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The Last Steak On The Lake Shore Ltd. by Marion D.S. Dreyfus
Real Travel Adventures November 1, 2007 0 Comments
A truck zooms by as we lumber past fields of corn stubble. Diehard rail riders haven’t paid four times the bargain one-way airfare from New York to Chicago to cover the same distance in 18 hours instead of two because we care about speed.
Aboard the Lake Shore Limited: We board midweek in the Big Apple to eat a steak that is about to disappear: strip steak, grilled by a chef in a railroad kitchen and served on a china plate. In the heyday of train travel, these diner cars provided passengers with a taste of the high life. Even today, a few trains still serve savory, classy, gentleman’s meals. Breakfast Wednesday is fresh-cooked, rub-your-hands delicious.
On the Rails: The Amtrak menu will soon be an artifact of a vanished era. On April 24, Amtrak will close down the Lake Shore Limited’s chef-run galley. All the rest will be gone by the end of May. Some long-haul routes have already converted to pre-portioned, pre-cooked meals, reheated and served on plastic. Cardboard simulacra.
Amtrak says the change makes it possible to expand the menu and, since most of the new plats du jour can be prepared quickly, to serve more people each night. The steak has been replaced with three new pre-cooked beef selections.Even this retrenchment, ordered by Congress in an attempt to cut losses on the dinosaur long-hauls, may not last more than a year, according to veteran waiter, Trevor. A bare-bones food-delivery system with microwave “cooking” looms in the future, Alex predicts.
A Luddite, I deplore this devolution of the railway diner from those glory days of rolling refreshment one could take for granted from the 1940s to the mid-’50s. Mythic trains: The Wolverine from Detroit to Chicago boasted crystal and napery and gracious service. The Santa Fe Super Chief, an 8-year-old’s fantasy of elegance-made-real,
had its own private dining room.
These spawned a royal romantic culture of rail travel, in movies such as “Twentieth Century” or Mary McCarthy’s once-daring story of a sleeping-car romance, The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt. Now we have that diminished thing, the airplane disaster ready-made. Where “snacks” are measly king.
Those who remember a better, slower time take to the rails. This winter, Ginny Lesh, a writer with eight children who has spent 40 years, half her life, in the remote hamlet of Gustavus, Alaska, crisscrossed the lower 48 on Amtrak. Here she was, somewhere west of Albany, savoring the spectacle of Alex serving the entire diner by himself. Trevor, with the grace of an ice dancer at Lillehammer. Sleek and lank, Trevor swoops down the narrow aisle, his large salver aloft, loaded with braised lamb shanks, seared catfish blackened in the Cajun manner, or rotisserie chicken, garlicky garnished with two al dente vegetables. Reaching his destination, he pirouettes, lowers the tray in a smooth swoop until it lands UFO light, and serves each royal dinner in a quadruple lutz of spinning download.
About that steak: a Kobe-tender 10-ounce strip, corn-fed, aged three weeks. And hand-cut. Yes, it’s thin, but the chefs in their tiny mess have grilled it to perfection. The meat is tender and au poivre. I could have had it blackened–but why? The once of unadorned beauty. The baked potato shares honors with blanched broccoli and baby carrots, each a sweet-and-sour tang. To wash it down, follow the menu suggestion: Order the cabernet. The half-bottle of Hahn, from the central California coast, (the set of wine-besotted “Sideways” film,) is more than drinkable, ever-so California – mouth-filling, smile-wide friendly. Certainly worth the $12 surcharge. For the sleeping-car passenger, meals are pinataed into the price of your ticket.
Maybe a jot pretentious to quote from the French
gastronome, sage Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, on the bill of fare…Maybe a jot pretentious to quote from the French gastronome, sage Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, on the bill of fare. “Menu” came along after the turn of the 20th century. Especially when they wrong his name. But you have to admire the ambition of these rail men, taking as their motto Brillat-Savarin’s epigram: “The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the find of a planet.” Optimism lifts the gastric juices. Whoever put the menu together must have set out to link it with gastronomic traditions from all regions of the land. Desserts beckon and dance, from Mississippi mudcake, a flooded delta of profound chocolate, to New Yorky cheesecake and Floridian key lime pie. Nostalgics for ye soda fountains of youth can call down dredge-y hi-cal strawberry en-goo-sion, whupped cream or choco-chocolate sauce.
The menu will soon be the sole remnant of full-service railroad dining on the map. Its cover is an Art Deco image of
Manhattan skyline, a lit-up train, and aspiring ‘scrapers reflected in the Hudson. Only Fred Astaire, top hat and tails flying, is absent, whirling like Alex, to complete this icon of the good life that starts when the conductor intones “All aboard!” Indiana slips away — Elkhart, musical instrument-making heart; South Bend, home of Notre Dame, marching bands and the crash of football helmets. The only constant is the susurrus of steel wheels. I scour my complimentary paper, dimly logy from the excellent breakfast of two perfect sunny-side-uppers and recent fish
with hash browns that reliable Trevor portered with acrobatic élan.
At 10:45, 90 minutes late, we judder into Chicago’s stately Union Station. I make my noon flight, where the only food is ‘cheese’ crackers, and I want. The creaky Lake Shore Ltd., which looks better and better. We’ll never see its like again. My head plays the Jimmy Buffett tune, “I ate the last mango in Paris,” with new lyrics ~ “I ate the last steak on Amtrak. Caught the last diner out of Noo York.” And Jimmy, there’s nuthin’ more to be done. Nuthin’ more!
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Seven days in Batopilas by Ann J. Phillips
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Insecure Times, Emergency Measures: State(s) of Exception?
Posted in Academic Stuff, Activism, Critical Theory, Cultural studies, Meetings, Politics
Tagged Activism, Bob Jessop, Christoper May, Christos Boukalas, Conor Gearty, Costas Lapavitsas, Counter-terrorism, Cultural studies, Culture, David Seymour, David Sugarman, Economic Policy, Economy, Ideology, Insecure Times, International Relations, Law, Mark Lacey, Martin Loughlin, Michael Dillon, Michael Kratke, Political Action, Politics, Society, Sociology, State of Emergency, State of Exception, State Power, Terrorism, War
What lies in the shadow of the statue?
One Day Workshop: Thursday 22nd July 2010
Institute of Advanced Studies, Lancaster University,
Room A010, 9.00 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Conor Gearty, Law, LSE;
Bob Jessop, Sociology, Lancaster;
Costas Lapavitsas, Economics, SOAS;
Martin Loughlin Law, LSE.
OTHER PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE:
Christos Boukalas, Politics, Lancaster
Michael Dillon, Politics, Lancaster
Michael Kratke, Sociology, Lancaster
Mark Lacey, Politics, Lancaster
Christopher May, Politics, Lancaster
David Seymour, Law, Lancaster
David Sugarman, Law, Lancaster
The Centre of Law and Society at Lancaster University has organised a one-day Workshop on the subject of the ‘state of exception’ from researchers and scholars across the spectrum of the human sciences, lawyers, activists, and NGO’s.
The response of western states to the attacks on the World Trade Centre in late 2001 led to major shifts in state organisation and operating modes and in social practices and perceptions. It thus significantly affects the nexus of socio-political relations, as expressed in such spheres as law, political action, economy, popular ideology and culture, war, policing, work, international relations, and ultimately, the texture of everyday life.
Academic reflection on these developments seems, whatever its entry point or primary area of concern, to converge on the conclusion that we are dealing with some kind of “state of emergency”: whether as a derailment from the rule of law, unilateralism in international affairs, recurrence of a Schmittian ‘Political’ informing state power – and so on. It can be argued that the concept “state of emergency” not only re-appears, but claims predominance within social science in the early 21st century. Significantly, it seems to be the social-science concept that most resonates in society, as it is used by a variety of actors, in a variety of contexts.
In any case, the specific post-9/11 version of counterterrorism policy has by now developed and acquired its own history. Democrat dominance in the US political stage may imply that further changes lie ahead, while the ‘emergency’ mode of power seems to be migrating (again?) from security to economic policy.
Given its centrality in social theory, the importance of its referents, the range of areas in which it is now employed, the polyvalence of the term, and the indeterminacy characterising the present conjuncture, it is time to (re)assess the character of state power and its effects on the practices and meanings of early 21st century social life. To this end, it would be good to start by assessing the concept that has been the analytical lynchpin for current developments.
Accordingly, the Centre of Law and Society is organising a one-day Workshop on the “state of exception”.
The Workshop will bring together academics, lawyers, activists and NGO staff in an attempt to clarify the term’s meaning and connotations and to investigate its relevance and adequacy as a conceptual and analytical framework for contemporary socio-political phenomena.
For further information and registration, please contact:
Dr. Christos Boukalas,
Department of Politics and International Relations,
Lancaster University,
Lancaster LA1 4YD,
Email: c.boukalas@lancaster.ac.uk
Co-organisers
Christos Boukalas (Politics, Lancaster University) and
David Sugarman (Law, Lancaster University)
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supramolecular science
Tag: thermoresponsive
Miriam’s comment on: Reversible Changes in Solution pH Resulting from Changes in Thermoresponsive Polymer Solubility
By Miriam I. Otero Rivera
In this article by Bergbreiter’s group, present the effect of a LCST event on the solution pH of a polymer like poly(N isopropylacrylamide) better known as PNIPAM. They present different experiments were they change pendant groups on PNIPAM and all of these resulting polymer derivatives had lower critical solution temperature (LCST) properties. In the experiments they show how after heating the solution to its LCST the polymer experience a dehydration and the polymer phase separates from solution. In several experiments, the presence of a cationic or anionic pendant groups, that have low or high pH values respectively, its stabilization is dependent of its solvation, and after the LCST event, the species becomes neutral since it is more stable in the dehydrated state resulting from the LCST phenomenon. These experiments show that changes in the environment of the polymers results in great changes in solution acidity and basicity. Also they show that these process of hydration and dehydration is reversible by cooling the solution they obtain the polymer back in solution and the pH was revert to its initial value, this process of heating and cooling was reversible for up to 100 cycles.
Similarly, the article studied the effect of the concentration of the polymer, and the mole % loading of the pendant group (carboxylic acid) in changing the bulk solution pH as a function of temperature. First they saw that if the pH of the solution is significantly different from the pKa of the carboxylic acid (4.76) there is no change in pH. They also saw that at lower mole % loading of carboxylic acid the cloud point curve is most narrow and that at lower concentration of the polymer the clouding curves are broader. Also, studies with solutions containing added salts (LiCl or LiBr) show that the solution’s ionic strength does not significantly affect the ΔpH, although the clouding curve’s onset changes. Finally, they performed experiments with kosmotropic salts, which lower the LCST below room temperature due to the Hofmeister effect, as a result the addition of these salts to solutions lead to the same behavior of changing the pH of the solution, and also the process was reversible. This experiment was visualized using the pH-indicator phenolphtalein. In this experiment they also used visible spectroscopy to show how reaching the LCST temperature produce an inflection, before a drastic change in absorbance. This article show how properties in the pendant group of a polymers change pH of solution as a result of changes in solubility because of changes in temperature, showing the thermoresponsiveness of polymers. This article was one of relevance to our laboratory because we work with LCST events on supramolecular G-quadruplexes. This article can be used as a reference to know the resulting effects on solubility and pH of an LCST event on the systems with which we work in our lab.
Yang, 2012. Reversible Changes in Solution pH Resulting from Changes in Thermoresponsive Polymer Solubility
2018-06-12 by supramolecular Categories: group meetings, literature discussionTags: copolymers, LCST, Miriam, pH-responsive, PNIPAM, polymers, thermoresponsive 2 Comments
Rafa’s comment on: Thermal Switching of Thermoresponsive Polymer Aqueous Solutions
By Rafael A. Brito
Thermal switches are of great importance to thermal management in a wide variety of applications. A common characteristic associated with thermal switching is thermal conductivity. After noticing the change in thermal conductivity across LCST transitions, Zhiting Tian started researching polymers for this purpose. Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) is the most studied thermoresponsive polymer and has a workable LCST of 32° C. The LCST transition of PNIPAM changes the chain-like formation of the polymer into an aggregation that shows a drastic decrease of thermal conductivity. This sharp change is due to LCST transitions being second-order, which are characterized by being almost instantaneous when the corresponding temperature is reached. Thermal conductivity was measured by applying a powerful approach: the transient thermal grating technique. It is used by heating a solution as a function of position creating a grating of temperature. This grating allows the use of the one-dimensional heat equation, which can be solved to give a relation between the thermal conductivity and temperature. The thermal conductivity can then be calculated using 𝑘 = 𝜌𝑐𝑝α, where 𝜌 is the density, is the specific heat capacity and α which is a function of temperature. After the setup was completed, solutions of varying concentrations were analyzed. For the solution with the highest concentration, the thermal switching ratio was measured to be 1.15 across the LCST transition. This shows a significant change between the two states of the polymer. The thermal conductivity of the PNIPAM aqueous solutions increases with temperature, the same as with water, until reaching the LCST. Then a drastic change is observed in the solution. The thermal switching ratio of PNIPAM aqueous solutions across the transition keeps increasing with increasing concentration, which is expected from the equation. To explain the thermal conductivity change due to the transition between the two modes of the polymer, the authors used the idea that the homogeneous phase of the solution separates into two phases that increases the thermal interface resistance resulting in a lower effective thermal conductivity.
As a summary, they reported the first direct measurement of thermal conductivity change in PNIPAM aqueous solutions across the LCST using a powerful approach, the laser-induced transient thermal grating technique. The results show an abrupt thermal conductivity drop across the transition temperature. The potential of using thermoresponsive polymer aqueous solutions of higher-order phase transitions for thermal switch applications has been demonstrated throughout this paper’s work.
Li, 2018. Thermal Switching of Thermoresponsive Polymer Aqueous Solutions
2018-06-12 by supramolecular Categories: group meetings, literature discussionTags: LCST, PNIPAM, polymers, Rafael, thermal conductivity, thermoresponsive 3 Comments
Valeria’s comment on: Reversible Regulation of Thermoresponsive Property of Dithiomaleimide-Containing Copolymers via Sequential Thiol Exchange Reactions
By Valeria Burgos Caldero
The main purpose of this article was to synthesize multi-responsive polymers that could be reversibly modified to adjust their LCST. Indeed, these researchers were able to develop a system in which multiple thiol exchanges were made, and in turn, they could determine how the thiols affected the transition temperature of the polymer. They used a copolymer containing P(TEGA) and DMMA. By performing transmission measurements at various temperatures, they concluded that as the thiol changed, the transition temperature of polymer varied depending on the resulting hydrophobicity. More polar functionalities increased the transition temperature and less polar ones decreased it. They were able to demonstrate the reversibility of the modifications since they managed to return to their original functionality after various thiol exchanges. Finally, they implemented a fluorescence signal to monitor the reaction progress. They found that thioglucose quenches the polymer’s fluorescence while making the compound soluble throughout the range of temperatures. With these findings, a wide range of possibilities were opened, since now, if you want a polymer for a specific type of function where a specific temperature response is needed, it is easily accessible by adding the corresponding thiol to the polymer solution. The mechanism of turning off the fluorescence may give access to reversible systems in aqueous conditions.
In general, I found it much simpler to prepare for this article than for the first one I presented. I feel that by doing these exercises of presenting scientific articles I have been acquiring maturity in the analysis process since it was difficult for me to understand articles in the beginning. Something that I found missing in the article is that they never explained the experimental procedure on how they achieved reversibility after adding different thiols to the same sample. I liked that they used common thiols, some of which we use in our research and others that maybe we could apply. In general, the article relates a lot to the research I’m doing with Diana. It could be useful to try to see the stimuli-responsive variations in the compounds that we are synthesizing. Maybe because it is related to variations in functionalities with thiols, similar to my own research, I found it more enjoyable to prepare the discussion and understand the material in the article.
Tang, 2016. Reversible Regulation of Thermoresponsive Property of Dithiomaleimide-Containing Copolymers via Sequential Thiol Exchange Reactions
2018-05-23 2018-05-23 by supramolecular Categories: group meetings, literature discussionTags: copolymers, group meetings, LCST, polymers, thermoresponsive, thiols, Valeria 7 Comments
Our last three papers…
Below are the references to our last three papers. I will post a brief overview of each one soon, but in the meantime:
Structural studies of supramolecular G-quadruplexes formed from 8-aryl-2’-deoxyguanosine derivatives. García-Arriaga, M.; Hobley, G.; Rivera, J. M., J. Org. Chem.2016, 81, Advance Online Publication; DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b01113. PMID: 27303787
The first 50 people can download a free reprint of the paper directly from the publisher by going to this link.
Abstract. Self-assembly is a powerful tool for the construction of complex nanostructures. Despite the advances in the field, the development of precise self-assembled structures remains a challenge. We have shown that in the presence of suitably sized cations like K+, 8-aryl-2′-deoxyguanosine (8ArG) derivatives self-assemble into sets of coaxially stacked planar tetramers, we term supramolecular G-quadruplexes (SGQs). Previously, we reported that when the 8-aryl group is a phenyl ring with a meta-carbonyl group, the resulting supramolecule is a hexadecamer, which is remarkably robust as illustrated by its isostructural assembly in both organic and aqueous environments. We report here a detailed three-dimensional structure of the SGQs formed by lipophilic, and hydrophilic, 8ArG derivatives with either 8-(meta-acetylphenyl), 8-(para-acetylphenyl), and 8-(meta-ethoxycarbonylphenyl) groups. The chirality and close contacts between the subunits impose different levels of steric and electrostatic constraints on opposite sides of the tetrads, which determine their preferred relative orientation. The balance between attractive non-covalent interactions juxtaposed with repulsive steric and electrostatic interactions explains the high cooperativity, fidelity and stability of these SGQs. These structural studies, together with titration experiments and molecular dynamics simulations provide insight on the mechanism of formation of these SGQs.
Organic Nanoflowers From a Wide Variety of Molecules Templated By A Hierarchical Supramolecular Scaffold. Negrón, L. M.; Diaz, T. L.; Ortiz-Quiles, E. O.; Dieppa, D.; Madera-Soto, B.; Rivera, J. M., Langmuir 2016, 32 (10), 2283–2290. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03946; PMCID: PMC4896646
Abstract. Nanoflowers (NFs) are flowered-shaped particles with overall sizes or features in the nanoscale. Beyond their pleasing aesthetics, NFs have found a number of applications ranging from catalysis, to sensing, to drug delivery. Compared to inorganic based NFs, their organic and hybrid counterparts are relatively underdeveloped mostly because of the lack of a reliable and versatile method for their construction. We report here a method for constructing NFs from a wide variety of biologically relevant molecules (guests), ranging from small molecules, like doxorubicin, to biomacromolecules, like various proteins and plasmid DNA. The method relies on the encapsulation of the guests within a hierarchically structured particle made from supramolecular G-quadruplexes. The size and overall flexibility of the guests dictate the broad morphological features of the resulting NFs, specifically, small and rigid guests favor the formation of NFs with spiky petals, while large and/or flexible guests promote NFs with wide petals. The results from experiments using confocal fluorescence microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy provides the basis for the proposed mechanism for the NF formation.
Tuning Thermoresponsive Supramolecular G-Quadruplexes. José E. Betancourt & José M. Rivera, Langmuir 2015, 31 (7), 2095-2103. DOI:10.1021/la504446k; PMCID: PMC4863471 [Free PMC Article]
Abstract. Thermoresponsive systems are attractive due to their suitability for fundamental studies as well as their practical uses in a wide variety of applications. While much progress has been achieved using polymers, alternative strategies such as the use of well-defined nonpolymeric supramolecules are still underdeveloped. Here we report three 8-aryl-2′-deoxyguanosine derivatives (8ArGs) that self-assemble in aqueous media into precise thermoresponsive supramolecular G-quadruplexes (SGQs). We report the synthesis of such derivatives, studies of their isothermal self-assembly, and the thermally induced assembly to form higher-order meso-globular assemblies we term supramolecular hacky sacks (SHS). The lower critical solution temperature (LCST) that indicates the formation of the SHS was modulated by changing (a) intrinsic parameters (i.e., structure of the 8ArGs); (b) extrinsic parameters such as the salt used to promote the formation of the SGQ; and (c) supramolecular parameters such as the coassembly different 8ArGs to form heteromeric SGQs. Changes in the intrinsic parameters lead to LCST variations in the range of 28–59 °C. Modulating extrinsic parameters such as replacing KI with KSCN abolishes the thermoresponsive phenomenon whereas changing the cation from K+ to Na+or adjusting the pH (in the range of 6–8) has negligible effects on the LCST. Modulating supramolecular parameters results in transition temperatures that are intermediate between those obtained by the respective homomeric SGQs, although the specific proportions of the subunits are critical in determining the reversibility of the process. Given the extensive applications of thermoresponsive polymers, the nonpolymeric supramolecular counterparts presented here may represent an attractive alternative for fundamental studies and biorelevant applications.
2016-06-21 2016-06-30 by supramolecular Categories: RiveraLab-Publications, UncategorizedTags: colloidal particles, encapsulation, G-quadruplex, LCST, molecular dynamics simulations, nanoflowers, NMR, supramolecular G-quadruplex, supramolecular particles, thermoresponsive Leave a comment
JMR Lab Group after JTM-PRISM 2018 at U Turabo
JMR LAB 2017 PARTY
Happy birthday Yanira!
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Riverdale, Season 1, Episode 02: Chapter Two: A Touch of Evil
I’m sorry that this is late. I have a confession to make: I’m horrible with time management. I don’t know how I was able to get a new “Hey Dude” review up almost every Wednesday (with few exceptions) for over a year. Of course, my other hobbies had to take a back seat during that time. I do get easily distracted, though, mostly by YouTube (and, more recently, reddit). “Ooh, [insert name] uploaded a new video!” “Ooh, the new [movie] trailer is up!” “Ooh, someone replied to my post!”
I’ve realized something, though: I don’t need to review a new episode of “Riverdale” every other week, because I won’t be able to start reviewing season 2 until it hits DVD late next year, anyway. So why rush season 1?
So here’s what’s gonna happen. “Riverdale” is gonna come out every fourth week. Between that will be “The New Archies” and “Archie’s Weird Mysteries”. That should be more manageable.
Writer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Original Air Date: Thursday, February 2, 2017
Episode title reference
First, there’s a 50-second “Previously on ‘Riverdale'” recap, which I’m a bit surprised was retained for the home video release. It’s unnecessary here. Remove it, and the episode is only 41:30. Remove the end credits, and we’re left with only 41:01 of actual story (including those many seconds of black space where the commercial breaks went).
The episode proper starts with Jughead narrating as he types his novel at Pop’s at night.
He imagines seeing Jason in school on Monday morning…
…and seeing him and Cheryl at Pop’s.
That’s bullshit, of course.
By the way, considering how Cheryl’s reacting to Jason’s “bloated, water-logged body”, I seriously doubt she’d appreciate Jughead’s description of it in his novel. Seriously, dude, what the fuck?
Another thing: why is Jughead writing a novel about Jason’s death? He’d need permission from the family to sell it.
Finally, note how Clifford doesn’t react at all to seeing his son’s corpse.
Looks like the autopsy is about to begin.
At Archie’s house, Archie’s being kept awake by the guilt of not saying anything about hearing the gunshot on July 4.
He texts Betty.
Betty is awake and reading a book in bed.
“I so don’t wanna deal with your bullshit right now.”
Archie looks out the window.
Dude’s persistent.
Betty shakes her head and turns off her lamp.
There’s only one thing for Archie to do:
Go running. Topless. In the middle of the night. Of course.
Dude, no.
They argue over what they heard. Archie suggests contacting the police anonymously. She shoots it down and talks about her losing her job, him being expelled, and them going to jail. Nothing would happen to him; she’s just trying to instill fear in him.
The next morning, Fred feeds Vegas.
Archie comes downstairs. Fred asks him where he sneaked off to last night. We learn Archie’s been sneaking off since he was eight years old, going to Jughead’s tree house.
Realizing his dad has dad skills, Archie bullshits about insomnia and tiring himself out.
Fred asks if Archie has something on his mind. Archie kind of tells the truth (it has to do with Jason). Fred tells him no more midnight runs until the killer is caught. His opinion of the town has lowered.
Betty’s writing in her diary.
Her parents come in to explain they’re gonna have a lot of late nights. Alice hopes to exploit Jason’s murder. Hal tries to tell Alice to have some fucking respect, but she sends him to warm up the car.
Alice starts talking about loving how Betty always wants to see the good in people – even “people like” Cheryl, Veronica, and Archie.
“But they betrayed you! They’re eeeviiil, right?!”
Betty somewhat agrees, so Alice blacklists Cheryl, Veronica, and Archie from her daughter’s life.
Well, that didn’t last long.
As Archie and Betty walk to school, Betty says she needed “time to process”.
“My mom’s kinda cray-cray.”
Betty still wants them to be best friends. Archie’s a bit surprised but wants it, too. Betty admits his rejection hurts, and he apologizes. He thought it would be better in the long run, and she says it will be. She tells him to not tell her mom that they’re friends again. She walks ahead of him, leaving him a bit confused.
The establishing shot of Riverdale High School isn’t the exact same one from the first episode, but it seems to be from the same shoot, since it features the same three girls (on the right) wearing the exact same clothes.
A memorial to Jason has been set up. There’s no fucking way that lit candles would be allowed in a school hallway – particularly not on the floor and next to a bunch of flammable material.
Jughead comes by and wants to know if he can use Jason’s death as an excuse to get out of PE. Archie tells him to not joke about Jason. Jughead doesn’t see the big deal, saying sardonic humor is just his way of relating to the world.
Spotting Chuck, Reggie, and Moose, Jughead calls them “the rich kids from ‘The Goonies‘”. Um, Reggie is fairly wealthy, but Chuck and Moose have never been rich.
Jughead leaves, going in their direction.
Reggie says “Watch it, Wednesday Addams!”
Meanwhile, Kevin questions Archie’s sexuality. Goddess, how can Betty tolerate him? I could never hang out with someone that yaps as much as he does.
“Dear friend, please shut the fuck up.”
Betty asks if he’s recovered from finding Jason’s body. He says it was more traumatizing having to explain why he was with Moose at the river. We learn Kevin is the sheriff’s son. This is different from the comics, where Kevin’s dad is an army general, and Kevin has to frequently move around (he’s fairly new to Riverdale, not a lifelong resident). Also in the comics, Kevin can go toe-to-toe with Jughead in eating contests. Remove those things, and the Kevin Keller on this show is “mildly annoying gay kid”. He’s not even that close with Betty in the comics; he’s close with Veronica. Veronica wanting to immediately befriend him in the first episode was probably a reference to that.
They enter the main office and discover flowers, which Kevin guesses is for Betty.
The receptionist is Mrs. Philips, who is basically supposed to be Ms. Phlips from the comics. I guess the showrunners either decided that name was a bit too unusual or thought it was a typo.
The flowers are from Veronica as an apology for the closet incident. She also had magnolia cupcakes flown in from New York. As her mom likes to say: “There’s no wrong the right cupcake can’t fix.” She also booked them for hers and hers mani-pedis at Chez Salon – blowouts, too. Veronica apologizes for her “basic bitch move”.
Bitch Count: Veronica: 4
Veronica says it was like she was possessed by, and Kevin interrupts with “Madam Satan“.
“Shut up, dude.”
Veronica says “the old Veronica”. She swears on her mother’s pearls that she’ll never do anything like that to Betty again. She begs Betty for one more chance.
“It’s all good, yo.”
Both Veronica and Kevin are surprised. Veronica says Betty won’t regret it, and she’ll bring the cupcakes to lunch, so they can celebrate.
A bell rings. Veronica leaves. Kevin looks to Betty for an explanation. Betty tells “Kev” that it’s “the path of least resistance”; she has no intention of actually being friends with Veronica, believing Veronica will forget her and latch on to some other girl to “destroy”. Okay, lying to Veronica like that is a classic bitch move. If you don’t trust her, say so! Don’t pretend you’re besties!
We get our first looks at Sheriff Keller (Martin Cummins) and Mr. Weatherbee (Peter Bryant), who weren’t yet cast when the pilot was filmed. Mr. Weatherbee makes an announcement to clear up students’ confusion over the pep rally, which will go on as scheduled.
Cheryl’s happy about that, no doubt because it gives her the chance to be the center of attention.
Then Mr. Weatherbee turns it over to Sheriff Keller, who mentions Jason’s body was found late Saturday night and is now being treated as a homicide.
We get our first good look at Chuck Clayton.
It looks like Riverdale High has a student lounge. My high school certainly didn’t have anything like that; that’s more of a college thing (and the student lounge at my community college had basic tables and metal chairs). Do any actual high schools have student lounges?
Cheryl just fucking interrupts the sheriff, swearing righteous vengeance on the killer. She mentions she has her suspicions.
“#RiverdaleStrong”
Okay, I don’t care how implausible that this situation is (really, the only reason that Cheryl was in the office at all was so she could interrupt); that was fucking hilarious. Kudos to Madelaine Petsch.
Sheriff Keller gets back on the intercom, asking students to come forward with information.
Wait, there’s already a memorial to Jason in the trophy case. So was the one on the floor just a second one near his old locker or something?
Archie goes and looks through the window of Mr. Weatherbee’s office (which, I guess, isn’t within the main office; that’s kinda weird).
Mr. Weatherbee notices him.
Archie hesitates for a moment and then leaves.
Jughead notices.
He confronts Archie about Archie bailing on him at the last minute from their planned road trip over the July 4th weekend. So this was the beginning of the falling-out between them.
After the commercial break, Archie walks into Biology class and passes Jughead without a word.
Cheryl’s besties confront her over her drowning story in light of the evidence that Jason was shot.
Cheryl’s offended. She sticks to her story and theorizes maybe Jason made it to the other side of the river, and someone shot him there.
In the grand tradition of frog dissection in this franchise, “Riverdale” gets a scene, too. Archie calls dibs on Cheryl, and Veronica calls dibs on Betty.
Betty wants to partner with Kevin.
However, Moose claims Kevin for himself. Kevin accepts. Veronica and Betty pair up. Kevin tells Moose that Moose has “more demons than ‘The Exorcist‘” (meaning he’s straight) and tells him to stick with girls.
Archie and Cheryl haven’t talked since the summer, so he offers his condolences and help. She doesn’t think he can help unless he was there and knows who shot Jason. He asks her if the police have any leads. She tells the “ghoul” (that’s rude) that they don’t. However, her “twintuition” (I love that word) is telling her that it’s someone that they all know.
Archie moves on to a more pleasant subject:
He offers to do the deed.
Cheryl sees her besties watching her obsessively and…
Alice is collecting autopsy info for her article. Oh, yeah, in this continuity, Alice and Hal run the town’s newspaper, the Riverdale Register. That’s a change from the comics, where Reggie’s dad, Ricky Mantle, ran the paper. Hell, even “The New Archies” had kept that. I guess they moved the job over to Alice, because Betty is a more prominent character than Reggie.
The coroner points out that Jason’s wrists were bound, and his body seems to have been frozen.
Alice is bribing the doctor to get this info.
At lunch, Veronica asks Kevin about Moose. Kevin compares himself to a pre-accident Montgomery Clift. Veronica says she ships Kevin/Moose. Kevin calls Veronica “a big-city girl with loose morals”. Asshole. Betty and Veronica are shocked and don’t know how to respond. Kevin “meant” Moose has an “official girlfriend”, Midge, and wishes Moose would stay in the closet.
“Heeeeeeyyyyyy, how’s it goin’?”
Sensing the awkward timing, Kevin tries to clarify his statement.
Veronica tries to break the awkwardness by offering to listen to Archie’s new music. He hesitates.
She begs him.
Betty sits down and asks him to share it as well.
He says he’s still working on the lyrics but agrees to play it.
Song: “Dance Dance Dance” by Archie Andrews
Betty has sad flashbacks to dancing with Archie at the semi-formal and her conversation with Archie at the end of the night. Veronica and Kevin applaud, but Betty has stopped paying attention.
Archie asks if she’s okay. Betty breaks down, saying it’s “too much too fast”. She walks away. Archie goes after her. Veronica and Kevin look on in concern.
Betty unloads on Archie about not being able to get over the stuff from the first episode and leaves. He tries to go after her, but…
…Mr. Weatherbee wants a word.
Mr. Weatherbee asks him about the incident in the hallway. Archie tries to bullshit, but Mr. Weatherbee persists.
Archie goes to tell Ms. Grundy and asks if their relationship is real. Fuck, dude. He says, if it’s not real, then he doesn’t know what he’s protecting. After some hesitation, she says it is real.
She says that’s why they can’t go to Mr. Weatherbee, because then they’ll never see each other again. That might not be true, depending on where Riverdale is located. It varies from state to state, but the age of consent is either 16 or 17. At most, Ms. Grundy would lose her job.
Anyway, she says she’s putting herself in Archie’s hands.
Here comes Jughead, wearing headphones like in the old days.
He does that thing where he walks by the door and then backs up to double-check what he thought he saw.
After the commercial break, the River Vixens rehearse.
Song: “Let’s Go” by Headbands
Cheryl hilariously stops their performance – and the music…somehow.
Hehehe, cute shirt. 🙂
Anyway, Cheryl lectures them that she, the “beautiful, exotic hothouse flower”, will be the center of attention because of Jason’s death.
I love how most of the Vixens are sending silent fuck-yous at Cheryl – all except the second from the left, who seems to have resigned herself to Cheryl’s ranting by now.
Oh, if you’re wondering if all of these River Vixens are supposed to be characters from the comic books, the answer is probably not. While Betty, Veronica, Cheryl, and several b-list characters have been part of the cheerleading squad at one time or another, there are also plenty of generic characters added in.
Cheryl suddenly decides she needs the Pussycats and goes to make a call.
Veronica decides she needs a pedicure after this. Why? Anyway, she asks Betty, who says she has homework. Veronica stretches and talks about Cheryl hosting a pep rally to cope with her loss. Betty says at least Cheryl’s not putting on an act, pretending she’s a butterfly instead of a wasp.
Veronica shows remarkable restraint. She explains she went into the closet with Archie, so Cheryl wouldn’t. Betty asks if nothing happened between Veronica and Archie in the closet (after previously not wanting to know).
Probably the editor’s fault, but Betty judges Veronica before her mouth opens.
They argue over Betty and Archie’s relationship (or lack thereof).
“It’s not my fucking fault that he doesn’t like your introverted ass!”
Veronica lectures Betty about the reality of relationships and how they’re most often one-sided. They keep arguing until…
“Pussycats are in, woo-hoo!”
Betty decides to treat Cheryl to mani-pedis and blowouts using the hitherto-unmentioned gift certificate that Veronica had given her. Total bitch move. Betty’s being a bitch to both girls. Veronica is obvious. As for Cheryl, Betty is using her to piss off Veronica. She’s going out with Cheryl not because she particularly likes her, but because it will hurt Veronica.
Anyway, Veronica objects. Cheryl tells the “closet monster” to mind her own fucking business and accepts Betty’s offer (she never says no to a pedi), claiming she was just about to suggest the same thing (no, she totally wasn’t). Cheryl asks Veronica if she can steal Betty and then…
Oh, my shipper heart can barely take this. Those of you that have known me a long time know I’m a Beryl shipper. It all goes back to this story.
Betty is clearly trying to make Veronica jealous.
Ooh, beautiful establishing shot.
Song: “Forever Mine” by Andra Day
Hermione’s gotten a job at Pop’s.
Veronica compliments her on her work. Hermione thinks about Hiram’s reaction to this. Veronica compliments her mother’s appearance.
Hermione’s going for a “Joan Crawford ‘Mildred Pierce‘ thing” and asks if it’s working. Amused, Veronica says it is.
Archie walks in, and he and Veronica awkwardly greet each other.
Archie’s picking up an order, and Hermione realizes he’s Fred’s son. Veronica tries to leave to go home, but Hermione, trying to set them up, suggests Archie escort her.
Song: “Sa Riera” by T.R.O.
Veronica asks Archie if Betty is still mad at him. Archie says she’s back to no texting. He asks about her.
Veronica sarcastically calls herself “the shallow, toxic rich bitch”.
Veronica starts talking about her and Betty being best friends as “destiny”. Cute. 🙂 She also feels like she “missed” the “train” to the rest of her life.
Archie says he and Betty have been next-door neighbors since they were four. They’ve always gone to the same school and been in the same class. In the second grade, he was having trouble reading, and his teacher told his parents that he should stay back a year to get caught up. Betty was so against them not being in the same grade, and she took it upon herself to tutor him every single day. Veronica is in disbelief. When he passed, he kissed Betty and asked her to marry him. She told “Little Archie” to ask her when they turn 18, and she’ll say yes. Veronica is kinda amazed.
Archie hates that he hurt Betty. Veronica tells Archie to give Betty time. She doesn’t think his “story with Betty” is over.
Song: “Rendezvous Girl” by Santigold <— Omigoddess, this sounds so ’80s! It’s awesome!
That evening, after their date, Betty has Cheryl over.
Cheryl compliments Betty’s “sweet” room – not sweet as in cool but sweet as in, well, sweet.
Betty says it’s “too pink” and doesn’t “feel right” anymore.
Cheryl disputes that, saying she likes that it’s “girly” and adds her room is, too. She then does Betty’s makeup.
Cheryl invites Betty to come over sometime and see her room – but just her, not “evil incarnate” Veronica. Betty doesn’t reply.
Since they’re supposedly friends now, Cheryl apologizes for being “such a witchy witch” to her. After Polly and Jason’s “epic demise”, she was angry at everyone, but she took it out on Betty, which was “super unfair”. Cheryl says, in a way, they both lost siblings.
Cheryl asks how Polly is and if she’s still in the group home. Betty nods. Cheryl asks if Betty thinks she knows what happened to Jason (that he was murdered). Betty’s not sure. Cheryl asks for Betty’s guess of what “went down” between Polly and Jason. Betty doesn’t know. Cheryl asks what her parents say. Betty says not a lot. Cheryl says the same for her parents. She keeps thinking maybe Jason or Polly said something to the other. She asks about a “big fight” that she thinks Polly and Jason had this summer.
Betty interrupts, wanting to know why Cheryl’s asking her so many questions about Polly. Um, maybe because Polly’s the former girlfriend of Cheryl’s dead brother? It makes sense that Cheryl would seek answers from Betty.
The camera slowly zooms in as Cheryl looks down on at Betty.
“Don’t hurt me, mistress.”
Cheryl tells the “dumb cow” that she thinks her “crazy, tweeked-out sister” shot Jason.
Okay, let’s pause for a moment. It’s obvious that Cheryl has been trying to get information out of Betty. That’s actually fine. It’s normal. It’s understandable. Here’s the thing, though: Cheryl wasn’t using Betty. It wasn’t Cheryl’s idea to hook up with Betty today. Cheryl had no idea of the rift between Betty and Veronica. Betty used Cheryl to hurt Veronica. Did Cheryl know that’s what was going on? Oh, unfuckingdoubtedly. She saw how Veronica reacted to Betty’s offer. And then she took advantage of the opportunity that was presented to her. Was it wrong? Maybe. Was Cheryl being manipulative and just pretending to be friends with Betty? Possibly. But it’s nowhere near the “classic bitch move” that Betty pulled. So I don’t sympathize with Betty. She used one person to hurt another. She deserves a little venom right now. Is the “dumb cow” remark too much? Maybe. Cheryl’s no saint. Then again, neither is Betty (this is true in the comics as well, despite her perpetual status as the “nice” girl).
This situation is still salvageable, though. Maybe Betty will propose talking like civilized people (no name-calling, no blame) and exchanging information, thoughts, theories, and feelings about the situation. You know, like friends. Let’s see how Betty does.
“Get the hell out of my fucking house before I fucking kill you, you fucking bitch!”
Nice going, “nice” girl.
By the way, I wasn’t exaggerating much. Betty did indeed threaten to kill Cheryl. That actually isn’t far off from Betty’s portrayal in older comics; she was downright stalkery and insane in some of those. One story was even devoted to Betty finding different ways to try to murder Archie. No joke. The tone between the comics and this show is vastly different, but Betty’s characterization is chillingly similar.
Archie comes home and finds Jughead waiting. Jughead confronts him about Ms. Grundy, insisting he’s trying to help him and be his friend, even though they’re not anymore. He asks Archie how long (about Ms. Grundy). Archie says since the summer and adds he likes her. Jughead laughs at it and guesses she’s the reason that Archie’s been acting “weird” since summer. Archie tells him about the gunshot. Jughead says Archie has to tell somebody. Archie says no and tells him to keep quiet as well. They argue over it. Jughead calls Ms. Grundy a “cougar” (which she isn’t), and Archie gets mad at him for it. They continue arguing. Jughead tries to leave. Archie stops him and seems to almost start threatening his life.
“What the fuck you gonna do, numb nuts?”
Fred comes out and offers Jughead free food in the form of take-out from Pop’s. Archie sends Jughead away.
After the commercial break, there’s some creepy horror-sounding music as we see Betty alone in her room.
Suddenly, the door opens! Betty looks!
Oh. It’s just Alice. You’re trying too hard, show. Don’t make it seem like something scary’s happening when nothing is.
Anyway, Alice cleanses Betty’s room with sage to “banish the evil spirits”.
“It’s too early in the morning for your bullshit, Mom.”
Anyway, is Alice just being a dick, or is she a neopagan? I’m kinda curious.
Alice calls the Blossom family “pure evil” and wonders if they killed Jason themselves and sacrificed him to “some dark pagan god”. Well, I guess that answers that. No actual pagan would equate paganism with evil.
Betty asks if Polly knows about Jason. Alice claims she told her but that Polly’s usually out of it. Betty asks why Alice was so against them being together. Alice says “Many reasons” but then just singles out the Blossoms.
Betty suggests going to visit Polly.
Alice quickly changes the subject, expressing pride at Betty for standing up to the “dragoness” but then asking why Cheryl was over in the first place. She then starts asking about Veronica and Archie and holds Betty’s chin in a controlling manner.
Betty gives a sarcastic-as-fuck response that Alice doesn’t like, but she drops the subject and leaves.
At Riverdale High School, Betty admits Veronica was right about Archie and then adds her mother’s crazy, and she’s afraid that she’ll never see her sister again.
Veronica says Archie loves her (seemingly as a friend) and is miserable without her. Veronica passes along some advice from her mom: sometimes, a friend is better than a boyfriend.
In the student lounge (again, my high school never had one, and why isn’t there a room number on the door?), “Mantle the Magnificent” complains about being grilled by Sheriff Keller.
Reggie questions Moose over what he and Kevin were doing at the river. Then he questions Kevin.
Sensing where Reggie’s going with this, Betty tells “Kev” that Reggie’s just being a “blowhard”. I see what you did.
Kevin claims to not care what Reggie says.
Archie and Jughead have to listen to Reggie’s theory about some loser virgin kid murdering Jason. Then Reggie specifically names Jughead.
Jughead is trying so hard to ignore him, but Reggie questions “Suicide Squad” about the murder. He asks if Jughead performed necrophilia on the body (without using the word). Jughead supplies the word and asks Reggie if he can spell it. Reggie comes at him. Archie gets between them, shoves Reggie, and tells him to shut the fuck up.
Veronica, coffee in hand, puts on her best adult voice.
Reggie accuses Archie and “Donnie Darko” of killing Jason together. Archie shoves Reggie.
Reggie shoves Archie into the vending machine, smashing the glass.
Song: “Mess Around” by Cage the Elephant
The two fuckheads end up on the floor. Their fellow students gather around. Reggie punches Archie in the face.
After the commercial break, Archie’s got a black eye.
Fred asks if he got it in a fight with Jughead. Archie says no, Reggie. He says he and Jughead were disagreeing about a girl, and I don’t think Fred buys it (although it’s technically true). Archie talks about his dilemma vaguely. Fred is glad that Archie wants to do the right thing and tells him that he has to.
Cool high-speed shot of the city as a thunderstorm approaches
It’s the night of the pep rally. Nice touch with the blue and gold balloons, but what are the white ones for? Are they a reference to Riverdale High’s colors in the 1996 Sabrina movie? Maybe I’m reaching. The logos are sorta similar, though:
Sheriff Keller’s here to keep an eye on things.
Alice and Hal are here. I guess Alice is waving to Betty.
Jughead watches as Archie interacts with Ms. Grundy. Archie’s gonna tell Mr. Weatherbee tomorrow and invites her to come along. If she doesn’t, he’s gonna try to keep her out of it. He apologizes to her.
Archie finds Jughead and tells him what’s up. He also apologizes for what he said earlier. Jughead accepts his apology.
Jughead rules out hugging – to Archie’s amusement. He then suggests an amusing alternative. Archie asks about their friendship, and Jughead says it will “be discussed over many burgers and many days”.
Archie runs into Betty.
She expresses surprise over his eye. Did he avoid her for the rest of the day?
He abruptly leaves.
Mr. Weatherbee turns the microphone over to Mayor McCoy (Robin Givens) to kick off the pep rally. Josie’s mom is the mayor? Okay, that’s different. In the comics, Riverdale’s had various mayors, probably few of which have made more than one appearance. A notable exception is Elena Martinez, Riverdale’s major in the “Occupy Riverdale” story in Archie, No. 635 (cover-dated September of 2012, on-sale date: July 25, 2012), a spoof of the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protest movement. She later showed up as a zombie in the AU Afterlife with Archie, No. 3 (cover-dated February of 2014, on-sale date: January 8, 2014). As for Josie’s mom, I don’t recall ever seeing her in the comics.
Anyway, Mayor McCoy dedicates the pep rally to Jason’s memory.
Cheryl’s taking it hard.
Mayor McCoy introduces the River Vixens and Josie and the Pussycats.
Song: “Candy Girl (Sugar Sugar)” by Josie and the Pussycats
So this is interesting. Josie and the Pussycats perform a cover of a Flo Rida song that uses some lyrics and melody from “Sugar, Sugar“, the 1969 hit song from the old Filmation cartoon series. So…who wrote this song in “Riverdale” continuity? Is it a Josie and the Pussycats original, or is this another case of them performing only their own songs unless Cheryl pays them?
I’m kinda surprised that Cheryl gave Veronica such a prominent part in the routine and didn’t keep it for herself.
Cheryl abruptly runs off.
She joins the Pussycats on-stage with a microphone.
Okay, here’s where things get confusing. The song ends, the crowd cheers, and then Cheryl and Josie are shown hugging each other. What the fuck? Well, here’s the fuck, courtesy of a video posted to the official Archie Comics YouTube channel on February 1, the day before this episode originally aired:
The sequence was originally longer (by around 21 seconds), having Cheryl join Josie in a rap. That’s just like Cheryl. She always has to be the center of attention. Footage from this part was shown in the episode 2 preview (The CW seems to have removed all episode promos and some other material from their YouTube channel; I guess they’re up for a limited time only). So why was it cut from the actual episode? Because it’s quite obvious that Madelaine Petsch isn’t singing. Her voice is nowhere to be found. I guess they realized it looked stupid and cut it. You can see the full sequence here:
Daw, that’s adorable. I don’t think Cheryl and Josie have had any interaction in the comics.
Coach Clayton introduces the football team.
Oh, shit.
Cheryl starts having flashbacks to July 4 – and then seeing his corpse on the autopsy table.
She can’t stand it and just runs off, surprising everyone and probably arousing Sheriff Keller’s suspicion. Veronica gives chase, and Betty follows.
Veronica finds Cheryl crying in the girls’ locker room. Cheryl has finally accepted Jason’s gone.
She also says Jason “was supposed to come back”.
Veronica repeats this in silence, trying to figure out what it means.
Betty arrives and watches them in silence. I wonder what’s going through her mind right now.
Cheryl says she’s all alone.
Veronica says she isn’t.
This scene was very well done: the acting, the lighting, the soft piano music. Powerful stuff.
After the commercial break, Betty finds Veronica. She’s impressed by what she did for Cheryl. Veronica admits she’s had her share of emotional breakdowns. Betty invites Veronica for a milkshake at Pop’s. Veronica teases her about it but gladly accepts.
At Pop’s, an unnamed waiter serves the milkshakes. Veronica gets a “double chocolate”, and Betty gets an “old-fashioned vanilla”. Symbolism! They thank him.
Veronica proposes making a vow. Betty agrees. Veronica proposes no boy will ever come between them again. It’s a deal.
Look, it’s all official and shit.
Well, it was nice while it lasted.
Betty looks at Veronica and then invites the guys to join them. Jughead agrees on the condition that they’re treating, which gets laughs from the girls (I can’t tell if he’s joking or not).
Veronica and Jughead exchange names. Jughead calls him “Jughead Jones the Third”, which isn’t accurate unless both his father and grandfather went by the nickname “Jughead”. His name is Forsythe Pendleton Jones III.
Bitch, scoot over to be by your bestie, so Jughead doesn’t have to climb over the table.
Song: “Trouble” by Cage the Elephant
Jughead’s narration suddenly comes back on, and he kinda talks about being ignored in a poetic way.
The next day, Archie shows up at Mr. Weatherbee’s office to tell him what he knows.
However, Mr. Weatherbee and Sheriff Keller come out at that moment and walk past him. Mr. Weatherbee looks at Archie for a moment but doesn’t stop. Odd, considering his interest in Archie yesterday.
Weatherbee and Keller arrive in biology class.
Omigoddess, who are they here for?!
Cheryl guesses they’re here for her regarding the autopsy. Mr. Weatherbee says they don’t need to do this in front of her classmates.
Cheryl tells “Principal Weatherbee” (so oddly formal) that it’s all right.
She says they’ll find out soon enough. Sheriff Keller tells her that the handcuffs won’t be necessary.
Veronica asks what they’ll find out about.
Cheryl briefly looks at her and then says she’s guilty.
Hang on. At the end of episode 1, Jughead said the autopsy was performed on Monday, and the first arrest was made on Tuesday during fifth period. 1) What took so long? 2) If this is fifth period, why did Archie wait so long into the school day to go to Weatherbee? 3) Slight spoiler for the next episode: it’s a fucking lie; Cheryl’s not under arrest. I’m convinced Jughead’s just constantly high.
Speaking of Jughead, his narration informs us that the autopsy revealed Jason didn’t die on July 4 – but over a week later. Okay, so Cheryl didn’t do it (not that I ever seriously considered her to be a suspect, and the showrunners actually never did at all).
During the original airing of this episode, The CW aired a behind-the-scenes featurette by CoverGirl (the show’s new sponsor once it got picked up to series) of Madelaine being made up; she also talked in voice-over about what Cheryl’s fashion says about her character. This stuff used to be online officially but no longer.
Song from next episode preview (not included on the DVD set): “Here We Go” by Extreme Music
This was another good episode. Everyone’s great, of course. In particular, I have to single out Madelaine Petsch, Lily Reinhart, and Camila Mendes. These ladies fucking stepped up and delivered. I wouldn’t have minded if the show centered solely on these three.
The only real flaw that I see is Betty’s behavior throughout. I won’t rehash it here. Just take note of what she does and don’t do it if you find yourself in similar situations! Don’t be a bitch to your friend. Don’t use people. Don’t fucking threaten to murder people! Talk. Work things out.
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Tristan Thompson’s 1st baby mama is furious that Khloe Kardashian did this
by Terry Shropshire
Jordan “Jordy” Craig. Photo: [email protected]
Jordan Craig, the former girlfriend of infamous serial cheater Tristan Thompson, is understandably embittered at Khloe Kardashian, who she accuses of luring the NBA star away from Craig while she was very pregnant.
But while the relationship with Thompson’s baby mama was already characterized as frosty at best, it has now degenerated to ice cold after the stunt that Kardashian pulled on Friday.
Jordan “Jordy” Craig, the mother of Tristan’s baby boy, Prince, and a model, was trying to develop a cordial adult relationship with the star of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” for the sake of her child.
It is being reported that Kardashian destroyed the little connection she and Craig had built after Kardashian and Thompson paraded Craig’s son Prince on social media in another tired family PR stunt with their own infant child True.
Cleveland Cavs center Tristan Thompson with Prince and True. [email protected]
A source close to Jordan told RadarOnline that the reason Craig is reportedly upset is that she wants her son out of the public eye.
“Jordy is taking the high road and is not going to throw shade on Tristan publicly but she’s super pissed about this opens a new window,” the source close to Craig told the website. “She feels like he used their son for a publicity stunt and she’s convinced Khloe is to blame.
“Jordy’s happy Tristan’s promised to spend more time with Prince but she’s not so happy about Khloe being a part of her son’s life, that’s still a very hard pill to swallow,” the source continued.
“Khloe and Jordan don’t have the best relationship. Jordan totally blames Khloe for her breakup with Tristan, even though Khloe insists things were over between the two of them before she started seeing him.”
The source went on to share: “So, it’s definitely more than a little strained between them. But, Jordan is never going to stop Tristan from seeing his son. Khloe loves Prince. She thinks he’s totally like a tiny little Tristan and is just too cute for words. Seeing Tristan with Prince and True melts Khloe’s heart, and it’s even got her thinking about having another baby with him– it seems she’s finally managed to put the whole cheating scandal behind her at last.”
Jordan has been posting sexy photos while in Bali and fans are weighing in on the fact that Thompson had the audacity to leave her in the first place.
One person wrote on Craig’s Instagram post: “You are so beautiful honestly. She’s way better than Khloe.. what was he thinking.”
Another commenter added on the IG page: “I just found out this is the mother of Tristan’s son. Is he blind? How’d he live for Khloe? Like has he lost his mind? Why? I’m objective btw I don’t follow either one of them. He posted a picture of baby Prince and his daughter hope you agreed to this.”
Most fans believe it will take a lot of time and work to bring about real peace in this family.
Tags: cleveland cavs, jordan craig, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, khloe kardashian, Tristan Thompson
Terry Shropshire
A military veteran and Buckeye State native, I've written for the likes of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Detroit Free Press. I'm a lover of words, photography, books, travel, animals and The Ohio State Buckeyes. #GoBucks
Terry Shropshire June 24, 2018
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A History of Performing Pitch
The Story of 'A'
This is the first complete survey of the historical pitch standards used by musicians during the last four centuries. Written from a practical perspective and addressed to performers it is the first book to attach frequency values to pitch names and describe where, when, and why various historical pitch levels were used. It surveys a period from the 16th century to the present and focuses on Italy, France, Germany, the northern and southern Netherlands, and the Habsburg Lands, following the developments in the design and function of instruments and how they influenced and were influenced by pitch changes.
The History of Performing Pitch explores the relationships between pitches like Chorton, Cammerton, and Consort-Pitch and what pitch frequencies they represented at various times and places. It also examines what effect pitch differences had on musical notation and choice of key, and discusses practical considerations musicians would have had to make when transposing, especially with regards to the range of singers' voices.
What distinguishes this book from previous pitch studies is that it has been written since the rise of the early music revival within the context of the growing understanding of how "early" instruments work. This development has provided a new source of empirical information not previously available, which allows this book to base its conclusions on a much larger and more relevant sample than has ever been possible before. It refers to the original pitches of some 1,382 historical instruments, including cornetts, Renaissance flutes, traversos, recorders, clarinets, organs, pitchpipes, and automatic instruments from all over Europe and compares this information with music and written texts. While this study avoids categorical answers where historical information is not yet sufficient to justify them, it locates a number of historical pitch levels, discovers several that were previously unnoticed, and disproves several common myths about pitch. « less more »
Pages: 632 Trim: 6 3/4 x 9 3/4
978-0-8108-4185-7 • Hardback • November 2002 • $136.00 • (£90.00) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.
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Subjects: Music / History & Criticism, History / Reference
Bruce Haynes was a part-time teacher at the University of Montreal. He published nearly 50 articles, a bibliography of oboe repertoire, and The Eloquent Oboe (2001).
Chapter 1 List of Illustrations
Chapter 2 List of Graphs
Chapter 3 Preface
Chapter 4 Acknowledgements
Chapter 5 Mechanics
Chapter 6 Introduction
Chapter 7 Notes
Chapter 8 1 The Evidence
Chapter 10 2 Pitch before the Instrument Revolution of ca. 1670
Chapter 11 Notes
Chapter 12 3 The Instrument Revolution and Pitch Fragmentation 1670-1700
Chapter 14 4 The General Adoption of A-1, 1700-1730
Chapter 16 5 Germany, 1700-1730: Cammerton, Chorton, Cornet-Ton
Chapter 18 6 Sebastian Bach and Pitch
Chapter 20 7 1730-1770: A "Diversity of Pitches"
Chapter 22 8 Classical Pitches, 1770-1800
Chapter 24 9 Early Romantic Pitches, 1800-1830
Chapter 26 10 Pitch Standards, 1830-2001
Chapter 28 Graphs
Chapter 29 Appendixes
Chapter 30 Citations in Original Languages
Chapter 31 Bibliography
Chapter 32 Index
Chapter 33 About the Author
The book is laid out logically and evidence is offered and discussed in a methodical way.
