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What do you like at Farfalla in Los Feliz?
I've heard and read good things about Farfalla Trattoria for a long while, but never got around to trying it until a few weeks ago. Loved it!
I had the spinach ravioli with tomato sauce, BF had the wild mushroom risotto, a special. Both were perfect, and we very much appreciated the mellow, adult atmosphere and competent service. "Adult" -- not to say you couldn't bring kids here -- just that it's not a scene like, say, Malo or other nearby mood-not-food spots.
We're delighted to know about this neighborhood gem less than a mile from home. We're going back on Friday. The menu is large and there is much to try. What do you like?
And does anyone like the nearby wine bar, Vinoteca Farfalla?
4326 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029
1968 Hillhurst Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Love their shrimp pasta with a light tomato sauce and their tiramisu. A lot of people swear by their gnocchi. I'm not a gnocchi eater so I wouldn't know.
The last time I was there I got the branzino, which I think was a special. But the time before that......OHHHHHHHH......I had the ricotta and spinach ravioli with the sage and marscopone sauce....And let me say, it's rare that I finish everything that I order (because I load up on bread, apps and booze), but I could've LICKED my plate clean. Such a great dish...
Their Eggplant Parm. is to die for. I love EP and it's usually the dish I order when eating Italian and I always come back to Farfalla's. YUM!!!
I LOVE their Penne Alla Arrabiata!!! Spicy, garlicky, and goes great with their house chianti.
I can also vouch for the Farfella Al Salmone Affumicato Piselli, which is "bowtie pasta with .smoked salmon and peas in a light vodka pink sauce". It's wonderful.
I personally thought their pesto, which is creamy and includes shallots (?), was very odd and two strong in flavor. Good, simple, traditional pesto is so hard to come by.
I'm a big fan of the salads. My favorite is probably the simple arugula salad with shredded ricotta.
I must be the dissenting voice of reason here. Farfalla has some good stuff, some average stuff, and what I think is a pretty good pizza. I have yet to have anything which could even compare with Angelini or some of the other better Italian restaurants in LA. Their pastas are frequently overcooked and oversauced, their lasagna is pretty bad, their salads are usually good but there is sometimes an overpowering vinegar taste. The pizzas are usually good, sometimes very good, but generally undercooked or cooked at too low a heat and frequently suffer from a crust without char. The fish I have had has been average. The cheeses and meats they use are not top notch making dishes wholly dependent on ingredients like the bresaola good but not excellent.
For the neighborhood, this is a pretty good option, but no where near a first rate Italian restaurant.
Nobody here is claiming Farfalla is comparable to Angelini or is a "first rate Italian restaurant." It's a neighborhood trattoria, and I wanted to know what dishes people liked. I guess you're a fan of the pizza, sometimes. I'll have to try that. Any specific pizzas you like?
Anyway, thanks to everybody for your recommendations. We did go last night with a party of four and were generally happy again. Long wait, chaos in the small vestibule at the door. Oh well.
We shared the arugula salad, which was fresh, tasty and fairly standard. I would order it again if I felt a need for greens (as I usually do), but I wouldn't crave it.
My fellow diners all had entrees, which come out on huge, hot, food-filled plates. The lemony broccoli that came with was delicious and perfectly cooked. Everyone was pleased, and I found the taste I had of the chicken piccata particularly comforting. My BF had the skirt steak with that strange vinegary parsley "pesto." The sauce was quite sour on its own, but was a really nice complement to the meat.
I had the farfalle with smoked salmon, peas in a vodka sauce. This was smoky and delicious, but I found the portion too large for its richness. I could have used a few more peas too. Next time, I'd order this to split as a pasta course rather than as a main.
Deserts -- an acceptable apple tart and the torta della nonna, a heavy pastry-cream (not ricotta, I think) and chocolate chip thing -- were lackluster. Next time we'll try the tiramisu.
We had a bottle of a serviceable Californian sauvignon blanc. None of us are serious oenophiles. With tax and tip, I think it was around $180.
There's just something very comfortable about this place. It's definitely not a destination spot, but the food seems quite good enough and the service is competent. It's loud enough to feel you're out at a fun place, but you can still hear your dining companions. Overall, a good place to go in the general Los Feliz/Silver Lake area.
No, I am comparing it to Angelini as a point of reference. It is what I would consider the best Italian in LA meaning pretty good Italian, and Farfalla doesn't really come close to that, which I feel is contrary to the glowing previous posts.
As far as the pizza, their sausage and arugula, and margherita are good mostly because they season the dough properly, but stay away from the capricciosa which is overpowered by cheap black olives.
I agree however, that it's a very good restaurant by neighborhood standards.
Terrific neighborhood trattoria. I've been going for 20 years and it's still one of the best. Pastas have always been al dente (salmon farfalle is great, but rich), salads large enough for 2, sometimes 3, pizzas are thin crust and more like you would get in Italy. In fact, visitors from Italy gave it their seal of approval (unlike the ones in the Olive Garden ads!!). Extensive wine list, since it's shared with the Vinoteca Farfalla a few doors away and the Brazilian Tropicalia also on the same block (same owners). Perhaps not as special as Angelini Osteria, but it's a very good neighborhood spot as you would find on a small side street in northern Italy.
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PAIGE SPIRANAC left fans' jaws on the floor as she named her five biggest sporting upsets.
Spiranac, a former golfer turned influencer, wore a very low-cut shirt during a video on Instagram.
In the video, she reeled off her five biggest sporting upsets, but some fans were focused on something else.
Spiranac's revealing look saw her with just one button done up on her shirt.
And one fan joked: "I kinda feel sorry for that button.
"Doing everything possible to hang on."
Spiranac labelled Buster Douglas' KO victory over Mike Tyson in 1990 as the fifth greatest upset of all time.
Fourth was Holly Holm knocking out Ronda Rousey in 2015, with Spiranac saying Rousey was "never the same" afterwards.
In third place was the Giants' win over the Patriots in the 2008 Super Bowl, while Spiranac's second choice wasn't a sporting event at all.
Clearly a keen Space Jam fan, she said: "Number two, we had the Toon Squad beating the Monstars.
"There was the whole cheating scandal but that didn't stop the Toon Squad and they got it done."
And in first she had the Miracle On Ice, where the United States stunned the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey final.
Spiranac has a following of 3.6million on her Instagram page and almost 680,000 on Twitter.
Spiranac struck a chord with golf fans as she trolled the LIV rebel.
She sarcastically said she felt "sick to my stomach" after the "gruesome" injuries he suffered while getting "almost decapitated."
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However, things are looking up for DeChambeau after reports indicated he and Lilia Schneider were now a couple.
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She has been earmarked as the potential successor to Spiranac as the next great 'Instagram Golf Influencer.'


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What's one of the first recipes you taught your kids to make?
I'm not sure it could be called "taught" :) My elder daughter helps me in the kitchen since she's 2. The first thing she prepared on her own is my special pumpkin pie filling - she was about 2.5 by then. By now she helps me with yeast dough, any kind of whisking to be done and cutting vegetables for the soup.
What's a delicious no cook recipe?
My favorite quickest ever tuna pate:
1 pack of Philadelphia fat cheese
1 pack of tuna in oil
1 tea spoon of capers
Place all ingredients into food processor and process until smooth texture obtained. Best with with freshly baked bread. Ideal for breakfasts or as a sandwich spread.
What's a great breakfast for a special occasion?
I'll be very traditional on this. It should be poached egg, smoked salmon, poached spinach, home-made bread, goat cheese, green salad. And of course, fruit or cheese crunch cake
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The European Commission chief, Jean-Claude Juncker, has said he feels “betrayed” by the “egotism” shown by Greece in failed debt talks.
He said Greek proposals were “delayed” or “deliberately altered” but added the door was still open to talks.
Along with several other European leaders, he has urged a yes vote in the snap referendum called for yesterday.
Global stock markets saw big falls yesterday after the weekend’s events which saw Greek banks close for a week.
Mr Juncker said the talks had been broken “unilaterally” by the announcement from the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that he was calling a referendum.
The Greek government responded to Mr Juncker’s comments by saying: “An essential element in indicating good faith and reliability in negotiations is sincerity.”
Despite the public war of words a Greek official said Mr Tsipras had spoken to Mr Juncker on Friday and asked him to extend Greece’s bailout until the referendum.
A critical deadline looms today, when Greece is due to pay back €1.6bn to the International Monetary Fund – the same day the bailout expires. There are fears of a default and a possible exit from euro.
