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Dubai, United Arab Emirates - October 10, 2019: The Yusupov Egg is a watchmaking masterpiece produced by Carl Fabergé in 1907 and belonging to the Edouard and Maurice Sandoz Foundation. Restored by Parmigiani Fleurier, it was originally given by Prince Felix Yusupov to his wife, Zinaida Nikolayevna Yusupova, as a gift on their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
The piece comprises a watch movement inside an egg. The egg sits on a tripod, which rests on an onyx base. Made entirely from gold enamelled over a guilloché background, the piece is adorned with garlands, friezes and medallions in coloured gold decorated with brilliants, emeralds and rubies. It is topped by an urn decorated with flames.
Restoration by Parmigiani Fleurier
The restoration and preservation of watchmaking heritage represent the very foundation and origins of Parmigiani Fleurier. Its expertise dates back to 1976, when master watchmaker Michel Parmigiani opened a restoration workshop. In 1996, the Parmigiani Fleurier brand was created around this centre of excellence. Restoration requires the highest level of watchmaking expertise. Much of what is learnt is actually linked to forgotten activities of the past; activities which are imprinted in the brand's watches. The Parmigiani Fleurier restoration workshop is a department that deals with all types of horological objects. Three small automata from the Maurice Sandoz collection serve as fine examples of masterpieces restored by Michel Parmigiani. They are sources of inspiration both on a mechanical and a material level.
Restoration involves returning an object to its original condition. In order to do this, Michel Parmigiani has set himself apart by creating his own methodology, a constant balance between ensuring the mechanical functionality of the creation and preserving the expertise of the past. For him and his team, this means conducting investigations and immersing themselves in the past, so as to ensure the preservation and operation of the item during its restoration. By studying masterpieces from the past, he is able to find his own solutions to the mechanical and technical challenges faced by master watchmakers throughout the ages, and to use them in the Parmigiani Fleurier watches of today.
Like an archaeologist, who knows that any undertaking on a component may prove irreversible; the initial task of the restorer is to observe an often unique item - within which lie many mysteries - over a period of a few days. The restorer looks for parallels, scouring scientific works, museums and collections before opening the piece, whilst making sure to document it all. He or she must understand the subtleties of the mechanism just as much as the techniques used. The restorer should also have knowledge of numerous arts such as precious metalwork, enamelling, engraving/chasing, gilding and glasswork. Preservation involves a long and patient cleaning operation, which can sometimes uncover new secrets, for example a previously hidden inscription. Restoration, during the reassembly phase, involves adopting reversible solutions, whilst ensuring the original remains the same.
Taking its name from its founder, watchmaker and restorer Michel Parmigiani, the fine watchmaking brand was founded in 1996 in Fleurier, in the Swiss valley of Val-de-Travers. With its own watchmaking centre ensuring its independence, the brand has both full control over the production process and unique creative freedom. For twenty years, the Parmigiani Fleurier signature has resided within timepieces that command the utmost respect, in harmony with watchmaking traditions. They are the labour of a lifetime – that of Michel Parmigiani, the talented individuals who assist him, and the special relationship between the Manufacture and the masterpieces of the past, enabling it to invent a bold future.


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The marine mammal capital of New Zealand.
I have visited Kaikoura almost every season for the last 12 years.
Kaikoura is famous because this part of the coast is very close to deep water drop offs. This means cold, nutrient water washes up into the coastal waters. It results in lots of seabirds and sea mammals.
If you are anchoring in the South Bay, there is often lots of wildlife right around the ship. Over the years I have seen Dusky Dolphin, New Zealand Fur Seal, Orca, Little Penguin, Great Albatross, Mollymawks, Shearwaters, Giant Petrels.
There are several specialities in the area; the Sperm Whales, Huttons Shearwater, and Dusky Dolphins.
The 'Hutton's Shearwater' is a species of bird that is more or less endemic to the area. It looks quite a bit like many other black and white shearwaters, such as Fluttering Shearwater, but this sea-bird species breeds up in the mountains!
Kaikoura is probably the best place in the world to see large pods of Dusky Dolphins.
The Sperm Whale is accessed via boats run by a Maori concession. During 2017 this service may be suspended due to earthquake damage.
There is a range of wildlife tours. You can do seabird feeding trips, boat trips to sperm whales, helicopter flights over whales, swim with the dolphins, and swim with the seals.
There is a nice walk along the coastal cliffs of Kaikoura. To get there, you need to walk or drive to Keane Point carpark. To walk there takes about half an hour from town right along the coast keeping the sea on your left. The walk begins at car park, then immediately heads up the plateau, and continues along the cliff. Now a recent earth movement as forced more of the coastal platforms up you can also walk all the way along the foreshore until the mid way cliff track. You go past sleeping New Zealand Fur Seals and nesting Red-billed Gulls.
The town of Kaikoura is on the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on the narrow coastal plain at the base of the scenic Kaikoura Range. There are roads entering via the south or north. Christchurch is a few hours drive south. I usually visit the area as staff on various expedition ships. These tend to anchor in the South Bay. Many expedition ships include Kaikoura on the itinerary, but some have dropped this stop in the past due to the exposed nature of the anchorage and the resulting swell.
There are many other great places to see in New Zealand


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Bubba Watson shot a final-round 69 at Augusta National to pull away from Jordan Spieth on the back nine and win his second Masters in three years on Sunday.
So how did the former standout at Bay Minette's Faulkner State Community College celebrate?
Well, if pictures are worth a thousand words:
The celebration shouldn't surprise Watson's fans.
With the win, Watson becomes one of eight players who have won the Masters in such a short span, including Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Jack Nicklaus, per ESPN.
At the very least, he deserves a grilled cheese from Waffle House, right?
