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Chiang got his start in the industry when Johnson hired him. They shared an office for five years, sitting directly across from one another, each hardly able to avoid the other's gaze.
The two were perfect opposites in nearly every way. Chiang stood a skinny five foot five, his ankles and wrists famously small. One could easily lose sight of him in a crowded room. Johnson's bulky six foot four frame towered over him as did his overbearing, often condescending presence. They worked together seamlessly. Johnson the face and voice of the enterprise, always on the phone and animated in their shared office, his temperament jumping from jovial to bellicose at a moment's notice. Chiang the quiet guy behind the scenes researching their next moves, analyzing data, uncovering new leads and passing them on to Johnson. Johnson at the bar having a few too many with their suppliers and customers. Chiang at home awake into the wee hours taking notes. Everything was peaches until Chiang got a little too comfortable for Johnson's liking. It didn't have a chance of lasting long thereafter, and when Chiang told Johnson he'd be moving to Hong Kong and taking over his uncle's trading company, Johnson felt relief that he wouldn't have to fire his daytime roommate.
Ten years removed from Chiang's decision to leave Johnson, as Johnson's business relationships teetered on the edge of dissolution, the two encountered each other at a tradeshow in Shanghai. Johnson didn't recognize Chiang at first – he'd gained significant weight. They spoke briefly and went their separate ways. Chiang displayed a confidence Johnson had never observed in him before, but Johnson sensed a falseness about his old friend, a deep insecurity beneath the surface. Johnson smiled when he thought of Chiang's rotund figure, his bulging belly hanging over a hidden belt. He laughed before suddenly feeling angry, equating Chiang's obesity with success he must've experienced since their split.
The industry had room for the both of them: their cunning, their rationalizations, their whispered conversations with others like them around the globe. But whether the world would have room for the industry, that was another question entirely, one it would answer in time.
Labels: Chiang, Johnson
Helen A. Howell May 18, 2015 at 3:23 PM
Ah the world and its ever declining industry..........
ganymeder May 22, 2015 at 9:50 AM
Interesting piece. What exactly was the industry? I suppose it doesn't really matter though, as it's about their friendship not the business. :)
Larry Kollar May 22, 2015 at 1:46 PM
This sounds like it was ripped from the pages of corporate life. The user lost his tool, and perhaps the tool became a user?
Icy Sedgwick May 26, 2015 at 8:17 AM
Sounds like they're both soon to be outdated!
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Caught On Video: Big Rig Driver Swerves Into SUV And Causes Crash In Apparent Road Rage Incident
Filed Under:000th Episode, Big Rig, Road Rage, Thousand Oaks
THOUSAND OAKS (CBSLA) — A driver’s dash cam video captured the dramatic moments a big rig swerved into a lane causing an accident, and the whole thing seemed to be intentional.
It happened on the northbound 405 Freeway near the 101.
The driver of the semi-truck veers into the lane in front of an SUV, causing it to get hit by another truck behind it. Luckily, the crash was not catastrophic, but the truck driver never stopped to check.
The man who recorded the incident, who did not wish to be on camera, said he gave the truck’s license plate number to police.
Adolphe Menjou says:
Attempted Murder.
DavidKL1950 (@DavidKl1950) says:
The car was inthe big truck’s blind spot. It is a suicide gambit for four wheelers, but they do it all the time.
The car does not appear to have struck the other truck.
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Emirates $1,699 for two to Africa from 9 US airports, buy by May 17.
Emirates has a 3-day Find Adventure in Africa sale with deeply discounted fare at $1,699 all-in for two passengers flying together from nine U.S. gateways to five cities in Africa. Business Class is $7,999 for two passengers.
Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Nairobi, and Dar Es Salaam.
The deal here is $1,699 ticket price for California departures from Los Angeles or San Francisco is the same fare as departures from New York or Boston.
New York (JFK), Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Washington DC (IAD), Houston (IAH), Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO), Seattle (SEA), Orlando (MCO) and Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) to Cape Town (CPT), Dar Es Salaam (DAR), Durban (DUR), Johannesburg (JNB) and Nairobi (NBO) only.
Fare shall only be applicable to tickets purchased from 00:01 EDT on May 14 through 23:59 EDT on May 17, 2015.
July outbound and August inbound are blackout months. Travel must be completed by December 10, 2015.
One free stopover in Dubai allowed.
There have been deep discount fares around $700 round trip from LAX and SFO to Cape Town, Johannesburg and Nairobi in the past week with Delta-KLM.
The destination that stands out to me is Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. There have been no discount fares to Dar Es Salaam DAR that I have seen in the past couple of months, although Delta/KLM can get you there for around $900 on some dates. Most round trip fares to DAR from California are around $1,150 to $1,300.
Tanzania has seen several major chain brand hotels open in the past couple of years. This is a location of international history and colonialism and a land of wildlife and beauty that has attracted lots of hotel eco-tourism development. Park Hyatt Zanzibar and several Hilton brand hotels like DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Dar es Salaam – Oyster Bay and DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Hotel Zanzibar – Nungwi. Marriott has five Protea hotels in Tanzania with their acquisition of the African hotel chain last year.
Emirates San Francisco – Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
$1,699 for two economy class passengers ($850 each)
Sep 8-22, 2015
Emirates Africa Sale Terms
Economy Class fare of $1,699 is applicable for two (2) passengers, traveling round trip together on the same itinerary in the same booking record (PNR) from New York (JFK), Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Washington DC (IAD), Houston (IAH), Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO), Seattle (SEA), Orlando (MCO) and Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) to Cape Town (CPT), Dar Es Salaam (DAR), Durban (DUR), Johannesburg (JNB) and Nairobi (NBO) only.
Commencement of outbound travel from New York (JFK), Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Washington DC (IAD), Houston (IAH), Seattle (SEA), Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO) and Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) shall be between May 21 and November 30, 2015 only.
Commencement of outbound travel from Orlando (MCO) shall be between September 01 and November 30, 2015 only.
Travel must be completed on or before December 10, 2015.
Promotion is applicable utilizing Emirates operated flights only (no codeshares apply).
Minimum stay: three (3) days or first Sunday.
Maximum stay: three (3) months.
Ticketing time limit is 24 hours from the time of booking.
No redemption necessary.
Blackout dates: outbound blackout dates are between July 1 and 31, 2015 and inbound blackout dates are between August 1 and 30, 2015.
For outbound/inbound travel on weekends, a surcharge of $100 per direction per passenger applies (outbound is Friday through Saturday and inbound is Friday through Sunday).
Advance Purchase required: seven (7) days.
Reservation changes permitted before or after departure at a charge of $200 per passenger. Changes must take place for all passengers in the itinerary at the same time.
Cancelations before or after departure are not refundable.
No-show is subject to a fee of $400 per passenger.
No refund on partly-utilized tickets.
Stopovers permitted in either direction at Dubai, one complimentary in Dubai, thereafter $100 per stopover for each passenger.
Eticket revalidations are subject to a fee of $200 per passenger.
Ticket reissues are subject to a charge of $200 per passenger.
Child/Infant fare: None applicable. Child/infant pay the applicable adult fare.
All changes must be done for both passengers and the journey must be together.
The offer is combinable only with fares of the same Fare Basis Code (XCMPRUS4)
Fares include all applicable government taxes and fees.
Fares are subject to availability at time of booking on emirates.com/us.
Business Class:
Business Class fare of $7,999 is applicable for two (2) passengers, traveling round trip together on the same itinerary in the same booking record (PNR) from New York (JFK), Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Washington DC (IAD), Houston (IAH), Seattle (SEA), Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO), Orlando (MCO) and Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) to Cape Town (CPT), Dar Es Salaam (DAR), Durban (DUR), Johannesburg (JNB) and Nairobi (NBO) only.
For outbound/inbound travel on weekends a surcharge of $200 per direction per passenger applies (outbound is Friday through Saturday and inbound is Friday through Sunday).
No-shows are subject to a fee of $1,000 per passenger.
The offer is combinable only with fares of the same Fare Basis Code (XCMPRUS4).
Posted in Airfare Deals, Airfare sales, Emirates Airlines, hotel and travel deals 2015-Q2 Tagged Africa, airfare deal, Cape Town CPT, Dar Es Salaam DAR, Durban DUR, Emirates, Johannesburg JNB, Nairobi NBO, San Francisco (SFO)
Delta-KLM Los Angeles to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania $884 August to November 2015 - Loyalty Traveler says:
[…] Emirates announced a sale this week ending May 17 with fares at $1,699 all-in for two passengers from Los Angeles or San Francisco or seven other U.S. airports to Dar Es Salaam, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg or Nairobi. […]
ValA says:
Unable to get fare prorated for 3 passengers via EK website though ITA/Matrix prices it at $853 ppax for 3 pax for IAD/JNB whereas it is $1126 ppax at the EK website.
Ric Garrido says:
Sounds like phone call time. I don’t know if Emirates will sell tickets for three at same discount price of $850.
Called EK – no help. Special fare is applicable only of there are even number of pax in the party. Overall it would be cheaper to buy a separate ticket for the odd person. Fare rules from Expert Flyer seem to confirm this as well:
ACCOMPANIED TRAVEL MUST BE ACCOMPANIED ON ALL SECTORS IN SAME COMPARTMENT
BY AT LEAST 1 PASSENGER IN XCMPRUS1 FARE CLASS. NO
MORE THAN 1 ACCOMPANIED PASSENGER PERMITTED FOR EACH
XCMPRUS1 TYPE PASSENGER.
VS has comparable fares for odd number of pax in booking — or for that matter even for a single pax $866.60.
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Aphrodite IX: The Hidden Files
PEEK INTO THE PROPRIETARY BLACK BOX OF APHRODITE'S MIND!
The cybernetic assassin Aphrodite IX has survived the rise and fall of countless civilizations. What sacrifices and tragedies has she seen that have been erased from her memory?
Aphrodite IX/Cyber Force
A double-sized crossover event unlike any before! Two teams, seven centuries apart, united by one woman's diabolical plan. The Chairwoman from CYBER FORCE had a plan to recreate the world in her children's image. Things didn't go as planned. Featuring the present day team of Cyber Force and the 28th century Aphrodite IX, this story lays the foundation for the new comic series IXth GENERATION, laun
IXth Generation: Hidden Files
An in-depth look at the realistic science of IXth GENERATION focusing on transhumanism, cybernetic enhancement, and genetic alteration in this dossier-style book featuring new art by STJEPAN SEJIC.
IXth Generation
In the future there is no more natural death, no needs unfilled and everything you could ever want is yours... as long as you're one of the ones chosen to live in this new Utopia and you're willing to subjugate yourself to these new self-proclaimed gods with "IX"s emblazoned on them. Do the ends truly justify the means? Is a utopia built on genocide worth the price? Aphrodite, Velocity, Hades, and
Aphrodite IX
Aphrodite IX returns for Free Comic Book Day! This first free issue launches a new ongoing series of Top Cow's fan favorite, memory challenged, green haired, questionably human heroine. Hundreds of years after a cataclysmic event scorched the surface, Earth and its inhabitants have been forever altered and a new landscape and political struggle has taken hold with three distinct factions fightin
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Juan Sánchez Resigns As Head Of Austin-Based Southwest Key
By Stephanie Federico, KUT
The embattled CEO of Austin-based Southwest Key Programs, the nation’s largest provider of shelters for migrant children, is stepping down.
“Recent events have convinced me and our Board of Directors that Southwest Key would benefit from a fresh perspective and new leadership,” Juan Sánchez said in a statement. “Widespread misunderstanding of our business and unfair criticism of our people have become a distraction our employees do not deserve, and I can no longer bear. It’s time for new beginnings.”
Southwest Key has been running shelters for the federal government for two decades. The nonprofit came under fire last spring after the Trump administration instituted its zero-tolerance policy, which separated immigrant families caught crossing the Southern border.
“Our job is to take care of these kids the best way that we can,” Sánchez told KUT last summer. “To provide them the best things we can provide them so they can be comfortable, and then ultimately, how do we reunify them with their families.”
Many immigrant advocates accused Southwest Key of profiting from the crisis, however.
In December, The New York Times reported that the Justice Department was investigating whether Southwest Key misused government funds. According to TheTimes, the shelter operator has received $1.1 billion in federal dollars since the beginning of 2016. The newspaper also reported that Sánchez collected a $1.5 million annual salary – double that of his counterpart at the American Red Cross.
The report said “the nonprofit has engaged in potential self-dealing with its top executives, stockpiled tens of millions of taxpayer dollars and lent out millions for real estate purchases, acting more like a bank than a traditional charity.”
Southwest Key said it would hire an attorney to conduct a review of the issues The Times outlined.
Nathan Bernier contributed to this report.
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Between Yesterday and Tomorrow: The Songs of Alan & Marilyn Bergman (Live) by Marieann Meringolo
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow: The Songs of Alan & Marilyn Bergman (Live)
by Marieann Meringolo
Award-winning vocalist has been receiving "Rave" reviews for her powerful interpretations of the songs written by the legendary team of Alan & Marilyn Bergman.
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Play track 1, The Way We Were / Where Do You Start? (Live). Length: 3:52
The Way We Were / Where Do You Start? (Live)
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Play track 2, Opening Dialogue (Live). Length: 0:42
Opening Dialogue (Live)
Play track 3, Nice ’n’ Easy / That Face (Live). Length: 4:49
Nice ’n’ Easy / That Face (Live)
Play track 4, It Might Be You / What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? (Live). Length: 7:10
It Might Be You / What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? (Live)
Play track 5, I Was Born in Love with You (Live). Length: 4:11
I Was Born in Love with You (Live)
Play track 6, The Way We Were, II / How Do You Keep the Music Playing? / Summer Me, Winter Me (Live). Length: 7:15
The Way We Were, II / How Do You Keep the Music Playing? / Summer Me, Winter Me (Live)
Play track 7, Love Makes the Changes (Live). Length: 4:14
Love Makes the Changes (Live)
Play track 8, The Windmills of Your Mind / Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (Live). Length: 8:46
The Windmills of Your Mind / Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (Live)
Play track 9, Pieces of Dreams (Little Girl Blue) [Live]. Length: 4:53
Pieces of Dreams (Little Girl Blue) [Live]
Play track 10, The Way We Were, III / Fifty Percent (Live). Length: 5:03
The Way We Were, III / Fifty Percent (Live)
Play track 11, Where Is It Written? / A Piece of Sky (Live). Length: 7:07
Where Is It Written? / A Piece of Sky (Live)
Play track 12, Thank You Dialogue (Live). Length: 1:29
Thank You Dialogue (Live)
Play track 13, On My Way to You / Something New in My Life (Live). Length: 8:39
On My Way to You / Something New in My Life (Live)
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Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – December 29, 2017
Dec 28,2017 by Steven Green
With the calendar flipping to 2018 next week, I have been thinking ahead to what the next 12 months could hold on the local news front. Here are some of my predictions:
•Republican Gov. Larry Hogan will retain his seat in the 2018 gubernatorial election after a narrow victory over Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, who will survive a crowded Democratic primary in June. Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz will finish second in the Democratic primary.
•There will be at least three new faces on the Worcester County Commission after the election next year, as Josh Nordstrom and Virgil Shockley, a former commissioner who lost his seat four years ago, are elected. The third individual will be from Commissioner Bud Church’s district after he decides to run for the House of Delegates seat held by Mary Beth Carozza.
•In an extremely tight race that was not decided until weeks after the election, Senator Jim Mathias edges Mary Beth Carozza to retain his seat. Before the close of the year, however, Carozza is appointed to a position within newly re-elected Gov. Larry Hogan’s cabinet.
•Due to a lack of consensus among task force members and the city’s elected officials, no substantive changes are made to the town’s policies on motor vehicle events. As a result, 2018 will end with the same concerns heard as in previous years.
•The first summer in Ocean City with the new median fence proves the project was successful in reducing pedestrian accidents along the one-mile stretch of Coastal Highway.
•Not one significant thing will happen with the proposed offshore wind farm project off Ocean City’s coast.
•Plans for a Lidl grocery store on Route 50 will never come to a fruition, despite an earlier intention expressed by the company to build near the road’s intersection with Route 589.
•A significant plan involving the state, Army Corps of Engineers and Worcester County to ensure consistent dredging of the Inlet is approved and cheered by local watermen.
•A planned summer weekend concert series at Berlin Falls Park becomes a major success the town wants to expand on.
•With parking scarcity resulting in major challenges for Berlin, the town earmarks funds for a study of a potential two-story garage.
•Ocean City Councilman Lloyd Martin will opt to not seek re-election after 16 years in office.
•No major developments will take place on a marine animal rescue facility suggested this year as a concept to explore for the model block program in downtown Ocean City.
•A hired consultant will present grand plans for the 3rd Street recreation complex to the Ocean City Mayor and Council. Sticker shock over the cost estimates will lead to the study being remanded to staff for review.
•As a result of the exorbitant cost of the project, Ocean City decides to budget for the installation of a dozen gated systems at the street ends of the Boardwalk. The year ends with the second phase planned for 2019 and the final phase in 2020.
•Atlantic General Hospital’s Burbage Regional Cancer Care Center opens in the spring on schedule.
•A new business offering the exact same type of fare will take the place of the Atlantic Stand on Wicomico Street.
•Several new stores, including Michaels, Petsmart and Dollar Tree, will open in the Ocean Landings Shopping Center near McDonalds.
•Back in the fall, I predicted Worcester County State’s Attorney Beau Oglesby and Magistrate Peggy Kent would be appointed new Worcester County Circuit Court judges by Gov. Larry Hogan. Official word came this week. As a result of Kent’s ascension from her magistrate post, I predict Regan Smith, a finalist for the Circuit Court post, will be appointed to the magistrate post.
•A tattoo shop will open within a Berlin business after a committee submits to the town council a proposed ordinance aimed at allowing the practice with limitations.
•With gambling revenue soaring in Maryland and concerns growing over how the funding is being used, legislation will be passed in the Maryland General Assembly creating a “lock box” to ensure a majority of proceeds are actually used to help schools as was originally billed.
•The Democratic Party will gain numerous House and Senate seats in the federal mid-term election as anti-Trump momentum sweeps across the country.
•After much debate, the Ocean City Mayor and Council will formally move forward with plans to relocate its mid-town fire station, located presently on 74th Street, to the 65th Street parking lot in front of the police department and court building. Construction will not begin in 2018.
•The year will come and go without any decision from Worcester County or Ocean City on creating a major sports complex in northern Worcester County to host large tournaments and special events.
•Historian Bunk Mann will announce his intention in 2018 to publish his second book called “Ghosts In The Surf” in time for the holiday shopping season in 2019.
•The Pittsburgh Steelers will win the Super Bowl over the New Orleans Saints.
About The Author: Steven Green
The writer has been with The Dispatch in various capacities since 1995, including serving as editor and publisher since 2004. His previous titles were managing editor, staff writer, sports editor, sales account manager and copy editor. Growing up in Salisbury before moving to Berlin, Green graduated from Worcester Preparatory School in 1993 and graduated from Loyola University Baltimore in 1997 with degrees in Communications (journalism concentration) and Political Science.
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Danielle Bradbery Covers ‘Say Something’ for her Request Line [Watch]
Coti Howell
Danielle Bradbery's letting fans choose the music. She started a request line and this week's winner was the smash pop hit, 'Say Something.'
Bradbery fans took to the singer's request line to place their votes for this first week and they choose 'Say Something' by a Great Big World and Christina Aguilera. Bradbery didn't disappoint her loyal fans and posted the video Tuesday (July 29) morning.
The solemn black and white music video features the 18-year-old sitting on a barstool surrounded by her band. Bradbery's looking casual in the unique video that really showcases her voice. She's sitting with her hair up, in a casual jacket singing the pop song into the stand-up mic.
Bradbery's rendition of the song is definitely different, especially since a male lead vocal is missing, but she portrays the tune to a tee. The song's chorus gives her vocals a chance to shine while her guitar and piano players more than hold their own.
Now that the initial video has been released, the voting lines have been closed but there's more to come from the 'Heart of Dixie' singer. She's keeping phone lines open and is asking fans to keep letting her know their requests. Fans can call (615) 450-0410 and make their requests for the upcoming weeks.
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Next: Vote for Danielle Bradbery's Video in the TOC Top 10
Source: Danielle Bradbery Covers ‘Say Something’ for her Request Line [Watch]
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Cameron Boyce's Parents Speak Out About His Tragic Death
Cameron Boyce's parents have released a statement about the life and legacy of their son after his sudden death on Saturday (July 6). He was 20.
On Wednesday, Libby and Victor Boyce shared a statement via PEOPLE, showing their appreciation for the "outpouring of love and support" from their friends and family. "There are no words to describe how moved we are by the tremendous outpouring of love and support from our family, friends, and the world. Thank you, everyone, for encircling us with your love and respect of Cameron and concern for our family," they said. "He was the very definition of human kindness, and a light that will forever shine as his spirit lives on in all who knew and loved him. He was the rock of our family and he always had a positive, heartwarming, insightful and caring outlook on everything and everyone."
Boyce died in his sleep after suffering from a seizure and it's very clear that the loss has impacted his parents in a way that can't be put into words. "The pain we have endured and are continuing to endure is indescribable, but we are making every effort to move forward and ensure that Cameron’s legacy and all that he stood for is honored," the statement continued. "He was and is, so cherished and we will hold him in our hearts forever. He is our shooting star.”
Boyce was "found unresponsive in his home" on Saturday afternoon and pronounced dead on the scene after authorities were called.
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Perfecting your retail email marketing strategy
Email marketing is known to be a well-established channel which gives retail businesses direct contact with their customer base, and it is often cited as one of the most effective ways to nurture potential customers into loyal brand advocates.
So it’s easy to understand why email can play a fundamental role in the digital marketing mix. It offers retailers a relatively low-cost way of reaching an audience without the need to invest in costly technology or software; each correspondence can be personalised to the individual customer, which is key when attempting to gain cut through in this digitally, always-on world; and the insights gained from shoppers can help personalise the offering, enabling tailored communications to be sent,– all of which works to enhance the overall user experience.
However, with 281 billion emails sent per day in 2018, and with the incessant rise of unsolicited emails and scams, where do you even start when it comes to creating and perfecting your email marketing strategy?
1. Gathering data
It can be difficult and sometimes awkward trying to get hold of your customers’ email addresses instore, but data is crucial for building up customer loyalty and engagement. Why not ask each customer for their email address to send the receipt to? You could also create loyalty schemes, newsletters or competitions which require an email address to join or sign up to.
2. Email platforms for retailers
There are several email platforms available, such as Mailchimp, MailUp and SendinBlue. These tools offer easy and user-friendly ways to design and send emails to existing and prospective customers. Whilst they all differ slightly in terms of functionality, they all offer a GDPR-compliant way of contacting your database. Start by looking at the different features each platform can offer you and compare. Take a look at the pricing structure too; as you would expect, some will charge more than others.
2. Get noticed
There are several factors which will affect whether an email is opened; many of them are beyond the reach or influence of brands or businesses.
For example, a big influencer is the device that your recipients are using to open their emails. Emails that don’t resize appropriately for the screen are a cause of frustration and can lead to emails being deleted straight off the bat.
Uninteresting or lengthy subject lines can also be off-putting and can be cut short on smaller screens.
Finally, don’t forget that the person you’re emailing may be suffering from a serious case of inbox overload and may not even see your email.
There are some ways to get around this barrier. Appealing subject lines can help to pique interest, for example, and the more concise and attention-grabbing they are the more likely your emails are to be opened.
Even the time of day an email is sent at can have a huge impact; many emails go unread because they are sandwiched between other marketing emails all sent at the same time. Finding the best time to send your emails will require some testing but will ultimately pay dividends.
3. Personalisation is king
Gone are the days where you blast out the same email to thousands of email addresses and hope it’s opened. Nowadays, subscribers want a personalised experience. According to reports, emails with personalised subject lines are 26% more likely to get opened. It’s not just subject lines, personal shout outs in the main copy can also work well and are simple to do.
Once you’re a bit more au fait with the basics, you could even start to think about personalising the offer, imagery and call to action based on the customer data you hold.
For example, if you’re talking to a young mother with a daughter, why not personalise the image to reflect that or utilise previous sales data to offer related products.
You could also segment your list into smaller audience lists and tweak your emails for each audience segment. Email marketing software allows you to upload multiple contact lists (as excel files) so you can send separate emails to each list. This will also help you to identify which segment of your audience is more responsive/engaged.
4. Analytics and learning what to track
They key to success lies in your analytics, so it’s important to learn what to track. There are two fundamental metrics; open rate (the number of recipients that open the email) and click-through rate (the number of people who click the link in your email).
Email platforms will calculate this figure for you automatically and you can then compare your percentage to an industry standard and start to figure out what you can do to improve. There’s some useful industry-specific information about open rates and click-through rates available from HubSpot and Mailchimp.
Most email platforms will also allow you to download a spreadsheet which breaks down who opened the email, how many times, and exactly which links they clicked. This is useful insight as you can chase leads and pitch to them based on the content and links they clicked on.
5. Unsubscribes and bounce rate
Unsubscribes are difficult for marketers to accept because they mean that you’ve been unsuccessful in some way.
If there’s any way to include an exit survey on your unsubscribe – “Why do you want to stop receiving these emails?” – you can find out some very useful information which you can act on to stop further unsubscribes.
Bounce rates (when an email physically can’t reach a recipient’s inbox and ‘bounces back’ to the sender) are more within your control than you think. Emails can bounce in two ways: hard or soft, and the nature of the bounce will determine the appropriate action to be taken.
A soft bounce is a temporary issue. It can be the result of a technical issue, such as a mail server being unavailable, or the recipient’s inbox being full so it’s worth keeping these on your list.
A hard bounce, on the other hand, means that the email address is no longer valid. In this event, you should remove the address from all future efforts. To minimise hard bounces, frequently audit your database(s) to ensure you’ve got the most up-to-date and relevant contact information.
There are several hurdles on the way to email marketing success, but determination, an analytical mind and a willingness to experiment will see your efforts rewarded. Make sure you’re tracking and evaluating each email send so you can learn what works and what doesn’t. Don’t feel disheartened if your open rate starts off low, there’s always room for improvement.
Contributor: Lucy Hedges, Marketing Manager at Opus Energy
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REWIND 2014 – Songs We Played In Loop This Year
Posted: December 31, 2014 by moifightclub in cinema, rewind, Year end special
Tags: A R Rahman, Baba Vayu, Bipul Chettri, Dedh Ishqiya, Fandry, Finding Fanny, Haider, Highway, Indian Ocean, Mikey Mccleary, Revolver Rani, Sketches of Darjeeling, Tandanu, Tanishk, Vishal Bhardwaj, Youngistaan
Continuing with our Year-End series, Rewind 2014, in this post our music blogger Rohwit picks up the best sounds of the year – the songs that he loved and we played in loop. In no particular order, this post includes both films and non-films music/talent/songs/album.
(More from our Rewind 2014 series : Musical Gems We Discovered This Year is here, Kaali Zubaan’s bollywood wrap is here, 18 Film Fanatics on 18 Films That Stayed With Them is here, Best of 2014 – Script of Queen is here, Script of Ankhon Dekhi is here)
Jagave saari raina (Dedh Ishqiya) – Much has been written about this underwhelming album from Gulzar-Vishal collaboration. However, Hamri ataria and Jagave saari raina were beautiful exceptions. No, the antraa of ‘Na bolu main to’ weren’t as good as the mukhda, so I won’t include that song here. Even before the videos were released, we knew this would be the song that would capitalize on Mrs. Nene’s grace and her dancing prowess. To hear Pt. Birju Maharaj just sweetened everything that much more. Did I miss mentioning about how charming was Rekha Bhardwaj in the song? Well, you knew that already didn’t you?
Fandry bird theme (Fandry) – No words should endeavor to convey what this cute little piece did to us. Give it a try here. In fact the love theme here is equally good. The use of Oudh and Cello lent a solid, raw feel to the sound and two thumbs up for that! Aloknanda Dasgupta ji, take a bow!
Indian Ocean – If you have been living under a rock, then perhaps you might not have noticed the release of ‘Tandanu’ by Indian Ocean which will go down as one of the best albums by the group ever! From what could be easily termed as one of the most important films of the year, Katiyabaaz, we got the track ‘Kanpoora’, a must hear if you haven’t heard it already! (and what a delightful video!)
Sooha saha (Highway) – Bollywood is running from darkness towards even more darkness when it comes to giving us songs which mothers can sing to their little ones. ARRahman took cognizance of this problem and gave us this tender piece from Highway. While Alia was rightfully showered a lot of credit for this song, we mustn’t forget AR Rahman’s ‘mixing and tuning’ and a solid Zeb who made this song what it is. Heera from this album comes a close second because it’s a delicacy of sorts when Kabir and Rahman are credited in the same song. Here is Sooha Saha…much of the song’s impact was experienced thanks to a superlative Randeep Hooda. The World would be unfair if it doesn’t acknowledge Randeep this year for Highway.
Suno na sang e marmar (Youngistaan) – Now that the well deserved nomination to Oscar has been sent, it would be criminal not to mention the blockbuster Youngistaan to the list. When Jackkkkie decided to diss Mayawati’s hardwork involving sang-e-mar-mar with a song, it gave us this hummable track. Frankly, I thought it took a lot of guts to film the song right where a lot of public money was wasted on sang-e-mar-mar (wink wink). The song was perhaps too good for the film and when Jeet Ganguly and Arijit recreated the magic for the Hindi version, they added some grandeur to the sound. Here is the Bengali version and here is the Hindi version. My favorite is the Bengali version of course!
Title song (Revolver Rani) – the film might have fallen flat on its face but the title track of the film was a riot thanks to the word ‘bhasad’ and Usha Uthup! Do give it a try. Had the film done well, it would have played in a the loop on ‘popular’ charts, just the way they played vomit inducing Kicks and what not! And trust me, it is much more fun than all the garbage music of 100 crore commodities. Watch this video.
Sketches of Darjeeling (Bipul Chettri) – I came across this album when it was released in the month of July, 2014 but didn’t hear it because I was quite occupied with my day job. Then one of the many ‘anonymous’ people who share music with me sent me one track from this album, and I punched myself for about 40 minutes continuously for having sat on the album for so long! Do hear my favorite track from the album titled – Ode to my father here, and then buy the album. The track is free flowing and you will hear the free flowing water as well. Is the track in Hindi? No. Does it matter? No!! So do pick it up!
Ding dong (Finding Fanny) – I couldn’t make sense of fusing this Goa film with a Punjabi title song and a messy song at that, still this one oozed out a lot of love, and we love it for that! Cliched as it might sound to some of us, but the song painted a picture of an adorable Uncle ‘Pedro’, who is liked by everyone, singing this song near a beach, on just another day in Goa. Loved Mathias for this one!
Haider (Album) – It won’t be right to pinpoint a song that was good because this album was the best from 2014. The only underwhelming part was the song by Arijit. I still feel that song was composed FVBV (For Vishal, By Vishal), and Arijit came in as an afterthought. This album is the reason we wait for Vishal and Gulzar to get together more often. All songs are here. Imagine the ‘Aao na’ opening bit and now count your goose pimples. Also, while we are on the subject…here is the Roohdaar theme from Haider.
Oopar oopar renn de – Tanishk and Baba Vayu gave us a laid back anthem this year and I can openly declare with no hesitation that this was the best non-filmi song by a new band I came across in 2014. Hear the song once and tell me if you aren’t of the same opinion. I do hope they put the song on sale soon and that they don’t fizzle out after setting the bar this *high*!
Mikey Mccleary – We all love everything Mikey does. Why else can you explain people sticking to networks which don’t work? May be because their ads are oh-so-musical and cute! It was no surprise that the album Mikey came out with was instantly likeable. If you haven’t heard the album yet, do hear it once! Our favorite – The world is our playground (Sung by Mikey) and Just a little crush (Sung by Shalmali). That said, Mikey’s song in Sonali cable wasn’t bad either. The entire album is available here.
Let me know if you agree with my picks of the year. And yours?
– @Rohwit
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Hey big spender: United revamps frequent-flier program
by Katie Lobosco @KatieLobosco June 10, 2014: 2:06 PM ET
Now it's the money you spend, not the miles you've traveled, that matters when it comes to reaping frequent-flier rewards from United Airlines.
United Airlines announced a sweeping change to its frequent-flier program Tuesday that will reward its biggest-spending customers.
Instead of basing awards on the number of miles traveled, they will be based on the cost of a flight. Beginning next March, a rewards member will get five miles for every $1 spent, and between seven and 11 miles per dollar for premier-level members.
That's good if you spend a lot on last-minute flights and first-class seats, but not so great for price-conscious fliers.
"If you're booking coach, or looking for a deal -- good luck," said Brian Kelly, the founder of a blog called The Points Guy.
The move from United (UAL) mirrors a change Delta (DAL) announced about its rewards program earlier this year. That change will also take effect in 2015.
"These changes are designed to more directly recognize the value of our members when they fly United," said Thomas F. O'Toole, the president of United's rewards program, in a statement.
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Carriers like JetBlue (JBLU) and Southwest (LUV) already base rewards programs on the cost rather than miles traveled. American Airlines (AAL) is one of the last holdouts, currently offering miles for miles.
What should customers do? They might want to consider trying to rack up travel points from one credit card company, rather than remaining loyal to one airline, Kelly said.
CNNMoney (New York) First published June 10, 2014: 2:06 PM ET
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The Daily: Twitch Gamer Tipped $70K in Crypto, Hacker Returns $100K of ETC
By: news.bitcoin.com Posted On: January 14, 2019 View: 11
In this edition of The Daily, a video gamer streaming on Twitch has received crypto donations totaling over $70,000 and a hacker believed to be behind the 51 percent attack on the Ethereum Classic blockchain has reportedly returned $100,000 in ETC coins. Also, Electrum developers have issued another series of warnings about phishing attempts using the name of the popular cryptocurrency wallet.
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Gamer Gets $70,000 in BTC Donations
A video gamer going by the nickname “Sick_Nerd” has been tipped more than $70,000 in cryptocurrency while streaming a game of Runescape on Twitch. Most of the money was donated in several separate transfers of BTC by another user with the handle “lightpuma.”
The game played in front of a couple of thousand viewers is a version of Runescape, which is the most popular edition of the “massively multiplayer online roleplaying games” genre. It has been estimated that Runescape has over 250 million players.
On Friday, Sick_Nerd got a total of 46 crypto donations amounting to around 20 BTC worth around $73,000, at the time of writing. Other Twitch users have recorded the stream and the gamer’s reactions. Later Sick_Nerd went to Twitter to thank his mysterious benefactor.
Thank you to my mysteriously benefactor whoever you are, genuinely a life changing amount of money that I or nobody deserves but look what happened.
— Sick Nerd (@Sick_Nerd) January 11, 2019
Last year, the popular video game streaming app Twitch enabled its users to tip each other with a number of major cryptocurrencies including bitcoin core (BTC), bitcoin cash (BCH), ethereum (ETH), and litecoin (LTC). The feature was integrated with the help of a company called Streamlabs and the tips are sent through the users’ Coinbase accounts.
Exchange Receives Back $100,000 Stolen in 51% Attack
The hacker, or group of hackers, believed to be responsible for the 51 percent attack against the Ethereum Classic blockchain has reportedly returned $100,000 worth of ETC coins to the cryptocurrency exchange Gate.io, the trading platform announced in a blog post. The company said it’s trying to contact the attacker but hasn’t received any reply yet. The exchange commented:
We still don’t know the reason. If the attacker didn’t run it for profit, he might be a white hacker who wanted to remind people the risks in blockchain consensus and hashing power security.
Gate.io conducted its own analysis and concluded that the hashing power of the ETC network is still not strong enough. That means another 51 percent attack is still possible if enough hashing power is rented to launch it.
The exchange said it raised the number of ETC confirmations to 4,000 before accepting deposits and introduced measures to detect a new attack. The company urged other digital asset trading platforms supporting ethereum classic to also take steps to protect their users from blockchain reorg or rollback.
Electrum Warns About New Phishing Attempts
Following an announcement about a phishing attack in December, Electrum developers have now raised the alarm about numerous other projects attempting to clone the popular wallet. On Jan. 10, they issued a warning on Twitter stating that “there is an ongoing phishing attack against Electrum users, where rogue servers ask users to install bitcoin-stealing malware. We released version 3.3.2, which mitigates the attack.”
One of the attacks is being conducted through a fake Electrum wallet for stellar (XLM). The platform issued an alert noting that the electrum-xlm [dot] info is a Bitcoin-stealing malware. It tweeted: “There is no way to easily port wallet software from Bitcoin to Stellar, because these are completely different projects. Please do not download altcoin variants of Electrum, unless you really know what you are doing.”
When you download Electrum for any cryptocurrency that is not Bitcoin, you are downloading software that is not endorsed by us, and you are likely to download malware aimed at your bitcoin wallet. Do not expect integrity from people who promote sh*tcoins.
— Electrum (@ElectrumWallet) January 3, 2019
The Electrum dev team also warned they have nothing to do with a project called Electrum Dark: “They are using our name without our permission. Please be very careful with altcoin versions of Electrum, as they are sometimes used as a vector to install malware that targets your real Bitcoin wallet.”
The previous phishing attack was conducted through malicious servers, which when asked to broadcast a transaction through a legitimate Electrum wallet, replied with an error message directing users to download a fake ‘security update’ from an unauthorized Github repository. The unknown hackers reportedly managed to steal over 200 BTC.
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Mom & Pop - a new concept from Dolcezza Gelato!
Dolcezza partnered with Nate Anda and Lena Laskaris, the culinary team behind the sustainable Red Apron Butchery, to offer handcrafted charcuterie along with pre-packaged sandwiches and snacks. A freezer with pints of Dolcezza’s seasonal gelato and push pops will also be available along with several varieties of Stumptown coffee and morning pastries from Paisley Fig by Room 11.
Sandwiches available on Mom & Pop’s opening menu will include Grilled Cheese with Red Apron’s spicy smoked pimento cheese; Ham, sliced ham with salted butter and aged cheddar cheese; Smoked Chicken Salad with cranberries, celery, smoked mayo, sour cream, onions and parsley, as well as Roast Beef, shaved roast beef, Calabrian aioli, arugula and pickled fennel. A variety of seasonal quiches will also be available with current standouts such as Asparagus & Swiss; Bacon & Cheddar, and Kale, Feta and Spinach. All sandwiches and quiches will come with a choice of chips or mixed greens.
Guests can also select from a variety of antipasti and charcuterie items such as Marinated Olives; Sundried Tomatoes; Marinated Artichokes; Smoked Almonds; Fregola Salad, parsley pesto, aged provolone and toasted pine nuts; Chickpea Chorizo, cooked chickpeas tossed with a sherry and chorizo vinaigrette, garnished with cilantro, diced Spanish chorizo and pickled red onions, as well as a Charcuterie Plate, smoked sausage, pork rillette, cheese, pickles and spicy mustard. Prices range from $2 to $20. Additionally, for the perfect pairing, Mom & Pop will offer two red wines, two white wines, three beers, and one Prosecco, all of which will be available on tap. Prices range from $8 to $15.
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It may seem odd to say that a documentary about Alzheimer’s is beautiful, but there is much beauty in the family-made documentary, “The Genius of Marian,” as well as a great deal of love.
That’s what makes the devastation that Alzheimer’s unleashes on this one close-knit family so utterly heartbreaking.
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The documentary is about two remarkable women, mother and daughter, both who end up with Alzheimer’s. Marian Williams Steele was a talented artist and vibrant woman. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in the late 1990’s and passed away in 2001 at the age of 89.
Her daughter, Pam White, is equally fascinating. She is a beautiful woman with an amazing smile who was an actress and model. After her mother passed, White planned to write a book about her called, “The Genius of Marian.” Sadly, Pam herself was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s at the age of 61, just as she was getting started on the book.
Her son, Banker White, decided to make a documentary about these two remarkable women. He doesn’t hold back, showing the ups and downs that occur with Alzheimer’s, and how the family struggles and copes with the situation.
White’s husband is a testament to the power of love. He does an incredible job as caregiver for his wife, a role he was thrown into with no experience, like many family caregivers.
I don’t want to give anymore away because you really should see the film. The good news is that you can do so for free thanks to PBS, through Oct. 8. I watched it on the PBS channel on my Roku box. You can also watch it online. If you can, please consider donating to the filmmakers’ charity, The Genius of Caring.
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Squeaky Fromme got a double whammy with her picture on the covers of both Time and Newsweek last week but three days after she tried to shoot Mr. Ford she was only on page 12 of The New York Times. A tug of the finger on a trigger of a properly loaded gun would have changed history, but addle-pated Squeaky apparently didn't know you have to pull the slide back on an army .45 automatic to get a cartridge into the gun barrel. So the hardy President was out roaming the country again making dull speeches to selected audiences, the public was yawning again about gun control, and the nation that, more than any other, demands that its politicians glad-hand crowds in the flesh, remains the nation that does the least to prevent them from being turned into martyrs.
The President's Commission on Law Enforcement under former Attorney General Katzenbach made its report in 1967; it recommended gun control.
The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorder under former Illinois Gov. Otto Kerner reported in 1968. It recommended gun control.
The Nationai Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence under Dr. Milton Eisenhower reported in 1969. It recommended gun control.
The National Advisory Commission on Reform of Federal Griminai Laws under former California Gov. Edmund Brown reported in 1970. It recommended gun control.
The Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals, under former Delaware Gov. Russell Peterson, in 1973, recommended gun control.
And so what? Handguns are as easy to buy as flashlights. The Gallup poll says that two out of three Americans favor firearms registration and that they have favored control for more than three decades; but there are two and a half million more guns manufactured each year, added to the sea of 40 million American-owned handguns; it's the largest unlicensed civil arsenal of lethal weapons in the history of mankind. People who fear and dislike handguns are buying them now because they fear others who are buying them. And the National Rifle Association and the American Congress are laughing at us. Last year handguns were used to murder 11,000 Americans, about twice the average casualties in Vietnam in peak years. "Too bad!" says the National Rifle Association and Congress sorrowfully. The gun homicide rate in the United States is 6.2 percent per 100,000—10 times above the next highest contender among 13 modern countries. "Perhaps we should look into this,"says the Nationai Rifle Association and Congress thoughtfully. But don't think that progress isn't being made. It is no longer illegal to sell a machine gun to an individual.
The National Rifle Association in its $3.5 million glass and marble nine story headquarters here in Washington is the gun lobby that scares Congress. Some congressmen say they wouid like to do something about handguns—you know, crime and all that!—but how can they against an organization with a million members that boasts it can hit Congress with half a million letters on a 72-hour notice? Birch Bayh, Democratic senator from Indiana, at a gun control hearing where they had a display of handguns, toyed negligently with a lethai little nickel-plated snub-nosed ladies revolver with a barrel one inch long—just right for a beaded handbag. It is called a bellygun in the trade. Why couldn't such things be banned, he wondered? But sportsmen of the NRA have an almost fanaticai feeling that registration let alone outlawing of such killers would somehow compromise the farmers' favorite fall outdoor sport, hunting.
The NRA publishes a monthly, the American Rifleman, whose gun advertising grosses $1,800,000 a year of the organization's $10 million budget. Lee Harvey Oswald saw an item he liked listed in the February, 1963 issue of the Rifleman: sent a $21.45 money order under a fictitious name to the advertiser and that was all it took to change the course of history.
In fact the price of killing Presidents is ghoulishly low. The .44 derringer with which Booth shot Lincoln couldn't have cost more than $15, estimates Robert Sherrill in his book The Saturday Nighl Special. Guiteau paid $10 for the .44 caliber second-hand revolver with which he killed Garfield (with a box of cartridges and a small penknife thrown in); Gzolgosz paid $4.50 for the handgun that killed McKinley, and I have cited Oswald's expense above—though he had to pay $1.50 for postage plus the cost of his post office box, "A. Hidell, P.O. Box 2915, Dallas, Texas." As for Squeaky Fromme, she apparently borrowed or stole her gun from a friend.
The political rule is that if you won't take the risk of being murdered you shouldn't run. It's iike the ethic 200 years ago about dueling. A gentleman could always be called out. We think that pretty silly today but we still expect a candidate, or President, to expose himself in spite of the 40 million handguns and 135 million firearms sloshing about in the country, and to refrain from talking from a television booth, where he could speak more conveniently and have a bigger audience. Gov. George Wallace opposed gun control; he is paraiyzed from the waist down. Mr. Ford "unalterably" opposes registration (though he favors tighter controls of gunstores); he feit the breath of death on his face.
I think that crime, fueled in part by handguns, is one of the most rapidly growing and explosive political issues in the country. It is readymade for a demagogue. Think of how Nixon used it to attack the Supreme Court and for "lawnorder." Anyone who doesn't worry at growing crime is as dangerous as Squeaky Fromme. There are signs of demoralization; crime was up 17 percent last year, the most rapid rise in 44 years of recording. In 15 years murders rose 106 percent, robberies by 255 percent. The courts are in a mess: 90 percent of all serious crimes are plea-bargained (criminals can plead a lesser offense to save time.) No nation will stand anarchy. Before that comes repression.
What to do? One thing to do is to read the five moldering presidential crime reports of the last seven years. There's no easy answer, they say. But the Katzenbach, Kerner and Eisenhower reports are unanimous in linking rising statistics to social conditions, in calling prisons 'graduate schools of crime,' in urging faster justice, and in demanding gun controls.
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Leslie Shimotakahara Reads “The Reading List”
I heard about Leslie Shimotakahara through six-degree connections, bought and read her book The Reading List: Literature, Love and Back Again, A Memoir. In each chapter of her memoir, she relates herself to the character of a book, as she describes her struggle with her career and her relationships with friends and family members. She has included Thoreau, Wharton and Joyce as well as Faulkner, Woolf and Hemingway in her thirteen chapters. Ondaatje and Atwood also make it into her list, among others. I have also found out from her blog under the same title “The Reading List” that she has many insightful reflections weaved into the over sixty book titles she has posted on her blog. When I heard that she would be reading from her work in Hamilton, Ontario, I went out, because I wanted to meet her and ask her to autograph my book.
The reading was organized by Litlive and held at the Homegrown Cafe in Hamilton, Ontario. The venue was situated in the re-vitalized downtown area of the city, where artists and writers had moved to in recent years. It offered a casual but cosy setting for this reading event with about thirty people among the audience to listen to the works of six writers of poetry and prose.
My interest in meeting Leslie Shimotakahara stems not from the fact that I know a member of her extended family who has told me about the book in the first place. It is more because I am fascinated by her talent. Her writing has demonstrated scholarship and style. I admire her courage and frankness in revealing herself and her family in a memoir, though generally memoirs are written by people much older than she is. Her themes are multi-faceted and she has knitted them together seamlessly in her book.
I can relate to her feelings about academia, having come from academia myself. It would indeed be difficult if your goals and inclinations are not there to play the role according to the rules of the game, no matter how interested your are in the subject matter and the topic you are conducting research on. Now that I have met Leslie Shimo (guess it is all right to shorten her name like her great grandfather, Kozo, was referred to in her book). I can also identify with her disadvantage of having a young-looking oriental face. It would be tough to be a professor, a bona fida professor she was, in a small east coast town where the parochial outlook predisposed her students to take her at face value (ah, what a pun). I wish I could tell her that I had been asked if I were a teaching assistant by an overseas visitor I met for the first time in a faculty social after I had been a full member on faculty for some years.
Part of the revelation in the book was the Shimotakahara family history during the period of internment of the Japanese in Vancouver during the Second World War, and it was spearheaded by her father who tried to extract as much information as he could from her grandmother before she died. Her family saga could be representative of the hardship of many a Japanese families during those difficulty times. I cannot but marvel at Leslie Shimo’s artistry in blending her personal story against the backdrop of the past and present unrest in her family and in the world. The tension was palpable and she handles it with such ease.
She read an excerpt from the first chapter of her book. There she was, back home to decide on her next move after leaving the ivory tower and after fulfilling her father’s aspiration for her –although it might not be hers– to obtain a doctorate and to become a professor. I am daughter as well as a mother. When I read that part of the book and listened to Shimo read, I kept wondering: Is this an immigrant psyche, or an oriental psyche? I have to resort to Jung for an explanation of our collective consciousness.
Critics and publicity blurbs describe Shimo as “a recovering academic”. As I watched her friendly smile and how composed and graceful she was on stage, Leslie Shimotakahara was already “a recovered academic”, in my opinion. I congratulate her on winning the Canada Council for the Arts Canada-Japanese Literary Award. I wish her well in her new relationship and I look forward to reading her next book.
This entry was posted in Books, Culture, Hobbies, Leisure, Life, Reading, Reviews and tagged Canadian Japanese, Leslie Shimotakahara, Memoir, The Reading List on May 30, 2013 by Opalla.
Architectural Splendour of a Hindu Temple in Toronto
I had the rare opportunity of visiting the BAPS Shri Swaminaragan Mandir in Toronto with a friend from India.
Situated on an expansive ground off the highway was this white marble building with the most intricate carvings on its pillars and domes. It was hard to believe that I could see such architectural splendour of a Hindu Temple without setting foot on India!
We were greeted by a very enthusiastic guide, who told us that he was a volunteer and did the presentation for us as a service to the community. We learned that just as there were different denominations in Christianity, there were also different branches of Hinduism. BAPS is the organization promoting spirituality of the individual with prayers and promoting harmony among individuals. The design and the construction of the temple were the efforts of innumerable volunteers. Marble was imported from Italy, limestone from Turkey and sandstone from India. True to the Vedic architectural tradition, there was not a single steel structure to support the building, nor a single nail to secure the joints.
After we had removed our shoes, we were shown into a big hall with ornamental wooden pillars and ceiling. Photography was forbidden inside the building, but the website of the temple had some pictures to offer. We went on a Sunday and the place was alive with activities. In another hall, worshipers were watching a video of a religious gathering taped earlier in the day in India.
The guide took us upstairs to the main worship area. Before entering he told us to close our eyes, jokingly saying that he was expecting a “wow” reaction from us. Indeed, when we opened our eyes, the beauty and serenity of this great hall took our breath away. Wow!
(Photo from BAPS Shri Swaminaragan Mandir website)
The splendour of this hall was beyond belief. The lighting changed colours continuously projecting an ethereal sense of mystery and awe. At the far end on both sides of the room were shrines revering the many Hindu deities and early spiritual leaders of the religion. They were dressed in ornate clothing that were changed three times a day, following their “meals”.
There was a museum that we could not visit because we were running out of time, but it would be an excellent reason to revisit the temple on another occasion.
This entry was posted in Culture and tagged BAPS Shri Swaminaragan Mandir, Hindu temple, Toronto on May 27, 2013 by Opalla.
Weekly Photo Challenge: IN THE BACKGROUND
The view in the background of the Eiffel Tower is what I intend to capture and it seems fit for this week’s photo challenge.
The beaches on the eastern coast of Australia seem to stand out more in the background of the tropical trees.
Dominating in the background of the busy traffic on Bloor Street, Toronto is the Crystal wing of the Royal Ontario Museum.
This entry was posted in Travels and tagged postaday on May 24, 2013 by Opalla.
Real Thailand Restaurant Re-visited
I have not eaten out in the area near Bloor Street and Spadina Avenue in downtown Toronto as much as I used to in recent years. The other night, although we were in a hurry, my husband and I felt we should dine at the Real Thailand Restaurant, one of our favourites, to relive some flavours we missed. I did not notice any difference in the decor when I walked inside. There was an open dining area, and ethnic Thai decorations.
We ordered Green Curry Chicken (Kang Kheaw Wan Kai) and Stir Fry Asparagus with Shitake Mushrooms in a chili garlic sauce (Pan Nomai Sod) to go with white rice. We told the waitress that we had to leave by a certain time, and service was prompt. The meal was delicious. I liked the green curry because even with coconut milk as an ingredient, it did not taste too sweet. The taste of the asparagus and mushrooms was an interesting combination.
I really wanted to stay longer and order my favourite Thai dessert, the sticky rice. However, we had to go and I had to promise myself that I should return before too long. Their Pad Thai used to be my staple at lunch time. Their shrimps and duck dishes were also top on my dinner selections.
The Real Thailand Restaurant is known to all the locals, from students and staff of the University of Toronto, workers downtown near the Bloor and Spadina area and residents in the neighbourhood. Prices are affordable and services friendly. If you have never been there, it is definitely worth a try, and you will probably keep returning to it.
Real Thailand Restaurant, 350 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario.
This entry was posted in Culture, Food, Reviews and tagged Real Thai Restaurnat, Thai food, Toronto on May 21, 2013 by Opalla.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: SPRING (River and Ruin Hike)
Everything I saw on my hike on the River and Ruin Trail in the Lowville Park area in Halton Region, Ontario was a representation of Spring. I am therefore integrating this as my submission to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: SPRING. The moment we set out on our hike from the carpark, Spring was tangible. Photography could only capture what one could see. The green of the grass and the leaves is a Spring green, which looked so promising after the rain from the night before. I could hear Spring from the birds’ singing and chirping, and the rustling of the wind, I could feel Spring from the cool, refreshing breeze, and I could smell Spring in the air. The flowering trees were starting to bloom and the open fields were covered with dandelions, bright yellow contrasting with bright new green.
Other vegetation, from the fern to the May apple (with its bud hiding underneath the leaves), the trilliums to the marsh daisies are out. I saw the Bracket Fungi for the first time.
We also spotted the Garlic Mustard, an unwanted foreign specie because they would edge out the other plants.
We took the River and Ruin Side Trail, crossed a bridge to join the Bruce Trail Main Trail. We hiked to Kilbride, took a lunch break and hiked back, using a different arm of the side trail to see the ruin. The water level was high and we had Bronte Creek to our right for half of the hike. The ruin appeared as a surprise among the trees. It was the relics was a big farmhouse.
We had to use our imagination to think back two hundred years ago when this part was farmland and the residents were using out hiking trail to go to their general store in Lowville. What kind of bridge did they have back then?
This entry was posted in Hiking, Leisure, Life, Trails and tagged Bruce Trail, Lowville Park, River & Ruin Side Trail, spring hike on May 19, 2013 by Opalla.
Kitchen Renovation (5): The Long Wait, and Suddenly…
The dry wall team did not turn up the day after the electricians had left. They did not turn up the next day, nor the following day. I call the supervisor. He told me the dry wall people were finishing a big job, and he was hoping that they could come by and start working in my kitchen soon. He sounded reassuring when he told me that dry wall workers usually carry several jobs at one time, because when the plaster was drying in one place, they could go over to another place to do some work there.
In spite of my optimism, they never turned up at my place. I had an entire week without any workman in my house. I tried to carry on my life as usual. I went to work, did minimal grocery shopping since I had to plan carefully what to cook in my makeshift kitchen and we ate out more.
The inspector from the city also did not come, but it was a relief to know that he did not need to come because they were over-booked and could only manage one in three of the sites. They apparently knew the work of the electrician and my contractor, and skipped us. That was good news. According to the schedule given to me by the contractor, they had allowed two weeks for the dry wall work. Ten days had elapsed.
When I returned home from work on the eleventh day, I walked into a dusty hallway and the stinging smell of plaster. I started to sneeze but I was more relieved to see that work had finally resumed. The dry wall team had given me the walls and the new ceiling of my kitchen! These people only spent three days in my house and completed their work. These were dusty and sneezy days, but the job was back on track again.
The tile people followed suit. They first did a good job reinforcing the floor boards by punching nails on it. In came the wire sheets and they did a patient job lining the floor before putting on the ceramic tiles. It was another three-day work because when they got the corners and the side of the room, the tiles had to be measured and precisely cut. It was fun watching them, as they placed the tiles as working on a jig-saw puzzle. Another chapter of my kitchen renovation saga completed.
This entry was posted in Life and tagged dry wall, Kitchen renovation, renovation, tiles on May 17, 2013 by Opalla.
Sporting Life 10K: Racing with 27,000 Athletes on Yonge Street
About a year ago, I wrote my first blog post with a picture taken by my walking coach Lee Scott at the start line of the Sporting Life 10K race. This year, on May 12, 2013, I was standing behind the same start line with the banner over me. I was among the 27,000 participants getting ready to race down Yonge Street to raise funds for Camp Oochigeas, a camp in Muskoka for children with cancer.
The cold air that snapped back in mid-Spring did not chill the enthusiasm of the participants most of whom were dressed appropriately to come out early in the morning, warm enough to stand around waiting and yet not to get overheated when they were well into the race. There was a mix of short sleeves and long sleeves, plus of course, the cut-out garbage bags, which would be discarded along the way.
Athletes started to arrive around 7 a,m. They either huddled under the scaffolding of buildings or went into the Sporting Life shop or a Starbucks nearby to stay warm. By 7:45 a.m. everybody lined up at the corral to which each person was assigned based on expected finishing time. I was a walker and so I waited in the Orange corral. The gun went off at 8 a.m. for the first wave of elite runners and those who intended to finish under 48 minutes (Red and Yellow corrals) to be followed by the Blue, Green, Purple and Orange waves, the last of which waited until 8:40 a.m.
An awesome sight appeared in front of me as I power walked down Yonge Street. It was a sea of people on the busiest and longest street in Toronto.
We started from between Eglinton and Lawrence, headed south and then turned west at Richmond. All the streets were closed to traffic. The sense of ownership of the roads without cars was unspeakable. At the club district, we turned south along Peters Street, which looked asleep in the morning hours. We went west again on Front Street, then south on Bathhurst and the Finish Line was on Fort York Blvd. just west of Bathurst. We had live bands entertaining us at each kilometre mark.
After crossing the Finish Line, we were gathered at Coronation Park, where volunteers handed us the medal, and where refreshments were waiting. This year, Nike gave each participant a sticker that they could put on the Nike Wall, and Nike would donate $1 for each sticker, up to the amount of $10,000. This year, Sporting Life aimed to raise 2.4 million dollars for the Camp. The Sporting Life 10K now reigns as the second largest running race in Canada and the race with the largest charitable donations.
This entry was posted in Leisure, Walking and tagged running races, Sporting Life 10K, Toronto on May 15, 2013 by Opalla.
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Myriophyllum aquaticum
(parrot feather)
Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc.
Common name: parrot feather
Synonyms and Other Names: Brazilian watermilfoil, parrot’s feather, parrot-feather, parrotfeather, parrot feather watermilfoil, Enydria aquatica (Vell.), Myriophyllum brasiliense (Camb.), Myriophyllum proserpinacoides (Gillies ex Hook. and Arn.)
Identification: Parrot feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum) is heterophyllous, meaning it has both an emergent and submersed leaf form. Emergent leaves are whorled, stiff, and usually have 20 or more linear divisions (10 leaflet pairs) on each leaf (Godfrey and Wooten 1981). The leaves appear feather-like and grayish green and can extend to 30 cm above the water surface.
The submersed shoots, similar to those of Eurasian watermilfoil (M. spicatum), are comprised of whorls of four to six filamentous, pectinate leaves, 1.5 to 3.5 cm long, arising from each node (Mason 1957, Washington State Department of Ecology 2011). Submersed leaves are reddish orange. When the submersed shoots reach the water surface, plant growth changes and begins to creep along the water surface with extensive branching from nodes followed by vertical growth of emergent stems (Moreira et al. 1999).
Small, white flowers occur in the leaf axils on the emergent shoots and are approximately 1/16 inch long (Washington State Department of Ecology 2011). Parrot feather lacks structures for storage, dispersal, and perennation (e.g., tubers, turions, and winter buds), and therefore stolons serve all these functions (Sytsma and Anderson 1993).
Size: leaves 1.5 to 5 cm, stems up to 5 feet.
Native Range: Myriophyllum aquaticum is a native of the Amazon River basin in South America, including Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, as well as Argentina, Chile, and Paraguay (Washington State Department of Ecology 2011). It prefers to inhabit subtropical regions (Fernandez et al. 1993).
Table 1. States with nonindigenous occurrences, the earliest and latest observations in each state, and the tally and names of HUCs with observations†. Names and dates are hyperlinked to their relevant specimen records. The list of references for all nonindigenous occurrences of Myriophyllum aquaticum are found here.
Alabama 1957 2018 19 Alabama; Buttahatchee; Cahaba; Choctawhatchee-Escambia; Coosa-Tallapoosa; Locust; Lower Chattahoochee; Lower Conecuh; Lower Coosa; Lower Tallapoosa; Lower Tombigbee; Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga; Middle Tennessee-Elk; Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub; Mobile Bay; Upper Alabama; Upper Choctawhatchee; Upper Conecuh; Wheeler Lake
Arizona 1970 2006 6 Aqua Fria; Imperial Reservoir; Little Colorado; Lower Colorado; Middle Gila; Salt
Arkansas 1970 2018 19 Arkansas-White-Red Region; L'anguille; Little Missouri; Little Red; Lower Arkansas; Lower Arkansas-Maumelle; Lower Mississippi Region; Lower Mississippi-St. Francis; Lower Ouachita-Bayou De Loutre; Lower Ouachita-Smackover; Lower Red-Ouachita; Lower Saline; Lower St. Francis; Lower White; Lower White-Bayou Des Arc; Middle White; Upper Ouachita; Upper Ouachita; Upper Saline
California 1933 2018 36 Big Chico Creek-Sacramento River; Big-Navarro-Garcia; Butte Creek; Calleguas; Central California Coastal; Central Coastal; Clear Creek-Sacramento River; Coyote; Honcut Headwaters-Lower Feather; Imperial Reservoir; Klamath-Northern California Coastal; Los Angeles; Lower Eel; Lower Sacramento; Mad-Redwood; Middle San Joaquin-Lower Chowchilla; North Fork Feather; Pajaro; Paynes Creek-Sacramento River; Rock Creek-French Camp Slough; Russian; Salinas; San Diego; San Francisco Bay; San Francisco Coastal South; San Joaquin Delta; San Luis Rey-Escondido; San Pablo Bay; Santa Ana; Tomales-Drake Bays; Upper Bear; Upper Cache; Upper Coon-Upper Auburn; Upper Cosumnes; Upper Tuolumne; Upper Yuba
Connecticut 2001 2010 5 Housatonic; Lower Connecticut; Quinnipiac; Saugatuck; Shetucket
Delaware 1980 2000 3 Brandywine-Christina; Broadkill-Smyrna; Chincoteague
District of Columbia 2012 2017 1 Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan
Florida 1906 2018 48 Alafia; Apalachee Bay-St. Marks; Apalachicola; Apalachicola Bay; Aucilla; Big Cypress Swamp; Blackwater; Caloosahatchee; Cape Canaveral; Chipola; Crystal-Pithlachascotee; Daytona-St. Augustine; Econfina-Steinhatchee; Escambia; Everglades; Florida Southeast Coast; Hillsborough; Kissimmee; Lake Okeechobee; Little Manatee; Lower Chattahoochee; Lower Choctawhatchee; Lower Ochlockonee; Lower St. Johns; Lower Suwannee; Manatee; Myakka; Nassau; New; Oklawaha; Peace; Perdido; Perdido Bay; Santa Fe; Sarasota Bay; South Atlantic-Gulf Region; Southern Florida; St. Andrew-St. Joseph Bays; St. Marys; Suwannee; Tampa Bay; Tampa Bay; Upper St. Johns; Vero Beach; Western Okeechobee Inflow; Withlacoochee; Withlacoochee; Yellow
Georgia 1939 2018 20 Apalachicola Basin; Brier; Coosawattee; Little; Lower Chattahoochee; Lower Flint; Middle Chattahoochee-Lake Harding; Middle Chattahoochee-Walter F; Middle Savannah; Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga; Oostanaula; Suwannee; Upper Chattahoochee; Upper Coosa; Upper Flint; Upper Ocmulgee; Upper Oconee; Upper Ogeechee; Upper Suwannee; Withlacoochee
Hawaii 1989 2009 3 Hawaii; Kauai; Oahu
Idaho 1928 2007 6 Clearwater; Lower Boise; Lower North Fork Clearwater; Payette; Pend Oreille Lake; Upper Snake-Rock
Illinois 2008 2008 1 Lower Ohio
Indiana 2006 2014 2 Kankakee; St. Joseph
Iowa 2017 2017 1 Skunk
Kentucky 1986 2015 6 Lower Cumberland; Lower Kentucky; Lower Levisa; Upper Cumberland; Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland; Upper Green
Louisiana 1915 2019 30 Amite; Atchafalaya; Atchafalaya - Vermilion; Bayou Sara-Thompson; Bayou Teche; Black Lake Bayou; Boeuf; Calcasieu-Mermentau; Castor; East Central Louisiana Coastal; Eastern Louisiana Coastal; Lake Maurepas; Lake Maurepas; Liberty Bayou-Tchefuncta; Louisiana Coastal; Lower Grand; Lower Mississippi; Lower Mississippi Region; Lower Mississippi-New Orleans; Lower Ouachita; Lower Ouachita; Lower Red; Lower Red-Ouachita; Mermentau; Mermentau Headwaters; Red-Saline; Red-Sulphur; Tickfaw; Vermilion; West Central Louisiana Coastal
Maryland 1950 2017 5 Gunpowder-Patapsco; Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan; Middle Potomac-Catoctin; Patuxent; Upper Chesapeake Bay
Massachusetts 2011 2016 2 Cape Cod; Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal
Michigan 1962 2016 5 Detroit; Huron; Kalamazoo; Muskegon; Upper Grand
Minnesota 2012 2012 1 Buffalo-Whitewater
Mississippi 1944 2018 27 Black; Black Warrior-Tombigbee; Bogue Chitto; Chunky-Okatibbee; Coldwater; Deer-Steele; Little Tallahatchie; Lower Big Black; Lower Leaf; Luxapallila; Middle Pearl-Strong; Middle Tombigbee-Lubbub; Mississippi Coastal; Noxubee; Pascagoula; Pascagoula; Pickwick Lake; Sucarnoochee; Tangipahoa; Tibbee; Upper Big Black; Upper Chickasawhay; Upper Leaf; Upper Pearl; Upper Tombigbee; Yazoo; Yocona
Missouri 1977 1977 1 South Grand
Montana 1977 1977 1 Bitterroot
New Jersey 1890 2016 6 Cohansey-Maurice; Delaware; Lower Delaware; Middle Delaware-Musconetcong; Mullica-Toms; Sandy Hook-Staten Island
New Mexico 1945 2018 1 Rio Grande-Albuquerque
New York 1929 2016 4 Long Island; Northern Long Island; Rondout; Southern Long Island
North Carolina 1938 2018 19 Albemarle; Black; Cape Fear; Chowan; Contentnea; Haw; Lower Cape Fear; Lower Catawba; Lower Roanoke; Lower Tar; New River; Pamlico Sound; Rocky; Upper Cape Fear; Upper Catawba; Upper Pee Dee; Upper Tar; Waccamaw; White Oak River
Ohio 1949 2018 3 Hocking; Lower Scioto; Muskingum
Oklahoma 1964 1970 6 Lower Arkansas; Lower Canadian; Neosho-Verdigris; Red-Sulphur; Red-Washita; Upper Little
Oregon 1900 2018 21 Alsea; Coast Fork Willamette; Coos; Lower Columbia; Lower Rogue; Lower Willamette; Middle Willamette; Molalla-Pudding; Necanicum; Pacific Northwest Region; Siletz-Yaquina; Siltcoos; Siuslaw; Sixes; South Santiam; South Umpqua; Sprague; Umpqua; Upper Willamette; Willamette; Wilson-Trusk-Nestuccu
Pennsylvania 1950 1950 1 Lower Susquehanna
South Carolina 1939 2018 15 Black; Cooper; Edisto-Santee; Lower Broad; Lower Catawba; Lower Savannah; Lumber; Middle Savannah; Ogeechee-Savannah; Salkehatchie; Saluda; Santee; Stevens; Upper Broad; Wateree
Tennessee 1941 2018 16 Collins; Guntersville Lake; Hatchie-Obion; Holston; Lower Cumberland; Lower French Broad; Lower Little Tennessee; Lower Tennessee; Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga; Middle Tennessee-Hiwassee; South Fork Holston; Stones; Upper Cumberland; Upper Elk; Upper Tennessee; Watts Bar Lake
Texas 1956 2018 27 Austin-Travis Lakes; Buchanan-Lyndon B. Johnson Lakes; Buffalo-San Jacinto; Caddo Lake; Cedar; Denton; East Fork Trinity; Elm Fork Trinity; Farmers-Mud; Lake Fork; Lake O'the Pines; Lower Angelina; Lower Brazos-Little Brazos; Lower Colorado-Cummins; Lower Neches; Lower Trinity; Lower West Fork Trinity; Middle Neches; Middle Sabine; Navasota; Rio Grande-Amistad; San Marcos; Toledo Bend Reservoir; Upper Angelina; Upper Frio; Upper Neches; West Galveston Bay
Virginia 1967 2018 15 Albemarle-Chowan; Appomattox; Chowan - Roanoke; Conococheague-Opequon; Hampton Roads; James; Lower Chesapeake; Lower James; Lower Potomac; Lower Rappahannock; Middle James-Willis; Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan; North Fork Holston; Nottoway; South Fork Shenandoah
Washington 1971 2018 14 Grays Harbor; Lake Washington; Lower Chehalis; Lower Columbia-Clatskanie; Lower Columbia-Sandy; Lower Snake-Tucannon; Lower Yakima; Nisqually; Nooksack; Puget Sound; Skykomish; Snohomish; Upper Chehalis; Willapa Bay
West Virginia 1970 2015 2 Tygart Valley; West Fork
Wisconsin 2012 2012 1 Buffalo-Whitewater
Ecology: Parrot feather grows well in shallow wetlands, slow moving streams, irrigation reservoirs or canals, edges of lakes, ponds, sloughs, or backwaters (Sutton 1985). Although it can grow in moist soil and tolerates a wide-range of water levels, parrot feather grows most rapidly in higher water levels (but has been documented in depths up to 16 ft; Banfield 2008) and high-nutrient environments (Hussner et al. 2009; Sutton 1985; Sytsma and Anderson 1993). Parrot feather requires rooting in bottom sediments, in habitats where light can penetrate to the bottom favor growth and colonization. Parrot feather thrives under slightly alkaline conditions (pH range 6.8-8.0), prefers temperatures between 16-23°C, and can withstand a water hardness level between 50-200 ppm (Federation of New Zealand Aquatic Societies, in Mabulu 2005). This species displays photosynthetic activity at pH levels of 6 to 8.5, depths of 0 to 10 meters, and temperatures from 10°C to 30°C, though it can survive even broader ranges (Robinson 2003; WIDNR 2011). It can also survive frequent inundation of salt water as long as concentrations remain below 4 ppt (Sutton 1985). Parrot feather is not seriously affected by frost (Moreira et al. 1999); however, a hard or extended period of frost may kill emergent shoots in northern latitudes (WIDNR 2011). Parrot feather can survive winters in its submersed form and begin growth when water temperatures reach 7°C (Moreira et al. 1999). Nevertheless, invasion tends to fail in areas with severe winters, because parrot feather does not store phosphorus or carbon in its rhizomes (Mabulu 2005).
Parrot feather is a dioecious species, however only pistillate (female) plants are found outside of South America. Staminate (male) plants are rare even in native populations of South America (Orchard 1981). For this reason, seed production is not known to occur (Aiken 1981) and reproduction is exclusively vegetative in North America (Orchard 1981). Reproduction occurs by fragmentation of emergent and/or submersed shoots, roots, rhizomes, or attached plant fragments (Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, UF/IFAS 2010; Les and Mehrhoff 1999; Mabulu 2005).
Parrot feather has an annual growth pattern, forming shoots in spring from overwintering rhizomes as water temperature increases. Rhizomes provide support for adventitious roots and buoyancy for emergent summer growth. Flowers usually appear in spring, or in fall for some plants. The plant usually dies back to its rhizomes in the autumn (Mabulu 2005).
Means of Introduction: Escaped ornamental pond plant.
Status: Established in North America.
Impact of Introduction: Dense infestations can rapidly overtake small ponds and sloughs, impeding water flow resulting in increased flood duration and intensity. Parrotfeather may also out-compete more desirable native macrophytes. Little information exists on the direct impact that parrotfeather has on fish and wildlife. Dense beds of parrotfeather have resulted in reductions in dissolved oxygen in the water column, which may be detrimental to fish (Fonseca 1984 cited in Moreira et al. 1999). Parrotfeather growth can inhibit the growth of more desirable plant species such as pondweeds and coontail (Ferreira and Moreira 1994), which are readily utilized by waterfowl as food items (Wersal et al. 2005). A strong correlation was determined between the density of parrotfeather growth and the presence of mosquito eggs and larvae (Orr and Resh 1989), which may lead to increases in mosquito born diseases that could infect wildlife and humans.
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Kevin Alfred Strom · 19 November, 2010
UPDATE: The censors moved quickly; within a few hours of the video being posted here, the producer’s account was terminated. An alternative source has been found; its longevity is of course unknown.
by Kevin Alfred Strom
A VERY TALENTED video producer who goes by the name of DestroyZog (a moniker which may be somewhat off-putting to the very audience he’s trying to reach) has created a compelling and visually dynamic television version of one of Dr. William Pierce’s most heart-rending broadcasts. In this piece, he details the horrific rape and murder of a White sixth-grader who was lured into the interracial sex “scene” by the junk / death culture of the alien media moguls — monsters who too many parents allow to “babysit” their vulnerable children for hours on end every day.
Once you have seen and understood the facts presented here, there will no longer be any question in your mind as to the real agenda lurking behind the “cutesie” logos, catchy theme songs, and pretty faces that are but sugar coating on deadly poison. Natural, normal sexuality is a good thing, with its purpose being the renewal of the race and the bringing of more beautiful White souls into this world. But it is not a normal, healthy sexuality that the Opponent is promoting to our children — it is an unspeakable perversion of sexuality, and its goal is the opposite of Nature’s.
The rapidly-changing video imagery may seem distracting to older viewers, but in my opinion it is just right for the younger audience who have grown up in the MTV and music-video era.
As Dr. Pierce says in his conclusion: “If you are the parent, grandparent, uncle or aunt of young White children, you have a sacred obligation to help them develop a lifelong resistance to these Jewish attempts to destroy their racial and cultural identity.” Amen!
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19 November, 2010 at 6:12 pm — Reply
Mr. Strom, the following message appeared when I attempted to link to the video:
Does this likely mean that YouTube was influenced by someone to remove the video, owing to its content? Is the video available elsewhere?
John Kirkpatrick
Due to the censorship issues at You Tube, fellow channel producers are copying and re-downloading video’s that have been ‘terminated’ … Here is a link to the Dr. Pierce Video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ltQ9jxM2Y4
FallenTree
YouTube can censor anything that they don’t like, but it’s not what they don’t like but the viewers. Your video should have stayed on. Keep up the good work & know there are those of us who read your blog. That is until Google gets a notice from the USG to censor you as they have done others.
Alternate host:
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10 May, 2011 at 11:13 am — Reply
Dr.William Pierce Speaks…
Assorted video broadcasts of Dr.Pierce;s talks, up dated on a regular basis.
http://vimeo.com/album/1594380
The ADL and SPLC have successfully made sure the video has been erased from the Internet. You’re going to have to do better than that if you want to keep the video online.
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Buchanan, VA Natural Gas Rates
Natural Gas Rates in Buchanan
^ Year over year, the average residential natural gas rate in Buchanan increased 20 percent. [Read More]
Natural Gas Usage in Buchanan
^ Buchanan residents used an estimated 1 million cubic feet of natural gas in April 2019. [Read More]
Natural Gas Customers in Buchanan
^ There are an estimated 179 residential natural gas customers in the town of Buchanan. [Read More]
Natural Gas Rates in Buchanan, VA
Residential Natural Gas Rates in Buchanan
Residential natural gas prices in Buchanan, VA (based on Virginia data) averaged $13.14 per thousand cubic feet in April 2019. This average rate was approximately 20.3% more than the U.S. average rate of $10.92 per thousand cubic feet for residential customers in that month. [1]
Year over year, the average residential natural gas rate in Buchanan increased 20 percent, from $10.95 per thousand cubic feet in April 2018 to $13.14 per thousand cubic feet in April 2019. [1]
Buchanan Residential Natural Gas Price
April (2018) 10.04 $/Mcf 10.95 $/Mcf
May 13.64 $/Mcf 14.22 $/Mcf
July 17.92 $/Mcf 10.95 $/Mcf
October 12.26 $/Mcf 15.93 $/Mcf
November 9.43 $/Mcf 11.89 $/Mcf
December 9.63 $/Mcf 11.33 $/Mcf
January 9.43 $/Mcf 10.81 $/Mcf
February 9.47 $/Mcf 11.45 $/Mcf
March 9.48 $/Mcf 11.47 $/Mcf
Industrial Natural Gas Rates in Buchanan
Buchanan, VA industrial natural gas prices in April 2019 (based on Virginia data) averaged $4.87 per thousand cubic feet, which was approximately 21.1% more than the average rate of $4.02 per thousand cubic feet in the United States overall that month. [1]
Year over year, the average industrial natural gas rate in Buchanan increased 4.51 percent, from $4.66 per thousand cubic feet in April 2018 to $4.87 per thousand cubic feet in April 2019. [1]
Buchanan Industrial Natural Gas Price
Natural Gas Usage in Buchanan, VA
Buchanan Natural Gas Customers
An estimated 1,217,501 residential consumers use natural gas in Virginia, which is approximately 1.8% of the total number of residential natural gas consumers in the United States overall. [2]
Buchanan: There are an estimated 179 residential natural gas customers in the town of Buchanan. [3]
Residential Natural Gas Consumption in Buchanan
Residential natural gas usage in Virginia in April 2019 was 4,414 million cubic feet, or approximately 1.3% of the total residential consumption in the U.S. of 327,124 million cubic feet that month. [1]
Buchanan residents used an estimated 1 million cubic feet of natural gas in April 2019, or less than 1 percent of the overall usage in Virginia that month. [3]
More Virginia Natural Gas Statistics
Virginia Industrial Natural Gas Consumers
Industrial Natural Gas Consumers in VA
An estimated 968 industrial consumers use natural gas in Virginia, which is about 0.5% of the total number of industrial natural gas consumers in the United States. [2]
Learn more about industrial natural gas in VA
Virginia Share of Natural Gas Usage
How VA Compares to the U.S.
