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This is the photo that everyone takes of these duly famous gardens on Vancouver Island. I took many many others but this view of the Sunken Garden gives the best flavour of the place. It's an old limestone quarry dug by Mr Butchart's company that Mrs Butchart subsequently planted so tastefully (with considerable hired help). The only remnant of the previous works is the old kiln chimney (top right).
These elaborate gardens are over a century old and lie some 20miles north of Victoria on Vancouver Island. It is the go-to tourist attraction on Vancouver Island, with over 1m visitors a year.
Given this popularity, you'd be forgiven thinking it is overhyped, overpriced and fundamentally disappointing. But, whilst heaving with tourists, it is profoundly impressive. I'm fond of visiting a formal garden and we Brits do them quite well.
But the sheer profusion, variety, ingenuity of planting and vibrancy of the flowers just blew me away. The website states 900 varieties of plants and a million bedding plants giving uninterrupted bloom from March-October. I can believe it.
"On the road" but.. there is no road?! I took this picture on Czarna Wies Bialostocka, for the most people: in the middle of nowhere. But.. it´s beautiful and I felt on that place amazing! On the road means in this case more like on the journey - on the life journey. You dnon´t need to be in New York, Abu Dhabi or wherever. You don´t even need an road. Life is (maybe even more) beautiful on places like Czarna Wies; simple, away from all the overhyped modern ilussions, but beautiful and natural.
Like sing the polish raper Paluch: "Życie uszyte na miarę lecz nie zawsze trzyma fason" transl. "A tailor-made life, but not always in shape" and... this here is my shape, that´s my road. :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=sel8n4lxciQ
James Hamblin, a preventative medicine doctor in a moment of frugality decided to dispense with body products and stopped showering. Nothing bad happened to him and in some cases good things were happening. His eczema cleared up, his oily skin condition went away and he stopped smelling like an onion and more like a person. This was the beginning of his journey to writing this book and investigating the crazy expensive, mysterious seriously overhyped world of body products.
He begins with a little history of human washing practices which were mostly connected to spiritual cleansing rituals. But while most of the world participated in such rituals including frequent hand washing after defecating and before eating, the West was not participating. The West had a curious theory of disease that equated that which was hot and wet with disease. This was the miasma theory of ill winds. It was not until 1854 that Germ theory took hold when one John Snow in London connected cholera to a contaminated well being too close to a toilet. And slowly the hygiene revolution was born. An unkempt appearance gave the impression that you were a disease spreader so the quest for cleanliness ensued. Ideas of purity and cleanliness would also lead to isolationism, homogeneity and the practice of eugenics. It would also lead to the selling of soap.
Soap was often made in the home from leftover fat and an alkali. There is not much variation in the recipe. Soap is soap so the competition was fierce in the selling of soap to distinguish any difference from one brand to another. Follow the advertising of soap and you get an education in advertising technique. And things that advertising teaches about health and cleanliness and what is socially acceptable or beautiful. And all the different products that are invented for specific purposes to keep generating revenue until a whole industry of body products is born filled with the epitome of hype and prices to match. Mostly what is being sold is status.
The ingredients of such products is very little regulated. In fact ingredients aren't even required to be listed. Only 11 substances are banned in the U.S. for body products compared to 1500 in the EU and 800 in Canada. California tried to ban lead, formaldehyde, mercury, asbestos and a few other toxins in a bill 2019, but didn’t get anywhere. So buyer beware. I wait for the day a study shows that one by one these body product ingredients are causing our modern diseases. Hair dyes for instance being carcinogenic. He throws in a little science to defray the claims that things rubbed into the skin will actually do what is claimed — increase the production of collagen for instance. Antibacterial soaps turn out to be bad news, basically a pesticide thrown down the drain to harm the waterways. Triclosan an ingredient in antimicrobial soap is found to be linked to allergies in children and tumors. It was banned in 2015.
Dermatologists meanwhile try to tell patients not to wash so much. The soap is stripping oils from the body and leaving the skin unprotected. And once the micro biome was discovered it was observed that every washing would strip off the beneficial bacteria and leaving it vulnerable to bad bacteria. Mites called Demodex live on our skin and do the job of a natural exfoliant. The public does not take well to this information. The public has long been convinced that nature is bad.
With the discovery of the micro biome the body products industry after dabbling in specialized serums from snails jumps to catch up by offering probiotic products. I’ve not been following any of this having cured my eczema by only putting things on my skin that I would actually eat.
A chapter on the declining health of a population that no longer spends time outdoors giving rise to allergies and autoimmune diseases. The discovery that immune systems must be trained by exposure to dirt and animals has explained some of this. And that over washing leading to eczema has then led to allergies and a cascade of other problems ending in an autoimmune disease.
This book came on the heels of an article the author wrote for the Atlantic about how he stopped showering with no ill effects. How he got tons of mail some of it from others who had discovered this too. But mostly from people who would have to have their product pried from their cold dead serum conditioned hands. Being one of the former I had eagerly looked forward to reading this book and it did indeed confirm for me that the less I did with my skin the better. I wasn’t entirely satisfied though. I felt there could be more time given to those who had forsaken body products and had nothing bad happen. Or the study included on the hygiene habits of indigenous people vs urban people I read once. The best parts of the book are stories of people who cure themselves of debilitating illness by weaning off all these excessive habits, some making their own products and starting a business.
If the information in this book catches on and people do pull back on their devotion to product it would be one of the most anti-consumer turning points in history. But I’m not holding my breath.