I want to thank everyone for the support, encouraging words & congrats that have poured in this week! I feel incredibly blessed #awesomefans— bubba watson (@bubbawatson) April 14, 2014

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A souvenir program celebrating Wilma Rudolph Day in Clarksville, Tennessee on October 4, 1960 commemorating her achievements in the 1960 Summer Olympics. The front of the black-and-white program features a centrally oriented, thatched illustration of Wilma Rudolph with three (3) Olympic gold medals above her head. At the top of the program is the text [WELCOME] centered above the illustration. At the bottom of the front cover is text that reads [WILMA / Souvenir Program / Wilma Rudolph Day / Clarksville Tennessee / October 4, 1960]. The program has two (2) interior pages. The left interior page features an illustration of a plaque by the Citizens of Clarksville in honor of Rudolph’s gold medals, a second illustration of a proclamation by the Mayor of Clarksville naming October 4, 1960 [WELCOME WILMA DAY], and an illustration of three (3) Olympic gold medals. Below the illustrations are three paragraphs of text that give the background of the event and the names of other honored medalists. The right interior page lists a Program of Events. The back of the program is a list of sponsors. There is a handwritten notation in pencil in the top left corner of the front cover. There are handwritten notations, speech times, and check marks in blue ink on the interior right page.

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French Quarter - enjoyed the resort very much!! We were in bldg 7 which is located at the Riverside end so we were a 10 minute walk to the sister resort. Landscaping is very nice and well maintained. I was pleased the resort was so quiet although the jet-like sound of toilets flushing was loud!! Excellent staff, too!
So glad you liked it @Wingsmom. We stayed there last year in June and are returning this December. I do remember those loud toilets, lol. I agree the grounds are beautiful. We went to New Orleans this past May and my DDs said, “wow, Jackson Square looks just like POFQ!” We never walked over to a Riverside but maybe this trip we will.
Glad to hear it, Wingsmom!
Would you mind finding and reviewing your room on our map? It’ll help other families know where to stay. Here’s the link to Building 7.
I didn’t realize we could add comments for others. I always forget to take a picture but I will go back and tag all of the rooms we have had at the various resorts.
Len, did not realize we could do this! Will review
@Wingsmom, what was your experience like with the transportation? Have you ever stayed at a value resort, and if so, how would you compare it? Worth the extra coin? We have toyed with staying there but go back and forth because of the money. We usually stay at Pop.
Glad you had a good experience.
@aj25aj25, I would like to know @Wingsmom experience as well but I can share mine. We’ve stayed mostly in Values: Sports, Music and Pop. We’ve also stayed at AKL and CR when budget allowed. Last June was our first experience with Moderate. We had always stayed away from mods as we didn’t think the $$ was worth it. Now that they are mostly featuring queen beds, they are an option. We were very pleasantly surprised in the difference in room size from value to mod. Also the double vanity is a life-saver with 4 in a room.
During our stay, POFQ shared buses a couple of times with Riverside, mostly during the day but not early in the morning. It really wasn’t that bad. The ride to MK was very short. POFQ seems very centrally located to all parks, except maybe AK. A CM was at the bus stop at POFQ communicating when the next bus would arrive. The bus stops are also covered so it’s a bit nicer than Pop. The food court is ok, there is a slide in the pool. We loved the overall size of the resort more than Pop. Hope this helps. Would like to know if @Wingsmom experience was different.
Love mods for coffee maker in room.
No, I have not stayed at a Value although I camped at FW 30 years ago. I think any family should make a list of what is important to them at WDW. If your priority is be sure you children have a nap midday, you want to consider the time you will be riding the bus back and forth to the parks and the resort. I read a list of a few resorts ranked by ease of bus travel in an Unofficial Tip in the 2015 edition of The Book. Maybe staff can find it; I tried a couple of places; no luck. If you plan to do a lot of swimming look for a resort with a good pool. In December, my mom and I stayed at the Poly for her 95th birthday. The monoline was very important to us because of her mobililty. This trip, the crowds were not heavy and I found myself wondering how the bus lines work when crowds are larger. Overall, we did not wait more than 15 min for a bus in the a.m. at FQ. Our longest wait was at the MK, around 6 pm for a return to FQ…more like 20. Hope this helps a little. By the way, I intend to try POP sometime. I hear many good things about it on this site.
@Moore. Thank you for input. Your comparisons were very useful. Did not think about the double sink for 4 - my kids are gown and out of the house now. This trip I was with Best Friend…a girls trip…doing what we wanted when we wanted and always watching for a good place to sit and people watch!!
Yeah, that too!
I stayed at POFQ with my son in 2006. Loved the small size of the resort that made it easy to get to the main building and bus stop. It was August and we were in a building down by the boat dock. We found we could walk near the buildings and skirt from building to building only getting wet when we had to cross the walkways. We were there over Labor Day. I enjoyed the beignets. My son and I split an order of jambalaya and it is half the price of the meal over at POR. They also have one of my favorite drinks, the Hurricane.
@MooreDisneyPlease, thanks for the input. Pop is kinda our go to and it has always been very comfortable for us but we don’t spend a lot of time in the room. Transportation is important to us because we always go for rope drop and try to be at the very front. If the bus stops multiple times, or worse if the travel time is unpredictable, that would be a big deal to is. But given what you’re saying about French Quarter I think it may be our go to whenever we decide to try a moderate. The queen bed would also be great because I’m 6’4", 245. My wife would probably appreciate a little more room than the standards afford us at Pop!
You had me at beignets but they have hurricanes too? I haven’t had one for several years. I may just indulge myself.
Does French Quarter / Riverside have ferry service to the Magic Kingdom?
No, the boat can take you to downtown Disney but MK is not on that waterway.
Thank you. Kinda disappointing (was looking forward to a daily ferry ride) but good to know!
The boat go to DTD. When I was at POFQ the bus first the POR. I was there in Labor day. It was less crowds then.

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ICRU Report No. 45 is the first of two reports addressed to clinical neutron dosimetry. The report focuses on standardization of the dosimetry procedures used in support of the clinical applications of fast neutrons. It has been recognized that the comparison of the clinical results of fast neutron therapy at different institutions is compromised by difficulties in comparing the technical irradiation conditions.
