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I want to tell a little more of my story, give a little background, let my make-believe audience in on how this website came to be and what I thought it might mean. I don’t know anymore what the purpose of this site is. I had some vague notion when I started it and I keep thinking, this was supposed to be about Depression, about what life looks like for someone who isn’t going to kill his/herself but also doesn’t particularly want to live. So I guess part of me wants to steer it back in that direction. Maybe because I think it will somehow mean more if I do. But also because I realize that out of context, I don’t know who much these posts mean. Does it change them if you know that I’ve had hundreds, maybe even thousands of moments of wishing that I was dead? Or that I had never existed in the first place. Does it alter anything to know that I spent the past two decades in various degrees of self-loathing? That for the longest time, it hurt to breathe?
Suddenly, I want to run my cursor over the paragraph above and hit delete.
I feel stupid right now. I have this image of myself curling into ball beneath the blanket laying beside me and trying to gain distance between me and this feeling currently making my chest ache. I think it’s shame.
I’ve mentioned before that I don’t want this to be about writing or what other people think. I just want it to be as transparent a reflection of my lived experience as possible. Because I don’t think we do that enough. I don’t think we’re honest with each other enough. I don’t think we lift the curtain often enough and let other people see where we feel the weakest, the dumbest, the most foolish. Where we wish we could change who we are. Where we hate ourselves so much that we actually wish we had never been born. I’m so tired of pretending to be okay when I’m so clearly not. I’m so tired of pretending like it doesn’t hurt to be alone in this world when it does–some days almost unbearably so.
It’s like my days are just whatever time and space I can put between myself and this reality that’s way too painful to get near. And I hate that we don’t talk to one another about it. I hate that for the most part, the only guidance I get is from people who are already awakened and therefore, people to whom I just can’t relate. I wish we pulled the curtain back more on the process of living. I wish we talked more openly about the grief, the sorrow, the Depression, the pain of being on a spiritual path. Because I know I’m not the only person out there for whom spirituality is not best described in terms limited to oneness, gratitude, love, nurturing, connectedness, and all other things light inspired. Yet it feels like I am at times.
Depression for me right now, at this point in my life, is not something to be healed or fixed or gotten over. It is an apt reflection of the suffering being human can sometimes entail. It is real. It is honest. It is not something that I am at all ashamed of anymore.
This is my process. That’s the truth of these posts. At least, I hope it is. The process is sometimes going to seem ugly, and I’m going to want to hide it when it is. It’s much more comfortable to only show what I think to be the good stuff. I don’t want to live like that anymore. I don’t want comfort to be my main objective in this life. I want more. I want to be undefended in the world. I want to let my guards down. I want to be utterly open-hearted.
I want to be free.