The photograph above is of Langston Hughes with “close companion/friend" and secretary Roy Blackburn, California, 1930s. (1) It has forever fascinated me.
During this time, Hughes was a writer in residence on the Carmel beach house estate Ennesfree owned by patron Noel Sullivan, an older, wealthy, white man who was single and a “confirmed bachelor.” Sullivan often opened his home to Afro African American personalities who faced difficulties finding a place to stay because of segregated California hotels. Hughes and Sullivan were never romantically involved.
An attractive man of 22 years, Blackburn claims to have come to Hughes uninvited and seeking employment. Having no sort of secretarial skills of any kind, except speed and reliability as typist, the often impecunious Hughes hired him on the spot offering no salary but free room, board and twenty percent of royalties on the sale on stories, articles, and poems written in the following six month their stay. Both men would share the same bungalow on the estate. [There exist a photo showing Hughes, Blackburn, Sullivan and Sullivan's supposed lover(?) all together horseback ridding.]
Blackburn intermittently served as West Coast secretary to Hughes for the next three decades. Later in life, he married.
Could Blackburn have been on the overhyped down low? It is quite possible. When talking about a number of Afro American gay men in the far distant past, a forever unknown percentage did enter into marriage. (And, many Caucasian men did the same!) One can only imagine the number grandfathers, great grandfathers and so on who were "in the life."
Harlem friends Richard Bruce Nugent and Wallace Thurman married women.
Did you know about Langston Hughes’ 1931 Caribbean traveling companion Zell Ingram? Though Hughes portrayed Ingram as straight in his autobiography the Big Sea, Ingram was gay Afro American man. A visual artist, he later in life married but soon divorced. His wife destroyed much of his work in a fit of rage.
Pizza Hut says that the "pops" are filled and overflowing with cheese. We took their word for it and we were disappointed! Cheese was only at the tip of the pops. Overpriced and overhyped!
Before I left the driveway I heard on the scanner "We'll take Park today." It would be evident later Amtrak took a minor detour from its normal.
My first stop was off Hennepin Ave, but there was already a railfan waiting for the Empire Builder. Before I relocated I saw both signals all red. All the clues led me to realize Amtrak wasn't coming this way. In a hustle and nowhere to park, I decided against trying for a rare shot and went to the tried-and-true Raymond bridge.
Something was up. I saw a videographer at ground level waiting for this train. Anticipation got me thinking of cool possibilities. While different, this locomotive seemed overhyped.
Here I got it on the other side of the Minnesota Commercial.
The last fad of the 90's that started with the teeny boppers. The anatomy gives you every idea of what a mall-metalhead (nu-metaler) looks like! Metalheads dislike Hot Topic for being a sissy store for rockaholism. Hot Topic ain't hardcore enough for the true metalhead but beyond that it is just overhyped! The mall-metalhead typically listens to bands like Korn, Slipknot, Adema, Sevendust, Hatebreed, God Forbid, Mudvayne, Godsmack, Disturbed and Kittie whom are considered a slowed version of true metal. But it is better than pop-metal or in the old words 'hair metal' which only some sissy preppy hipster would listen to! Some confuse metalhead with biker boy or some infidel satanic worshipper, that ain't metal though. Neither are these guys metal but in their heads they are 'so metal!' with a 666 to add to it! ;)
August 16
It was a quiet morning this morning at work, which for me means blasting jams and singing at the top of my lungs until somebody shows up. I had a meeting about SOTU where we figured out the graphical and script needs for my motion design video. Once all that was over, it was time for some Chinese Neighbor! I picked up the rest of the gang so we could give the place a go. I think they liked it, even though I undoubtedly overhyped it at least a little.
Tonight we tried out the Lions Balloon Festival in Highland Village. It was almost really awesome! This was the first time I’d seen hot air balloons up close as the teams prepped them for flight. Unfortunately, the wind picked up a little too much and they had to cancel the flight. Instead, they just made big fireballs for awhile. KINDA disappointing, but maybe we’ll take another swing tomorrow and get some air!
See, tactful overhyping can occasionally be a good thing. Also, notice that this is one of the only hand-written signs in American history that gets the apostrophe right in "it's".
One of Brussels' best known and overhyped attractions.
There are several legends, none verified, that explain as to what caused the statue of a urinating boy to be erected in Brussels near Grand-Place.
He is quite diminutive, but at the same time, quirky. He is often dressed in costumes donated by nations around the world.
Overhyped and over here and only now have I been able to find a decent number of the brand new basic Mainline Hot Wheels Optimus Prime thanks to Case G now hitting Aldi hard. It did debut in Case F which loads of UK retailers got in but I was beaten to this sought after casting every single time for weeks on end!
Being a basic means nothing transforms, you get Optimus in his basic Freightliner FL86 based truck guise which suits me absolutely fine. A detailed metal cab mixes with lots of plastic though it all gels together well and a lovely memory cue of the Hasbro original I had as a child back in the 1980's.
Mint and boxed.
Sedona was established in the location that had been famous for its energy vortexes - places where energy (of the earth) comes out of the ground in a spinning manner. It is said that juniper trees are twisted because they grow in the places of twisting/spinning energy vortexes and so get influenced by twisting energy streams
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Here is a funny story to energy vortexes:
Many people visit the vortexes (there are these with masculin, feminin, balanced, etc. energy) to get charged with their energy, there are people who go there to meditate.