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text: OBJECTIVE To investigate bacterial associations of S. pneumoniae, S. aureus, and H. influenzae in the nasopharynx of ambulatory children with HIV infection. METHODS A cross-sectional nasopharyngeal swab survey of 148 children with HIV infection from West Bengal presenting for routine outpatient care was conducted. RESULTS Forty-one (28 %) children carried S. pneumoniae, 35 (24 %) carried S. aureus and 39 (26 %) carried H. influenzae. Seventeen (11 %) had dual colonization with S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae, 13(8.8 %) had dual colonization with S. pneumoniae and S. aureus, and 6(4 %) had dual colonization with S. aureus and H. influenzae. Three (2 %) had triple carriage with H. influenzae, S. aureus, and S. pneumoniae. Neither Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis nor ART (antiretroviral therapy) affected colonization with any organism. There was no association between HIV immune status, recent antibiotic use, exposure to other children, household tuberculosis exposure and colonization with any organism. There was a strong negative association between malnutrition and colonization with H. influenzae. CONCLUSIONS The negative association between S. pneumoniae and S. aureus colonization in the nasopharynx described in healthy populations was not present. The authors found a strong positive association between carriage with H. influenzae and S. pneumoniae. These findings provide insight into the increased risk of invasive disease from these organisms in HIV infected children.


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Scotland Covid: Time to be 'cautious, not cavalier' says health secretary
Humza Yousaf said case numbers were “still too high” but spoke of an “optimistic picture” that the country could continue to relax Covid-19 restrictions.
Nicola Sturgeon will give an update to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday as MSPs return to Holyrood for the first time during summer recess.
The First Minister is expected to confirm mainland Scotland’s move to level zero and is set to provide an update as to whether the complete relaxation of restrictions will take place on August 9 as planned.
Sunday’s figures showed another 2,048 cases in Scotland in the last 24 hours, with no new deaths.
The health secretary told the BBC that the Scottish Government had begun to “see a stabilisation” in case numbers, adding that a “positive trend” was appearing.
Mr Yousaf said: “From the data that I have seen over the last week, and the First Minister made reference to this at the end of last week, optimistically I think we can say we are past the worst of the peak, this particular peak.
"That doesn’t mean there wouldn’t be another peak in the future but certainly we’re beginning to see a stabilisation, a beginning to see the cases level off, still very high, I must say, and we’re beginning to see a positive trend.
"It is a very fragile situation, the data in the last week shows us that this is the first week in four weeks that we have seen cases reduce, not increase, so that is positive.
"If I also looked at the UK Government dashboard, if you asked had I been doing this interview last week, Scottish local authorities made five out of the ten top local authorities, now they make up two out of ten.
"We are still too high, not where we want to be, but we’re seeing an optimistic picture I would hope that we are beginning to level off.”
At a media briefing on Thursday, the First Minister indicated she would be taking a cautious approach ahead of the final decision around relaxing restrictions further on Tuesday.
Mr Yousaf echoed the sentiments, stating that opening up too quickly or entirely could send Scotland “backwards”.
He said: “This is a time to be cautious, not cavalier, because if we open up and lift restrictions entirely which is not what we are planning to do on July 19, but if we were to be cavalier and not have any restrictions in place whatsoever then I think that could take us backwards as opposed to the very small, cautious positive steps that we are beginning to see in the data over the last week.”
The health secretary was also asked about comments from his UK Government counterpart Sajid Javid, who said cases could reach 100,000 per day by mid-August.
Confirming that worst-case modelling for Scotland had been done, Mr Yousaf refused to put a figure on the expected case numbers once Scotland has fully reopened.
Instead he stated that Scotland was “tracking somewhere in the middle” of the government’s worst and best-case scenarios, adding that he didn’t believe the country could “tolerate” its share of 100,000 cases per day.
This would be equivalent to around 8,200 cases per day.
Mr Yousaf also denied claims in The Scottish Sun that the questionnaire used by call centre staff as part of Scotland’s Test and Protect had been shortened in order to meet WHO targets.
The Scottish Government had come under pressure after data showed that the contact tracing system had fallen beneath the WHO’s target of 80 per cent of cases being spoken to within 72 hours.
Denying that the questionnaire had been changed for “malicious reasons”, the health secretary said it had been done by Public Health Scotland for “clinical or public health reasons” and that he did not “write the script”.
He added: “Test and Protect has performed extraordinarily well. What we saw over the last few weeks was a swift and steep increase in the number of cases, a record number, a number that we have never seen before in Scotland.
"Performance dipped below the WHO standard, below the standard the Scottish Government would expect, but through the changes including an additional 100 staff which are being recruited, that means that the daily system capacity has increased from 1,300 to 3,800 cases per day.
"With the additional 100 staff coming on board, the daily capacity should go to approximately 5,000 cases per day in the very near future.”
The Scottish Government also said it would consider any change in guidance after reports in The Sunday Times claimed officials inside Number 10 in Downing Street have asked the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to approve the move from an eight week delay between Covid vaccine doses to just four.
Dismissing the reports on Sunday, the UK Government’s vaccines minister, Nadhim Zahawi said: “The real-world data, the clinical data suggests that actually the eight-week interval offers that additional fortification in terms of protection with the two doses, at much better than having the interval shortened any further.”
Kate Forbes, minister for finance, had last week said the the WHO’s recommendation for a four week delay between doses was not “strictly accurate” and indicated Scotland’s wait would remain eight weeks.
Asked whether it is planning for a change to a four week gap and whether there are enough vaccines available to meet demand if guidance changed, the Scottish Government said it was vaccinating as fast as supplies allow.
A spokesperson added: “We have one of the fastest vaccination programmes in the world and are vaccinating people across Scotland as fast as supplies allow.
“The current JCVI advice on the gap between first and second doses is clear that eight weeks is optimal - and that reducing that below eight weeks would compromise the effectiveness of the vaccine and how long that effect lasts. If JCVI advices changes in this respect we would, of course, give it consideration.