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As research and trials of COVID-19 vaccines continues, the Centre is exploring the modalities of emergency authorisation and usage of anti-coronavirus vaccines pending completion of segment-three scientific trials and regular licensure.
These traits take hang of significance in opposition to the backdrop of Pfizer wanting for emergency use authorisation of its COVID-19 vaccine from the US regulators. Another US-primarily based biotechnology big, Moderna, acknowledged it additionally intends to practice for an emergency use authorisation (EUA) with the US Meals and Drug Administration (USFDA) within the coming weeks.
Within the intervening time, as authorities enjoy mobilised to strive in opposition to the contemporary COVID-19 wave in Delhi, the authorities on Sunday acknowledged that bigger than 400 ICU beds enjoy been added to COVID-19 wards.
A total of 1,650 ICU beds being attach up within the city to abet style out the surge in circumstances, of which 250 will likely be in non-public hospitals, 650 in Delhi authorities services, and 750 in these dash by the Centre.
Total, a snapshot of the countrywide COVID-19 pain showed that the total caseload rose to 90.95 lakh with 45,209 unique circumstances on Sunday. The Union wisely being ministry added that recoveries surged to 85,21,617, pushing the national restoration charge to 93.69 percent.
On the totally different hand, the toll rose to 1,33,227 with 501 extra fatalities. On the opposite hand, the ministry added that the COVID-19 case fatality charge has declined to 1.46 percent.
The assortment of active circumstances remained under 5 lakh for the 12th consecutive day, the ministry acknowledged, including that there are 4,40,962 active circumstances within the country as on date. This includes 4.85 percent of the total caseload.
As segment of the Centre’s efforts to help utter governments in curbing the COVID-19 unfold, high-level central teams had been deputed to Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.
These states enjoy been both reporting an enhance within the assortment of active circumstances — these that are hospitalised or are in home isolation under clinical supervision, or demonstrating an enhance within the on a normal basis unique circumstances of coronavirus infections, the ministry acknowledged.
“These three-member teams will traipse to districts reporting a high assortment of COVID-19 circumstances and enhance the utter efforts against strengthening containment, surveillance, checking out, infection prevention and preserve watch over measures, and atmosphere worthy scientific administration of the certain circumstances.
“The central teams shall additionally info in successfully managing the challenges associated to timely prognosis and note up,” the ministry added.
Centre exploring modalities of emergency authorisation of vaccine
NITI Aayog Member (Well being) Vinod Paul, Fundamental Scientific Advisor to the authorities K VijayRaghavan and Union Well being Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had been among these that attended a assembly on the COVID-19 vaccine model this week, PTI reported.
The field of arrive carry dedication for vaccines, including pricing, modified into as soon as additionally discussed within the assembly.
“It modified into as soon as determined that the PMO-constituted Vaccine Task Power (VTF) will lay down the foundations for emergency use authorisation while the Nationwide Expert Group On Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) should aloof take the lead in atmosphere the foundations for arrive market dedication, including vaccine pricing,” PTI quoted sources as announcing.
5 vaccines are under totally different phases of scientific trials in India. The Serum Institute of India is conducting the segment-three trial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, while Bharat Biotech and ICMR has already started the segment-three path of the indigenously developed COVAXIN jab.
An indigenously developed vaccine by Zydus Cadila has done segment-two scientific trial within the country. Dr Reddy’s Laboratories will soon launch mixed segment two and three trials of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V in India.
Based totally on the provision, an pressing assembly of the vaccine job drive (VTF) with experts will likely be convened to ascertain the scientific reputation of vaccines globally and whether, if that’s the case how and when should aloof the decision on emergency authorisation of vaccines be taken.
The phrases of references for two foremost bodies facing vaccine introduction — the Nationwide Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) and the Central Drug Standards and Alter Organisation (CDSCO) — will likely be attach and their roles clearly outlined for authorisation and emergency authorisation.
Uddhav Thackeray warns in opposition to slacking in COVID strive in opposition to
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray acknowledged that while the COVID-19 unfold has been curbed within the utter because of the “restraint and discipline” by of us, complacency in adhering to precautionary protocol can plot a second or third wave “luxuriate in a tsunami”.
“Within the previous we worthy all our fairs with caution. Be it Ganeshotsav or Dussehra. You all are cooperating with me. Even while celebrating Diwali, I requested you to no longer burst crackers and you followed it. And thanks to this, the conflict in opposition to Covid is in our preserve watch over,” he modified into as soon as quoted by NDTV as announcing.
“Nonetheless I am a chunk inflamed with you all. I had already acknowledged after Diwali there’ll likely be overcrowding. Don’t focal level on COVID is over. I in actuality enjoy considered many folk no longer sporting masks. Do no longer be so careless. Be in western nations, Delhi or Ahmedabad. This second and third wave is tricky luxuriate in a tsunami. Ahmedabad has even enforced evening curfews,” Thackeray added.
Delhi govt says 400 ICU beds added, extra soon
Delhi officers on Sunday acknowledged that 29 ICU beds had been added on Tuesday, 100 on Wednesday, 76 on Thursday and 206 on Saturday, PTI reported. Well being minister Satyendar Jain acknowledged that extra ICU beds will likely be attach up within the following couple of days.
The AAP authorities had on Thursday directed non-public hospitals to enjoy bigger the proportion of non-ICU COVID-19 beds from 50 to 60. It had additionally ordered 42 non-public hospitals to speak with speedy slay 80 percent of their ICU beds for coronavirus sufferers.
As the assortment of COVID-19 deaths mount within the Nationwide Capital, studies of burial websites working out of field enjoy additionally emerged, the PTI list acknowledged. Jain acknowledged he spoke with municipal corporation officers in this regard.
“They enjoy got assured that ample measures are being taken and there’ll likely be no narrate in conducting the closing rites of these dying because of COVID-19,” he acknowledged.
Delhi, which has been reeling under the third wave of the coronavirus outbreak, has reported a loss of life charge of 1.58 percent as when put next to the national fatality charge of 1.48 percent.
Within the month of November by myself, Delhi has recorded 1,759 fatalities till 21 November, which is around 83 deaths per day. The assortment of deaths breached the 100-designate four times within the closing 10 days.
Faculties will likely be shut if circumstances rise: Karnataka govt
Barely six days after the level and engineering schools had been reopened within the utter, Karnataka wisely being minister Dr K Sudhakar on Sunday acknowledged they’ll be shut another time if the coronavirus circumstances traipse up.
The level, engineering and diploma schools had been reopened on 17 November after eight months of closure because of coronavirus-induced lockdown.
Beneath the circumstances, studies emerged that a minimal of 130 students bought infected by COVID-19.
“If the circumstances traipse up, then, as you are going to enjoy acknowledged for your (media) studies, we can must traipse for a shutdown as soon as extra. There isn’t very any longer this kind of thing as a different,” Sudhakar told reporters in Dharwad while responding to queries relating to the rising coronavirus circumstances among students.
The minister’s assertion came forward of Karnataka authorities’s needed assembly on Monday to carry reopening of colleges. Sudhakar acknowledged that the colleges have not been reopened yet within the utter for the peril of coronavirus.
Declaring that about 120 to 130 students had been infected with the coronavirus as per media studies, Sudhakar acknowledged he’ll place a ask to for extra info from senior officers.
Rajasthan districts attach for first segment of panchayat polls tomorrow
All preparations enjoy been made for the foremost segment of the elections to panchayat bodies in 21 Rajasthan districts on Monday, PTI reported.
Based totally on utter Election Commissioner PS Mehra, around 72.38 lakh of us will likely be eligible to vote within the panchayat samiti and zila parishad polls on Monday, for which on the sphere of 25,000 EVMs will likely be frail at 10,131 polling stations.
Spherical 50,000 workers will likely be deployed for the polls, he acknowledged, including that of us will likely be in a field to vote from 7.30 am to 5 pm.
Mehra has appealed to the candidates and their supporters to strictly note coronavirus-associated guidelines issued by the authorities.
Within the foremost segment, the elections will likely be held in districts of Ajmer, Banswara, Barmer, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Nagaur, Pali, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sikar, Tonk and Udaipur.
Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot reviewed the COVID-19 pain and told officers the authorities’s prime precedence modified into as soon as to set up lives and to enjoy definite strict compliance of anti-pandemic precautions by of us.
“Additionally gave instructions to closely monitor the containment efforts in areas the place the infection charge is high & to be certain of us note the rule of thumb to place on masks when launch air,” he acknowledged in a assortment of tweets.
In step with an describe issued on Saturday, markets, eating places, shopping malls and totally different commercial institutions within the city areas will likely be closed by 7 pm and evening curfew will likely be imposed from 8 pm to 6 pm in eight district headquarters of: Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Bikaner, Udaipur, Ajmer, Alwar and Bhilwara.
Within the intervening time, the Uttar Pradesh authorities has reportedly determined to behavior valuable COVID-19 tests on travellers from Delhi because the Nationwide Capital combats a surge in circumstances.
“We are going to be checking out of us coming from Delhi by capacity of flight, bus or practice, within the wake of surge in COVID-19 circumstances within the national capital,” UP Chief Secretary RK Tiwari modified into as soon as quoted as announcing by studies. “We are discussing on the assortment of of us allowed to wait on weddings or totally different occasions,” he added.
Uttarakhand governor Itsy-bitsy one Rani Maurya on Sunday acknowledged she has examined certain for COVID-19. Reports acknowledged that she had met Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari at his Doon field on Saturday.
US to launch ‘sweeping’ vaccinations from Dec
The United States hopes to launch a sweeping program of COVID-19 vaccinations in early December, the head of the authorities coronavirus vaccine effort acknowledged Sunday.
“Our realizing is with the plot to ship vaccines to the immunization websites within 24 hours of approval” by the US Meals and Drug Administration, Moncef Slaoui told CNN. “So I inquire per chance on Day Two of the approval, on the 11th or the 12th of December.”
FDA vaccine advisors reportedly will meet December 8 to 10 to discuss about approving vaccines which Pfizer and Moderna advise are a minimal of 95 percent high quality.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh designate on 7 August, 30 lakh on 23 August and 40 lakh on 5 September. It went previous 50 lakh on 16 September, 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October, crossed 80 lakh on 29 October, and surpassed 90 lakh on 20 November.
Based totally on the ICMR, over 13.17 crore samples enjoy been examined up to 22 November with 10,75,326 samples being examined on Saturday.
The 501 unique fatalities on Sunday embody 111 from Delhi, 62 from Maharashtra, 53 from West Bengal, 25 each from Kerala and Haryana, 24 from Uttar Pradesh, 23 from Punjab, 22 from Chhattisgarh and 20 from Karnataka.
A total of 1,33,227 deaths reported up to now within the country embody 46,573 from Maharashtra followed by 11,641 from Karnataka, 11,586 from Tamil Nadu, 8,270 from Delhi, 7,976 from West Bengal, 7,524 from Uttar Pradesh, 6,927 from Andhra Pradesh, 4,595 from Punjab and 3,846 from Gujarat.

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In this article, we will answer the question “Can you unboil an egg?”’, and how to boil eggs?
Can you unboil an egg?
Yes, you can unboil an egg. Yes, you heard us right. A team of researchers led by Australian Academy of Science Fellow Professor Colin Raston invented the machine called Vortex Fluidic Device (VFD), that can not only unboil an egg but also do many more wonders. For example, the VFD can produce alternative fuels and medicines in a hassle-free way with satisfactory results.
Moreover, it can cut the carbon nanotubes tiny pieces with a consistent size. The principle behind the working of the VFD is that it spins the liquids at extremely high speeds and precise angles.
How does the VFD machine unboil an egg?
Step 1: Boil your eggs
Before boiling, the proteins in the egg white or albumen of the egg are weakly bonded to each other, in a complex pattern or network. When you boil an egg, you are providing thermal energy to the protein strands to break through their weak bonds and form new and stronger bonds.
The formation of new bonds restricts the motion of the protein and strands that turn the eggs whites into a solid, gel-like mass.
Step 2: Add some water and urea
The next step is to cut the eggs whites as precisely as possible and mix them with urea. After the addition of urea, the egg mixture is no more edible. The urea and egg white mixture is further dissolved into water.
The purpose is to digest or liquefy the egg proteins. At this point, you have mechanically cut the protein bonds but the chemical bonds still need to be broken.
Step 3: Spin the egg and urea mixture in the VFD
The egg mixture is spun at a speed of 5000 rotations per minute n the VFD. the spinning motion pushes all the liquid to get deposited on the sides of the glass tubes in a thin layer.
The difference in velocity between the liquid closer to the wall and the liquid that is more centered induces shear stress on the protein strands. The protein bands are pulled and pushed until they recoil back into their original shape before boiling.
How to boil eggs?
- 12 Eggs
- Ice water
- salt & pepper for garnish optional
- Fill a large saucepan with enough water to completely submerge all the eggs.
- Place the saucepan over high heat and bring the water to a rolling boil.
- Boil the eggs for 4-12 minutes, depending on what texture you prefer. Set a time to be accurate about the boiling time. This ensures that you don’t overcook or undercook your eggs.
- Remove the boiled eggs from the boiling water and transfer them to an ice bath. The temperature shock will immediately halt the cooking process.
- When the eggs have cooled down, crack and peel them.
- To make sure that no cracked egg bits get stuck to the boiled egg, dump the peeled egg in cold water.
- Slice or cut the boiled eggs into the desired shape and size. Season with salt and pepper and enjoy.
- Never dump the eggs in already boiling water. This prevents the eggs from cooking evenly. Place the eggs in cold water and then heat until the eggs are boiled.
- Shocking the eggs by transferring them from boiling water to an ice bath loosens the eggshell from the egg and makes the peeling easier.
- The presence of a green ring around the egg yolk is an indication of overcooking.
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Perfect hard-boiled recipe
Method 1: Rolling boil
Fill a saucepan with 2 to 4 quarts of water and bring it to a boil. Dump the eggs into the boiling water and reduce the heat. Large eggs boil for 14 minutes, medium and small eggs for 12 minutes, and jumbo eggs for about 15 minutes.
Dump the boiled eggs in a bowl of cold water to halt the cooking process.
Method 2: Quick boil and let sit
Fill a saucepan with cold water and then add the eggs. Cover the saucepan and bring the water to a boil.
Turn off the heat and let the eggs sit in the saucepan with the lid for about 15 minutes (12 for medium and small, and 18 for jumbo).
In this article, we answered the question “Can you unboil an egg?”’, and how to boil eggs?

