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A to Z Concerts presents 8 virtuoso cellists and soprano Carrie Hennessey in “The V Concert” Saturday, September 10, 2011, to benefit Cinnabar Theater

Soprano Carrie Hennessey of Sacramento will sing Heitor Villa-Lobos’ “Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5” for Voice and Eight Cellos in “The V Concert” on September 10, 2011. In June 2010, Hennessey made her debut with Cinnabar Theater in the title role of the opera “Emmeline,” by Tobias Picker. Photo: courtesy Carrie Hennessey

One of the best ways to celebrate the glorious last days of summer in Sonoma County is with an outdoor concert.  Next Saturday, September 10, 2011, “The A to Z Concert series,” will visit the West Petaluma gardens of Sandra and Borue O’Brien.  The performance will feature acclaimed Sacramento soprano Carrie Hennessey performing Villa-Lobos’ “Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5” for Voice and Eight Cellos and other works exclusively by composers whose last names begin with the letter “V.”  “The V Concert” is a benefit for Cinnabar Theater’s opera program and is organized by Sonoma County cellists Judiyaba and Gwyneth Davis, who created “The A to Z Concert series,” a 2-year project comprising 24 concerts with composers whose names represent every letter of the alphabet.  In addition to Villa-Lobos, “The V Concert” will include works by Vivaldi and by the 16th- century Flemish composer Vaet—all in one of West Petaluma’s most beautiful private gardens, surrounded by a redwood grove.  Hosts Sandra and Borue O’Brien have also planned a silent auction and will serve wine, cheeseboards, and desserts.

“This is our 20th concert,” explained cellist Judiyaba, a long-term Sebastopol resident, who organized “The A to Z Concert series” (or “The Alphabet Concerts”) with cellist Gwyneth Davis, a member of the Eloquence String Quartet.   “We started this series because we just love to play chamber music and this gives us an opportunity to explore new repertoire and old favorites and we’ve found so much new music.  What’s fun about our group is that it is composed of eight cellists who have played in literally every orchestra in the Bay Area─the SF Symphony, SF Opera, regional orchestras─so it is very representative.”

 V Concert Program:  Judiyaba whimsically described “The V Concert” as a “varied, venturesome and vibrant program of virtuosi violoncelli” (using the full formal name for the cello).  “The most challenging is the Villa-Lobos—it’s tricky and fun.  We are doing three pieces by the composer “Vaet” [pronounced “Vate”], which are 16th-century motets, or 3-to-5 part choral pieces which could also have been played on instruments.”

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), Latin America’s most important composer, had little formal music training.  He instead absorbed the influences of his native Brazil’s indigenous cultures, themselves based on Portuguese, African, and American Indian elements.  Between 1930 and 1945, he composed a series of nine suites he called the Bachianas Brasileiras (“Brazilian Bach pieces”) which meld Brazilian folk and popular music with the style of Johann Sebastian Bach, applying Baroque harmonic and contrapuntal techniques to Brazilian music.  The Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 and No. 5, both scored for 8 cellos, show the composer’s love for the sonorities of the cello, an instrument that he himself played in Rio de Janeiro’s cinema, theatre, and opera orchestras.  Brazilian soprano Bidú Sayão was Villa-Lobos’ favorite singer and made a number of recordings of his compositions, including the definitive recording of the Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (which can be heard here).  Carrie Hennessey will sing this haunting soprano solo in “The V Concert.”

Sebastopol cellist Judiyaba is co-creator of “The Alphabet Concerts,” a 2 year project comprising 24 concerts with composers whose names represent every letter of the alphabet. She will perform in “The V Concert” with 7 other cellists in a benefit for Cinnabar Theater on September 10, 2011. Photo: courtesy Judiyaba

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), the prolific Venetian superstar of Italian Baroque music, will dominate “The V Concert” program, with performances of his Concerto for two cellos (with multi-cello accompaniment), his Cello Concerto in A minor (featuring SF Opera cellist Victoria Erhlich and accompanied by….yes…more cellists!), and the lilting pastoral aria “Domine Deus” from his beloved Gloria sung by Carrie Hennessey (accompanied by cellos).  All of these pieces showcase the rhythmic exuberance, harmonic invention, and virtuosic string writing that catapulted Vivaldi to celebrity during his lifetime and has kept his music in the limelight ever since.

Jacobus Vaet (c.1529-1567) was a Flemish Renaissance composer noted for distinctive and intricate polyphonic (multi-voiced) sacred music, including nine complete extant masses, and both sacred and secular motets.  The three motets on this program will feature the 8-cello ensemble playing parts originally written for singing voices.

The cellists for “The V Concert” are: Kelly Boyer, Gwyneth Davis, Poppea Dorsam, Victoria Erhlich, Leighton Fong, David Goldblatt, Judiyaba, and Ruth Lane (a Petaluma resident).  And the soprano is Carrie Hennessey.   A wonderful line- up!

Total run time: approximately 2 hours, with intermission. Wine, cheese and desserts.

Cinnabar Theater:  “The V Concert” is a benefit for Cinnabar Theater’s opera program, its founding program.  Cinnabar Theater, Petaluma’s beloved opera and theatre company, was established by the legendary Marvin Klebe in the early 1970’s in the old red schoolhouse that was the original Cinnabar School (near the intersection of Skillman Lane and Petaluma Blvd. North.)  “The main reason why Marvin Klebe founded this company,” said Elly Lichtenstein, Cinnabar’s Artistic Director, “was because he wanted to do opera in a different way, with intimate ensemble works where the individual performers were treated as artists.”  Over the years, Cinnabar, a nonprofit, has dedicated itself to encouraging community participation in the arts and to community education as well.  The theater offers a highly regarded Young Repertory Program that trains youth as young as 4 years old in the dramatic and musical performing arts.

Sebastopol cellist Gwyneth Davis is a co-creator of “The Alphabet Concerts.” She has performed with most of the regional orchestras in the Bay Area, plays for Cinnabar Opera, and is a pastry chef. Photo: courtesy Judiyaba

Lichtenstein explained that Cinnabar Theater normally produces two operas annually but this year it will feature just one opera, Mozart’s Don Giovanni (March 23-April 15, 2011), and the musical She Loves Me, which opens Cinnabar’s 39th season on September 9, 2011.

Silent Auction:  all proceeds will benefit Cinnabar Theater’s opera program.  Prizes include:

Vineyard tour of Kastania Vineyards, Petaluma

10 one-day passes Roxie Theatre

Round of golf at Rooster Run Golf Club, Windsor Golf Club, and Adobe Creek Golf

4 $25 gift certificates for Absolute Home and Garden

4 $25 gift certificates for Empire Nursery

The V Concert: Saturday, September 10, 2011, 4 p.m., 200 Queens Lane (off King Road), Petaluma, CA.  Tickets: $20 available, or phone 707-763-8920, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.  Reservations highly recommended.