Mr Juncker said that he still believed a Greek exit from the euro was not an option and insisted that the creditors’ latest proposal meant more social fairness.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel echoed those comments yesterday, saying Greece had received a “generous offer” but adding she would not be opposed to further talks with Greece after Sunday’s vote.
German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Greek voters would effectively be deciding whether or not they wanted to stay in the eurozone, a view echoed by French President Francois Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
The question which will be put to voters on Sunday will not be as simple as whether they want to stay in the euro or not – instead it asks Greeks to approve or reject the specific terms laid out by Greece’s creditors:
“Should the agreement plan submitted by the European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund to the June 25 eurogroup and consisting of two parts, which form their single proposal, be accepted? The first document is titled “Reforms for the completion of the Current Program and Beyond” and the second “Preliminary Debt sustainability Analysis.”


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While everybody knows how to talk, not everyone knows how to listen. Be careful when you are trying to comfort your crying friend, as you might leave them feeling more bitter than the coffee you just paid for. Here are 7 bad listening habits everyone should break.
1) Keep one-upping their stories
So, your friend just got off from a 5-year relationship. Don’t try to relate by telling them how you have been single for the past decade yet turning out fine, hence they shouldn’t feel to them. This is NOT a competition of whose life sucks more.
2) Try to be Mr. Fix-It
Unless you’re a certified management consultant hired to improve their business cash flow, stop trying to solve their problems by offering a six steps solution, complete with a contingency plan and post-mortem diagnosis. Instead, just give them space to breathe and talk about it. Ease their emotional burden.
3) Cut them off at every sentence
Having you as a friend that speak at a rate of 50 words per minute could be beneficial for trivia nights, but not when the two of you are trying to have a healthy, reciprocal talk between two people.
4) Try to fill every pause
Silence doesn’t have to always be uncomfortable. You really don’t have to snort, make a joke, or perform a lap dance every time there is a gap in the conversation. All you need to do is to be there.
5) Being very distracted
Stop looking over your phone or checking out every girl or guy that passes by. Weren’t you the one who was concerned and called them in the first place?
6) Being critical/prejudiced/judgmental
Just because they say that they are still mourning over the death of Robb Stark doesn’t mean that it’s not real. Keep an open heart.
7) Tell them they’re alright
When they tell you that they’re feeling unloved/unappreciated/unwanted, your first reaction might be:
- “Where got?? people do like you what.”
- “You should be more positive.”
- “The world is big. Syrian people are fleeing their lands, gun violence is spreading in America, and somebody is being kept in someone’s trunk right now, with duct tape all over their mouth.”
Even with the best intentions, you might have just minimized their struggles. Instead, try to validate their feelings first by asking, “Why do you feel so, tell me more” and the sorts.
And when you’re out of things to say, a simple nod of “Yeah, that sucks,” could be all they need.

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Just like us, dogs can experience discomfort and health issues if their ears are neglected. Today, our Greensboro vets explore why dog ear cleaning is essential, what you need for the task, and how to clean your companion's ears.
Why Do I Need To Clean My Dog's Ears?
A dog's ears are more sensitive than they might seem. Regular cleaning can help to keep your pup's ears healthy and prevent a range of issues that can lead to discomfort and recurring infections such as:
- Ear infections caused by bacteria and yeast can occur if your dog's ears harbor excessive moisture, dirt, or wax accumulation.
- Ear mites are tiny parasites that make their home inside of our furry friend's ears leading to intense itching, inflammation, and discomfort.
- Irritation caused by allergies can make your four-legged friend's ears red and sore.
- Foreign objects such as grass seeds or debris can make their way into your pup's ears resulting in discomfort.
How To Tell If Your Dogs Ears Need Cleaning?
If your dog's ears are healthy, they will likely enjoy having their ears rubbed. If they’re tender from an infection they will probably pull away from you and won't want to have them touched. So just gently massaging your dog’s ears is a great first step toward checking their condition. If you notice that your furry friend is sensitive about having their ears touched, it’s time to take a closer look and likely time to clean them.
Contact your veterinarian for a proper diagnosis and treatment if you notice any of the following signs of infection:
- Redness in the ear canal
- Foul odor
- Excessive dark brown, yellow-green and/or bloody discharge
- Scratching the ears or face
- Pain on contact
- Head shaking
How Often Should You Clean Your Dog’s Ears?
There is no simple answer to this question. Different ear types make some dogs more susceptible to ear infections than others and therefore require more frequent cleaning.
Dogs with large floppy ears are more likely to get moisture or debris trapped in their ears which can lead to more irritation and infections. Other breeds are prone to excessive hair in their ear canals, increased ear wax production, underlying allergic disease and/or very narrow ear canals—all of which can require more frequent cleanings. Dogs without any of these issues can usually get by with a cleaning every one to two months.
Some dogs may never need to have their ears cleaned, so it's important to check with your veterinarian before you begin cleaning your dog's ears. If your pup's ears are clean and healthy, introducing cleaner into the canal could cause more harm than good. Dog ears are a tiny, well balanced, ecosystems. If your companion's ears stay healthy naturally, it may be best to leave them alone. Your vet can advise you on what the best course of action is regarding your dog's ears.
What You Need To Clean Your Dog's Ears
If your dog's ears are in need of. a good scrub, here are the "tools" you'll need to have on hand to get the most out of your cleaning:
- Dog Ear Cleaning Solution
- Cotton Gauze, Cotton Balls or Squares
- High-Value Treats
- Dog Ear Wipes or Pads (Optional)
How To Clean Your Dogs Ears
When you are deciding on a time to clean your dog's ears, make sure to choose a time when they are calm, relaxed, and have expended most of their energy through play. Start slow with the process and never force your dog to participate as many dogs can become uncomfortable and even fearful, especially if their ear is bothering them.
Work through the steps below, offering plenty of treats and praise along the way, and perform only the steps your dog will tolerate. If necessary, you can work up to a full cleaning over time. The key is to keep the experience as positive as possible.
1. Place a cotton ball or piece of gauze in the outer ear canal
If you’ve ever used ear drops in your own ears, you know that liquid in your ear canal can be uncomfortable. It’s the same for dogs—but here’s a technique that can help.
Place a piece of cotton just at the entrance of the ear. The cotton should go no further than just inside the opening to the ear canal so that it stays in place without you holding it there, but is easy for you to remove when the cleaning is over.
2. Fill the ear canal with cleaning solution
Now that you've placed the cotton into your dog's ear this next step will be much more comfortable for your dog.
Place the tip of the cleaning container on top of the gauze, right next to the opening of the ear canal. Allow the cleaning solution to saturate the cotton and flow into the ear canal. You may hear a crackling or squishing sound as the cleaning solution works to remove the wax. Remember to keep giving your dog lots of treats.
Be sure to clean the tip of the ear cleaning solution container thoroughly after every use. Otherwise, bacteria, yeast and other debris can accumulate on the tip and introduce infections the next time you clean.
3. Massage the ear canal
The ear cleaning solution will begin to break down wax and debris on its own but to make sure the ear is totally clean, you should massage the ear canal. Spend about 30 seconds applying gentle pressure in a circular motion to the area where your dog’s ears attach to their head.
Start massaging while the gauze or cotton is still inside your dog’s ear, then remove the cotton and continue massaging.
4. Let your dog shake their head
It’s only natural for your dog to want to shake the fluid and leftover gunk out of their ears. Once you’re done massaging, go ahead and let them shake their head. Keep a towel nearby to protect yourself from any free-flying liquid.
5. Wipe away the rest of the debris
When your dog is done shaking, use cotton balls or dog ear wipes to wipe away any visible wax or debris.
6. Treat time!
Now that the hard part is over, reward your dog for being so patient with this uncomfortable process by giving them lots of high-value treats.
Note: The advice provided in this post is intended for informational purposes and does not constitute medical advice regarding pets. For an accurate diagnosis of your pet's condition, please make an appointment with your vet.

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A grocery store customer was recently lectured by an employee for double-bagging his purchases at the self-checkout counter. However, the employee’s suggestion was, in a word, baffling.
The video discussing the situation came from TikToker Adam (@its_.me._adam), a self-described “pro MMA fighter,” and it drew more than 1.6 million views in its first four days on the platform.
Adam started the video by stating, “I’m 100% certain pretty much every single person on this app has been to this grocery store establishment before. I’m not going to say the name of it because that’s really not the purpose of this video.”
He mentioned that the particular store he was shopping at has shifted over from staffed checkout counters to self-checkout.