— Classical Music
...an essential companion for performers who wish to consider not just the pitch at which a piece of music might have been performed but how the singers and players of the time might have perceived and adjusted to it....the book is rich in detail as well as having a broad sweep....it is worth every penny and deserves the widest circulation.
— Early Music Review
This work is an important and useful contribution to the literature. It will be valuable for practical consultation and also as a stimulus-a point of departure-for future exploration of this complex but essential subject.
— vol. 60; Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, MARCH 2004
One of the most important books in the field of musicology and organology to have been released for many years...The book is essential reading for any maker or player who has an interest in learning more about the various pitch standards in use over the past five centuries, and the information it contains will help provide them with insights into how their instruments should play.
— British Clavichord Society Newsletter
What distinguishes this book from previous pitch studies is that it has been written since the rise of the early music revival within the context of the growing understanding of how "early" instruments work. This development has provided a new source of empirical information not previously available, which allows this book to base its conclusions on a much larger and more relevant sample than has ever been possible before. It refers to the original pitches of some 1,382 historical instruments, including cornetts, Renaissance flutes, traversos, recorders, clarinets, organs, pitchpipes, and automatic instruments from all over Europe and compares this information with music and written texts. While this study avoids categorical answers where historical information is not yet sufficient to justify them, it locates a number of historical pitch levels, discovers several that were previously unnoticed, and disproves several common myths about pitch.
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== Early Asian Students ==
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''Portrait of Ming Pan in ''1925'' [http://hdl.handle.net/10288/2139 ''Colonial Echo''], page 44.''
'''This list should be considered incomplete pending further research.'''
*Ming Pan from Changsha, China. Pan had previously studied at College of Yale in China, also know as the Yale-China Association.
*Ming Pan from Changsha, China. Was an exchange student from the College of Yale in China. See the 1925 [http://hdl.handle.net/10288/2139 ''Colonial Echo''], page. 44.
*Swain Wool from Canton, China. Wool was involved in the Phoenix Literary Society and YMCA. He transfered to the College from Columbia University. See the 1930 ''Colonial Echo'', page 66.
*Asgnar Ali from Pakistan, see the October 7, 1952 issue of [http://swem.wm.edu/beta/flathat/issues/fh19521007.pdf The Flat Hat].
The first Asian American student to attend the College of William and Mary was Art Matsu, class of 1928.
1 First known Asian American student at William and Mary
2 Early Asian American Students
3 Early Asian Students
3.1 Norfolk Division
4 Student Organizations
5 Early Faculty and Staff
5.1 Faculty Matters
5.1.1 Travis Summersgill
7 In the News
First known Asian American student at William and Mary
Arthur A. (Art) Matsu - Matsu (class of 1928) is generally believed to be the first Asian American student to attend the College of William and Mary. Matsu was half Japanese. Matsu played back and kicked punts for the College's football team and was a member of the 7 Society among other activities. The Catalogue of Alumni and Alumnae (1932) lists Matsu's home as Wickliffe, Ohio and his occupation as coach at Rutgers University. In the March 22, 1947, issue of The Flat Hat Matsu is described as a "backfield mentor at another of the Northern schools." Matsu was selected in balloting for the all-time William and Mary football team. (Flat Hat 17 April 1946) See also stories about the football team in 1925 and 1926 in The Flat Hat and Colonial Echo.
Early Asian American Students
This list should be considered incomplete pending further research.
Hatsuye Yamasaki – Entered the College in 1933 and graduated in 1937. During her time at the College, Yamasaki was part of the Judicial Council and the Women's Sophomore Tribunal. She was also Brown Hall President, Spanish Club Secretary, an Intramural Sports Representative, and on the Indian Handbook staff. Yamasaki hailed from Washington DC. See the 1937 Colonial Echo page 86-87.
Beatrice H. Fujiwara Sakai of Honolulu, Hawaii entered the College in 1949 and graduated in 1953, majoring in biology. She was a member of the Biology Club. See the Flat Hat, April 24, 1951, page 7 and the Colonial Echo.
Early Asian Students
Portrait of Ming Pan in 1925 Colonial Echo, page 44.
Ming Pan from Changsha, China. Pan had previously studied at College of Yale in China, also know as the Yale-China Association.
Swain Wool from Canton, China. Wool was involved in the Phoenix Literary Society and YMCA. He transfered to the College from Columbia University. See the 1930 Colonial Echo, page 66.
Asgnar Ali from Pakistan, see the October 7, 1952 issue of The Flat Hat.
Ed Sung from Hong Kong, see the October 6, 1959 issue of The Flat Hat.
Leona Sung from Hong Kong, sister of Ed Sung, see the September 22, 1961 issue of The Flat Hat, p. 13.
Olivia and Isabella Lam from Hong Kong, see the March 30, 1962 issue of The Flat Hat.
Norfolk Division
Pin Chin Wan began as a student at Norfolk Division in the fall of 1950 on a scholarship from Norfolk Rotary Club. Wan spoke English, “Chinese” (no mention of which language) and Malay. He went to school in Singapore but his father was a Seventh Day Adventist missionary in Malay. See High Hat, September 18-23, 1950. There is no record at the Old Dominion University Special Collections that he graduated. By 1952, the Seventh Day Adventists list him as residing in New Jersey.
Asia and Africa Society (active late 1960s-early 1970s)
Asian-American Student Conference
Asian Student Council
Asian Student Union
Chinese Students Association
East Asian Studies Association
Filipino American Student Association (FASA)-1991, constitution and by-laws on file with the university's Office of Student Activities.
Focus on Asian Cultures Emerging in Society (FACES)
Indian Cultural Association - founded 1991 (later the South Asian Student Association)
Indonesian Gamelan
Japanese Cultural Association-1996, first constitution written on February 27, 1997]
Korean-American Student Association (KASA) - founded 1984
South Asia Society
South Asian Student Association (SASA)
South-South East Asian Society (SSEAS)
Early Faculty and Staff
This list is incomplete pending further research. Also consult the list of Past Faculty.
I-Kua Chou, Instructor in Department of Government, 1948-51; Assistant Professor of Government, 1951-53; Associate Professor of Government, 1953-59; Professor of Government, 1959-65; On leave of absence, 1955-56, 1964-65.
Joseph Zung, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 1961-1964; Associate Professor of Chemistry, 1964-1968.
Chonghan Kim, Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, 1964-1965; Assistant Professor of Government, 1965-1966; Associate Professor of Government, 1966-1970; Professor of Government, 1970-1992; Professor of Government, Emeritus, 1992.
Kee Il Choi, Assistant Professor of Economics, 1965-1968; Associate Professor of Economics, 1968-1970.
Satoshi Ito, Instructor in Sociology and Anthropology, 1965-1966; Assistant Professor of Sociology, 1966-1971; Associate Professor of Sociology, 1971-2002; Professor Emeritus, 2003.
Sung Bok Kim, Assistant Professor of History, 1968-1971.
Faculty Matters
Travis Summersgill
Prof. Travis L. Summersgill was forced to leave the employ of the College of William and Mary in 1956 when he returned to campus with his new wife who was Japanese.
Guide for doing research related to the College of William & Mary
Student Organizations Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
University Archives Subject File Collection (see especially the folders "Students--Foreign" and "Students--Minorities"), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
University Archives Poster Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Colonial Echo
The Flat Hat
The Catalogue of Alumni and Alumnae, 1932.
Asian community searches for on-campus identity, William and Mary News, April 27, 2006; accessed 24 February 2008.
Retrieved from "https://scdbwiki.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Asian_Americans_at_the_College_of_William_and_Mary&oldid=22441"
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Can you solve the hardest maths problems ever?
As this year's Fields Awards prove, maths is notoriously hard to penetrate. These are the problems that have been puzzling mathematicians for centuries.
Photo: Channel 4 News
The Fields Medal for excellence in mathematics is often referred to as the Nobel prize of the mathematics world. But unlike the Nobel prize for physics, which was last year awarded to the men behind CERN's large hadron collider, even attempting to lift the veil of understanding and come to terms with why the Fields Medal winners are worthy is almost impossible.
The good news is that Mark Ronan, honorary professor of maths at UCL, says that we are not alone. "Even when people explain these things, the explanations are quite technical, so you don't always grasp what's happened," he told Channel 4 News. "Until you've actually read an article by them, or heard them speak, you don't know much about it."
But Terry Lyon, president of the London Mathematical Society (LMS), says there is merit in not pandering to the wider public. "The Fields Medal is absolutely the most prestigious," he told Channel 4 News. "They both (Nobel and Fields) have outstandingly careful referring....Here, the maths come first, the news comes second.
Fermat's famous Last Theorem
Maths is an ancient discipline, around 4,000 years old, and there are some theories that have remained unresolved for hundreds of years.
The longest-standing unresolved problem in the world was Fermat's Last Theorem, which remained unproven for 365 years. The "conjecture" (or proposal) was established by Pierre de Fermat in 1937, who famously wrote in the margin of his book that he had proof, but just didn't have the space to put in the detail.
In 1995 Andrew Wiles published his own proof - and famously said he'd need more than a margin to prove his point.
But those itching for their Good Will Hunting moment, the Guinness Book of Records puts Goldbach's Conjecture as the current longest-standing maths problem, which has been around for 257 years.
It states that every even number is the sum of two prime numbers: for example, 53 + 47 = 100. So far so simple. But due to the infinite nature of the sequence of numbers, it has so far been impossible to prove for definite.
The conjecture has spawned a novel by Apostolos Doxiadis, Uncle Petrov and the Goldbach Conjecture, and has been puzzled over for centuries. But as Professor Ronan says: "Nobody's going to tell you they've been spending years trying to prove it."
Grigori Perelman (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Photograph: Frances M Roberts
But then again, not all mathematicians are in it for the glory. The Russian genius Grigori Perelman famously rejected the Fields Medal - and an additional $1m - in 2010 for proving the Poincare conjecture, then one of the world's most difficult problems.
"I'm not interested in money or fame," he said at the time. "I don't want to be on display like an animal in a zoo. I'm not a hero of mathematics. I'm not even that successful; that is why I don't want to have everybody looking at me."
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Outcomes of Comatose Cardiac Arrest Survivors With and Without ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Importance of Coronary Angiography.
Karl B. Kern MD
Kapildeo Lotun
Nainesh C. Patel MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Michael R. Mooney MD
Ryan D. Hollenbeck MDFollow
John A. McPherson MD
Paul W. McMullan MD
Barbara Unger RN
Chiu-Hsieh Hsu
David B. Seder MD
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to compare outcomes and coronary angiographic findings in post-cardiac arrest patients with and without ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
BACKGROUND: The 2013 STEMI guidelines recommend performing immediate angiography in resuscitated patients whose initial electrocardiogram shows STEMI. The optimal approach for those without STEMI post-cardiac arrest is less clear.
METHODS: A retrospective evaluation of a post-cardiac arrest registry was performed.
RESULTS: The database consisted of 746 comatose post-cardiac arrest patients including 198 with STEMI (26.5%) and 548 without STEMI (73.5%). Overall survival was greater in those with STEMI compared with those without (55.1% vs. 41.3%; p = 0.001), whereas in all patients who underwent immediate coronary angiography, survival was similar between those with and without STEMI (54.7% vs. 57.9%; p = 0.60). A culprit vessel was more frequently identified in those with STEMI, but also in one-third of patients without STEMI (80.2% vs. 33.2%; p = 0.001). The majority of culprit vessels were occluded (STEMI, 92.7%; no STEMI, 69.2%; p < 0.0001). An occluded culprit vessel was found in 74.3% of STEMI patients and in 22.9% of no STEMI patients. Among cardiac arrest survivors discharged from the hospital who had presented without STEMI, coronary angiography was associated with better functional outcome (93.3% vs. 78.7%; p < 0.003).
CONCLUSIONS: Early coronary angiography is associated with improved functional outcome among resuscitated patients with and without STEMI. Resuscitated patients with a presumed cardiac etiology appear to benefit from immediate coronary angiography.
Kern, K. B., Lotun, K., Patel, N., Mooney, M. R., Hollenbeck, R. D., McPherson, J. A., & ... Seder, D. B. (2015). Outcomes of Comatose Cardiac Arrest Survivors With and Without ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Importance of Coronary Angiography. JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions, 8(8), 1031-1040. doi:10.1016/j.jcin.2015.02.021
Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine Faculty
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Sts > School Services > Managed Service > The Best in Class
STS celebrates the UAE’s best teachers in collaboration with Education Journal Middle East
As proud sponsors of the first ever Education Journal Middle East Awards 2017, STS joined around 250 educators at Grosvenor House Dubai on 3 May 2017, to celebrate the region’s best teachers and school teams.
200 nominations were whittled down to the 15 winners which included categories from teaching assistants and subject specialists to departmental teams. All of the winners received awards in recognition of their outstanding contributions to education.
STS presented the prestigious Principal of the Year Award to Sasha Crabb of Victory Heights Primary School, and the prize for Secondary Team of the Year, which went to Dubai International Academy.
This was an important occasion celebrating the work of inspiring and dedicated teachers, and STS remains a proud supporter of education in the region.
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How does the Silence train / raise this person?
The silence kidnaps
Melody with the aim of raising her as a weapon against the Doctor.
But they dont exactly train them for anything do they? Nor do they make them hate the Doctor by any brainwashing sci fi technique to convince them to kill the Doctor.
The one way they do use them is by
putting her in a suit that controls her physical movements/actions.
If that was their ultimate method, what was the point of using them at all. Any person in a weapon suit can try to do that.
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RedCaio
IvanIvan
So many spoilers! – RedCaio May 8 '16 at 10:17
Could Melody remember the Silents? If would be very difficult to train her if she kept forgetting them. – Rogue Jedi May 8 '16 at 11:19
She has been brainwashed
From "Let's Kill Hitler" (S06E08):
MELODY: Well, now, enough of all that! (pulls a gun and aims It at the DOCTOR) Down to business.
DOCTOR: Oh, hello. I thought we were getting married.
MELODY: (walks towards them) I told you, I'm not a wedding person.
RORY: Doctor, what's she doing?
DOCTOR: What she's programmed to.
RORY: Where'd she get the gun?
DOCTOR: Hello, Benjamin.
She was raised by the Silence, whose specialty was brainwashing people (that's how that got humanity to go to space, and ultimately the cause of their downfall). Besides being brainwashed, she was also raised to believe that the Doctor deserved to be killed for failing humanity.
From the same episode:
TEACHER: Mels?
MELS: A significant factor in Hitler's rise to power was the fact that the Doctor didn't stop him.
Why did they put her in a suit?
That wasn't necessarily their only plan. They wanted a part-Time Lady assassin, who would have the skills necessary to take down the Doctor. Indeed, River previously tried to kill the Doctor with poison (and was very nearly successful at it). She might have benefited from her skills as a Time Lady (for example, regeneration) in doing so. The suit may have been a backup, in case she wasn't able to kill the Doctor of her own volition.
It's pretty unclear why they couldn't simply have put someone else in a suit in that case. Maybe the suit was only compatible with Time Lord physiology. Or perhaps it was because "destiny says so," and River simply had to be the one to (apparently) kill the Doctor, one way or the other.
AdamantAdamant
As the suit seemed to be part of the original conditioning - putting her back into the suit would seem to be some way to reinforce the conditioning. – HorusKol May 9 '16 at 0:46
@HorusKol - Sure. That's why I upvoted your answer. :) – Adamant May 9 '16 at 0:47
Well, we aren't shown a lot of the time that the character in question is held by the Silence.
However, in Let's Kill Hitler, we see that the character has a very clear compulsion - which was probably instilled during the time they spent with the Silence.
As for the suit:
The suit does seem to be part of the conditioning - but we do see River want to kill the doctor without the suit. The suit is used again later to reinforce the compulsion after it is seemingly broken. Although it still is not strong enough...
edited May 9 '16 at 0:45
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HIGHLIGHTS / REVIEWS
Despicable Me 2 REVIEW
June 24, 2013 July 29, 2014 - by admin
Written by Guillermo Troncoso.
After the success of Despicable Me a sequel was inevitable. This time around we meet up with Gru (Steve Carell) as he tries to raise Agnes, Edith and Margo as best he can. He is no longer developing evil plans for world domination, but is instead working with his minions on perfecting a new line of jellies and jams. Gru is thrown back into action when he is recruited by the AVL (Anti-Villain League) to go undercover and assist Lucy Wilde (Kristen Wiig) in finding the villain responsible for developing a substance that turns people into unstoppable purple killing machines.
Despicable Me’s success was based on the undeniable level of sweetness it incorporated into the humor. Gru’s internal battle between good and evil was wonderfully realized and his transformation from villain to father was the key to the character’s appeal. Now that it is clear that he is no longer evil, the story goes towards finding him a love-interest. The girls need a mother, don’t they?
The focus of Despicable Me 2 is more on Gru’s reluctant search for love than it is on the good vs. evil plot. Unfortunately, this imbalance works against the film’s pacing. The film sags towards the middle as the story stops moving forward. Yes, we know Gru is reluctant to date. Yes, there’s a bad guys somewhere. Could we develop at least one of these plots a little quicker? Thankfully, the jokes and set-pieces continue to roll out at a fast enough pace so that you don’t notice it too much.
Gru’s minions take on a higher level of importance this time round. The filmmakers must have noticed their crowd-pleasing appeal from the first film and they’ve ensured that these little yellow beings have plenty to do. They provide most of the laughs and will prove a distraction for the kiddies that tire of the film’s slightly soapy elements.
In terms of voice-acting, Steve Carell once again does a great job. He voices Gru in a great Central-European accent that is both quirky and original. Kristen Wiig brings plenty of charisma and energy to her character of Lucy Wilde, and Benjamin Bratt enhances his Latin appeal for the entertaining character of Eduardo.
The animation is as expected, brilliant. The colorful energy on display will have audiences, especially children, hypnotized and the 3D simply enhances each sequence. Like the first film, the minions once again show off the 3D technology throughout the end credits.
Overall, Despicable Me 2 is a fun animated film that the kids will definitely enjoy. The film may sag towards the middle, but there is enough going on to entertain most adults as well.
THE REEL SCORE: 7/10.
– G.T.
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A diver swollen with nitrogen bags?
By Scuba Legends September 6, 2017 February 3rd, 2019 All Posts, Dive Industry
Scuba Legends » A diver swollen with nitrogen bags?
It happened 4 years ago. Alejandro, a seafood fisherman, was doing his work more than 30m deep. He suffered a free flow in one of his hoses and direct ascent – unfortunately too fast. The ascent caused decompressive illness.
“I did not die, but I swelled!”, says Alejandro.
The strange thing is that the expanding nitrogen bubbles in his blood did not kill him while ascending from the ocean depths. Instead, the nitrogen went into his muscles and it lodged in bags that can not be extracted because they are firmly attached to his flesh. Nitrogen bags that have not only transformed his body by adding 30 kilos of weight, but also produce pain and some disability.
Alejandro was then 51 years old (today he is 56). At first he felt small discomforts, but it did not matter to him. “In the end, the nitrogen was accumulating in my body and the results began to be seen,” he said. His back was deformed, his shoulders and chest, too. Today his appearance is like of those body-builders who inject oil and end up inflated.
“I thought I was going to explode.”, he added.
Alejandro’s case is unique. A team of doctors from the Peruvian Society of Hyperbaric Medicine have been studying the case for some years. The option of extracting the nitrogen bags with surgery does not seem so easy. Meanwhile, for Alejandro there is only the relief offered by the hyperbaric chamber. According to the doctor, he needs at least 100 sessions more of hyperbaric chamber to detoxify the blood and eliminate the bubbles of nitrogen in addition to surgery.
We wish Alejandro to recover well and as soon as possible.
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What vintage games have you discovered this week?
Classicgamer
Post subject: What vintage games have you discovered this week?
I don't know about you guys but with the easy availability of the worlds entire gaming back-catalog we have these days, I find myself alternating between that kid in a candy store feeling and just being overwhelmed by choice....
So, I thought it might be good for us to share recommendations when we discover something awesome... you know... for inspiration and what-not...
For example, I just discovered Biomechanical Toy (in mame). A game I completely missed the first time round. I had never heard of it before, or ever seen it in an arcade. It's like Metal Slug met Mario on acid:
It is fantastic in it's weirdness and surprisingly varied for a platform shmup.
I'll confess, I don't like the Metal Slug series as much as other people. Some consider it to be a Neo Geo top 10 but I find them all to be a little tedious. The games just keep throwing the same two or three baddies at you with little variation. And, each sequel is the same as the one before. Biomechanical toy has more variation in the first two levels than the entire MS series.
Don't get me wrong, the Neo Geo has some great shmups. It just makes me sad to see "top 10 lists" with Metal Slug and no Viewpoint or Shock Troopers 2 (my two favorite Neo Geo Shmups).
So... what are you guys playing this weekend?
Square_Air
Post subject: Re: What vintage games have you discovered this week?
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:27 pm
Location: The Edge Of The Ape Oven
Hey Classicgamer. Just for your information, discussion of Run and Gun games like Contra, Metal Slug, and their various ilk aren't commonly accepted to be under the shmup umbrella alongside other outliers like Rail Shooters, so this thread would actually belong in Off Topic. That being said, if you're interested in a thread where we talk about what shmups we're currently playing/have recently discovered, you can always use the Shmup Ticker thread.
As for Biomechanical Toy, I think it has some interesting stages, but the bosses are pretty boring if I recall correctly. While I think Metal Slug games have their issues, I consider MS2 with fixed speed to be better than BMT. I'm interested in trying this game again though for some new impressions, since the last time I played it was over 15 years ago.
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Square_Air wrote:
I didn't know that run and gun games weren't considered shmups here. I always thought of shmups as being any game where you control a sprite that shoots all the other sprites on screen. Albeit with a few sub-categories.
How are shmups defined here so I know for future? I.e. Is it only side scrolling shooters where you control a spaceship or plane? What about 3d and / or first person shooters like star fox, doom or the various PS2 Star Wars games (where you are in a space ship shooting baddies)?
I get that light gun and directional gun games are a category on their own. I never thought of them as shmups although I do love them. I bought a PS2 just for them recently.
Biomechanical toy is worth another look if you play on a CRT with a decent Groovymame set-up (the visual are half the magic). The bosses aren't the best but they are not so different to most other games in the genre. I.e. A large baddy that you have to shoot for longer than rest. It is the varied levels I found intriguing though.
E.g. For half of level three, you are being blown up (by wind from below) so it briefly feels like a vertical shmup. There are also various mini puzzles you have to figure out to proceed at certain points which makes it more interesting.
sven666
random arcade sports games.
usually passed to the bottom of the pile, the scourge of arcade collectors, but if you give them a fair chance stuff like winning spike, final round and grand striker 2 (just to mention a few) really are tons of fun...
had some sports titles mixed in on operating at the last Dreamhack event and they were very popular with the casual visitors, understandably so.
I usually try to push atleast a few of what I would call "high quality" games in the mix, stuff like espgaluda, demon front, blazing star or something like that, no one wants to play those.
the destruction of everything, is the beginning of something new. your whole world is on fire, and soon, you'll be too..
WelshMegalodon
Vette!
I'm a sucker for pre-PlayStation 3D, so this caught my eye. Possibly not as impressive as Turbo Esprit, which did open-world driving three years earlier on considerably weaker hardware, but there's something surreal about those simple, unshaded polygons.
I also discovered Midwinter on the Amiga earlier this year, but I know it's old news to several of the members here.
Lastly, Exile. 8-bit computer gaming is fun once you look past all the crappy arcade ports and loading times that make the Neo Geo CD look fast.
Indie hipsters: "Arcades are so dead"
Finite Continues? Ain't that some shit.
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Ruldra
Not this week but this is the best unknown, unique game I've ever discovered: Sea Rogue.
Sea Rogue is one of my most favorite underdogs of all time: it's eminently playable, fun, refreshing, original, and yet not many people have heard of it.
Designed by ex-Navy veterans at Software Sorcery, this game was published by MicroProse with unfortunately very little fanfare. Which is a shame, because it is not just the most realistic and enjoyable wreck hunting game ever made, it is also one of the most original and creative I've seen. The most amazing thing about Sea Rogue is the myriad of choices for every action you can take, all of which are authentic.
You are in command of a crew that sail the Atlantic and Caribbean looking for wrecks. Pick up tips and maps from bars, libraries and researchers. With the help of your navigator, land on the right coordinates signified by the map (be careful though-- some maps are fake). Send a few of your team members down, some with spearguns, some with metal detectors, and carefully map out the terrain according to levels of metal lurking beneath the muck, salvaging anything of value. A lot of research and attention to the actual methodology of wreck diving is evident here - each of the ships you find must be identified, and hundreds of real wrecks are included, each with accurate cargo manifest and background information. As you pull up encrusted swords and goblets from the Spanish fleet, you'll return to port to sell your booty and acquire information for more wrecks that promise even greater rewards.
The goal of the game is, of course, to accumulate enough wealth to retire and live happily ever after. To do that, though, means you will need to hunt dozens (if not hundreds) of wrecks until you can afford the "Sea Rogue" the world's most high-tech and expensive wreck hunting submarine. By the time you can afford the Sea Rogue, though, treasure hunting can get nasty, as your rival Eddy is out to rob you of your booty by whatever means necessary. Accordingly, the Sea Rogue comes equipped with torpedo tubes and other high-tech weaponry. Having the Sea Rogue also allows you to use deep-sea probes to explore more recent wrecks, e.g. freighters.
Here is your chance to find the world's famous wrecks, such as the Lusitania, or that ultimate goal of all wreck hunters: the Titanic. Because wreck locations are randomized with every new game, Sea Rogue's replay value is high, as you will always come across wrecks that you have not previously encountered in the previous game.
Overall, a must have for anyone with a slight interest in treasure hunting. Two thumbs up!
IIRC the manual had a list of all shipwrecks, you need to use it as reference to identify them in-game.
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mastermx wrote:
xorthen wrote:
You guys are some hardcore MOFOs and masochists.
This is the biggest compliment you can give to people on this forum.
sven666 wrote:
I am with you on that. Arcade sports games tend to be more fun than modern home console variants if you just want to pick up and play.
NBA Jam was a fav of mine back in the day. I also like soccer Brawl on the Neo Geo - it mixes sports and violence, a winning combo... and Super Sidekicks 3. I used to own both AES carts in the 90s to play with certain friends who were sports fans. Oh and that volley ball game Windjammers.
Ruldra wrote:
I never heard of Sea rogue. I'll give it a try. I like finding obscure titles.
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WelshMegalodon wrote:
My brother used to own an Amiga. My favorite game back then was Speedball 2 and it still is. I tried the Genesis version last week. Not quite as good as the Amiga version but close enough to enjoy.
The Amiga and Atari ST were actually pretty good little gaming computers. A huge step up from the Commodore 64, my 3rd least fav gaming machine of all time (after the Spectrum and Atari 2600).
The king of pre 3d era 3d is definately Viewpoint on the Neo Geo. I worked in a furniture shop for 2 weeks to buy the AES cart in 1993 and I am still addicted to it to this day.
I was less of a fan of the first polygon games like Sega's Virtua Racing and Virtua fighter. At the time I thought they looked like a step back in the graphics department compared to sprite based games which peaked by then.
Classicgamer wrote:
While the lines of where shmups end and begin are a little blurry, the eligibility section from the top 25 thread is probably the closest thing we have to a comprehensive resource.
Shmups:
Non-scrolling playfield
Fixed Shooters (Space Invaders, Galaga)
Maze Shooters (Berserk, Tank Battalion)
Field Shooters (Robotron 2084, Smash TV, Geometry Wars)
including those set on a cylinder or torus (Asteroids, Star Castle)
Scrolling playfield
Automatically scrolling shooters
Vertically scrolling shooters (Xevious, Cybattler)
including those set on a cylinder (Scion)
Horizontally scrolling shooters (Gradius, R-Type)
including those set on a cylinder (Fantasy Zone)
Isometrically scrolling shooters (Zaxxon, Viewpoint)
Multi-directional auto-scrolling shooters set on a torus (Bosconian, Time Pilot '84)
Manually advancing ("push-scroll") shooters
Manually advancing horizontally scrolling shooters (In The Hunt, Mr. Heli no Daibouken)
including those set on a cylinder (Defender)
Manually advancing vertically scrolling shooters (OutZone, Ikari Warriors)
Manually advancing multi-directional shooters (Granada, KiKi KaiKai, Bangai-O)
including those set on a torus or infinite plane (Sinistar)
Outliers or Grandfathered titles:
Every Extend series
Gyruss and clones
Tempest, clones, and sequels
Not generally accepted as being shmups:
First-person perspective shooters (Doom, Solvalou)
including Lightgun Shooters (House of the Dead, Rail Chase)
Platform Shooters (Contra, Metal Slug)
Rail Shooters (Rez, Panzer Dragoon)
Gallery/Carnival Shooters (NAM-1975, Cabal)
Action-Adventure Games (Alien Breed, Gauntlet, Legend of Zelda)
Sumez
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I cannot recommend Goal! Goal! Goal! enough!
FinalBaton
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:10 am
Location: Québec City
NHL '94 is UH-mazing (as is '95 and '96)
I still, from time to time, invite my buds over and we have some poutine, then we get a couple two-four of Labatt 50 and pop in NHL '94 in the ol' Sega Genesis, with the 4-way Play adapter. We take a piece of paper and draw a playoff bracket on there and off we go! killer evening. We have a hell of a time!
Not that big a fan of sports game but that one just transcends the genre, it's one of my fave games ever. It helps that we're massive hockey fans, though. for sure
Kiates
Those were the days for sure. Speedball 2 - the memories huddled around my friends computer playing 4 player tournaments. C64 and Amiga are where I think I played the most games growing up. I have fond memories of Pygnosis games in particular.
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gameoverDude
Rootin' Tootin' (La-Pa-Pa) is good for an early title. This is a fun Pac-Man like maze game where you're a tuba throwing musical notes around (which can hit & clear out enemies for extra points). It looks like Data East had beaten Namco's Pac-Mania to the idea of a jump button here. You'll be using that a lot. The enemies are other musical instruments, such as Trien the triangle gong that drops spiked things around the maze.
RT's gameplay is solid. Data East really should've thought about remaking it for MD/Genesis, like Tengen did with Ms. Pac-Man.
Kinect? KIN NOT.
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gameoverDude wrote:
Never heard of this, but I always preferred DE's Lock 'n' Chase to Pac Man, so will definitely have to give this a whirl. Cheers.
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The only distinction I can see, based on that list between what is considered shmups here and run and gun games is that the main sprite you control has to be some kind of aircraft or space ship instead of a man.
I.e. You can have two games with identical gameplay and one would be considered a shmup and the other not if you change the ship to a man. Take Shock Troopers 2 on the Neo Geo, for example, if you changed the main sprite to a space ship and left everything else the same, it would be a shmup by that definition.
If you compare space invaders to Pang, the objective is the same. You have to shoot up while moving left and right to dodge baddies. You progress to the next level when you have dispatched all the baddies on screen. Why is space invaders a shmup but Pang isn't?
Sumez wrote:
It's ok but there are 3 better soccer games on the Neo Geo. Super Sidekicks 3, super Sidekicks 4 and Soccer brawl.
You just gave me a flashback of playing Winning Eleven on the PS1. I had it on Japanese import. I can still remember the Japanese commentary. It was hilarious.
This is exactly what I hoped for from this thread. I now have a bunch of games I never heard to try instead of staring at that incredibly long list.
I played puzzle bobble on the Neo Geo today. I used to love that game. There is no reason why it should be so fun and addictive but it just is.
Did anyone here ever used to play Pang, Dynamite Dux or Cabal on the Amiga (or arcade)?
The general consensus here is that run 'n guns and shooters proper are differentiated by the gravity acting on the player character.
There have been more threads and discussions about this very topic than I could ever hope to find, though it didn't stop me from trying:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=949
And then there's Gravitar.
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Better, maybe. But more fun to play against friends while drunk? That's more debatable.
I've got SS2 on PS4, but it's quite shallow even in comparison to something like ISS Deluxe on SNES. Did the sequels improve on it markedly?
ZacharyB
Why is space invaders a shmup but Pang isn't?
I haven't played Pang, but the critical difference between "shmup" and "run 'n' gun" seems to be an element of forced timing. Most shmups scroll automatically, and most run 'n' guns don't. Like WelshMegalodon said, there might also be an extra player control element, like jumping.
In shmups, the player is generally forced to anticipate enemy placement, and the attacks of such enemies, and then optimize their killing. Because the scrolling is automatic, the timing will be the same every time. This allows the player to perfectly time all movements, like a dance. Recently, there's also a heavy emphasis on doing something special to increase the score more than it would normally go up from just wantonly killing everything.
Soccer Brawl takes the cake on that one. The mix of sports and violence makes it an ideal partner for beer.
Marc wrote:
Yes. Super Sidekicks 3 is a noticeable step up in gameplay and graphics over 1 and 2.
I doubt this series or any Neo Geo game would look acceptable in HD from a PS4 though. You need Groovymame and a crt monitor or a real MVS board to get the most from these games.
As for being shallow, that is kind of a requirement for arcade games that just needed to be fun for a few minutes. It was a problem for arcade ports back in the day when each game was $50 and I was paying with pocket money. Now there is less of a need to get our money's worth as most of us have thousands of arcade games on our hard drives.
The way I play now is more like what I did in the arcades. I pick up a joystick for 20-30minutes here and there. Neo Geo games are perfect for this. I wouldn't describe any as deep though...
ZacharyB wrote:
If forced scrolling is a requirement, then how does space invaders get the shmups ranking?
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I’ll be moderating a panel discussion on soil health at a small farms conference in Florida Aug. 2.
Rachel (right), daughter of longtime friends Nick and Margie Pikarsky, and her friend (and now my friend) Nicole Fiori, were great to be around at the Florida Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Conference in Kissimmee, Fla, Aug. 2-4, 2013. While it may appear all fun and games, I’ll be back again this year working hard – operating the booth for the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SSARE) program, promoting and educating about sustainable agriculture for ATTRA, the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, and moderating a panel discussion on cover crops and soil health featuring experts in the field from the University of Florida and other organizations.
Here’s the who, what, where, why, when:
Conference: Florida Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Conference
Topic: Soil Health in the Subtropics and Tropics
Presenter: Jim Ewing, Moderator
Location: Kissimmee, Florida
Registration Info: Learn more about farming as well as alternative enterprises, through farm tours, a trade show, networking opportunities, live animal exhibits, and hands-on workshops.
Registration Link: http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/smallfarms/registration.html
I went to the conference last year, operating a booth for NCAT’s ATTRA (National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service) program. If you are an organic grower or interested in sustainable agriculture in Florida and the region, it’s definitely the place to be! I wrote about it on this blog, outlining some of the offerings, including detailed information about aquaponics.
Already, the talk I’ll be moderating is quickly filling up. If you are interested in cover crops and soil health, it should be quite informative, with experts and farmers who are actively growing cover crops available to share their knowledge.
I’ll also be operating a booth for the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SSARE) program. I’ll be handing out lots of free information about sustainable agriculture.
Come see me!
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Great fun at Florida Small Farms Conference
OK, let’s get this out front and center: I had a blast at the Florida Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Conference this past week.
It was supposed to be business for me, and it was, in that I had a booth there for the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) and was informing people about ATTRA (National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service) info. But, to be honest, I had so much fun talking with people who were small farmers and interested ecofarming that it was hardly “work.”
Here’s a photo essay of the conference, which ran Aug. 2-4 in Kissimmee, Fla.
It was a matter of pride to see fellow NCAT worker Dave Ryan, an energy engineer, fill up one of the conference rooms with his talk “Powering Your Greenhouse with Renewable Energy.” Solar, compost and geothermal options were explored. For more, see ncat.org
Then, there were awards given….
Margie and Nick Pikarsky of Bee Heaven Farm in Homestead, Fla., won the Innovative Farmers Award at the Florida Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Conference in Kissimmee, Fla., Aug. 3, 2013. (Photo by Jim Ewing)
Margie and Nick Pikarsky of Bee Heaven Farm in Homestead, Fla., won the Innovative Farmers Award (third place). They are longtime friends and it was a delight to see them! An organic farmer of many years, Margie is an encyclopedia of wisdom in ways to grow abundantly organically even in the demanding conditions of South Florida. Their farm is located near the Everglades in an area that has lost much of its farmland to residential growth. (See American Farmland Trust for more about that! http://www.farmland.org/)
Bee Heaven Farm, in my opinion, should be a national model for organic growing. The soil conditions there are only about 8 inches of “topsoil” consisting of sand, some vegetative matter, and porous limestone rock is a challenge for consistent growing. Conventional growers essentially are depleting the few nutrients in the soil and collapsing the structure so that it only hold what’s put into it.
Organic growers, like Margie, however, are building up the soil structure, building soil nutrients in the soil, encouraging microbial life and thereby actually adding to the soil medium as they grow, rather than depleting it.
The result is that organic growers like Margie and Nick are seeing positive yields and tasty crops while conventional growers are seeing ever worsening and more expensive growing conditions.
Farmers who are not taking the extra effort to rotate crops, build structure that helps hold moisture that otherwise would pass through the porous sand and limestone are seeing more expensive inputs and having to add biological agents and fight desertification (salt build up and nutrient loss through over use of irrigation).
The Bee Heaven model is one that should be seen as meaningful for sustainable farming as climate change intensifies, in my opinion.
CNG members Joseph Ballard and Paul Speros with SB Farms of Malone, Fla., also won the Innovative Farmers Award at the Florida Small Farmers and Alternative Enterprises Conference in Kissimmee, Fla., Aug. 3, 2013. (Photo by Jim Ewing)
Since I’m a former board member of Certified Naturally Grown (and still an advisor on fruit and vegetable growing using organic methods), I was delighted to see CNG member SB Farms of Malone, Fla., also win the Innovative Farmers Award (second place). Joseph Ballard and Paul Speros offered good advice, as well, for beginning farmers. Congratulations!
Natalie Parkell and Kevin Osburn of Vertical Horizon Farm won the award (first place), also. Parkell gave an excellent talk on hyroponics for backyard or small or beginning farmers. They started out growing in their parents’ backyard, since they lived in a condo with no ground for growing — that is, until their parents told them to move, since they had dug up all the grass! So, they found a local business that would let them operate on a corner of their property. It became a big hit, especially marketing to the neighborhood. A small scale truly local success story!
I was intrigued by the prospects of hydroponics and aquaponics as potential sustainable growing methods (especially since both are considered “iffy” when it comes to being certified organic – see earlier blog: “Organic Hydroponics: The Future of Farming?”). So, the bulk of my time when not manning the NCAT booth was attending seminars on these topics.
In pursuit of that, I went on the farm tour that included The Land exhibit at Disney World’s Epcot Center. Here are some photos:
When you enter The Land exhibit at Epcot Center, the first thing you see are gigantic fruit grown hydroponically. The growing medium is sand, infused with a fertilizer mixture. (Photo by Jim Ewing)
As a demonstration of hydroponics as a growing method, The Land exhibit at Epcot grows small plots of grains, sugar cane and cotton. (Photo by Jim Ewing)
Within The Land pavilion at Epcot, actual plant research is being done to find ways to combat devastating diseases for commercial crops. (Photo by Jim Ewing)
Much of the facility at The Land at Epcot has plants suspended from an automated growing system, whereby plants grown vertically are sprayed with fertilizers and the dripped overspray grows plants in the sand medium below. (Photo by Jim Ewing)
The sunward climb of plants on the spray conveyor allows fruit to be grown vertically rather than horizontally at The Land exhibit at Epcot. (Photo by Jim Ewing)
The Epcot demonstration is fascinating, but I’m not sure it’s very “sustainable,” at least not commercially as a farming method. The cost of the facilities and mechanical devices seems out of kilter with the potential sales of crops. But that may not be the point of the exhibit. Rather, the center shows how it can be done, and that it can be done. I’m going to have to think more about it before I’m convinced it’s a sustainable growing method. It certainly offers possibilities.
One of the concerns I have with hydroponics is that what you get from the produce is limited to what you give. By that, it’s like so-called “conventional” agriculture, in that the major nutrients are supplied. In such industrial agriculture models, NPK or the ingredients for synthetic fertilizer are present; but missing are the trace elements that a healthy organic soil provides. Better fertilizers would remedy that; ensuring it, of course, is the goal of organic certification. It’s an issue consumers should be aware of in making hydroponic purchases.
Regarding aquaponics, a key issue preventing organic certification, according to the farmers I talked to in Florida who practice it, is that the effluent from the fish is considered a “manure” by the National Organic Program. But, as Orange County Extension Director Richard Tyson explained, that is an inappropriate designation. First, regarding health concerns, neither E coli nor salmonella are — or even can be — present in such effluent because those only occur in warm-blooded animals; secondly, beneficial bacteria convert the ammonia waste into nitrates which are only then absorbed by the plants; so, a more appropriate designation would be classifying the effluent as nutrients, rather than manure.
In my opinion, especially when coupled with other energy saving methods such as using solar and wind for electrical needs, raising fish for animal protein and using the byproduct of that for fruit and vegetable food production in hydroponic vats is the type of sustainable methods that organic supporters should embrace.
We’ll consider more of this later.
But not all of the conference was “work.”
Rachel (right), daughter of longtime friends Nick and Margie Pikarsky, and her friend (and now my friend) Nicole Fiori, were great to be around at the Florida Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Conference in Kissimmee, Fla, Aug. 2-4.
No, I wasn’t looking for beautiful young women to hang out with while in Florida, but I found them! It was most enjoyable visiting with Nick and Margie’s daughter Rachel Pikarsky (right) and her friend (and now my friend) Nicole Fiori. They were a total delight!
The fifth annual event was hosted by the University of Florida and Florida A&M.
I can’t wait to attend again next year!
For a good example of a successful, local hydroponics operation, see the Farmweek episode on St. Bethany Fresh Tomatoes on Pontotoc, MS:
Jim PathFinder Ewing is a journalist, author, writer, editor, organic farmer and blogger. His latest book titled Conscious Food: Sustainable Growing, Spiritual Eating (Findhorn Press) is in bookstores now. Find Jim on Facebook, follow him @edibleprayers or visit blueskywaters.com.
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Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun both affects and is affected by global climate change, and anything that that affects sunlight, affects UV. Decreased stratospheric ozone allows more harmful UVB (a higher-frequency, more damaging type of UV) to reach the Earth’s surface and cause DNA damage in plants and animals. Increases in cloud cover, pollution, dust, smoke from wildfires and other airborne and waterborne particles related to climate change decreases UV light penetration. While UV radiation contributes to sunburns and cancer, it’s also responsible for Vitamin D synthesis required for bone health and disease prevention in humans. Therefore understanding what factors affect, or are affected by, changes in UV radiation is important for human health, as well as ecosystem function.
Ultraviolet radiation affects many processes connected with the carbon cycle. It inhibits photosynthesis in plants and algae, particularly phytoplankton which produce roughly half of the oxygen in the atmosphere. Ultraviolet radiation has both positive and negative effects on nutrient cycling and decomposition. On the positive side, UV degrades colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM), making these compounds more available for nutrient-cycling bacteria, and “cleans” water, making light more available to aquatic photosynthetic organisms. However, UV can slow growth and potentially kill nutrient cycling bacteria. The balance between “cleaning” and “killing” depends on water depth and clarity.
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How cosmic events radiating Earth's atmosphere may destroy the ozone layer and how the resulting increase in UV will affect ocean productivity. (Image: NASA)
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This book is the book you should read if you want to feel lighthearted or if you want to be cheered up. This book can also be a cure for reading slump or a book hang-over from your previous read.
TITLE: Tell Me Three Things
AUTHOR: Julie Buxbaum
GENRE: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance
PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press
DATE READ: July 12, 2016
Julie Buxbaum mixes comedy and tragedy, love and loss, pain and elation, in her debut YA novel whose characters will come to feel like friends. Tell Me Three Things will appeal to fans of Rainbow Rowell, Jennifer Niven, and E. Lockhart.
“Three Things about this novel: (1) I loved it. (2) No, really, I LOVED it. (3) I wish I could tell every teen to read it. Buxbaum’s book sounds, reads, breathes, worries, and soars like real adolescents do.” —Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Leaving Time and Off the Page
Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, that’s what it feels like during her first week of junior year at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. Just when she’s thinking about hightailing it back to Chicago, she gets an email from a person calling themselves Somebody/Nobody (SN for short), offering to help her navigate the wilds of Wood Valley High School. Is it an elaborate hoax? Or can she rely on SN for some much-needed help?
It’s been barely two years since her mother’s death, and because her father eloped with a woman he met online, Jessie has been forced to move across the country to live with her stepmonster and her pretentious teenage son.
In a leap of faith—or an act of complete desperation—Jessie begins to rely on SN, and SN quickly becomes her lifeline and closest ally. Jessie can’t help wanting to meet SN in person. But are some mysteries better left unsolved?
A fresh and authentic YA Contemporary that will leave you a giddy feeling.
Tell Me Three Things is a book that made me smile. It’s a very light read and it left me with a lighthearted feeling that I haven’t felt for a long time. After finishing it I already miss the characters. I want to see how they’re doing right now because the end doesn’t conclude their story, you know that their lives would go on. It moved me and I see myself in Jessie’s head. This is the kind of book I wished I have read when I was sixteen when I’m out there trying to fit in the new environment I was plunged into.
Three things I love from this book:
1. The narration, I like how genuine and it didn’t feel pretentious at all. When you read this book, you could actually feel like you are Jessie or you could be Jessie’s best friend. I like how Julie Buxbaum wrote the story with a perfect balance. It didn’t feel rushed. It felt natural and authentic.
2. The characters, are all well written that you could resonate with all of them. And they didn’t feel fictional at all. It felt like they’re real people.
3. The message of the story, time heals everything. Wherever you are in this world or whatever you’re experiencing, it will end. And one day you’ll look back and pat yourself for not giving up.
The story revolves around Jessie Holmes, she just moved to L.A with her dad after her mom died. His dad remarried with a woman who also has a son and suddenly she needs to do all the adjusting. New school, new people to deal with and new family. She’s enrolled in a prestigious school in L.A. called Wood Valley High. One day, she receives an anonymous email from a boy/girl who also happens to study in her school. He/she offered to help her adjust in the new school and be a guide to everything she needs to know there. He/she is called Somebody Nobody or SN. With the whole high school drama, Jessie finds herself confiding to SN and vice versa. They tell everything to each other and feel comfortable with it. Basically the whole book is about how Jessie adjusts on her new life, the desire to meet SN, and also finding herself.
I like how this is one of the mysteries we try to solve with Jessie; who is SN? But I also like that it doesn’t just focus on that, the book deals with a whole lot of other things such as discovering your voice in this world, developing “real” friendship as a foundation of everything, and acceptance, that everything happens for a reason and we have to deal with it.
The premise looks typical but once you started reading, the story will echo in your mind.
I could actually relate with Jessie which made me like this book so much. In real life, we tend to limit to whom we would share the dose of our real selves. But once we’re online, we’re a whole new different persona, we are ourselves. We are more confident because the anonymity gives us freedom to show the real us. Maybe that’s what Jessie and SN thought when they’re talking each other online. They feel connected.
“Perfect days are for people with small, realizable dreams. or maybe for all of us, they just happen in retrospect; they’re only now perfect because they contain something irrevocably and irretrievably lost.”
This book seemed like a typical one but once you get to it, you appreciate it more because everything felt real. I can really feel Jessie’s situation because we all have that moment in which we feel like we don’t belong anywhere. But there are times in which we feel like home is not just a place, it can also be a person. 🙂 Moving in L.A. when you got your whole life settled down in your old home in Chicago was really difficult. It’s not easy to adjust and gain friends. I want to make an in depth review about it but since this is a contemporary one and a light read, I’ll just discuss the things that I really liked and disliked on this book.
Jessie and her relationship with her family.
I find this a real relevant issue. Not all families are perfect especially if you’re suddenly plunged in a new family. Jessie’s dad married Rachel, after her mom died. And what I liked about it is that they tried to mend the relationship even it’s slow. Especially Jessie’s dad, he is not a perfect father because he’s used to having his wife around to do things for him and Jessie, and guys, it’s really like in reality. We don’t always have perfect parents but that doesn’t mean that they will stay like that. I’m glad that toward the end of the book, he really tried to catch up with Jessie and tried to put himself on her shoes and be a real father. Jessie did that as well, she started to forgive her dad. I also liked that Jessie and Theo started to get along. I do not know when it started but it was really a good thing to see that Theo is starting to stand up for Jessie and Jessie doing the same. And also they opened up with each other and share stories they never thought they could actually say because even they aren’t blood related, they are now a family. As with Rachel, I’m glad that she’s trying too and I’m pretty sure they will really get along later on.
The Friendship
One of the beauty this book has is the friendship. Jessie’s relationship with Scarlet is really a “friendship goal.” They tell everything to each other and care for each other more than anything else. When Jessie went to have a vacation in Chicago, I was afraid that Scar won’t be the same anymore. It’s really heart warming to see that they talked heart to heart about their issues and tried to resolved the awkwardness between them. Yes, it’s not just Jessie who has to deal with having no friends in her new town. It’s not just Jessie who has some problems, Scar also was left alone to deal with her own stuff. I’m glad that they remained as bff’s and that the world doesn’t just revolve around the two of them because they are also hanging out with new people. As for Ari and Agnes, I liked them too. I thought that when Liam confesses to Jessie, Adri would be freakin’ mad like the typical teenage angst. But no, she still supported Jessie all the way and told her that whatever happens, if ever Liam and Jessie would be in love, she’s fine with it because Jessie is her friend.
Who is Somebody Nobody? That’s what’s driving me nuts the whole time. I like how Julie Buxbaum played with it well. She didn’t give a hint of foreshadowing because to be honest SN could be anybody else. Of course I never trusted that he’s Caleb. I thought he could be Liam, but like Jessie, I wished it was Ethan. I never knew it was Ethan not until that moment when Ari told Jessie that Ethan lost a brother before and that that night he told Jessie that he lied about one thing to her but the rest is pure honesty. Ethan told Jessie before that he lost a sister. That’s when I suspected he’s SN. But toward the end, when they’re about to meet, Liam showed up in the place LOL. I had this thought that okay maybe SN is really Liam, and since Jessie likes Ethan, she and SN would just remain friends. But then ETHAN SHOWED UP! I was like babababam! I like how Julie played this mystery around the book so well without sounding too obvious and dull. It’s really stirring!
JESSIE: She’s a very complicated and conflicted girl. And she has all the right to do because her situation made her like that. What I admire about Jessie is that she thinks for herself. She never tried to act heroic or tried to fit in the school she’s in, she continued wearing her Vans, her GAP clothes because why not. And I found her very real because come on, if we’re being bullied by a powerful kid in school, we don’t always find the courage to fight back right? Jessie did that, she never allowed Gem to have the privileged of seeing Jessie affected by what she does. But I just wished when Jessie was thrown in the floor by Gem, I wish at that moment she punched her. But that would make her a rebel kid and be a cause for her dad to worry more. I also liked that Jessie understood Scarlet’s plea that she also has a problem too and Jessie never asks about it. She reflected and admit her mistake. She contemplates alot in her mind and there are times in which she really speak up especially to Theo, maybe that’s what brought them closer. Jessie is the represntation of person with raw real human emotion and comical teenage girl.
SN/ETHAN: Ethan is Ethan is Ethan I loved Ethan. I both love him as SN or Ethan himself. At first, I thought he was really into memorizing poetry, but then we found out that he memorized it to impress Jessie (lol). He is not the common nerd at school because he is a guitarist in a band. And you know right, when you’re part of a band, you’re quite famous. I like that he’s also smart and he’s not like the other kids that’s famous and arrogant. He always listens to Jessie, always wanting to know what’s going on with her and he genuinely care about her. He sees right through her. He also played it well of not allowing Jessie to have a hint that he’s SN. It’s like both of them has two personalities. SN is open and bubbly, while Ethan is serious like a bitter coffee. I kind of miss him now. I really enjoyed their after school discussion of The Waste Land. And when Jessie told him that Liam might ask her out he said…
“I think you should say no.”
Simple response but straight to the point. Jealous much? ❤
LIAM: He’s the boy next door slash happy go lucky guy you would meet. He is kind and good and he never boasts. I just don’t know why he’s together with Gem. And maybe, he was also smitten by Jessie’s uniqueness which made him fall for her. I didn’t actually expect he would fall for her but he just did all of a sudden. I wish that he and Ari would find time to hang out and be together.
SCARLET, ARI, AND AGNES: The girl friends of Jessie that I really liked. Ari, is understanding and forgiving and she will literally tell you everything. Scarlet is like a mother figure and you will surely feel comfortable with her. Agnes is the straight to the point-frank girl but you’ll surely know that she’s honest and a true friend.
THEO: Theo is one of those kids that doesn’t give a f*ck to everything unless he really cares about something. At first, I thought he’s gonna be annoying ’til the end. He’s gay and I love how his dad accepted that and told him that whomever he choose to love, girl or boy, they would still love him. I like it when he started to stood up for Jessie and scolded Gem for being such an arse. And also when he picked up Jessie at the airport to update her with everything that had happened when she was in Chicago. I really want him as a brother too. He’s cool.
“Sometimes a kiss is not a kiss is not a kiss. Sometimes its poetry.” ❤
Romance wasn’t the strongest point of this book because I think friendship between our leads was greater. And I loved that, friendship being the foundation of everything. Toward the end of the book, we saw that they already liked each other more than friends, and we know that they’re slowly getting there. I like how none of it felt forced and how Ethan never forced himself to Jessie. It’e beautiful to see a friendship blossoming into love. I wish we could see it more but Julie ended the story with an open one so we could imagine the rest.
Julie Buxbaum’s style of writing is very refreshing. It felt natural and not too lyrical to the point that it would felt unreal. She wrote about the things that actually has the possibility to happen in real life. This book is written in Jessie’s perspective and I wish we get to know more about Ethan’s perspective. But that’s really okay because it really felt comfortable being in Jessie’s head. She’s not an annoying narrator and I really felt and resonate with her. Julie has this ability to make you feel like you are her character. Throughout reading the book, I felt like I was Jessie and what she says would be the echo of my own mind. It’s an amazing experience. I’ll be anticipating Julie’s future works and I wish I could meet her one day.
I really recommend it to anyone who wanted to feel relaxed because this book is very light read that will bring you smile. I rate it 4/5 anchors because it was a great read and it didn’t really had a heavy plot that will blow my mind but it was interesting overall. I enjoyed every bits of it.
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The Most Important Part of Practice
| Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Say you’re cooking a soup. You throw ingredients into a pot, turn up the heat, add water. “The most important part of any soup is the seasoning,” someone says. So you add seasoning — salt, pepper. “The most important part of any soup is the long, slow simmer,” someone else says. So you simmer for several hours. “The most important part of any soup is the presentation.” So you sprinkle some chopped onions, drizzle olive oil on top, put it into a pretty bowl.
Any competitive swimming season is like cooking a soup. You have your season-long training (meat and potatoes). Your taper (seasoning). Your shave-down (presentation). For a swim season to come together, everything needs to cohesively work. You can’t arbitrarily add pancakes or peanut butter to a soup and expect greatness. Likewise, you can’t boil a lump of stale potatoes at the last minute and expect to wow your audience. A swim season takes time to formulate, and, if executed perfectly, will come together after a long, slow process.
While there are many theories about what is, exactly, the most important part of the swim season — the holiday training? the pre-season workouts? the taper? — I’d argue that the most important part is not anything to do with actual swimming itself. The most important part of the swimming season, and swim practice, is the five minutes before practice. The five minutes before you dive in, every single day.
These five, itty bitty minutes is the time when you conjure your recipe.
When you look at your ingredients and think, “What can I make out of this?”
Many swimmers email and ask how to train better, accomplish faster times, perform to their best abilities. Many believe, then fail to understand, that a season’s greatness is not won or lost in the two-week taper. The season’s greatness isn’t necessarily about a natural-born ability, or a physical attribute you either have or don’t have (where are the onions? How can I make this soup without pepper?). The season’s greatness, like any good soup, is that daily five-minute pre-plan. When you conjure the daily goal. When you look at energy levels, your pre-practice mentality, and you take stock of your resources, and come up with a recipe for success.
I’ve long advocated that the most important part of any season, and swim practice, is the five minutes before diving in. Those five minutes when you and your teammates stand on the pool deck in swimsuits and goggles. Instead of joking or gossiping, or thinking how tired you are, take five minutes to make a practice plan. Spend five minutes thinking about the upcoming practice. Think about your body and your daily goal.
For example: You arrive to practice and you’re exhausted. You’re stressed and thinking about tomorrow’s big statistics test. You don’t really feel like being at the pool.
Instead of leaping in and thinking these negative, counter-productive thoughts for the next two hours, spend five minutes — just five minutes tops — to acknowledge how you’re feeling that day. Think, “Okay, I’m exhausted and not feeling this workout. How can I best get something out of these next two hours? What is one thing I can work on?”