When I was at one vortex-place, it was when the sun was going down, so a few people were meditating on the vortex-spot. Next to me there was an american couple, just normal tourists enjoying the sunset. We stroke a conversation and I explained them briefly what is believed/said about vortexes of energy and why the trees are twisted. And the guy replied to me: "Well, I don't know about these vortexes, but I come from Utah, and there we have plenty of those juniper trees. And I tell you - ALL of them are twisted, that's the nature of the juniper tree to be twisted".
Goddam'it! and I spent the whole day believing I was seeing "specially twisted" trees! :-)
Yep, there is a lot of overhyped mystery around Sedona I guess. The ego always seeks something "special", mine is not any different, either.
Christmas has become an overhyped, over-commercialized drinking, eating and spending frenzy. And the ones who can afford to do that tend to forget that there are many for whom Christmas is not so happy, not so rich. That is why I am asking you for a minute. Please stop stuffing yourself with food and drinks. And think about children who are not as lucky as you are and as your kids or your neighbours kids.
There is this organization called CARF The Children At Risk Foundation. It deals with streetkids all over the world to give them a better chance to survive and to a better life.
Visit this link and donate an amount of money that you can miss to give a streetkid somewhere in the world a better life. Lots have done it before you, including myself. Make this world a better place, if you can. Thanks for your time and I wish you a Merry Christmas.
Look at the kids of CARF on Flickr.
Brought to you at great personal risk - a jack jumper ant (Myrmecia pilosula). ;-)
These are a bit overhyped by the TV but it is apparently true that this ant kills more people in Tasmania than snakes, spiders and sharks put together (perhaps if they worked as a team...?).
Jack Jumpers are very common in Tasmania and are amazingly aggressive. According to Wikipedia the venom is one of the strongest in the insect world. The deaths are caused by people developing an allergy to the venom and suffering anaphylactic shock.
The other thing to be said (and which isn't obvious from this shoddy picture) is they're really rather pretty. The markings are really ornate. Have a look at the images here (interesting write up as well).
So far I've been stung twice. It's painful and irritates for about a fortnight or so.
Edited to add:-
A special hello to anyone who's come over here from Google. This image seems to get a small but continuous stream of traffic.
View from a bridge over Ili River at Yining during sunset. Known as the only major west-flowing river in China, the sunset over Ili River is a great sight known to many Chinese travellers. Yeah, it is definitely not overhyped.
SuperDeluxe's standard burger. This was fine.
I thought overall the food was fine but not really anything I'd crave. I guess I'm glad they're not as evil as the big guys and are not religious and overhyped like In N' Out.
Clinton Clarence Hartung (b. August 10, 1922 – d. July 8, 2010 at age 87) was a right-handed pitcher and right fielder in MLB who played with the New York Giants from 1947 to 1952. His name has become associated with promising rookies who have undistinguished careers. His pro nicknames were "The Hondo Hurricane" and "Floppy."
After 1950, he was relieved of his duties as a pitcher and was switched to the outfield—a very rare position shift in the major leagues. Hartung was the 11th player in history whose first homer in the majors was as a pitcher to later hit a home run as a position player; the previous player to do so was Babe Ruth, but the next was not until Rick Ankiel repeated the feat in the 2000s. He was at least present, though passively, as the pinch runner at third base in the 1951 play known as the Shot Heard 'Round the World.
A 1983 Texas Monthly (magazine) article commented on his career.
The baseball statistical reference by Bill James commemorates Hartung with its "Clint Hartung Award", for the most overhyped rookie of each decade (and honors him with one for the 1940s), and baseball-themed musician Terry Cashman wrote a song called "The Hondo Hurricane".
MLB statistics:
Win–loss record 29–29
ERA - 5.02
Strikeouts - 167
Batting average - .238
Home runs - 14
RBI - 43
Teams:
New York Giants (1947–1952)
Link to all of his issued baseball cards - www.tradingcarddb.com/Person.cfm/pid/2461/col/1/yea/0/Cli...
The Day of The Doctor.
All-in-all, I gotta say I was kinda underwhelmed with the 50th Anniversary episode. It had it's good moments, to be sure, but it was a bit overhyped and it under-delivered.
When I first got the 5Dii, I was initially disappointed at how the sensor didn't seem that much bigger. I thought I'd psyched myself out and overhyped the size difference.
Until I put my Sigma 8mm on it, and saw that image circle for the first time evah.
www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/7/12/oil-falls-8-as-global...
Oil falls 8% as global recession fears spook market
Rising coronavirus cases in China and looming US inflation data are stoking concerns about crude demand.
Oil tumbled as concerns about a global economic slowdown and growing Covid-19 cases in China reduced traders’ appetite for risk.
West Texas Intermediate shed more than 8% to settle under $96 a barrel for the first time since early April. Rising virus cases in China and looming US inflation data are stoking concerns about demand. Meanwhile, dwindling liquidity is also exacerbating price moves. Money managers have become more bearish on the main oil benchmarks, cutting their net-long positions last week to the lowest since 2020.
“The volatility in commodity markets increases the stakes for putting money to work,” said Rebecca Babin, senior energy trader at CIBC Private Wealth Management. “The decimation of other commodities has also reduced risk appetite for crude even in a supply-constrained market.”
Despite recession fears, several energy administrations agree that supply tightness is set to worsen. IEA’s Executive Director Fatih Birol said nations “might not have seen the worst” of a global energy crunch while OPEC’s first look at 2023 showed no relief from market tightness. Underscoring supply constraints, the US lowered its growth forecast for oil production through 2023 citing inflation and labor shortages.