A to Z Concert series:”  The Alphabet Concerts is a 2 year project.  “The W Concert” is October 2, 2011, 7 p.m, Petaluma Museum, featuring Kurt Weill, William Walton and more.

Cinnabar Theater:  Cinnabar Theater’s fall season kicks off on September 9, 2011 with the musical  She Loves Me.  This delightful romantic comedy is based on the play of the same name and the popular film The Shop Around the Corner, on which the more recent film You’ve Got Mail is also based.  (Book by Joe Masteroff/Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; Based on Parfumerie by Miklos Laszlo.)  Get your tickets here or call 707.763.8920.  Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma, CA  94952, 707.763.8929.

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Q Dr. Rice, F-16 and F-15 Fighter Bombers in action over Iraq for the first time since the war ended. We saw pictures here of major ground fire. Have major combat operations resumed in Iraq?

DR. RICE: Major combat operations have not resumed in Iraq by really any stretch of the imagination. What has happened is that there are some elements of the old regime that are making common cause with some foreign fighters in what, I think, could classically be described as insurgency, or insurgency plus terrorism. This is very different than fighting major marching armies of the kind that we were facing in March and April, with an intact, large-scale command and control structure across the country. No, major combat operations have not begun -- have not resumed.

Q Thirty-seven Americans dead since the 1st of November. That sounds relatively major out here in Seattle.

DR. RICE: Well, every death is one to be mourned. And certainly, the loss of the American life is mourned by people here and by the President. The sacrifices of American men and women in uniform are well known throughout history to unfortunately be necessary sometimes for great causes. And we are involved in a great cause in helping to bring to Iraq a stable and prosperous -- and an Iraq that's on a road to democracy, which can be a linchpin for changing the nature of a very, very troubled region -- the Middle East -- which is, after all, the region that is the primary source of most of the terrorism that we face, and certainly, the primary source of the terrorism that we faced on September 11th. So, yes, it' very sad, and the President mourns each loss. But the sacrifices are necessary for the long-term security of this country.

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Nokia 5.1

Nokia 5.1
SKU: phone-2443
Brand: Nokia
Category: Smart Phone

Last Updated: 8th, Feb, 2020
  • CPU: Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53)
  • RAM: 2GB,3GB
  • Storage: 16GB,32GB
  • Camera: 16 MP, PDAF
  • Battery: Non-removable Li-Ion 2970 mAh battery
  • Launch: 2018, May

Nokia 5.1 - Price, Features, Specifications & Reviews in Bangladesh

  • Device Name Device name: Device name is the identity of the brand. Which brand belongs to the mobile phone.
    Nokia 5.1
  • Model Model: Model is the personal identity of a mobile in a particular brand. Every single phone has a unique model name
  • Price Price: The price depends on the specification of the phone. It may vary brand to brand and model to model.

  • Announced Announced: It means when the phone is announced by the brand to the customer.
    2018, May
  • Released Released: The release date is the releasing date of the phone. Which date the phone is releasing it explain by this.
    Available. Released 2018, August
  • Status Status: Status means is the phone is available or not in the market at the current time.

  • 2G Network 2G network: 2G network is the short form of the second-generation wireless network. It gives you slow and dials up modem speeds for using the internet.
    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
    GSM 900 / 1800 - India
  • 3G Network 3G network: The 3G network is the short form of the third-generation wireless network. It faster than a 2G network. It is good for using the internet.
    HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - APAC, EMEA, HK
    HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - LATAM, AU, TW
  • 4G Network 4G network: The 4G network is the short form of fourth-generation network. At present this is the fastest network in the current world.
    LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300) - APAC, EMEA, HK
    LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300) - LATAM, AU, TW
    LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 40(2300), 41(2500) - India
  • SIM Sim: Sim card is a smart card which is using inside the phone and carrying a unique identification of users by a unique number.
    Nano SIM
  • Dual SIM Dual-Sim: It depends on the phone capacity, Either it supports only one sim, or more than one.

  • GPRS GPRS: GPRS meaning General Packet Radio Service. It is standard for 2G and 3G cellular communication networks global system of mobile communication.
  • EDGE EDGE: EDGE meaning is Enhanced Data for Global Evolution. It was also known as Enhanced GPRS or EGPRS.
  • Speed Speed: It also depends on the phone specification and operating system.
    HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
  • Web Browser Web browser: Web browser is used for browsing the internet. On the phone, a browser provides by the company.

  • Type Design Type: Which types of body structure using on the phone. Like a square, round, bar, rectangle, etc.
  • Dimensions Dimensions: It expresses the length, width, and height of the phone.
    151.1 x 70.7 x 8.3 mm (5.95 x 2.78 x 0.33 in)
  • Weight Weight: It expresses how much weight is on the phone. the total weight of all parts in a device.
    150 g (5.29 oz)
  • Build Build: Build this express which material is making for the phone.
    Glass front (Gorilla Glass), aluminum back, aluminum frame (6000 series)
  • Colors Color: Identify the color of the mobile.
    Copper, Tempered Blue, Black
  • Made By Made by: The manufacturing country is represented by this.

  • Chipset Chipset: Chipset is the motherboard of the mobile phone. Where every part is connected.
    MediaTek Helio P18
  • CPU CPU: CPU is the central processing unit. In this area, every work has done.
    Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53)
  • GPU GPU: GPU is the Graphics processing unit, where the graphics of the phone are controlled.
  • Sensors Sensor: Sensor is a device that is using for detecting or changing in its and send the information to the user.
    Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

  • Storage Type Storage type: This is the storage type that means which types of device is using in it to store data.
    Solid State Drive (SSD)
  • RAM (Memory) RAM: RAM is Random Access Memory which is a memory of a phone that can be read and changed in any order.
    2 GB, 3 GB
  • Storage Capacity Storage capacity: It defines how much data you can store on the phone. It may vary phone to phone.
    16 GB, 32 GB
  • Technology

  • Display Type Display Type: Which kind of display using on the phone. Like the retina, super AMOLED, LCD, led, etc.
    IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
  • Size Size: It defines the dimension of the display, how much the length and width.
    5.5 inches, 78.1 cm2 (~73.1% screen-to-body ratio)
  • Resolution Resolution: The ratio of the pixel.
    1080 x 2160 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~439 ppi density)
  • Display Colors Display Color: The number of colors can catch on the phone.
    16M colors
  • Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) The density of the pixel. PPI means Pixel Per Inch.
    439 ppi density
  • Multitouch Multitouch: Its just only for the touch screen phone. How many fingers the phone can identify with a time that can define in this part.
  • Display Protection Display Protection: Display is one of the most sensitive parts in the phone, Which type of glass or protector using in the phone to protect the display.
    Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version)

  • Primary Primary Camera: The camera is situated on the backside of the smartphone or tablet.
    16 MP, PDAF
  • Video Video: The camera which captures moving image and sound. There are two types of video cameras.
  • Camera Features Camera Feature: It describes the function and property of a camera.
    Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
  • Secondary Secondary: The secondary camera is known as a front camera or selfie cam, which is found on the front side of the screen.
    8 MP

  • Operating System Operating System: Operating system manages computer hardware and software resource. Work according to the following feature.
    Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); Android One
  • Java Support Java support: Java support means the following device will allow the java programming function.
  • Facebook Facebook: Facebook is a social media where people can share their business platform.
  • Youtube Youtube: Youtube is also a social media where people can share their video to promote business.