Simply re-calibrating your mind during those five pre-practice minutes can have a net positive effect for the rest of practice. Rather than diving into the pool and feeling rushed or stressed, you can breathe, exhale, and come up with a small, mini-recipe. You can take an accurate look at how you’re feeling, what this practice may look like, and conjure up a great-tasting soup de jour.
The most important part of any soup is not the presentation, but the recipe. To come up with a great recipe requires a few minutes to think. To ponder. To calibrate and conjure.
My advice to younger swimmers who are feeling burned out, tired, exhausted, and craving an escape from the pool…? (Which usually happens during Februarys…)
Place importance not only on practice, but the five minutes before practice. Think about what you’re about to do. Think about why you want to do it. Just coming up with a plan — just thinking about your daily recipe — will allow you to get more out of your practice than improvisation.
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Children's Place posts beat, Facebook pulls security program, Sears closes more stores
Here’s a look at some of the companies the Yahoo Finance team will be watching for you today.
The Children’s Place (PLCE) posted a huge beat on Q2 earnings. Same-store sales rose 13% as more people went shopping at brick and mortar locations. The CEO says mall traffic was particularly high last quarter.
Facebook (FB) is pulling a data security program from Apple’s (AAPL) App store. Apple says the Onavo app didn’t comply with privacy rules. It lets users create a VPN to browse through a private server. But in the process, Facebook was able to track browsing trends. Facebook says it has been transparent with how it collects user data.
Sears (SHLD) says it will shutter 33 more sears locations and 13 Kmart stores this November. Liquidation sales will start as soon as next week. Sears says it’s part of the plan to transform the company and it’s not ruling out closing even more locations.
And get ready for a lot more original content on Google’s (GOOG) YouTube. The site’s top programmer says it plans to roll out 50 original shows next year. That includes a new sci–fi drama from the producers behind The Crown, a new comedy from actress Kirsten Dunst, and a host of documentary and reality tv shows.
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Sanctions, OPEC cuts push Asia's heavy crude oil prices above Brent
By Florence Tan
Reuters 11 February 2019
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Middle East oil benchmarks Dubai and DME Oman have nudged above prices for Brent crude, an unusual move as U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and Iran along with output cuts by OPEC tighten supply of medium to heavy oil, traders and analysts said.
Heavier grades, mainly produced in the Middle East, Canada and Latin America, typically have a high sulphur content and are usually cheaper than Brent, the benchmark for lighter oil in the Atlantic Basin.
But Dubai spot prices and DME Oman crude futures for April have held above ICE Brent at Asia's market close since the start of February, data from the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Dubai Mercantile Exchange and Refinitiv Eikon showed.
"The forceful implementation of U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan crude exports, the greater-than-expected recent Saudi crude output cut ... and the uncertainty over U.S. sanction exemptions on Iranian crude have all served to strengthen sour crudes relative to sweet benchmarks such as Brent," said Tilak Doshi, a Singapore-based analyst at consultancy Muse, Stancil & Co.
U.S. sanctions on Venezuela that suddenly halted its crude exports to the United States last month created a strong pull for medium and heavy crude from elsewhere, traders and analysts said.
The sanctions, aimed at blocking Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's access to the nation's oil revenue, will be extended to non-U.S. oil buyers from April 28, potentially stopping them from paying for Venezuelan oil in U.S. dollars.
Elsewhere, uncertainty over whether Washington will in May extend waivers to sanctions on Tehran's oil exports that it previously granted to top Iranian crude buyers - China, India, Japan and South Korea - is also boosting Middle East oil prices.
A decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia to rein in oil output has buoyed heavy crude prices as well. Market observers expect Middle East producers to cut output of heavier oil to meet the curbs.
"The U.S. may have to replace more than 500,000 bpd (barrels per day) of Venezuelan crude with other more expensive heavy crude sources from the Middle East, particularly as Canadian and Mexican flows to the U.S. are essentially maxed out," JBC Energy said in a note.
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Strong demand from the United States for heavy oil to replace Venezuelan supplies has boosted prices for U.S. Mars crude and Latin American grades, restricting supplies of those cargoes to Asia, traders said.
Offers of Mars crude for April delivery to North Asia have risen more than $1 a barrel, while spot premiums for Latin American grades such as Castilla from Colombia, have climbed by $2 a barrel, traders said.
Castilla was sold out even before its loading programme was released, one of the traders said. The sources declined to be identified as they were not authorised to speak to the media.
U.S. refiners are also seeking more supplies from the Middle East, creating a pull for such barrels at a time when Asia's heavy oil demand is growing as two new refineries have started trial runs in China and Malaysia.
Meanwhile, refiners globally are processing more medium and heavy crude to reap higher profits from fuel oil and middle distillates. That has kept the price gap between Saudi Arabia's Arab Light and Arab Heavy crude in Asia close to the narrowest in a decade.
"Heavy sour strength is bolstered through the first half of 2019 by continued complex refinery capacity growth and tight fuel oil markets, before IMO 2020 presents a cliff for (high-sulphur fuel oil) demand," Citi analysts said.
IMO 2020 refers to a mandate by the International Maritime Organization requiring ships to switch to low-sulphur marine fuel from 2020.
GRAPHIC: Light-heavy crude price spread narrows - https://tmsnrt.rs/2UI4iNk
(Reporting by Florence Tan; Editing by Joseph Radford and Dale Hudson)
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Silver Sun Albuquerque
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Located in historic Old Town in Albuquerque, the Silver Sun has been welcoming visitors for over 40+ years. This year marks 41!
We offer Authentic Native American handmade jewelry featuring the finest turquoise available such as Natural Kingman, Bisbee, Morenci, Number 8, Royston, and Sleeping Beauty. We promise to provide you with the best Authentic Native American handmade jewelry and Stones. The pieces you see on this website and in our Albuquerque store are made primarily by silversmiths, Randy & Etta Endito, Ruth Ann Begay, Rosella Sandoval, and Bryant Martinez. We invite you to take a look at our great line of Rings, Pendants, Neckwear, Bolos, Bracelets, and Earrings. When you see something that catches your eye, just follow the prompts to order it here on our secure e-commerce online store. Often we can adjust the color or type of stone. We do have a variety of Colored stones, Lapis, Black Onyx, Charoite, Denim Lapis, Jasper, Malachite, Rhodochrosite, Spiney Oyster and Sugilite. We are always adding new items, so please enjoy your visit and be sure to check back regularly.
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Bryant Martinez
Bryant was born in To’hajiilee, NM in 1983. He is from the Water Edge (Mom) and Sage Brush (Dad) Clans. Bryant is a self taught silversmith. He has been training himself for about 10 years. His mother, Irene, was a smith, but she quit when he was born. He never got to watch or learn from her. He did inherit her tools, however he wants to learn more about his traditions. He also wants to pass on his talent to the next generation. He now lives in Albuquerque with his seven year old son, Elliot.
He describes his work as “saw cut”, Silver Sun is very pleased to have this young artist who takes pride & satisfaction in his work. When people respond positively to his art, “it makes me feel good inside,” he says. “I love what I do; it feels more like a hobby than work. I am very lucky to be part of the Silver Sun family and honored to be working alongside Etta Endito who has taught me a lot about the art of silversmithing. I have learned to express myself through my work; I’m always looking for a challenge, anything is possible and there are no bad ideas… I have done a few shows with Silver Sun, IACA Fall/Spring markets, Indian Market openings at the Silver Sun Gallery and one year I was honored to participate in the celebration of The Indian Craft Shop’s 75th year in Washington D.C. I got a lot of good feedback from customers and other artists.” He is very intense and fully absorbed when he is creating his art. “Imagination is the start of art,” says Bryant.
Kathleen Sanchez
Kathleen Sanchez, She-u-tani, was born and raised in San Felipe Pueblo. She is a designer of jewelry and turquoise. Most of her designs are inspired by and based on her Pueblo heritage.
Kathleen has been working alongside Silver Sun’s silversmiths for years. This collaboration has resulted in many unique, outstanding, one-of-a-kind pieces. Once in a while, a piece will come with a beautiful poem from the heart, evoked by either the design or the turquoise itself.
“Family, friends and my Pueblo are very important to me, “ she says. She has a huge extended family in the Pueblo, including close brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews. She has two grown children and three grandkids. “I participate in the Pueblo culture and dances. I am very happy when my family is part of this too.”
Kathleen has been with Silver Sun for over 36 years. She is now part owner, production manager, and buyer. Kathleen graduated from the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in American Studies and a minor in German.
Randy & Etta Endito
Etta and Randy Endito have been silversmithing together since 1980. Etta, from Crownpoint, and Randy, from Smith Lake, New Mexico met in 1978. They have been married for 36 years come August. They have three grown sons and one daughter in middle school. Etta say her greatest gift for 2013 is her granddaughter Sofiia, who is four months old now. She also has a grandson, Mikey, who is eight years old. She says, “I love them with all my heart, along with their mothers.” So far, all three sons show interest and talent in silversmithing following in the footsteps of their parents. The Endito family is a true team, loving and respectful of one another.
Etta and Randy both helped their mothers in their jewelry making after school. Both mothers were very good silversmiths. Etta has a piece of jewelry that her father made years ago, which she treasures. Etta and Randy have enormous of respect for their parents and are grateful for the lessons they learned.
Randy’s specialty is the shaping and stamping of the silver. Etta enjoys creating the designs and patterns. They come together in harmony, building a unique piece of jewelry. Etta says, “We are proud to be making jewelry. This is something we still make in America, by Americans. Buy Native American Made!” Etta worked 7 years as production manager with Deanna. She became the turquoise buyer with Deanna. She kept learning and getting to know miners and cutters. This year she bought all kinds of turquoise, Charoite, and Spiney Oyster with Kathy & Deanna. Deanna says she gives Etta full authority with the checkbook, because she knows what she is doing! “She has a gift for matching and picking winning rocks.”
“I’ve been working for Silver Sun for 21 years. I’ve learned a lot from Deanna. I will forever be thankful to her for teaching me a lot especially in the turquoise area. I know my turquoise mines now. She has also taught me a lot about the Native American Indian jewelry business. I can say that I’m very mellow and love meeting people. I get along with just about anyone. I have a lot of respect for other artists, God Bless Them. “ –Etta Endito.
Rosella Sandoval
Rosella Sandoval is married to Dean Sandoval, Jr. They have four young children, one daughter and three sons. She works from home so that she can be with her children. She and Dean are teaching the children Navajo and Apache traditions. The family lives in To'hajiilee, New Mexico and works on their ranch raising bulls for rodeos.
Rosella mainly works with plain bezel pieces like earrings and pendants. Her silver work is very clean and compliments the beauty of the stones used in her jewelry.
Ruth Ann Begay
Ruth Ann Begay was born in Phoenix, Arizona, but her family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico where she grew up speaking only Navajo. Her father brought the family to Albuquerque and raise his children modernly instead of traditionally.
She learned how to silversmith by watching her mother and her sister. Ruth Ann began silversmithing professionally after high school and started with simple bezels, and soldering then moving on to decorative work such as leaves. She is now married and has one daughter, Desbah. When asked why she didn’t raise her daughter traditionally, she says, “Why send them back when they can go forward.” She has taught her daughter how to do silverwork but understands that Desbah’s interest lies in electric work.
Ruth Ann and her husband live in Prewitt, New Mexico. She says that New Mexico is her favorite place to be.
Ruth Ann has worked with Silver Sun since Silver Sun bought Hills Indian Jewelry. She drove 70 miles one way to work until the price of gas went up.
Ruth Ann uses modern tools to make her jewelry. She taught herself how to finish silver jewelry. Ruth Ann says that when she signs her name to a piece, it is important that the quality of her work be something that she can be proud of. Ruth Ann thinks that teaching silver smithing sounds interesting. She says that the value of being an artist is that she can find jobs that allow her to be creative.
Shane R Hendren
Shane R. Hendren is a Master Metal Smith and Artist who has spent his lifetime working at his craft. For the past twenty years his principal focus has been on jewelry rooted in his Navajo heritage, incorporating traditional iconography and symbolism while employing advanced metals techniques such as Mokume Gane, and Engraving.
His work can be found in public and private collections around the globe as well as being featured in magazines and books. His hard work and dedication to his craft has been recognized by awards from all the major art markets with the greatest recognition to date being the 2007 Artist of the Year, awarded by the Indian Arts and Crafts Association. He is currently the 2014 Artist of the Year for the Indian Arts and Crafts Association.
Buttressing his traditional rearing is formal training, having received an Associates Degree from IAIA in Museum Management and a BFA in all Disciplines from the University of New Mexico. Shane’s dedication to the arts extends to service of the industry by first serving on the Advisory Board of AtlAtl and currently serving on the boards of IACA and IACA EF, currently the Ex Officio of both boards. Recognized in 2010 on the floor of the NM House of Representatives for his service to the arts.
Marvin & Lillie Lovato
Marvin and Lillie Lovato, a husband and wife team, carve intricate heishi beads out of turquoise and shell. They have been working with Silver sun for 37 years. Marvin was in Olson's English class before she went into the Native American business.
They each learned to make heishi from their parents.Lillie's parents specialized in small, thin beads and when they were married they taught each other how you make the different styling.
They said that their favorite part of the job is designing jewlery and trying new materials. Attention to both beauty and quality has earned them blue and red ribbions at the New Mexico State Fair and Santa Fe Indian Market. "Where trying to make something contemporary and still conform to the framework of our traditional ways," Marvin says. "Their is an idea behind everything" For example, turquoise means life. In my necklaces with turquoise, that piece is like life."
Marvin and Lillie raise their 5 older children traditionally, but only a daughter is getting into the craft. Marvin and Lillie work out of thier home in the Santa Domingo Pueblo in northern New Mexico. Marvin is also very active in the Santa Domingo Trible Council. In their spare time, Marvin enjoys farming corn, chili, and other vegetables, and let's not for get bowling. Lillie teaches canvas crafting to the elders and traditional food making to the women and girls of her tribe. Very few Santa Domingo families make their own turquoise and heishe.
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SEC Football Preview: Another Georgia-Alabama Clash?
Filed Under:2018 College Football Preview, College Football, Ryan Mayer, SEC Football
Ryan Mayer
Today, we get to the final of the Power 5 conferences, the SEC. Both of last year’s championship game participants came from this vaunted powerhouse, with Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide winning in dramatic fashion over Kirby Smart’s Georgia Bulldogs. Heading into this season, those programs look poised to meet once again in the conference title game and, potentially, the playoff. As always, win totals are based on Vegas projections. If you’ve missed any of our other previews to this point, check out the links below.
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Georgia Bulldogs-
(O/U 10.5 wins)
We’d say the Kirby Smart reign at UGA is off to a great start. Coming off a near victory over the Death Star that is Alabama in the title game, Smart has a team loaded for another run this season. QB Jake Fromm returns, but his job isn’t even secure thanks to the arrival of five-star recruit Justin Fields. Fields was part of the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation for the ‘Dawgs and has drawn rave reviews. Whoever is starting will have the traditional loaded backfield of stud recruits even after the departure of Nick Chubb and Sony Michel. Outside, receivers Terry Godwin, Mecole Hardman and Riley Ridley are ready to vaccuum up plenty of targets. Oh, and they added Cal-transfer Demetris Robertson. That’s all combined with an offensive line that started several freshman last year and has all five guys back.
On defense, all-world LB Roquan Smith is gone, as are four other members of the front seven. But, their expected replacements are largely all former four and five-star recruits. Great. In the secondary, three of last year’s four starters return with corners DeAndre Baker and Tyrique McGhee having the makings of a shutdown combo.
The Bulldogs don’t have to face Alabama until a potential SEC title game match-up and will be favored in every game in all likelihood. Can they handle being the hunted instead of the hunters? Over 10.5
Florida Gators-
(O/U 7.5 wins)
Dan Mullen takes over for the Gators, returning to the program he guided as offensive coordinator a decade ago. He’ll have some solid pieces to work with in his first year. The entire offensive line is back including stud tackle Martez Ivey. That should help now-sophomore QB Feleipe Franks, who had an up-and-down debut season. Malik Davis, Jordan Scarlett and LaMichael Perine is a nice triumvirate of backs behind Franks and the receiving corps adds Ole Miss transfer Van Jefferson. The talent has been here, the production’s been missing.
On defense, the Gators were young last year, particularly in the secondary, and they dropped off from what you’d normally expect from a Florida defense, allowing 27.3 points per game last season. Now, coordinator Todd Grantham takes over with an attacking style and a loaded depth chart. Florida has the talent to compete with everybody on their schedule, but improvement in the passing game is a must if they’re going to hit the over. Under 7.5
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The Tigers started last season 1-5 before finishing 7-6 with a loss to Texas in the Texas bowl. They have most of last year’s group back that was part of that turnaround, but there’s some turnover at coordinator (Derek Dooler replaces Josh Heupel as OC) and a question of whether they can beat good teams as their six straight wins to end the year came against the likes of Idaho, UConn, Florida, Tennessee, Vandy and Arkansas.
QB Drew Lock is back along with most of his weapons on offense, but with a more “pro-style” scheme, it remains to be seen what the offense will look like. The returning talent should allow the Tigers to score points, just a question of whether they’ll be as prolific as last year. The defense, similar to the overall season, was bad against good teams and good late. They started the season giving up 43 to Missouri State before then giving up 31, 35, 51, 40, 53 before settling down. Most of the group is back but we’ll see if the late improvement is sustainable.
The fact that some conference schools are in flux (Tennessee, Arkansas) and the Tigers play in the East makes for a positive outlook heading into the year. Over 7.5
South Carolina Gamecocks-
(O/U 7 wins)
The Gamecocks surged to 9-4 and 2nd in the East last year in Will Muschamp’s 2nd year. Now, he’s got most of the offense back and (hopefully) WR Deebo Samuel healthy. QB Jake Bentley, RB Rico Dowdle and most of the offensive line return to join Samuel on offense. Plus, Bryan Edwards, OrTre Smith and Shi Smith all had their moments after Samuel went down with his injury last year. Muschamp teams have never really had what we’d call great offenses, but this one certainly could be good.
At least good enough to help the defense which is Muschamp’s forte. The unit does lose some big names in Skai Moore, Chris Lammons and JaMarcus King, but Muschamp’s track record of putting together good defenses is well established. The biggest concern is in the secondary where they’ll rely mostly on young guys and transfers to fill the holes left by departures. The schedule features only two likely losses (Georgia, @Clemson), but also trips to Ole Miss and Florida which could be tricky. Under 7
Kentucky Wildcats-
The Wildcats have been bowling the last two years and there’s reason to think they could again this season. Stud RB Benny Snell is back and he certainly doesn’t lack confidence, saying at media days that he’s the best back in the SEC. He’ll have to be if not the best, one of the best to help break in a new QB. Good news is, the ‘Cats have an experienced line in front of him and a couple nice options at the receiver spot (Tavin Richardson and Dorian Baker) to help whoever is under center.
The defense struggled in 2017, giving up nearly 430 yards of offense and 28 points per game. Almost everyone is back from last year’s unit which could be good or bad depending on the development of the players. We’ll see if experience translates into better production in year two under coordinator Matt House. That unit will definitely be tested by an SEC slate featuring trips to Florida, A&M, Tennessee and Missouri. Bowl eligibility is possible, but dependent on defensive improvement and a QB emerging. Over 5.5
Tennessee Volunteers-
What a weird offseason in Knoxville. In the end, Jeremy Pruitt is your new head coach and he inherits a team that set new (low) marks for the Vols with their first 8-loss season and first winless SEC campaign. There’s talent, but under a new staff, we don’t really know which guys are definitely going to see the field with new evaluators in charge.
Offensive coordinator Tyson Helton (USC coach Clay’s younger brother) has a crowded crop of running backs who could fit well in his power-run style including Michigan State transfer Madre London. The offensive line has stud sophomore Trey Smith and a bunch of other guys who got experience because of injuries. The receiving corps is solid with Jauan Jennings, Brandon Johnson and Marquez Callaway back. The question is under center. Quentin Dormady transferred out, Keller Chryst transferred in and Jarrett Guarantano is still here.
Defensively, the hope is that the injury bug stops biting. If it does, there’s plenty of experience here capable of forming a solid unit for the defensively minded Pruitt and new coordinator Kevin Sherrer. That all said, outside of UTEP, East Tennessee State and Charlotte, the Vols’ schedule is rough, playing @Georgia, @Auburn and home versus ‘Bama in three straight weeks. Under 5.5
Vanderbilt Commodores-
Vandy is a hard place to win. The Commodores find themselves in, arguably, the best conference in the country but a much higher barrier for entry academically than most other schools. It doesn’t have the same fertile recruiting ground as Stanford or the name-brand prestige of Notre Dame. So, often, the Commodores find themselves scrapping at the bottom of the East division. That looks likely again this year, but could change depending on how good the offense is.
QB Kyle Shurmur, receiver Kalija Lipscomb and six offensive lineman return. To that core, head coach Derek Mason has added Illinois transfer RB Ke’Shawn Vaughn, Ohio State transfer WR Alex Stump and four-star recruit Camron Johnson. This unit could be quite good, and it will have to be, because the defense is breaking in a bunch of new faces.
The defense returns just four starters from last year while losing depth at LB and in the secondary in particular. With a lot to replace and a schedule that features just three likely wins (Middle Tenn, Nevada, Tennessee State), it could be a long year in Nashville. Push 4
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Alabama Crimson Tide-
(O/U 11 wins)
It’s becoming hard to write new things about Alabama. Nick Saban is coming off another national title, has a pair of stud QBs to choose from and brings the usual mix of experience and stud freshman to the table. The Death Star is alive and well.
Sure, there’s questions. The secondary was hit hard by departures, particularly of stud safety/CB Minkah Fitzpatrick and Saban will be breaking in new coordinators again. There’s also plenty of answers. Title game star Tua Tagovailoa returns to battle Jalen Hurts for the full-time job, running backs Damien Harris, Najee Harris and Josh Jacobs are back with four of five starters returning on the line. Receivers Jerry Jeudy, DeVonta Smith and Henry Ruggs III return for their sophomore years after producing big plays for the Tide last year.
On defense, well, it’s Nick Saban. The front seven is terrifying as usual, led by DE Raekwon Davis, DE Isaiah Buggs and DT Quinnen Williams. Mack Wilson, Anfernee Jennings and Dylan Moses return in the linebacking corps. The secondary, as mentioned above is going to be much younger than usual. So, does that youth lead to giving up big plays? Or are they able to develop behind what should be a pretty heavy pass-rush? We’ll find out.
As usual, ‘Bama will likely be favored in every game. The biggest tests come @LSU and against Auburn, but the Tigers come to Tuscaloosa. This kind of schedule is favorable for a young group, but one slip-up could happen. Push 11
Auburn Tigers-
Fresh off an SEC West title and some offseason contract drama, Gus Malzahn leads another loaded Auburn team into a year trying to make the playoff. They lose workhorse back Kerryon Johnson, but QB Jarrett Stidham, all of his receivers and several offensive line contributors are back. As good as the offense should be, the defense under DC Kevin Steele could be even better. Seven starters return from last year’s group that held opponents to 18.5 points and just under 320 yards per game.
All that returning talent is great, but the schedule, as usual under Malzahn, is brutal. The Tigers open with a Washington team that’s a legitimate playoff threat. After a respite against Alabama A&M, the SEC slate starts with a physical, if young, LSU at home. Also on the slate? Road trips to Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Georgia and Alabama. They got both of those final two opponents at home on the plains last year leading to wins against both. Can they repeat that feat on the road? Tougher ask, which is why we’ve got a push. Push 9
Mississippi State Bulldogs-
New head coach Joe Moorhead has big shoes to fill in Starkville. But, the good news is, he brings an offense almost perfectly suited to the stacked depth chart left behind by Dan Mullen and to utilize the unique talents of QB Nick Fitzgerald. In addition to Fitzgerald, all three of last year’s running backs, three of the top five receivers and four of five starting offensive linemen.
Defensive linemen Jeffrey Simmons, Montez Sweat, and Gerri Green all return fronting a group that brings virtually every key piece back after allowing just 20.9 points and 306 yards per game last season. The biggest tests come from a visit from Auburn and trips to LSU and Alabama. Outside of those three, every game is winnable, particularly with the returning experience. Even Auburn and LSU could be wins, with ‘Bama a pipe dream. Matching last year’s nine wins is doable. Over 8.5
LSU Tigers-
Coach O comes into his second season needing to replace the QB, RB, WR, and three of five offensive lineman from last year. The defense should be fine, particularly with star corner Greedy Williams, LB Devin White and coordinator Dave Aranda calling the shots. But, the offense? Well, that’s a bit more of a question mark.
One of those question marks, starting QB, appears to be closing in on a conclusion with Ohio State transfer Joe Burrow and sophomore Myles Brennan battling for the top spot. At running back, this is the first time in four years we can’t just assume the Tigers will be fine. After the Fournette-Guice era, there’s a bunch of unproven guys on the depth chart. At receiver, there’s plenty of former star recruits and the unit adds Texas Tech transfer Jonathan Giles. Still, the unproven nature leaves you wondering if this will be a build year before a very good year next season.
The schedule is….unkind to say the least. Starting with Miami, having to travel to rival Florida and Auburn, and getting the conference big boys Georgia and Alabama at home. Sure that means upsets could happen in the UGA and ‘Bama games in front of the home crowd in Death Valley, but I wouldn’t count on it. Push 7
Texas A&M Aggies-
Jimbo Fisher enters with a ton more zeroes in his bank account after signing a 10-year, $75 million guaranteed contract. The Aggies boosters have high hopes, and they want to be national title contenders. That won’t happen this year, but Fisher did win a title at FSU in the final year of the BCS, so maybe he can do it. For now though, a loaded schedule could hold down the win total.
QBs Kellen Mond and Nick Starkel are back as is most of the receiving corps, the top running back and basically the entire offensive line depth chart. A&M was a young team last year and they still found a way to get to 7-6. The experience is good, but a change in style is coming as Fisher runs a more traditional style of offense than Sumlin did. There’s potential for a very good group here, but it’s still young with a lot of sophomores and juniors.
The same applies to the defense honestly. Coordinator Mike Elko has most of last year’s group back minus safety Armani Watts, so like the offense, there’s game experience here with a young group. The problem is what we mentioned at the top: the schedule. Clemson, @’Bama, @South Carolina, @Miss. State, @Auburn with LSU & Ole Miss coming to College Station. Yikes. Push 7
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Ole Miss Rebels-
The Matt Luke era enters its second year and, despite some high profile transfers (Shea Patterson, Van Jefferson, Deontay Anderson), there’s still some talent left to make the Rebels a problem. Patterson may be gone but Jordan Ta’amu returns under center with a trio of weapons (A.J. Brown, DeMarkus Lodge and D.K. Metcalf) to run the up-tempo pass-heavy offense once again. With an experienced line, the Rebels should put up numbers again, it’s stopping opponents that may be the problem.
The defense cratered, giving up 34.6 points per game last year. Injuries played some factor, but heading into this year, most of the front seven outside of LB Detric Bing-Dukes is a huge question mark. The secondary should be fine, but the questions up front mean there could be more shootouts in the Rebels immediate future. The schedule is fairly favorable, their toughest road tests are @LSU and @TAMU. Over 6
Arkansas Razorbacks-
The Bret Bielema era is over and in comes Chad Morris with an ENTIRELY different style of offense. At Clemson (OC) and SMU (as head coach), Morris’ teams have put points on the board in a hurry. He should be able to get that done in Year 1, and he may have to in order to overcome an inexperienced defense.
Morris has a QB battle to figure out after Austin Allen graduated last year, but the rest of the offense is loaded with talent. Last year’s top three receivers and top three tight ends are back and receiver Jared Cornelius returns after missing all of last year with injury. In addition, two running backs and four offensive linemen return that saw starting time last year.
Defensive coordinator John Chavis has work to do with a unit that gave up 438 yards and 36 points per game last season. He’s got a bunch of returnees to work with, but like Kentucky, it’s unknown what those guys can provide. The Hogs schedule gives them five games they should win (Eastern Illinois, CSU, North Texas, Tulsa and Vandy) outside of that, they’ll need an upset. Under 6
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Home » Feature Articles » Meet Nawab Shafath Ali Khan- 2
Meet Nawab Shafath Ali Khan- 2
The crux of the man-animal conflict today is that old, weak and handicapped species are pushed out of the forest by the younger and stronger animals. These animals before they could create havoc were eliminated. The village folks were happy, revenge killing was never heard of and we didn’t have elephants straying into private lands like Hassan and Coorg like we are facing today.
By N. Niranjan Nikam
[Continued from yesterday]
Star of Mysore (SOM): The fight between humans and elephants, in other words man-animal conflict is resulting in shocking number of deaths. Planters in Kodagu are facing the heat with their crops being destroyed because of huge elephant menace there. What do you think can be done about this?
Nawab Shafath Ali Khan: The problem is not only in pockets of Karnataka but across the country. Any wild animal requires space. We cannot comprehend compressing them into smaller forest areas. With the number of elephants increasing in the country, the land to animal ratio has gone haywire. National Parks are not being de-weeded and cleared of noxious weeds; to provide enough fodder to the elephants and to restrain them within the parks. Hungry elephants are forced to stray out into agricultural lands for their survival.
Elephant is wise to the fact that nutritional value is found more in sugarcane, bananas, paddy and jackfruit compared to what it gets in barren government-controlled forests. So the Department is putting animals under tremendous pressure. This pressure is changing the metabolism of elephants making them aggressive, attacking people and raiding crops with impunity.
This man-made pressure on elephants and tigers have changed their psychological persona and they are also attacking humans. We have left the problems drift so much that it’s hard to find a win-win situation at this point of time. Anyway my thinking after spending 40 years in the field is that 70 per cent of our wild elephants are outside the forests. This is a very alarming figure. There is no shortage of fund as far as Forest Department is concerned. We are sitting on Rs. 35,000 crore of CAMPA (Compensation Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority) Funds. The States can utilise this money and have an elephant-proof trench all around government protected forests. All stray elephants outside this trench will be herded in or translocated.
The carcass of the man-eating leopard stretched out on the lawns of Thunag Rest House in Himachal Pradesh.
Wildlife management and human habitations have to be compartmentalised. Solar powered borewells have to be erected every 5-km radius within the National Parks. Clean and sufficient drinking water should be provided to the animals. However, the hard decision that we need to take but from which we have drifted for decades is, how many animals can survive in the relatively small National Parks and buffer areas.
Excess animals sadly will have to be culled not only for their own survival but also to maintain a healthy forest. Overgrazing and over-browsing is casting tremendous pressure on our precious forests.
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SOM: There is a story that late Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar fell in love with the Land Rover you were driving and bought it. Is this true?
Shafath Ali Khan: Yes, it is true. We were all fond of cars and I had a Land Rover that I had maintained in immaculate condition. The Prince (as Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar was called by many who were close to him) fell in love with it and wanted to buy it. But, I was reluctant to sell it. Soon, the Prince and the Princess (Pramoda Devi Wadiyar) came to attend my wedding and the Prince brought a Convertible Red Triumph Sports Car which he gifted to me at the wedding. Now, I had no option but give my Land Rover to him. He enjoyed the Land Rover and I and my wife, newly-married, thoroughly enjoyed the Convertible Sports Car. Prince was very close to me and I was one of the few who had access to the gun rack that was just beside his bedroom. I had the pleasure and honour of cleaning and repairing those beautiful rifles which belonged to the late Highness Jayachamaraja Wadiyar.
The young bridegroom Nawab Shafath Ali Khan (third from left) seen with (from left) late Sirdar K.B. Ramachandra Raj Urs, late Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, bride Begum Shaheen Khan, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar and the Nawab’s mother Begum Arshad Ali Khan at his wedding reception in Bangalore Turf Club (BTC) in 1976. Picture right shows Jawa Factory Founder F.K. Irani greeting Nawab Shafath Ali Khan at the wedding.
SOM: Isn’t there a contradiction when you say nobility indulged in hunting but they also protected forests?
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Shafath Ali Khan: It was a paradox that controlled hunting that had a code and a strict set of rules where only males of deer were shot subsequent to the breeding season. Old rogue elephants and dying tigers beyond breeding age were painlessly shot using high-powered rifles in the hands of our expert shooters. Survival of the fittest is the law in the jungle.
Wildlife management was much better balanced compared to what it is today. Across the world animal population have reduced or gone haywire wherever government imposed total ban on hunting.
[To be continued tomorrow]
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Water gushing out of a crack in ground at Monnangeri
Madikeri: Groundwater is said to be gushing out of a crack in ground at second Monnangeri in Galibeedu Gram Panchayat of the taluk for the last ten days. The emerging reddish water has created concern among the people.
The two inch width crack is said to have spread for a distance of about one kilometre and appears to be going further.
Officers of Department of Mines and Geology visited the spot a few days ago and concluded that the pressure of the groundwater could have left a crack on the ground to facilitate the flow. They even managed to convince the villagers about the natural phenomenon and has allayed their fears.
However, the crack of late has covered an area of about 50 acres below a hilly area and is said to have entered coffee plantations and has not spared the concrete road in Monnamgeri.
Three families residing in the area have expressed grave concern over a possible caving-in of the land.
MLA K.G. Bopaiah inspected the spot recently and opined that the torrential rain could have raised the water table below ground substantially forcing the water out through a path of least resistance. He has asked senior Geologists to inspect the spot, collect information and clear the doubts to instil confidence among local residents.
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Sadashivrao Bhau Age, Biography, Wife, Family, & More
Nickname(s) Bhau, Bhausaheb
Profession(s) Diwan of Peshwa and Commander-in-chief of the Maratha Army
Date of Birth 4 August 1730
Birth Place Maharashtra, Maratha Empire, India
Date of Death 14 January 1761
Place of Death Panipat, India
Death Cause Died in the third battle of Panipat
Age (at the time of death) 30 Years
Kingdom Maratha Empire
Educational Qualification Not Known
Family Father- Chimaji Appa
Mother- Rakhmabai
Step-Mother- Anapurnabai
Sister- Bagabai (Half)
Wife/Spouse Umabai (First)
Parvatibai (Second)
Children 2 sons
Some Lesser Known Facts About Sadashivrao Bhau
Bhau was the nephew of Peshwa Bajirao I.
When he was just a month old, his mother died in 1730, his father married Anapurnabai in 1731 and when he became 10 years old, his father died. His step-mother, Anapurnabai became sati on his pyre. He was looked after by his grandmother, Radhabai.
He was brilliant in learning things and was educated in Satara, Maharashtra.
When he was just 16 years old, he led his first campaign in Karnataka and in January 1747, he received his first victory in a battle at Ajra, south of Kolhapur. He conquered some areas from the Nawabs of Savanur and subsequently annexed the cities Kittur, Parasgad, Yadwad, Gokak, Badami, Bagalkot, Navalgund, Giri, Umbal, Torgal, Harihar, Haliyal, and Basavapatna.
In 1760, he successfully led the Maratha Army against the Nizam of Hyderabad in the Battle of Udgir.
In the third battle of Panipat, Bhau was the commander-in-chief of the Maratha Army and fought against Durrani Empire led by Ahmad Shah Durrani. However, he got defeated and killed in this battle.
Plaque of Sadashivrao Bhau
He is supposed to have died in the battle of Panipat but his dead body was never found. His second wife, Parvatibai did not accept that her husband died in the battle and she did not live as a widow rest of her life.
His first wife Umabai bore two sons, but they died soon.
Around 1770, a man claimed to be Sadashivrao Bhau, however, later, he turned out to be an impostor.
Sadashiv-Peth in Pune, Maharashtra was named in his honour.
In 2019, Indian film director, Ashutosh Gowariker directed a movie, Panipat in which actor Arjun Kapoor portrayed the role of Sadashivrao Bhau.
Arjun Kapoor portrayed the role of Sadashivrao Bhau in Panipat Movie
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Looking for a different sort of gift for a friend or loved one or even for yourself? While no book can replace learning tai chi in person from a teacher, reading about tai chi can be inspiring, and pictures can help you practice. Books on philosophy can increase your self-awareness. We also include a few videos that facilitate learning tai chi.
You can find many of these tai chi books and videos online: http://www.taichichuan.org/tai-chi-online-store/ and at www.amazon.com
Books on Tai Chi
Master Cheng’s New Method of Taichi Ch’uan Self-Cultivation
By Cheng Man-Ch’ing, translated by Mark Hennessy
Photos of Grandmaster Cheng whose short Yang style we practice.
Has an easy-to-comprehend intro, mentioning the key role of relaxation.
Excellent reminders for the student learning the form.
Master Cheng’s Thirteen Chapters on T’ai-Chi Ch’uan
By Cheng Man-Ch’ing, translated by Douglas Wile
Advanced concepts for our development of tai chi
Alternate text: Master Cheng’s Thirteen Treatises, trans. Ben Lo
T’ai-Chi Touchstones: Yang Family Secret Transmissions. Compiled and translated by Douglas Wile. 1983 Sweet Chi Press.
Cheng Man-Ch’ing’s Advanced T’ai-Chi Form Instructions. With Selected Writings on meditation, the Iching, Medicine and the Arts. Compiled and translated by Douglas Wile. 1985 Sweet Ch’i Press.
There Are No Secrets: Prof. Cheng Man-Ch’ing and his Tai Chi Chuan
By Wolfe Lowenthal
Anecdotes and stories about studying with Prof. Cheng in the 1960-70’s told with humor and humility.
Gateway to the Miraculous: Further Explorations in the Tao of Cheng Man-Ch’ing
Short articulate chapters that convey the subtle yet powerful concepts of tai chi and how they were experienced in the Professor’s presence.
Like a Long River. Wolfe Lowenthal.
Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi
12 Weeks to a Healthy Body, Strong Heart & Sharp Mind
By Peter M. Wayne*, with Mark L. Fuerst
Essence of T'ai Chi Chuan. Lo, Benjamin.
T’ai Chi Ch’uan Ta Wen, Questions and Answers on T’ai Chi Ch’uan. by Chen Wei-Ming. Translated by Benjamin Pang Jeng Lo and Robert Smith. 1985 North Atlantic Books.
The Taijiquan Classics An Annotated Translation Including a commentary by Chen Weiming. by Barbara Davis.
T’ai Chi Classics. by Waysun Liao. 1990 Shambhala.
Master of Five Excellences, by Cheng Man-ch'ing and Mark Hennessy.
T’ai Chi Ch’uan & Meditation. By Da Liu. 1986 Schocken Books
Zheng Manqing’s Uncollected Writings on Taijiquan, Qigong, and Health, with New Biographical Notes. Douglas Wile. 2007 Sweet Ch’i Press.
The Theoretical Basis of T’ai Chi Ch’uan. by Robert Amacker.
Recommended for those with advanced t’ui-shou experience.
Philosophy Books
Tao Teh King (Interpreted as Nature and Intelligence)
By Lao Tzu, trans. Archie Bahm
The essence of Taoism, Tao Teh King is one of the simplest yet most profound interpretations of man and nature.
The Book of Joy
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams
Interviews in which they discuss, with great humor and much teasing, the principles of joy and compassion.
Awareness Alone is Not Enough. Questions and Answers with Ashin Tejaniya. 2008. Available on the internet.
Lao Tzu (2006) Tao Teh Ching. Trans. John C.H. Wu. Massachusetts: Shambhala Press. Paperback. ISBN 978-1590304051.
Lao Tzu (2007) Tao Teh Ching. Trans. Stephen Addis and Stanley Lombardo: Shambhala Press.
Cheng Man-Ching. (1993) Lao Tzu: My Words Are Very Easy to Understand: Lectures on the Tao Teh Ching. Trans. Tam C. Gibbs. North Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-0913028919.
This is Professor Cheng's own commentary and Tam Gibb's translation.
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching. A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way. Ursula K. Le Guin. 1998. Shambala Publications.
Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching. Translated by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English. 2011. Vintage Books.
Chuang Tsu, Inner Chapters. Translated by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English. 1974. Vintage Books.
The Way of Chuang Tzu. Translated by Thomas Merton. 1965. Penguin Books. Introduction by the Dalai Lama.
Cheng Hsin, The Principles of Effortless Power. by Peter Ralston. 1999. Blue Snake Books.
The Taoist I Ching. Translated by Thomas Cleary. Shambala Classics.
Immortal Sisters, Secret Teachings of Taoist Women. Translated by Thomas Cleary. 1996 North Atlantic Books.
The Art of War. Translated by Gary Gagliardi. 2003 Clearbridge Publishing.
Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body. B.K. Frantzis. 1993 North Atlantic Books.
Relaxing Into Your Being, The Water Method of Taoist Meditation Series, Volume I. B.K. Frantzis. 1998 Clarity Press.
The Great Stillness, The Water Method of Taoist Meditation Series, Volume II. B.K. Frantzis. 1999 Clarity Press.
Books on the Sword
Tai Chi Sword. by Kenneth Van Sickle. 2014 Taiji Europa.
The Demon’s Sermon on the Martial Arts, And other Tales. By Issai Chozanshi. Translated by William Scott Wilson. 2006 Shambhala.
The Swordsman’s Handbook, Samurai Teachings on the Path of the Sword. Translated and edited by William Scott Wilson. 2014 Shambhala.
Taiji Sword and other Writings. By Chen Weiming. Translated by Barbara Davis. 2000 North Atlantic Books.
Chinese Swordsmanship, the Yang Family Taiji Jian Tradition. By Scott M. Rodell. 2005 Seven Stars Books and Videos.
The Sword & The Mind. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. 1986 Overlook Press.
E. Weinberger (ed.) 2003. The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry. New Directions Publishing Company.
Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'ang and Sung Dynasty Verse (Mandarin Chinese and English Edition). 2003. Red Pine.
Here are two YouTube videos of Professor Cheng Man-ching doing the tai chi form.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl2mvyjHYS0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsDPy7zMrA4&feature=related
Principles and Practice of Tai Chi Chuan
http://www.taichifoundation.org/videos
Here is a teaching video from our school, The Tai Chi Foundation, that helps you practice the form.
The Professor: Tai Chi’s Journey West. A film by Barry Strugatz about Professor Cheng Man-Ching.
http://www.tai-chifilm.com
Judge Dee mysteries by Robert van Gulik. The series is set in Tang Dynasty China and deals with criminal cases solved by the upright and shrewd Judge Dee, who as county magistrate in the Chinese imperial legal system was both the investigating magistrate and the judge.
Essential Anatomy for Healing & Martial Arts. by Marc Tedeschi. 2000 Weatherhill.
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Army Futures Command is already testing some of its next-generation tech downrange
No, A Huge Meteor Did Not Threaten A US Base With Destruction
Brad Howard
On July 25th, a fireball graced the skies over icy Greenland near Thule Air Force Base, the U.S. Air Force’s northernmost base and a key to its aerospace defense strategy. The meteor released 2.1 kilotons of energy over a installation designed to detect nuclear missile launches, which led to a predictable media freakout; Fox News posted a story about the incident beneath a picture of an explosion — definitely not this one — with a mushroom cloud spilling from Earth into space:
Seriously? Come *on*, dudes.Screenshot
But the freakout is wrong. Digging into the meteor incident demonstrates that it really isn’t that big of a deal. Here’s why.
First, “The energy that came in with this was very limited,” Hans Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, told Task & Purpose.
The fireball above Thule, presumably a meteorite, exploded at an altitude of 43.3 kilometers — around 27 miles — and released the same energy as a very low-yield nuclear weapon. By comparison, when a falling asteroid exploded over Chelyabinsk in Russia in 2013, yielding tons of viral videos, it released 440 kilotons of energy at an altitude of 23.3 kilometers — shattering windows for miles around the city.
A 440-kiloton event is relatively rare; a much smaller explosion like the one over Greenland, however is not uncommon. In fact, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory fireball tracker, there was a 2.8 kiloton fireball on June 21st that entered the atmosphere roughly 200 miles southeast of Moscow. A meteor like the one that scared the shit out of everyone in Chelybinsk in 2013 is only likely to make an appearance every 60 years or so, whereas a 2.1 kiloton fireball seems to pop up at least a few times per year.
Part of the reason that this even made news waves was the possibility of a fireball being misconstrued as a first strike by a nuclear nation. For obvious species-ending reasons, nuclear war is looked at as a negative thing. And a nuclear war started by a mistake would really make us look silly to future alien anthropologists trying to figure out why humans decided to end it all.
That possibility — of a false trigger for nuclear war — appears to have originated with Kristensen in an Aug. 1 tweet:
Kristensen noted that the meteor exploded right above the early warning radar at Thule Air Base, which is constantly on the watch for inbound nuclear missiles.
Speaking to Task & Purpose on Friday, Kristensen said he was not concerned that this particular meteor could have been mistaken for an ICBM, but if another such event took place during an international crisis, it has the potential of triggering a false alarm.
“We’re at peace,” he said. “We may have a tense political situation, but there is no imminent threat of an attack coming from any adversary. It’s not about the situation today. It’s about the situation that could happen with these early warning systems in a tense crisis. If you imagine an atmospheric incident such as this, or another one, it can affect the early warning systems.”
Some types of atmospheric events can look like a missile coming over the horizon, Kristensen said. For example, in September 1983, the Soviet Union’s early warning system mistook sunlight reflecting off clouds as missile launches from the United States. Only the cool thinking of Soviet Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov prevented nuclear war.
Map of Greenland with location of Thule Air Base shown.Dept. Of Defense
Luckily, the systems in place to identify a first strike are seeking out objects traveling half the speed of most near-earth objects — asteroids and whatnot — that enter the atmosphere. Also, the lack of a launch indication from satellites that monitor for ICBM launches would probably tick a few boxes on the “is it a nuke?” checklist.
Task & Purpose's Pentagon correspondent, Jeff Schogol, interrupted the U.S. Air Force PAO’s lunch hour on Friday to get its statement on the incident. 'There has been no impact to Thule AB," that statement read. "For further questions, you can reach out to NASA."
So calm down. The world isn’t ending just yet. And even if it does, a tinfoil hat will not protect you.
An adorable arctic fox keeps watch at Thule Air Base, Greenland, terrified of the meteor threat to his home country.Dept. Of Defense
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Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania: 2
John Dickinson | 1767
Artist Unknown. Portrait of John Dickinson. Public domain courtesy of the Delaware Department of State, Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs. Collection of the Delaware State Museums.
John Dickinson > Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania: 2
There is another late act of parliament, which appears to me to be unconstitutional, and as destructive to the liberty of these colonies, as that mentioned in my last letter; that is, the act for granting the duties on paper, glass, &c. [the Townshend Act].
The parliament unquestionably possesses a legal authority to regulate the trade of Great-Britain and all her colonies. Such an authority is essential to the relation between a mother country and her colonies; and necessary for the common good of all. He, who considers these provinces as states distinct from the British empire, has very slender notions of justice, or of their interests. We are but parts of a whole; and therefore there must exist a power somewhere to preside, and preserve the connection in due order. This power is lodged in the parliament; and we are as much dependent on Great-Britain, as a perfectly free people can be on another.
I have looked over every statute relating to these colonies, from their first settlement to this time; and find every one of them founded on this principle, till the Stamp Act administration. All before, are calculated to regulate trade, and preserve or promote a mutually beneficial intercourse between the several constituent parts of the empire; and though many of them imposed duties on trade, yet those duties were always imposed with design to restrain the commerce of one part, that was injurious to another, and thus to promote the general welfare. The raising a revenue thereby was never intended . . — Never did the British parliament, till the period above mentioned think of imposing duties in America, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING A REVENUE. .
Here we may observe an authority expressly claimed and exerted to impose duties on these colonies; not for the regulation of trade; not for the preservation or promotion of a mutually beneficial intercourse between the several constituent parts of the empire, heretofore the sole objects of parliamentary institutions; but for the single purpose of levying money upon us.
This I call an innovation; and a most dangerous innovation. It may perhaps be objected, that Great-Britain has a right to lay what duties she pleases upon her exports, and it makes no difference to us, whether they are paid here or there.
To this I answer. These colonies require many things for their use, which the laws of Great-Britain prohibit them from getting any where but from her. Such are paper and glass.
That we may be legally bound to pay any general duties on these commodities relative to the regulation of trade, is granted; but we being obliged by the laws to take from Great-Britain, any special duties imposed on their exportation to us only, with intention to raise a revenue from us only, are as much taxes, upon us, as those imposed by the Stamp Act.
What is the difference in substance and right whether the same sum is raised upon us by the rates mentioned in the Stamp Act, on the use of paper, or by these duties, on the importation of it. It is only the edition of a former book, shifting a sentence from the end to the beginning….
Some persons perhaps may say, that this act lays us under no necessity to pay the duties imposed, because we may ourselves manufacture the articles on which they are laid; whereas by the Stamp Act no instrument of writing could be good, unless made on British paper, and that too stamped.
I am told there are but two or three glass-houses on this continent, and but very few paper-mills; and suppose more should be erected, a long course of years must elapse, before they can be brought to perfection. This continent is a country of planters, farmers, and fishermen; not of manufacturers. The difficulty of establishing particular manufactures in such a country, is almost insuperable. .
Great-Britain has prohibited the manufacturing iron and steel in these colonies, without any objection being made to her right of doing it. The like right she must have to prohibit any other manufacture among us. Thus she is possessed of an undisputed precedent on that point. This authority, she will say, is founded on the original intention of settling these colonies; that is, that we should manufacture for them, and that they should supply her with materials.
Here then, my dear country men ROUSE yourselves, and behold the ruin hanging over your heads. If you ONCE admit, that Great-Britain may lay duties upon her exportations to us, for the purpose of levying money on us only, she then will have nothing to do, but to lay those duties on the articles which she prohibits us to manufacture–and the tragedy of American liberty is finished. . . . If Great-Britain can order us to come to her for necessaries we want, and can order us to pay what taxes she pleases before we take them away, or when we land them here, we are as abject slaves as France and Poland can shew in wooden shoes, and with uncombed hair.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech in Caracas on August 4, 2018. (AFP Photo / Juan Barreto)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday called on the armed forces to oppose “any coup plotter” after a military uprising in support of opposition leader Juan Guaido fizzled out, and subsequent street clashes left four protesters dead.
On Tuesday, Guaido — who has been recognized by more than 50 countries as the crisis-wracked country’s interim president — urged the armed forces to rise up against the embattled leader.
A small group heeded the call, but the movement failed to ignite — the military leadership ratified their support for the government, and Maduro is standing his ground despite international pressure.
“Yes, we are in combat — keep morale high in this fight to disarm any traitor, any coup plotter,” Maduro said Thursday at a televised event with the military high command, at which he was surrounded by soldiers.
“No one can be afraid — it is the hour to defend our right to peace,” he said at a ceremony attended by 4,500 military personnel, according to the government.
Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino said: “We’ve come to ratify our loyalty … to the supreme commander of the armed forces, who is our only president, President Nicolas Maduro.”
The failed uprising sparked two days of protests against the government in which four people were killed, including two teenagers who died of their injuries on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Venezuela’s supreme court ordered the re-arrest of influential opposition figure Leopoldo Lopez — who made a dramatic appearance alongside Guaido on Tuesday after he was freed from house arrest. Lopez has since taken refuge at the Spanish embassy.
The 48-year-old Lopez was a prominent opposition leader in 2014 when he was imprisoned after calling for protests against Maduro. He was transferred to house arrest in 2017.
In Washington, US President Donald Trump offered prayers at a White House service for “the people of Venezuela in their righteous struggle for freedom.”
“The brutal repression of the Venezuelan people must end, and it must end soon,” he warned.
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– Four dead –
Opposition lawmakers and family members announced Thursday that two teenage protesters had succumbed to injuries sustained in the anti-government protests.
Yoifre Hernandez, 14, was hit by gunfire during Wednesday’s clashes in Caracas, while 16-year-old Yosner Graterol suffered a gunshot wound during unrest in the northern town of La Victoria on Tuesday, lawmakers and relatives said.
Jurubith Rausseo, 27, died Wednesday after being shot in the head, the non-governmental Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict said on Twitter. Another person was killed in the northern state of Aragua on Tuesday.
Human rights organizations and health services reported that dozens of people were hurt on both Tuesday and Wednesday.
The government said more than 150 people were arrested on Tuesday.
So far, 25 rebel soldiers have sought asylum at the Brazilian embassy.
Speaking from the Spanish ambassador’s residence, Lopez said the small rebellion on Tuesday would eventually lead to the end of Maduro’s “dictatorship.”
“It’s a crack that will become a bigger crack … that will end up breaking the dam,” said Lopez.
Madrid said it would not hand over Lopez to Venezuelan authorities, nor would it ask him to leave.
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Tensions in Venezuela have soared since Guaido, who heads the national legislature, invoked the constitution to declare himself acting president on January 23, claiming Maduro’s re-election last year was illegitimate.
The country has suffered five years of recession marked by shortages of basic necessities as well as failing public services, including water, electricity and transport.
On both Tuesday and Wednesday, security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned Venezuela’s authorities not to use deadly force against demonstrators, while the US and Russia accused each other of making the crisis worse, evoking their Cold War-era confrontations.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are to discuss Venezuela when they meet in Finland next week, a US official said.
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Padrino has described Guaido’s moves as “child’s play.”
The International Contact Group of 13 countries — including Britain, France, Germany and Maduro’s ally Bolivia — announced a meeting in Costa Rica on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the latest flare-up in Venezuela’s simmering crisis.
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What Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, and Bob Dylan Have In Common
Written by Tim Ferriss Topics: Entrepreneurship
Dr. Peter H. Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, and co-Founder and Chairman of the Singularity University, a Silicon Valley-based institution partnered with NASA, Google, Autodesk and Nokia. Dr. Diamandis attended MIT, where he received his degrees in molecular genetics and aerospace engineering, as well as Harvard Medical School where he received his M.D.
He’s no underachiever.
I’ve known Peter for many years, both as a friend and as advising faculty at Singularity University. He is known for being incredibly resourceful, but it’s his ability to teach and catalyze resourcefulness that impresses me most.
Here is a short essay from Peter on exactly this. Enjoy…
Enter Peter
In 1997 Apple introduced its “Think Different” advertising campaign with the now famous declaration: “Here’s to the crazy ones”:
Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes . . . the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones who do.
If you were to just hear these words, they’d seem like bravado — marketingspeak from a company not known for marketingspeak. But Apple coupled sight to sound. Accompanying those words were images: Bob Dylan as a misfit; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a troublemaker; Thomas Edison as the one without respect for the status quo. Suddenly everything changes. Turns out this campaign is not all bluster. In fact, it seems to be a fairly accurate retelling of historical events.
The point, however obvious, is pretty fundamental: you need to be a little crazy to change the world, and you can’t really fake it.
If you don’t believe in the possibility, then you’ll never give it the 200 percent effort required. This can put experts in a tricky situation. Many have built their careers buttressing the status quo, reinforcing what they’ve already accomplished, and resisting the radical thinking that can topple their legacy — not exactly the attitude you want when trying to drive innovation forward.
Henry Ford agreed:
“None of our men are ‘experts.’ We have most unfortunately found it necessary to get rid of a man as soon as he thinks himself an expert because no one ever considers himself expert if he really knows his job . . . Thinking always ahead, thinking always of trying to do more, brings a state of mind in which nothing is impossible.”
So if you’re going after grand challenges, experts may not be your best co-conspirators. Instead, if you need a group of people who thrive on risk, are overflowing with crazy ideas, and don’t have a clue that there’s a “wrong way” to do things, there’s one particular place to look.
In the early 1960s, when President Kennedy launched the Apollo program, very few of the necessary technologies existed at the time. We had to invent almost everything. And we did, with one of the main reasons being that those engineers involved didn’t know they were trying to do the impossible, because they were too young to know. The engineers who got us to the Moon were in their mid to late twenties. Fast-forward thirty years, and once again it was a group of twentysomethings driving a revolution, this time in the dot-com world. This is not a coincidence: youth (and youthful attitudes) drives innovation — always has and always will.
So if we’re serious about creating an age of abundance, then we’re going to have to learn to think differently, think young, roll the dice, and perhaps most importantly, get comfortable with failure.
Editor’s note: The above is adapted from Peter’s book Abundance, which I wholeheartedly recommend you check out. But let’s talk to you…
What other examples of “crazy” innovators can you think of?
If you’ve been in a job for a long time, how can you generate novel/crazy ideas?
Who has done the so-called “impossible” or shaken up the status quo in a way you respect?
Please share your thoughts in the comments!
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66 comments on “What Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, and Bob Dylan Have In Common”
Travis Wright —
Although maybe not as world-changing as smart phones or the space program, the Adam Carolla Podcast is a great example of someone stepping out of mainstream and trailblazing. More so, podcasting eventually became an alternative to talk radio programs, so his success is even greater if you factor in the lucrative giant that is radio.