Crude has fallen since early June on escalating fears the US may be pushed into a recession as central banks hike rates to combat inflation. Yet physical markets continue to show signs of strength. Premiums for North Sea oil were bid at the highest since at least 2008. The oil futures curve also remains backwardated, where near-term contracts are more expensive than those for later delivery.
Prices
■ WTI for August delivery dropped $8.25 to settle at $95.84 a barrel in New York.
■ Brent for September settlement fell $7.61 to settle at $99.49 a barrel.
President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia this week during a tour to the Middle East as he seeks to tame high energy prices that have roiled the global economy.
The US believes OPEC has room to raise production should Biden’s upcoming visit to the region yield any agreements. France’s President will meet with the leader of the UAE next week to discuss oil supplies.
www.npr.org/2022/07/12/1111093803/biden-gets-an-earful-in...
Biden gets an earful in the Oval from Mexican President López Obrador
In his long career as a U.S. senator, Joe Biden has sat through his share of lengthy speeches.
But sitting in the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Biden seemed a bit out of practice. During a meeting with Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Biden at turns smirked, grimaced, fidgeted, and took notes as the Mexican president launched into remarks that went on for more than half an hour.
Some 20 minutes into his remarks, López Obrador said he was getting ready to conclude. Biden broke into a big grin and laughed.
Speaking through an interpreter, the populist leader touched on everything from Franklin D. Roosevelt's migrant policies, to the relative costs of American and Mexican gasoline, to lithium mining, and the need for broader, more predictable migration policies.
Biden made a point to tell his counterpart that he agreed with many of López Obrador's broad points, that "our nations share close ties, family, and friendship." Biden said policy differences between the two were often exaggerated by "overhyped headlines."
Biden also touted cooperation between the two nations on targeting drugs — specifically fentanyl — as well as on tackling the root causes that lead people to migrate from Central and South America to Mexico and the United States
But López Obrador's visit to the White House came immediately on the heels of the Mexican president's boycott of the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles last month. López Obrador refused to attend the U.S.-hosted conference because the Biden administration did not invite authoritarian governments of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. That decision – and the White House's frantic scramble to reverse it – cast a shadow over much of the summit.
And while not overtly hostile, some of López Obrador's comments to Biden touched on politically embarrassing topics, like the high price of gasoline in the United States.
"While we're waiting for prices or gasoline to go down in the United States," López Obrador said at one point, "we have decided that it was necessary for us to allow Americans who live close to the border ... to go and get their gasoline on the Mexican side at lower prices."
López Obrador's administration recently began subsidizing gasoline prices.
The Mexican president ended his remarks with a call for more, and more formalized, migration policies. "It is indispensable for us to regularize and give certainty to migrants that for years have lived and worked in a very honest manner," he said.
"I know that your adversaries the conservatives are going to be screaming all over the place," López Obrador added, deploying phrasing he often uses to describe critics of his administration. "Even to the heaven they're going to be yelling."
Indeed, Republicans have seized on high numbers of migrants trying to cross the U.S. border as they criticize Biden's policies.
"We need to work closer together," Biden said after López Obrador concluded. "The thrust of what you're saying, I agree with."
The two leaders continued meeting behind closed doors after their 45 minutes in front of reporters.
More diplomacy and meetings await Biden later this week: Late Tuesday, he leaves for a trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia.
The fight between Mayweather vs Berto will be taking place on September 12 at MGM Grand Arena live.
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LAS VEGAS — The chances of Andre Berto’s unfortunately win over Floyd Mayweather Jr. are hinged to the motivation he has taken from a career-threatening shoulder injury, to the counsel of his trainer and maybe even something about a woman.
Few expect the Florida-based, Bay Area-trained 32-year-old to threaten Mayweather’s unbeaten (48-0) record.
Berto is 3-3 in his last six fights, and lost by decision to Victor Ortiz and Robert Guerrero, who both were convincingly beaten by Mayweather.
In those losses, Berto kept coming forward and paid the price.
He was knocked down twice in the 2011 loss to Ortiz, costing him a shot at Mayweather. Then he suffered two swollen eyelids while getting decked twice more by Guerrero in 2012 to lose his second chance to fight Mayweather.