Virginia accounted for 1.74% of overall residential deliveries of natural gas in the United States in 2017. [2]
In 2017, Virginia accounted for 1.18% of total industrial deliveries of natural gas in the nation as a whole. [2]
Learn more about residential natural gas in VA
Virginia Industrial Natural Gas Prices
Industrial Natural Gas Prices in VA
Industrial natural gas consumers in the state of Virginia (as a whole) pay approximately 21.1% more than the average residential natural gas rate in the United States overall. [1]
Household Income in Buchanan, VA
Income: Buchanan vs. Nation [4]
Summary for Buchanan, VA
How Household Income in Buchanan, VA Compares to the U.S.
How Residential Natural Gas Prices in Buchanan, VA Compare to the U.S.
Residential natural gas prices in Buchanan (based on VA data) averaged about $13.14 per thousand cubic feet in April 2019, or about 20.3 percent more than the average residenial cost of $10.92 per thousand cubic feet in the United States in its entirety. [1]
Buchanan, VA Income Breakdown [4]
More about Buchanan
Buchanan (Virginia) is a town in Botetourt County with a population of approximately 1,178. [4]
Buchanan, VA Natural Gas
To learn more about natural gas rates in Buchanan, VA, or for more resources related to natural gas in Buchanan, visit the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Natural gas is odorless, so a chemical that smells like sulfur is added. This allows it to be detected in cases where leaks occur.
Additional Cities in VA
Belle Haven
Mount Crawford
ZIP Codes in VA
Natural Gas in Buchanan, VA
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Tom Baker returning to ‘Doctor Who’ (sort of)
July 22, 2009 Scott Kirchhofer3061 Comment on Tom Baker returning to ‘Doctor Who’ (sort of)
“Would you like a jelly baby?”
The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine reports that Tom Baker, the man most people still picture when think of Doctor Who, will return to the TARDIS after nearly three decades for a series of five plays for BBC Audio. He will be joined by Richard Franklin, who played UNIT Capt. Mike Yates in the classic TV series at the time Baker stepped into the role.
The 75-year-old Baker has certainly kept busy since his defining six-year stint as the Time Lord ended, making guest appearances on television and film and doing voice-over work that includes the role of narrator on Little Britain.
The magazine also reveals that Baker’s contemporary John Leeson, the perennial voice of the Doctor’s robot companion K9, will return for the upcoming Australian TV spinoff.
(Via The Doctor Who News Page)
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Tagged BBC, Doctor Who, K9, Tom Baker
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Holy Krishna says:
I LOVE YOU TOM BAKER
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Tag: savings tax
Ochi, ochi, ochi
Banks in Cyprus are in crisis. They have many bad debts e.g. to Greece and as mortgages in a falling property market. Private-sector debts have become unsustainable for the banks. The problem is compounded by negative economic growth and large government deficits (see chart). But, as with Icelandic banks back in 2008, this means a crisis for the whole country.
The reason is that the banking sector in Cyprus, as in Iceland and Ireland too, is large relative to the whole economy – over 8 times annual GDP (second only to Ireland in the EU). Loans to Greece alone are as much as 160% of Cyprus’ GDP and Cypriot banks were badly hit by the terms of the Greek bailout, which required creditors to take a 53% reduction (or ‘haircut’) in the value of their loans to Greece. With such a large banking sector, it is impossible for the Cypriot government alone to rescue the banks.
Cyprus thus turned to the EU for a bailout: back in June 2012. This makes Cyprus the fifth country to seek a bailout (after Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain). A bailout of €10 billion has just been agreed by the EU and IMF. The bailout comes with the ‘usual’ conditions of strong austerity measures of tax rises and cuts in government expenditure. But what makes this bailout different from those given to the other countries was a proposed levy on savers.
The proposal was that people with up €99,999 in their bank accounts (of any type) would face a one-off tax of 6.75%. The rate for those with €100,000 or more would be 9.9%, including on the first €99,999. This would raise around €5.8 billion of the €10 billion.
Not surprisingly, there was a public outcry in Cyprus. People had thought that their deposits were protected (at least up to €100,000). There was a run on cash machines, which, as a result were set to deliver just small amounts of cash to cope with the excessive demand. There was huge pressure on the Cypriot government not to introduce the measure.
But the ramifications of the proposed levy go well beyond the question of justice to savers. Questions are being raised about its incentive/disincentive effects. If people in other countries in future financial difficulties felt that they might face similar levies, how would they behave? Also, there is no haircut being proposed for holders of banks’ bonds. As Robert Peston states in his first article below:
The Cypriot deal sets back the cause of the new global rules for bringing order to banking systems when crisis hits. Apart from anything else, in other eurozone countries where banks are weak, it licenses runs on those banks, as and when a bailout looms.
But getting incentives right is not easy. As the Buttonwood column in The Economist points out:
The problem is tied up with the issue of moral hazard. This can be applied to both creditors and debtors; the former should be punished for reckless lending and the latter for living beyond their means. The collapse of Lehman Brothers is seen as an example of the faulty reasoning behind moral hazard; by letting the bank go bust, the crisis was spread throughout the financial system. But rescuing every creditor (or intervening to bail out the markets every time they falter) is the reason we are in this mess.
One alternative considered by the Cyprus parliament was to exempt people with less than €20,000 in their accounts from the levy. But this was rejected as being insufficient protection for savers. Another is to exempt people with less than €100,000, or to charge people with between €20,000 and €100,000 at a lower rate or rates.
But charging less, or nothing, on deposits of less than €100,000 would make it harder to to raise the €5.8 billion required by the EU. Without alternative measures it would mean charging a rate higher than 9.9% on larger deposits. The Cypriot government is afraid that this would discourage inward investment. Russia, in particular, has invested heavily in the Cyprus economy and Russia is campaigning vigorously to limit the size of the levy on large deposits. But there is little sympathy for Russian depositors, much of whose deposits are claimed to be ‘laundered money’. The Cypriot government has been seeking financial support from the Russian government.
An alternative proposal being considered is to issue government bonds in an “investment solidarity fund” and to transfer pension funds from semi-public companies to the state. Also Russia may be willing to invest more money in Cyprus’ offshore oil and gas fields.
A deal was struck between Cyprus and the EU/IMF early in the morning of 25 March, just hours before the deadline. For details, see the News Item Cyprus: one crisis ends; another begins.
Webcasts and podcasts
Eurozone ministers agree 10bn euro Cyprus bailout Channel 4 News (16/3/13)
Bailout is ‘blackmail’ claims Cyprus president Euronews (17/3/13)
Cyprus’s president tries to calm fears over EU bailout The Guardian (18/3/13)
Cypriot bank customers reactions to savings levy BBC News (17/3/13)
Cyprus bailout: Parliament postpones debate amid anger BBC News (17/3/13)
Cyprus parliament delays debate on EU bailout Al Jazeera (17/3/13)
Cyprus told it can amend bailout, as key vote postponed BBC News, Gavin Hewitt (18/3/13)
Robert Peston: Cyprus bailout an ‘astonishing mess’ BBC News, Robert Peston (18/3/13)
Cyprus bailout is ‘completely unfair’ BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, Michael Fuchs and Bernadette Segol (18/3/13)
Lenders ‘doing everything you should not do’ on Cyprus BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, Alistair Darling (19/3/12)
Cyprus warned over bailout rejection BBC News (20/3/13)
Cyprus becomes fifth eurozone bailout The News International (Pakistan) (17/3/13)
Cyprus bailout deal sparks run on ATMs Irish Independent (17/3/13)
EU leaders gamble in Cyprus bank bailout BBC News, Gavin Hewitt (17/3/13)
Cyprus told it can amend bailout, as key vote postponed BBC News (18/3/13)
Q&A: Cyprus bailout BBC News (19/3/13)
Cyprus’ President Defends Bailout Deal The Motley Fool (16/3/13)
Sad Cyprus The Economist, Buttonwood’s Notebook (12/3/13)
The Cypriot bail-out: A fifth bitter lemon The Economist (30/6/12)
Analysis: Cyprus bank levy risks dangerous euro zone precedent Reuters, Mike Peacock (17/3/13)
The Cyprus precedent Reuters, Felix Salmon (17/3/13)
The Cyprus Bank Bailout Could Be A Disastrous Precedent: They’re Reneging On Government Deposit Insurance Forbes, Tim Worstall (16/3/13)
Cyprus rescue breaks all the rules BBC News, Robert Peston (18/3/13)
Cyprus and the eurozone’s survival BBC News, Robert Peston (20/3/13)
Eurogroup defends Cyprus bail-out The Telegraph (17/3/13)
Cyprus eurozone bailout prompts anger as savers hand over possible 10% levy The Guardian (16/3/13)
Cyprus’s wealth tax makes perfect sense – its rich won’t escape unscathed The Guardian, Phillip Inman (18/3/13)
The tragedy of Cyprus The Real Economy blog, Edmund Conway (16/3/13)
Damage limitation in Cyprus BBC News, Stephanie Flanders (19/3/13)
The fatal flaw in the eurozone’s not-so-cunning plan for Cyprus The Guardian, Larry Elliott (19/3/13)
Cyprus plans special fund in race to get EU-IMF bailout BBC News, (21/3/13)
Cyprus says ‘significant progress’ in debt crisis talks BBC News (23/3/13)
The Banking System in Cyprus: Time to Rethink the Business Model? Cyprus Economic Policy Review, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 123–130, Constantinos Stephanou (2011)
European sovereign-debt crisis Wikipedia
What is the justification given by the Cypriot government and the EU for imposing a levy on bank deposits?
What alternative measures could have been demanded by the EU? Why weren’t they?
What is the significance of Russian deposits in Cypriot banks?
Compare the benefits of the proposed levy rates with the alternative of imposing levies only on deposits over €100,000, but at higher rates (perhaps tiered).
Explain the moral hazard issues in bailing out the Cypriot banks.
How serious is the problem that imposing a tax on deposits in Cypriot banks might have adverse affects on the behaviour of depositors in other countries’ banks?
How might Cypriots behave in future in regards to depositing money in banks? What impact could this have on the economy of Cyprus?
Explain “the unholy trinity of options facing indebted nations (inflate, stagnate, default)”. Compare the effectiveness of each.
Tags: Tagsbank bailouts, Bank levy, Cyprus, disincentives, EU, financial crisis, haircuts, IMF, incentives, moral hazard, private-sector debt, savings, savings taxPosted in: CategoriesEconomics 10e: Ch 04, Economics 10e: Ch 18, Economics 10e: Ch 26, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 06, 7e Ch 06, Economics for Business: 8e Ch 28, 7e Ch 28, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 03, Essential Economics for Business: Ch 10, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 03, 7e Ch 03, Essentials of Economics: 8e Ch 11, 7e Ch 10, Podcasts and WebcastsAuthored by: John Sloman
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REVIEW: “MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS” (2017) 20th Century Fox
CHOO CHOO!! ALL ABOARD..ALL ABOARD THE ORIENT EXPRESS! Murder! Mayham! Suspense!
Yes..If you’ve read Dame Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel “MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS” or have seen the 1974 version you know the storyline. If not, or like me, couldn’t remember all of it – what’s left to deal with then, is how well this one is done and of course the big ‘whodunnit’ reveal at the end.
The story of master detective Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) who is hoping for a break after numerous years of solving cases, jumps onboard The Orient Express thanks to friend Bouc (Tom Bateman) who was able to secure him this spot. While onboard, Poirot ends up having to solve a murder committed while traveling with 12 other passengers on The Orient Ecpress – a train that made traveling in style from West-East axis and back again, very popular.
Director and lead actor Branagh takes on the popular story, with a nod to nostalgia in three ways. First, the flair of the train travel at that time, which was associated with adventure, pleasure and discovery, must be brought back to life. Second, the charm of the detective-witty inquiry that the character is closely linked to that era. And thirdly, a remake must also pay homage to the original film and the book itself, because Agatha Christie stories are still hugely popular and it’s 1974 version brought much critical and acting acclaim. Thus, Branagh with his well-known cast, recognizes this and with a good but alas not perfect effort, tries to retain that feel. Its highlights include dazzling production design, period costumes and of course I would be remiss to not mention the highly distracting signature moustache! The opening portion of the train journey is spent as you would expect – introducing us the characters on the train. But it’s the last 30 minutes of the film where the detective really gets into why each character is there and what part they play in the film which make that the most interesting part of the film.
Branagh as Poirot, does a fine job mixing in the brilliant detective with the comedic, witty sarcasm the character is known for. It’s always a kick to see Dame Judi Dench, here as Russian Princess Dragomiroff, and the wonderful Olivia Coleman (one of my personal favourites) as her besieged maid, Hildegarde Schmidt. But they have literally nothing to do and are almost shamefully underused. Leslie Odom, Jr. as Dr. Arbuthnot is the racial switch in the casting – as Sean Connery had the role in the 1974 film – shows welcome daring for a remake that plays things stodgily by the book.
Michelle Pfeiffer shines in perhaps the meatiest – certainly the cheekiest – role as Caroline Hubbard, but those such as Daisy Ridley as Miss Mary Debenham shows that even her secret relationship with another passenger can’t give Ridley’s character enough boost to make it stand out as much as Pfeiffer does with her role – though both of these characters have a bigger chunk of the many supporting roles. Derek Jacobi as Edward Masterman & Willem Dafoe as ‘Austrian scientist’ Gerhard Hardman, both have secrets but can’t help but appear simply there for the ride. There’s a decent dramatic turn from Josh Gad as Hector MacQueen, though it might be because you only know his work as a comedian so his drama performance get a tick of notice. Also underused are Lucy Boynton and Sergei Polunin as Count & Countess Andrenyi who have a brilliant scene with Branagh but never really do anything else. Johnny Depp plays that typical smarmy-charmy type crook here which completely works for his character Edward Ratchett. Penelope Cruz on the other hand, has it worse as the religious introvert Pilar Estravados. It hard as I always find her work to be sub-par in English movies as she excels so well in the Spanish ones, I end up feeling a bit of a let down by them and here she is barely a blip on the Orient Express. So for all the resplendence of this cast, it’s hard not to feel that Branagh isn’t really pushing any of them to work.
Conclusion: Branagh’s staging of this famous crime thriller tries to do justice to the charm and the time-frame of the original with visual charms, a well-known cast and a little humor. However, this succeeds less convincingly than hoped.
Tags Adam Garcia, Daisy Ridley, Derek Jacobi, Gerard horan, Harry Lister Smith, Hayat Kamille, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Leslie Odom Jr., Lucy Boynton, Manuel Garcia-Ruflo, Marwan Kenzari, Michael Rouse, Michelle Pfeiffer, Miranda Raison, Murder on the Orient Express, Olicia Colman, Penelope Cruz, Phil Dunster, Rami Nasr, Richard Clifford, Sergei Polunin, Todd Boyce, Tom Bateman, Willem Dafoe
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Office for the Strategic Coordination of Health Research (OSCHR)
Last updated: 13.02.2014
Address: National Institute for Health Research,Room 132,Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London,SW1A 2NS
Web: http://www.nihr.ac.uk/about/Pages/about_oschr.aspx
OSCHR was jointly set up as a Government office in January 2007 by the Department of Heath in England (DH) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
The UK Government currently funds health related research through two main routes, the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). On 31 March 2006, Sir David Cooksey was appointed to lead a review to build agreement on the best institutional arrangements for the new single fund for health research. A copy of the report can be downloaded from the Treasury website.
The review concluded that, although good progress has been made in some areas, further work is needed to ensure that publicly funded health research is carried out in the most effective and efficient way, and to facilitate rapid translation of research findings into health and economic benefits. The report recommended specific actions which Government can take to achieve this. In his Pre-Budget Report on 6 December 2006, the Chancellor announced that he and the Secretaries of State for Health and for Trade and Industry (now Department for Business Innovation and Skills) welcomed the report and would work to take forward its recommendations.
A key recommendation of the review was the establishment of a new Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research (OSCHR) that will take an overview of the budgetary division and research strategy of both the MRC and NIHR.
OSCHR’s mission is to facilitate more efficient translation of health research into health and economic benefits in the UK through better coordination of health research and more coherent funding arrangements to support translation.
OSCHR has responsibility for:
x Translational Medicine Research
x Public Health Research
x E-Health Records Research
x Methodology Research
x Human Capital
Three Boards – a Translational Medicine Board (TMB), an E-Health Records Research Board (EHRRB) and a Public Health Research Board (PHRB) – have been established to provide strategic oversight in these areas. These Boards do not have a direct funding role.
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Foundations, Individual Giving
Buffett to Up Contributions to His Children’s Foundations
Ruth McCambridge
September 4, 2012; Source: The Herald (Associated Press)
Though not planning to decrease his pledges to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation or the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Warren Buffett has announced that he will significantly increase the amount of stock that will be dedicated to the three foundations established by his children: Howard, Susie and Peter. He made the announcement on his 82nd birthday in a letter published in the Omaha World-Herald. Each of the three foundations was to have received $1.5 billion but that has now been increased to approximately $2.1 billion.
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The pledge increase will lessen Buffet’s assets now uncommitted to charity; he was scheduled to give away 85 percent of his stock to the five foundations mentioned above, but the new announcement means that at least 90 percent will now be directed to those foundations. His plan is to commit the whole of his stock to charity with all proceeds to be spent out by 10 years following the close of his estate. –Ruth McCambridge
Ruth is Editor in Chief of the Nonprofit Quarterly. Her background includes forty-five years of experience in nonprofits, primarily in organizations that mix grassroots community work with policy change. Beginning in the mid-1980s, Ruth spent a decade at the Boston Foundation, developing and implementing capacity building programs and advocating for grantmaking attention to constituent involvement.
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RNC Chair: Wasserman Schultz has Obstructed an Investigation into Potential Threat to our National Security
Ronna Romney McDaniel wants the American people to pay attention to the investigation involving Wasserman Schultz's IT staffer.
RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel accused disgraced former DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) of obstructing an investigation that potentially affects America’s national security during an interview on Wednesday.
McDaniel was calling on the American people to pay attention to the ongoing situation involving Wasserman Schultz’s IT staffer, Imran Awan, who was arrested on bank fraud charges on Tuesday at Dulles airport while attempting to flee the country.
According to Politico:
“Awan is accused of attempting to defraud the Congressional Federal Credit Union by obtaining a $165,000 home equity loan for a rental property, which is against the credit union’s policies since it is not the owner’s primary residence. Those funds were then included as part of a wire transfer to two individuals in Faisalabad, Pakistan.”
“We have to get to the bottom of this, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz has obstructed at every level on something that affects potentially our national security,” McDaniel told Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo.
Awan is “at the center of a criminal investigation potentially impacting dozens of lawmakers.” The investigation accuses Awan of “stealing equipment from members’ offices without their knowledge and committing serious, potentially illegal, violations on the House IT network.”
Despite these accusations against Awan, Wasserman Schultz still employed Awan at the time he was arrested and in May Wasserman Schultz threatened consequences against the U.S. Capitol Police who are conducting the investigation into Awan for confiscating computer equipment as part of their investigation.
“We are not hearing the Democrats talk about it at all,” McDaniel concluded. “We also need to know why the DNC never turned over their hard drive to the FBI to review it as to their hacking situation. So the Democrats are on TV and they’re grandstanding every chance they get, but they’re not complying, and they’re not being forthright with their role.”
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English Gingerbread Old and New
Posted on February 5, 2013 by nyamhistofmed
Food historian Stephen Schmidt wrote today’s post, which includes findings from research he conducted at NYAM last summer. The post was originally posted on the Recipes Project blog.
Food writers who rummage in other people’s recipe boxes, as I am wont to do, know that many modern American families happily carry on making certain favorite dishes decades after these dishes have dropped out of fashion, indeed from memory. It appears that the same was true of a privileged eighteenth-century English family whose recipe book now resides at the New York Academy of Medicine (hereafter NYAM), under the unprepossessing label “Recipe book England 18th century. In two unidentified hands.” The manuscript’s culinary section (it also has a medical section) was copied in two contiguous chunks by two different scribes, the second of whom picked up numbering the recipes where the first left off and then added an index to all 170 recipes in both sections.
The recipes in both chunks are mostly of the early eighteenth century—they are similar to those of E. Smith’s The Compleat Housewife, 1727—but a number of recipes in the first chunk, particularly for items once part of the repertory of “banquetting stuffe,” are much older. My guess is that this clutch of recipes was, previous to this copying, a separate manuscript that had itself been successively copied and updated over a span of several generations, during the course of which most of the original recipes had been replaced by more modern ones but a few old family favorites dating back to the mid-seventeenth century had been retained. Among these older recipes, the most surprising is the bread crumb gingerbread. A boiled paste of bread crumbs, honey or sugar, ale or wine, and an enormous quantity of spice (one full cup in this recipe, and much more in many others) that was made up as “printed” cakes and then dried, this gingerbread appears in no other post-1700 English manuscript or print cookbook that I have seen.
And yet the recipe in the NYAM manuscript seems not to have been idly or inadvertently copied, for its language, orthography, and certain compositional details (particularly the brandy) have been updated to the Georgian era:
25 To Make Ginger bread
Take a pound & quarter of bread, a pound of sugar, one ounce of red Sanders, one ounce of Cinamon three quarters of an ounce of ginger half an ounce of mace & cloves, half an ounce of nutmegs, then put your Sugar & spices into a Skillet with half a pint of Brandy & half a pint of ale, sett it over a gentle fire till your Sugar be melted, Let it have a boyl then put in half of your bread Stirre it well in the Skellet & Let it boyle also, have the other half of your bread in a Stone panchon, then pour your Stuffe to it & work it to a past make it up in prints or as you please.
Eighteenth-century recipe book, England.
From the fourteenth century into the mid-seventeenth century, bread crumb gingerbread was England’s standard gingerbread (for the record, there was also a more rarefied type) and, by all evidence, a great favorite among those who could afford it—a fortifier for Sir Thopas in The Canterbury Tales, one of the dainties of nobility listed in The Description of England, 1587 (Harrison, 129), and according to Sir Hugh Platt, in Delightes for Ladies, 1609, a confection “used at the Court, and in all gentlemens houses at festival times.” Then, around the time of the Restoration, this ancient confection apparently dropped out of fashion. In The Accomplisht Cook, 1663, his awe-inspiring 500-page compendium of upper-class Restoration cookery, Robert May does not find space for a single recipe.
The reason for its waning is not difficult to deduce. Bread crumb gingerbread was part of a large group of English sweetened, spiced confections that were originally used more as medicines than as foods. Indeed, the earliest gingerbread recipes appear in medical, not culinary, manuscripts (Hieatt, 31), and culinary historian Karen Hess proposes that gingerbread derives from an ancient electuary commonly known as gingibrati, whence came the name (Hess, 342-3). In England, these early nutriceuticals, as we might call them today, gradually became slotted as foods first through their adoption for the void, a little ceremony of stomach-settling sweets and wines staged after meals in great medieval households, and then, beginning in the early sixteenth century, through their use at banquets, meals of sweets enjoyed by the English privileged both after feasts and as stand-alone entertainments.
Through the early seventeenth century banquets, like the void, continued to carry a therapeutic subtext (or pretext) and comprised mostly foods that were extremely sweet or both sweet and spicy: fruit preserves, marmalades, and stiff jellies; candied caraway, anise, and coriander seeds; various spice-flecked dry biscuits from Italy; marzipan; and sweetened, spiced wafers and the syrupy spiced wine called hippocras. In this company, bread crumb gingerbread, with its pungent (if not caustic) spicing, was a comfortable fit. But as the seventeenth century progressed, the banquet increasingly incorporated custards, creams, fresh cheeses, fruit tarts, and buttery little cakes, and these foods, in tandem with the enduringly popular fruit confections, came to define the English taste in sweets, whether for banquets or for two new dawning sweets occasions, desserts and evening parties. The aggressive spice deliverers fell by the wayside, including, inevitably, England’s ancestral bread crumb gingerbread.
As the old gingerbread waned, a new one took its place and assumed its name, first in recipe manuscripts of the last quarter of the seventeenth century, and then in printed cookbooks of the early eighteenth century. This new arrival was the spiced honey cake, which had been made throughout Europe for centuries. It is sometimes suggested that the spiced honey cake came to England with Royalists returning from exile in France after the Restoration, which seems plausible given the high popularity of French pain d’épice at that time—though less convincing when one considers that a common English name for this cake, before it became firmly known as gingerbread, was “pepper cake,” which suggests a Northern European provenance. Whatever the case, Anglo-America almost immediately replaced the expensive honey in this cake with cheap molasses (or treacle, as the English said by the late 1600s), and this new gingerbread, in myriad forms, became the most widely made cake in Anglo-America over the next two centuries and still remains a favorite today, especially at Christmas.
By the time the NYAM manuscript was copied, perhaps sometime between 1710 and 1730, molasses gingerbread was already ragingly popular in both England and America, and evidently the family who kept this manuscript ate it too, for the second clutch of culinary recipes includes a recipe for it, under the exact same title as the first. Remembering the old adage that the holidays preserve what the everyday loses, I will hazard a guess that the old gingerbread was made at Christmas, the new for everyday family use.
150 To Make Ginger Bread
Take a Pound of Treacle, two ounces of Carrawayseeds, an ounce of Ginger, half a Pound of Sugar half a Pound of Butter melted, & a Pound of Flower. if you please you may put some Lemon pill cut small, mix altogether & make it into little Cakes so bake it. may put in a little Brandy for a Pepper Cake
Recipe book England 18th century.
An interesting question is why the seventeenth-century English considered the European spiced honey cake sufficiently analogous to their ancestral bread crumb gingerbread to merit its name. It may have been simply the compositional similarity, the primary constituents of both cakes being honey (at least traditionally) and spices. Or it may have been that both cakes were associated with Christmas and other “festival times.” Or it may have been that both cakes were often printed with human figures and other designs using wooden or ceramic molds. Or it may possibly have been that both gingerbreads had medicinal uses as stomach-settlers. In both England and America, itinerant sellers of the new baked gingerbread often stationed themselves at wharves and docks and hawked their cakes as a preventive to sea-sickness. (Ship-wrecked off Long Island in 1727, Benjamin Franklin bought gingerbread “of an old woman to eat on the water,” he tells us in The Autobiography.) One thinks at first that the ginger and other spices were the “active ingredients” in this remedy, and certainly this is what nineteenth-century American cookbook authors believed when they recommended gingerbread for such use. But early on the remedy may also have been activated by the treacle. Based on the perhaps slender evidence of a single recipe in E. Smith, Karen Hess proposes that the first English bakers of the new gingerbread may have understood treacle to mean London treacle (Hess, 201), the English version of the ancient sovereign remedy theriac, a common form of which English apothecaries apparently formulated with molasses rather than expensive honey. I have long wondered what, if anything, this has to do with the English adoption of the word “treacle” for molasses (OED). Perhaps a medical historian can tell us.
Harrison, William. The Description of England. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1994
Hess, Karen. Martha Washington’s Booke of Cookery. New York: Columbia University Press, 1981.
Hieatt, Constance and Sharon Butler. Curye on Inglysch. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.
“Treacle, I. 1. c.” The Compact Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1991.
Stephen Schmidt is the principal researcher and writer for The Manuscript Cookbooks Survey, an online catalogue of pre-1865 English-language manuscript cookbooks held in the U. S. repositories, which will launch in early 2013. He is the author of Master Recipes, a 940-page general-purpose cookbook, was an editor of and a principal contributor to the 1997 and 2006 editions of Joy of Cooking, has contributed to The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink and Dictionnaire Universel du Pain, and has written for Cook’s Illustrated magazine and many other publications. A resident of New York City, he works as a personal chef and a cooking teacher and hopes soon to complete Lemon Pudding, Watermelon Cake, and Miracle Pie, a history of American home dessert.
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Age at maturity in wild baboons: genetic, environmental and demographic influences
Author(s): Charpentier, M.J.E.; Tung, J.; Altmann, J.; Alberts, S.C.
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Abstract: The timing of early life-history events, such as sexual maturation and first reproduction, can greatly influence variation in individual fitness. In this study, we analysed possible sources of variation underlying different measures of age at social and physical maturation in wild baboons in the Amboseli basin, Kenya. The Amboseli baboons are a natural population primarily comprised of yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) that occasionally hybridize with anubis baboons (Papio anubis) from outside the basin. We found that males and females differed in the extent to which various factors influenced their maturation. Surprisingly, we found that male maturation was most strongly related to the proportion of anubis ancestry revealed by their microsatellite genotypes: hybrid males matured earlier than yellow males. In contrast, although hybrid females reached menarche slightly earlier than yellow females, maternal rank and the presence of maternal relatives had the largest effects on female maturation, followed by more modest effects of group size and rainfall. Our results indicate that a complex combination of demographic, genetic, environmental, and maternal effects contribute to variation in the timing of these life-history milestones.
Publication Date: Apr-2008
Electronic Publication Date: 10-Mar-2008
Citation: Charpentier, MJE, Tung, J, Altmann, J, Alberts, SC. (2008). Age at maturity in wild baboons: genetic, environmental and demographic influences. Molecular Ecology, 17 (8), 2026 - 2040. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03724.x
DOI: doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03724.x
Pages: 2026 - 2040
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1. Haseltine, Susan D. DDE-PTH interaction in eggshell production in mallards, pheasants, and king pigeons.
Degree: PhD, Graduate School, 1976, The Ohio State University
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487003143383158
Subjects/Keywords: Biology; Eggshells; DDT
Haseltine, S. D. (1976). DDE-PTH interaction in eggshell production in mallards, pheasants, and king pigeons . (Doctoral Dissertation). The Ohio State University. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487003143383158
Haseltine, Susan D. “DDE-PTH interaction in eggshell production in mallards, pheasants, and king pigeons.” 1976. Doctoral Dissertation, The Ohio State University. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487003143383158.
Haseltine, Susan D. “DDE-PTH interaction in eggshell production in mallards, pheasants, and king pigeons.” 1976. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Haseltine SD. DDE-PTH interaction in eggshell production in mallards, pheasants, and king pigeons. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 1976. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487003143383158.
Haseltine SD. DDE-PTH interaction in eggshell production in mallards, pheasants, and king pigeons. [Doctoral Dissertation]. The Ohio State University; 1976. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487003143383158
University of Tennessee – Knoxville
2. Lamzik, Kathryn Elizabeth. “It all began, like so many things, with an egg,” An Analysis of the Avian Fauna and Eggshell Assemblage From a 19th Century Enslaved African American Subfloor Pit, Poplar Forest, Virginia.
Degree: MA, Anthropology, 2013, University of Tennessee – Knoxville
URL: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/1635
► During the 2003-2004 archaeological investigations at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest Plantation, a small, subfloor pit feature was discovered on the Southeast Terrace, in an… (more)
▼ During the 2003-2004 archaeological investigations at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest Plantation, a small, subfloor pit feature was discovered on the Southeast Terrace, in an area well known for its historical connection to the plantation’s 19th century enslaved African American laborers. Among the collected artifacts, the subfloor pit feature yielded over 33,000 faunal materials; not included in this calculated total are several thousand eggshell fragments. Although eggshell and avian faunal materials continue to be an understudied, peripheral component to faunal analyses, this thesis aims to show how, based on a few selected measurements and morphological variations observed in eggshell structure, a positive identification for these fragments can lead to a better understanding of species diversity, consumer choice, and subsistence practices. Furthermore, the development of a modern comparative eggshell collection can allow for an evaluation of current identification methods. This thesis provides a unique resource for documenting taxa abundance among faunal assemblages from historic sites. Advisors/Committee Members: Walter E. Klippel, Barbara J. Heath, Gerald F. Schroedl.
Subjects/Keywords: Eggshells; Subfloor pit; Poplar Forest; Archaeological Anthropology
Lamzik, K. E. (2013). “It all began, like so many things, with an egg,” An Analysis of the Avian Fauna and Eggshell Assemblage From a 19th Century Enslaved African American Subfloor Pit, Poplar Forest, Virginia. (Thesis). University of Tennessee – Knoxville. Retrieved from https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/1635
Lamzik, Kathryn Elizabeth. ““It all began, like so many things, with an egg,” An Analysis of the Avian Fauna and Eggshell Assemblage From a 19th Century Enslaved African American Subfloor Pit, Poplar Forest, Virginia.” 2013. Thesis, University of Tennessee – Knoxville. Accessed July 15, 2019. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/1635.
Lamzik, Kathryn Elizabeth. ““It all began, like so many things, with an egg,” An Analysis of the Avian Fauna and Eggshell Assemblage From a 19th Century Enslaved African American Subfloor Pit, Poplar Forest, Virginia.” 2013. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Lamzik KE. “It all began, like so many things, with an egg,” An Analysis of the Avian Fauna and Eggshell Assemblage From a 19th Century Enslaved African American Subfloor Pit, Poplar Forest, Virginia. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Tennessee – Knoxville; 2013. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/1635.
Lamzik KE. “It all began, like so many things, with an egg,” An Analysis of the Avian Fauna and Eggshell Assemblage From a 19th Century Enslaved African American Subfloor Pit, Poplar Forest, Virginia. [Thesis]. University of Tennessee – Knoxville; 2013. Available from: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/1635
3. Feinberg, Joseph George. The calcium and phosphorus metabolism in the blood of the laying hen as related to egg-shell formation.
Degree: 1936, Kansas State University
Subjects/Keywords: Eggshells; Poultry – Physiology
Feinberg, J. G. (1936). The calcium and phosphorus metabolism in the blood of the laying hen as related to egg-shell formation . (Thesis). Kansas State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17447
Feinberg, Joseph George. “The calcium and phosphorus metabolism in the blood of the laying hen as related to egg-shell formation.” 1936. Thesis, Kansas State University. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17447.
Feinberg, Joseph George. “The calcium and phosphorus metabolism in the blood of the laying hen as related to egg-shell formation.” 1936. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Feinberg JG. The calcium and phosphorus metabolism in the blood of the laying hen as related to egg-shell formation. [Internet] [Thesis]. Kansas State University; 1936. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17447.
Feinberg JG. The calcium and phosphorus metabolism in the blood of the laying hen as related to egg-shell formation. [Thesis]. Kansas State University; 1936. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17447
4. Savage, Joy Phoenix M. Ambient Void.
Degree: MFA, Art and Design, 2011, Georgia State University
URL: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/83
The constructed works of Phoenix Savage point to the negotiated world of African Americans. Savage explores her artistic process in relationship to racial tensions both personal and historical. Advisors/Committee Members: Ruth Stanford, George Beasley, John Decker, Craig Drennen.
Subjects/Keywords: African Americans; Eggshells; Labor; Sculpture; Object; Art and Design
Savage, J. P. M. (2011). Ambient Void . (Thesis). Georgia State University. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/83
Savage, Joy Phoenix M. “Ambient Void.” 2011. Thesis, Georgia State University. Accessed July 15, 2019. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/83.
Savage, Joy Phoenix M. “Ambient Void.” 2011. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Savage JPM. Ambient Void. [Internet] [Thesis]. Georgia State University; 2011. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/83.
Savage JPM. Ambient Void. [Thesis]. Georgia State University; 2011. Available from: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/83
5. Cadena, Edwin. New Cretaceous and Cenozoic Fossil Turtles from Colombia and Panama; Systematic Paleontology, Phylogenetical and Paleobiogeographical Implications.
Degree: MS, Geology - Geological Sciences, 2009, University of Florida
URL: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0025016
► Fossil vertebrates from the tropical part of the New World are well known from at least twentyfive Mesozoic and Cenozoic localities. In spite of this… (more)
▼ Fossil vertebrates from the tropical part of the New World are well known from at least twentyfive Mesozoic and Cenozoic localities. In spite of this considerable number of fossil localities, many groups of vertebrates still having huge gaps in their fossil record. That is the case for turtles, which lack of Mesozoic and Paleogene fossils, leaving many questions unresolved as for example how far in time the extant fauna of turtles have inhabited the tropics?, how they have evolved and responded to major geological and climatic events, and at the same time how these events have influenced dispersal and interaction events between faunas from different land sources. In the last five years, intensive fieldwork has been performed by geologists and paleontologists from the Florida Museum of Natural History, the University of Florida and the Smithsonian Tropical Reseach Institute, in three different localities in Colombia and Panama, for which I described the fossil turtles. In chapter 1, I described a new specimen of the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) Notoemys zapatocaensis species, which represents an allotype for this species and also the best preserved specimen for basal pleurodires or side-necked turtles, thus exhibiting a transitional morphological stage between primitive and derived turtles. Chapter 2 is dedicated to describe the first Middle to Late Paleocene turtles from Cerrejo acuten Coal Mine, Colombia; which represents a new genus and new species of podocnemidid turtle, named Cerrejonemys wayuunaiki and which is the sister taxa of the extant genus Podocnemis. Finally, the Chapter 3 focus in the description of the fossil turtles from the Early to Middle Miocene sedimentary sequences from the Panama Canal Basin. These fossils represent the earliest evidence of interaction between North-Central American (trionychids) and South American (podocnemidids) turtles; as well as the early diversification for the geoemydid genus Rhinoclemmys, genus for which a new species is described and named R. panamaensis. Thus, a new species of the kinosternid genus Staurotypus is also described, indicating a wider past geographical distribution for this genus in Central America. The last component of the turtle fauna fom the Panama Canal, are the giantic testudinids (tortoises), probably related to the genus Geochelone (Chelonoidis), reaching sizes bigger than the biggest modern representatives. Indicating that the gigantism in testudinis was early developed under ecological and geographical conditions different to those that characterized the islands where they are resctricted today. ( en ) Advisors/Committee Members: Macfadden, Bruce J. (committee chair), Bloch, Jonathan I. (committee member), Martin, Ellen E. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Bones; Eggshells; Fossils; Holotypes; Museums; Paleontology; Phylogenetics; Skull; Taxa; Turtles
Cadena, E. (2009). New Cretaceous and Cenozoic Fossil Turtles from Colombia and Panama; Systematic Paleontology, Phylogenetical and Paleobiogeographical Implications . (Masters Thesis). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0025016
Cadena, Edwin. “New Cretaceous and Cenozoic Fossil Turtles from Colombia and Panama; Systematic Paleontology, Phylogenetical and Paleobiogeographical Implications.” 2009. Masters Thesis, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0025016.
Cadena, Edwin. “New Cretaceous and Cenozoic Fossil Turtles from Colombia and Panama; Systematic Paleontology, Phylogenetical and Paleobiogeographical Implications.” 2009. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Cadena E. New Cretaceous and Cenozoic Fossil Turtles from Colombia and Panama; Systematic Paleontology, Phylogenetical and Paleobiogeographical Implications. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Florida; 2009. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0025016.
Cadena E. New Cretaceous and Cenozoic Fossil Turtles from Colombia and Panama; Systematic Paleontology, Phylogenetical and Paleobiogeographical Implications. [Masters Thesis]. University of Florida; 2009. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0025016
Montana Tech
6. Birchard, Geoffrey French. Eggshell conductance and respiration during development in a burrowing and non-burrowing bird.
Degree: MA, 1979, Montana Tech
URL: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/6959
Subjects/Keywords: Birds Eggs.; Swallows.; Eggshells.
Birchard, G. F. (1979). Eggshell conductance and respiration during development in a burrowing and non-burrowing bird . (Masters Thesis). Montana Tech. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/6959
Birchard, Geoffrey French. “Eggshell conductance and respiration during development in a burrowing and non-burrowing bird.” 1979. Masters Thesis, Montana Tech. Accessed July 15, 2019. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/6959.
Birchard, Geoffrey French. “Eggshell conductance and respiration during development in a burrowing and non-burrowing bird.” 1979. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Birchard GF. Eggshell conductance and respiration during development in a burrowing and non-burrowing bird. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Montana Tech; 1979. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/6959.
Birchard GF. Eggshell conductance and respiration during development in a burrowing and non-burrowing bird. [Masters Thesis]. Montana Tech; 1979. Available from: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/6959
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
7. Tshizanga, Ngoya. A study of biodiesel production from waste vegetable oil using eggshell ash as a heterogeneous catalyst .
Degree: 2015, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
URL: http://etd.cput.ac.za/handle/20.500.11838/2153
► While biodiesel has the potential to resolve the energy crisis, its production is hampered by both feedstock and catalyst availability. The aim of this current… (more)
▼ While biodiesel has the potential to resolve the energy crisis, its production is hampered by both feedstock and catalyst availability. The aim of this current study is to investigate the production of biodiesel from waste vegetable oil (WVO) as feedstock under heterogeneous catalysis, mediated by calcined eggshell ash. WVO, characterised by 9% free fatty acid (FFA) and 0.17wt% water content, was employed as feedstock in the biodiesel production via transesterification reaction. The composition of WVO was determined using Gas chromatography (GC) analysis. The eggshell was washed with distilled water to remove impurities, dried in an oven at 105°C, and then crushed into fine particle of 75μm, and finally, calcined in a muffle furnace at 800°C. The chemical properties of the catalyst were assessed as follows: 1) using X-ray diffraction (XRD) to determine the major component phase of the element; 2) using X-ray fluorescent (XRF) to determine the elemental composition of the eggshell ash; 3) using Brunauer Emmet Teller (BET) to define the structure, the surface area, pore volume and pore diameter of the eggshell ash; and 4) using SEM to show the morphology structure of the element. The XRD analysis performed on eggshell ash showed 86% CaO as a major component in the catalyst; the remaining 14% was composed of MgO, SiO2, SO3, P2O5, Na2O, Al2O3, K2O and Fe2O3, as obtained from XRF. The BET result of the catalyst prepared was characterised by large pore diameter (91.2 Å) and high surface area (30.7m2/g), allowing reactants to diffuse easily into the interior of the catalyst used Advisors/Committee Members: Oyekola, O. O (advisor), Aransiola, Elizabeth (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Biodiesel fuels; Vegetable oils as fuel; Waste products as fuel; Eggshells ash
Tshizanga, N. (2015). A study of biodiesel production from waste vegetable oil using eggshell ash as a heterogeneous catalyst . (Thesis). Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Retrieved from http://etd.cput.ac.za/handle/20.500.11838/2153
Tshizanga, Ngoya. “A study of biodiesel production from waste vegetable oil using eggshell ash as a heterogeneous catalyst .” 2015. Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://etd.cput.ac.za/handle/20.500.11838/2153.
Tshizanga, Ngoya. “A study of biodiesel production from waste vegetable oil using eggshell ash as a heterogeneous catalyst .” 2015. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Tshizanga N. A study of biodiesel production from waste vegetable oil using eggshell ash as a heterogeneous catalyst . [Internet] [Thesis]. Cape Peninsula University of Technology; 2015. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://etd.cput.ac.za/handle/20.500.11838/2153.
Tshizanga N. A study of biodiesel production from waste vegetable oil using eggshell ash as a heterogeneous catalyst . [Thesis]. Cape Peninsula University of Technology; 2015. Available from: http://etd.cput.ac.za/handle/20.500.11838/2153
8. Wu, Tianyi. Conserved Cysteines in the Vitelline Membrane Domain of the Drosophila sV23 Eggshell Protein are Functionally Distinct.
Degree: 2009, Marquette University
URL: https://epublications.marquette.edu/dissertations_mu/453
► The vitelline membrane (VM) of the Drosophila eggshell is composed of approximately six major proteins (VMPs) that possess a conserved "VM domain" which includes three… (more)
▼ The vitelline membrane (VM) of the Drosophila eggshell is composed of approximately six major proteins (VMPs) that possess a conserved "VM domain" which includes three precisely spaced, evolutionarily conserved, cysteines (CX'CX"C). sV23, a major VMP essential for female fertility, was studied to investigate how proteins assemble into a functional extracellular structure in vivo. By making a series of cysteine-to-serine substitution mutations at different positions and in different combinations, we have shown that the three cysteines (CI23, CI31 and CI40) are not functionally equivalent. While mutations on the first (C123S) or third cysteine (C140S) were tolerated, a mutation at the second position (CI3IS) impaired its function suggesting that C131 is a critical residue. In double cysteine mutants, when the second cysteine (CI31) is retained in sV23, females have aberrant fertility, which indicates that CI31 is not sufficient for the function of sV23. In wild type, sV23 is incorporated into a large disulfide network at stage 13 of oogenesis. Like wild type, sV23 in all three single substitution mutants was incorporated into a large disulfide linked network. In contrast, sV23 in double cysteine mutants failed to incorporate into a large disulfide network when C131 was not retained. The formation of non-reducible cross-link His-tagged wild type and mutant sV23 proteins were used to isolate disulfide linked sV23 containing VMP complexes by Nickel affinity chromatography. VM protein sV58 and sV17 were found in the same disulfide network as sV23 in the early stage of eggshell formation. The complexity of the sV23 disulfide network in a double cysteine mutant C123S/C131S seemed comparable to wild type during the early stages. However unlike wild type, a significant proportion of other VMPs were not included in the mutant sV23 complexes and sV23 was recovered predominately as a putative homodimer. In contrast to initial assembly, the association of sV23 with sV17 was lost at later stages suggesting that reshuffling of disulfide bonds may occur during the assembly of the VM network. Advisors/Committee Members: Waring, Gail, Karrer, Kathleen, Stephen, Munroe.
Subjects/Keywords: Drosophila melanogaster; Eggshells; Extracellular matrix; Extracellular matrix proteins; Agriculture; Biology; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Wu, T. (2009). Conserved Cysteines in the Vitelline Membrane Domain of the Drosophila sV23 Eggshell Protein are Functionally Distinct . (Thesis). Marquette University. Retrieved from https://epublications.marquette.edu/dissertations_mu/453
Wu, Tianyi. “Conserved Cysteines in the Vitelline Membrane Domain of the Drosophila sV23 Eggshell Protein are Functionally Distinct.” 2009. Thesis, Marquette University. Accessed July 15, 2019. https://epublications.marquette.edu/dissertations_mu/453.
Wu, Tianyi. “Conserved Cysteines in the Vitelline Membrane Domain of the Drosophila sV23 Eggshell Protein are Functionally Distinct.” 2009. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Wu T. Conserved Cysteines in the Vitelline Membrane Domain of the Drosophila sV23 Eggshell Protein are Functionally Distinct. [Internet] [Thesis]. Marquette University; 2009. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: https://epublications.marquette.edu/dissertations_mu/453.
Wu T. Conserved Cysteines in the Vitelline Membrane Domain of the Drosophila sV23 Eggshell Protein are Functionally Distinct. [Thesis]. Marquette University; 2009. Available from: https://epublications.marquette.edu/dissertations_mu/453
9. Ayvaz, Melissa A. Excavations at the Citrus Ridge Component of Coastal Southwest Florida's Pineland Site Complex.
Degree: MA, Anthropology, 2014, University of Florida
► Archaeological excavations were conducted at the Citrus Ridge component of southwest Florida's Pineland Site Complex in 2011 to address the hypothesis that a major hurricane… (more)
▼ Archaeological excavations were conducted at the Citrus Ridge component of southwest Florida's Pineland Site Complex in 2011 to address the hypothesis that a major hurricane impacted the site and its Native American inhabitants during the 4th Century A.D. This thesis situates the project within cultural and environmental contexts and discusses previous research relevant to the current study. The complexity of deposits encountered, along with an unexpected discovery in the uppermost strata, led the project to evolve into a more generalized, multi-temporal look at the historical ecology of Citrus Ridge. Based on the analysis of stratification, artifacts, faunal assemblages, and radiocarbon dates, Citrus Ridge is determined to be a partly anthropogenic and partly natural landform containing cultural deposits that range from A.D. 160 to A.D. 1260. ( en ) Advisors/Committee Members: MARQUARDT,WILLIAM HARRISON (committee chair), DEFRANCE,SUSAN D (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Archaeology; Bones; Earthworks; Eggshells; Excavations; Pine barrens; Pottery; Rituals; Sediments; Vertebrates; archaeology – paleotempestology
Ayvaz, M. A. (2014). Excavations at the Citrus Ridge Component of Coastal Southwest Florida's Pineland Site Complex . (Masters Thesis). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047554
Ayvaz, Melissa A. “Excavations at the Citrus Ridge Component of Coastal Southwest Florida's Pineland Site Complex.” 2014. Masters Thesis, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047554.
Ayvaz, Melissa A. “Excavations at the Citrus Ridge Component of Coastal Southwest Florida's Pineland Site Complex.” 2014. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Ayvaz MA. Excavations at the Citrus Ridge Component of Coastal Southwest Florida's Pineland Site Complex. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Florida; 2014. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047554.
Ayvaz MA. Excavations at the Citrus Ridge Component of Coastal Southwest Florida's Pineland Site Complex. [Masters Thesis]. University of Florida; 2014. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047554
10. Park, Kristen Sue. Refining egg specific gravity measurement procedures.
Degree: MS, Department of Animal Science, 1986, Michigan State University
URL: http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:21093
Subjects/Keywords: Eggshells – Testing; Specific gravity – Measurement; Eggs
Park, K. S. (1986). Refining egg specific gravity measurement procedures . (Masters Thesis). Michigan State University. Retrieved from http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:21093
Park, Kristen Sue. “Refining egg specific gravity measurement procedures.” 1986. Masters Thesis, Michigan State University. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:21093.
Park, Kristen Sue. “Refining egg specific gravity measurement procedures.” 1986. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Park KS. Refining egg specific gravity measurement procedures. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Michigan State University; 1986. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:21093.
Park KS. Refining egg specific gravity measurement procedures. [Masters Thesis]. Michigan State University; 1986. Available from: http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:21093
11. Soliman, Adel Zaki. Effect of acute heat stress on white leghorn hens with or without active shell deposition and some attempts to overcome the detrimental effect of heat stress on egg shell quality.
Degree: PhD, Department of Animal Science, 1989, Michigan State University
Subjects/Keywords: Eggshells – Quality; Heat – Physiological effect; Chickens
Soliman, A. Z. (1989). Effect of acute heat stress on white leghorn hens with or without active shell deposition and some attempts to overcome the detrimental effect of heat stress on egg shell quality . (Doctoral Dissertation). Michigan State University. Retrieved from http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:20502
Soliman, Adel Zaki. “Effect of acute heat stress on white leghorn hens with or without active shell deposition and some attempts to overcome the detrimental effect of heat stress on egg shell quality.” 1989. Doctoral Dissertation, Michigan State University. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:20502.
Soliman, Adel Zaki. “Effect of acute heat stress on white leghorn hens with or without active shell deposition and some attempts to overcome the detrimental effect of heat stress on egg shell quality.” 1989. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Soliman AZ. Effect of acute heat stress on white leghorn hens with or without active shell deposition and some attempts to overcome the detrimental effect of heat stress on egg shell quality. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Michigan State University; 1989. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:20502.
Soliman AZ. Effect of acute heat stress on white leghorn hens with or without active shell deposition and some attempts to overcome the detrimental effect of heat stress on egg shell quality. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Michigan State University; 1989. Available from: http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:20502
12. Gros, Corey R. Growth and Photomagnetic Properties of Nano and Mesoscale Coordination Polymer Heterostructures.
Degree: PhD, Chemistry, 2015, University of Florida
► Photomagnetic coordination polymer materials provide an intriguing route toward spin control and manipulation in potential light-assisted magnetic recording and spintronic applications, however challenges such as… (more)
▼ Photomagnetic coordination polymer materials provide an intriguing route toward spin control and manipulation in potential light-assisted magnetic recording and spintronic applications, however challenges such as short lifetimes and low temperature restrictions limit the viability of such materials in devices. Recent work explores a new mechanism of light-switchable magnetism by developing heterostructures of Prussian blue analogue (PBA) coordination polymers, resulting in synergistic photomagnetic behavior beyond the sum of each component's light-induced response. Specifically, irradiation and resulting structural changes of a light-sensitive component induces strain on a mechanically-coupled magnetic component, thus altering its magnetization. The work herein demonstrates the general nature of this light-induced strain mechanism by exploring non-PBA photoactuators which differ both in structure and morphology to the magnetic PBA components used previously. Advisors/Committee Members: TALHAM,DANIEL R (committee chair), VEIGE,ADAM S (committee member), WEI,WEI (committee member), MEISEL,MARK W (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Coordination polymers; Eggshells; Ions; Irradiation; Ligands; Magnetic fields; Magnetism; Magnetization; Magnets; Platelets; heterostructures – photomagnetism
Gros, C. R. (2015). Growth and Photomagnetic Properties of Nano and Mesoscale Coordination Polymer Heterostructures . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0049474
Gros, Corey R. “Growth and Photomagnetic Properties of Nano and Mesoscale Coordination Polymer Heterostructures.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0049474.
Gros, Corey R. “Growth and Photomagnetic Properties of Nano and Mesoscale Coordination Polymer Heterostructures.” 2015. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Gros CR. Growth and Photomagnetic Properties of Nano and Mesoscale Coordination Polymer Heterostructures. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Florida; 2015. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0049474.
Gros CR. Growth and Photomagnetic Properties of Nano and Mesoscale Coordination Polymer Heterostructures. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Florida; 2015. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0049474
13. Somodi, Katherine. MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF RbjCok[Fe(CN)6]l∙nH2O PRUSSIAN BLUE ANALOGUES.
Degree: 2013, University of Florida
URL: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00019278
► Prussian blue analogues (PBA) are a class of coordination polymers some of which are known to exhibit stimuli switchable magnetism. The mechanism in which these… (more)
▼ Prussian blue analogues (PBA) are a class of coordination polymers some of which are known to exhibit stimuli switchable magnetism. The mechanism in which these PBA undergo a change in magnetization is through a Charge Transfer Induced Spin Transition (CTIST). Of the materials that exhibit a CTIST, the PBA cobalt hexacyanoferrate (CoFe) is the most extensively studied example. Recently PBA heterostructures, pairing two different components in a single material, have emerged, herein CoFE and nickel hexacyanochromate (NiCr) are paired. Heterostructures exhibit changes in structural properties compared to pure materials. We propose that the interface coupling between the lattices induces strain, which leads to new structural behaviors. To better understand these behaviors we investigate a series of morphologies. NiCr by itself does not undergo a CTIST but when coupled to a CoFe core the NiCr lattice parameter contraction is greater than that of a thermal contraction. The extent of this contraction minimized when the shell thickness is increased. The effect of strain is investigated by varying shell thicknesses. A second series, where CoFe is the shell material encasing a NiCr core, is investigated. For these inverse particles the shell undergoes a CTIST, the NiCr core does not exhibit strain. These are then compared to a third series, CoFe hollows; which appear to be spin trapped until the shell reaches 70 nm in thickness.
Subjects/Keywords: Alkali metals; Cobalt; Conceptual lattices; Eggshells; Electronic structure; Electronics; Hypertension; Low temperature; Magnetism; Particle diffraction
Somodi, K. (2013). MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF RbjCok[Fe(CN)6]l∙nH2O PRUSSIAN BLUE ANALOGUES . (Thesis). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00019278
Somodi, Katherine. “MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF RbjCok[Fe(CN)6]l∙nH2O PRUSSIAN BLUE ANALOGUES.” 2013. Thesis, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00019278.
Somodi, Katherine. “MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF RbjCok[Fe(CN)6]l∙nH2O PRUSSIAN BLUE ANALOGUES.” 2013. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Somodi K. MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF RbjCok[Fe(CN)6]l∙nH2O PRUSSIAN BLUE ANALOGUES. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Florida; 2013. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00019278.
Somodi K. MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF RbjCok[Fe(CN)6]l∙nH2O PRUSSIAN BLUE ANALOGUES. [Thesis]. University of Florida; 2013. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00019278
14. Babcox, Brian. Critical Assessment of Interatomic Potentials for Atomic-Level Simulation of TiO2.
► TiO2 has been used for years in all manner of applications that involve reflectivity, from cosmetics to satellites[1]. With these continued uses the need for… (more)
▼ TiO2 has been used for years in all manner of applications that involve reflectivity, from cosmetics to satellites[1]. With these continued uses the need for low cost reliable research is needed. In this article a variety of TiO2 interatomic potentials were tested and uses for these potentials are discussed. It was found that TiO2 potentials are generally developed for specialized uses and depending on the research focus different potentials are preferred. ( en )
Subjects/Keywords: Anatase; Atoms; Conceptual lattices; Coordination numbers; Eggshells; Elasticity; Energy; Ions; Particle interactions; Simulations; Titanium dioxide
Babcox, B. (2010). Critical Assessment of Interatomic Potentials for Atomic-Level Simulation of TiO2 . (Thesis). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00060002
Babcox, Brian. “Critical Assessment of Interatomic Potentials for Atomic-Level Simulation of TiO2.” 2010. Thesis, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00060002.
Babcox, Brian. “Critical Assessment of Interatomic Potentials for Atomic-Level Simulation of TiO2.” 2010. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Babcox B. Critical Assessment of Interatomic Potentials for Atomic-Level Simulation of TiO2. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Florida; 2010. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00060002.
Babcox B. Critical Assessment of Interatomic Potentials for Atomic-Level Simulation of TiO2. [Thesis]. University of Florida; 2010. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00060002
15. Wylde, Michael. Excavations at Brown's Complex Mound 5, Pineland Site Complex, Pine Island, Florida.
► In 2009, an opportunity presented itself to archaeologically investigate Brown’s Complex Mound 5, a feature located on private property within the Pineland Site Complex on… (more)
▼ In 2009, an opportunity presented itself to archaeologically investigate Brown’s Complex Mound 5, a feature located on private property within the Pineland Site Complex on Pine Island, Florida. Excavations at Mound 5 during 2009 and 2010 have added to the overall temporal and spatial knowledge of the 63-acre archaeological site complex. This paper situates the findings from Mound 5 in the context of other contemporary deposits, with a focus on the pottery and faunal assemblages. Based on the analysis of stratification, pottery, faunal remains, and radiocarbon dates, Mound 5 is determined to be a largely intact component of the Brown’s Complex dating to between A.D. 450 and A.D. 650. ( en ) Advisors/Committee Members: Marquardt, William Harrison (committee chair), Defrance, Susan D (committee member), Walker, Karen J (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Archaeology; Eggshells; Excavations; Fish; Glades; Pine barrens; Pottery; Sharks; Snails; Species; archaeology – calusa – florida – pineland
Wylde, M. (2013). Excavations at Brown's Complex Mound 5, Pineland Site Complex, Pine Island, Florida . (Masters Thesis). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0045594
Wylde, Michael. “Excavations at Brown's Complex Mound 5, Pineland Site Complex, Pine Island, Florida.” 2013. Masters Thesis, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0045594.
Wylde, Michael. “Excavations at Brown's Complex Mound 5, Pineland Site Complex, Pine Island, Florida.” 2013. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Wylde M. Excavations at Brown's Complex Mound 5, Pineland Site Complex, Pine Island, Florida. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Florida; 2013. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0045594.
Wylde M. Excavations at Brown's Complex Mound 5, Pineland Site Complex, Pine Island, Florida. [Masters Thesis]. University of Florida; 2013. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0045594
16. Noordhoek, Mark J. Development of Classical Interatomic Potentials for Applications in Corrosion and Phase Transitions.
Degree: PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, 2014, University of Florida
► Classical molecular dynamics (MD) is an established method used to simulate atomic scale phenomena in materials systems. The key component of MD is the description… (more)
▼ Classical molecular dynamics (MD) is an established method used to simulate atomic scale phenomena in materials systems. The key component of MD is the description of the interaction energy between atoms. In this work, two independent formalisms of classical interatomic potentials are used to describe various aspects of zirconium-based and barium titanate-based systems. Advisors/Committee Members: PHILLPOT,SIMON R (committee chair), SINNOTT,SUSAN B (committee member), MYERS,MICHELE V (committee member), CHEN,YOUPING (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Atomic interactions; Atoms; Corrosion; Databases; Eggshells; Energy; Hydrogen; Oxygen; Simulations; Zirconium; comb – corrosion – potentials – zirconium
Noordhoek, M. J. (2014). Development of Classical Interatomic Potentials for Applications in Corrosion and Phase Transitions . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0046505
Noordhoek, Mark J. “Development of Classical Interatomic Potentials for Applications in Corrosion and Phase Transitions.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0046505.
Noordhoek, Mark J. “Development of Classical Interatomic Potentials for Applications in Corrosion and Phase Transitions.” 2014. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Noordhoek MJ. Development of Classical Interatomic Potentials for Applications in Corrosion and Phase Transitions. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Florida; 2014. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0046505.
Noordhoek MJ. Development of Classical Interatomic Potentials for Applications in Corrosion and Phase Transitions. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Florida; 2014. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0046505
17. Dhavalikar, Rohan D. Simulation of Magnetic Particle Imaging Using Rotational Brownian Dynamics Simulations.
Degree: MS, Chemical Engineering, 2014, University of Florida
► Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is an emerging biomedical imaging technique which uses the non-linear magnetization characteristics of magnetic nanoparticle tracers to obtain millimeter scale temporal… (more)
▼ Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is an emerging biomedical imaging technique which uses the non-linear magnetization characteristics of magnetic nanoparticle tracers to obtain millimeter scale temporal and spatial resolution images. Human tissue, being diamagnetic, does not produce a background signal, meaning that the images have near-perfect contrast. Theoretical models assume the magnetic dipoles of nanoparticles used as tracers instantaneously align with the applied field which is at odds with the experimental results showing that finite relaxation affects the signal and resolution of the image. We model this relaxation effect using rotational Brownian dynamics simulations to predict the effect on the resolution and account for the shift in image location. We model the behavior of nanoparticles in response to the rapid movement of a field free point (FFP), which leads to the flipping of the saturated nanoparticles inducing a voltage in the receiving coil. The magnetic dipoles lag behind the changing field due to relaxation and hence produce a significant difference in the signal properties. We also model the magnetic particle relaxometer which is used to measure properties of tracer material by applying an oscillating field to the suspension of nanoparticles The study demonstrates the effect of Brownian relaxation on the signal strength, resolution, and image shift distance. ( en ) Advisors/Committee Members: RINALDI,CARLOS (committee chair).
Subjects/Keywords: Diameters; Eggshells; Hydrodynamics; Magnetic fields; Magnetism; Magnetization; Magnets; Nanoparticles; Signals; Simulations; brownian – imaging – simulation
Dhavalikar, R. D. (2014). Simulation of Magnetic Particle Imaging Using Rotational Brownian Dynamics Simulations . (Masters Thesis). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0046786
Dhavalikar, Rohan D. “Simulation of Magnetic Particle Imaging Using Rotational Brownian Dynamics Simulations.” 2014. Masters Thesis, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0046786.
Dhavalikar, Rohan D. “Simulation of Magnetic Particle Imaging Using Rotational Brownian Dynamics Simulations.” 2014. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Dhavalikar RD. Simulation of Magnetic Particle Imaging Using Rotational Brownian Dynamics Simulations. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Florida; 2014. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0046786.
Dhavalikar RD. Simulation of Magnetic Particle Imaging Using Rotational Brownian Dynamics Simulations. [Masters Thesis]. University of Florida; 2014. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0046786
18. PALMIOTTO,ANDREA. Environmental and Cultural Transitions as Reflected in the Zooarchaeology of Pineland's Old Mound (8LL37).
► I examine a series of five 1/16-inch-and-larger-screened zooarchaeological column samples from Pineland?s Old Mound (8LL37) in coastal southwest Florida, analyzing both the vertebrate and invertebrate… (more)
▼ I examine a series of five 1/16-inch-and-larger-screened zooarchaeological column samples from Pineland?s Old Mound (8LL37) in coastal southwest Florida, analyzing both the vertebrate and invertebrate remains to discern fluctuations in paleoenvironmental conditions, variations in resource availability, and differences in cultural practices over time. These samples are associated with late Caloosahatchee I and IIA-early periods (ca. A.D. 100 to 650). Advisors/Committee Members: Marquardt, William H (committee chair), Defrance, Susan D (committee member), Walker, Karen J (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Biomass; Ecology; Eggshells; Invertebrates; Oysters; Pine barrens; Salinity; Snails; Taxa; Whelks; FLORIDA – PALEOENVIRONMENT – SOUTHEAST – ZOOARCHAEOLOGY
PALMIOTTO,ANDREA. (2011). Environmental and Cultural Transitions as Reflected in the Zooarchaeology of Pineland's Old Mound (8LL37) . (Masters Thesis). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0042957
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PALMIOTTO,ANDREA. “Environmental and Cultural Transitions as Reflected in the Zooarchaeology of Pineland's Old Mound (8LL37).” 2011. Masters Thesis, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0042957.
PALMIOTTO,ANDREA. “Environmental and Cultural Transitions as Reflected in the Zooarchaeology of Pineland's Old Mound (8LL37).” 2011. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
PALMIOTTO,ANDREA. Environmental and Cultural Transitions as Reflected in the Zooarchaeology of Pineland's Old Mound (8LL37). [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Florida; 2011. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0042957.
PALMIOTTO,ANDREA. Environmental and Cultural Transitions as Reflected in the Zooarchaeology of Pineland's Old Mound (8LL37). [Masters Thesis]. University of Florida; 2011. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0042957
19. Hill, Justin. Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion in Nanowire-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Modeling, Optimization and Templated Fabrication.
Degree: PhD, Chemical Engineering, 2010, University of Florida
► The research presented in this thesis outlines engineering and scientific considerations toward the template assisted fabrication of core-shell nanowire arrays on transparent conductive oxide supports… (more)
▼ The research presented in this thesis outlines engineering and scientific considerations toward the template assisted fabrication of core-shell nanowire arrays on transparent conductive oxide supports for use as nanowire array-based, dye sensitized, photoelectrochemical devices. In addition, the photoanode of this specific type of dye sensitized solar cell is modeled in order to better understand interfacial charge transfer and bulk charge transport as well as optimize device performance by variation of compositional and spacial parameters. The core nanowire structure is fabricated by first electrochemically anodizing aluminum films that have been evaporated on conductive glass to create a template for nanowire growth. This is followed by electrochemical deposition of the core nanowire material within the template and selective removal of the template to obtain a nanowire array on conductive glass. Direct fabrication of anodic aluminum oxide on conductive glass is non-trivial, thus techniques developed to obtain these templates will be discussed in detail. Furthermore, liquid based etching of the template ultimately leads to aggregation of the nanowire array which causes losses in surface area, array uniformity and substrate transparency. A simple method involving induction of an electrostatic surface charge on the array that prevents nanowire aggregation is also developed and presented. Upon completion of the core nanowire array, a semiconductive material such as anatase titanium dioxide is grown epitaxially by atomic layer deposition. Upon completion of the core-shell nanowire arrays, the photoelectrochemical device is completed by sensitizing the surface with a photoactive dye and immersion in a liquid redox couple. Two types of devices are presented in this thesis, one has a transparent nanowire core composed of indium doped zinc oxide with an anatase titania shell and the other has a highly reflective platinum nanowire core with an anatase titania shell. The performance of these two types of nanowire dye sensitized solar cells are characterized by evaluation of their respective polarization curves as well as other methods. Furthermore the nanowire length and semiconductive shell thickness is varied to understand their respective effect on device performance. Coupled with the experimental results, a detailed interfacial and bulk device model is developed and evaluated. Traditional nanoparticle based dye sensitized solar cells are widely believed to have no net interfacial electric field, whereas it has been postulated that nanowire based device do and the field positively affects device performance. The model involves an extensive numerical algorithm utilizing finite difference, non-linear fixed point iterative and Levenburg-Marquardt optimization methods. The first aim of the device model is to better understand the effect of an interfacial electric field on various factors contributing to device performance. This is evaluated by probing the effect of an interfacial electric field on charge injection efficiency,… Advisors/Committee Members: Ziegler, Kirk (committee chair), Anderson, Timothy J. (committee member), Orazem, Mark E. (committee member), Norton, David P. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Aggregation; Aluminum; Dyes; Eggshells; Electric fields; Electrolytes; Electrons; Nanowires; Semiconductors; Surface areas
Hill, J. (2010). Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion in Nanowire-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Modeling, Optimization and Templated Fabrication . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0041874
Hill, Justin. “Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion in Nanowire-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Modeling, Optimization and Templated Fabrication.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0041874.
Hill, Justin. “Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion in Nanowire-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Modeling, Optimization and Templated Fabrication.” 2010. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Hill J. Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion in Nanowire-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Modeling, Optimization and Templated Fabrication. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Florida; 2010. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0041874.
Hill J. Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion in Nanowire-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Modeling, Optimization and Templated Fabrication. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Florida; 2010. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0041874
20. Kilmer, John A. Systematic Paleontology of a Late Pleistocene Avifauna from Saint Lucie County, Florida.
Degree: MS, Zoology - Biology, 2015, University of Florida
► Dickerson Coquina Pit is a sand and coquina mine located in Saint Lucie County, Florida. Before open-pit operations ceased at the site, collections were made… (more)
▼ Dickerson Coquina Pit is a sand and coquina mine located in Saint Lucie County, Florida. Before open-pit operations ceased at the site, collections were made from a vertebrate fossil bed of Middle Pleistocene (Late Irvingtonian) age in the Okeechobee Formation. Specimens from the coquina pit were also discovered in fill material used in beach replenishment on Hutchinson Island, St. Lucie County. The avifauna of the two sites contains over 70 elements representing 12 orders, 16 families, and 26 species. A surprisingly wide variety of species with affinities ranging from woodlands to the open ocean are represented in this relatively small fossil assemblage. Extant and recently extinct species found include a transitional turkey Meleagris aff. gallopavo, an albatross Phoebastria aff. albatrus, Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, a large stork Ciconia maltha, a large crane Grus sp., Great Auk Pinguinus impennis, and Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis. Advisors/Committee Members: STEADMAN,DAVID W (committee chair), KIMBALL,REBECCA T (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Beaches; Birds; Eggshells; Fossils; Humerus; Paleontology; Parakeets; Species; Ulna; Vertebrates; aves – dickerson – florida – fossil – pleistocene
Kilmer, J. A. (2015). Systematic Paleontology of a Late Pleistocene Avifauna from Saint Lucie County, Florida . (Masters Thesis). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047606
Kilmer, John A. “Systematic Paleontology of a Late Pleistocene Avifauna from Saint Lucie County, Florida.” 2015. Masters Thesis, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047606.
Kilmer, John A. “Systematic Paleontology of a Late Pleistocene Avifauna from Saint Lucie County, Florida.” 2015. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Kilmer JA. Systematic Paleontology of a Late Pleistocene Avifauna from Saint Lucie County, Florida. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Florida; 2015. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047606.
Kilmer JA. Systematic Paleontology of a Late Pleistocene Avifauna from Saint Lucie County, Florida. [Masters Thesis]. University of Florida; 2015. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047606
21. Oday, Patrick Michael. Pre-Contact Marine Resources in the Mariana Archipelago.
Degree: PhD, Anthropology, 2015, University of Florida
► I examine pre-Contact marine resource exploitation in the Mariana Islands by studying variations in archaeological residues of ancient fisheries. These residues included invertebrate shells and… (more)
▼ I examine pre-Contact marine resource exploitation in the Mariana Islands by studying variations in archaeological residues of ancient fisheries. These residues included invertebrate shells and fish bones recovered from the Unai Bapot-1 site on Saipan and the Ritidian Grotto site on Guam. Evaluating pre-Contact marine resources relied upon the precepts of historical ecology. This involved studying prehistoric marine environmental-human interactions through the use of basic archaeological and zooarchaeological techniques, applying methods from fisheries biology, considering long-term regional and local histories through ethnographic and historical data, and considering past and present environmental conditions. The primary goal of this project was to evaluate the human impacts upon prehistoric marine fisheries by studying variations in archaeological residues from two archaeological sites in the Marianas Islands. Advisors/Committee Members: SASSAMAN,KENNETH EDWARD,JR (committee chair), HECKENBERGER,MICHAEL JOSEPH (committee member), PARKYN,DARYL CHARLES (committee member), BRENNER,MARK (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Bones; Eggshells; Excavations; Fish; Fisheries; Fishing; Grottos; Invertebrates; Marine resources; Species; archaeology – fisheries – islands – mariana
Oday, P. M. (2015). Pre-Contact Marine Resources in the Mariana Archipelago . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047463
Oday, Patrick Michael. “Pre-Contact Marine Resources in the Mariana Archipelago.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047463.
Oday, Patrick Michael. “Pre-Contact Marine Resources in the Mariana Archipelago.” 2015. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Oday PM. Pre-Contact Marine Resources in the Mariana Archipelago. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Florida; 2015. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047463.
Oday PM. Pre-Contact Marine Resources in the Mariana Archipelago. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Florida; 2015. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047463
Brno University of Technology
22. Zakov, Tomáš. Návrh odstřeďovacího zařízení pro minimalizaci bílku ve vaječných skořápkách .
Degree: 2018, Brno University of Technology
► Hlavným cieľom tejto bakalárskej práce je návrh odstreďovacieho zariadenia pre minimalizáciu zbytkového bielka vo vaječných škrupinách. Postup pri návrhu zariadenia je daný literárnou rešeršou pre… (more)
▼ Hlavným cieľom tejto bakalárskej práce je návrh odstreďovacieho zariadenia pre minimalizáciu zbytkového bielka vo vaječných škrupinách. Postup pri návrhu zariadenia je daný literárnou rešeršou pre použitie jednotlivých komponentov v zariadení. Zadanie ďalej spočíva vo vytvorení 3D modelu prototypu a jeho výkresovej dokumentácie zostavy.; Main goal of this bechalor thesis is designing centrifuge to minimize residual albumen from eggshells. Process of designing machine is set by literary research for using individual components in there. Layout further consists from making 3D model of prototype and it‘s mechanical drawings documentation. Advisors/Committee Members: Lošák, Pavel (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: odstreďovacie zariadenie; filtrácia; vaječné škrupiny; bielko; experimentálne zariadenie; centrifuge; filtration; eggshells; albumen; experimental device
Zakov, T. (2018). Návrh odstřeďovacího zařízení pro minimalizaci bílku ve vaječných skořápkách . (Thesis). Brno University of Technology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11012/82606
Zakov, Tomáš. “Návrh odstřeďovacího zařízení pro minimalizaci bílku ve vaječných skořápkách .” 2018. Thesis, Brno University of Technology. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11012/82606.
Zakov, Tomáš. “Návrh odstřeďovacího zařízení pro minimalizaci bílku ve vaječných skořápkách .” 2018. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Zakov T. Návrh odstřeďovacího zařízení pro minimalizaci bílku ve vaječných skořápkách . [Internet] [Thesis]. Brno University of Technology; 2018. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11012/82606.
Zakov T. Návrh odstřeďovacího zařízení pro minimalizaci bílku ve vaječných skořápkách . [Thesis]. Brno University of Technology; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11012/82606
23. Washington, Cecily Lynn. A comparison of selected physical characteristics of brown and white shell eggs.
Degree: MS, poultry science, 2012, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1982-THESIS-W317
Subjects/Keywords: poultry science.; Major poultry science.; Eggs - Grading.; Eggshells.
Washington, C. L. (2012). A comparison of selected physical characteristics of brown and white shell eggs . (Masters Thesis). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1982-THESIS-W317
Washington, Cecily Lynn. “A comparison of selected physical characteristics of brown and white shell eggs.” 2012. Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1982-THESIS-W317.
Washington, Cecily Lynn. “A comparison of selected physical characteristics of brown and white shell eggs.” 2012. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Washington CL. A comparison of selected physical characteristics of brown and white shell eggs. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1982-THESIS-W317.
Washington CL. A comparison of selected physical characteristics of brown and white shell eggs. [Masters Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1982-THESIS-W317
Durban University of Technology
24. Onwubu, Stanley Chibuzor. Using eggshell for the development of a quality alternative material to pumice in reducing the surface roughness of heat-cured acrylic resins.
Degree: 2016, Durban University of Technology
Submitted in fulfillment of requirements of the degree of Master in Health Sciences: Dental Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2016.
Pumice is… (more)
Pumice is used in the polishing of dental appliances to remove surface irregularities. It is usually used in a slurry form that is pumice powder mixed with water. In Nigeria, the increased cost of pumice as a result of its limited supply into the country has encouraged dental technicians to re-use pumice slurry for longer periods than advocated when polishing acrylic dentures, whether new or old dentures which have been worn in the mouth. Consequently, this is likely to increase cross-infection of communicable diseases in the dental technology laboratory. Although materials such as white sand, black sand and porcelnite can be used, literature documents that these materials are less effective in the polishing of acrylic dentures (Areeg 2011). The focus of this study was to use eggshells, a natural waste product, to develop and test the quality of an alternative material to reduce the surface roughness of heat-cured acrylic resins. A quantitative research paradigm and an experimental research strategy were adopted. The research design included two phases. In phase one of this study, different characterisation techniques such as Brunnae-Emmer Teller (BET); Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR); X-ray Diffraction (XRD); Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM); Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM); Laser Scattering Particle Size Distribution Analyser (PSA); Thermo-Gravimetric Analysis (TGA); and Induction-Coupling-Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) were used to assess the suitability of the new abrasive material (NAM). In addition, the level of microbial contamination of the NAM was assessed in line with the specified microbial limits for cosmetic products. In contrast, phase two investigated the product-based quality of the NAM as an abrasive material for removable dental appliances. There were two sample groups, that is, the NAM (test group) and Pumice (control), and each sample group had 50 PMMA acrylic specimens. The surface roughness (Ra) was measured using a Talysurf profilometer. An Independent Tukey test was used to analyse the Ra values (p=0.05). A Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Optical Microscope (OEM) were further used to support the results of the profilometer in terms of the quality of surface finish and polish. Validity of the study was achieved following the ISO 20795-1 (2013) methods of preparation and fabrication of the acrylic specimens. The reliability was determined via reproducibility and repeatability of tests. The BET analysis showed that the NAM is predominantly a mesoporous powder. The FTIR and XRD analyses confirmed that the NAM is pure calcite with unique water absorbing characteristics, and is free of bacteria. The EDX and ICP-OES analyses revealed calcium, oxygen and carbon as the major elemental composition of the NAM. The SEM and TEM images…
Advisors/Committee Members: Vahed, Anisa, Singh, Shalini, Kanny, Krishnan.