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China has lost more than an entire Netherlands-worth of wetlands in the last decade—340,000 sq. km, or 9% of China’s total land—to agriculture, development, and climate change, according to new figures from its State Forestry Administration. It’s the latest in a long line of ominous warnings about the water supply in China, which has one-fifth of the world’s population but only 6% of its freshwater.
“This will add to the pressure and increase competition for water going forward,” Debra Tan, director of Hong Kong-based non-profit China Water Risk, told Reuters. “China will be looking to grow more food, and more food in wetlands, as urbanization continues.”
The problems go far beyond China’s people not having enough to drink. The country’s electricity comes almost exclusively from water-intensive power sources—mostly coal, but also nuclear and hydro power—so that a water shortage could easily lead to a power shortage. Mining coal and turning it into electricity already consumes 17% of China’s water supply. And a plan to expand coal production in provinces such as Inner Mongolia—designed to ease air pollution in the country’s heavily populated eastern seaboard—is expected to increase demand for water there by more than double.
If you drill down into the specific regions that are going to get very thirsty, it gets even worse. China Water Risk has identified China’s “Dry 11” provinces—a cluster surrounding Beijing and Shanghai, along with two interior provinces to the west. In total, the Dry 11 are home to more than 510 million people, and they contribute nearly half of China’s GDP:
Policymakers in Beijing are certainly aware of the challenges: They are moving to protect wetlands, increase water fees (paywall) and embark on gigantic engineering schemes to route water from the fertile south to the arid north. But as long as China requires enormous amounts of water to keep the lights on, it may be facing a very dry future—and possibly a dark one as well.

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In Part 10 of Status Anxiety, Alain de Botton looks at the history of Bohemia and what it can teach us about how best to live our lives.
From the start of the 19th century onwards, a new group of people began to be noticed in the West. They often dressed simply, they didn’t much care about money or convention and they came to be described as Bohemian. There have been all kinds of Bohemian movements over the last 200 years: the Romantics, the Surrealists, Dadaists, the Hippies the Punks and the Naturists. These disparate groups were united by one thread which is the decision to stand outside the Bourgeois mainstream and to live for a different set of values. Bohemians pose an important question for all of us: who are we going to get to judge us? Whose opinions should we give weight to? We can learn from the Bohemians that status is available from a variety of sources, above all from our friends. Our choice of audience can be our own.
The Bloomsbury Group started an experiment in living in the 1920s and 30s whose affects we are all still feeling today. Being a Bohemian isn’t about having a certain job, income or house, it is about a way of looking at the world. In the words of the childrens’ writer Arthur Ransome “Bohemia isn’t a place, it is a state of mind”. What that state of mind boils down to is a spirit of independence and freedom and the commitment to live your life by your own values. The Bloomsbury Group gave themselves a sense of validation by breaking the rules of their time. Many of the freedoms which we now take for granted (to talk to whom we like, to have relationships with whom we like) were established by “Bohemia”. The disadvantage of Bohemia, de Botton argues is that it can spiral off in to wilful eccentricity. Take a look at the video to see him taking a lobster for a walk!
In Part 9 of Status Anxiety, Alain de Botton looks at how great thinkers and activists have been able to alter our values in society and to change our perception of status.
Who has high status today? Who do we all look up to? Who do the newspapers favour with respectable profiles? Rich people. People who, through their own efforts and merit, have been successful in business, entertainment and the arts. People who make no secret of their achievements. This can seem shallow and unfair, de Botton argues, but it is made all the worse because we often assume that nothing can be done to alter the ideals of our society. We tend to think that it is natural that certain groups have high status while others are marginalised. In fact it is not inevitable at all, it is possible to imagine a world in which their has been a radical redistribution of respect.
The newspapers we buy contain a miriad of subtle and insidious messages about who in the world matters and who doesn’t. Karl Marx first brilliantly analysed the way that our values are being shaped without us realising it and he coined the word to describe this process as “ideology”. He defined an “ideological” statement as one that sells itself as being naturally true when in fact it is made up to uphold vested interests. Marx thought we are bombarded by such statements all of the time. Acording to Marx, the ruling ideas of every age are always the ideas of the ruling class.
The sociologist Max Weber has said that the ritual of buying the Sunday newspapers has now replaced going to church. He contests that it is now the media which is the main source of ideology rather than priests in pulpits who used to be the main source of ideology. De Botton argues that reading the papers can leave us feeling dispirited as we are being subtly rebuked for all the ways in which our lives do not conform to the dominant status ideals, all the ways our careers aren’t as stellar, our house aren’t as fashionable and our social diaries aren’t as packed as they might be. We may end up feeling as guilty about our failings as if we had spent the morning being berated by a priest. Marx argued that ideological ideas are phantoms formed in the human brain which keep prisoners in their cells without the need for bars.
Alain de Botton evaluates the teachings of John Ruskin who fought a passionate campaign to raise the status and conditions of the British working class. He hated the values of his Victorian contemporaries and their obsession with wealth. He described them as the most wealth obsessed people who have ever existed on this earth. He argued that the ruling goddess of the age was the goddess of “getting on”. Ruskin demanded free education, decent housing and access to green spaces for everyone. He challenged the central idea of his age that there was something admirable about being rich. Ruskin too was desperate to be wealthy but he had a very different idea of wealth in mind. What he wanted was not money, he wanted kindness, intelligence, sensitivity, godliness – a set of virtues which he referred to simply as “life” There is no true wealth but life he wrote. ”That country is wealthiest” he argues, “which nourishes the greatest number of happy and noble human beings. Most of the people commonly considered as wealthy are in truth no wealthier than the locks on their strong boxes” Ruskin made a difference by setting in trend many of the arguments which were to lead to the creation of the Welfare State. He remains an inspiring example of how by making a lot of noise and by acting politically someone can change the values of his world. Gandhi said that John Ruskin had been the single greatest influence in his life.