  • Audio Audio: Audio means sound which is transmitted in a signal form.
    Vibration, MP3, WAV Ringtones
  • Video Playback Video playback: It means playing video into a computer or smart device. It is also known as Frame playback.
  • FM Radio Fm Radio: FM means frequency modulation. It is using for broadcasting audio.
  • Alert Types Alert type: Schedule and real-time are the two types of Alert type.
  • Ring Tones Ring tones: This is the sound made by mobile or smart device when call or message comes in those devices.
  • Loudspeaker Loudspeaker: This device converts the electric signal into a sound.
  • 3.5mm Jack 3.5mm Jack: It connects the headphone or loudspeaker to the device. This is the model of the connector.

  • Bluetooth Bluetooth: This is the process of exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices in a short distance.
    4.2, A2DP, LE
  • Infrared Infrared: This is a form of light. which we can not see with our eyes.
  • Wi-fi Wi-Fi: Wi-fi is one kind of technology that produces wireless network connectivity between a few devices.
    Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
  • Wi-fi Hotspot Wi-fi hotspot: Wi-fi hotspot is a location where people can access the internet using wi-fi in a short distance.
  • USB USB: It used to connect the computer to another device like a smartphone, tablet and so on.
    microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
  • GPS GPS: GPS is used to find the location of any object and also show the weather condition.
    Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
  • NFC NFC: NFC is the wireless communication technology that helps to exchange data between the device in a very short range.

  • SMS SMS: SMS means short message service. It produces text messaging service in devices.
  • MMS MMS: It means a Multimedia messaging service. It allows users multimedia content like a picture, video.

  • Battery Type Battery Type: It describes all kinds of battery function and model. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium.
    Li-Ion (Lithium Ion)
  • Capacity Capacity: It means the storage of battery or amount of energy that can be stored in a specific condition.
    Non-removable Li-Ion 2970 mAh battery
  • Talk Time Talk Time: This is a term used to describe the battery life. It depends on the network system, application, and other performance.
    Up to 19 h (3G)
  • Music Play Music play: It means the longest time of battery charge will long last while playing music in the background.
    Up to 53 h

Our Rating

The overall rating is based on review by our experts

9 4.5 1
  • Design 9 / 10
  • Display 10 / 10
  • Camera 8 / 10
  • Multimedia 10 / 10
  • Performance 8 / 10
  • Battery 9 / 10

Nokia 5.1 comes with the body dimensions of 151.1 x 70.7 x 8.3 mm (5.95 x 2.78 x 0.33 in), and a weight of 150 g (5.29 oz). It comes with IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, the display size is 5.5 inches, 78.1 cm2 (~73.1% screen-to-body ratio), and the resolution is 1080 x 2160 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~439 ppi density), with a pixel density of 439 PPI. It runs Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); Android One.

Nokia 5.1 offers MediaTek Helio P18 chipset, with an internal memory of 16 GB, 32 GB, and 2 GB, 3 GB Ram. It has a primary camera of 16 MP, PDAF, and secondary camera 8 MP. The battery offered by this phone is Non-removable Li-Ion 2970 mAh battery.

To know more about Showroom and Store Location for this phone, click here.

Note: GIANT always tries to provide the most accurate information, but it doesn’t claim that the information above is 100% Accurate and Up to date. Though it always tries to keep the website information  Up to date.  GIANT Provides information about mobile phone prices, features, specifications, and Official prices in Bangladesh.

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  • Screen size, image quality (brightness, colors, contrast, etc), visibility in sun light, angles of view and touchscreen.
  • Usability of Camera interface, image and video quality in different light conditions and environment.
  • Music and video players, playback quality, speaker sound and handsfree options.
  • Is this device perform good while watching videos, playing games, taking snapshots, browsing internet and navigate through other applications?
  • What about battery life, while calling, listening music, watching videos, playing games and doing other tasks.
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      Offset based TK now additionally to TK File · 0904becf
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      If TRKILL_STF_OFFSET or TRKILL_OFFSET is set to 2, the offset based TraceKill will be applied in addition to the TraceKill file.
      Therefore, it is possible to exclude with TraceKill file fault receiveres and use an offset based tracekill with the build in feature at the same time.
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      Offset based tracekill STF + Makefile improvement · b57d6b66
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      Implemented an offset based tracekill for STF.
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      2. make reinstall, do a clean install
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      Maintenance of the Code · c7b43d05
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      Renamed function err() to declare_error().
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      New standard target is IFOS2D. Moreover a new target install is available.
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      Fixed the problem with the dependencies files if the hole IFOS folder is copied over to a different hardware architecture.
      You may now the error by ".d" files.
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      Improvement to readmod · 09c5aa3d
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      The readmod functions verify now the dimension of the model file. Therefore IFOS will abort, if the model file is to small or too big.
      Moreover, the write_matrix_disk function is used to write the models to disk.
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      CLEANUP: Removed unnecessary code · dc472e05
      Florian Wittkamp authored
      Bevore the FWI loop the observd data was read in and was time filtered. I think this ist not necessary, as the observed data is read in for the calculation of the residuals again.
      Therefore, I removed the code to save calculation time.
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      JSON: IFOS now compatible to the JSON standard · cec16036
      Florian Wittkamp authored
      IFOS is now able to read in input files, that are formatted according the JSON standard. Nevertheless, the old files will work as well.
      In addition, I fixed some compiler warnings.
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      Renaming of seismograms I/O · 28ac9cd9
      Florian Wittkamp authored
      Renaming of observed seismograms:
      SEIS_FILE_z.su -> SEIS_FILE_vz.su
      SEIS_FILE_x.su -> SEIS_FILE_vx.su
      SEIS_FILE_y.su -> SEIS_FILE_vy.su
      Either rename your observed data, or (if synthetic) rerun forward modeling, so IFOS will create observed data, which is correctly named.
    • Florian Wittkamp's avatar
      Renaming a few global variables · 516317df
      Florian Wittkamp authored
      DAMPING       ->  VPPML
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      Florian Wittkamp authored
      ! This commit renames DENISE to IFOS !
      Keep care and update all of your self written shell scripts etc.
      The make target is 'IFOS' (capital letters).
      The resulting binary is called 'IFOS' as well.
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China’s Tacit Approval of Moscow’s Ukraine Policy