As he always says on his program, the business he has built is a pirate ship (implying a rebellious action) that allows him to say f*&k you to “the man.”
Agreed. Adam is a trailblazer.
cynthialstern —
I’d imagine that “being crazy” works when you are either “the boss” or “your own boss.”
In other instances, I’d imagine that it works to the “crazy” person’s benefit only once in a proverbial blue moon.
There are so many “crazy” innovations that are changing the status quo, helping topple or knock down a peg or two, those that dominate an industry. Tesla and the way they sell cars, taxi alternatives such as Uber and the ability to create your own products and be able to distribute them to the world with sites like Gumroad. I could go on and on but I like that the “little” guys are taking some good swings at the “big” guys.
You should check out my ‘jump to conclusions’ mat
johncrimmins —
Seems completely reasonable to me. But then again, I like to think I fall into this category of “crazy,” or at the very least, optimistic regarding the future to near delusion.
This article reminds me of Steve Jobs, especially in his younger days. His crazy intensity/unyieldingly strong conviction that what he was preaching was possible is largely responsible for the world we live in today.
Aidan —
How do you know so many awesome people Tim? Someday you’ll have to write a post about networking.
No need to wait! The short answer: do crazy stuff and write about it. If possible, move to a city where people are known for thinking big or different (i.e. NYC, SF, Berlin, etc.). Then, interesting folks tend to seek you out.
Daniyal —
Love your reply.
Read amazing books by amazing people for example “The education of millionaires” , soak up all they teach, try to copy that, add your own style and viola you’ll be on your way to making contacts and high end networking.
granthuhn —
I love this reply, Tim. Thanks for this timely, inspiring reminder!
George —
Thumps up for Berlin! Definitely one of the cities where creativity flows in abundance.
sameertembre —
Hey..TIM,
What an awesome reply…truly kickass.
Proud to have you as my mentor : )
Roshan Hoover —
Elon Musk would be one of the modern crazy ones… Paypal, Tesla, Space x, Hyperloop
For sure. I actually first met him while also with Peter, so it makes perfect sense 🙂 Elon is a machine.
There are tons of other people that can fit in this scenario. Like Albert Einstein , Dale Carnegie ( He was different in his own way ) , napoleon hill , J.K.Rowling ,etc . (Just a thought)
Ioana Petre —
Thank you for the post, Tim! And for the book recommendation. 🙂 ‘Abundance’ just went to the top of my to-read list.
I have to say that, during the past few years, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to all sorts of questions related to excellence and to the best methods for achieving it. It seems to me that ‘be crazy! bend the rules! do it differently! don’t apologize’ is the mainstream type of advice that has been circulating in this area for quite some time already. Now, you see, I have a couple of problems with this.
1. I don’t think that we can all be equally crazy…in the same way in which we can’t all be equally chatty or flirty when drunk. Genius is genius, whether sane or not. But, most likely, not. 🙂
2. If we all go crazy and disregard rules and traditions that – though old through their very nature – did get the work done, then who’s gonna be the safety pin and gatekeepers of our businesses, economies and societies? Even artists who couldn’t care less about the mundane aspects of the world got some material support from less crazy sponsors.
3. How much room is there left for discipline when we go crazy? Personally, I am a big fan of the concept of ‘shokunin’. It originated in the Japanese culture and it can roughly be translated as craftsman. However, this particular craftsman, the shokunin, is very determined to achieve perfection in his/her craft and doesn’t settle for anything less than that. That’s why he or she will repeat the same process over and over again, every day, in perfect discipline until the ultimate goal is reached. From what I’ve read, George Bernard Shaw was very regimented in his writing and imposed to himself a quota of five pages per day, every day, for the rest of his life. Of course, not all of them got published.
Let me finish with Picasso, who I think will reconcile our views. 🙂 ‘Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.’
Felipe —
One crazy idea i’ve been obsessed about is that of Karmic Management. That what goes around comes around. If you have a problem, find someone else with the same problem and help them solve it.
If you have a hard time to find a new place for your business, help people coming to town to find a place to stay. If you want your employees to be more engaged, be yourself more engaged in your community or some organisation you ara a part of.
It is not up to odds, what you sow you reap. There is no chance, no maybe. It all seemed a bit crazy, but now i see it really works.
Bogdan —
This is very true Felipe. That is how I’ve been doing business lately, helping others rather than helping myself and it’s worked wonders. Team that with Tim’s advice about living in a creative place (I live in SF too) and the possibilities open up huge.
Thanks for the good read Tim.
I am a high school teacher.
You might be surprised at how constrained we are. For example, the Common Core State Standards are mandated forcefully and thoroughly: you will teach them… and nothing else; and here is how you will teach them.
However, I can still be “crazy, novel, innovative”. For example, I can base my teaching on truer, more useful principles (than the CCSS), such as: Mindset, The Art of Learning, The War of Art, Discipline Without Stress, etc, and use the CCSS to teach THOSE principles, rather than the other way around, or than excluding those principles entirely.
Antonia —
i think this is amazing, am so grateful that there’s people like you out there – finding the loophole, or rather creating one with your own gifts. outsmarting the system! Is there a way you can start teaching this to other highschool teachers? can you create an online program? write an ebook? START A MOVEMENT? our kids need us! ❤ thank you!
Thank you for your kind words! And… for your great idea: share my teaching with other teachers! I’ll post my ideas, and what I end up doing, on my website: granthuhn.com. Thank you, again, for your encouragement and your ideas. Here’s to STARTING A MOVEMENT! (Seth Godin calls it, “Making a rukus.”) Let’s do this.
Russel Blue —
The very topic my friend and I have been discussing lately.. To be a successful game-changer, an unacceptance of failure needs to be built into their mindset and also, a willingness like no other. No obstacle (unfortunately for a lot of them this has included their friend’s/families livelihood) is too great for them to overcome, there’s an unmatched drive within these types of special individuals.
Chandra Clarke —
One of my favourite examples, and Peter will appreciate this one, is Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. Here was a guy thinking about colonizing space and using rockets … way back in the 1800’s… while living in a log cabin in remote Russia.
As for methods for generating ideas, I find that consuming media, especially books, that are completely unrelated to what you do, is a good way to stay nimble. The more things you know, the more likely it is you will suddenly connect the dots and get a new idea, or a fresh perspective on whatever you are trying to do.
Luke —
You would love Tim’s podcast on being a Jack of all trades.
Hi Chandra,
There is some great work being done on cancer by using scientists from other fields to help cancer specialists see what they might be missing. The physicist, Paul Davies, who wrote ‘The mind of god’ was interviwed on ABC Australia about his contribution. It was most revealing.
Justus —
Crazy innovator: Maneesh Sethi. Pavlok is going to change the way people approach habit formation in a big a way.
fabswt —
What exactly did Maneesh Sethi invent?
A tech-device (bracelet) that helps you sticking with any habit you are trying to learn. Not sure if my description is 100% correct. However, he is a sort of Tim’s alumnus so no doubt he’s gonna become ‘known’ in the near future 🙂
Ryan K Biddulph —
I’d add Nicola Tesla to the list. He seemed largely black-balled due to his sometimes quite crazy ‘tude, but he was perhaps the most innovative person of all time. What a genius.
Oh yeah; I’d add you to the list. Why? I’ve not seen someone who tries so many new things, and masters them, so quickly. It takes a nut job to get this stuff done, and to become darn proficient at getting stuff done. Bravo dude, bravo.
I did all types of crazy online ventures for years, and now I’m starting a new blog – Blogging from Paradise – which may not be too crazy, but curiously enough, a blog for which I was able to purchase the domain name just 2 weeks ago.
Why wasn’t it gobbled up? I thought many would desire to be blogging from paradise? Did no one thing of it? Maybe a little crazy, going from employee from entrepreneur…..and if I think of my life: ex fired security guard from Jersey to globe-trotting, blogging fool, and retired from the 9-5 at that, it is kinda crazy.
Also, traveling the world non-stop for the past 39 months I’ve been introduced to so many crazy ideas and have seen so many crazy things, that this rubbed off on me, in the form of inspiration. I started many new ventures, and saw success, by acting on ideas that most people ignored.
Oh yeah….I’d also add Ahhhnold to this list. People thought he was a loon, an Austrian kid who said he’d be the greatest bodybuilder of all time…then folks thought he was loco when a guy with a heavy Austrian accent said he’d be the biggest movie star in the world….then, people thought he was kidding when he said he’d be governor.
So far, all these crazy ideas have worked out for him….and both he, and yourself Tim, are the 2 greatest, “crazy” inspirations for me.
Bula from Fiji, BTW 😉
Signing off. Tweeting soon.
Thanks Tim, for all that you do.
Brett —
Brilliant, I am living in Startup World, and the timing of this and it’s delivery was inspirational. Time to move forward.
Shelly Rivoli —
I’m very fond of this subject, having once faced a test panel refusing to grade me at all for a “talented and gifted” test in high school because I wrote my response in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme instead of simply writing the short story entry assigned me with a “Dark and stormy….” introduction. 😉 I’m sure everyone else who made it into the program has excelled. At something. But as each of these personalities proves, the innovation, courage, chutzpah and originality they each had is simply not quantifiable. We’re lucky and indebted to them that they pressed on without prior approval or passing grades.
Dan Patrick (@mdpatrick) —
Some “experts” can, incidentally, have an annoying habit of immediately looking for ways to be critical of all new ideas… not necessarily because the idea deserves the criticism, but because it’s an opportunity to demonstrate domain-specific knowledge in a subtle way that’s just too tempting for them to resist.
(To be clear, I’m speaking specifically to Henry Ford’s apparent distaste for “experts”.)
Anonymous —
What a great post. I love crazy and That Apple ad and they delivered. Whenever someone says they’re an expert on always sceptical of anything they then go on to say. This is just what I needed to read today. Thank you.
Sukhneet Singh —
Jacque Fresco has changed my thinking more than anyone just by watching his talks on YouTube.
He’s spent over 30 years designing a better system to manage Earth’s resources.
Dude joined a KKK chapter and dissolved from the inside within a month and a half.
Jonny Miller —
I’ve always been inspired by British adventurer (pioneer of microadventures) Alastair Humphreys who got to the end of university and said that he wanted to ‘set himself a challenge that he was probably going to fail – because the only way that he’d know what he was capable of achieving was by setting himself that was beyond what you could achieve.’
Which is really just another way of phrasing your own line from the DO Lectures that – ‘The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits’ or Richard Branson saying that: ‘His interest in life comes from setting seemingly impossible goals. Then rising above them.’
It seems that the common thread between the changemakers of the world is that they all consciously decide to aim for the impossible and then relentlessly work until they get there (or somewhere closeby!)
Rick Peterson —
“May you stayyyyyy forever young…”. – Bob Dylan
There’s a guy called Sepp Holzer who does permaculture in Austria. Permaculture is a design philosophy thats been developed around farming/nature, but can be applied to anything really. He once slapped a lawyer in court, across the face, with this heavy farm hand – because the bureaucrats were trying to destroy his mission to save the environment in some way. He is highly controversial for many, and in no way a saint, but he HAS proven himself to be one of those crazy innovators who does the impossible with+for nature. I’d love to see more CRAZY invested in saving the planet. If anyone reading this is passionate to get nuts about finding a way to solve our waste problem – hit me up. I want to find a way to end further plastic production for packaging, turn existing plastic into gold (not landfill) by giving it a new purpose, and create an alternative packaging solution that is not just sustainable but also regenerative to the environment. [Moderator: Email address removed]
Will Holmes —
Thank for this Tim!! Needed a pick me up after a rough night with a “friend”. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’re the man!!
P.S: The 4 hour workweek changed my life, I’ve always loved knowledge and experiencing new things but wasn’t much of a reader at all. The parkinson’s law and 80/20 principle (or 4/64 as James Altutcher does it) really taught me that reading every word actually makes it more difficult to focus and learn. That paired with Adam Robinson’s book,What smart students know, (also talks about 80/20 principle) really propelled my learning to new heights.
Because of your book I was able to have a 2 hour intelligent conversation on markets with an analyst at SAC capital (he’s one of the good guys), Learn to invest on my own, and truly enjoy the love of learning.
You’ve changed my life Tim…and I truly thank you!! Can’t wait for a new book.
Great to hear, Will! We are all here (in this forum/online community) because Tim has affected or influenced us in some way.
I hope your new investment skills allow you to travel more and buy more books 🙂
Sam —
I’d say Benjamin Franklin. He was a world-renowned polymath, a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.
Chad Haynes —
Liked this one a lot! An “expert” is just a person who’s easily labelled. We as humans always seek to categorize things, and true revolutionaries can’t be categorized or described in convenient little sound bites.
I’m curious Tim, have you heard of RSD (Real Social Dynamics)?
If you got Tyler / Owen on for an interview on your podcast (which, by the way, is seriously sublime) I think I’d have to send you a gift basket – but only right after I fail nobnom in what could only be described as a cataclysmic wave of personal debauchery and unprecedented hedonism.
The message is perfect but as a technologist there is one thing the people in you title don’t have in common. Two of them did not steal the inventions he is famous gor though HP may disagree in reference to Jobs.
But Edison had to pay off the inventor of the lightnilb and the inventor of motion pictures dissapeared off his ship on the eay to America to confront Edison for stealing his patents. However Efison did invent the research lab and taking all the credit. These pronlems did not limit Edison’s genius just his ethics.
Sorry for the tiny keyboard phone spelling
Sheryl —
The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are
Elon Musk, not just for Tesla Motors, SolarCity, SpaceX or Hyperloop.
But for his craziness of learning to design rockets from scratch. He is the Chief Architect of Tesla Motors and Chief Designer of SpaceX. The way he learned it without any engineering background blows my mind. Also the SuperDraco engine of Dragon V2 recently unveiled in May is 3 D Printed and SpaceX also launched its Falcon 9 with 3 D Printed Main Oxidizer Valve in one of its nine Merlin engines. “You can drive for free, forever, on pure sunlight.” He recently turned this crazy moment to reality by announcing the Gigafactory.
If Steve Jurvetson weren’t that crazily driven about rockets and future he would never support Elon Musk’s ideas. His conversations and speeches always inspire me as they are always about future tech.
Chris Anderson and Jordi Munoz of 3 D Robotics are yet another Innovators when the topic is Drones. I recently read this story of Jordi and he’s a Genius. http://www.inc.com/will-yakowicz/35-under-35-jordi-munoz-co-founder-3d-robotics.html
My craziness is to make 3 D Printed arms and limbs available for those special ones who need them like life. These days they are available and doctors are printing organs and such body parts when they need but I feel like making it more easily available for people. Technology can do magical stuffs these days but if it saves more lives then we are closer to Tech Singularity, real progress of humanity. 🙂
chriswjames —
It’s one thing to be ‘crazy’ and risk financial ruin and public ridicule, but these guys put their lives on the line to innovate and prove it IS possible:
Reinhold Messner – first ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen in 1978 (among numerous amazing mountaineering feats.) Labeled impossible at the time, everyone thought he would die.
Greg Noll – first to surf Waimea Bay at 25 to 30′ in 1957. Even the local Hawaiian chargers considered it impossible. He went on to surf the largest wave ever ridden at at Makaha in 1969 which probably stood for 30+ years.
Alex Honnold – speed climbing and free-soloing machine. Several rock climbing records including speed record on The Nose of El Capitan and free solo first ascents such as 15-pitch 1,750′ El Sendero Luminoso (5.12d) in January this year. No ropes, no partner; fall you die.
Chuck Yeager – First to break sound barrier in 1947. Fighter pilot ace and test pilot.
Charles Lindbergh – nuff said.
Who else am I missing? Those willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in the name of innovation?
Warren Minchau —
Great stuff…and very inspiring. I can think of one such “status quo shaker upper”; the folks designing and promoting solar roadways. Talk about a grand vision of our roadway network, and how our roads could be doing more….so much more than just lying there.
lynnmiskell —
Glad he included “and youthful attitudes”. Although I had some great ideas in my twenties, it has taken me until my fifties to have the confidence to pursue them. This is an incredible time where resources for learning and making things happen are so available to so many people. I remember reading books when I was young about Annie Oakley, and then discovering women in science like Marie Curie and Grace Hopper, who inspired me to enter a technical career. Cheers to the opportunities available to the crazy thinkers and doers with youthful attitudes! Love your podcast and your blog, Tim!
Rob C —
As a street dancer who grew up in the Midwest I have often had to find inspiration from many different sources as there wasn’t much of a dance community where I come from. I’d say two of my biggest heroes in this regard would be Bruce Lee and Miles Davis. Lee always strove to perfect his art and surpass the limits of his body, and when he came to the edge of both he went even further and became a beacon for those who don’t define themselves by style. Davis not only was a virtuoso in his field, but never stopped growing and experimenting with his sound. In fact, he evolved his music through 5 different stages of jazz, ensuring that he’d stay relevant well into his old age. When you consider that both these men achieved so much while simultaneously resisting the racial stereotypes and discrimination of their times, I feel like it’s impossible not to be inspired, in whatever small measure, by the indomitable will of the human spirit.
Great inspiration and interesting articles (“you can’t ignore them…just awesome) Cheers!
I can relate.And I can add that so called experts also hamper innovation, particularly in the health care field. As a licensed holistic doctor for 30+, the biggest obstacles have been “evidence based” stiff-necks. I love pointing out the many short-comings of conventional medicine – some of the best critical quotes come from their own ranks.
Dogson —
The Josh Waitzkin interview is so, so good. Simple the idea of being able to turn on creativity at will, at a very high level, and turn it off again is profoundly important. Why aren’t we taught this basic skill in schools? The archetype of the tortured artist is so prevalent because we just aren’t given a strategy to access creativity like that. I read The Art of Learning in one sitting; this makes me want to re-read it again immediately. Big UPS!
Not sure if anyone has ever heard of a guy called Kary Mullis (among other things, he managed to win a Nobel Prize…) he is a crazy genius! His book is just fantastic, check it out…including you Tim 😉
jmdirico —
Thanks for sharing Tim.
This reminded me of a meeting I wrote about in 2010 so would be happy to share an example of a “crazy innovator”:
“…We went to lunch and had a very interesting discussion. Claude has a great job. He oversees Solvay’s involvement as the main partner in the Solar Impulse project. Solar Impulse will be the first airplane to make a round-the-world flight using only solar power. Claude explained how important it is for a project to have a vision that others can believe in. This dream of Bertrand Piccard—to fly around the world without using any fossil fuels—has motivated a team of sponsors, engineers, physicists, computer scientists, and more for over 6 years. Claude gave me some promotional material and I would like to cite Bertrand Piccard:
“If an aircraft is able to fly day and night without fuel, propelled only by solar energy, let no one claim that it is impossible to do the same thing for motor vehicles, heating and air-conditioning systems, and computers. This project voices our conviction that a pioneering spirit with political vision can together change society and bring about an end to fossil fuel dependency.”
It’s amazing but true; the constraints imposed by such a challenge (without going into the details) have required all of these people to literally “invent the future” or find new solutions to reduce weight, increase efficiencies, improve materials and more. Several applications from this project are already finding their way into different industries.
Claude also told me how at a certain point they had to stop thinking, researching, and inventing and start building. This meant that they had to go with what was available at the time when they started building the prototype. Some would say to him, “But today we can find even lighter, more efficient batteries.” Sure, but if we are constantly waiting for the next breakthrough, we’ll never get anywhere. A word to the wise about project management, especially if you are a perfectionist. Nothing will ever be perfect, so know when to draw the line and start doing.”
Great stuff Tim. I’m looking forward to meeting you. I’m doing my thing to change the way beer and wine is consumed all over the World #PourMyBeer #ItsOkayToBeSelfServing
You can’t forget about Tesla. As for current “crazy” innovators…in the field of fusion energy research, the members of LPP Fusion come to mind. In my opinion, great research with HUGE potential, however, lacking in the marketing department. They want to create nuclear power without radioactive waste, directly convert it into electricity, and drop the price tenfold! Check them out, http://fortune.com/2014/07/03/startup-nuclear-energy-companies/
Saad Asadd —
I believe the one thing I have seen to be common in all successful and innovative people is the ability to take action on the things they know to be true and even after countless failures these people are not deteriorated from there track to achieving the goal they set out for themselves .After every failure they come back stronger and harder and one step closer to achieving the success they deserve. I believe persistence is they key to achieving any thing in the world regardless of size and importance 🙂
HomeschoolDad —
This sounds like yet more propaganda for the homeschooling movement. When are all you so-called freethinkers and radicals going to get it??? It’s very hard for humans to start thinking outside the box (no less start acting ‘different’) after nearly 2 decades of institutional, antiquated education.
Philip Windley —
Tim is there a save feature on this site?
Loved this as a reminder to dig in and that with a great mind I can achieve anything. (I can do ‘anything’ by hedley comes to mind)
pdmontesinos —
Great article Tim.
IIt was perfect timing. Sometimes I need to remember that doing crazy things turn life into an exciting experience instead.
Thank you very much for this input!!
Look guys, one of the best way to innovate is not to let yourself fall into routine (any kind of routine)…not challenging your mind everything with new things is a brain killer…I’d really encourage you on researching “the flow” … one latest read on this is Steven Kotler’s book.
Jay North —
Wow..!! This just made my day. It is true that no one is born genius, we have to make our own way up to the top. As we know what all Steve Jobs went through before becoming the MAN we know him today.
Beautiful my friend, thank you for this.
Indira —
You cann’t imagine simply how much time I had spent for this information! Thanks!
Matt Lerner —
Interview Alex Honnold some time?
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While some were surprised at such a “bold” (translation: expensive) recommendation, they shouldn’t have been. Hoskins, a doctor who spent years working in war-torn places like Sudan and Iraq, is nothing if not compassionate. Nobody should question his desire to help.
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It’s no secret that when governments spread themselves too thin, they end up doing everything poorly.
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HomeNewsProtestors storm Bay St.
Protestors storm Bay St.
Hundreds of protestors fought with police on Bay Street yesterday during a demonstration against the sale of a majority stake in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company(BTC) to Cable and Wireless Communications(CWC).
A series of clashes occurred as the demonstrators forcefully removed barricades the police had set up to block them from entering Parliament Square.
The downtown drama intensified as Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham made his mid-year budget statement in the House of Assembly.
Police officers had to form a human chain to keep the people from crossing to the House of Assembly, where the doors were locked to prevent disruptions.
Upstairs, opposition MPs complained about being denied access in and outside the House.
The police estimated that between 700 and 800 demonstrators turned out.
The rowdy group shouted for Ingraham to resign his post for pressing ahead with the sale.
The protestors, many of whom were clad in political attire, carried placards slamming the government for the proposed sale and calling on CWC to pull out of the deal.
Protestors who participated in a march, which was organized by the Committee to Save BTC for Bahamians, left Clifford Park shortly after 9 a.m. and about 20 minutes later arrived on Bay Street where police officers barred a truck loaded with a sound system from proceeding to Rawson Square.
Not deterred, the demonstrators, singing”We Shall Overcome”, continued on their trek peacefully, but when they neared Parliament barricades blocked their way.
The angry demonstrators pushed through the barricades, clashing with police officers as they made their way to Parliament Square.
Similar clashes occurred during a demonstration in early December.
“No justice, no peace,”protestors shouted angrily yesterday.
Additional police officers were called to the city center as tempers flared.
Ingraham was escorted to the House of Assembly from the Bank Lane area under heavy police guard as the protestors called for his resignation.
The prime minister normally exits his car at the entrance of Parliament Square.
For several hours, demonstrators voiced their displeasure with the deal.
The protestors included ordinary Bahamians, trade unionists and political operatives.
Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union(BCPOU)President Bernard Evans said the move to stop the sale has gone national and is not just a union fight.
“It’s bigger than BTC and any union,”Evans said.”This is a Bahamian fight.”
Golden Gates MP and former president of the BCPOU Shane Gibson called for Cable and Wireless to pull out of the deal.
He said CWC should know by now the feelings of the Bahamian people and the sensible thing to do is to walk away from the sale.
Chief Superintendent of Police Emerick Seymour said other than one or two skirmishes everything went reasonably well.
“We were able to hold them back once they started their protest of pushing the barricades. We had sufficient officers in the Bay Street area to quell any possible uprising,”said Seymour.
Police in riot gear beat back protestors several times.
The demonstrators warned that this deal would cause the downfall of the government in the upcoming election.
Charmaine Farrington-Austin, one of the protestors, called on the government to reconsider the deal. She said her forefathers fought hard to bring the country to where it is today and the government should not give away the birthright of Bahamians.
“I want to ensure that people like my daughter Asia and others have an opportunity in The Bahamas because it is all about Bahamians first. It is not a PLP or a FNM issue,”she said.
“It is a national issue and every right-thinking Bahamian ought to be out in this square. We know that people are afraid to lose their jobs but there are other ways we can protest. We must protest if they don’t listen to us at the polls because that is where it really counts,”she stated.
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Did you #DeleteFacebook? Shady players can still exploit your data
by Ben Jacobson — in Contributors
Did you #DeleteFacebook in 2018? Caring about our online privacy might be popular right now, but on a wider level, it’s not as easy as we think to escape the hole we’ve dug ourselves into.
Don’t believe that this is more of a trend than a turning point? Just look at the difference between hype and action. Despite 26 percent of Pew poll respondents saying they’ve deleted the Facebook app, the company’s user stats have stayed essentially the same.
Image source: https://www.recode.net/2018/9/5/17824116/delete-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-social-media-break-time-well-spent
And even if we were deleting our Facebook accounts en masse, would it be anything more than a symbolic gesture in terms of our own online privacy?
Sadly, the answer looks bleak. Many of us have been handing over our personal data for years without paying much attention. Our Facebook accounts are just one scene in story the of our online privacy nightmare.
And while we’ve all been distracted by the story playing out on the main stage, there have been several other plot lines happening alongside it.
Facebook’s not in a unique situation
Consumers and the industry alike spent the year calling out Facebook for the amount of data the platform has amassed on its users, and what the company does with it. But Facebook’s not in a unique situation.
Okay, so perhaps no other social media networks are as closely associated with election tampering.
And only a few other tech companies were called before Congress this year.
But that’s not because they’re the only companies with risky data and security practices. They’re simply a few of the largest, and therefore great candidates to make examples out of. Facebook may be especially irresponsible with how it handles our data, but the way non-tech media portrays users as clueless pawns being conned out of personal info is far from the truth.
Even if you do decide to go cold turkey on your daily injection of dopamine from Facebook’s flagship product, what about Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp? Are there even viable alternatives for those services, which are owned and operated by Zuck and co?
Sure, there haven’t been as many high-profile hacks and breaches of these products as those suffered by Facebook itself, but there’s plenty of evidence suggesting that evil trolls are even more active on Instagram.
Image source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-17/instagram-was-bigger-russian-election-tool-than-facebook-report
But hacks, breaches, misinformation and toying with our emotions aside, it’s our own desensitization towards sharing that really needs to change.
There’s a simple fact that we often overlook when talking about Facebook data scandals. We hand that data over willingly. Very willingly.
Cambridge Analytica and other “evil actors” were hardly stealing users’ info covertly. The bad behavior started after they obtained it. Facebook users (and users of so many free services) have long been eagerly pressing “grant permission” and similar buttons without reading the fine print. This has given companies like Cambridge Analytica access to whatever they needed.
They were exploiting rules and behaviors that never made sense in the first place, but that we never stopped to question or think about.
Image source: http://www.republicaupdate.com/2011/11/information-reality-check.html
Instead, we all rushed to share our latest personality quiz results and didn’t pay attention to what permissions we were granting. We invited our friends to play games for more virtual coins without considering everything we were inviting them into.
And we posted about our plans, feelings and experiences. A lot.
Our own willful ignorance extends well beyond Facebook, and multiple companies are taking advantage of to this day. In ways that mean we’re all probably still at risk – regardless of whether you deleted Facebook.
Other everyday sites and services are after you
Just like Facebook has third parties and vendors exploiting it and its users, so do so many other sites and apps you use every day.
Facebook is just a favorite to point fingers at, possibly thanks to the “If you aren’t paying for it, you are the product” concept, which we can all have incensed #mindblown reactions to. But this concept is hardly specific to Facebook or even social media. It’s actually an iteration of concepts explored in a 1973 art film called Television Delivers People about the dangers of broadcast media.
Image source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvZYwaQlJsg
Think you’re exempt because you’re a cord cutter and you pay your way with a Netflix subscription? Nope – you’re still a pair of eyeballs that can be monetized.
Netflix might not (yet) be trying to earn more from you than they can with a monthly subscription fee, but what about services where the end goal is consumerism itself? Even of Amazon exists – in your mind, at least – as a platform for convenient shopping, it’s also a major ad platform.
Just remember that as of 2017, more than half of the goods sold on the marketplace were from third-party sellers.
Image source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/259782/third-party-seller-share-of-amazon-platform/
And unfortunately, we can’t trust those third parties as quickly as most shoppers do. This year alone saw over a million new sellers enter the Amazon marketplace, and not all of those sellers are running their businesses with the due diligence expected of an international brand. And they’re unknowingly giving too much data to other services, just like in the case of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
The majority of China-based Amazon sellers use local third-party tools for extra business services like payment processors and fulfillment companies.
Some of these third parties take advantage of merchants’ lack of knowledge and request their secret key to access the Marketplace Web Services API instead of the developer ID path that’s supposed to be used.
Sellers, in the meantime, willingly hand over access to the data not knowing the wiser, just like users on Facebook. And similar to the Facebook security loopholes, the Amazon API problem impacts more than just the individual who forgot to read the fine print. Once a seller hands over their secret key, the processor gains access to loads of personal data, including shopping history.
With these processors building major monetize-able assets in the form of private transaction data, they don’t need to charge merchants reasonable transaction fees, which means they can provide a “cheaper” service than mainstream fintech from the West, thereby attracting sellers unaware. But Amazon itself doesn’t seem interested in doing anything about it.
It’s time to take action
Even if you don’t shop at Amazon and have indeed deleted your Facebook account, your data’s not safe.
For example, did you get a 23andme or similar genealogy test for the holidays? The security breach of a DNA testing service in June pointed out the danger of sending DNA off to tech companies. With data privacy regulation so inadequate in most countries and health privacy laws that haven’t caught up with technology, that’s instilling a lot of trust in these companies.
And unearned trust is what many of these examples to come down to. Because we rarely stop and think of the implication of clicking “I accept the Terms of Service” before doing so.
It’s time to start.
We’ve reached a point where the evidence of misconduct is all around us. It’s on the social networks and shopping sites we visit, and too many of the other services we use as well. It’s too prevalent to pretend to ignore.
As an industry, we need to deal with the bad actors.
Center for Humane Technology Co-founder Aza Raskin recently discussed some of these issues in his “How to Create Human Protective Technology” presentation at the Slush conference in Helsinki.
Image source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBwtBiH0tRs&feature=youtu.be&t=1231
If there once was a time when the tech industry and end users could ignore the pitfalls of under-vigilant data privacy, that time is now history. The trust we once had can probably never be re-established.
It’s not enough to address individual exploiters as they pop up, as it’s happening too frequently. We’ll never be able to chase wrongdoers down faster than new ones will arrive. We need to address the systems allowing them to exploit us, our customers, and our data.
This post is part of our contributor series. The views expressed are the author's own and not necessarily shared by TNW.
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ANTHONY J MAZZIOTTI III
Press release from Washington Township Public Schools
Special to The Sun: Homecoming Queen Janine Morrow (left) and escort Scott Bonerbo take a ride on the golf cart after the halftime crowning ceremony.
Janine Morrow could only stand with her mouth agape after seeing her flower box contained the sought-after white roses. The Washington Township High School senior was in the spotlight on Friday night, Oct. 26, the white roses signifying that she was the school’s 2018 Homecoming Queen. Morrow and escort Scott Bonerbo made the requisite lap around the stadium on a golf cart, one of the highlights of a successful Homecoming on and off the field.
Prior to the football game between the Minutemen and Hammonton High School, WTHS staged its 18th annual Spirit Parade. Grand Marshal of the parade was Ann Moore, who in July retired as WTHS principal following 36 years of service. Moore accepted her sash from 11/12 wing executive assistant principal John Saverase and junior/senior class advisor Carol Costello.
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HANGING OUT WITH ROBERT “MITCH” MITCHUM – Garry Armstrong
Marilyn and I watched an old Dick Cavett interview with Robert Mitchum on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) last night. We laughed a lot. It was a reminder of how good late night talk shows were. It also showed the legendary tough guy Mitchum as an affable and literate man who didn’t take himself seriously.
The Cavett show originally aired in 1970. I met Robert Mitchum the following year. Turned out to be a memorable encounter.
Robert Mitchum was in Boston to shoot “The Friends of Eddie Coyle”, a film about small-time criminals. There was nothing small-time about Mitchum. I lobbied for and got the TV interview assignment. Those were the days of “The big three” television stations in Boston. Two of the stations had prominent entertainment reporters. I was the “go to guy” at my station.
The established entertainment reporters had first dibs on Mitchum. Fine by me. I waited until shooting had wrapped for the day. I lucked out because they finished just before 1pm. The star was in a good mood because his workday was over. We shot one reel of film and I got everything I needed.
Mitchum seemed surprised we weren’t shooting more. Actually, he smiled when I said we had a wrap.
I was getting ready to leave when Robert Mitchum asked what was next for me.
Nothing, I told him. I was through for the day unless I was called for a breaking news story. I also assured him I probably would not be reachable. He smiled. He asked if I knew any quiet places where he could have lunch without being bothered. I nodded and he invited me to join him.
It was a small, dark place. It could’ve been a setting from one of Mitchum’s film noir of the 1940s. He smiled approvingly as we walked in. Several people greeted me. No one gave Mitchum a second look. We settled back with the first of many rounds that afternoon. At one point, Mitchum took off his tinted glasses, looked around the place and said I should call him “Mitch”. I nodded. He wanted to know how I could just disappear for the rest of the day. I told him I had recorded my voice tracks, shot all my on-camera stuff and relayed cutting instructions after the film was “souped”. Mitch smiled broadly and went to the bar for another round of drinks.
We spent the next couple of hours talking about sports, music, women, work, and celebrity. He noticed how people would look and nod but not bother us. I told him this was one of my secret places. Blue collar. No suits. He wondered why I hadn’t asked him about the “Eddie Coyle” movie or shooting in Boston.
Not necessary, I told him. Everyone knew about that stuff and it would be mentioned by the anchors introducing my stories. He smiled again, lit one more cigarette, and ordered another round.
It dawned on me that Mitch was leading the conversation. Talking about me. How I was faring as a minority in a predominantly white profession. Just like the movies, I told him. I explained I did spot news stories to get the opportunity to do features which I really enjoyed. He laughed and we did an early version of the high 5.
We swapped some more war stories, including a couple about Katherine Hepburn. He talked about working with her in “Undercurrent” with Robert Taylor when he was still a young actor. Mitch said Hepburn was just like a guy, professional, and lots of fun.
I mentioned meeting the legendary actress after I was summoned to her Connecticut home during my stint at another TV station. Mitch stared as I talked. I had tea with Katherine Hepburn who had seen me on the Connecticut TV station. She liked what she saw but had some suggestions about how I could improve what I did. I never could fathom why Katherine Hepburn would choose to spend time with this young reporter. No modesty. Just puzzlement. Mitch loved the story and ordered another round.
I glanced at my watch and figured I couldn’t stay incognito much longer. This was before pagers, beepers and, mercifully, long before cell phones. Mitch caught the look on my face and nodded.
Mitch walked me to my car and asked if I was good to drive. I tried to give him a Mitchum look and he just laughed. We shook hands and vowed to do it again.
Mitch headed back to the bar as I drove away.
Author: Garry Armstrong
As a reporter for Channel 7 in Boston for 31 years, I was witness to most of the major events affecting the region. I met a lot of people ... politicians, actors, moguls, criminals and many regular folks caught up in extraordinary situations. Sometimes, I write about the people I've met and places I've been. Sometimes, I write about life, my family, my dogs and me. Or what might otherwise be called Life. View all posts by Garry Armstrong
Author Garry ArmstrongPosted on March 12, 2019 March 12, 2019 Categories Anecdote, Celebrities, Entertainment, Garry Armstrong, Movies, NostalgiaTags anecdote, celebrities, film, Garry Armstrong, memories, Movies, nostalgia, Robert Mitchum
64 thoughts on “HANGING OUT WITH ROBERT “MITCH” MITCHUM – Garry Armstrong”
momshieb says:
Oh, man, I love this story so much!!! Back in the day when I watched you on TV faithfully, I was a huge Mitchum fan and was absolutely insane for Katharine Hepburn. I even named my daughter after her. What a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing it!!
Mom, this was one of my favorite celebrity encounters because it turned into a PERSONAL afternoon with Robert Mitchum. I always tried hard not to come off as the local fan boy celebrity interviewer (But- I WAS a fan boy!). You didn’t want to ask stupid, gushy questions they’d heard myriad times. I usually aimed for easy conversation while putting aside my mic and notebook. This loosened up the atmosphere and put the star at ease. It clicked with Mitchum. It was like two old friends hanging out for the afternoon at a quiet, local bar. Mitchum laughed at some of the silly stuff I put up with in the newsroom. When I referred to bosses as “suits”, he got it immediately. We shared anecdote after anecdote about doing our “job” while keeping the suits at a distance.
I told Mitch about bringing in a large, dead fish and, quietly, dumping it on the assignment editor’s desk. That act of insolence provoked anger from the suit who knew instantly who’d done the deed. He loudly called my name mixed with profanities. The newsroom erupted with laughter. Mitch loved the story, giggling and laughing like one of quirky movie villains.We spent the afternoon that way and, I believe, Mitch enjoyed the time we shared.
Katherine Hepburn: to this day, more than 50 years later, I still don’t believe Katherine Hepburn summoned me to her Connecticut home. But she did. Aparently, she surfed the local TV stations when at her Hartford home. She was interested in the young “talent”. She was always the mentor, trying to inspire young people to pursue their dreams. Ms. Hepburn spotted me doing my stuff on the small RKO-General TV station on Asylum Street in Hartford. I wore many hats. Assistant News Director (Only TWO people in the tiny news department). I did Public Affairs shows, Political Analysis and. my favorite, hosted a movie show every evening. We had life-sized cardboard cut outs of legendary movie stars on the set. On camera, I held “conversations” with the cut out versions of Bogie, Tracy, Wayne, Garfield and, of course, Katherine Hepburn. Hepburn liked my stuff and said it looked real. I guess this was the magnet which prompted her to beckon me for afternoon tea and scones. It was a magical afternoon as Hepburn shared Hollywood stories including a few unsolicted anecdotes about Spencer Tracy, something she RARELY did with the media. I received instructions about my wardrobe. speech pattern and other tips that I immediately put to use. She was right about everything. As I left her house, Katherine smiled and said I would have a decent career if I stayed “honest”. She was right.
Thank you for sharing this, Garry! I feel like I’ve had a magical glimpse into a world I have only dreamed about. Ms. Hepburn will always be one of my heroes. To this day, I can recite almost every word of “The Philadelphia Story.” And remember, you’re famous to me, one of your fans! Now I feel like I have second degree connection to stardom!
Mom, glad you enjoyed the piece. I’m pleased. I’ve always said I was lucky to meet and spend time with these larger than life people in my work. It was the “dessert” for the daily grind coverage of murders, fires, sexualt assaults, prison riots, crooked pols and, mother of mercy, those bloody blizzards and pelting rain storms and floods. i dreaded 3’o’clock in the morning calls to cover triple homocides and talk to the victims’ parents. The celebrity stories gave me a little balance.
I think I pinched myself when James Cagney greeted me as I got off the ferry on Martha’s Vineyard. A wonderful career for Mrs. Armstrong’s oldest son.
OG says:
Good story. Thanks. Surprised Hepburn was so down to earth. Not the picture I had of her.
OG, I was very surprised how down to earth Katherine Hepburn was to this young, newbie TV guy. The image you may have of her was that of her screen personna. A caution: Ms. Hepburn didn’t suffer fools or syncophants. Guess I passed muster.
Becky Ross Michael says:
Wonderful piece of your life, Garry, and so well told!
Becky, thanks. During that long ago summer afternoon, I had this internal flash — I was sitting and chatting with Katherine Hepburn. Thank goodness, I kept it together externally. What a wonderful day!
RuthScribbles says:
Great storytelling!! Memorable indeed!!
Thanks, Ruth. The stories tell themselves. I just try to stay with the facts and how I handled things. It was like I was in a movie, sitting with these famous people. Make sense?
Absolutely!! You writing a book?
He oughta be, but not that I know about. And I would know.
Garry, write the bloody book!
Yep. Just gotta find the discipline to get started and continue.
Look in your back pocket!! 😉
What a story! That has to go into your book…see it’s almost written already.
Leslie 🙂
Leslie, lots to choose from. I’m a lucky guy.
Put it all in, yes you are a lucky guy!
Leslie, I agree, very lucky. I can be watching an old movie. A star pops up and “bingo”, I remember a personal encounter. Makes me think I’m an insider.
and that’s why we want to read all about it. You could title your book – The Insider….?
Leslie, good idea. Thanks.
You’ve got one book sold already Garry so get busy…
I wish Ms. Hepburn had invited me, too or I’d just gotten to hang out for the afternoon. My eyes get all glassy every time I hear this tale.
Marilyn, I can just see and hear you with Katherine Hepburn. I probably would be a non factor. I am remembering our times spent with Patricia Neal and conversations about men.
It was the old “trash the ex” conversation. It’s one of those conversations between women that crosses racial and social lines. It’s just a thing between women.
Love these stories about the Golden Age people. I never met Pat Neal, but I do have a story about her husband. We were so lucky to have lived during that time and known the off-the screen personalities as just people.
She was very wrapped up in her career, even though when we met her it was past her several strokes and she had divorced Roald Dahl — and she wasn’t happy about him or how he had treated her. That’s what we talked about. I think Garry felt a bit left out. He didn’t have a nasty ex-husband to discuss. We visited her in New York, too and she talked about Gary Cooper and how he talked plenty when he was with her. In the end, though, we really didn’t have much to talk about and we just let the contact drift away. It turns out that fame alone doesn’t confer common interests for friendship.
We did strike up a real friendship with Alfred Eisenstadt. He was very old then, though these days he doesn’t seem nearly as old because we were younger. But he had been my mentor. I had copied his pictures, so in a way, he had taught me photography. I had his books of all the pictures he took on the Vineyard and I copied each of them. I found where he stood or hunkered down and reiterated the picture. By the time I was through with that book, I was an acceptable photographer. When he signed my books for me, he could remember each picture he took. Not just the picture, but he remembered the camera, the settings, and what he thought when he saw the shot. For me, this was absolutely brilliant.
He needed a sitter and his former sister-in-law (Lulu) was always on hand, but sometimes, she really wanted a break. Get into town. Spend a few dollars and just walk around, so we were very pleased to stay with him while she got an afternoon to roam the island. And we had fun. He had a million stories, being the only Jew shooting the Nazis in Germany and shooting portraits of all the stars. And stories about them.
We had a party and invited him AND Pat Neal and listening to them drop names was like cannonballs hitting the deck. No one even tried to compete. They had ALL the stories.
He was amazing, and how fortunate that you got to hear his stories. That must have been some party!From information I received, Dahl was extremely attentive to her at first. Then, he became abusive. It was a sad story. I’m just recovering from a bout of food poisoning that hit me yesterday, so I’m a little fuzzy today. Hope to be more coherent in a couple of days.
Patricia, you should have received an email from me — connecting you with another movie maven friend. I hope it’s the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Garry, I did receive it, but I don’t have his address to get in touch. Could you please give me his blog address? I look forward to contacting him. Thank you, and hope all is well with you two.
He doesn’t have a blog. He writes books and has an email address. Author, not blogger.
Patricia, this is now Tuesday and I am just catching up with your latest note. I’ll shoot you my friend’s email address. I hope you’re feeling better after that food poisoning blitz.
Food poisoning is very messy. Please, feel better!
She said he was abusive too. That’s actually what we were talking about. It wasn’t a conversation Garry could really take part in.
I’m trying to feel better. It really has knocked me out. I’m very weak and attempting, bit by bit, to eat something that is stomach-friendly. As for Pat Neal, she had a rough time with her stroke and then his behavior. I can understand why Garry couldn’t contribute to that conversation. How are you surviving this winter’s extreme cold? We are having an extended rainy season that brought down my back fence, decorating my driveway and sidewalk . Three friends propped it back up, but I’m going to have to get a new once the rains stop.
Patricia, California has really been roughed up by Mother Nature this year.
I always love hearing your celebrity stories and this one in particular. I love the way that you could get such natural responses from celebrities. Did you ever meet Robert Mitchum again?
I especially liked hearing about Katharine Hepburn as I always admired her.
I so envy Garry’s afternoon with her. He was reading Hal Wallis’ book and he talked about visiting her. He had EXACTLY the same experience as Garry. Same tea. Same cookies. Same advice about wearing nicer clothing. He enjoyed realizing that she had a pattern.
Tas, I never met “Mitch” again although there were a few postcards and short letters from locales of films he was shooting. Then we lost track of each other. More pointedly, Robert Mitchum moved on with his very busy life.
I hoped there would be another Hepburn meeting but, sadly, there were none.
‘…Mitch headed back to the bar …’ … that sounds about right. 😀 … love the Katherine Hepburn closer too. 😀
I love his Katherine Hepburn afternoon. I just wish I’d been there too.
Me too. 🙂 … mind you I’d probably’ve been a gibbering idiot or stunned to immobility and eternal silence! 😀
Widdershins, that’s close to my behavior when I interviewed John Wayne. I got through the interview okay but when I got back to the newsroom, I kept telling everyone, “Do you know who shook my hand — John Wayne!” I must’ve gone on babbling like an idiot until someone told me to chill. Hot damn – Duke Wayne called me “Garry” and shook my hand!
They have a gag reel at Ch 7 of my foolish moments. A long gag reel.
In retrospect, it speaks to the era when movie stars really were legends and meeting them was SPECIAL. Today, with social media and phone pic snaps, nothing is “special” anymore. A shame!
That’s what happens when people place more importance on the mundane and ignore the Mystery.
Widdershins, you are so right. Come to think of it — this all started when I was a kid, listening to radio drama and variety shows with Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, etc. We used our imagination in those radio days before television took over.
Widdershins, it’s amazing how the knowledge of small, low key bars will break the ice with legends.
Widdershins, when the celebs realize it’s relaxed conversation and not interview pretext, they usually relax and share stuff. That’s always been how it worked for me. The key: eye contact and LISTENING to what they’re saying. Just like you’d do with your friends.
stephenkurkjian says:
Gary: Terrific piece. What was the name of the restaurant you brought him to. And where had the day’s “shoot” been that you interviewed him at? Steve
Hi, Steve: It’s great to hear from you. My Wife just read your comment and asked who you are? You need to know I’ve been retired from Channel 7 since October, 2001 after putting in 31 years at the station. So, I’m a bit out of the loop here in bucolic Uxbridge where we have lived since 2000. I remembered your name but struggled to place you in the Boston media world. No offense intended. We quickly back traced your illustrious career and stirred my memory.
Robert Mitchum: I had last dibs on him after the entertainment reporters from Channels 4 and 5. He was a bit restless and looked like he could use a drink. We began at the OLD Red Hat which you should remember. It was a seedy bar in Government Center – across the street from City Hall and the Telephone Company. That Red Hat was really something out of a Mitchum film Noir. Low light, smell of puke, dirty floors. Lots of drifters coming and going. The booze was cheap and strong.
Mitchum’s entrance caused minimal attention. A couple of the fellas waved “Hi!” to me and nodded at Mitchum. I’m not sure they recognized him. I think we chowed down on grilled cheese sandwiches between 5 or 6 rounds of drinks. I could still hold my booze back then and Mitchum appreciated it. After a couple of hours, we moved out – across the street – past City Hall Plaza, around the Old State House and down Pi Alley — to another “colorful” bar called “The New Place” located in the basement and had an ambience similar to The Red Hat.
Again, I was greeted by the “regulars” – telephone company repairmen, construction workers and a few lawyers trying to forget why their cases went south. It was a “Usual Suspects” joint. Again, no hassles. The guys peered at Mitch now and then but no one bothered us. I think we spent the rest of the afternoon there — up to about 530pm when my conscience kicked in and I called the Channel 7 assignment desk with a bogus story about the afternoon. They had edited the Mitchum piece (I always sent back precise editing instructions which made life simple for editors who usually went the extra mile for me as a sign of appreciation). Mitchum and I walked out the door and I started back down Pi Alley, heading for Ch-7. As I walked away, I looked back. Mitchum was grinning, gave me a thumbs up and headed back down into “The New Place” That’s it, Steve. Sorry to be long winded. Hope it helps. Can I ask why the interest? Hope it helps. Let me know what’s doing. My email address: kachingerosa@gmail.com
Just remembered you asked about the interview locale: We shot it outside 7 Bulfinch St. (Which houses Ch7 and RKO radio– or did as of my last knowledge). There was an area across the Alley (Bulfinch Street) that had tables and seats. Good place to shoot if it wasn’t windy. Okay, I think this is wrap now.
Lwbut says:
Name Dropper! 😉
Wonderful recollections and memories from days when ‘stars’ were worthy of the name. I imagine though that for every Mitch and Hepburn, there would have been some who wouldn’t notice you even if you were interviewing them…. or no?
Loved reading your post. 🙂
Bob, there were several notable comedians and comic actors who were very difficult. Then, there was funnyman Norm Crosby. We did the interview on the rooftop lounge of a prominent Boston Hotel. Norm kept staring at the airplanes arriving and leaving, in low trajectory, to and from nearby Logan Airport. He kept grabbing his ears. I noticed he was wearing hearing aids. I pointed to mine and he laughed. That interview went well with Norm spending more time on his hearing difficulties than show biz stuff. We shared. The shoot went very, very well. Afterwards, Crosby shook my hands, saying it was great to meet someone who understood hearing impaorment and he said he felt very relaxed, a rarity for him.
🙂 I should think your hearing difficulty would have made you quite unique in your field! I’m sure you would put may high profile people at ease in your interviews, get them to let their ‘guard’ down a little?
I think a great percentage of ‘funny men’ are only funny on screen and have quite dark pasts underneath the smiles.
Robin Williams was one, for example. 😦
Bob, do you remember my anecdote about Robin Williams and Billy Crystal making me look silly? 1988, they were in Boston when the Dukakis-For- President campaign was heating up. During the Q&A session, I tied to be cute and asked, “Does it seem like Michael Dukakis lacks chutzpah?” – Everything went silent and I knew I was in trouble. The newsconference was being covered by BIGLY media. International, national and local. It felt like ALL the cameras were focused on me as Robin and Billy walked through the room to where I sat. I began to sweat a little. Williams and Crystal went at it. “Hey, you hear what the brother said? He said ‘Chutzpah’ but he didn’t get it right. He didn’t put enough spit into it. Each comic grabbed a side of my face, pulling it, saying “Brother, you gotta put lots of spit into Chutzpah. Now, try it . SPIT brother. Spit!” I tried and failed. The newsconference — International, national and local reporters reporters exploded with laughter. I was beet red with embarrassment. BUT — my misadventure, my foolish folly – got lots of attention. The goofy thing was aired and repeated, myriad times around the world. Another lesson for me — never try to be funny with comedians.
Lesson learned! 🙂
I love it. 🙂 (and no – i had missed that anecdote previously, my bad!)
I could see that in my mind perfectly. Many thanks for the laugh. 😉
Bob, my pleasure. I still can’t get up enough spit to say “Chutzpah” correctly. marilyn keeps working with me. All I get from her is spit – on my face.
Some things just weren’t meant to be! 😉
(Like white, middle aged men trying to Disco!) 🙂
And, Brown man, me, I got no rhythm.
What you may lack in rhythm, you more than make up for in Class! 🙂
Bob, thanks for that, kind sir.
Just tellin’ it like it is, Mate! 🙂
What a special and memorable moment. One of many from the context of the story. Loved that you shared this with us all! 🙂
Covert, I was pleased that I could put most of these legends at ease. These were the days before satellite interviews. They had to do interviews with myriad local reporters in dozens of cities and towns across the country when they were plugging their stuff. It got to be very repetitous for them Most of the local media folks were overwhelmed by the celebs and were less than professional. I was lucky to have my own schtick — make it conversational and try to throw in pertinent, off the wall questions.
Case in point: Gregory Peck. Peck was at my alma mater – Hofstra College (now a UNIVERSITY, if you please) in the mid 60’s, not long after “To Kill A Mockingbird”. He was always barraged with “Mockingbird” questions by reporters. We did our sitdown in the audience of the college theatre. I think Peck was doing a one man show so he enjoyed the environment. I believe I was doing a radio interview for the college station. I had this big tape recorder, a “Butoba” which fascinated Gregory Peck. It was a big device. He kept looking it over and smiled, saying it reminded him of HIS college days when he did radio as well plays which were his forte. He had that deep, rich voice – perfect for radio. Anyway, we’re into the interview with Peck talking about all the “Mockingbird” attention. Along the way, he said he didn’t do comedy, didn’t feel comfortable with it. I asked him about a movie called “Designing Women” which he did with Lauren Bacall. It was a remake of the Tracy-Hepburn classic, :”Woman of the Year”. Peck is okay in the remake but seems a litle stiff. Peck looked at me, smiled and laughed. He said, “You son-of-a-gun, you got me, trapped me”. Peck rarely discussed that film because he wasn’t pleased with his work in it. He leaned over and tapped me on the knee, acknowledging , “You know your stuff, young man”. The rest of the interview was terrific as we talked about projects that failed. I, of course, had a very short portfolio at that point. But it included a radio drama I’d writtten for the college station, “Pale Rider” (Years later, Clint Eastwood “stole” my title for a “Shane” like western). My drama was gawd-awful with purple prose and dialogue that was bad at the time and even worse when I listened to it years later. But I was a “suit” at the radio station and the staff obliged me, many of them giggling at the smelly script as we did the show. Gregory Peck loved this anecdote and laughed loudly, slapping his knees and remembering similar ill-fated projects he undertook in college. The remainder of the interview was like two old college kids, remembering their foolish follies. When we wrapped, Peck said it was the most enjoyable interview he’d done in years.
That’s the way it went for me in many of my celeb interviews. Just relax and get them to share things.
What a delight. Special. You are awesome. It was the way to go. They must get tired if all the same old same old, so your interview would be refreshing. That’s my take anyway. Gone, the days of spectacular rolls, actors and actresses. AND interviewers I might add.
Covert, thanks so much. Yes, many of the local reporters were gushy and asked really soft, silly questions that – in volume – irritated the stars. They anticipated this gushy, fan-like stuff in local interviews. I guess I was different enough to make things enjoyable. It all goes back to advice I got from Merv Griffin when I was really wet behind the ears. I did the interview without any real thought – listening and doing it conversationally rather than asking questions from a card. It was always my style – no big deal to me. Griffin -as we packed to leave – shook my hand and said I had a promising career ahead. “Why, do you say that”, I asked. The late night yakker smiled and said, “You really LISTENED to me. That’s VERY important”. I never forgot what Griffin told me.
Pretty awesome! To me, that’s the sign of a great reporter, one who listens, and one who asks the interesting questions, not the everyday drivel that a thousand others have already asked.
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Women at Marvel Comics Watch – April 2017 Solicits, 24 Female Creators on 19 Books
After posting the highest number of female creators we’ve ever seen from either DC or Marvel last month, Marvel failed to match their record this month. In fact, they weren’t even close. Now, this isn’t a huge surprise; the story of these stats is always two steps forward, one step back. A high is rarely followed immediately by another high. Instead, new highs tend to be followed by a slightly lower plateau and an even further drop back before the numbers surge again. Marvel’s skipped the plateau this time around, though, and have dropped to their lowest number of female creators in over a year. Let’s take a look at who’s doing what at Marvel in April 2017:
Amy Reeder: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #18 (co-writer, cover)
Becky Cloonan: The Punisher #11 (writer)
Brittney L. Williams: Patsy Walker, a.k.a. Hellcat! #17 (interior art, cover)
Elizabeth Torque: Elektra #3 (cover), Spider-Man #15 (variant cover), The Mighty Captain Marvel #4 (cover)
Elsa Charretier: The Unstoppable Wasp #4 (interior art, cover)
Erica Henderson: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #19 (interior art, cover)
G. Willow Wilson: Ms. Marvel #17 (writer)
Gabby Rivera: America #2 (writer)
Helen Chen: Silk #19 (cover)
Jody Houser: Star Wars: Rogue One Adaptation #1 (writer)
Kamome Shirahama: Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #6 (cover)
Kate Leth: Patsy Walker, a.k.a. Hellcat! #17 (writer)
Kate Niemczyk: Man-Thing #3 (interior art)
Kelly Thompson: Hawkeye #5 (writer)
Margaret Stohl: The Mighty Captain Marvel #4 (writer)
Marguerite Sauvage: America #2 (variant cover)
Mariko Tamaki: Hulk #5 (writer)
Myisha Haynes: Gwenpool, the Unbelievable #14 (interior art)
Natacha Bustos: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #18 (interior art)
Nicole Perlman: Gamora #5 (writer)
Paulina Ganucheau: Gwenpool, the Unbelievable #14 (cover)
Sara Pichelli: Spider-Man #15 (interior art)
Tana Ford: Silk #19 (interior art)
Yona Harvey: Black Panther: The Crew #1 (co-writer)
All together, there are 24 different female creators set to work on 19 different books in April, 13 fewer women than in March and 14 fewer books. That’s quite a decline. Last month was clearly abnormal; there were loads of variant covers with female artists that helped Marvel break their record total. But Marvel’s had at least 30 female creators for several months now, going back to the fall. Landing in the 20s is uncharacteristically low for them.