Alain de Botton goes on to look at how changes in society’s values have allowed progress for people to whom this would have been previously been denied.
The political response to status, he argues, has been to insist that our contemporary status ideals are not inevitable but are man-made and so they can be changed. He looks at people who have chosen to live by different ideals. Watch the video and see what conclusion he comes to.
In Part 8 of Status Society Alain de Botton argues that the benefits of a meritocratic system have been extraordinary. People who for generations were held down in a caste like hierarchy have finally been allowed to fulfill themselves in whatever ways their talents allow. Race, class, gender and age have all stopped being obstacles to advancement. An element of justice has been introduced into the distribution of rewards. Alongside meritocratic educational reform has come efforts to promote equal opportunities in the workplace. We are repeatedly told that through effort and diligence we can make it to the top.
There is a pride in the way many people speak about how they got to the top, a pride that would have been impossible in the days before meritocracy when you only got places because of who your parents were. Earning good money and having an important job title say more positive things about you than they ever used to. Unfortunately in a meritocracy having no money or no impressive job title say many more negative things about you than they used to. There’s a darker side to meritocracy: if the successful merit their success it then logically follows that the unsuccessful merit their failure. In a meritocratic age an element of justice seems to enter into the distribution of success as well as failure. Financial failure becomes associated with a sense of shame that the unsuccessful of old were fortunately spared. Now the question of why, if you are in any way clever or talented, you are still unsuccessful, becomes a more difficult a question to answer. The rich come to seem as though they are deserving of what is going right for them. Watch the video to see what conclusion Alain de Botton comes to about those for whom meritocracy has not delivered the status they desired. He claims that we have ended up with a curious paradox that our wealthy, opportunity-filled societies have had the odd effect of raising our levels of status anxiety.
In part 7 of Status Anxiety Alain de Botton looks at how living standards in the West have hugely improved in the last 200 years with major increases in life expectancy, economic opportunity and wealth generally. Despite these improvements it can be argued that we are much more status conscious and status anxious than we every were in the days of horse drawn carriages. Older societies despite all their disadvantages had one big advantage when it came to status. Before the mid 18th century, status was handed out in very particular ways: it did not matter what you did but who you were, who your parents were, what kind of background you had. People at the top of society had been handed their priveleges on a plate, secondly there was very little social mobility and thirdly people had very low expectations of the kind of life they could have. Under the old feudal system only a very few could aspire to wealth and fulfillment.
Alain de Botton claims that religion taught many people to accept their unequal treatment as part of a natural and unchangeable order. The English Christian medeival author John of Salisbury, who in 1159 published Policraticus, compared society to a body and used this analogy to justify a system of natural inequality. The ruler was like a head, the parliament like the lungs, the treasury like a stomach, the army like the hands, the working classes like the feet and the peasantry the toes. Behind this rather insulting metaphor lay the idea that everyone in society had been accorded an unalterable role.
Gradually in the middle of the 18th century a way of distributing status emerged, a way that gave hope to millions of people and dramatically changed their lives but which at the same time also brought new levels of anxiety. This new system was called meritocracy. Alain de Botton travels to America to see how the creation of the United States in 1776 fundamentally changed the way status was distributed. The constitution of this new country was based on an idea which was to affect almost every aspect of life right across the Western world – the idea of meritocracy.
Thomas Jefferson drafted these words in June 1776:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit if happiness”
Part 7 of this series continues to look at how this Declaration of Independence and the ideals of meritocracy led to the belief in the American Dream – that anyone with enough talent is capable of achieving anything. An aristocracy of talent rather than birth right emerged.
Alain de Botton postulates that the search for status is linked to something which is as essential to us as light, food and water. Once we work out how central the need for love is a lot of things become clearer, from why we go shopping to why we sometimes kill one another. Much of the reason why we go shopping is unconnected to any urgent material need. We often shop in order to persuade the world we are worthwhile, interesting people. We often shop for emotional rather than practical reasons. A lot of consumption is about acquiring status symbols, material objects whose primary use is psychological and which signal to the world that we are worthy of dignity and respect.
Why do we shop?
Thorstein Veblen, an American sociologist and the man responsible for the term status symbols wrote a witty book The Theory of the Leisure Class in 1899. Having observed the rich at leisure he became fascinated by how people acquire certain luxury goods to symbolise their high status. Many clothes were deliberately designed to show that people didn’t need to work and in fact couldn’t do so in clothes which were highly impractical.
Alain de Botton looks at why we are interested in acquiring luxury cars and what these cars say about us. He argues that perhaps it is those who strive the hardest to be successful who are most haunted by feelings of failure. Scratch the surface of almost anyone who has made it to the top of their chosen field and you will find an unusually viscous fear of being a loser. What need would there be to be so impressive if their wasn’t a fear of being the opposite? There is a sad emotionaly deprived side to the purchase of luxury cars sales he claims. People are attracted to status symbols because they want to feel valued. Rather than a tale of greed, the history of luxury goods could more accurately be read as a record of emotional trauma. It is the legacy of people who felt pressured by the insensitivity of others to impress them with material objects. The amount of love you receive from the world is dependent on the amount of status symbols you can wield.
Part 6 of this series goes to demonstrate how our extreme touchiness about our status can lead to duelling and tragically even death.
Part 5 of the series Status Anxiety looks at the rewards we seek in society. We look for rewards in terms of promotion, money and buying a nicer house. For most of us the reward we really want is attention.
Alain de Botton investigates how our anxieties about status affect every aspect of our every day lives. We worry about being made redundant and how it will affect the way others see us, we worry about passed over for promotion, we worry about being kept waiting, we worry about our colleagues and even our close friends doing better than us.
However what gives us status in a given society keeps changing throughout history in the 21st century our status comes from fashion, business, sport or all three. Although the ways we attain high status have varied throughout history the consequences of high status are familiar accross time and it comes down to being treated well, being treated with respect and with a kind of love.