Since Moscow initiated military operations in Ukraine in February 2014, China has seemingly adopted an ambiguous stance as Russia’s annexation of Crimea and destabilization of southeastern Ukraine evoked international condemnation. During the past year, Beijing and Moscow strengthened their strategic partnership by deepening economic ties and enhancing bilateral military cooperation. China’s comparative silence on the Ukraine crisis has given way to unusually blunt remarks from a Chinese diplomat in Brussels who recently expressed tacit support for Moscow (UNIAN, February 27). Such remarks and the continued dynamic growth of Sino-Russian relations contradict efforts by the United States and the European Union to diplomatically and economically isolate Russia. Moreover, they leave open the question as to whether Beijing and Moscow are forming a de facto military alliance. Continue reading

Turkey Warns Russia it Will Blockade Bosphorus if Violence Occurs

According to diplomatic sources, Turkey has threatened Russia with a blockade of the Bosphorus Strait

The threat to close the Bosphorus to Russia comes from a report by Hvylya, citing a Turkish diplomatic source. According to the source, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan yesterday spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone and warned of the consequences for conflict with Ukraine. The Hvylya source was also reported on by UNIAN. Continue reading


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Monday, 11 August 2008

Artwork Mondays: Trilobitlepidoptology

From the notes of the renowned pioneer in the field of trilobitlepidotology, Dame Francesca Pithclade-Jolly;

"Some of the coarser naturalists in the field say I have quite man-like hands, but to them I say bother and damnation! Could hands less delicate than mine have mounted such fine specimens?"

This drawing is a continuation of the sketch from a couple of weeks ago, before I left for a cottage. Right after completing this piece, we went to the stellar Blue Willow Butterflies & Blooms center near Sutton, Ontario. Now I've got some nifty new photos to work from if I continue reading the works of Dame Pithclade-Jolly on trilobitlepidoptology.

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Zach said...

Bizarre, to say the least!

Glendon Mellow said...

Thanks Zach!

But which part? The hands? The deficit of colour when butterflies are involved?

Stephanie Zvan said...

I love the way the hand drew my attention, so the trilobite was the last thing I saw as I scanned across the drawing. It provided a great moment of surprise, even though I shouldn't have been surprised at all.

Glendon Mellow said...

Thanks Stephanie! It wasn't meant to surprise, but that's mighty keen.

I think the hand may need to cast a shadow, as will the butterflies.

I was going to use pencil crayons on this to practice with those, but I may instead print it onto canvas paper and paint in oils.

Zachary Miller said...

The trilobite with butterfly wings, of course!

Glendon Mellow said...

Zach, I hardly think a trilobite with butterfly wings is unusual when discussing trilobtlepidoptology.

Heather Ward said...

Awesome sketch! Yes, adding shadow would make it more realistic. Reminds me of that style, however you spell it, trompe l'oiel.

Glendon Mellow said...

Thanks Heather!

I agree. Needs shadows.

I can't wait to get back to this piece.

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Posts over 14 days old have their comments held in moderation - I've been getting an unusual amount of spam for a guy who paints trilobites. I'll release it lickety-split though.

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Countries Seek New Fix for Dormant International Trade Court

Member countries of the World Trade Organization are aiming to resurrect a dormant system for resolving trade disputes that has been a point of friction between the U.S. and other nations, the Wall Street Journal reported. The WTO’s Appellate Body, the apex of the Geneva-based group’s dispute-settlement system, has been effectively shut down since 2019 after the Trump administration blocked the appointment of new judges. U.S. complaints about the system, which predate the Trump presidency, center on Appellate Body rulings against tariffs and other remedies, limiting what U.S. officials and lawmakers see as America’s right to protect its industries. The organization’s new director-general, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, called the dispute-settlement system the “crown jewel” of the WTO after her appointment this month and promised to propose reforms this year. President Biden supported Ms. Okonjo-Iweala after she had been blocked by the Trump administration, paving the way for her appointment. Biden administration officials have expressed a willingness to work with the WTO to ease trade tensions, though the administration is seeking a broad overhaul of the trade body and is keeping the heavy tariffs then-President Donald Trump placed on Chinese goods pending a review of trade policy. China has been an active litigant, and the U.S. more than European and other countries has pointedly criticized the WTO and the appeals body for failing to deal with China’s state-directed capitalism, its lax protection for intellectual property and resulting distortions to trade. Now, WTO boosters see an opportunity to start fixing the international court and clear the logjam. Read more. (Subscription required.)


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4/30/2021 Financial News: Communist China’s Three Airlines Exposed Huge Losses; U.S. Stock Investor Sues Luckin In Shanghai

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1.Three Airlines exposed another 14 billion huge loss

Affected by the epidemic, the three major aviation stocks, Air China, China Southern Airlines, and Eastern Airlines, lose an average of more than 10 billion yuan in 2020, and the total loss of the three stocks will reach 37 billion yuan. The latest total number of shareholders of the three major airlines and the Cross-border Express reached 621,500. However, this situation has not been reversed. The Hong Kong stock market’s 2021 quarterly report is still losing money.

2.US stock investor sues Luckin in Shanghai! The court officially filed the case

This is the first case of a CCP concept stock investor suing in Communist China. Luckin Coffee was established in June 2017, and it took less than two years to go to the public in May 2019. On the first day of listing, the total market value of Luckin Coffee reached 33.03 billion yuan. Luckin Coffee withdrew the hearing application and delisted in June 2020, and it was only 13 months from listing to delisting. At the time of delisting, the total market value of Luckin Coffee was only 2.254 billion yuan, a decrease of 93.18% compared to the first day of listing.

3.Over 90 million shares of Bank of Xi’an appeared in Ali law auction

The 95.11 million shares of Bank of Xi’an held by Ningbo Zhongbai have been frozen by the court and will be divided into ten equal parts for judicial auction on Taobao according to the application of the executor, Communist China Construction Fourth Bureau, that is 9.511 million shares each. At the Ali Judicial Auction, a CCP reporter searched for “bank” and found 23,426 records. According to the reporter’s preliminary statistics, more than 1,000 bank equity auctions are added each year in judicial auctions.