@its_.me._adam I don’t understand some people’s logic #dadsoftiktok #parentsoftiktok #comedian #comedy #humor #laugh #over30 #teens #dadbod #storytime #dadjokes #walmart #shopping #logic ♬ original sound – Adam
“So it’s my turn and I go up to the self-checkout, and I’m bringing my stuff up,” he went on to explain. “And a worker at this establishment says to me, ‘Why are you double-bagging your stuff?’ I said, ‘Excuse me?’ She said, ‘You shouldn’t be double-bagging your stuff. Why are you doing that?’”
He then responded, “My items are kind of heavy. And sometimes the handles break or the bottoms fall out. And I just don’t want to deal with that.”
The employee suggested, “Why don’t you just pack less in there and use one bag?”
He responded, “So I should take half of the items out of this bag, and then put it in another bag?”
She confirmed this, leading him to reflect, “I don’t follow your logic.”
He then tried to break it down for the employee with an example, confirming that she thought it would be less wasteful to separate a double-bagged package of milk and juice into a single-bagged milk and a single-bagged juice.
He asked, “Isn’t that the same number of bags?”
She maintained, “No, it’s not the same.”
He then told the employee, “Well, if you think you can do a better job, you can bag them,” but she informed him, “No, it’s not my job.”
“This is why it’s very important that we play with these toys as kids that like you put the circle in the circle and the square in the square. So that, logically, things make sense,” Adam observed at the end of his video.
While avoiding double-bagging was high on this employee’s mind, it isn’t the only concern around self-checkout for major grocery chains. According to a May 2023 report in The Street, there’s a correlation between self-checkout and increased theft.
“It’s a reasonable setup when a customer has a few items,” the article notes. “When they have more, it becomes a logic puzzle as there’s limited staging space. That means that as you bag your items, it makes sense to put the full bags back into your cart. Doing that puts paid items next to unpaid ones and makes theft, both the intentional and the unintentional kind much more likely.”
Viewers clearly had thoughts to share about Adam’s double-bagging situation, with his post drawing over 20,000 comments.
“Me being me, I would have started triple bagging everything,” one quipped.
“‘Not my job’… not mine either, but here I am bagging my own groceries anyways, so I’ll just bag them like I want to bag them, thank you,” another comment read.
One person, reacting to the employee’s abilities with math, said, “And that’s how you became employee of the month.”
A number of commenters also attempted to guess what non-double-bagging grocery establishment the TikToker was referring to.
“Tell me you went to Walmart without telling me you went to Walmart,” said one who came in to share their belief that the creator was describing a Walmart.
Another maintained that using as many bags as you want was the price of self-checkout, saying, “Walmart!! if I have to check my own groceries, I’m going to use as many bags as I please.”
The Daily Dot has reached out to the creator via TikTok comment.
*First Published: Jun 12, 2023, 7:11 pm CDT
Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and the author of two books on soccer, ‘The United States of Soccer,’ and ‘I Believe That We Will Win,’ both from The Overlook Press. His work has appeared most recently in The Striker, where he serves as managing editor, MLSSoccer.com, Next City, and Texas Highways. Based in Austin, he is also a lecturer in the Writing Program at the University of Texas at San Antonio.


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[en] Based on the critically assessed B-Si phase diagram, one alloy in the Si-rich side was selected and the temperature of the eutectic reaction L ↔ (Si) + SiB6 was measured to be 1636 K by means of DSC. Using a regular substitutional model for the liquid phase, the B-Si system was reassessed and extrapolated to higher-order systems. Thermodynamic description for the B-C-Si system was developed based on critically reviewed experimental data. The calculated phase diagrams were in good agreement with available experimental data.
[en] Strain dependent damping measurements of the widely used commercial cast magnesium alloy AZ91 (Mg+9 wt.% Al+1 wt.% Zn) were carried out under controlled fatigue bending loading. Damping was determined at room temperature as the logarithmic decrement of freely decaying vibrations of a bending beam clamped at one side. With increasing number of vibrations a maximum in the amplitude dependent damping curves for strains from 10-5 up to 10-3 was measured which can be attributed to the presence of cracks contributing to the dissipation of energy by displacement of crack surfaces. This maximum shifts to lower strains with rising number of loading cycles and is correlated with crack growth. A simple rheological model on crack damping is discussed
[en] Far-infrared transmission spectra of Ge0.17Se0.83-xSbx (x = 0, 0.03, 0.09, 0.12, 0.15) glassy alloys are obtained in the spectral range 500-200 cm-1 at room temperature. The results are interpreted in terms of the vibrations of the isolated molecular units, in such a way as to preserve fourfold and twofold coordination for Ge and Se atoms, respectively. In the Ge0.17Se0.83 bulk glass the main absorption bands appear at ∼250 cm-1 and 300 cm-1. With the increase in Sb content some new bands start appearing at 228-231 cm-1 and 250-260 cm-1. Theoretical calculations (bond energy, relative probability density of bond formation, force constant and wave number) were also made to justify the results.
[en] The effect of different Wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) process parameters on the damping behavior of A356.2 aluminum alloy is investigated. In the present investigation pulse on time (T_O_N), pulse off time (T_O_F_F) and peak current (IP) which are considered to be the most significant process parameters from the previous studies are varied using one factor at a time approach, to study the effect on damping behavior of A356.2 aluminum alloy. Damping experiments are performed on a dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA 8000) at constant strain under dual cantilever mode over a frequency range of 1–100 Hz at room temperature. The scanning electron microscope was used for characterization of the wire EDMed samples. Experimental results reveal that the damping behavior greatly depends on the wire EDM process parameters. The related mechanisms are presented. - Highlights: • Damping capacity increase with the increase in frequency. • Increasing pulse on time increases the damping capacity of aluminum alloy. • The damping capacity was found to decrease with the increase in pulse off time. • No significant change in damping capacity was noticed with varied peak current. • The formation of white layer plays an important role in the damping behavior
[en] The crystallographic and magnetic structures of Er6Ni2Sn have been determined at low temperatures using neutron powder diffraction. It has been found that this system orders antiferromagnetically (AF) below TN = 17 K. Data taken at low temperatures and analyzed using symmetry group analysis suggest that Er6Ni2Sn forms a complex non-collinear commensurate AF structure with strongly reduced Er magnetic moments. The reason for the reduced moments is unclear and needs further studies. The magnetic phases below 7 K and in the temperature range 7-17 K differ only in the Er magnetic moment magnitudes and in the angle that the Er moments at the 8l site make with the c-axis. The extra reflections present in the powder diffraction patterns suggest presence of a secondary phase. The temperature evolution of the powder pattern indicates that the secondary phase orders AF at 35 K
[en] Magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effect (MCE) of intermetallic Dy3Al2 compound have been investigated systematically. Two successive magnetic transitions, a paramagnetic–ferromagnetic transition at TC = 94 K followed by a spin reorientation around TSR = 69 K, are observed with the variation of temperature. Large permanent magnetic properties at low temperatures, i.e., the coercivity Hci and maximum energy product (BH)max at 5 K are 26.0 kOe and 58.5 MGOe, respectively, suggest Dy3Al2 compound as attractive candidate for low-temperature permanent magnets. For a magnetic field change of 50 kOe, two successive magnetic entropy change (ΔSM) peaks of 5.2 and 12.1 J/kg K are observed around TSR and TC, respectively. These two ΔSM peaks overlap partly, and thus giving rise to a high refrigerant capacity (RC = 360 J/kg at 50 kOe) over a wide temperature span. The universal curve of successive ΔSM peaks is constructed by using a phenomenological procedure. It is found that not only the curves under different magnetic field changes but also the curves around different transitions collapse onto the nearly same universal curve. Our result suggests that the phenomenological construction of universal curve is applicable in materials with successive second-order phase transitions. - Highlights: • The universal curve of successive ΔSM peaks is constructed for the first time by using a phenomenological procedure. • The successive ΔSM peaks leads to a large RC, which is higher than those of some materials in same temperature range. • Dy3Al2 exhibits a higher permanent magnetic property than those of other materials at low temperature.