It is common to assume that the worst thing about low paid work is the money just as the money is the best thing about highly paid work. There is another way of looking at this isue which puts status at the heart of the subject. It could be argued that what make low paid work really distasteful comes down to how one is treated and it isn’t about the money per se, it is about the lack of status involved. Many low paid jobs leave us feeling as though we don’t properly exist. No cares who we are and what we think. Conversely part of what keeps people working even after they have made a lot of money is the respect they receive from others, they are looked up to, held in high esteem and even photographed on the way to the shops.
The philosopher Adam Smith questioned the point of the rat race in his famous book “The Wealth of Nations”.
“What is all the toil and bustle for? What are people aiming at with their ambitions and their frenzied pursuits of wealth, power and pre-eminence? Are they looking to supply their basic needs? No. The wages of the poorest labourer can supply those. What then are they after? They want to be treated well, they want to be attended to, to be taken notice of with sympathy, kindness and approval.”
It is agonising to compare ourselves with people we consider our equals i.e. returning to a school reunion can trigger huge amounts of anxiety. “Every time a friend of mine succeeds, a small part of me dies” Gore Vidal famously said.
Watch this short video to see what further conclusions Alain de Botton comes to about our need for love and status.
In part 4 of this series Alain de Botton argues that if you met someone very “successful” who had lots of fame, money and respect and asked them why they were successful and they said it was just luck you would think they were being unduly modest. On the other hand if you met someone who was a “failure” and asked them why they had not succeeded and they said it was just bad luck you would think they were trying to hide something. Essentially luck has disappeared as a plausible explanation for what has happened in our lives. Winners make their own luck is the punishing modern mantra.
In traditional societies high status and the respect it brings may have been inordinately hard to achieve but it was also pleasantly hard to lose de Botton argues. Modern society makes status dependent on achievement, primarily financial achievement. The nature of the economy which society has created is making that achievement ever more precarious.
For most of us our work is the chief determinant of the amount of respect and care we will be granted but the globalised economy is making that work more unstable, opening up an anxiety-inducing gap between what we need and what the world will give us.
We seem determined to remove any excuse which we might point to for our failure at a time when more and more of us are less secure in our jobs than ever. What consolations are available to the unsuccessful when the world doesn’t give them the respect they need?
This part of the the programme looks at whether religion is a consolation to those who are not successful in terms of fame and money. Take a look at this short video clip and decide if you agree with the conclusions.
Part 3 of this documentary series by Alain de Botton on “Status Anxiety” looks at the theory of meritocracy. Is meritocracy the route to happiness? De Botton investigates the “American Dream” and asks if such a thing is achievable. The programme cites William James, an American psychologist, who looked at the problems which societies create for themselves when they start raising huge expectations in their citizens. The formula James came up with is that Self esteem = Success/Expectation.
In order to have the healthy level of self esteem which we are all looking for we can do two things: we can either become more successful or lower the number of things we expect to be successful at. The problem is that modern societies place us under huge pressure to succeed and make self esteem very elusive. Every rise in our levels of expectation entails a rise in the risk of humiliation.
According to Alain de Botton it became possible to argue for the first time that the rung of the ladder which a person stood on accurately reflected their true qualities and conveniently for the successful this reduced the need for welfare, redistribution of wealth or even sympathy.
Take a look at the arguments made Alain de Botton in the third part of this fascinating series and decide whether you agree with his analysis. If you want to learn more you can purchase Alain de Botton’s book Status Anxiety from Amazon.
This is the second part of the short documentary series by Alain de Botton which looks at our theme of how our obsession with money and status can be a huge obstruction to our happiness. Part 2 looks at why we torment ourselves with comparisons between our lives and those just a few rungs up the ladder. It does not make us any happier so why are we so incapable of curtailing our painful aspirations? It is not just comparisons with others which make us feel discontent it is also what we demand of ourselves. We are all now expected to succeed. We ask ourselves: Should I be more than I am?
Should we follow the advice of philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau who argued the case for the “noble savage”. Being wealthy is not just a question of having a lot of money, it is having what we want. Wealth is not an absolute, it is relative to desire. Every time we seek something which we can’t afford, we can be considered poor, however much money we actually have. Every time we are satisfied with what we have we can be considered rich however little we may actually possess. Rousseau argued that there are two ways to make make people richer, one is to give them more money and the other is to restrain their desires.
Take a look at the arguments made in the second part of this fascinating series and if you want to learn more you can purchase Alain de Botton’s book Status Anxiety from Amazon.
This short documentary series by Alain de Botton continues to look at our theme of how our obsession with money and status can be a huge obstruction to our happiness. The documentary series opens with de Botton’s assertion that “the past 200 years in the West have seen staggering increases in wealth and economic opportunity and yet there have been no comparable increases in our levels of happiness. Despite being so much richer than a few generations ago we are often more anxious about our own importance and achievements than our grandparents were”.
Alain de Botton refers to this anomaly as “status anxiety” and aims to explain where this has come from, how it affects our lives and what we can do about it. Part 1 of the documentary looks at how we compare ourselves with others who we consider our equals (in terms of rights and opportunities) and this can lead to disappointment if we feel that we have not attained the same level of success as our peers.
Take a look at the first part of this fascinating series and if you want to learn more you can purchase Alain de Botton’s book Status Anxiety from Amazon.


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Apr 16, 2014, 12:15 PM EDT
Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber has received an extension to coach the Wildcats through 2019, the school announced on Wednesday.
“Our men’s basketball program continues to make terrific progress under Coach Weber and his staff since their arrival,” said Athletics Director John Currie. “He and Megan, along with the entire staff, have really embraced being a part of the K-State family and Manhattan community. I am excited about the future of our program and forward trajectory under his leadership.”
Weber will make $1.85 million in the 2014-2015 season with a $100,000 raise scheduled for every season through the end of his contract. In 2018-2019, he’ll make $2.25 million.