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Floyd Mayweather vs Andre Berto at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas on Sept 12 will be the last of his career. No one much believes him. I think, you are surfing web watch the Welterweight Title Fight Floyd Mayweather vs. Andre Berto is relied upon to break a wide range of pay-per-view records and convey the greatest purse in boxing history. Floyd Mayweather vs Andre Berto Live Espn.go.com reported “I’m arranged to get back in the ring on Sept. 12 and exhibit again to the entire world why I’m the best ever,” Mayweather said. “I constantly bring my A diversion, and this fight against Andre Berto is no exception. He’s an energetic, strong contender why ought to hungry cut down the best. Forty-eight have endeavored some time as of late, and on Sept. 12, I’m going to make it 49.” Berto (30-3, 23 KOs) would be an underdog of a two-time welterweight world titleholder can break undefeated Floyd Mayweather. Mayweather has been undefeated in his 48 business fights having had only 26 knockouts in his wins to show for it. Considering the top world pound-for-pound contender, he is more known for his high watched aptitudes more rather than his knockout capacity. In addition, Berto, why ought to expected come into the fight as a noteworthy underdog, he has had a calling record of 30-3 with only 23 knockouts and along these lines will mean to snatch Mayweather’s existence titles, the World Boxing Council, World Boxing Association welterweight belts. Mayweather vs Berto Showdown Advancing the battle, which oddsmakers see as a frail adversary for the undefeated champion, Mayweather is completion off each assault with guard that looks smooth.The pound-for-pound lord of boxing demanded Andre Berto is a commendable rival for his great goodbye when they appeared in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday,, a little more than five weeks prior to they’ll meet at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sept. 12.In the press conference, Floyd admitted that he hears some “backlash” for his choice of a for the most part obscure Andre Berto, yet he has defended the decision by saying that Andre is an “energizing” contender adding to that the media had overhyped Manny Pacquiao, whom he defeated last May. The September battle has been pegged by Floyd as the remainder of his profession, according to him in previous interviews.Berto has only had 3-3 in his last six sessions however he has won consecutive fights. Defeating Josesito Lopez last March through technical a knockout furthermore Steve Chambers a year ago September last year through a unanimous decision.Mayweather is verifiabley that, the best boxer of his period and in the trade among a touch of the best shocking, with the Berto test offering the chance to help his calling record to 49-0. In any case, his latest endeavor to wring eye-popping measures of cash from the wallets of the demonstrating open is what’s more a missed open entryway. “Fight of the Century”, the two will battle in a 12-round super welterweight encounter on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. PPV Boxing will bring fans another risky night of fight when these two ever energizing warriors meet in this eagerly awaited match which will be broadcasted live. Coming about to making a reported $220 million from his May hang against Manny Pacquiao, which was spouting with change and went ahead all things considered disappointment, some dialog the last partition of his six-event Showtime plan would happen on permitted to-air structure TV, on CBS. Such a circumstance would have taken some flexibility on all sides, and the assessed $60 million Mayweather could make from the Berto fight would have must be scaled back in a general sense.
Floyd Mayweather vs Andre Berto Fight 2015 Live Boxing
You can see Mayweather’s strategy from miles away.
After enduring criticism that his May win over Manny Pacquiao was a dud, Mayweather wants to reach 49-0 with a memorable 27th knockout victory.
“We’ll see,” Mayweather said with a slight grin when asked about Berto’s vulnerability to a knockout. “I’m going to go out there and do what I do and stay focused.”
At the MGM Grand, where the Saturday night fight will be staged, the race and sports book lists Mayweather as a staggering 30-1 favorite.
Berto’s response to the long odds is to point to his own recovery from a 2013 shoulder injury that kept him from lifting his arm and required an extended layoff and changed his attitude from entitled to humble.
His chance at a Hollywood resurrection story began in Ontario in March, when Berto knocked out Josesito Lopez in the sixth round.
I've heard about this ride for years, not quite understanding how a Pooh ride could be so loved, but IT TOTALLY LIVES UP TO THE HYPE. ...Not that I wanna overhype it. ...But it is, for real, the cutest, more surprisingly fun ride I've ever been on. If you've been on the Winnie the Pooh ride in other parks, this one is on an entirely different dimension of awesome. It's such a shame the other parks didn't get the same ride. The one in Japan probably cost a shitload more money, but it was worth it.
«Малая земля» — название плацдарма в районе Станички (мыс Мысхако) южнее Новороссийска, образовавшегося в результате десантной операции отряда морской пехоты численностью 271 (плюс три командира: Цезарь Куников, Федор Катанов — нач. штаба и Николай Старшинов — замполит) человек под командованием майора Ц. Л. Куникова в ночь на 4 февраля 1943 года. Героическая оборона этого клочка земли продолжалась 225 дней и завершилась утром 16 сентября освобождением Новороссийска. За мужество и отвагу 21 воин был удостоен звания Героя Советского Союза.
In English
Malaya Zemlya (Russian: Малая Земля, lit. "Minor Land") was a Soviet uphill outpost on Cape Myskhako (Russian: Мысхако) that was recaptured after fierce, bloody battles with the Germans during the Battle of Caucasus, on the night of 4 February 1943. The episode paved way for a Soviet attack on German forces in Novorossiysk.
Cape Myskhako is still associated with a heroic stand made by the 800-strong contingent of the Soviet Naval Infantry against the Germans during the Second World War. The special forces were dropped during winter high storms by the Soviet Black Sea Fleet. After the unsuccessful landing attempt at Malajia Ozereevka. The landing at Malaya Zemlya was supposed to be a decoy, but after the landing at Bolshaia Ozereevka was lost in an ambush, the offensive plan was reworked and the landing site at Malaya Zemlya was made the main landing location. Upon landing to secure the beachhead they came under furious German counter-offensive, that utilized both the ground and airforces.
Against very strong forces, the marines held their ground, and the leader of the group Major Caesar Kunikov (Russian: Цезарь Кунников) was mortally wounded, and was posthumously awarded the highest Soviet World War II title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. He is one of the Soviet-Jewish World War II heroes.
The battle was the subject of the first book Brezhnev's trilogy, which overhyped Leonid Brezhnev's participation on the Eastern Front.
Fortune Brainstorm Health
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017. San Diego, CA
4:00 PM
IS HUBRIS HURTING SCIENCE?
Ambition is the fuel of progress—the stuff that pushes wide-eyed scientists and engineers to pull endless all-nighters in the lab, that motivates inventors and entrepreneurs to bounce back after each defeat. But does having too much of this special sauce lead to self-delusion? At what point does one’s fervent belief in the potential of a new technology or therapy translate into overhype? We sit down with Guardant Health CEO Helmy Eltoukhy to talk about the need for internal reality checks—and ask a question that would be unthinkable in Silicon Valley: Are we rushing our way to failure?
