This self-taught Iranian photographer places Persian rugs in unusual places.
http://ajammc.com/2012/12/22/persian-rugs-the-iranian-everyday-jalal-sepehr-in-yazd/My favorite is this one:
Monday, June 16, 2014
Warning of the fallacy of p values
" the surprisingly slippery nature of the P value, which is neither as reliable nor as objective as most scientists assume."
"...suggested that most published findings are false"
"a P value of 0.05 became enshrined as 'statistically significant', for example. "The P value was never meant to be used the way it's used today,""
"Most scientists would look at his original P value of 0.01 and say that there was just a 1% chance of his result being a false alarm. But they would be wrong. The Pvalue cannot say this: all it can do is summarize the data assuming a specific null hypothesis. It cannot work backwards and make statements about the underlying reality. That requires another piece of information: the odds that a real effect was there in the first place. To ignore this would be like waking up with a headache and concluding that you have a rare brain tumour "
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Okanagan wines:
"So... that's a tough question. Meritage from BC is usually a good place to start. There are some great ones.
My bias is that Nk'mip is good, but well marketed and a bit overpried. Their Meritage can be nice but as you said $63/bottle and I think there are other wines of equal quality for lower price.
Osoyoos Larose used to be $60 but is now $45. Its a cult wine, well marketed again, but has a big following. Marek, Ian and myself in various combinations have done blind tests and enjoyed it, but... The Petales d'Osoyoos is their second label. Usually around $25 I think, and not much different (you aren't paying for the label then).
Cerelia and Fort Berens both have really good Meritages if you can find them (Discovery or the wine museum would be your best bets). Fort Berens is from Lillooett but sources much of their Meritage grape from the Osoyoos region, Cerelia is a small estate winery from Keremeos.
Also from Keremeos is Orofino. Their Passion Pit Cab Sauv has been really tasty if you can find it (you can order it from them) and they make a Beleza blend (both $25-$38).
La Frenz on the Naramata Bench is great. Their Montage ($22) has gone really well with steak, but their Grand Total is that much better ($40/bottle) depending on how you are feeling.
Burrowing Owl (down near Oliver) of course is a generally good winery and if you can find their Meritage its worth trying a few bottles. We've also enjoyed the Athene and Cab Franc. (I think they are all in the $30 range).
If you want to spend more and can find it Hester Creek's "The Judge" is great, but needs to be aged. Le Vieux Pin's Syrah is really nice, their Equinoxe wines are big and need to be aged but tastes great!
Another caveat. Most of the wineries are selling their 2011 reds right now. I'm not a fan of these wines. I think the Okanagan gives nice rounded fruit characteristics and this was a more acidic year without the earthiness and tannin that can balance it. Depends upon the winery and such but often I've been dissapointed. 2010 and 2009 seem to have been better. 2012 may be a bit off, 2013 looks like it should be good.
Is that a good start?"
My bias is that Nk'mip is good, but well marketed and a bit overpried. Their Meritage can be nice but as you said $63/bottle and I think there are other wines of equal quality for lower price.
Osoyoos Larose used to be $60 but is now $45. Its a cult wine, well marketed again, but has a big following. Marek, Ian and myself in various combinations have done blind tests and enjoyed it, but... The Petales d'Osoyoos is their second label. Usually around $25 I think, and not much different (you aren't paying for the label then).
Cerelia and Fort Berens both have really good Meritages if you can find them (Discovery or the wine museum would be your best bets). Fort Berens is from Lillooett but sources much of their Meritage grape from the Osoyoos region, Cerelia is a small estate winery from Keremeos.
Also from Keremeos is Orofino. Their Passion Pit Cab Sauv has been really tasty if you can find it (you can order it from them) and they make a Beleza blend (both $25-$38).
La Frenz on the Naramata Bench is great. Their Montage ($22) has gone really well with steak, but their Grand Total is that much better ($40/bottle) depending on how you are feeling.
Burrowing Owl (down near Oliver) of course is a generally good winery and if you can find their Meritage its worth trying a few bottles. We've also enjoyed the Athene and Cab Franc. (I think they are all in the $30 range).
If you want to spend more and can find it Hester Creek's "The Judge" is great, but needs to be aged. Le Vieux Pin's Syrah is really nice, their Equinoxe wines are big and need to be aged but tastes great!
Another caveat. Most of the wineries are selling their 2011 reds right now. I'm not a fan of these wines. I think the Okanagan gives nice rounded fruit characteristics and this was a more acidic year without the earthiness and tannin that can balance it. Depends upon the winery and such but often I've been dissapointed. 2010 and 2009 seem to have been better. 2012 may be a bit off, 2013 looks like it should be good.
Is that a good start?"
Monday, June 9, 2014
The best message is no message.
Interesting psychology here. As I see it, discovering by yourself that something is yummy is more powerful than having someone else tell you it's good.
http://nyti.ms/1kNQQls
To persuade children to eat healthy food, new research suggests that giving no message at all trumps any other persuasion.
http://nyti.ms/1kNQQls
To persuade children to eat healthy food, new research suggests that giving no message at all trumps any other persuasion.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Sign of the times.
My wife got a handwritten letter from our college-age daughter, and didn't recognize her writing at all.
Wistful quotation
"there was a calmness and simplicity to life that seems achingly
appealing by the frantic standards of our sleek, cyber-driven times"
appealing by the frantic standards of our sleek, cyber-driven times"
-Ring Lardner
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