4.Yunnan Baiyao lost 800 million yuan in stocks in the first quarter

Yunnanbaiyao’s main holdings are Xiaomi Group, Yili, Tencent Holdings, etc. These holding companies are still relatively good companies in the entire Internet market. The main reason is that the entire capital market was in large-scale volatility in the first half of this year. In the face of rapid volatility in the capital market, these positions are actually facing huge risks. For listed companies, what is most needed is to find a group of investment employees who can understand the operation of the capital market. Only in this way can they truly obtain their own special investment logic in the capital market.

5.Prices are rising all over the world

Zhuo Chuang’s statistics show that although we still have no signs of inflation from the data, the impact of commodity price increases is already affecting the lives of residents. In 2021, materials closely related to the lives of residents will quietly increase significantly. The price of edible oil increased by 50%, the price of snacks increased by 30%, the price of beer increased by 10%, and the price of electrical appliances increased by 20%. According to media reports, on April 19, local time, the CEO of Coca-Cola Company stated that the company intends to increase product prices due to rising raw material prices. Since then, on April 21, the global daily chemical giant Procter & Gamble also joined the price increase camp, saying that it will increase the prices of baby products, adult diapers and feminine care products from September this year, by 5%-9%.

6.Communist China’s digital yuan will not topple the dollar, SEC official says

CCP’s planned digital yuan will not dethrone the dollar, a top Securities and Exchange Commission official said on Thursday, citing the growth of so-called stablecoins backed by the greenback. The world’s biggest central banks, including the People’s Bank of China and U.S. Federal Reserve, are stepping up work on issuing digital cash, eyeing improvements to payment systems and looking to pre-empt the rise of cryptocurrencies.The PBOC’s work on a digital yuan – part of a push to internationalise the currency and reduced its – is far ahead of similar initiatives in other major economies.

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6 days sightseeing tour from Chitose city to Sapporo downtown for 9 people family trip

6/13 Chitose >> Noboribetsu(Date Jidaimura, Hell valley) >> Mt. Usuzan and Showashinzan >> Lake Toya >> Toyako onsen

6/14 Toyako >> Lake Onuma >> Hakodate(Morning market, Mt. Hakodateyama, Bay area) >> Toyako onsen

6/15 Toyako >> Kyogoku fukidashi park >> Shakotan peninsula >> Sapporo

6/16 Sapporo >> Yoichi(Fruits picking, Nikka whisky distilleries) >> Otaru(Canal, Sakaimachi street) >> Sapporo

6/17 Sapporo >> Shiroi Koibito park >> Sapporo beer museum/garden >> shopping >> Sapporo

6/18 Sapporo >> Furano(Cheese factory, Marche, Farm Tomita) >> Biei(Shikisai-no-Oka, Blue pond) >> Sapporo

Hotel in Chitose was the pick up point, visited Noboribetsu and Lake Toya on day 1.

They stayed 2 nights in Toya, and did sightseeing Hakodate area on day 2.

Destination on day 3 was Niseko area and Shakotan peninsula. A bit long drive day finished in Sapporo, and they stayed 4 nights in Sapporo downtown.

Finally rainy day on day 4 however they tried to do fruits picking. Strawberry season was almost over but cherry picking was available on that day luckily. After picking they went to Otaru.

Day 5 was short day. Still rain but enjoyed Shiroi Koibito park, chocolate factory, and beer museum – yes, indoor sightseeing day.

Stopped raining on the final day, destination was Furano and Biei.

They took a flight back after free and easy day.

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Qutone Presents the Revolutionary, Biggest Slab “imarble” World’s most Magnum Product till Date

Qutone – the leading brand in the Tile Industry in India today, has done it once again. Backed by mammoth Research & Development department, the company launches a completely new, never seen before range of products called “imarble” in the size of 12 Feet X 4 Feet, a never seen or thought of product in the entire world.

Left to Right: Rajeev Adlakha (MD), Sunil Manglunia (MD), Anil Kapoor, Manoj Agrawal (CMD)

Mr. Manoj Agarwal – C.M.D., Qutone along with all the esteemed Directors were completely elated and proud to be unveiling the collection which is all set to revolutionize the Indian tile industry and are honored to be partnering the Prime Minister’s “Make in India” initiative. The company will be manufacturing the product line at World’s first of its kind, state-of-the-art plant using European technology based at Gujarat.

Actor Anil Kapoor who has been with Qutone for two years in a row simply puts it, “Jab Qutone ho saath, har lamhe mein hai kuch baat”. Also, present on the occasion was Mr. Sunil Manglunia – Managing Director, Qutone

Mr. Manoj Agarwal – C.M.D., Qutone expressed his exhilaration and said, “Our primary aim at Qutone is to mesmerize our consumers in India and 61 countries in the world with unveiling new products regularly. We first launched “imarble” in size of 8 Feet X 4 Feet in 2016 and it became the biggest ever in Asia. Now, with technological progression, we have out beaten ourselves and launched the Biggest Tile Slab in the World.

Mr. Sunil Manglunia – Managing Director, Qutone added, “imarble” as a product has set high benchmarks in terms of Design, Size & Innovation and is an initiative to Save our Environment. We are confident of the quick and high demand our product range is going to create in India and globally too. Thus, we strongly align ourselves with the Prime Ministers vision by targeting a gradual decrease in imports and increase in exports.

Actor Anil Kapoor who is very selective about the brands he endorses adds, “It feels great to be part of the Qutone family and I only give my confirmation on any brand when I am confident endorsing it. Team Qutone have smartly collaborated European Technology with Indian warmth and the result is this beautiful collection.“

The entire range of “imarble” was interestingly showcased with their USP being their size of 12 ft. (height) X 4 ft. (width).

Features of imarble Thin Slab: 1200×3000, 6mm Thickness

  • Waterproof Quality: Water absorption level almost nonexistent – Restrains Fungus & Algae Growth

  • Bending Strength: High Tensile Strength Level – Easy to shape and mold for Furniture, Sinks, Table Tops and various other utilities

  • Erosion Resistant: High resistance to Abrasion and Scratches (Except Polished Finish)

  • Sunlight Resistance: UV Rays do not affect the color quality – Durable in outdoor ambience

  • Stain Resistance: Non-porous surface. Stains remains on the surface and are easy to remove – Low maintenance

  • Chemical Resistance: Resistant to Solvents, Disinfectants, Detergents, Chemical Cleaning Agents such as bleach or ammonia, Low Concentration of Acid & Alkalis, Swimming Pool Salts

  • Fire Resistant: Does not emit smoke or Toxic substances – Safe for Commercial & Residential applications

  • Frost Resistant: High resistance to extreme freezing temperature – Weather proof, suitable for extreme cold climate

  • Thermal Shock Resistance: Resistant to sudden changes of temperature – Weather proof, suitable for extreme hot climate

  • Easy Cleaning: Special Cleaning products are not required unlike Natural Marble – Low cost and ease of maintenance

  • Sustainability: Environment Friendly being easy bio-degradable and recyclable – Support to Green and Pollution Free environment

  • Light Weight: Reduces dead load on the surface – Increases the Life Span of the Building

  • Large Format: Easy installation – covers large space without joints, seamless view of the design & graphics, avoids surface anomaly & undulations. Adds grandeur and elegance.