Helmy Eltoukhy, Co-founder and CEO, Guardant Health
Interviewer: Clifton Leaf, Fortune
Photograph by Stuart Isett/Fortune Brainstorm Health
Edsel is an automobile marque that was planned, developed, and manufactured by the Ford Motor Company for model years 1958–1960. With the Edsel, Ford had expected to make significant inroads into the market share of both General Motors and Chrysler and close the gap between itself and GM in the domestic American automotive market. Ford invested heavily in a yearlong teaser campaign leading consumers to believe that the Edsel was the car of the future – an expectation it failed to meet. After it was unveiled to the public, it was considered to be unattractive, overpriced, and overhyped. The Edsel never gained popularity with contemporary American car buyers and sold poorly. The Ford Motor Company lost $250 million on the Edsel's development, manufacturing, and marketing.
The very name "Edsel" became a popular symbol for a commercial failure.
I've heard about this ride for years, not quite understanding how a Pooh ride could be so loved, but IT TOTALLY LIVES UP TO THE HYPE. ...Not that I wanna overhype it. ...But it is, for real, the cutest, more surprisingly fun ride I've ever been on. If you've been on the Winnie the Pooh ride in other parks, this one is on an entirely different dimension of awesome. It's such a shame the other parks didn't get the same ride. The one in Japan probably cost a shitload more money, but it was worth it.
Fortune Brainstorm Health
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017. San Diego, CA
4:00 PM
IS HUBRIS HURTING SCIENCE?
Ambition is the fuel of progress—the stuff that pushes wide-eyed scientists and engineers to pull endless all-nighters in the lab, that motivates inventors and entrepreneurs to bounce back after each defeat. But does having too much of this special sauce lead to self-delusion? At what point does one’s fervent belief in the potential of a new technology or therapy translate into overhype? We sit down with Guardant Health CEO Helmy Eltoukhy to talk about the need for internal reality checks—and ask a question that would be unthinkable in Silicon Valley: Are we rushing our way to failure?
Helmy Eltoukhy, Co-founder and CEO, Guardant Health
Interviewer: Clifton Leaf, Fortune
Photograph by Stuart Isett/Fortune Brainstorm Health
Hot Wheels 1996 Chevrolet Impala SS, one of many found at ASDA as part of Case P which were literally overflowing in a newly stocked floor mounted bin. Probably a bit overhyped for what it is but as a vehicle choice its clearly proving very popular with many collectors. Mint and boxed.
Fortune Brainstorm Health
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017. San Diego, CA
4:00 PM
IS HUBRIS HURTING SCIENCE?
Ambition is the fuel of progress—the stuff that pushes wide-eyed scientists and engineers to pull endless all-nighters in the lab, that motivates inventors and entrepreneurs to bounce back after each defeat. But does having too much of this special sauce lead to self-delusion? At what point does one’s fervent belief in the potential of a new technology or therapy translate into overhype? We sit down with Guardant Health CEO Helmy Eltoukhy to talk about the need for internal reality checks—and ask a question that would be unthinkable in Silicon Valley: Are we rushing our way to failure?
Helmy Eltoukhy, Co-founder and CEO, Guardant Health
Interviewer: Clifton Leaf, Fortune
Photograph by Stuart Isett/Fortune Brainstorm Health
Fortune Brainstorm Health
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017. San Diego, CA
4:00 PM
IS HUBRIS HURTING SCIENCE?
Ambition is the fuel of progress—the stuff that pushes wide-eyed scientists and engineers to pull endless all-nighters in the lab, that motivates inventors and entrepreneurs to bounce back after each defeat. But does having too much of this special sauce lead to self-delusion? At what point does one’s fervent belief in the potential of a new technology or therapy translate into overhype? We sit down with Guardant Health CEO Helmy Eltoukhy to talk about the need for internal reality checks—and ask a question that would be unthinkable in Silicon Valley: Are we rushing our way to failure?
Helmy Eltoukhy, Co-founder and CEO, Guardant Health
Interviewer: Clifton Leaf, Fortune
Photograph by Stuart Isett/Fortune Brainstorm Health
All Gone, All Gone...
The DKNY mural of Manhattan with the WTC Twin Towers still standing, where Houston Street intersects with Broadway. This mural was painted 1986, and has become even more iconic after 9/11 because it depicts the WTC.
Sadly on June 6, 2009, the new owners of the building, the overhyped Abercrombie&Fitch, painted over this landmark mural to replace it with the inconsequential Hollister logo, who will now occupy the building. Ironically, the Hollister logo's bird alludes to freedom, replacing the Prominent Statue of Liberty of the previous mural. Cultural regress is progress?
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i think i hit the jackpot. My fever has stayed gone, foot is healing nicely (hot sweaty, flip-floppy, thailand where you are often asked to remove your shoes is not a good place for foot wounds), and I've slept much better since Sat nite I'm also happy cause I've found a nice excursion in chiang mai. Chiang mai is the gateway to a beautiful mtny area with heavy outdoor tourist activities and a few nat'l parks. Waterfalls, rafting (not until the rainy season is in full effect), scenic drives, elephant rides, bamboo rafting, and trekking (hiking to remote villages to take bigpicture of long-eared and long-neck tribes) are the main events. The trekking doesn't attract me cause I hear it can sometimes be an over-touristed song and dance by poor village people looking to capitalize on some tourist. Trekking is included in almost every expensive package even this nat'l park i'd like to see. No rafting now, i hear some elephants are abused, and the national park packages sound rushed and touristy. Luckily, I found an awesome downhill mtn biking experience. A guided, mostly downhill ride with lots of singletrack. 45 usd (expensive but fun). I was afraid it would be tame and overhyped, but was pleasantly surprised. My bike was small, and took awhile to get used to, but it was cool - even a remote waterfall from afar. Basically they shuttle us to the top, the canadian and brit gals went one way, myself, a guide, and an aussie tourist went one of the harder ways.