Having women on fewer variant covers is one of the big reasons for Marvel’s drop this month. It also looks like a few creators with regular gigs are on a skip month, with someone else filling in, or the creative teams have been changed and women are no longer working on those books. It’s an odd month all around. For example, there’s only one woman working on more than one comic this month, Elizabeth Torque on a variety of covers. In March, there were six women with multiple gigs. Everything’s contracted across the board in April.
In terms of new books with female leads, there are a handful of team books with women in prominent roles. Manifold, Misty Knight, and Storm co-star in Black Panther: The Crew, Marvel Girl is a part of X-Men Blue, and Kitty Pryde, Prestige, and Storm are part of X-Men Gold.
Overall, April doesn’t look to be a great month for women at Marvel relative to their past year or so. What’s unclear is if this marks a shift for the publisher or an aberration. Aberration seems more likely; Marvel’s established a solid track record with female creators as of late, and I’m expecting to see at least a few missing creators back next month. Time will tell, as always, but I’d expect stronger numbers in May. For now, though, April is a rather underwhelming follow up to March’s stellar numbers.
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Name Richmond Castle
Type: Motor merchant
Tonnage 7,798 tons
Completed 1939 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast
Owner Union-Castle Mail SS Co Ltd, London
Homeport London
Date of attack 4 Aug 1942 Nationality: British
Fate Sunk by U-176 (Reiner Dierksen)
Position 50° 25'N, 35° 05'W - Grid BD 1387
Complement 64 (14 dead and 50 survivors).
Route Buenos Aires - Montevideo (18 Jul) - Avonmouth
Cargo 5250 tons of frozen meat
History Completed in February 1939
On 20 Jul 1941, the Richmond Castle was damaged in a collision in 01°30N/41°54W with the British steam merchant Bangalore (6067 tons), which was shelled and sunk the next day by a warship in 00°59N/43°W.
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At 15.58 hours on 4 Aug 1942 the unescorted Richmond Castle (Master Thomas Goldstone) was hit by two of three torpedoes from U-176 and sank after capsizing southeast of Cape Farewell. The Germans questioned the survivors before leaving the area. 14 crew members were lost. The master, 44 crew members and five gunners were rescued: The master and 14 survivors by the Irish Pine and landed at Kilrush. The chief officer and 16 survivors were picked up after 12 days by HMS Sunflower (K 41) (LtCdr J.T. Jones, RNR) and landed at Londonderry. The remaining 18 survivors were picked up by the British merchant Hororater and landed at Liverpool.
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An hour in the Representative’s shoes
UNFPA Representative Mr. Alain Sibenaler shows Patience Aciro how things work as she took over his office during a #GirlsTakeover event organised to mark International day of the Girl
Ten-year-old girl gets feel of leadership of the UN’s Reproductive Health and Rights agency
“I would like to take over your office,’’ said ten-year-old Patience Aciro to UNFPA Representative Mr. Alain Sibenaler in response to his question about what her plan was, ahead of a scheduled meeting between them.
A boss at ten? Yes, you can be, as was the case when Aciro, a Primary Four pupil of Masozi Primary School in Kampala was at the UNFPA Uganda office to step into the role of UNFPA Representative. Mirroring similar actions from girls from all over the world who assumed roles of various global leaders, the symbolic moment was one of the #GirlsTakeover events organized to commemorate International day of the Girl on October 11.
International Day of the Girl aims to raise awareness and rally public support on issues affecting girls around the world. The takeover was organised in partnership with Plan Uganda.
As he helped her settle into her symbolic new role, Mr. Sibenaler found out from Aciro that she is clear about her plans for the future. “I like learning. Science is my favourite subject and I want to become a doctor when I want to grow up,” she told him confidently.
Patience Aciro and Mr.Sibenaler get to know each other during the
Once she was comfortable behind the desk, Aciro took charge, wasting no time calling a meeting of senior staff of UNFPA. Flanked by two 13-year-old Martha Kirabo and 11-year-old Leticia Nanyonjo as well as 19-year-old Zahara— who had earlier in the month taken over UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem’s office in New York— Aciro ably chaired the meeting and led a discussion about some of the challenges faced by girls in Uganda.
“I live in a community where girls face challenges such as dropping out of school because they have lost their parents’, Kirabo said, referring to the Kirinya slum where she and her colleagues live and where their school is located.
“Girls are treated with less value; they are given away in marriage in exchange for money,” Nanyonjo added. The girls also spoke of challenges such as poor sanitation and the lack of facilities for managing menstrual hygiene as well as poor enforcement of laws against defilement and child marriage.
Aciro and her colleagues believe that implementation of the government strategy on child marriage and teenage pregnancy would go a long way in addressing many of the challenges they and their peers encounter on the path to adulthood. In response Mr. Sibenaler tasked UNFPA’s Gender and Human Rights Specialist Ms Florence Auma to follow up the issue with the relevant Government departments.
In a second session, other staff members joined the girls and in a lighthearted but at times emotional interaction, the girls opened up about their experiences as adolescents as well as some of their personal aspirations and feelings about their participation in GirlsTakeover.
“Today is my first time to experience what it feels like to sit in an executive chair. I felt like I was in heaven. I hope when I can grow up I will fulfil my dream,” Aciro said before she broke down, overwhelmed by her emotions, to which staff members responded in unison: “You will!”
Zahara too shared that her time with Dr. Kanem inspired her to believe in herself. “My experience as the UNFPA Executive Director was exciting and educational. I got to know what people at that level are thinking about us and to know all the things they are doing for us girls. It gave me confidence that one day I can be like Dr. Kanem, no matter what hardships I go through, “she said.
In response to the girls’ candid sharing, Mr. Sibenaler encouraged them to persist even in the face of challenges. He thanked them for participating in the take over and pledged that UNFPA would support them on their journey.
“You performed your tasks beautifully. As you dream on, let this office be your home,” he said. The Representative also committed to strengthen partnership with Plan Uganda to explore additional ways to address challenges faced by adolescent girls.
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PA Motoring 11 July 2019
The growing demand for pick-ups is showing no sign of abating. In fact, Nissan sold more than 230,000 one-tonne trucks worldwide last year, with markets such as America and China snapping up these commercial vehicles thick and fast.
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And the UK is no different. The Navara has been one of the most popular models in the country, and due to the influx of new pick-ups on the market, Nissan has seen fit to update it to help keep up with the pace. We’ve headed out to the wilds of Iceland to see what it’s like.
It’s a subtle update here, that’s for sure, but the changes made to the new Navara are just enough to bring into line with newer rivals. The engine has been upgraded, the five-link rear suspension refined and the brakes beefed up. Tech-wise there’s a new, larger screen which runs the firm’s latest software, while the towing capacity has been increased too.
Exterior-wise, it’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it similar to the truck it replaces, but the small number of refinements made to the visuals do give it a little more edge. We’ll look at these in a little more depth later on, however.
What’s under the bonnet?
The Navara is powered by a 2.3-litre twin-turbocharged diesel engine with 188bhp and a useable 450Nm of torque. It’s more efficient than the one it replaces, now emitting a respectable 194g/km of CO2, and driving power to all four wheels through either a seven-speed automatic gearbox (as was the case with our test vehicle), or a newly refined six-speed manual.
Performance figures are respectable, with Nissan quoting a 0-60mph time of 10.9 seconds, but the reality is that for workhorse pick-ups like the Navara, acceleration isn’t the be-all and end-all. Its range of off-road systems are far more useful, with features such as hill descent control, a proper locking rear differential and the choice of three different four-wheel-drive modes making far more sense to the traditional pick-up owner.
What’s it like to drive?
As with most vehicles based on a ladder chassis, you can’t expect limousine-like levels of refinement, but the Navara does surprisingly well to isolate a lot of the exterior chatter which can make a drive more wearing. There’s a little wind noise, but engine drone is kept well isolated from the cabin – providing you’re not being harsh with the throttle, that is.
The Navara feels most comfortable off-road, where its five-link rear suspension system copes handsomely with large rocks, potholes and a myriad of different surfaces. Around town there’s a fair amount of jostle, and faster corners do tend to invoke a fair amount of body lean. That’s no different from other pick-ups on the market today, mind you. The engine pulls strongly, while the wealth of torque on offer means there’s plenty of grunt available whenever you need it.
As we’ve already mentioned, the changes that have been made to the way the Navara looks are few and far between. The rear lamp units are now smoked, while the fronts have been given a subtle refresh. The standard alloy wheels size has been bumped up from 17-inch to 18 too, giving it a little more presence – not that this truck was short of it in the first place.
In truth, Nissan didn’t need to overhaul the exterior of the Navara – it was a good-looking truck before, and it remains so now. We’ve been told that an updated version of the go-anywhere Arctic Trucks model will be along before the year is out – so keep a beady eye out for that if you’re after the most imposing Navara model available.
What’s it like inside?
The Navara has always managed to toe the line between consumer-friendly comfort and utilitarian solidity for some time, and it’s still the case now. Yes, many an SUV owner would baulk at some of the interior plastics used here, but they’re hard-wearing and likely to stand up to years of abuse – which is just what you want from a pick-up. The leather seats fitted to our test car were comfortable though and, thanks to eight-way electrical adjustment, easy to get into the right position too.
Rear seat space is decent enough, with a good amount of leg and headroom available. One criticism we would voice is the lack of USB outlets throughout the cabin – there’s just one. It may sound trivial, but given the number of devices the average family carries with them, this may be an oversight which could be annoying over time. There are two nine-volt plugs though, which does go some way to alleviating this issue.
What’s the spec like?
The biggest change when it comes to in-car tech on the Navara is the inclusion of Nissan’s new eight-inch infotainment screen – up a full inch on the previous generation system. It may sound like a trivial increase, but it makes a big difference. The new operating system is the biggest benefit here, however; it’s far easier to use than the system it replaces, with smooth graphics and little delay when changing through menus.
You also get a full navigation system, while top-spec trucks receive over-the-air map updates too. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are thrown in as standard too, meaning it’s far easier to integrate your smartphone into the car’s system.
The Navara has been brought firmly back up to date with this new update. Though they may be relatively minor, they’ve done enough to help the big Nissan retain an edge. One of the biggest changes is that new infotainment system – it makes the cabin of the Navara far more user-friendly – while the changes made to the suspension and engine have made it even more refined. It may not be the most powerful truck out there, but the Navara ticks all of the pick-up boxes elsewhere.
Model: Nissan Navara
Price: £31, 125 (ex-VAT)
Engine: 2.3-litre twin-turbocharged diesel
Power: 188bhp
Torque: 450Nm
Max speed: 112mph
0-60mph: 10.9 seconds
Emissions (g/km): 194
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March 6, 2019 / 10:33 AM / 4 months ago
China's February exports seen falling most in 2 years, imports down again - Reuters poll
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s exports likely contracted in February after a surprise bounce in January, while imports fell for a third straight month, a Reuters poll showed, heightening anxiety over whether Washington and Beijing can resolve deep differences over trade.
Steel pipes to be exported are seen at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China December 8, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
China’s exports in February are expected to have fallen 4.8 percent from a year earlier, according to the median estimate of 32 economists in a Reuters poll, following a 9.1 percent rise in January.
Such a drop would be the biggest since December 2016, and suggest a further weakening in global demand.
Imports in February are expected to have fallen 1.4 percent from a year earlier, compared with the previous month’s 1.5 percent decline.
Stronger-than-expected imports could prompt some China watchers to say the economy is showing signs of bottoming out in response to a string of stimulus measures in 2018.
But most analysts typically caution that China’s data early in the year can be highly distorted by the timing of the Lunar New Year holidays, when some business rush out shipments or scale back output before shutting for a extended break. As such, analysts’ estimates for February varied widely.
TRADE DEAL NOT A SILVER BULLET
In recent weeks, the United States and China appear to have moved closer to a trade deal that would roll back tit-for-tat tariffs on each others’ goods, with Beijing making pledges on structural economic changes, a source briefed on negotiations said on Sunday.
But President Donald Trump will reject any pact that is not perfect, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said this week.
Even if concrete steps such as dismantling tariffs are agreed, it would not be a panacea for all of China’s economic woes. Its exporters would have to piece supply chains back together, win back market share and contend with slowing demand globally.
Factory surveys have suggested exports and imports will remain weak in coming months, with February’s official gauge showing export orders fell to their weakest level since the global financial crisis.
China’s overall trade surplus is seen to have shrunk sharply to $26.38 billion in February from $39.16 billion the previous month, according to the Reuters poll.
In response to growing domestic and global pressure, China’s government this week unveiled a 2019 economic growth target of 6.0-6.5 percent, down from an actual 6.6 percent in 2018, the slowest pace in nearly 30 years.
Premier Li Keqiang told parliament on Tuesday that China will shore up the economy through billions of dollars in additional tax cuts and infrastructure spending, and will lower real interest rates.
“A set of pro-growth measures are planned despite positive progress in U.S.-China trade talks, which makes us think that either China doesn’t have full confidence in a trade truce or that the damages from the trade conflict cannot easily be undone,” said Iris Pang, Greater China economist at ING.
Reporting by Lusha Zhang and Ryan Woo; Editing by Kim Coghill
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37 Men Executed by Saudi Arabia In Barbaric One Day Slaughter
May 7, 2019 UNAC Editor Saudi Arabia
(L-R) Munir al-Adam, Mujtaba al-Sweikat, Abdulkarim Mohammed al-Hawaj, three of those executed by Saudi Arabia on Tuesday (Social media, family photos)
By Alex MacDonald, Published on Middle East Eye, April 24, 2019
The mass executions carried out in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday saw 37 killed. Thirty-two of those executed were from the kingdom’s Shia minority and a number of them were juveniles when they were initially arrested.
Rights group Reprieve told Middle East Eye several of those executed were detained during peaceful protests.
The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said that
“the death penalty was implemented… on a number of culprits for adopting extremist terrorist ideologies and forming terrorist cells to corrupt and disrupt security as well as spread chaos and provoke sectarian strife.”
However, human rights organisations have said that many of those killed had been pro-democracy activists who were subjected to torture and unfair trials.
MEE has profiled some of the people who were executed:
Mujtaba al-Sweikat
Mujtaba al-Sweikat was only 17 when he was arrested at King Fahd International Airport, en route to the US where he was set to begin his studies at Western Michigan University.
In 2012, Sweikat – who is Shia and from Qatif in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province – took part in pro-democracy protests, for which he was arrested and charged with “armed disobedience against the king” as well as making Molotov cocktails, destroying public property and participation in a terrorist cell.
According to Reprieve, he was brought before the Specialised Criminal Court in Riyadh in 2015, where he was convicted based on a confession the group said was extracted under torture.
He was not allowed access to a lawyer nor given prior warning of the hearing, Reprieve said.
At the time of his arrest, the president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Randi Weingarten, called on US President Donald Trump to intervene.
“Should these executions occur, Saudi Arabia should be considered a pariah nation by the world,” Weingarten said in a statement.
“We implore President Trump, as the standard-bearer for our great nation, to do everything in his power to stop the atrocities that may otherwise take place in Saudi Arabia.”
Mohammed al-Attiyah
Mohammed al-Attiyah was one of 11 men executed as part of the Iran spy case, which saw numerous Saudi Shia convicted of “high treason” and meeting with Iranian “intelligence agents”, as well as trying to stir up anti-government sentiment in Eastern Province, which has a large Shia community.
A popular Shia cleric and dean of the English department at Jeddah university, Attiyah had maintained a profile as a promoter of unity between the different sects in the Sunni-majority kingdom.
In a speech in 2011, he urged the need for acceptance and tolerance between Sunnis and Shia.
“As long as we live in the same country, we have no choice but to accept one another and live with one another, no matter the degree of difference between us,” he said.
According to Human Rights Watch, Attiyah had been charged with “planning with an Iranian intelligence element… to establish a company to spread Shia activities in [Eastern Province].”
Speaking in court prior to his execution, Attiyah said he denied “all the evidence against me“.
Abdulkarim Mohammed al-Hawaj
Abdulkarim Mohammed al-Hawaj was arrested on 16 January, 2014, at the age of 19, but the charges levelled against him include crimes carried out at the age of 16.
According to the European Saudi Organisation For Human Rights (ESOHR), Hawaj was charged with, among other things, shooting at a police officer, throwing Molotov cocktails and
“sympathy with the Bahrain opposition”.
Abdulkareem al-Hawaj (ESOHR)
While in jail he was “beaten by sticks and electric wires and kicked by officers with heavy shoes” while his hands were “chained high for more than 12 hours and he was prevented using the bathroom in this time“.
The ESOHR said he had been “accused of non-violent charges whilst he was a minor” and that “confessions for these charges were extracted from him via torture“.
Khaled bin Abdel Karim al-Tuwaijri
One of the few Sunnis executed during the mass execution on Tuesday, Tuwaijri was accused of having links to militant groups.
According to the official Al Arabiya network, Tuwaijri was arrested over the 2007 murder of his uncle, Major General Nasser al-Othman.
Prosecutors said that Tuwaijri, imam of a mosque in Buraidah in northern Saudi Arabia, had connections to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, then leader of the Islamic State in Iraq, which would eventually morph into the Islamic State group in 2014.
Out of those executed, Tuwaijri was accorded the special punishment of having his body crucified following the execution.
The kingdom commonly uses the term “crucifixion” to refer to the process of publicly displaying a corpse after execution.
“In Saudi Arabia, the practice of ‘crucifixion’ refers to the court-ordered public display of the body after execution, along with the separated head if beheaded. It takes place in a public square to allegedly act as a deterrent,” rights group Amnesty International said in 2013.
Munir al-Adam
Also from Qatif, Munir al-Adam was a disabled protester who took part in demonstrations in 2012 calling for greater democracy and an end to discrimination against Shia.
He was subjected to severe beatings and torture in prison prior to his execution. At the time of his arrest he was 18. Already partially blind and deaf, he lost his remaining hearing as a result of beatings, according to the ESOHR.
According to his mother, speaking to the Washington Post in 2017, he had
“been ordered to stand for long intervals of time…was beaten with sticks and cables” and had been “electrocuted and prevented from eating or going to the bathroom”.
His conviction was based on a confession elicited through torture.
ESOHR said that Adam was being punished for exercising his “fundamental human rights such as freedom of assembly“.
“Saudi Arabia consistently fails to abide by the strict criteria which safeguards substantive and procedural requirements with relation to the death penalty for retentionist states,” the group said.
The 37 Saudis executed on 23 April
Ahmed Hasan Ali al-Rabee, Ahmed Hussien Ali al-Aradi, Ahmed Faisal Hasan al-Darwish, Jaber Zouhir Jaber al-Marhoun, Hussien Hasan Ali al-Rabee, Hussien Ali Jassim al-Hamidi, Hussien Qassem Ali al-Aboud, Hussien Mohammed Ali al-Meslim, Haider Mohammed Ibrahim al-Leef, Khaled Hammoud al-Farraj, Khaled Abdelkarim Saleh al-Touijri, Salem Abdullah Awad al-Amri al-Harbi, Saeed Mohammed Saeed al-Skafi, Salman Amin Salman al Quriash, Taleb Meslim Suliman al-Harbi, Taher Meslim Suliman al-Harbi, Abbas Hajji Ahmed al-Hasan, Abdulaziz Hasan Ali al-Sahwi, Abdelkarim Mohammed al-Hawaj, Abdullah Suliman Saleh al Esraih, Abdullah Adel Hasan al-Oujan, Abdullah Hani Abdullah al-Tareef, Aziz Mahdi Abdullah al-Rafe al-Omari, Ali Hussien Ali al-Ashour, Ali Hussien Ali al-Mihna, Fadel Hasan Abdulkarim Labbad, Mujtaba Nader Abdullah al-Suwayket, Mohammed Hussien Ali al-Ashour, Mohammed Saeed Abdrab al-Rasoul al-Khatem, Mohammed Ayed Mohammed al-Namlan al-Qahtani, Mohammed Abdelghani Mohammed Attyieh, Mohammed Mansour Ahmed al-Naser, Mustafa Ahmed Abdelatif Darwish, Mutadher Ali Saleh al-Sabieti, Munir Abdullah Ahmed al-Adam, Hadi Yousif Reda al-Hazeem and Yousif Abdullah Awad al-Omari.
This article is available in French on Middle East Eye French edition.
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Can’t Get To China? Europe Has Its Own Great Wall
San Giovanni, Kotor | © WitR/Shutterstock | WitR/Shutterstock
Sarah Pavlovic
Updated: 9 November 2017
Behind Kotor’s terracotta-roofed old town, San Giovanni Fortress snakes up the seemingly endless hill. Although it looks daunting from the bottom, and let’s face it sitting in Kotor’s cafes sipping coffee and eating gelato is amazing, climbing San Giovanni Fortress is a must-do in Kotor.
Ye very olde wall
Kotor’s fortifications on San Giovanni, or Mount Saint John in English, date right back to the Illyrians, who ruled Montenegro until the 2nd century BC. The Illyrians built a fort at the top of the hill, from which they could protect the town. Construction of a fortified wall to completely protect the town started in the 6th century and was finally completed by the Venetians in the 15th century.
San Giovanni, Kotor
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The wall makes a four and a half kilometre loop around the hillside and the town, completely enveloping it with stone walls up to 20 metres high and 16 metres thick. It’s no wonder Kotor has surrendered to invaders but never been taken by force. These walls are all but impregnable.
The fortifications are in surprisingly good condition considering their age and that they haven’t been repaired since 1918. Kotor, as well as the other old towns along the Montenegrin coast, was completely ruined in an earthquake in 1979 and had to be rebuilt, but the walls miraculously survived.
Although the walls blend into the rocky hillside during the day, they’re truly magnificent when lit up at night.
Kotor by night
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Hiking the wall
Today, hiking the wall to San Giovanni Castle has become a rite of passage for visitors to Kotor. Those who brave the 1355 steps have certainly earned bragging rights, this is no walk in the park. The hike is 1.2 kilometres and it takes around an hour of climbing to get to the top. But it’s worth every step.
Starting out from Kotor old town, the walls zig-zag up the hill and the views just keep getting better the higher you get. Conveniently located about 20 minutes into the climb, the church of Our Lady of Remedy, makes for an ideal stop for a breather. There’s a seat in front of the 16th century Roman Catholic Church, and some welcome shade on the church steps in summer.
Our Lady of Remedy
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Just above Our Lady of Remedy, the view of the church and the blue Bay of Kotor with the green mountains is one of the most photographed views in all of Montenegro. The views from here are already stunning and, knowing that those from the top are even better, they give weary hikers an incentive to push onward to the top.
Our Lady of Health and Kotor
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Although the fortress walls are impressive, the combination of the ancient walls, historical path and natural beauty is mesmerising. The hill has started to take over parts of the fortress and suck them back into the hillside so they almost become one. The path is flanked by verdant greens, wild fig trees and colourful wild flowers.
The hidden path that leads to treasure
Near the top of the hike there’s a fork in the path with a sign pointing to Sveti Djordje (Saint George’s) Church. This detour leads through a hole in the wall and down a rough path to the Ladder of Kotor, the old path farmers used to use when bringing their produce to Kotor to sell.
A quick scramble down the path leads to Saint George, a crumbling thousand-year-old church. The church is abandoned and it’s only a matter of time until its stone walls and frescoes are reclaimed by the mountain they were originally carved from.
The remnants of three-thousand-year-old Illyrian homes, wild fig and pomegranate trees and the tinkling bells of goats make this an idyllic detour.
Ruins of Fort San Giovanni, Kotor
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Best selfie ever
Once back on the path to San Giovanni Castle, it’s not much further to the top – and those breathtaking views. Little remains of the castle, but up here it’s all about those glorious views. Across the bay, Mount Vrmac shelters the villages of Muo and Prčanj. Far below, the town of Kotor sits in a sea of turquoise, while yachts and speed boats glide back and forth.
San Giovanni Castle and Kotor
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Hiking Europe’s great wall is an unforgettable experience while in Kotor, and there’ll always be well-earned coffee and gelato waiting for you at the bottom.
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Yes == No
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Smoke 003723 (google) 2018-05-08
Reply Admin
Pandora's-Box-o-WTF™??
Don't you mean a Codethulu?
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Ollie Jones (unregistered) 2018-05-08
Reasoning with users? valuable.
Giving them Visual Basic 6 and letting them do it themselves? fun! The best way to fight WTF is with WTF.
ray10k (unregistered) 2018-05-08
Nice little lesson on office politics. Here's to higher-ups with an actual spine, though! :beers:
IP Guru (unregistered) 2018-05-08
Sounds like an extension to my theory of Management Management, to get a manager to adopt a good idea 1st make then think they though of it.
in this case applied to users (who have effectively been given Management rights)
Bradley (unregistered) in reply to Ollie Jones 2018-05-08
And be stuck maintaining it after it becomes "mission critical"? No thanks.
Anon (unregistered) 2018-05-08
The user will then talk to their nephew, who is "really good with computer stuff" and bring them in to privide the functionality in Microsoft Access. Fast forward 5 years and IT will need to take ownership of the tangled mess.
David (unregistered) 2018-05-08
Reasoning with users like that rarely works. In my experience it just means they complain that you're being unreasonably obstructive or padding things because you don't want to do any work. However, if you're 'just' a dev then you can ask the manager who always says yes which item has the highest priority, so then if they put this 'little' feature in front of more important things then when stuff slips you can point to that to show exactly who moved things down the priority list.
GreyWolf1 (nodebb) 2018-05-08
There is a very simple method, one sentence, to make them shut the fuck up:
WHAT IS YOUR MANAGER'S BUDGET CODE?
That should do it; but if the bugger persists, then:
Because we are going to bill the originating department for all development requests.
If you do not have your manager's budget code, you do not have his/her permission to book a request.
Please leave my office now. Do not come back until you have the budget code.
I'm Okay With This (unregistered) 2018-05-08
Say what you will about Agile+Scrum/Kanban, but in my organization it has had a genuine impact on the ability for stakeholders to understand the gravity of their requests (and our ability to simply shut them down when needed).
Brian (unregistered) 2018-05-08
Reasoning with customers? That must be a nice world to live in. In my previous companies, it's always the managers and salespeople who make the wild promises and then expect the devs to pull a miracle out of their rear ends and implement this new feature while not sacrificing any other deadlines. And then when things inevitably crash and burn, guess whose fault it is? Most of the time, we never even talk to customers, much less have the chance to convince them that what they're asking for is a bad idea.
Andrew (unregistered) 2018-05-08
Those fields and dialogs exist where they do and like they do for a reason (perfected by the hand of God). Get mad and impose your design and will like a brutal dictator! It worked well for Steve.
RLB (unregistered) 2018-05-08
Two rules for trying to argue with lusers:
The luser never knows what it really is, but expects you to deliver it to his precise desires;
It is the most important thing in your business. No, this luser's it; any other luser's it is, obviously, less important.
Rob Hoffmann (google) 2018-05-08
This idea works well as long as none of your users are rampaging narcissists who believe that their (stupid) request is absolutely more important than the next full release, and will damn well go to the CIO or CEO to get what they want, at which point your explanation of how many man-hours are going to be wasted will come across sounding like the parents in a Peanuts TV show.
Or you could work for a spineless CIO who caves to everyone. Hypothetically.
The Original Frits (unregistered) 2018-05-08
Oh yeah this approach works just great in IRL life I'm sure.
Hans (unregistered) 2018-05-08
You: Boss, should this feature be done?
PHB: Yes, this is top priority!
You: Then that previous top priority gets pused down?
PHB: No, that is still top prio too.
You: Should we then delay the next release until everything is done?
PHB: No of course not. I promised next week, so next week it is!
Brad Wood (google) 2018-05-08
Where the wtf? I like the large stop sign, but where's my wtf?
slavdude (nodebb) 2018-05-08
Been there, done that.
My last permanent job was at a place where I was hired to rewrite a massive VB6 application in C# using more up-to-date techniques such as asynchronous threading.
I ended up leaving because my boss, who had written most of the original system, thought the new stuff was too difficult to maintain. It turns out what he really wanted was a code converter. The asynchronous stuff went away, to be replaced by the VB6 model of running everything in the UI thread. And let's not even get into the requirements that the application had to look and act exactly like the old application, which included all the weird stuff you could do with COM that .NET doesn't do anymore without tons of WinAPI calls.
jkshapiro (nodebb) 2018-05-08
Spot on, Snoofle. A good reminder of how important context is when making decisions.
DCL (unregistered) 2018-05-08
Another approach I've seen used back in the day, i.e. waterfall model on mainframes, was to put the user request(s) on a wish list for the next release. The wish list would then be reviewed some time later and fairly often the user reactions would include, amongst other things, "Who on earth requested that?" or "What was I thinking?" or "This has no business value".
kbielefe (nodebb) in reply to Brian 2018-05-08
If you don't have direct customer contact, then employ the technique on whomever your liaison with the customer is. You show them how their requests affect the entire backlog, let them make the priority calls, then hold them to the decision.
Donald Knuth (unregistered) 2018-05-08
TRWTF is saying you pushed it forwards when you actually pushed it back.
ScienceGone_Bad (unregistered) 2018-05-08
Having been both a developer and a SysAdmin, I can say for sure that some of the same "This is how it's always been done" can live in development teams. At one job, the Powers on high stated that for security purposes, all rsh, telnet, ftp, etc. would be replaced by secure versions (SSH, SFTP, etc.) ... fine, the commands are nearly identical in their operation, and for the most part, putting 'S' in the command is all the fix needed.
So I get the scripts ready to push out, visit all the affected teams, show them exactly what to do (basically grep-replace) explain to them that they can do the change now & have plenty of time to fix any weirdness, and leave.
6 months go by and no change ... dev keeps saying that all of their old scripts will break, and they don't have time, and it's the way they've always done it ... the usual. The VP of the Company, who happened to have hired me, came by one day @ the end of work, and aske why the change hadn't been done. I explained everything, and said I'd been ready to push the change 15 minutes after we 1st talked. Also said I could do it right now as he watched, but I wanted one thing from him before.
I wanted a signed letter from him & his boss stating that because nobody had even tried to transition the dev scripts, this change was effectively going to shut down the Dev department, and bring the business to a grinding halt (dev worked directly on prod a lot of the time). In the letter, I wanted it written, that I would not be the fall guy for this change when it went south.
That change never happened during the entire time I worked there.
Alex Papadumbass (unregistered) 2018-05-08
If it were that easy, this site wouldn't exist. All that you are going to get in response is "you are the computer guy, so you make both things work right now" along with some escalations to the next level dumbass (aka PHB), "your computer guy is useless, he cannot add a button without delaying the whole schedule by 6 weeks". Good luck trying your oh-so-awesome trick with your dumbass PHB.
I Am A Robot (unregistered) 2018-05-08
Worked at one place where the salesdroid would do the usual thing of telling prospective customers that the application did ABC, then when the contract was signed we'd get top priority orders to implement ABC.
Standard so far.
Unfortunately all the existing customers would then get "upgraded" to the version with ABC in it, even it meant them losing the XYZ functionality they relied on, and there would then be a major inquiry as to why changing how a system works would result in changing how a system works.
After than happening to me twice I took the time honoured WTF route and jumped ship.
eric bloedow (unregistered) 2018-05-08
i can't help but think of an older story: "what do you mean, it will take a month to add a button to the UI? my friend here added a button in fifteen minutes!" "and what does his button do when you click it?" "...nothing." "and that's why it only took him 15 minutes, getting it to actually do something takes a month!"
J. Random PMP (unregistered) 2018-05-08
You have essentially described a Project Manager's job.
Tash (unregistered) 2018-05-08
Wow! This is interesting. I am the dumb customer that you all write WTF scripts for and place on my laptops for your employers. I love this forum so I am snapping a photo. Now...this is a real WTF.
WTF is CSX Corporation and Microsoft going to do when I sue the shit out of them? It is going to be a long ugly road to hell. Isn't there a road to hell script? Too funny...or not.
Harrow (unregistered) in reply to eric bloedow 2018-05-08
If it doesn't have to do anything then I can add a button in 30 seconds.
Barf4Eva (unregistered) 2018-05-08
"This is a good thing because it forces them down the rabbit hole into your world where you are the expert. Now you get to explain to them the realities of software development, and the full cost of their little request. "
Yayyyy.... it's great.... I love doing that... explaining every frigging day why things work the way they work in order to try and curb bad requests from our users... :(
Eventually, it becomes your NEW job when you relent to this suggestion...
herby (nodebb) 2018-05-08
This drives home the concept: "Everything has a cost". The sooner you explain it to everyone, the better off everyone will be.
A a company I worked for, the sales guy would always be saying we got this big sale. I'd respond "Where is the check?". This usually shut him up pretty quickly. Of course, it helps if you are the entire software development team (it was back in the early 80's).
Life goes on.....
Decius (unregistered) in reply to Harrow 2018-05-09
It would take about five minutes to add a button that adds a similar button. Rather than add the useless buttons manually, automate the process.
Steve_The_Cynic (nodebb) 2018-05-09
It goes the other way sometimes.
I think I might have mentioned a large supplier of financial information services that I used to work for. I developed a good relationship with the sales / business development crew responsible for the same sub-product that I worked on, and we had a variety of responses:
Salesguy: The customer would like to have X, but I'm not sure because it seems a pretty hard thing to do Steve: X? (thinks for a moment) No, that's pretty easy, because A, B, C.
Salesguy: (Learning...) From what I've seen, Y shouldn't be too hard. Steve: Y? (thinks ... thinks ...) No, it's harder than you think because D, E, F.
Despite a mild amount of technological ineptness(1), he learned quickly to distrust his initial feeling as to how much work things would take, and to just ask me. I think it was mostly because I took the time to explain why it wasn't the way he thought. And because I was careful to explain it in semi-technical terms rather than full-whack nerdspeak.
(1) Like the time he called me at my desk and, getting distracted, put me on hold before I could answer, except I wasn't there, so it got bounced to my voice mail. As a result, I got a 20 minute recording of the company's radio station (which played instead of hold music) in my voice mail, and he was baffled as to why his phone wasn't working.
bobcat (unregistered) 2018-05-09
Another secret is to make it Not Your Fault, and to give options. "Yeah, I've talked with the guys. It turns out that implementing it that way will take us an extra couple weeks' worth of time, possibly a month. I know it's just a button, but it seems the existing code just isn't built for that sort of thing, and we'd have to rework a lot of it. We can give you this similar option in a week, or we can keep the existing format and add the whole thing on as a future update when we're not pressed for time."
jkshapiro (nodebb) in reply to eric bloedow 2018-05-09
"How much for these bananas?" "10 cents a pound." "10 cents a pound? The guy down the street is selling them for 6 cents a pound!" "So go buy them from the guy down the street." "He's sold out." "If I were out of bananas, I'd sell them for 6 cents a pound too!"
Really (unregistered) 2018-05-09
I wear a management hat for the software team in a startup that makes an IoT thing. Being a startup, that includes a lot of systems engineering type interactions with another engineering discipline. Director of engineering, who has a background that is not software, has criticized me for saying "no" a lot. I wear that badge proudly.
I see similarities in this story to what happens here, and I appreciate it. DoE, and one of his other engineers in his discipline, make assumptions about how simple or not a request is, or even if it's possible, and are often wrong (surprise!). No matter how I approach saying No, they just don't like to hear it. I suspect they think it's possible for someone not actively working with a code base to get some sort of understanding of what's simple and what's not, or what might require an architecture change. Since they never seem to get it right, they think I'm calling them dumb, or something. I need to find a diplomatic way of getting across to them that, in software, everything is situational. Just because one thing in the past was easy and this new thing appears similar, it does not mean they'd take the same effort.
siciac (unregistered) 2018-05-09
When you have 700+ users and each of them wants a different dialog to do the same thing, and nobody in management will say no
This kind of thing is why I always respected Steve Jobs for every extra port and button and sticker that Apple removed.
(1) Like the time he called me at my desk and, getting distracted, put me on hold before I could answer, except I wasn't there, so it got bounced to my voice mail.
That's not his technological ineptness, phones / voicemail / hold and all that stuff has been horribly broken for decades and telcos "fixed it" by telling customers it's their fault. We hold "ed" up as the standard for bad UX, but you dial through a PBX or internationally and you go through multiple states with nothing but maybe a clicking sound.
siciac (unregistered) in reply to David 2018-05-09
However, if you're 'just' a dev then you can ask the manager who always says yes which item has the highest priority, so then if they put this 'little' feature in front of more important things then when stuff slips you can point to that to show exactly who moved things down the priority list.
The common idea of a yes-man is someone who sucks up, and that's one form. The other is worse: the guy who can't handle conflict and will always say yes, to everyone. He'll tell you, "yes, we will have to deprioritize this" and when you think you won that round he's still telling the customer, "yes, we can do this." Later you will get loads of grovelling apologies, but you'll still have to deliver on his promises.
Listicath (nodebb) 2018-05-09
I had one manager who had previously had a policy of developing the software, and releasing when it was ready. Then for some reason he decided to announce a release date and we were told there'd be a month before that, for (limited) user testing and another month before /that/ for in-house testing. So here's the date that we'd have everything completed by.
The fact that we'd just discussed with him how much work was left to do, and the time it'd take, didn't seem to matter. So we just nodded and quickly found new jobs.
My next manager had the annoying habit of listening to the MD. Who had great ideas, but my manager got too excited about them that he'd immediately start coding. Even in the middle of final testing. Then wonder why the software was broken and testing was overunning.
We tried in vain to persuade him to say "Very nice, I'll put it in the upgrade path."
Todas Elicti (unregistered) 2018-05-10
so...did you just figure this out or something? seems to be par for the course where i work...need to have a value proposition for work requests and things are done in priority order after being vetted.
Si (unregistered) in reply to Anon 2018-05-11
a million times this
b.a. freeman (unregistered) in reply to siciac 2018-05-17
when U're in a difficult political situation, document it; write a memo/text/email to the boss to confirm his decision, detailing everything that was decided. then, when he still makes stupid promises to the customer, it is documented that he told U otherwise, and it's on him (customers should do the same thing). even if the boss isn't willing to commit anything to permanent media, he can't stop U from doing it, and if he orders U not to document things, write an email documenting that and copy his boss.
sometimes keeping a job working for a weasel is more detrimental than temporary unemployment.
slartibartfast (nodebb) 2018-06-06
What I say to people walking in and asking for just-a-little-change: "Quiet!" https://www.dropbox.com/s/2touqy1p2lrbf5d/Just%20Four%20Little%20Flagstones.m4v
tlhonmey (unregistered) 2018-06-25
This approach works up until you find yourself in an environment where the users just assume that your explanations of costs are a pack of lies and that you just don't want to do any work, backed by managers who assume that you can learn how to code anything in a couple of days, no matter how far outside your sphere of competence it may happen to be.
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Woman faced 22 years in jail for criticising her government
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After spending three hundred and sixty five days in a Rwandan jail looking ahead to the rustic’s top court docket to come to a decision on her case, Diane Rwigara feared the worst.
The 37-year-old informed Sky Information: “I will be able to simply have to simply accept it and pass to jail as a result of I assume that’s the value that you simply pay for freedom.”
The previous monetary accountant confronted a 22-year spell in prison for “inciting riot” and “forgery” after she attempted to run in ultimate yr’s presidential election towards Rwanda’s long-time president Paul Kagame.
Her mom, Adeline, additionally confronted a 22-year time period after sending messages that have been crucial of the federal government on Whatsapp to her sister and a few her buddies.
However in a wonder judgment, the court docket discovered that each participants of the Rwigara circle of relatives have been blameless.
“All fees… had been dropped. The court docket unearths that the prosecution fees have been baseless,” stated one member of the three-judge panel.
The activist ran for president in 2017
Whilst the verdict will come as an excellent reduction to each girls, it’ll no longer erase what the pair had been via.
Ms Rwigara’s difficulties started when she declared her candidacy in Rwanda’s 2017 presidential contest.
Her 44-year previous marketing campaign supervisor, Thadeyo Muyenzi, went lacking and has nonetheless no longer been discovered.
Then, nude pictures – purportedly of Ms Rwigara – have been printed and shared on social media.
In spite of everything, the rustic’s election board banned her from collaborating when they accused her of forging other folks’s signatures in reinforce of her bid. Kagame received a 3rd time period in place of job with 98% of the vote.
Paul Kagame is credited with developing balance in Rwanda – however has grown more and more authoritarian
Undeterred, the budding flesh presser introduced her personal political birthday party referred to as the Folks Salvation Motion, however the police raided the circle of relatives house – detained the accountant and her mom for the next 12 months.
Chatting with Sky Information hours ahead of the decision was once introduced, Ms Rwigara stated she was once centered through the state as a result of she is ready to problem Kagame and his ruling clique.
She added: “That is what occurs whilst you dare to have a distinct political opinion – a distinct view from the ones within the govt.
“That is what occurs if you do not disappear like my marketing campaign supervisor or get thrown into jail or lose your lifestyles. So sure, you do pay a value for talking out on this nation.”
Diane Rwigara was once discovered blameless through a Rwandan court docket
Paul Kagame, the rustic’s towering, beanpole-like president, has been broadly praised for his position in offering balance and financial expansion after Rwanda’s catastrophic genocide in 1994.
Alternatively, human rights teams and others have uninterested in his more and more autocratic taste.
Complaint of the federal government isn’t tolerated and in 2015, he engineered a constitutional modification which means that he can grasp the presidency till 2034.
Amnesty World welcomed the court docket’s verdict on Diane and Adeline Rwigara however referred to as at the Rwandan govt to do extra to offer protection to freedom of expression and political debate: “[They] must by no means have confronted fees for expressing their perspectives.
“We name at the Rwandan government to construct in this judgment and paintings against creating better tolerance and acceptance of other and demanding perspectives.”
Ms Rwigara, who’s described as “fearless” through the ones just about her, isn’t about to apologise for making an attempt to carry Rwanda’s leaders to account. Neither is she more likely to prevent making an attempt.
“I discuss the reality, that the device is constructed on a lie,” she stated. “They just don’t need to be uncovered.
“The lie is that the whole lot is definitely in Rwanda and I simply discuss [the reality] which is the top degree of unemployment, the top degree of poverty, the disappearances, the killings, all that, and they don’t seem to be able for that to be uncovered.”
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Hartek Group Celebrates Women’s Day by Honouring Achievers Who Fought All Odds
Chandigarh 06th March:- In a glowing tribute to womanhood on the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Chandigarh-based Hartek Group, one of India’s fastest growing concerns in the power sector, today honored women achievers from the region who have stood against the tide, broken male bastions and never looked back.
At a special “Celebrating Womanhood” felicitation ceremony organized here by women employees of the Hartek Group, Chandigarh Mayor Asha Kumari Jaswal honored the outstanding women achievers with mementos, commendation certificates and cash awards. Appreciating the initiative taken by the Hartek Group, the Mayor said that such women are the pride of our society. We should draw attention to their inspiring success stories at every given opportunity so that they act as role models for other women.
The awardees included Manjit Kaur, an ambulance driver in Jalandhar who forayed into male bastion by taking up this job nine years ago to support her family after her husband suffered a paralytic attack, Mandeep Kaur, who broke yet another male bastion by becoming a Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) bus conductor two years ago but not before facing stiff resistance from her family members, Dolly, who works as a security guard at a city hotel where she also does night shifts to support her family of five, and Radha Devi, the sole breadwinner of her family who has been running a tea stall in Sector 34, Chandigarh, for the past 10 years to repay her family’s loan and support her seven siblings.
Congratulating women employees of the Hartek Group who were the spirit behind the “Celebrating Womanhood” ceremony, Keerti Singh, Director, Human Resources, Hartek Group, said that we are proud of you for taking the initiative to observe Women’s Day in such a wonderful way. Women are equal partners in India’s growth story, and we need to empower them to empower the New India.
Narrating how adversity brought out the real fighter in her, Manjit said that nine years ago, her life crashed into chaos when her husband suffered a paralytic attack. But she stood as a rock to take on the challenges life had brought her way. She worked as a maid in houses till she had enough money to buy an ambulance of her own. But as Manjit soon realized, working as an ambulance driver is not easy if you are a woman, especially at night. She have been attacked a number of times while on night duty, but her fighting spirit has kept her going. She also faced a lot of opposition from her brothers who were dead against this job.
The Hartek Group had observed Women’s Day last year by organizing a free breast cancer screening and awareness camp in association with the PGI at the anganwadi in Bapu Dham Colony, Chandigarh.
Decision Regarding Health Needs To Be Taken with Sensitivity:Jagannath Shinde
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AIOCD has presented memorandum to the Secretary of Central Health Ministry in Delhi, pointing out truth and shortcomings in the business of drug sells. Committee established under DCGI should not only have representatives of regulatory bodies but persons from all the quarters of the business should be included in them. New central authority has been proposed for online drug sell in the draft of Central Government which is against the principles of decentralisation of the authority.
Rural areas of the country don’t have adequate facilities off health along with lack of highly qualified doctors, thus Central Government needs to focus on strengthening of regulatory mechanism which is weak. Memorandum with various points like Laboratory, IT centre, Law Unit to examine the quality of medicines has been submitted.
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Dr. Kaustubh Sharma, Zonal Director, NCB said that the NCB team had received information that the above person is involved in drug smuggling during the last six months and supplying Opium in Chandigarh and Mohali region. This is his 2nd attempt to supply Opium in the region. Acting on this, NCB team had laid a naka near Airport, Chandigarh and arrested Ompal Singh when he is trying to smuggle Opium from Uttar Pradesh. The contraband was kept in small travelling bag which was recovered from the accused Ompal. This is the 15th seizure during this year Narcotics Control Bureau, Chandigarh. This is the 5th Opium seizure by NCB during the year.
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According to Dr Harpreet S Gill, this was performed for the first time in the region North of Delhi. Reverse Shoulder Replacement is the new treatment for shoulder fractures in elderly, in cases of arthritis of shoulder with muscle tears or in certain complex shoulder problems and in those where the normal shoulder replacement has failed.
Surgery was performed on a 72-year-old female from Patiala. She was having shoulder pain for the last 8-10 years and had tried all sorts of treatment but to no avail. All the movements of her shoulder were lost and even slight movement of shoulder caused pain. She was unable to sleep for hours because of severe pain and her activities of daily living were comprised. Now at about 2 months post reverse shoulder replacement she is pain free and has regained her shoulder movements.
Dr Harpreet S Gill, who has been trained at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, USA for this says that in the west too, this type of shoulder replacement started around 10 years back and is now being done routinely. However, in India this surgery is still in early stage as the patient awareness is less and the doctor training for such surgery is lacking in India.
The reverse shoulder uses a ball and socket joint as well, but the ball is placed on the shoulder blade and cup on top of the arm bone. This is reverse of our normal anatomy, and thus the name.
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Chandigarh 06th March:- Videocon d2h, the fastest growing DTH service provider in India has now signed a standalone deal with the world’s leading internet television network Netflix. With this partnership, Videocon d2h connected box customers will now be able to access seamlessly the extensive library of Netflix TV and movie titles.
Videocon d2h consumers will be able to enjoy Netflix on a large screen by simply clicking a dedicated Netflix button on the remote control of HD Smart Connect Set Top Box.
Netflix will be available on an exclusive app available on connected Set top box, HD SMART Set top Box (Connected Set top box) which converts any existing TV into a Smart TV besides showing you more than 600 Channels & services in High Definition and Standard Definition. The HD Smart Connect set top box allows consumers to watch their favorite channels in SD and HD, using the satellite feed like any other Videocon d2h set top box. The set top box can be connected to the internet through any Wifi or Ethernet connection in the home for accessing a curated set of applications available through the internet. The minimum internet speed needed is 2 Mbps. These apps, both free and paid cover a range of content genres and utility apps. By connecting the HD Smart Connect Set top box to any TV, the TV would become Smart. Already available in the app store are many entertainment/news apps, utility apps and more are being continuously added.
Saurabh Dhoot, Executive Director Videocon d2h said that we are extremely proud to have Netflix as our partner on HD Smart Connect STB. Our partnership will strengthen our DNA of innovation by providing TV screen experience for Netflix users in a seamless manner. This partnership in India with Netflix gives the customers the simple click of a button to easily select between our DTH and world class apps like Netflix services on the HD Smart Connect Set top box.
Anil Khera, Chief Executive Officer, Videocon d2h said that with Netflix on board, Videocon d2h is enhancing its position as the customer’s first choice of entertainment. Integrating premium entertainment services like Netflix into our services offered via HD Smart Connect Set Top Box will make us even more attractive for our consumers. We will continue to deliver exceptional entertainment and give consumer the power to view content and enhance our leadership in homes with wifi/broadband.
Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO, Netflix, said that while there are millions of consumers all over the world using Netflix, enjoying the ability to watch anywhere, anytime and the incredible variety of programming we offer, we are really only at the beginning of our journey here in India. This partnership with Videocon d2h is important for us in the way we reach to the diversity of the Indian market and will make it much easier for Indian consumers to watch Netflix.
Videocon d2h has prided itself in presenting its subscribers with a robust line-up of more than 600+ channels and services, including a host of regional channels. It offers a wide range of active services like smart services including Smart English, Smart Games. The other active services include d2h Hollywood HD, d2h music, d2h spice, d2h cinema in both Standard Definition and HD, etc.
सम्पूर्ण मानव समाज में नारी का कोई जोड़ नहीं:श्री वीपीएस राव
Chandigarh 06th March:- पंचकूला में रहने वाले श्री वीपीएस राव ने ही में पिंजौर में आयोजित अंतर्राष्टीय महिला दिवस पर विशेष कार्यक्रम की अध्यक्षता करते हुए अपने अध्यक्षीय भाषण में सर्वप्रथम 2001 में अंतर्राष्टीय महिला दिवस को 'मातृ शक्ति पर्व' का नाम दिया था। अध्यात्म-संस्कृति रत्न से सम्मानित और संस्कृति बोध संघ के संस्थापक श्रीराव कई पुस्तकें लिख चुके हैं। जिन पर कई स्कॉलर्स ने शोध कार्य किया है तथा कई कर रहें हैं।
डॉ. विनोद कुमार ने श्रीराव से अंतर्राष्टीय महिला दिवस पर गहराई से विशेष चर्चा के लिए मुलाकात की और अंतर्राष्टीय महिला दिवस कई महत्वपूर्ण तथ्यों पर विचार साँझा किये। श्रीराव ने बताया कि यह नाम भारतीय सन्दर्भ में अधिक उपयुक्त है। पश्चिमी देशों में महिलाओं को 'वीकर सेक्स' माना जाता है। वहां महिलाओं ने अपने अस्तित्व की पहचान को सशक्त करने के लिए कई अभियान चलाए और निश्चित किया कि अंतर्राष्टीय महिला दिवस पर इकठ्ठा होकर योजनाबद्ध नीति से महिलाओं के अधिकारों की मांग की जाये और महिला सशक्तिकरण के लिए हर संभव प्रयत्न किये जाएं किन्तु भारतीय संस्कृति में नारी को शक्ति माना गया है। यहाँ शक्ति के रूप में नारी की पूजा हुई है। नारी के विभिन्न रूपों जैसे बेटी, बहन, पत्नी इत्यादि में सबसे ज्यादा महत्वपूर्ण मातृ रूप है। इसलिए इस दिवस को यदि महत्वपूर्ण बनाना है तो इसका नाम मातृ शक्ति पर्व होना चाहिए। महिलाओं के अनेक प्रकार के योगदानों में उनकी 'माता' के रूप में जो अत्यन्त महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका है वह वास्तव में ही अद्वितीय है, उसका सम्पूर्ण मानव समाज में कोई जोड़ नहीं।
नारी सम्यक की जननी ही नहीं अपितु उसके बहुर्मुखी विकास में पुरुष की अनिवार्य सहयोगिनी भी है और ईश्वरीय विधान के अनुसार मानव जाति को वांछित दिशा में अग्रसर करने हेतु महत्वपूर्ण माध्यम। श्रीराव ने बताया कि यह ठीक है कि दैव ने नर- नारियों को सामान्यतः जोड़ों के रूप में भेजा है। एक दूसरे के अभाव में वे दोनों ही अपूर्ण हैं और दोनों के जीवन की सार्थकता प्रतिकूलता में नहीं अनुकूलता में है, शुष्कता में नहीं माधुर्य में है और वियोग में नहीं संयोग में है। अतः व्यापक रूप में समाज-कल्याण दोनों के लिए मिलजुल करना ही वांछित हैं, जिन्हें भारतीय ऋषियों, मुनियों, मनीषियों और समाज-शास्त्रियों ने बड़े गहन एवं सूक्ष्म अध्ययन , मनन, चिंतन और अनुसन्धान के पश्चात प्रकट किया है, जो पाश्चात्य बुद्धिजीवी नहीं कर सके। यही कारण है कि वहां अनेक प्रकार के सुख साधनों, प्रसाधनों, इत्यादि के होते हुए भी अशांति और तृप्ति का साम्राज्य है। संतुष्टि और संतृप्ति की खोज में वे भारतीय संतों, महात्माओं की शरण में आते हैं। दुःख से छुटकारा और सुख की प्राप्ति हेतु मानव मन और प्राकृतिक रहस्यों का जो अत्यन्त उच्चकोटि का अध्ययन, अवलोकन और विश्लेषण भारतवर्ष में हुआ है उसी के कारण इसकी एक अपनी पहचान है।
श्रीराव ने कहा कि भारतीय महिलाएं इस क्षेत्र में सम्पूर्ण महिला-समाज का मार्ग दर्शन कर सकती हैं। भारतीय महिलाओं को भी वास्तविक पहचान पाश्चात्य विचारधारा, तौर-तरीकों, रहन-सहन के ढंगों, वेश-भूषा, आचार- व्यवहार का अनुगमन करने में नहीं, अपितु अपनी निजी संस्कृति को भली - भांति समझ-बूझ कर , उस पर चलकर, उसे व्यवहार में ला कर, उनका मार्गदर्शन करने में है। इसलिए भारतवर्ष में 8 मार्च को मातृ शक्ति पर्व
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Newt Gingrich “Family Values” Bombshell
John M. Becker January 19, 2012
Brian Ross, ABC News Chief Investigative Correspondent (and the journalist who broke the story of Truth Wins Out’s undercover hidden-camera investigation of the Bachmann clinic on national television), scored an interview with Marianne Gingrich, Newtie’s ex-wife number two. It’s scheduled to air tonight, but juicy tidbits are already leaking out, including this bombshell:
The reporter who conducted that interview, ABC Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross, told WMAL’s Morning Majority program that Marianne Gingrich claims her ex-husband wanted an ‘open marriage.’ “He came to her and said, ‘I want to stay married to you and still have an affair with Callista, his current wife,” said Ross. “According to Marianne, he said ‘You need to share me,’ and she said ‘I don’t want to share,’ and the marriage ended,” he added.
That’s right — not only was Newt schtupping a staffer while sanctimoniously railing (and leading the impeachment charges) against President Bill Clinton for similar conduct, but once he could no longer conceal the affair, the Speaker had the temerity to demand that his wife “share” him with his mistress.
Unbelievable. And this is the man who’s trying to tell me I can’t have even one marriage? That HIS marriage has “sanctity” but MINE does not?!?
h/t: Joe
(Note: Ross misspoke in the quote above. At the time Marianne Gingrich alleges the conversation took place, she (Marianne), not Callista Bisek, was Newt Gingrich’s current wife.)
ABC NewsadulteryBrian RossCallista Gingrichfamily valueshypocrisyJohn BeckerMarianne GingrichNewt Gingrichopen marriageserial adultery
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The Agenda Behind Bruce Jenner’s Transformation
Bruce Jenner is now known as Caitlyn Jenner and, for some reason, all media outlets have converged to turn this personal transformation into a massive, all-encompassing media event. Why is that? Because Jenner’s transformation was not personal, it is a planned event meant to support an ongoing agenda.
After the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, Bruce Jenner was an American hero and was dubbed “the world’s greatest athlete”. He then embarked in a movie and television career, which solidified his near-superhero mystique in popular culture.