  • Slim Tiles: Ideal for Wall Paneling, Wall Décor, Wall Cladding, Table Top

  • High Flexibility: Increases the strength and toughness – easy to install on wall & floor. Withstands with minor surface undulation thus provides flowless and deviation free surface appearance

  • Hygienic Material: Doesn’t give off / emit harmful substances – safe for all living beings and contact with Food

  • Acoustic Insulation: Large Size, Seamless Coverage, Lesser Joint Gaps attribute to increase the acoustic insulation. Thus, suitable for Conference Rooms, Banquet Halls and other Large Spaces with large gatherings.

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Following Jesus at Work

A wonderful guest blog (well worth reading) this weekend talked about building up support systems at work, pointing to these three verses:

1 Thessalonians 5:11 “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up.”

Ephesians 4:29 “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”

Hebrews 10:24 “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.”

These things struck home for me. For one thing, it was someone else at my workplace, not proselytizing, not thumping the Bible, not even talking specifically about religion at work, but rather living every day as a joyous Christian – comfortable, knowledgeable, and secure in his faith – that led me to want to learn more about the faith that sustained him.

For another thing, for those of us uncomfortable or perhaps even prohibited from evangelizing at work, it is good to remember that it will be noticed if we just decline to participate in all the ways that workplaces are not supportive of one another. (Of course that is sometimes easier said than done!)

People who are being led by the Holy Spirit to a relationship with Jesus will find a community of seekers and believers in which they can come to know Jesus just by how we comport ourselves day in and day out. Not just at the big moments, such as when a coworker is seriously ill or passes away or gets married or has a baby, but the tiny little moments, like when a coworker is the 17th person that day to ask you to do something and you aren’t sure when or how you will ever get everything done.

Those are the times when responding “as a Christian” is maybe even more important than promising to pray for coworkers who are hurting.

My prayer today is that God will help me live more like a Christian in all those little ways at work.

In Jesus name,

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Monday Links - Week 230

Code Guide - Interactive Explanations of Example Code

This library allows you to embed tutorial documentation within source code using specially formatted comments. The source code and these special comments are converted into an interactive HTML tutorial which explains how the code works in a step-by-step manner. View this example and click the “Explain” button to see it in action. It was generated from this source code. JM

Fish Shell

Pairing with new people always introduces new tools. Last week working with Nicky Thompson I saw she was using fish as her shell. It looked great - things seemed to ‘just work’. I’m a long time ZSH user with a few customisations but even so I’m tempted to switch. TW

BitTorrent Sync

We use Dropbox a lot at Go Free Range, but cramming everything into that single directory can be a bit onerous. I’ve been experimenting with this as an alternative/augmentation, and currently have it syncing my ‘Documents’ and a few other directories from my laptop to one of my VPS machines “in the cloud”. So far it works pretty well; the only problem is that most VPSes don’t actually have a huge amount of disk space. JA

As we approach the Google Reader shutdown date, I’ve started to look at alternatives. This seemed like a good candidate because Reeder (my RSS reader of choice on my phone) already syncs with it. However, the experience of using it isn’t fabulous. Maybe that’s just the friction of adjusting to change? Maybe. Is there something that you would recommend? JA

A “plug-and-play” database explorer for your Heroku app. If you’re anything like me and you use Heroku for silly little things without actually building any proper admin interfaces, this can be a good way of poking around in the database and fixing any bad data that’s crept in. The free instance will only let you view five tables, but for the sort of stuff I deploy there (printer-mail and so on), it’s perfect. JA

Anatomy of a zero-knowledge web application

With the news that the NSA can access your online data whenever they feel like it, it was interesting to read how the developers of the Clipperz on-line password manager have built a web application that claims to know nothing about their users or their data. I’m not sure how realistic it is for every application, but I did wonder whether it might suggest a way to provide a hosted version of Chris’ excellent MoneyTracker app. JM

Google Keyboard

I’ve been using this keyboard with its gesture typing on my Nexus 7 for a while now, and it really makes a difference. If you’re still using a stock keyboard (particularly the standard one on the Samsung Galaxy S2) then I’d highly recommend installing this alternative. CR

Media for Thinking the Unthinkable

Bret Victor is amazing. Pretty much everything on his site is packed full of thoughts and ideas, and unsurprisingly given his areas of interest, they are all deep but accessible. This talk given at MIT continues this tradition. Watch it! TW

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From the Lessons from Isaiah series
"The burden of Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. . . .
I have also commanded my sanctified ones;
I have called my mighty ones for mine anger,
even them that rejoice in my highness. . . .
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them. . . ."

Isaiah 13:1, 3, 17

This is one of those wonderful, mysterious chapters from the prophets in which God used situations, people, and events contemporary with the prophets, or nearly so, as springboards to launch into a prophecy of events that would transpire much, much later.

The earthly events of which Isaiah was prophesying here had to do with the destruction of the earthly empire of Babylon by the fierce nation of the Medes. And as Isaiah was being moved by the holy Ghost to speak of the Medes' destruction of Babylon, the Spirit suddenly turned that prophecy into one of the return of Jesus to reign with his saints over the earth for a thousand years. In this prophecy of Babylon's fall at the hands of the Medes, Isaiah speaks of the sun being blackened and the moon and stars not shining; he speaks of God punishing the whole world, of God shaking the heavens and moving the earth out of its place. And all this is wedged in between God's warning that he has selected the Medes to destroy the Babylonian Empire and that Babylon would remain desolate forever!

When reading prophecies such as this one, we have to read carefully to determine which verses apply to Christ and which apply to the ancient nations and their issues. In verse three, God says that He has given commandment to His "sanctified ones". Since to be sanctified means to be made holy, we know that the "sanctified ones" referred to in Isaiah 13:3 are God's people, not the unbelieving hordes of the Medes, a polytheistic, Gentile nation. It would be very difficult to think of the heathen nation of the Medes, though anointed to destroy Babylon, as being holy, a sanctified people in the sight of God.