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Robert Alan "Bob" Petersen, 44, of Hudson died suddenly Monday, Dec. 22, at his residence.
Bob was born on Aug. 20, 1964, in Hudson, the son of David and Jane (Mullen) Petersen. He attended E.P. Rock Elementary School prior to graduating from Hudson High School in the class of 1983.


Keywords: photovoltaic systems, sizing curve, artificial neural networks, ANNs, Algeria, loss of load probability, solar radiation
Application of an artificial neural network for predicting the sizing curve of stand-alone photovoltaic system: a case study
In this paper, an artificial neural network-based (ANN) prediction of the sizing curve of stand-alone PV systems (SAPV) was developed. Numerical method has been used for constructing the sizing curves for different loss of load probability (LLP) corresponding to 40-sites located in Algeria. The feed-forward neural network (FFNN) is trained considering the geographical coordinate and LLP as inputs, the desired data are the sizing curve represented by CA = f(CS) (i.e., 30 points where taken from each sizing curves). Subsequently, the FFNN is tested with results obtained by the numeric method. The results show that the FFNN model can be applied effectively and afford high accuracy. The coefficient of determination (r) is arranged between 85% and 98% and the mean relative error do not exceed 2%.


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After the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984, there was only one date on Hong Kong’s calendar: 30 June 1997. Millions of words were written, locally and globally, anticipating the new symbols of Hong Kong. These soothsayers were often uncheerful. Then Hong Kong stepped into its future and a funny thing happened: life carried on.
What really changed the Special Administrative Region was anticipated by no-one. The Asian financial crisis (which began when Thailand devalued its currency on 2 July 1997) and a nasty strain of flu in 2003 (which, by unfortunate coincidence, bore the city’s new initials) left deep marks. A new airport opened; old piers closed. Food (and coffee and culture and communications) greatly improved.
As Hong Kong moved forward it began to look back, assessing itself and its identity. Two decades ago, the endless question had been: ‘What will happen after 1997?’
Here are 20 answers.
Chek Lap Kok
On 6 July 1998, Chek Lap Kok opened for business when Cathay Pacific flight 889 landed at 6:27am from New York. The overnight shift from Kai Tak, the old airport with its white-knuckle-landing runway, had gone smoothly but technical glitches bedevilled early operations. Very soon though, it would soar to be one of the world’s best airports, and one of the most important symbols of Hong Kong.
In The Mood For Love
Tony Leung won Best Actor at the 2000 Cannes film festival for his role in Wong Kar-wai’s critically acclaimed film. Its poignant depiction – both visual and aural – of 1960s Hong Kong shifted the cinematic representation of the city from Bruce Lee and triads to brooding retrospection.
During the autumn of 2003, a non-native crocodile in a Yuen Long river began a seven-month standoff with officialdom, evading an imported Australian croc-hunter and experts from China. Its wily escapades diverted the uncertain, post-Sars public. It now resides at the Hong Kong Wetland Park.
The city’s original theme park, Ocean Park, had opened back in 1977 – with its very Hong Kong mix of rollercoasters and cute animals. Then Disneyland happened. In September 2005, the local Magic Kingdom arrived on the scene, the smallest of Disney’s theme parks. It was specially tailored to the Chinese market: in homage to Hong Kong’s love of all things spooky, its Halloween celebrations are considerably more hardcore than in Walt’s other worlds.
Instantly recognisable symbols of Hong Kong, these traditional bat-winged boats have returned to the harbour in recent years. The Duk Ling, built in Macau in 1955, and the two Aqua Luna junks (built in 2006 and 2017 by one of Hong Kong’s last wooden-boat builders) are now highly photogenic icons of the past set against the city’s futuristic backdrop.
The Star Ferry and Queen’s piers in Central were demolished in 2006 and 2008, as part of ongoing land reclamation. The razing was preceded by months of protest. Nostalgia, and issues about these important symbols of Hong Kong, had raised heritage awareness: the term ‘collective memory’ entered the SAR’s public consciousness.
In September 1998, McDonald’s launched a meal promotion selling Snoopy figures variously dressed in 28 national costumes. Mayhem ensued as the city went collectible crazy: police were required to control unruly queues. Baffled experts attributed the low-end consumer desire, and profiteering, to the Asian financial crisis.
King of Kowloon
Tsang Tsou-choi died in 2007, aged 86. He left no money but his imprint – the graffiti he painted obsessively on the city plus his claim to Kowloon royalty – still lingers, an appreciated individuality. In May, there was a public outcry when some of his work was accidentally erased.
The city’s dining diversity (including private kitchens and a varied coffee scene) has improved remarkably in the past two decades. Michelin’s Hong Kong and Macau edition was launched in December 2008. Purists questioned the inclusion of some exceptionally cheap spots but a street food section was added in 2016.
Hong Kong’s canine love affair may be recent (and the Bowen Road dog poisoner still occasionally resurfaces) but it is intense. Ownership has rocketed in the last 20 years along with canine commerce. Dog grooming, dog accessories and dog bakeries are flourishing despite official resistance to dogs in public places.
At 484 metres tall, the International Commerce Centre (opened in 2010) in West Kowloon is the city’s tallest building. In 2013, it made Guinness World Records for its sound and light show, which uses 50,000 square metres on two sides of the building. Watch it each evening between 7:45-8pm and 9-9:15pm.
Facing off against the ICC across the harbour is Two International Finance Centre (IFC) – Hong Kong’s second tallest building. Notably, Lara Croft (in 2003) and Batman (in 2008) have, each, elegantly swooped off the skyscraper known, rather inelegantly, as the Hong Kong Finger.
In 2008, an art fair called ART HK opened in a culturally undeveloped city. In the following years, galleries such as Gagosian and White Cube began to appear. By 2013, Art Basel had arrived, bringing its international caravan in tow; and Hong Kong – a constant work in progress – had, once more, transformed itself.
It was the decision of Joseph Yam Chi-kwong, former chief executive of Hong Kong Monetary Authority, to replace Queen Elizabeth’s head on the back of the city’s coins. The replacement was that most enduring Hong Kong symbol: the bauhinia flower. Coins with Queen Elizabeth on the back are still in circulation – and could net you a tidy fortune (to give you an idea: an old five cent coin recently sold at auction for HK$5,000).
Tsing Ma Bridge
Squeaking up just before the 1997 handover and holding the title of the world’s 11th-longest suspension bridge, the Tsing Ma Bridge crosses Hong Kong’s western Ma Wan Channel – but is better known for being the bridge that everybody crosses en route from Hong Kong’s urban core to the airport.
This craft brewery first turned on the taps in 2014, after two Brits living in Hong Kong decided to brew their own rather than, we assume, pay the city’s (often wallet-busting) prices. The beer is both award-winning and tongue-in-cheek: its distinctive monochrome label is a dictionary definition of the Cantonese word ‘gweilo’, meaning ‘ghost chap’ – commonly used to describe Westerners.
This young animated pig has starred in everything from government ads advising on pool hygiene and a film about a rice cooker robot to a feature in this very magazine. Created by cartoonists Alice Mak and Brian Tse, McDull rose to city-wide fame in the late 1990s for his dryly humorous take on growing up in contemporary Hong Kong.
Ozone, on the 118th floor of the ICC (see point 11), the highest alfresco bar in the world, is very much a modern Hong Kong drinking den: big windows, dim lights, sexy-stylish menu. When you’re in a bar like this, you need to drink a cocktail like the appropriately named HK Skyline – made with rum, absinthe, imperial oolong syrup and lavender ‘smoke’, among a long list of exotic ingredients.
Until recently, preserving local heritage didn’t top the city’s to-do list. That is, until a number of landmark projects were launched to protect heritage symbols of Hong Kong: the Aqua Luna II; the proposed adaptive reuse of Hollywood Road’s Central Police Station into restaurants, a museum and an art gallery; plus the landmark end-of-2017 opening of the Murray Hotel – a super-luxe boutique designed by Foster + Partners in the Murray Building, a former government office, on Cotton Tree Drive.
What have we Missed?
We need your help to find the last icon. What are the symbols of Hong Kong for you? Let us know what the last icon should be by tagging #20years20icons on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. We’ll publish the best suggestions on cathaypacific.com/discovery at the end of July.