[en] The magnetization of Fe/Y multilayers has been measured as a function of temperature. A bulk-like T 3/2 temperature dependence of the magnetization is observed for all multilayers in the temperature range 5-300 K. The spin-wave constant B is found to decrease inversely with t Fe. A simple theoretical model with exchange interactions only, and with non-interacting magnons, has been used to explain the temperature dependence of the magnetization and the approximate values for the bulk exchange interaction J b, surface exchange interaction J s and the interlayer exchange interaction J I for various Fe layer thicknesses have been obtained
[en] Fe/V multilayers prepared by sputtering has been studied by conversion electron Moessbauer spectroscopy. An extended series of samples of the Fe(x)/V(y) system has been studied both at room temperature and at 10 K. The series consisted of samples with x=3 ML (monolayers), 5 ML, 7 ML, 10 ML and 20 ML and y=5 ML, 10 ML and 14 ML. The obtained hyperfine field distributions point to quite diffuse interfaces, where multilayers with Fe layer thickness less than 5 ML are mainly non-magnetic. The influence of the spacer layer thickness on the Fe hyperfine field has also been investigated. The results indicate that interlayer coupling may influence the hyperfine field distribution positively
[en] The enthalpy of formation of the Cd-Te solid and liquid alloys was measured by direct reaction calorimetry (DRC) (drop method) at 737 and 1259 K with the help of a Tian-Calvet high temperature calorimeter. The DRC procedure used was very simple at 737 K but more sophisticated at 1259 K due to the high vapor pressures of both components. This allowed us to determine the enthalpy of formation of the CdTe solid compound in agreement with the data of the literature and the enthalpy of formation of the melts in the whole range of concentration. (orig.)
[en] DSC measurements were carried out for various Fe100-xAl x(x = 5-30 at%) alloys to clear the effects of cold roll and quenching rate from 1173 K. In the case of cold roll free specimens, an exothermic peak was observed at around 530-560 K in quenched specimens and no peaks in slowly cooled specimens. The peak temperature and its exothermic heat depended on the alloy composition. The maximum exothermic heat was obtained for a 25 at% Al alloy and its value were about 1200 J/mol. The peak in a 5 at% Al alloy was remained as a future work. The exothermic heat was affected by the quenching temperature in alloys above 15 at% Al. The peak temperature was decreased by decreasing the quenching temperature. In a 15 at% Al alloy, the peak became negligibly small by quenching from 1023 K. The activation energies in cold roll free specimens were evaluated from the Kissinger analysis and they were 134, 108, 133 and 110 kJ/mol for 15 at% Al, 20 at% Al, 25 at% Al and 30 at% Al alloys, respectively. On the other hand, cold rolled specimens showed an exothermic peak at around 470 K, independently of the cooling rate. Their exothermic heats and temperatures were comparable order to those of furnace cooled and water quenched specimens. The present results suggested that origin of exothermic peaks of all alloys were same in nature and atomic ordering may be related to the exothermic behavior at relatively low temperatures

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International troops should prepare to go into Syria-U.S. senator
WASHINGTON, April 28
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - A group of nations should get troops ready to invade Syria in order to secure possible stocks of chemical weapons, a senior U.S. senator said on Sunday.
Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, said U.S. troops should not go into Syria, but that an international force must "be ready operationally" to go in and prevent Islamic militants involved in Syria's civil war from getting their hands on chemical weapons.
"There are number of caches of these chemical weapons. They cannot fall into the hands of the jihadists," McCain, who was the 2008 Republican presidential candidate and is an influential voice on military issues in the U.S. Senate, told NBC's Meet The Press.
More than 70,000 people have died in Syria's two-year-old civil war, and the White House said on Thursday the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad had probably used chemical weapons on a small scale in the conflict.
Syria denies using chemical weapons in the war.
The U.S. fears anti-Assad Islamist rebels affiliated to al Qaeda could seize the chemical weapons, and Washington and its allies have discussed scenarios where tens of thousands of ground troops go into Syria if Assad's government falls.
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Pick up your hire car at Verona Airport and lose yourself in the city that inspired Romeo and Juliet. Ski-bunnies can take their love to the slopes just outside town.
"With our unique and breathtaking range of artworks and monuments you'll fall in love with Verona at first sight. Hey, it worked for Romeo and Juliet!"
Romeo and Juliet did, of course, both commit suicide. But don't let that put you off! Verona is still a very amiable city and few places can boast such a plethora of stunning Roman and Renaissance architecture.
Verona is quite often referred to as a mini Rome, a fairly accurate comparison, although it's far less touristy and bustling and, with its squares and narrow roads, has an intimate, almost cosy quality.
The locals take pride in their picturesque heritage city and love to make the most of its rural surroundings too. Does romance course through their veins? You'll have to find out that yourself.
Summer in Verona can be very hot and expect the odd thunderstorm. Winters, meanwhile, are very cold but with bright blue skies and plenty of snow just outside the city, it's a fine skiing location.
Equestrians, brace yourselves: they're quite keen on eating horse over here. Try the gnocchi with horsemeat ragu or Pastissada, a traditional horsemeat stew.
George Clooney is always inviting celebrities to his nearby Lake Como pad, so there's a chance you'll cross skis with a Hollywood megastar. Fingers crossed for the Brangelina brood.
Shakespeare set another of his plays in the Italian city, the comedy The Two Gentlemen Of Verona - but never actually visited the place himself.
"There is no world without Verona walls, but purgatory, torture, hell itself." - Romeo, in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
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Built in the first century, this jaw-dropping edifice is the third largest Roman amphitheatre in the world and the setting for opera and musical performances today.
The arena has its own car park for visitors.
The della Scala family ruled Verona during the Renaissance and this impressive palace was where they resided, surrounded by opulence.
Park in either Via Trota or any of the several small roads that surround the monument.
Arguably Verona's most famous landmark, this is the place for romantics. Don't forget to touch the bronze statue of the tragic young woman for luck in love.
Unfortunately, there's no parking on the street where the house is, but you can park at either Vicolo Stella or Via Nizza.
For an incomparable view over the city, clamber up the steps of this tower. Building work began in the 12th century but presumably procrastination set in as it was only completed in 1463.
Park in Pagina Dodici Society in Corte Sgarzarie.
This religious structure offers visitors two churches in one: an 11th century Romanesque building which in the 13th century was revamped into a Gothic place of worship.
You can find a place to park in either Dogana or Via Satiro.
Just the place for serious skiers. This is not a resort, more a skiing fraternity so expect a low-key apres ski scene and an early rise for the freshest snow.
Follow the A4 towards Modena/Brennero/Milano, then take exit Brescia Est. Continue straight onto the SS45bis, following signs for Bondone. You'll be there in less than an hour.
Part of the Dolomiti Superski Area, boasting an impressive 553 individual pistes. There's something here for all levels of skier, but beginners and intermediates will benefit most from the abundance of blue and red runs.
Follow the A22/E45. Take exit Bolzano Nord-Bozen Nord towards the SS12, then pick up the SS242 and continue onto the SS243 and SS244 towards Arabba. The journey will take over two and a half hours.
There are a variety of slopes for all abilities, mostly tree-lined and picturesque, so bring a camera. And with 90 miles of ski runs and a 50,000 square mile snow park, you're truly spoilt for choice.
Follow the A22/E45. Take exit San Michele all'Adige-Mezzocorona and join the SS43 (continue onto the SS42). Merge into the SS239 and follow signs for Madonna di Campiglio. It will take you just over two hours by car from Verona.
And now for something completely different. There's nowhere quite like Venice, so grab a gondola and max out your credit card in the city of romance, quickly, before it sinks.
It takes under two hours to reach Venice by car - just pick up the A4/E70 towards Valdastico/Venezia. Note that you will need to take the ferry to reach Venice. The journey should take you a little over an hour and a half.
" A lot of Verona's city centre is pedestrianised, so consider that when you go to the main tourist attractions. Keep your wits about you as the streets can be very narrow and there are a fair few tight corners to navigate. A major bonus is that you can usually find parking spaces pretty easily and often it's free both in the centre and just outside the city. "

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Right now something has to give for us, so we’re taking a break from the Juggle. It’s not forever, but we also aren’t committing to a set date that we’ll be back. This isn’t an easy choice, but it feels like a healthy one. We are leaning into the “off-season” training analogy.
Two women living far from their families, one in Beijing and one in New York, navigate challenging quarantines.
Juggle readers adjusting to new socially distant lifestyles: A career coach and a health care professional working their butts off.
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For Jen and Sarah, drinking during quarantine doesn’t work. Drinking has often left Sarah feeling physically like crap, and Jen’s always had a problematic on-again, off-again relationship with alcohol. So they both decided to cut way back. That choice certainly isn’t for everyone. But Jen and Sarah are both finding that the emotional rollercoaster of this time is dramatic enough without booze-induced meltdowns or hangover blues.
Jen needs to sleep more. Now that the world is upside-down, it’s harder than ever to keep good sleep habits. But if we don’t take care of ourselves, we’ll never get through this.
The world is a pretty scary place right now. Our mantra: “We are doing the best we can to manage everything that is going on.” See how we’re coping during COVID and share how you’re doing the same.