Concerning your 11-22 TFE on "His Sanctified Ones", in the last paragraph .... didn't God sanctify nations for His purposes at times - such as what God did for Babylon, or for the Assyrians (in sanctifying Babylon to destroy Judah, and Assyria to destroy Israel)? I was wondering if God perhaps DID sanctify the Medes in a sense, to destroy that nation that destroyed HIS nation and was lifted up with pride to drink out of the holy vessels, etc. (Babylon). The Medes and their king did do some kind things to Israel along the way (story of Esther) - so I was wondering if it might be possible that God did for them what He did for Nebuchadnezzar and for the king of Assyria when they repented and actually did sanctify them for His purposes.

I had to look hard for any reference to God sanctifying anything or anyone outside of His people and covenant, but when I looked for every use of the Hebrew word that is translated "sanctify" or "make holy", I was able to find some verses in which that Hebrew word appears in relationship to heathen nations, although in the KJV, that word is not translated as "sanctified" but as "prepared".

In Jeremiah 22, God is warning His own people that He will punish them for their unfaithfulness to Him by sending a foreign power to overthrow the nation. He said (Jer 22:7) that He would "prepare destroyers against you". On two other occasions, speaking of destruction decreed by God against Babylon, we find the same thing (Jer. 51:27, 28). (This is real "holy war", when God decrees destruction and anoints nations to inflict His punishment on a particular nation.)

Joel also uses this term "prepare war" in reference to the gathering of the Gentile nations for the apocalyptic battle of Harmageddon mentioned in Revelation.

So, yes, there are places in the Bible where the Hebrew word for "to sanctify" is used with reference to God's choosing of certain nations to destroy others, or in the case of Harmageddon, God's choosing them to be destroyed. But it is clear that those heathen nations were not made holy as Israel was by God's choosing them and setting them apart for His purposes.

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A 2016 Masters Daily Diary

    Day One of the 80th Masters belonged to (whom else?) Jordan Spieth. It was the fifth consecutive round that Spieth found himself atop the leaderboard, following his wire-to-wire win last year. Given the gusty winds that greeted players in round one this year, many called Spieth’s opening round 66 better than his 64 in last year’s calmer conditions. Spieth didn’t make a single bogey in his round and made brilliant up and downs for par at 1, 4 and 15.

    Round 1 had a surreal moment when four-time major champion Ernie Els made a 9 on the 1st hole. He took 6 putts from less than 2 ½ feet. Els wasn’t alone in his struggles. World number five Rickie Fowler opened with 80, making a triple bogey on the par 5 13th. Jason Day triple-bogeyed the par 3 16th hole. He was at 5 under par walking off the 13th green and finished even par for the day. And, former Masters champion Angel Cabrera was two under par until he came to 15. He dumped three balls in the water and walked off with a quadruple bogey 9. For the day, the par 5 15th hole ended up playing over par for the entire field.

    At the end of day one, Spieth led with 66, followed by Danny Lee and Shane Lowry with 68’s. A Ryder cup fivesome of Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose, Paul Casey and Soren Kjeldsen were three shots off the pace with 69’s.

    Day Two of the Masters belonged to the wind and featured the return of Rory McIlroy. The world’s top players quickly discovered that when the greens dry out and the wind blows 15-20 miles per hour, Augusta National is a formidable challenge. For a while, it looked like Jordan Spieth was immune to Mother Nature. Spieth went 26 holes before his first stumble, a double bogey on the 9th hole when his approach shot didn’t carry deep enough into the green and fell off the false front.

    Rory McIlroy put himself right back in the hunt with a one under par 71 – the best score of the day and matched by Dustin Johnson, Daniel Berger and Troy Merritt. McIlroy’s 71 put him in solo 2nd and in the last group Saturday with Spieth. Johnson and Berger’s 71s put them at even par in a tie for 8th place with a large group of players including Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Sergio Garcia, Danny Willett, Shane Lowry and amateur Bryson DeChambeau. DeChambeau played brilliantly for the first 35 holes of the tournament until a vicious hook off 18 tee led to a triple bogey.

    Frustration was the buzzword around Augusta National Friday. The course gave out bogeys like candy at a parade. A number of the biggest names missed the cut (+6) including Phil Mickelson, Charl Schwartzel, Zach Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Jason Dufner.

    Augusta said a final good-bye to former champions Tom Watson and Ian Woosnam who announced it was his final Masters in the media room following his round.

    Going into Saturday, Spieth leads at 140, followed by McIlroy at 141, Danny Lee and Scott Piercy at 142, Brandt Snedeker, Soren Kjeldsen and Hideki Matsuyama at 143. Spieth has now led the Masters for six consecutive rounds, which is a Masters record.

    Day Three of the Masters belonged to Jordan Spieth for the first 16 holes of play as he battled his swing, the wind and the pressure of leading. Spieth’s almost unworldly short game was on full display and he took a four-shot lead to the 17th tee. Two wayward drives to the right on both 17 and 18 resulted in a bogey and double bogey, cutting Spieth’s lead to one stroke and left 14 players within six shots of the lead.

    The most impressive display of the day ultimately belonged to two-time champion Bernhard Langer, the 1985 and 1993 Champion. Many pundits wrote off Watson’s near miss at age 59 at the 2009 Open Championship as a one-off event. At 58 years of age, Langer is still not close to Watson’s solo 2nd and playoff loss (he still, after all has a 4th round to play), but make no mistake – Langer’s achievement is as inspiring as it is incredible. Never one of the longest hitters in his prime, Langer was giving up more than 60 yards off the tee to playing partner Jason Day. At the par 5 2nd hole, Langer had a 3-wood second shot into the green while Day was left with just a 7-iron. Still, after three days, Langer’s ahead of world number one Day by a single shot.

    Not to take away from Langer’s play, but one of the reasons he is so close may well have to do with the three consecutive days of gusting winds that greeted players. The winds again gusted as high as 25 miles per hour and kept the fun in check for players, especially on the par 5 15th hole where eagles have turned into endangered species and even birdies have been hard to find.

    After round three, Spieth leads at 213, Smylie Kaufman is at 214, followed by Langer and Hideki Matsuyama (215), Day, Dustin Johnson and Danny Willett (216) and Lee Westwood, Brett Snedeker and Soren Kjeldsen (217). Rory McIlroy, after a disastrous third round 77, is five shots back at 218. Finally, Spieth has now led the Masters for seven consecutive rounds.

    Day Four at the Masters will go down as one of the most memorable in tournament history. After his fade at the end of Saturday’s third round, it seemed like Spieth had righted the ship in a major way. Three straight birdies resulted in a front nine 32 and Spieth walked to the 10th tee with a 5-shot lead over his closest pursuer, Danny Willett – the 12th ranked player in the world.