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The Haasgat cave system has been the site of a substantial amount of research over the years, revealing further links to our natural history. In this article by Lazarus Kgasi, who works in the Palaeontology Unit at DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History, we find out more about the work being done there.
The Haasgat cave system is a fossil-bearing palaeocave that lies in the Monte Christo Formation of Malmani dolomites that forms part of the Schurveberg Mountain Range west of Pretoria (see Fig. 1). The site is 20 km northeast of the well-described early Pleistocene karst systems of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans and Kromdraai. It is located on the Leeuwenkloof 480 JQ farm, positioned between the Gondolin hominin-bearing palaeocave (4 km to the northeast), and the Malapa and Gladysvale australopith-bearing palaeocaves (5-7 km to the southwest). Substantial ex-situ palaeontological sampling by the Geological Survey of South Africa in the late 1980s produced a relatively large and diverse sample of extinct baboon, colobus monkey and ungulate species termed the HGD assemblage (Adams, 2012).
Starting in 2010, a collaboration between palaeontologist, Dr Justin W Adams and geo-archaeologist, Dr Andy IR Herries, with Stephany Potze and Lazarus Kgasi of the DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History (DNMNH) renewed excavation at Haasgat with the aim of more reliably determining the age of the deposit, conducting new excavations of the first in-situ deposits, and undertaking a thorough reanalysis of the previously recovered Haasgat HGD fossil sample.
In 1987, palaeontological deposits were first noted in the Haasgat karstic system and led to an initial geological description of the site and faunal study of fossils processed at the site from extensive ex-situ mineral rubble (Keyser, 1991). During the beginning of the 20th century, lime mining had removed a large portion of flowstone, stalagmites, and stalactites that formed during a basal collapse and left extensive calcified sediment rubble on the excavated floor of the tube-like excavated cave.
Compared to many of the fossil-bearing palaeocaves in the area, the site is unique in that the present deposit preserves the original structure of the palaeocave (roof, walls and floor), consisting of a long tunnel that was completely filled with breccia, conglomerate and fine-grained laminated sediments and speleothems to the roof. A massive ex-situ dumpsite was generated from the lime mining, which was sampled and processed, yielding a diverse faunal sample (HGD assemblage) that includes the largest and most demographically diverse accumulations of two primate taxa (Papio angusticeps and Cercopithecoides haasgati: see fig. 2) from a single location in South Africa (Adams, 2012). Subsequent sampling from the dumpsites also yielded the first, and thus far only, hominin from the site (Leece et al., 2016).
Dr Justin W Adams was instrumental in reviving the history of Haasgat by starting the excavation with the permission from the landowner, the late Phillip Tetley and the community of Kalkheuvel. Many of the historical collection from Haasgat is housed at the Council of Geoscience and they were collected by the late Dr Andre Keiser. Majority of these specimens were still imbedded in breccia with the prefix HGD, meaning they were collected from the dump. Accessing the Haasgat fossil site is difficult because of where the site is positioned on the landscape.
More recent excavations under Dr Adams and Stephany Potze were undertaken with permits secured through SAHRA. All calcified sediment blocks were first recorded with a Leica Nova Multi total station and all blocks of breccia were removed with hand tools and brought back to the DNMNH (the designated repository for new Haasgat fossil materials under the SAHRA permits). Collected breccia blocks were processed at the DNMNH using acetic acid (see Fig. 3). All fossils recovered through processing were sorted and catalogued by methods described by Adams (2006) and DNMNH’s Palaeontology section’s Standard Operating Procedures. Future articles will share more information about the specimens discovered from Haasgat site.
Adams, J. (2012). “A revised listing of fossil mammals from the Haasgat cave system ex situ deposits (HGD), South Africa. .” Palaeontologia Electronica 15(3; 29A): 88.
Keyser, A. W. (1991). “The palaeontology of Haasgat: a preliminary account.” Palaeontologia africana 28: 29-33.
Leece, A., A. D. Kegley, R. S. Lacruz, A. I. Herries, J. Hemingway, L. Kgasi, S. Potze and J. W. Adams (2016). “The first hominin from the early Pleistocene paleocave of Haasgat, South Africa.” PeerJ 4: e2024.