After his marriage with Kris Houghton and his involvement with Keeping Up with the Kardashians, most of that mystique was gone. He was part of the Kardashian experiment, the family that was built by mass media and for mass media, from absolutely nothing, to monopolize the attention of masses. From sex tapes to relationship rumors to butt pics that are supposed to “break the internet”, celeb marriages, and young girls becoming sexualized at a young age, the Kardashians constantly seek media attention for all kinds of purposes. Bruce Jenner’s story is yet another chapter in that story. And, like most of the “events” involving the Kardashians, Jenner’s transformation was meticulously planned with perfect mass media coverage to gain worldwide attention.
Before I go further (and because some people like to put words in my mouth), I need to emphasize that I do not think that all transgenders are “evil” nor that they are part of a sinister Agenda. If one feels more comfortable and happier living as the opposite sex, well that’s their business and not mine. As a staunch proponent of true freedom, I will never judge a person who took a personal decision to live a better life. Bruce Jenner’s sex change, however, was everything but personal. It was an orchestrated media event, blown-up to proportions so large that it has been turned into a grand ritual, a staged ceremony meant to push an agenda.
Following the Script
Like the rest of the Kardashians, Bruce Jenner’s fame in 2015 (almost 40 years after winning his gold medal), is solely due to mass media keeping him famous. In other words, he is famous because he’s famous. And he stays famous because the elite is using his family to push an agenda.
In 2013, I published an article entitled The Kardashian 2013 Christmas Card: A Tribute to the Illuminati Entertainment Industry, where I analyzed a highly symbolic Christmas card created by David Lachapelle – a fashion photographer who is no stranger to the MK-Ultra based entertainment industry. That Christmas card was somewhat prophetic.
The Christmas card features Kardashians posing in a deserted movie theater that is replete with imagery representing the true role and the true fate of that made-for-showbiz family.
Bruce Jenner, the only male in that photo, is the only one in that is not posing fashionably. Quite to the contrary, he is imprisoned in the cashier’s booth, which looks like a giant test tube.
Bruce Jenner is trapped in the entertainment industry.
Stuck in a what looks like a giant tube, Bruce Jenner is gazing at a statue that is wearing a gold medal – but that is also dismembered. That statue clearly represents Bruce’s past self, which was, since then, broken and symbolically dismembered. Jenner is now trapped in the tube that is show-business, like some kind of lab rat.
His daughters, who were about 15 at the time, were also depicted in a near-prophetic matter.
Kylie and Kendall Jenner posing in front of an Illuminati pyramid which strongly hints that they’re owned by the occult elite’s system.
Since 2013, the Jenner sisters have indeed been fully integrated the Illuminati system, fully pushing ongoing agenda of sexualizing minors.
The sisters often pose while doing the One-Eye sign, confirming that they’re owned by the system.
In this picture, the sisters are holding the hands of two invisible, “shadowy” men, representing the sinister unseen handlers controlling their lives.
So, not unlike Keeping Up With the Kardashians, the actual lives of the Jenners are mostly scripted. Caitlyn Jenner is also part of the script.
Perfect Media Storm
After his divorce, Bruce Jenner could have silently stepped out of the spotlight and lived his new life in relative privacy. But the exact opposite happened. Caitlyn saturated all major media outlets in a carefully orchestrated media storm. Here’s what happened in the span of a few weeks.
Primetime 20/20 interview with Diane Sawyer.
Multiple magazine covers, including Vanity Fair, which “presented” Caitlyn to the world.
US magazine going inside his “heroic” transition. Heroic.
The President of the United States praising the courage of Jenner.
Speaking of courage, in a rather absurd, almost forced, media move, Caitlyn Jenner will be receiving the Arthur Ashe Courage Award during the 2015 ESPY Awards in July 2015. Caitlyn’s “courage” was deemed superior to Lauren Hill, a college athlete who played basketball despite an inoperable brain tumor and who died earlier this year.
There is more: Caitlyn will be the subject of her own reality show … expect a whole lot of magazine photoshoots.
The Hidden Agenda
As stated above, Jenner’s transformation was not intimate nor personal. It was a grand, ceremonial, ritualistic event that symbolizes a change in society as a whole. An important part of the elite’s agenda is to debase, confuse and mix up the natural, harmonious order of things. It is about steering away from what is real, pure and authentic to move towards to the fake, artificial and the constructed. For this reason, there one aspect of the Agenda that is becoming increasingly apparent: The feminization of the male and the masculinization of the female. Under the guise of “empowerment”, men who act like females and females who act like men are not only accepted but celebrated. I personally do not have a problem with that. I DO have a problem with the other side of this agenda: Men who act like traditional men (and do not feel the need to apologize for it) are now portrayed as evil and wrong. And, all of a sudden, portraying a stay-at-home mom who takes pride in cooking for her family is considered “sexist”.
In other words, it is about a complete reversal of gender roles. Simply by looking at our genetic make-up and the behavior of most mammals, one can observe that males are engineered to hunt, provide and protect while females are made to “nest”, care and nurture, While modern living has made these traits less dominant, they are nevertheless part of our core being. And mass media is heavily focusing on promoting the exact opposite of this. It is about the attacking the mind with messages that conflict with our natural inclinations. If you look at what is happening right now in mass media, you have, on one side, the head of the Kardashian family putting on makeup and wearing dresses while, on the other side, you have Taylor Swift training for combat with big weapons, with a gang of tough, violent women (see the video for Bad Blood).
While Jenner is an all-American product, Europe also went through its ritualistic, transgender event.
Conchita Wurst was the winner of Eurovision 2014. To further confuse everybody in the world (including other transgenders) Conchita wears a beard.
The above image of Conchita, with the strategically placed antlers, alludes to the lesser-known, esoteric part of the Agenda. In occult secret societies, the highest stage of illumination is achieved through the internalization of duality and the equilibrium between opposing forces – good and evil, active and passive. male and female. This concept is symbolically represented by the horned, hermaphrodite god Baphomet. It is also represented in alchemical symbolism such as the Alchemical Androgyne :
“The symbol reproduced above is from a rare edition of the Turbæ Philosophorum published in Germany in 1750, and represents by a hermaphroditic figure the accomplishment of the magnum opus. The active and passive principles of Nature were often depicted by male and female figures, and when these two principles, were harmoniously conjoined in any one nature or body it was customary to symbolize this state of perfect equilibrium by the composite figure above shown.” (Manly P. Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages).
Of course, the concepts above are meant to be interpreted in an esoteric and spiritual context where the human soul transcends its physical shell. However, today’s elite is bent on twisting and corrupting occult concepts, using its inherent powers for sinister purposes. Therefore the concept of equilibrium has turned into an unhealthy obsession on transgendered media pawns.
The Caitlyn Jenner story was orchestrated to bring specific concepts to the forefront, notably the complete reversal of gender roles. Although the elite’s occult teaching is about complete equilibrium, they want the masses to be completely out of balance. That’s how you keep them confused and malleable.
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amiafeminist
Soooo does "Caitlyn" get to go through all the struggles every 'natural female' has to go through? She get her period every month? Get cramps and bloated, and has globs of blood poring out her vajayjay? She gonna be pregnant one day? Carry a load around for nine months and then go through that incomparable pain of birth? Sorry for the way I said it but, hey you wanna talk about women and men? How about some of the biological struggles women go through? I frankly don't care if there are people out there who feel closer to their opposite gender. Yay, whoopee, that's great for them. I'm all for everyone's freedom in their pursuit of happiness. But when they try to insist mutilated bodies are this or that and ACCEPT MEEEEEEE I just can't sorry. But watching the struggle that women go through every day for years and years, and I'm not even just talking about biological struggles, but social struggles as well. Take a glance at the world's cultures and the fight women had to put forth and are still putting forth to get where they are today and then a man, who was born with natural strength,… Read more »
One of my best friends is transgender and I feel like SHE has went through quite a lot of emotional trauma before transitioning. No, she does not bleed every month like us but she has also had a tougher socialisation than us. Feeling like a woman yet having to attend a school for all boys. She breaks her heart over the very fact she will not be able to carry her boyfriends child to term and it is rather distressing to watch the heartache of that as I went through some infertility issues and I can relate as I had felt the same way myself. So the fact that I was told I would never be able to conceive would make me less of a woman? Please be seated and stop with you’re slamming of women because it is women like you who are an absolute disgrace to the very gender you think you are a voice for. I’m also aware that there are transgender men that exist, so where does your opinipm stand with those men? A lot of transgenders are also annhilated by society and the media as well as stigmatised. This is obviously all fabricated because from… Read more »
f--k off troll, you got paid to post that s--t
Donna Allen
Carry the boyfriends child to term????? Uh men can not get pregnant.
Pay attention to what you’re reading, she was making a comparison of the feeling in not BEING able to carry her boyfriends child and her own experience with infertility and how that feels.
JesusCanSaveYouFromDeath
You should read about hormone disrupting chemicals that are put into our food and water… A professor at UC Berkeley proved that hormone disrupting chemicals change the sexual preference and orientation of the animals used in his studies. The truth goes much deeper. The Great Deception has already begun. If you turn to Jesus Christ and repent from the world and you will be saved from death.
Stacey E.
Sure, Christianity never murdered loads of people-made people feel less than, and condemned them for their sexual orientation. It never went in and took away people’s land and beliefs. It never insisted everyone else think the way they do. Never. It never put arrogant thought into its followers minds. It never made anyone feel superior to other races. It never said all of the other religions are false, and went in and indoctrinated anyone. It never sent anyone on missions to inflict their views on everyone else. Because everyone else is just ignorant savages with backwards religious beliefs that just need to be taught the right way, by all these superior, smarter white people. It never did that. It never made a load of people think that their religion was the only true one, because it was the White guy one. That’s all the perks of Christianity. And you get to pretend that anyone who doesn’t agree with you is stupid or condemned to hell. What fun.
Wow, you went from “turn the frigging frogs gay” to “Jesus is Lord” in one fell swoop.
I support you and your friend. Two of my friends have transitioned to males and one to female, dysmorphia is no joke and they have struggles with their bodies as much if not more then cis women and men
Lola Christina
I have to be honest with you VC I could've enjoyed this article much more if you had just been blatantly and bluntly honest. I'm not saying to just discard tact, but I felt you did a lot of sympathizing and trying to explain your reasons for saying what you're saying as opposed to just saying it. You were so busy trying not to offend the LGBT community it's almost as if you were afraid to just let yourself write naturally, which is what I'm use to you doing…just letting your truth flow. Next time, I humbly request that you just write, don't feel the need to explain and apologize for your personal opinions…that's apart of the trick as I'm sure you know. Getting ppl to be afraid of saying anything that the LGBT community may disagree with. That's not you though, you don't back down…speak your truth and stand firm in it 🙂
Well said, but you can understand it, anything can be seen as offending somebody, its all part of the same thing, shut down conversation and force the agenda down everyones throat. He got woman of the year awarded for that,, doesn’t have a womb, never will, never struggled through his day with a migraine and bellyache from raging hormones but gets woman of the year for sticking fake b---s and a dress on. Woman the world over must feel insulted.
Smiley Iris
Its kind of funny that it seems to me guys are more accepting of her as a female than women. You’re all jealous.
That's quite an impressive conspiracy theory, however I have one that's a lot more "simple".
Only a few weeks before his "transformation" he was involved in a car crash where the woman in the other car was killed. Now, being married to a woman who used to be married to one of the lawyers who was behind helping OJ Simpson being acquitted of the murder of his ex wife, she probably has quite a bit of knowledge of how to get around the legal system.
Together they came up with a brilliant idea, PRETEND to get a sex change (in reality only a very impressive Hollywood make-up job), using the excuse of "gender confusion" as to why HE was not mentally responsible for the accident. It worked really well too, for it was recently revealed that "Caitlyn" would not be tried for the death of the other car's driver. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
Completely agree. It was the ultimate distraction, cause nobody remembers that he did KILL a women! He lived in a house surrounded but all the kardashian women, even if he was in denial about being wanting to be a women. He would have slipped up somewhere, something would had shown as a sign that he was not all he seemed to be. Whether it was makeup or clothes or anything. He was on national TV for goodness sake someone would had caught something, and nobody ever did.
Did it ever occur to you that many things happen without it being filmed or making it to the final cut? Duh. Hello – you write as if everything you see on tv is the complete reality of what is going on.
Do you ever notice that men who claim to be women overwhelmingly project a sexualized, objectified version of womanhood ?
That makes it seem very counterfeit.
Yep we noticed that. They are deliberately very sexualized. They feel inferior because they aren't females and they project it with their attitude.
Twice angry
Thanks to media portraying women this way
I feel like you are not being honest here, so that you won't offend people. The feminization of men and the masculinization of women is NOT okay. It's causing that chaos that you speak about that people in the occult like. It is knocking things off balance. It's okay to say that it's not okay. People will get offended, just like people get offended when you call out their favorite pop star for being an occult music industry puppet. Sometimes, you just have to tell the truth no matter who doesn't like it.
Masculine and feminine are social constructs. Calm down. The world is forever changing. Even in ancient societies there were gay men, strong warrior women, etc. Its not that unnatural.
Male and female aren’t social constructs. Those are sexes. Personality traits are probably influenced a lot by societal expectations , but genetics too.
I’m pretty confident that being male and female is completely different from being masculine and feminine.
It’s interesting to me that VC seems to imply that females being feminine, males being masculine are natural (therefore good) things…. That’s just an assumption based on a popular opinion that stemmed from Victorian culture. Not necessarily good or bad. VC posts are supposed to be apolitical, but even a popular opinion can be a politically slanted one.
Yes, they are. But, that doesn’t mean either sex can’t have a mixture of both. I am a biological female (heterosexual), but I definitely exhibit more masculine energy than other biological heterosexual females. I am not prissy or only enjoy stereotypically “female interests.” In other words, I grew up being a tomboy. And, as an adult – I never had that burning desire to have a child. If it happened with the right man, it would happen. And, I would actually want the father to be 50/50 in nurturing our child. I did not want to be stuck at home being the sole caregiver. And, many men out there revel in the ability to be nurturing to their children. But, that was not part of my life plan. We should accept that there will be a mixture of masculine and feminine in all of us. The right men I’ve dated were very masculine physically, but they also exhibited feminine qualities that completely complimented my own masculine/female ratio. Both were very close to their mothers and/or were raised in a house predominately female. The feminine is so suppressed in biological heterosexual males. . .did it ever occur to anyone that that… Read more »
So you think every man acts like a stereotypical man and every woman acts like a stereotypical woman? Which traits would be considered exclusively masculine or feminine? You’re an idiot.
One thing I don't get with VC is this "Do whatever makes you happy" outlook. To me it sounds like Aleister Crowley's "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" mantra. Which is something I don't get because he should know about that type of mentality. It shouldn't be about what makes you happy (all the time) it should ultimately be about what's right.
smarter than trace
There is no objective right and wrong and assuming such gives way to an unspeakable amount of ignorance.
Prisoner6
Is that right?
But isn’t you saying there is no objective right or wrong implying there IS an objective right and wrong? Society is teaching us that everyone can have your own truth, right? But that in itself saying that there IS a truth. and you saying those who believe there is an objective of eight and wrong are ignorant is saying they are wrong. But how can that be? See how that mindset contradicts itself?
HowDoYouLookYourselfInTheMirror
oh my word, I see American education is at work, bravo Sam you are a recessive prodigy. (I’m insulting you, I know you are too dim to understand.)
Did it ever occur to you that doing what’s right coincides with doing what makes you happy? You write as if it would make someone happy to rape and kill people but because it isn’t right they shouldn’t do it.
Uh, hello – raping and killing people shouldn’t make people happy, but it actually does for some and that goes into the whole distortion of someone’s mental/psychological makeup. And, if hurting other people makes someone happy, obviously they are misaligned in their values.
Lesson – Doing what makes you happy should always align with doing what’s right.
My dad was owner of musical festival and it got shut down a couple of months ago because of his opinion about Bruce Jenner on facebook. Screw political correctness in this country !!! It's called freedom of speech, we need go stand up together against the evil
Why all this coverage for a has been? Answer: Because it is part of the agenda to scramble as many people's sexual identity as possible. It is part of the bigger agenda of screwing us all up so badly that we won't be able to resist the global tyranny. Hence the GMOs, chemtrails, Electromagnetic radiation, etc. It is also a way of diverting our attention away from the REAL issues like the emerging spy global state, TPP, Fukushima, the debt bubble etc. In other words, the stuff that really impacts us.
When Bruce Jenner looks in the mirror he does not see what is reality. Just like when Karen Carpenter looked in the mirror she did not see reality. (we all know she died from her Illness) She needed mental help, just like Bruce needs mental help.
Ahope
I am personally a lesbian and sometimes confused by my gender at times as well but I was appalled by the whole Caitlyn Jenner transition publicity. I don't like to admit it but I used to love KUWTK when it first came on and watched it all the time; I've since steered away because it became so fake it made me sick and then I heard about the Catilyn Jenner thing and I knew immediately it was a a fake publicity stunt. Watch the show! He likes to golf, hang out with his buddies, fly his toy airplanes he doesn't like to shop and get pedicures I know that is technically stereotyping but he doesn't like doing stuff that you would think a person who is gender confused would like to do. Those were his hobbies and he loved that stuff now all he cares about is magazine covers and wardrobes, you don't just change like that. Never in the previous shows had he shown any hint of being confused in a gender type of way. Maybe in the season before he came out to make it look more real but it is all fake. Of course I'm pro-transgender and… Read more »
Keilan
Do you think Caitlyn Jenner could possibly be some kind of female alter of Bruce Jenner,and that his gender confusion was some how taken advantage of?
Good point!!
anonny
Personally, I think the plan is to transfer the WORST stereotypical aspects of each gender – MEN: unyielding, unfeeling, sexually aggressive, insensitive, pack mentality, zero intuition + WOMEN: passive aggressive, backstabby, jealous, superficial, materialistic, whiny – to the opposite sex, so that everybody is confused and attacking one another, while unable (due to narcissism) to see the psy ops of their shared oppressor.
Sophisticated people will experience a divine unification of gender opposites in this time of change: men will be stoic but sensitive, strong but protective of the innocent, sexed up but mellow (a walking "quiet storm", baby), happy in a group but an independent, intuitive thinker and feeler; women will be nurturing but self-caring and independent, kind yet ethical and no doormat, always supportive of other women, not hung up on materialistic, market driven trickery, an earth goddess, a real "Wonder Woman".
THIS is what the powers that be (collapsing) don't want to happen. Hence the media air raid of the Caitlyn Jenner ritual.
I agree, the agenda is to farther separate and distract what is suppose to mentally be male and female.
During this whole media frenzy, none of these people interviewing him and documenting his journey cared to dig deeper on the difference between what is sex and what is gender. We've been trained so deeply to believe in the assigned stereotypical behaviors of the sexes that it is considered "unnatural" or "unique" to behave anything less than
f--k anyone who think its ok to do what bruce have done
you cant say f**k people for having an opinion, logic tells us that you can’t change gender. you know this and understand it to be true why do you need every other person to understand an obvious truth? let them believe in the Easter Bunny if it makes their lives more bearable. no surgeon can change chromosomes, but there’s no crime in letting people pretend their little hearts out
Occams
"and, for some reason, all media outlets have converged to turn this personal transformation into a massive, all-encompassing media event. Why is that?"
Geeeez, That's a toughy!
It keeps the sheep distracted while their government is corrupted, innocents are slaughtered under the guise of "spreading democracy", and the US edges closer to a False Flag economic collapse and WW3, creating phony enemies/scapegoats as they did bin Laden for their 9/11.
Rome is burning, and sheep are 'entertained' by this crap, Dancing with the Stars, iPhones, and deflated footballs.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public" ~ H.L.Mencken
Either you believe in evolution and change brought about by random events over time, or we are here by purpose, created by someone who has rules and natural laws/institutions, built into society so that we do not destroy ourselves. You cannot have this both ways. If you believe in evolution, then you cannot make one statement of value that cannot be refuted by someone else, because the only basis of value comes from within yourself. If this is the case, you really have no reason to live, except to express yourself, gain attention, and get as much out of this "life" as you can for yourself. Within this thought-world, anything can be "ok"….even sex with animals and marrying a computer; cultural offensiveness being the only buffer. If you believe you are here by creation, then there is hope for you, if you will yield to the Creator and His plan and His ways. Only then can we find out what His ways are and whether transsexuals (and other sinners) are compatible with His divine nature. Oh, I am just as much a sinner as the next homosexual as well…I steal, lie, cheat, lust, gossip, etc…. Choose you this day whom… Read more »
Doron
Perhaps I am late to this..but i recently saw the trailer about 'I am Cait" and something stood out to me quite blatanly… He's in a car and hes commenting how bright the day is and blah blah and then he says " I am the new normal" that right there really struck me in the head like a bucket of cold water…I reaf the article before when it first came out..and now saw the trailer for the docuseries…it's clear that this is money related…It's just disrespecftul for the real transgender people..besides..Courage does not wear Atelier Versace.
Oddfellow
I believe this is not just money related but intended to launch some sort of “hype” in society about changing gender if that’s how you feel.
Meeee
I have no judgement against anyone transgender or homosexual… As a sinner myself I will say we as a people are all being mind screwed into following our temptations instead of taking responsibility to do the right thing because it's hard. We live in times where being tempted will birth actions that go against the way God intended for us to be! From murder to lies and deceit..from sex adultery and sex fornication now sex changes we are all bombarded by sin! We are all facing spiritual challenges and you better believe the reason is for your soul. The age of Aquarius has come. "Do as thou wilt" says Crowley! You think it's a game? You better wake up!
Saying you dont have judgment about transgenders or gays just because you yourself are a sinner implies that you also view those things as sins…..
I will say this one time
The agenda will push androginity, no sex.
After that, lets say 5-10 years it will be transhumanism.
They will keep his world with the people that worship them.
We will continue in another evolved Earth but the time of this is unknown.
Excellent observation !
This is just one step to prepare the public and make transhumanism come closer.
People think they are being so righteous by vehemently arguing for Jenner's case. As readers of VC, I am a little – but not very – surprised that some of you are taking this article as a personal attack…. or as an attack on LGBT folks, when CLEARLY it was stated that is not what this about. It has been proven time and time again that ANYTHING to do with the Kardashian's is to promote some kind of agenda, or to distract from reality. Why should this situation be any different?
In the eyes of God he will *always* be a MAN not a Woman!
In the eyes of God we are all humans. Basically
Loveisall
Amen, 2ce. Bible even says so, but that don't get quoted do it?
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Basketball report
From the Convenor of Basketball, Anthony Gibbs
Waverley 2nd V went down 50-53 in an exciting Friday night matchup against the undefeated Cranbrook 2nd V. Waverley quickly found themselves on the back foot early in the first half, unable to handle Cranbrook’s full court pressure. The visitors were able to build a substantial early lead which left Waverley fighting from behind for the rest of the night. Despite Waverley’s early offensive struggles, they were able to stay in the game on the back of a huge first half from Keilan Grace who had 17 points of his side’s 21 first half points. Cranbrook started off the second half the same way they did the first, but Waverley were able to finally slow them down with some big defensive plays from Nick Bosnar and Ben Walton. As Waverley began to click offensively, some huge plays from Tom McMahon and a pair of big shots from Josh Gleeson saw Waverley draw even heading into the final minutes. Waverley had three consecutive possessions in the last 20 seconds but were unable to draw even as Cranbrook, to their credit, were able to hold on and in doing so, secure the 2019 CAS 2nd V Premiership.
After three lackluster weeks, the 1st V lifted their game significantly against Cranbrook. Waverley led all the way to post a 103-78 win in front of a sizeable and vocal crowd. Dion Hatziandreou, Angelo Di Bartolo, Ash Backlund, Kyle Goulding and Ryan Abbott were outstanding on the night. The win moved Waverley to 4 wins for the season.
On Saturday 16th of March, the Basketball Presentation Night was held and was another great success with approximately 200 guests in attendance. A huge thank you to our Supporters Club and 1st’s and 2nd’s parents, especially Mrs Sophia Hatziandreou, Jo Morrissey and Nicole and Stephen Abbott for all their work this season with the BBQ, after-functions and Presentation Night. Without the efforts of our dedicated parents, basketball would not enjoy the success it does, nor the excellent community spirit and goodwill that has been generated. A special thank you must go to outgoing club president Mrs Hatziandreou, whose leadership and approach has been instrumental in creating a strong, caring supporters group.
A full list of award winners will be published in the next edition of Nurrunga.
Enjoy a well-earned break!
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Private University Safety Officers May Get More Authority
Campus security officers at private universities may soon have equal authority as local law enforcement.
The University of Detroit Mercy’s public safety officers are looking to regain the ability to patrol beyond campus boundaries.
The institution’s law enforcement once had the same authority as the Detroit Police Department but was restricted to patrolling the campus in 2007.
University of Detroit Mercy Director of Public Safety Letitia [lah-TISH-ah] Williams says the extended authority would provide more officers for the surrounding neighborhood and supplemented the Detroit Police Department.
“It’s not only beneficial for our students and our employees that are here, but it’s beneficial for our neighbors, it supports our law enforcement partners, and it helps to make a stronger and safer community,” Williams says.
A new bill in the state legislature could allow for equal authority to be restored to the University of Detroit Mercy and other private institutions.
The measure has passed in the state House and now moves to the Senate.
Aired on: All Things Considered
Bre'Anna Tinsley
Frequently covers local government and community beats
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World Freerunning Parkour Federation (WFPF) Sanctions First Ever USAP College Parkour Competition at University of Wisconsin, Platteville
WFPF September 1, 2015 WFPF Speaks2 Comments
College Parkour athletes, WFPF Parkour professionals, and sports fans about to converge on University Wisconsin, Platteville for historic Parkour gathering and competition on September 12 and 13th, 2015
September 02, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ — The WFPF is proud to announce the first ever USAP National Collegiate Parkour Competition which will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville on Saturday and Sunday, September 12th and 13th, 2015, in cooperation with local Parkour Team Avialae.
This historic event is the culmination of much dedication and hard work by WFPF, USAP College co-directors Matt and Greg Milano, and UW Platteville Parkour director Conner Hjellming. After WFPF helped create and produce MTV’s “Ultimate Parkour Challenge” in 2009 and 2010, which to date still has the largest audience of any Parkour event with over 3.5 million viewers, there was a huge surge in interest in Parkour around the world. In the United States, that was reflected by a jump in demand by gyms that wanted to start Parkour programs, Parkour practitioners who wanted become certified to teach Parkour, and American college students who wanted to starte university Parkour clubs. WFPF received countless messages immediately after the airing of the first episode and the calls never stopped. It was at this time that WFPF founders launched USA Parkour to help bring insurance and other member services to the growing number of Parkour programs in gyms and on college campuses across the USA. At about the same time, WFPF co-founders ran across a team video by the Boston College Parkour team featuring among others, identical twins and WFPF affiliate athletes Matt and Greg Milano. The Milano brothers had gotten the attention of WFPF months earlier and had been invited to be affiliates, but their appearance in the Boston College team video peaked even more interest by the founders who called the Milano brothers to find out what exactly was happening with Parkour on university campuses around America. That discussion culminated in WFPF asking the Milanos if they would be willing to use their experience and the WFPF name and good reputation to help other colleges and universities build Parkour on their own campuses. That was the creation of “College WFPF” which now has become “USAP College”. The ultimate goal was to create this grass roots division of WFPF to help, through a collaborative effort, to bring the college Parkour community together. Matt and Greg, using their own experience creating and running Boston College Parkour, became USAP College’s collegiate directors and the long journey began. Years of meetings, mentoring university Parkour groups, discussing ideas and challenges, university Parkour jams, and lots of patience has led to this WFPF/USAP competition at University Wisconsin, Platteville. Please check out the USAP College facebook fan page here: www.facebook.com/USAPcollege
“The exciting thing about a competition like this is that it shows other universities that a Parkour competition can be done on their campus. All it takes is for one of their own Parkour leaders to take the bull by the horns, contact us at WFPF/USAP and start the ball rolling!”, says WFPF/USAP co-founder David Richard Thompson. “I absolutely see more and more of these in the future. One day I think there will even be Parkour scholarships to universities around the country”
The Parkour leader at University Wisconsin, Platteville that is helping make this happen is WFPF affiliate athlete, Conner Hjellming, a junior criminal justice major from Byron, Minn., and president of the Parkour Club on campus. His goal is to bring Parkour to the forefront as a sport just like any other sport, and through this event, he is making that happen. He worked with the WFPF/USAP and his college administration to get this competition off the ground. Part of his journey was getting the UW Platteville Parkour club officially recognized by the university last year. The club currently has 30 registered members who train five days a week.
“Conner is definitely an embodiement of the Parkour spirit,” says WFPF/USAP co-founder Victor Bevine. “He never took ‘no’ for an answer, and stuck with it until his university approved their Parkour club. Working with Conner has been an inspiration for us and all the USAP College clubs striving for official recognition.”
Both Thompson and Bevine agree “Doubly” that the Milano twins, Matt and Greg, were the perfect partners to help jumpstart the USAP College community around the United States and their efforts helped lay the groundwork for this inaugural collegiate competition at UW Platteville.
The event will run from 1-8 p.m. Sept. 12 and noon-7 p.m. Sept. 13. On Sept. 12 the course will be a non-competitive Parkour jam for qualified participants over the age of 18. This will take place at the outdoor track near Williams Fieldhouse. September 13 is the day of the inaugural Collegiate Parkour Competition, featuring the official WFPF gameplay. Public admission for one day is $10 or $15 for the weekend. Cost for UW-Platteville faculty, staff or students with ID for one day is $3 or $5 for the weekend. (details and complete schedule below).
USA Parkour (www.USAParkour.org ) and the World Freerunning Parkour Federation (www.WFPF.com) is sanctioning the competition. Professional parkour athletes from WFPF will serve as judges during Sunday’s competition. Participants will compete in three categories including speed, a challenge round, and a freestyle round.
More than 10 collegiate teams from around the United States have been invited and Hjellming is hoping for a big crowd of spectators to help make this historic event a big success.
The WFPF recently partnered with American Eagle Outfitters for their Flex Denim jeans launch which can be seen in all their stores internationally as well as in a Times Square Jumbo-tron video. Part of this campaign also included a Funny or Die Parkour spoof of the AEO Flex Denim campaign starring “New Girl’ and “Jurassic World” actor Jake Johnson.
The details for the UW Platteville Parkour competition:
The first ever USAP Collegiate Parkour Invitational
FEATURING WFPF PROFESSIONAL PARKOUR ATHLETE JUDGES:
Robbie Corbett
Fernando Arce
Paul Whitecotton
Aleksandr Baiturin
1st University Plaza, Platteville, WI 53818
DATES & WHAT TO EXPECT
1PM start time
Non-competitive PK jam for qualified participants 18 and over
Challenges and prizes
Qualifiers for competing athletes
Sunday September 13th
NOON start
Competition day
Jam during intermissions
Jam following end of competition
$10 Day Pass
$15 Weekend PAss
UWP Students and Staff
(Must show student or staff I.D)
$3 Day Pass
$5 Weekend Pass
RSVP Today!
For more information contact Conner Hjellming at hjellmingc@uwplatt.edu
The World Freerunning Parkour Federation is dedicated to the safe and respectful advancement of the Parkour Movement throughout the world. Inspired by the creativity and mental discipline embodied by Parkour, the athlete/founders of the WFPF and their partners will faithfully bring this philosophy of movement to the growing numbers of optimistic young people around the globe who believe that through camaraderie, self-expression, and service to others, there is no obstacle that cannot be overcome.
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that he is grateful that his mom puhesd him to practice the piano although he hated it at the time. Now, he is a musical genius. That has really caused me to think about pushing’ in general. I brought this up to a local group for discussion and you would have thought I was suggesting physical child abuse! Ironically, this morning, before I found you, I had my own breakthrough. To truly become an expert’ the 10,000 hours have to either grow from a seed of interest inside of you or ignite a flame somewhere during the process.Bill Gates fell in love with computers and pursued his 10,000 on his own.Billy Joel had help from his mom pushing probably at some point really enjoyed it but maybe as it wasn’t initially his passion, that has resulted in his personal struggles with drugs and alcohol. They say stress happens when where you are isn’t where you want to be. His 10,000 hours made him an expert but since it may not have been his dream (just guessing here) he reconciled the talent not matching the dream with drugs.A young local skater had close to the 5000 to 7500 hours, that her mom made sure of, but she didn’t have the dream, so she let skating fall by the wayside. Had her mom spent her time and energy on something her daughter really felt passionate about, the ending would have been different. Kids can get so enticed by their parents pride and support and maybe even the fast treadmill of scheduling that they lose touch with what they really want and than all of those hours which could have been growing the child’s dream into reality are wasted on what the parent thinks needs to be done.Thank you for your post!Melissa
My name is sumit rupani….I am from india..and I want to learn parkour…how can I learn professional parkour??? Please help me…
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Home Entertainment The Cat in the Hat at the King’s Theatre Edinburgh Review
The Cat in the Hat at the King’s Theatre Edinburgh Review
6-9 February 2019
Reviewed by Emily Crombie
Last night, The Cat in the Hat opened at the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh to an excited young audience.
Following the story of The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss, Sally and her brother have to come indoors on a wet, grim day while their mother is away and can’t quite decide what to do with themselves. That is until Cat in the Hat enters and starts to perform some tricks much to the disgust of their fish who continues to voice her opinion that the Cat should not be there! The cat then is joined by Thing 1 and Thing 2 who take things to a whole new level of mayhem. When things can’t get any worse they leave but Cat in the Hat returns to help put things right before mother returns home.
It was a fabulous show by the cast of six, cleverly staged to tell the story. The acrobatic tricks kept my children enthralled throughout particularly the stunts by Thing 1 and Thing 2!
We sat in the dress circle but the stalls were the place to be as the characters moved around auditorium, some of which we couldn’t see.
The recommended age for The Cat in the Hat is 3 years and over which I would say was spot on, my children at 7 years old were still captivated from start to end. The running time is 90 minutes which includes a 20 minute interval.
The King’s Theatre is a traditional theatre situated on Leven Street in the Tollcross area of Edinburgh. There is on-street parking in the area and it is accessible by bus.
The Cat in the Hat runs at the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh until Saturday with shows at 7pm each evening and matinees on Thursday at 2pm and Saturday at 11am and 2 pm.
Tickets cost £18.50 (booking fees may apply).
The Cat in the Hat is at the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh from 6-9 February 2019, for more information or to book tickets visit www.capitaltheatres.com or call the box office on 0131 529 6000.
King’s Theatre, 2 Leven Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9LQ | 0131 529 6000
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Tuck Everlasting Sets Complete B’way Cast
January 15th, 2016 | By Broadway.com Staff
Pippa Pearthree and more will round out the cast of the Main Stem premiere of Tuck Everlasting, starring Broadway favorites Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Carolee Carmello. The new tuner features music by Chris Miller, lyrics by Nathan Tysen and a book by Claudia Shear and Tim Federle. Performances will begin on March 31 at the Broadhurst Theatre, with opening night set for April 26.
Pearthree (currently understudying in Noises Off) is set to play Nana; the ensemble will include Timothy J. Alex, Jonathan Burke, Callie Carter, Chloe Campbell, Benjamin Cook, Elizabeth Crawford, Deanna Doyle, Brandon Espinoza, Lisa Gajda, Jessica Lee Goldyn, Christopher Gurr, Neil Haskell, Matt Meigs, Heather Parcells, Justin Patterson, Marco Schittone, Brooklyn Shuck, Jennifer Smith and Kathy Voytko.
Based on the 1975 children's novel by Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting follows a young girl and her friendship with Jesse Tuck and his family, who become immortal after drinking from an enchanted spring. The story has twice been adapted for the screen.
The previously announced company of the Casey Nicholaw-helmed production will additionally feature Sarah Charles Lewis, Robert Lenzi, Terrence Mann, Michael Park, Fred Applegate, Valerie Wright and Michael Wartella.
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Home Events ‘The Unheard Plea’, A 75 Minute Solo Performance To Be Held On...
‘The Unheard Plea’, A 75 Minute Solo Performance To Be Held On 10th May
‘The Unheard Plea’, a 75 minute solo dance drama performance will be performed by Neha Mondal Chakravarty at Temple of Fine Arts on 10th of May.
This dance performance is about Draupadi, the legendary heroine of Mahabharata. She was a woman way ahead of her time. Draupadi was raised to fulfil her father’s desire for revenge. She was beautiful was an epitome of femininity, compassion and virtue.
Draupadi remains an icon of early feminism today. She boldly embraced her sexuality and is fearless. Her intelligence and knowledge of state affairs was considered no less than that of any Man at that time . Stories in the Mahabharata portrayed her to be very skillful rescued her husbands from humiliation and misery.
Neha, is a bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer, based out of New Delhi, currently residing in Singapore. She is a post graduate from the renowned Kalakshetra Foundation in Chennai . Neha is an intermediate level trained contemporary dancer, however she has had the opportunity to work with The Ministry Of Information and Broadcasting, for Soochna Bhavan as an A grade Artist.
Neha has been awarded with YUVA KALA RATNA by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. She has also received scholarships By The Ministry Of Culture and National Centre Of Cultural Resources and Training, in Bharatanatyam to further her dance training. While she lived in Malaysia, she managed to expand her horizons of classical dance. Neha has worked with Swara Community Arts Center in Kuala Lumpur, as the head of dance department, collaborating with a number of artists. She also has toured extensively with her productions, and recently premiered her latest work “The Unheard Plea” at The Drive East Festival In New York.
The 75 minute solo dance will be presented with English dialogues and Sanskrit lyrics to accompany the modern adaptation of the Indian mythology. The Unheard Plea was the brainchild of Neha and she worked very closely with Priya Krishnadas. Priya is an accomplished Mohiniattam Danseuse who is well read with scriptures and Indian Mythology, and writes blogs, also assists dancers with research work .
Catch ‘The Unheard Plea’ at Shantanand Auditorium at Temple of Fine Arts, KL on 10th May 2019. Contact 010-2150 351 for ore Box Office information about the performance.
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Now, you can call an 'angel'
My Paper, Wednesday, March 7, 2012, Page A8, World
From http://epaper.mypaper.sg/cnd/fvxen/fvxp/fvxpress.php?param=2012-03-07
Source Website: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/world/europe/a-dutch-churchs-angel-is-in-demand.html
By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Published: March 5, 2012
PHOTO: "HALO ANGEL":. The statue of an angel outside St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in 's Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, holds a cellphone, which has two numbers.
Dirk-Jan Visser for The New York Times
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’S HERTOGENBOSCH, the Netherlands — High on the cathedral in this trim Dutch town, amid a phalanx of stone statues of local noblemen, crusaders, saints and angels, one figure stands out. Smiling faintly, with lowered eyelids, one of the angels wears jeans, has a laptop bag slung over one shoulder and is chatting on a cellphone.
The angel gets about 30 calls a day on the phone.
PHOTO: The last angel in the series holds a mobile phone, a bag and wears a nice pair of jeans. "The phone has just one button, says the artist. - It dials directly to God". (I would think the phone also needs a button for answering…but maybe it’s an iPhone…)
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That is because, shortly after the statue was unveiled last April, a local couple, the parents of two children, set up a number so people could call the angel. Business cards soon appeared in pubs, restaurants and hotels with a picture of the angel and the number. So successful was the line that the couple opened a Twitter account, @ut_engelke, managed by the husband, which now has about 2,700 followers.
PHOTO: Jasmijn Aartsen, left, and Roos Verheijen, both 13, called the number on a sign outside St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in 's Hertogenbosch.
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“The telephone is ringing all day,” said the wife, who like her husband agreed to meet a reporter on the condition that they not be identified. “It was a fairy tale,” she said over beer and snacks. “Now, it’s real.” To identify them, she said, would end it.
What began as a joke continues because the cellphone number has become something of a hot line, dialed by people of all ages, some in need of help, others just because they are lonely.
PHOTO: ’S HERTOGENBOSCH, the Netherlands
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At the holidays, the calls became so frequent and so pressing that the couple was tempted to give up. “Between Christmas and New Year’s, that was an emotional time frame, it was so heartbreaking,” she said. A small girl called begging the angel to pray for a grandmother who had just died; a woman asked help to celebrate her first Christmas without her parents. A widow sought prayers for her dead children.
The statue of the Little Angel arose out of a 1997 competition, won by the Dutch sculptor Ton Mooy, to create 40 statues, including 14 angels, to replace those on the cathedral that time and pollution had ruined. The Little Angel was the only unconventional one.
PHOTO: 40 statues, including 14 angels created by Dutch sculptor Ton Mooy.
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“You can make a phony Gothic statue,” Mr. Mooy, 63, said in his studio in Amersfoort, about an hour north of here. “That’s not what I wanted. It had to fit in with what was always on the church, namely, refinement, emotion.
Angels are there to guide, to protect people, they get messages from above. How do you show that? With a cellphone.”
“I tell kids, ‘There’s one button on that cellphone,’ ” he said with a chuckle — a direct line to heaven. “So she doesn’t get naughty, calling other angels.”
PHOTO: Dutch sculptor Ton Mooy
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The cathedral, which dates to 1220, has a centuries-old tradition of unusual, sometimes bawdy, art. One medieval statue is of a bricklayer bending over and baring his bottom. Some is tragic. A stained glass window over the main entrance depicts the apocalypse with a panel showing the Sept. 11 attack on the twin towers.
Catholic Church officials who administer the immense Gothic cathedral, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, are not entirely amused. “Success has many fathers,” said Pieter Kohnen, a cathedral board member. “And maybe exploiters.”
The couple do not charge a fee for calls to the Little Angel, and insist they are not profiting from its spreading fame. But in December the church set up an official number for the public to phone the angel — for $1.07 a minute. Now, a sign next to the cathedral invites passers-by to “Call the Angel.” A man’s voice answers, giving the caller several options: “Dial 1, for a history of the church; dial 2, to learn what Christianity is about,” and so forth.
PHOTO: Now, you are our angel! - The couple do not charge a fee for calls to the Little Angel, and insist they are not profiting from its spreading fame.
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“We chose a male actor, for his trustworthy voice,” explained Mr. Kohnen, noting that the number gets about 100 calls a week. The goal, he said, was, “to promote the gospel, evangelize, but also financial.” About $940,000 a year is required for the cathedral’s upkeep.
Competition has erupted. The Little Angel is a celebrity. Church attendance may be flagging and the Catholic Church’s image tarnished by past child-abuse cases, but the cathedral has become the buzz of the town.
Callers to the earlier number, where they pay only the regular rate for calling a cellphone, never get an answering machine, the woman who provides the angel’s voice explained. “I say, ‘Hello, this is the Little Angel,’ and then various things can happen,” she said.
PHOTO: “Kids under 10 are the best,”. "Are you cold? What about the rain, no umbrella?”.
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Not all callers are in dire need of help. “Kids under 10 are the best,” she said with a laugh. “What language do I speak? What’s for dinner? Are you cold? What about the rain, no umbrella?”
Students seek help with exams, others with driving tests. “My answer’s always the same: I will blow some angel magic to you,” the woman said. Others just want to vent. “They talk about the church, about the abuse scandals, and so forth,” she said.
“In most cases there is laughter, but there are callers who have no faith in friends or relatives, so they would like to talk to someone they have some kind of faith in,” she said. A widow in her 80s called from Amsterdam to complain of loneliness — bad weather prevented her going out and there was no one to bring in groceries; moreover, her sink needed repairs for the equivalent of $135.
PHOTO: "I will blow some angel magic to you,” for Students who seek help with exams.
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“She said she’d lost faith in humanity, in her own family,” said the woman who lends the angel a voice. Two weeks later the elderly woman called again, to thank the angel. Things had gotten better.
Albert van Osch, 52, a musician, liked the angel so much he brought his mother and a friend to admire her on a recent rainy afternoon. “These are modern times,” he said. “This is completely modern.”
The woman who gives the angel a voice said she tries to impart a message of tolerance. A school class called recently from the southern province of Zeeland. “The kids asked why Catholics eat pork and Muslims don’t,” she said. “I said, ‘Well, Hindus are not allowed to eat cows, so perhaps Catholics are very much in between.”
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She does not feel she is deceiving anyone by impersonating the angel. “If someone is serious, I am serious,” she said. “If someone is calling for a prank, I go along with that.”
The couple knows that church officials are displeased. “They would like us to stop, though they haven’t told us directly,” the husband said. “We are not getting any money, and we are not competing with the church.”
She is not sure how much longer they will do it. “Till I get fed up with it, I guess,” the wife said. “Sometimes it’s hard.”
PHOTO: “Steve Jobs will soon arrive upstairs — perhaps I’ll get a new model!”
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But it is still fun, too. When Steve Jobs died, the phone rang endlessly. The angel, she said, told callers: “Steve Jobs will soon arrive upstairs — perhaps I’ll get a new model!”
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Angels: 天使 - tiān shǐ
Bricklayer: 砖匠 - zhuān jiàng
Hotline: 电话热线 - diàn huà rè xiàn
Answering machine: 电话答录机 - diàn huà dá lù jī
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Growing restrictions gone: Industrial hemp retailers rejoice over the federal farm bill
Posted by Pam Vredenburg on March 31, 2014 at 3:30am
Tucked into the $1 trillion federal farm bill: an amendment that relaxes a 75-year old restriction on growing and researching industrial hemp. Those who have an eye on the potential $500 million industry are pleased.
“We are very eager to pursue the possibilities of growing hemp right here in the USA for our clothing production, and are actively seeking capital to procure land and begin research crops. Our current clothing line is dependent on hemp grown in China,” declares Mitch Rosenfield, president of Hempist.com, which sells hemp clothing, backpacks, shoes, body care products and accessories - though their line also includes hemp rolling papers.
“It could be grown better, and more efficiently right here in the U.S. For 18 years, we have sought to bring jobs and a cleaner, greener future to the US, and this bill allows for that to finally start,” says Mr. Rosenfield.
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This surprising video explains the environmental interest in the non-drug variety of hemp as a versatile industrial fiber, and documents the history of its p.
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Israel’s ‘Culinary DNA’ Unites the Three Abrahamic Faiths
Israeli cuisine
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Open Restaurants
“The culinary scene in Israel unites people. We have citizens who came from all over the world and we have chefs that are Jews, Muslims, Christians, other religions, and I think it’s amazing,” said an organizer of a culinary festival. .
What can unite Jerusalem, a holy city for the three Abrahamic faiths, and often the site of high-profile religious and political conflicts?
Food might be a good start.
Bitemojo, a provider of smartphone-guided food tours, offered a journey dubbed “Between East and West” during the Open Restaurants urban culinary festival in Jerusalem this week.
“We believe that food creates bridges between religious faiths, people and cultures, which is why it was very important for us to emphasize a specific tour that starts in the east side of the city, allowing you to taste three traditional dishes like hummus and pita, but then go by foot to the western side and have more western dishes,” Israeli entrepreneur Michael Weiss, Bitemojo’s co-founder, told JNS.org.
Open Restaurants returned to Jerusalem for a second year from Nov. 14-18, highlighting Israel’s culinary innovations and cultural diversity. Jerusalem’s top chefs opened their kitchens to the public for special workshops and dinners, while natives and tourists alike explored, saw, heard and most importantly, tasted the stories behind the Israeli capital’s food scene.
The festival kicked off with a food and cocktail event for journalists and bloggers from around the world, hosted at Jerusalem’s new boutique hotel, Villa Brown, followed by a walking tour of the city’s top restaurants.
Leon Avigad, founder of Brown Hotels, lauded Open Restaurants for embodying Jerusalem as an innovative and fun city. At the event, guests were invited to have their selfies (or any other design of one’s choice) printed on a coffee drink by Ripples, an Israeli coffee branding technology company. Ripples uses 3-D printing technology to produce images that are uploaded by mobile software in real-time, on froth, with coffee extract as the “ink.”
“Using coffee as a canvas, Ripples allows retail and hospitality companies to engage more intimately with their loyal customers, enhance the experiences of coffee lovers, and bring smiles to peoples’ faces,” Eyal Eliav, co-founder of Ripples, told JNS.org.
Merav Oren, founder and CEO of Open Restaurants, curated this event to tell the story of Israel as the “start-up nation”—with food as the lens.
“I think Israel, the start-up nation, has something in our DNA that makes us entrepreneurs. Because of Israel’s size and lack of natural resources, we have to invent ourselves all the time, and that’s how Open Restaurants started,” she told JNS.org.
When Start-Up Nation Meets Culinary Nation
Bitemojo’s Weiss believes the world is changing, and that food is a central part of that change.
“A start-up nation and culinary nation are one in the same if you look at it from the focal point of food. More people travel through food, and that makes entrepreneurs ask themselves how they can influence this cycle by supporting it with technology and combining it with business models that can also be profitable,” Weiss said.
Bitemojo’s application takes the user on a journey through a community’s history, identifying key points of interest en route to iconic local cuisine.
“What we are trying to do inside a destination is find the culinary DNA that compounds each place and create for the traveler, whether international or domestic, an experience of exploring and learning through food,” said Weiss.
Israel’s “culinary DNA,” according to Weiss, is a mix of contrasting voices and forces that create a balanced, multicultural food scene.
“You can find in every city in Israel east and west, Jewish food and Arab food, high-end food and street food, old and new,” he said. “It’s always under a constant change and that’s part of the beauty of the nation in general.”
Festival organizer Oren said, “The culinary scene unites people. We have people here from all over the world and we have chefs that are Jews, Arabs, Christians, other religions, and I think it’s amazing.”
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by Christie Lane | March 17, 2010 · 12:45 am
Un-open your coke.
Coca-Cola is everywhere at UNH. I’m fairly certain they fund the sustainability program.. 😦
Why don’t we do something about it? What’s so bad about Coke, you ask?
1) Coke is NOT a local business, obviously. That means the majority of the money spent on coke products DOESN’T go back into the community.
2) Homogenized, “standard” products, as opposed to a unique product offered by a business in the seacoast area
3) Overexploitation and Pollution of Water Sources in India (indiaresource.org), Mexico (ciepac.org), Ghana and elsewhere (polarisinstitute.org)
4)Aggressive Marketing to Children of Nutritionally Worthless and Damaging Products (commercialexploitation.org and schoolpouringrights.com)
5) “Coca Cola has contracted with or otherwise directed paramilitary security forces that utilize extreme violence and murdered, tortured, unlawfully detained or otherwise silenced trade union leaders”- (Killercoke.org)
Anyways, the answer is pretty simple. I believe we should eliminate vending machines completely, because they waste tons of energy and promote a wasteful lifestyle (eating packaged food shipped from faraway places is NOT green). BUT a step in that direction would be something like…eliminating COKE from UNH! Tons of other colleges have done it, so lets roll!
For more info, check out killercoke.org.
Filed under Capitalism, Corporate UNH, Environment, Love, National Movement
Tagged as Action, Capitalism, Choice, Corporate, Sustainability
by Christie Lane | March 16, 2010 · 11:33 pm
University PD. Bless their souls!
“The mission of the University of New Hampshire Police Department is to support the University in creating an environment that is conducive to higher education by protecting life and property and assisting members of the University community.”
Pulled this off the UNH Police Department homepage. What a sham.
First off, we have no “good Samaritan policy”. It basically is a policy initiated by some colleges that relieves students of their alcohol offenses if they are calling for medical help from alcohol poisoning.
Students at UNH, however, get in trouble when they call for help.
Also, just last week drug-sniffing dogs raided the minis, looking for pot most likely. How is that protecting students? Sounds to me like a nice way to “show enforcement” to please the officials in New Hampshire..
Also, the fact that police can arrest you for having a few beers in your fridge, even when not drinking them, is atrocious. I’m thinking we need a little leeway here..Am I wrong? Maybe a student movement to reduce the UNH department’s power on campus?
One more thing. The university is considering adding a bunch of cameras around campus. Well, sounds like a safer place after the cameras are installed right? Wrong. Cameras actually aren’t effective deterrents of crime, and even after crimes are committed they arent very useful (Look it up). Then theres the Orwellian-esque surveillance aspect…Who knows how these can be abused by the PD? We’ve seen their work on drug and alcohol charges, who knows- If you “look drunk” on camera it could be proof, right? Or maybe it will push students into a state of fear, a ominous police-state always watching could certainly do that…
Filed under Freedom, Oppression
Tagged as Action, Choice
by uneducator | March 11, 2010 · 3:56 pm
Some Pictures of “Funk the War”
What a beautiful Experience. People making music together to promote solidarity and an end to our interventions overseas.
Filed under Anarchy
by uneducator | March 11, 2010 · 1:34 am
Are you a Manarchist?
ARE YOU A MANARCHIST QUESTIONNAIRE
I. Do you ascribe to either:
A) Passive-Aggressive Patriarchy: You often come across as: a victim/helpless/in need/dependent
and you get women in your life to: be your physical and emotional caretakers? buy you things? take care of your responsibilities?
pick up your slack? use guilt or manipulation to get out of your responsibilities and equal share of the work?
Do you treat your female partner like a “mom” or your secretary?
B) Aggressive Patriarchy: Do you often take charge? Assume that a
woman can’t do something right so you do it for her? Believe that only
you can take care of things? Think that you always have the right
answer?
Do you treat your female partner like she’s helpless, fragile, a baby or weak?
Do you put down your partner or minimize her feelings? Do you belittle
her opinions?
2. How do you react when women in your life name something or someone
as patriarchal or sexist? Do you think of her or call her a “PC Thug,”
“Feminazi,” “Thin-skinned,” “Overly-Sensitive, “COINTELPRO-esque”
or “Un-fun?”
3. Do you see talking about patriarchy as non-heroic, a waste of time,
trouble making, or divisive?
4. If a woman asks your opinion, do you assume she must not know
anything about the subject?
5. Do you believe that women have “natural characteristics” which are
Inherent in our sex such as “passive,” “sweet,” “caring,” “nurturing,”
“considerate,” “generous,” “weak,” or “emotional?”
6. Do you make fun of “typical” men or “frat boys” but not ever check
yourself to see if you behave in the same ways?
7. Do you take on sexism and patriarchy as a personal struggle working
to fight against it in yourself, in your relationships, in society,
work, culture, subcultures, and institutions?
8. Do you say anything when other men make sexist or patriarchal
Do you help your patriarchal and sexist friends to make change and help
educate them? Or do you continue friendships with patriarchal and
sexist men and act like there is no problem.
Activism Questions :
9. As a man, is being a feminist a priority to you? Do you see being
a feminist as revolutionary or radical?
10. Do you think that you define what is radical? Do you suffer from
or contribute to macho bravado” or ‘subpoena envy? (I.e. defining a
true or “cool” and respectable activist as someone who has: been arrested,
done lockdowns, scaled walls, hung banners, done time for their actions
argued or fought with police, done property alterations, beat up nazi
boneheads, etc.)?
11. Do you take something a woman said, reword it and claim it as your
own idea/opinion?
12. Are you taking on the “shit” or “grunt” work in your organizing?
(I.e.: Cooking. cleaning. set up, clean up phone calls, email lists,
taking notes, doing support work, sending mailings, providing
childcare?)
Are you aware of the fact that women often are taking on this work
with no regard or for their efforts?
13. Do you take active step to make your activist groups safe and
comfortable places for women?
14. If you are trying to get more women involved in your activist
projects, do you try to engage them by telling them what’ to do or why they
should join your group?
15. Do you ever find yourself monitoring and limiting your behavior and
speech in meetings and activist settings because you don’t want’ to
take up too much space or dominate the group? Are you aware of the fact that
women do this all the time?
16. Do you pay attention to group process and consensus building in
groups or do you tend to dominate and take charge (maybe without even
realizing it)?
Sexual/Romantic Relationships and Issues :
17. Do you make jokes or negative comments about the sex lives of women
or sex work?
18. Can you only show affection and be loving to your partner in front
of friends and family or only in private?
19. Do you discuss the responsibility for preventing contraception and
getting STD screening prior to sexual contact?
20. Do you repeatedly ask or plead with women for what you want in
sexual situations? Are you aware that unless this is a mutually consented upon
scenario/game that this is considered a form of coercion?
21. During sex, do you pay attention to your partner’s face and body
language to see if she is turned on? Engaged, or just lying there? Do
you ask a woman who she wants during sex? What turns her on?
22. Do you ask for consent?
23. Do you know if your partner has a sexual abuse, rape, or physical
abuse history?
24. Do you stay with your partner in a relationship for comfort and
security? Sex? Financial or emotional caretaking? If you’re not completely happy
or “in love” with your partner anymore? Even though you don’t think it
will ultimately work out? Because you’re afraid or unable to be alone?
Do you suddenly end relationships when a “new” or “better” woman comes
along?
25. Do you jump from relationship to relationship? Overlap them? Or do
you take space and time for yourself in between each relationship to
reflect on the relationship and your role in it? Do you know how to be
alone? How to be single?