Subjects/Keywords: Dental materials; Dental acrylic resins; Finishes and finishing; Grinding and polishing; Pumice; Eggshells; Dental laboratories – Nigeria
Onwubu, S. C. (2016). Using eggshell for the development of a quality alternative material to pumice in reducing the surface roughness of heat-cured acrylic resins. (Thesis). Durban University of Technology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10321/1526
Onwubu, Stanley Chibuzor. “Using eggshell for the development of a quality alternative material to pumice in reducing the surface roughness of heat-cured acrylic resins.” 2016. Thesis, Durban University of Technology. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/1526.
Onwubu, Stanley Chibuzor. “Using eggshell for the development of a quality alternative material to pumice in reducing the surface roughness of heat-cured acrylic resins.” 2016. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Onwubu SC. Using eggshell for the development of a quality alternative material to pumice in reducing the surface roughness of heat-cured acrylic resins. [Internet] [Thesis]. Durban University of Technology; 2016. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10321/1526.
Onwubu SC. Using eggshell for the development of a quality alternative material to pumice in reducing the surface roughness of heat-cured acrylic resins. [Thesis]. Durban University of Technology; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10321/1526
25. Andrus, Matthew John. Structural and Electronic Investigations of Prussian Blue Analogue Heterostructures Elucidating the Effects of Lattice Coupling on the Structrual Phase Behavior of Cobalt Hexacyanoferrates.
► Complexes which transition between two states by external stimuli have intrigued scientist for decades. Only over the past twenty years has the charge transfer induced… (more)
▼ Complexes which transition between two states by external stimuli have intrigued scientist for decades. Only over the past twenty years has the charge transfer induced spin transitions (CTIST) phenomenon been reported. Already research on these types of materials, such as Prussian blue analogues (PBA), has been able to manifest themselves in a broad range of fields. Of the materials which exhibit a CTIST, the cobalt hexacyanoferrate (CoFe) PBAs are the most widely studied. Recently multifunctional heterostructures, which pair two or more components together in a single material, have been developed containing CoFe PBAs. Herein, heterostructured materials containing CoFe have been explored to investigate how pairing another material at the interface of a CoFe PBA effects the structural transformations. Heterostructures comprised of either nickel hexacyanochromate or cobalt hexacyanochromate and CoFe PBAs have been investigated and compared to single phase materials. For the purpose of studying the influence the interface coupling bulk and nanosized particles have also been prepared. The results suggest that when the CoFe PBA is the core material, the CTIST is strained when cooled from 300 K to 100 K. Furthermore, when irradiated at 100 K this strain is released. However, when the CoFe PBA is the shell material, the CTIST is strained at the interface, but can this can be overcome this strain when the shell thickness increase. Next, this work also probes the effect of morphology and its influence on the CTIST by comparing hollow and cross-like heterostructures to bulk and nanosized core-shell particles. Then, using nanosized CoFe particles the role of the surface on the phase behavior is investigated and found to mediate these phase transitions. Finally, this work also investigates how infrared spectroscopy can be employed to rapidly characterize heterostructure PBA materials by determining the extinction coefficients of these analogues and applies them to these structures. ( en ) Advisors/Committee Members: TALHAM,DANIEL R (committee chair), CHRISTOU,GEORGE (committee member), WEI,WEI (committee member), MEISEL,MARK W (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Chemicals; Cobalt; Conceptual lattices; Cyanides; Eggshells; Hypertension; Irradiation; Particle spin; Phase transitions; Room temperature; analogue – blue – prussian
Andrus, M. J. (2013). Structural and Electronic Investigations of Prussian Blue Analogue Heterostructures Elucidating the Effects of Lattice Coupling on the Structrual Phase Behavior of Cobalt Hexacyanoferrates . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0046122
Andrus, Matthew John. “Structural and Electronic Investigations of Prussian Blue Analogue Heterostructures Elucidating the Effects of Lattice Coupling on the Structrual Phase Behavior of Cobalt Hexacyanoferrates.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0046122.
Andrus, Matthew John. “Structural and Electronic Investigations of Prussian Blue Analogue Heterostructures Elucidating the Effects of Lattice Coupling on the Structrual Phase Behavior of Cobalt Hexacyanoferrates.” 2013. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Andrus MJ. Structural and Electronic Investigations of Prussian Blue Analogue Heterostructures Elucidating the Effects of Lattice Coupling on the Structrual Phase Behavior of Cobalt Hexacyanoferrates. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Florida; 2013. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0046122.
Andrus MJ. Structural and Electronic Investigations of Prussian Blue Analogue Heterostructures Elucidating the Effects of Lattice Coupling on the Structrual Phase Behavior of Cobalt Hexacyanoferrates. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Florida; 2013. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0046122
26. Zhou, Jiaqing. Implementation of Flow Manufacturing and Process Control in Nanoparticle Synthesis by the Wet Chemistry Method.
► Nano-particle manufacturing is a promising industry in the near future. Several methods are used for nano particle production. One method,called the wet chemistry technique, is… (more)
▼ Nano-particle manufacturing is a promising industry in the near future. Several methods are used for nano particle production. One method,called the wet chemistry technique, is widely used, but lacks reproducibility and scalability when batch processed. Possible solutions that avoid these problems are the flow synthesis system (FSS) and process control. However,despite their benefits, these methods are relatively new in the nano particle field. The combination of these two methods and their benefits shows potential in novel industrial-scale manufacturing of nano particles. In order to establish a system that monitors and controls the product quality, both online/inline measurements and sized map based/feedback process controls are introduced into the FSS. In order to study the efficacy of the process controls on particle properties such as size distribution, the Stober silica model was chosen to develop and test the FSS. Two types of process control were investigated in the Stober silica process. The size map based control was established by building an experimental database and using it to model the relationship between mean volume (M.V.) particle size and reagents’ concentration. The second method used feedback control with a PI controller. Its parameters were derived from the Cohen-Coon method. Two high-value colloidal products, dye doped silica and cadmium telluride quantum dots (CdTe QDs) were studied in the FSS as case studies. The synthesis of dye doped silica followed a modification of the Stober process to incorporate various fluorescent dyes into the product. Rubpy and Rhodamine 6G (R6G) dyes were physical adsorbed and fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) and 7-methoxycoumarin-3-carboxylic acid (MCA) were chemically bonded in doping the silica particles. CdTe QDs in the emission range of 500 - 800nm were synthesized hydrothermally by controlling the reaction temperature and the residence time in the flow reactor. The effects of temperature, reagent concentration,and residence time on the emission spectrum were studied. The results indicated that higher concentrations of cadmium (Cd2+) ions and lower concentrations of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) produce QDs with a high quantum yield(QY) of 40- 60% in a much reduced reaction time compared to batch synthesis. The process control of the CdTe QDs relies on a proportional – integral (PI) controller. Both the Cohen-Coon and the Ziegler-Nichols tuning methods were used for the tuning parameters. The control algorithm was able to reach the desired emission wavelength in around 10 minutes with a precision of 2 nanometers (nm). Furthermore, a novel coating method for CdTe/CdS core/shell QDs was developed for the FSS using controlled degradation of sodium thiosulfate in an acidic environment. This resulted in a Type II quantum dot where the emission spectrum of the QDs was red shifted up to 70nm. ( en ) Advisors/Committee Members: Powers, Kevin W (committee chair), El-Shall, Hassan E (committee member), Moudgil, Brij M (committee member), Sigmund, Wolfgang M (committee member), Svoronos, Spyros (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Ammonia; Dyes; Eggshells; Feedback control; Flow velocity; Particle size classes; Pumps; Quantum dots; Temperature control; Wavelengths; flowchemistry – nanoparticle – processcontrol – qds – stobersilica
Zhou, J. (2012). Implementation of Flow Manufacturing and Process Control in Nanoparticle Synthesis by the Wet Chemistry Method . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0044562
Zhou, Jiaqing. “Implementation of Flow Manufacturing and Process Control in Nanoparticle Synthesis by the Wet Chemistry Method.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0044562.
Zhou, Jiaqing. “Implementation of Flow Manufacturing and Process Control in Nanoparticle Synthesis by the Wet Chemistry Method.” 2012. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Zhou J. Implementation of Flow Manufacturing and Process Control in Nanoparticle Synthesis by the Wet Chemistry Method. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Florida; 2012. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0044562.
Zhou J. Implementation of Flow Manufacturing and Process Control in Nanoparticle Synthesis by the Wet Chemistry Method. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Florida; 2012. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0044562
27. Marino, Matthew. Sacred Sands: Appearance and Alteration of Colored Sediments in St. Johns Sand Mounds.
► The St. Johns River Valley was home to the people of the St. Johns culture for over two thousand years. The construction of sand mortuary… (more)
▼ The St. Johns River Valley was home to the people of the St. Johns culture for over two thousand years. The construction of sand mortuary mounds is characteristic of this culture, and was probably the most labor intensive architectural project that was carried out. New archaeological investigations and evidence gathered from primary literature brings to light common themes of construction among the mounds in the northern St. Johns region. Ethnographic and ethnohistoric work supports the data presented and suggests that colored sediments were specially selected for mound construction. Archaeological investigations at Silver Glen Run (8LA1/8MR3601) suggest that colored soils in the natural profile were altered and processed to create new colored sediments that are not found naturally. ( en )
Subjects/Keywords: Charcoal; Colors; Cream; Eggshells; Rituals; Sand; Sediments; Soil texture; Soils; Symbolism; Florida – Saint Johns River; Mounds; Sediments (Geology)
Marino, M. (2012). Sacred Sands: Appearance and Alteration of Colored Sediments in St. Johns Sand Mounds . (Thesis). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00059823
Marino, Matthew. “Sacred Sands: Appearance and Alteration of Colored Sediments in St. Johns Sand Mounds.” 2012. Thesis, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00059823.
Marino, Matthew. “Sacred Sands: Appearance and Alteration of Colored Sediments in St. Johns Sand Mounds.” 2012. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Marino M. Sacred Sands: Appearance and Alteration of Colored Sediments in St. Johns Sand Mounds. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Florida; 2012. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00059823.
Marino M. Sacred Sands: Appearance and Alteration of Colored Sediments in St. Johns Sand Mounds. [Thesis]. University of Florida; 2012. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00059823
28. Saha,Ajoy Kumar. Hydrothermal Synthesis of Near-Infra-Red Emitting Quantum Dots for Fluorescent and Magnetic Bimodal Imaging.
► Synthesis and characterization of water dispersible, near-infra-red (NIR) emitting and magnetic QDs of sizes between 3-6 nm for magnetic and fluorescent bimodal imaging are reported… (more)
▼ Synthesis and characterization of water dispersible, near-infra-red (NIR) emitting and magnetic QDs of sizes between 3-6 nm for magnetic and fluorescent bimodal imaging are reported in this dissertation. QDs are semiconducting materials that exhibit quantum confinement with sizes below the excitonic Bohr radius of the material. NIR emitting QDs have potential to act as excellent probes for non-invasive monitoring of biological processes because NIR photons permit deep tissue penetration due to low absorption by water and other tissue components and also due to minimum tissue autofluorescence in the NIR wavelength regime of 700 ? 900 nm. QDs synthesized by the conventional organometallic route require surface modifications with hydrophilic ligands to enable dispersion in aqueous biological conditions. However, these procedures result in significant reduction in their optical properties such as quantum yields (QYs). In this research 3-6 nm alloyed QDs were synthesized by heating the precursor solutions at 180 ?C for various time intervals (30 ? 100 min) under hydrothermal conditions. No separate ligand exchange steps for the QDs were necessary for water dispersibility. NIR emission tunability was achieved by modifying the sizes of the QDs and also by developing a CdS rich shell on core CdTeS QDs. The alloy core and core/shell structure of the QDs were characterized using TEM, XRD, Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and XPS. The functionalization of the QDs with a non-toxic N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC) creates surface carboxylic acid groups which also allow subsequent bio-conjugation for targeted delivery. The QDs exhibited fluorescence in the visible-NIR 530-820 nm range and yielded high photoluminescence QYs with the maximum being about 60%. The functionality of the QDs was evaluated using in vitro mouse phantom experiments. The 800 nm emitting core/shell QDs exhibited bright photoluminescence inside the mouse phantom when excited with NIR light (710-745 nm) in the Xenogen IVIS? Spectrum Biophotonic Imager indicating their viability as NIR contrast agents. Advisors/Committee Members: Moudgil, Brij M (committee chair), Powers, Kevin W (committee member), Holloway, Paul H (committee member), Batich, Christopher D (committee member), Walter, Glenn A (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Chemical composition; Eggshells; Fluorescence; Imaging; Magnetism; Magnets; Nanocrystals; Nanoparticles; Quantum dots; Wavelengths; bimodal – bio – contrast – fluorescent – magnetic – near – quantum – relaxivity – water
Kumar, S. (2011). Hydrothermal Synthesis of Near-Infra-Red Emitting Quantum Dots for Fluorescent and Magnetic Bimodal Imaging . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0043250
Kumar, Saha,Ajoy. “Hydrothermal Synthesis of Near-Infra-Red Emitting Quantum Dots for Fluorescent and Magnetic Bimodal Imaging.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0043250.
Kumar, Saha,Ajoy. “Hydrothermal Synthesis of Near-Infra-Red Emitting Quantum Dots for Fluorescent and Magnetic Bimodal Imaging.” 2011. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Kumar S. Hydrothermal Synthesis of Near-Infra-Red Emitting Quantum Dots for Fluorescent and Magnetic Bimodal Imaging. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Florida; 2011. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0043250.
Kumar S. Hydrothermal Synthesis of Near-Infra-Red Emitting Quantum Dots for Fluorescent and Magnetic Bimodal Imaging. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Florida; 2011. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0043250
29. Dutta, Sandipan. Classical Representation of Quantum Systems at Equilibrium.
Degree: PhD, Physics, 2013, University of Florida
► A quantum system at equilibrium is represented by an effective classical system, chosen to reproduce thermodynamic and structural properties. The motivation is to allow application… (more)
▼ A quantum system at equilibrium is represented by an effective classical system, chosen to reproduce thermodynamic and structural properties. The motivation is to allow application of classical strong coupling theories and classical simulations like molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo to quantum systems at strong coupling. The correspondence is made at the level of the grand canonical ensembles for the two systems. The effective classical system is defined in terms of an effective temperature, local chemical potential, and pair potential. These are determined formally by requiring the equivalence of the grand potentials and their functional derivatives of the quantum and representative classical systems. The mapping is inverted using the classical density functional theory to solve for these three parameters. Practical forms of these formal solutions are obtained using the classical liquid state theories like hypernetted chain approximation (HNC). The mapping is applied to the ideal Fermi gas is demonstrated and the details of the thermodynamics of the effective system is derived explicitly. As the next application we consider the uniform electron gas and an explicit form for the effective interaction potential is obtained in the weak coupling limit. The pair correlation functions are calculated using the HNC equations and compared with path integral Monte Carlo data and other theoretical models like Perrot Dharma-wardana. Excellent agreement is obtained over a wide range of temperatures and densities. The last application is to the shell structure of harmonically bound charges. We show that in the mean field limit, the quantum effects of degeneracy and diffraction produce shells at very low temperatures. ( en ) Advisors/Committee Members: Dufty, James W (committee chair), Muttalib, Khandker A (committee member), Reitze, David H (committee member), Ladd, Anthony J (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Approximation; Chemicals; Correlations; Effective temperature; Eggshells; Low temperature; Particle density; Pseudopotentials; Quantum field theory; Thermodynamics; dft – fluids – hnc – quantum – rpa
Dutta, S. (2013). Classical Representation of Quantum Systems at Equilibrium . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0045418
Dutta, Sandipan. “Classical Representation of Quantum Systems at Equilibrium.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0045418.
Dutta, Sandipan. “Classical Representation of Quantum Systems at Equilibrium.” 2013. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Dutta S. Classical Representation of Quantum Systems at Equilibrium. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Florida; 2013. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0045418.
Dutta S. Classical Representation of Quantum Systems at Equilibrium. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Florida; 2013. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0045418
30. Li, Carissa H. Cyanide-Bridged Coordination Polymers as Battery Cathodes.
► Research interest in coordination polymers and their applications has explosively grown in the past couple of decades due to the advance in nanotechnology that offers… (more)
▼ Research interest in coordination polymers and their applications has explosively grown in the past couple of decades due to the advance in nanotechnology that offers us the ability to precisely control the systems and thus their properties. One of the examples is the Prussian blue analogues (PBAs), members of the cyanide-bridged coordination polymer family, which have been applied to areas as wide as magnetism, gas adsorption, catalysis, sensing, and medical imaging. In this dissertation, PBAs are employed as the cathode active materials in alkali ion battery studies, a new field of applications growing extensively for the materials in recent years. Advisors/Committee Members: TALHAM,DANIEL R (committee chair), VEIGE,ADAM S (committee member), SMITH,BEN W (committee member), MEISEL,MARK W (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Coordination polymers; Eggshells; Electrodes; Ions; Magnetism; Metal particles; Particle diffraction; Particle size classes; Particle size distribution; Room temperature; cathode – cyanometallate – nanoparticle
Li, C. H. (2014). Cyanide-Bridged Coordination Polymers as Battery Cathodes . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047350
Li, Carissa H. “Cyanide-Bridged Coordination Polymers as Battery Cathodes.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Florida. Accessed July 15, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047350.
Li, Carissa H. “Cyanide-Bridged Coordination Polymers as Battery Cathodes.” 2014. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Li CH. Cyanide-Bridged Coordination Polymers as Battery Cathodes. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Florida; 2014. [cited 2019 Jul 15]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047350.
Li CH. Cyanide-Bridged Coordination Polymers as Battery Cathodes. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Florida; 2014. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0047350
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Hobin Architecture celebrates 40 years of designing urban fabric of Ottawa
Firm hosts evening for clients, consultants, staff and contractors at one of its former redesign projects, Bayview Yards
May 10, 2019 12:00pm EDT
Hobin Architecture
Barry Hobin
Gord Lorimer
Sandy Davis
Wendy Brawley
Doug Brooks
Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards
OBJ.Social is supported by the generous patronage of Mark Motors, Bruyère Foundation, Marilyn Wilson Dream Properties, the Shaw Centre and Sparks Dental. Read their stories here.
Ottawa’s real estate and development business leaders turned out by the truck load Thursday to help Hobin Architecture celebrate its 40th anniversary.
The party was held at one of the firm's recent redesign projects, The Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards, a former industrial building-turned-innovation centre located just west of downtown Ottawa.
Evidence of the firm’s commitment to the community was seen through its decision to have the shindig catered by The Ottawa Mission’s food services training program, which gives people a second chance to turn their lives around by teaching them the skills to work in a commercial kitchen. Hobin Architecture partner Gord Lorimer is on the board of The Mission, which was represented at the party by its executive director, Peter Tilley, and manager of food services, Chef Ric Allen-Watson.
There was live music playing throughout the night, featuring the popular local band The PepTides.
The PepTides perform at Bayview Yards during the 40th anniversary celebration of Hobin Architecture. Photo by Caroline Phillips
From left, Chef Ric Allen-Watson with Peter Tilley, executive director of The Ottawa Mission, at Hobin Architecture's 40th anniversary party, held Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Bayview Yards. Photo by Caroline Phillips
Firm founder Barry Hobin delivered a speech that was thoughtful and contemplative as he took to the stage to formally welcome guests and thank some key people — including his wife, Nancy Hobin. There were moments of levity, too, like when he referenced that Seinfeld episode when George Constanza famously pretends to be an architect.
Many of Hobin’s friends attended, from talented graphic designer Dave O’Malley, with whom he shared downtown office space when they were both starting off, to his pastor, Parkdale United Church Rev. Anthony Bailey.
Hobin stressed the five principles — design, service to clients, community, collaboration, and office culture — that are key to the success of the award-winning firm. Hobin Architecture has a team of 39 and is led by five partners: Hobin, Gord Lorimer, Sandy Davis, Wendy Brawley and Doug Brooks.
From left, Hobin Architecture founding partner Barry Hobin with his partners, Gord Lorimer, Wendy Brawley, Doug Brooks and Sandy Davis at the firm's 40th anniversary celebration, held Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Bayview Yards. Photo by Caroline Phillips
Some of the firm’s current projects include the Chaudière Island redevelopment into a sustainable mixed-use waterfront community, named Zibi, as well as the redevelopment in Old Ottawa East of the former Oblates land to create the new Greystone Village. It was involved with the redevelopment of both Lansdowne Park in the Glebe and of Westboro Station, which involved an entire block of Westboro Village. It's a shame for Hobin Architecture that the RendezVous partnership group fell apart because the firm was part of its proposed multi-billion-dollar redevelopment of LeBreton Flats.
Hobin Architecture has worked with a number of non-profit organizations, including Cornerstone Housing for Women, Multifaith Housing, the Salvation Army, the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa, and multiple seniors' and long-term care homes.
Ottawa is a small community — and that’s a good thing, according to Hobin. “People know who you are. When you do the right thing, people remember. That brings another level of accountability to how you live, how you practice.”
He made a convincing argument as to why architecture is a lot like — of all things — football. “What do these two things have in common? Teamwork,” said Hobin, who played for the Ravens football team back when he was an architect student at Carleton University. Prominent businessman John Ruddy from Trinity Developments was among his teammates.
“Teamwork is so essential in recognizing that within your team someone has talents that you don’t have."
Barry Hobin, founding partner of Hobin Architecture, speaks at the firm's 40th anniversary celebration, held at Bayview Yards on Thursday, May 9, 2019. Photo by Caroline Phillips
When it comes to being a good designer, said Hobin, it’s important to communicate fluently in a language that is comprehensive to the client, rather than in “architecture language”, which can be complex and confusing. “If you don’t learn that it’s not about you — it’s about how you interact — you’re going to be in trouble.”
Hobin spoke about the relationship between an architect and a client as being one that's built on faith and trust. “They have to take a risk and spend money on something they haven’t seen, yet," he pointed out.
The business leader became visibly moved when he spoke about the staff, and the level of care and compassion that the people in his office show to each other when hardship or tragedy strikes. “We don’t take those people for granted,” said Hobin. “Our obligation as a firm to these individuals is really, really important.”
Hobin has maintained a strong connection with his alma mater since graduating as one of Carleton's first architect students. Many of the stronger students from Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism have gone on to work for his firm. "That has worked to the school's benefit and to the city's benefit," Ben Gianni, an architecture and urbanism professor at Carleton University, told OBJ.social.
Hobin Architecture has really focused on creating the urban fabric of Ottawa, said Gianni. “What I respect about them the most is their persistent commitment to filling in the blank spaces of Ottawa and transforming it from a city of gaps and isolated buildings into a much more cohesive and urban experience."
Attendees included Mayor Jim Watson, and many business people and individuals with whom the firm has worked over the years, from Morley Hoppner Group's Brian Morley and Ken Hoppner — who were the design builder on Bayview Yards — to Shelley True from strategic marketing and design firm TRUEdotDESIGN to John MacDougall from Uniform Developments, among others.
Dave O'Malley, president and creative director of Aerographics Creative Services with his wife, Susan Kirkpatrick, at Hobin Architecture's 40th anniversary party, held Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Bayview Yards. Photo by Caroline Phillips
From left, Manon Gouin and her husband John MacDougall, from Uniform Developments, and builder/developer Bob McElligott from Brickland-Timberlay, with Shelley True, owner of TRUEdotDESIGN, at Hobin Architecture's 40th anniversary party, held Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Bayview Yards. Photo by Caroline Phillips
From left, Morley-Hoppner president Brian Morley and CEO Ken Hoppner at Hobin Architecture's 40th anniversary party, held Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Bayview Yards. Photo by Caroline Phillips
Susan Viner Vered and her husband Gillie Vered, from Arnon Corporation and Ron Engineering, at Hobin Architecture's 40th anniversary party, held Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Bayview Yards. Photo by Caroline Phillips
From left, Bernie Normand, president of B.J. Normand Ltd., with Dennis Laurin, owner of Laurin General Contractor, at Hobin Architecture's 40th anniversary party, held Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Bayview Yards. Photo by Caroline Phillips
Serge Arpin, chief of staff to Mayor Jim Watson, with his wife, Diane Sandre, at Hobin Architecture's 40th anniversary party, held Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Bayview Yards. Photo by Caroline Phillips
Barry Campbell, a senior vice president with R.E. Hein Construction, with Brian Johnson, a partner with Cleland Jardine Engineering, at Hobin Architecture's 40th anniversary party, held Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Bayview Yards. Photo by Caroline Phillips
— caroline@obj.ca
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US7120512B2 - Method and a system for solid freeform fabricating using non-reactive powder - Google Patents
Method and a system for solid freeform fabricating using non-reactive powder Download PDF
Laura Kramer
Vladek P Kasperchik
Terry M. Lambright
Melissa D. Boyd
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B29C64/00—Additive manufacturing, i.e. manufacturing of three-dimensional [3D] objects by additive deposition, additive agglomeration or additive layering, e.g. by 3D printing, stereolithography or selective laser sintering
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A method for creating a three-dimensional solid freeform fabrication object with non-reactive powder includes spreading a non-reactive powder on a substrate, selectively dispensing a reactive resin onto the non-reactive powder forming a mixture of reactive resin and non-reactive powder, wherein the selective dispensing of the reactive resin defines the three-dimensional object, and curing the reactive resin thereby encapsulating the non-reactive powder.
Solid freeform fabrication (SFF) is a process whereby three-dimensional objects, for example, prototype parts, models, working tools, production parts, molds, and other articles are manufactured. Computer aided design (CAD) is commonly used to automate the design process. Using a suitable computer, an operator may design a three-dimensional article and then create that object by the use of a positionable ejection head that selectively emits a desired material. While many methods have been developed to manufacture SFF objects according to the above principles, two methods have traditionally been preferred for manufacturing SFF objects: powder/binder interaction to create a solid object, and the use of jetted curable photopolymers to create a solid object.
Powder/binder interaction forming methods include the selective deposition of a binder onto powder constituents. Once deposited, the powder constituents react with the binder to create a solid object. In many cases powder/binder interaction boils down to swelling of a polymer component of the powder in a solvent present in the binder. In order to incorporate the traditional powder and binder interaction method, both the binder and the powder must be finely tuned to chemically react when combined. This limits the types of powders and binders that may be used. Additionally, this method tends to result in porous final structures. Moreover, low dimensional accuracy may result from this method due to swelling of the powder constituents during the powder/binder interaction.
Jetted photopolymer methods include the selective deposition of both build and support material from a dispenser onto a substrate where the two materials subsequently solidify. While dimensional accuracy is improved by this method, jetted photopolymer methods are slower than methods that apply material in a bulk process. Additionally, the costs of jetted photopolymer machines are high because they require both a material dispenser and a material reservoir for each material dispensed. In these jetted photopolymer technologies, both the build and the support material must be jetted through the material dispensers.
The accompanying drawings illustrate various embodiments of the present system and method and are a part of the specification. The illustrated embodiments are merely examples of the present system and method and do not limit the scope thereof.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a solid freeform fabrication system that may be used to implement exemplary embodiments of the present system and method.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a solid freeform fabrication system that may be used to implement exemplary embodiments of the present system and method.
FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method for performing the present method using a one-part reactive material according to one exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view illustrating a powder that may be used by the present method according to one exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view showing the deposition of a one-part reactive material according to one exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 4C is a cross-sectional view showing the application of ultraviolet (UV) rays to a one-part reactive system according to one exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 4D is a cross-sectional view illustrating an object formed by the present method with the unbound powder removed according to one exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a method for performing the present method using a two-part reactive material according to one exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 6B is a cross-sectional view illustrating the deposition of a two-part reactive material according to one exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 6C is a cross-sectional view illustrating an alternative method for dispensing a two-part reactive material according to one exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 6D is a cross sectional view illustrating an object formed by the present method with the unbound powder removed according to one exemplary embodiment.
Throughout the drawings, identical reference numbers designate similar, but not necessarily identical, elements.
A method and apparatus for jetting reactive materials for powder-based solid freeform fabrication is described herein. More specifically, a one or a two-part binder or resin may be jetted onto a wide variety of non-reactive powders and cured to create three-dimensional objects.
As used in this specification and in the appended claims, the term “binder” is meant to be understood broadly as any material used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface. Additionally, the term “substrate” is meant to be understood as any build platform, removable material, or previously deposited reactive or powder material. A “build platform” is typically the rigid substrate that is used to support deposited material from an SFF apparatus. Similarly, the term “curing” is meant to refer to the process of solidifying a material to form a solid three-dimensional object.
In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present system and method for jetting reactive materials for powder-based solid freeform fabrication. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the present method may be practiced without these specific details. Reference in the specification to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment. The appearance of the phrase “in one embodiment” in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment.
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FIG. 1 illustrates a solid freeform fabrication system (100) that may incorporate the present method of jetting reactive materials for powder-based SFF. As shown in FIG. 1, a solid freeform fabrication system may include a fabrication bin (110), a moveable stage (120), and a display panel (130) including a number of controls and displays.
The fabrication bin (110) shown in FIG. 1 may be configured to receive and facilitate the building of a desired three-dimensional object on a substrate. The building of the desired three-dimensional object may require the spreading of a powder and the selective dispensing of a one or two-part binder. While the solid freeform fabrication system (100) illustrated in FIG. 1 is shown as a single, stand-alone, self-contained freeform fabrication system, the present powder based SFF system and methods may be incorporated into any freeform fabrication system that utilizes powder-based methods, regardless of the structure or configuration of the freeform fabrication system.
The moveable stage (120) of the solid freeform fabrication system (100) illustrated in FIG. 1 is a moveable material dispenser that may include any number of inkjet material dispensers configured to dispense liquid binder material. The moveable stage (120) may be controlled by a computing device (140) and may be controllably moved by, for example, a shaft system, a belt system, a chain system, etc. As the moveable stage (120) operates, the display panel (130) may inform a user of operating conditions as well as provide the user with a user interface. As a desired three-dimensional object is formed, a computing device may controllably position the moveable stage (120) and direct one or more of the dispensers to controllably dispense liquid binder material at predetermined locations within the fabrication bin (110) thereby forming a desired three-dimensional object. The inkjet material dispensers used by the solid freeform fabrication system (100) may be any type of inkjet dispenser configured to perform the present method including, but in no way limited to thermally actuated inkjet dispensers, mechanically actuated inkjet dispensers, electrostatically actuated inkjet dispensers, magnetically actuated dispensers, piezoelectrically actuated dispensers, continuous inkjet dispensers, etc. Additionally, the ink-jet printhead dispenser can be heated to assist in dispensing viscous chemical compositions. For example, the ink-jet printhead dispenser may be heated up to about 200° C., and preferably in the range of 70 to 120° C. A more demonstrative cross-sectional view of the SFF apparatus of FIG. 1 is presented in FIG. 2.
As shown in FIG. 2, the computing device (140) may be communicatively coupled to a servo mechanism (200). The computing device (140) may communicate commands to the servo mechanism (200) causing it to selectively position the moveable stage (120). One or more inkjet dispensers (210) may be coupled to the moveable stage (120) and to a number of material reservoirs (not shown). Once positioned by the servo mechanism (200), the inkjet dispenser (210) may eject a reactive binder (220) supplied by the material reservoir. The reactive binder (220) that is stored in the material reservoir (not shown) and supplied to the inkjet dispenser (210) to be dispensed is selected with a “jettable” viscosity (<70 cps) at an operating temperature below approximately 200 degrees Celsius. In an additional exemplary embodiment, the viscosity of the reactive binders is selected to be below 20 cps at an operating temperature below 100 degrees Celsius. Additionally, the reactive binder (220) is also selected to have a fairly fast reaction rate (gelling within seconds/minutes) when activated or mixed. Chemistries that may meet these requirements include, but are in no way limited to, epoxies, urethanes, acrylates, silicones, polyelectrolytes, and their derivatives.
FIG. 2 also illustrates the components of the present system that may be used to receive the reactive binder (220) and aid in the formation of a desired three-dimensional object. As shown in FIG. 2, the fabrication bin (110) of the solid freeform fabrication system (100) may include a substrate (260) having a non-reactive powder (240) disposed thereon. The non-reactive powder (240) may be dispensed on the substrate (260) in bulk quantities from a powder reservoir (not shown) and planarized to a desired thickness with the use of a mechanical roller (230). Control of the mechanical roller (230) may be performed by the servo mechanism (200) to controllably deposit and planarize the non-reactive powder (240) on the substrate (260). The non-reactive powder (240) dispensed on the substrate may include, but is in no way limited to silica particles, glass spheres, metal powders, polymer powders, ceramic powders, magnetic powders, or any non-reactive powder that may act as a filler material when bound by reactive binder (220). Moreover, the non-reactive powder (240) may be any powder or particles wherein the reactive binder (220) is able to wet the surface of the non-reactive powder particles (240) and couple or bond the non-reactive powder particles to the reactive binder without causing swelling or dissolving of the non-reactive powder. A chemical reaction may occur on the surface of the reactive powder particles to further couple and/or bond the reactive powder to the reactive binder. Furthermore, the non-reactive powder particles may be pretreated with adhesion promoter to better couple and/or bond to the reactive binder when dispensed.
Once the reactive binder (220) is dispensed in the layer of non-reactive powder (240), a mixture (250) of reactive binder (220) and non-reactive powder (240) exists on the substrate (260) that defines a desired three-dimensional object. The system and method for using the solid freeform fabrication system (100) illustrated in FIG. 2 will now be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 3 through FIG. 4D.
Exemplary Implementation and Operation
FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a present method for operating the solid freeform fabrication system (100; FIG. 2) illustrated in FIG. 2 incorporating a one-part reactive resin binder according to one exemplary embodiment. The one-part binder used in the present system and method may include any binder that may be stored in a reservoir, ejected by an inkjet dispenser, and cured by any means other than the addition of a second material. For ease of explanation only, the present system and method will be described within the context of incorporating a one-part binder in the form of a UV curable resin. The resin may be jetted into a quantity of non-reactive powder (240) and subsequently cured due to the application of UV radiation. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the present method may begin by spreading and packing a quantity of non-reactive powder in the fabrication bin (step 300). Once the quantity of powder has been spread and packed as necessary (step 300), the SFF apparatus selectively deposits resin into the newly spread layer of non-reactive powder (step 310). When the layer of resin has been jetted into the non-reactive powder, the SFF may optionally apply ultrasonic energy (step 320) to the resin/powder mixture (250; FIG. 2) to facilitate dispersion of the jetted resin in the powder. When the optional ultrasonic energy has been applied, the SFF apparatus cures the deposited resin (step 340) through the application of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Alternatively, the resin may be only partially cured after each layer to aid in its adhesion to subsequent layers. According to this alternative embodiment, only after several passes/layers have been completed would the curing be completed. If after the application of UV radiation (step 330) an operator or computing device determines that the material dispensing operation is complete (YES, step 340) to form the desired three-dimensional object, no further drops of resin are fired. If, however, the material dispensing operation is not complete (NO, step 340), as determined by the operator or computing device, the SFF apparatus may again spread and pack a quantity of non-reactive powder (step 300) and the process is performed again. Each of the above-mentioned steps of FIG. 3 will now be explained in detail with reference to FIGS. 4A through 4D.
As shown in the flow chart of FIG. 3, the present method begins by spreading and packing a layer of non-reactive powder (step 300). FIG. 4A illustrates how the mechanical roller (230) may spread and pack a thin layer of non-reactive powder (400) on the substrate (260). First, a predetermined amount of non-reactive powder is deposited on the substrate from a powder reservoir (not shown). Once deposited, the mechanical roller (230) packs and spreads a quantity of the non-reactive powder. The amount of non-reactive powder (400) that remains on the substrate after the mechanical roller (230) has spread and packed a thin layer corresponds to the distance between the mechanical roller (230) and the substrate (260) if no material deposition operations have been performed. Similarly, if a number of material deposition operations have been performed, the amount of non-reactive powder (400) that remains on the substrate after a roller operation corresponds to the distance between the mechanical roller (230) when it performs its spreading and packing operation and the previously cured resin/powder mixture (250; FIG. 2). The amount of non-reactive powder deposited by the mechanical roller may be adjusted by the servo mechanism (200; FIG. 2) and optimized to correspond to the resin ejection rate of the inkjet dispenser (210).
Once a layer of non-reactive powder (400) has been spread and packed by the mechanical roller (step 300; FIG. 3), the inkjet dispenser (210) may selectively deposit a quantity of jetted resin (step 310). As shown in FIG. 4B, the moveable stage (120) and consequently the inkjet dispenser (210) may be controllably positioned by the computing device (140; FIG. 2) and the servo mechanism (200) adjacent to the non-reactive powder (400). When in a desired location, as directed by a CAD program, the inkjet dispenser (210) is actuated to dispense a pre-determined quantity of the one-part reactive resin (410).
As is shown in FIG. 4B, when the one-part reactive resin (410) is dispensed by the inkjet dispenser (210) onto the layer of non-reactive powder (400), the one-part reactive resin disperses around and wets the surface of the non-reactive powder (400). This mixture (420) of reactive resin (410) and non-reactive powder (400) defines the cross-section of the desired three-dimensional object. The mixture (420) of one-part reactive resin (410) and non-reactive powder (400) avoids a number of dimensional accuracy issues that arise in systems where the powder and the resin completely react with each other. According to the present system and method, dimensional accuracy of the desired three-dimensional object is preserved because the non-reactive powder (400) does not dissolve, swell or deform in the presence of the one-part reactive resin (410). When sufficient one-part reactive resin (410) has been deposited on a layer of non-reactive powder (400) to wet a designated portion of the non-reactive powder, the moveable stage (120) is translated to selectively deposit one-part reactive resin (410) onto other areas of the non-reactive powder as indicated by the “motion” arrow.
The strength of the three-dimensional object being created by the present system and method may be affected by the amount of “interaction” (or wetting) that occurs between the one-part reactive resin (410) and the non-reactive powder (400). The interaction of the two materials (as well as wetting of the surface of non-reactive powder with reactive resin) may in turn be dependent upon a number of factors including, but in no way limited to, the viscosity of the one-part reactive resin (410). As shown in FIG. 3, an optional step may be performed of applying ultrasonic energy to the mixture (420) of one-part reactive resin (410) and non-reactive powder (step 320; FIG. 3). An ultrasonic transducer (not shown) or other similar element may form a part of the SFF apparatus (100) to provide the ultrasonic energy. The application of ultrasonic energy will facilitate the interaction of the two materials.
Similarly, the viscosity of the one-part reactive resin may be decreased by increasing the temperature of the inkjet dispenser (210). The ability to control the temperature of the inkjet dispenser (210) allows for the incorporation of more viscous higher molecular weight fluids which can provide for more desirable mechanical properties of the resulting three-dimensional object upon cooling. However, the temperature of the inkjet dispenser (210) should not exceed the vaporization temperature, decomposition temperature, or thermal activation temperature of the resin.
Once the mixture (420) of one-part reactive resin (410) and non-reactive powder (400) has sufficiently “interacted,” the one-part reactive resin may be cured through the application of ultraviolet (UV) or other radiation energy (step 330; FIG. 3). When UV (or other) radiation energy (440) is applied to the one-part reactive resin (410), the added energy initiates polymerization, resulting in rapid curing of the one-part reactive resin (410). As the one-part reactive resin (410) cures, the reaction is only performed in the liquid phase of the one-part reactive resin (410) and not in the non-reactive powder (400). As the one-part reactive resin (410) cures, the cured resin encapsulates the non-reactive powder (400) to form a resin/powder composite matrix (450).
The UV radiation energy (440) may be supplied to one or multiple layers of the mixture (420) by a UV radiation applicator (430). The UV radiation applicator may be any device configured to apply ultraviolet (UV) or other radiation energy sufficient to initiate polymerization in the one-part reactive resin (410). As shown in FIG. 4C, the radiation applicator (430) may be a separate light exposer or scanning unit configured to flood expose all or selective portions of deposited one-part reactive resin (410) after it has been deposited. Alternatively, the radiation applicator (430) may be coupled to the moveable stage (120) as a scanning unit. Moreover, the polymerization and thus the rapid curing of the one-part reactive resin may be further facilitated by the addition of thermal energy or any additive capable of increasing the curing process including, but in no way limited to, catalysts.
Once a layer of the mixture (420) of one-part reactive resin (410) and non-reactive powder (400) has sufficiently “interacted,” the computing device (140; FIG. 2) will determine whether the solid freeform fabrication system (100; FIG. 2) has finished the material dispensing operation (step 340; FIG. 3) defining a desired three-dimensional object. If the requisite layers of resin/powder composite matrix (450) have been formed to construct a desired three-dimensional object (460; FIG. 4D), the computing device (140; FIG. 2) will determine that the material dispensing operation is complete (YES, step 340) and the solid freeform fabrication system (100; FIG. 2) will end its material dispensing operation. If, however, the computing device determines that the entire resin/powder composite matrix (450) has not been formed (NO, step 340), the solid freeform fabrication system (100; FIG. 2) spreads and packs another layer of non-reactive powder (step 300) and the process begins again.
Additionally, a number of additives may be included in either the one-part reactive resin (410) or the non-reactive powder (400). In order to incorporate color in the three-dimensional object (460; FIG. 4D) being formed, the one-part reactive resin (410) may be dyed to a desired color. To provide the solid freeform fabrication system (100; FIG. 2) with the ability to produce a full range of colors, three or four separate reservoirs may be coupled to the inkjet dispenser (210). The three or four separate reservoirs may contain a quantity of one-part reactive resin (410) dyed cyan, yellow, magenta, and possibly clear or black. Additionally the present system and method may be performed with an inkjet dispenser (210) having any number of separate reservoirs containing any number of dyed reactive resins (410).
Similarly, in order to increase the mechanical properties of the three-dimensional object (460; FIG. 4D), coupling agents maybe added to the one-part reactive resin (410) or the non-reactive powder (400). Coupling agents that may be used to increase the mechanical properties of the three-dimensional object include any material that may be used to chemically link the non-reactive powder (400) and the one-part reactive resin (410) to each other including, but in no way limited to, charged groups on the powder surface capable of interacting with a jetted polyelectrolyte binder or silane coupling agents capable of linking glass, silicate, alumino-silicate, metal oxide and/or many metal powders to a polymeric binder.
Incorporation of the present system and method provides better three-dimensional accuracy than traditional methods since the one-part reactive resin (410) and the reactive powder (400) do not interact during the curing process. More specifically, because the reaction in the present system and method only occurs in the liquid binder, there is no swelling, dissolving, or re-deposition of the constituents when forming the desired three-dimensional object. This lack of swelling and dissolving results in improved mechanical properties, a reduction in porosity within the formed object, and an increased dimensional accuracy of the formed object.
Alternative Embodiments
FIG. 5 illustrates a method for performing the present SFF method and system according to an exemplary alternative embodiment that incorporates a two-part resin material. While the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5 is described, for ease of explanation only, in the context of an SFF method and system incorporating a two-part resin material, the present system and method is in no way limited to a two-part resin material and may be practiced with any number of resin materials.
According to the flow chart illustrated in FIG. 5, the exemplary method begins with the spreading and packing of a quantity of non-reactive powder (step 500). Once the non-reactive powder has been spread (step 500), an inkjet dispenser selectively deposits two-part jetted resin (step 510) on the non-reactive powder. An optional step of applying ultrasonic energy to facilitate the interaction of the jetted resins and the non-reactive powder (step 520) may also be performed prior to or during the curing of the deposited resin (step 530). Similar to the method illustrated above in FIG. 3, once the deposited resin is cured (step 530) a computing device may determine whether the SFF apparatus has finished a material dispensing operation. If so (YES, step 540), the SFF system ceases to selectively dispense the two-part jetted resin. If, however, the computing device determines that the SFF system has not finished its material dispensing operation (NO, step 540), the apparatus again spreads and packs a quantity of non-reactive powder. The process illustrated in FIG. 5 will now be explained in greater detail with reference to FIG. 6A through FIG. 6D.
As shown in FIG. 5, an alternative method for forming a desired three-dimensional object begins with a mechanical roller (230; FIG. 6A) spreading and packing a quantity of non-reactive powder on a substrate (step 500). As shown in FIG. 6A, the mechanical roller (230) may spread and pack varying quantities of non-reactive powder (600) on a substrate (260) or a previously deposited resin/powder mixture as explained above.
Once a quantity of non-reactive powder (600) has been spread and packed on the substrate (260), a moveable stage (120) may selectively deposit a two-part jetted resin onto the non-reactive powder (step 510; FIG. 5). As shown in FIG. 6A, the moveable stage (120) may include a plurality of inkjet dispensers (610, 615); one for each part of the two-part jetted resin. Each component (605, 625) of the two-part jetted resin may either be delivered through a separate channel in a single print head, or through separate print heads. FIG. 6B further illustrates the dispensing of the two-part jetted resin. As shown, the plurality of inkjet dispensers (610, 615) may each dispense a single component (605, 625) of the two-part resin (630) onto the non-reactive powder (600). Alternatively, a single inkjet dispenser may have a plurality of dispensing orifices, each configured to dispense one component (605, 625) of the two-part resin (630).
FIG. 6B illustrates the two components (605, 625) of the two-part resin being selectively applied to the non-reactive powder (600) simultaneously within each layer to build up a three-dimensional object. However, the two components (605, 625) of the two-part resin (630) may be applied to the non-reactive powder (600) in a number of different ways including, but in no way limited to, applying the two components in alternating layers of non-reactive powder (600). The two-part resin (630) may comprise two components that react upon contact such as a two-part epoxy resin, a two-part polyelectrolyte system, or a two-part UV curable acrylate. Regardless of the method of dispensing the two components (605, 625) of the two-part resin (630), increasing the level of mixing between the two components (605, 625) and between the components and the non-reactive powder (600) improves the strength of the resulting three-dimensional object.
Once the two-part jetted resin has been deposited (step 510; FIG. 5), ultrasonic energy or another appropriate method may be employed to facilitate the mixing of the two components (605, 625) of the two-part jetted resin (step 530). The appropriate method for facilitating the mixing will depend on the properties of the two components (605, 625) including, but in no way limited to, their respective viscosities, their miscibility, and their reaction rate when mixed.
Once mixed, the two components (605, 625) of the two-part jetted resin (630) are allowed to at least partially cure (step 330) prior to the spreading and packing of an additional layer of non-reactive powder (step 300). The two components (605, 625) are chosen to have fairly fast reaction rates (curing within seconds) allowing for rapid production of subsequent layers of the desired three-dimensional object. The curing of the two-part jetted resin may be enhanced by the addition of UV radiation energy, thermal energy, or any additive capable of increasing the curing process including, but in no way limited to, catalysts. As shown in FIG. 6C, as time passes, indicated by the arrow, the two-part jetted resin (630) may cure and encapsulate the non-reactive powder (600) forming a resin/powder composite matrix (640).
During and/or after the curing of the deposited resin (step 530), the computing device may determine whether or not the solid freeform fabrication system (100; FIG. 2) has finished the material dispensing operation (step 540). If the requisite layers of resin/powder composite matrix (640) have been formed to construct a desired three-dimensional object (650) as shown in FIG. 6D, the computing device (140; FIG. 2) will determine that the material dispensing operation is complete (YES, step 540) and the solid freeform fabrication system (100; FIG. 2) will end its material dispensing operation and the unbound powder will be removed. If, however, the computing device determines that the entire resin/powder composite matrix (640) has not been formed (NO, step 540), the solid freeform fabrication system (100; FIG. 2) spreads and packs another quantity of non-reactive powder (step 500) and the process begins again.
Similar to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3, the alternative embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5 may be configured to incorporate color in the three-dimensional object (650; FIG. 6D) being formed. However, according to the exemplary alternative embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5, one or both components (605, 625) of the two-part jetted resin (630) may be dyed to one or more desired colors. Additionally, coupling agents maybe added to the two-part jetted resin (630) or the non-reactive powder (400) used in the alternative embodiment to increase the mechanical properties of the resulting three dimensional object.
The two-part jetted resin (630) illustrated above may generally be divided into a reactive build material and a curing agent or radiation initiator. The two-part jetted resin may include, but is in no way limited to, a two-part reactive resin or a two-part UV curable resin. Exemplary embodiments of material choices for the two-part jetted resin are illustrated below.
Two-Part Reactive Resin
In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the reactive build material of the two-part reactive resin may be an epoxy and the curing agent of the two-part reactive resin may be a substance which reacts with the epoxy group to open its epoxide ring structure(s). Examples of functional groups capable of reacting with an epoxide ring in this manner are amino groups, hydroxyl groups, and carboxyl groups. In one embodiment, the reactive build material may be an epoxy and the curing agent may include molecules containing four active hydrogen atoms, which react with the epoxy to form a setting composition. Moreover, at least six or even eight or more active hydrogen atoms can be present. Covalent cross-linking between epoxy molecules of the curing agent can form solid three-dimensional objects having both hard and strong mechanical properties. A bisphenol-containing epoxy resin can also be used as the reactive build material with an amine as the curing agent. Some typical amine curing agents that can be used include tetraethylene pentamine, triethylene tetramine, polyethylene polyamines, diethylene triamine, 2,2,4 trimethyl-1,6 hexanediamine, and aliphatic amines. Classes of curing agents include aliphatic amines, cycloaliphatic amines, aromatic amines, polyamines, oligoamines, polyimines, polyamides, amidoamines, dicyanamides, alcoholamines, anhydrides of carboxylic acids, carboxylic acids including dimers and trimers, and polyfunctional alcohols, to name a few. Some ethers can also be included with an epoxy resin, such as n-butyl glycidyl ether, 1,4 butanediol diglycidyl ether, and alkyl glycidyl ether. Further, a number of commercial products are available with two-part chemistries of an epoxy resin and an amine curing agent such as Stycast W19/Catalyst 9 from Emerson and Cummings; OG205 and 301 from Epo-Tek; Ren Infiltrant xi580 from Vantico; and DER 324 (epoxy resin), DER 732 (epoxy resin), DEH 29 (amine curing agent) and/or DEH 58 (amine curing agent) from Dow.
In an additional embodiment, the reactive build material may include a polyisocyanate and the curing agent may include a polyol for reacting with the polyisocyanate to form a setting composition of polyurethane. For example, the commercial product Synair Por-a-mold 2030 can be used to form a polyurethane setting composition to encapsulate a non-reactive powder in accordance with embodiments of the present system and method. In other embodiments the reactive build material can include isocyanate or polyisocyanate derivatives and the curing agent can include alcohols or polyols to form a setting composition.
In yet another exemplary embodiment, the reactive build material can include a functionalized silicone, such as an epoxy-functionalized silicone. The curing agent can include compositions having moieties reactive and a functionality of the functionalized silicone, and can include one or more of the curing agents described herein with respect to the epoxy reactive build materials. Alternatively, a silicone-based curing agent can also be used to react with NH and OH containing epoxies. Further, compositions having *—Si—O—* type backbones can be used, and can be configured to have better flexibility than the compositions based on *—C—* bonds.
In yet another embodiment, the reactive build material can include prepolymers with unsaturated functionality and the curing agent can include free-radical cure curing agents such as alkyl- or aryl-peroxides or hydroperoxides. Examples of prepolymers that are unsaturated include acrylates, multifunctional acrylates, urethane acrylates, epoxy acrylates, and silicone acrylates. Examples of curing agents can include peroxide initiators such as methyl ethyl ketone peroxide, benzoyl peroxide, acetylacetone peroxide, cumene hydroperoxide and the like. A solution of promoters such as aromatic amines and transition metal salts at lower oxidation states can be used to generate radicals in free-radical curing agents. Examples of aromatic amines that can be used include dimethylaniline, diethylaniline, dimethylacetamide, and the like. Examples of transition metal salts that can be used include cobalt naphthenate or cobalt octoate. Amine promoters can also be used in conjunction with cobalt promoters in conjunction with certain peroxide initiators like methyl ethyl ketone peroxide, particularly when rapid curing is desirable. This embodiment can form a setting composition by free-radical polymerization of unsaturated pre-polymers. There are a few concepts to consider when using free-radial initiators. Free-radical initiators such as peroxides, and promoters such as amines and metal salts, should not be in the same phase before jetting, as they would react immediately upon mixing. As such, in one embodiment, the promoters can be allocated in the build material phase (unsaturated pre-polymer), and the peroxide can be jetted as the curing agent.
Two-Part UV Curable Resin
One alternative to the two-part reactive resin is to incorporate a two-part UV curable resin into the system and method illustrated above. As mentioned above, the two components of a two-part UV curable material may include, but are in no way limited to, UV initiators and build materials.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the UV initiator can be dissolved in one or more solvents, such as, but not limited to, inert volatile solvents such as aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight, volatile alcohols, ethers, and esters, and high boiling point plasticizers (e.g., dibutyl phthalate). It's highly desirable that the solvent either evaporates quickly (within time necessary to deposit a few layers or is non-volatile enough to stay indefinitely long within the cured two-part radiation material). In the embodiment described directly above, the volume of the radiation initiator relative to the volume of the build material dispensed onto the build platform 20 should be about 1 part radiation initiator to 100 parts of the build material, although in some embodiments it may be 1 part of the radiation initiator to 10 parts of the build material, while in still others it may be 1 part of the radiation initiator to 1 part of the build material.
According to alternative embodiments, the radiation initiator can be dissolved in a solvent such as, but not limited to, low reactivity monomers/low viscosity monomers, such as low molecular weight monofunctional alkyl acrylates and alkyl methacrylates (e.g., allyl methacrylate, isodecyl acrylate and methacrylate, isooctyl acrylate), hydroxyalkyl acrylates and methacrylates (e.g., 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate), glycidyl methacrylate, isobornyl acrylate, and the like. In particular, monofunctional monomer solvents are preferred to dissolve the radiation initiator, because monofunctional monomers in many cases provide better stability than di- and tri-functional monomers and are less likely to cross-link. In addition, low viscosity monomers are preferred as solvents for radiation initiators so that the mixture can be dispensed at a lower temperature. In these embodiments, the solvent participates in the polymerization reaction and becomes part of the multi-part radiation curable material. In the embodiment described directly above, the volume of the radiation initiator relative to the volume of the build material dispensed onto the build support 20 should be about 10 to 100 parts of the radiation initiator to about 100 parts of the build material, while in others it may be about 50 parts of the radiation initiator to 100 parts of the build material. In general, the radiation initiator and the build material have the characteristic that the chemical has a viscosity (i.e., a jettable viscosity) less than 70 cps at a temperature below about 200° C. and preferably less than 20 cps at a temperature below about 100° C. In addition, the radiation initiator and the build material should be able to react to form a “tack free” layer within about 5 seconds to 10 minutes at a temperature below about 100° C. Preferably, the radiation initiator and the build material should be able to react to form a “tack free” layer within about 5 seconds to 1 minute at a temperature below about 60° C. The term “tack free” is defined as the point where the crosslinking/chain growth reaction has progressed such that the resulting material is no longer tacky to the touch. It does not imply that curing/chain growth is complete.
In general, the radiation initiator and/or the build material can include additional chemical components such as, but not limited to, colorants (e.g., dyes, pigments, inks), dispersants, and catalysts to optimize the reaction time of the multi-part radiation curable material to obtain the proper balance of cure rate and layer-to-layer adhesion. The UV initiator can include chemicals such as, but not limited to, a free radical initiator, a cationic initiator, or combinations thereof. The free-radical initiator includes compounds that produce a free radical on exposure to UV radiation. The free-radical is capable of initiating a polymerization reaction. Exemplar free-radical initiators include, but are not limited to, benzophenones (e.g., benzophenone, methyl benzophenone, Michler's ketone, and xanthones), acylphosphine oxide type free radical initiators (e.g., 2,4,6-trimethylbenzolydiphenyl phosphine oxide (TMPO), 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoylethoxyphenyl phosphine oxide (TEPO), and bisacylphosphine oxides (BAPO's)), azo compounds (e.g., AIBN), benzoins and bezoin alkyl ethers (e.g., benzoin, benzoin methyl ether and benzoin isopropyl ether). The free-radical initiator can be used alone or in combination with a co-initiator. Co-initiators are used with initiators that need a second molecule to produce a radical that is active in UV-systems. For example, benzophenone uses a second molecule, such as an amine, to produce a reactive radical. A preferred class of co-initiators are alkanolamines such as, but not limited to, triethylamine, methyldiethanolamine and triethanolamine. Suitable cationic initiators include, but are not limited to, compounds that form aprotic acids or Bronstead acids upon exposure to UV light sufficient to initiate polymerization. The cationic initiator used may be a single compound, a mixture of two or more active compounds, or a combination of two or more different compounds (e.g., co-initiators). Exemplary cationic initiators include, but are not limited to, aryldiazonium salts, diaryliodonium salts, triarylsulphonium salts, and triarylselenium salts.
The UV build material can include compounds such as, but in no way limited to, acrylic compounds, compounds having one or more epoxy substituents, one or more vinyl ether substituents, vinylcaprolactam, vinylpyrolidone, urethanes, and combinations thereof. In particular, monomers of these compounds can be used as the build material. In addition, oligomers of these compounds, which may not have been considered previously because of their high viscosity, can be used as the build material. In this regard, the increased viscosity latitude allows us to start with higher molecular weight build materials, which may result in better mechanical properties (e.g., material stiffness/flexibility and strength, and resistance to impact) in the final three-dimensional object. One skilled in the art could select build materials that satisfy the desired mechanical properties of a particular application. Suitable acrylic compounds for the build material can include, but are not limited to, an acrylic monomer, an acrylic oligomer, an acrylic crosslinker, or combinations thereof. An acrylic monomer is a monofunctional acrylated molecule, which can be, for example, esters of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid. An acrylic oligomer (an oligomer is a short polymer chain) is an acrylated molecule, which can include, but is not limited to, polyesters of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid and a polyhydric alcohol (e.g., polyacrylates and polymethacylates of trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol). In addition, the acrylic oligomer can be a urethane-acrylate.
An acrylic crosslinker is a polyfunctional molecule, which provides enhanced crosslinking. Examples of acrylic crosslinkers includes, but is not limited to, 1,4-butanediol diacrylate, 1,4-butanediol>dimethacrylate, 1,6-hexamethylene glycol diacrylate, neopentyl glycol dimethacrylate, trimethylol propane trimethacrylate, pentaerythritol triacrylate, penta-erythritol trimethacrylate triethylene glycol triacrylate, triethylene glycol trimethacrylate, urethane acrylate, trimethylol propane triacrylate, and urethane methacrylates.
The build material can also be a chemical having one or more vinyl ether substituents such as, but not limited to, vinyl ether monomers and oligomers having at least one vinyl ether group. Exemplary vinyl ethers include, but are not limited to, ethyl vinyl ether, propyl vinyl ether, isobutyl vinyl ether, cyclohexyl vinyl ether, 2-ethylhexyl vinyl ether, butyl vinyl ether, ethyleneglocol monovinyl ether, diethyleneglycol divinyl ether, butane diol divinyl ether, hexane diol divinyl ether, cyclohexane dimethanol monovinyl ether, and 1,4 cyclohexane dimethanol divinyl.
The build material can also include chemicals having one or more epoxy substituents such as, but not limited to, epoxy monomers and oligomers having at least one oxirane moiety. Examples of epoxy-containing build materials include, but are not limited to, bis-(3,4 cyclohexylmethyl), 3,4-epoxy cyclohexylmethyl, 3,4-epoxycyclohexyl carboxylate, diglycidyl ether vinylcyclohexene, 1,2 epoxy-4-vinylcyclohexane, 2,4-epoxy cyclohexylmethyl, 3,4-epoxy cyclohexane carboxylate, and the like. Preferably, the build material includes chemicals such as, but not limited to, acrylates and derivatives thereof, epoxy acrylates and derivatives thereof, urethane acrylates and derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof. In addition, the build material can include materials, which otherwise may be excluded from solid freeform fabrication processes using ink-jet technologies because of high viscosity at room temperature. These build materials can include, but are not limited to, ethoxylated acrylates, methacrylates (e.g., ethoxylated nonyl phenol acrylate, which has a viscosity of about 100 cps at 25° C. (Sartomer Inc., SR504), ethoxylated nonyl phenol ethacrylate, which has a viscosity of about 80 cps at 25° C. (Sartomer Inc., CD612), ethoxylated bisphenol dimethacrylate, which has a viscosity of about 400 cps at 25° C. (Sartomer Inc., SR480)), caprolactone acrylate, which has a viscosity of about 80 cps at 25° C. (Sartomer Inc., SR495), and the like. In addition, the build material can include high viscosity materials such as, but not limited to, monomers and oligomers such as: ethoxylated bisphenol-A dimethacrylate compounds (e.g., Sartomer Inc., SR348 (1082 cps at 25° C.), Sartomer Inc., SR9036 (610 cps at 25° C.), Sartomer Inc., CD541 (440 cps at 25° C.), Sartomer Inc., SR480 (410 cps at 25° C.), and Sartomer Inc., CD540 (555 cps at 25° C.)), ethoxylated bisphenol-A diacrylates compounds (e.g., Sartomer Inc., SR601 (1080 cps at 25° C.), Sartomer Inc., SR602 (610 cps at 25° C.), CD9038 (680 cps at 25° C.), and Sartomer Inc., SR349 (1600 cps at 25° C.)), pentaerythrol triacrylate compounds (e.g., Sartomer Inc., SR344 (520 cps at 25° C.)), and ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate compounds (e.g., Sartomer Inc., SR415 (225–520 cps at 25° C.)).
The visible radiation initiator can include but not limited to α-diketones (such as camphorquinone, 1,2-Acenaphthylenedione, 1H-Indole-2,3-dione, 5H-Dibenzo[a,d]cycloheptene-10,11-dione), phenoxazine dyes (Resazurin, Resorufin), acylphosphine oxides such as diphenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphine oxide, etc.
In conclusion, the present solid freeform fabrication system and method effectively allow for the rapid production of three dimensional objects while maintaining a high degree of dimensional accuracy. More specifically, the present system and method permit the deposition of a one-part or a two-part reactive resin in a non-reactive bulk spread powder to form a desired three-dimensional object. The combination of a reactive resin and a non-reactive powder contains the reaction to the liquid resin portion. As a result, the three-dimensional object produced will have better mechanical properties than would have been produced by traditional methods because containment of the reaction prevents swelling, dissolution, and re-deposition. Consequently, dimensional accuracy of the formed object is also improved. Moreover, the present method and system may quickly produce a three-dimensional object by providing the powder in bulk, while eliminating the need to form support structures. Cost of the solid freeform fabrication system may also be reduced by the present system and method because by only depositing a single resin into the non-reactive powder the complexity of the solid freeform fabrication system design may be reduced.
The preceding description has been presented only to illustrate and describe exemplary embodiments of the invention. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to any precise form disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the following claims.
1. A method for creating a three-dimensional solid freeform fabrication object with non-reactive powder comprising:
spreading a non-reactive powder on a substrate;
heating a reactive resin to a temperature of about 40 to 200 degrees Celsius (C);
selectively dispensing said heated reactive resin onto said non-reactive powder, forming a mixture of reactive resin and non-reactive powder, wherein said mixture defines said three-dimensional object; and
curing said reactive resin thereby encapsulating said non-reactive powder.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said reactive resin comprises an ultraviolet (UV) curable resin.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising dispensing said heated reactive resin directly onto said non-reactive powder on said substrate.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising applying ultrasonic energy to said mixture of reactive resin and non-reactive powder.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein curing said reactive resin further comprises:
partially curing said reactive resin;
applying at least one other layer of non-reactive powder and selectively dispensed reactive resin; and
fully curing said reactive resin after said at least one other layer is formed to promote adhesion between layers of said object.
6. A solid freeform fabrication system for producing a three-dimensional object using non-reactive powder comprising:
a powder spreading system configured to spread a specified quantity of non-reactive powder to form a layer of said powder on a substrate;
a dispensing system adapted to selectively dispense both components of a two-part reactive resin onto said layer of non-reactive powder; and
a computing device coupled to and configured to control said dispensing system and said powder spreading system;
wherein said dispensing system comprises an inkjet dispenser.
7. The solid freeform fabrication system of claim 6, wherein said inkjet dispenser comprises one of a thermal inkjet dispenser, a continuous inkjet dispenser, or a piezoelectric inkjet dispenser.
8. The solid freeform fabrication system of claim 6, wherein said inkjet dispenser comprises a plurality of ejection orifices configured to selectively eject both components of said two-part reactive resin.
spreading means for spreading successive layers of said non-reactive powder;
dispensing means for dispensing a reactive resin onto said non-reactive powder;
curing means for curing said reactive resin, wherein said curing means only partially cures a layer of reactive resin until at least one additional layer of non-reactive powder and selectively-dispensed reactive resin have been formed, said reactive resin then being fully cured so as to promote adhesion between layers of said object; and
controlling means for controlling said spreading means, said dispensing means, and said curing means.
10. The solid freeform fabrication system of claim 9, wherein said spreading means comprises one of a blade or a mechanical roller.
11. The solid freeform fabrication system of claim 9, wherein said dispensing means comprises a thermal inkjet dispenser.
12. The solid freeform fabrication system of claim 9, wherein said dispensing means comprises one of a piezoelectric inkjet dispenser or a continuous inkjet dispenser.
13. The solid freeform fabrication system of claim 9, wherein said curing means comprises a heater.
14. The solid freeform fabrication system of claim 9, wherein said curing means comprises a UV radiation applicator.
15. The solid freeform fabrication system of claim 9, wherein said controlling means comprises a computer.
16. A method for creating three-dimensional solid freeform fabrication object with non-reactive powder comprising:
selectively dispensing a reactive resin onto said non-reactive powder, forming a mixture of reactive resin and non-reactive powder, wherein said mixture defines said three-dimensional object:
applying ultrasonic energy to said mixture of reactive resin and non-reactive powder; and
curing said reactive resin thereby encapsulating said non-reactive powder;
wherein curing said reactive resin further comprises:
applying at least one other layer of non-reactive powder and selectively-dispensed reactive resin; and
17. A method for creating a three-dimensional solid freeform fabrication object with non-reactive powder comprising:
selectively dispensing a reactive resin onto said non-reactive powder, forming a mixture of reactive resin and non-reactive powder, wherein said mixture defines said three-dimensional object;
18. A system for fabricating a three-dimensional solid freeform fabrication object with non-reactive powder comprising:
a system for spreading a non-reactive powder on a substrate;
an inkjet dispenser for selectively dispensing a reactive resin onto said non-reactive powder, forming a mixture of reactive resin and non-reactive powder, wherein said mixture defines said three-dimensional object; and
a curing system for curing said reactive resin thereby encapsulating said non-reactive powder.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein said curing system comprises an ultraviolet light source.
20. The system of claim 18, further comprising a system for applying ultrasonic energy to said mixture prior to curing.
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The Oregon Trail was developed way back in 1971 on university mainframes then jumped over to early 8-bit home computer systems. Continuing through 4 decades it has reappeared in many editions (at least 10), was a colossal commercial success in its heyday, and remains popular today, though interest is now largely relegated to the retro-gaming community.
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The Oregon Trail is a prime example of a classic computer game present at the dawn of the home computer era still fun to play today. It was ostensibly designed as a teaching tool, with the aim being to give school kids some idea what it was like for pioneer families setting out from eastern American states in the 19th century who hoped to eventually settle in distant Oregon. Sales quickly indicated its appeal reached much further than grade-level students, with hordes of adults snapping up this primordial historical adventure simulator in addition to sales to schools “en masse”. Play Oregon Trail Deluxe online!
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While The Oregon Trail does not approach the gameplay depth of some other more comprehensive simulation games that followed later (e.g. Civilization), and may be characterized overall as a mostly simple experience, it succeeds remarkably well in its original goal. It doesn’t shy away from depicting a spectrum of hazards and mishaps, ranging from irksome to lethal, which befell pioneers on the Oregon Trail. Granted, the depictions are highly abstract, as is appropriate considering the number of children who played the game, yet it seems probable most who play OT will find themselves trying to imagine what it must have been like to make that often brutal and uncertain journey.
Moreover, if during the game you regularly stop to talk with other pioneers, The Oregon Trail will gradually reveal a significant amount of period detail and anecdote, which helps to create the aura of an authentic historical milieu. Just paying some attention to your progress on the map can be instructive. The graphic images for locations and pioneers you may encounter add in this regard as well.
Beyond teaching history, The Oregon Trail is essentially a game of strategic and tactical decisions. You make choices at the start about your pioneer’s profession (banker, doctor, farmer, carpenter, etc.); what provisions, and in what amounts, you will buy; and what month to begin the journey. All these choices have the potential to noticeably impact the success or failure of your venture.
Sometimes the effects of your choices will be discovered early on, but others will not become apparent until you are deep in the thick of it, or even near the game’s end. Along the trek are many forts where you have the option of stopping and trading with other pioneers. This can be of crucial importance if it turns out your initial provisioning choices were less than optimal.
Another important aspect is hunting. At any time during your journey – aside from stops at forts and natural landmarks; these places have too many people around, the game says, to make hunting feasible – you can stop and attempt to hunt wild animals. The hunting sequence is a rudimentary arcade-style interlude with wild animals traversing the screen horizontally at differing speeds, distances, and degrees of directional shift. You try to shoot the wildlife by using the mouse to control your rifle’s crosshair.
Once again, in keeping with OT’s overall feel, the hunting bit, though ultimately simple, is marked by clever design and several elements that lend a surprising level of depth to the gameplay. Some animals are slow and large, easy to hit, while others are faster and harder to hit. Sometimes animals take an unvarying route straight across the screen, other times they will be constantly changing direction. And, of course, it is more difficult to shoot at the top of the screen furthest away from you. Often you will need to lead the quarry with your crosshair somewhat. Also, the frequency of animals at any given place you stop to hunt is dynamic – some places will have hordes of critters running around, other places practically nothing. One thing is certain, your party of pioneers will surely run out of food and perish if you don’t hunt.
It is hard to argue The Oregon Trail is not rather brilliantly implemented, especially considering the computer hardware limitations of those elder days. Nonetheless, for me, the main interest and fun of the game was in figuring out the best strategic choices. Don’t be surprised if your first couple of tries lead to disaster. After making multiple adjustments that finally result in success it is satisfying to review your path to victory. OT’s internal logic structure is tight, and you will be able to understand how and why success was achieved through your progressive efforts.
Or, at least, that is the overriding trend, as every time you play there will be many random events occurring unrelated to any choices you make. Snake bites, fractured bones, and broken wagon wheels are the order of the day. Still, if you plan carefully and adapt wisely as you learn the game’s nuances, the chances for overcoming the onslaught of obstacles OT throws at you will be good.
In the final analysis, aside from the cachet inherent with being a genuine classic, The Oregon Trail is a solid game worth playing for its well-crafted resource management gameplay and the historical details and insights it provides. Good luck!
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Report From the Women’s Liberation Front Action at the Midwives Alliance of North America Conference
November 17, 2015 by Miep 16 Comments
WoLF Banner Proudly Displayed at RadFem Suite
Last year the board of directors of the Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) chose to amend its core competencies for midwives document to prioritize gender identity over biological sex, effectively eliminating the words “woman” and “mother” and replacing these with “pregnant individual” and “birthing parent.” In response to this change, WoLF board members Michelle Peixinho Smith and Mary Lou Singleton drafted an open letter to MANA expressing concerns about female erasure from the language of birth as well as the medical, ethical, and cultural implications of choosing to view human reproduction through the lens of gender theory rather than biology. You can read the open letter here:
http://womancenteredmidwifery.org/take-action/
Michelle and Mary Lou are both midwives and both have served on the MANA board at different times over the past 20 years. Many prominent women in the midwifery movement signed the open letter. Signers were met with the now-usual backlash received by women who dare to question gender. Pro-gender midwives slandered one of the founding mothers of the modern home birth movement, Ina May Gaskin and even set up a petition to ban her from speaking at future conferences.
(https://www.change.org/p/birth-and-beyond-conference-remove-ina-may-gaskin-as-a-speaker).
Mary Lou was the target of a libelous article in the Huffington Post.
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/trevor-macdonald/leading-midwifes-deleted-_b_8150284.html).
MANA itself refused to respond to the concerns addressed in the letter, choosing to ignore the letter and its signers. A pro-gender group calling itself Birth for Every Body did write a queer theory based response to the open letter, and MANA later adopted this letter as its official stance on the issue.
http://www.birthforeverybody.org/response-to-open-letter
WoLF presence at MANA conference
Even before they became aware of the changes in the MANA core competencies document, Michelle and Mary Lou had planned to represent the Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) at the annual MANA conference which was being held in their home state of New Mexico. Reproductive sovereignty is a core tenet of WoLF and WoLF supports autonomous midwifery and birth choices for all women. WoLF also works to combat the patriarchal violence endemic in our culture’s brutal birth practices. The MANA conference seemed like a perfect place to spread the word about radical feminism and recruit for WoLF. Mary Lou sent MANA a check for $500 for the exhibitor fee along with the exhibit hall application. One month later, she received an email from MANA Vice President Sarita Bennett expressing concerns about whether it would be appropriate for WoLF to have a table at the MANA conference. Over the course of many frustrating phone calls and emails, Sarita Bennett explained that MANA disagreed with radical feminist analysis, denied that a global system of male supremacy exists, and stated that women who believe that a system of male supremacy oppresses female people around the world are “dysfunctional” and have a “victim mindset.” Sarita Bennett even told Mary Lou that from her perspective of a mother with sons, she believes that patriarchy oppresses males more than females. At the end of these heartbreaking discussions, MANA sent an official letter stating that WoLF could not have a table at the conference exhibit hall because the presence of WoLF would make people feel unsafe.
Rather than be deterred, Michelle and Mary Lou chose to follow the historical tradition of banned radical groups and hold a radical feminist shadow conference. They were joined by WoLF members from around the continent. Carol Downer, Kathy Scarbrough, Kathy Mandigo, and Laura Pérez flew in to represent WoLF at the event. The conference was a huge success and helped mobilize the formation of a New Mexico WoLF pack.
“A Midwife for Every Body” buttons
The leadership of MANA used the conference as a venue for promoting gender theory. The MANA board refused to meet with any members of WoLF to discuss the issue, choosing instead to ignore WoLF’s presence at the event. MANA made it clear that discussion of the issue was forbidden in the conference area, posting signs promoting “safe space” all over the conference site. The signs stated that people would be expected to behave respectfully toward people regardless of “race, class, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, gender expression, religion, language, and more.” This sign perfectly reflected the MANA board’s earlier statement to WoLF that sex-based oppression does not exist. Apparently, in the MANA world view female people are no longer oppressed on the basis of sex. MANA also printed hundreds and hundreds of buttons promoting the erasure of women and the codification of gender identity as the way we should view human reproduction. Like the “safe space” signs, the buttons used the language of the genderist response to the Woman Centered Midwifery open letter, and read “A Midwife for Every Body.” Anyone who has been active in midwifery politics over the past decades should be able to recognize the political coup that has happened as evidenced by these buttons. For the past 20+ years, MANA has promoted the slogans “A Midwife for Every Mother” and “Midwife Means With-Woman.” Buttons with these slogans were routinely handed out at MANA conferences but glaringly absent from the 2015 gathering. Women and mothers have been erased. Midwives now take care of bodies, and gender-neutral bodies at that. Witnessing this change has been emotionally and politically heart wrenching.
“Safe Space” flyer posted in Women’s Bathroom
WoLF members were policed by MANA at the conference. Security teams followed us around and immediately removed any fliers or information we placed in the venue about our shadow conference. Conference officials came by WoLF member Carol Downer’s Women’s Health in Women’s Hands table daily to take pictures and make sure Carol was not displaying any WoLF materials or information critical of the gender industry. On the second night of the conference, Carol’s table was raided by unknown people and much of her radical information was removed.
Michelle and Mary Lou found it easier to remain in the WoLF suite with their feminist sisters rather than face shunning and silencing by their fellow midwives at the MANA conference. Up in the radfem suite, a steady stream of interested women came to learn about radical feminism. We offered food, chocolate, articles on radical feminist topics, free notepads, stickers, and other propaganda. We also put on a full alternative conference with speakers from around the country addressing contemporary feminist issues.
Reproductive biologist Kathy Scarbrough gave the first WoLF shadow conference presentation which was attended by thirteen women. Kathy spoke on the topic “Women’s Liberation is Based on Sex, Not Gender.” In wonderfully scientific detail she taught participants the difference between sex and gender, debunking the myth of any scientific evidence supporting female brains and male brains existing separately from female and male bodies. She clearly explained human sexual dimorphism and cautioned against viewing anomalies as proof that sex is not a binary. Providing a class analysis of reproduction as labor, Kathy explained how the roots of patriarchal oppression lie in males attempting to control the means of human reproduction, i.e. female bodies. Males exploit the reproductive labor of female people all over the world. This is labor that can only be done by females and should be compensated and honored. The exploitation of reproductive labor leads to the exploitation of other forms of labor relegated to women and usually not monetarily or culturally valued: child-rearing beyond birth and breastfeeding, emotional caretaking, domestic chores, etc. When we lose the ability to discuss sex-based oppression, we lose the ability to effectively fight it.