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The Tenison Glen golf course might not be with us for much longer, so take advantage of this opportunity to win two free rounds of golf.
The City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department is looking for feedback from neighbors regarding the future of the course. Participants who complete the survey will be entered into a drawing to win two free rounds of golf.
City officials are considering repurposing Tenison Glen for several reasons. The course, located next to the Tenison Highlands golf course, is difficult to maintain because of flooding caused by White Rock Creek, which runs through the property. And does the neighborhood really need two golf courses right beside each other?
Some advocate for keeping the golf course, which high school golf teams use for practice.
At a City Council meeting in January, District 9 Councilwoman Paula Blackmon suggested what could be a compromise. Blackmon said the property could be turned into a nine-hole par-3 course, and the rest could be used for a disc golf course, according to D Magazine.
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Sam Row has a penchant for C20th French music and it's a killer. He played Ravel Gaspard de nuit with strange themes and 10,000+ notes in six minutes. I'd believe it: huge rippling screeds of notes with a melody over, in left or right hand. I'd hate to see the written music, but then he played it from memory so he doesn't need to read it on stage. I can only admire his memory. So what were the themes? Ondine, the water spirit, sings to seduce a man into her underwater palace and finally turns back into water when he rejects her in favour of a human. Le Gibet, with a man hanging from a gallows in a desert at sunrise with the sounds of bells in the distance. And Scarbo, a goblin flitting around a bedroom until he disappears. Strange stuff, sometimes grim. After this, a lovely Chopin nocturne was a great relief, beautiful and restful and well known. And a melody from Ukraine to finish as a short encore. Again, a beguiling and challenging concert from Sam.
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Winter has a huge impact on the mental health and wellbeing of British workers according to a new survey from workplace consultants, Peldon Rose, which reveals that over two-fifths (44 per cent) of employees say winter has a negative effect on their mental wellbeing, half (51 per cent) believe it adversely affects their mood and 30 per cent state winter affects their productivity.
More than a third of respondents (35 per cent) even identify themselves as suffering or having suffered from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) – a type of depression that becomes more severe in the winter – and three-quarters (76 per cent) have experienced or are currently experiencing stress in the workplace.
The survey paints a gloomy picture for employers hoping for a refreshed and revitalised workforce to return following the Christmas break as the longer, darker days at the start of January will continue to affect employees’ wellbeing and productivity well into the new year.
However, the survey also reveals some important – and perhaps unexpected – ways that businesses can make a difference. Workers believe the office environment in particular has a vital role in helping to tackle the January blues with office-based factors such as exposure to natural light (90 per cent), quiet and private areas (76 per cent) and social and collaborative workspaces (75 per cent) all rated as significantly more important in supporting mental health than traditional, tailored workplace benefits such as health insurance (62 per cent) and gym memberships (58 per cent).
Yet, with only 29 per cent of people saying yes, they feel the company values their opinion in the workplace environment and only 26 per cent believing their workplace has a positive effect on their mental health, there is clearly more businesses can do. Reviewing the office environment and engaging with staff is an important first step for employers seeking to boost the wellbeing of their workforce.
The Winter blues
Half of workers (51 per cent) say winter has a negative effect on their mood, mental wellbeing (44 per cent) and motivation (43 per cent).
A third (35 per cent) have suffered or are suffering from SAD, 17 per cent are currently experiencing workplace stress, 59 per cent have done so in the past.
Only a quarter of people (26 per cent) say their office environment has a positive effect on their mental health; only 30 per cent believe their company values their opinion on the workplace environment.
Just three in ten (31 per cent) say their company does enough to support employee wellbeing and mental health and only 37 per cent feel their company appreciates them, down from 44 per cent a year ago.
Supportive line management (93 per cent), exposure to natural light (90 per cent), open culture (81 per cent), quiet and private workspaces (76 per cent) and social and collaborative workspaces (75 per cent) are rated most important in supporting mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Three-quarters (73 per cent) say greater involvement in decisions about their workplace would have a positive impact on their motivation, mood (70 per cent), productivity (70 per cent) and mental wellbeing (56 per cent).
How can businesses fix this
To address these findings Peldon Rose reveals the workplace improvements that will support businesses to help their employees to beat the winter blues.
Nine in ten (90 per cent) consider exposure to natural light as important in supporting their mental health and wellbeing at work, but only 63 per cent currently have it in their workplace. Wherever possible introduce more natural lighting into the office, reconfigure seating arrangements if necessary and remove any obstacles preventing sunlight from entering the workplace.
Three-quarters (76 per cent) say quiet and private workspaces support their wellbeing at work, 82 per cent value them – but only 40 per cent of people have them in their workplace. Create a bespoke quiet area by re-thinking how space is currently used, designate part of the office a quiet area or reallocate a specific meeting room as the ‘quiet zone’.
Social and communal areas
Three quarters (77 per cent) value them and 75 per cent think they’re important to support mental health, but only 51 per cent have them. Create social areas by making existing communal areas such as the kitchen more welcoming with comfy seating and more relaxed, homely design.
Include everyone in decisions being made about the workplace; greater employee involvement will have a positive impact on staff productivity (70 per cent) and mental wellbeing (56 per cent).
Jitesh Patel, Chief Executive, Peldon Rose, the office design specialists, says, ‘Thousands of office workers are struggling with their mental health, motivation and productivity this winter, but our survey reveals that there are steps businesses can take to try prevent SAD and the winter blues developing in the first place.
‘The first step is for businesses to engage with their staff via change management and getting them more involved in decisions about their workplace environment. By doing this it will boost their motivation, mood and productivity.
‘Employees are clear that rather than paid-for interventions, such as mental health support through health insurance, a supportive work culture and the right office environment will do far more to support their mental health and boost their wellbeing, meaning all businesses, regardless of size can look to make small changes that will have a big impact this New Year.’