26. Do you cheat on your partners?
27. If your girlfriend gets on your case for patriarchal behavior or
wants to try to work on the issues of patriarchy in your relationship,
do you creak up with her or cheat on her and find another woman who
will put up with your shit?
28. Do you agree to romantic commitment and responsibility and then
back out of these situations?
29. Do you understand menstruation?
30. Do you make fun of women or write them off as “PMS-ING?”
Friendship Questions :
31. Do you tend to set the standard and plans for fun or do you work
with the others in the group, including women to see what they want to
32. Do you talk to your female friends about things you don’t talk to
your male friends about especially emotional issues?
33. Do you constantly fall in love with your female friends Are you
friends with women until you find out that they are not in love with you too
and then end the friendships? Are you only friends with women who are
in monogamous or committed relationships with other people?
34. Do you come on to your female friends even jokingly?
35. Do you only talk to your female friends (and not your male friends)
about your romantic relationships or problems in those relationships?
36. Do you find yourself only attracted to “Anarcho-Crusty Punk
Barbie”, Alterna-Grrrl Barbie,” or Hardcore-Grrrl Barbie?” (The idea here being
that the only women you arc attracted to fit mainstream beauty
standards but just dress and do their hair alternatively and maybe have piercings
and tattoos) Do you question and challenge your internalized ideals of
mainstream beauty ideals for women?
37. Have you ever heard of or discussed “sizeism” and do you think it
is low on the oppression scale?
38. Are you aware of the fact that ALL WOMEN, even women in radical
communities, live under the CONSTANT PRESSURE and OPPRESSION of mainstream
patriarchal beauty standards?
39. Are you aware of the fact that many women in radical communities
have had and are currently dealing with eating disorders?
40. Do you make fun of “model-types” or “mainstream” women for their
appearance?
Domestic/Household Questions :
41. When was the last time you walked into your house, noticed that
something was misplaced/dirty/etc. AND did something about it (didn’t just walk
by it, over it, away from it or leave a nasty note about it) even if
it wasn’t your chore or responsibility?
42. Are you constantly amazed by the magical “food fairy” who
mysteriously acquires food, brings it home, puts it away, prepares it in meal form
and then cleans up afterwards?
43. Do you contribute equally to domestic life and work?
44. How many of the following activities do you contribute to in your
home (this is a partal list of what it takes to run a household):
A: Sweep and mop floors and clean carpets
B: Wash and put away dishes
C: Clean stove, countertops, sinks and appliances if they are messy and
each time after you have prepared food
D: Collect money, do food shopping, put away food and make meals for
people you live with
E: Do house laundry (kitchen towels, bathroom hand towels, washable
rugs, etc.)
F: Clean up common room spaces, even if it’s not your chore
G: Pick up other’s slack
H: Deal with garbage, recycling, and compost
I: Take care of bills, rent, utilities
J: Deal with the landscaping and gardening
K: Clean bathrooms and make sure bathroom is clean after you use it
L: Feed, clean up after, and take care of housepets
Children & Childcare :
45. Do you spend time with kids? If you do, do you spend time with
children (yours or anyone’s) in a way that is gendered? (do certain things with
boys and other things with girls?
46. If you are a father, do you CO-parent your children? (Spend equal
time AND energy AND effort AND money to raise them)?
47. Do you make childcare a priority? (at both activist events and in
daily life)
48. Do you help make the lives of single mothers in your life and
community easier by finding out if and how you can assist?
49. Have you politicized your ideas about child rearing and parenthood
radical communities? Do you believe that individuals who are in the
movement have children or that the movement has children?
Multi-Category Questions:
50. When was the last time you showed a woman how to do a task rather
than doing it for her and assuming she couldn’t do it?
51. When was the last time you asked a woman to show you how to do a
task?
52. Do you get emotional needs met by other women, whether or not you
are in a romantic relationship with them? Or do you cultivate caring,
nurturing relationships with other men in which you can discuss your
feelings and get your needs met by them?
53. If a woman discusses with you or calls you out on your patriarchy,
do you make an effort to be emotionally present? Listen? Not
emotionally shut down? Not get defensive? Think about what she said? Admit you
fucked up? Take responsibility/make reparations for the mistakes you made?
Discuss your feelings and ideas with her? Apologize? Work harder on your own
shit to make sure that you don’t make the same mistakes again with her
or other women?
54. Do you look inside yourself to find out why you fucked up in these
relationships and work to both change your behavior and be a better
anti-patriarchy ally in the future?
55. Do you organize regular house meetings or activist meetings to
resolve conflict in the house/group?
56. Do you use intimidation, yelling, getting in someone’s physical space, threatsor violence to get your point across?
Do you create and atmosphere or violence around women or others to threaten them (i.e.: throw
things, break things, yell and scream, threaten, attack, tease or terrorize the
animals or pets of women in your life)?
57. Do you physically, psychologically, or emotionally abuse women?
58. Do the women in your life (mothers, sisters, partners, housemates,
friends, etc.) have to “remind” you or “nag” you or “yell” at you in
order for you to get off your ass and take care of your
responsibilities?
59. Do you talk to other men about patriarchy and your part in it?
60. When was the last time you thought about or talked about any of
these issues other than after reading this questionnaire?
Scoring: ALL MEN need to work on issues of patriarchy, sexism and
misogyny. However, this questionnaire may point out to you areas of particular
focus or concentration for your own anti-patriarchal/sexist/misogynist
process and development.
Copied from: http://www.anarcha.org/sallydarity/AreyouaManarchist.htm
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by uneducator | March 10, 2010 · 11:38 am
Alternative Healers/Redefining Medicine
Many know the feeling of sitting in a doctors office waiting for what seems like hours to speak with a man or women in a white lab coat for only a few minutes. Most times these long waits result in receiving a piece of paper with a prescription on it or the name of a specialist who could help them instead. For many, the frustration that ensues seems to almost outweigh the knowledge of their diagnosis and the piece of paper with its scribbled answer.
Below are the practices of five alternative medical practitioners who stray outside this stereotype and their advice to living a healthier lifestyle. In the Seacoast Area, including the campus of University of New Hampshire, there ranges a wide variety of these practitioners and their ideas on medicine and health that one may never here of from their usual doctor. These practitioners and their work are placed into the category of Alternative Medicine, which is broadly defined as anything that does not fall into the realm of conventional western medicine. For many that means spending hours with their patients to try to help them achieve optimum health.
The Acupuncturist
Beth Ann Shmit’s practice is located in the back of an old yellow house on Portsmouth Ave in Greenland. Her office smells of incense and flowers and three comfy chairs are set facing each other to the right of the reception desk. These chairs are where patients spend their first visit—up to two hours—going over past mental and physical health, diet, work and home life, and eventually the health problems or disharmonies they are experiencing.
Acupuncture has been traced back to the year 1023 in China. Using this ancient philosophy, Beth inserts needles into different places in the body to help remove stagnation or blocked energy, which in acupuncture is known as the “Chi”. This blockage of energy, or chi, results in disease, stress, or pain in the body. She also uses a technique called cupping, which is done by placing cups on different parts of the body and using heat, pulling the skin up underneath. This process also results in a more free flowing movement of the Chi and relaxation. As patient’s problems start to resolve they don’t need to come back as much, yet many continue because they find it to be so worthwhile. Beth explained that just taking better care of one self could prevent many medical issues in the future.
“Breathe! A lot of people don’t get good deep breaths. In our society we tend to overdue it, if we are tired we don’t rest, we drink coffee. The body is intelligent; learn to pay more attention to it,” said Shmit.
The Shaman
According to Ann Sousa, her goal and specialty is in, “bringing harmonic balance to all levels of ones being, utilizing the spirits of Fire, Water, Mineral, and Earth.” Her back-round in mental health work in undeniably solid—she has a degree in mental health and science, worked as a grieving counselor for 25 years, traveled with Peruvian shaman, is a Reiki and Shamballa (a Tibetan spiritual teaching) master, currently practices with Malidoma Some—a west African Shaman, and is a midwife.
Ann spends up to three hours in the first meeting with a patient and will do long distance healing if necessary. People from all around the United States have contacted Ann, who works out of Dover, to ask for help with stress, anxiety, disease, sickness, and depression. She uses Shamanic healing and “root cause analysis” (working on the cause of the problem, not the effects) to help bring people into a place of peace and continuous health. Using Divinations, she contacts her subject’s bloodline ancestors to heal pain and suffering that took place in past generations.
“People ask, well why do I want to go back into my blood line ancestry? Well, because what’s happening in this westerner way of living is that we carry out a lot of patterns and behaviors that we cant quite shed, its like gum on our shoes, we cant figure out why we cant quite shed them and it’s because they go back and back and back,” said Sousa.
Recently she met with the CEO of the Portsmouth Regional Hospital for Planning and Development to bring integrative health medicine into the hospital. In the past she has been the Shaman in the O.R. for a sigmoid colon removal and a partial mastectomy.
For Ann, everyday we can work on making ourselves healthy and whole.
“Get yourself out in nature and around the flow of water. I have treated people with dehydrated brains; people that are constantly working their brains on overdrive and you need to slow that down. Embrace the process you are in now. That’s where the gold is. It’s the journey,” said Sousa.
In Dr. Phil Collin’s last year of school at Boston University he was able to do an independent study and by chance, he chose to do his on Hypnosis and it’s effects on helping people to quit smoking. From there, Dr. Collins has kept with his interest and currently offers hypnosis for people out of health services.
“Hypnosis is not sleep. I think of it as enhanced relaxation,” said Collins.
While people are in the trance Dr. Collins speaks calmly and clearly to the patient about breaking the habit that controls their life. This can be quitting smoking, over eating, having panic attacks, or other various detrimental habits people have problems with.
Although Collins believes that hypnosis can work for people he stressed that it is just one way of trying.
“Whatever works, great. Everyone is different and hypnosis is just one part of the treatment,” said Collins.
Yet, it many circumstances doctors don’t have enough time to spend with each individual patient to really go over what will work best for them.
“Alternative healers spend a lot of time with [their patients], It’s almost like seeing a therapist. With Western Medicine you’re lucky if you get 15 minutes,” said Collins.
When it comes to preemptive care, Collins explained the most basic step is practicing simple breathing techniques.
“A lot of people allow anxiety to snowball, and it gets bad,” said Collins. “Were looking for ways to go, go, go and we need to just step back and slow down.”
The Wellness Counselor and Mediation Teacher
Peter Welch’s office is located on the upper floor of health services in the health and wellness education center. Appointments are easily made and he will speak with a person as many times as necessary to relieve whatever problem they are facing. When asked what exactly he does he explained,
“I offer a loving spirit, someone who treats people with respect and who appreciates the inherent wisdom in each person.”
On top of that, Peter teaches meditation which helps to quiet chatter, teaches compassion for oneself and others, helps a person to be present in the moment, and empowers ones self. Meditation revolves around quieting the mind through breathing techniques and this process has some really interesting physiological effects on the body.
“It induces a relaxation response in the body that releases positive hormones called endorphins that make us feel happy and content,” said Welch. “Instead of a pill doing all that work for you, you’re having your brain do the work.”
Yet, Welch pointed out that not everyone has the opportunity to seek out alternative care.
“Pills are more accessible. Insurance will pay for a visit to a doctor to get medicine, but not for a massage. It becomes a financial decision,” said Welch.
For Welch, one step in taking better care of our health and ourselves is using less technology. “We have become slaves to it now and that overexposure is not good for us. It also cuts us from human interaction,” said Welch. “We need to be touched. We are touched deprived culture.”
The Didgeridoo Sound Therapist
Joseph Carringer life revolves around a long wooden hollowed out piece of wood—his Didgeridoo. He calls himself a sound therapist and his work helps to resolve muscle aches, strain, and tension and also to help alleviate stress and anxiety. His patients range from those struggling with PTSD, to cancer, to adult acne.
The Didgeridoo’s vibrations work in the same way that a traditional ultrasound does by warming the muscles from the inside out. At the same time the vibrations help to stop stagnation of the same universal energy, or life force, that acupuncturists work with. Carringer also helps people to connect their mind and body through meditation. The vibrations of the Didgeridoo resonate with our natural Delta and Theta brain waves to calm and settle the mind.
Joseph does many sessions with patients out of his office in Portsmouth and spends time talking with each about the therapy and the problems they are facing. His actual vibration therapy can run up to an hour.
Like many of the other healers mention, Joseph also thought it was important for people to slow down, breath, and give sometime to your body and mind. He tries to instill that message in his patients.
“My job is to teach people that it’s ok to say no to the media, no to feeling like they have to work 24/7, no to going to the mall, and yes to doing something for themselves—that something being nothing,” said Carringer. “When you look at all the wonderful things western advancements have brought to people, the question still arises of what does the average person do for themselves?”
According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) the number of adults in the U.S. that use Alternative Medicine is growing. From 2002 to 2007 the percentage grew from 36.0% to 38.3% with the highest amount in use by people of American Indian ethnicity at 50.3%.
With such a high variety of different medical practices to choose from in the local area, it seems the number of participants will only continue to grow in the coming years.
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by Christie Lane | March 9, 2010 · 11:34 pm
The structure?
Sorry if I messed with the site- I’ll explain:
I saw whoever modified the site wanted more organization, and I agree. But the way that you did it put specific posts into static pages, which can’t be organized by category or tags, and can’t be archived. Also, the comments on those static pages are much harder to track.
I simply made it easier to categorize and tag things for organization. Now if anyone has something to put on the site, Post it. This way, you can tag and categorize it and it can be archived for later usage when newer posts take its place. The other pages that aren’t under “News/Posts” are static, therefore they are better for reference to specific info that doesnt get updated often.
Once again, sorry, but I feel its a better way to organize, I hope you understand that. Feel free to comment.
Alternative Medicine/Herbology
Below is a profile I did on Joseph Carringer who works out of Portsmouth. I think it is important for us to remember that medicine can be defined extremely broadly and there are so many different ways one can go about healing themselves and others. Didgeridoo Sound Therapy is one of these options! -L
“Fourteen years ago Joseph Carringer sat straight up in bed in the middle of the night with his eyes wide open. His girlfriend at the time curiously looked up at him from underneath the covers. “I’m going to play the didgeridoo,” said Joseph to no one in particular. He had no idea what he had been dreaming about or what a didgeridoo was; yet something had compelled him to make the statement. The rest is history.
Growing up in a military family, Joseph moved from place to place before spending most of his childhood in Nashua, New Hampshire. In his adult life, he has kept that nomadic pattern and explored much of the eastern side of the United States. His experiences vary from working with hemp textiles in D.C. and in the garment district of New York City, to helping run bars, doing landscaping, and playing music with DJ’s in Jersey City and Portland Maine, to name a few. But nothing could prepare him for the change in direction that would take place after that profound dream and ultimately lead him to a career in Didgeridoo Sound Therapy.
During an outing in Portsmouth about 6 months after his dream, Joseph found himself in Macroscopic, a boutique in the downtown area. There in front of him lay a basket of Didgeridoos and intuitively he picked one up and blew into the hollowed out piece of wood.
“The women who was working looked from around the corner and said, ‘Do you play the Didge?’ and I said, ‘no’ and she looked straight at me and said, ‘yes, you do’.” said Joseph.
The Didgeridoo is an ancient Aboriginal Australian instrument said to be at least 15,000 years old (40K-80K years old). By vibrating the lips, the instrument creates a drone like sound and can be played continuously by a technique called circular breathing. This is done by breathing in the nose at the same time as breathing out the mouth. The technique usually takes people many months of practice but for Joseph it was only a week and a half. At the time he was bar manager of a blues club in Merrimack called Stormy Mondays and one night was pulled up on stage with his Didge to play with the band.
“It was great, I learned to play rhythmically just from hanging with the players,” said Joseph.
When Joseph first started playing it was all about the music, but he soon realized there was an inner peace that the Didgeridoo brought to him.
“I lived near a river, and I would go sit with my dog and meditate, not realizing I was meditating, but just listening to the wind and birds and play and play and play,” said Joseph.
After doing some research Joseph came across an article that a doctor had written about the side effects of someone playing a didgeridoo over someone else. The list seemed endless; relief of muscle spasms, relief of muscle tension, stress reduction, relief of insomnia etc. From there he asked friends, parents, and community members to let him test out his own stress reduction system on them.
“I found out it was helping [them] with muscle tension and stress reduction and I got to thinking, there must be something to this,” said Joseph.
After doing extensive research and speaking with numerous alternative medicine practitioners in the area, Joseph started doing combinational work with traditional Chinese medicine, Shamanism, Acupuncture, Reiki, and Massage Therapy.
Joseph opened DidgeTherapy.com out of Portsmouth in 2004 and learned just how important his work could be for people. This therapy can be broken into three integrative parts which, combined, benefit people in many different ways.
First, “It’s a sound massage,” said Joseph. “That’s the easiest way to explain it to people.”
The vibrations of the Didgeridoo work in a similar way to an ultra sound. The sound waves can go down to zero hertz and “at that low of a frequency range you can snuff out a candle.” These vibrations warm the muscles from the inside creating relaxation throughout whatever is tender or strained.
Second, is energetically. It’s very similar to Reiki or Chi-gong, but “like a power washer”. Reiki and Chi-gong are similar in practice. Both philosophies involve the transferring of a universal life force or spiritual energy through the master into the person who is receiving the energy, which induces a healing effect. Unlike Reiki, which needs both the master and the receiver to work together to remove energy blockages, the sound waves of the didgeridoo literally forces blockages of energy out of the body.
Joseph integrates the Chakra theory into his therapy. Chakras initially were discovered in several eastern traditions and describe whorls of energy permeating out of the physical body. There are seven major Chakras in the body and each is attached to different organs and emotional states.
The seven different keys a didgeridoo can be played in match up to the energy waves of the seven Chakras. Joseph plays the entire energetic system of a person and tries to align or balance each persons specific Chakras with the different keys. Energetic stagnation and emotional stagnation that resides in the body are typically in specific organs. The Didgeridoo helps remove these stagnations by realigning the Chakras.
“Avedic medicine for 3500 years has known the underlying tones of energetic system line up just like a scale. When you hear something in tune why does it sound in tune? It’s because there is a universal hum,” said Joseph.
The third and final way the Didgeridoo works is meditatively.
“The first two things are really nice but meaningless if a person cannot connect with their own delta brain waves and actually heal themselves,” said Joseph. “[One] needs a mind-body connection”.
He explained that as a culture we are constantly on the go. When we wake up in the morning the first thing we think about is all the things we have to do that day and when were done the first thing we do is turn on the T.V. This constant “plugged” feeling makes our brain constantly run on overtime and does not give our mind or consciousness a time to relax and connect itself with our physical bodies. This makes for a build up of tension, anxiety, and stress, with no time to just release it.
“My job is to teach people that it’s ok to say no to the media, no to feeling like they have to work 24/7, no to going to the mall, and yes to doing something for themselves—that something being nothing,” said Joseph. “When you look at all the wonderful things western advancements have brought to people, the question still arises of what does the average person do for themselves?”
Still through out all his work, Joseph insists he is not a healer.”
Joseph Carringer works out of his home office in Portsmouth and more information on his work can be obtained at DidgeTherapy.com
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Saddening Statistics on Soldiers’ Mental Health
5 years ago | Mar 21, 2014
By Ginger
Toward the Future
It seems that many soldiers develop stress disorders and depression after their time in the military. But could they have had these mental health problems before even joining?
Researchers distributed confidential surveys and interviews to 5,428 Army soldiers around the country. Check out these statistics they found on the soldier's mental health:
More than 8% of soldiers thought about committing suicide
More than 8% of soldiers had intermittent explosive disorder before enlisting (six times the prevalence rate of civilians)
More than 30% of military suicide attempts would have been prevented if recruits with pre-existing conditions were not allowed to enlist
Nearly 1 in 5 soldiers had a common mental illness -- depression, a panic disorder or ADHD -- before they enlisted in the Army
Nearly 9% of soldiers were suffering from PTSD
What's going wrong here? The researchers point to the Army's recruiting process. According to Dr. Elspeth Ritchie, a former chief psychiatrist for the army,
People who want to come into the Army are no fools. They know if you say you had a past suicide attempt, you're probably not going to get in.
Applicants are expected to disclose their mental health history, but many do not in fear of getting rejecting. However, excluding those soldiers with mental health problems would mean the Army couldn't make its recruiting quotas. And according to Dr. Erin Schoomaker, former surgeon general of the Army,
more stringent screening would just lead to driving the problems further underground.
What can the Army do to meet their recruiting targets while protecting the mental health of its soldiers?
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30 Snide Remarks
Ellie S. claims...
I'm not sure how to fix this problem. People that want to be in the army, want to be in it to make a difference (whether or not that is for their country or a personal difference like paying for college); however, the army doesn't want to defer people to make necessary quotas. More research needs to go into mental health medication and health, and to see if there is any better way to treat these patients without just writing out a script for pills.
Joe S whispers...
I agree with the fact that more research needs to go into mental health education. This could make a huge difference in society!
ming asserts...
there isn't really away to fix this people die all the time around the world it sucks but what you going to do
Zach w whispers...
mental health research should be one of our main prioritys
Joe S announces...
The army should make the recruits test, and if they have any mental health problems then they can not enlist. It isn't a good idea to put a mentally unhealthy person in a unhealthy environment.
Josh C asserts...
There are many different things that can keep someone out of the army, from disease to disability, yet this is a problem that has no solution? I don't believe that. Mental health has declined in many ways throughout our world's past and it greatly depends on our growing societies. If these disorders truly act as a threat then these people cannot perform in the armed forces, simple as that.
Ellie S. announces...
I agree. It's crazy to think that this is the only thing that cannot be fixed. Although I don't think that these people should be in the military, I don't think that they'll stop applying.
Shannon Lukaszewicz claims...
Ronnie T asserts...
I agree. they need to be mentally stable before putting themselves, any other solider or our country at risk.
Jack Q. announces...
At this point I really do not know how I would fix the problem. It is the person's own choice to enlist in the army. But that does not mean that we can't look into finding a way to treat these patients without giving them regular prescription pills.
Jimmy B claims...
I cannot see an answer to this problem. As long as there is war, there will be mental disorders for the soldiers who fight. What could stop, or at least slow down the number of mentally ill soldiers beforehand could be to improve patriotic feelings around the country. Right now, it comes at a surprise when someone wants to join the military, but why? They should be proud that their friend or family member is going to serve their country. This would also improve recruitment numbers.
Tyler M. claims...
Exactly, its such a hard decision and its hard to figure out a solution to this.
sami pilyih hollers...
they can go home and see their families when the war is over
stevie taylor asserts...
why would that help after its over
stevie taylor claims...
if we have soilders that are having problems we should stop fighting and make it safer
Brad Medsger claims...
We need to help our soldiers and test for mental illness by they attempt suicide
Let's just end the war.
justin m whispers...
yea we should just end the war, great comment shan.. it is a lot harder than you think to just end a war that has been going on so long
Francisco asserts...
I agree with you on this one. And they don't reported the irunjed either.As for Bob above. Casualties are the only thing people are interested in. But if you want to measure progress in other ways then try that there are less people with water and electricity than before. More people don't want America there than do want them there. The Iraqi army is still poor yesterday the US reported that the Iraqis can't hold any terrority gained.The Green zone still suffers attacks.The flood of refugees is growing not falling.If more Iraqis are rejecting the insurgency then why are attacks and US casualty numbers increasing?How many other measures of failure do you want to include?
Tyler M. adds...
I'm not sure how you could fix this. I guess if you let people in with a slight disorder and match them up with psychologists while they are enlisted, it could help?
Steven M. asserts...
Your idea i agree with the most cause there are still ways that we are able to help the soldiers with their problems.
Eric S asserts...
I think that there needs to be a better understanding on mental disorders in the United States, which could potentially curve this issue. If the Army was more strict and could cut out the persons who would go through this issue, then the number would decrease. If they could somehow get to mental issues without the person knowing what the questions would be, or be able to get to someone who is lying, then the Army could protect mental health of troops and weed out the men and women that have issues.
justin m claims...
I don't know if there is anyway that you can possible stop this from happening. the only think I can think of is have the soldiers take less time over seas.
nick z asserts...
i think there should be more research done and more things out there to help the soldiers mentally
Steven M. announces...
I don't really see how we cud stop this problem. BUT we can still come up with ways to help the soldiers and there disorders such as therapists/ psychologist for the soldiers or activities to help them coupe.
Ronnie T. asserts...
more research needs to go in to this topic.. but men and women should be tested for depression etc. before entering the military.
Phoebe S. claims...
I don't think there is a solution to this problem because if the army excludes people with pre-existing mental disorders, they won't meet their quotas. Additionally, many of these soldiers had mental disorders before they enlisted, so the army doesn't have control over this.
Fighting for your country is the most honorable thing you can do for your country. It is awful that it is so dangerous before and after combat but that is what makes it so highly respectable. Soldiers have to be willing to give their lives for their countries but we need to figure out how to help them
Amber K adds...
I think some people could enter the army without a mental disorder but as they are in the army for a while they might end up developing a mental disorder. I think there should be help provided to these people with mental disorders that are in the army.
Mike Bruder claims...
Our first priority should always be our soldiers that are fighting over there and protecting us each and every day that lay their life on the line for us every day
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Then and now at North Melbourne station
Today we take a step back to the 1920s and take a walk around North Melbourne railway station, comparing it to what exists today.
At the north end of the platforms little has changed.
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The only difference I can spot is the removal of the sheltered timber platform seats, replaced by cold steel benches.
The entrance to platform 4 and 5 has changed a little more. Still used by trains headed west to Footscray, Sunshine and St Albans – these trains now head further north to Sydenham and Sunbury.
The timber gates used by ticket checking staff are gone, replaced by fare gates on the main station concourse, and the pull down ‘bathgate’ train indicators have been replaced by LCD screens.
A much bigger change is visible outside the station, at what was once the main entrance for passengers.
Dynon Road once crossed the railway tracks via the north side of North Melbourne station, until the current bridge was opened in 1968.
This spartan brick station building replaced the original 1886 station building in 1974, until it was made redundant in 2009 with the completion of the current southern entrance to the station.
Another contrast can be seen this eastwards view from platform 6.
The only constant is the bluestone faced platforms – static billboards are now motorised advertising panels, towering apartment buildings have replaced terraced houses, and the gardens along the Railway Place have given way for a concrete retaining wall.
The city end of the platforms have seen similar changes.
Neatly tended gardens haven given way to a weed covered slope, a brown brick bunker has been erected to house modern signalling equipment, and the bluestone platform face has given way to concrete.
At first glance little has changed north of the station, where the Upfield line branches off from the Werribee, Sunbury and Craigieburn bound tracks.
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The same number of tracks remain in place today, the only difference being the lineside signals and gantries supporting the overhead wires.
But this view from the December 1935 edition of National Geographic Magazine titled ‘Flashes of Colour in the Fifth Continent’ tell a different story.
From ‘Melbourne as featured in National Geographic Magazine 1935’
The “blossums and foliage between the rail lines on the embankments provide a colourful approach to the capital of Victoria” are long gone, replaced by weeds and gravel.
The same contrast can be seen at the city end of the station, where a carefully manicured garden occupied the space between Railway Place and the tracks.
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The garden was demolished in the 1960s when the North Melbourne flyover was constructed as part of the North East standard gauge project, the area taking on the current look following the completion of the Regional Rail Link project in 2015.
A short history lesson
1859: station opened
1886: six platform station complex completed
1919: electric trains introduced
1962: North Melbourne flyover completed
1968: Dynon Road moved onto new bridge
1970s: track rearrangement to cater for City Loop
1974: new entrance replaced 1886 building
2009: current southern station entrance opened, northern entrance closed
2015: North Melbourne flyover rebuilt for Regional Rail Link
A 1979 photo of North Melbourne station by Len Johnston.
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10 Responses to “Then and now at North Melbourne station”
Oh how beautiful it used to look. What happened? Why can’t we make anything look nice anymore? It’s like compare a top down of Flinders Street station, and the new concourse looks so damn ugly from above.
Old buildings didn’t have air conditioning so none of that equipment to hide up on the roof, and there wasn’t a need for walkways and handrails to stop workers from falling off.
Pity about the bluestone. Someone charged a fortune to the taxpayer to remove that and then charged a fortune to someone who could afford to avoid tax to put in their fancy home or garden.
The bulk of the bluestone platform face is still there today – the construction of the City Loop portals in the 1970s saw two tracks at a time closed to create the required space, so I assume that was the reason for the concrete at the city end.
The embankments at the 1920s station look very attractive. Imagine making and maintaining the gardens between the tracks nowadays and the chaos of safety procedures that would need to be followed. Many changes, but trains still run on tracks.
Even today inspection staff can access the tracks while trains are still running, but they need a lookout to come along for the ride.
Ives says:
*West Melbourne station.
Renaming a station then giving the old name to a new station is a recipe for confusion – say what you want about ‘Southern Cross Station’ as a name, but if someone says Spencer Street they’ll still get there – or a blank look from someone too young to remember the ‘good old days’ – but never sent to the wrong place!
cat mack says:
I think that North Melbourne is one of the better upgrade designs. They have at least retained much of the old station and the modern up-grade (despite limitations) is respectful. Unlike Footscray for instance, where the new station buildings completely overwhelm the old buildings. I don’t see any real problem with maintaining gardens in any of the old spaces. It would require some safety stuff of course but it would look a damn sight better than the weeds which currently grow.
I think the clear separation between new and old is what makes the design work.
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The Black Pineapple
The goal isn't to understand those around you but to let them understand you.
Sondra Thoreson Profile
In 1996 an American air force airman (Thoreson) stationed in Japan became a father for the second time. He named his daughter Sondra.
The Thoreson family returned to the USA in 1999 and settled in California for a bit. Because of her father’s job, Sondra moved around a lot. Sondra believes that not settling down permanently has made her “more mature” than her peers.
Sondra likes books and video games and in May, 2018 she will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a cluster in Computer Science. When Sondra began her first year at Morningside College she took Biology and Chemistry in hopes of being a veterinarian. Sondra changed her field of study because her “mind couldn’t wrap around the scientific aspects of biology and chemistry.”
Sondra is a manager for the Morningside Soccer team. This job encompasses social media management and ties into her love of English. Sondra is nervous but excited about graduation and hopes to get into publishing or video game writing. Sondra says that she has always loved to read and one day she would like to write her own novel.
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Yes, paragraphs! This week we’re starting leads. What you tweeted about this story — Sondra has lived in 7 places in 21 years; she has visited a lot more — has potential as a lead. It gives you a focus, and it gets my attention.
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US Senator Cruz: Has Obama launched a political campaign against Netanyahu?
PM Benjamin Netanyahu (L) with US President Obama at the White House in October 2014. (Photo: Avi Ohayon/Flash90)
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After US Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Lee Zeldin questioned the State Department about possibly influencing Israeli elections, the Likud Party accused V15, a campaign organization, of using foreign money to fund a left-wing political campaign.
By: Atara Beck, World Israel News
An image taken from Sentaor Cruz’s Facebook campaign.
Reports have repeatedly surfaced in the media that US President Obama is attempting to influence the outcome of Israel’s elections through funding and that one of his former top campaign advisers, Jeremy Bird, is in Israel helping the left-wing campaign.
Netanyahu’s Likud party held a press conference on Sunday in order to expose details about “V15 – Victory in 2015,” a campaigning organization that allegedly is using vast sums of foreign money to promote the left-wing Labor and Meretz parties in the elections.
Likud has also filed a motion to the Elections Committee, claiming that V15 is “making criminal use of foreign sources of funding” that are funneling huge sums of money into the left-wing campaign.
Ha’aretz reports that Bird, the Obama’s campaign national field director, came to Israel with a team of consultants and is running a grassroots, Obama-style campaign from an office in Tel Aviv.
V-15 is not supporting a specific party. The only message is: “Just not Bibi.”
Congress: This is unacceptable conduct
Senator Ted Cruz ((Photo: intercollegiatereview.com)
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tx) and Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-NY-1) sent a letter on Thursday to Secretary of State John Kerry regarding media reports that US taxpayer dollars are being used to fund efforts to influence upcoming elections in Israel, funneled through the State Department.
Cruz and Zeldin demanded to know, for instance, how much funding the US government has provided to these groups and who approved the funding.
“Has President Obama launched a political campaign against Prime Minister Netanyahu and his representatives?” Cruz asked. “This administration’s relentless harassment of Israel is utterly incomprehensible. The Islamic Republic of Iran is pursuing the deadliest weapons on the planet, and there can be no doubt that their first target will be Israel, followed by the United States. This administration should be focusing its animosity on the very real enemies we face, not on our staunch allies.”
“It is completely unacceptable to use US tax dollars to influence the elections in Israel,” added Zeldin. “State Department grants should never be given to entities working to overthrow strong allies like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. We have great allies around the world, but Israel is our strongest, and a beacon of freedom in a region filled with radical Islamic extremists and state sponsored terrorism.”
PM Netanyahu (R) and US Secretary of State Kerry (Photo: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
In the letter, Cruz and Zeldin write: “Of course private American citizens are free to engage in political activities according to their inclinations, but given the overtly partisan nature of this particular case, we are deeply concerned.”
Cruz further engaged in a Facebook campaign, saying: “Now it is time for a simple question: Has President Obama launched a political campaign against Prime Minister Netanyahu and his allies?”
Following the revelations regarding V15 and its US connections, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) stated: “Obama’s campaign team is giving advice in Israel on how to defeat Netanyahu, while Obama refuses to meet Netanyahu and hypocritically says that it is because such a meeting could be seen as interfering in the election.”
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Russia’s New Missile Means the Nuclear Arms Race Is Back On
By konigludwig on May 12, 2016 • ( 0 )
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Team Putin is talking up fearsome new hardware that could accelerate a nuclear contest not seen since the Cold War.
Russia has a new nuclear missile — one that Zvezda, a Russian government-owned T.V. network, claimed can wipe out an area “the size of Texas or France.”
Actually, no, a single SS-30 rocket with a standard payload of 12 independent warheads, most certainly could not destroy Texas or France. Not immediately. And not by itself.
Each of the SS-30’s multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle warheads, or MIRVs, could devastate a single city. But Texas alone has no fewer than 35 cities of 100,000 people or more.
Moscow’s arsenal of roughly 7,000 atomic weapons—1,800 of which are on high alert—and America’s own, slightly smaller arsenal—again, only 1,800 of which are ready to fire at any given time—plus the approximately 1,000 warheads that the rest of the world’s nuclear powers possess are, together, more than adequate to kill every human being on Earth as well as most other forms of life.
One new Russian rocket doesn’t significantly alter that terrible calculus.
But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be alarmed. The SS-30 is only the latest manifestation of a worrying trend. After decades of steady disarmament, the United States and Russia are pouring tens of billions of dollars into building new and more capable nuclear weaponry that experts agree neither country needs, nor can afford.
The SS-30 by itself is just slightly more destructive than older Russian missiles. It’s what the new weapon represents that’s frightening. The post-Cold War nuclear holiday is over. And apocalyptic weaponry such as Russia’s new SS-30 are back at work making the world a very, very scary place.
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Not exercising worse for your health than smoking, diabetes and heart disease, study reveals
Posted 11:28 am, October 19, 2018, by CNN Wire
We’ve all heard exercise helps you live longer. But a new study goes one step further, finding that a sedentary lifestyle is worse for your health than smoking, diabetes and heart disease.
Dr. Wael Jaber, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic and senior author of the study, called the results “extremely surprising.”
“Being unfit on a treadmill or in an exercise stress test has a worse prognosis, as far as death, than being hypertensive, being diabetic or being a current smoker,” Jaber told CNN. “We’ve never seen something as pronounced as this and as objective as this.”
Jaber said researchers must now convey the risks to the general population that “being unfit should be considered as strong of a risk factor as hypertension, diabetes and smoking — if not stronger than all of them.”
“It should be treated almost as a disease that has a prescription, which is called exercise,” he said.
Researchers retrospectively studied 122,007 patients who underwent exercise treadmill testing at Cleveland Clinic between January 1, 1991 and December 31, 2014 to measure all-cause mortality relating to the benefits of exercise and fitness. Those with the lowest exercise rate accounted for 12 percent of the participants.
The study was published Friday in the journal JAMA Network Open.
“Cardiovascular disease and diabetes are the most expensive diseases in the United States. We spend more than $200 billion per year treating these diseases and their complications. Rather than pay huge sums for disease treatment, we should be encouraging our patients and communities to be active and exercise daily,” said Dr. Jordan Metzl, sports medicine physician at the Hospital for Special Surgery and author of the book “The Exercise Cure.”
Jaber said the other big revelation from the research is that fitness leads to longer life, with no limit to the benefit of aerobic exercise. Researchers have always been concerned that “ultra” exercisers might be at a higher risk of death, but the study found that not to be the case.
“There is no level of exercise or fitness that exposes you to risk,” he said. “We can see from the study that the ultra-fit still have lower mortality.”
“In this study, the most fit individuals did the best,” said Metzl, who was not involved in the study. “Once cleared by their physicians, patients shouldn’t be afraid of exercise intensity.”
The benefits of exercise were seen across all ages and in both men and women, “probably a little more pronounced in females,” Jaber said. “Whether you’re in your 40s or your 80s, you will benefit in the same way.”
The risks, he said, became more shocking when comparing those who don’t exercise much. “We all know that a sedentary lifestyle or being unfit has some risk. But I’m surprised they overwhelm even the risk factors as strong as smoking, diabetes or even end-stage disease.”
“People who do not perform very well on a treadmill test,” Jaber said, “have almost double the risk of people with kidney failure on dialysis.”
What made the study so unique, beyond the sheer number of people studied, he said was that researchers weren’t relying on patients self-reporting their exercise. “This is not the patients telling us what they do,” Jaber said. “This is us testing them and figuring out objectively the real measure of what they do.”
Comparing those with a sedentary lifestyle to the top exercise performers, he said, the risk associated with death is “500% higher.”
“If you compare the risk of sitting versus the highest performing on the exercise test, the risk is about three times higher than smoking,” Jaber explained.
Comparing somebody who doesn’t exercise much to somebody who exercises regularly, he said, still showed a risk 390 percent higher. “There actually is no ceiling for the benefit of exercise,” he said. “”There’s no age limit that doesn’t benefit from being physically fit.”
Dr. Satjit Bhusri, a cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital, who was not involved in the study, said this reinforces what we know. “Sedentary, Western lifestyles have lead to a higher incidence in heart disease and this shows that it’s modifiable. It’s reversible,” he explained, adding that doctors are really good at treating patients who have had cardiovascular events but they can be prevented. “We’re meant to walk, run, exercise. It’s all about getting up and moving.”
For patients, especially those who live a sedentary lifestyle, Jaber said, “You should demand a prescription from your doctor for exercise.”
So get moving.
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Pear Tree, Derby
Peartree (ward)
Coordinates: 52°54′00″N 1°28′19″W / 52.899972°N 1.472082°W / 52.899972; -1.472082
Pear Tree (or Peartree) is an inner city suburb of the city of Derby, in Derbyshire, England, located about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) south of the city centre. It is split between the Arboretum and Normanton electoral wards. Neighbouring areas include Litchurch, Normanton and Osmaston. The area became urbanised in the late 19th century and is characterised by terraced housing originally built for industrial workers.
The suburb derives its name from Pear Tree Farm which formerly existed in the area, and was owned by the Peach family from the 18th century. Much of the farmland was sold off for development in the 1860s and 1870s, and the farmhouse demolished. Streets of terraced housing were built up to accommodate workers, industry having been encouraged to develop by the opening of the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, which skirts the eastern side of Pear Tree, in 1839. Local businessman Francis Ley opened his Vulcan Iron Works on a site next to the railway line in 1874. It expanded massively in subsequent decades and was a major employer in the area until it was closed and demolished in 1986. Although the demise of Ley's has allowed for some modern redevelopment, much of the original terraced housing typical of the area is of a good quality and has survived.
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Peartree Ward is an Electoral Ward in the Unitary Authority of Southampton, England.
It covers the suburbs of Merry Oak, Peartree Green and Itchen, and is bordered (clockwise from south-west) by Bargate Ward, Bevois Ward, Bitterne Park Ward, Harefield Ward, Sholing Ward, and Woolston Ward.
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Breeder, Grave
Portray, Shannon Wright
Brother, Manchester Orchestra
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Brother, Orphaned Land
Pride War, Further Seems Forever
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Bare Tree, Delight
Brighter, Jake
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Partir, Ana Torroja
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Brother, Dylan Jakobsen
Pretty Hair, Human Highway
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Partir, Clerc Julien
Brother, Von Hertzen Brothers
Brighter, Railway Children
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Brother, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Breather, Emarosa
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Border, Spiritual Front
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Though it may not be obvious upon a first listen, the album’s smoke-friendly aesthetic carries with it Perry’s deeper message. “I always use the bible reference, ‘For those who have eyes, let them see,’ ” he said. “Some people aren’t going to get this, and that’s fine. They aren’t supposed to get it ... I’m herding a flock like a cattle dog.” ... John ... .......
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Einstein's Masterwork - 1915 and the General Theory of Relativity
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In 1915, Albert Einstein unveiled his masterwork – a theory, in his words, ‘of incomparable beauty’: the General Theory of Relativity. It is sometimes overshadowed – wrongly, argues John Gribbin – by his work of 1905, the Special Theory of Relativity and E = mc².
Just over 100 years later, the first direct detection of gravitational radiation is seen as the ultimate proof of the General Theory’s accuracy.
The General Theory describes the evolution of the Universe, black holes, the behaviour of orbiting neutron stars, and why clocks run slower on Earth than in space. It even suggests the possibility of time travel.
In this ‘beautifully written and highly accessible account of the genesis of a great theory’ (Physics World), Gribbin vividly illustrates what an incomparable scientist Albert Einstein really was.
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The Alice Lloyd College Lady Eagles were as cold as the Arctic winter in the first half, and it cost them the game as they suffered a 51-46 KIAC Conference loss to the Berea College Lady Mountaineers last night. The game was played at the Grady Nutt Athletic Center.
In the opening stanza, ALC jumped out to a quick 7-2 lead in the first four minutes of the contest. Unfortunately for the hosts, their shooting eye would desert them after that.
Alice Lloyd would only account for seven more points over the remainder of the half. The ladies had good looks at the hoop, but the ball refused to go in. When the buzzer sounded at intermission, the Eagles trailed by an uncharacteristic score of 23-14.
The stats showed the extent of the damage as the Eagles only connected on 6-28 from the floor during the entire half.
Gabbard on the floor versus Berea
In the second half, ALC looked to make up lost ground as they shot somewhat better from the field. Sparked by 10 points from senior Bailey Gabbard, Alice Lloyd came back to take their first lead of the half (32-31) with 10:59 remaining.
An Ariel Nickell bucket at 7:45 increased the Eagles’ cushion to three (39-36), and the hosts looked poised to finish a remarkable comeback. Unfortunately on their next possession, Berea guard Katelyn Butler would tie the score on a three-point play. The Mountaineers then settled down against the exhausted home club and used this momentum to outscore Alice Lloyd 13-7 to close the game and preserve their win.
For ALC (7-18, 4-3 KIAC), Nickell led all scorers with 18 points. However, she did not have her usual dominate shooting performance, as she was forced to play with a face mask to protect her recently broken nose. Despite receiving several hard blows, the sophomore still exhibited her high-octane level of hustle and managed to rip down a game-high 12 rebounds.
Gabbard stepped up her game in the second half and swished in 15 points to the cause. Freshman Carla McDaniel played well and contributed 10 points and 7 rebounds to the Eagles’ effort.
Berea’s record now stands at 6-17 (3-5 KIAC).
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Head Out To Himachal Pradesh: Beas Kund Trek, Bhrigu Lake Trek, Rupin Pass Trek And More
With magnificent snow-clad mountains, beautiful river streams and mystical ancient temples, Himachal Pradesh is one of the most striking states in north India. The state reflects a perfect blend of Himachali and Tibetan culture. Hindu temples, Buddhist stupas and vibrant monasteries hold the essence of two different cultures and traditions together on one scenic landscape, which adds lots of charm to the beauty of Himachal Pradesh.
Its snowy peaks, emerald environs, Himalayan, Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal ranges, and picturesque yet smooth and rough trails, make Himachal an ideal destination for climbing, skiing, paragliding, bungee jumping and trekking. With evergreen exquisiteness, rustic hamlets, dream-like natural architecture and friendly locals, every step into the spectacular valley brings a different world in front of you. The eternal splendor of McLeodganj, Manali, Kasol, Lahaul and Spiti, displays various colors and richness of alluring terrains.
Trekking Expedition in the Land of Gods…Let’s Go!
Moving away from the hectic and noisy city life for trekking is undoubtedly a perfect way for you to revive yourself. Every hill station in Himachal Pradesh has a number of treks which take you to extremely remote, peaceful and scenic areas. It doesn’t matter whether you are an amateur or ardent trekker, Himachal is known to accommodate the taste of each and every individual.
So, here’s a list of treks that can be undertaken by adventure enthusiasts and nature lovers.
Indrahar Pass Trek
Maximum Altitude: 4342 m
Trekking Distance: 35 km
Level: Moderate to Difficult
Best Time: May to September
Temperature: Day – 12°C to 18°C, Night – (- 6°C) to 4 °C
At a height of 4342 m, Indrahar Pass offers enthralling and majestic views of Dhauladhar range. The trek begins from McLeodganj and goes to Indrahar Pass through the dense forests of deodar, suspension bridges, snow patches and gushing streams. The route will take you to some of the most amazing sites that would surely be an amazing feast for your eyes. After hiking through challenging and difficult routes, you’ll spend a night under the glittery sky. And, one of the most stunning campsites on this trekking expedition is set near Lahesh Caves.
Beas Kund Trek
Level: Easy
Best Time: May to October
River Beas
If you’re looking for an easy trek then you must undertake the Beas Kund trek. On the journey, you have to follow a stream of River Beas in the opposite direction to reach the summit. Throughout the trek, you will be surrounded by lush green trees, alpine meadows and exotic flora and fauna. The 3-day trek begins from Dhundi, an idyllic spot for photography enthusiasts. Further, the course takes you to the mark from where striking River Beas originates and Hanuman Tibba is visible. Also, if you want to climb Ladakhi or Friendship peaks then Beas Kund is the place to be.
Hampta Pass with Chandratal Trek
Level: Easy to Moderate
Best Time: Mid June to Mid October
Temperature: Day – 8°C to 12°C, Night – (- 5°C) to 4 °C
Nestled at an elevation of 4,297 m, Hampta Pass is known for the magnificent views of Himalayan and Pir Panjal ranges. The trek goes to Hampta Pass from Manali through Jobra, Chika and Balu Ka Gera, and ends in the valley of Chandra and Spiti. The trail, which starts from the dense forest of deodar and pine, takes you to an open lush green valley and gradually to a barren land featuring snow patches. On your way to the summit, you will come across the beautiful Lahaul and Kullu valleys and glistening Chandratal Lake. The most amazing part about this trekking venture is that it serves an ideal route for both the beginners and ardent trekkers.
Pin Parvati Pass Trek
Best Time: June to September
Temperature: Day – 6°C to 10°C, Night – 0°C to 5 °C
One of the longest and popular treks in Himachal Pradesh, the Pin Parvati Pass trek is a must for adventure enthusiasts. On this journey, you can witness a majestic sight of the Parvati Valley, which is spread across Kullu and Spiti. While the Pin Valley displays a barren land, the Kullu Valley consists of vibrant flora and emerald scenery. Also, these two sites differ from each other, in terms of culture and traditions. Further, the trek begins from an isolated village of Rumsu and goes through gushing rivers, cuddling streams and deep forest to Pin Parvati Pass and impressive monasteries.
Deo Tibba Trek
Best Time: May to June, September to October
The Deo Tibba trek lends an exciting and thrilling opportunity to the adventure lovers. This trekking expedition requires experience and moderate physical fitness. The journey begins and ends at a high-altitude Himalayan resort town, Manali. You will be walking through pasturelands, glaciers, forests and rough ascents and descents.
From hanging glaciers to flourishing meadows, witness the spine-chilling places during the trek. One thing that will keep you energetic and accompanies you on this journey is the views of the lofty mountains covered in the layers of snow. Further, the trek gives an opportunity to the adventure enthusiasts to witness the beauty of Dharamshala and McLeodganj.
Kareri Lake Trek
Temperature: Day – 10°C to 16°C, Night – (- 5°C) to 8°C
A small enchanting glacial lake, Kareri is situated at an elevation of around 3,099 m above sea level. The place captivates the trekkers with its unusual beauty, tranquil surroundings and refreshing air. The pond is enclosed by velvet-like grasslands and soaring trees. The trekking expedition starts from McLeodganj and gives you a chance to explore the Tibetan culture and lifestyle.
The campsite of Lioti is a delightful experience. The course from Lioti to the eye-catching pond offers beautiful views of nature, which is a treat to your camera. After reaching the famous Hindu temple of Goddess Guna, you can explore the spiritual sight of the place too.
Bhabha Pass Trek
Trekking Distance: 50-60 km
Temperature: Day – 14°C to 20°C, Night – (- 2°C) to 10°C
The Bhabha Pass trek starts from the tranquil hill station of Shimla and takes you on an electrifying road trip to the beautiful Kafnu Village, after covering a 206-km ride. On your way to Kafnu, you will come across the impressive peaks of the Himalayas. Also, a walk into the dense forest of birch and pine will surely be a treat for senses. Further, the trail will turn difficult with narrow and sharp ascents after crossing a river on the third day of your venture. Moreover, a walk on the snowy moraine and icy patches will surely test your trekking skills.
A ride from Kaza to Chandratal Lake will take you through the striking monasteries and a wonderful place called Kunzum La. Also, the charming Chandratal which is popular for its moon-like shape, offers one of the fascinating sights for your naked eyes.
Rupin Pass Trek
Temperature: Day – 13°C to 18°C, Night – 0°C to 7°C
Nestled at a high altitude of 4,648 m, Rupin Pass offers absolute exhilaration and delight to the trekkers. The picturesque trek begins from Uttarakhand and ends at the scenic land of Himachal Pradesh. The trail takes you through rustic hamlets, startling rivers, suspension bridges, dense forests, lush green pasturelands, and garrulous streams and waterfalls.
The trek begins with a trail through the greener landscapes of Dhaula. And, later it moves to the frozen landscape surrounded by snow-capped mountains. Notably, 80 percent of the trekking expedition will be undertaken in Himachal Pradesh.
Kheerganga Trek
Best Time: October to June
Temperature: Day – 14°C to 20°C, Night – 2°C to 10°C
The abode of Lord Shiva and his son Kartikeya, Kheerganga is beautifully located at a height of 3,500 m from the sea level. It is believed that around thousands of years ago, Lord Shiva meditated at the Sylvan Hill of Parvati Valley. The snow-capped peaks, lush green environs, gushing River Parvati, and exotic flora and fauna, are certainly a much-awaited pleasure to the trekkers’ souls.
Bhrigu Lake Trek
Best Time: Mid May to October
If you want to treat your eyes with awe-inspiring scenery, then you just need to say yes to the Bhrigu Lake trek. The meadow trail takes you to the quaint lake, from where you can see the beautiful mountains and clear sky; adding an extra charm to the stunning place. The journey gives you an opportunity to meet the locals and explore the Himachali lifestyle and culture. Not just this, refreshing air and the fragrance of dense forests and apple orchards will revitalize your senses. Further, the trek starts from Gulaba Village and takes you to the charming lake through the green pastureland and startling streams, along with the splendid views of the Kullu Valley.
Prashar Lake Trek
Best Time: December to February
Temperature: Day – 8°C to 12°C, Night – 2°C to 6°C
The Prashar Lake trek is a must-visit for those who want to undertake an adventure expedition in the winter season. The stunning lake is surrounded by grassland along with a pagoda-style temple featuring three floors. Built in the 13th century by King Bansen, the old temple is dedicated to the sage, Prashar.
The locals believe that the lake was discovered by the Pandavas. The trail will take you through steep ridges, rough slopes, striking rivulets and forest of fir and cedar trees covered with snow. The adventure begins from the beautiful village of Jwalapur and takes you to Prashar Lake, where you get a chance to enjoy a bonfire night on snowy land under the glittery sky.
So, get ready for a whole new experience as you escape the mundane city life with these wonderful treks in Himachal Pradesh.
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Backers and attackers
He received Rwandan foreign minister Louise Mushikiwabo accompanied by former African Development Bank president Donald Kaberuka in Kinshasa on 25 July and promised to support her bid to become president of the Organisation International de la Francophonie (AC Vol 59 No 14 Shaky start for Sahel force)...
Shaky start for Sahel force
Macron is also backing Kagame's lobbying for Africa's Free Trade Area and the candidacy of his Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo for the secretary generalship of the International Organisation of La Francophonie...
A landslide foretold
Protests came thick and fast not only from foreign diplomats including the United States Ambassador Erica Barks-Ruggles but from within the RPF including Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo...
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No room at the top
Candidates frequently cited as possible contenders include the Secretary General of the East African Community Richard Sezibera; Donald Kaberuka whose second and final term as President of the African Development Bank ends this year; and the shrewd Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo...
Fighting flares in the Kivus
Both the head of the UN peacekeeping mission Martin Kobler and Israel's foreign secretary Avigdor Lieberman were in Kigali and Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo flew to London just two days later...
Kagame mourns – and warns
Briefing journalists after the ceremony Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo refused to play down the attack on France: 'What you sometimes see can only be described as diplomatic malaise and it will probably remain like this unless France accepts where it erred or until France recognises that this country will not ignore history just to have a relationship with Paris ' she said...
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Murder in the Michelangelo
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Earl Buss Bayou DeView WMA
County: Poinsett
This WMA is in Flood Prone Region A. Click here for details.
2019-20 Waterfowl
View Statewide Waterfowl Season Dates and Bag Limits.
Waterfowl Notes:
It is unlawful to use any device that simulates wing movement or movement of any kind through electrical or mechanical means, except traditional jerk strings.
Lake Hogue is closed to hunting except early teal season.
Nonresident waterfowl hunters need a Nonresident 5-day Wildlife Management Area Waterfowl Hunting Permit.
See Area Notes for Access Regulations.
For many years the Earl Buss Bayou DeView WMA was known as the Weiner Area or Bayou DeView. The name Bayou DeView originated from the Bayou DeView River that meandered through the area years ago, but was channelized many years ago to provide improved drainage for the ever-increasing farming community. On December 17, 1984, the Arkansas Game Fish Commission voted to re-name the area in memory of Earl Buss who was a caretaker for the Thompson Duck Club, a privately owned entity, that through acquisition, became a part of the management area.
The area can best be reached by county roads west out of Weiner on Ark. Hwy. 49 or off Ark. Hwy. 14 or 214.
Acquisition of the area began in 1958 and continued through 1967.
Primitive camping areas are provided on each of the management area's three tracts. Except for graveled parking areas, there are no other improvements to camping facilities.
The area comprises three tracts of land, namely, the Thompson, Oliver and Martin tracts. The Oliver tract is the southernmost tract and is bounded on the south by Ark. Hwy. 14 and on the north by a county road west of Weiner. The Thompson tract is immediately north of the Oliver tract, bounded on the north by Ark. Hwy. 214. The Martin tract is the northernmost of the three tracts and lies about 1/2 mile north of the Thompson tract and extends to a county road that ends on the eastern border.
Hunting Opportunities
The Thompson and Oliver tracts were developed specifically as wintering waterfowl areas. Fall squirrel hunting is also a heavily used resource. The squirrel population tends to cycle with acorn abuncance in the bottomland hardwoods of the area. The area supports a healthy deer population. Hunting has been limited to archery in recent years due to the small size of the area. Trophy-class bucks are taken on and around Bayou DeView area every hunting season.
Earl Buss Bayou DeView WMA is composed of 4,501 acres in western Poinsett County. The area lies along the Bayou DeView River from Arkansas Highway 14 to just north of Arkansas Highway 214.
Waterfowl management is emphasized on the Thompson and South Oliver tracts. Flooding of these impoundments is not always possible by the beginning of duck season because of the lack of rainfall in early fall. Some management practices include water level manipulation, beaver population control, specialized plantings of small grain crops and legumes and forestry management. Selective thinning of trees has improved forest health and increased habitat diversity for a wide variety of species.
.No boats allowed from 1 p.m. to 4 a.m., Nov. 23-Jan. 31.
Exception 1 - Boats allowed from 1 p.m. until 6:30 p.m., Dec. 7, Jan. 29-31 and Feb. 8.
Exception 2 - Boats allowed from 1 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. on the following waters:
Thompson Tract boat ramp and boat run.
North Oliver Campground primitive boat access, including the natural slough.
Closed to all access (except in designated campsites, parking areas, boat launch ramps and boat staging areas) from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m., Nov. 23-Jan. 31 and Feb. 8.