The WoLF suite was packed to capacity for the next session of our shadow conference. Eighty-two year old WoLF member Carol Downer dynamically recounted the history of the women’s self-help movement she helped found in the late 1960s. Carol told us about the bad old days when women risked their health and lives ending unwanted pregnancies. Women of this generation were kept uninformed of their own bodies and placed their trust in male abortion providers who often provided dangerous and degrading services. Carol helped form a woman-supervised underground abortion service where women stayed with each other for the procedures and made sure no one was being raped and abused by the abortionists. While working at one of these clinics, Carol (who had given birth six times but knew very little about her own body) saw a cervix for the very first time. She had a lightbulb experience, realizing “that’s it! It’s only a few inches away and has an easy opening. We can do this ourselves, women!” She stole a plastic speculum from the clinic and proceeded to show other women her cervix and explain that early suction abortion was a simple procedure that women could safely perform on each other. Carol’s friend Lorraine Rothman, who had a science background and worked in a biology lab, invented the Del Em device using a mason jar, some aquarium tubing, a stopper with two holes in it, a 50cc syringe, and a one-way valve. Carol, Lorraine and their feminist consciousness raising group practiced cervical self exam, uterine size checks, and menstrual extraction on one another, safely performing thousands of procedures.
Carol Downer Joyfully Presenting
Carol and Lorraine founded the Feminist Women’s Health Center network and also packed up their speculums and Del Em equipment and went on tour of the United States spreading the good news about women’s health in women’s hands in various cities around the country. Carol’s controversial work eventually attracted the attention of patriarchal authority figures who tried repeatedly to stop her. In 1972, an infiltrator attended a self help group and reported back to law enforcement on Carol’s activities. Carol was arrested for practicing medicine without a license because she helped another woman in the group insert yogurt into her vagina to treat a yeast infection. This incident inspired Carol to go to law school and she became an attorney focusing on reproductive rights. She continues to travel around the country teaching cervical self-exam and the history of the self-help movement today and remains a powerful voice in re-radicalizing the fight for abortion rights.
http://www.womenshealthinwomenshands.org/OurPeriods.html
The next event on the schedule for the WoLF shadow conference was a WoLF presence at MANA’s presentation of gender-promoter Sam Killerman, the man who says he invented the meme of the GenderBread Person (evidence exists that Killerman plagiarized this meme from other genderists). Six WoLF members and supporters attended Killerman’s question and answer session on gender. Audio of their contribution can be heard here:
http://markangelocummings.blogspot.com/2015/10/an-evening-with-sam-killerman.html
MANA members attempted to silence Maritza/Mark Cummings, a gender critical transman. EVEN though Maritza/Mark is EXACTLY the kind of person who might become pregnant while not “identifying” as a woman, she was told that because she chose to live as a man she had no right to contribute to the conversation. The hypocrisy of changing the language of birth in deference to female bodied people who don’t identify as women and shutting down Mark was almost enough to drive a rational radical feminist mad!! WoLF member Shoshana Handel summed up the Sam Killerman event beautifully, telling us, “Don’t eat the genderbread. It made me really sick.”
The next morning Transition Radio hosts Mark and Lynna Cummings gave a powerful talk called “Confronting the Gender Industrial Complex.” The talk can be accessed here:
Mark & Lynna Bringing Smiles to the Pack
Mark (Maritza) & Lynna (Paul) spoke from the heart
and shared personal stories and reflections on the root causes of adult transgendering, updated information on the eugenics aspect of the trans industry, overviews of the economic factors driving the trans trend, and the reasons why medical transgendering of children is child abuse. Two pro-gender midwives wearing Birth for Every Body buttons attended the talk and seemed genuinely interested in the perspective that body hatred and misogyny are being marketed to children and adults by powerful interests that are making billions of dollars by medicalizing gender.
Mary Lou Singleton gave the next scheduled talk, “Women’s Bodies for Sale: the growing market in eggs, wombs and breastmilk.” Mary Lou started her discussion of the growing trade in women’s eggs, milk and wombs with a personal story. After taking the standardized test to enter graduate school Mary Lou began receiving solicitations to pay her for donating some eggs. She said she was quite poor and considered this.
Women gather to learn more about Radical Feminism.
To collect eggs from a healthy young woman, the egg-donor must be “super-ovulated,” that is, shot up with drugs that will cause 10 – 20 eggs to develop and ripen during her cycle rather than the usual one mature egg. Super-ovulation is painful and carries the known risks of ovarian cancer and premature ovarian failure. These risks are not mentioned by the companies trying to buy eggs when they solicit young women to consider egg donation. Egg donation is not at all easy and not at all comparable to sperm donation.
Surrogacy, or the renting out of one’s womb to gestate a child, is a booming market. In 2014 Time magazine named pregnancy as one of the 10 best jobs to outsource!! The idea is to pay a poor woman from another country to bear your child conceived via In Vitro Fertilization and laproscopic impregnation. Ever since a surrogate refused to give up a baby she had conceived and gestated, care has been taken to make sure that the surrogate has no genetic claim on the child. Eggs from women separate from the surrogate are used in the IVF procedures so the surrogate is seen as gestating a baby not “her own.” Surrogates are often required to live away from their families in an environment where their diet and everything else can be controlled.
There is also a market for breast milk. In 2013 Bloomberg ran an article with the title “Bodies Double as Cash Machines With U.S. Income Lagging” where this is mentioned. Mary Lou said the Clinton Foundation is setting up “milking stations” all over the 3rd world. They sell the idea that women with more milk than their baby requires can help another woman who doesn’t make enough milk but they actually take this donated milk and sell it (after pasteurizing it!). Some men get off sexually by drinking breast milk so there is a sexual fetish market for it, too. And there are reports of “johns” wanting to nurse on prostitutes’ breasts.
Cervical Self-Exam!
So, the extraction of resources from female bodies goes from eggs, to uteruses, to breast milk. Prostitution can be viewed as the rental of a vagina and other female body parts. Do you feel like a commodity yet? Ugh!!
For our evening presentation, Laura Pérez and Carol Downer led a cervical self-exam workshop which was attended by thirteen women and girls. Participants were given their own new speculums for personal use and instructed on the basics of self-exam. Self-exam groups destroy patriarchal taboos that separate us from other women, empower women to take control of their own health, and help women know more about the huge range of normal in terms of female anatomy. Carol had applied to offer the self-exam presentation at the MANA general conference but was denied a spot on the program because feminist self-exam groups go against the current trend to professionalize midwifery.
Also that evening, MANA honored WoLF supporter and signer of the Woman Centered Midwifery open letter Barbara Pepper as the recipient of the Sage Femme award. The Sage Femme award is given annually to an elder midwife who has dedicated the majority of her life to serving women and mothers (now referred to by MANA as “pregnant individuals” and “birthing parents”). Barbara invited two WoLF members to accompany her onstage wearing their WoLF t-shirts when she received her award. She gave a powerful speech about the importance of taking a stand for the truth and nodded in the direction of the WoLF members when she said this. MANA had been live tweeting the awards ceremony and chose to omit all mention of Barbara in their coverage. Pictures of Barbara receiving her award have been disappeared from the MANA website and MANA social media sites, presumably because they featured images of the WoLF logo.
The last morning of the conference, WoLF hosted an informal discussion about the forced professionalization of midwifery and other traditional female reproductive services. MANA was founded as a grass-roots organization representing all women who called themselves midwives. In the past few years, MANA has become increasingly corporatized and now requires midwives to be certified by a state or federal regulatory body in order to be voting members. This is a huge change and runs counter to the entire history of the organization. Similar trends are being seen as birth and breastfeeding support become recognized by the capitalist health care system as professions, rather than services women have always provided for each other. Bills criminalizing the sharing of breast milk are also being introduced in state legislatures in response to breastmilk becoming a “for-profit commodity”. How do we resist the forced professionalization of women’s culture while simultaneously working for economic sustenance and freedom for women called to serve other women? A lively discussion without firm conclusion ensued.
While the WoLF presence at MANA was small, we believe what we did was powerful on multiple levels. We gathered in the face of suppression, refused to be silent, and helped women see the connections between gender, corporatization, capitalism, and the commodification of female bodies. We experienced what feminist Fran Luck has termed “the joy of resistance.” A strong new local WoLF pack was formed with this bonding experience as its foundation.
The Newly Formed New Mexico WoLF Pack’s Solidarity Howl!
Looking forward, we don’t know if we will be able to turn this frightening tide. Will children in the 2020s be pushed even more strongly into conforming with gender, asked at young ages if they want to be the Barbie or the Army man kind of person? Will more and more women be forced to decide between the “empowering choices” of selling their eggs, being raped for money in brothels, or risking their health and lives as surrogates? This is already happening at a terrifying rate in some poor countries. Will MANA 2025 celebrate the progress of midwives removing babies from artificial wombs and handing them to their male-to-trans “mothers”? Or will people wake up from this nightmare and remember that biology (i.e. life itself) is sacred, that the class of people called women deserve honor, respect, and (yes) compensation for the reproductive labor only they can provide, and that beyond basic reproductive functions and anatomy, female and male people should be Free to Be You and Me?
Multi-Generational Radical Feminists!
Radical Conference Brochure
These articles represent some, but not all, of the materials that were available at the WoLF table.
Are we women or are we incubators? An interview with MaryLou Singleton
By Susan Cox
http://www.feministcurrent.com/2015/10/13/are-we-women-or-are-we-incubators-an-interview-with-marylou-singleton/
Eggs, milk and sex: What else must women sell?
By Alexandra Pelletier
http://www.feministcurrent.com/2015/06/03/eggs-milk-and-sex-what-else-must-women-sell/
Gender, Patriarchy, and All That Jazz
By Mary Lou Singleton
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/07/31/gender-patriarchy-and-all-that-jazz/
Interview with Radical Feminist Alicen Grey
By John Carico
http://www.alicengrey.com/2015/10/the-fifth-column-interviews-alicen-grey.html
Patriarchy, Black Listing, and the Language of Birth | Mickey Z.
(Interview with Mary Lou Singleton)
http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/2015/10/patriarchy-black-listing-and-language.html
Reproductive Sovereignty or Bust!
By Carol Downer
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/01/09/reproductive-sovereignty-or-bust
Women’s Liberation is Based on Sex not Gender
By Kathy Scarbrough
http://www.bu.edu/wgs/files/2013/10/Scarbrough-Womens-Liberation-is-Based-on-Sex-not-Gender.pdf
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Read Where She Belongs Online
Authors: Johnnie Alexander
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Where She Belongs
© 2016 by Johnnie Alexander
Published by Revell
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www.revellbooks.com
Ebook edition created 2015
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meansâfor example, electronic, photocopy, recordingâwithout the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
`This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
Excerpt from Book #2 in the
Misty Willow Series
Back Ads
To Hebe
my sister, friend, and alpaca-wrangling buddy
y deepest appreciation to my clever critique partners and eagle-eyed early readers. Imagine That! Writers: Patricia Bradley, Rob McClain, Renee Osborne, and Chandra Smith. Kindred Heart Writers: Clella Camp, Karen Evans, Laura Groves, and Jean Wise. And treasured friends: Carol Anne Giaquinto, Joy Van Tassel, and Mandy Zema.
My warmest thanks also to Sara Jo Dusterhoft, a once-upon-a-time missionary kid and dear friend; Beth Scheckelhoff, Ohio State University Master Gardener, Julie Hilton Steele, Greg Buckley, Joyce Sidwell Piper, and Karen Preskar for their gardening advice; Lisa Harris, missionary in Mozambique; and Marion Ueckermann, a resourceful overseas pal and reader of books at traffic lights.
My love to the family who shares my childhood memories of The Brick (the inspiration for Misty Willow): my parents John and Audry and my siblings Tony, Adam, and Hebe. And also to the family God blessed me with: my children Bethany, Jillian, and Nate; sons-in-law Justin and Jacob; and the grands.
Thanks and a hug to my agent Tamela Hancock Murray, my editors Vicki Crumpton and Kristin Kornoelje, and the Revell team for their encouragement and support.
And here at the end, a smile and a wink to my niece Payton Alexander, because . . . well, you know.
My prayer is that God brings us all into spacious places.
He brought me out into a spacious place;
he rescued me because he delighted in me.
I will be glad and rejoice in your love . . .
You have not given me into the hands of the enemy
but have set my feet in a spacious place.
Psalms 18:19; 31:7â8 NIV
â 1 â
n an upstairs room as neglected as all the others, AJ Sullivan flicked the grime from a broad fireplace mantel, then rubbed his fingers on his jeans. Mahogany. Whoever built this place had used the best materials. But more than 150 years later, no one cared.
Except some woman who was about to free him from this millstone.
Pulling her letter from his pocket, he walked across the pitted wood floor to the bay windows. Sunlight filtered through tall, narrow shutters hanging askew on their hinges. He gingerly opened one, and a spider scooted across the marble sill. Through the unwashed glass, dust motes danced in the sun's beam.
He didn't need the light to read the letter. Shelby Kincaid's emotional plea to buy the house scraped an ache he'd thought was buried. When he'd shown the letter to his grandmother, her agitated response had plucked at his heart as desperately as her arthritic fingers had plucked at his shirt sleeve.
He scratched his arm, barely aware of the gesture as Gran's words echoed in his mind.
Find a way. Bring peace
to the past
Tires crunched on gravel, and a motor accelerated a few seconds then idled. He peered through the angled bay window. A slender woman stood by a beige sedan near the end of the drive.
Though she was too far away to make out her features, there was something pensive about the way she stared at the house. Chestnut hair blew across her cheek, and she gracefully tucked it behind her ear.
She had to be Shelby Kincaidâthe woman who so desperately wanted this forsaken place. He hadn't expected to meet her until their afternoon appointment to sign the papers at Richard Grayson's office.
After a moment, Shelby slid into the driver's seat and drove at a snail's pace toward the house. She steered the car around the lane's deep ruts and parked near the porch behind his Jeep Cherokee.
As she emerged from the car, sunshine reflected the golden highlights in her shoulder-length hair. A frown puckered her delicate features as she gazed at the house. When she looked upward, AJ's pulse quickened, and he stepped back from the window.
She'd be coming into the house any moment, and here he was feeling as awkward as one of his freshman students on a first date. Time to pretend to be Cary Grant, Gran's favorite movie star.
He tucked the letter into his pocket and bounded down the stairs. One of the thick exterior doors stood ajar, just as he'd left it when he entered the house. He stepped onto the decrepit porch. Shelby, wearing boot-cut jeans and a V-neck sweater, stood on the bottom step, fiddling with her watch.
“Hey, there,” he said. “You must be Shelby Kincaid.”
She jumped, her startled green eyes softening as she faced him and exhaled.
“Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you. I'mâ”
“My hero.” She flashed an excited smile and extended her hand. “I'm so glad you're here. The place is quite a mess, isn't it?”
“Not surprising.” As he took her hand, a long-forgotten warmth charged through him. “It's been empty more than a decade.”
She flushed and quickly withdrew her hand. “Ever since the Sullivans stole it.”
“Stole it?” He took off his Ohio State ball cap and tapped it
against his leg, unsure whether to be amused or insulted. “You're kidding, right?”
“This house was built by my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.” She grinned at the repetition and lightly caressed the wooden porch railing. The splintered white paint chipped beneath her fingers. “I just have a hard time understanding . . . I mean, what kind of person takes a family's home and leaves it empty year after year?”
AJ had never given a thought to how his grandfather acquired the Lassiter farm. After inheriting it, AJ had cared even less. Still, the old man must have had his reasons. “A shrewd businessman?” he asked.
“There's nothing shrewd about letting a perfectly good house go to ruin.”
Good point. “A man with a grudge?”
“Against my grandfather?” Shelby seemed to drift into the past, her eyes tender in memory. “There was no finer man. I don't think he had any enemies.”
“It's a mystery then.” She didn't need to know that Granddad had enjoyed his grudges. Or that the old man collected enemies like trophies. AJ leaned against the porch railing and grinned. “Anyway, you're here now, taking the old homestead back from the evil Sullivans.”
Shelby's eyes brightened with anticipation. “That's right. In just a few hours, the farm will be mine. Back in the family where it belongs.”
“Do you plan to live here?”
“Absolutely. How long do you think it will be before we can move in?”
“I suppose all the wiring will have to be replaced. Have you checked it out?”
He pointed at his chest. “Me? Why would I do that?”
“That's why I hired you . . .” Her brow furrowed. “You're not the contractor?”
“High school history teacher. And assistant football coach. Varsity.”
“AJ Sullivan.” She practically spat his name as she wrapped her arms around her stomach.
“Shouldn't you be in school?”
“Personal day.”
“It's been awhile. Thought I should see what I'm signing away.”
“This house doesn't mean anything to you, does it?”
Only a reminder of Granddad's unrelenting anger. A legacy he wished he could forget.
He spread his hands in a placating gesture. “What happened in the past doesn't matter. I don't want this place; you do. After we sign the papers, it's as good as yours.”
“Why didn't you take care of it?” Her voice was a raw whisper.
Gazing into her eyes, dull with tension, he struggled to come up with an answer. The truth would pain her, but anything less seemed dishonorable.
AJ twisted to face the road as a dusty white pickup turned into the lane. Saved by the contractor.
“You hired Nate Jeffers. Good choice.”
“You know him?”
“His son's my best running back.” AJ jumped over the broken steps, then turned and offered Shelby his hand. After a moment's hesitation, she took it and stepped warily over the split boards.
The contractor greeted them, clipboard in hand, and smiled broadly as AJ made introductions.
“I'm pleased to meet you, Mr. Jeffers,” Shelby said. “You come highly recommended.”
“Glad to hear it. I talked to your uncle Richard just a few minutes ago. He said to tell you he couldn't get away from the bank right now, but he'll see you in his office this afternoon.”
“Thanks for letting me know.”
Nate scanned the exterior of the house, craning his neck upward to see the aged widow's walk above the porch roof. “The old Lassiter homestead. I can't tell you how honored I am to work on this place. I moseyed about the place yesterday. Shall we go inside?”
“Could you give me a moment first?” Shelby asked.
“Take your time. Coach and I can walk around the outside.” He strolled to the corner of the porch and knelt by the foundation.
AJ faced Shelby. “Are you all right?”
“I saw a spider upstairs,” he said lightly, but she averted her gaze. The Cary Grant charm didn't seem to be working.
“Please tell me.” She stared at the ground, her voice so low he leaned closer to hear her. “Why didn't you take care of the house?”
“I kept the yard mowed.” Only because he had to.
Her mouth twisted, and she briefly closed her eyes before pinning him with her gaze. “It's all a joke to you.”
Apparently he wasn't getting out of this one. He jammed his hands into his pockets. “This place was my punishment.”
“I do.” But his transgressions and Granddad's vengeance belonged in the past too. Locked away and buried. He tapped her elbow and gave her a brief smile. “Be careful in there.”
Before she could answer, he jogged to where Nate was disappearing around the corner of the house.
Finally alone.
And perplexed. How could anyone think of this magnificent place as a punishment?
Shelby took a few steps backward and squinted against April's pale sun. The abandoned brick house, elegantly situated beside massive oaks, would soon be hers. Just as she'd always dreamed.
At the end of the porch, tangled vines held a splintered trellis in
place. A weathered swing hung crookedly from a length of rusted chain. If the interior looked anything like this . . . She gazed back toward the road.
The pungent smell of freshly cut grass filled her nostrils. AJ Sullivan had kept the place mowed all right, including Nanna's prized irises. A grassy carpet covered the ground where the colorful blossoms once flourished.
Shelby closed her eyes for a moment, breathing deeply as she tried to imagine the fragrance of the obliterated flower garden. But the sweet fragrances of lilacs, honeysuckles, and peonies that once heralded spring had faded long ago.
Unlike her dreams.
Treasured childhood memories of playing tag on the long rectangular yard, of catching fireflies in mason jars, flitted through her mind, swift and intense.
Solitary snatches of ordinary moments frozen by loss.
Shelby gingerly stepped across the splintered stairs and onto the porch. To cross the threshold into the house was to cross the threshold into a new chapter of her life.
A chapter in a place where Gary had never been, where memories of their early years together didn't taunt her.
One of the thick double doors stood ajar, and she gave it a little push. With a soft creak it swung backward, and Shelby entered her grandparents' home for the first time in fourteen years.
The realization that she could divide her life almost exactly in half pierced through the tough scab shielding her heart. Those
days, her golden childhood and early teen years, warmed her spirit with their light; the
 . . . She pushed the thought away. She had come back to create a new
. To give her daughters the legacy that once belonged to her.
Dirt spotted the pine floors of the long hallway, and she could see AJ's telltale footprints. She kicked at the closest one with her shoe before entering the room to her right.
The parlor, Nanna had called it, laughing at her own preten
tiousness. Cobwebs formed lacy valances in the upper corners of the window alcove. More spiders. Ugh.
Ashes, a partially burnt newspaper, and trash littered the hearth. She knelt beside it, pushing at the debris with a stick. The fireplace was smaller than she remembered, and not nearly as grand. She pushed aside the niggling disappointment. It only needed a good cleaning. Along with everything else.
She went through an arched doorway to Grandpa's old study, then opened the door to the space under the stairs. The secret place. Smiling to herself, she gently jumped up and down. The solid hickory floor didn't give anything away. She doubted either AJ or Nate Jeffers knew about the room hiding beneath this closet and the study.
Returning to the hall, Shelby carefully climbed the broad stairs to the upper story and entered the room where she'd stayed during summer vacations and holidays. The pink floral wallpaper she and Nanna had selected hung in ragged strips. They'd had so much fun choosing the pattern and matching material for the curtains and bedding. The hours she had spent within these four walls, dreaming dreams derailed by circumstances she didn't understand.
Not then. Not now.
Pushing aside the brittle window shade, she gazed through the cracked glass at the abandoned shed and the neglected patch where the kitchen garden once thrived.
She did not look at the barn.
One end of the window shade and rod fell, and she startled as the hardware skittered across the bare floor. With a sheepish smile, she laid it on the sill, then wandered back to the landing. Running her hand along the wide banister, she smiled at the temptation to slide down it. Why not? Her parents weren't around to say no.
She lifted a leg to straddle the banister, then heard voices outside the front double doors. Walking sedately down the stairs, she joined the men on the porch.
Nate doffed his hat. “Good news, Miz Kincaid. The foundation is solid. This house may be old, but it was well built.”
“Grandpa always said so.” Shelby smiled with pride. “How long will it take to upgrade the wiring and plumbing?”
“How soon do you want to move in?”
“As soon as possible after school is out. In about six or seven weeks.”
“Are you a teacher too?” AJ asked.
Shelby shook her head. “I have a first grader. And a three-year-old.”
“You're married?”
As AJ's brown eyes flitted to her left hand, she self-consciously folded it into her waist. It'd been over a year since Gary's death, but she still wore her wedding band. More for her daughters' sakes than her own.
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New FREE Learning Resource for Key Stages 1-3
Posted on 04/09/2015 by Sally Sculthorpe | 1 comment
It has been 175 years since the invention of the world’s first postage stamp – the Penny Black. Pop It In the Post is a new FREE downloadable learning package that reveals how this little piece of paper changed the way people communicated forever.
JUST A PENNY!
In 1840 the idea that a letter could be sent anywhere in Britain for just one penny was revolutionary. For the first time ordinary people could afford to send letters, and the effect was as wide reaching as the introduction of the Internet.
Pop It In The Post supports learning across the curriculum and includes:
A downloadable learning resource containing lesson plans, teacher’s notes, image galleries and Powerpoints for whiteboards
Over 100 activity ideas, using real archival documents, photos, maps and museum objects to support subjects including Literacy, Maths, Science and Art and Design.
A fun animated interactive game for pupils to play and explore the story of the Penny Black
A short film introducing pupils to Rowland Hill, the social reformer who led the campaign for letters to cost just a penny who explains how his big idea changed the world.
This learning package was sponsored by Royal Mail Group
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This is the Night Mail crossing the border
Posted on 05/07/2013 by postalheritage | 2 comments
On Thursday 11 July Dr Scott Anthony will give a talk here at the BPMA on the classic film Night Mail which will be accompanied by a screening. In this blog Dr Anthony talks about Night Mail‘s timeless relevance.
Bringing the cheque and the postal order
Letters for the rich, letters for the poor
The shop at the corner and the girl next door.
Night Mail – the 1936 cinematic account of the travelling post office, to text by WH Auden – is the most famous film from the GPO documentary unit. It’s as evocative of the 1930s as Battersea Power Station, the Shell Guides and Agatha Christie.
For much of the past 20 years Night Mail has also been deeply unfashionable. It’s liable to be seen as the kind of thing that might have starred Harry Enfield’s Mr Chumley Warner.
It’s true that, for a documentary, parts of Night Mail are not that realistic. For a start, the scenes of travelling post office workers sorting the mail were filmed on the GPO’s lot in Blackheath with the posties urged, Star Trek style, to sway gently from side to side.
Still from Night Mail.
Indeed, Night Mail is actually the film of a train set. The GPO had commissioned the exquisite Bassett-Lowke to produce a miniature travelling post office for display at exhibitions. The miniature proved so popular with the public that it then became a documentary. When people say that Night Mail portrays a model post office, they’re more right than they know.
However, the genesis of Night Mail – the corporate promo – was far from straightforward, and it began with the future Labour prime minister, Clement Attlee. Pressure was growing for the reform and part-privatisation of the GPO. Besieged by criticism, the then postmaster-general Attlee hired the publicity expert Sir Stephen Tallents to project an image of the GPO as the “outstanding example of collective capitalism”.
Previously, the British establishment had frowned on government advertising during peacetime; it was considered something indulged in only by dubious continental regimes. Now, though, state innovations were to be unveiled with dramatic showmanship. During 1934’s Telephone Week speakers were erected in Trafalgar Square to blare out Jack Hylton’s jazz band as they were flown over London in an Imperial Airways plane. Tallents commissioned the artist Macdonald Gill to design a new brand logo for the GPO. The introduction of the speaking clock, telephone chess and Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s redesign of the Jubilee telephone kiosk followed.
The classic Night Mail poster.
Night Mail was part of Tallents’ effort to use emerging new media to promote an up-to-date concept of Britishness. Films such as Night Mail and Humphrey Jennings’ Spare Time are testament to Tallents’ collective method of developing an appropriate identity for Britain’s burgeoning social democracy.
But such nostalgic risks reducing Night Mail to the status of a tatty-eared Penguin classic, when those who commissioned, made, starred in and watched the film were confronting some startling contemporary dilemmas. Grappling with public service reform, technological, social and economic change, as well as the growth of internationalism, is a tricky task. Just ask the Communication Workers Union. Or Vince Cable.
Visit our website to purchase tickets for Dr Scott Anthony’s talk and the film screening of Night Mail.
Night Mail is available on DVD from our online shop.
Tagged British Documentary Movement, British film, documentary, film, General Post Office, GPO, GPO film unit, Night Mail, public service, Stephen Tallents, W.H Auden
Mail Rail Conservation Project – Documentary Film
Posted on 21/11/2012 by postalheritage | Leave a comment
For the past year the BPMA have been engaged on a project to conserve the rail cars in its collection acquired from the Post Office underground railway, Mail Rail. This project has proved really exciting and has been followed keenly by a number of people. Back in April 2012 the BPMA held an open day at the Museum Store which gave visitors the opportunity to come and see the work being done and meet the conservator working on the project and the BPMA curators.
Throughout the main part of the project the BPMA commissioned a production company to document the process and create a short film that helps explain the work done. This film is now being made available for the first time via the BPMA’s YouTube channel.
Making the Mail Rail film.
As well as documenting the conservation work the film also offers a glimpse of the Railway as it once was, including black and white footage of the Railway from the 1930s and clips from the BPMA collection. These more modern clips show the Railway in 2005, after its closure. It is the last filmed footage captured of the trains being moved using the electric network. The BPMA holds much more of this footage that it hopes can be used in future projects or films.
Also in the documentary record are BPMA members of staff and the contracted conservator talking about the work being done and interviews with members of the public who attended the special open day at the Museum Store.
The conservation work on two of the trains is now complete but there remains more to do and the final phase of the project is to conserve the 1927 car held by the BPMA. This car is the only surviving example in this form of the original cars used when the network opened in 1927. It is the intention with this car to conserve as it is today and not to attempt to return it to the appearance it was in during its operational life.
1927 Mail Rail car.
Once this work is underway more details as to the progress will be published online.
The project to conserve the trains was funded by grants from the Arts Council England PRISM Fund, the Association of Independent Museums/Pilgrims Trust Conservation Scheme and donations from the Friends of the BPMA. The film was made for the BPMA by Voytek Ltd, a London based production company.
– Chris Taft, Senior Curator
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Tagged AiM Pilgrim Trust, conservation, film, Friends of the BPMA, Mail Rail, Museum Store, Post Office underground railway, PRISM, rail, railway, railways, underground railway, video
Britten Films: An Exploration
The young Benjamin Britten wrote:
1936… finds me earning my living – with occasionally something to spare – at the GPO film unit… writing music and supervising sounds for film
In 1933 Britten became a member of the General Post Office film unit, which was originally set up to produce sponsored films relating to the GPO’s activities. As a result of Britten composing the music for the short films, there was a quick turnaround time and this helped Britten to refine and nurture his compositional tools.
The nine short films he worked on – covering subjects ranging from postage stamps to pacifism, the abolition of the slave trade to the electrification of the London-Portsmouth railway – are wonderfully made and fascinating historical documents. For example, Night Mail is a documentary about a London, Midland and Scottish railway mail train. The rhythm of the poem imitates the stages of the train journey, where the increasing rhythmic pace throughout the poem symbolises the acceleration of the mail train.
A still from Night Mail showing the mail train on its journey
Britten’s music brilliantly reflects, amplifies and underpins the screen images with scores of rich variety and invention. It is a celebration of composer’s craft and filmmaker’s technique, an insight into 1930s Britain, and a snapshot of the art of propaganda before the term became besmirched forever by the extreme forces of political repression.
Aldeburgh Festival will be screening Britten’s nine GPO films in June with a live orchestra in the event Britten Films. Before the screening commences there will be an illustrated discussion, Britten Films: An Exploration, looking at the astonishing artistic collective which was the GPO film unit and how some of Britten’s very first professional commissions were to leave a powerful impression on his future creative life.
For more information on the events visit www.aldeburgh.co.uk or phone 01728 687100. The website’s ‘visiting us’ page helps you find out about where to eat, where to stay, and how to find us of course. Tickets can be purchased from the website and through the box office on 01728 687110.
Leanne Cox – Aldeburgh Festival
The Projection of Britain: A History of the GPO Film Unit is available from the BPMA Shop.
Tagged Aldeburgh Festival, Benjamin Britten, British Documentary Movement, cinema, composer, film, film music, film score, General Post Office, GPO, GPO film unit, mail trains, music, Night Mail
Night Mail: a classic?
Night Mail holds an iconic place in British culture. Say the words ‘this is the Night Mail crossing the border’ and you’ll likely get the response, ‘bringing the cheque and the postal order.’ But critics haven’t always been so impressed. There’s a strand of thinking that says Night Mail is a classic of British documentary by virtue of being the one that everyone knows. This is a critical assessment worth picking apart, because Night Mail is far more than the film of the poem.
Commissioned in 1935 to commemorate the centenary of the travelling post office, Basil Wright sought to apply the lessons of silent Soviet cinema to inter-war Britain. Viktor Turin’s Turksib was an important model. Borrowing techniques from Hollywood (Turin was obsessed by Westerns) Turksib tried to turn social, political and technological exposition into an exciting tale of progress. He cast the train between Turkestan and Siberia in the role of the lone gunslinger bringing order to the frontier. Night Mail apes this approach, albeit modestly, it illustrates how Britain is socially, economically and technologically bound together.
However, Wright’s love of the expressive grammar of silent cinema was disrupted by co-director Harry Watt, who wanted to focus on the life of the postal workers. It is creative tension in the best sense of the term. Interestingly, Watt’s eagerness to get across a flavour of the workers’ lives meant that the train interior had to be shot in a studio. Night Mail’s ‘realism’ was achieved by building a set of the travelling post office and scripting the workers’ dialogue.
Night Mail was also funded by the GPO to help improve morale. Beset by the industrial disputes of the slump era, the film was supposed to help staff understand how even the most humdrum of jobs could be of crucial importance. Not only is Night Mail probably the greatest train film of all time then, it’s also possibly also the greatest training film.
Night Mail’s unique sensibility remains key to its appeal. The dialogue may be flat, and the acting might be wooden, but the film retains a whiff of authenticity. ‘There’s something in these bags all right, Bert’, a postman says at one point, to which the sparring reply is, ‘must be old Fred’s coupon night’. There is something about the dialogue that makes you believe it, and more than that, makes you trust the sentiment that underpins it. Then again, Myles Burnyeat has argued that the meaning of great works changes over time. The fact that every time you watch Night Mail it says something different might be what, in the end, makes it a classic.
– Scott Anthony
Dr Scott Anthony is a Fellow of Christ’s College, University of Cambridge, and co-editor of a new book The Projection of Britain: A History of the GPO Film Unit.
The BFI have produced a new DVD The Soviet influence: From Turksib to Night Mail, featuring GPO films.
Tagged Basil Wright, British cinema, British film, cinema, film, GPO film unit, Harry Watt, Myles Burnyeat, Night Mail, postal workers, The Projection of Britain: A History of the GPO Film Unit, The Soviet influence: From Turksib to Night Mail, Travelling Post Office, Turksib, Viktor Turin
We Live in Two Worlds: The GPO Film Unit Collection Volume Two
The second of three deluxe double-disc box sets presenting all the key films of the GPO Film Unit on DVD for the first time was released on 23rd February 2009. It includes the much loved Night Mail and the experimental animations of Len Lye and Norman McLaren.
Created in 1933 out of the ashes of the Empire Marketing Board Film Unit, the GPO Film Unit was one of the most remarkable creative institutions that Britain has produced. A hotbed of creative energy and talent, it provided a springboard to many of the best-known and critically acclaimed figures in the British Documentary Movement, including John Grierson, Alberto Cavalcanti, Basil Wright and Harry Watt. Their work embraced public information films, drama-documentary, social reportage, animation, advertising and many points in between.
The British Postal Museum & Archive, in partnership with The BFI National Archive, Royal Mail and BT Heritage, has been working for several years to curate and preserve the work of the GPO Film Unit. Volume One, Addressing the Nation was released last September. Volume Three, If War Should Come, will be released on 13th July 2009.
We Live in Two Worlds covers 1936-1938 and represents the Unit at its creative height. The films included on the disc are:
Rainbow Dance (1936)
The Saving of Bill Blewitt (1936)
Calendar of the Year (1936)
The Fairy of the Phone (1936)
Night Mail (1936)
Roadways (1937)
Trade Tattoo (1937)
Big Money (1937)
We Live in Two Worlds (1937)
N or NW (1937)
A Job in a Million (1937)
Book Bargain (1937)
What’s On Today (1938)
Love on the Wing (1938)
The Horsey Mail (1938)
The H.P.O. (1938)
News for the Navy (1938)
Mony a Pickle (1938)
North Sea (1938)
Penny Journey (1938)
The Tocher (1938)
God’s Chillun (1938)
The discs are presented in a deluxe box with a 100-page bound book containing introductory essays, film notes and selected biographies.
We Live in Two Worlds is not just important in cinematic terms, but provides a valuable and fascinating insight into 1930s Britain. It is now available from the BPMA Shop.
For more information on the GPO Film Unit please see the Screenonline/BT Archive Interactive Derek Jacobi on the GPO Film Unit.
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Tagged Alberto Cavalcanti, Basil Wright, BFI, BFI National Archive, British Documentary Movement, BT Heritage, cinema, Derek Jacobi, DVD, Empire Marketing Board, film, GPO film unit, Harry Watt, John Grierson, Len Lye, N or NW, Night Mail, Norman McLaren, Screenonline, The British Postal Museum & Archive
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The Deeds of the Disturber (Amelia Peabody Series #5)
by Elizabeth PetersElizabeth Peters
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Can fear kill? There are those who believe so—but Amelia Peabody is skeptical. A respected Egyptologist and amateur sleuth, Amelia has foiled felonious schemes from Victoria's England to the Middle East. And she doubts that it was a Nineteenth-Dynasty mummy's curse that caused the death of a night watchman in the British Museum. The corpse was found sprawled in the mummy's shadow, a look of terror frozen on the guard's face. What—or who—killed the unfortunate man is a mystery that seems too intriguingly delicious for Amelia to pass up, especially now that she, her dashing archaeologist husband, Emerson, and their precocious son, Ramses, are back on Britain's shores. But a contemporary curse can be as lethal as one centuries old—and the foggy London thoroughfares can be as treacherous as the narrow, twisting alleyways of Cairo after dark—when a perpetrator of evil deeds sets his murderous sights on his relentless pursuer . . . Amelia Peabody!
Amelia Peabody Series , #5
Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. During her fifty-year career, she wrote more than seventy novels and three nonfiction books on Egypt. She received numerous writing awards and, in 2012, was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor. She died in 2013, leaving a partially completed manuscript of The Painted Queen.
A farm in rural Maryland
Canton, Illinois
M.A., Ph.D. in Egyptology, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1952
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In a great many respects I count myself among the most fortunate of women. To be sure, a cynic might point out that this was no great distinction in the nineteenth century of the Christian era, when women were deprived of most of the "inalienable rights" claimed by men. This period of history is often known by the name of the sovereign; and although no one respects the Crown more than Amelia Peabody Emerson, honesty compels me to note that her gracious Majesty's ignorant remarks about the sex she adorned did nothing to raise it from the low esteem in which it was held.
I digress. I am unable to refrain from doing so, for the wrongs of my oppressed sisters must always waken a flame of indignation in my bosom. How far are we, even now, from the emancipation we deserve? When, oh when will justice and reason prevail, and Woman descend from the pedestal on which Man has placed her (in order to prevent her from doing anything except standing perfectly still) and take her rightful place beside him?
Heaven only knows. But as I was saying, or was about to say, I was fortunate enough to o'erleap (or, some might say, burst through) the social and educational barriers to female progress erected by jealous persons of the opposite sex. Having inherited from my father both financial independence and a thorough classical education, I set out to see the world.
I never saw the world; I stayed my steps in Egypt; for in the antique land of the pharaohs I found my destiny. Since that time I have pursued the profession of archaeology, and though modesty prevents me from claiming more than is my due, I may say that mycontributions to that profession have not been inconsiderable.
In those endeavors I have been assisted by the greatest Egyptologist of this or any other century, Radcliffe Emerson, my devoted and distinguished spouse. When I give thanks to the benevolent Creator (as I frequently do), the name of Emerson figures prominently in my conversation. For, though industry and intelligence play no small part in worldly success, I cannot claim any of the credit for Emerson being what he is, or where he was, at the time of our first meeting. Surely it was not chance, or an idle vagary of fortune that prompted the cataclysmic event. No! Fate, destiny, call it what you will-it was meant to be. Perchance (as oft I ponder when in vacant or in pensive mood) the old pagan philosophers were right in believing that we have all lived other lives in other ages of the world. Perchance that encounter in the dusty halls of the old Boulaq Museum was not our first meeting; for there was a compelling familiarity about those, blazing sapphirine orbs, those steady lips and dented chin (though to be sure at the time it was hidden by a bushy beard which I later persuaded Emerson to remove). Still in vacant and in pensive mood, I allowed my fancy to wander-as we perchance had wandered, among the mighty pillars of ancient Karnak, his strong sun-brown hand clasping mine, his muscular frame attired in the short kilt and beaded collar that would have displayed his splendid physique to best advantage?
I perceive I have been swept away by emotion, as I so often am when I contemplate Emerson's remarkable attributes. Allow me to return to my narrative.
No mere mortal should expect to attain perfect bliss in this imperfect world. I am a rational individual; I did not expect it. However, there are limits to the degree of aggravation a woman may endure, and in the spring of 18, when we were about to leave Egypt after another season of excavation, I had reached that limit.
Thoughtless persons have sometimes accused me of holding an unjust prejudice against the male sex. Even Emerson has hinted at it-and Emerson, of all people, should know better. When I assert that most of the aggravation I have endured has been caused by members of that sex, it is not prejudice, but a simple statement of fact. Beginning with my estimable but maddeningly absent-minded father and five despicable brothers, continuing through assorted murderers, burglars, and villains, the list even includes my own son. In fact, if I kept a ledger, Walter Peabody Emerson, known to friends and foes alike as Ramses, would win the prize for the constancy and the degree of aggravation caused me.
One must know Ramses to appreciate him. (I use the verb in its secondary meaning, "to be fully sensible of, through personal experience," rather than "to approve warmly or esteem highly.") I cannot complain of his appearance, for I am not so narrow-minded as to believe that Anglo-Saxon coloring is superior to the olive skin and jetty curls of the eastern Mediterranean races Ramses strongly (and unaccountably) resembles. His intelligence, as such, is not a source of dissatisfaction. I had taken it for granted that any child of Emerson's and mine would exhibit superior intelligence; but I confess I had not anticipated it would take such an extraordinary form. Linguistically Ramses was a juvenile genius. He had mastered the hieroglyphic language of ancient Egypt before his eighth birthday; he spoke Arabic with appalling fluency (the adjective refers to certain elements of his vocabulary); and even his command of his native tongue was marked at an early age by a ponderous pomposity of style more suitable to a venerable scholar than a small boy.
People were often misled by this talent into believing Ramses must be equally precocious in other areas. ("Catastrophically precocious" was a term sometimes applied by those who came upon Ramses unawares.) Yet, like the young Mozart, he had one supreme gift-an ear for languages as remarkable as was Mozart's for music-and was, if anything, rather below the average in other ways. (I need not remind the cultured reader of Mozart's unfortunate marriage and miserable death.)
Charming...outrageous!
Between Amelia Peabody and Indiana Jones, it's Amelia, in wit and daring, by a landslide.
New York Times Book Review
This author never fails to entertain.
Peters (Barbara Michaels) regales thriller fans with the fifth tale about spunky Amelia Peabody, her ardent spouse Emerson and their small son Walter, ``Ramses,'' a genius who sorely tries his parents. In the new story, the family is home in England from their archeological dig in Egypt and deep in another mystery. Determined Victorian feminist Peabody refuses to be intimidated by a phenomenon reported at the British Museum, where a sem priest is supposedly working a curse in revenge for the desecration of an ancient mummy. The priest's supernatural figure is momentarily glimpsed at the exhibit, before a murderer strikes. Disobeying Emerson, of course, Peabody lays her life on the line and unmasks the decidedly human villain. There are several intriguing new characters in this mystery, including nasty types who persecute Ramses, creating unexpectedly tender moments between mother and child. But the spotlight shines brightest on Peabody and Emerson, a couple evenly matched as hot-blooded lovers and professional partners. This is one of grandmaster Peters/Michaels best. (April)
Fifth in the exceptional series that begins with Crocodile on the Sandbank , this adventure catches irascible archaeologist Amelia Peabody in London between digs. A mysterious death in front of a ``cursed'' mummy case in the British Museum piques Amelia's curiosity, and a subsequent connected murder engages her perspicacious intervention completely. Dangerously precocious son Ramses (at times disguised) and formidably handsome husband Emerson (at times stubbornly obtuse) contribute to the usual mayhem. First-rate, densely packed action, fun, and atmosphere. REK
Deeds of the Disturber (Amelia Peabody Series #5) 4 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 29 reviews.
mom2gr8kids More than 1 year ago
I love this series. I bought books 1-4 for my nook. I am a little ticked off that Barnes & Noble would put a series in ebook format and LEAVE ONE OUT! UGH! Like I am going to spend all this money on a e reader and then have to buy one stupid book in the series. Bummer. I wish they would hurry up and make it an ebook. :) Please hit button requesting it as an ebook for me please. Thanks!
Fernwood More than 1 year ago
I own hard copies of the entire series, and love it so much that I sat down at my computer today to re-order all the books for my new Nook reader. What an unpleasant surprise to discover this volume is missing from the e-series. I'm not ordering with a missing book. Despite the enormous space-saving advantages of switching to an electronic reader and the lovely thought of clearing the walls of physical books out of my house, I still have real doubts about the value of the Nook. Finding one volume missing, and with no explanation, from such a well-known series, reinforces that concern. I think it's going to be a few years before these readers live up to their publicity. At the very least, dear Barnes and Noble, you owe your readers an explanation so we'll know whether to expect this volume for the Nook soon - or never.
Supergirl9801 More than 1 year ago
I absolutely love this series and very frustrated that this book in the middle of the series is not available for NOOK! I clicked the button to request it, have no idea how long that will take. Please add!
jodidean More than 1 year ago
GREAT ADVENTURE
I love following the characters as they develope and age. I mainly read for escapism and I can get into this world easily. I feel like I know the family and am taking part in their adventures with them.
Bookmarque on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
I didn¿t think that this was the best one of the series. It had a plot but it wasn¿t very interesting. The romantic tension between the girl reporter and our old friend Kevin O¿Connell was a little forced. There wasn¿t a clear suspect to suspect in this one. The villain was pulled out of nowhere & we readers didn¿t even really have anyone in mind to think about. Yah, a weak attempt at framing the aristocracy was around but I didn¿t even have interest in it. Luckily there was humor and the writing was as good as always.
atimco on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
Ah, Elizabeth Peters, you've done it again! In this installment, Amelia Peabody Emerson and her husband Radcliff Emerson are back from the latest archaeological season in Egypt with their son, Ramses. They are staying in London so that Emerson can finish his book with ready access to the records at the museum, and of course they get embroiled in the latest mystery. Two men have been found dead in front of the museum's latest addition to the Egypt Room, a female mummy. Is this really a message from an outraged supernatural source (as the Daily Yell would have us believe), or is there something even more sinister going on? Amelia is, of course, determined to find out. I'd give this four stars, but the mystery was a little too convoluted and at one crucial moment Amelia is guided by a strange dream she had. Rather too convenient, that. Also, it was pretty plain to the reader that Emerson was not involved in any extramarital affairs, so Amelia's worry and jealousy come across as silly. Not that jealousy generally makes much sense to the outsider, and the point is that it makes you irrational, but it did leave me a little impatient with Amelia for being so dense. But I guess that's part of what makes her such a human character; for all her strength and determination, she has some very vulnerable points. Peters handles her characters so effortlessly, and they never are contorted into doing something uncharacteristic or hard to believe. And they are such lively people to read about! Whether it's Emerson growling through his favorite disguise (a big bushy beard), Ramses launching into one of his interminable speeches, or Amelia herself forging through a crowd with the point of her formidable parasol, they are outrageously themselves and yet somehow believable. Ramses' cousins Percy and Violet are humorous additions to the family circle this time around. I'm starting to see why this series is such a great one in the world of detective fiction. The characters are fun, the historical setting of Victorian England feels real, the Egyptology is fascinating, the narrative voice is opinionated and distinctive, and the mysteries themselves aren't bad. It's a winning combination that has won a legion of fans. And I can't say enough about Barbara Rosenblat's narration. I listened to this on audiobook and she understands Amelia's voice perfectly and often adds a little "hmm" or slight cough to accentuate the dialogue. Her voice for Emerson is great, too, and sometimes made me laugh aloud. It's a rich listening experience and though I own most of this series in print, I plan to work my way through it via the audiobooks at the library. It takes longer, but it's funnier this way, and I believe Rosenblat has recorded all the series so far. So that's The Deeds of the Disturber. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. Fun stuff!
Urquhart on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
Peters is a fantastic writer in the genre of Wilkie Collins and a joy to listen to on audiobook with narration by Rosenblatt.However, through out the book the way over the top abusive manner of Amelia Peabody towards her son Ramses is something that I do not get. Am I the only one bothered by this uninterrupted cruelty? And does Amelia have to disdain everyone? It becomes very over done after a while.Urquhart
kayceel on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
Amelia and Emerson compete to solve a mysterious death at the British Museum. We meet Miss. Minton, an aristocratic young woman who writes for a newspaper and bears a striking resemblance to Amelia.It's nice to have a story based in London - we get to see the Emersons' home life, and we also get our fist experience with Amelia's bratty nephew and niece, who spend most of the book tormenting Ramses off screen.Fun and funny - recommended.
tdfangirl on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
This book is definitely a change of pace for Peabody and Emerson. Instead of being set in Egypt, like the first four books in the series, this one takes place in London, though the mystery still centers around Egyptology.Ramses became infinitely more interesting to me in this book. Before he was a fun sort of curiosity, but now i'm taking him much more seriously as a character. His cousins? Are horrid.I particularly liked the insertion of jealously on the part of both Peabody and Emerson. It's about time we had a little conflict in their otherwise fantastic relationship, heh.The mystery itself was great; I actually gasped when the villain was revealed.
tjsjohanna on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
This was a nice change of pace from the earlier novels - a new setting, and some additional characters liven up the series. One of the funniest things about this series is that Amelia portrays herself and spouse as more perceptive than ordinary and more capable than ordinary - and yet Ms. Peters subtly pokes fun at that attitude with hints that things are otherwise than they seem. I'm liking Ramses more with each novel.
Crewman_Number_6 on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
I don't think this book was as strong as the others in the series. Maybe it is because it wasn't set in Egypt.
nbsp on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
Amelia Peabody Chron #5. Loved the tone. Crisp, funny dialogue. Set in Egypt. Son Ramses is forbidden but snoops anyway. Power struggles among husband, wife and son seem realistic and add a backdrop of humor to the plot.
mariabiblioteca on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
How is it that I'm only just now discovering the joy that is Elizabeth Peters? I've seen her books in the library before, of course, but I never really looked at them until I picked up this paperback in a rummage sale months ago, thinking it sounded interesting. I finally got around to reading it, and I enjoyed it so much! It's very witty historical fiction, and it was delicious to discover the delightful Amelia Peabody for the first time.
brendajanefrank on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
This is my first Amelia Peabody and Elizabeth Peters mystery. The novel is set in Victorian times. Peabody, as her husband, Emerson, calls her, is in London with the entire family. This includes Ramses, their precocious young son, and her young niece, Violet, and nephew, Percy. The latter two are the offspring of her very disagreeable brother, James, who foisted them off for a long period of at least six weeks. The typical who-done-it mystery ensues in the British museum, with a mummy playing a prominent role. By the way, did you know that ground mummy has been used as a medicinal treatment for various diseases? The family is VERY wealthy, residing in a mansion in London replete with servants of every sort, including footmen. Their language is quite florid. Peabody and Ramses use about 40 words for what Spenser (of the Robert Parker series) would say in three! At first, I thought that this story is so ¿talky¿ that I couldn¿t get through it. Then, I began to get into the mood of the socioeconomic milieu and enjoy it. To me, the mystery was an aside to portrait of the wealthy, elegant, intelligent, educated Victorian family. At breakfast Peabody tells a servant, ¿Take this toast away. . . it has become quite leathery.¿ She shops for custom-made frocks and tea gowns. The children wear sailor suits with hats and Violet wears ruffles and ribbons. Particularly amusing are the most discreet innuendos to Peabody and Emerson¿s busy and most satisfying sex life. Face it, it¿s difficult to be spontaneous in a house filled with servants who assist in dressing, undressing, filling the bath, delivering mail, announcing guests and tea time, dinner time, etc. Violet, a rather slow child, is noted for her tendency to gobble every teacake, biscuit and muffin within reach. Peabody notices that she is inflating like a frog and attempts, generally futilely, to restrict her consumption of sweets. Unlike the rest of the clan, dear Violet is a creature of few words. When Percy and Ramses suffer their frequent mishaps, usually involving tussles between them, Violet utters phrases such as, ¿Dead! Dead!¿ or ¿Nasty! Nasty!¿ In short, the mystery seemed to be an excuse for displaying the opulence of the British Victorian era and the eccentricities of the Emerson-Peabody entourage, an amusing setting well-worth visiting.
As usual, there is murder, mayhem, romance,and danger, not to mention archeology and a world war. The characters are so real you want to go to Egypt to meet the,m. Altho each book stands alone, they're better when read in order. They should make movies of these books. Peabody makes Indiana Jones adventures look like a girl scout picnic. Love all of them and reread them frequently.
A laid back humorous mystery well worth the read
Why is this not an ebook? Not fair. This is the non ebook in the series!
InTheBookcase More than 1 year ago
Elizabeth Peters strikes again! As does a MURDERER! This time Amelia and Emerson are back on England's soil, a rare occurrence for readers for this series. It's interesting to see how the couple gets along in London society, when we're so used to seeing them sweat in the Egyptian desert instead. While reading The Deeds of the Disturber, I was indeed all caught up in the mystery. The ending completely fascinates me. I didn't quite see it coming -- who would!? As this book clearly illustrates, Elizabeth Peters has to be a follow Sherlock Holmes fan. So many little "clues" she left for the reader, even down to Emerson's deduction skills, and including the daring name of one Mrs. Watson. Some of the little clues like this made me laugh. I do so enjoy these books, and I heartily recommend them as adult fiction. Some mature (but sweet) content is included.
Ichthyology1 More than 1 year ago
Why isn't this book available as an ebook????
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The Last Time They Met
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by Anita ShreveAnita Shreve
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From the last time Linda and Thomas meet, at a charmless hotel in a distant city, to the moment, thirty-five years earlier, when a chance encounter on a rocky beach binds them fatefully together, this hypnotically compelling novel unfolds a tale of intense passion, drama, and suspense. The Last Time They Met is a singularly ambitious and accomplished work by one of today's most widely celebrated novelists.
Anita Shreve is the author of the novels The Pilot's Wife, The Weight of Water, Eden Close, Strange Fits of Passion, Where or When, and Resistance. She teaches writing at Amherst College and divides her time between Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Anita Shreve began writing fiction while working as a high school teacher. Although one of her first published stories, "Past the Island, Drifting," was awarded an O. Henry Prize in 1975, Shreve felt she couldn't make a living as a fiction writer so she became a journalist. She traveled to Africa, and spent three years in Kenya, writing articles that appeared in magazines such as Quest, US, and Newsweek. Back in the United States, she turned to raising her children and writing freelance articles for magazines. Shreve later expanded two of these articles -- both published in the New York Times Magazine -- into the nonfiction books Remaking Motherhood and Women Together, Women Alone. At the same time Shreve also began working on her first novel, Eden Close. With its publication in 1989, she gave up journalism for writing fiction full time, thrilled, as she says, with "the rush of freedom that I could make it up."
New Hampshire; Massachusetts
B.A., Tufts University
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She had come from the plane and was even now forgetting the ride from the airport. As she stepped from the car, she emerged to an audience of a doorman in uniform and another man in a dark coat moving through the revolving door of the hotel. The man in the dark coat hesitated, taking a moment to open an umbrella that immediately, in one fluid motion, blew itself inside out. He looked abashed and then purposefully amusedfor now she was his audienceas he tossed the useless appendage into a bin and moved on.
She wished the doorman wouldn't take her suitcase, and if it hadn't been for the ornate gold leaf of the canopy and the perfectly polished brass of the entryway, she might have told him it wasn't necessary. She hadn't expected the tall columns that rose to a ceiling she couldn't see clearly without squinting, or the rose carpet through those columns that was long enough for a coronation. The doorman wordlessly gave her suitcaseinadequate in this grandeurto a bellman, as if handing off a secret. She moved past empty groupings of costly furniture to the reception desk.
Linda, who had once minded the commonness of her name, gave her credit card when asked, wrote her signature on a piece of paper, and accepted a pair of keys, one plastic, the other reassuringly real, the metal key for the minibar, for a drink if it came to that. She followed directions to a bank of elevators, noting on a mahogany table a bouquet of hydrangeas and daylilies as tall as a ten-year-old boy. Despite the elegance of the hotel, the music in the elevator was cloying and banal, and she wondered how it was this detail had been overlooked. She followed signs and arrows along a wide, hushed corridor built during an era when space was not a luxury.
The white paneled door of her room was heavy and opened with a soft click. There was a mirrored entryway that seemed to double as a bar, a sitting room with heavily draped windows and French doors veiled with sheers that led to a bedroom larger than her living room at home. The weight of unwanted obligation was, for the moment, replaced with wary acceptance of being pampered. But then she looked at the ivory linen pillows on the massive bed and thought of the waste that it was only herself who would sleep thereshe who might have been satisfied with a narrow bed in a narrow room, who no longer thought of beds as places where love or sex was offered or received.
She sat for a moment in her wet raincoat, waiting for the bellman to bring her suitcase to her. She closed her eyes and tried to relax, an activity for which she had no talent. She had never been to a yoga class, never meditated, unable to escape the notion that such strategies constituted a surrender, an admission that she could no longer bear to touch the skin of reality, her old lover. As if she would turn her back against a baffled husband, when once she had been so greedy.
She answered the door to a young bellman, overtipping the man to compensate for her pathetically small suitcase. She was aware of scrutiny on his part, impartial scrutiny simply because she was a woman and not entirely old. She crossed to the windows and drew back the drapes, and even the dim light of a rainy day was a shock to the gloom of the room. There were blurred buildings, the gleam of wet streets, glimpses of gray lake between skyscrapers. Two nights in one hotel room. Perhaps by Sunday morning she would know the number, would not have to ask at the front desk, as she so often had to do. Her confusion, she was convinced (as the desk clerks clearly were not), a product simply of physics: she had too much to think about and too little time in which to think it. She had long ago accepted her need for extravagant amounts of time for contemplation (more, she had observed, than others seemed to need or want). And for years she had let herself believe that this was a product of her profession, her art, when it was much the other way around. The spirit sought and found the work, and discontent began when it could not.
And, of course, it was a con, this art. Which was why she couldn't help but approach a podium, any podium, with a mantle of slight chagrin that she could never quite manage to hide, her shoulders hunched inside her jacket or blouse, her eyes not meeting those in the audience, as if the men and women in front of her might challenge her, accuse her of fraudwhich, in the end, only she appeared to understand she was guilty of. There was nothing easier nor more agonizing than writing the long narrative verses that her publisher put in printeasy in that they were simply daydreams written in ink; agonizing the moment she returned to consciousness (the telephone rang, the heat kicked on in the basement) and looked at the words on the blue-lined page and saw, for the first time, the dishonest images, the manipulation and the conniving wordplay, all of which, when it had been a good day, worked well for her. She wrote poetry, she had been told, that was accessible, a fabulous and slippery word that could be used in the service of both scathing criticism and excessive praise, neither of which she thought she deserved. Her greatest wish was to write anonymously, though she no longer mentioned this to her publishers, for they seemed slightly wounded at these mentions, at the apparent ingratitude for the longand tedious?investment they had made in her that was finally, after all these years, beginning to pay off. Some of her collections were selling now (and one of them was selling very well indeed) for reasons no one had predicted and no one seemed to understand, the unexpected sales attributable to that vague and unsettling phenomenon called "word of mouth."
She covered the chintz bedspread with her belongings: the olive suitcase (slim and soft for the new stingy overheads); the detachable computer briefcase (the detaching a necessity for the security checks); and her microfiber purse with its eight compartments for her cell phone, notebook, pen, driver's license, credit cards, hand cream, lipstick, and sunglasses. She used the bathroom with her coat still on and then searched for her contact lens case so that she could remove the miraculous plastic irritants from her eyes, the lenses soiled with airplane air and smoke from a concourse bar, a four-hour layover in Dallas ending in capitulation to a plate of nachos and a Diet Coke. And seeping around the edges, she began to feel the relief that hotel rooms always provided: a place where no one could get to her.
She sat again on the enormous bed, two pillows propped behind her. Across from her was a gilded mirror that took in the entire bed, and she could not look into such a mirror without thinking of various speakable and unspeakable acts that had almost certainly been performed in front of that mirror. (She thought of men as being particularly susceptible to mirrors in hotel rooms.) Her speculation led inevitably to consideration of substances that had spilled or fallen onto that very bedspread (how many times? thousands of times?) and the room was immediately filled with stories: a married man who loved his wife but could make love to her but once a month because he was addicted to fantasizing about her in front of hotel mirrors on his frequent business trips, her body the sole object of his sexual imaginings; a man cajoling a colleague into performing one of the speakable acts upon him, enjoying the image of her subservient head bobbing in the mirror over the dresser and then, when he had collapsed into a sitting position, confessing, in a moment that would ultimately cost him his job, that he had herpes (why were her thoughts about men today so hostile?); a woman who was not beautiful, but was dancing naked in front of the mirror, as she would never do at home, might never do again (there, that was better). She took her glasses off so that she could not see across the room. She leaned against the headboard and closed her eyes.
She had nothing to say. She had said it all. She had written all the poems she would ever write. Though something large and subter-ranean had fueled her images, she was a minor poet only. She was, possibly, an overachiever. She would coast tonight, segue early into the Q&A, let the audience dictate the tenor of the event. Mercifully, it would be short. She appreciated literary festivals for precisely that reason: she would be but one of many novelists and poets (more novelists than poets), most of whom were better known than she. She knew she ought to examine the program before she went to the cocktail party on the theory that it sometimes helped to find an acquaintance early on so that one was not left stranded, looking both unpopular and easy prey; but if she glanced at the program, it would pull her too early into the evening, and she resisted this invasion. How protective she had recently grown of herself, as if there were something tender and vulnerable in need of defense.
From the street, twelve floors below, there was a clanging of a large machine. In the corridor there were voices, those of a man and a woman, clearly upset.
It was pure self-indulgence, the writing. She could still remember (an antidote to the chagrin?) the exquisite pleasure, the texture, so early on, of her first penciled letters on their stout lines, the practiced slant of the blue-inked cursive on her first copybook (the lavish F of Frugality, the elegant E of Envy). She collected them now, old copybooks, small repositories of beautiful handwriting. It was art, found art, of that she was convinced. She had framed some of the individual pages, had lined the walls of her study at home with the prints. She supposed the copybooks (mere schoolwork of anonymous women, long dead) were virtually worthlessshe had hardly ever paid more than five or ten dollars for one in a secondhand book storebut they pleased her nevertheless. She was convinced that for her the writing was all about the act of writing itself, even though her own penmanship had deteriorated to an appalling level, nearly code.
She stood up from the bed and put her glasses on. She peered into the mirror. Tonight she would wear long earrings of pink Lucite. She would put her lenses back in and use a lipstick that didn't clash with the Lucite, and that would be that. Seen from a certain angle, she might simply disappear.
Copyright © 2001 by Anita Shreve
1. "She peered into the mirror. Tonight she would wear long earrings of pink Lucite. She would put her lenses back in and use a lipstick that didn't clash with the Lucite, and that would be that. Seen from a certain angle, she might simply disappear" (page 8). How would you characterize Linda's self-image at age fifty-two? What events and circumstances in her life have contributed to Linda's sense of self and, in particular, to her impulse toward self-effacement?
2. Speaking about love, Linda says, "I believe it to be the central drama of our lives. For most of us, that is.... It's something extraordinary that happens to ordinary people." Do you agree? To what extent is love the central drama of your life? Of the lives of the people around you?
3. What is the significance of Linda's success as a poet? How does it color Thomas's response to her when they meet again at the writers' festival?
4. Linda and Thomas feel an abiding passion for each other over many years. And yet Linda is also deeply in love with Vincent; her marriage to him was ostensibly happy and of profound importance to her. Do you believe it's possible to be passionately in love with two people at the same time?
5. Discuss Linda's relationship with her children. Do you consider her a good mother? Is there more she could or should have done to help Marcus? Why does Linda feel that every conversation with one's child, even one's adult child, must be a "mix of truth and lies" (page 58)?
6. Why is Thomas ambivalent about living in Kenya? How and why is his response to Africa different from Linda's? From Regina's?
7. Linda and Thomas have very different family backgrounds. Why is the teenage Thomas immediately drawn to Linda when she walks into his high school English class? Why, soon after, is she drawn to him? Is this a case of opposites attracting?
8. Thomas's most celebrated collection of verse is entitled The Magdalene Poems. Why do you think he chose this title?
9. How do you interpret the novel's ending? Identify passages throughout the novel that might have prepared you for what is fully revealed only at the very end of the book.
In The Last Time They Met, Anita Shreve, author of Fortune's Rocks and the bestselling Oprah pick The Pilot's Wife, shows how the decisions we make can affect the course of our lives. It is with mixed emotions that poet Linda Fallon greets her old lover, fellow poet Thomas Janes, when they bump into each other at a literary festival. Devastated by their breakup years before, Janes chose this moment to reconnect and, if possible, reignite their romance.
Shreve's cleverly designed act of prestidigitation is dazzling.
...a mystery, and one so astonishingly well-constructed that when you're finished you'll want to reread it at once.
...a fluid weave of past and present, subtly mounting suspense, an unabashed insistence on the primacy of love.
The latest work by this versatile novelist may be her most mature to date...demonstrates new subtleties...Shreve's compassionate view of human frailties...is at its most affecting here, as she meticulously interweaves past and present with total credibility.
...a flat-out, can't-put-it-down pageturner...a riveting story that teases and confounds...
This eighth novel from the bestselling author of The Pilot's Wife bucks the standard progression of time in both clever and problematic ways. Fifty-two-year-old poet Linda Fallon attends a literary festival and encounters her former lover, Thomas Janes. The two reacquaint themselves, sharing stories of the lives they've built in their years apart. As the festival closes, so too does the present-day time period. The next section of the book opens in Africa, twenty-six years earlier. Thomas and Linda, both married to other people, bump into each other at a fruit market; the chance meeting ignites their relationship. In the book's last section, set in Hull, Massachusetts, in the mid-'60s, the couple meets for the first time, and the intricacies of the story line abruptly unravel. Though the prose often sings, it can't transcend what is essentially a sentimental romance with a somewhat confusing plot contrivance; until the final pages, the reader must accept on faith the depth of Thomas and Linda's feelings. Still, the story is magnetic enough to engage one's interest through at least one readingthough possibly more.
E. Beth Thomas
The latest work by this versatile novelist (The Pilot's Wife; Fortune's Rocks) may be her most mature to date, as she demonstrates new subtleties in the unfolding of a complex plot. Proceeding in reverse chronological order, Shreve recounts the obsessive love between poets Linda Fallon and Thomas Janes; theirs is a highly charged affair, though they connect only three times in 35 years. The novel's three sections ("Fifty-Two," "Twenty-Six" and "Seventeen") refer to Linda's ages when she meets and later encounters Thomas first (last in the book's structure) as a troubled teen near Boston with "only indistinct memories of her mother and no real ones of her father"; then in Kenya, where Linda has joined the Peace Corps and Thomas's wife, Regina, is working with UNICEF; and finally at a literary festival in Toronto where both characters, unbeknownst to each other, are guest speakers. Though each of the novel's segments is intensely powerful, the cumulative effect is especially wrenching, as the reader knows what Linda and Thomas have yet to experience. Their Africa encounter is especially gripping, since both characters are torn between their mutual passion and their love for their spouses. (Linda has also married, and Regina's announcement of her pregnancy adds further tension.) Shreve's compassionate view of human frailties a recurring theme in much of her work is at its most affecting here, as she meticulously interweaves past and present with total credibility. Her fluid narrative perfectly mirrors her protagonists' evolving temperaments and viewpoints, while her overall restraint serves to intensify the novel's devastating conclusion. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Shreve is one of those rare novelists whose prose is just as remarkable as her storytelling. This new work picks up the character Thomas Janes from Shreve's The Weight of Water. (He is the husband of narrator Jean.) We learn the history of Thomas's great love with fellow poet Linda Fallon. The novel is told in reverse time, starting with the present, when Linda and Thomas, now in their fifties, reconnect at a literary festival. The middle section takes place in Africa, where the couple, then age 26, had a disastrous affair that horribly affected a number of loved ones and changed their own lives forever. The intensity of Africa's vibrant texture and color heightens the passionate drama. And the last section, during high school, takes place in New England, where Thomas and Linda launched their life-long obsession with each other. While the backwards progression is confusing at times and can necessitate some rereading, it is time well spent. The tragic relationship of these two connected souls will stick with you for days. Oprah-pick Shreve does it again with this achingly emotional novel. Stock up. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 12/00.] Beth Gibbs, formerly with P.L. of Charlotte & Mecklenburg Cty., NC Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Bestselling Shreve (The Pilot's Wife) reuses a character from a previous novel in this new work tracing a doomed love affair backwards in time. We meet 52-year-old Linda Fallon checking into a Toronto hotel for a literary conference, at which she meets fellow American poet Thomas Janes, whom she hasn't seen since the disastrous denouement of their adulterous affair in Africa 25 years earlier. Since then, as readers of The Weight of Water already know, he's seen his five-year-old daughter drown and gotten a second divorce. Thomas still carries the torch Linda first ignited when she was a working-class Catholic teenager recently returned from a Magdalene home for "wayward girls" and he was an Episcopalian from the right side of the tracks dazzled by her boldness and individuality. During the conference they fall into bed again, and Part One ends with a parting at the airport that offers hope of long-delayed happiness for this star-crossed pair. Part Two depicts their encounter in Kenya: both married to other people but retaining tender memories of the adolescent romance cut short by a car accident, they're briefly happy until Thomas's wife finally achieves her desperate desire to get pregnant, triggering an ugly confrontation the author inexplicably doesn't allow us to witness. Part Three finally gets us back to Hull, Massachusetts, but the story of Linda's abuse by her aunt's boyfriend and her sexual healing through Thomas's love is overshadowed by an outrageous final plot twist. It's fine to fool the reader if you play fair-for example, as Rebecca Goldstein did in Properties of Light. Shreve, by contrast, doesn't suggest that her solid (if not especially gripping) storyline is anything other than what it seems until she tears the entire premise to shreds in the book's two last pages. The shock ending and pretentious elements, such as Linda's unconvincing struggle with her faith, can't disguise the fact that the author is very short of fresh ideas here.
Last Time They Met 3.6 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 180 reviews.
Cheshire56 More than 1 year ago
You must read "The Weight of Water" before reading this fabulous book. Ms. Shreve once again take you beyong your normal surroundings and brings you characters that you'll remember for a long time to come. The description of Africa and the political unrest and culture was fantastic. I felt as if I'd gotten to take a trip to a tortured country and yet see the beauty amongest the ugly. I'll definitely share this book with family and friends.
I loved this book! Althought the reader might think that the plot is similar to many other love stories - the ending is so unique and amazing that it left me dazed and shaking my head; "wow - I didn't see that one coming"! Well done, Anita!
I have been trying to finish this book for two months now. It's confusing as it flashes into the past with no gap so you end up rereading pages just to figure out what is going on. I have read other books by this author and enjoyed them. Disappointing!
I like this author. I had read "all i ever wanted" in the past and gave this a shot. I like where the book went but i was not too impressed. I will give another one of her books a try though.
This novel of love and loss is beautifully written. The plot device is original and very well done. The ending will haunt you.
echoesofstars on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
I enjoyed the author's style. She writes just enough information to keep the reader guessing and wondering what comes next. I also enjoyed how the book traveled backwards through time - a very unique storytelling method that had to be somewhat difficult to accomplish successfully.However, I was not surprised as other people were by the ending of the book. What clued me in was the description of Thomas's Magdelene poems; the description could only fit one character and only one circumstance. This foreshadow easily cast the scenes of the book in a new light - I expected the ending.The Last Time They Met is an excellent read from an excellent writer.
Well-ReadNeck on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
50ish pair of poets reunited; flashback to age 27; flashback to age 17. Well done non-chronological book with surprise ending. I enjoy Anita Shreve books. Wonderful beach reads.
SeriousGrace on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
The story, divided into three parts, starts from the perspective of Linda Fallon at 52 years old. Widowed with two adult children Linda is a poet with a complicated past. Her tangled history is confronted when she encounters her former lover, Thomas Janes, at a literary festival. Thomas, also a poet, has gone on to become a legend of sorts after the drowning death of his young daughter drove him into seclusion. What the reader learns in Part I is that Linda and Thomas started a romance in highschool that ended badly. Part II is from Thomas Janes's perspective in Africa 25 years earlier than the festival. Linda, then 27, has married and is working for the Peace Corps when Thomas, also married, encounters her in an African marketplace. The fuzzy details of their teenage romance hinted at in Part I become a little more defined in Part II. The reader discovers a terrible accident allowed overly protective adults to separate the young highschool lovers and effectively dismantle their relationship by putting distance (and silence) between them. Part III is ten years prior to Africa. Thomas and Linda are 17 and in highschool. This final section brings the entire sage full circle. In all honesty my favorite way to read The Last Time They Met is front to back and then again, this time back to front. The tiniest of details become glittering and sharp when exposed by more supporting story.
CatieN on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
Linda and Thomas are in their early 50s and haven't seen each other in 25 years but, at one time, were desparately in love with each other. They are both poets now and happen to run into each other again at a gathering of authors. Shreve takes the reader back to their past, when they were together and when they were apart. Then we get to the ending. It is what I call a what-the-hell moment! After my initial shock, I then went back over the book to try and find clues that would have alerted me to what was going to happen at the end. Like it or not, it was an ending that makes the reader think and keeps the story in your mind for a long time.
Ladyeaton2 on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
Terrific Book and very good writer
lcrouch on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
This was one of the most well-written books I've ever read. Her foreshadowing was right on point and her words, put together as they were, had a life of their own. An excellent read.
cindyloumn on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
Liked it. But slow in parts. Very unexpected ending. VERY different.
karriethelibrarian on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
I loved Eden Close and other Shreve books, but when I started this book I seriously thought I couldn't get through it. It was sleepy and slow, nothing happening in the story line. Just another story about frustrated lovers who meet one last time before they go their separate ways. I managed to muddle through it and then got the surprise of my life on the last page. It was so shocking that it turned the entire book on its head and I immediately went back to page 1 and started the whole thing over again. I've never done that before, but I simply had to reread the book and look for the clues that would give me the inkling of what was about to happen. No such clues. Just BAM!My opinion of this book changed immediately and I convinced everyone on the beach to read it so I could lead a book discussion about it. While I sat next to my sun-basking friends, listening to them complain about how boring the books was, I was encouraging them to stay with it all the while chuckling to myself because I knew what was coming. To quote nearly everyone who finished it, "Oh my God! I didn't see that coming!"So now you must read the book without going to the last page and see what everyone was so shocked to learn.
I have read other books by this author and enjoyed them. This book was so slow and boring. the characters were uninteresting and painful to read. It took forever to finish.
Maybelles More than 1 year ago
My first Anita Shreve book - she had my at the first word and kept me on the edge of my seat til she killed me with the ending - great book.
Babette-dYveine More than 1 year ago
This is the first book by Ms. Shreve that I have read. It will probably be the only book by Ms. Shreve that I have read. I found it easy to read, and lyrical in places. I also found the plot intriguing. But the ending totally flummoxed me. I have absolutely no idea what happened. And I feel cheated. I wish I could recover the time I wasted reading it.
Personally, I liked the book very much. It was a "real life" story - not sugarcoated - and I totally understood how and why the book ended the way it did.
shanbritts More than 1 year ago
Loved parts of the book, the love letters were very romantic and real. But the end of the book threw me for a loop - completely unexpected and still have no idea what the heck happened.
Kathy3KL More than 1 year ago
The chracters were real and presented an intreseting story holding the readers's attendtion even if the book went back and forth in the time. They were raw and vulnerable.
Jumps in time frequently. Slow and confusing at times.
pendoughers More than 1 year ago
It was a very good read. Ilike this author's style. I have read many of her books.h
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The simulation hypothesis or simulation theory proposes that all of reality, including the Earth and the universe , is in fact an artificial simulation , most likely a computer simulation .
It ’ s widely accepted that the Simulation Argument as described above is pretty water-tight. It ' s just taking an honest look at a few options we have to consider when it comes to the idea of simulated realities. He has worked as a social media manager and consultant for over five years, while giving
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universe and colonize it . However, we do not observe any sign, signal or artifact of alien civilisations Well that’ s all fine, but what does our technological progress tell us about our universe ? In any case, if we are so humble to believe that we are neither the first nor the only intelligent life in the Given the sheer amount of simulated universes compared to civilisations simulating them, the overwhelming
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It is conjectured that one day it will be possible to produce a simulation of the universe with sentient beings. Sorry about the question mark. Ok so how you simulate 'sight' depends on how you simulate a 'thing' that I 'm guessing this would be a rudimentary comp simulation at first with AI .
The original paper that introduced the simulation argument
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General Assembly WDI, Week 7
What’s “this”? and the promise(d) land.
The first three days of Week 7 were devoted to our projects: Monday and Tuesday were work days, and Wednesday was for presentations. If you want a blow-by-blow of project two, I wrote up my daily dev log here.
While working on my project, I had an interesting conversation with one of the GA instructors about the API we use for our first project (Tic Tac Toe). I built a feature for my version of the game that gets all of a user’s prior game history when they log in and goes through each game that’s marked as “over” to calculate whether the game was a win, loss, or tie. These stats are tallied and displayed at the bottom of the window, and are updated as the user plays new games.
It doesn’t take a long time to calculate these stats—the logic isn’t terribly complicated, the entire package of data is pretty small, and, seriously, how many games of Tic Tac Toe could one person ever want to play? But I’ve been thinking about how much easier this process would be if, at the end of a game, we could just store the winner (or “tie”) on the server. That would let us avoid re-calculating the winner for each game just to get a stats counter.
After I made my pitch, I got a quick introduction to memoization, which is when you store data that takes some time to calculate on a server, so you can retrieve it rather than recalculating it each time. The key point we covered: memoization without validation can be dangerous. It would be easy to mark a player as the winner without the game being over and/or without that player having won. Also, for Tic Tac Toe, it’s not really a big issue, as it’s not that computationally expensive to re-tally the stats each time (it’s also, as was pointed out to me, a good exercise for us). Another point: memoization involves a tradeoff between time (to recalculate) and space (to store extra data on the server). Lastly: this is still a bit above my paygrade as someone relatively new to the field. But it’s cool to be thinking about!