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I lost my husband’s phone. It’s somewhere in the bowels of our little two-bedroom Brooklyn apartment. I was convinced we’d find it, but now it’s been two days. Here’s what happened: last week was chaotic. In addition to the normal December frenzy including birthday parties and events, stressing about Christmas/Hanukkah gifts, and upending and re-booking […]
Here at The Juggle, we’re all about self care. Jen loves her family, but let’s be honest, sometimes togetherness can take a lot out of you. Here are some strategies to survive and thrive this holiday season.
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Carla Piñeyro Sublett got so burned out she decided to quit her job, pull her kids out of school and travel the world. Now she has a new outlook on work.
Much like broccoli, swearing is good for you. Do it liberally for a long life full of happiness and health. Maybe. Kind of.
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Ever felt like an imposter? We asked a career coach who’s struggled with this herself for her tips on how to deal.
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Alyssa shares how she built a daily meditation habit. It took years, but now that she meditates daily, she believes it helps her be the person she wants to be.
Guest blogger Courtney shares her deepest thoughts about being single in her mid-30s contemplating having children. “Do I freeze eggs and hope for the best? Let nature take its course and see what happens to my life over the next few years? Do I try to have a baby now, if the possibility will only decrease?”
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In this video, we’re going to show you how you can use your wired Ethernet and your Wi-Fi connection together simultaneously on a Mac. The result: faster and more reliable Internet.
Get Speedify from the Apple Store or at https://speedify.com/download/ - available for Mac, iPhone, Android, Windows/PC, and Linux.
- Mac computer / laptop
- wired Ethernet connection
- if your Mac doesn't have a built-in Ethernet port, you can use either a USB to Ethernet adapter, or a Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet adapter
- Wi-Fi connection. preferably from another upstream network than your wired Ethernet connection. So, they shouldn't come from the same modem / router, for best results.
1. Connect to one of your Wi-Fi connections through your Mac’s Wi-Fi menu.
2. Connect an Ethernet cable from your router or modem to your Mac. In most cases you'll automatically connect to the Internet.
3. Get Speedify from the Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/speedify/id999025824. This app allows you to use all of your available Internet connections at once, and not switching between them.
4. Open Speedify. You should see both connections automatically pop up in Speedify. Make sure the green switch is flipped on, and you are now bonding both internet connections together for faster, stronger internet.
That’s it! Get started with Speedify today, available on iOS, Android, Mac, PC & Linux.
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Colic is uncontrollable crying in an otherwise healthy baby. Colic is not a disease or diagnosis but a combination of baffling behaviors. It’s really just a catch-all term for problem crying in otherwise healthy babies — the problem being, there’s no solution to it besides the passing of time. And it’s common, occurring in one in five infants.
Fussing and crying are normal for infants, and a fussy baby doesn’t necessarily have colic. Doctors usually diagnose colic based on the “rules of three.” Your baby’s crying:
- Lasts at least three hours at a stretch
- Occurs at least three days a week
- Persists for at least three weeks in a row
Colic’s exact cause is unknown, and that’s why there’s not a clear way to help it. Some theories of what’s behind it include:
- A growing digestive system with muscles that often spasm
- Hormones that cause stomach pain or a fussy mood
- Oversensitivity or overstimulation by light, noise, etc.
- A moody baby
- A still-developing nervous system
Remedies and Relief
Here are some techniques recommended by Dr. Sehgal that may help soothe your colicky baby.
Lay your baby on their tummy, across your stomach or lap. The change in position may help calm some colicky babies. You can also rub your baby’s back, which is both soothing and may help gas pass through. In addition, tummy time helps your baby build stronger neck and shoulder muscles. Remember to only put your baby on their tummy while awake and under supervision.
Babies with colic often respond well to being held. Being close to you is comforting. Holding your baby for longer periods early in the day might help reduce colic in the evening. Using an infant carrier allows you to keep the baby close, while keeping your arms free.
Keeping your baby in motion may be enough to soothe colic. Try going for a drive with your baby or putting them in an infant swing.
Hold Them Upright After Feeding
Having gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) may be a contributing factor for colic. Babies with GERD experience heartburn because the breast milk or formula is coming back up through their esophagus.
Holding the baby upright after feedings can reduce acid reflux symptoms. Lying on their back or reclining in a car seat after eating can make symptoms worse, causing the baby to be cranky.
Using Infant Cereal to Thicken Milk
Infant rice cereal can be added to either breast milk or formula as a thickening agent. This is another way to help reduce acid reflux episodes in babies with GERD.
Add one tablespoon of rice cereal to one ounce of formula or pumped breast milk. You may need to make the nipple hole in your baby’s bottle a tiny bit larger for the thicker liquid. Be sure to check with your pediatrician before trying this.
Discomfort from a milk protein intolerance or allergy may also be partly responsible for your baby’s colic. In this case, switching to an elemental formula or one with a different protein source may make it easier to digest.
It takes about two days to notice an improvement. If your baby is still crying at the same rate, intolerance or allergy may not be the issue.
Take notice of what works (or doesn’t) to soothe your baby. This will help you pinpoint the best solution to restoring peace to your house and comfort to your little one.
When to See a Doctor
Seek immediate medical attention if your baby’s crying could be the result of a fall, injury or illness.
Contact your baby’s doctor if:
- You notice a bluish-cast to your baby’s lips or skin during a crying episode.
- You’re concerned about your baby’s crying, especially if you notice changes in your baby’s eating, sleeping or behavior.
- You can help your baby’s doctor by tracking in a diary when your baby cries and for how long. Also record your baby’s sleeping and eating patterns.
Fact and Fallacy
Myth: Colicky babies grow up to be unhappy kids.
Fact: “Colic is not your baby’s defining personality trait,” says Dr. Jana. “Once the colic is gone, your child can have a completely different personality — spunky, sensitive, crabby. But colic is not going to tell you which, because it doesn’t carry over.”
Myth: Colic results from overstimulation.
Fact: Colicky kids cry because they miss all the noise and stimulation they got in the womb. “If you take them to a noisy basketball game, they usually go to sleep,” notes Dr. Karp.
Myth: Your new-parent anxiety is making your baby cry.
Fact: “Babies aren’t sharks in the water, and they can’t smell your anxiety,” Dr. Karp says. What they can pick up on: body temperature and how relaxed you are — or aren’t. “When you’re anxious, you may jump from one thing to another because you’re uncertain, and they can sense that,” he adds.
Myth: Medications can relieve colic.
Fact: Some parents think that diphenhydramine, an antihistamine also sold as a sleep aid, will help calm tears. But it makes some babies cry more. Reflux meds also don’t often help — only about 2 percent of colicky babies have the type that warrants medicine. “Doctors know better, but under parental pressure they often medicate these kids,” says Dr. Weissbluth.

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Avid theatre-goer, self-proclaimed foodie and crazy dog lady!
A short and sharp hour-long comedy show. Grab a drink, a bite to eat and watch the best acts on the Australian comedy circuit while the rat-race wrestle with their over-crowded commute. Featuring Sally Kimpton, Shayne Hunter, Andrew Paskin, Jen Carnovale and Umit Bali.
Doors open at 5:30pm for a 6pm start. First 10 tickets purchased, get a free drink!

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Jessica Simpsons Shows Off Amazing New Body in New Ad
By Maychelle Ornos | February 10, 2014 4:57 PM EST
Sexy is an understatement for someone like Jessica Simpson and now that she has lost a few pounds, you can definitely bet that she is back on track.
Even after the birth of her second child Ace, Jessica is proud of her weight that she was able to keep her curvaceous body without worrying of pregnancy gains.
After welcoming their little baby boy, Jessica was bent on losing the pounds she gained during the pregnancy and indeed she has not failed even though she had Maxwell just 14 months before giving birth to little baby Ace.
At 33, she is still beautiful and fit without any signs of wearing out but she does confess that she did gain a hefty amount of weight during her first pregnancy. She publicly claimed that she only gained 40 pounds but after becoming a bridesmaid in her friend's wedding last March of 2012 many speculated that there is more to it than just 40. Many criticized her for the said weight gain.
Losing weight after having two kids is really hard to do but this blonde beauty has been very successful with her weight loss. This mother of two has even worn a tight fitting black ensemble for her latest commercial with Weight Watchers. One can really see the joy in her face as she poses for the camera.
It is definitely a hallmark that she is proud of her weight loss. She knows that she has accomplished a great feat as a mom and is brimming with confidence. She even shared a few pictures of her to track her weight loss journey.