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TJ Dillashaw is currently sitting on the self for two years. The former UFC bantamweight champion was caught abusing performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) following his first-round TKO loss to Henry Cejudo in January.
Dillashaw has been very open about intentionally cheating ahead of the fight in order to make weight for the 125-pound contest, and is handling his suspension as well as anyone could. In the meantime, his peers continue to offer their opinions on the situation in the fallout.
Recently, former UFC flyweight champion, and current ONE Championship competitor Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson chimed in on the topic. Johnson and Dillashaw were at one point rumored for a massive super fight with one another, however, negotiations for the contest fell flat.
When Johnson was asked if he feels like he dodged a bullet, the former 125-pound king denied such a claim, and admits he was actually “thrown off” by the news (via MMA News):
“No, not at all,” Johnson said. “Obviously, it is what it is. He got caught using a banned substance, which I was totally thrown off by it, and it’s a shame. But at the end of the day, it’s mixed martial arts.
“He’ll serve his time, two to three years of USADA. He’ll come back, compete, make money, and life will go on as usual.”
Even if Johnson had fought Dillashaw while he was on a banned substance, this wouldn’t have been the first time the former pound-for-pound king dealt with such an obstacle:
“That’s not the first time. I fought Ali Bagautinov, and he tested positive for EPO,” Johnson said. “So I’ve already been in that boat before. And when I found out about it, I was playing video games. And I said, ‘Ariel Helwani, I’m busy right now. This is not important.’”
What do you make of Johnson’s comments on Dillashaw’s PED usage?
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Santa Clara (19-9) at Portland (11-18)
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DATE & TIME: Saturday, February 23, 5 p.m. (et)
FACTS & STATS: Site: Chiles Center (4,852) -- Portland, Oregon. Television: TWC. Home Record: SCU 13-5, UP 8-7. Away Record: SCU 6-4, UP 2-10. Neutral Record: SCU 0-0, UP 1-1. Conference Record: SCU 7-6, UP 4-10. Series Record: Santa Clara leads, 56-30.
GAME NOTES: The Santa Clara Broncos aim for their 20th win of the season as they visit the Chiles Center for a West Coast Conference tilt against the Portland Pilots.
The Broncos coasted to a 70-46 victory over Portland on Jan. 31 at home in the inaugural bout of the season series. In that game, the Pilots were not able to sink their first field goal until 8:33 remained in the opening half and finished the contest 13-of-52 from the floor. SCU coasted by connecting on 50 percent of its field goal tries. The win gave the Broncos a 56-30 all-time record versus Portland.
Although SCU is coming off of a lopsided, 85-42, loss to Gonzaga, its overall performance this campaign is a complete turnaround from a season ago when it finished winless in WCC action. The Broncos come in with a 19-9 overall record including a 7-6 mark against league rivals. Kevin Foster is one of the top scorers in the conference at 17.9 ppg, but he has plenty of help on the offensive end with Marc Trasolini (15.1 ppg, 7.9 rpg), Evan Roquemore (12.1 ppg, 5.6 apg) and Raymond Cowels III (9.6 ppg).
Foster, Roquemore and Cowels were bottled up by Gonzaga as they combined to go 4-of-24 from the floor for a collective total of nine points. Brandon Clark came off the bench to lead the team with 14 points, but he was the lone Bronco in double-figures in the miserable setback. SCU dealt out just four assists to 12 turnovers and lost the rebounding battle, 41-20. SCU may not be up to par with the Zags just yet, but it has risen to the upper portion of the WCC. Coach Kerry Keating has done a terrific job getting his squad to maintain balance, as the Broncos are fourth in the WCC in scoring offense (74.2) and just one spot back in scoring defense (67.0).
After enduring a six-game losing slide, Portland has bounced back to win three of its last five contests. Kevin Bailey tallied 18 points on Thursday to pace the Pilots in their hard-fought, 70-67 win over San Diego. Also getting in on the action, Ryan Nicholas and Derrick Rodgers scored 15 points each. Thomas van der Mars made his mark with a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds for Portland as it improved to an 11-18 overall standing.
Coach Eric Reveno's team is enduring another rebuilding season, and while the team has shown flashes of potential, it is far from competing for the WCC crown. Nicholas is the leader of the team with 13.1 points and 8.8 rebounds per contest while Bailey chips in 11.4 ppg on 42.7 percent shooting from the field. Rodgers has really stepped up his play as his career nears its conclusion. The 6-foot-11 van der Mars has stepped up his play as of late with six-straight double digit scoring outputs with a pair of double-doubles during that stretch. On the season, the Pilots are being outscored by an average of 6.4 ppg, which is the worst differential in the conference.
The Pilots' sophomore center's improvement began immediately after the team's loss to SCU. If van der Mars can continue his stellar play in this one, Portland will fare much better. However, he may struggle against Trasolini, who is one of the main reasons why the Broncos have been the comeback team of year.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: Santa Clara 77, Portland 68
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What's New, Scooby-Doo? is an American animated sitcom mystery comedy series produced by Warner Bros. Animation for The WB television network; it is the ninth incarnation of the Scooby-Doo franchise that began with Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and the first of such since the previous incarnation, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, ended in 1991. The series revives the format of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, in which the title character and his companions, Fred Jones; Daphne Blake; Velma Dinkley and Shaggy Rogers, travel to varying locations solving mysteries; this format is modernized for What's New, Scooby-Doo?, in which the characters utilize technology that did not exist at the time Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! first aired. It is the first television series in the franchise in which Frank Welker, Grey DeLisle and Mindy Cohn respectively portrayed the voices of Scooby-Doo, Daphne and Velma; and the final one in which Casey Kasemportrayed Shaggy, having originally quit the role following a dispute regarding the portrayal of the character. The series premiered on September 14, 2002, and ran for three seasons before ending on July 21, 2006. The title songwas performed by Canadian band Simple Plan. Reruns of the series have aired on both Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the United States. It also aired on Teletoonin Canada, and CITV in the United Kingdom.
Fred: The leader of the Mystery, Inc. gang who is the master of making traps to catch the villains. However, sometimes the traps fail to work; Shaggy and Scooby mess them up then use the parts to catch the villain in their own fashion.
Daphne: The fashionable, rich glamor girl of the gang who defends herself with her great fighting skills, although she can still fill the role of damsel in distress, often being captured by the antagonists. She is also quite ditzy and accident prone.
Velma: The smartest of the gang, and wears glasses because she is myopic. She has to fight back the advances of semi-recurring Gibby Norton, who does devious things, thinking it will win her over.
Shaggy: A beatnik slacker who is friends with Scooby. He and Scooby are usually scared and hungry; a running gag in the show. He is also known to have a high metabolism, and also is rich. At his voice actor's request, Shaggy was made into a vegetarian for this series.
Scooby: A Great Dane who is friends with Shaggy. Two things that they have in common are that they love food and are always afraid of things including monsters. Voiced by Frank Welker.
Characters in the series who appear more than once.
Elliot Blender: A competitive, jerkish spoiled child who often loses to Velma in contests. Voiced by Kimberly Brooks.
Melbourne O'Reilly: An Australian adventurer/explorer who is one of Fred's heroes (he is also based on Steve Irwin and Indiana Jones) Voiced by Steven Blum.
J.J. Hakimoto: A famous, over enthusiastic, Asian director. Voiced by Brian Tochi.
Gibby Norton: A nerd who has a crush on Velma, who hates the sight of him. He often turns out to be the villain to impress Velma, never succeeding. Gibby is modelled after his voice actor, Eddie Deezen.
Burr Batson: Cocky southern professional racer who drives a monster truck. Voiced by James Arnold Taylor.
Professor Laslow Ostwald: An inventor whom the gang meets. Voiced by Dave Foley, later by James Arnold Taylor. He first appears in "High-Tech House of Horrors" where his "House of the Future's" AI "Shari" goes haywire attacking tourists. Though the gang suspects him it is later revealed that "Shari" itself is responsible (as she was angry at the Professor due to him getting all of the attention). The gang defeated "Shari" by ignoring her (as attention was what she wanted) causing her to overload. Professor Ostwald also appears in "E-Scream" at a "Video Game Convention" where his new invention the cuddly "Osomons" turn evil. It is later discovered that the whole mystery was actually a VR simulation Velma was trying out.
Mr. B: The owner of the Secret Six puppies. His full name is never revealed. He is voiced by Jeff Bennett. He also appears to be based on actor John Turturro given his accent and appearance.
Crissie: A Golden Retriever who is the Secret Six's mother. She appears in "Homeward Hound" and "Farmed and Dangerous.” Unlike the Secret Six she does not appear in “Gold Paw”.
The Secret Six puppies: Maize, Flax, Jingle, Knox, 14-Karat and Bling-Bling. They are six very well-trained, prize-winning Golden Retriever puppies who have a knack for getting into trouble. Maize and Knox are voiced by Jennifer Hale, Jingle is voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Flax is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, Bling-Bling is voiced by Grey DeLisle, and 14-Karat is voiced by Frank Welker.
Nancy Chang: Reporter in episodes "There's No Creature Like Snow Creature" and "Riva Ras Regas". Voiced by Lauren Tom.
For this incarnation of the franchise, Frank Welker, the voice of Fred, took over as the voice of Scooby (replacing both Don Messick, the original voice of Scooby who died in 1997, and Scott Innes, the second voice of the character in the made-for-video films released between 1998 and 2001). Casey Kasem returned as Shaggy, seven years after he had quit the role and making his comeback as the character in 2002 after the production team decided to make Shaggy a vegetarian. This would also be the final series Kasem voiced the character, continuing to voice Shaggy in direct-to-video Scooby-Doo films until retiring from the role in 2009 due to health problems; Grey DeLisle returned as the role of Daphne (having previously voiced the character in Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase). Actress Mindy Cohn of The Facts of Life fame, took over from B. J. Ward as the role of Velma.
The series itself is a modernized version of the original Where Are You! series. It takes place in the 21st century and is more "realistic" than the previous, more cartoony incarnations, and features music from contemporary genres and all-new, original sound effects to replace the classic Hanna-Barbera sound effects. Even a distinctive thunderclap sound that was used frequently on older Scooby-Doo TV series was very rarely used on the series. A laugh track was only used for the Halloween special. The classic formula was also frequently parodied throughout (in a manner similar to A Pup Named Scooby-Doo), including the line "And I would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids." As such, it returns to the formulaic version of humans in monster disguises, rather than the real monsters and ghosts of the prior four direct-to-video films (or the 1980s versions that preceded them).
It is the first Scooby-Doo series to be produced in 16:9 widescreen, although it was cropped in 4:3 when broadcast.
Home media releases
Warner Home Video has released the entire series on DVD in Region 1. The series was initially released in ten volumes of four or five episodes between 2003 and 2006, as well as in the United Kingdom from 2004 to 2006 and later re-released, in the United States, in season sets in 2007–2008. In the UK, the volumes were released in a two disc set on May 30, 2011. A box set was released on October 29, 2007 in the UK containing all ten volumes in a complete set.

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You’ve probably seen this garnishing trick before, perhaps atop a marbled cheesecake or in a swirled dessert sauce at a restaurant. We have used it to dress up Lori Longbotham’s Winter Vegetable Soup with Coconut Milk & Pear. It’s a handy technique to know, and you’ll look like a pro every time you use it.
The swirly marbled look is made by either layering two smooth, contrasting liquids or by putting them next to each other and then dragging a skewer through them. The marbled look on these Peppermint Brownies begins with parallel lines of melted white chocolate on top of chocolate ganache. To garnish the soup, we used a squirt bottle to place a few drops of coconut milk on the soup and then dragged the skewer through the drops.
For variation, use one big dot of garnish, many small ones, or anything in between. And instead of the skewer, try a toothpick, chopstick, table knife, or fork to create different effects.