Another couple of things that came up during project presentations that I want to remember:
A handful of people recommended Bootsnipp for examples of good uses of Bootstrap for specific UI elements (things like testimonials or five-star ratings).
One person made the best wireframes using Balsamiq. I experimented with creating my wireframes in LucidChart, since I had already sketched out my data relationship model there, but I ended up drawing them by hand, which was faster and easier. But those Balsamiq wireframes…they were gorgeous.
It’s a bad idea, optimization-wise, to include an entire font in your project if you’re only going to use a couple of characters (for a logo or an icon, for example). It slows down load times, especially on mobile; it’s better to make a .png of what you need and use that instead. Guilty as charged—going to try to do better next time.
After a quick review of distributed git workflows (our next project is a group project), we jumped back into JavaScript to talk about this.
Back to JavaScript today at @GA_boston. #thisjokes #whatsthis pic.twitter.com/WEs5MGbP9Q
— RebekahHeacockJones (@rebekahredux) October 6, 2016
It’s notoriously difficult to understand.
Actual code example from the @MozDevNet docs on “this”: https://t.co/Cuf6FT6Sir pic.twitter.com/4uLqiFIsDb
Though I think (hope) I’m starting to get a better handle on it. We talked about the “four patterns of invocation” (described by Douglas Crockford in JavaScript: The Good Parts):
Function Invocation Pattern: If you call a function in the global namespace, this refers to the global object. In the browser, this is the window; in Node, you’ll get the node object. Note that this is not true if you’re using 'use strict'—strict mode disables this from pointing to the global object; instead, it points to undefined.
Method Invocation Pattern: If you call a function on an object (dog.bark()), this refers to the “host object” (the object on which you called the method). Inside of bark(), this will be dog.
Call/Apply Invocation Pattern: You can use .call() and .apply() to pass an object to a function and use that object as this. If dog.bark() uses this.name to return "George is barking", dog.bark.call(giraffe) would return "Geoffrey is barking" (assuming your giraffe is named Geoffrey). .call() and .apply() have the same result; the difference is in the signature (.call() takes a list of args; .apply() takes the object and then an array of args). Mnemonic (from CodePlanet): “Call is for comma (separated list) and Apply is for Array.”
Constructor Invocation Pattern: If you create a new object with a constructor function by invoking that function with new (new Dog), then this (when using the methods that exist on that constructor’s prototype on that new object) will refer to that new object.
Here’s where my understanding gets a bit fuzzy—I’d like to review these two points a few more times:
You can attach .bind() to a function to create a new “bound” function that uses the object you pass to .bind() as its this. So let giraffeBark = dog.bark.bind(giraffe) will mean that calling giraffeBark() returns "Geoffrey is barking".
Why is this complicated? When we pass a callback function, we’re not executing that callback. The callback function is run when the function that calls the callback is run. The execution environment is not always what you would expect, which is why this can change.
On Friday, we started exploring Node. We’d used the node repl before to experiment with JavaScript from the command line and run simple scripts, but we hadn’t covered much more beyond “okay, now type node into your command line. Okay, you’re good to go!”
We started with a quick overview of the difference between working in Node and working in the browser: both are JavaScript runtime environments. Browsers include APIs for interacting with the DOM; Node includes APIs for interacting with the server and the file system.
From there, we started using the Node file system methods to read from and write to files. We were working with a script that takes two optional command line arguments: the file to read, and the file to write. If the write file isn’t provided, the script writes to /dev/stdout, which was initially described to us as “the terminal/console.log() in node.” If a dash (code>-) is given instead of a file to read, the script reads from stdin. Time for me to have a Capital M Moment with the command line. I kept running variations on this script, like so:
node lib/copy-file.js data/infile.txt outfile.txt This works as expected: the contents of data/infile.txt get copied to outfile.txt)
node lib/copy-file.js data/infile.txt Again, as expected: the contents of data/infile.txt get written to the console (in Node, the Terminal)
node lib/copy-file.js - outfile.txt This is where things got confusing. The dash means I want to read from stdin, which I currently understand as “the Terminal,” which I process as “the command line.” But…where, exactly? I try this:
node lib/copy-file.js - outfile.txt And get nothing—as in, I have to forcibly exit out of node because it’s waiting for an argument it’s never going to get.
node lib/copy-file.js - outfile.txt data/infile.txt Same thing. In this case, “data/infile.txt” is the fifth command line argument, which the script isn’t looking for/expecting.
data/infile.txt node lib/copy-file.js - outfile.txt An error from bash this time: -bash: data/names.txt: Permission denied
At this point, I can’t think of any other permutations, so I raise my hand and ask for clarification and am reminded about pipes, which are used to pass the output of one command to another command as input.
I try data/infile.txt | node lib/copy-file.js - outfile.txt and get another error from bash (this time with more detail):
-bash: data/names.txt: Permission denied
SyntaxError: Unexpected end of input
at Object.parse (native)
at /Users/Rebekah/wdi/trainings/node-api/lib/copy-json.js:44:17
at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (fs.js:380:3)
I’m told I have to use cat to read the the contents of data/infile.txt: cat data/infile.txt | node lib/copy-file.js - outfile.txt. It works!
And I am SO CONFUSED.
I know that cat reads files. But I ALSO know that our script takes a file path—not the contents of that file—and then uses node’s fs module to read that file. From where I’m sitting, it looks like we’re reading the file twice.
(Are you ready? Here’s where the Moment happens.)
I’m confused because I don’t understand stdin/stdout. I’m still thinking of them as “the command line” or “the Terminal.” My mental image of what happens when I run cat data/infile.txt | node lib/copy-file.js - outfile.txt is that it’s the same as running node lib/copy-file.js "all the contents of data/infile.txt" outfile.txt.
(I’m obviously still learning this, so guidance on this particularly is welcome in the comments, and I’ll do my best to update with any corrections.)
Stdin is a file handler or a stream, not a floating, headless mass of whatever you gave it. When I type cat data/infile.txt, I’m reading the contents of data/infile.txt into stdout, which the | then picks up and uses as stdin. I’m not sending the contents of data/infile.txt—to my script as the infile argument. It helped me to think about it as copying data/infile.txt to a new pseudo-file called stdout (and then to stdin), and giving “stdin” to my script instead of “data/infile.txt.” The script can then read the contents of stdin in the same way it can read the contents of data/infile.txt.
(This has been A Moment with Bash.)
None of that was actually the point of the lesson, which was to teach us that Node (unlike plain old JS or jQuery) can interact with the file system, which is pretty cool. It also served as a segue for learning about callback hell and Promises, which we talked about after a quick detour:
.@jrhorn424 just treated us to a dramatic reading of https://t.co/J6PhqWx7GS and 😂😂😂 @GA_boston #javascript #pbj
After a round of applause, we spent some time talking about what we should take away from this article. My own favorite response is this one:
This thread by @captainsafia on engineering / learning / tool proliferation is excellent. 👏 👏 👏 https://t.co/N0tNXELREn
But we also talked about the importance of getting the job done and of learning how to focus your energy (and on what). Someone also made the point that the PB&J dude has clearly never been in a grocery store before, and a huge part of GA is, effectively, taking us on lots and lots of trips to the grocery store—we might not know every botanical detail about the tomato, but we know that you don’t need a tomato to make a PB&J, so we’re already, like, eight steps ahead of this guy.
(Lost? It’s worth reading the article, and also the original article about learning JS in 2016. I also really like this response from Addy Osmani: “first do it, then do it right, then do it better.”)
Entering the Promised Land
On to promises. When ES6 came out, I remember reading an article on Medium about promises as part of a larger effort to educate myself about JavaScript, generally speaking. At the time, it was over my head—it was one of those articles that you struggle through because you don’t know what most of the code means and can’t yet conceive of a useful situation for this particular feature.
I’m not sure I’m *that* much clearer on Promises now, but I’m getting closer. Here’s my key takeaway so far:
Promises get you out of callback hell: they help you organize asynchronous code in a more linear way, so it’s easier to read and understand.
The rest is mostly details:
Promises can be pending or settled. Settled promises can be fulfilled or rejected.
Promises can only settle once. When they are settled, they are either fulfilled or rejected, but they can’t switch or resettle.
When you write a promise, the promise’s “executor” takes two functions as arguments: resolve and reject. The executor usually does something asynchronous (read a file, for example), then, when that work is finished, calls either resolve (if it’s successful) or reject (if there’s an error). resolve fulfills the promise and passes whatever data you give it to .then, which takes a callback that executes with that data. reject rejects the promise and passes the error you give it to .catch, which takes a callback that executes with that error.
Both .then and .catch return promises, so you can keep chaining .thens and .catches together.
I found this diagram, from the MDN docs on Promise, helpful:
We spent some time “promisifying” scripts that used callbacks, focusing specifically creating “wrapping functions” in Node to use promises instead of callbacks. The emphasis was on avoiding these common mistakes:
Not returning something from .then (unless the .then statement its the last thing in the chain). If you mess this up, data won’t continue to propagate down the chain.
Not calling resolve and reject in the executor somewhere.
Not handling errors (if you don’t, your promise will fail silently).
Executing a callback (i.e., .this(doStuff(data)).this(doStuff)).
Treating AJAX like a promise. $.ajax() is not a promise.
$.ajax() returns a jqXHR object, not a promise.
As we work more with Node, it sounds like promises are going to be a Big Deal. At the end of last week, they didn’t feel intuitive, but after our homework over the weekend and class yesterday and today, I’m starting to feel a bit better about them. Onward!
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Musk In ’60 Minutes’ Interview: ‘I Do Not Respect The SEC’
Filed Under:60 Minutes, Elon Musk, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Social Media, Tesla, Tesla Motors, Twitter
FREMONT (CBS SF / CBS News) — Bay Area-based Tesla CEO Elon Musk told “60 Minutes” he doesn’t respect the Securities and Exchange Commission, but says he’s only abiding by the terms of a settlement he made with the SEC because “I respect the justice system.”
The settlement followed an investigation brought on in part by one of Musk’s tweets.
After tweeting, “Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured,” Musk agreed that his “communications relating to the Company… including… Twitter” would be overseen by the Tesla board. In the clip above, Musk says none of his tweets have been censored since the settlement.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk interviewed by Leslie Stahl of “60 Minutes” for an episode that aired on December 9, 2018. (CBS)
“I wanna be clear,” Musk tells correspondent Lesley Stahl in an interview that aired Sunday, “I do not respect the SEC. I do not respect them.”
To see Lesley Stahl’s full interview with Elon Musk, in which he also discusses his behavior on social media, pot use during a podcast interview and Model 3 production, among other topics, click here.
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Taking a Page (or Two) from Eudora Welty Books
May 10, 2014 May 27, 2019 Saxon HenryBooks, DesignLabs, Philanthropy
Eudora Welty with her mom and siblings.
Taking a Page (or Two)
from Eudora Welty Books
“Why don’t you design a chair, Saxon?” My normal response to the question, posed by the inimitable Tamara Matthews Stephenson, would have been, “Pshaw; I’m no designer!” This means the only explanation I have for the insanity that caused the words “Why not?” to cheerfully slide from between my smiling lips is that I was caught up in the jet-wash of Toma Clark Haines’ and Justin Shaulis’ enthusiasm as they agreed to participate the #TakeASeat charity auction benefitting the New York Chapter of the International Furnishings and Design Association (IFDA). Or was it the now famous phrase uttered by fellow southerner Eudora Welty?
“Why was I not even vaguely aware this was sheer foolishness at the time?” I asked myself upon waking the next morning as the full impact of the crazy move hit me. “I’m a writer, not a designer or artist; what the heck was I thinking?”
Don’t Be Like the Rest of Them, Darling!
Thankfully, the cogs kept turning long enough for me to realize my gal pal Pryor Callaway would be the perfect collaborator, not only because she is an artist and Pratt-educated industrial designer; she’s also a fellow southerner, which gave us some serious south-of-the-Mason-Dixon-Line shorthand to tap into as we discussed our initial ideas.
As we talked about lifelong inspirations, an obvious choice came springing to mind—that southern writer (and Pryor’s fellow Mississippian) Eudora Welty. The caveat I now think I should blame my participation on? “Don’t be like the rest of them, darling.” Since this pretty much sums up our personalities and the way we live our lives, we knew we’d hit pay dirt.
The sexy chair that would serve as her design double was so quickly and easily nabbed from a midtown street (thanks ever so much for your wicked sharp eye, Scott Switzer!), the project seemed to take on a life of its own. The most delicious part of the effort for me was having an excuse to reread one of my favorite Eudora Welty books, One Writer’s Beginnings, which contains three lectures the author gave at Harvard University in 1983.
In the talks, she presents beautiful narratives about her childhood and the signs that proved she was developing the patterns of a writer, which she delineated as “Listening,” “Learning to See” and “Finding a Voice.” Though I read it in 1984, the book remains deeply important for me because it was one of a handful that inspired the writer’s notebook discipline I have maintained since.
In the chapter “Finding a Voice,” her description of a train trip she took with her father when she was a girl is as remarkable a depiction of experiential narrative I’d ever read, inspiring me to record a number of memories I might never have put down on paper, including a Sunday afternoon excursion I took with my family when I was twelve.
The soupy Tennessee humidity comes rushing back as I write this—an irrefutable oppressiveness even while the wind pummeled me through the half-lowered windows of the candy apple-red Forty Ford my dad had spent months restoring. The roll-tucked vinyl upholstery of the back seat the size of a deep-cushioned sofa stuck to the skin on the backs of my legs as Hang On Sloopy thumped a plunky beat from the eight-track player dad had installed in the glossy burl walnut dashboard he’d created from scratch.
The Descriptive Powers of Eudora Welty
A, ahem, nude Miss Welty.
My favorite piece of Welty’s story was her description of the sleeping compartment to which she and her father would retire as the train trundled through the darkened countryside:
“The swaying porter would be making ready our berths for the night, pulling the shade down just so, drawing the green fishnet hammock across the window so the clothes you took off could ride along beside you, turning down the tight-made bed, standing up the two snowy pillows as high as they were wide, switching on the eye of the reading lamp, starting the tiny electric fan—you suddenly saw its blades turn into gauze and heard its insect murmur; and drawing across it all the pair of thick green theaterlike curtains—billowing, smelling of cigar smoke—between which you would crawl or dive headfirst to button them together with yourself inside, to be seen no more that night.”
I asked Pryor how Eudora had first inspired her and she told me Welty’s descriptions wowed her just as strongly as they had stirred me: “She could create conversation that made you feel like you were sitting on the porch with the characters, the same ‘glow’ of sweat on your brow as had popped out on theirs.
It’s all about the process…
She had a talent for capturing life in the small southern town and revealing it as if she was peeling back the layers of an onion. Southerners speak in a sort of code sometimes, with a politeness that is much louder if you know the language, and Eudora knew the language.”
Pryor’s descriptions of her childhood experiences could have been culled from the pages of a Welty story: “I grew up playing Old Maids with my grandmother after school until cocktail hour rolled around. Once the drinks came out, my brother and I would catch lighting bugs in Mason jars around the water oak tree while the adult members of the family enjoyed their libations on the deck. I guess you could say her stories of a southern life hit home.”
There were geographical ties between the two, as well. Eudora attended college in Pryor’s hometown of Columbus, Mississippi, and Pryor went to Millsaps College in Jackson where Welty was born and lived most of her life: “When I was at Millsaps, I lived three or four blocks from Miss Welty and I could shoot myself that I never knocked on her door!”
Pryor works her magic on Miss Welty.
I asked Pryor if covering the chair with Welty’s fiction had made her feel any differently about the author’s stories, and she answered, “I don’t think the chair has made me feel differently but the process certainly did. As we were laminating the non-consecutive pages from her 13 short stories onto the seat and back of the chair, I was looking for a line or two to highlight on the pages and I was just amazed that not even knowing the context of the story or characters, every page I picked up contained a little piece of art that made my southern heart smile. In fact, many of them actually made me laugh out loud!”
Given the authenticity and creativity this project inspired in us, it’s going to be a bit tough for us to say goodbye to our Miss Welty but we will be happy if she brings the IFDA NY and the Habitat for Humanity some beneficial funds during the auction, which will take place this coming Wednesday, May 14, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Room & Board (105 Wooster Street in the NYC Soho neighborhood).
The vivacious Libby Langdon will be the auctioneer during the event, which is also sponsored by New York Cottages and Gardens. I hope you’ll buy tickets online and join us because this will be an incredible evening benefitting a seriously good cause. In case you’re wondering how I feel about my foray into the decorative arts now that the deed is done, I’m happy to report I’m thrilled I participated.
To be honest, and to my tremendous relief, it has been a remarkably fun project from concept to execution thanks to Pryor’s fearlessness with machine tools and finicky substances I wouldn’t have dreamed of being in the same room with much less using! Here’s to girl power of all stripes (and with a gamut of tools, including the almighty pen), right Miss Welty?
Drumroll, please: our lovely little lady, Miss Welty!
In all her glory, the reigning Miss Welty!
Footnote: Pryor and I would like to thank architectural photographer Paul Clemence for photographing Miss Welty. In case you will attend the Venice Biennale and would like to go, the panel takes place on June 4 at 4 p.m. at the Istituto Europeo di Design, located at the historic Palazzo Franchetti on the Grand Canal, definitely a fitting venue for a discussion on time and architecture. If the panel is even half as inspiring as the book, it’s worth a plane ticket and the jet lag. Here’s to the legacy the intrepid architectural aficionado will leave!
The Modern Salonnière and this DesignLabs entry Taking a Page (or Two) from Eudora Welty Books © Saxon Henry, all rights reserved. Saxon is an author, poet and strategist. Books include Anywhere But Here, Stranded on the Road to Promise and Four Florida Moderns.
Tagged authenticity, books of letters, design narratives, famous writers, literary design encounters, New York City, novelists, Venice
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SF novel with “keepers of knowledge” who have to answer any question they're asked, but everyone else has to answer the questions they ask
A couple of years ago I read the first two novels in a series about a post-colonization world where there was a group of people whose job was to carry information from one town to another. The rule was that people could ask any question they wanted of these people, but also had to answer any question of these people. The group maintained a library that was the "sum of all knowledge" and members had to keep, and archive extremely detailed diaries to add to that knowledge.
Main character was a female keeper of knowledge.
The society was clearly divided along lines of technology. We learned in the second novel that satellite weapons were continually scouring the badlands and that there were an aristocracy who called themselves the "crewe".
I think it was a female author.
I'd like to read the next/last novel in the series, but can't remember either title or author!
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Well I appear to be 4 years late but this is definitely The Steerswoman Series by Rosemary Kirstein.
The main protagonist is Rowan - a woman who is a Steerswoman - who travels the land collecting and disseminating knowledge. Every Steerswoman follows the rule that they must answer any question people ask (to the best of their ability) but also require that any question they ask must be answered truthfully. They are attempting to collect and understand all knowledge.
From Goodreads:
Steerswomen, and a very few Steersmen, are members of an order dedicated to discovering and disseminating knowledge. Although they are foremost navigators of the high seas, Steerswomen are also explorers and cartographers upon land as well as sea. With one exception, they are pledged to always answer any question put to them with as truthful a response as is possible within their own limitations. However, they also require anyone of whom they ask questions to respond in the same manner, upon penalty of the Steerswomen's ban; those under the ban do not receive answers from the steerswomen.
The land is populated by the general population, Outskirters, Wizards and Goblins.
The Steerswomen come from the general population and give and take knowledge freely until someone refuses to answer a question. This brings them into conflict with the Wizards who refuse to answer questions about their power. The Steerswomen are a group who maintain The Archive - a collection of knowledge - and are led by The Prime.
The Wizards are a tiny number of people who have enormous powers.
The Outskirters are barbarians who live in scrubland on the edges of civilisation.
The Goblins are creatures that attack humans
Big Spoiler 1:
The heroine Rowan becomes interested in some jewels that are found in a strange widely distributed pattern. Eventually we discover that they are the remains of a satellite that has de-orbited but her search for understanding brings her into conflict with the Wizards who control the satellites
The reader comes to understand that the Wizards are descendants of the crew of the colonisation ship and are the only people who have "scientific" knowledge (e.g. Chemistry / Physics) rather than the type of knowledge collected by the Steerswomen.
Later books allow Rowan to discover that the habitable area of land is small but growing and that it was much smaller in the past. It is being made larger by the Wizards magic (actually orbital satellite weapons) which are being used to exterminate the Goblins. The Goblins are actually indigenous, intelligent local lifeforms and the satellites are scorching the ground to increase the ability of terran flora and fauna to expand.
The four books are:
The Lost Steersman
The Language of Power
Be aware that books 1 & 2 have been published as one book under the title The Steerswoman's Road.
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Is there mention of an aristocracy called "the crewe"? – Valorum Sep 5 '15 at 21:34
@Richard: I can't remember. I'd have to re-read the books in their entirety. – Robotic Cat Sep 5 '15 at 23:05
We'll wait for you. Hurry back though :-) – Valorum Sep 6 '15 at 1:28
@Richard Yes, it's used in "Language Of Power", though it's "Krue". I love this series and this is definitely the correct answer. – Schwern May 5 '16 at 20:03
I believe the series you are looking for may be The Snow Queen Cycle by Joan D. Vinge.
The imperious Winter colonists have ruled the planet Tiamat for 150 years, deriving wealth from the slaughter of the sea mers. But soon the galactic stargate will close, isolating Tiamat, and the 150-year reign of the Summer primitives will begin.
Their only chance at surviving the change is if Arienrhod, the ageless, corrupt Snow Queen, can destroy destiny with an act of genocide. Arienrhod is not without competition as Moon, a young Summer-tribe sibyl, and the nemesis of the Snow Queen, battles to break a conspiracy that spans space. Interstellar politics, a millennia-long secret conspiracy, and a civilization whose hidden machineries might still control the fate of worlds all form the background to this spectacular hard science fiction novel from Joan D. Vinge.
rintaunrintaun
That definitely has some of the elements: the Sybils have access to a hidden repository of knowledge of sorts, though I don't remember people being required to answer their questions. The society is divided into the Summers, low-tech and respecting Sybils, and Winters, high-tech and rejecting Sybils. Winters do have satellites IIRC, but I don't see what the “crewe” would be. The main character in the first book is a Sybil. The second book would actually be the third, The Summer Queen. – user56 Jun 25 '11 at 11:51
@Gilles I wondered about the "crewe" myself, but I couldn't find any book in which such a group appeared. – rintaun Jun 25 '11 at 11:55
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Last of 10 Defendants Pleads Guilty In Prescription Drug Conspiracy
Deni Antelope, Dustin Big Medicine Courtesy Natrona County Sheriff's Office
The last of 10 defendants pleaded guilty Friday for her role in a state district court case related to the federal multistate prescription drug conspiracy allegedly orchestrated by a Casper doctor and his wife.
During the hearing in Natrona County District Court, Deni Antelope pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, a Schedule II drug, and one count of conspiracy to deliver a Schedule IV controlled substance Xanax.
Assistant District Attorney Trevor Schenk told Judge Daniel Forgey the state would recommended a suspended four- to six-year suspended sentence for the oxycodone crime and a 18- to 36-month suspended sentence for the Xanax crime.
Antelope would be placed on supervised probation, instead, Schenk said.
She told Forgey she would buy prescriptions from Dr. Shakeel Kahn and sell the pills to others who did not have prescriptions in Fremont County. In turn, she received pills as payment, she said.
Forgey said he would accept the plea deal, and would set her sentencing later.
On Sept. 22, Dustin Big Medicine -- Antelope's husband -- was the first of the 10 defendants to plead guilty in the case. He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycontin, a Schedule II drug.
Defendants are charged with one, some or all of four counts: conspiracy to deliver a Schedule II controlled substance (oxycodone and oxycontin); conspiracy to deliver a Schedule IV controlled substance -- alprazolam; and two counts of conspiracy to deliver heroin.
Local, state and federal agencies discovered Antelope, Big Medicine and the other defendants during the investigation of Kahn and his wife, Lyn, who are charged in federal court with multiple counts, according to court records. Two other defendants were later charged in the federal drug conspiracy case: Paul Beland, and Kahn's brother Nabeel Khan. Their trial probably will happen next year.
Law enforcement agencies began investigating the Kahns after they received reports Shakeel Kahn was prescribing abnormally excessive amounts of controlled substances, mostly opiates, in Natrona County. The DEA found people would travel from Fremont County and as far away as Massachusetts to obtain prescriptions.
The Kahns were arrested at their home in Casper on Nov. 30.
As the DEA's investigation progressed, the DCI learned people would pay $500 in cash a month for a prescription of whatever they wanted, as long as they signed a contract stating they were not wearing a wire, not working with law enforcement, and promising to never call the doctor a drug dealer.
The patient added Kahn would fax the prescriptions for patients to Vape World, 211 E. 12th St., which was operated by his stepchildren. The store is now closed.
The DCI also monitored conversations between Lyn Kahn and Deni Antelope who obtained prescriptions for opiates Antelope and Big Medicine would sell on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Defendant Amy Tomlinson will be sentenced first. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
The criminal warrant that outlined the case named five other defendants who have yet to be arrested,
After the hearing, Schenk said five other defendants named in the criminal information document have yet to be arrested and there are active extradition warrants for them.
Filed Under: Conspiracy
Categories: Casper News, Wyoming News
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(-) Remove Vol 62 (Special Issue) - 2013 filter Vol 62 (Special Issue) - 2013
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Reconciling Post-Positivist and Post-Modern Worldviews in Climate Research and Services
Weather, Climate, Climate services, Research, Environment, Partnership, Capacity development
Bulletin nº Vol 62 (Special Issue) - 2013
Publish Date: 1 June 2013
Climate change has evolved into an almost all-encompassing issue of this generation. What had begun in the realm of the physical sciences has now proved more complex than initially anticipated, and to be inherently tied to human lifestyles and decision-making.
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Reducing and Managing Risks of Disasters in a Changing Climate
Weather, Climate, Climate services, Drought, Disaster risk reduction, Floods, Agriculture and food security, Water
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is a core priority of WMO and one of the four priorities areas to be addressed by the Global Framework for Climate Services. An analysis of 1970-2009 EM-DAT1 data reveals 7 870, reported disasters from climate, hydro and meteorological hazards, leading to the loss of 1.86 million lives and causing economic damages amounting to US$ 1.954 trillion (adjusted to 2011 US$ prices).
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Weather, Climate, Water, Climate services, Partnership, Observations, Environment, Satellite
In 2009 when world leaders from 155 countries agreed to establish a Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS), a challenge was launched to both the scientific community and the users of climate services to galvanize collaborative efforts to develop effective climate services in support of decision-making.
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What’s New on Netflix in April 2019
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Netflix has a big slate of original content in April, including new episodes of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and the debut of You vs. Wild, a new interactive series where viewers get to make the decisions (and perhaps decide the fate!) of survival expert Bear Grylls. The service is increasingly deemphasizing older films, but this month they are still adding some good classics, like Bonnie and Clyde and All the President’s Men.
Here’s the full list of everything coming to Netflix in April:
Avail. in April
Chambers -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
A young heart attack survivor becomes consumed by the mystery surrounding the heart that saved her life. However, the closer she gets to uncovering the truth about her donor's sudden death, the more she starts taking on the characteristics of the deceased -- some of which are troublingly sinister.
ULTRAMAN -- NETFLIX ANIME
With aliens once again threatening Earth, young Shinjiro must now don the metallic ultra-suit to become Ultraman -- like his father before him.
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon: S2
P.S. I Love You
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D
The Bone Collector
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Kevin Hart: Irresponsible -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Kevin Hart brings his sold-out comedy tour, Kevin Hart: Irresponsible, to a global audience for his first original Netflix standup special. The one-hour special was filmed in front of a sold-out live audience of over 15,000 people at the O2 Arena in London, England. Hart touches upon his friends, family, travel, ... and a year filled with Irresponsible behavior.
Suzzanna: Buried Alive -- NETFLIX FILM
After a pregnant woman is murdered, her spirit seeks revenge against her increasingly terrified killers, who are determined to finish her off for good.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Part 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Part 2 finds Sabrina exploring her darker side, curious to learn more about her heritage, while struggling to maintain her friendships in the mortal world. Romantically, Sabrina is caught in an unholy love triangle with between sexy warlock Nicholas Scratch and salt-of-the-Earth mortal Harvey Kinkle. Meanwhile, The Dark Lord, Madame Satan, and Father Blackwood continue to conjure chaos in the Spellman household and the town of Greendale. And they aren’t the only ones trying to raise hell. Everything is in question…relationships, identity, true intentions…when the devil’s work is at hand.
Legacies: Season 1
Our Planet -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Exhilarating visuals and stunning footage of rarely-seen animals mix with somber truths about humanity's impact on the planet's habitats and species.
Persona: Collection -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
An eclectic exploration of different personas in a collection of four short films directed by critically acclaimed Korean directors.
Roman Empire: Caligula: The Mad Emperor -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Once beloved by the troops and people alike, Caligula shocks Rome by ruling with the cruel depravity and debauchery that make him infamous.
Spirit Riding Free: Season 8-- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Big changes lie ahead for Lucky and her friends in an eventful final season -- from new babies at home to a faraway boarding school.
Tijuana -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
When a prominent politician is murdered in cold blood, intrepid local journalists risk their lives to uncover the truth.
Unicorn Store -- NETFLIX FILM
Kit (Brie Larson), a twenty-something dreamer, receives an invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.
Trolls: The Beat Goes On!: Season 6 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The trolls face a day without a holiday, Biggie accidentally starts a fun-tastic new dance craze, and Guy turns a camping trip into a "glamping" trip.
New Girl: Season 7
You vs. Wild -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
In this interactive adventure series, you'll make key decisions to help Bear Grylls survive, thrive and complete missions in the harshest environments on Earth.
Black Summer -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.
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Why should religion be kept out of healthcare?
Filed under: Catholic Church,Cause and Effect,Ethics,failed logic,faith-based beliefs,God,Healthcare,Insanity,Medicine,woo — tildeb @ 11:55 am
Because it has nothing to do with providing best practices healthcare and everything to do with promoting its theology! And the problem becomes obvious when authority for healthcare decisions must pass through religious leadership that determines – based on theology and not medicine – if best practices ALIGNS with its dogma.
This is Crazytown.
Welcome to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, a town of about 35,000 people who have one hospital called the Jane Phillips Medical Center. That hospital is part of Ascension Health, a large Catholic health care consortium.
Yeah, so what?
Well, in order to do their jobs, local obstetricians and gynecologists need to maintain privileges there.
In order to maintain privileges, a doctor must meet the hospital’s POLICIES.
Sounds reasonable, right, because healthcare policies should be informed by best practices, right?
Catholic hospitals determine their polices based on Catholic doctrine first and foremost. Medical ethics are subject to this doctrine.
Are you beginning to grasp how concern about an incompatibility between religious belief and science-based treatment might arise?
Stick with me here.
What happens when Catholic doctrine stands contrary to some science-based medical service like… let’s say… oh, I don’t know… there are so many to choose from… birth control. Let’s return to Bartlesville/Crazytown and find out together, shall we?
Here is where the rubber of medical service providers meets the road of Catholic doctrine: local OB-GYN doctors who wish to maintain privileges at the one hospital can no longer prescribe birth control for birth control because it’s contrary to Catholic doctrine.
a meeting was held Wednesday to inform local doctors of gynecology and obstetrics that they can no longer prescribe contraceptives of any kind — if they are to be used as birth control. – See more at: http://examiner-enterprise.com/news/local-news/reports-jpmc-doctors-no-longer-allowed-prescribe-birth-control#sthash.O7ZbfxWK.dpuf
Who determines what healthcare services best fits the needs of patients and on what grounds: medical practitioners with advanced medical training or a group of celibate men in dresses and funny hats who pretend they can turn wine into blood and crackers into flesh by mumbling some Latin?
You are not surprised to find out that the authority – the right and god-sanctioned ethical authority – just so happens to be the group of celibate men… who require no medical expertise whatsoever who are on the basis of their religious authority better able to determine what constitutes the right medical services to provide. The specific patient’s welfare isn’t worth shit; maintaining the Church’s ethical standards are paramount, and local OB-GYNs are turned into their accomplices.
And some people are so militant, so strident, so hateful as to suggest that this hierarchy is intolerable in the public domain where there really is compelling evidence that religious belief when imposed on others is fundamentally incompatible with exercising individual autonomy to hold evidence-based science, its products, and its medical practitioners in higher esteem than religious shepherds s leading flocks of willing religious sheep. We are to vilify those who complain about this religious interference in the public domain to be superior to those who are educated and highly trained people in certain practices. After all, they must immoral because that’s what religious leadership tells us so it must be true. This is equivalent to plumbers and their expertise subject to oversight by those who think pipes can be cleared of problems caused by evil spirits through exorcism. If you have a plumbing problem, this kind of authority suddenly becomes your concern when the plumber you must hire is obligated to not fix it for religious reasons.
The ongoing incompatibility between faith-based and science-adduced practices is so obvious, so ludicrous, so ethically screwed up, that its a mystery anyone with two neurons to rub together might think this hierarchy for determining services is in any way reasonable. It’s not; the truly delusional inmates are running the asylum… or, in this case, the hospital and its medical services.
How do the religious undermine the Golden Rule?
Filed under: abuse,Argument,belief,blasphemy,child abuse,Critical Reasoning,Criticism,Debate,delusion,Enlightenment,Equality,Ethics,failed logic,Faith,Freedom,Human Rights,Ignorance,Insanity,Intolerance,Law,Liberty,misogyny,Morality,Public policy,Religion,religiously inspired violence,rights and freedoms,Society,Suffering,theism,theology,Transcendence,values — tildeb @ 12:53 pm
I read many comments and articles by ‘moderate’ theists who suggest that, at their core, religious beliefs are really all the same, that what people are responding to with various kinds of religious faiths is recognizing the transcendent, honouring the spiritual, paying homage to a felt but never seen creative and loving force. It all sounds so… well, kumba ya-ish. And heart-warmingly lovely, mitigating the trivial differences that so easily separate us and acts like a special kind of blessed force (unseen by athiets, of course) that promotes the common good.
And then I read something like this and have to remind myself that the metaphorical holding of religious hands argued by different theists about life-enhancing nature of religious compatibility is nothing more than soothing lies we find in the daily practice of religious beliefs that inform how we behave towards others.
A 17 year old girl lived a hellish life and died a horrible death because of people acting on their religious convictions. More religion will never solve this ongoing and familiar tragedy played out in the lives of us little people who grant their religious convictions and the convictions of others a legitimate role in determining how to behave in ways that supposedly honour a god.
This is insane. And it’s insane because doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result – some divine enhancement in the lives of humans – is not a rational nor reasonable expectation. Such a belief that a different result will occur is maintained in spite of contrary yet consistent evidence of harm caused by acting on religious convictions. When we choose to empower such beliefs with an assumption that they are legitimate because they involve some homage to a deity, then we have left the arena of what is rational, what is reasonable, what is probable, what is likely true, and entered the arena of what is is merely hoped for, what is wished, what is improbable, what is likely false. And this legitimizing of what is hoped for in spite of evidence to the contrary is not compatible with empowering respect and audience for what is true. Expecting more religious belief to magically find some way to stop the kind of human abuse people commit in the name of some god is crazy talk. It’s delusional. It’s dangerous and, in the case of Nurta Mohamed Farah, deadly.
Anyone who thinks that religious belief has a legitimate and compatible role to play in helping anyone determine how to treat other human beings with dignity and respect is guilty of helping to legitimize the actions of people to do terrible things to other people for exactly the same reasons. By legitimizing the intentions of those who act to honour some god, we legitimize the basis of such assumptions that they are true, that they are accurate, that they are correct. Such assumptions help to legitimize delusion and insanity rather than what’s rational and reasonable and backed by consistent evidence. Those who assume that religious belief is equivalent to rational thinking have no evidence to insist the two are compatible methods of inquiry, compatible voices that need to be heard, compatible means to inform morality and ethical behaviour, compatible avenues to establishing respect not only for the rights and freedoms and dignity of other people but how to act in ways that achieve these results. The evidence does not support this assumption. What evidence there is shows that by legitimizing delusional thinking, we legitimize its failure to respect other people’s claim to equal rights, legitimize its failure to establish equal freedoms, legitimize its failure to support equal respect between people, and we see this failure played out in religious inspired tragedy after religious inspired tragedy.
Isn’t it high time in the 21st century to stop tolerating and legitimizing this failed voice offered up as a compatible way of achieving noble goals and Enlightenment values by the religiously deluded? The religious perspective has nothing to offer any of us but more failure to be reasonable and rational and consistent with the evidence in every area of human endeavor in which it is granted a fair hearing. Isn’t it time we recognized its failure? Isn’t it time that we gave full credence to the rational and reasonable voice of a basic equality and dignity for all in shared rights and freedoms and reject the anti-rational voice of delusion? Is that not the least we can do on an individual basis if for no other reason than in memory of this one girl whose sad life was warped and twisted and ended by the deluded in the name of their religious beliefs? Isn’t a human life more important in and of itself to be treated as we ourselves wish to be treated – with the same level of dignity and respect – than simply as a piece of property of some god to be used and abused by the faithful who claim to be fulfilling god’s wishes?
We really do have to choose eventually because these different perspectives and antithetical methods of achieving our goals are not compatible. Agreeing at the very least to empower the Golden Rule seems to be a good starting point for everybody… unless you are deluded, in which case your opinions should not be invited to the grown-up’s table.
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Archive for the ‘History’ Category
April 30, 2014 Anuraag Sanghi 2 comments
Does Indian society and polity need to defend itself against random barbs of sectarianism? Any quantitative measure would indicate that no grounds exist for such barbs.
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fter having to give away Pakistan and Bangladesh (now), which was about 20% of the Indian land-mass, India by rights could have decided to be a narrow, sectarian country.
End Games
Even before the Indian Partition, Indians in neighbouring countries (e.g. Sri Lanka, Burma) under British influence were expelled, excluded and made into second class citizens.
These were difficult political compromises made by Indian negotiators – to arrive at the outline of current political India. With a broken economy and no military back-up, negotiations with world’s pre-eminent military and economic power were never easy or straight-forward.
In any negotiations, British Raj usually started with an advantage.
Trading Losses
100-years before Independence, in 1840, Britain had already lost Afghanistan – which was a part of the Sikh Empire last ruled by Maharaja Ranjit Singh and founded by Banda Bahadur.
Soon after Independence, Tibet was lost to China – while US made much noise and gave little support. Keeping Communist China with one foot outside the Soviet camp, to US was more important than Tibet or India.
After ceding Pakistan and losing traction in Burma, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Tibet were major blows to India. These were major raw-materials sources for India and markets for Indian output. These countries were also important buffers from land-based military adventurers.
Polity Trends
After these kind of amputations, the modern India that was put together has a vast numbers of ‘minorities – with no singular elitist class. In Bharattantra, Brahmins and banias were excluded from political affairs and the State was excluded from academic and economic affairs.
In this kind of context, the Congress Party, painted as a ‘Hindu’ party, had to make special efforts to be seen as a national party. Above sectarian politics. After 70-years of seeing treatment in the West and in neighbouring Pakistan and Bangladesh, the long-term fundamentals of Indian society should be plain.
Especially to Indian Muslims.
Worship vs Religion
Since, worship-practices in India have been so varied, to make that as a political point does not come easily to Indian polity or society. Unlike the West, where secularism came about due to Napoleonic imposition to curtail excesses by the Church.
In Bharattantra, India’s traditional political philosophy, State intrusion into worship-practices or traditions is alien and unacceptable.
However, in most parts of the world, religion is usually a political weapon – controlled by One Book, One God, One Government, One Currency, One Morality, et al.
Hence, for and in India, wariness about making religion into a political issue is ever-present – which must be dealt with the contempt that it deserves.
Can there be any room for debate or discussion on this?
Can we?
Having granted Pakistan, midwifed Bangladesh, historical agreements are clear. Muslims from the Indian sub-continent, who wish to insert Islam into politics are free to do so.
In Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Categories: History, India, Politics, Religion, Social Trends Tags: Colonialism, Desert Bloc
September 7, 2013 Anuraag Sanghi 3 comments
To rebut shallow readings of Harishchandra story no external logic, data is needed Answers are in the criticism itself.
Advertisement for First Indian movie, ‘Raja Harishchandra’, appeared in Bombay Chronicle on 3rd May, 1913.
ndian ignorance of Bharattantra (the classical Indian political system that governed India) is so colossal that it only be seen when ‘respected’ writers expound on Indian classics in mainstream media – from a position of total ignorance and bias.
Take this. We have today a post on Raja Harishchandra which is being faulted for all the values that it stands against.
Below is an excerpt.
Fifty generations have been told to emulate the virtuous monarch. In order to keep his word, Harish Chandra was prepared to endure the worst possible misery. The nobility of this is emphasised in every retelling. Gandhiji, for example, loved the story and, certainly, he lived by this principle of accepting extreme personal hardship in the pursuit of his moral principles.
What is not emphasised is that Harish Chandra was also prepared to put other people through equally great misery, without consulting them, in order to keep his word. He ruined his family and humiliated his wife by forcing her to strip in public (that particular theme has always fascinated Indians). Apart from the patriarchal assumption that his wife and son were disposable goods, he thought his word outweighed his responsibilities as a family man.
We are not told what happened to the kingdom’s per capita income in the period between his abdication and the divine intervention. Perhaps the place prospered. Perhaps not. Either way, Harish Chandra handed over executive responsibilities and the state’s resources to someone with unknown competencies when it came to making executive decisions, or managing state finances. As an absolute monarch, he did not, of course, consult his subjects on the regime transfer.
The story also contains a raft-load of caste stereotypes and biases. Brahmins are good; Kshatriyas are good; corpse disposers are dirty, unless they are gods or Kshatriyas in disguise. The biases and assumptions offer fascinating insights into the social structure of ancient India: absolute monarchy, absolute patriarchy, caste rigidities and a twisted code that placed personal honour above the well-being of the family, or of entire kingdoms. In itself, this would be only of historical interest.
The scary thing is that Harish Chandra’s behaviour is cited as being worth emulating in 21st-century school textbooks. The negative externalities of his behaviour are ignored even in the modern versions of the story. Caste and patriarchal prejudices are reinforced, and the concepts of democratic consultation and consensus are conspicuous by their absence.
By contemporary moral standards, Raja Harish Chandra was a monster. He should have broken his word and taken whatever punishment the Maharishi handed out, sooner than cause this sort of harm to his family. Nor should he have disposed of state resources in this irresponsible fashion and placed the lives and fortunes of all his subjects in potential jeopardy.
Moral standards change. When you read an old story, you have to cherry-pick the moral lessons you should imbibe from it. Unfortunately, as a nation, we seem to have internalised all the wrong lessons from Raja Harish Chandra.
His laudable commitment to the truth and to keeping his word has fallen by the wayside. But the monumental self-absorption and absolute indifference to the well-being of others that he displayed characterise both our public and private behaviour.
The parable also supposedly teaches us to rely upon divine intervention. Raja Harish Chandra beggared himself and abdicated responsibility for the state’s resources. Only divine intervention put things right again. We emulate him as best we can, by playing ducks-and-drakes with our public finances. Unfortunately, divine intervention is not that reliable when it comes to fixing fiscal deficits.
via Devangshu Datta: The problem with the parable | Business Standard.
Usual Stuff …
The writer of this post, Devangshu Dutta (DD), makes the usual five points.
Rigid caste system
Absolute monarchy
State-controlled economy
Self-absorbed Indians
To see how shallow DD’s reading of Harishchandra story is, no external logic or data is needed. All the answers are in the criticism itself.
Caste System: If Raja Harishchandra could from a king become a chandala to a king again, how rigid was the caste system?
In which society, in the history of the world has a king become a king again after having come down in his life to a lowly status as a chandala?
Rajas & Nawabs: What are the marks of absolute monarchy? Grand palaces, monuments, costly wars, humongous treasuries, over-taxed peasants groaning in misery, oppressive police and soldiery, et al.
How many such elements do we find in Indian history for 4000 years after Raja Harishchandra?
From Indus Valley-Saraswati Basin cities till Mughal India how many monuments do we find? Over-taxed peasants make an entry after Mughal India and the British.
Royal Patronage: It may come as a surprise to DD that the ‘Indispensable’ State was not the engine for Indian economic activity till about 100 years ago.
While economies in the Rest of the World depended on royal patronage, Indians had unfettered right to land and gold. Even currency and coinage were not controlled by the kings. So much for DD’s silly argument of ‘absolute’ Indian monarchs.
This ensured that local and national economy did not depend on royal patronage or initiatives.
Unlike in the ‘modern’ ‘free market’ or socialist economies.
Slavery: Slaves have no control over slavery.
From capture to death, slaves have no control over their destiny – and this loss of liberty has State protection. Indian classics have many stories how kings became ‘dasas’ and later freed themselves from the position of ‘dasas’.
Dasas controlled their servitude – whereas slaves cannot. Indian legal texts expounding Bharattantra have no laws that give State protection to slave-owners. India remains the only society in history that has never given legitimacy to slave owners. It appears that slave owning societies were described as asuric societies.
In fact, there is no Indian word for slaves – except imported words.
Self-absorbed Indians: From Matthew Arnold to Max Muller, we have seen how colonial Britain has painted Indians as inward looking.
Factually, from the Indian woman who was the inn-keeper at Babylon to the Yogi who met Socrates, Indians have travelled the world over. Indians are the second largest diaspora in the world today – after the Chinese. Unlike Christopher Columbus or Vasco da Gama who were sponsored by the State, the Indian diaspora has spread across the world at their own risk –
Without State sponsorship.
The skeptical and unbelievers, will have counter-arguments – which is a valid position. But DD’s post seems to show that as far as Indian classics go …
In modern India, we have the blind leading the ignorant.
The birth of India’s film industry: how the movies came to Mumbai (guardian.co.uk)
Academics, eminent citizens dismayed over biases in textbooks (thehindu.com)
Caste and Sexuality in India (caltech.typepad.com)
Categories: History, India, Indian media, Politics, Religion, Social Trends Tags: caste system, Raja Harishchandra, slavery
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) – Problem? Solution! Irrelevant?!
March 26, 2013 Anuraag Sanghi 7 comments
It is time that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) went to the BJP for some lessons in ideology.
RSS has been a favorite whipping boy of the Congress | November 2010 cartoon by R.Prasad
Complete or incomplete, let this 1st step of anti-rape law by Parliament be welcomed. Most important is, men's attitude 2 women shud change
— Ram Madhav (@rammadhavbjp) March 20, 2013
have no idea what kind of people Ram Madhav is hanging around with!
Me and the people I hang around with, seem to have no problems with women – and women who know us and deal with us don’t seem to be having a problem.
Who are the men that Ram Madhav thinks, who need to change that he is talking about?
So is Ram Madhav talking about?
His set of people – of whom I know nothing
My set of people – who are not a problem
All Indians – in India, which has a low rape percentage by any world standards.
Rapists – who are a small minority; and unlikely to affected by such silly statements or silly laws made by Lok Sabha.
Why fault an entire society or a gender for the actions by a few deviants?
BjP has built a comprehensive, consistent agenda | August 2009 cartoon by Unny; source & courtesy – churumuri.wordpress.com
Regular 2ndlookers will recall earlier cases of such obscurantism from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
We had Mohan Bhagwat the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief comparing and promoting the British Raj a little over a year ago.
Soon after an ex-editor of Tarun Bharat, the RSS publication, MG Vaidya was pushing Nitin Gadkari as the BJP chief. Why? Because Nitin Gadkari is a Maharashtrian – and MG Vaidya suspected non-Maharashtrians to be anti-Maharashtrian.
Over the last 3 decades we have had the BJP build an enviable rightist narrative for India – at variance with the rather steamy Congress propaganda – overdone now for 60 years too long.
A geriatric RSS leaderehip with last century’s narrative in an post-modern India
A Past Dead & Gone
RSS with the Western chuddies, (copied from Nizamshahi police uniform), their pseudo-martial Western marching music, hand half-raised, open-palm salute are all dated and irrelevant.
It is time that RSS went to the BJP for some lessons in building ideology.
‘Saffron terror’ remark controversy: BJP, RSS divided over Shinde’s apology? (ndtv.com)
After strategy session with RSS, BJP core group meets today (ndtv.com)
BJP’s bumpy entry into post-Advani phase (Comment) (vancouverdesi.com)
‘Saffron terror’ clarification works for BJP but not RSS, apparently (ndtv.com)
RSS-BJP chasm widens (thehindu.com)
Sangh not convinced by Shinde’s ‘regret’ over Saffron terror remark (dailymail.co.uk)
Ram Madhav lauds Govt., demands action against Afzal Guru’s supporters (indiavision.com)
Persecuted Hindus fleeing Pakistan, Bangladesh: RSS (thehindu.com)
Polls take priority as RSS conclave begins (dailymail.co.uk)
RSS chief backs VHP’s resolution for building Ram temple (thehindu.com)
Categories: History, India, Media, Politics, Social Trends Tags: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), British Raj, Colonialism, Nitin Gadkari, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
Looking At Mrinalini-Mallika Sarabhai: Progressive, Feminista, Activista
February 19, 2013 Anuraag Sanghi 6 comments
Using State patronage, Mrinalini Sarabhai emasculated Bharatanatyam, making it sterile and esoteric.
Annie Besant in Cardiff (1924) with two Theosophical Society officials from India greeted by Cardiff Theosophists at Cardiff Central Station. Back Row: (Left to Right) Miss Chambers (looking to right) Miss Wallis (almost hidden), Mrs Freeman, Mr Peter Freeman (General Secretary, Wales), Mrs Graham Pole. Front Row: (Left to Right) Mr Graham Pole, Babu, Dr Annie Besant, The Right Honourable Sastie. Lad presenting flowers is David Freeman, son of Peter Freeman.
ver the last ninety years, women from three generations of Sarabhai family have been a significant fixture of the Indian media-elitist press.
Look Down In Anger
Led by Mrinalini – widow of Vikram Sarabhai, the leader-pioneer of India’s successful space program. Looking down at her husband’s traditional Indian family, but hanging onto her revered husband’s coat-tails, Mrinalini Sarabhai inveigled herself into India’s ruling elites.
Using State patronage, Mrinalini Sarabhai emasculated Bharatanatyam, making it sterile and esoteric. So much so, thanks to Mrinalini and her acolytes, Bharatanatyam to an ordinary Indian has become a laughing matter.
In parallel was Rukmini Devi Arundale, married to British Theosophist Dr. George Arundale. Mainly responsible for ‘sanitizing Bharatanatyam by ‘removing the extraneous sringaar and erotic elements from the dance’ to obtain Western respectability. A dance form that was enriched by more than 2000-years of Indian culture, has now become dead in just 75 years.
Following in Mrinalini’s footsteps, is daughter Mallika Sarabhai and grand-daughter, Anahita. Promoting the toxic sludge leftover by the British Raj.
The Arundale-Sarabhai women are a small part of a larger picture. Rukmini Devi Arundale sought to ‘improve’ Bharatanatyam ‘inspired’ by ballerina, Anna Pavlova – while Mrinalini Sarabhai went to USA, American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Col. Henry Steel Olcott,
Cogs In A Wheel
Rukmini Devi Arundale was influenced by her own family’s links with the Theosophical Society with its tangled roots and thinking.
From Germany.
The German nation is less than 150 years old. Born out of Napoleonic wars, the idea of Germany depended on Indian historiography for a national narrative. Indic concepts like Aryan values, were distorted by Anglo-German academics into an Aryan tribal identity. Taking this Aryan philosophy further, German thinkers progressed to create a new theology for their new nation – theosophy. From Germany, these ideas travelled to Britain, where Madam Helena Petrovna Blavatsky formed The Theosophical Society.
Theosophists were used by the British Raj to make a flanking attack on Indian society. The British Raj made prominent land grants to The Theosophical Society. Its HQ at Chennai is a landmark even today. Superficially ‘sympathetic’ to an Indian viewpoint, Theosophists subverted Indian history, building a base for the acceptance of trojan ideas like Aryan Invasion Theory. Theosophists promoted the image of ‘reasonable’ Britishers with whom Indians could do business with.
British Theosophists like Annie Besant and Allan Octavian Hume, of the Liberal Progressive kind, promoted the Congress.
Indians soon took over the Congress and made it into a raucous, Independence-demanding, anti-colonial organization. In the Congress, those with Theosophist-linkages were immediately welcome – and given important positions (like George and Rukmini Arundale).
Excerpts from a recent interview with three-generations of the Sarabhai women. Ideas that are toxic-sludge dressed attractively.
Mrinalini: My mother Ammu was a fashionable young lady. She drove her own horse and carriage, and was friendly with many of the women who were at the forefront of society. After my father’s death, my mother made our home, Gilchrist Gardens, a centre for both social and political circles.
Mallika: The legacy I got from my mother was to not have to think in terms of gender, to celebrate being a woman, a feminine feminist.
A flavor of Pre-Independence India
Mrinalini: With the growing unrest in the country and Gandhiji’s call to women to participate in the freedom struggle, she joined the Congress in the late 1930s, became President of the All India Women’s Conference,Sarojini Naidu visited us often, with her sisters Mrinalini and Subhashini and brother Harindranath. My mother was drawn into the women’s movement and became active in the struggle for their rights through them. Subhashini was an ardent communist, an enemy of the British, and once took refuge with us.
On marriage to Vikram Sarabhai
Mrinalini: For me, getting married and moving to Gujarat was a big challenge. Especially since I married into such an overpowering family like the Sarabhais, I felt very alone. Vikram was immediately immersed in the business and his laboratory, and did not have much time to be with me. The whole family was extremely self-contained, and seemingly so confident, which made me feel inadequate. To live up to the high ideals of the family, which were never put into words but very obvious from my mother-in-law’s behaviour, gave me a sense of isolation that has lasted all my life. They conversed in Gujarati, which I did not understand. People do not realise the trauma a girl goes through when she marries into an alien background. Perhaps that is why marriages in India are still arranged by the families whenever possible. Even little things like food suddenly take on enormous proportions. It was as though I did not exist, except when we met at lunch or dinner. It was so overwhelming. Small happenings, but they leave deep scars.
On economic ‘independence’ – and its effects
Mrinalini: I think economic independence is very much required to live the life of your choice. My father’s will was unusual. He had left my mother her own income, and equal shares to each of the four children. So all of us were financially secure.
Mallika: It’s been very, very hard. When I took over Darpana — the institution for performing arts which my mother had set up — in 1977, about 30 percent of its funding came from the government. I decided that if I wanted to chart an independent course, I had to reduce our dependence on the government. By the 1990s, we used to get a fair amount of corporate funding for either individual events or for festivals. But after 2002, and my stand against Narendra Modi and my public interest litigation against him in the Supreme Court, the corporate sponsorships gradually stopped. For instance, we have an amphitheatre space that Amul used to sponsor events at. Post 2002, that stopped. A lot of these CEOs are my classmates from IIM Ahmedabad, and they would say to me: “Mallika, we can sponsor you anywhere outside Gujarat. But in Gujarat we are told in no uncertain terms that we will not be allowed to operate here if we associate with Darpana.”
Mallika: In 2006-07, we were going to do a performance at the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute in Gandhinagar. They were very keen to have us. The audience was in place and the show was set to begin at 6:30 PM. At 5:45 PM, the Director, looking very shame-faced, walked up to us and said, “Sorry, I have to cancel the show because I’ve just had a call from Anil Ambani’s office. The Chief Minister’s office called Anil Ambani’s office to say, ‘You will not have Mallika Sarabhai perform.’”
Activista Mallika
Mallika: But I continue the work because I believe it’s important. We’ve just done an outreach project in Jharkhand, in 400 villages. The performance was developed with the local people. It’s about the lives of two families — one has six children with one girl. At one stage, the woman is pregnant for the seventh time and she is brought in through the audience, screaming with pain. You had to see the faces of the women in the audience. Because this is all a nightmare they have lived. The woman goes into a government clinic behind the screen and there is silence. The doctor comes out and says, “We’ve lost her.” One year later, the university that sponsored this programme did a study and found that 85 percent of the people who saw that performance had adopted to family planning methods. It’s the highest they have seen anywhere in the world.
Mrinalini: It was always my desire to address the problems of life through dance. It was only when I came to Ahmedabad that I became aware of the problems of women. I was studying Gujarati and had begun to read the newspapers every morning. There were constant reports of young women who died, who were burnt alive. Slowly the horror of these incidents obsessed me and Memory, the dance drama about these hapless brides, was created. I set the plot in Saurashtra. It was the first time that Bharatanatyam spoke of a social problem. From then on, there was no looking back.
On their ‘brand’ of ‘feminism’
Mallika: I’m going to go back to Draupadi. Because in the Mahabharata, she said to Yudhishtra after he lost the game of dice, “I love you but you are a weak man and what you have done is wrong.” For us, when we say “I love you”, it means taking the whole package. We do not separate the fact that you can love somebody and still say, “you are wrong.” Draupadi also says: “I have a brain and a womb, and I’m proud of both.”
Mallika: I think where India can score is that our feminism does not have to equate with masculinity. I’m empowered because I’m empowered. Not because I’m powerful in relation to somebody else. It’s not a race with somebody else. That is essentially feminine. We were never a monoculture. The same woman could be a trident-wielding Kali and also become Parvati and who could then flow as Ganga. We are losing this.
via ‘Our feminism is not in opposition with masculinity. It’s not a race’.
Errata: Earlier version of this post wrongly linked the families of Rukmini Devi Arundale and Mrinalini Sarabhai families. Reader’s comments are pointers to the error. Suitable corrections made.
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Of postures and rhythm (thehindu.com)
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Her-stories (thehindu.com)
Killers of creativity #Censorsip #FOE (kractivist.wordpress.com)
Categories: Britain, History, India, Politics, Social Trends Tags: Allan Octavian Hume, Annie Besant, Mallika Sarabhai, Rukmini Devi Arundale, The Theosophical Society
Does The State Have A Right To Decide Children Names?
Talking of names, in parts of the Free World, names are State policy. Progressive, liberal and modern West.
any years ago, on a visit to Odisha, I met a gentleman named Duryodhana Nayak. At that time, to me Mahabharata was not itihaas but mythology. I could not imagine or fathom why any parents would name their child after Duryodhana.
The reason I found later, was that Duryodhana married a princess, the daughter of Chitrangadha, the Kalinga king. Kalinga part of the five eastern kingdoms, that included: Anga (east, central Bihar), Vanga (southern West Bengal and Bangladesh), Kalinga (Sea shore of Odisha), Pundra (western Bangladesh and West Bengal, India), Suhma (north-western Bangladesh and West Bengal).
Subsequent search showed that Odisha has many more Duryodhanas. I could find Duryodhana Rout, Duryodhana Kuanr, Duryodhana Singh, Duryodhana Bisoi, Duryodhana Mangaraj, Duryodhana Biswal, a minister named Duryodhana Majhi, Duryodhana Pradhan, Duryodhana Dehury, Duryodhana Mahapatra, Duryodhana Kanhar, Duryodhana Das, Duryodhana Jena, Duryodhana Roy, Duryodhana Samanata, Duryodhana Behera, Duryodhana Satapathy, Duryodhana Das – and Duryodhana Nayak who I met.
Talking of names, in parts of the Free World, names are State policy. In the Progressive, liberal and modern West.
A 15-year-old is suing the Icelandic state for the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother. The problem? Blaer, which means “light breeze” in Icelandic, is not on a list approved by the government.
Like a handful of other countries, including Germany and Denmark, Iceland has official rules about what a baby can be named. In a country comfortable with a firm state role, most people don’t question the Personal Names Register, a list of 1,712 male names and 1,853 female names that fit Icelandic grammar and pronunciation rules and that officials maintain will protect children from embarrassment. Parents can take from the list or apply to a special committee that has the power to say yea or nay.
In Blaer’s case, her mother said she learned the name wasn’t on the register only after the priest who baptized the child later informed her he had mistakenly allowed it.”I had no idea that the name wasn’t on the list, the famous list of names that you can choose from,” said Bjork Eidsdottir, adding she knew a Blaer whose name was accepted in 1973. This time, the panel turned it down on the grounds that the word Blaer takes a masculine article, despite the fact that it was used for a female character in a novel by Iceland’s revered Nobel Prize-winning author Halldor Laxness.
Given names are even more significant in tiny Iceland that in many other countries: Everyone is listed in the phone book by their first names. Surnames are based on a parent’s given name. Even the president, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, is addressed simply as Olafur.
Blaer is identified as “Stulka” — or “girl” — on all her official documents, which has led to years of frustration as she has had to explain the whole story at the bank, renewing her passport and dealing with the country’s bureaucracy.
Her mother is hoping that will change with her suit, the first time someone has challenged a names committee decision in court.Though the law has become more relaxed in recent years — with the name Elvis permitted, inspired by the charismatic rock and roll icon whose name fits Icelandic guidelines — choices like Cara, Carolina, Cesil, and Christa have been rejected outright because the letter “c” is not part of Iceland’s 32-letter alphabet.
The board also has veto power over people who want to change their names later in life, rejecting, for instance, middle names like Zeppelin and X.
via Icelandic girl fights for right to her own name.
Icelandic girl wins right to name (bbc.co.uk)
Icelandic girl fights for right to her own name (news.yahoo.com)
15-year-old girl with missing moniker set to sue Icelandic government in fight to legally use her name (independent.co.uk)
Icelandic Girl Fights for Right to Her Own Name (abcnews.go.com)
Girl fights to use name where only ‘approved’ list allowed (thestar.com)
Iceland teen known legally as ‘girl’ fights for right to name (foxnews.com)
Krishna, the messenger (thehindu.com)
Teen legally known as ‘Girl’ fights for her name (worldnews.nbcnews.com)
What’s in a name, asks this Icelandic girl! (thehindu.com)
Categories: History, India, Politics, Religion, Social Trends Tags: Duryodhana, Iceland, Icelandic grammar, Orissa
Akbaruddin Owaisi – Hindus can keep their Ajanata Ellora Nudes
January 20, 2013 Anuraag Sanghi 13 comments
India probably has the least monuments for each century of history. Most of monuments in India were built by India’s Islamic rulers – and later the British.
n a few things, I agree with Akbaruddin Owaisi.
Indeed, apart from a few monumental temples, what monuments has ‘Hindu’ India built?
Practically none.
India in the Image Of Desert Bloc
Most monuments in India were built by India’s Islamic rulers – and later the British. India probably has the least monuments for each century of history. From 2000-cities of the Saraswati Basin-Indus Valley without monuments – to modern India.
But Islamic and British monuments in India are grandiose, celebrating concentration of wealth. Of diverting attention – away from role that rulers have to play. These monuments are symbols of extortion, of loot and poverty. Of propaganda. Of false prestige.
Probably Pakistan built as many monuments in Pakistan – as India did.
Austere Leaders – Big Actions
‘Hindu’ rulers started monument building in India only in the last 200 years or so. Shivaji had a wooden ‘palace’ – that was burnt down in an accidental fire. Shivaji never built another palace – wooden, or otherwise.
Before Shivaji, was Rana Pratap.
Anyone seen an opulent palace used or built for Rana Pratap?
Owaisi is right
Islamic rulers did build most of Indian monuments. Though I agree with Owaisi, some other Muslims don’t agree with this thinking.
For one there was Chirkan (also spelt as Chirkin), the underground mascot of Hyderabad, a “poet” of dirty ditties.
Chirkan was the irreverent break from the feudal and colonial Indian mindset – before the Indian Republic. His rhymes on Qutub minar (a phallic symbol of feudal /colonial majesty of another era) have been repeated by every school child as his very own.
Chirkan was feted at cultural events – and was a legend in his lifetime. His “sher” on a princess (the Nizam’s daughter) is repeated by adoloscent schoolboys even today. For his ‘crime’, Chirkan was not persecuted – but banished from Hyderabad.
Forgotten today by the mainstream, Chirkan’s books circulate in the underground. Chirkan’s rhymes and jokes spread to all of India. 75 years later, every teenager makes his rites of passage with Chirkan’s jokes. Most of Mumbai film industry’s dirty jokes are a take-off on Chirkan.
The other memorable anti-monument tirade was composed by Sahir Ludhianvi. A Muslim poet who migrated from a Muslim Pakistan to a ‘secular’ Hindu-majoity India, Sahir’s dismissal of the Taj Mahal (complete work at the bottom) is remembered more than 50-years later.
With Such ‘leaders’ …
An acolyte of Owaisi, Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri went further.
Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (MIM) legislator Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri’s for his remarks about Mahatma Gandhi‘s statue inside the state assembly.
“The Nizams built the state assembly building in Hyderabad, but see what has happened. They have installed a statue of Mahatma Gandhi there. Who constructed it and who has been installed there,” Quadri, who represents Charminar in the assembly, told a gathering in Karimanagar district’s Jagityal town on Thursday.
He said “we” have built all significant structures in India. “What have you done?” he asked. “We constructed Red Fort, Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar, Mecca Masjid and Charminar. What have you constructed in Hindustan?”
Analysts said Quadri’s speech was planned and designed to revive memories of Nizam’s rule and the old Hyderabad state that is bound strike a chord with the region’s Muslims. “But his ‘us and them’ rhetoric is dangerous,” an analyst said.
via MIM leader in trouble over remarks on Mahatma Gandhi – The Times of India.
What is Gandhiji’s statue doing in a Nizam Palace, implies Quadri.
An austere saint in a brothel?
Further Quadri went and asked (reports The Indian Express)
“Today whatever there is in India are our signs, you tell us what your achievements are.”
Then again in the midst of slogan shouting he continued his ‘us’ and ‘they’ rhetoric saying, “The colour of Red Fort has been given by us, the height of Qutub given by us, the beauty of Taj Mahal also given by us, historic monuments like Mecca Masjid and Charminar are presented by us… what have you done in Hindustan?”
via BJP furious as Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA says ‘we built Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar, what have you done?’ – Indian Express.
भैंस के सामने बीन!
Many years ago, Owaisi’s predecessors had made similar claims – and demanded Pakistan. Making extravagant claims, Jinnah & Co., demanded and got Pakistan. We all know what is happening in Pakistan.
MIM has been running Hyderabad for more than 5-years now. If at all, Hyderabad has sunk deeper into a quicksand of bureaucracy, stagnation, public-sector sloth.
After Chandrababu Naidu reinvented Hyderabad.
But, I am sure, millions of Indians will join me in taking apart Qutub Minar, Taj Mahal, Red Fort, Charminar, Mecca Masjid – and send it with Akbaruddin Owaisi and Co., to wherever in the world, they want to go.
Free shipping. For now. Limited period offer.
The offer may soon be changed to compulsory shipping.
Sahir Ludhianvi, better captures the Indian attitude to slavery, pomp and grandiose designs.
ताज तेरे लीए एक मजहर-ऐ-उल्फत ही सही, तुझको इस वादी-ऐ-रंगीन से अकीदत ही सही
मेरे महबूब कहीं और मीला कर मुझसे, बज्म-ऐ-शाही में गरीबों का गुज़र क्या माने?
सब्त जीस राह पे हो सतावत-ऐ-शाही के नीशान, उस पे उल्फत भरी रूहों का सफर क्या माने?
मेरे महबूब पास-ऐ-परदा-ऐ-ताश हीर-ऐ-वफ़ा, तूने सतावत के निशानों को तो देखा होता
मुर्दा शाहों के मकाबिर से बहलने वाली, अपने तारीक मकानों को तो देखा होता
अन-गिनत लोगों ने दुनिया में मोहब्बत की हैं, कौन कहता है के सादिक न थे जज्बे उनके
लेकिन उनके लीए ताश हीर का समान नहीं, क्योंकि वोह लोग भी अपनी ही तरह मुफ्लीस थे
यह ईमारत-ओ-मकाबिर यह फसीले यह हिसार, मुतल-कुल-हुक्म शाहेंशाहों की अजमत के सुतून
दामन-ऐ-दहर पे उस रंग की गुलकारी है, जिसमे शामिल है तेरे और मेरे अजदाद का खून
मेरे महबूब! उन्हें भी तो मोहब्बत होगी, जीनकी सन्नी ने बक्शी है इसे शक्ल-ऐ-जमील
उनके प्यारों के मकाबिर रहे बे-नाम-ओ-नमूद, आज तक उन पे जलाई न किसी ने कंदील
यह चमनज़ार, यह जमना का किनारा, यह महल, यह मुनाक्काश डर-ओ-दीवार, यह मेहराब, यह ताक
एक शहेंशाह ने दौलत का सहारा लेकर, हम गरीबों के मोहब्बत का ऊडाए है मजाक
मेरे महबूब कहीं और मिला कर मुझसे.
– Abdul Hayee ‘Sahir’ Ludhianvi.
Translation by gyanputra
Even if the Taj for you is a symbol of great love, even though you prefer its pretty colorful setting
My dear, meet me somewhere else, what truck can the poor have with kingly courts?
The paths on which are seared the grandest Royal Arms, how can love-filled hearts journey on them?
My dear, behind the veil of this advertisement of love, had you seen the trappings of royal power and wealth
Instead of being beguiled by the tombs of dead kings, had you seen our dark homes
Uncounted peoples in this world have loved, who says their love was not true
But they did not have the means for advertising love, they were poor like us
This mausoleum, these decorations, these fort parapets, that the arrogance of kings considers symbols of Greatness
On the face of the world this is a decoration of floral vines, that has flowing in it your ancestors’ blood, and mine
My dear! they must have had loves too, those whose art granted this monument its acclaimed form
But those loves’ tombs are unnamed, untraced, no one has ever lit on them even a candle
This garden, this Jamna riverbank, this palace, these picturesque walls and doors, these pulpits, these arabesques
A king of kings aided by all his wealth, has mocked the love of us poor
My dear, meet me somewhere else.
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Ten Key Objectionable Points made by Akbaruddin Owaisi (arisebharat.com)
Akbaruddin Owaisi – You are an Enemy of Muslims (and Hindus) (kafila.org)
Owaisi enemy of Muslims: Baig (thehindu.com)
An antidote for pure poison (thehindu.com)
BJP condemns MIM MLA’s remarks about Gandhi statue (thehindu.com)
Owaisi in trouble for ‘hate speech’ (dawn.com)
Categories: History, India, India-Pakistan Relations, Politics, Religion Tags: Akbaruddin Owaisi, Hyderabad, Mecca Masjid, Red Fort, Taj Mahal
Final Solution of Roma Gypsies: Hungarians Display their Racial Colors
January 12, 2013 Anuraag Sanghi 1 comment
From Spain, across Italy, in Northern Ireland Europeans are targetting Roma Gypsy as racialism rears its head. Can Europe change?
Jobbik sparked an uproar by calling for Jews in the country to be registered. Jobbik supporters demonstrate outside a housing project with many Roma residents in October 2012. | REUTERS image, courtesy Der Spiegel
t would be a mistake to think that the Roma gypsy will lie down and die just because Europeans have been trying to wipe them out for the last 500 years at least.
A little over 600 years ago, when Europe was under oppressive Catholic Church, it was the Roma Gypsy who probably liberated Europe.
People in modern India have little or no idea about the roots of Europe. A recent visitor from India, on a European holiday, ‘innocent’ of Europe’s past, came across the ‘real’ Europe.
Take a walk in one of the narrow, cobbled alleys that run round in a maze in the heart of the Jewish quarter adjoining the Mezquita. There is a little museum here, somewhat nondescript and often missed by tourists. What it displays stabs at your idea of a wondrous legacy. The Exhibition of Medieval Instruments of Torture is one of the most complete of its kind in Europe. It traces the 700 year history (13th-19th century) of refinement of torture methods used largely, but not exclusively, under the Spanish Inquisition. For the visitor, entering it is a free fall from the sense of grace and peace of the mosque-cathedral, a plunge into a den of madness. A reminder that the Middle Ages were not only about romance, knights and fair maidens, or ballads and religiosity, they were violent and bloodthirsty; that beauty and ugliness went hand in hand; that the most grotesque forms of cruelty lay just under the veneer of some of man’s most amazing deeds.
While torture was pervasive in all of Europe, it held a special place under the Inquisition, this ecclesiastical tribunal that rose in a response to what had been the multi-religious nature of Spanish society. It followed the reconquest of Spain from the Muslims (or Moors — the appellation is used in a general way) who had ruled over large parts of what are today Spain and Portugal (the capital Cordoba fell in 1236, Seville a few years later, while Granada held out till 1492). King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castille — under whose patronage began the great discoveries of the world, mariners setting sail for new lands — including the voyage of Christopher Columbus (she ordered a fleet to be fitted out for him) — intended to replace Medieval orthodoxy with their own Catholic orthodoxy. The rule of Catholic Monarchs (as Ferdinand and Isabella are known), called the Golden Age, strove for religious conformity and for the final reunification of Spain. Thus began the story of forced conversions, expulsions, detentions/torture and expulsions. The last Moorish king, Boabdil, it is said, wept and sighed as he surrendered his beloved Alhambra citadel in Granada. His mother’s response to his tears was icy: “Don’t weep like a woman for the city you could not defend like a man!”
The jungle of torture instruments in the Cordoba Museum have a longer history. They hark back to the early Middle Ages and would be in use until the 19th century. Torture was a normal way of extracting confessions, discouraging dissent and intellectual freedom and persuading Jews, Muslims, Protestants and heretics of all hues to accept the Catholic faith. But it was also inflicted on those practising bigamy, sodomy, superstition and witchcraft. Sex, age or gender made no difference. Women, children and the aged were all its victims. The arrest of an individual, done stealthily, was the first step in a harrowing path. The trial, or a charade rather, took place in a whimsically formed court, propelled as much by differences of creed as gossip and envy. The collection of authentic instruments shows how ingeniously the human mind worked, and how the process of “finding out the truth” was as crafty as it was vile in the extreme.
Among the most famous of these devices was the rack. The victim would be laid on this rectangular frame that had a board. His hand and legs would be tied to the ends of the board while the turning of rollers placed at the ends of the board would yank his body in opposite directions till every joint popped. Guy Fawkes (better known for his ‘gunpowder plot’ in Britain), and the Elizabethan playwright Thomas Kyd suffered the rack before they died. So, I believe, did Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII.
The Water Wheel, set in a pool of water, had the victim tied on its rim. The wheel would be turned, dunking the victim into water with every spin and inhumanly stretching his joints and muscles.
The garrotte was an ancient Roman contraption. Astonishingly, it was around in Spain till as recently as 1974. In an earlier day, the victim would be tied to a pole. This was later replaced by a chair. A cord, a wire or an iron collar with spikes would be tightened round the neck, leading to both strangulation and the breaking of the vertebrae.
The Inquisition devised the sickening Judas Cradle or a seat, atop of which was planted pyramid-like metal device. On this, the victim would be impaled, the pyramid penetrating his/her anus or vagina which would then be turned inside the organ. The word head crusher speaks for itself. As the head got crushed by the bloody instrument, it had the victim’s teeth imploding in their sockets, the jaw bones smashing, the eyes popping out and bits of brain squirting from the ears.
I hesitate to describe more. The museum has an array of torture devices, one more merciless than the other. What, one may ask, is the point of listing them? I realised in Cordoba that the mind is truly unhinged by this sudden plunge from the surrounding glory to a den of perversity. And yet you are trapped in a kind of fascination-revulsion, a deadly thrall, as you might be if you were suddenly pitted against a wild animal. If the aim was to frighten the wits (and life) out of real or fake suspects, these devices certainly did their job. Drowning, starving, whipping, crushing (head crushers were admirably efficient), burning, disfiguring, maiming with as much pain as you could possibly inflict — all this happened
via Sculpting Tools of Death.
From Library of entertaining knowledge, Volume 13
By Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) – 1835
The Hussite Wars broke the back of the Catholic armies –
never to regain their former power. As British power reared its head, in early 17th century, Guy Fawkes decided to blow up the power centre of Britain – the Westminster Palace and Westminster Abbey.
In both these cases, the difference was gunpowder. Gunpowder and Roma gypsies.
From at least 12th century till a hundred years ago, for 800 years, the biggest source of gunpowder elements was India. The Roma Gypsies who trace their origin to India were the European experts in gunpowder.
Over the last 10 years there has been a rising tide of violence against the Roma Gypsy. In Northern Ireland, across Italy and now in Hungary.
Zsolt Bayer, a prominent conservative commentator, has sparked outrage in Hungary and abroad for comparing Roma to animals and calling for a ”
final solution to the gypsy question.” Criticism of the remarks is growing, but Prime Minister Orbán will likely keep silent.
Zsolt Bayer always pipes up whenever the Hungarian media mentions that Roma are suspected of involvement in a crime. The influential right-wing commentator then makes suggestions on what, in his words, a “final solution to the Gypsy question” could be. For example, he has written: “Whoever runs over a Gypsy child is acting correctly if he gives no thought to stopping and steps hard on the accelerator.”
Bayer’s most recent hate-filled tirade came last Saturday after a bar fight and stabbing on New Year’s Eve in which some of the attackers were reportedly Roma. Writing in the ultra-right-wing newspaper Magyar Hirlap, which has close ties to the conservative government, Bayer argued for what amounts to genocide. He wrote:
“A significant part of the Roma are unfit for coexistence. They are not fit to live among people. These Roma are animals, and they behave like animals. When they meet with resistance, they commit murder. They are incapable of human communication. Inarticulate sounds pour out of their bestial skulls. At the same time, these Gypsies understand how to exploit the ‘achievements’ of the idiotic Western world. But one must retaliate rather than tolerate. These animals shouldn’t be allowed to exist. In no way. That needs to be solved — immediately and regardless of the method.”
At the same time, investigators have yet to nail down all the facts surrounding the crime. What is known is this: On New Year’s Eve, a massive brawl broke out in a bar in Szigethalom, a town near Budapest. During the fight, two young athletes — a wrestler and a boxer — suffered serious stabbing wounds. The police arrested one Roma, and another suspect is still being sought.