The Wildcats went 20-13 this past season, reaching the NCAA tournament for the fifth straight season. Their success was built largely on the play of freshman Marcus Foster, who came out of nowhere to have one of the best freshman seasons in the Big 12.
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SANTA FE (AP) — After a summer of bruising television ads in New Mexico’s race for governor, Democrat Gary King remains optimistic he can close the gap in an uphill challenge against Republican incumbent Susana Martinez.
The two-term attorney general trailed Martinez by 9 percentage points in a recent poll and lags far behind in fundraising. But King is undaunted.
“We weathered a million dollars’ worth of negative ads, and we’re still within striking range in the polls,” King said in an interview.
Martinez and the Republican Governors Association unloaded on King with a barrage of TV ads within days after he won the Democratic nomination in June.
Now the general election is rapidly approaching, with absentee voting to start in a little over a month on Oct. 7.
Martinez leads the race with 50 percent of likely voters backing her, according to a poll commissioned by the Albuquerque Journal. King was favored by 41 percent and 9 percent were undecided in the mid-August survey.
Albuquerque pollster Brian Sanderoff, whose firm conducted the poll, said King faces a difficult task.


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Polish Giant This recently introduced variety from Poland, with an exceptional flavour and fine aroma. Rhubarb is a cold-weather plant, and it will grow back every year for a decade or so, when treated properly. It looks a bit like a rhubarb leaf, with irregular and very sharp or jagged edges - which has given rise to one of its other common names - wild rhubarb.The underside of the leaf is hairy. This old fashioned perennial is very easy to grow, coming back bigger year after year with little care. Ideal for those who love to harvest rhubarb to store for later use, ‘Sunrise’ freezes and cans exceptionally well. Japanese Knotweed is listed by the World Conservation Union as one of the world’s worst invasive […] 11. The leaves of G. manicata grow to an impressive size. Boil the stems or bake them into a pie. Giant-rhubarb, Brazilian, Known to many as Gunnera, this was once a rare and amazing sight. ... Rhubarb - Silvan Giant $ 12.90. 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Darmera peltata dar-MARE-ah pel-TAY-tah Audio Darmera’s flower stalks emerge from the ground on naked stems in spring, and are followed by cupped, rounded but indented leaves up to 24 inches across. Planting 11. Only the long stalks are edible. It is a large, clump-forming herbaceous perennial growing to 2.5 m (8 ft) tall by 4 m (13 ft) or more. The prickly rhubarb family also includes the giant rhubarb and it is not actually related to rhubarb Quote Despite being known as 'giant rhubarb' the Gunnera Manicata leaf isn't edible Soil. Different varieties have varying levels of sourness and fibrousness. Hardy, productive and easy to grow. The crowns are best shielded from frost in winter, we suggest using the leaves of the last … Rhubarb is usually harvested in autumn and spring when stalks should be firm – too late and they become tough and stringy. Mapudungun: pange; Name – Gunnera manicata Family – Gunneraceae Type – perennial Height – 8 feet (2.5 m) Exposure – full sun Soil – moist Foliage – deciduous or evergreen, depending on the climate Flowering – May to September. Gunnera tinctoria, known as giant-rhubarb or Chilean rhubarb, is a plant species native to southern Chile and neighbouring zones in Argentina. Gunnera is one of the biggest and most spectacular, architectural, herbaceous plants. This style is best for baking, where its signature tartness complements the sugar in the dish, and may benefit from peeling before use. It had not been maintained, divided, or cared for … Before cooking however, the stems should be peeled, and roots scrubbed in order to remove the bitter rind. Native to Brazil it was introduced to Ireland by gardeners during the 1930's.Brazilian Giant-rhubarb is a large, clump-forming perennial with stout horizontal stems known as rhizomes, massive umbrella-sized leaves and stems up to 2 m tall. Will grow in most types of soil but likes plenty of organic matter. You can, of course, use regular, edible rhubarb (and harvest it when it is ready!) Japanese Knotweed gets no respect. Leaves with diameters well in excess of 4 ft (122 cm) are commonplace, with a spread of 10 ft (3 m) by 10 ft (3 m) on a mature plant. A thread in the Bloom of the Day Photos forum, titled March 24th, 2007: Giant Rhubarb (Gunnera manicata) by KMAC Needs winter temperature of below 4°C to stimulate growth in spring. While rhubarb is classified as a vegetable most of its uses are as an ingredient for making desserts. These often have giant leaves and thicker stalks, and the flavor is quite sour. Source: www.cookinglight.com. With huge leaves on long red to green petioles it can also make a dramatic statement in the garden. Delay harvest until the second year after planting to allow root reserves to accumulate. A real feature in any garden, huge leaves are a stand out in any situation. Noun . Popular rhubarb varieties include: Canada Red (one of my favorites), Ruby, Victoria, Mammoth Red, Prince Albert, Macdonald, Crimson Cherry, Sutton’s, and Riverside Giant. Gunnera is one of the biggest and most spectacular, architectural, herbaceous plants, commonly thought of as 'giant rhubarb'. Flowers: appear in June and July. A collection of three of the best flavoured rhubarbs to keep you in compote, crumble and jams. Frost tolerant. Produce / Edible / RHUBARB - GIANT VICTORIA; RHUBARB - GIANT VICTORIA Barcode: 9315774 071905 $ 0.00. First-year roots and second-year stems can be cooked by boiling for about 20 minutes, then season to taste. Account. Simply so, does rhubarb grow in Brazil? Thought to be around 150 million years old and first introduced into Europe in the 1860′s it if often called Dinosaur Food or Giant Rhubarb due to its gigantic, deeply lobed, deep green leaves, which grow up to 2 … ... Plant Non-edible Properties and uses: The Gunnera Manicata will without a doubt, bring a touch of originality and exoticism to your garden! Gunnera manicata is often referred to as ornamental rhubarb or giant rhubarb (and no, it is NOT edible). The species Rheum x hybridum is commonly grown as an edible … Giant rhubarb, giant problem? Rhubarb is a plant that enjoys cold climates and is found in mountainous and temperate areas of the world like Northeast Asia. It produces thick, strong pale green stems with red streaks. Our best friends moved into a