The cruel taunts she received because of her weight gain is now over as she represents the Weight Watchers. She has definitely earned the multimillion dollar deal she received from the said company. She was still pregnant with her first bay when she signed the contract.
Working hard to get in shape after childbirth, Jessica has plans for the future with her upcoming wedding to the former NFL player Eric Johnson. Indeed, Johnson is one lucky guy. However, the weight loss is not only for her upcoming wedding but also for her little baby girl Maxwell.
She wanted to be a role model of her little girl saying "I want her to look up to me and be like me," according to US Weekly. She wants her baby girl to know what is important and not to look on to false perception.
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Working with less usually means a reliance on what you know best. So it should be no surprise that, with recent widespread reductions in marketing budgets, more and more marketers are trusting in email marketing efforts.
That’s confirmed in the latest research from Exclaimer, an email signature management software company, that found that even as 68% of marketers are seeing a budget reduction for the second half of this year, 78% are keeping email marketing their priority channel.
“With so many marketers experiencing cuts in their budgets, it’s more important than ever to demonstrate ROI on the activity marketers decide to progress with,” says Exclaimer’s press release, which then puts focus on Exclaimer’s email signature-focused research.
“It seems that brands are aware of the fact that email signatures are good for business too, with 94% of marketers stating that consistent branded signatures have a positive impact on email engagement rates and 40% hoping to generate 20% or more of revenue from email signatures.”
Among Exclaimer’s signature suggestions, tips include putting contact information, promotional information, and social media links.
“Our research shows that email signatures are a powerful channel that consumers really relate to,” says Carol Howley, Exclaimer’s Chief Marketing Officer. “By implementing email signatures into an email marketing strategy, marketers can boost their audience engagement, making the most of the channel they connect with. After all, it’s about working smarter, not harder.”


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Helps to clear all blockages so that our bodies can have a clear flow of energy
To benefit from these stones, place each stone on the appropriate area of the body or you may choose to place beside the areas, you may choose to lay on the bed or the floor, lay and relax allow the stones to do there work.
Root Chakra (feet)-Black Onyx/Hematite
Sacral Chakra (pelvic area)-Carnelian
Solar Plexus (Navel)- Citrine
Throat Chakra -Lapis Lazuli / Chrysocolla
Third eye Chakra (forehead)-Sodalite
Crown Chakra (top of head)-Amethyst

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Outdoor, restaurants can apply to use sidewalks curb lanes and newly opened streets in a new plan for reopening with social distanced. New york mayorbill deblasio says the city is preparing for the june 8 start of phase one of reopening and that he, new york will allow outdoor dining during phase two of reopening governor andrew cuomo announced on wednesday with. Gov andrew cuomo quietly added outdoor dining to the list of activities that can resume in phase ii wednesday noting the, gov phil murphy said tables in outdoor dining areas must be spaced 6 feet apart and special liquor license applications will.
Right now we're seeing the importance of being outdoors more than ever " axie navas director of the new mexico economic, which is precisely why the outdoor dining set is arguably one of the most important pieces you'll ever purchase for your. A new shelter in place order will allow outdoor dining to resume in san mateo county starting saturday following a similar, with phase 2 of reopening scheduled for next week long islanders on thursday talked about being able to enjoy outdoor dining. Aquariums art galleries country clubs ice and roller skating rinks indoor family entertainment centers indoor sports, new york mayor bill de blasio is targeting a july reopening of outdoor dining the mayor is preparing for the june 8 start of.
Parks surrounding and on the pier the main pier walkways outdoor restaurant spaces tour boats and some free programs will


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Stalin and the First Five-Year Plan
"The fundamental task of the five-year plan was to transfer our country, with its backward, and in part medieval, technology on to the lines of new, modern technology.... The fundamental task of the five-year plan was, in converting the USSR into an industrial country, to completely oust the capitalist elements…for the building of a socialist society." -- Joseph Stalin, January 7, 1933
The “Roaring Twenties” ended in a tailspin when the collapse of the stock market in the United States triggered an international economic crisis. This momentous event would have a profound impact on the two places where Lotte Jacobi worked in the early 1930s, Germany and the Soviet Union. The economic disaster played an integral role in shaping her decisions to travel to the Soviet Union in 1932-33, as well as the kinds of subjects that were the focus of her camera there. Within several years after this trip, Adolf Hitler’s subsequent rise to power caused her to flee to the United States in 1935.
When the stock market collapsed on Black Tuesday, October 29th, 1929, Americans watched their investments, life savings, and retirement funds disappear into thin air. Runs on the banks ensured that many Americans were left with no hard currency. As the banks ran out of liquid capital, they failed one by one. Industrial production in the United States dropped by 50 percent in three years, while the unemployment rate rose to 25 percent (Iriye 119). President Herbert Hoover assembled teams of economic specialists in the hopes of finding quick solutions, but none were to be found. Over the next five years in Europe, banks from England to Austria failed; the gold standard economies of many countries fell like dominos.
As the Great Depression took hold of the western world, many in the affected countries watched the Soviet Union’s rapid expansion of heavy industry. For Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), the ruthless leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death, industrial production showcased the full power of a socialist, rather than capitalist, society, with people working together for the common good and progress of the federation. Many people wondered what could be learned from the industrial and social upheavals in the Soviet Union at this time of economic crisis elsewhere.
The Rise of Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin’s rise to power in Russia and the Soviet Union is remarkable in light of his modest beginnings. First, he was not a Russian. Born Iosif (Ioseb) Jughashvili in Gori, Georgia, on December 6th, 1879, he was the third and only surviving son of Georgian parents. Both of his parents were descendants of serfs. His father, an abusive alcoholic, was a shoemaker, while his mother, a domestic servant and seamstress, became the young Iosif’s greatest advocate.
Iosif overcame a childhood marked by poverty, illness, and physical infirmities that left him with a withered arm, a limp, and a face marked by smallpox. When his parents’ marriage collapsed, he lived with his mother, who pushed for her young child to have an education. Although his father made him work in a tannery factory for a year, Iosif was able return to his parish school in Gori; there he learned Russian and became an award-winning student. He passed his examinations and was accepted by the Tiflis (now Tbilisi) Spiritual Seminary, the highest level of education available in Georgia at the time (Kotkin 20-27).
However, the life of a priest was not for this intelligent and militant young man. Iosif became involved in socialist student groups, prompting him to leave the seminary and choose the life of a revolutionary. It was during this period that he came into contact with other revolutionaries in Russia, such as Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky. His status as a non-Russian was considered important by Lenin, since he had written a treatise on the idea of unifying nationalities under a centralized bureaucracy (Kuromiya 20, 21).
In the autumn of 1912 at the age of thirty-four, Iosif was visiting countries in Europe while working on his treatise when he adopted the pen name “Stalin.” Roughly translated, Stalin means "steel" or "man of steel." The name suited him. As a child, he had been known as a vicious fighter, perhaps because of a chip on his shoulder due to his physical deformities and abusive father. Within the Russian Communist Party, Joseph Stalin was known for being brutal, far more brutal than Lenin. He "...spoke rudely and crudely, a habit he retained until his death and justified as the speech of workers who spoke the truth straightforwardly and bluntly and were unfamiliar with the delicacy of manners" (Kuromiya 12).
It was this brutality that would come to define Stalin’s tenure as general secretary of the Communist Party. Historians must juxtapose Stalin’s unbelievable cruelty and penchant for sacrificing the many for the good of the party and his own security against the undeniably impressive results of his industrialization campaign. It can’t have been a coincidence that "the man of steel" would do his utmost to drag the Soviet Union, perhaps kicking and screaming, into the industrial age.
After Lenin’s death in 1922, the Communist Party leadership fought among themselves for control of the party and the federation. Stalin was pitted against Leon Trotsky, former general of the Red Army during the civil war. Stalin sided with Nikolai Bukharin, another member of the leadership, and together they prevailed in sidelining Trotsky and his left-leaning compatriots in the party. By 1926, Stalin had cemented himself as Lenin’s successor and began the process of carrying out his vision for the country.
Stalin recognized the backwardness of the Soviet Union and looked to the West. In 1926, the United States and other western countries maintained successful, productive economies. The US had managed to switch its manufacturing focus from heavy industry to consumer goods after the end of World War I. Thus, modernization and industrialization became central to Stalin’s plans for the USSR.