The best part is that I met the owner. I've had difficulty with locals finding 'big picture' information and details, but this guy (an american i think) answered many of my curiosities about my desire to see waterfalls or scenery without a) trekking or b) spending hours on a bus for two days, etc. The kicker is that after giving me several good options, and after I peppered him with a thousand questions, on my way out the door he asked if I wanted to tag along for some trail exploration. He, myself, and the guide I rode with today are going to try to find the rest of this hidden trail on the opposite side of the valley that will eventually be added to their list of guided rides - and he pointed me to a bigger, better bike that i'll be using. I'm super psyched. I'll just chill the rest of today, hopefully watch some footy or tennis tonight, chill friday and see a few more temples or plan my next city, then do this exploration on Sat (small chance it will fall thru for some reason)...and he is charging me less than the normal rides - i guess just for the bike - then costs of gas, food, and water. PS, if bored on friday i might rent a 115 cc scooter/motorbike which probably means I'll be in the hosp and not make the ride
Justin Townes Earle is a fine singer/songwriter...and has a small recurring role in Treme, a David Simon show on HBO that is much better than the overhyped "The Wire." And just as good as the first season of "Homicide."
To be a futurist is to be one who is often accused of getting the significance of various trends wrong. That's OK - we have to deal with the skeptics - it comes with the territory!
I've had some interesting reactions to a few of my trends pieces as of late. A few folks have dismissed my Vertical Farming post, part of my BIG Future series, suggesting that it will never amount to much, most of all because it won't 'scale' to meet the needs of millions of people. Last week, in an event with a number of CEOs, one fellow seemed to be rather dismissive of a move to electric vehicles, pointing out the recent challenge in California. Just days after a law was passed requiring that by 2035 that all new vehicles be electric vehicles, electrical utilities were asking people to NOT charge their cars because of excessive demand on the grid as the result of all the storms this winter.
In both cases, the basis for their skepticism is well founded and warranted - but misses the point that often, 'the future happens slowly, and then, all at once.' I think that will be the case with electric vehicles. In addition, I've long gone to the issue of the 'timing of the trend' to point out how the future might unfold. We can't expect that when a trend appears it suddenly matures: the most difficult thing about the future is not necessarily the trend but the timing. That's why I've got at scale' as part of the title of the vertical farming trend. The idea has existed for a time, but I believe the numbers are so compelling that at some point, it will only make sense that it will scale.
In addition, many trends 'co-exist': any trend does not necessarily replace something else. Some of the comments have indicated that some folks seem to believe that I am suggesting that vertical farming might replace most existing farming, but that's not the case. It's a trend that will co-exist with traditional agriculture forever - but the point is, we are at an inflection point with the idea and the technology behind it.
What's the basis for skepticism? It's certainly been the case that when we talk about the future and a trend, it has long been the reality of those behind the trend to 'over-promise but underdeliver; skepticism is warranted of any trend, considering history. particularly more so today in the era of 'TechnoSkepticism.' Many people feel burned by the future as the result of past-failed predictions: as the saying often goes, "I was promised flying cars, but instead, I got (something else.)'
The danger with all this is that too much skepticism can cause you to lose sight of the eventual mainstreaming of any particular trend. Take the idea of the smart home and home automation; back in 1999 or so, the article 'Is This Guy Crazy or just way ahead of his time' ran in a magazine, taking a look at my 'smart home' setup. (I was much in the news back then; as the author of 34 books about the Internet, I did over 3,000 interviews on radio, TV, and print. (I kept track).)
If you read the article, it all seems rather pedestrian now - in-home music via various devices, working at home, and wireless Ethernet. And yet, at the time, the article title deemed that I might be 'crazy' for doing such things. Yesterday crazy is now mainstream. Today? One of my sons has a crazy-smart 'smart home' - by which he can control lights, switches, fans, and even the heated floor in a bathroom.
How about e-commerce and online shopping? Back in 1998 or so, my co-author and I released our book Selling Online: How to Become a Successful E-Commerce Merchant. Long since out of the print, the book sold in the US and Canada; a German edition was published, as was one for Russia. VISA liked the book so much that they did a bulk purchase of 50,000 copies, distributing it to various merchants at the time.
It was a fun project, but wow - did we ever run into skeptics?
We were admonished in the media for daring to suggest that vast numbers of people might actually buy things online; that most efforts were doomed to fail; that it was a fool's venture. This wasn't helped by the dot.com collapse of 2000, in which much of the blame can be laid at the feet of overhyped e-commerce: we had far too many companies busy establishing lofty goals with huge promises as to the extent of sales.
When those were proven wrong, stock markets lost faith. Oops.
But this had more to do with the timing of the trend rather than the trend itself - and as we all know, the acceleration of e-commerce and its adaptation rocketed as a result of Covid. Retailers who were busy getting involved with the trend before Covid had a far more successful transition to our world of lockdown than those who did not.