Bayer isn’t just some random pathological Roma-hater. Instead, the 49-year-old is one of the founding members of the country’s conservative governing Fidesz party and a close friend of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Although Bayer holds no official position, he is known within the party as someone with the pluck to express uncomfortable truths
Cracks in the Party
In recent years, Bayer’s anti-Roma and anti-Semitic articles have sparked repeated outrage. But no one within the Fidesz party leadership has ever taken public offense at the commentaries of its former chief press officer — until now. Tibor Navracsics, who is both justice minister and deputy prime minister, has joined Roma organizations and Hungary’s Jewish community in condemning Bayer’s most recent column — and called for his ouster from the party. On the private television channel ATV, he said that there is no place in an organization like Fidesz for someone who considers an entire group of people to be animals. In fact, even Tamás Deutsch, a prominent co-founder of Fidesz and member of the European Parliament who has publicly acknowledge being friends with Bayer, called the article “shameful.”
This is already the second time in recent weeks that prominent Fidesz politicians have openly distanced themselves from racial hatred. On Dec. 2, Antal Rogán, the party’s parliamentary floor leader, spoke at a protest against anti-Semitism after Márton Gyöngyösi, a representative of the right-wing extremist Jobbik party, had demanded in parliament that “all Jews living in Hungary be registered” and that “Jews, particularly those in parliament and the government, be evaluated for the potential danger they pose to Hungary.” The demonstration against anti-Semitism was noteworthy for marking the first time in two decades that all of the pro-democracy parties in Hungary’s parliament jointly attended a single event.
‘The Party Speaks with Two Tongues’
Nevertheless, critics doubt that Fidesz — and Prime Minister Orbán, in particular — will distance themselves from right-wing extremism, anti-Semitism and antiziganism, a term denoting racism toward the Sinti and Roma.
Kristián Ungváry, a historian who has just published a 700-page book on the interwar years of the right-wing extremist Horthy regime, describes the party’s policies as a “sham.”
“The party speaks with two tongues,” Ungváry says. “On the one hand, one distances oneself from right-wing extremism in order to maintain a good reputation abroad and because one notes that the political damage would be too severe. On the other hand, Fidesz pays tribute to anti-Semitic writers of the interwar period, such as Albert Wass and József Nyírö, or expresses right-wing extremist positions in regime-friendly newspapers.”
This is especially the case with Prime Minister Orbán, whose public statements started moving farther and farther toward the right-wing extreme some time ago. This culminated last September, when Orbán delivered a “blood and soil” speech about the values of the Hungarian nation during a dedication ceremony for a monument. “The archetypal image of the Turul bird is the archetypal image of the Hungarians,” he said, referring to the most important bird in the origin myth of ethnic Hungarians. “It is part of blood and homeland. We, the Hungarians of national solidarity, must squeeze all disunity out of Hungarian life. Strong nations stick together; weak ones break apart.”
On the other hand, Orbán refrained from publicly commenting on Jobbik’s call for registering Jews in Hungary. Indeed, it wasn’t until a few days later that Orbán distanced himself in parliament from right-wing extremism, though in very general way. At the same time, a law was passed that permits monetary fines to be levied on parliamentarians who make racist statements.
A Deed Likely to Go Unpunished
György Dalos, a prominent writer and biographer, doesn’t believe that Fidesz will fundamentally alter its two-faced policies. “Voters on the left run away from it on account of its restrictive social policies, so they need the voters on the right,” Dalos says. “And it will continue to attract them with the appropriate rhetoric.”
Attila Nagy, a political scientist at Budapest’s Méltanyosság Institute, admits that there is genuine outrage about right-wing extremism in some parts of Fidesz. “But,” he adds, “this part, which backs a clearer pro-European course, is currently not a decisive one within the party.”This, along with the fact that Justice Minister Navracsics has a reputation for holding little sway within the party, also makes it more likely that his call to have Zsolt Bayer ejected from the party will go unheeded. In any case, Fidesz spokeswoman Gabriella Selmeczi made this clear during a televised interview on ATV last Monday. She said that since Bayer had expressed his opinion as a commentator rather than as a Fidesz member in the incriminating article, the party would not take a stance on it.
via Hungarian Journalist Calls for Final Solution of Roma Issue – SPIEGEL ONLINE.
Anger grows in Hungary over anti-Roma article (guardian.co.uk)
Hindus Condemn Demolition Of Gypsy Settlement In Spain (eurasiareview.com)
Hungarian Jews speak up for Roma (timesofisrael.com)
Article about Roma is widely criticized in Hungary (miamiherald.com)
Hindus Want Desegregation Of Gypsy Children In Macedonia Schools (eurasiareview.com)
Gypsies arrived in Europe 1,500 years ago, genetic study says (guardian.co.uk)
European Roma descended from Indian ‘untouchables’, genetic study shows (telegraph.co.uk)
Roma women: they need an education (guardian.co.uk)
Categories: Europe, History, India, Politics Tags: Hungary, Middle Ages, Roma Gypsies
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Game of two halves sees promising season end on a negative note
Saturday 06 April 2019 - by Stuart Smedley (Updated on 07 April 2019 at 11:55)
Royal Wootton Bassett Town ended their 2018-19 Hellenic League Premier Division season with a 3-2 home defeat against Longlevens, having been 2-0 in front at half time.
Gerard Buxton Sports Ground, 6th April 2019
Royal Wootton Bassett Town threw away a 2-0 half time advantage as they finished their 2018-19 Hellenic League Premier Division campaign with a 3-2 defeat against Longlevens.
Goals from TJ Bohane and Brad Pagliaroli had put Sam Collier's team in a commanding position at the break. But a lethargic second half performance, combined with a resurgent display from their relegation battling visitors ultimately saw Bassett pass up the opportunity to end their season with three straight victories and match the club's highest ever points total while a member of the Hellenic Premier.
In all, the final ninety minutes before the summer break was a microcosm of Bassett's year: dominant and in full control in parts, yet clearly second best in others. While currently sitting eighth, it is likely that Binfield and Flackwell Heath will overtake them, meaning that a top half finish at step five remains elusive.
Against Longlevens, it was another case of what could have been.
The hosts did cede the first chance of the game to the visitors as Jay Malshanskyj forced a smart tip around the post from Gary Aulsberry in the opening minute.
But with nine minutes on the clock Collier's team were in front. Sam Packer picked out Pagliaroli on the left with a weighted diagonal free kick and the forward proceeded to drive past his man and cutback from the byline for Bohane, making his first start since returning from injury, to bundle home his twentieth goal of the season.
Longlevens were posing a threat, but a strong defensive display, led by experienced centre halves Mark James and Carl Evans, prevented them from mustering anything more than half chances. Two speculative efforts from Brad Martin saw the dangerman volley over and force a comfortable parry from Aulsberry, while the same player skewed over a side-foot volley from a Harry Emmett cross while under pressure.
Bassett, meanwhile, were looking the more dangerous when they approached the final third, and they duly doubled their advantage seven minutes before half time.
And it came via a well-worked goal. Cutting inside from the right, Josh Shama picked out Pagliaroli with a pin-point Crossfield pass. The winger then breezed past Finn Brown before arrowing a powerful drive into the opposite corner from a tight angle. That took Pagliaroli to eighteen for the season – a fine return, which has featured some spectacular finishes.
He then came close to doubling his tally for the day. Shama again teed him up, just beating the defender to the ball in order to toe-poke a pass to his teammate. But, after shooting towards the nearside bottom corner from an angle, the double Player of the Year award winner was thwarted by Ashley Wintle batting the ball around the post.
Still, Bassett were in no mood to rue that close call. They appeared fully in control, with Longlevens heads going down given the position they were in.
While Bassett had stepped down a gear and were defending deeper than they had done in the opening 45 minutes, in the early stages of the second half their lead did not appear to be in that much danger.
Shaun O'Connor and Martin both struck straight at Aulsberry and Bassett again almost had a third when a delicate Bohane free kick was palmed over.
But, with eighteen minutes remaining, Longlevens salvaged a lifeline. Awarded a free kick thirty yards out from goal, the danger did not appear to be grave. Yet, presented with just a one-man wall, O'Connor struck a low, powerful effort down the middle, with the movement on the ball deceiving Aulsberry.
Five minutes later they were level. Aulsberry failed to pluck an O'Connor corner out of the air, and the ball was recycled into the box and flicked home by Malshanskyj.
Sensing a winner, the final stages of the game saw the Bassett goal come under siege. And Longlevens should have been ahead when possession was stolen from Packer and O'Connor worked a pass inside to an unmarked Sam Hendy, but he somehow shot over from ten yards when it appeared easier to score. Martin and Malshanskyj then both narrowly missed the target from the edge of the box as Bassett seemed increasingly likely to somehow hang on.
But a Longlevens winner arrived with three minutes to go. Hendy beat Elias Youssef in the air to head a goal kick down to O'Connor and, with his second touch, the forward, catching the 'keeper off his line, sailed an audacious thirty-five yard strike over Aulsberry's head and into the net.
On the balance of things, it sealed a victory Longlevens deserved - and three points that helps them hugely in their fight to maintain the step five status that it would be great to see them preserve.
For Bassett though, it only added to the significant tally of points they feel should have been theirs were it not for sloppy mistakes in what was ultimately a promising season that could have been better.
For Bassett though, it only added to the significant tally of points they feel should have been theirs were it not for self-inflicted wounds in what was ultimately a promising season that could have been better.
Man of the Match: Danny Lachacz – he finished a strong season with a typically dogged, battling performance in the middle of the park, tidying play up and winning the vast majority of 50-50 duels that he contested.
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The LEICA SL mirrorless system camera sets new standards in terms of speed, picture quality and versatility
The Leica SL system marks the beginning of a new era of professional photography made in Germany. The Leica SL mirrorless system camera is impressive on account of its innovations in exceptional Leica quality. Its 24 MP full-frame CMOS sensor and perfectly matched components – from superior-quality lenses to its electronic viewfinder – guarantee exceptional imaging performance.
EyeRes viewfinder and touchscreen display for total control of every picture
Developed especially for the Leica SL, this electronic viewfinder is the first of its kind to feature Leica EyeRes technology. With a latency time below the threshold of perception, an impressive resolution of 4.4 million pixels and a magnification reminiscent of a medium format camera, this electronic viewfinder offers an entirely new visual experience and numerous advantages: the final image is visible in the viewfinder before the shutter release is pressed, which enables optimum control over the final picture in any situation. The EyeRes viewfinder is activated simply by looking through it. In addition, the Leica SL also features a 2.95" back panel display with a viewing angle of up to 170° that enables reliable viewing of pictures and efficient touchscreen menu navigation.
Maestro II processor for maximum performance
The high-performance Maestro II series processor guarantees that photographers never miss even the fastest-moving subjects and that the camera responds instantaneously to all commands. Together with 2 GB of buffer memory, the processor makes it possible to capture consecutive exposures at rates of up to 11 frames per second at full 24 MP resolution and 4K video with a frame rate of 30 frames per second. Pictures can be saved simultaneously to an SD memory card as both a JPEG and DNG in line with the fast UHS II standard. Thanks to its Maestro II series processor, the Leica SL achieves the best performance currently possible in the professional camera class and underlines the innovative character of the camera.
24 MP CMOS sensor for exceptional picture quality in 35 mm full-frame format
The 24 MP CMOS full-frame sensor guarantees impressive dynamic range, excellent contrast rendition, exceptional sharpness, the highest resolution, and noise-free images in almost all lighting conditions. The shutter provides speeds from 30 minutes to 1/8000 sec. The sensor reveals its full potential in combination with Leica SL lenses, especially in available-light situations, and captivates users with atmospheric exposures in superior quality at ISO settings up to a maximum of 50,000. What’s more, it is optimised for use with Leica M-Lenses and, in addition to supporting all their functions, delivers the excellent picture quality with which Leica has been synonymous for more than 100 years.
The new movie star: professional video in cinematic resolution
The Leica SL is much more than a professional still-picture camera with video recording capability: it fulfils even the most stringent demands of moviemakers as a fully fledged video camera. Thanks to its 24 MP CMOS sensor and high-performance Maestro II series processor, the Leica SL enables the production of professional videos in 4K resolution. Videos can be recorded in UHD at 30 frames per second or even in Cine4K at 24 frames per second. In full HD, the Leica SL records video at up to 120 frames per second and makes use of the entire sensor area. Here, the logical and intuitive handling concept of the camera makes a clear distinction between still- and motion-picture recording. As soon as the camera is in video mode, the display shows only relevant information for video recording, such as safe area, aspect ratio, zebra function or the recording level of the microphone. An optional audio adapter allows you to connect an external microphone and the audio recording level can be set without accessing the menu. Videos can be output in 4:2:2 10-bit format in 4K resolution over HDMI 1.4.
Aluminium body for robust performance in everyday photography
From the beginning, resilience and robustness were at the focus of the Leica SL’s development. Body components machined from solid aluminium and precisely engineered seals around controls and in the lenses provide optimum protection against dust, moisture and splashes for the sensitive technology inside. At the same time, integrated ultrasonic sensor cleaning removes dust and dirt from the sensor. The glass covering the back panel display is extremely scratch-resistant and features an anti-reflex coating. All these properties make the camera an ideal tool for use in the rough, everyday conditions faced by professional photographers. In the interplay between its equally classic and functional design and its distinctive lines, the Leica SL is another example of Leica’s fine art of engineering.
A new generation of lenses for excellent picture quality
The combination of outstanding imaging performance and the fastest autofocus currently possible makes working with the Leica SL an entirely new experience and enables photographers to produce images in a quality never before seen in 35 mm format. True to Leica’s principles, the new lenses specific to the Leica SL are distinguished by superior optical and mechanical precision. With its wide range of focal lengths and high speed, the Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24–90 mm f/2.8–4 ASPH. is the ideal standard zoom lens in the Leica SL-System portfolio. The zoom range of the fast Leica APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90–280 mm f/2.8–4 follows on directly from this and the current lens portfolio is rounded off by the Leica Summilux-SL 50 mm f/1.4 ASPH., the new reference lens for this focal length. Further Leica SL lenses will follow.
What’s more, the exceptional compatibility of the Leica SL-System grants photographers access to almost all Leica lenses ever made. For instance, all lenses for the Leica T camera can be used without an adapter. In addition, appropriate adapters allow Leica S, M, and R system lenses and lenses from other manufacturers to be mounted on the Leica SL.
Availability:The Leica SL body will be on sale from 16 November 2015. The Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24–90 mm f/2.8–4 ASPH. zoom lens will be available at the same time. The Leica APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 1:2,8-4/90-280mm ASPH will be available Q2/2016, and the Leica Summilux-SL 1:1,4/50mm ASPH. will be available Q4/2016.
About Leica Camera
Leica Camera AG is an internationally operating, premium-segment manufacturer of cameras and sport optics products. The legendary reputation of the Leica brand is founded on a long tradition of excellent quality. In combination with innovative technologies, all Leica products fulfil a common objective: better pictures, wherever perception and visualization matter. Leica Camera AG has its headquarters in Wetzlar, in the state of Hessen in Germany, and a second production site in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal and operates its own worldwide network of regional organisations, Leica Retail Stores, Leica Galleries and Leica Akademies.
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Poulomi Basu wins the PHM 2018 Grant with Centralia
Her project, which invites us to reflect on our own prejudices and educated preconceptions, was awarded the first prize by our independent jury. Greek photographer Panos Kefalos wins the New Generation Prize for Saints, while Belgian photographer Bieke Depoorter's As It May Be will have a solo show at Cortona On The Move this summer.
© Poulomi Basu, from the series Centralia. PHM 2018 Grant first prize winner
The independent jury composed of Genevieve Fussell (Senior Photo Editor at The New Yorker), Roger Ballen (Photographer and Artist), Emilia van Lynden (Artistic Director, Unseen), and Monica Allende (Independent Photo Editor and Cultural Producer) have awarded the £8,000 PHM 2018 Grant first prize to Indian photographer, Poulomi Basu for Centralia, a documentary project that she describes as “a cautionary tale of where we are heading as a global society.”
Drawing on the literary works of Walter Benjamin and contemporary documentary practices, Basu offers a window into the simmering fight for land and resources deep in the forests of central India, stripping images of trite visual cues and instead presenting a fractured existence that reflects the confused, and at times apocalyptic, atmosphere of the region.
“In Centralia, Basu continues to focus her gaze on the interrelation between violence, state power, and gender. By intertwining multilayered fictional narratives she aims to challenge the viewer's perception of reality, as well as established neocolonialist histories” explains Monica Allende. “In an era of post-truth and fake news, where we battle for control of “official” narratives, Basu’s work forces us to reflect on our own prejudices and educated preconceptions. Despite addressing such complex issues, the work is both illuminating and engaging - a testament to her innate ability as a documentarian. The result is a beautifully executed story which is thoroughly deserving of the winning grant.”
© Paolo Ciregia, from the series Perestrojka. PHM 2018 Grant second prize winner
Paolo Ciregia claimed the £3,000 second prize with Perestrojka, a series comprised of manipulated reportage photographs taken from his own private archives compiled during the Ukrainian war. At a time when our vision is bombarded by images of conflict, Ciregia looks to create a different iconographic repertoire, revising the way we tell the story of devastation without erasing the historical and cultural roots of such events.
"Perestrojka links the documentary with the imaginary” says Roger Ballen. “In this series of photographs Paolo Ciregia has been able to transform the so-called real with a particular vision that borders on fact and fiction. As a result, the images are challenging and singular."
© Igor Pisuk, from the series Deceitful Reverence. PHM 2018 Grant third prize winner
The £2,000 third prize was awarded to Igor Pisuk for Deceitful Reverence, a long-term autobiographical project that explores difficult themes such as isolation, loneliness, and abandonment. Showing intimate self-portraits and capturing ordinary scenes from everyday life, Pisuk employs the photographic medium as a form of therapy, creating a stark visual poem to reflect on his own inner and outer worlds. “Deceitful Reverence is a deeply personal rumination on addiction” comments Genevieve Fussell. “Rendered in stark black and white, the photographs pulse with energy and certain mental and emotional states of mind. Though mystery pervades the project with subjects often blurred beyond recognition, I found myself drawn in by the moods Pisuk evokes. At once graphic and raw, his approach to image-making felt fresh and alive” she adds.
Vasantha Yogananthan (A Myth of Two Souls), Farshid Tighehsaz (From Labyrinth), Giulio Di Sturco (Aerotropolis), Dylan Hausthor, (Wood Grain Lick), Emeric Lhuisset (L’Autre Rive), and Tommaso Protti (Terra Vermelha) all received Honorable Mentions.
© Panos Kefalos, from the series Saints. PHM 2018 Grant New Generation prize winner
The £2,000 New Generation Prize – awarded to a photographer under 30 years of age – was won by Panos Kefalos for Saints, a personal journey into the lives of Afghan families living in Athens, Greece. Together raw, gritty, and sinister, the images take on an air of eeriness as children play and dream amidst inescapable hardship, with war and conflict never far away. Roger Ballen says of the work: "Saints is a highly evolved photographic exploration of the human condition. It goes beyond the documentary to the universal. A truly moving exposé."
Simone Sapienza (Charlie Surfs on Lotus Flowers) and Leonard Pongo (The Uncanny: Chapter IV) each claimed an Honorable Mention.
© Bieke Depoorter, from the series As It May Be. PHM 2018 Grant Cortona On The Move prize winner
The Cortona On The Move prize, which grants a solo exhibition at the Italian festival in July this year, was awarded to Bieke Depoorter for As It May Be, a multimedia project that documents Egyptian society in the years that followed the 2011 revolution.
Arianna Rinaldo, Cortona OTM’s Artistic Director and sole juror of the prize, comments: “To enter the lives of the other is not easy for a photographer. To document without intruding. To accept criticism directly from the subjects portrayed. To fill in layers of doubts and blanks. Depoorter allows all this with her project As It May Be. Conceived as a book since the beginning, the images portray the inside of homes and families in Egypt who opened their doors to the photographer on various visits. Writing on the images themselves is not a novelty in contemporary documentary photography. What is peculiar in Depoorter's project is that the levels of intervention are not only from the people portrayed but also people on the street. Citizens of this country that with their words add interpretation, comments, and thoughts on what and how the image is done. It is an open conversation in which the photographer not only humbly offers her own work for a deeper analysis from the inside. But also allows the work to change, to conceal or reveal different elements on the basis of third person intervention. A true act of collaboration which allows the viewer to enter into the stories and hear multiple voices.”
More news will follow on our Facebook and Instagram channels. In the meantime, we wish to send a sincere congratulations to all the photographers who presented their work to this grant's edition. We'll present many of them here in News, and in the other curated sections of our platform during the next few months.
To see all the awarded projects go to phmuseum.com/grant.
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How can those star-trails be non-circular?
Due to the rotation of the Earth, over the course of the night, stars will appear to turn around the celestial pole. This means we can photograph star trails (desired or not). Physically, any star trail should form a circle of latitude over the celestial sphere, and in most photographs of star trails, this is indeed the case:
Source: ESO via Wikimedia Commons
Yet I have also seen photographs where star trails form a spiral or seem to be coming into or out of a line. There are several examples in this photographylife blog, including one where the stars appear as a complicated vector field, one where they make a full circle (which should be possible during 24 hours of clear weather poleward of 85° only, with a 24-hour exposure), and one where the star trails appear like half-parabolas eminating from a line. How can such images be created?
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14 mm is pretty wide angled. 10 mm is a 90 degree view. – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen Apr 27 '18 at 15:12
@scottbb You are right. Only the ones on the equator form great circles. Corrected. – gerrit Apr 28 '18 at 9:34
The example image in your question is probably affected by geometric distortion which is a property of the lens' projection of an image of a three dimensional world onto a two-dimensional image plane.
This distortion is exaggerated by placing the axis of rotation off-center in the frame.
The "wild" looking images at the link in the question appear to have computer generated "stars" drawn over the actual star field. If you look closely at the "panoramic" shot you can see stars without trails in the sky behind the layer of CGI swirls and spirals.
On the other hand, the author mentions things such as image stacking, bulb ramping, automatic panoramic tripod heads, sliders (camera dollies that allow a "tracking shot"), and the like. What little discussion he does of these advanced techniques seem to assume the reader already knows how to do them. He's pretty clear he takes the terrestrial portions of his image separately at different exposures. So the eccentric "motion" of the stars could actually be due to the motion of the camera on a slider/tracking/pano mount during the successive exposures used to build the final image. Be sure to read pages 2-4 of the article using the drop down menu at the bottom of the first page.
Going from top to bottom of page one at the link:
The image is labeled a 30 second exposure using a 14mm lens. Using the 1/600 rule-of-thumb, we would need to use an exposure shorter than 42 seconds to avoid star trailing with a 14mm lens on a FF camera such as the Nikon D700. In addition to the stars, what appears to be aurora borealis are visible in the sky. Some of the outlines of the mountains in the foreground hint that the entire non-sky portion of the image may have been composited in.
A chart showing the sun's position above or below the horizon during golden hour, civil twilight (which can be designated by statute differently in different jurisdictions), blue hour, etc.
This appears to be a 19 minute exposure during which the sky will appear to rotate about five degrees around the celestial pole. There does appear to be one moving light source in the lower left portion of the image that is not a star. With the sky only rotating 1/72 of a complete circle, the fact that stars across the celestial pole from each other are not equidistant from the celestial pole can make it appear that the "circle" is distorted when, in fact, we are seeing 5° arcs of tens of thousand of separate circles that each have different radii. The lens also appears to have some very mild geometric distortion.
This image is far more than a long exposure. It purports to be a four hour exposure taken with a 14mm focal length, yet it reveals a much wider area of sky from right to left than can be captured with a static 14mm lens on a FF camera. Based on the apparent position of a celestial pole above the horizon at about one-eighth the image width from the left, and the other celestial pole below the horizon just to the right of the middle of the panorama, this is a 360° pano that could not have been taken with a 14mm lens pointed in the same direction for 4 hours! If one looks carefully, there are very dim stars that appear as single points in the sky in addition to the "swirly" patterns with larger "head" on one end than the trails behind those heads. We also see the reflection of a few bright stars in the water to the left that have no trails at all! This is most likely a composite image of who knows what.
I'm guessing this one was shot in the winter when the sky is dark for over twelve hours. The mount shooting the star field could have been rotated counter to the motion of the stars on the celestial axis during collection of the many images to stack. Doing so will give a full circle in much less than 24 hours. After the many frames have been stacked, applying lens correction for geometric distortion to the perfect circles produced by rotating the camera around the polar axis would "stretch" it out of round. The foreground was produced separately and used several different light painting techniques.
If those weird patterns are even stars, they were photographed using the aforementioned computerized panoramic head to create those patterns by moving the camera in some irregular motions as the stars were exposed.
This one is certainly a composite of several different groups of images. The Milky way is nowhere near as bright as the horizon at twilight. Higher effective exposures of the Milky Way have been combined with much lower exposures of the horizon shortly after sunset. The landscape and cloud cover are probably a third set of exposures as they are also too bright to be seen at the same time as the Milky Way.
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Profoto A1 speedlight for Nikon and Canon announced
The previously leaked Profoto A1 speedlight is now officially announced - it's the world’s smallest studio flash and the first Profoto on-camera flash.
The price is $995. The new A1 is available for both Nikon and Canon cameras.
Pre-orders are now open at B&H and Adorama.
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The world's smallest studio light
The Profoto A1 might be the smallest flash we’ve ever made, but it’s still built to the same impossibly high standards we’ve set ourselves over the last fifty years.
Our focus with the A1 was to create a flash that delivers a truly high quality of light, which is why it features a round head which delivers light that's both natural and beautiful with a pleasing soft-smooth fall-off, that blends seamlessly with the ambient light.
Thanks to a smart magnetic mount built into the head, light shaping tools and modifiers can be clicked on and off quickly and easily. Within seconds you're being creative with light, shaping it. It also has a zoom function that allows you to make fine adjustments to the spread of light by simply twisting the zoom ring on the head, and for accuracy it has a modeling light built-in to the head – so you can see what you're going to get before you press the shutter.
We made it our mission to make A1 the first on-camera flash that's easy to use from the box. The user interface is simple and intuitive with a large high-contrast display at its center. The less time you spend learning and fiddling, the more time you'll spend shooting. And that's ultimately what counts. Despite its size, or lack of it, the A1 punches above its weight in a good number of key areas.
Battery life is key when a photographer is right in the thick of the action, because the last thing they need to have to stop mid flow to change the batteries. The A1 has its own Li-ion high capacity battery built-in which lasts up to four times longer than AA batteries with no performance fade. So, you can shoot for longer with confidence.
And this is a flash that can keep up with you because it recycles four times faster than other on-camera solutions – that's every 1.2 seconds at full power. Put simply, you'll never miss a shot.
And while it's true to say the Profoto A1 is our very first on-camera solution it's also just as effective off-camera as a standalone unit, and integrated into a larger system of lights. That level of versatility is possible because Air Remote is built-in, which means the A1 offers seamless connectivity with freestanding lights like another A1 or bigger Profoto lights like the B1X.
And with AirTTL you'll get a perfect exposure super-fast. Better still, you can lock the exposure with a single 'click' while still being free to fine tune that exposure in manual, giving you even greater control.
So, this is so much more than our smallest flash yet. This is shooting on the move, shooting with confidence and shooting with light shaping excellence. This is shooting off-camera and for the first time with Profoto, on-camera. This is the Profoto A1 – the world's smallest studio light.
Additional information available at Profoto's website.
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414 Philip Sherburne
EDM - or Electronic Dance Music - has exploded over the past decade in Europe and the United States. But if names like Skrillex, Tiesto, Deadmau5, and David Guetta mean nothing to you, never fear. Jim and Greg have brought in Spin's Philip Sherburne, author of the“Control Voltage”blog, to offer a primer for the un-initiated. They kick off the conversation with a discussion of the genre's recent evolution: from the short-lived nineties rave scene with its anonymous DJs spinning in dark rooms, to the audio/visual spectacles presided over by celebrity DJs that we see today. A new emphasis on showmanship, and the adoption of dub step's aggressive, bass-heavy beats have won superstar producers like Skrillex, Tiesto, and Rusko a huge, youthful following says Sherburne, effectively making EDM the new stadium rock. But he'd also suggest keeping your eye on the up-and-comers, artists like SBTRKT, Four Tet, and Caribou.
Wrapping things up, Jim and Greg put the new artists we've heard in historical context. After all, as Jim says, covering dance music can give you deja vu. Greg reminds us that todays EDM producers are following in the footsteps of disco artists like Giorgio Moroder, Chicago house and techno musicians, Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, Fatboy Slim, and - dare we say it - Brian Eno.
89 Best Albums of 2011
Greg Kot's Top Ten of 2011
Wild Flag, Wild Flag (Listen to Jim and Greg's review, listen to Wild Flag on Sound Opinions)
The Roots, Undun
tUnE-yArDs, WHOKILL (Listen to tUnE-yArDs on Sound Opinions)
Van Hunt, What Were You Hoping For? (Listen to Jim and Greg's review)
Fucked Up, David Comes to Life
The Feelies, Here Before (Listen to Jim and Greg's review, listen to The Feelies on Sound Opinions)
Raphael Saadiq, Stone Rollin (Listen to Jim and Greg's review)
Bewitched Hands, Birds and Drums
Das Racist, Relax (Listen to Jim and Greg's review)
Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues (Listen to Jim and Greg's review)
View Greg's complete list
Jim DeRogatis' Top Ten of 2011
Le Butcherettes, Sin Sin Sin
Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi, Rome (Listen to Jim and Greg's review)
The Decemberists, The King is Dead (Listen to Jim and Greg's review, listen to The Decemberists on Sound Opinions)
The Go! Team, Rolling Blackouts
View Jim's complete list
And some more #1s from the listeners!
-Jeremy, from New York NY: Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues
-Rose from Naperville, IL: Mute Math, Odd Soul
-Derk from Chicago, IL: SBTRKT, SBTRKT
The Bewitched Hands, Hard to Cry, Birds & Drums, Jive, 2011
Fucked Up, Queen of Hearts, David Comes to Life, Matador, 2011
Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi, The Gambling Priest, Rome, Capitol, 2011
Van Hunt, A Time Machine is My New Girlfriend, What Were You Hoping For, Godless Hotspot, 2011
Raphael Saadiq, Stone Rollin', (0:40) Stone Rollin', Columbia, 2011
Fleet Foxes, Lorelai, Helplessness Blues, Sub Pop, 2011
Mutemath, Prytania, Odd Soul, Teleprompt, 2011
SBTRKT, Something Goes Right, SBTRKT, Young Turks, 2011
The Feelies, When You Know, Here Before, Bar/None, 2011
tUnE-yArDs, Gangsta, w h o k i l l, 4AD, 2011
Das Racist, Relax, Relax, Greedhead, 2011
The Decemberists, Don't Carry It All, The King is Dead, Capitol, 2011
The Roots, The Other Side, Undun, Def Jam, 2011
Le Butcherettes, Tonight, Sin, Sin, Sin, Rodriguez Lopez Productions, 2011
Wild Flag, Romance, Wild Flag, Merge, 2011
Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz, The Telephone Song, Stan Getz meets Jo~ao & Astrud Gilberto: New York 1964, Giants of Jazz, 1990
Trombone Shorty, Dumaine St., For True, Verve, 2011
Lou Reed and Metallica, Pumping Blood, Lulu, Warner Bros., 2011
The Velvet Underground, The Black Angel's Death Song, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Verve, 1967
Super Furry Animals, Night Vision, Guerrilla, Creation, 1999
Justin Bieber, Boyfriend, Believe, Island, 2012
Men Without Hats, Safety Dance, Rhythm Of Youth, Statik, 1982
Skrillex, Ruffneck (Flex), More Monsters and Sprites EP, Big Beat Records/Atlantic, 2011
The Prodigy, Firestarter, Fat of the Land, Maverick, 1997
David Guetta, When Love Takes Over (featuring Kelly Rowland), One Love, Astralwerks, 2009
LCD Soundsystem, Losing My Edge, LCD Soundsystem, Capitol, 2005
Showteck, Generation Kick Bass, Generation Kick Bass, Dutch Master Works, 2009
Justin Martin, Ruff Stuff, Ghettos & Gardens, dirtybird, 2012
Skrillex, First of the Year (Equinox), More Monsters and Sprites EP, Big Beat Records/Atlantic, 2011
Benga, Skank, Skank, Big Apple, 2002
Caspa, Dub Warz, Cockney Violin, Dub Police, 2006
Borgore, "Act Like A Ho!" The Filthiest Hits…So Far, Sumerian, 2011
Rusko, Be Free, Songs, Mad Decent / Downtown, 2012
David Guetta,“Crank it up (Feat. Akon)”Nothing But the Beat, Capitol, 2011
Deadmau5, Sofi Needs A Ladder, 4x4+12, Ultra, 2010
Tiesto, Maximal Crazy, Maximal Crazy, Musical Freedom, 2011
Diplo, Favela on Blast, Favela on Blast, NA, 2004
John Talabot, Destiny (feat. Pional), Fin, Permanent Vacation, 2012
SBTRKT, Hold On, sbtrkt, Roughtrade, 2011
Beat Pharmacy, Hootin' & Tootin, Inside Job, Throne of Blood, 2012
James Zabiela, "Jamelia (Remix)"
Kraftwerk, Autobahn, Autobahn, Vertigo, 1974
Garbage, Blood for Poppies, Not Your Kind of People, STUNVOLUME, 2012
Garbage, I Hate Love, Not Your Kind of People, STUNVOLUME, 2012
Lou Reed, New York Telephone Conversation, Transformer, RCA, 1972
Chic, Le Freak, Le Freak, Atlantic, 1978
Moby, Find My Baby, Play, V2, 1999
Jack White, Fly Farm Blues, NA, Third Man Records, 2009
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Bowers & Wilkins 685 S2 Loudspeakers
Written by Al Griffin
Note: Measurements taken in the anechoic chamber at Canada's National Research Council can be found through this link.
Anyone with more than a passing interest in hi-fi should be familiar with Bowers & Wilkins, aka B&W. Founded in 1966, the British manufacturer has been making speakers for 50 years. Its flagship speaker models are staples of recording studios, where they are used as monitors. Its lifestyle products, including headphones and Zeppelin all-in-one wireless systems, are staples of electronics stores. Filling the gap between is a range of speaker lines, the venerable 600 Series representing the company’s entry-level offerings.
Doug Schneider reviewed B&W’s 684 S2 ($1150 USD per pair), a two-way tower, for SoundStage! Hi-Fi in 2014. Next B&W 600 Series speaker up for review: the 685 S2 ($699/pair), another two-way, this one a stand-mounted design. Measuring 13.5”H x 7.5”W x 12.8”D, the 685 S2 could also qualify for bookshelf placement -- as long as the bookshelf is a deep one.
The 685 S2’s cabinet consists of MDF veneered in Black Ash vinyl (no other finishes are offered). The fit and finish are outstanding -- something we expect from B&W, though it’s impressive to see the company’s luxury-driven standards extended to entry-level models. A plug is provided for each speaker’s front-firing port, to modify the 685 S2’s bass response when it’s placed against a wall or on that deep bookshelf. The speakers also come with black grilles, secured by pins inserted in holes in the front baffle. With many speaker makers now using magnets for this purpose, the pins and holes struck me as a bit of a throwback; then again, most folks either leave speaker grilles permanently attached or don’t use them at all.
But it would be a shame to attach the 685 S2’s grilles, because the speaker looks so good without them. As in many other B&W speakers, the 6.5” midrange-bass driver has a yellow Kevlar cone capped with an anti-resonance plug. The port’s dimpled surface improves the bass response by smoothing the flow of air through the port. The real tech story behind the 600 Series, however, is its 1” Decoupled Dome tweeter, borrowed from B&W’s higher-end CM10 S2 speaker. In this design, a thin aluminum dome is attached to a thick aluminum ring, to add stiffness and reduce distortion. A synthetic gel then isolates the tweeter assembly, affixed to the wide end of a tapering tube -- technology inherited from B&W’s statement Nautilus line that enhances the sound quality by using the tube to absorb and dissipate unwanted soundwaves emanating from the driver’s rear.
Looking over B&W’s published specs for the 685 S2, I found it interesting that they mostly match those for the 684 S2 tower, which has three drivers to the 685 S2’s two. For both models, the sensitivity is 87dB/2.83V/m, the crossover frequency is 4kHz, and the frequency response is 45Hz-50kHz, -6dB; the 685 S2’s frequency response “on reference axis” is 52Hz-22kHz, +/-3dB (72Hz-22kHz, +/-3dB, for the 684 S2). For both models, the off-axis response is within 2dB of the reference-axis response across windows of 60° horizontal and 10° vertical, the nominal impedance is 8 ohms, and the minimum impedance is 3.5 ohms. Not shabby, specs-wise, for a speaker designed to sit on a bookshelf.
Systems go
I set up the B&Ws on heavy-duty stands positioned 2.5’ in from my listening/living room’s front wall, angled them inward, and connected cables to one of the two sets of gold-plated binding posts on each rear panel. (Jumpers are included for single-wiring.) For most of my evaluation, I powered the 685 S2s with a 75Wpc Hegel Music Systems Röst integrated amp, as well as with a Rotel A12 integrated amp.
I began with the speakers’ port plugs fully inserted, but soon determined that they weren’t needed in my setup. (The down’n’dirty measurements I took with an SPL meter and test tones indicated that the plugs reduced the 685 S2s’ bass extension by about 5dB.) Over time, I also decided that I preferred the speakers’ sound with the grilles attached: Goodbye, yellow Kevlar cones. It wasn’t that the 685 S2’s treble was strident; rather, with the grilles on, the B&Ws’ sound better matched the silky top end of the GoldenEar Technology Triton Five towers I’ve been using as references.
With the holiday season approaching, it seemed permissible to play Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, with Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC, EMI Classics/Tidal). As I listened to Act I, No.2: March, the crisp resolution delivered by that Decoupled Dome tweeter was in evidence, the brass instruments sounding notably textured and detailed. Strings also had a full quality, with prancing double-bass runs coming through with impressive dynamics and depth. The 685 S2s also proved easily capable of projecting a wide image that conveyed both the orchestra’s size and its various layers.
To get a sense of the B&W’s ability to hold things together at high levels, I played “Red Tide,” from Monument Builders, by Vancouver-based electronic musician Loscil, aka Scott Morgan (16/44.1 FLAC, Kranky/Tidal). With its urgent, arpeggiated synths and ominous tone, this track sounds like a mix between a Philip Glass score and the soundtrack to a tense scene from the Netflix series Stranger Things. For the most part, the 685 S2s handled the electronic assault, managing to sound clean even as I edged the volume control toward the discomfort zone. At that level, they were also able to flesh out the forward-pulsing synths from the atmospheric drones in the background.
The 685 S2s also performed well with delicate, vocal-driven tracks such as “California,” from Mazzy Star’s Seasons of Your Day (CD, Rhymes of an Hour RHYMES 003). Hope Sandoval’s laid-back singing and David Roback’s up-front acoustic guitar both displayed excellent presence and detail. The keyboard and hand drums in the background, meanwhile, had a warm, spacious quality that lent density to the sound. Other heavily atmospheric tracks I played, such as Bill Frisell’s “Outlaws,” from his With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones (CD, Nonesuch/Elektra 79624 2), were equally well treated by the B&Ws, Holland’s double bass coming across with notable fullness and good rhythmic drive.
To get a sense of where the B&W 685 S2s stood, I compared their sound with that of my GoldenEar Technology Triton Fives. Specced at 90dB sensitivity and with bass extension down to 26Hz, the Triton Five has definite advantages on paper over the 685 S2. At $2000/pair, it also costs quite a bit more. Nonetheless, I felt that the B&W’s wide imaging, detailed treble, and decent bass would make it a worthy competitor.
Not surprisingly, music with low-bass content, such as the March from The Nutcracker and the Frisell track, fared better through the GoldenEar towers. Still, the 685 S2’s bass was very impressive for the speaker’s size -- if not for the direct comparison, I’d have been very satisfied with its performance in this regard. When I cranked up Loscil’s “Red Tide,” the Tritons also displayed better dynamics, and proved more capable of clearly reproducing the track’s electronic textures.
One thing I noted with a few tracks through the B&Ws was a bit of midrange congestion when I jacked up the volume: voices could sound slightly coarse, and guitars edgy. In the end, the GoldenEar Tritons were more graceful at handling the same tracks at the same volume levels. But to keep things in perspective, the 685 S2 costs only a little more than one-third the Triton’s price, and for most of my listening I found its midrange to be smooth, and its dynamic capabilities to exceed what I typically expect from a “bookshelf” speaker.
Anyone looking for an easy entry into the audiophile world would be well served by the Bowers & Wilkins 685 S2. For a $699/pair speaker, it hits most of the high-end high points: precise imaging, refined detail, ample dynamics. And for the speaker’s modest size, its bass extension is impressive.
Does the 685 S2 kill it for its category? Soundwise, I’d say it compares very favorably with other under-$1000/pair bookshelf speakers I’ve heard. As for design, given my preference for the B&W’s grilles-on sound, I’d say it looks a bit bland compared with Sonus Faber’s sexy Principia 3, another $699/pair entry-level speaker from a high-end manufacturer, and which Sathyan Sundaram very favorably reviewed on SoundStage! Access in December 2016. Deciding between the two could be tough! But in terms of sound quality alone, the 685 S2 is well worth checking out.
. . . Al Griffin
alg@soundstagenetwork.com
Sources -- Pioneer BDP-88FD BD player, Apple MacBook Pro computer, iPhone 6, iPad 2, JRiver Media Center 21, Apple Music, Tidal HiFi
Speakers -- GoldenEar Technology Triton Five
Integrated amplifiers -- Hegel Music Systems Röst, Rotel A12
Speaker cables -- Monster S14-2RCL
Analog interconnects -- AudioQuest Victoria (RCA)
Price: $699 USD per pair.
Warranty: Five years parts and labor.
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Kids in Space
Meet Alessandro Zulli—one of 254 talented students from 30 countries and 30 states who won a scholarship to attend the Honeywell Leadership Challenge Academy.
Most of us have been to camp—but nothing like this. What was it like?
Alessandro Zulli: It was a truly amazing experience in all respects. The first day I got there, it was late and our plane had been delayed, so myself and friends I had made in Memphis were some of the last people in. We each got assigned our dorm rooms and, being late, went straight to bed. It was a cemetery in there. No one made a sound; no one talked. It almost seemed like we were afraid. Now the next night, and the night after that, and for all the nights of the week, we got no sleep at all. The night was spent talking, pulling practical pranks and just generally sharing experiences both of the camp and our pasts.
What does one learn at a camp like this?
AZ: I learned, among other things, how to aid and design a system through which to deal with mass evacuations, optics technology, how to build a model rocket and heat shield, and how to best separate DNA from its host. We did all these things by basically just jumping right in.
Wow, that’s a busy itinerary. But what was the coolest?
AZ: I would say the most interesting thing was flying the F-18A Hornets in the simulation cockpit. The controls where truly all there, and even after our crash course in piloting and briefing for our mission, none of us had the slightest idea what more than half of the buttons did. The one student who actually knew what he was doing actually did his job and landed Air Force One. The rest of us started off pretty well, but when the fighting actually started, it was amazingly funny to watch. People started barrel rolling straight down into the sea, stalling and firing at random—hitting their own teammates. I died in this way, being shot down by friendly fire when one of my teammates spun out of control. I was pretty mad, to be honest, since it was so fun doing the simulation, but they gave us time to fly freely on it after the mission (and get revenge).
What does leadership mean to you?
AZ: One thing they taught us is that leadership takes so many forms—no matter how many you think of, there will always be another one. They also taught us that the only definition that really matters is yours, since that’s the one you will follow. To me, leadership is taking charge and organizing everything in a way that best suits your needs and is efficient. It also means taking responsibility, basking in the glory it may give you and the hatred you may cause for your failures. It means to never shirk away from responsibilities given to you. If you can do that, then in my eyes, you have succeeded in leading.
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Bernie Sanders sticks to his guns, defends his vote to shield gun manufacturers from lawsuits
Katie McDonough
2016 Brown & Black Democratic Presidential Forum
When pressed by Jorge Ramos at Monday night's Iowa Brown and Black Forum, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said his vote to shield gun sellers and manufacturers from lawsuits was not a mistake. But he says that doesn't mean he's a friend of gunmakers.
"Like many pieces of legislation, like many of the 10,000 votes that I've cast, bills are complicated," Sanders said. "Throughout my political career I have ended up with a D- voting record from the NRA. I have voted to improve and extend the instant background check, I voted against the gun show loophole, and I also believe we should make this straw men situation a federal crime. And I believe that we need a revolution in mental health so that the people who need mental treatment can get it now, not two years from now."
The NRA-backed law shields gun manufacturers and sellers from civil lawsuits “resulting from criminal or unlawful misuse” of their firearms or ammunitions. The only exceptions made in the law are for cases of negligence (say a dealer sells a firearm to a child or sells a weapon that violates safety standards) or if dealers knowingly sold a gun to someone who intended to commit a crime.
So it's not exactly a blanket shield, but does offer a form of sweeping federal protection that's not extended to most manufacturers of consumer goods. And as Bloomberg's Jennifer Epstein recently pointed out, Sanders voted in support of The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act the same year he voted against a measure that would have offered fast food companies similar immunity from lawsuits.
That's why Hillary Clinton and Martin O'Malley have been hitting Sanders so hard on the issue. Last week, President Obama explicitly denounced the law in an op-ed for The New York Times, writing that the NRA, by way of the law Sanders supported, "guaranteed that manufacturers enjoy virtual immunity from lawsuits, which means that they can sell lethal products and rarely face consequences."
"But on the issue of guns, let me be very clear: I support the president," Sanders continued. "We have to do everything we can do end these horrific murders and mass murders that we're seeing in this country."
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Feature: Swamp Vignette
By singaporereviewofbooks / August 22, 2016 / Arts & Architecture, Feature, Literature & Criticism, Poetry
Swamp Vignette is a floating piece, quite appropriately following ancient poets’ paths of wandering. Swamp Vignette is floating a bit further ahead, outside of the current literary consumer world, where a book is “a written text that can be published in printed or electronic form.”[1] This vignette is a story, and any story told is a potential book, piece of literature, but The Symbolic Order refuses to let Swamp Vignette be reduced into written text.
The literature world owes much to written texts. Were it not written down, Homer’s Odyssey, a part of the canon of Western literature, would not have survived. Today, a point has been reached where books exist paperless, in the digital world. Samuel Butler’s translation of the Odyssey can, indeed, be found on the internet for free, and the first line reads:
Tell me, o Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.[2]
Stories, epics, poetry reading were originally an oral-aural experience. The shift to book form estranged the auditory reading experience; reading has become a visual, retinal-centric, silent, individual activity, whereas the ancient poets, the story tellers of old, often accompanied by music for atmospheric effect, told the stories. The listeners processed the story through their aural-sensory, their eyes stop seeing the outer physical world (retinal-centric reading does not let readers close their eyes,) and their minds submerged into the stories, began to construct their realities of the stories from what they knew, from what they heard, from what they imagined, from what they speculated.
It is that oral-aural experience of reading that The Symbolic Order with Swamp Vignette brings in today’s retinal-centered reading scenarios. The Symbolic Order writes:
These are not really songs, the three pieces together are a vignette, with the sounds being intended to create appropriate atmospheres.
The Symbolic Order is aware that with a headset this reading becomes a silent and repeatable individual activity, which further intensifies the internal experience of submerging into the vignette. Even better is The Symbolic Order’s creation of the atmospheric effect that accompany the three pieces. Their liner notes say:
The only instruments used on this recording are guitars. The other sounds are recordings of water, wind, car engines, leaves, grass, trees – ambient sounds. Most sounds were recorded clear, then mixed; some sounds were recorded through effects. All sounds, including guitars and voice, recorded on a Tascam DR-40, except for some water sounds recorded on a Tascam DP-008EX.
Brilliant idea – creating atmospheric effect from ambient sounds. Swamp Vignette pushes the boundary. The Symbolic Order, is a concept driven group, and they mesh and go beyond the acts of categorizing that exercise the power to divide, to water down, and to dissociate, but to generate art that is layered with fertility.
They, Michael Kearney and Durnin Martin, hear and understand the notes, rhythms, and sound features in water, wind, car engines, leaves, grass, trees… (That they do not list all is obvious when listening to the vignette. They collected and recorded who knows how many ambient sounds at locations across the Kanto region of Japan.) Even more amazing is that they can figure out the sound combinations of the different ambient sounds, to produce the right sound textures, including the vocals. If one has an ear for music, one will enjoy analyzing the elements of the sounds they produced, the effects they put to those sounds, and the mixing they did to create the music to match the story.
Swamp Vignette begins with Anticipation, the deathly road trip through rising water, the narrator is captured by the desire for Sayre. It drives him out of his room, out of his mind, to she, who is like the Sirens that lure sailors to their inevitable death, where there is no redemption. Arrival finds the ominous Zombie Shuffle where he, for the first time hesitates at the threatening sight of the abominable guard collecting entrance fees. He is doomed, the one-way never ending cycling sound of breaking water gives him no choice but to enter. Then comes Sayre’s Smile, where he becomes another demised soul of Sayre, by Sayre, the soul consumer, who adds him to her collection, enriching her peaceful swamp.
The Symbolic Order released Swamp Vignette as an EP, on June 13, 2016 at Bandcamp.com, a publishing platform for musicians. Unfortunately, the music-literature divide deprives Swamp Vignette of being perceived as a piece of literature, as a paperless narrative and leads people to miss the conceptual invitation that The Symbolic Order offers.
Swamp Vignette refuses to be reduced to a written text but it also refuses to be treated as merely songs. It refuses to be a retinal reading experience, yet Swamp Vignette is a story that is word driven. The sounds are an integrated part of the word-based story delivery, evoking images and sensations. It makes the experience more visual exactly because it refuses to offer a retinal reading. It is a story turned into a film even though there is no movie imagery. As readers listen to Swamp Vignette the story told is poetic, and vivid; one’s mind, based on each’s own imagination, will supply movies to the vignette.
The Symbolic Order is floating over the chasm of literature and music. They have already taken a written text and turned it into an oral-aural book. Their Pint Trilogy, is Michael Kearney’s written poem, “Pint” (Four Letter Words, Illustrations by Djohan Hanapi, Delere Press and Knuckles & Notch, Singapore, 2016), developed into an oral-aural book. It has emerged as a trilogy, Mirror, Shrine, Travesty offering another non-retinal reading evoking colorful and powerful sensitivities of “Pint,” while not a word has been altered. Pint Trilogy, too, refuses to be reduced into a written text or treated as simple “tracks” of music. It is a book of poetry.
So if you will, click open the book(s), click open the first chapter, click open the second chapter and then click open the third chapter. These four images of the cover and chapters that appear as you click open the pages are representations of the ambiance created by The Symbolic Order.
Close your eyes while reading and let yourself submerge in Swamp Vignette (and Pint Trilogy). Reading the intertextuality that is Swamp Vignette is a delightful, even addictive, experience. It will take about 7 minutes to finish the book. Each time you submerge more vivid the experience becomes. So, if you will, click and begin your aural experience:
https://thesymbolicorder.bandcamp.com/.
The last time I checked the site, The Symbolic Order had not set any price for downloading, so if you want to carry their art in your MP3 player they are there for free. (Personally, I paid. I paid the same amount that I pay for my lunch, I didn’t mind showing the poets my respect for coming up with the concepts and pulling them off, their story telling is food for my soul. Name your price.)
[1] Cambridge Dictionary, Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, 2018. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/book
[2] Homer, The Odyssey, Book I, Samuel Butler trans. The Internet Classics Archive. http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.1.i.html Emphasis in italics is by the author.
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158. Review: SUNDOWN, YELLOW MOON (see March 21, 2017)
“You Can’t Go Home Again”
Rachel Bonds calls her melancholic, structurally wandering Sundown, Yellow Moon, “a nighttime play with songs”; indeed, this coproduction of Ars Nova and WP Theater takes place largely at night and it does have songs, less than a handful, two of them coming in the final moments. (They’re pleasant but unexceptional guitar-strumming, country numbers by the Bengsons, an indie-folk team, with additional lyrics by Bonds.) The play’s title is from a lyric in Bob Dylan’s “If You See Her, Say Hello,” on his Blood on the Track album, referred to in the script.
Lilli Cooper, Peter Friedman. Photo: Ben Arons.
Otherwise, this is a quiet, drearily low-key, fitfully amusing, dramatically slender, hour-and-a-half slog through a family’s attempts to heal its psychic wounds. The family is that of a middle-aged, divorcé named Tom (Peter Friedman), a private school teacher, and his grown, twin daughters, Joey/Josephine (Eboni Booth) and Ray/Rayleen (Lilli Cooper). Its setting is Tom’s cabin in a rural Tennessee college town replete with musicians, poets, and intellectuals but, apparently, devoid of rednecks.
Peter Friedman. Photo: Ben Arons.
Tom’s been suspended after a violent argument with his new headmaster, during which he accidentally slugged the guy’s wife while the students looked on. Joey and Ray have come home from their respective urban residences to help dad get through his misery. He’s also being assisted by a gentle young man with his own problems; this is Carver (JD Taylor), a counselor/therapist whose approval will be necessary before Tom can return to work. There are three other characters: a married couple, Jean (Anne L. Nathan) and Bobby (Michael Pemberton), Tom’s guitar-playing friends who jam with him, and Ted (Greg Keller), a poet.
Peter Friedman, Lilli Cooper. Photo: Ben Arons.
Although Tom is deep down in the dumps, it seems at first he’s showing symptoms of early-onset Alzheimer’s. Carver’s encouraged, for instance, that Tom was able to go to the Piggly Wiggly on his own, even though, as Ray discovers (a bit late, it seems), he bought nothing of substance and the fridge is practically empty. Joey, a vegan, has received a Fulbright to study in Germany for two years (her subject isn’t clear) but has trepidations about going. Ray’s a lesbian musician who’s stopped writing songs after breaking up with the woman she works for, the head of an arts funding organization.
Eboni Booth, Greg Keller. Photo: Ben Arons.
Carver was involved as a boy in a scandalous relationship with a priest, which is about all we’re told of it; he once belonged to a local singing group but dropped out and stopped making music while the others all became famous. Ted—a married college teacher Joey meets and falls for at the local reservoir, where she goes swimming—blames his writer’s block on his novelist wife’s success.
Anne L. Nathan, Lilli Cooper, Michael Pemberton, Peter Friedman, Eboni Booth. Photo: Ben Arons.
It’s nice to see a play in which everyone, despite their own problems, is concerned about everyone else, but to make such a play interesting the stakes have to be higher. In Sundown no specific problem seems any more urgent than any other, and when it’s all over the persons most likely not to be concerned about anyone’s problems are the members of the audience. The otherwise fine ensemble can’t do more than give a superficially believable impression of these thinly drawn characters, and the usually reliable Anne Kaufmann’s lethargic direction only bogs things down more.
JD Taylor, Lilli Cooper. Photo: Ben Arons.
Things transpire on Lauren Helpern clunky, all-purpose unit set, the kind that tries to be simultaneously indoors and out. It’s a wall-less platform for the interior of Tom’s woodsy cabin surrounded by slender, unpainted boards that look both like tree cutouts (suggested by leaf-like designs overhead) and the vertical studs holding up the house; a jumbled assortment of step units at the front serve as steps and the rocky surfaces near the reservoir. Isabella Byrd and Matt Frey’s lighting does its best to create properly somber and romantic moods, with fine supplementation by Leah Gelpe's Chekhovian sound design reminding us of midsummer nature's presence.
Eboni Booth, Lilli Cooper, Peter Friedman. Photo: Ben Arons.
Sundown, Yellow Moon is one of those dully atmospheric plays about sad and lonely people where the actors speak in subdued, artificially naturalistic, voices, filled with sorrowful silences, and the conversation you have with your friend as you leave is livelier than anything you’ve heard on stage; where people walk through a furnished house to go swimming in a reservoir that appears to be right beneath an upstage doorway; where racially diverse actors are cast as the offspring of a white father in a Southern rural community, with not a hint explaining the relationship; where it’s a swelteringly humid summer but no one sweats and none of the men wear shorts; where a young woman accidentally meets a poet she heard read a poem perhaps 10 years earlier, when she was 17, and not only remembers him but the poem as well (her sister has a too-similar experience when she recalls first hearing Carver’s group as a child); where no one scene seems much more important than any other; where the dreamily beautiful girl seen in certain ads never materializes in the play itself; where a family songfest covers the lack of a satisfying denouement; where . . . well, I've already belabored the point.
Sundown, Yellow Moon
McGinn/Cazale Theatre
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Where real estate development meets preservation.
Small-Scale City
From an abandoned church to a community gathering place (for beer) right here in Oregon. #adaptivereuse… https://t.co/F603Cd60rS
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Portland adaptive reuse
New spaces, old places: Blake McFall Building
June 27, 2019 in adaptive reuse, Portland Development, Portland adaptive reuse, Portland history
A weekly look at adaptive reuse projects around Portland and beyond…
Also known as the Emmett Building in Portland’s Central Eastside, the five-story building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Designed by McNaughton & Raymond of Portland and built in 1915, it was added to the register in 1990.
Under construction in 1915.
Here’s what the Oregonian had to say about it in its July 1915 issue:
The second floor, reached by a fireproof viaduct from Burnside street will contain the offices, salesmen’s quarters, rest rooms and space for sample display and the balance of the building will be given up to general paper storage.
Total cost: $90,000.
If you’ve been in Portland for any amount of time, you’ll know this building better as the Towne Storage building. Up until a few years back, it was low-rent space for local artists. In 2016, it was retrofitted to include:
seismic strengthening, window sash replacement and refurbishment, brick and stone restoration, a new enhanced exterior entry and main lobby, restoration of the iconic steel water tower, and the addition of a new 8,750 SF Penthouse set-back on the roof with two exterior landscaped decks.
Pre-retrofit. Source.
Post retrofit. The water tower was kept intact. Source.
Tags: portland adaptive reuse, portland commercial development, portland real estate
House of the week: Rare mid-century modern Milwaukie waterfront home for sale
June 25, 2019 in Milwaukie, adaptive reuse, Portland adaptive reuse, Portland Development, Portland history
I’m not a Realtor by any stretch of the imagination but if I was, here’s what my ad would say:
Bring your vision (and huge bags of cash)! This 1969 mid-century modern home has sat empty for years and is ready for some love. Think of the possibilities.
Anyhow, I’ve been fascinated with the home for years now. Is it empty? Why doesn’t someone live here? Why is this amazing spot not sold? Is that graffiti on the walls inside?
It’s a real mess.
Doesn’t look very mid-century modern from this angle, but it is…
But? If you’ve got the cash and the constitution, I applaud you. It’s got a lot going for it (like a view of the Willamette). Sadly, an investor probably won’t think so.
Here’s the Redfin ad.
Tags: portland adaptive reuse, portland real estate, milwaukie
Old bus stop morphs into coffee cart
June 02, 2019 in adaptive reuse, Portland adaptive reuse, Portland history
I wrote about it extensively here but also recently created a video. Watch it here:
Tags: adaptive reuse, portland adaptive reuse, portland real estate
Former beloved bookstore gets new life in Portland
March 02, 2019 in adaptive reuse, Portland adaptive reuse, Portland Development, Portland history
Here’s the setup: A beloved bookstore on Division in Portland in a unique corner building closed its doors last year. The owner of the shop had passed away and its future was in doubt. The son, who co-managed the shop put the building up for sale.
That story usually ends up like this: the building is sold, developer demolishes, builds soulless box. The end.
In this case though, the son had a buyer in mind. And that buyer was a book/comic book store Books With Pictures. The owner lives nearby so she’s vested in the neighborhood. She plans on moving her family to the space (it has residential on top—imagine that), leasing out the basement to another business—a record store even— and launching a food cart pod in the parking lot. Kudos to all involved.
Tags: adaptive reuse, portland adaptive reuse, portland commercial development
A look at Portland's oldest neighborhood; Widmer closes; Saving the Mayo house
January 22, 2019 in adaptive reuse, Portland adaptive reuse, Portland history, Portland Development
Portland’s North End
If you’re not reading Street Roots, buy a copy from any of its vendors around town. Not only do they report on homeless (and other) issues they do a great job doing it. Proof: this piece on the history of Old Town and how it’s transformed through the years. It’s written by Doug Kenck-Crispin, co-producer of the podcast Kick Ass Oregon History so you know it’s solid.
Widmer pub closes
Some of us were surprised, others not so much: Widmer has shut its N. Russell pub. In 2017, they stopped serving food at the same location. The venerable brewer will still produce beers, you just can’t go to its pub to drink them.
Mayo house saved
What a great story: Local artist saves historic home, will move it to where the family’s long-lost apartment once stood and will renovate it —and open it to the public “where historians, artists and members of the black community can preserve and create culture.”
Widmer before it was Widmer.
Tags: portland adaptive reuse, portland commercial development, adaptive reuse
October 2, 2018: Weekly design and building news
October 02, 2018 in Milwaukie, Portland Development, Portland adaptive reuse
Voodoo Doughnut coming to Milwaukie/Oak Grove?
That’s the rumor on the street. The Starbucks on McLoughlin (14620 SE McLoughlin Blvd. to be exact) is moving across the street making room for a huge space that includes the long-ago vacated Pizza Schmizza. And that’s where the new Voodoo would (apparently) go. We’re not convinced.
Doughnuts, booze and dry cleaning. Source.
The story behind Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge
One of our fave places in Portland has a great story on its creation (involving some guerrilla action). Read the whole story here.
"...armed with a bottle of Jim Beam bourbon (we) proceeded to nail up the signs around the wetland perimeter, thereby establishing, by fiat, that we unilaterally declared the city’s first urban wildlife refuge..."
Speaking of nature in the city…
Portland metro is blessed with the green, right? Rivers, trees, birds. And, though not in Portland, a new study says that being near nature and trees lessens depression and crime. And to prove it, researchers added greenery to city vacant lots and saw people using them more and crime declining. Nature for the win.
Tags: portland commercial development, portland real estate
An unappreciated mid-century spot in Milwaukie
September 17, 2018 in adaptive reuse, Milwaukie, Portland adaptive reuse, Portland Development, Portland history
Downtown Milwaukie is experiencing major changes to its downtown core. From the south Downtown area (there’s an actual crane up in Milwaukie) with two huge mixed-use projects up within a couple of years, to a new library, to more mixed-use dotted along McLoughlin, downtown will look different in 2-3 years. It hasn’t seen this much growth and construction probably since after WW2.
That said, Milwaukie has an impressive stock of mid-century ranch homes sprinkled throughout the neighborhoods that have remained unscathed in their original condition.
Many commercial mid-century buildings also dot the landscape from super-mod churches to office buildings to bowling alleys.
One mid-century building still standing is the (now former) Milwaukie Cleaners building. Almost invisible, since it sits on a desolate part of Main street (most people usually drive by it to hop on 99) it was built in 1959 and designed by Joseph H. Rudd & Associates, a Portland architecture firm. The streamlined design and folded plate roof were commonly found on dry cleaners of the time. The space is a bit striking and unusual, most notably that roof.
According to Leesa Gratreak, MS, Architectural Historian, at HDR, Joseph H. Rudd & Associates was started by Joseph H. Rudd in 1950 after completing his degree in architecture at the University of Oregon. Rudd, originally born in Idaho in 1922, was active in local philanthropy and housing boards in Portland, as well as an active member of the city planning committee in Vancouver, Wash. Rudd continued to design with the firm until his retirement in 1990 and he passed away in 2003.
Examples of additional work include Yaw’s Top Notch Restaurant in Portland; quarters for the Sisters of St. Dominic on the Marycrest High School campus in Portland; a U.S. National Bank Building on Division Street in Portland; as well as numerous residential buildings throughout the Portland metro area.
“The building is an excellent example of mid-century plate glass design and exhibits a folded plate roof and decorative concrete block patterning,” says Gratreak. “The roof is considered a common feature associated with dry cleaners as it allowed a wide overhang for items to be safely transferred into the vehicle.”
Once Milwaukie Cleaners closed shop, the future of the building remained unknown. Just recently, tell-tale signs of a new business showed up—brown paper on the windows—with word on the street that new tenants will be involved in the budding CBD industry.
Want to see downtown Milwaukie’s building history up close? Gratreak will be leading a tour of downtown Milwaukie this Saturday. Go here to sign up.
Tags: milwaukie, portland adaptive reuse, portland commercial development
An 1800s church, beer, and building a community
September 12, 2018 in Portland adaptive reuse, adaptive reuse
It started with breakfast in Turner, Oregon.
Chad Casady recalls having breakfast with his wife, Melissa, and neighbors, throwing ideas back and forth, and the abandoned church around the corner came up in conversation. One of the ideas: turn the church into a taphouse.
After the paint job. Source.
So, after breakfast that day, the Casadys and neighbors walked over to the church and found the front door wide opened. “We helped ourselves, took a tour of the place, and it was a disaster,” says Casady. “The inside was not well kept, the whole thing needed to be gutted, the foundation looked pretty bad. Posts and beams were rotten. It looked like it needed some TLC.”
Built in 1891, the 127-year-old church, near Salem, was obviously neglected and that’s when most people would’ve walked away. In fact, it’s seen numerous tenants during the previous decades, with the last tenant living in the basement.
Deconstruction on interior. Source.
Casady, though, started the reconstruction process. At the beginning of 2015, he started research on the building, then researched construction costs associated with renovating it. He brought in an inspector, a foundation expert to take a look at the foundation and structure, and then a general contractor to map out what it was going to take. Then it was off to the City of Turner.
Pre-paint job. Source.
The City was exceptionally helpful, says Casady, but a maybe bit cynical at first. “When I came in, the city administrator said, “You know how many people have come in, just like you with some grand dream for this building?’ and I said, ‘I'm not in the business of dreaming, I'm business execution here, so if you want to help out, I'm interested in figuring out what it takes to get from step A to step B,’” says Casady.
From there, he continues to work with the city and county numerous times before putting in an offer. And then, even more research.
Demographics, speaking with local business owners about the market, the future of the city, and where they think the city is going. In fact, Turner is starting to see some changes, like a new community-based café that’s been successful. “It’s proving that the community is ready for something cooler than a mill,” says Casady.
So, how does someone like Casady, who has a background in tech (he’s VP of IT at Performance Health Technology in Salem) and no construction experience retrofit a hundred-plus-year-old building?
“I really didn't understand how a lot of the systems worked, you know as far as like putting contracts together, getting approvals and stuff. I've never done a construction project. I was involved in building my own house, but not like this,” he says.
The key to success he believes is having a strong partner (Casady credits his wife Melissa as his true partner), hiring the right contractor, and if you can swing it, someone you know and trust. An old acquaintance, Ryan Records, of Records Construction has been his partner throughout the retrofit, as well as a team of solid subs to help guide the project.
More deconstruction. Source.
The end game, of course, is to have a community gathering place, serve some local beers (they’re installing a 32-tap system with local beers from Salem including Gilgamesh, Salem Ale Works, Vagabond, and Santiam) as well as other Oregon and west coast beers.
But it’s also a bit more. Casady wanted a taproom, called Angel's Share Barrel House (“Angel’s share” is the portion of alcohol that’s lost to evaporation with aged spirits—”if you want tasty booze, you’ve got to pay the Angels their share,” Casady says), and a place to hang out, but also help build a stronger community. With his own money funding the retrofit he believes the taproom will be more than a beer place.
“To bring something back that has been sitting there for decades, and people have just complained about this building and no one was doing anything about it. This is such an important piece of history for the community and we need to do something with it,” he adds.
A stroll through Portland's West End
August 26, 2018 in Portland adaptive reuse, Portland Development, Portland Real Estate
James Cook, director of retail research in the Americas for JLL, has an interesting podcast called Where We Buy, “a show about the things we buy and the places we buy them.”
In his most recent episode he explores Portland’s West End with Jonathan Ledesma, a partner with developer Project^. They talk about the challenges, opportunities and the transformation of the West End through adaptive reuse.
Union Way: The shops may have changed since its opening, but the design still shines.
The two projects highlighted include Blackbox, a retail and creative space in a historic brick building, and Union Way, the shopping alley that connects two streets through two former night clubs. I'm probably not the target shopping audience for Union Way but I still love its aesthetics, the vibe, the design (those flush-mounted floor lights...), and the fact that it magically empties out to Powell's (how convenient). It's the perfect example of a building being reborn as a fun and useful space.
Grab a beverage and give the episodes a listen.
Tags: adaptive reuse, portland adaptive reuse, portland real estate, portland commercial development
Crowdfunding a neighborhood hang-out: Ye Olde Towne Crier
August 13, 2018 in Portland adaptive reuse, Portland Development, Portland history, Portland Real Estate
Crowdfunding for retrofitting local buildings is one intriguing idea. I like it for a couple of reasons: One, the return is making your own neighborhood better or more livable and two the return is pretty immediate. You invest in a building around the corner, you can see the work being done daily. I also like it because you don’t have to invest handfuls of cash—for a crowdfunding site like NextSeed, the minimum is $100. Throw in an adaptive reuse component and it sounds even more appealing.
Rendering of the new version. Source.
This brings us to a local project in Portland (in Woodstock): the Ye Olde Towne Crier (you might know it better as Grandma’s, copious smoking, and karaoke). Here’s the scoop: Tacee Webb, who has a 19 year career in retail, real estate and retail development, is retrofitting the space and naming it (actually going back to its original name) Ye Olde Towne Crier. The goal is to retrofit it “as a multi-level ode to Portland’s past and its current residents, a place to chat and dine among one another and enjoy the city’s brightest talent.”
So, why NextSeed? According to their website, “investing isn’t just for Wall Street and Silicon Valley. Everyone can now access exclusive investment opportunities and build a financial portfolio with local businesses.” The company focuses on helping consumer-facing, brick-and-mortar businesses in the food and beverage, health and wellness, fitness, hospitality and co-working industries.
Towne Crier, 1953. Source.
And, according to Webb, by using NextSeed, “the risk is being absorbed so you don’t have to lose your house. It’s a higher risk for start-ups; this lets them get investors in a less riskier way.”
The project currently has raised $13,900 by 30 investors.
Webb hopes the Towne Crier will become a community gathering and destination spot as well as a local hangout for students of the Reed College neighborhood and locals from the Creston-Kenilworth community. The attached Treasury Cafe and Lounge will provide morning-evening service. Nighttime entertainment will include live music and whisky tastings featuring local musicians and artisans. Preeminent spirits expert Stuart Ramsay will oversee curation of the bar program.
“There are so many stories and it feels like a patchwork quilt that’s perfect for a community project," says Webb. "There are many former customers in their 60s and 70s that have some great stories and we think it will help provide a sense of a place for them."
The new space will also be a sort of repository for lost Portland restaurant artifacts: The stained glass windows are from Embers, the vintage neon Lounge sign (and its HVAC system) comes from The Overlook, while chandeliers from Der Rheinlander will grace the ceiling.
If you’re interested in helping fund the project (or any project), NextSeed provides some pretty decent details, from key terms, location analysis, and revenue sharing summary.
If you’re interested in retrofitting an old building in your own neighborhood, NextSeed is a good start. It doesn't actually finance real estate purchases (Webb owns the building; she purchased it in 2017) but it can help you get on the path, and you’re going to need to be nailed down with your financials and have some semblance of a business plan (this is real estate, not a widget you’re working on).
Parting advice from Webb: “Have a strong team and partners. I’m not a restaurateur but my partner is. That’s been so helpful.”
Milwaukie mystery structure
July 23, 2018 in Portland Real Estate, Portland Development, Portland adaptive reuse, Milwaukie
Celebrate Milwaukie's Facebook page posted an interesting pic of a half-built commercial structure. Looking like a cross between a building kit, a Q-Hut and a 1950s sci-fi movie spaceship, the modular structure is located on King Road just east of the Milwaukie line.
What makes it even more intriguing is that, at one point, the location (or at least close to it) was going to be the new home of Clay's Smokehouse when they closed on Division. (They're back on Division and killing it.) The property on King was dormant for years, until the structure just kind of appeared a couple months back.
We checked records and found nothing.
Tags: portland commercial development, portland real estate, Milwaukie, milwaukie
Zidell Yards statement on next steps, wood skyscraper DOA, Portland Building...leggings?
July 17, 2018 in Portland adaptive reuse, Portland Development, Portland Real Estate
More on Zidell Yards
Jay Zidell, president of ZRZ Realty Company, released a statement on their site today. Here's a blurb from it:
After lengthy negotiations with the City of Portland, we’ve decided to mutually terminate the Development Agreement for Zidell Yards.
It comes down to two simple things: the cost of public infrastructure and the need to secure outside funding. The public infrastructure that would have been a part of Zidell Yards included ten acres of new public parks and Greenway, new public docks and a publicly accessible beach as well as the extension of Bond Avenue and significant investments in affordable housing.
We were happy to contribute as much as we could to these projects, but we compete for financing with projects across the city and nation. Zidell Yards could not bear the sizable additional infrastructure costs the City was requesting and still generate the market returns needed to secure outside funding.
Central Eastside gets (yet) another new tenant
After nearly 10 years on Mississippi Avenue, Animal Traffic is relocating to the Central Eastside. Well known for their vintage clothes, Animal Traffic will occupy a 2.465 SF space with a 1,650 SF showroom in the newly renovated Taylor Works Building at 134 SE Taylor Street. Alongside their highly curated clothing selection will be a new shoe lounge. Animal Traffic will be an exclusive retailer of Dr. Marten’s Made in England line for men and women.
Tower of wood no more
Willamette Week reported that the "deal to build a record-setting wooden Portland tower that was expected to be the tallest in North America is off." It was going to be 12 stories tall and constructed from cross-laminated timber. Reason: the costs were too high.
Portland Building Leggings
It's exactly what you think it is. Portland Design Events, the "premier website for finding and sharing architecture and design-related events in Portland, Oregon," (and a favorite site of ours) also has a store where you can buy Portland design-inspired items. Like? Like these Portland Building leggings.
Headline of the week: CVS commits urban malpractice with generic store designs that poison neighborhoods
One, the Dallas Morning News has an architecture critic. That's rad. How many daily newspaper have an architecture critic any more? (Thankfully we have Brian Libby's Portland Architecture.) Two, this review takes apart a new Dallas CVS, piece by piece. Here's a nice nugget:
The interior design is manipulative, but the exteriors are worse, for they actively encourage unhealthy behavior by abetting an auto-centric lifestyle and making the city actively worse for anyone who would prefer or requires other means of mobility, above all walking.
Orange Line Ale Trail; Westmoreland church for sale; new Central Eastside shuttle
The Orange Line Ale Trail
Ok, it's not really a thing but it could be, drinking beers without driving, from downtown Milwaukie to Tilikum Crossing. Here's a quick take on your beery adventure.
Orange Line Ale Trail. Source
First (or last) stop: Beer Store Milwaukie. Revolving taps, OK food, bottles and cans.
Next stop: Ruse Brewing, located in the Iron Fireman Collective building (after 7/14!).
Hop back on Max,then get off at the Clinton stop and head to Apex, BeerMongers then Los Gorditos. Depending on your state, you can get back on Max or walk to Tillikum Crossing to enjoy more beers at the recently opened Mt. Hood Brewery at Tilikum Station. If you're feeling adventurous, hoof it down Water Avenue for 20 minutes where you can hit up Hair of the Dog, Produce Row Cafe, and Wayfinder. (But that's a different post for a different kind of blog.)
Update: Looks like The Portland Mercury thinks the same thing.
Mt. Hood Brewery's new spot offers beers, pizza, a refurbished caboose as a dining room, and a front-row seat of the Orange Line and train museum across the street.
New shuttle in Central Eastside
Not to keep talking about beer, but... if you want to keep your beerventure going (or need to get to work) you can always keep walking down Water Avenue to a handful of breweries and taprooms. Or? Take the just-launched Water Avenue Courtesy Shuttle, for free. It runs from 6:30am to 9:30am and 4pm-7pm. with stops including the Dairy Building parking lot, Oregon Rail Heritage Center parking lot, North OMSI parking lot, ODOT Block parking lot, Eastside Exchange parking lot and Oregon Convention Center. Prowling around Central Eastside yesterday, we saw it cruise by pretty frequently.
Mid-century church in Westmoreland a goner?
We always liked this mid-century church building but it might not be around for very much longer. Though the land is currently zoned R-1 and R-5, there’s a pending zone change of the entire site to R-1, a medium-density residential zone. Allowed uses include condominiums, apartments, duplexes, townhouses, and row homes. We’ll be watching what happens next.
Nature in the city
A quick note for NextDoor posters that post (which seems like every week) that they SPOTTED A COYOTE ON OUR STREET HOW DID IT GET HERE THIS IS A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD: those coyotes aren't going anywhere (and were probably there first). In fact, they might be trotting around your backyard even more while you sleep.
According to new research, human activity is forcing mammals to become more active during the night—because humans are disrupting them. Night noises just got more interesting.
Tags: portland adaptive reuse, portland, portland real estate, adaptive reuse, Portland beer
So long, Lotus Cafe; New brewery & drinking map in Central Eastside; Overland Warehouse retrofit
July 05, 2018 in Portland adaptive reuse, Portland Development, Portland history, Portland Real Estate
The Lotus is no more
Avert your eyes if you don't want to see the destruction of The Lotus. The Oregonian reported that it originally opened in 1906 (!!) at the corner of Southwest Third Avenue and Salmon Street as the Hotel Albion. The building was known for the Lotus Café and Cardroom from 1924. It continued as a hopping nightspot until its closure in 2016. YouTuber Steve the Historian hustled down there and shot some video:
Mt. Hood Brewing opens its Central Eastside location this weekend
Snuggled at the foot of the Tilikum Bridge at a former TriMet transfer station (now called Bruun Dock Studios) we think the location will work for them. Even if they only got commuters hopping off the Orange Line for a quick pint and a pizza they'll rock it. Another win for Central Eastside.