Airboats may not be operated within Earl Buss Bayou DeView WMA during duck season.
The area was purchased many years ago in response to public interest in land acquisition programs by the commission. The Weiner area is one of the principal rice-producing areas in the state and is considered by many sportsmen as one of the best duck hunting areas in Arkansas.
Recreation Other Than Hunting
Lake Hogue, 300-acre impoundment on the east side of the Bayou across from the south end of the Oliver tract offers excellent fishing for crappie, bream, bass and catfish.
Restaurants and Other Facilities
Accommodations may be found in Jonesboro, 25 miles; Newport, 22 miles and Harrisburg, 25 miles. There are stores and a restaurant in Weiner.
Wade-in hunters should be aware of deep water in boat lanes and sloughs. Boating safety rules and laws are especially important in the Thompson tract Impoundment. The launching area may be crowded, especially on weekends and holidays.
WMA Master Plan
View the master plan for this AGFC-owned WMA.
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Aboriginal Stories About Approaching the End of Life
Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
Palliative CareAboriginal HealthPatient ExperienceRural Health Health and The Arts
7 October 2016 Last updated:
This booklet sensitively captures end of life stories from six Aboriginal patients and carers from the Shoalhaven region. The stories share information about palliative care services, planning for end of life and how talking with loved ones about their preferences helped with healing and decision-making.
To allow the voices of Aboriginal people to be heard, regarding what is important to them and their loved ones as they approach the end of life.
Prompts community-wide discussions about dying, the role of palliative care, advance care planning and dealing with grief.
Promotes understanding about what healthcare and community services are available to Aboriginal people.
Educates service providers about delivering culturally-appropriate care to Aboriginal people at end of life.
Enhances respect and trust by empowering Aboriginal people and allowing their voices to be heard.
Improves the reputation and standing of ISLHD hospitals within the Aboriginal community.
Honours the power of storytelling in Aboriginal culture and allows service providers to convey meaning beyond a list of services.
Improves collaboration among service providers and Aboriginal communities.
There are approximately 4,500 Aboriginal people in the Shoalhaven region of NSW, which is around 4.7% of the population. However, despite the presence of a strong, active Aboriginal community, very few Aboriginal people access specialist palliative care. Prior to the project, there were very few referrals to inpatient or community-based palliative care services for symptom management or terminal care. There was also a lack of information that was appropriate to the needs of Aboriginal people about end of life care. It was anticipated that Aboriginal people may be more willing to engage with palliative care by hearing local stories of when and how others have used the service.
This project came from activities of the Shoalhaven Aboriginal Palliative Care Healthy Partnerships Committee, formed in 2013, comprising members from ISLHD, Grand Pacific Health and various Aboriginal health, aged care and welfare organisations.
A ‘Yarn-Up Day’ on advance care planning was held in 2014, to provide an opportunity for Aboriginal community members to share their insights on end-of-life care. It showed that Aboriginal people were hungry for information about end-of-life care and wanted a way to acknowledge the grief and loss they experienced.
The Committee developed a patient story booklet, based on the ‘Nooka Murrook’ booklet developed by Hunter New England Local Health District. It involved engaging Aboriginal Health Workers to approach elders and clients to tell their stories. All contributors spoke openly about what was important to them and what they thought others might need to know as they or their loved one approached the end of life.
Consent forms were developed to ensure contributors had full ownership of their story.
Staff with media training worked closely with Aboriginal Health Workers and storytellers, to capture and edit the stories for clarity, ensuring they were interpreted the way the storyteller intended, without distressing readers or placing the organisation at risk.
Local Aboriginal artwork was donated to David Berry Hospital’s Palliative Care Unit and Aboriginal Chronic Care team and used to acknowledge the power of storytelling in end of life care.
A second ‘Yarn-Up’ was held in 2015 on the topic of grief and loss, which coincided with the launch of the ‘In Our Care, Into Your Hands: Aboriginal stories about approaching the end of life’ booklet.
Sustained - the initiative has been implemented and is sustained in standard business.
Planning, interviewing and approvals of stories: November 2014 – April 2015
Booklet printing: May 2015 (500 copies), July 2015 (500 copies), May 2016 (1,000 copies)
Booklet launch: 28 May 2015 (coinciding with Grief and Loss Yarn Up)
Palliative Care and Reconciliation Week: May 2016
The ‘In Our Care, Into Your Hands’ booklet is available via service providers across ISLHD , including general practitioners, hospitals, palliative care services, Aboriginal Health Workers, Aboriginal Aged Care and Aboriginal Chronic Care services.
ISLHD Palliative Care
ISLHD Aged Care
ISLHD Aboriginal Health
Grand Pacific Health
Waminda South Coast Women’s Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation
Illaroo Aboriginal Aged Care
South Coast Aboriginal Medical Service
NSW Family and Community Services
The booklet has been reprinted three times, with 2000 copies distributed to community members through general practitioners, hospitals, palliative care services, Aboriginal Health Workers, Aboriginal Aged Care and Aboriginal Chronic Care services across the region.
Feedback from community health services has been very positive, particularly healthcare staff who can direct carers to a resource which honours Aboriginal people’s experiences.
The booklet and stories became the focus for a shared Palliative Care Week and Reconciliation Day event at David Berry Hospital in 2016.
One contributor to the booklet donated a didgeridoo to the Palliative Care Unit from her father’s estate, as thanks for the support offered by the project.
The booklet has now been included in national, state and local library collections as a source of historically significant cultural stories.
It’s important to gain consent from the storyteller for the initial interview, then another signed consent for the use of the edited written version of the story, to ensure complete transparency and ownership of the story.
Sharing stories was a positive experience for the Aboriginal person and their family. There was strong community ownership of the project and enhanced collaboration and trust between services.
It’s important to ensure any aspects of the story that may be perceived as negative are not harmful or misrepresented.
There was a lack of formal evaluation and in retrospect, seeking comments through focus groups would have been beneficial to the project.
Aboriginal Stories About End of Life Care Booklet
2015 Rural Health and Research Conference Presentation
Kay Cope
Palliative Care Clinical Services Manager
kay.cope@health.nsw.gov.au
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Kenya has recovered Sh3bn graft money in 2 years: AG Kihara
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by Newsroom Feb 4, 2019 0
The government has recovered over Sh3 billion from proceeds of corruption and money laundering in the past two years, with at least 700 corruption cases going on in different parts.
Attorney-General Paul Kihara gave this report on Monday, adding that the State has frozen and recovered assets amounting to Sh2 billion, a large portion of Sh1.2 billion being from the NYS 2 case.
“We have at least over Sh3 billion in recoveries from corruption and money laundering cases,” Mr Kihara said in a speech read on his behalf by Assets Recovery Agency Director Muthoni Kimani.
“We are continuing with financial investigations into the [National Youth Service] case but we have also recovered assets that have been returned to the state,” stated the speech issued during an anti-money laundering and asset recovery workshop at Radisson Blu Hotel, Nairobi.
TOUGHER WAR
Mr Kihara noted that the government stepped up its fight against corruption through the establishment in 2015 of the National Task Force on Anti-Money Laundering.
The task force, responsible for increased investigations, arrests and prosecutions, is chaired by the National Treasury, with members including the AG and representatives from the Financial Reporting Centre (FRC), law enforcement agencies and institutions in the private sector, which are key in regulating financial transactions and are obligated to report suspicious ones.
“Our focus on asset recovery has the highest political will from President Uhuru Kenyatta, who has expressed his commitment in terms of the law and resources,” Mr Kihara pointed out.
The AG, however, said he was concerned that advancements in technology had made it easy to move and hide illicit funds, with terrorism continuing to gain prominence in the age of globalisation.
The world is facing challenges due to rising transnational organised crimes and syndicates involved in illegal acts such terrorism, corruption, counterfeits, wildlife, human and drug trafficking and cybercrimes, he said.
Ms Kimani explained that identifying and tracing the assets is a complicated process which takes time and needs multi-agency approaches, so they have collaborated with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)
“Police and the DCI deal with predicate offences such as fraud, corruption, embezzlement and economic crimes and so when we go to them they give us information and we investigate, follow and trace the assets,” she explained.
The director reported that they have seize cars, houses and other properties and recovered at least Sh500 million in the NYS 1 case.
Ms Kimani said that Kenya is yet to carry out a national risk assessment to be able to know high risk areas for money laundering but exuded confidence that it is now difficult to launder money with new laws in place.
Markus Green, board member of the Conference of Western Attorneys General Africa Alliance Partnership (CWA,G AAP), which organised the workshop, said prosecutors and investigators should be given tools to combat transnational crimes.
Mr Green noted that “the game has changed”, with criminals turning to developments such as cryptocurrencies and the dark web.
“The question is capacity; having enough trained prosecutors. How can we train the prosecutors and the judges to make sure everyone is on the same page and working together?”
He explained that asset forfeiture and taking away the liberties of criminals are some of the key ways to curb the crime.
NIGERIA CASE
Mr Joseph Abang, Attorney-General of Cross River State in Nigeria, said that due to stricter legislations in the West African country, they have managed to recover over Sh10 billion ($100,000 million) in only two years and thwart other attempts at money laundering.
Mr Abang said that it has taken the country over 10 years to repatriate money laundered by former President Sani Abacha but that 2018 was a success since they recovered proceeds of corruption and money laundering from Swiss Bank and through USA’s Department of Justice.
“We have put in place proper legal frameworks, such as the Whistle Blowing Act, to nip the act at home and not wait until the money goes to foreign banks,” he said.
“They are now keeping the money in private homes because of enhanced legislation and enforcement. We are stifling their usual channels abroad it to make it hard for them to siphon the money,” said Mr Abang.
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4 of the most remote retreats in the Indian Ocean
By James Bell on Aug 23, 2011 in Accommodation, Africa, Asia, Honeymoons, Leisure Travel, Maldives, Mozambique, Regions, Resorts, Seychelles, Speciality Travel, Tanzania
The Indian Ocean is this planet’s third largest oceanic region stretching from the rugged coasts of Eastern Africa to the shores of Western Australia; it’s warm waters lap the sands of Southern Indo-China and the Indian subcontinent and wash across the beaches of the Arabian peninsula.
The Indian Ocean has become synonymous with remote beauty and unspoiled majesty. The gem like islands that dot its continental rims are recognised as some of the most breathtaking places on earth; a kaleidoscope of granitic paradises and shimmering coral sands that unassumingly nestle amongst a vast expanse of blue. It is this seemingly ethereal magnificence supplemented by a select portfolio of exclusive resorts and holiday properties that asserts the Indian Ocean as the home of the luxury retreat.
Mnemba Island, Tanzania – A country perhaps better known for its safaris than its sun downers; the territories of the Republic of Tanzania in fact extend from the mainland to 40 coastal islands ranging in size from the largest, Zanzibar, to the smallest uninhabited cays such as Toten and Maziwi. Mnemba Island is itself situated east of the quiet northern peninsula of Zanzibar. A tiny but beautifully formed island, Mnemba was named by Condé Nast Traveller as one of the three most romantic places on earth, perhaps in no small part thanks to the island’s heart shaped coastline. Mnemba is encompassed by a large oval reef that not only protects the island from strong tides but is a haven for marine life and thus a hotspot for divers. Mnemba is home to only one guest property, the eponymously named Mnemba Island Resort. Famed for its Robinson Crusoe-esque beach chic the resort consists of ten beautifully crafted en-suite bungalows featuring thatched pine branches and traditional Zanzibari palm matting.
Denis Private Island, Seychelles – We already know that this group of remote granitic islands is a favourite haunt for the likes of Prince William and Princess Catherine and even the briefest of glances will give you some idea why. An archipelago of 115 islands situated North East of Madagascar this smattering of idyllic islands offers unrivalled seclusion and intimacy. Without doubt one of the most detached and remote communities in the Seychelles is that of Denis Island; lying 95km north of the main island of Mahé, Denis is the epitome of seclusion and romance. The private island resort features only 25 stunningly appointed chalets dotted amongst the dense foliage and coconut trees and all featuring a panoramic sea view. The island is a haven for wildlife both on land and in the water so whether you decide to stroll down the meandering jungle pathways listening to the sweet serenade of bird song or explore the vibrant corals of the nearby reef you are sure to uncover something marvellous and exciting everyday.
Kanuhura, Maldives – In a remote corner of one of the most isolated island groups on Earth you will find Kanuhura, a microscopic white sandy isle hiding inconspicuously in the Lhaviyani Atoll. Accessed by sea plane a long wooden planked jetty leads in towards the 18 overwater bungalows that dominate the western shoreline. Boasting some of the best dive sites in the Maldives, a fitness studio, gymnasium, tennis courts, squash courts and a water sports centre as well as a boutique and spa guests can choose to do as much or as little as they wish. If Kanuhura itself isn’t quite remote enough for you then by day boat transfers will convey you to the nearby uninhabited Jenuhura island to relax and lounge or by night offer you the ultimate candle lit dining experience. Although the resort is an ideal retreat for honeymooners and couples, families are also welcome with a number of luxury duplex beach villas established to provide the space and amenities to satisfy the needs of any travelling party.
Vamizi Island, Mozmabique – Another destination you may not immediately associate with remote island chic, Mozambique in fact veils a star studded crest of islands that dot its coast in two distinctive archipelagos. Vamizi Island is located on the northern Quirimbas Island group and for those in search of a more rugged, authentic island adventure this is certainly the place to go. A desert island in every sense of the word there is no natural store of fresh water here so until a group of enthusiastic but environmentally sympathetic British investors established the lavish Vamizi Island resort and built a desalination plant and airstrip to boot there had been minimal human interaction on the island. Not as manicured as other more commercialised islands Vamizi still harbours that sense of wilderness and the excitement of the unknown. With just 13 villas each of which features a number of beautiful colonial furnishings as well as private gardens, guests are treated to a kind of by-gone elegance. Combined with miles of unspoiled beaches and the clearest of turquoise waters Vamizi certainly earns it place on my list.
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I’ve never been lucky enough to travel this far but it’s definitely on my to-do list. Some of those places look incredible :)
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A great recap. Maldives has long been on our list!
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Thanks, we certainly love it too!
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Denis is a great getaway island, real barefoot luxury. Take a book, suncream and shades cut yourself off from the world and take advantage of some of the best fishing and diving on offer anywhere….
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Alice Trindle, executive director of the Eastern Oregon Visitors Association, addresses the crowd during the dedication of the mural on the side of Red Apple on Tuesday. The mural is one of seven painted around the state to encourage tourism.
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Ontario Ron Verini cuts the ribbon for Ontario’s Oregon is Magic mural as a small crowd of people watch.
Oregon Mural Trail promotes area tourism
Larry Meyer The Argus Observer
Larry Meyer
ONTARIO — One of the components of the new Oregon Mural Trail was officially dedicated Tuesday by local officials and Oregon tourism leaders at a ceremony at the side of Red Apple Market Place, along Southwest Fourth Avenue.
The mural, which depicts horses running in the hills, on the south wall of the grocery store was painted by Portland artist Jesse Hazelip in September as part of a project under the auspices of Travel Oregon and the Oregon Cultural Trust to promote tourism in the state.
Ontario was selected as one of seven cities to get such a mural.
A small crowd gathered for the official ribbon-cutting which was attended by representatives of Travel Oregon, tourism agencies, the Cultural Trust, Ontario City officials and others.
The selected communities around the state, each in a tourism region, have or will have a mural specific to area where is it located.
“The Oregon Mural Trail was developed to inspire Oregonians and visiting explorers to get outside and experience the natural wonder of each destination, as well as to generate a sense of community pride, enhance local economic impact and contribute to local arts and cultural initiatives,” reads a news release about the program.
Alice Trindle, executive director of the Eastern Oregon Visitors Association, said the Oregon Mural Trail is just one of the campaigns that Travel Oregon is working on right now.
One of those is the “Only Slightly Exaggerated” artwork highlighting the fall- and winter-time adventures in Oregon through limited-edition posters.
Trindle said there are ads running on cable channels in Idaho touting the eastern Oregon region.
Also on hand was Todd Davidson, CEO of Travel Oregon, who said, “It’s about bringing people to the region.”
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Davidson said the economic impacts to the state from tourism amounts to about $11.8 billion, amounting to about 112,000 jobs, with about 600 of them in Malheur County.
All murals have the “Oregon is Magic” logo and other murals are or will be in The Dalles, Prineville, Oakridge, Forest Grove, Roseburg and Yachats.
Also participating in the ceremony were Ontario Mayor Ron Verini, and Four Rivers Cultural Center Executive Director Matt Stringer, who is also on the board of Oregon Cultural Trust.
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She’s My Mother
Alzheimers.net Staff
Author and caregiver, Annette Januzzi Wick, shares her personal experiences on transitioning loved ones with dementia with Alzheimers.net, for those beginning this process.
At 8 a.m., I was lounging in pajamas when the phone rang. For the past hour, I had been reviewing my place in the maze of a manuscript and revising it thusly.
The caller identified herself as the nurse at my mother’s memory care home. “Your mother fell, we’re sending her to the ER.” she told me, setting my day off in a direction different. “Where do you want her sent?”
Despite the emergency, I hemmed and hawed, contemplating my decision. During Mom’s last admission, we battled with staff at that hospital to transition Mom to her care home and not skilled nursing. Second, her in-house doctor had privileges at this next hospital of my choosing.
I arrived in the ER shortly after the phone call, to find Mom sleepy. She dozed most of the day while enduring rounds of tests in the ER. X-rays, CT scans, MRIs.
Late that evening, she and I settled into a room on the neurology-trauma-orthopedic floor. I kissed Mom goodnight with the hopes morning would find her chipper and simply sore.
I rose early to beat the traffic. In my experience, I knew there was the chance the doctors would round early.
Mom was still snoozing, looking peaceful. I had steeled myself for how I would find her. Always, after one of Mom’s incidents, I scrutinized her level of engagement and ask myself, Where is she on the continuum of forgetting? Always, I answer, Half-way there, wherever there might be.
I nudged her awake and she spoke in a drowsy fashion, not wanting to open her eyes, but still eating spoon-fed oatmeal and eggs. She moved around in bed, in obvious pain despite no broken bones.
Finally, the in-house orthopedic doctor stopped by.
“Hi, I’m Doctor O.”
“Hi, I’m Jean’s daughter.”
“So you want to tell me what happen?”
I retold the story, making certain to include her dementia.
“Well, I’ve looked at her tests and don’t see fractures. You know she’s old, and may have decided to check out.”
Was that his “diagnosis”?
“Sure, she fell, but I don’t think she’s checking it out,” I said flippantly.
“I guess we can get PT in here, see if that helps, but this may be where’s she’s at.”
“She may have to go to skilled care.”
I decided not to waste my breath on why skilled care didn’t work for someone with dementia.
I let him walk out. Actually, I wanted to push him out the window.
While doctors are being counseled to advise patients and families on end-of-life issues, it was inappropriate for a doctor who had no history with my mother to make such a pronouncement.
An hour later, the hospitalist rounded. After our introductions, he offered his own misinformed assessment.
“I don’t see signs of anything broken. She’s less alert than I would expect. I guess in the ER they gave her pain meds.”
“They did,” I asked, alarmed. “But I was with her the entire time.”
“Are you sure,” I questioned Dr. H. again.
“Yep, the ER doc told me she was given morphine, that’s why she’s out of it.”
“What? Can you look it up?”
He appeared reluctant to take advice from a five-foot tall, non-medical person wearing orange sneakers.
The doctor turned towards the computer. “Here it is, no, wait. No, it’s probably on this screen. I guess she didn’t get pain meds.”
“You guess? Or there’s nothing in here?”
“I thought ER told me they gave her pain meds. But oh well.”
By now I was huffing.
“What does it say about her blood work? Her loopiness makes me think she has a UTI.”
“It could just be because she is old and confused.”
“Let me check. Yes. A UTI. Antibiotics were ordered this morning.”
What if there hadn’t been a family member around to grill those doctors? What would they have prescribed or missed, based on their lack of knowledge?
Hospitals need to evaluate staff that is no longer concerned about aging patients. While those doctors promote prolonging life through unnecessary treatments, when faced with the prospect of administering to the elderly with compassion, they have lost interest in dispensing care.
I will not fight for my mother’s last breath. She has had too many incidents in which I find her to be vulnerable with her quality of life slowly slipping away.
However, I will not cast off those doctors’ comments. Mom has returned to her care home surrounded by those who love her. And I will be sending a letter to the hospital informing them of their doctor’s actions.
If those doctors would have taken two more minutes to listen to her background or her daughter, they might have seen Mom for the human she is.
Annette Januzzi Wick stands at the intersection of words and life. She has developed an authentic voice, stemming from experiences of leading and connecting in various communities through creativity and words. Her passion for developing links, for rooting people to a certain place, is evident in her writing and her life and conversations, covering issues not always apparent on the surface but drive straight to the heart of humanity. Learn more about Annette at her website: http://annettejanuzziwick.com/
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Samsung Selects Anritsu for Automated Smartphone Testing
The MD8475A Signalling Tester allows Samsung to efficiently and fully test their wide range of smartphone products against many different network configurations.
Anritsu Singapore – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies has selected Anritsu’s (www.Anritsu.com) MD8475A Signaling Tester with SmartStudio Manager software for automated smartphone testing.
Samsung’s smartphones support many different combinations of radio access technologies (RATs) such as LTE, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, GSM and CDMA2000, across many frequency bands. They must be tested to meet the stringent interoperability requirements of over 200 network operators worldwide. In order to bring products to market ahead of the competition, it is essential for Samsung to use reliable test equipment with robust automation for fast, unattended product verification.
Anritsu's MD8475A is a reliable and powerful network simulator supporting all required radio technologies in a small footprint unit. The MD8475A’s built-in server for IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) test capability supports critical user features. The MD8475A includes SmartStudio, an easy to use graphical interface enabling easy editing of call parameters. The SmartStudio Manager PC software enables easy creation and execution of fully automated test sequences. Samsung engineers have created over 100 automated test sequences to verify smartphone functions including IMS connectivity with these easy to use tools. Samsung’s many global R&D sites are adopting this solution to efficiently test their smartphone portfolio.
“Anritsu is delighted that Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, has selected the MD8475A as a key tool in their development process”, stated Mr. Takahashi Toshihiko, Senior Vice President of R&D at Anritsu. “Samsung’s selection shows how Anritsu’s MD8475A helps LTE device makers ensure their product quality in an intensely competitive market while reducing the product launch cycle time.”
“Anritsu has proven itself to be a good partner” said Mr. Park, Yun-Sang, Senior Vice President at Samsung Electronics. “The MD8475A allows us to fully test our wide range of smartphone products against many different network configurations in the most efficient manner,” he added.
About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2011 consolidated sales of US$143.1 billion. Employing approximately 206,000 people in 197 offices across 72 countries, the company operates two separate organizations to coordinate its nine independent business units: Digital Media & Communications, comprising Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, and Digital Imaging; and Device Solutions, consisting of Memory, System LSI and LED. Recognized for its industry-leading performance across a range of economic, environmental and social criteria, Samsung Electronics was named the world’s most sustainable technology company in the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Index. For more information, please visit (www.Samsung.com).
Anritsu Corporation (www.Anritsu.com) has been a provider of innovative communications solutions for 120 years. The company's test and measurement solutions include wireless, optical, microwave/RF and digital instruments, operations support systems and solutions that can be used during R&D, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance. Anritsu also provides precision microwave/RF components, optical devices, and high-speed devices for design into communication products and systems. With the addition of OSS monitoring solutions it has expanded its offering to provide complete solutions for existing and next-generation wireline and wireless communication systems and service providers. Anritsu sells in over 90 countries worldwide with approximately 4,000 employees.
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Gwen Stefani defends Blake Shelton's 'Sexiest Man Alive' title: 'He's just such an incredible person'
Desiree Murphy
Dec 8th 2017 12:31PM
Gwen Stefani is standing by her man!
The "You Make It Feel Like Christmas" singer was a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday, where she opened up about her boyfriend of two years, Blake Shelton, receiving People's "Sexiest Man Alive" honor. The No Doubt rocker revealed that she actually had a lot to do with him accepting the honor.
"I feel totally responsible because he's so not that person," she joked. "He doesn't even like to do a photo shoot. You can never convince him to do it."
As for all the haters who have been criticizing the magazine's decision?
"It was just chaos, craziness," Stefani admitted. "If you think about it, what defines sexy? It really is so personal, you know what I mean? For me, it's just that big ol' heart and that sense of humor. He doesn't even take himself seriously, and he's just such an incredible person. And that's sexy to me."
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani together
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 07: (L-R) Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani during the 54th Academy Of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 07, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/ACMA2019/FilmMagic for ACM )
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 07: (L-R) Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani pose in the audience during the 54th Academy Of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 07, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by John Shearer/ACMA2019/Getty Images for ACM)
SANTA MONICA, CA - NOVEMBER 11: 2018 E! PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS -- Pictured: (l-r) Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Mae Whitman and Christina Hendricks pose during the 2018 E! People's Choice Awards held at the Barker Hangar on November 11, 2018 -- NUP_185072 -- (Photo by Christopher Polk/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
SANTA MONICA, CA - NOVEMBER 11: 2018 E! PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS -- Pictured: (l-r) Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton backstage during the 2018 E! People's Choice Awards held at the Barker Hangar on November 11, 2018 -- NUP_185073 -- (Photo by Todd Williamson/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
SANTA MONICA, CA - NOVEMBER 11: 2018 E! PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS -- Pictured: (l-r) Carson Daly, Siri Pinter, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton pose with their awards for Competition Show of 2018 for' The Voice' backstage during the 2018 E! People's Choice Awards held at the Barker Hangar on November 11, 2018 -- NUP_185073 -- (Photo by Todd Williamson/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
SANTA MONICA, CA - NOVEMBER 11: 2018 E! PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS -- Pictured: (l-r) Carson Daly, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton on stage during the 2018 E! People's Choice Awards held at the Barker Hangar on November 11, 2018 -- NUP_185094 -- (Photo by Alberto Rodriguez/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
❤️🙏🏻 #vegas #justagirl @blakeshelton gx #picsbysophiemuller
LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 28: Singer Gwen Stefani (L) and recording artist Blake Shelton attend the grand opening of her 'Gwen Stefani - Just a Girl' residency at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on June 28, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 28: Singer Gwen Stefani (L) and recording artist Blake Shelton attend the grand opening of the 'Gwen Stefani - Just a Girl' residency at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on June 28, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/FilmMagic)
LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 15: Blake Shelton (L) and Gwen Stefani attend the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 15, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/ACMA2018/FilmMagic for ACM)
LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 15: Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani attend the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 15, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by John Shearer/ACMA2018/Getty Images for ACM)
LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 15: Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani attend the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 15, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jason Merritt/ACMA2018/Getty Images for ACM)
@blakeshelton have a good show tonight we r missing u in L.A.❤️ gx
#youmakeitfeellikechristmas @nbcthevoice @blakeshelton #backstage gx
#❤️ #countrymusicfreakstour2018 @blakeshelton #stlouismissouri gx
Yay!! It was incredible to write with @BlakeShelton & share the stage for a song that is so joyful & Christmas-y! #YouMakeItFeelLikeChristmas #LuckyGirl 💋✨
EAST HAMPTON, NY - AUGUST 20: Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani attend the Apollo in the Hamptons 2016 party at The Creeks on August 20, 2016 in East Hampton, New York. (Photo by Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
EAST HAMPTON, NY - AUGUST 20: Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani perform at Apollo in the Hamptons 2016 at The Creeks on August 20, 2016 in East Hampton, New York. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Apollo)
EAST HAMPTON, NY - AUGUST 20: Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Ronald O. Perelman attend Apollo in the Hamptons 2016 at The Creeks on August 20, 2016 in East Hampton, New York. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Apollo)
EAST HAMPTON, NY - AUGUST 20: Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani attend Apollo in the Hamptons 2016 at The Creeks on August 20, 2016 in East Hampton, New York. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Apollo)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 22: Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are seen on stage during the 2016 Billboard Music Awards held at the T-Mobile Arena on May 22, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by JB Lacroix/WireImage)
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani embrace after performing "Go Ahead And Break My Heart" at the 2016 Billboard Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., May 22, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 22: Recording artists Gwen Stefani (L) and Blake Shelton perform onstage during the 2016 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 22, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
BURBANK, CA - MAY 09: Singers Blake Shelton (L) and Gwen Stefani perform on the Honda Stage at the iHeartRadio Theater on May 9, 2016 in Burbank, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)
DISNEY CHANNEL PRESENTS THE RADIO DISNEY MUSIC AWARDS - Entertainment's brightest young stars turned out for the 2016 Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMA), music's biggest event for families, at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 30. 'Disney Channel Presents the 2016 Radio Disney Music Awards' airs Sunday, May 1 (7:00 p.m. EDT). (Image Group LA /Disney Channel) BLAKE SHELTON, GWEN STEFANI
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 28: Recording artists Gwen Stefani (L) and Blake Shelton arrive at the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 14: Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani attend the 2016 Pre-GRAMMY Gala and Salute to Industry Icons honoring Irving Azoff at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 14, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 14: Recording artists Blake Shelton (L) and Gwen Stefani attend the 2016 Pre-GRAMMY Gala and Salute to Industry Icons honoring Irving Azoff at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 14, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)
GLENDALE, AZ - DECEMBER 27: Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton wave to fans prior to the NFL game between the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium on December 27, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ - DECEMBER 27: Musicians Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton attend the NFL game between the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals at the University of Phoenix Stadium on December 27, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Dec 27, 2015; Glendale, AZ, USA; Recording artist Gwen Stefani (left) and country singer boyfriend Blake Shelton on the Arizona Cardinals sideline prior to the game against the Green Bay Packers at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Cast member Blake Shelton and singer Gwen Stefani laugh at the party following the premiere for "The Angry Birds Movie" in Los Angeles, U.S., May 7, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0126 -- Pictured: (l-r) Singer Gwen Stefani and singer Blake Shelton during a lip synch battle on September 17, 2014 -- (Photo by: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
THE VOICE -- Season: 7 -- Pictured: (l-r) Adam Levine, Carson Daly, Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, Pharrell Williams -- (Photo by: Art Streiber/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
THE VOICE -- 'Blind Auditions' Episode 701 -- Pictured: (l-r) Adam Levine, Gwen Stefani, Pharrell Williams, Blake Shelton -- (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
THE VOICE -- 'Blind Auditions' Episode 701 -- Pictured: (l-r) Adam Levine, Pharrell Williams, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Carson Daly -- (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
THE VOICE -- 'Blind Auditions' Episode 701 -- Pictured: (l-r) Adam Levine, Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, Pharrell Williams -- (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
THE VOICE -- 'Live Show' Episode 718B -- Pictured: (l-r) Gwen Stefani, Craig Wayne Boyd, Blake Shelton -- (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
THE VOICE -- 'Season 9 Press Junket' -- Pictured: (l-r) Pharrell Williams, Adam Levine, Carson Daly, Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton -- (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0353 -- Pictured: (l-r) Singer Adam Levine, singer Gwen Stefani, host Jimmy Fallon, singer Blake Shelton, and singer Pharrell Williams play Spin the Microphone with The Voice Coaches on October 26, 2015 -- (Photo by: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
THE VOICE -- 'Blind Auditions' -- Pictured: (l-r) Pharrell Williams, Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton -- (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 27: Singers Adam Levine,Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Pharell Williams are seen on the 'Today Show'on October 27, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Raymond Hall/GC Images)
THE VOICE -- 'Live Top 11' Episode 915B -- Pictured: (l-r) Adam Levine, Gwen Stefani, Pharrell Williams, Blake Shelton -- (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
THE VOICE -- 'Live Semis' Episode 917B -- Pictured: (l-r) Adam Levine, Gwen Stefani, Pharrell Williams, Blake Shelton -- (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Stefani, 48, and Shelton, 41, started dating in November 2015 after the two called it quits from their spouses, Gavin Rossdale and Miranda Lambert. Host Ellen DeGeneres asked Stefani if they would have gotten together years ago, had she met him earlier.
"I still can't believe that," Stefani said, shaking her head in disbelief. "No."
At one point in the show, Stefani also opened up about the wildfires that broke out in Southern California this week. She said she was home alone at the time, as Shelton was traveling.
"I'm OK," the blond beauty said. "Literally Blake flew out the morning of [the fires] and I'm like, 'You're going to leave me here in the fire? Like, this is crazy.'"
"My little boy, what I was really proud of is, Kingston kept me texting me," she said of her eldest 11-year-old son. "He was like, 'Mom, I'm praying for you. I hope that God puts a forcefield around us and the winds blow the other way.' He was getting very, like... because we were scared. It's scary and who knows what's going to happen next."
DeGeneres revealed she had to evacuate her Santa Barbara home, as did Lea Michele. ET caught up with the actress at The Hollywood Reporter's Power 100 Women in Entertainment breakfast on Wednesday, where she opened up about the blazes that have torn through homes and neighborhoods, forcing thousands to evacuate their residences.
Wildfire in Ventura County, California
VENTURA, CA - DECEMBER 5: Smoke blows out of the burning palm trees as brush fire threaten homes on December 5, 2017 in Ventura, California. (Photo by Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
VENTURA, CA - DECEMBER 5: Firefighters work to control the western side of Grant Park as brushfire engulf most of the vegetation on the hill, on December 5, 2017 in Ventura, California. (Photo by Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
A man waters his home as firefighters battle a wildfire as it burns along a hillside near homes in Santa Paula, California, on December 5, 2017. Fast-moving, wind-fueled brush fire exploded to about 10,000 acres in Ventura County Monday night, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes, officials said. / AFP PHOTO / RINGO CHIU (Photo credit should read RINGO CHIU/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - A firefighter battles a wildfire as it burns along a hillside near homes in Santa Paula, California, on December 5, 2017. Fast-moving, wind-fueled brush fire exploded to about 10,000 acres in Ventura County Monday night, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes, officials said. / AFP PHOTO / RINGO CHIU (Photo credit should read RINGO CHIU/AFP/Getty Images)
A woman evacuates her home as a wildfire burns along a hillside near homes in Santa Paula, California, on December 5, 2017. Fast-moving, wind-fueled brush fire exploded to about 10,000 acres in Ventura County Monday night, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes, officials said. / AFP PHOTO / RINGO CHIU (Photo credit should read RINGO CHIU/AFP/Getty Images)
A firefighter looks at a house burnt to the ground during the Thomas wildfire in Ventura, California on December 5, 2017. Fast-moving, wind-fueled brush fire exploded to about 10,000 acres in Ventura County Monday night, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes, officials said. / AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
A firefighter battles a wildfire as it burns along a hillside near homes in Santa Paula, California, on December 5, 2017. Fast-moving, wind-fueled brush fire exploded to about 10,000 acres in Ventura County Monday night, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes, officials said. / AFP PHOTO / RINGO CHIU (Photo credit should read RINGO CHIU/AFP/Getty Images)
Embers blow from burned trees as strong winds push the Thomas Fire across thousands of acres near Santa Paula, California, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/David McNew TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
A home burns as strong winds push the Thomas Fire across thousands of acres near Santa Paula, California, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/David McNew TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Smoke rises into the night sky as strong winds push the Thomas Fire across thousands of acres near Santa Paula, California, U.S., December 4, 2017. REUTERS/David McNew
A burned truck smolders on a country road at night as strong winds push the Thomas Fire across thousands of acres near Santa Paula, California, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/David McNew
Downtown is darkened by a power outage with smoke rising in the distance as strong winds push the Thomas Fire across thousands of acres in Santa Paula, California, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/David McNew
Embers blow from burned trees as strong winds push the Thomas Fire across thousands of acres near Santa Paula, California, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/David McNew
Property burns at night as strong winds push the Thomas Fire across thousands of acres near Santa Paula, California, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/David McNew
The burned remains of crashed cars are seen at night on a country road as strong winds push the Thomas Fire across thousands of acres near Santa Paula, California, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/David McNew
A structure burns as strong winds push the Thomas Fire across thousands of acres near Santa Paula, California, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/David McNew
A home burns as strong winds push the Thomas Fire across thousands of acres near Santa Paula, California, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/David McNew
Embers blow from a tree shortly before it fell down near burned cars as strong winds push the Thomas Fire across thousands of acres near Santa Paula, California, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/David McNew
A fire crew passes a burning home during a wind-driven wildfire in Ventura, California, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
A firefighter inspects a burning home during a wind-driven wildfire in Ventura, California, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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D’HOUNDT+BAJART Architects & Associates
House AB Extension / D’HOUNDT+BAJART Architects & Associates
05:00 - 14 June, 2016
© Pierre Rogeaux
65.0 sqm
Pierre Rogeaux , Julien Lanoo
Prime Contractor
D'HOUNDT+BAJART Architects & Associates
© Julien Lanoo
Text description provided by the architects. Strato Castor
« There’s a blackberry bush of this type upstream to Stamper house, a very dense thicket, so tangled and bushy, that even bears bypass it : around the bones left by deer and covered with moss, and the mooses that get caught up when they try to clear a pass through, stands a wall of spines that seems to be totally impenetrable.(…)
When the spring’s sun used to shine above the blackberry bush, the light would filter through the leaves, enough for Hank to clear path, and he would spend hours on all fours, exploring the feasible ways. »
Ken Kesey, Sometimes A Great Notion (Et quelquefois j’ai une grande idée), Monsieur Toussaint Louverture, p.136.
To Divert a House (like we divert rivers)
The residents have prefered to enlarge their home rather than moving elsewhere, as they are in love with their neighborhood. Raised by one floor, the Castor House (Maison Castor ) stands out from a row of brick houses, semi-detached and symetric. As if it has grown overnight, it finds itself covered by a surprising new level wearing a tangle of wooden battens strangely reminding of an animal house.
The elevation, with its simple geometry and proportions, is similar to a Monopoly house : four sides, pitched roof. Recognizable at first glance, it expresses the familiar image of the small house in the urban zones. Painted in red-orange metallic color, the covering, as a superposition of anarchic trellises, covers the added building.
Perched above the roofs and graphically separated from the whole, the volume set gives an impression of lightness. Twigs set down by the wind or brought one by one by an industrious animal, the chaotic hatchings stop short in the roofs alignment of neighboring houses. The adjoining twinning is disrupted, but respected. The harmony is restored by color reminders on the woodworks and the gate.
Evident Fantasy
Simple elevation in appearance, the house transformation is a true rehabilitation. Emptied as a shell, the original façade is used as both a base and a case which welcomes the new building within it. The interior structure offers an enhanced insulation for a better energy performance. The protective effect given by the extension’s envelope is thus affecting the entire housing.
The elevation has two openings at the front. A clear window captures maximum brightness, while the battens spread over the other window and hide it from inquisitive looks. From the inside, the residents benefit day after day from the infinite variation of the light, as filtered through the branches.
Full of contrasts, the Castor House (Maison Castor) offers a subtle mixture of vegetable and mineral, animal and urban, personal and collective. It appears in total opposition to the urban context: an environment without excess, where the housing is strictly functional. It is also against the current trend, which is to raise by putting in a minimalist parallelepiped on the existing. For both the residents and the architects, the Castor House (Maison Castor) is a gesture of poetry and fantasy, a position statement, a mark of generosity. This is a slightly absurd proposal to enlarge its nest.
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Full mask puppet company Vamos, Torch Theatre
February 23, 2018 by Mike Smith
“Dear mum, things are a bit tough right now. But don’t worry – I’m ok. I’ll tell you about it when I get back.”
Afghanistan: 2009. Under bright blue skies, a small girl stands and watches the soldier. She smiles, just like his sister…
Ryan is there to see the world, learn a trade, get a life. Training is complete, combat is a buzz; he’s part of a team, and knows his job. But on one particular hot and desperate tour of duty, Ryan sees things he can’t talk about, to anyone. And then, when he returns home, the trouble really begins.
Vamos Theatre presents a co-production with Mercury Theatre Colchester and a co-commission with London International Mime Festival, produced with support from Jyväskylä Festival, Finland.
Vamos Theatre is the UK’s leading full mask theatre company. Praised by press and public alike for its consummate full mask skills, engaging storytelling, physical dexterity and emotional insight, the company continues to involve and engage audiences across borders and boundaries, taking on challenging themes with poignancy, humour and humanity.
Created from two years of research with ex and serving soldiers, families and health professionals, A Brave Face explores Post-Traumatic Stress in the military, an unseen and often unrecognised injury of war. With compassion and fearlessness, Vamos brings its trademark, wordless, full mask style to a story that needs to be told.
Torch Theatre on Wed 7 March 2018, 7:30pm.
A Brave Face is suitable for audiences age 12 years + and is accessible for hearing and d/Deaf audiences alike.
Vamos Theatre Presents ‘A Brave Face’ comes to the Torch Theatre on Wed 7 March 2018, 7:30pm. Tickets: £13.00 Full | £12.00 Concessions | £10.00 Under 26
Duration: Approximately 80 mins plus interval
Tickets are available from the Torch Theatre Box Office on 01646 695267 or online at http://torchtheatre.co.uk/
Posted in News/ NewyddionTagged A Brave Face, Milford Haven, Torch Theatre, Vamos
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NASA Mars Orbiters Reveal Seasonal Dust Storm Pattern
After decades of research to discern seasonal patterns in Martian dust storms from images showing the dust, but the clearest pattern appears to be captured by measuring the temperature of the Red Planet's atmosphere. For six recent Martian years, temperature records from NASA Mars orbiters reveal a pattern of three types of large regional dust storms occurring in sequence at about the same times each year during the southern hemisphere spring and summer. Each Martian year lasts about two Earth years.
"When we look at the temperature structure instead of the visible dust, we finally see some regularity in the large dust storms," said David Kass of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. He is the instrument scientist for the Mars Climate Sounder on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and lead author of a report about these findings posted this week by the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
"Recognizing a pattern in the occurrence of regional dust storms is a step toward understanding the fundamental atmospheric properties controlling them," he said. "We still have much to learn, but this gives us a valuable opening."
Dust lofted by Martian winds links directly to atmospheric temperature: The dust absorbs sunlight, so the sun heats dusty air more than clear air. In some cases, this can be dramatic, with a difference of more than 63 Fahrenheit degrees (35 Celsius degrees) between dusty air and clear air. This heating also affects the global wind distribution, which can produce downward motion that warms the air outside the dust-heated regions. Thus, temperature observations capture both direct and indirect effects of the dust storms on the atmosphere.
Improving the ability to predict large-scale, potentially hazardous dust storms on Mars would have safety benefits for planning robotic and human missions to the planet's surface. Also, by recognizing patterns and categories of dust storms, researchers make progress toward understanding how seasonal local events affect global weather in a typical Mars year.
NASA has been operating orbiters at Mars continuously since 1997. The Mars Climate Sounder on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which reached Mars in 2006, and the Thermal Emission Spectrometer on Mars Global Surveyor, which studied Mars from 1997 to 2006, have used infrared observations to assess atmospheric temperature. Kass and co-authors analyzed temperature data representative of a broad layer centered about 16 miles (25 kilometers) above the Martian surface. That's high enough to be more affected by regional storms than by local storms.
Most Martian dust storms are localized, smaller than about 1,200 miles (about 2,000 kilometers) across and dissipating within a few days. Some become regional, affecting up to a third of the planet and persisting up to three weeks. A few encircle Mars, covering the southern hemisphere but not the whole planet. Twice since 1997, global dust storms have fully enshrouded Mars. The behavior of large regional dust storms in Martian years that include global dust storms is currently unclear, and years with a global storm were not included in the new analysis.
Three large regional storms, dubbed types A, B and C, all appeared in each of the six Martian years investigated.
Multiple small storms form sequentially near Mars' north pole in the northern autumn, similar to Earth's cold-season arctic storms that swing one after another across North America.
"On Mars, some of these break off and head farther south along favored tracks," Kass said. "If they cross into the southern hemisphere, where it is mid-spring, they get warmer and can explode into the much larger Type A dust storms."
Southern hemisphere spring and summer on modern-day Mars are much warmer than northern spring and summer, because the eccentricity of Mars' orbit puts the planet closest to the sun near the end of southern spring. Southern spring and summer have long been recognized as the dustiest part of the Martian year and the season of global dust storms, even though the more detailed pattern documented in the new report had not been previously described.
When a Type A storm from the north moves into southern-hemisphere spring, the sunlight on the dust warms the atmosphere. That energy boosts the speed of winds. The stronger winds lift more dust, further expanding the area and vertical reach of the storm.
In contrast, the Type B storm starts close to the south pole shortly before the beginning of southern summer. Its origin may be from winds generated at the edge of the retreating south-polar carbon dioxide ice cap. Multiple storms may contribute to a regional haze.
The Type C storm starts after the B storm ends. It originates in the north during northern winter (southern summer) and moves to the southern hemisphere like the Type A storm. From one year to another, the C storm varies more in strength, in terms of peak temperature and duration, than the A and B storms do.
The longevity of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has helped enable studies such as this of seasonal patterns on Mars. JPL provided the Mars Climate Sounder instrument and manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Arizona State University, Tempe, provided the Thermal Emission Spectrometer for Mars Global Surveyor. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built both orbiters.
Credit: jpl.nasa.gov
Tags: JPL, Mars, NASA, orbiter, spacecraft
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Vodafone Buys Vehicle-Tracking Software Company
U.K.-based Vodafone Group plc has acquired 74% of Italian telematics provider Cobra Automotive Technologies SpA.
U.K.-based Vodafone Group plc has acquired 74% of Italian telematics provider Cobra Automotive Technologies SpA. Terms were not disclosed.
Vodafone is the world's second-largest wireless carrier system after China Mobile Ltd. The company, which also has offered to buy the rest of Cobra Automotive from remaining shareholders, says the acquisition will help it expand its cellular services to include in-vehicle connectivity and services.
Cobra Automotive offers antitheft, park assist and/or telematic systems and tracking services for insurance companies, fleet operators and such carmakers as Audi, Bentley, Ferrari, Infiniti, Hyundai/Kia, Lamborghini, Maserati, McLaren, Nissan, Porsche, Renault, Toyota, Volvo and Volkswagen.
Vodafone already has deals with Audi, BMW and Volkswagen to supply in-vehicle SIM data cards, which carry service subscriber data.
The company's Cobra purchase is the latest move by wireless and Internet service providers to pursue the emerging vehicle connectivity market. In 2012 Verizon Communications Inc. bought Hughes Telematics Inc. And in May Google Inc. revealed plans to test its own self-driving minicar, which is designed to operate with no steering wheel or control pedals.
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Annette Bening explains why she was written out of American Crime Story: Katrina
Sam Barsanti
American Crime Story: Katrina
(Photo: Getty Images for AFI, Christopher Polk)
Way back in February, we reported that Annette Bening was attached to star in FX’s American Crime Story: Katrina as Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco, but a few months later the production “stalled” and series mastermind Ryan Murphy decided to delay Katrina in favor of The Assassination Of Gianni Versace. In August, Murphy came back and announced that the show had been retooled, with the story now being adapted from Sheri Fink’s Five Days At Memorial instead of being a more general story of how the government screwed up its Hurricane Katrina response.
Speaking with Vanity Fair, Bening explained that the new version of the show no longer had a place for her, since the story now concerns a hospital that was forced to euthanize a number of critical patients when it was left without power for days and Governor Blanco doesn’t have much of a role there. She says the original Five Days At Memorial book is one of the “completely brilliant and thorough and thoughtful” books about Katrina, so she seems to agree that Murphy made the right choice by focusing on that story. “It was a great, great tragedy,” she says of Katrina, adding that there was a lot of “unnecessary suffering and death because of racism and poverty,” so it was important that Murphy tell the story “in the way that he thinks is right.”
Sarah Paulson is now set to star in Katrina, and Murphy is still hoping to find new roles for Dennis Quaid and Matthew Broderick, who were supposed to star in the original incarnation with Bening.
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Parole and probation sends hundreds of thousands of people back to prison
About a quarter of people behind bars in the U.S. on any given day are there for violating parole or probation, often times because of technical violations such as missing supervision appointments or failing a drug test, according to new data collected by The Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSG).
Data: The Council of State Governments Justice Center; Table: Harry Stevens/Axios
Why it matters: Probation and parole are alternatives to incarceration that are designed to help lower the prison population and allow people to more easily integrate back into their communities. But perfectly following the rules of parole and probation can prove difficult, and many violators end up back in prison.
In 20 states, more than half of prison admissions are for parole or probation violations.
"What it becomes after a certain period of time is a bunch of trip wires for people to fall over," reform advocate and Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner told Axios on HBO..
There are times when people who have violated parole and probation should be detained, but it happens too often and for "very minor things," he said.
By the numbers: In 2018, there were an estimated 4.5 million adults under probation or parole — that's 1 in 55 American adults, according to study by Pew Charitable Trusts. Hundreds of thousands of those people end up back in jail or prison each year.
And it's expensive. Probation and parole violations cost state prisons $9.3 billion every year, according to the CSG study.
That doesn't include the costs of arresting and incarcerating offenders in local jails before they are sent to a state prison.
$2.8 billion of the cost is for technical violations of parole or probation, rather than someone committing a new offense while under supervision.
In Missouri, more than half of state prison admissions in 2017 were for technical parole or probation violations. Missouri has the 10th highest incarceration rate in the world, according to the Prison Policy Initiative.
Stef W. Kight, Dan Primack Jun 8, 2019
Special report: Profiting from prison
A handful of American businesses have their fingers in almost every aspect of prison life, raking in billions of dollars every year for products and services — often with little oversight.
The big picture: Taxpayers, incarcerated people and their families spend around $85 billion a year on public and private correction facilities, bail and prison services, according to the Prison Policy Initiative.
For-profit prison companies arose in response to the government's incapacity to handle the skyrocketing incarcerated population.
Now entrenched, they've become "one more hurdle" to changing the American system of mass incarceration, Lauren-Brooke Eisen of the Brennan Center for Justice told Axios.
These companies also have been known to cut corners — sometimes endangering people — in order to profit off of a system that disproportionately impacts the impoverished and marginalized.
Here's how they make money:
📞 Phone calls
About 80% of inmate calls go through Securus or GTL, both owned by private equity and known for sometimes charging outrageous fees ($8.20 for the first minute, in one case cited in a lawsuit).
People in prison also can be charged extra to open and close phone accounts, plus a surcharge to fund them in the first place.
🚑 Medical services
The largest private provider of medical services to prisons is believed to be Corizon Health, operating in 220 facilities in 17 states and owned by a New York City hedge fund.
Pricing: Corizon was paid $15.16 per incarcerated person per day for medical staffing in Arizona's prisons, before being accused of cheating state monitors and losing the account to another private company.
🍔 Food services
Two companies — Aramark and Trinity Services — provide meals in around 800 state and local facilities.
The Michigan Department of Corrections awarded a $145 million contract to Aramark, then fired the company for everything from "meal shortages to maggots in the kitchen," and replaced the company with Trinity at an annual cost of $158 million.
Problems persisted under Trinity, causing Michigan to abandon privatized food services in its kitchens.
🚗 Transportation services
Tennessee-based Prisoner Transportation Services is the largest provider of transportation for jails and prisons.
In 2016, PTS priced its services to Nevada at $1.05 per adult per mile, with higher rates for minors or those with mental disabilities. The minimum trip fee was $350.
In the past several years, 14 women claimed to have been sexually assaulted by transportation guards and at least 4 people have died while being transported in PTS vehicles, per the Marshall Project.
👕 Clothes, toiletries, etc.
Incarcerated people and their families spend an estimated $1.6 billion every year on commissary items such as toiletries, clothes and games.
While these items aren't generally marked-up, people in prison make very little money to afford what they need.
Keefe Group and Bob Barker Company are two companies that specialize in producing secure items as well as supplying cell furniture, guard equipment and supplies.
What’s next: With bipartisan attention focused on fighting high recidivism rates, for-profit prison companies are expanding their businesses beyond prison walls.
They’re running re-entry programs intended to prepare people in prison for life after prison, providing ankle bracelets and other monitoring devices for parole and probation, and operating immigrant detention spaces.
A spokesperson for CoreCivic — one of the largest for-profit prison companies — told Axios one of the few areas they lobby for is re-entry programs at the state and federal level.
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Diamondbacks News: Outfielder Steven Souza’s glovework standing out for D-Backs
Arizona Diamondbacks right fielder Steven Souza Jr., who the Dbacks picked up in a trade with Tampa, impresses manager Torey Lovullo with his defense.
Diamondbacks News: Outfielder Steven Souza’s glovework standing out for D-Backs Arizona Diamondbacks right fielder Steven Souza Jr., who the Dbacks picked up in a trade with Tampa, impresses manager Torey Lovullo with his defense. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/2Gkryeh
Arizona Diamondbacks player Steven Souza works out at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, Friday, March 2, 2018. Tom Tingle/The Republic
Diamondbacks outfielder Steven Souza
Arizona Diamondbacks right fielder Steven Souza Jr. (28) runs towards second base against the Colorado Rockies during a spring training game at Salt River Fields February 28, 2018. Michael Chow/The Republic
Arizona Diamondbacks right fielder Steven Souza Jr. (28) warms up before a spring training game against the Colorado Rockies at Salt River Fields February 28, 2018. Michael Chow/The Republic
Aug 6, 2017; St. Petersburg, FL, USA; Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Steven Souza Jr. (20) gets a gatorade bath by first baseman Logan Morrison (7) and third baseman Trevor Plouffe (14) after he hit the game winning walk off home run against the Milwaukee Brewers at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 20, 2017; St. Petersburg, FL, USA; Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Steven Souza Jr. (20) points up as he runs around the bases after hitting a home run against the Chicago Cubs at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 28, 2017; Kansas City, MO, USA; Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Steven Souza Jr. (20) at bat during a game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Peter G. Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Peter G. Aiken-USA TODAY Sports
How do you feel about the Diamondbacks' trade for Steven Souza? Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Steven Souza Jr. (20) at bat during a game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Peter G. Aiken-USA TODAY Sports
The Diamondbacks traded for Steven Souza from the Tampa Bay Rays. Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 20, 2017; St. Petersburg, FL, USA;Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Steven Souza Jr. (20) hits a solo home run during the first inning against the Chicago Cubs at Tropicana Field. Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed (13) and Tampa Bay Rays' Steven Souza Jr. (20) collide in a rundown in the 9th inning of their MLB game Wednesday, June 8, 2016 in Phoenix, Ariz. David Kadlubowski/azcentral sports
A- | Tampa Bay Rays: The Rays lost GM Andrew Friedman as the offseason began, but newly installed Matt Silverman scarcely missed a beat, as a whirlwind of moves fulfilled the club's never-ending younger/cheaper mandate while fielding a representative club for 2015. There are many question marks — can Steven Souza be an everyday outfielder, for one — but also a ton of upside. Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Arizona Diamondbacks player Steven Souza works out at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, Friday, March 2, 2018.
Nick Piecoro, azcentral sports Published 1:07 p.m. MT March 12, 2018 | Updated 1:14 p.m. MT March 12, 2018
Arizona Diamondbacks right fielder Steven Souza Jr. (28) runs towards second base against the Colorado Rockies during a spring training game at Salt River Fields February 28, 2018.(Photo: Michael Chow/The Republic)
It was more than just Steven Souza Jr.’s bat that made him attractive to the Diamondbacks, and it’s only taken him five Cactus League games to show he’s capable of contributing in other ways.
His defense in right field, in particular, has been on display already. He has left his feet multiple times to make diving catches, and he showed off impressive range on Saturday to make a running catch near the right field corner.
“He’s probably saved us four or five runs with some catches that he made,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “He’s making above-average plays look routine. I know that’s a lot of hard work. He’s paying attention. He’s athletic. He’s working every single day so he continues to perfect that style of play.”
Lovullo was particularly impressed with the catch on Saturday, when he raced toward the corner to make a play on a drive off the bat of the Royals’ Cheslor Cuthbert.
“I had a really good angle,” Lovullo said. “It was a ball down the right field line and he just outpaced the ball. He took a great angle, he ran to the spot and made a really tough play look routine.”
It’s not just Souza’s performance in games that has stood out to Lovullo, who noticed Souza ask a coach to let him redo a drill during a workout on Saturday morning because Souza wasn’t satisfied with it the first time.
“Those are the things I pay attention to that I really like,” Lovullo said.
That’s how you go all out. 👌 #SpringTrainingpic.twitter.com/QpFxvQhJrD
— MLB (@MLB) March 8, 2018
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“That’s how it is, man,” Delgado said. “I have no choice. I have to make sure.”
Delgado said he first felt something during an intrasquad game on Thursday, then noticed it had gotten worse while he was running on Friday.
“Those things, if they get bad, it can take weeks,” Delgado said. “But right now it’s not bad. It was a little uncomfortable. I was afraid that if I kept pitching, it would be worse.”
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Reach Piecoro at (602) 444-8680 or nick.piecoro@arizonarepublic.com. Follow him on Twitter @nickpiecoro.
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