    Then, in less than a half hour, it unraveled on golf’s biggest, most public stage. A pushed tee shot and mid-iron on 10 and an indifferent chip led to bogey. Another pushed tee shot at 11 led to another bogey.

    As he walked to the 11th green, these two mistakes and a couple of birdies in front of him by Willett had reduced Spieth’s lead to just a shot. Perhaps it was that pressure and a realization that a conservative approach wasn’t working that led Spieth to decide to hit a cut shot into 12, instead of a draw into the fat part of the green. What we know happened is Spieth pushed another shot that ended up a few feet short and rolled back into Rae’s Creek. He took his penalty drop and then hit a shot so fat, that it almost didn’t make it to the water hazard. A couple of minutes later, Spieth walked off with a quadruple bogey 7.

    Give Spieth credit for not folding, when it would have been easy to do so. He fought back with gritty birdies at 13 and 15 before missing a must-make birdie at 16. For all intents and purposes the tournament was over. Danny Willett won’t get enough credit for his bogey-free 67 on Sunday and the first English victory at Augusta since Nick Faldo won two decades earlier.

    Also lost were the other players who failed to capitalize on their chances Sunday. From Dustin Johnson to Jason Day and Bernhard Langer, Smylie Kaufman, Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood and even a few others, the only player to step up and play in the solid fashion required to win a major championship was Danny Willett. It’s a long wait until the next major – the U.S. Open. It will be an even longer wait for Jordan Spieth.


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Putting from the Rough – part 3

8.26am 27th March 2020 - Opinion

My experience, with this environment, is that to be successful any consultant / client relationship must be established on the ‘right’ foundations.

In this, understanding each other’s roles from the outset is a paramount consideration. Too frequently, many relationships stumble at this first hurdle.

A consultant is generally a sharp instrument used to address key issues.

To use these services, or skill-sets, on mundane administrative tasks, unless this is a core part of the brief, will waste the essential cutting-edge value that the consultant can bring.

In terms of the financial arrangement, it should be understood that in client terms, a retainer is like a membership subscription.

To use a golf members’ analogy, at its most basic level, it does not entitle the paying member to anything other than a right of access to the facilities and or the ‘attention’ of the club.

The payment of the subscription only allows the member to have the right to pay to play (at a preferred rate), buy drinks at the bar, hire a golf cart, hold a handicap, etc.

These prices will be at rates preferential to those charged to the public, but there are no free drinks or rounds, just because you are member.

From the available sources my preferred definitions for a retainer would be:

‘Fee paid to a person or firm to secure the privilege of obtaining its services as and when required’
‘An amount of money that you pay to someone, so as to be sure that that person can work for you when you need them to.’

No relationship can hope to prosper, if either party withholds key information from the other.

The client must give the consultant all of the relevant intel required – effectively a ‘warts and all’ scenario.

Conversely the consultant must give, and be permitted to do so, an uncensored version of what he or she finds in the process of evaluating the business’ challenges and problems.

Defining mutual expectations, to help to ensure that the client is getting what it needs.

This will also require that the consultant be remunerated commensurately for these inputs.

Timeframes & outcomes:
In this process, it will be necessary for both parties to understand the fees and payment schedule, the timeframes within which the work will be completed and the results likely to be forthcoming.

The latter is particularly important.

Most inputs are within timeframes that require time for the inputs to mature in order to be effective.

Therefore, although quick wins can sometimes be affected, this is generally not a sow and immediate reap environment.

A consultant is not a magician and there are, under most circumstances, no ‘miracle’ cures.

What a consultant brings, above all else, is a fresh perspective.

This viewpoint, backed by solid analysis and the experience of working in the field of business and other related businesses, will enable a fresh look at the challenges being faced by the particular client’s business.

Working with the management team will then ensure the input of the required corrective processes, new products and or services.

Communications / reporting line
This will be a key element to ensure that:
a) The information is ‘heard’ and processed effectively.
b) It is in the hands of those who will implement the recommended initiatives and or remedial actions.

The very wise CFO of a client once commented in terms of point a):
“It is a great pity that people are willing to spend so much time evaluating the ‘tone’ in which a message is being delivered, or analysing the deliverer, instead of paying attention to what is actually being said.”

In terms of point b), I recently had the challenging and rewarding task of helping to relaunch Pecanwood, one of South Africa’s premier golf estates.

This was a multi-layered brief including re-staffing, training, marketing, overseeing the physical upgrade of various on-site facilities including the clubhouse, etc.

Pecanwood Golf & Country Club

One of the key briefs from the then CEO and the board member responsible for the country club portfolio, was to find new revenues’ streams.

In this discussion, the matter of turning the golf course / country club into a profitable area, within the overall budget for the estate, was discussed.

My response, as a first step, was to look a removing the club’s operations as a red line from the overall budgets, as a cost centre, and an ongoing cause of disagreement at every AGM.

Making the country club operations break even (something that had not been achieved since the estate’s opening some 20 years earlier) would have the additional benefit of cooling the fires of the argument, in which all non-golfing homeowners were in fact subsidising the golfers’ hobby out of their back pockets.

This alternative was greeted initially with some disbelief (could this actually be achieved?), but then with great enthusiasm, when it was realised that I had both a plan and the belief that it could be made to work.

The strategy, one layer of which involved a pre-paid corporate partnership, was designed, signed off and implemented.

This was despite continual opposition from various golfers, one of whom opined that the outcome of the partnership would result in the golf course becoming too busy!

Although some sniping still continues, this is not all bad as it does draw attention to the dangers of vested interests, especially those which are not aligned to the collective good

This is especially the case with this example, as with the signing of the partnership the country club did indeed move into the black for the first time since the estate had opened.

The other benefits were that the ROI, versus my fees, over the initial 3 years of the partnerships would be 10 to 1.

One year on from the re-launch phase, I also saw the rounds’ numbers, which showed a 30% increase – 45% of which were attributed to activities within the corporate partnership.

Next week part 4 of this Business of Golf Discussion Series piece will conclude the exploration of the benefits of using a consultant’s’ services.

John Cockayne Mobile 0027 (0) 73 8967931 & Email

John’s eclectic business experience in tandem with his writing skills – makes him much sought after as a business consultant and writer. In terms of the latter, and amongst a number of current roles, he is the golf editor with, or a columnist for, a number of top platforms and publications including Destination Golf Travel Global, GolfVistaSA, GolfRSA and Business Day.

John is a very experienced event manager, has had extensive marketing experience, worked as a project consultant on three continents and has developed and run a travel agency and two tour operator businesses. He is also a Founder and Life member of the PGA of South Africa and is no stranger to working inside the ropes having held operational roles as a head professional, director of golf, club manager, coaching director and as a tournament official on the Sunshine Circuit.

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