Speaking of the Central Eastside (and booze)
The folks at Conveyor have put together a micro-site of the history of the Central Eastside as well as a map of places to grab a drink. You can walk, hike, even bike it. (If you drive it, you won't find parking. And if you're drinking you shouldn't be driving. Wags finger.) If you're old school like me, look for hard copies of the map at selected establishments.
Adaptive reuse of the week: Overland Warehouse
Originally built as a warehouse in 1889, Overland Warehouse has served as temporary housing for immigrant families, a neighborhood market, and a nightclub over the years.
In 2016, UD+P completed a full renovation that preserved and restored its historic structural elements while adding modern features that are needed for today’s creative office tenants. Unique among older brick buildings in downtown Portland, Overland features a stunning atrium built into the third floor that brings light down to the center of the building.
As part of the renovation, the building underwent a complete seismic retrofit.
And, just last month Restore Oregon presented the Overland Warehouse design and development team with a 2018 DeMuro Award.
Indoor skatepark coming to Milwaukie?
June 29, 2018 in Portland adaptive reuse, Portland Development, Portland Real Estate
It appears so.
From their website:
We are very excited to announce that after a very long search with many ups and downs we have found a space and signed a lease in Milwaukie just outside of SE Portland! At over 5000 sq feet with a party room in the back, its the perfect space for a new indoor park and we can't wait to see you there!
They'll be doing a pre-sale to help fund the building of the park, with the opportunity to buy sessions and memberships at a deep discount. Looks like they're opening at Wichita Town Center on King next to Urban Warrior.
Stronger Skatepark says it will "provide a safe and clean space for people of all ages and abilities to engage in skateboarding and the local community." They'll also offer open skate times, camps, lessons, parties and other events.
Cool. Check out their website for more info.
Tags: milwaukie
12 Portland skyscrapers that changed Portland; Small-scale manufacturing in Central Eastside; Booming South Downtown Milwaukie
June 25, 2018 in Portland adaptive reuse, Portland Development, Portland history
The word skyscraper might be a stretch, regardless, this piece goes deep (or is that high?) on 12 Portland skyscrapers that changed the city for good (and bad). I don't normally recommend reading the comments from OregonLive but there's a lively discussion on buildings missed (of course there's the old-timer lamenting how much downtown has changed since—fill in blank of the decade when they peaked/moved here). Great pics throughout, too. I love it when the Oregonian dives into its pic morgue. And for the record, where's the Weatherly?
Portland Small-Scale Manufacturing
White papers don't exactly instill a sense of excitement but this one is pretty fascinating. It's called The State of Urban Manufacturing Portland City Snapshot. Stay with me.
In a nutshell, the white paper helps to try and understand what the small-batch manufacturing sector looks like, who its "entrepreneurs and employees are, and what cities can do to help these firms thrive and grow into larger jobs generators, and retain them within the urban core."
One of the cities that the The Urban Manufacturing Alliance profiled is Portland. And one of the key takeaways I got (and, sure, I'm cherry-picking) is that manufacturing job growth between 2010 and 2016 was most evident in the Central Eastside district, where it increased by 30 percent. I'm intrigued by small-scale manufacturing and how individuals and companies are making stuff, not outside of cities, but right in the middle in places like the Central Eastside.
The downside?
Affordable space represents the most urgent challenge facing manufacturers in Portland today, especially smaller, fast-growing companies that prefer to accommodate their expansions within city limits.
Milwaukie has a lot going in South Downtown
And, they've got a new website to prove it. South Downtown wasn't even a thing like 5 years ago. And now? Here's some of what's going to be completed (whoa?) by 2019-2020.
Axletree apartments, a new five-story, mixed-use development.
Kronberg Park Multi-Use Walkway
Coho Point at Kellogg Creek, an opportunity site for a 5-story mixed-use building.
A new high school
A new space for the Milwaukie Farmer's Market
That's just some of the projects.
The future site of Coho Landing in South Downtown Milwaukie. The current building will be demolished. Source.
Small-scale on Division
Took a stroll down Division in today (as I do every couple of years) and was— as usual—blown away by the changes. I like that these kind of workhouse buildings (see pic) are still around. Two-story, retail on bottom, housing on top. Could this even get built anymore? Does code even allow that?
Small-scale still exists along Division (surrounded by new construction).
Tags: Milwaukie, portland real estate, portland commercial development
Guild Theatre gets new life; mid-century in Milwaukie; new pedestrian bridge in Forest Park
We've got to admit it was touch and go with the Guild. It was in disrepair for years, then vacant. (Buildings that are vacant for long periods of time always us nervous.) It was originally built in 1927 as the Taylor Street Theatre until 1948 when it was renamed, renovated in 1956, then closed in 2006. But wait! It was renovated in 2016. Original plans called for it to be used as a theater, but that came to pass. Until this year, it sat vacant. And now, Willamette Week reports that it will get a new resident—Japan's Kinokuniya Books. Chalk that up as a win.
Milwaukie Cleaners closing
Dry cleaners closing their doors isn't exactly breaking news. However, this one piques our interest. One, it's a cool structure. Two, it's a hidden mid-century gem. Three, it would make a great spot for something other than a dry cleaner? Restaurant? Beer-something? Coffee shop? Market? The Architecture Heritage Center did a walking tour of downtown Milwaukie last year that (we think) that featured it. (They're doing another one in the fall.)
Beers Made by Walking and a new pedestrian bridge in Forest Park
If you've never done the Beers Made by Walking hike, do it. Last weekend, we had the chance to wander around with Forest Park folks and brewers from Hopworks and Reverend Nat's Hard Cider. The two-hour walk provided a chance to see a new Metro trail under construction, a 500-year-old cedar, and a forest —mere miles from downtown Portland.
Closer to town on Burnside in Forest Park it was recently announced the Burnside Wildwood Trail crossing has enough funds to be built. After support from myriad of sources, including Portland Parks & Recreation, Metro, major family and public foundations, private donations, and crowdsourcing, construction is predicted to start in late summer.
Based on a stunning design inspired by the concept of a “bridge floating in the woods” by Ed Carpenter, an artist from Portland. Source.
Tags: portland adaptive reuse, portland commercial development, portland real estate, adaptive reuse
Brick buildings: cute, but deadly; Milwaukie growth spurt; demolition porn; welcome to South Portland
May 30, 2018 in Portland adaptive reuse, Portland Development, Portland history
Historical brick buildings, also known as unreinforced masonry buildings or URMs, "make up nine percent of the buildings in Portland. Though charming, they’re the most dangerous places to be in or near during an earthquake" (which can happen tomorrow or 100 years from now). So, what's Portland going to do? Tear them all down? Make owners pay a bajillion dollars to reinforce? Replace them with boring, vanilla condos? Glad I'm not the one making decisions around here.
Interesting, leaky roof. Presuming this one's coming down when sold. Source.
Downtown Milwaukie (or DTM—too soon?) is on the cusp of a huge building boom. There's new construction ready to start for the Axletree (110 units) and the rumor of a brewery on the bottom floor. Next door Coho Point at Kellogg Creek, a five-story mixed-use project is in the works. And if you cross McLoughlin, there's an interesting piece of property for sale in one of the few commercially zoned properties within the area. My guess is a tear-down. The roof leaks, it looks like it's going to collapse, it's a unique style. Watching this one for sure.
The Axletree in downtown Milwaukie. Source.
Portland DJC posted a photo essay of demolition porn last week. The old Portland Music Co. building is a goner. Its replacement will be a "six-story, cross-laminated-timber building." (Portland Music Co. moved down to Oak Grove on McLoughlin, by the way.)
Portland is moving closer to changing mailing addresses for nearly 10,000 businesses and homes in what would be the most significant change to the city's address book since the Great Depression. For some of you in Southwest, you will now be in South Portland.
Tags: portland real estate, portland, Milwaukie
Renovating on SE Grand, property for sale in Oak Grove, Willamette Falls back on track
May 28, 2018 in Portland Development, Portland adaptive reuse, Portland history, Portland Real Estate
Michael Andersen looks at Portland's infamous 1924 rezoning legacy that launched a "century of exclusion."
Great news! After a brief hiccup, the Willamette Falls riverwalk project is back on track. (Sorry—PBJ subscribers only.)
For sale across from the Park Avenue Max stop—four parcels for a total of 27,014 SF lot. The site also includes a 4,752 SF industrial-flex building. The property is "ideal for owner use or a redevelopment opportunity." Source.
Down in Oak Grove at the last Max stop, a key piece of property has been listed for sale. The whole corner is ripe for development. On one side you have the station, across from that is Max parking, then a 7-Eleven. With a local organization (Oak Grove is unincorporated) working with the county to re-imagine the intersection (e.g., introducing code so more sprawl doesn't get thrown up on McLoughlin) this might be a viable intersection someday.
Lorentz Bruun Construction announced on its Instagram page that they're in the process of renovating an old furniture store on Grand (716 SE Grand). Built in 1904, the brick-cladded building had a modern facade plopped on in 1979. The building is next to Dig a Pony and Kachka. Bruun recently adapted the Iron Fireman warehouse building (1721-1799 SE Schiller St.) in SE Portland (coming soon: Ruse Brewing) and are working on the new Central Eastside Mt. Hood Brewery location at OMSI.
There's brick behind that 1970s facade. Source.
Speaking of beer (when are we not), down in Oregon City, First City Ale House (great name) has applied to the OLCC for a taproom on Main Street. Oregon City is booming.
Tags: portland real estate, portland commercial development, portland adaptive reuse
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LeBron James' missed free throw squashed Cleveland's 30-point comeback bid
DJ Dunson
Yahoo Sports April 7, 2018, 3:40 AM UTC
LeBron James was spectacular after the Cleveland Cavaliers fell behind by 30 in the first half to the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night. James played fireman in the second half, not just calming Philadelphia’s all-consuming scoreboard blaze, but also mounting a serious comeback bid.
Ben Simmons produced like a facsimile of James with 27 points (on 12-of-17 shooting), 15 rebounds and 13 assists. James proved there’s nothing like the original by registering a more extravagant 44-point (on 17-of-29 shooting), 11-assist and 11-rebound triple-double. However, James’ effort was marred by his miscues from the free throw line, as he made only 6-of-11 shots from the line and missed a crucial one in the final seconds of regulation.
After squashing Philadelphia’s big lead early, the Cavs still trailed by 8 with 1:30 to play before fighting to within one possession. With 1.9 seconds remaining, Robert Covington fouled James on the wing as he turned to launch an off-balance triple off the dribble. All James had to do was hit the three freebies to force overtime. Instead, he missed the second and intentionally clanked the third. Larry Nance Jr. was unable to convert the tip-in under the rim and Philadelphia survived with the 132-130 win.
Proficiency from the free throw line has long been a blemish in James’ immaculate skillset. As valiantly as James performed Friday, his stumbles at the line have been part of a pattern. He missed a critical free throw against the Brooklyn Nets in October and was forced to intentionally miss the second for Cleveland to have a shot at securing the tie.
PHILADELPHIA, PA – APRIL 6: Ben Simmons #25 of the Philadelphia 76ers controls the ball against LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first quarter at the Wells Fargo Center on April 6, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
Aside from missing gimmes in the clutch, James deserves credit for putting Cleveland into position to win. Two milestones of antipodal significance were knocked down by James in the loss. En route to becoming the youngest player to score 31,000 points, James also became oldest player to register two 40-point triple doubles in a season.
The youngest to 31,000 career points – congratulations, @KingJames!#StriveForGreatness pic.twitter.com/sTL7YSg9GR
— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) April 7, 2018
Meanwhile, it’s not all that surprising to see Philadelphia turn a trouncing into a knock ’em down, drag ’em out brawl. On Dec. 28, they allowed Portland to escape with a win in a game Philadelphia led by as many as 18.
In February, they took a 20-point lead on Miami into the fourth quarter and nearly lost it after Eric Spoelstra inserted his reserves. Earlier in the season, they got dinged by the Portland Trail Blazers after leading by 22, and 14 entering the fourth quarter. They blew a 22-point lead to the Celtics.
In December, the Warriors needed only 10 minutes to flip a 22-point halftime deficit to Philadelphia into a lead and runaway win and in January. The Sixers lost another game to Toronto after leading by 22 points.
In the long run, Philadelphia’s pattern of diminishing focus in the second half will be an issue for them in the postseason. Cleveland’s inept first half gave Philly just enough of a cushion to squeak out a win, and officially vaulted them past the Cavs in their neck-and-neck race for the third seed. In the aftermath of Kyrie Irving’s season-ending surgery, it may also mean a second-round matchup with a depleted Celtics unit.
DJ Dunson is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at dunsnchecksin@yahoo.com or find him on Twitter or Facebook.
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SQL Server v.Next (Denali) : Restoring a SQL Server 2000 database
November 18, 2010 | SQL Server
I guess the title should be, "You can't restore a SQL Server 2000 database on Denali." I had the occasion just today to recover some data from a backup I took way back in 2008 (!) for a colleague who was still on 2000 at that time (again, !). When I tried to restore the backup on my local Denali instance, I received this error message:
Msg 3169, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The database was backed up on a server running version 8.00.2040. That version is incompatible with this server, which is running version 11.00.1103. Either restore the database on a server that supports the backup, or use a backup that is compatible with this server.
RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.
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The good news is, I also have a local instance of SQL Server 2008 R2, so I was able to restore, get the one piece of information I needed, and get on with my day. I also discovered that I could restore on 2008 R2, back that database up, and restore on Denali.
So the moral of the story is, you can restore a 2000 backup on 2000, 2005, 2008, and 2008 R2, but not directly Denali. I'm not complaining about this, as it's not something I expect to bite a lot of people, and there is still a path to get there (as long as the interim step is not attempting to restore to a lower SKU than required by the database). I just didn't know that R2 could handle the database version upgrade path from 539 -> 661, and that Denali could handle the path from 661 -> 684, but Denali could not handle 539 -> 684.
Geoff Hiten - November 18, 2010, 11:22 PM
This is pretty consistent with the "two versions back" support policy Microsoft has had since the current on-disk format was implemented for SQL 7.0. You get the same results on an attach or a restore.
AaronBertrand - November 18, 2010, 11:25 PM
Yep, like I said, not disappointed with this, just initially surprised (I'm still having a hard time grasping the fact that R2 was an actual version).
PercyReyes - November 18, 2010, 11:41 PM
Hi all!,
I also had wrote about that problem on my blog some days ago… I Think this issue will be solved in RTM version of Denali:
http://geeks.ms/blogs/ozonicco/archive/2010/11/16/184907.aspx
PercyReyes,
Uri Dimant - November 19, 2010, 6:49 AM
I work with some clients (around 10) that are still on SQL Server 2000 and have no plan to move on with the next year or so… Does it mean when Denali will be released and they would like to upgrade (skipping 2005,2008,r2) it will not be possible? Sounds odd, does not it??
AaronBertrand - November 19, 2010, 7:02 AM
I think you might be out of luck Uri. The installation center offers the following option:
http://twitpic.com/382v9w
Notice 2000 isn't listed. I doubt this was an oversight. I don't share the same enthusiasm as PercyReyes… just because 80 compat level is still offered in the UI, does not mean 2000 will continue to be fully supported (or that the option will remain there come RTM time).
When they're ready to upgrade, if they really want to go from 2000 -> Denali (probably not the best approach, IMHO), you may have to come up with something more creative. For example, install Eval or Developer of 2008 or 2008 R2 somewhere, backup the 2000 database(s), restore on 2008 or 2008 R2, then back up that upgraded version, then finally restore it on Denali. The only nice thing about this (unless you like downtime) is that you can test it over and over before upgrade day.
I'm not sure you'd be able to use replication or log shipping from 2000 -> Denali to try to minimize downtime. And I'm sorry but my 2000 knowledge is way behind me these days.
Yes , I was thinking about installing Dev.Editon and doing restore over there. but that still does NOT sound good for me as I have some clients far away from me and not always possible to take over their servers, so saying -"hey, go buy Dev Edition, install it,then do restore blabala and etc…." frustrate me a little bit:-)
BTW, why do you think that upgrading directly to Denali (when it will be released) is not the best approach? IIRW MS always recommends upgrading to the last version..
PercyReyes - November 19, 2010, 8:59 AM
We all are working now on a CTP of Denali, so next releases it could change. On my post I just highlight that SQL2000 compatibility option was still on the UI, but this should be corrected later: D.
I know that any version just can support 2 previous versions for compatibility, in this case(for denali) would be SQL2008 and SQL2005. Therefore, SQL2000 shouldn't suportted. I'm sure about it.
for now, the only way to migrate from SQL2000 to Denali is through processes of backup / restore and attach the SQL2000 to SQL2008R2 and then to Denali.
WesleyB - November 19, 2010, 11:46 AM
@Aaron: "I'm still having a hard time grasping the fact that R2 was an actual version"
We've added unicode compression to R2 so that means the database version had to be changed
AaronBertrand - November 19, 2010, 6:03 PM
Percy, I thought you were suggesting that full 2000 compatibility will be fixed by RTM (sorry, not strong in Spanish).
Uri, going from 2000 -> Denali is skipping three entire versions of the product. Unless you have a very thorough test plan in mind, I think it can be quite risky – Denali's upgrade advisor isn't necessarily going to find every breaking change. It can be tough to justify a 2008 or 2008 R2 license
Wesley, exactly.
PercyReyes - November 19, 2010, 6:37 PM
Aaron, dont worry, I made a small change in my post to be much more explicit and does not generate doubts. SQL2000 won't be supported and SQL2000 compatibility option should be removed from the UI (in RTM version)
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Tag Archives: State of Brandenburg
Potsdam Germany UNESCO World Heritage Site
Posted on October 26, 2018 by suemtravels
Schloss Sanssouci Potsdam – http://www.isango.com
Yesterday I took a day trip to Potsdam, capital of the State of Brandenburg 15 miles south of Berlin. Scenery during the train ride changed from graffiti tagged concrete walls to colorful autumn trees and stately mansions in Berlin’s wealthy west suburbs. October weather has been phenomenal with warm sunny days, but it’s getting colder. Light rain didn’t hamper the beauty of the area, but it wasn’t great for photography.
St. Nicholas Church
I talked with people on the tour – mostly English-speaking Millennials from other countries who were interns or employees of German film and video game companies. They shared their challenges learning Berlin’s public transportation system and said it took them 6 months to acclimate. They thought it would take a long time to learn German in Berlin – versus a small German village – primarily because of the many versions spoken within diverse cultures. I’m slowly picking up German words and phrases – important because many Berliners don’t speak English.
Russian Orthodox Church Alexandrovka © Hans Bach
Get Your Guide, a group I’ve used in other European cities, led the tour. Potsdam is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with baroque architecture, world-famous palaces, gardens, historic quarters, parks, lakes, and estates. The area was once the residence and garrison town of Prussian Kings and German Kaisers. Our guide was from Lisbon Portugal, but he’s lived in Berlin for over 4 years. As with most tours, it was fast-paced and full of details – a good introduction to the area.
Potsdam Church of St. Peter and Paul
Marble Palace Near Sacred Lake New Garden Potsdam
Potsdam’s palaces aren’t as grand as Versailles or Vienna, but it’s an impressive area with a fascinating combination of old and new. In the summer Berliners visit the lakes and parks for hiking, biking, swimming, boating, and nude sun bathing. The gardens are more natural than the manicured ones embellishing most European palaces.
St. Nicholas Church Dome
Potsdam Attractions
These are summaries of Potsdam’s best known attractions. During our six-hour walking tour we passed by attractions but didn’t view interiors – that’s a separate trip. My favorite park was once a royal hunting ground near Grunewald Hunting Lodge.
Hunting Lodge
Brandenburg has a chain of beautiful lakes – Havel Lakes – that surround Potsdam and include Dampferfahrten, Templiner, Fahrlander, Griebnitzsee, and Schwielowsee. A boat trip with a water view of the castles, churches, and parks sounds interesting.
Museum Barberini – Museums Heritage
Sanssouci Palace – constructed in 1747 this palace was the summer residence of Frederick the Great. The name translates from French to “without a care”. Sanssouci and Potsdam were where Frederick escaped busy Berlin.
House Potsdam
Dutch Quarter – is the largest Dutch housing development outside the Netherlands. Potsdam is surrounded by water, so Frederick brought builders from the Netherlands to construct his palaces because they were familiar with similar soil conditions.
Filmmuseum
Cecilienhof Palace – last castle built by the House of Hohenzollern – and the Historic Site of the Potsdam Conference. When fighting ended in Europe, the three major Allies of World War II – American President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee (his successor), and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin – met at Cecilienhof to establish a Council of Foreign Ministers and central Control Council.
Cecilienhof New Garden
Alexandrovka – is a Russian Colony in northern Potsdam. Frederick brought Russian singers and dancers to Potsdam to entertain his guests. Many relocated permanently.
Dutch Quarter
Filmmuseum – encompasses the media city Babelsberg, including Studio Babelsberg – the oldest film studio in the world and the largest in Europe – Film Park Babelsberg, Radio Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Babelsberg Film School, and the Film University Babelsberg.
Potsdam Windmill
Barberini Museum – a privately donated art museum in Potsdam’s Old Market center housed in a reconstructed Baroque palace. The museum’s benefactor is billionaire Hasso Plattner.
Bridge of Spies – Glienicke Bridge was built over the Havel River in 1907 to connect Berlin’s Wannsee District with Potsdam. During the Cold War, the US and Soviet Union exchanged spies over the bridge. Steven Spielberg’s 2015 film – Bridge of Spies – tells the story of lawyer James B. Donovan who negotiated the release of Francis Gary Powers, an Air Force spy plane pilot shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960. Powers was exchanged for Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, a convicted KGB spy held by the United States.
Lindstedt Castle and Park
Einstein Tower – is home of an astrophysical observatory for studying magnetic fields related to solar spots. The tower is named after Albert Einstein. From 1929 to 1932, Einstein and his wife lived in Caputh, a village near Potsdam. Today, the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics – part of the Leibniz Association – manages the observatory.
Potsdam Old Market © Barbara Plate
Potsdam Brandenburg Gate – in the centre of Luisenplatz in downtown Potsdam is an original mock-up of Berlin’s grand gate on Pariser Platz.
Alexandrovka © Michael Lüder
Church of St. Peter and Paul – restored Catholic church that suffered serious damage during WWII bombings.
St. Nicolas Church – the beautiful neo-classical Protestant church on the Old Market in Potsdam is listed as a sacred building.
Berlin-Potsdam UNESCO World Heritage Area
Due to their “uniqueness, influence on art history, and proven association with historically significant events” the “Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin” joined UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1990.
Marble Palace © Ulf Böttcher
Sculpture Sanssouci
The Berlin-Potsdam World Heritage area extends from Peacock Island on the Havel River in the east to beyond the New Palace in the west. It includes the Berlin, Brandenburg, and Saxony-Anhalt areas with their villages, castles, and parks – Sacrow, Glienicke, Babelsberg, Sanssouci, Charlottenhof, Lindstedt, and New Garden.
Boat House Near Hunting Lodge
There’s so much to explore in Brandenburg and the tour peaked my interest. I’ll be returning. Unbelievably :(, I got lost on the way back to my apartment in Kreuzberg. Our train from Potsdam stopped in Charlottenburg and it was difficult finding the hidden U-Bahn connection (a 10-minute walk). The train, underground, S-Bahn, bus, and tram connections are still confusing – at least to me.
Frederick William I Hunting Lodge
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CONFLICT IN SYRIA
Islamic State controls not more than 4% of Syria’s territory — Defense Ministry
These are areas in some zones in northwestern Syria, on the eastern Euphrates River bank and along the southern borders with Jordan, the Syrian deputy defense minister said
MOSCOW, April 4. /TASS/. The Islamic State (IS, outlawed in Russia) terror organization is controlling 4% of Syria’s territory, Syrian Deputy Defense Minister Mahmoud Shawa said in his speech at the seventh Moscow International Security Conference.
"To date, IS’ operation in Syria has been localized in several isolated, completely encircled areas, that is 4% of Syria’s territory, which is 7,000 square kilometers," he said. "These are, in particular, areas in some zones in northwestern Syria, on the eastern Euphrates River bank and along the southern borders with Jordan."
FSB chief warns global discord empowers Al-Qaeda and Islamic State
Lavrov hopes Trump will stick to US promises to leave Syria after Islamic State’s defeat
Russia, Turkey, Iran vow to continue cooperating to eliminate Islamic State
Islamic State militants step up their activities in north Afghanistan — Russia’s UN envoy
Islamic State makes money with online casinos — ambassador
Syrian conflict
Erdogan says Russia's S-400 are "best" missile defense systems
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that S-400 missile defense systems will be fully deployed on the territory of Turkey by April 2020
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Militants disrupt talks on settlement in Eastern Ghouta, says Russia UN ambassador
The Russian UN ambassador says that armed units have "turned the people staying in Eastern Ghouta into hostages"
UNITED NATIONS, February 22./TASS/. Militants controlling Eastern Ghouta have wrecked talks on the settlement in this besieged district, Russia’s UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya told a session of the UN Security Council on Thursday.
MP slams US accusations against Russia over situation in Eastern Ghouta as groundless
Kremlin blames Eastern Ghouta crisis on pro-IS terror groups in Syria
Kremlin rejects accusations of Russian forces’ role in civilian deaths in Eastern Ghouta
Kremlin says work is underway to improve situation in Syria
He said "several thousand irreconcilable militants, including those linked with terrorist organizations remain" in Eastern Ghouta (Damascus suburb). The Russian ambassador stressed that armed units have "turned the people staying in Eastern Ghouta into hostages" and don’t let civilians "leave the territories they control via the check point in al-Wafideen".
"The Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties urged illegal groups to lay down arms and formalize their status, but they wrecked the talks yesterday, on February 21," Nebenzya said.
The draft resolution of the UN Security Council on a ceasefire in Syria has not been coordinated as of yet, and Russia has drawn up amendments that will help make the document "reasonable and feasible," he went on.
"The draft resolution that was officially prepared for the voting, although the authors know perfectly well that there is no consensus, suggests a simple on the surface solution - introduce a ceasefire throughout Syria for a period of no less than 30 days," he said.
The ambassador said Russia is interested to know "what will be the guarantees to ensure the observance of this ceasefire". "But we have got no reasonable answer," he added.
"In order to have a reasonable and feasible resolution, the Russian delegation has drawn up amendments to it, which we will now circulate among the members of the Security Council," Nebenzya said.
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Russian foreign minister discusses bilateral relations with EU diplomats
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that Moscow "wants to resume comprehensive dialogue and cooperation with the European Union"
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An important composer of Brazilian pop/rock who was the unofficial leader of the Titãs, Arnaldo Antunes had many of his songs recorded by Marisa Monte, Jorge Ben Jor, and others. He also is an internationally celebrated poet.
In the late '70s, Antunes was a member of the group Aguilar e Banda Performática, which recorded an independent LP. Soon afterwards, he joined an octet called Titãs do Iê-iê. The band opened in August 1982 in the alternative Teatro da Lira Paulistana (São Paulo), where the vanguarda paulista movement was born. In 1983, the group became the Titãs, and Antunes recorded seven albums with them before departing for his solo career. He wrote big hits like "Bichos Escrotos" (with Sérgio Britto and Nando Reis), "Comida" (with Marcelo Fromer and Sérgio Britto), "O Que," "Família" (with Toni Bellotto), "Miséria" (with Sérgio Britto and Paulo Miklos), and "O Pulso" (with Marcelo Fromer and Bellotto). While he was with the Titãs, he wrote and published books of poetry. After leaving the band, he continued to write songs for them, on albums like Titanomaquia (1993), Domingo (1995), Acústico (1996) (in which he participated on one track), and 84-94: Vol. 2 (1998). In 1988, Antunes participated in Golpe de Estado's LP Golpe de Estado. In 1993, he released the album/book/video Nome, followed by Ninguém (1995), Silêncio (1996), and Um Som (1998). Among the many interpreters who have recorded his songs are Marisa Monte ("Beija Eu," "Volte Para o Seu Lar," "Alta Noite," "Bem Leve," and "De Mais Ninguém," the last two in partnership with the singer), Jorge Ben Jor ("Cabelo"), Gilberto Gil ("A Ciência em Si"), Rita Lee ("O Que Você Quer"), and Ney Matogrosso ("Comida"). Antunes is also a celebrated name in Brazilian contemporary poetry, and his works have been included in international compilations. In 1997, he published the book Dois Ou + Corpos No Mesmo Espaço.
In 1999, Antunes wrote the score and soundtrack for the Minas Gerais dance troupe Grupo Corpo's O Corpo (released in 2000), and two years later set Brazilian and European charts on fire with Tribalistas, a collaborative project with Marisa Monte and Carlinhos Brown. The album peaked at number 12 on the world music charts and sold almost two million copies, based largely on the success of its chart-topping single "Já Sei Namorar." In 2004, he founded the Rosa Celeste label, which released his subsequent recordings through various distributors: Saiba (2004), Qualquer (2006), Ao Vivo No Estúdio (2007), and Iê Iê Iê (2009). In 2011, Antunes participated in the groundbreaking collaborative album A Curva da Cintura on Mais Um Discos with Edgard Scandurra and Toumani Diabaté that reached number five on the European world music charts. His solo Acustico MTV soundtrack was issued the following year.
2014's Disco featured songwriting collaborations with 14 artists, who wrote music for his poems. They included Caetano Veloso, Céu, Gilberto Gil, João Donato, and Monte. 2015's Já É featured a large cast of players; among them no less than three collaborations with his Tribalistas bandmates Brown (who contributed percussion to the entire album) and Monte. Two years later, seemingly out of nowhere, Tribalistas formally reunited and issued a second self-titled set on Phonomotor Records. In 2017, Antunes issued his fourth live album, Ao Vivo Em Lisboa. Recorded at the São Luiz Theater in Lisbon on November 12 and 13, 2016 under the musical direction of André Tentugal, it included guest spots by Carminho, Manuela Azevedo, and Hélder Gonçalves. ~ Alvaro Neder
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Telangana govt looking to utilise private medical colleges to reduce load
This story is from March 21, 2019
Amrita Didyala | TNN | Updated: Mar 21, 2019, 11:37 IST
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HYDERABAD: To improve healthcare services, the state health department has come up with a plan to rope in private medical colleges and allow using their infrastructure for running government hospitals. The department is currently in talks with 20 private medical colleges for the same.
Talking to TOI, health minister Etala Rajender said, “students in private colleges get admission on the basis of merit (clearing NEET exams), and each of the 20 colleges we are in touch with have an attached hospital, professors, associate professors and assistant professors. So, instead of the previous plan of setting up new government hospitals in four corners of the city, we are hoping to use the existing facility at private colleges, as it will be less time-consuming.”
While some of the private colleges are seeking service charges to extend the facility, the state government is trying to convince them to offer the service for free. The plan is aimed at reducing the huge patient load at the tertiary healthcare centres— Gandhi Hospital, Osmania General Hospital, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) and Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital (MGM) in Warangal. “Each of these hospitals are currently catering to 150-200% of their capacity. There has been a 30-40% increase in out-patients at these hospitals in the last four years,” he said.
While increase in footfall is largely ascribed to facelift of government hospitals, there is an urgent need to reduce patient load. Other reforms planned for the healthcare sector includes strengthening of the cold chain system for preserving drugs and vaccines, focus on natural delivery and cutting down on C-sections and completion of free eye-sight screening of the entire population of the state, under the Kanti Velugu programme. “So far, we have reached over half the target set for covering the 2.5 crore BPL population. 1.52 crore people have been screened and glasses have been handed over to 22 lakh people so far,” said the minister.
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NEW VIDEO - Greg and Gina at the Disney Store
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Greg and Gina join the Manni Family at the Disney Store
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Information published on 23 April 2019 in the UIC electronic newsletter "UIC eNews" Nr 643.
UIC participates in the 8th edition of the Eurasia Rail Fair & Conference held from 10 – 12 April 2019 in Izmir, Turkey
Railway Conference
UIC was invited to participate in the 8th edition of the Eurasia Rail Fair & Conference held from 10 – 12 April 2019 in Izmir, Turkey.
The exhibition not only determined the rail domain in the Eurasia Region but also created opportunities for developing existing relationships and attracting new partnerships.
A comprehensive conference programme was held alongside each Eurasia Rail event, keeping both visitors and exhibitors informed about the latest rail developments, innovations and technologies, as well as the biggest challenges facing the industry and their potential solutions. In addition to the local and international exhibitors, the Turkish Ministry of Transport & Infrastructure, Turkish State Railways (TCDD) and its subsidiaries also attended.
During the opening ceremony, Mr Selim Dursun, Deputy Minister of Transport & Infrastructure and TCDD Director General Mr Ali Ihsan Uygun presented the achievements on modernising the rail transport infrastructure – the major projects have been implemented to develop safe, comfortable, and an environmentally-friendly railway system, as well as the investment plans into the railway equipment.
Next to the opening event, the Eurasia Rail Conference focused on recent challenges along the Eurasian Corridors: rail transport growth perspectives, digital solutions to help predictive maintenance and safety & security aspects. Among the top-level decision makers, department directors, research & academia representatives and technology experts from the rolling stock industry, the UIC Fundamental Values Department Director and Middle East Region Coordinator represented Mr Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, UIC General Director, at the conference. Mr Wisniewski mentioned UIC’s recent studies on Eurasian freight corridors, considering the global trends in the market, for 2027, a total rail potential in comparison to 2017 of around 15% growth.
Strong improvements in terminals, customs, procedures and frequencies have stimulated growth in recent years. However important elements still need to be improved such as reliability, balance of transport volumes and competitive pricing. The cooperation with the UIC Asian and Middle-East Regions matched in several joint assembly-meetings over the last years. The strategies of these Regions focused on the common approach in the development of the railway system including international freight corridors. The traffic on southern routes would even reach 400,000 TEU in 2027 if other expected international traffic is accounted for as upside. The preconditions for upside scenario are ensuring price competitiveness with sea transport, addressing issues of security and transborder shipments, customs and bureaucracy, the economic growth in the Region.
UIC takes a holistic approach, keeping in mind the effects of each measure considering the railway system as the whole, preparing the different workable solutions to reach the future innovative digital railway. Its research and innovation activities, the running of multi-disciplined, cross-functional projects and the publication of technical guidelines, technical specifications and our International Railway Solutions, places UIC at the very core of the development of the railway system of tomorrow.
On 10 April, at the TCDD stand Mr Uygun met Mr Wisniewski, who thanked him for the kind welcome and extended Mr Loubinoux’s best regards and congratulations to Mr Uygun for his appointment to the TCDD CEO post. Mr Uygun expressed his thanks and promised to undertake the efforts to be present at the next UIC General Assembly in Budapest and RAME meeting in Aqaba. Mr Wisniewski also briefed him and the TCDD team on the UIC Middle-East Region work programme during this meeting.
Next day, on 11 April, Jerzy Wisniewski took part in the conference panel titled “Security in Railway Systems” which was moderated by the Head of Rail Systems Engineering Department at İstanbul Technical University Prof. Dr Mehmet Turan Söylemez, with the participation of General Manager of Savronik Elektronik IT Group Mr Oğuz Kalaycıoğlu, Deputy General Manager Mr Ömer Korkut, and General Coordinator of Security & Protection at Bahçeşehir University, Chairman of the Board at CSG Mr Osman Öztürk shared their views on the security of rail systems.
Mr Wisniewski presented the UIC approach on the security issue in the areas such as predictive maintenance projected by estimation of maintenance needs based on the collected data. So far, the rail industry works on efficient data processing which come from sensors on track and signalling systems. IoT and digital solutions will help to distract the relevant data and compare them to model optimal preventive maintenance schemes. In recent decades a new threat known as “malicious cyber activity” has emerged as a security concern but with recent developments, it is apparent that it influences safety directly. Digital disruption is accelerating, any object can now be connected online with the ability to communication and capture data. Research is the opportunity to analyse the risks and the vulnerabilities and to develop solutions to protect the future rail system.
Recently UIC has been involved in two European research projects: SECRET aims at developing solutions to better protect rail against electromagnetic attacks and CYRail – a generic future rail scenario has been designed, performing a cyber security assessment of the railway systems, identification of most critical railway services, zones and communications, setting up a taxonomy of threats targeting rail management and control systems, analysis of the threats assessment and selection innovative rail management systems for attack detection techniques. The results of these projects have been published, but details are available for UIC members – for example to use the UIC Security Hub – an interactive portal already in operation, available by visiting the UIC website www.uic.org.
For further information please contact Jerzy Wisniewski, Director for Fundamental Values Department & Middle-East Region Coordinator:
wisniewski@uic.org
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Norwegian Cruise Line buys Prestige Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) announced it is buying Prestige Cruises International, holding company of Oceania and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. The move brings NCL into line with its large peers Carnival Cruise Lines (CCL) and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCCL) by adding upscale brands to diversify their offerings.
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*BREAKING NEWS UPDATED* Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas encountered heavy seas and wind-gusts up to 74 mph this past Sunday. Waves resulted in upturned furniture and cosmetic damage about the ship. Passengers were restricted to their staterooms during the storm which did NOT interrupt viewing of the Superbowl. She has returning to Bayonne with the rest of the cruise now canceled. More details tongiht and on the Royal Caribbean Fan blog *Twitter Picture courtesy of @Flatgreg.
Carnival Allowed to Carry Cuban Exiles
*BREAKING* Carnival Allowed to Carry Cuban Exiles Carnival Cruise Lines has managed to pressure the Cuban government to allow former Cuban nationals to visit the island by way of it's "Fathom" cruises.
Carnival Cruise Lines' first "Fathom" cruise will proceed as planned following the announcement that the Cuban government had withdrawn a rule preventing former Cuban nationals from visiting or working on ships traveling to the island.
The restriction was inexplicable given the fact former Cubans were able to travel to the communist country by air. While Carnival intended to proceed to cruise to the island under the restriction, threats of legal action among groups decrying the restriction as discriminatory moved them to continue talks with Cuba. Earlier this week Carnival indicated they believed the issue would be resolved and indeed that proved the case today as Cuba backed away from the rule.
Fathom cruises are a program within Carnival which focus' on "Social Impact" travel. It satisfies a market for people seeking to add a bit of service to their vacation and is a natural fit for travel to Cuba. The now withdrawn rule aside, U.S. rules still restrict travel to Cuba such that it must be in the context of educational, business, or humanitarian in nature. While most people can thinly mask their travel to satisfy the requirement, unrestricted vacation travel is not yet possible.
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How Long Do Passport Cards Last?
Rita Kennedy, Leaf Group Updated December 01, 2017
Passport cards have the same validity period as passport books. (Photo: Photodisc/Photodisc/Getty Images )
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Introduced in 2008, passport cards are a State Department initiative aimed at providing a cheaper and more convenient alternative to the traditional passport book for people who make frequent international border crossings to and from the United States by land or sea. However, passport cards are not valid for international air travel, meaning you must also hold a passport book if you plan to travel out of the country by plane.
Adult Card Validity
Any United States citizen over the age of 16 can apply for an adult passport card. Like passport books, adult passport cards remain valid for 10 years from the date of issue. The date your passport card was issued is printed on the front of the card along with the expiry date, making it easy to check how much validity is left.
Children’s Card Validity
Children’s passport cards are only valid for five years. Again, this is the same validity period applied to the traditional passport book. The State Department considers any child aged under 16 at the time of his passport application as a minor, so if your child is aged 15 and you don’t need the passport card urgently, you could consider delaying the application until after his 16th birthday to take advantage of the adult passport card’s 10-year validity.
Timing Your Renewal
The State Department advises renewing your passport around nine months before its expiry date. This is because many overseas countries will deny you entry if your passport does not have at least six months validity left. Although you can’t use your passport card for international air travel, you can renew your card via the same form used for passport book renewal. Whether or not you hold a passport book in addition to the card, renewing your passport well in advance allows plenty of time for the State Department to process your application while your current passport remains valid.
Damaged Passport Cards
The expiry date on your passport card no longer applies once the card has been significantly damaged. The State Department considers any damage to the information or photograph as significant, so if, for example, the front of your card has been badly scratched or the RFID chip damaged, you must have it replaced. A slight bend to the card due to being carried in a back pocket, however, would not be considered significant. If you have to replace your passport due to damage, you must apply using form DS-11 as if it were your first passport application.
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Rita Kennedy is a writer and researcher based in the United Kingdom. She began writing in 2002 and her work has appeared in several academic journals including "Memory Studies," the "Journal of Historical Geography" and the "Local Historian." She holds a Ph.D. in history and an honours degree in geography from the University of Ulster.
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Unlock Liverpool heads to London to try out Rosa’s Thai Cafe
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Ahead of their impending launch in Liverpool, Unlock Liverpool was invited down to Rosa’s Thai Cafe, just off Carnaby Street in Soho, London, to have a sneak peek of their authentic menu and get a little taste of what’s to come to our city. Here’s how we got on!
Jumping on the London train to Lime Street is always a little bit exciting. Whilst we have more than enough on our ever growing Liverpool foodie and social scene, there’s something about London that just needs to be experienced once in a while and so when the guys at Rosa’s Thai got in touch, we were more than excited! Meeting at Euston, we jumped the train straight to the hustle and bustle of London’s Carnaby area, an eccentric street full of life, housing quirky independent boutiques, clothes and make up shops and most importantly, a shed load of super cool eateries, all of which excited the foodies within us! It’s safe to say you definitely aren’t spoilt for choice when it comes to restaurants in London, with everything from brunch through to supper, but there’s something about the little hideaways on Carnaby Street that scream seriously good vibes and even better food. Sitting amongst them, tucked away in their very own corner of Carnaby is Rosa’s Thai. We had arrived.
Unassuming from the outside, Rosa’s Thai takes on the fuss-free appearance of a traditional Thai restaurant, with the unmistakable smell of Thai cooking and spices oozing from the building. Having just returned from a recent trip to Thailand, it was an amazing, welcoming smell. We were ready to eat.
Walking inside Rosa’s, we received the warmest welcome from both the team behind Rosa’s as well as the front of house staff, who couldn’t do enough for us from the minute we arrived. We sat down on a table with the owner of Rosa’s, the lovely Saiphin Moore who talked us through everything from the idea behind Rosa’s, Rosa’s history, Rosa’s plans for the future and even the best dishes on the menu. Thai born Saiphin also spoke with great excitement about everything we could expect in Liverpool when Rosa’s launches in the Albert Dock (exciting is an understatement).
Leaving it to the experts, the team at Rosa’s chose a wide selection of of dishes from Rosa’s delicious menu for us to get stuck into. We started with Rosa’s Boozy Thai Ice tea (an alcoholic take on the traditional, refreshing Thai beverage) and of course, some sweet and spicy Thai prawn crackers with a delicious chilli dip. We nibbled, drank, chatted and absorbed the cosy hustle and bustle of Rosa’s Thai cafe as diners all around us enjoyed the sheer delights of authentic Thai cuisine.
Next up were our starters, from beautifully flavoured spring rolls to pork skewers and chicken satay, we dived in and thoroughly enjoyed the well put together appetisers, consisting of innovative and creative flavours whilst still paying homage to the authenticity of Thailand. Our stand out dish from the appetiser selection had to be the tofu in tamarind sauce – super firm and light, the spongy tofu had totally absorbed the sweet and tangy flavours of tamarind and each bite was followed by the crunch and smokey flavours of toasted sesame – an absolute must!
Our appetisers were quickly followed by more drinks, this time the Ginger and Lemongrass fizz – tangy and refreshing with a kick of sour ginger syrup. It was now time for the main event. Again, we were treated to an abundance of delights from the dinner menu including traditional and worldwide favourite, Pad Thai, ‘Drunken Noodles’ which are traditionally known as guay tiew pad kee mao – the name ‘Drunken Noodles’ pays homage to something that’s perfect to eat after a big night out – delightfully sweet and spicy in equal measures, this dish is available with chicken, beef, tofu and prawns and is another must try. As well as noodles we sampled the fabulously creamy red curry with chicken and pineapple, another signature, the red butternut curry and our overall favourite, the stir fried aubergine. Our favourite pick consisted of deep fried aubergine, yellow bean and soya, and it was the perfect combination of textures and flavours that made the dish a total winner in our eyes. That being said, every dish we ate off the Rosa’s Thai cafe menu was honestly delicious, packed full of authentic spices, the chefs at Rosa’s combined flavour with generous portions and plenty of smaller sharing plates making for a truly sociable dining experience.
Much to our delight, we were gifted a signed copy of the Rosa’s Thai Cafe cookbook to try our hand at all of the amazing dishes featured on the menu as well as some other traditional favourites. It’s a relief to know we can re-create our very own drunken noodles ahead of our next fix at the Rosa’s Thai Liverpool launch!
After lunch, we were treated to a quick tour around the amazing Carnaby from the guys at Carnaby London. Not only were we shown some Carnaby’s best hidden gems we were also given a Carnaby neighbourhood card for 10% off all the businesses in Carnaby. If you’re ever in London, don’t neglect this hidden gem!
A huge thank you to all of the guys behind Rosa’s Thai cafe for inviting us down for a taste of what’s to come. With Rosa’s Thai opening at the Albert Dock at the end of the month, watch this space for a fantastic new addition to our already exciting foodie scene, bringing our Royal Albert Dock one step closer to a bustling food and drink hub. Watch this space!
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How Arsenal women won the league and re-wrote goalscoring history.
By Tony Attwood and Andrew Crawshaw
You will, I am sure , have heard that Arsenal Women won the League with a game to spare. It is our first league win in seven years. My apologies for being remiss not posting about this earlier. Here’s the table as they won the title.
1 Arsenal Women 19 17 0 2 69 13 56 51
2 Manchester City Women FC 19 14 5 0 53 16 37 47
3 Birmingham City Women FC 19 12 1 6 27 17 10 37
4 Chelsea FC Women 18 10 6 2 35 12 23 36
5 Reading FC Women 19 8 3 8 31 27 4 27
6 Bristol City Women FC 20 7 4 9 17 34 -17 25
7 West Ham United Women FC 19 7 2 10 25 33 -8 23
8 Liverpool FC Women 19 6 1 12 18 37 -19 19
9 Brighton & Hove Albion Women FC 19 3 4 12 12 38 -26 13
10 Everton Ladies FC 19 3 3 13 14 35 -21 12
11 Yeovil Town Ladies FC 18 2 1 15 11 50 -39 -3
At the foot of the table Yeovil went into administration, and were deducted ten points. Their problem was that they went professional without having enough support to sustain themselves, and are likely to be a part time operation next season. They did however win two games.
As for the season in a brief summary, we started out at 1000 mph by defeating Liverpool 5-0, and Andrew also managed to get Untold’s own exclusive interview with manager Joe Montemurro who was more than happy to talk to us about the progress of the side.
But then Arsenal had an injury crisis unlike any other. We sometimes talk of a team being reduced to the bare bones, but Arsenal were beyond that, not always even being able to complete the bench, so few were our non-injured players.
Yet the boss coped. Joe has been with the club for some 18 months now, with a reputation for being able to sort things out – and how! Like so many brilliant coaches he was not a top ranking footballing, playing in his native Australia, in Switzerland and in the lower leagues in Italy.
His history of a manager is one of successfully taking unfancied teams and getting them to much higher levels such as taking Coburg United in Australia to the top flight for the first time ever – and then taking over as youth coach with South Melbourne and giving them an undefeated season.
At the same time as a whole series of achievements like this he got his Pro License and a masters degree in Sports Coaching at the University of Queensland. This guy is a seriously talented coach and he has totally turned Arsenal around with among other things ball playing centre backs making the team quite unlike most of their opposition in the league.
But it wasn’t all simple this season because the club had three major players out for very long periods with injury: Jordan Nobbs ruptured her ACL, Kim Little broke a fibula and Lia Wälti got a knee ligament injury.
Additionally Tabea Kemme, Victoria Schnaderbeck, Danielle Carter, Veje, and Jess Samuelsson also all missed much of the season. In the Continental Cup final which we normally win we had three academy players and one senior player who was clearly very unwell making up the bench. We lost in the final on penalties.
Part of the solution has been the introduction of academy players and the manager’s preference for having them train with the first team – and indeed play in some of the FA Cup games.
And just how successful the whole process became was shown in the 5-0 thrashing of last season’s double winners – Chelsea. It emphasised just what a recovery of the old times this was, as the history of the league shows. As you can see we were the dominant side at the start of the decade and then faded as the money clubs threw in everything needed to take on each other at the top.
2011/12 Arsenal Birmingham Everton Rachel Williams (Birmingham) 14
2012/13 Arsenal Birmingham Everton Kim Little (Arsenal) 11
2013/14 Liverpool Bristol Academy Arsenal Natasha Dowie (Liverpool) 13
2014/15 Liverpool Chelsea Birmingham Karen Carney (Birmingham) 8
2015/16 Chelsea Manchester City Arsenal Beth Mead (Sunderland) 12
2016/17 Manchester City Chelsea Arsenal Eniola Aluko (Chelsea) 9
2017/18 Chelsea Manchester City Arsenal Ellen White (Birmingham City) 15
2018/19 Arsenal Manchester City
And like all top teams the side has a brilliant centre forward. As you can see in the chart above across the years the top scorer has knocked in up to 15 league goals in a season. This year Vivianne Miedema has scored 22 league goals and 31 in all competitions. If you look again at the league table you’ll see that both in terms of goals scored and goal difference we are on a different planet from the rest of the pack and our top scorer has out-ranked all the top scorers of previous years.
This season’s Arsenal goal scorers.
1 Vivianne Miedema 22 0 9
2 Daniëlle van de Donk 11 0 2
3 Kim Little 8 1 3
4 Katie McCabe 5 0 5
It has been a great season, and as long as we can keep the manager and stop Manchester City buying our players, we should be at the top for some time to come. Here are some more of the issues of note,particularly in relation to assits.
In addition to Danielle van de Donk’s 11 goals she got 6 assists.
Jordan Nobbs has 9 goals and 3 assists from her injury truncated season. Her playing time is half that of Miedema, Mead or McCabe
Kim Little has 8 goals from her injury interrupted season she has come back following her broken leg in our 5-0 thrashing of Chelsea.
Beth Mead has 7 goals and the highest number of assists in the league with 12.
Katie McCabe on the other wing has 5 goals and 8 assists
Overall in the league our 19 games have seen us score 69 goals whilst we have only conceded 13.
Man City are still unbeaten but their 5 draws have cost them the title, we have no draws and two defeats to Chelsea and City both at times where we were pretty depleted due to our injuries. But with the return of injured players we have the basis of a team that will continue to set the standard next year and is well capable of going to the final stages of the Champions League next season.
Our final game of the season against Man City is sold out but will be shown on television BT Sport I think at 12:30 on Sat May 11
May 3rd, 2019 | Category: Arsenal stories | 4 comments
4 comments to How Arsenal women won the league and re-wrote goalscoring history.
KampalaGun
Wow congs ladies,lets keep the fire burning and do a double next season.
Thanks for the writeup Andrew and Tony.
Congratulations to all the women in the Arsenal system.
And no thanks to at least some of the officials we had this season.
Brickfields Gunners
Well done the ladies , and heartiest congratulations . More of the same please.
Thanks Tony. Joe Montemurro sounds like a very interesting manager.
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Is Rapper Kanye West Dead?
by Andrew Womack
Suspicious lyrics and other clues suggest something may be amiss among the hip-hop royalty.
Lately on the internet there has been much conjecturing on the present state of rapper Kanye West. An amazing series of photos and lyrics on the rapper’s albums point to a distinct possibility that West may indeed be insane, freaked out, even dead.
The Graduation album, obviously, signified the “death” of the old rapper who made girls scream when he said “get down girl, go ’head get down.” The new Kanye guzzled Hennessey and stunted, criticized awards shows, studied under T-Pain in Tallahassee, and had a new sound.
This album also started the hints that all was not right with the rapper. On the front cover an illustrated teddy bear is ejected into outer space, a sign many believe is an ancient death symbol of either the Greeks or the American Indians.
In the centerfold of the album the teddy bear is pursued by a fanged, demonic cloud.
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The rapper’s next release, “Love Lockdown,” displayed a major idiosyncrasy. No rapping is audible, only auto-tuned singing, which is supposedly the Viking symbol of death.
Then came the rapper’s latest album: 808s and Heartbreak, with even more auto-tune. With this record the whole mystery became even more spooky. When the tune “Heartless” is played backwards a voice quotes “Lord save this nigga,” and there are many sound effects.
In another song on the record, “Real Bad News,” the rapper sings “My face turned to stone when I heard the news.”
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In an introductory verse to the top tune on Jay-Z’s new record, “This Town,” “Black cards, black cars, all black everything” is mentioned. Why? They’re attending a funeral, as Kanye confirms in his verse: “Next time I’m in church, please no photos.”
So much for the clues, even though these are only a few of the many people are pointing at. There is a good deal of circumstantial “evidence” available. For instance, Kanye used to be the most flamboyant of the rappers; lately Drake has had the spotlight.
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Sure, people point to Kanye’s recent collaboration with Jay-Z and appearance on Jay Leno, but there’s a kicker: Lil Wayne could possibly be helping to carry on the hoax.
Another thing: In a video shot by Spike Jonze, Kayne is depicted disemboweling himself.
Now the discrepancies arise. Why, if something is wrong with Kanye, are these clues dropped? It would be just like the rapper to perpetrate a huge put-on like this, but there just seems to be more to it…
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The Complete Oral History Of The Time That The Beatles Died On Tokyo Disneyland Splash Mountain
by Shane Johnson
Candid photograph of the Beatles on Tokyo Disneyland Splash Mountain. illustration by Josh Gates
We all remember where we were the day it happened: July 27th, 1996. Perhaps you were buying groceries when you saw the newspaper: BEATLES DEAD ON SPLASH MOUNTAIN. Maybe you turned on CNN only to see the headline: JOHN PAUL RINGO AND GEORGE SLAIN BY JAPANESE LOG FLUME.
As we near the 23rd anniversary of what has come to be known as “The Day The Music Died (On Tokyo Disneyland Splash Mountain),” I reached out to everyone involved to present the history of that fateful day as it’s never been heard before: in a series of disparate, vaguely chronological anecdotal quotes.
Paul McCartney wearing a Mickey Mouse costume at Tokyo Disneyland in 1996 moments before eating one of everything from a churro stand. illustration by Josh Gates
PART 1: “A REAL NICE TIME”
Ringo Starr: [member of the Beatles]
I remember, probably around ‘94, hearing that Tokyo Disneyland was a real nice time. Then one time a couple years later, I was havin’ a bad day. It was rainy and I’d ran out of raspberry jam and I didn’t really want to have to call my personal shopper to buy some more. It was definitely a low. And I thought, “Y’know what, Ringo? You could use a real nice time,” and then I remembered Tokyo Disneyland was apparently a real nice time. And I thought, “Who better to spend a nice day at the ‘Happiest Place in Japan on Earth’ with than your best pals?” And no one’s a better pal of Ringo Starr than the other Beatles. So I gave ‘em a ring.
Paul McCartney: [via publicist’s email]
Mr. McCartney has never attended Tokyo Disneyland and has no further comment on the matter.
Dolly Westerman: [Beatles historian]
As I explain in my new book Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-The 90s: A Definitive Examination of The Beatles at the End of the 20th Century, Summer 1996 saw the Olympics come to Atlanta and Dolly the Sheep [no relation] born in Scotland, but all eyes were on Tokyo Disneyland. What few people know, is that the trip almost didn’t happen.
Daphne Vander-York [the Beatles’ longtime travel agent]:
I was the Beatles’ longtime travel agent.
Ringo Starr:
Daphne was our longtime travel agent. She’d planned everything from our first trip to America to play The Ed Sullivan Show to the four-week Caribbean cruise George and I took in ‘83. She’d never let us down before.
Daphne Vander-York:
I’d made all the arrangements for the trip, but on the morning of the flight I received a call from Ringo saying that I hadn’t booked enough seats on the plane. I was under the impression that John Lennon had been dead for 16 years so I hadn’t booked him a ticket.
Maria Monae: [airplane passenger]
I gave up my seat on the plane for John. I think it was the right thing to do. But it’s crazy to think about sometimes. What if he hadn’t gone? It could just as easily have been me alongside Paul, Ringo, and George on that fatal log flume.
Ringo Starr wearing a mickey mouse hat. illustration by Josh Gates
PART 2: “BEATLESINTOKYODISNEYLANDMANIA”
Dolly Westerman:
The trip was bound to be a media circus from the moment it was announced. After all, it was the first time all four Beatles had been seen publicly since December 8th, 1980. It sparked a second ‘Beatlemania,’ of sorts. A ‘BeatlesinTokyoDisneylandmania,’ if you will, which is a term I coin in my upcoming book.
Doug Porchsmith: [Beatles merchandise bootlegger]
The Summer ’96 bootleg scene was incredible. As soon as I heard the Beatles were reuniting for a trip to Tokyo Disneyland, I quit my job, sold my house, and moved my family to Tokyo. I used our savings to buy a small t-shirt manufacturing facility and started pumping out everything I could think of. ‘The Beatles’ but in Disney font. Mickey, Donald, Minnie and Goofy crossing Abbey Road. John dressed as Tinkerbell throwing pixie dust over Cinderella castle. Some Grateful Dead tees just to be safe. You name it, I had it. I’d never infringed so much copyright in my life.
Sensing a tourism opportunity, the Japanese government temporarily eradicated all fire safety laws that dictated capacity limits. Tokyo Disneyland was allowed to sell as many tickets for entry to the park as they wanted. For my book, available on Amazon and select bookstores in the Cleveland metropolitan area on May 29th, I tried to interview the Tokyo fire marshal who was responsible for the Tokyo Disneyland area. He refused to speak to me despite my many calls to his personal residence.
Haru Nakamura: [worked at Tokyo Disneyland for six months in 1996]
We had to close nearly every ride to the public during the Beatles’ visit. The park was so packed with people that it became impossible to distinguish the lines for attractions from the beleaguered masses just standing around for a glimpse of the Fab Four.
The Beatles arrived at 11:45 a.m. to a park already over capacity. Despite the constant screams of fans and extremely slow movement as security guards fought their way through thick crowds, John, Paul, Ringo and George seemed to be having a good time from the very start.
It was like they’d created a whole little city, when you enter the park. It was quite charming, y’know? Paul was the giddiest of the four of us. I remember he shouted, “This is just like Penny Lane!” and did a little skip like a schoolboy.
Haru Nakamura:
I was working the churro stand on Main Street. We were told by management not to sell anything to anyone other than the Beatles that day. Their fear was that the ravenous, starving crowds would buy up all our products and we’d be left with nothing to offer our four special guests. I guess it proved to be a good strategy, because Paul almost immediately ran up to my churro stand and asked for “one of everything.” I only sold churros, so I just gave him one.
Paul was so excited about how large the churros were that he sang a little ditty and pretended to play the churro like a guitar. He was really pandering to the crowd in a way we hadn’t done since we were just lads singing love tunes.
Paul sang “Love Me Do” but changed the lyrics to “love me dough,” about the churro dough, presumably. He then switched from playing the churro like a guitar to holding it like a flute and pretended to do a little flute solo.
The crowd went wild for Paul’s impromptu show. The energy was electric, you could feel it in your bones. I wasn’t there, but what’s important to understand about the 90s—besides the fact that it was the most underrated decade of Beatles activity, a thesis I argue in my upcoming book—is that personal camcorders were far more affordable and accessible than in the Beatles’ heyday, so we have footage of nearly everything that happened.
Mr. McCartney has never purchased a churro at Tokyo Disneyland, and if he did, he would have respectfully consumed it. Mr. McCartney does not play food like musical instruments and has no further comment on the matter.
PART 3: “WE NEVER SAW IT COMING”
After a few hours of wading slowly through the crowd and trying to avoid stepping on all the fans who fainted from excitement or heat-related illness, we decided we’d really like to try out one of the rides, y’know? They were part of what made Tokyo Disneyland such fun, as I’d been told by a mate. One of our security guards lifted me on his shoulders, and above the many fan posters and camera flashes, I saw two fateful words: “Splash Mountain.” Everyone thought that sounded like a real nice time, except George.
Dhani Harrison: [George Harrison’s son]
My father was incredibly afraid of logs. He called them “the skeletons of trees.” The idea of climbing inside of one to float along a river did not appeal to him.
George and I got in a serious argument over Splash Mountain. I tried to explain to him the logs were plastic and had nice little seats built into them, but he didn’t want to hear it. George finally gave up when Paul started to pull his “just let it be, mate” bullshit. I, for one, was glad I held firm. It was the first time I’d visited a mountain.
Dhani Harrison:
We don’t have a lot of mountains in England. Mostly just hills.
So we rode Splash Mountain. And we were having a great time, y’know? Just a couple of lads in a log. John was so inspired by the singing animals that he was talking about getting the band back together.
Br’er Fox: [Splash Mountain animatronic]
They seemed to be having a zip-a-dee-doo-dah grand old time! Well, everyone except George. My, oh, my, he was not having a wonderful day. He seemed nervous at every turn.
And that’s when it happened. The big drop at the end of the ride. We never saw it coming. The ride’s called Splash Mountain, after all. I think we all just kinda assumed the ride would end once we reached the top of the mountain. It’s not called Splash Waterfall, y’know?
The Beatles made it over the final drop just fine. Unfortunately, as they passed the cheerful Zip A Dee Lady River Boat scene at the end of the ride, a wall collapsed from the pressure of stampeding fans attempting to escape the overcrowded park, and crushed all four Beatles instantly.
The public outpouring of support was really touching as we all grieved the loss of my father and his bandmates. Fans held candlelight vigils at the other Splash Mountains in Disneyland and Disneyworld. Japan reinstated their fire safety standards as a tribute to the Beatles under the new name “Remember Squished Bugs Law”—which sort of gets lost in translation but it’s the thought that counts. But most of all it was nice to hear what a lasting impact my father had on so many around the world.
Kevin: [author’s roommate]
Oh man, yeah I remember when that happened! Crazy. Crazy stuff.
Doug Porchsmith:
I made so much money on memorial t-shirts, man. So much. A tie-dye shirt with Mickey leaving flowers on a really wide tombstone that said “Here Lies All Four Beatles” was my best seller. Those were the days.
Please buy my book. I have to support myself. This is all I do. The Beatles are my life.
Madame Valsama: [Ringo Starr’s personal necromancer]
It’s such a shame that the Beatles were crushed by that giant plastic wall—and so soon after I had used the wicked, unbridled power of dark magic to pry John Lennon’s soul from the cold grip of Death. He was so excited to be not-assassinated. I still remember, the first thing he said, after he breathed a wretched, unholy breath and was birthed a second birth back into this mortal coil, was “All religions are right and wrong in their own way! I no longer have to imagine a better world! I see it all now, the path is clear! I’ll use this gift of time to bring a permanent, lasting peace to all those who walk this wonderful gift that is Earth! I have realized the exact, specific steps necessary to bring about world peace, and they do not include sitting in a bed!” It’s a shame that you can only return a mortal soul from the dead once. I had no problem reanimating the other three, but John was permanently dead. At least he got to enjoy Tokyo Disneyland!
Paul McCartney has never met a Madame Valsama, and has no further comment on the hideous sorceress of darkness to which he owes a great debt.
The whole accident—John being eternally dead and such, especially—was a quite a bummer. But all in all, I had a real nice time.
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The State of the Century
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The Geopolitical Realities of Eurasia
Anyone who glances at the Eurasian map and concludes that the countries that make up the continent came about due to the decisions of men or women is sadly mistaken. Although government actions are indeed at times a factor, the overriding force that forms nations, states, and empires in this region is geography. Anyone studying Eurasian politics should be aware of these geopolitical realities.
On Eurasia’s western end (Europe) there exists a collection of countries, while its eastern end is dominated by a single state: China. Eurasia’s northern swathe is controlled exclusively by Russia, while its south is divided amongst a number of countries. These are the realities of the Eurasian map; they do not come about because of mere chance, but are caused by geography. I will examine these realities.
Geopolitical Eurasia of 1897 (left)
Europe consists of a multitude of states while China consists of one
Looking at the Eurasian map, does it not appear peculiar that while the West consists of so many states that none dominate the region, the East is clearly dominated by a single state? This phenomenon has existed throughout history. Since 221 BC, China has been a single unified nation. China has occasionally disintegrated during ‘warring states’ periods, but generally a single dynasty has always maintained control of the area. This fact is due to geography. Meanwhile in Europe, no single state has ever dominated the entire continent – at one point Rome may have come close, but this remains the exception. The continent resisted the aspirations of Charlemagne, Napoleon, and Hitler. This fact is again due to geography.
The Roman Empire at its height, 117AD
Europe has a highly indented coastline. It has five large peninsulas, all of which evolved independent people, languages, and subsequent governments. These peninsulas are Norway/Sweden, Denmark, Portugal/Spain, Italy, and Greece. Europe also has two major islands, Britain and Ireland. Europe is further carved up by a series of mountain ranges, the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, and the Norwegian Border Mountains. Finally Europe’s two major rivers, the Rhine and the Danube, serve as borders to further divide the continent. The division of Europe by geography served to develop a multitude of ethnic groups, governments, and states. Such is Europe’s division that its nations have historically been in a state of near-constant war, be it between the Athenians and the Spartans, or between the Prussians, Habsburgs, and Ottomans, or between the British, French, Germans, and Russians. Today Europe’s peoples bicker over economics and are less unified than many would have us believe.
The Ming Dynasty at its height, 1402 – 1424
China, on the other hand, has a much smoother coastline. Only the Korean peninsula and the peninsula of South-East Asia are sufficiently separated to allow for the formation of separate nations. China’s two largest islands, Taiwan and Hainan, are each less than half the size of Ireland. Japan is the only island to be large enough to form a separate state. China’s only mountain range (the Himalayas) separates it from India rather than separating its people. China’s heartland is bound together by two long navigable rivers, the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers. North and South China are bound together by a relatively easy connection between these two rivers that was later linked by the Grand Canal. Europe’s two major rivers are much smaller, and connect much less of the continent, and thus do not serve as the unifiers that China’s rivers do. What appears as peculiar at first is really quite simply a result of geography.
The Northern swathe will always be dominated by a single aggressive nation
The Russia political elite have historically always believed they must defend Russia from influence and invasion by securing its frontiers. This foreign policy paradigm is traceable to the thirteenth century, when Russia was smashed by the Mongols who rampaged across Eurasia, and was denied access to the European Renaissance. Russia was thus branded with bitter feelings of inferiority and insecurity. To maintain its security, Russia must conquer as much territory as it can. Kaplan argues throughout Russia’s history, it has acted as “a land power that had to keep attacking and exploring in all directions or itself be vanquished.” We see this in the 1800s when Russia pushed into Eastern Europe in an attempt to block France, and again in 1945 when Moscow used Eastern Europe as a buffer-zone against a resurgent Germany. Russia has also pushed into Afghanistan to block the British during the Great Game, and conquered the Far East to block China. These same motives were at play when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Moscow again felt vulnerable when the Soviet Union dissolved and it lost the buffer-zone it gained in 1945. This is why today Putin believes the European Union is a threat, and why the Kremlin attempts to bring Eastern European countries back into its sphere of influence, and why it invaded Georgia in 2008. My article The Wiley Bear – Russian Motives for the Nord Stream Pipeline analyses this phenomenon in relation to pipeline politics.
The Central Asian Steppe
Only analysing Russia’s paradigm today ignores the fact that throughout history any nation that controls Eurasia’s North acts in this way. Just as the Mongols devastated medieval Europe, the Huns sacked Rome, and the Scythians raided from the east before that. The Great Wall of China was built to defend against steppe raiders. Each of these nations aggressively secured their frontiers in a similar manner to that of Russia in the last century. This fact is caused entirely by geography. From the Hungarian plain, through Ukraine, the northern Caucasus, and Central Asia to Manchuria of the Far East lays the Central Asian steppe, the world’s vastest grassland. It was called “the great grass road” by Russian scholar W. Bruce Lincoln. Any peoples who reside on this steppe are inevitably insecure, because they have no natural defenses such as mountains or forest. They must conquer or be conquered. After the High Middle Ages, Russia became the single nation to dominate this region, but this region has always been dominated by a single nation, be it the Mongols, the Huns, or the Scythians, and this fact is due to geography.
The Middle East and Southern Asia: again a multitude of states
Because of geography a single state dominates Eurasia’s north. It is also because of geography that Eurasia’s south is divided. Like in Europe, no single nation has dominated this region. Although the Persian Empire of 500 BC, Alexander the Great, and the Ottoman Empire have each come extremely close, these remain exceptions to the rule.
Geography defines the Middle East’s borders. The borders of Iran are defined by the Iranian plateau while the borders of Turkey are defined by the Anatolian land bridge. The Arabian Peninsula is dominated by Saudi Arabia. Yemen exists at this peninsula’s south because this area is characterised by mountains and a network of oases.
The Persian Empire of 500BC (left) and Ottoman Empire of 1801
India too is defined by geography. It is a peninsula framed by the Arabian Sea on its west, and the Bay of Bengal on its east. The mountainous Burmese jungles separate it from the nations of South-East Asia, while the Himalayas separate it from Tibet. But geography has also left India vulnerable to attack from the northeast. India is bordered by the Persian-Afghan plateau, which consists of a gradual incline rather than a divisive mountain range. India is thus dangerously close to the Central Asian steppe. It is from here that India has faced invading Greeks, Persians, and Mongols. The British Empire felt most vulnerable at this frontier during the Great Game, and it is here that India faces its rival Pakistan today. I outlined this last fact when I argued India is ‘cursed by geography’ in my article The Era of the Eagle – American Hegemony is Here to Stay. But while India is indeed defined by geography, it is also divided by it. India does not have the same unifying rivers that China does. Its multitude of river systems (be it the Ganges, Brahmaputra, Narmada, Tungabhadra, Godavari etc.) only divide the region. Its weak borders mean other nations such as Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh exist on the Indian subcontinent. These non-unifying factors mean historically India has been made up of many polities, and more recently a Hindu-Muslim drama has occurred.
Woks Cited
Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1999.
Kaplan, Robert D. The Revenge of Geography. New York: Random House, 2012.
Written by The State of the Century Posted in Asia, Europe, History - pre 1900, Middle East, Russian Foreign Policy, The Balance of Power Tagged with China, Eurasia, Europe, Geography, Geopolitical Realities, Geopolitics, History, Middle East, Russia
February 23, 2013 - 9:24 am alittleviewoftheworld
A really well argued piece. I had not considered many of the reasons you’ve touched upon but having read it they all seem so clear and obvious. A good read!
February 23, 2013 - 11:09 am The State of the Century
Thankyou, I hadn’t realised how fundamental geography was to nation-forming either until recently.
February 18, 2014 - 2:44 am sykik
I think it was Halford Mackinder who said that a knowledge of rivers should form the grammar of global strategy. I had always thought of rivers as unifying factors. Your article brings out nicely their divisive role. Very interesting analysis.
February 18, 2014 - 2:12 pm Dylan F
That sounds right, Kaplan’s book (which I cited for this piece) refers to Mackinder extensively, the so-called founder of geopolitics and geostrategy.
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Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (DWFRS) is serving its communities well, it has been confirmed in its first inspection from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary & Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS), released this week.
HMICFRS has spent the last year analysing data and documents and visiting the Service to assess it against three core themes – effectiveness; efficiency and how well it looks after its people. This is the second tranche of inspection reports of English fire and rescue services to be released, after the first tranche was released in December.
The Inspectorate found that the Service was ‘Good’ across all three core themes – one of only eight fire and rescue services to achieve this in the second tranche of 16 inspections, and the only Service in this tranche to receive good in all sections of the people pillar.
The inspection commended the Service for its performance. The national report indicates a positive position compared with the national picture in the effective delivery of fire safety, targeted prevention activity and exploiting the benefits of technology to modernising its working environment.
Chief Fire Officer Ben Ansell said: “I am delighted that the Service has been independently recognised by the Inspectorate for all the good work that takes place across Dorset and Wiltshire to keep our communities safe from fire and the other emergencies that we deal with. The inspection process was a good experience that has provided us with a good platform to build upon. We will continue to build on the great work that is being delivered for our communities.”
He added: “I am very proud of our organisation and all the fantastic work done by my staff. They work really hard to give the best possible service they can to all those who need our help or work with us. This result is even more impressive if you consider that this is a new Service, coming into existence just over three years ago.”
In particular, HMICFRS praised the Service for its prevention initiatives; education; approach to social media; making really good use of the money available to deliver an effective operational service and the open and honest culture within the organisation.
The Inspectors said: “We spoke to a lot of staff across the whole organisation in prevention, protection, response, and to corporate staff. The way they felt about the Service impressed us. They were proud of the Service and of its work in the community and spoke highly of their own work to contribute to the Service’s vision.”
The report also highlights areas where the Service could further develop with some identified ‘improvement areas’. Pleasingly, there were no surprises and these areas are already being considered and progressed as part of internal improvement plans.
Chair of Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority, Cllr Rebecca Knox, said: “This is a great outcome for Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service. It is extremely reassuring that we have such an effective fire and rescue service. On behalf of the Authority and the residents we represent, I would like to thank all staff for their professionalism in delivering this highly skilled service to the communities across Bournemouth Christchurch & Poole, Dorset, Swindon and Wiltshire. We look forward to building on this report and its recommendations as the organisation further develops.”
The full report from HMICFRS into DWFRS can be found here: https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/wp-content/uploads/dorset-and-wiltshire-fire-and-rescue-service-report-2018-19.pdf
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3 girls from Peckham; 1 rickshaw; 3500km across India. We did this. And with 2 days to spare.
To all those who said this was a bad idea for an all-girl team: eat your words. It was actually another all-girl team who crossed the finish line in 1st place, despite never breaking 45kph. In her award acceptance speech, their team leader said, ‘This is what happens when you tell 3 women they can’t do something.’ As we know, who needs a man when you’ve got a little rickshaw and 2 soul sisters for company?
For the past two weeks, we’ve been privileged enough to have experienced Mother India from a perspective few will ever know. And she has captivated us. From the deserts of the North to the rainforest of the South. From industrial sprawl to languid rural life. From bitter cold to stifling heat. From camels to elephants. We may have moaned often in our blog posts about her sights and sounds and smells and bad hotels and terrible drivers. But those who know us well won’t be fooled by this. Cynicism is woven into our DNA. It’s what unites us as a team. It’s how we express joy.
Crossing the finish line, we felt euphoric. But the sense of achievement will take a while to really settle. While we had many near misses, other teams bore the battle wounds of head-on crashes and somersaulting rickshaws. We never told our parents this, but at the New Year’s Eve party, Matt, the organiser of the Rickshaw Run stood up and proclaimed (very inappropriately), ‘Party like you’ve never partied before. Party like this is your last New Year’s Eve. At least one of you is likely to die in the next 2 weeks.’ Thankfully nobody did. The wrecks of rickshaws at the finish line reminded us of what we had achieved. With no major crashes, a smattering of hairy moments (night driving) and 2 breakdowns, we had faired very well. You don’t have to live recklessly to feel alive. But you do have to feel fear in order to be brave.
The sense of empowerment will fade. We’ll return to our lives and jobs and everyday frustrations. But we’ll always be able to look back on the last two weeks and think We did this. We did what few others in the world can say. We drove a rickshaw across India.
The only thing left to say is a huge and heartfelt thank you to all of you. For your love and support. For reading our blog. For your incredibly generous donations. We received an email from St Christopher’s Hospice to say that they are overwhelmed by the amount that we’ve raised, and this is down to you (over £2200 for St Christopher’s plus £520 for Cool Earth). You are awesome. You are our heroes of the day.
So, that’s all folks. The Touring Trotters are signing off. It’s been emotional. Of course, we’ll leave the final words to Del Boy:
This is not farewell. Just bonjour!
The finish line:
The party:
Starting point: Vatakara, Kerala
Finishing point: Cochin, Kerala
Distance covered today: ~360km
Number of breakdowns: 0…Mr Robbie Reliable
Vatakara to Cochin. This was the beginning of the end. We knew that all being well, we would make it to Cochin today. We would never again be Indian rickshaw drivers. This would be the last time that we would squeeze our packs onto Robbie’s back shelf and coax his sleepy engine to life in the hazy morning light. We gazed at the passing panorama of India’s daily life. We breathed in her sights and sounds and smells and bad air. We would never again witness the largest democracy on earth from this most unique of perspectives.
By the time we reached the city limits of Cochin, the afternoon heat was stifling. Cochin is made up of a number of islands with Fort Cochin, our destination, being located on the furthest point from the mainland. By the time we reached our hotel, the resplendent Tea Bungalow, we were ready. It was time. Time to park up Robbie and unload him. Time for a long shower in a beautiful, clean marble bathroom. Time to watch satellite TV while lounging on crisp white sheets. Time to sleep in a bed rather than on a bed. Time to return to our everyday lives. We were Indian rickshaw drivers no more.
Phrase of the Day:
Driving through Kerala was a new experience. There were big houses, road signs (distinctly lacking in Karnataka) and motorcyclists were wearing helmets (well, at least the drivers were, never mind your 3 children and your wife).
Jodie: Traffic lights?! It’s almost civilised.
