asian flavoured one that my parents will eat without complaining about the amount of chocolate or sugar in it. What i realised about the cake was it actually was still quite sweet and it wasn't as light as i liked so i started experimenting and found that chiffon cake also works well!
Chiffon cakes are amazingly light and fluffy, and if its also simple to make, i am sold! so you may of seen on my instagram, ive made almost 6 chiffons in the last 2 weeks becaus they just disappear so quickly! What gives the chiffon the lightness is the egg whites, and i love whipping them up cos it reminds me clouds ( that another weird obession story for another day)
for the egg whites
- 6 large egg whites
- 50 g caster sugar
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1. place azuki beans and 3-4 Tbsp sugar in a saucepan and cover with enough water to cover the beans. boil them for 10 min and let it sit for 15. repeat process 3-4 times until beans are tender. You do not need to soak the beans
2. in a microwave safe jug, combine matcha powder and hotmilk, mix until smooth. i pass mine through a sieve so it all dissolves properly.
3. place egg whites in a large clean dry bowl and whisk with hand mixer until foamy, add in cream of tartar and gradually add in sugar.
4. in seperate bowl, mix egg yolk, caster sugar, oil, salt and baking powder with hand mixer until light yellow in colour then sift in the cake flour and gently combine
5. gently mix in the egg whites into the flour mixture.
6. Very important step! do not grease your chiffon tins or your cake will not rise! place in a preheated oven and bake for 35-40 minutes (depends on your oven, my oven's air circulation is a bit whacky.) at 200 degrees.
5. Once cooled, using a sharp cake knife, slice cake hoizontally in half.
6. in another bowl, start whipping the cream until it 80% stiff, test using your hand mixer, it should hold its shape once lifted). omce completed, mix in red beans and refrigerate for 10 min before using. you can adjust the sweetness of this by adding sugar to the whipping cream.
7. very simple cake to assemble. spread as much cream as your heart desires and place other half of cake on top. you can top with chocolate pieces or just a blob of softened red beans.
(yes the colour is really different in the 2 pics because they were pics of different flavoured chiffon)
so do check out the recipe and let me know what you think!
till next time,


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President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to withhold federal funding from "sanctuary cities"—including Chicago—that offer safe haven to undocumented immigrants. But Mayor Rahm Emanuel promised Sunday that the city will remain one, according to DNAinfo Chicago. "Chicago has been a city of immigrants since it was founded," Emanuel said in a statement. "We have always welcomed people of all faiths and backgrounds, and while the administration will change, our values and our commitment to inclusion will not." [DNAinfo Chicago] [Politico]
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Governor Bruce Rauner released his income tax returns, which revealed that he made more than $188 million in 2015 and paid more than $50 million in income taxes. He made $58.3 million in 2014, the year he beat then-governor Pat Quinn in the gubernatorial election. [WBEZ]
Legendary talk show host Oprah Winfrey has put her final Chicago-area property on the market. Winfrey has listed a four-bedroom home in suburban Elmwood Park that she purchased in 2001 (but never lived in) for $400,000. She decamped to southern California after her Chicago-based show ended, and has since sold two Gold Coast condos. [Tribune]


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