The First Five-Year Plan (1928-1932)
In the mid-1920s, the Soviet Union was operating under the New Economic Policy, or NEP, that had been introduced by Lenin. Slowly, between 1926 and 1937, Stalin and the Politburo used official policies to contradict fundamental assumptions of the NEP until it ceased to be relevant or enforced (Kenez 80, 81). NEP had been a very liberal policy, both economically and socially, yet it was not designed for longevity. As Stalin studied western countries and their economies, it became clear to him how important it was for the Soviet Union to successfully industrialize.
Doing so would be a massive undertaking, requiring a complete break from the traditional Russian agricultural lifestyle that was still prevalent in the many rural parts of the federation. Likewise, Stalin would have to successfully unite the working class of the entire federation, from the breadbasket of Ukraine to the tundra in Siberia, to the Ural Mountains, the Caucasus, down into the arid landscapes of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and east to Vladivostok. The First Five-Year Plan consisted of the centralization of agriculture in the rural farm lands, a further equalizing of the peasants, and a massive industrialization initiative.
In the late 1920s, most of Russia's population lived outside the cities. Though serfdom had been abolished for close to 70 years, the peasants still worked the land and lived much as they had before the October Revolution and the civil war. These were the same peasants that Lenin had seen as incapable of leading the revolution. Now, Stalin tried his hand at forcing change upon a group of people whose lifestyle essentially hadn’t changed in hundreds of years.
The peasants were the food producers for the Soviet Union. It was their grain, their farm animals that fed the majority of citizens. Yet, as 1927 passed into 1928, famine struck parts of the country and a grain crisis arose (Kuromiya 77). Grain production was 90 percent what it had been in 1913, yet the peasants were no longer selling much of that at the market. Rather, they were eating the surplus grain or selling it to private buyers that would pay more (Kenez 82). The peasants up to this point worked on their own farms. However, to Stalin this was a serious problem.
Perhaps the most important hallmark of communism is the abolition of private property. The way forward was clear: to ensure a constant supply of food for the Soviet Union, and especially Russia, and to embrace communism, the peasants could no longer farm their own individual lands. Instead, the Soviet government would force the peasants into large farms, one for each town. This process became known as collectivization.
In theory, collectivization would have solved many of the problems the Soviet Union faced in 1929. Joining the peasants together onto massive, state-run farms allowed the government control over agricultural production and ensured that the people of the Soviet Union would be fed. Yet, in order to collectivize, Stalin first had to level the playing field. He encouraged class warfare among the peasants by offering rewards for turning in kulaks, who were ostensibly rich peasants, farmers who had done well for themselves.
However, the term kulak was interpreted loosely and could mean people who resisted collectivization as well (Kenez 83). By inciting rage against them, Stalin hoped to unify the lower-class peasants. At the time that collectivization began, it was estimated that one million kulak households, containing approximately five million kulaks, were spread across the Soviet Union (86). By the end of the First Five-Year Plan, the kulaks had been stripped of their possessions, which were redistributed to the collective farms. Millions were exiled to Siberia, Uzbekistan, and other inhospitable regions, or killed.
In a move that would come to define government structure in the Soviet Union later in the 20th century, Stalin mobilized 25,000 workers for permanent jobs in the villages in November of 1929 (Kenez 87). This led to a bloated bureaucracy, a system too complicated to work efficiently. Control over the collective farms was not just exerted by the bureaucracy that ran them. The Soviet government decided to centralize heavy agricultural equipment, such as tractors. The creation of Machine Tractor Stations (MTS) allowed the government another modicum of control (97). Farmers now had to go to these stations to request tractors for use on the collective farms.
The peasants, upset about government interference in their lives, rebelled in any way they could. Stalin and his government feared organized resistance and worked to remove traditional institutions, such as the village commune, to ensure that peasants would be unable to organize. Instead, the peasants voiced their discontent with forced collectivization by destroying their own farm equipment and killing most of their animals. These actions left the newly formed collective farms under equipped to handle the amount of agricultural production they were expected to meet. And while the peasants may have hoped that their acts of resistance would slow down Stalin’s push for collectivization, they in fact did nothing. By February of 1930, 60 percent of peasant households were collectivized (Kenez, 85). By 1937, private agriculture was destroyed.
Stalin’s plans to industrialize the country produced better outcomes than the collectivization campaign. To justify the need for rapid industrialization, Stalin invoked Russian national humiliation. He played on the embarrassment that the Russians would feel should they be unable to industrialize like the West. They would "fall behind, [and] would be beaten" (Kenez 89). He promised retribution for past humiliations suffered by Imperial Russia. The planners who had come up with ambitious but reasonable plans for implementation of mass industrialization were removed because Stalin feared they were wrecking his Five-Year Plan. Instead, he improvised, demanding speedy results that were impossible to achieve. Soviet tallies from the first four years of the First Five-Year Plan are notoriously suspect, as each department in the pyramidal bureaucracy padded the numbers they reported to the next highest level.
Stalin revived the war economy, hoping to achieve success like the United States had after World War I by keeping manufacturing at a record high. Soviet industry was split into two classes, Class A and Class B. Class A industries focused on producer goods and heavy industry, with class B industries on consumer goods. For the first few years of the Plan, it was necessary to give preference to Class A industries, as heavy industry was necessary to build the factories that would go on to produce consumer goods. However, Class A continued to receive preference even as the industrialization process slowed, meaning that consumer goods were few and far between. The Soviet Union’s heavy industry was dynamic and powerful, yet consumer production stagnated (Kenez 91).
Rapid industrialization was possible in part because of a diversifying of the labor force. As more and more manufacturing and construction jobs became available, peasants moved from the countryside into the cities to find work. The Soviet Union had suffered from unemployment through the 1920s, but by 1930 a labor shortage actually existed (Kenez 91). To control the large group of people moving between the countryside and the cities, Stalin reintroduced the domestic passports that had been used by the Tsars. Passports for the peasants were kept in their collective farms’ offices, negating their ability to travel freely. Women began to increase their numbers in the workforce. By the end of the 1930s, 82 percent of the newly employed were women (94). This glut of workers allowed the government to boast in 1930 that unemployment had been eliminated (Kuroyima 93).
However, while impressive factories and foundries were being constructed, the government shielded the truth of the matter. The massive amounts of materials needed to complete the industrialization process led to shortages across the board. The workers that were hired were often unskilled, and not used to the responsibility associated with a regular job. Some drank while working, and their inexperience led to the breaking of expensive, foreign-made machinery (Kenez 95). To keep up with the burgeoning economy, the state bank increased the number of bills in circulation, leading to inflation (Kuromiya 93). Wages for workers declined between 1928 and 1932. In Moscow, workers made 50 percent less over that four-year span. The government did little to accommodate the number of people moving to the cities during the First Five-Year Plan, leaving workers with shrinking living spaces and less money.
Success or Failure?
In theory, the First Five-Year Plan could have been executed in a more precise and orderly fashion. With proper planning and adherence to those plans, campaigns to educate the peasants about collectivization, and a well-constructed bureaucracy to handle both the influx of workers and the change in economic structure, the Soviets could have emerged in 1932 with much to showcase. Though the Soviet Union developed a strong, dynamic heavy industry sector, agricultural production continued to suffer, consumer goods continued to be under-produced, and the cities became even more crowded, dirty, and cramped. In the countryside, life carried on, albeit with the peasants now forced to work on the collective farms rather than on their own individual plots. Education in the furthest parts of the federation increased, as did the literacy rate. However, the nationalist policies created at the beginning of the 1920s and supported by Stalin himself until his ascension to general secretary were abandoned for purely Russian nationalism.
The bloated bureaucracies created to oversee industrialization and collectivization created further problems. Inspired to impress superiors in part due to the fear of being labelled a “wrecker” and removed, bureaucrats unilaterally padded numbers they received and reported on. When these numbers reached the top, they were used to expound the virtues of communism and a socialist society. A final number on annual growth of heavy industry during the First Five-Year Plan was reported to be 19.2 percent (Kenez 91). In the report detailing the outcomes of the Plan that Stalin gave to the Communist Party in 1933, he notes that in terms of industrial output, the plan had been fulfilled by 108 percent (Stalin 40). In the next line, he admits that overall they fell 6 percent short of completing the total plan, but he blames it on other countries’ refusals to sign non-aggression pacts and on issues in the Far East. While his estimate of incomplete goals sits at 6 percent, target figures for many of the areas of improvement weren’t hit until 1960, twenty-eight years after the plan was declared successfully completed ahead of schedule (Kenez 90).