Larger than life US golf star John Daly will take to the stage of Arbroath’s Webster Theatre next summer.
The two-time Major winner is lined up to play in the Senior Open when it returns to Carnoustie for the first time in eight years.
It will be a welcome return to Courier country for ‘Long John’.
And a chance for the Angus audience to hear about the life of one of golf’s most colourful characters – on the course and off.
Daly enjoyed one of his greatest moments across the Tay when he beat Constantino Rocco in a four-hole St Andrews play-off to lift the claret jug in 1995.
It followed a ‘zero to hero’ breakthrough Major win in the PGA Championship four years earlier.
His colourful life is matched by the eye-catching golf gear he became famous for.
And the 57-year-old has a wealth of stories to pick from a career in which controversy was never far away.
It has included suspensions, disqualifications and throwing clubs into the water when things went wrong.
Senior Open scene-setter
“JD’s views on golf and life are almost unrivalled and we are delighted to welcome him to Arbroath for an evening of stories about the ups and downs of being a successful golfer and the rags to riches stories you don’t want to miss,” say the promoters.
“Known simply as JD his golfing mantra is simple – I hit the ball as hard as I can. If I find it, I hit it again.”
The Arbroath event takes place on Tuesday July 23 at 7.30pm.
Tickets are available online from the Webster Theatre website.
It is being held on the eve of the 38th Senior Open, taking place from July 25 to 28.
The competition is Europe’s only senior Major championship and is visiting the Angus venue for the third time.


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This week’s new heavy metal releases include lots of shredding, hardcore feel-good jams, riffs, and more! To the metals…
Clutch – The Weathermaker Vault Series Volume 1
Genre: Hard rock/stoner
Origin: Germantown, Maryland
Label: Weathermaker Music
Since the summer of 2019 Clutch have been dropping one-off tracks that via YouTube and streaming services. All those songs are finally in one place in this colleciton. This includes their covers of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son," ZZ Top's "Precious And Grace," and others. There are also a bunch of new takes on old Clutch tunes like "Willie Nelson," "Supergrass," and "Passive Restraints." This is a must have for those in the cult of Clutch.
Dream Theater – Distant Memories – Live In London
Genre: Progressive metal
Origin: Long Island, New York
Back in February Dream Theater hit London to play Act 2 (Metropolis, Part 2: Scenes From a Memory) in full along with a full set of mostly Distance Over Time tracks, and they brought cameras along with them. This, their ninth official live album, is that night. Act 2 is largely seen as peak Dream Theater, so that portion of this release is worth the price alone. There was a lot of good stuff on Distance though, and hearing it live here is also pretty neat.
Electric Hydra – Electric Hydra
Genre: Heavy metal/stoner
Origin: Småland, Sweden
Label: Tee Pee
Now far from progressive wankery, we have some straight up rocking from Electric Hydra. On their debut record this band combine infectious melodies, classic riffs, and fuzzed out everything into something that should appeal to fans of Fu Manchu, Dio-era Black Sabbath, and likes. And that name, is perfect for them. You read "Electric Hydra" and you know what this band is about.
Hatebreed – Weight Of The False Self
Origin: Bridgeport, Connecticut
Label: Nuclear Blast
Jamey Jasta and pals are back to pummel you while helping you build your self-worth. The Hatebreed formula of heavy hardcore with positivity has always fascinated me, but it certainly works for them. Crank their first record in four years and get a circle pit going in your loving room.
Horse the Band – Your Fault
Origin: Lake Forest, California
Label: Lif Records
Stream it here
After over a decade of silence Horse The Band are releasing a three-song EP today. As of this writing I haven't heard a second of it, but pre-sales are completely sold out. I imagine it's what you'd want from this band with melodic metalcore, beeps, boops, and ironic lyrics. The levity we could all use right now.
Plini – Impulse Voices
Genre: Progressive metal
Origin: Sydney, Australia
On his first full-length record in four years Plini is once again proving that he's one of modern music's finest guitarists. Impulse Voices is the perfect blend of whimsy and djent with equal parts wank and melodic lines. If you're a guitarist, regardless of your playing style, this one will make you feel terrible at the instrument.
Sodom – Genesis XIX
Origin: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Lot of bands coming back after four years this week. Weird. Anyway, on their sixteenth album in almost forty years Sodom are back with a nearly entirely new lineup. Tom Angelripper has reunited with with guitarist Frank Blackfire for the first time since 1989 and has new guitarist Yorck Segatz and new drummer Toni Merkel in tow as well. What fascinates me is that it took this long for them to have a song called "Sodom & Gomorrah." They're from an era when bands dropped their name in titles all the time, and this particular title has been right there the whole time!
Within The Ruins – Black Heart
Genre: Progressive death metal
Origin: Westfield, Massachusetts
Label: eOne/Good Fight
Wrapping this week with some chunky, glitchy, proggy death metal. This is their first with Steve Tinnon on vocals and he fits in pretty well. The guitar playing of Joe Cocchi remains the highlight with wild effects that make this sound like a 16-bit video game crashing throughout the record.
Also dropping today…
- Amahiru – Amahiru (earMusic) – Melodic metal
- Billie Joe Armstrong – No Fun Mondays (Reprise) – Rock
- Autumnblaze – Welkin Shores Burning (Argonauta Records) – Gothic rock/metal
- Avlivad – Avlivad (Invictus Productions) – Death metal
- Azarath – Saint Desecratio (Agonia Records) – Black/death metal
- Bather – Phantom Guilt EP (Self-released) – Black metal/doom
- Black Pyre – Winter Solstice (Self-released) – Black metal
- Cadaver – Edder & Bile (Nuclear Blast) – Death metal
- Carnage Alpha – From There To Oblivion (Wormholedeath Records) – Melodic death metal
- Cell Press – Cell Press (Ancient Temple Recordings) – Noise/sludge
- Diamond Head – Lightning To The Nations 2020 (Silver Lining) – Hard rock
- Eleine – Dancing In Hell (Black Lodge Records) – Symphonic metal
- Ingrina – Siste Lys (Medication Time Records + A Tant Rêver Du Roi) – Post-metal/post-hardcore
- Marathon – Mark Kelly's Marathon (earMUSIC) – Progressive
- Névoa – Towards Belief (Self-released) – Atmospheric black metal
- Obscurae – To Walk the Path of Sorrows (American Decline Records) – Atmospheric black metal
- Ocean Hills – Santa Monica (AFM Records) – Alternative rock
- Ôros Kaù – Imperii Templum Aries (I, Voidhanger) – Black metal
- Paysage d'Hiver – Im Traum (Kunsthall Produktionen) – Atmospheric black metal
- Psycroptic – The Watcher Of All EP (Prosthetic/Agonia) – Tech-death
- Revolting – The Shadow at the World's End (Transcending Obscurity Records) – Death metal
- Morgan Rose – Controlled Chaos EP (Rise) – Hard rock
- Sainte Marie des Loups – Funérailles de Feu (Amor Fati Productions) – Black metal
- Scour – The Black EP (Housecore) – Black metal
- Sealand Airlines – Sealand Airlines (The Sign Records) – Progressive rock
- Shores of Null – Beyond The Shores (On Death And Dying) (Spikerot Records) – Doom
- Slaverty – Beyond Imagination (WormholeDeath) – Symphonic metal
- Smashing Pumpkins – Cyr (Sumerian) – Rock
- Synastry – Civilization's Coma (Self-released) – Groove/death metal
- Various Artists – Christmas Rocks EP (Mascot) – Christmas rock/metal
- Voivod – Lost Machine – Live (Century Media) – Progressive metal
- Volbeat – Rewind, Replay, Rebound: Live In Deutschland (Republic) – Hard rock
It's also Record Store Day Black Friday and you can peep those releases here.