great 1950s house near Ballard a few years ago and inherited a rhubarb plant that was clearly original to the property. Login. The foliage forms a lovely, vase-like clump, 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Gunnera, also galled giant rhubarb, is a plant with fascinating leaves that fits very well in a waterside setting. Read this little article for some tips on how to propagate gunnera from seed and grow your own giant rhubarb. For gardeners with plenty of space it was once the must-have waterside plant but John Manley finds Gunnera tinctoria now poses a major threat to Ireland's native plants Older generations may know this variety as "pie plant" rather than true rhubarb (but it is still rhubarb, don't worry). Register. Might be even really healthy for you…. Not a problem because Rhubarb is so low growing. This variety is not to be confused by the “giant rhubarb” plant, Gunnera manicata, which is a different species, not related to rhubarb at all, except in its common name. Over winter the plant dies down but grows new leaves in spring. 12. Collecting Gunnera Seeds There are over 50 species of gunnera , but the most impactful is the huge Gunnera manicata , which is native to the mountains of southeastern Brazil. A single plant usually provides enough for any family. Rhubarb is the first "fruit" of the season - used as a fruit, but grows like a vegetable. The leaves can grow up to 2.5m across. Plant rhubarb in well-drained soil. Help. The largest leaf size seems to be attained by placing plants in areas with light shade from tall trees, although they will … Click to see full answer. In the past, green-stalked varieties, like ‘Riverside Giant’ or ‘Turkish’, were the most popular, but these days, rhubarb with red stalks, such as ‘Canada Red’, ‘Valentine’ or … This Brazilian plant is hardy and will make an imposing feature. Gunnera manicata can reach a good height it has leaves up to 3m long with … giant rhubarb (plural giant rhubarbs) The plant Gunnera tinctoria and its edible stems, native to southern Chile; Translations . It has erect spikes of cone-shaped inflorescences (to 1m) from spring to early summer, with small flowers. Climate. General Gunnera facts. plant. While rhubarb is grown over much of the northern U.S. from Maine to Oregon, it … Pick the wild rhubarb stems in the spring. Indian rhubarb. sowing brazilian Chilean rhubarb seeds: Start by soaking giant rhubarb seeds in water for 12 hours, then they should be buried in small pots of 5 cm side in a mixture of horticultural compost well draining 2 to 3 millimeters deep. Growth suppressed if temperatures go above 30°C. Oh by the way, it’s edible. Now this huge perennial has become quite naturalised, particularly in the west of Ireland where its densely-packed inflorescence s of 1mm, stalkless flowers are borne in 1m-long, cone-shaped panicle s; without petals , they have tiny, reddish-brown sepal s. The foliage of giant rhubarb is unfortunately not edible despite the name of giant rhubarb. see more; Family Gunneraceae . Edible Parts. Water with a hand sprayer. Despite being known as 'giant rhubarb' the Gunnera Manicata leaf isn't edible. Rhubarb plants are very large.

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Florida Spine Surgeon
Next to the common cold, back pain results in the largest number of employee sick days. Many back issues are temporary in nature and resolve within a few weeks, while others result from more serious problems.
If you are suffering from back pain, a Florida spine surgeon can diagnose the pain source and inform you of your treatment options. Experienced spine surgeons can give you the necessary help you need.
Common Spinal Issues
Dozens of reasons for back pain exist, and pinpointing the exact cause requires professional help. If the back pain does not improve within a few days, it is time to seek the attention of a Florida spine surgeon. Here are some of the most common spinal issues and the type of pain involved:
- Compression fractures – as people age, bones become less dense. This type of fracture occurs when a vertebrae collapses. Along with pain, tingling and weakness may occur
- Herniated disk – spinal disks contain a soft center and harder outer shell. When the jelly-like inside ruptures through the hard exterior and presses on a nearby nerve, pain may occur in the back, leg, and arm
- Pinched nerve – similar to a herniated disk, and refers to the actual pain from the affected nerve
- Radiculopathy – nerve irritation, usually in the lower back or neck
- Spinal stenosis – this narrowing of the spinal cord exerts pressure on the spine. In addition to pain, the patient may experience numbness and weakness
- Spondylosis – this degenerative condition may cause nerve root pressure, resulting in pain along with “pins and needles” and weakness
Sometimes, infection or tumors may result in back pain. A Florida spine surgeon is able to diagnose these conditions via testing.
Common Back Treatments
Many patients respond well to conservative treatments, including over-the-counter pain medication and exercise. Patients experiencing more severe pain may benefit from steroid injections near the problem area, which relieve pain for weeks or months. The doctor may recommend physical therapy for certain patients.
Most patients will not require surgery for their back problems. For those that do need surgical intervention, minimally invasive surgery is often possible. Minimally invasive surgeries are done on an outpatient basis and there is less downtime than with standard surgical procedures.
Some patients will require standard surgery. The type of procedure depends on the spinal issue. Although a hospital stay is needed for most standard surgeries and the recovery period is somewhat longer, most patients have a good outcome and can eventually resume normal activities – activities they may not have participated in for a while because of their condition. In that sense, they get their life back.
How a Florida Spine Surgeon Can Help
A Florida spine surgeon conducts a physical evaluation and examination of each patient, along with taking a medical history. If necessary, various diagnostic procedures are performed. These may include:
- CT scans
Once a Florida spine surgeon diagnoses the patient’s back or other issue, a treatment program begins.
Preventive maintenance is also important. Osteoporosis affects more than 44 million Americans, and older women are especially vulnerable. An early diagnosis allows the doctor to prescribe medication to treat the condition, lessening the odds of future bone fractures.
Contacting a Surgeon
If you are experiencing spine issues, contact a Florida spine surgeon today and make an appointment for an examination.