The failures of the First Five-Year Plan outweigh the successes. Forced collectivization began poorly, and turned into a disaster. By the end of 1932, parts of the Soviet Union were two years into famine. The industrial successes came at the expense of the peasants. Extraordinary pressure was put on the collective farms to be successful, but sabotage and acts of rebellion by the peasants put the farms at an early disadvantage. While destroying the kulaks showed the young communist revolutionaries that the government still embraced the ideals of a classless society, it ultimately did little to help collectivize the peasants. Unreachable delivery quotas for grain and other crops maxed out farms, and due to shortages of materials, tractor production slowed. Of course, the government refused to acknowledge any significant failure in the implementation of the Five-Year Plan. Villages struck hard by famine were still expected to deliver their quotas of grain (Kenez 100). Ukraine was hit hardest by famine in the early 1930s, and historians estimate that between five and seven million peasants died due to inactivity on the part of the Soviet government.
The First Five-Year Plan laid the groundwork for future Five-Year Plans. The strong industrial base that was created served the Soviets well following the surprise attack by the Germans in World War II. Likewise, industrial production after the war continued to be the strongest suit of the Soviet economy. Thanks to projects like Magnitogorsk, the largest iron and steel works factory in the country, the Soviets were able to contend with the United States during the Cold War, the Space Race, and the Arms Race. Unfortunately, the Soviets were never able to fully recover from collectivization, and consumer goods production always lagged behind. Empty shelves in supermarkets and lines of people stretching for blocks came to characterize life in the cities during the Cold War. A bureaucracy too complicated for its own good, and with a penchant for misrepresenting the facts, continued to control the country. Long after Stalin had passed away, all that he had accomplished, and all that he had irreparably damaged, continued to influence the legacy he left behind.
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In a revisionist examine the historical past of U.S. kin with Palestine, Lawrence Davidson deals a severe research of the evolution of yankee renowned and governmental perceptions of Zionism and Palestine, from the Balfour announcement of 1917 to the founding of Israel in 1948. Zionism, which sought to remodel Palestine right into a Jewish country, emphasised the biblical and non secular connections of the West to Palestine. Davidson argues that this orientation predisposed the yankee humans to determine Zionism as a sort of "altruistic" imperialism that will deliver civilization to a backward a part of the realm. in spite of the fact that, American Zionists met resistance from the nation division, really the department of close to jap Affairs, whose impartial stance till 1945 was once formed by means of a terror of overseas entanglements. Exploring emerging tensions on each side, Davidson describes how the yankee Zionists overcame this resistance and outmaneuvered the nation division by utilizing lobbying concepts and appeals to well known sentiment. displaying how a robust and decided curiosity crew became the U.S. political approach to its virtue and formed international coverage, America's Palestine is a vital learn of 1 of the twentieth century's such a lot debatable overseas tales.
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26 In these years the comparison of Palestine to the United States developed into a popular and persistent tactic on the part of those Zionists seeking to build American support for their cause. ” In the 1920s this supposed affinity between Americans and the Zionists took the form of an analogy with the American pioneer experience. Accordingly, Zionism was transforming the Holy Land just as early English settlement and the subsequent western expansion had transformed America. Take for example the series of articles written by Bernard Rosenblatt, a leading spokesman for the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), and published by the New York Times in June of 1922.
The United States should not be asked to alone play big brother to the resurrected Jewish nation. . ”82 This apprehension may have been generated America and the Balfour Declaration | 37 by the fact that in 1917–18 the British had periodically, though not very seriously, suggested that the United States accept a mandate over Near Eastern territory. Knowledge of this effort may have led the Los Angeles Times editors into believing that the United States could end up with responsibility for a Jewish Palestine.
The question was being publicly asked, What would be done with this Holy Land? From what has been described above, it follows logically that its future could only be one that was consistent with its image as an extension of the Judeo-Christian West. Also, with Palestine “perceptually depopulated,” the landscape was assumed to be available for settlement. Repopulating it was to be made all the easier by the fact that Western attitudes in 1917 were still very much influenced by nineteenth-century colonial thinking.
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Metacognition, semantic fluency, and originality in younger and older adults
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We examined age-related similarities and differences in people’s metacognitive awareness of retrieval from semantic long-term memory as well as the originality of their responses. Participants completed several semantic fluency tasks, and before recalling items, made metacognitive predictions of their performance. Additionally, after retrieval, participants made metacognitive evaluations of the originality of their responses. Results revealed that both younger (Mage = 24.49) and older adults (Mage = 68.31) were underconfident in their performance, despite some metacognitive awareness of their ability to retrieve information from semantic memory. Younger and older adults became more metacognitively aware of their abilities with task experience, but there were no significant differences in participants’ metacognitive predictions and postdictions, although older adults believed that they were less original than younger adults. These findings revealed a “skilled and unaware” effect whereby participants were underconfident on the first trial and became less underconfident on later trials. These patterns may fit with a broader literature that has found a lack of adult age differences in metacognition for verbal skills but shows that older adults may believe that their access to original verbal knowledge may decline in older age.

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On October 27th, 2018, a racist man opened fire on innocent worshippers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in my home city of Pittsburgh, PA. This is my small way of sharing a personal perspective and honoring that tragedy.
“I know you’re busy with the wedding today, but stay out of Squirrel Hill. There’s a gunman on the loose.”
This text interrupted me as I loaded floral arrangements into my car on an especially gloomy October Saturday. My friend and I are true crime aficionados and wannabe police scanner owners, so at first, her text felt like our normal curious exchanges, but her tone was different. Not long ago, law enforcement gunned down an innocent black teenager, and I feared a repeat incident.
I was about to bury my phone in my pocket, thinking the event was probably isolated, when another friend texted me a separate warning. There were still so few details, but superstition got the best of me. My boyfriend and dog were out and about, and what if he were suddenly inspired to stop at our favorite coffee shop? Or, what if he decided to get lunch at his favorite ramen bar (he loves to gorge on noodles when I’m not around)? I’d never forgive myself, so I sent him a message to avoid Squirrel Hill. All the while, I thought I was being overly cautious. I packed up my car, drove some wet winding roads, distracted by the beauty of the changing leaves and the tight timeline of a wedding day.
I wasn’t being overly cautious. On October 27th, a hate-filled man opened fire on a synagogue. On a synagogue. It bears repeating. He killed eleven people, elderly people, people with mental disabilities, just people. He killed eleven people who did not deserve the fear and panic he unleashed. He killed eleven people in the first neighborhood I called home. It filled the news. Houses I had long admired for their architectural character, streets I had walked thousands of times, and businesses I cherish all became the backdrops of international news stories. Photojournalists I know became the credits on major news outlets.
The city’s response was immediate and overwhelming. I regret missing the vigils and memorials, but the images of streets filled with people, of candlelight vigils, and of interfaith support filled me with hope. The Muslim community rose above the situation, responding with so much love to raise over $150,000 for the victims. The media has all too often depicted Muslims as violent and hateful, but this act showcased such integrity and compassion.
In the days after the attack, my work went on. I had to go to bakeries in Squirrel Hill to pick up beautiful pastries for a holiday photo shoot. I had shed tears with each news report over the weekend, but by Monday, I thought I had to move forward. As I drove past the barricaded streets, the piles of flowers and the hanging stars, there was a hush over the neighborhood like I’ve never experienced. It cemented the event. This happened. It happened here. I never ever imagined a “mass” shooting would happen in this city. The word didn’t feel right.
It’s all too easy to think these types of horrors won’t happen in our backyards. It’s too easy to ignore the politics behind these events, to deny racism, to deny marginalized groups, to deny mental health care to those in need. Then it happens in your backyard, and suddenly, the news stories are human stories. They are stories of your neighbors. I admit to being desensitized by media, to forgetting the names of those who were gunned down in other cities, to confusing the various mass shooting sites, and for that, I am sorry but mostly sad.
I wanted to take a moment here, on my blog, to pause for these events. I believe in inspiration, in beauty, in the notion that a shared meal does a lot to bring differences together, but with this tragedy, I couldn’t bring myself to continue life completely as normal without taking a pause to pay my respects to the victims, to the mourners, to the entire city. I wanted to pay respect to the aftermath, to those days when melted candles and rain-soaked flowers don’t make headlines. Eventually, these streets might look normal to those who don’t know about the tragedy, but for the once idyllic neighborhood, there will always be a lingering sorrow and reality.
On the day of the Tree of Life Synagogue attack, I was styling a wedding. The severity of the situation began to hit as I tied a blue swag of fabric over a chuppah. A Jewish man and a Dutch woman, and their nearest and dearest, gathered to celebrate love and the hope of a long life together. A full band smiled as they sang and played their instruments. The dance floor emitted a palpable joy. It was the most beautiful contrast to one of the city’s darkest days.
With Love and Hope,

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