There was traffic congestion on Thursday morning as road users and commuters on Ikorodu/Mile 12 axis plying the route were cut off sequel to a road accident involving three trucks.
As a result of the incident that occurred at about 5am at Itowolo inward Mile 12, gridlock was said to have stretched to Ikorodu.
According to an eyewitnesses’ account, a container fell off from its flat body unto the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor while on motion to Mile 12, and this disrupted vehicular activities on the corridor.
An eye witness Serifat Omogbemiro who was on her way to Idumota said vehicles including BRT had to use the major road.
She said, “this affected free flow of traffic in the axis. As if this was not enough, the traffic gridlock got worse after two full loaded trailers journeying inward Mile 12 hit themselves from the rear at Itowolo Main Carriage Way thereby blocking the entire road inward Mile 12.
Some passengers resorted to trekking in order to meet up with their routine while motorists resigned theirselves to fate,” she said.
Another eyewitness Tony Okonkwo said the fear of being attacked by traffic robbers engulfed many, but their fear was allayed due to the presence of law enforcement agents.
It was learnt that officials of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), in the axis had a hectic day managing the traffic.
Some erring drivers were said to have contravened the traffic rule and drove against traffic.
At press time the officers were noticed doing the excavation exercise.


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Auckland Rail system following electrification - part 2
The electrification of the Auckland Suburban Railway network introduced
new, modern electric trains using up to date electric drive techniques
and control systems.
Arjun Prema from Auckland Transport is a commissioning engineer for the
rolling stock. He will give us an insight into the operating principles
for the new trains.
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Derived from the previous one (process concurrency): all sequential programs can be hosted within the same process.
- easier to implement
- easier to debug.
- No fault tolerance still overhead due to the use of kernel objects
- But user space locks can be used
- No dynamic control of parallelism level.
One typical implementation is creating one thread per client in a server.One famous implementation is Node.js where developer write single threaded code that may be run on multiple threads if the runtime needs it to.
My opinion: Still being the dominant model, first implementations were transposition of the multi-process model, for which it brings greatly improved performance. It is also well suited for session oriented servers/services where each thread is in charge of a session/client.
it does not scale that well because you need to ensure you have at least one thread per core to get benefits. And then, one often ends up with a system creating far too many threads, but this is a pragmatic solution when metrics fall within the correct range, which is around 50-300 hundreds clients/simultaneous clients/requests.


Econintersect: The several factions of the Greek government have agreed to additional spending cuts of €11.5 billion ($14.1 billion over the next two years. These will come from reduced pensions, public sector wages and government provided services. The cuts will be a per capita equivalent of $410 billion for the U.S. The new cuts are in addition to cuts of €3.3 billion that were made in February for the already reduced current year’s budget.
The government is also seeking to make inroads on reaching a reduction of the national debt through privatization of government assets. In other words, reduce the debt by selling off the country’s assets.
An article by Kerin Hope in the Financial Times says that several major offerings are:
- Hellenic Postal Savings Bank,
- The profitable state gaming company OPAP,
- The state lottery, and
- Valuable coastal land on the island of Rhodes, a tourist area.
Greece is now in its fifth year of recession, which Bloomberg says has been worsened by the austerity programs forced on the country by the EU and the IMF. Opposition to the size of the budget cuts had argued for extending the time for implementing them to soften the blow to the economy which is likely to shrink further. This can cause further reduction in government revenues and make still more cuts necessary.
The process is called a spiral.
- Greece agrees to €11.5bn spending cuts (Kerin Hope, Financial Times, 02 August 2012)
- Greece Passes Austerity Budget (GEI News, 13 February 2012)
- Samaras Secures Greek Budget Plan As Coalition Discord Grows (Maria Petrakis and Marcus Bensasson, Bloomberg, 01 August 2012)


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Tracy celebrates first CART title
American rookie Ryan Hunter-Reay was the winner in a race cut short by thunderstorms and hail the size of marbles. Hunter-Reay beat another rookie, Darren Manning of England, by 1.546 seconds for his first CART victory.
Tracy finished 13th, two laps behind the winner. But his 28-point lead over Junqueira entering the race meant Junqueira had to pick up at least seven points to send the title chase to the final event at Fontana, Calif., on Sunday.
Tracy had tears in his eyes when handed the Vanderbilt Cup for winning the title.
"I went through every range of emotion you could in two hours," Tracy said. "To finally win it is something. I've won lots of races and led plenty of laps, but to get to this level is what it's all about."
Drivers receive 20 points for a first-place finish. A point is also awarded to the driver who leads the most laps during a race.
There were crashes on the first turn and a 75-minute delay because of hail. The race was shortened to 47 laps from 65 because of the weather.
"I can't believe it, it was just such a battle," said Hunter-Reay as he held the American flag at the trophy presentation.
Junqueira finished 15th and was leading before the storm. Cars were forced off the track after 14 laps. The race restarted after hail was plucked from the floor of some cockpits, drivers changed wet socks and shoes and water was squeezed off the street course.
"Before the rain it looked as if we could win," Junqueira said.
Jimmy Vasser, Hunter-Reay's teammate and the 1996 winner of the Australian race, was third. He was followed by Michel Jourdain Jr., who led briefly with 20 laps to go, and Patrick Carpentier of Canada.
It was the first CART win for Hunter-Reay, 22, who led last year's Formula Atlantic series with three wins.
Tracy, who won here in 1995, was involved in an accident with three other cars on a slick track and fell behind after his car's suspension was damaged midway through the race.
Junqueira's teammate and pole sitter Sebastien Bourdais clipped Tracy's car, causing the Canadian to spin out and go to the back of the field. He was later involved in a three-car accident where the front left wing of his car was damaged.
The weather forced several yellow flags during the race.
Last year, eight cars were involved in a crash in heavy rain on the first turn. In previous years, rain has forced the race to finish in near darkness on the 2.5-mile temporary circuit.
Bourdais, who has clinched rookie of the year honors, was the fastest qualifier of the weekend, with a time of 1 minute, 31.718 seconds Saturday.
Junqueira started on the front row. He won Friday's provisional pole and was guaranteed a spot in the first row under CART qualifying rules.


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(Ace of Cups – Gilded Tarot by Ciro Marchetti)
So I was wracking my brains on what I could give to you, my readers, for Valentines day.
Then it hit me, more honesty and vulnerability of course 🙂
This translates to opening myself up, and being of more service.
So this is just a little blog to let you know that I will now be available for tarot readings.
Email me, if you feel called to receive one, if there’s something you would like more clarity on in your life. If you would simply just like some guidance.
*I do not tell your future, we all have free will. I will only be able to shed some light on the energies surrounding you.
All guidance I pass on, is passed to me from a higher power.
There will be a charge per reading – simply for the time it takes me to complete, and to cover the cost of hiring a room. (if I need to)
If you are in London or Manchester (UK) I can do it in person. If not, I will email you the reading, including pictures of the cards.
Follow your heart, only contact me if you feel it’s right for you.
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Mongolia Road Atlas at 1:500,000 from the Ulaanbaatar based publishers Monsadur, with a very vivid presentation of the country’s topography by satellite-derived mapping with additional altitude colouring, plenty of peaks names and spot heights; plus a separate fold-out map of the country for route planning.
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Líon iontrálacha sa taifead staire: 1
ball sinsearach (stair)
One very warm day as St Patrick was travelling through Calry. He felt very thirsty and he called at a house for a drink. The woman of the house gave him a drink.
She started complaining about the heat and how it had the crops destroyed and the cabbage ruined. St Patrick told her that heat was good for all crops.
She had a cake of bread on the fire and St Patrick told her that her cake was burning as he felt the smell of burning bread.
The woman rushed to the fire and looked at her cake and instead of a cake it was a big head of white cabbage that was in the oven. St Patrick told the woman that it was