Online knowledge sharing and collaboration? In 1986, I suggested a project I called "Linkage" within the global professional services firm for whom I worked. I wrote the story of what happened in my book, Surviving the Information Age:
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The intent was to unite professionals in various disciplines throughout the company through an electronic mail network so that they could share their own specialized knowledge. Many others had already begun their own informal networks; computer specialists across the country, for example, had been trading tips and ideas online for years. We found that tax professionals across the country were already plugging into each other, electronically exchanging their thoughts and reactions to the latest federal budget or new tax regulation.
My belief was that the “linkage” concept would provide the impetus for massive information sharing throughout the company, with the result that the business could better respond to clients, deal with competitive pressures and survive in an increasingly complicated world. I still passionately believe in the “linkage” concept today and see many thousands of organizations worldwide implement such projects.
But even back then the concept of “linkage” was not well understood by many in management. I was involved in many international projects and could see the benefit of global information sharing. But when my boss and I flew to New York to make a pitch to senior management, asking them to sponsor the project, which would encourage such information sharing on a global scale, our pitch was met with blank stares. They simply could not comprehend the concept that would capture the imagination of much of the rest of the corporate world through the next decade, even though they understood the competition was already moving rapidly to put in place such technologies.
Returning home from New York, dejected and flabbergasted, the trip turned out to be a first step in my decision years later to walk away from my 12-year career with the company. I simply could not live with what I believed to be blind stupidity.
Today, of course, corporate knowledge — the combined experience, wisdom, and awareness held by employees — has come to be recognized as an increasingly important resource and asset. Every leading-edge company, including, finally, my previous employer, has put in place sophisticated knowledge-sharing tools.
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I seemed to christen my project with a name eerily similar to LinkedIn, which became a global collaborative knowledge network. Companies? Today, they continue to invest heavily in 'internal knowledge networking.'
The key point to all of this?
You can dismiss a trend - you can't deny it though.
You should never let your skepticism get in the way of the potential reality of a trend.
Original post: jimcarroll.com/2023/03/daily-inspiration-dismissive-skept...
While it didn't quite deliver the storm I was expecting (the NOAA loves to overhype apparently... that or being in the Yellowstone valley shields us from a lot of the more severe weather ;) but the clouds were pretty incredible. So many swirls and shapes. And constantly changing.
Fortune Brainstorm Health
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017. San Diego, CA
4:00 PM
IS HUBRIS HURTING SCIENCE?
Ambition is the fuel of progress—the stuff that pushes wide-eyed scientists and engineers to pull endless all-nighters in the lab, that motivates inventors and entrepreneurs to bounce back after each defeat. But does having too much of this special sauce lead to self-delusion? At what point does one’s fervent belief in the potential of a new technology or therapy translate into overhype? We sit down with Guardant Health CEO Helmy Eltoukhy to talk about the need for internal reality checks—and ask a question that would be unthinkable in Silicon Valley: Are we rushing our way to failure?
Helmy Eltoukhy, Co-founder and CEO, Guardant Health
Interviewer: Clifton Leaf, Fortune
Photograph by Stuart Isett/Fortune Brainstorm Health
Some think that Prospect Cottage is overhyped, but to me it still stands as a beautiful testament to the life of Derek Jarman, one of Britain's pioneering gay film-makers. In 1986, he was diagnosed with AIDS and moved into Prospect Cottage, building out the garden and painting the house. It was to be his place of solace until the end in 1994.
That life and beauty can flourish in this alien landscape is about the best comment on queer subjectivity I can think of.
No time set for when this might ever exist but in some portions of market practice, free enterprise has been exercised. We await the death of the mainstream to finally inagurate and promote free enterprise in media areas as well as market. Will there be remarkable decades? Maybe in making historical phenomenons, no music will not become part of any decade any more and nor will there be scenes. Fads will ultimately cease to exist altogether, a new age of humanity will begin through such compassion. Particular artists will only gain widespread recognition through special events, charities or being allowed to perform national anthems during games. No particular artist will be glorified over another (overhyped), any form of music or sound is welcomed, there will be moral boundaries for particular age groups. Honesty, truth, service, integrity and creativity as well as originality are all practiced religiously through free enterprise. Free enterprise believes each nation, province or state needs its own independent market as a fail safe plan. No longer will a rockstar be allowed to endorse a product or a popstar be allowed to be a commercial face to popularize a product, they will only promote their own things. commercialism won't be spamming across any network just to gain recognition but will advertise every few minutes. Radio will dismiss commercialism for more airplay and only advertise upcoming concerts, albums or bands. TV will have reservations for every type of visual media, instead of mishmoshing like the mainstream has done. This is the new market and media, it highly impresses and stresses 'intelligent design' as a practice as well.
I've heard about this ride for years, not quite understanding how a Pooh ride could be so loved, but IT TOTALLY LIVES UP TO THE HYPE. ...Not that I wanna overhype it. ...But it is, for real, the cutest, more surprisingly fun ride I've ever been on. If you've been on the Winnie the Pooh ride in other parks, this one is on an entirely different dimension of awesome. It's such a shame the other parks didn't get the same ride. The one in Japan probably cost a shitload more money, but it was worth it.
I've heard about this ride for years, not quite understanding how a Pooh ride could be so loved, but IT TOTALLY LIVES UP TO THE HYPE. ...Not that I wanna overhype it. ...But it is, for real, the cutest, more surprisingly fun ride I've ever been on. If you've been on the Winnie the Pooh ride in other parks, this one is on an entirely different dimension of awesome. It's such a shame the other parks didn't get the same ride. The one in Japan probably cost a shitload more money, but it was worth it.