Moment of the Day:
Having just commented on the fact that we were yet to see any elephants since arriving in the south, we rounded a corner and there were three. In a petrol station! Only in India. Robbie the Rickshaw meets Nelly the Elephant. Our excitement was more than matched by the crowd of whooping young men. It wasn’t clear whether it was the sight of the Touring Trotters or the carnival atmosphere that had whipped them into such a frenzy. Anyways, this was a moment of Rickshaw Run gold.
Of course, our second moment of the day was our arrival in Fort Cochin. We had made it, and with two days to spare. But we weren’t quite emotionally ready to say goodbye to lovely Robbie just yet. We decided to keep our keys and to cross the actual finish line on 14 January 2014 as planned. We could see our rick from the bedroom window. We all stole the occasional wistful glance out towards him. He had done us proud. And we had done him proud too.
Our top tips for driving in India:
1. Never give way. Never ever. Not even at big roundabouts and major junctions. Unless what’s coming towards you is very big. Or moving very fast.
2. Don’t bother with your wing mirrors. You only need worry about what’s happening immediately in front of you. What’s going on behind is not your concern. Unless what’s behind you is very big. Or moving very fast.
3. The horn is your best friend. Use it liberally. Sound it at anything in the road. Or near the road. Don’t be shy.
4. Undertaking is always a good idea. Especially if the other vehicle is bigger than you. Even more so around tight bends on steep hills.
5. Don’t worry about blind bends or summits when overtaking. Don’t let the oncoming truck concern you. Whether you survive this road trip or not is down to karma. Just go for it.
6. Lane discipline? Are you having a laugh? Every road junction is a cluster-f*%k. Get involved.
7. Forget your indicator lights. Nobody’s paying any attention. If you really must signal, use your arm. But don’t bother. And working brake lights are a rarity.
8. Stop anywhere you like. In the middle of the road. On roundabouts. At busy junctions. The road is your parking space.
9. Ignore all the conventional rules of the road you thought you understood. Driving the wrong way up the carriageway? U-turns across several lanes? Careering down the hard shoulder? Animals roaming free everywhere? All perfectly acceptable. If it’s likely to endanger life, it’s probably normal.
10. Use only full beam at night. The strength of your headlights is directly proportional to the size of your…ahem. Dippers are for wimps.
11. Pull out of side streets in front of oncoming vehicles. Then drive really sssssslllllloooooowwwwwwlllllllyyyyyyy.
12. Policemen will flag you down. You don’t always have to stop. More often than not they just want to smile at you. Make a judgement call based on the intensity of their arm waving.
13. There are speed bumps everywhere. Even on motorways. They are rarely signposted. If you take these at speed, it hurts. If you take these slowly, it hurts. Suck it up. This is India.
14. Cut in really close. If you can’t hear the intake of breath from the occupants of the other vehicle, you’re too far away. Any gap is yours for the taking.
15. Lose all your inhibitions and manners. Be aggressive. Be brave. Fear. Less.
Question of the Day:
Claire: Why does it smell so bad?
Jodie and Erica in unison: It’s India!
Starting point: Udupi, Karnataka
Finishing point: Vatakara, Kerala
Number of breakdowns: 0…c’mom Robbie….keep on rolling
Udupi to Vatakara. This was a day of epic driving. Lots of hot, sweaty driving. And confusion. Confusion as to what the waiter’s head wobble meant at dinner. He’s one of our anti-heroes of the day. Confusion at where we were. This cannot be the national highway? Not in this condition. Not with pot holes like this. Surely? Not even in India. We took a detour to try the coastal road in an attempt to break up the monotony of the highway. We never found it. But we did find the Indian equivalent of the Cotswolds (according to Erica…we’re not sure if she’s ever been to the Cotswolds): all huge gated houses, tropical gardens, abundant wealth and rural tranquility.
The late afternoon brought yet more confusion. While trying to bypass a city centre on the NH17, we found ourselves completely lost in an area that can only be described as the Indian Hollywood Hills. Ostentatious mansions with sweeping sea views lined the steep roads. But for all the neighbourhood money, the road was more hole than pot. The juxtaposition was stark. Could this be the worst road surface in India? Would Robbie’s recently welded exhaust pipe fall off with all this bumpety-bumpety-bump? To make matters even hairier, Erica was once again in the driving seat. Her two-handed gear changes, meaning no hand on the accelerator and standing starts on near vertical inclines in a vehicle with only a foot brake, were frankly alarming. We somehow made it back to the main road and on towards our overnight stop in yet another grim hotel in the forgettable town of Vatakara. But our spirits could not be dampened. We had crossed the state border into Kerala and were now in striking distance of our ultimate destination, the gold at the end of our rainbow – Fort Cochin. And with several days to spare.
Having gossiped our way from Karnataka to Kerala, we’ve already analysed what doesn’t impress us in men. So now our thoughts turn to what does. We’ll use our Robbie as a prime example of what we’re looking for.
1. He’s reliable but not too reliable. We don’t want boring. We like a bit of adventure and excitement, but only at the right times and in the right places (10km from a beautiful beach and not in a Northern Indian industrial hell hole, for example).
2. He’s strong and carries all our bags, but doesn’t make a big deal out of this. It’s all very low key.
3. He has a big horn.
4. He’s pretty handsome, but never vain and looks a little weathered around the edges.
5. He only requires some feeding and the occasional pumping to keep him going.
6. He has no opinion about how we drive. We’re in control. Most of the time.
Anti-heroes of the Day
Two characters stand out as our anti-heroes of the day. They both may lack traditional heroic qualities, but we will remember them nonetheless.
Confusing-head-bobble-wobble man:
The Indian head wobble can be somewhat perplexing anyway. Its meaning entirely depends on context: hello, goodbye, yes, no, good, bad, OK, definitely not OK, I understand, I don’t understand, you’re welcome, acknowledgment, encouragement, embarrassment, bewilderment at what these crazy girls are doing in a rickshaw. Confusing-head-bobble-wobble man was our waiter in the hotel restaurant in Vatakara. He had a stutter, which meant that there was a short pause between the wobble and the words. This added to our confusion. The kitchen was wildly understocked, and so our ordering was a lengthy process.
Jodie: So you don’t have any paneer?
Confusing-head-bobble-wobble man: (Head wobble. Long pause.) No ma’am, yes. (Head wobble)
Erica: You have paneer, or not?
Confusing-head-bobble-wobble man: (Head wobble. Long pause.) Yes ma’am.
Jodie: Yes, you have paneer?
Confusing-head-bobble-wobble man: (Head wobble)
Claire: Does that mean they have paneer?
Violin-jamming man:
On checking into the hideous hotel in Vatakara (‘North Park Hotel: a pompous hotel’), Thompson, a young Indian ‘musician’ in an all black outfit and unlaced biker boots introduced himself to us. His enthusiasm was irritating. You girls are awesome! We passed you on the road. You are SO cool. Awesome rickshaw. You are awesome…You won’t believe it! Our rooms are next door to each other. We’re neighbours! Oh my days, no. The inevitable knock on the door came barely 20 minutes later. Do you girls drink shots?! You know, shots?!! Shots of liquor. Join us. Our room or your room? I’m a musician. We play the violin. We’re going to jam a little! Jamming with a violin? Really? Is that even possible?
A misty morning in Kerala:
Finishing point: Palolem, Goa
Distance covered today: 0km
Number of breakdowns: 0, Robbie spent the day with the mechanic having his piston replaced
Palolem to…err…Palolem. We didn’t move a muscle from the beach today. We felt the warm sand between our toes, bobbed about in the waves, sipped fresh lemon sodas and gin (‘gimlets’) and ate non-curry dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It was glorious. Whoever said this Rickshaw Run was tough, eh?
Late in the afternoon we fetched Robbie from the mechanic and his little engine started like a dream. His stereo system now didn’t work though. Why on earth replacing the piston had any effect on the music system is anyone’s guess. This. Is. India. It is not for us to question why. No matter. At least Robbie could run again and we now had a chance in hell of making it to Cochin and actually finishing this thing.
Phrases of the Day
Can you put sun cream on my back?
Another gimlet anyone?
Wanna go for a dip?
Your left arm’s going red.
Pass the chips.
You all get the gist. It was a lazy day.
Revelation of the Day
Many other Rickshaw Run teams had gathered in Palolem. It was something of a reunion. We heard that some of them had bet against the chances of the all-girl teams actually making it to the finish line. Oh, how we do like a challenge. They’ll see. We’ll laugh in the face of failure and conquer all that Mother India has to throw at us. With two states still to cross, we’d better catch an early start tomorrow. Fingers crossed for no more big problems (Robbie, we hope you’re reading this).
Our mechanic of course. We never doubted his talents. Not even for a second. Ahem.
Starting point: Kudal, Maharashtra
Distance covered today: ~160km under our own steam + 20km under somebody else’s
Number of breakdowns: 1 (big problem)
Kudal to Palolem. Life is cruel. We were on the road early again, full of anticipation and excitement: today was Goa day. After a lovely morning drive to the Goan border and a smiling welcome from the Goan customs officers, we had arrived. And it was as good as we had expected: lush, green rainforest lined the road; the earth was a dark rust brown; the traffic was quieter and somehow more accommodating; the town centres oozed old world Portuguese charm; there were other ‘white folk’ on mopeds; everything seemed smaller, cosier and more manageable; and there was a strange absence of wandering cows.
We were 10km short of Palolem and it was only 13:00. An afternoon on a glorious Goan beach beckoned. POP! Robbie lost all power and slowed to a standstill. Then nothing. Not another peep. A lovely passing Rickshaw Run team helped us to fetch a mechanic from a nearby town. He couldn’t coax any life out of Robbie. One minute he was fine, our reliable old Robster. And the next minute he was gone. Life is cruel.
After nearly 3 hours, Claire, who had gone ahead to Palolem arrived with a truck and Robbie was towed into the beach town. A humiliating entry for our fine road warrior. The diagnosis? A rather large hole in his piston. Poor poor Robbie. The prognosis? The mechanic would have him fixed and good to go by 16:00 the following day for the cool cost of around £25. It looked like we would have our day on the beach after all.
This came as the second mechanic of the day gazed at Robbie’s inert back end and delivered his carefully considered opinion.
“Big problem”.
No. Shit. Sherlock
The smallest flatbed truck in India pulled up alongside Robbie, and Claire and the driver emerged from the cab. The driver looked at the three Touring Trotters, now standing anxiously together next to their stranded ‘shaw. He was dressed unnervingly smartly for a mechanic. How to get a rickshaw onto the back of a flatbed truck? He indicated to us that we should lift Robbie. Now he’s only a little rickshaw. But lift him? Onto the back of a truck. Above shoulder height? Us three? You’re having a laugh. He wasn’t.
We refused and politely suggested some ramps. We watched as he ambled down the road to find some suitable pieces of wood from the surrounding forest. We looked at each other, incredulous: how had he not thought about this before leaving Palolem? Oh India, how we love you. We burst into giggles. You’ve got to laugh at times like this.
In the end we went for the simpler towing option. With the shortest piece of tow rope imaginable. Poor Robbie. In the hands of this amateur, his future wasn’t looking very bright at all.
Robbie under tow:
Starting point: Mahad, Maharashtra
Finishing point: Kudal, Maharashtra
Number of breakdowns: 0 (touch wood), but we did have to stop for a mechanic to replace a screw in Robbie’s wobbly nose
Mahad to Kudal. After our terrifying night-driving experience of the previous evening, we were on the road earlier than any day before: 07:30. India was looking her best. All misty, swirling mists against dark rolling hills; shafts of dawn light breaking through the roadside trees; groups of girls and boys making their way to school; lone farmers leading their buffalo to pastures; quiet, expansive, empty roads. Our love affair with the South continued.
As the early morning cool gave way to a stifling midday heat, Robbie began to struggle in the face of Maharashtra’s punishing hills. The fastest rick on the road was now panting uphill in 2nd gear. The towns seemed to grow dustier and ever further apart. And as the light started to fade, we all quietly worried that we would be on the road in the dark once again.
Then, like an oasis in the desert, we arrived in the town of Kudal. A funny-looking concrete oasis with a litter problem. This is India. We chose the best hotel in town: the RSN Executive. We can only assume that the person who named the place had a sense of irony. This was the worst hotel of our trip so far. The floor was dusty; the bed linen was dirty; the ‘Indian-style’ bathroom had no shower, only a tap and 2 sets of big and small buckets (one for your general body and one for your bum – choose the wrong set at your peril); the restaurant was filthy, dingy and empty save for a blue disco light and thumping house music. Had we truly reached Claire’s limit of shit hole now?
We ate dinner outside at a roadside snack restaurant (Erica: ‘I prefer outside dirt to inside dirt any day’) – delicious dosas, uttapams and Pav Bhaji – thank Shiva for Southern India cuisine – and contemplated the delightful thought of our arrival in Goa tomorrow and a day off at the beach to follow.
Maharashtra has hand painted signs along the roadside to encourage safe driving. They’re charming. But they don’t work. Here are some of our favourites.
Safety on the roads, safe tea at home
Highways not dieways
Speed thrills but kills
Drive with care, life has no spare
Speed is like a knife, it cuts life
We drive up behind a motorcycle and sidecar. Does the rider only have one leg, or is he riding side saddle? We couldn’t tell. We pulled alongside. He only had one leg. He was riding a motorbike at 65kph. The sidecar was there to provide stability. Ingenious.
This man’s missing limb reminded us of our experiences of extra body parts earlier in the run.
A cow with a 5th leg dangling from its hump at the back of its neck on a Mumbai street. We don’t have photographic evidence but this is for real. Maybe the locals thought his extra leg made him extra holy. Holier than cow.
A hotel worker with a 6th digit protruding from his wrist. He helped mend our silencer. It was a successful fix, so clearly the extra digit came in handy.
Morning mist:
Starting point: Pen
Finishing point: Mahad
Number of breakdowns: 0 (touch wood), but we arranged for Robbie to have a full 4.5 hour service
Pen to Mahed. This day was a major departure from our usual routine. When we say ‘usual routine’, we mean our routine of the last 6 days. It already feels like we’ve always been driving a rickshaw across India. Our clean London flats, clean London clothes and clean London lives seem like distant memories. We wake up in the morning. We drive a rickshaw. We sound our horn aggressively, overtake and undertake on blind corners, swerve round cows and never give way. We are Indian rickshaw drivers and our daily routine is as follows. The alarm rings at around 06:30. We’re on the road by 07:30 – 08:00. We drive for 9 – 10 hours with 10 minute breaks every hour or so. We start looking for a hotel around 17:00 and aim to be off the road by 18:00 before the sun goes down.
Our typical Rickshaw Run day. Apart from today that is.
Today was the day of Robbie’s service. We spent 4.5 hours sitting outside a mechanic’s shop in the town of Pen as he underwent a complete overhaul. That rattling noise at 40kph? The exhaust was hanging on by a thread. Ahh. The pulling to the right when negotiating a left hand corner? His steering column was bent. Ahhh. His losing speed up hills? 3 soft tyres. Ahhhh. His unresponsive brake? 2 worn brake pads. Ahhhhh. After his rebuild, Robbie purred like a kitten. Or maybe a kitten with a chest infection. He is still only a little old rickshaw after all.
All this meant that we didn’t hit the road until after 15:00. Which meant that we broke a golden Rickshaw Run rule: don’t drive at night. Robbie’s lights could barely illuminate the ground immediately in front of his own wheel, let alone the deep crevasse looming ahead. Indian drivers use only full beam which, when combined with Robbie’s badly scratched plastic windscreen, meant that Jodie in the driving seat was completely blinded 90% of the time. Claire and Erica guided her by leaning out the sides of the rickshaw and shouting ‘left a little’, ‘right a little’ and ‘TRUCK IN YOUR LANE’. At 21:30, after 2.5 terrifying hours we made it to a hotel. We had survived. We were awesome. It was an empowering exercise in team work and tenacity. But one that we will not be repeating again in a hurry.
While waiting for Robbie to be serviced, the mechanic carried over his cute 3 year old daughter to say hello. The following conversation then took place between Jodie and Claire. We’re not sure why Jodie and Claire keep having these inane exchanges. Perhaps after 31 years they’ve run out of intelligent things to say to each other. Maybe they never had any.
Claire: Is that a bindi or a large mole in the middle of her forehead?
Jodie: A bindi
Claire: Why is it brown and hairy then?
It’s lovely to see how this trip in India has really brought out Claire’s maternal side.
After we pulled into that hotel car park in the dark night, we embraced in a group hug. We could feel each other’s hearts beating fast out of our chests. The adrenalin was pounding. The relief was palpable. We knew that this would be one of those moments. The moments that stay with you. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it was there. And then we went inside to make a start on the lengthy hotel registration forms
Robbie’s medical:
Starting point: Danam, Gujarat
Finishing point: Pen, Maharashtra
Number of breakdowns: 0 (touch wood), but Robbie is labouring on the hills, rattles at 40kph, drifts to the right and his brake is unresponsive…it’s time for a service tomorrow morning
Danam to Pen via Mumbai…well now. 5 days ago we could barely start Robbie and 2nd gear felt like quite a challenge. Today we successfully navigated our way in soaring temperatures south through the suburbs of Mumbai. It was an epic example of graceful, feminine teamwork. We smugly glided by frazzled looking learner drivers (yes, they have motoring schools in India…we were shocked too). We are pros now.
As we drove deeper into Maharashtra, past the urban sprawl of the Mumbai metropolis, monotone motorways and industrial grey gave way to lush green, pink Bougainvilleas and monkeys playing along the roadside. And it’s steamy hot. Everything seems more relaxed. Life a little slower. Vehicle horns a little softer. Cows in the road more accommodating. The beaches of Goa are tantalisingly close. Hello South India. We’ve arrived and we’re happy to be here.
After the exhausting experience of finding our way through Mumbai and a forgettable encounter with a place called Panvel, we were just about to turn off the motorway onto a much gentler A road towards Panjim, Goa. But we overshot and missed the turn. This happens a lot. Road signage in India is haphazard. It’s not generally a problem though, as U-turns in the middle of a busy junction and driving the wrong way up the carriageway are all perfectly acceptable. When in Rome.
We were about to perform both of these legal/illegal manoeuvres when a man in a Maharati police uniform approached. We’ve been flagged down many times over the last few days by men in official uniforms and have learnt from bitter experience that they just want to ask which country we’re from and take our photo. We weren’t in the mood. But this man was insistent that we go to his checkpoint so we smiled sweetly and agreed.
There was some confusion and a lot of talking. One of the only pieces of advice offered to us by the Adventurists, the organisers of the Rickshaw Run, was that if you’re stopped by the police, the best way to avoid having to pay a bribe is to confuse them by talking so much. Erica made a sterling effort to do just this. She confused us all and herself.
In the end we worked out that the police wanted to see our ‘Pollution Control Certificate’. Relieved, we found this in the bottom of our vehicle documents wallet. It expired in October 2013. Welcome to India.
The police wanted to check the emissions coming from Robbie’s bottom. 6 officers dressed in dusty-as-white uniforms and aviators, looking like extras in Top Gun, stood by and watched us struggle to push our ‘shaw into position. They then stuck a rod up his exhaust pipe and came to the conclusion that his emissions consisted of 20% oxygen and 0% CO2. Strange considering that he’s burning around 10 litres of petrol a day. But he passed! Welcome to India.
Before we were allowed to leave, there was the requisite photo call, both group shots and each of us individually posing holding a red rose while being presented with our new Pollution Control Certificate. The police men then stopped the traffic across several lanes so that we could perform our illegal U-turn and be on our way. British Bobbies take note please.
‘Is that a man or a woman?’
We discovered today that every toll plaza in Maharashtra has transvestite hookers standing between the lanes. Mumtaz introduced herself to us this morning. Erica was so transfixed that she couldn’t even squeak out her own name.
A man pulls alongside us on a moped as we’re attempting one of several U-turns in Panvel (we should have U-turned our way right out of that place immediately on arrival. Don’t go!).
Man: ‘Photo?’
Jodie: ‘No’
Man: ‘Ek (1) photo?’
Jodie: ‘Nahin (no)’
Man: ‘Kyon (why)?’
Jodie: more firmly ‘No!’
Man: ‘Have sex?’
Jodie: ‘NO!’
Robbie’s revelations so far
1) His steering column is a little bent to the right. We decorated him with pom poms, tinsel and flower garlands. What did we expect?
2) When we ask him to stop, he likes to think about it for 30m or so before agreeing. This is rather like the Gray family dog, Dylan. They’re spirited and that’s just fine.
3) He protests a little at 40kph. He’s highly strung. But his top speed is 65kph, which makes him one of the fastest ‘shaws on the road. Our Robster.
4) Sometimes he has a tantrum and hides neutral from us. Come on Robbie, after you’ve just stalled in traffic is not the time for games. A gentle rocking backwards and forwards usually solves the problem.
5) As we discovered today, if you drive him at 60kph over a huge speed hump, his 3 feet leave the floor and Robbie flies. He found this exhilarating, but we won’t be doing it again in a hurry. He hasn’t yet perfected his landing. We came down with quite a bump.
Our encounter with the Maharati police:
Starting point: Vadodara, Gujarat
Finishing point: Daman, Gujarat
Number of breakdowns: 0 (touch wood)
Vadodara to Daman. On a motorway. There were many hairy moments. Mostly involving trucks trying to squish us, vehicles travelling toward us on the wrong side of the road and cars full of people who think it’s entirely normal to either pull alongside you or stop in front of you or try to flag you down in order to take a photo. Take a photo. On a motorway.
We skirted around Ahmedabad. On a motorway. We ate brown/beige food. On a motorway. We ate bananas and orange. On a motorway. We searched for suitable toilet break stops. It’s tough for girls on a motorway. It was motorway madness.
We ended the day in Daman, an Indian seaside resort a little like Skegness, only with an open sewer on the beach. But nothing could dampen our spirits at being by the sea in the warm sunshine. South India was so close we could almost smell it (if it hadn’t been for the overwhelming stench of fish). Only Mumbai stands in our way now. We’ll be attempting to navigate our way round tomorrow. On a motorway.
There were many, all yelled from the rickshaw and all involving the excessive use of expletives (sorry parents).
Don’t pull out you f*^king idiot…don’t you even f*^king think about it…oh you f*^king did
Aaaaaaaa…you just cut me up you f*^king tool…idiot
Watch out for the lorries…they’re coming in….aaaaaaaaaaaaaa f*^k aaaaaaaaaaaa
We realised that we haven’t really mentioned the other teams on the Rickshaw Run. There are 78 in total from all around the world. To begin with we saw many rickshaws along the way, but now we’re all dispersed, we rarely pass 1 or 2 a day. Sometimes locals tell us that they saw a ‘shaw pass a few hours before. It’s always fun to come across another team. We sound the horn and smile and gurn. It’s comforting to know that we’re on course and we’re not alone out there.
The other Rickshaw Runners are drawn from every walk of life. But there’s a commonality in our craziness, so we’re never short on conversation. We don’t know all the individuals’ names, so we refer to them by their teams or nationalities: the Bananas; Team Jayden; the Norweigians; the Kiwis; the Canucks. I wonder what we’re known as…?
On a late afternoon pit stop on the motorway, a father and twin daughter team from the US came over the hill and pulled up behind us. Mike, Lauren and Brie. We had shared a hotel room together in Palanpur a few nights back. We convoyed into Daman, stayed in the same hotel, drank beer (in Gujarat, a dry state, you can drink alcohol by the sea apparently) and ate a Gujarati thali dinner together. It was lovely. Our memories from the Run will not only come from the sights we’ve seen or the locals we’ve encountered, but also the friendships we’ve made with fellow crazy Rickshaw Runners. We are all awesome.
Today this accolade goes to Mike the Dad. He gifted us a pepper spray (he had 3, one for each of his girls and a spare).
Mike: ‘If a man tries to grab you again, don’t hesitate, just spray. And make sure it’s pointing in the right direction.’
Some scenes from the motorway:
Starting point: Palanpur, Gujarat
Finishing point: Vadodara, Gujarat
Total distance covered: ~750km
Number of breakdowns: 0 (touch wood), but we had to get a new horn, weld the battery back on and fix the silencer
Palanpur to Vadodara. Today saw us tearing down the Indian version of a motorway, still dodging man and beast. The scenery remained green. Our food remained brown/beige. But it was warm. In fact so warm, that layers of clothes were removed and blankets discarded. We passed through a delightful town called Nadiad. And marvelled at the sights. ‘This must really be past your limit of shithole now’.
Plonker of the Day
This one goes to the small Indian man with long black finger nails, red stained teeth and tight white trousers who popped out of a gate while we were giving Robbie a rest. “Photo? Photo?” We grudgingly acquiesced. ‘Kya mujhe phone ka number dijie?’ No chance. Tips for a positive response gentlemen: don’t ask us this question while standing barefoot in a cowpat, cut your finger nails and don’t try and touch me up when we’ve only just met. One more thought – given that you speak a different language, what were you planning on saying when you called? Plonker.
Are you in the circus? (from a man who tried to fix Robbie’s horn) Oh yes we are! India is a circus! Erica’s the acrobat, Claire’s the clown and Jodie’s the bloody lion tamer.
Which way is Vadadora? We asked this a million times today. Agee, agee (straight, straight) the only answer.
We found ourselves driving the wrong way back up a slip road after our carefully constructed plan to make up time by taking the expressway was scuppered by the chaps at the toll both.
No rickshaws allowed.
Ok, which way do we go?
Back that way.
That way? (Incredulous tone)
Ah. Right. Shit.
We fear that so far our blog has been a little overly critical of some of the people we've met or the places we've visited. While we stand by our assessment of most of the towns we've passed through (holes), the vast majority of Indian men we've encountered (and it's all men, we haven't spoken to any women yet) have been incredibly friendly and helpful. They are not all zombies, staring at us open-mouthed, or asking for our phone numbers while simultaneously standing in a cow pat and fumbling for a grope.
Take, for example, the lovely mechanic who crossed 6 lanes of traffic to help us with our horn problem. OK, he couldn't fix it himself (he knew somebody that could, straight straight) and he asked us whether we were in the circus, but he refused to take any money for his trouble.
Or the men on a motorbike who chased after us for several kilometres to give us back our bag of bungee cords that had flown out of the rickshaw when we bounced over one of many speed bumps.
Not forgetting the hundreds of smiling faces and waving hands out of the back and sides of packed jeeps, lorries, rickshaws, cars and buses. We wave back, give a thumbs up and sound Robbie's horn. Their waving and smiling intensify. We try not to crash into the back of them as the driver almost comes to a complete halt in the middle of the road. It's a lovely moment.
But, our hero of today is the manager of our hotel. Not only did he discount the room to meet our 'budget' (Rs1500), but he then drove Robbie into town (with us in the back) to have his battery casing re-welded and silencer tightened. When he couldn't find anybody to re-bolt the silencer, he bought a screw and fixed it himself with a spanner and a length of wire by torchlight in the hotel car park. He asked for nothing in return other than a few British coins for his daughter's collection. A true swashbuckling Bollywood hero.
Starting point: Barmer, Rajasthan
Finishing point: Palanpur, Gujarat
Number of breakdowns: 0 (touchwood), but we suffered from intermittent horn action
So, Barmer to Palanpur. What can we say? It was Baltic in the back of the rickshaw in the early morning, so much so that Erica took to wrapping herself in the map in order to break the freezing wind. We ate a lot of brown/beige food, all of which went out-of-date several months ago. As we drove south, sandy scrub land gave way to dusty green, the temperature rose, the locals’ vehicles seemed to cut in closer and the backwards staring at us while speeding past became even more hair raising. Perhaps they all need a drink and we’re the most exciting party to have hit these parts since…well, the last Rickshaw Run (Gujarat is a dry state). This really is India’s Wild Wild West.
After a search around Palanpur, we found ourselves in the Way Wait Hotel, the highest rated place to stay in town on TripAdvisor. It doesn’t say much when you consider that Claire didn’t even make it past the front door of one of the other places we tried first before flatly rejecting it (‘this really is my limit of shit hole’). Day 2 was over and we had survived. Tomorrow brings a dash round Ahmedabad and an attempt to navigate past Anand and its prohibited military zone. If you don’t hear from us again, assume we’ve been arrested and are languishing in an Indian jail. Please inform the Foreign Office.
Jodie, for coming out with the following ridiculous utterance as Claire returned from a quick loo break behind the thorn bushes in a sand dune: ‘Did you find a toilet?’. Sure. It was really clean. There was plenty of toilet paper and Molton Brown hand soap. There was even an attendant who gave me a Chupa Chup. In. Our. Dreams.
We’re famous! That’s right. Not only are we surrounded by crowds wherever we go but today that same crowd thrust a newspaper into our hands. We’re in the paper! Check us out below. We’re feeling very smug.
A second important moment was our first foray onto an Indian motorway. This was not exactly the M1. Sure, there were speeding lorries and a complete lack of lane discipline. But these things are to be expected. There were also speed bumps, 4-way junctions with no traffic control system, traffic coming willy-nilly the wrong way up the carriageway, cows (of course), dogs and large camels. Surprisingly, the camel carts tended to stick to the hard shoulder, which is pretty civilised by Indian standards. The fact that we think camels on the hard shoulder is ‘civilised’ shows how quickly we’ve assimilated to Indian road conditions.
Mob of the Day
OK, so this isn’t a mob of staring, zombie-like Indian men (although there were plenty of these today), but instead a gathering of bewildered, exhausted Rickshaw Runners in Palanpur and a lack of available hotel space. No room at the inn. Having driven round the town for sometime looking for somewhere to stay, we all had to ask ourselves, who on earth is in these hotels and why would anyone come here? It really was a dusty hole. But a dusty hole with a hotel capacity issue. The result? 8 Rickshaw Runners, 1 hotel room, 1 bathroom and a whole lot of petrol-filled jerry cans (the golden rule: never leave anything in the ‘shaw overnight, especially petrol). Cosy. And a little smelly.
Rickshaw Run Launch Day
Starting point: Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
Finishing point: Barmer, Rajasthan
Distance covered: ~160km
Number of breakdowns: 0 (touch wood), but we ran out of petrol with no funnel and had to flag down a passing ‘shaw, plus the ‘horn incident’ (see below)
We did it. We launched. We drove Robbie out of Jaisalmer and down a long desert road to Barmer. We encountered camels, cows, sheep, goats, dogs, donkeys and peacocks on our way, mostly meandering in the middle of the road, but occasionally leaping out of thorn bushes just to keep us on our toes. We stopped every hour to let Robbie’s hot bottom cool down. We ate out-of-date crisps. We entertained the locals. We got lost in Barmer and discovered that when an Indian says ‘straight straight’, he actually means ‘You’ve gone too far. Turn around and cross 3 roundabouts. At the 4th, take the 2nd exit. Do a u-turn underneath the half-finished fly-over. Come back round the 4th roundabout and it’s on your left. And be careful of the section where the road is crumbling away. ‘ We’re now safely installed in the Hotel Maraudhra Palace (funny looking palace). And there’s free Wifi. Tomorrow’s another day.
Jodie ‘Can I see your funnel?’
By way of explanation, funnels are very important for rickshaw drivers as they allow you to fill the tank from a jerry can. And as a rickshaw’s range on a tank of fuel can be anything from 100-200km, depending on all number of unknown factors including Krishna’s mood, Ganesh’s breakfast and the whim of Shiva, finding ours had been stolen overnight was deeply concerning. Cue posing this question to several of our fellow Rickshaw Runners. No, not that funnel, thank you.
After 9 months of planning and fundraising, a long journey to Jaisalmer and several days of preparations, pimping and test driving, we boarded our little Robbie, crossed under the start line and we were off. It was actually happening. We guided our trusty ‘shaw through the chaos of Jaisalmer, as other road users – 2 and 4 legged and motorised – appeared to dive intentionally in our path from every direction. It was terrifying. We were awesome. We bloody did it. Nothing could stand between us and the open road. Now only 13 more days and 3350km to go.
Our Mob of the Day has to be our first mob of the Rickshaw Run, of course. As an all-girl team driving a delciously-pimped rickshaw across India, we tend to attract a lot of attention. The very sight of us seems to whip the Indian general public into a state of frenzy, which reaches its peak when we pull over to the roadside in some one-horse town for a scooby snack break/to buy some water/to mend Robbie. In this case, we stopped as our horn had stopped working some several kilometres back. Yes, Robbie had lost his rather shrill voice.
Now permit us a brief divergence. A horn is almost a better friend to a rickshaw driver than a funnel. In India it’s quite acceptable – neigh recommended – for you to sound your horn at every given opportunity: to warn a person, beast or motor vehicle that you’re passing; to warn a person, beast or motor vehicle that you’re not passing; to say hello; to say goodbye; to indicate that you’re setting off; to indicate that you’re pulling over; just because you like the sound; even if you don’t like the sound, just because you can. You catch our drift. The sound of vehicle horns is the sound of India.
So, we pulled over as our horn had stopped working. A huge crowd of Indian men swelled around us. They all had an opinion on the rickshaw, our stereo, our decorations, our Christmas lights and the location of the nearest mechanic. None knew how to fix the horn. Until…one onlooker decided to bash Robbie’s nose and miracle of miracles, by George, he did it. Robbie had his squeak back again. And the excitement level of the crowd reached such heights not seen since Tendulkar’s retirement.
Rickshaw Run -1
We scurried around all day carrying out last minute preparations and drove Robbie on the open road for the very first time. Nobody move…we actually managed to reach the heady heights of 4th gear and 60kph. We. Are. Awesome. Tomorrow is D-Day. Send us your prayers and happy thoughts. We’ll try to keep blogging from the road, but don’t panic if you don’t hear from us for a few days. It doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re in a ditch.
But before tomorrow, there’s New Year’s Eve. This time last year, we three Trotters-to-be spent NYE in Erica’s flat, where, after a few too many bubbles (and mulled cider, red wine and port, if I remember rightly), we promised to be somewhere very different by the end of 2013. We didn’t think for a minute that we would be seeing in 2014 on a freezing desert night beneath the towering golden sandcastle that is Jaisalmer Fort. What happens next is down to the Indian open road, Robbie the Rickshaw and our own pitiful driving skills. The world is our lobster.
Happy New Year! Not technically a moment of this day but we thought we’d include this: seeing in the New Year with a bhang in Jaisalmer.
Claire, for screaming ‘I’ve forgotten where the break is’ as we hurtled into the path of a truck turning left in front of us while trying to drive the rickshaw on a public road for the first time. It’s the ‘shaw’s only pedal. Reckless.
Buys of the Day
Toilet roll (of course)
Pen knife (fixing ‘things’; self defence)
Spanner (flat tyres)
Double shot glass (for measuring out 30ml of 2-stroke oil to mix with petrol for Robbie…he’s very precious)
Mini sieve (for filtering rubbish out of the petrol so Robbie doesn’t get bunged up)
Flower garlands and some pom poms (Robbie’s bling)
Fleece blanket (it’s BALTIC in the back of a rickshaw)
Crisps and biscuits that only went out of date last month (scooby snacks)
Small bottle of vodka (definitely not to be drunk using the shot glass; well, it is New Year’s Eve)
It’s strange what provisions you may need for the Rickshaw Run…the weirdest holiday shopping of our lives.
Jodie ‘This is a dick fest. By which I don’t mean you are all dicks. I mean you all have dicks.’
Jodie, trying to make friends with a fellow Rickshaw Runner, while commenting on the much higher number of men to women participants.
Rickshaw Run launch – 2
Meet our new man, Robbie the Rickshaw…’he’s quite a card, ain’t he?!’ After the briefest of driving demonstrations (the lights are shit; don’t use reverse, just push it; the wipers are crap; the handbrake’s a brick behind the wheel; the gears will move position over the course of the 2 weeks; oh, and you’ll never find neutral, especially when you stall at a busy junction with 10,000 horns a-hooting and 10,000 eyes a-staring), signing the rental agreement (?), looking over and discarding the tool kit (‘like…uhm…what do you expect us to do with this), we were ready for TEST DRIVING. An hour later we had still failed to start the beast. 2 hours later we had driven in a circle round the car park in 1st gear. Maybe tomorrow we might venture onto an actual ROAD in 2nd gear. The day after, we’ll attempt to drive Robbie across 1/10th of the world’s circumference. Bloody hell.
Jodie, Claire & Erica were all plonkers today for failing miserably for several hours to even start their rickshaw. Notes to remember for the next 2 weeks: it helps if there’s petrol in the tank and the ignition is turned on.
Running a little late for the all-important Rickshaw Run briefing, we accepted a lift from the friendly Sunil, nephew of our guesthouse owner. Question: how many Trotters can you fit on the back of a moped? Answer: all 3 + Sunil + a daypack. It was dark; Sunil was speeding; we dodged goats, cows, dogs, pigs and a camel with a rotting eye, not to mention pot holes and open sewers (all quite normal for Jaisalmer). Jodie, who was balanced on the back, only stayed aboard thanks to Claire’s grip around her knee. Erica, who was at the front, got far closer to Sunil than she ever thought possible. We would like to apologise to our parents. This was reckless behaviour. But it did make us giggle.
Claire ‘I really have reached my shithole limit now!’ After we walked past a dead dog and a flattened chipmunk with its eyes bulging out on the way to the market to buy Rickshaw Run supplies.
Fellow Rickshaw Run participant ‘I’m a former criminal hedge fund manager. An exonerated crim.’ Right then. It seems that a race across India in a rickshaw attracts all sorts.
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A Single Picture Illustrates How Google Turned American Library Association Into Shilling Machine
Everyone in this photo is directly or indirectly funded by Google. From left: ALA President Jim Neal; Re:Create Executive Director Joshua Lamel; Prue Adler, associate executive director, Federal Relations and Information Policy; Matt Schruers, vice president for law and policy at the Computer and Communications Industry Association; Jonathan Band; Katherine Oyama, senior policy counsel for Google; and Carrie Russell, director of the Program on Public Access to Information at ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy. (Photo hot linked from American Library Magazine).
The American Library Association has honored Jonathan Band for his “service” to libraries. Complete and utter Google sponsored propaganda. They didn’t even bother to hide it.
And If you mean by “service to libraries” coming up with the most far fetched rationale for librarians to weigh in against artists and on the side of enterprise scale mass piracy operations going all the way back to Grokster? Then yes, service to libraries. Most recently they submitted an amicus in Cox v BMG case. They didn’t even have a dog in the fight. The logic of the brief (written by Band) is so tortured and convoluted I think he wrote it on acid. Just joking. Clearly it is difficult to make points that Google wants to make in a brief that is technically submitted by librarians. It’s not his fault. Although that would have been great if he actually wrote it while on acid.
But copyright and DMCA is not the only time that Band led librarians into darkness. Google’s continuing obsession with pornography, sex trafficking and minors as some kind of “internet freedom” is consistently echoed by the librarians. SESTA sponsors Senators Portman and Blumenthal should pay attention here. The ALA has encouraged members to not install filters that would prevent minors from accessing hardcore pornography on public computers. As CBN reported in February:
“The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom told CBN News “we follow the law about providing internet access to minors, which varies from state to state,” but also explained that it opposes the indiscriminate “filtering” of sexual content. “Librarians encourage parents and children to talk with one another. Families have a right to set their own boundaries and values. They do not have the right to impose them on others,” the office said.”
8 year olds dude.
Think about this for a moment. If some fucked up parent or guardian thinks it’s okay for 8 year olds to look at XXX sites in libraries, libraries will permit that? I wonder what Child Protective Services has to say about that. We can’t wait for Band to drag libraries into the SESTA debate. Every one knows about this report right?
http://googletransparencyproject.org/articles/google-funds-dozens-groups-fighting-sex-trafficking-bill
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Smart Cities, Smart Transit: Modernizing Public Transport
Public Transportation Victoria Client Story
Case Studies /Public Transportation Victoria Client Story
INDUSTRY Transportation
WEBSITE www.ptv.vic.gov.au
Public Transport Victoria embraces new technology to bring smart ticketing to Victoria, Australia.
Public Transport Victoria required a dedicated partner to continue the ongoing operation of its public transport ticketing system originally built by NTT DATA. The system, called “myki”, must scale to support 20 million mass transit smartcards and over 24,000 devices located on trains, trams and buses. The widespread use of mobile technologies for daily tasks has precipitated the demand for a ‘travel ready’ solution for myki customers. Across Australia the pervasive use of “tap & go” payment technology demanded that public transport expand to include mobile capabilities.
NTT DATA continues to build on the existing back-office system, developed under the previous contract, to offer a self-serving, data-driven ticketing system. Innovations include allowing customers to travel using their mobile phone instead of the plastic card, effective use of a big data platform for business insights and leveraging the open architecture design of myki to deliver next generation devices in the field.
Enabled PTV to gather and analyse hundreds of data types to improve planning and transportation efficiency
Implemented mobile ticketing technology, allowing passengers to pay for travel on public transport using their Android mobile phones in near real time
Maximised asset life to free up current payment channels for plastic smartcard users
Increased throughput of devices as next generation equipment is installed
Decreased down time across the myki solution, by implementing a big data platform that supports proactive fault analysis.
Public Transport Victoria takes the next step in building a smarter, easier and more reliable public transport network by introducing next-generation mobile ticketing solution.
Technology in the transit ticketing is advancing at an exponential rate, yet NTT DATA remains at the forefront of thought leaders and innovators in the space. And there’s no better example of this than the public transport ticketing system in the Australian State of Victoria, known as “myki.”
The myki system radiates from the state’s capital of Melbourne to all regional centres, with approximately 265 train stations, 490 trams and 2,200 buses myki-enabled for seamless travel across all modes of transport in all 13 of the state’s transport zones. NTT DATA used off-the-shelf components and an open systems architecture to modernise myki’s back-office platform with an eye toward future innovation and integration possibilities.
As the initial build, implementation and operation contract awarded to NTT DATA drew to an end, NTT DATA was selected by the State of Victoria to continue services, maintenance of existing assets and develop improvements to the myki ticketing system.
NTT DATA quickly focused on modernisation of myki. With the implementation of Centaur, a big data system, NTT DATA provided PTV with greater opportunities to gather and analyse hundreds of data types. Data collected includes passenger type, fare statistics, methods of payment, journey locations, routes for each vehicle, departure and arrival times, and the number of passengers dismounting at each stop. This valuable information provides the government with actionable data for maintaining and improving services to passengers throughout the state.
The myki system accommodates more than 585 million trips per year, processing more than $1.7 billion in funds and 15 million myki cards have been sold to local, interstate and international customers.
Smartcard, smart transit
The NTT DATA-operated ticketing system is one of the largest mass transit smartcard projects in the world. The solution is scaled for more than 20 million mass transit smartcards used across more than 24,000 devices located on trains, trams and buses distributed around the metropolitan and regional areas of the State of Victoria. Seamlessly managing the ever-increasing volume of trips since beginning operations over a decade ago, the system has grown exponentially — from 400 million trips in 2009 to over 585 million trips in 2018. To keep pace with growth and to provide PTV with the latest in innovation, NTT DATA continues to implement new technologies that will accommodate the system now and well into the future.
NTT DATA provides PTV end-to-end supply chain and operational management of its ticketing smartcards, including a 24x7 help desk, training, reporting, audit and compliance, and data management. For the people of Melbourne, downtime is not an option. The updated system includes not only end-to-end management of more than 24,000 pieces of installed equipment across the state but also data centre management for disaster recovery and all development environments.
Innovation and success
NTT DATA has implemented considerable improvements to the myki ticketing system and continues to provide innovative solutions to PTV.
Mobile myki. Mobile and convenient, the most recent innovation allows passengers to use their Android phone to pay for and travel on public transport. This newly developed ticketing technology — Mobile myki — uses near-field communication technology to integrate with existing myki ticket barriers and card readers across trains, trams and buses. Wherever myki is used, passengers can also use their mobile phones to board.
As one of the first public transport networks in the world to trial and implement mobile ticketing technology across multiple transport modes without building new infrastructure or equipment, myki makes life easier for PTV passengers. They can now refill their myki account on the go, check the balance of Mobile myki at any time, avoid queues at myki machines, and avoid the chance of forgetting or losing a physical myki card.
NTT DATA joined forces with several industry-leading companies, including Google, and NXP Semiconductors.
Implementing open architecture. The open standards-based solution implemented for myki provides the flexibility to pick and choose the best devices and vendors. Pluggable interfaces allow any aspect of the solution, both front- and back-office, to be updated when a better option or newer technology becomes available.
Adherence to open standards means minimal hardware changes for a quick transition from old devices to next-generation devices. And next-generation devices can seamlessly integrate into the ticketing ecosystem.
Increased transaction capacity. As populations and patronage continue to grow, so too does the amount of information transmitted to and from myki ticketing devices. To accommodate the increasing data and ensure device performance and card processing time, NTT DATA moved certain tasks from the myki devices to the back office, reducing the data sent back and forth. These improvements have resulted in a 15% increase in transaction volume capacity for the device network and improved fare processing on device throughput the system.
Peak performance. In busy metropolitan cities like Melbourne, transit systems need to accommodate peak periods of ridership. During these periods, device data processing times intensify. To ensure responsiveness, NTT DATA led the development of a next generation device suit to leverage myki’s open architecture. Modern processors were used to allow consistent device performance at peak periods, while the device is communicating and processing updates to and from the central system. This resulted in reduced transaction time to/from the central system. Processing has been reduced from the previous three hours to every 15 minutes for rail devices. The improvements offer a seamless experience to myki customers. Delivering Big Data. NTT DATA is a global leader in Big Data platforms, we applied this knowledge to develop a customised solution unique to myki’s needs. The delivered solution is now integral to the myki architecture, effectively managing the data flow between the central system and front office equipment. Leveraging a proven big data platform has allowed NTT DATA to consume a range of data sources from weather information to special events calendars and census data. This allows PTV to begin to understand how customers interact with public transport and determine the impact of various events--both planned and unplanned.
Contactless media. The myki ticketing system uses the MIFARE DESFire D40 chipset in contactless smartcards. The open architecture assures the system is compliant with the next-generation chipset MIFARE DESFIRE EV2, which is planned for implementation in the future. Moving the chip set without any change to the solution demonstrates NTT DATA has put in place a “future proof” system for myki and enables PTV to begin exploring the many benefits this new chip set offers.
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How Are Prescriptions Affecting the Opioid Crisis?
The impact of prescription opioids are marginal compared that of illicit drugs, but it's not one that should be ignored.
By Ayesha Habib / Photo: Terry Gibson
When we think of the opioid crisis, we think of the vast network of illicit drugs circulating the streets and, more recently, the influx of fatal overdoses caused by drugs laced with fentanyl—1,156 fentanyl-related fatal overdoses were reported in British Columbia in 2017, a 73 percent increase from the previous year.
Opioids are a pressing concern for Canadians. A study on opioid-related fatalities in Canada found that rates of apparent opioid-related deaths and hospitalization were highest in B.C. and Alberta in 2016, compared to the rest of the country. But opioids are not solely a Canadian concern: since the ’90s, prescription opioid abuse and fatalities have been steadily rising globally. Coincidentally, this growth in opioid-related harm occurred at the same time OxyContin, a prescription painkiller of oxycodone, was heavily marketed by its makers Purdue Pharma to doctors in the U.S. The influence of the OxyContin’s popularity was even felt up north: the number of oxycodone prescriptions increased 850 percent from 1991 to 2007 in Canada.
Only a few weeks ago, Purdue Pharma was caught up in a pretty incriminating lawsuit, which held the pharmaceutical company responsible for accumulating more than $4 billion USD from opioid profits. The Sackler family behind Purdue Pharma is accused of pushing opioids, namely OxyContin, onto doctors whilst knowing the drug was highly addictive and could lead to fatalities.
The plight of Purdue Pharma offers a fitting time to look at the opioid crisis beyond the role of illicit drugs and into where prescription opioids come into the picture. A study on 2,833 opioid-related deaths in Ottawa between 2013 and 2016 found that one-third of victims had an active opioid prescription at the time of death, and three-quarters had an opioid dispensed to them in the three years prior to death.
A recent report released by Ottawa-based healthcare tech company Reformulary Group delved into the role prescription drugs have in Canada’s opioid crisis. The impact of prescription opioids are marginal, to be sure, compared that of illicit drugs, but it’s not one that should be ignored, urges the report.
Canadians are being prescribed higher-than-recommended dosages of opioids and for longer periods.
The report, which analyzed datasets for public and private prescription claimants from 2013 to 2017, found that one in five Canadians took an opioid in each year. It also found that doctors were prescribing doses “significantly above the maximum dose recommended in the 2017 Canadian Guideline for Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain.” Due to potential tolerance developments, the report revealed that higher dosages of opioids were linked to increasing opioid therapy lengths.
So, Canadians are being prescribed higher-than-recommended dosages of opioids and for longer periods. Considering that opioids have been proven to be no more effective at targeting pain than ibuprofen, this is a little concerning. Why are narcotics still being prescribed in such high doses? Are pharmaceutical companies, like Purdue Pharma, aggravating the issue here in Canada?
BC attorney general David Eby certainly thought so in August 2018 when he filed a lawsuit against over 40 pharmaceutical companies (including Purdue Pharma) for downplaying the real harm of their drugs to doctors—a move that was heavily criticized by opponents for being likely to “drag out over decades.” And while direct-to-consumer marketing for prescription drugs is banned in Canada, there is very little enforcement by the government on both ad agencies and pharmaceutical companies.
Are pharmaceutical companies to blame for the opioid crisis?
Helen Stevenson, CEO of Reformulary Group, told VanMag that pharmaceutical companies do have a role to play in the opioid crisis in Canada. “When pharmaceutical companies are talking to doctors, they’re not highlighting the harms or potential harm of higher doses,” she says. But to place the blame solely unto the pharmaceutical industry would be reductive. “It’s hard to isolate specific root causes.”
A complicated problem won’t have a simple solution, but Stevenson urges Canadians to take steps towards being better informed about prescription opioids. “We need to ask questions when we’re given prescriptions,” she says. “‘Are there alternatives? Is this a high dose? Would a lower dose be more appropriate? Are there other treatments I could try?’”
With the recent legalization of cannabis, and its medical history of relieving pain, Stevenson asks whether looking into medical marijuana as an alternative to opioids could be a positive option. There is little scientific evidence on the matter, but Stevenson notes that there is anecdotal evidence that opioid use can be reduced by marijuana. With such a pressing need for active solutions to address the multi-faceted opioid crisis, these types of questions must certainly be encouraged.
helen stevenson
reformulary group
Hidden Vancouver: There is a Secret Spa on Industrial Ave and It’s Amazing
This quirky salt sauna and hydrotherapy experience is like the East Van answer to Scandinave.
The BC SPCA wants to change these 5 local pet laws
Policy wonk Amy Morris on how Vancouver could be more pet-friendly
Meet the Makers of Parker Street Studio
The historic building is home to artists, woodworkers, painters and...ghosts?
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Five years of Crap content: an anniversary of sorts
by Doug Kessler | January 10th, 2018
Five years ago, to the day, we published a slideshare called Crap: Why The Single Biggest Threat To Content Marketing Is Content Marketing. This one:
Until that day, our content about content marketing had performed pretty well. Our blog was starting to hit some semblance of a stride. We were happy to get a few thousand downloads and some very nice comments about The B2B Content Marketing Workbook (now a bit dusty) and The Big, Fat B2B Content Marketing Strategy Checklist (still ‘selling well’).
We were really, really proud of all that. We loved making content about things we cared a lot about and we loved it even more when it seemed to resonate with people we respected. All super-encouraging.
But if a market can have things like nerves, Crap seems to have hit one.
The fucker took off.
We published it on a Thursday. Put out a tweet or two. Told our friends in the biz about it. No special promotional campaign.
By the end of the day, we’d hit 700 views.
By the end of Friday, 1,400.
On Monday, Martha came into the office (our tiny, first office in the old Printworks. Her desk was an Ikea extension to the kitchen counter) and said, “Did you see Crap? 20,000 views!”.
I thought she’d accidentally added a zero.
She hadn’t. And throughout the day, people would call out a new number. “30!” “35!”.
Not gonna lie: it was really, really fun. So much so that I wrote a blog post about the ride: Behind the Crap: What it feels Like To Go Viral.
The post ended by reporting that Crap seemed to be settling down and had just reached 168,338 views. Boy were we thrilled.
Nine months later, I updated the post, giddily reporting that Crap had been seen 352,176 times.
The thing wouldn’t die.
Helped out by some guest posts and embeds on great marketing blogs like Marketing Profs (Thanks, Ann!), The Content Marketing Institute (Thanks, Joe!) and Hubspot (Thanks, Dharmesh!), Crap just kept climbing.
Today, it’s clocked up 4.7 million views.
(Maybe not teenage-YouTube-narcicisst viral, but as close to B2B viral as we expect to get.)
An agency built on Crap
In the five years since we published Crap, Velocity has gone through enormous changes—pretty much all of them good. (Humblebrag Alert: won CMA Agency of the Year…opened in NYC… grew to 50+ weirdos… got bought by Next 15, the coolest, hottest independent digital group on the planet… quite a ride).
All that was thanks to a dance card full of amazing clients who took a punt on a foul-mouthed agency-with-attitude hiding in leafy West London and a windowless WeWork in New York. (Big shout out to our spirit animal soulmates at Sprint in Kansas City: your early, irrational faith in us told other guys—like Salesforce, Xerox, Amazon Web Services and Informatica— that we were trustable with some big briefs. ‘Gratitude’ is too small a word for the way that makes us feel).
So yes, Velocity is very much an agency built on Crap (and for a few years we were referred to as ‘the crap guys’. careful what you wish for). It’s hard to quantify the impact but it put us on the map; drove up all of our favourite vanity metrics (web traffic, views, downloads, shares); got us speaking engagements; made us new friends… and attracted new clients.
It also lifted the performance of all our other content, from our blog to the pieces we produced before and after. Some of the earlier pieces got 5-10 times more views post-Crap as they’d had pre-Crap (with zero additional promotion).
But the most important Crap effect wasn’t quantitative, it was qualitative: as it turned out, the marketers who were attracted by the attitude and energy of Crap were somewhere between 20 and 100 times more likely to be our kind of marketers. The piece (and our other content, I hope) resonated with confident, ambitious marketers who wanted to do great things. It also alienated timid, corporate, rule-monkeys.
And both of these effects made us who were are today. Because when you attract your ideal prospects instead of just any prospects, the work is better, more profitable and more fun.
We like to pretend that all of this was a strategic decision (dressing it up as a ‘psychographic targeting’ model). In truth, it was dumb luck. The simple consequence of being ourselves in public.
But when all of your clients are your kind of people—people whose definition of great marketing is the same as your own—everything becomes possible. It’s a thousand times more fun than trying to drag Luddites into the light and it’s the only way to attract the kind of talent that refuses to be associated with… crap. (Um, yes, we’re hiring).
(I’m a bit embarrassed, no deeply ashamed, to admit it now, but the fact that content marketing really does work—that it just might actually transform a business—came as a bit of a surprise to us. It’s disconcertingly unfamiliar when the things you’ve been telling people (like clients) turn out to be true. It’s also quite a relief.)
What we learned from the Crap experience
Before looking back at the predictions and prescriptions made in the Crap deck, I want to share a few things that it taught us:
A good rant can be a healthy thing – Helpful, how-to content and high-minded thought leadership all have their place in the content marketing mix. But sometimes a big, unabashed howl into the void is exactly what your audience wants.
Most of your content will be about what you think about your market. But don’t be afraid to tap into how you feel about it.
Timing beats brilliance – Crap shared a real fear and it happened to be a fear shared by a lot of marketers. It didn’t find an audience because it shined a light on a new idea; it found an audience because it expressed something a lot of marketers were already feeling.
Think about making content that taps into the moment. That captures what’s happening now and explores the implications.
Go negative – Somewhere, someone must have written a book that told marketers to always be positive. That’s utter nonsense. No, you don’t want to be seen as a brand with a chip on its shoulder. But you do want to be honest about the world. Crap is all about fear and doubt and neurosis. (Rand Fishkin of Moz, did another ‘negative’ slideshare called Why Content Marketing Fails. It got 4.4 million views.)
Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t be negative. Hate is powerful stuff. Just be sure you’re hating the right things: the obstacles to your prospects’ success.
Dig for meaning – We’re big fans of Simon Sinek’s TED Talk all about getting to your ‘Why’. Part of Crap’s resonance may be that it touched on why we do what we do, instead of just how. And the only one of our pieces to come close to its success, The Search for Meaning n B2B, is all about meaning. Maybe Sinek is on to something.
Try content that digs down into why you do what you do. Do content whose only job is to celebrate what you believe in. It doesn’t try to teach or preach. It just celebrates your beliefs. Start with Why.
Unleash the attitude – For some reason, people stiffen up when they write and get all pedantic when they edit or review someone else’s writing. As Ann The Handley preaches, the best writing is when you let you be you.
In crowded, noisy markets, attitude can be a hugely powerful—and sometimes the ONLY—differentiator. Go for it.
Go long –Marketers are petrified of the fabled disappearing attention span of the new digital human. And they respond by making everything ‘snackable’. Well, I like snacking as much as the next guy, but sometimes you need a proper meal. When it’s good, long content dramatically out-performs short content. Crap is 50 pages (about a 5-minute read). Rand’s deck is 87. Engagio’s Clear and Complete Guide to Account Based Marketing is 142. They all do much more than a shitty little meme or a content-free infographic.
Make sure there are some big, chunky, definitive pieces in your content marketing mix. Work hard for your audience. Don’t be lazy.
Be fast – Our best stuff is written quickly, goes through fast revision rounds with a very few readers and is designed and coded in one big push instead of months of back and forth. The final pieces are better when they retain that energy, spontaneity and momentum. (Crap was written in an hour, edited over the course of a week and designed in three days).
Overthink and death-by-nitpick are sure-fire mojo-killers. Go faster. Respectfully dis-invite people from your review cycles. Just ship it.
Think about embeddability – I love Slideshare and YouTube because the content on them is embeddable (it’s also why we made our own String format embeddable). If a blogger likes your piece, they don’t just link to it, they embed it on their own blog: the ultimate endorsement. Embeds account for a half of Crap’s views. But you don’t just get embeds by being on an embeddable medium: you also have to make content people with no connection to you would be happy to share.
Think about the kind of content someone else in your market might be happy to embed. Do that. (Hint: zeitgeisty stuff good; self-promotion and hidden agendas bad).
Have fun – Fun is the best, most reliable guide to doing things other people might like. If you’re having fun making content, it will show. If you’re not, it will really show.
Make fun an actual metric in your marketing team. Follow the fun and good things will happen. Like the aero-geeks who made GE’s wonderful Paths of Flight.
Be lucky – We’re all quick to blame our failures on bad luck. But no one ever ascribes their successes to good luck. In truth, luck is without doubt the single most important contributor to success. ‘Be lucky’ may not be very actionable advice but you can increase the chances of luck striking: with an experimental mindset. (Crap was part of a wider experiment in using Slideshare as a proper medium—now quite common—instead of a place where presentations go to die).
Experiment more to increase your chances of getting lucky. Try new things all the time.
Don’t believe the data – I love to quote the 4 million ‘Views’ of Crap, but it’s actually a shameless lie. Slideshare defines a View as every time someone loads the page that contains the piece. If that’s a ‘view’, then I’ve ‘read’ James Joyce’s Ulysses 19 times and ‘climbed’ the Matterhorn twice (Real World: picked up the former, drove past the latter). The Velocity String format lets us see drop-off rates: how many people start a piece but don’t finish it. It’s not just humbling, it’s downright degrading.
Go ahead and flash the vanity metrics around town. But don’t let them go to your head. Divide by umpteen and you’re getting close.
So did Crap come true?
The central prediction of Crap was that the days of easy wins from content marketing would soon come to an end.
Did it?
Was our advice for fighting against this by building a great content brand good advice?
That’s the subject of the next Crappiversary post: Did Crap Come True? How To Fight the Content Marketing Deluge.
The third and final post in the series is 40 Reasons Good People Make Great Content – a bodacious listicle of doom. YDon’t say I didn’t warn you.
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David Petherick, Doctor LinkedIn | January 10th, 2018
Just as vital today as it was five tears ago. A timely reminder to all of us to not publish shite. Thanks.
Thanks, David! ‘Shite’ would be a good sequel…
Henry Cazalet, The SMS Works | January 10th, 2018
I was an early consumer of Crap and it made a massive impression, not just on me but on everyone I mentioned it to.
I remember it brought us up short, just as we about to press publish on yet another weak infographic.
Your Crap made us completely rethink what on earth we were doing with this content marketing lark. We changed for the better because of it, so cheers!
That’s so great to hear, Henry.
Made our day!
Alessio | January 10th, 2018
thanks to that crap deck, I had the chance to meeting you guys in London back I think it was 2012? or 2013 maybe.
Crap power.
Alessio! How could we forget.
You must stop in again next time you’re in town (new offices though).
Pedro Matias, Anglux | January 13th, 2018
5 years already, I remember to have read this at the time and I must have been following you on Twitter since. On a smaller scale, I also cannot tell for the data of me, why a post on Rankbrain got almost 100 Rts and likes and most others only a few.
Wrongly, I then edited out the truth, anger and negativity that was probably what got all the reactions in the first place.
I think this is the inspiration I need to celebrate a 20 year mark of my own with a post-truth rant.
Go for it, Pedro!
And send a link when it’s live.
Joakim Ditlev, Content Marketing DK | January 16th, 2018
Great reflections and results, Doug. I know it’s not your style, but did you ever have any discussions like “what if we had gated the bastard”?
Lots of marketing departments are hung up on either lead gen goals or are hunting signups to feed their marketing automation platforms. I’m sure there’s a lot of great pieces out there just as good as Crap that never took off, because they were gated too hard.
Would you have exchanged 4 mio views with 50K email addresses and build an audience like Joe Pulizzi and others recommend? Would love to hear your take on that.
Thanks, Joakim!
Really good point.
We’d already learned out lessons by experimenting with gating some earlier pieces.
No, I don’t think I’d trade the wide reach for the fewer names.
We’ve seen too email forms ruin campaigns, chasing away 90% of the people who made it all the way to the landing page.
I can see the value of (and need for) forms, but not on the first date!
Col Gray, Pixels Ink | January 16th, 2018
Ah, another wee kick up the arse that I needed. Thanks again for the timely reminder Doug 🙂
Thanks, Col.
I don’t imagine you needed reminding but I appreciate the comment!
Lionel, Msource | February 14th, 2018
Hey great post. As usual. Note: there’s a typo at the end in the link to ’40 Resons….good people make great (should say ‘crap’) content.
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DECADES AFTER GIVING UP THE DREAM FOR GOOD, AN ART CRITIC RETURNS TO THE WORK HE’D DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO, THEN ABANDONED—BUT NEVER REALLY FORGOT.
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Saltz circa 1976, in front of his drawings.
IT PAINS ME TO SAY IT, but I am a failed artist. “Pains me” because nothing in my life has given me the boundless psychic bliss of making art for tens of hours at a stretch for a decade in my 20s and 30s, doing it every day and always thinking about it, looking for a voice to fit my own time, imagining scenarios of success and failure, feeling my imagined world and the external one merging in things that I was actually making. Now I live on the other side of the critical screen, and all that language beyond words, all that doctor-shamanism of color, structure, and the mysteries of beauty—is gone.
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Toronto Artisan Market 2019
One event on May 26, 2019 at 10:00 am
One event on June 9, 2019 at 10:00 am
One event on June 23, 2019 at 10:00 am
The Toronto Artisan Market will be at the Trinity Bellwoods Park starting May 12 until September! The market will be open every second Sunday of every month. So come out and celebrate the warm weather and look at some local arts, craft and entertainment.
The 2nd Annual Bentway Block Party
July 7 @ 12:00 pm - 10:00 pm
The Bentway, 250 Fort York Boulevard
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3K9 Canada + Google Map
With the perfect season to hit block parties, you definitely might want to check out Bentway's 2nd Annual party. It is fun for the whole family family featuring installations, musical performances, games, food and a lot more! Headlining this year’s Block Party are Canadian indie rockers The Elwins, alt-rock band Ellevator, and indie orchestra Common Deer. There will also be face-painting, a colour by numbers scavenger hunt, ping pong tables, and a DIY collage party with multidisciplinary artist Paul Butler.
“Pay-What-You-Can” campaign in support of SickKids
On the day of the campaign, all Yunshang Rice Noodle locations within the GTA will be offering a special “Support-SickKids Menu” and you are encouraged to order whatever you like on the menu, and pay only what you can. 100% of the proceeds collected that day will go to the SickKids Foundation. Besides helping to provide children with access to high quality healthcare, this campaign aims to provide a nutritious meal for those who cannot afford one. Available at all…
Patria Rose Sundays
PATRIA, 478 King Street West
Toronto, M5V 1L7 + Google Map
Slept in too late for brunch? We have you covered. ICONINK’s Patria is offering Rosé Sundays starting at 1 PM. You can try bottomless rosé paired with delicious servings of Spanish Paella for $75. Skip the siesta and come enjoy one of the best and romantic patios Toronto has to offer. Spaces are limited so grab your tickets today through WineOnline.ca.
Jazz Sundays at the Vista
Vista Eatery at Ontario Place, 955 Lake Shore Blvd. W.
Toronto, M6K 3B9 + Google Map
New this year, the Vista Eatery has turned into a weekly live music venue. It's a place for emerging jazz musicians from across Ontario to perform on our waterfront patio! These musicians are students or recent grads from University of Toronto, York University, Humber College and Mohawk College. So sit back in a muskoka chair and let us provide the entertainment! This event is FREE! ________ FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY: June 16: Jenna Marie Pinard Trio June 23: Connor Moe Trio…
Superpower Dogs at Cinesphere
Date + Times: July: 6, 7, 20, 21, 27, 28 @ 4:30PM August: 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, 31 @ 4:30PM September: 1 @ 4:30PM Website Link: http://bit.ly/2MZT8V0 Facebook Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/329119331322917/ Description: Join an immersive IMAX adventure to experience the life-saving superpowers and extraordinary bravery of some of the world’s most amazing dogs. In this inspiring true story narrated by Chris Evans, our best friends are also real-life superheroes. Journey around the globe to meet remarkable…
TechTO – July Edition
RBC Waterpark Place
If you are a technology enthusiast and want to hear about the latest industry trends, then this is one event you can't miss! Attend discussions with top leaders and innovators and mingle over drinks. The event promises to be a great way to interact and increase your knowledge when it comes to the city's growing tech crowd.
Soul In The City with Sean Jones
Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace
Toronto, Ontario M5R 1X8, Canada + Google Map
Casa Loma will play host to Juno Award-winning artist Sean Jones. He's accompanied by the seven-piece band, the Righteous Echo and special guests. All taking place in the spectacular Glass Pavilion. Tickets can be purchased onsite upon arrival or in advance online. Seating is first come, first serve and is not guaranteed. Rain or shine event.
Symphony in the Gardens
Casa Loma will play host to the Toronto Concert Orchestra. Under the artistic direction of Maestro Kerry Stratton, in the spectacular Glass Pavilion. Tickets can be purchased onsite upon arrival or in advance online. Seating is first come, first serve and is not guaranteed. Rain or shine event.
Paint in the Park – Night Out Edition
Stroke your creative spark into a burning flame that’s hotter than this summer heat! Get in touch with your inner artists in the evening during the Paint in the Park events, located under at the Vista Eatery by waterfront. Create a beautiful painting while overlooking the shimmering lake, enjoying some of the most gorgeous scenery in Toronto as well as a nice, cold drink! Vista Eatery offers an array of food and alcoholic beverages, so you can enjoy a…
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair 2019
Nathan Philips Square, 100 Queen St West
Toronto, Ontario M5H 2N2 Canada + Google Map
Experience a taste of all the amazing art Toronto's artists have to offer at this year's art fair! What better way to enjoy a day out in the sun than by strolling along Nathan Phillips Square and gazing strokes of artistic talent? The artist of each piece will be present at the fair, allowing visitors directly communicate with them too. It's the perfect opportunity to celebrate Toronto vibrant culture while supporting local artists and their works!
Latin Carnival
1798 Queen Street East., Toronto, Ontario M4L 1G8 Toronto, Canada + Google Map
Bust out some moves at this year's Latin Carnival! You do not want to miss out on a three-day program filled with amazing live performances and music, perfect for the summer season. A salsa class is also part of the itinerary, along with performances from a plethora of artists and bands.
BMW M Festival Canada 2019
For the first time ever, BMW is bringing its popular M Festival to North America. True to BMW's passion for motorsport and dynamic performance, you can experience heart-pounding track experiences, the full line-up of spectacular BMW M high-performance vehicles as well as yet-to-be-released BMW M vehicles, a family-friendly area and musical performances headlined by Serena Ryder and Dear Rouge. BMW owners can also show off their vehicle at the Show & Shine, while BMW M owners can opt to drive…
Street Food & Street Art Tour
One event on August 17, 2019 at 12:00 pm
One event on September 1, 2019 at 12:00 pm
One event on September 14, 2019 at 12:00 pm
One event on October 5, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Are you ready to experience Toronto's hottest new food tour? Get your kicks ready and join us for our Street Food & Street Art Food Tour. The tour will bring you from the beginning to end of Graffiti Alley, Toronto's richest site of street art. A kilometre long, the Alley spans just south of Queen West, from Spadina Avenue to Portland Street. Walking through the Alley, you will see up-close work by Toronto's most well-known and talented street artists. Such…
Aviva Reimer’s “Becoming The Total Package” Book Launch
The Wine Academy, 67 Richmond Street West
Toronto, M5H 1Z5 + Google Map
Aviva Reimer, Canada's top lifestyle dating and relationship expert, will release her first book "Becoming The Total Package". It focuses on helping individuals improve every part of their lives for the better. All by optimizing various aspects of one's self and their environment.
Hot Rods & Hogs – Exhibition Opening Party
Super Wonder Gallery, 584 College Street
Toronto, Ontario M6G 1B3 Canada + Google Map
$7 – $10
HOT RODS & HOGS is back! Original Artwork Inspired by Hot Rod & Motorcycle Culture Over one hundred paintings and sculptures inspired by scent of gasoline, burning rubber, the shimmer of chrome and the roar of motor bikes. See She-Devils on Wheels & Dapper Dudes on Hogs. Including: - Motorcycle & Hot-Rod Multi-Media Installations - Art Hot Rods and Art Bikes in the SWG house - Live Hot Rod Models and much much more! Opening Parties: July 12 & 13.…
Pusateri’s X Chef Stefano Faita & Sample Your Way Through Italy
Pusateri’s Fine Foods, 1539 Avenue Rd
Toronto, M5M 3X4 + Google Map
Pusateri’s Fine Foods presents “Foods of Italy Passport Event” for shoppers to experience a true Italian Summer by collecting stamps at Italian culinary sampling stations. These stations include tastings of Francesca Bakery Sweet Arancini, Leoncini Prosciutto, Gelati Deluxe (Italian Style Gelato), Fresh-pulled Mozarella, and more. Celebrity Chef & Restaurateur, Stefano Faita, will also be sampling his new line of pasta sauces while signing jars! Shoppers who collect all stamps on their Foods of Italy Passport and spend $50 will receive 15%…
Exhibition Place, 200 Princes' Blvd
Toronto, ON Canada + Google Map
For all the race car enthusiasts out there, this one is for you! The annual Honda Indy Toronto is guaranteed to be fun for the whole family, with activities ranging from racing and video walls to virtual reality hockey shootout and even a unique photo opportunity with a replica James Hinchcliffe show car. You'll also have a chance to visit Honda's 50th anniversary museum and play the 50th anniversary trivia and get a chance to win a 2019 Honda Civic! VIBE…
City Shred Fuelled By Genuine Health: Summer Edition
Central Tech Stadium, 725 Bathurst Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2R5 Canada + Google Map
City Shred is the Ultimate One-Day Fitness Event Led by Renowned NYC Trainer Evan Betts. Be a part of an epic group-training experience that challenges you to push your limits, work as a team and break a sweat. Set in the heart of YOUR city, CITY SHRED is BACK. It will test your strength, endurance, agility, and speed. Become motivated by your peers to complete a killer workout like no other. Featuring a live DJ, the event will kick off…
The Eco Lifestyle Market Summer Market
The Great Hall, 1087 Queen St W
Toronto, Ontario M6J 1H3 Canada + Google Map
The Eco Lifestyle Market is back for our Summer Market on July 14th, 2019 10 AM - 5 PM and you're invited! Living and giving eco-friendly, sustainable and naturally is easier then you think! We have done all the work for you! It's summer in the city and no better time to stock up on your summer wellness essentials. Find a curated selection of 50 of the city's best eco-friendly, natural, wellness and local vendors, artisans and small business. Discover…
Veuve Clicquot x Cluny Bistro // BASTILLE BRUNCH + BUBBLES!
Cluny Bistro & Boulangerie, 35 Tank House Lane
Toronto, M5A 3C4 + Google Map
Sunday, July 14th marks the 230th anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille—a monumental day in French history that would shape a revolution. Bastille Day, the holiday that celebrates this anniversary, is observed across France with fireworks, festivities, and *lots* of excellent food and drink. In the spirit of celebration, you can attend the first-ever Bastille Brunch + Bubbles! It is done in partnership with *the* French Champagne house Veuve Clicquot. Tickets include a curated 3-course brunch menu from Executive…
The Distillery Family Yoga Series
Distillery District, Trinity Square
OmT.O. and The Distillery Historic District are bringing family yoga to the Distillery District every Sunday. Every Sunday from June 2 to August 25, young yogis ages 7 to 12 and their families can enjoy some outdoor, family oriented, yoga classes. They're led by the most dynamic and popular family yoga instructors from the top studios in Toronto. Each Sunday there will be two back-to-back sessions that are free to attend. Participants must bring their own mats. Dates: Sunday mornings…
Best of Toronto Food Tour
Come join the Best of Toronto Tour that put us on the map, and, that most international journalists experience when they visit. Everyone loves knowing an insider. A person that can take them to the award winning locations throughout the city, some of which remain "hidden gems". We will indulge in the tastiest food the city has to offer. From specialty food stores to casual dining, while discovering several neighbourhoods along the way. We will have tastings at 5-6 "best…
Free Yoga Classes @ Trillium Park
Trillium Park, Lake Shore Boulevard West
Ontario Place will offer FREE yoga classes in Trillium Park. They happen every Saturday and Sunday mornings led by Alexandria Santaguida. Each class is approx. 60 minutes. Please bring your own mat. Go to ontarioplace.com/en/yoga/ for all the details. For more information and to receive class reminders, please contact us at yoga@ontarioplace.com. DATES AND TIMES Saturday, June 1 – Sunday, September 29 Saturday: 10AM – 11AM Sunday: 11AM – 12PM
The Distillery District Sunday Market
One event on June 23, 2019 at 12:00 pm
One event on July 7, 2019 at 12:00 pm
One event on July 14, 2019 at 12:00 pm
One event on August 4, 2019 at 12:00 pm
The Distillery District Sunday Market is Toronto's best-curated weekly market! Find a selection of cured meats, organic preserves and artisan crafts. Ready-to-eat treats and handmade gourmet chocolates are also a few of the delights on offer from vendors. All products are made within 100 miles of the Distillery District! WHEN: Every Sunday from now until September 29 TIMES: 12PM to 5PM
The Distillery District Summer Music Series
Join us for the Distillery District Summer Music Series. Every weekend this summer, the GTA's best buskers will perform throughout the Distillery District. Stop by for an afternoon of live music! DATES: Saturdays & Sundays until September 1 TIME: 12PM to 5PM
Notting Hill Block Party
Plant World, 4000 Eglinton Avenue West
Etobicoke, + Google Map
Join Lanterra Developments for a British-inspired celebration for their newest development coming to Etobicoke: Notting Hill Condominums. The whole neighbourhood is invited for a live British cover band, British Guards, delicious food and an afternoon of fun where everyone can get a taste of Notting Hill living.
Night Feed – A Puppet Play About Motherhood
Tarragon Theatre Extraspace, 30 Bridgman Ave
Toronto, M5R 1X3 + Google Map
As an exhausted new mother nurses in the dark of yet another night, her apartment comes to life; possessions possessed with the demons of fear, self-doubt and anxiety, a chorus of objects and body parts. You know, standard parenting stuff. Fringe veterans-turned-mothers Sarah Joy Bennett and Ginette Mohr return to Toronto Fringe with CLUNK Puppet Lab, turning their brand of imaginative storytelling to tackle motherhood, injecting a healthy dose of the bizarre and surreal to make sense of “the most…
Bar Aperol Toronto Pop Up
An event every day that begins at 4:00 pm, repeating until July 28, 2019
Bar Aperol Toronto, 1030 Queen Street West
Toronto, M6J 1H7 + Google Map
La dolce vita comes alive at Bar Aperol. The Italian aperitivo bar and patio opening its doors to Toronto between July 4th and July 28th. Aperol hosts the fresh, newly-designed space along West Queen West, Toronto’s hippest neighbourhood. Lovers of the iconic Aperol Spritz can enjoy $9 cocktails. Alongside charcuterie specially curated by Canada’s only Cheese Master, Afrim Pristine of Cheese Boutique. Plus espresso provided by Lavazza, Italy’s favourite espresso. For those looking to enjoy an aperitif but don’t want…
The Healing Show: Cosmic Cures for Catastrophic Cases
Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Avenue
Toronto, M4K 1N6 + Google Map
Join us for the Healing Show. When a comedic actress is victim of a serious car accident, trauma shifts to drama in this one-woman account of the power of energy healing to transform lives. Maybe even for some lucky audience members! Given no hope for recovery, battling depression and tortured by self-doubt and dysfunction, Sophia shares with us the healing modalities that brought her back from the brink of self-destruction and inspired her powerful new life direction. Both irreverent and…
Elbow Room @ Toronto Fringe Festival 2019
The Annex Theatre, 736 Bathurst St,
Toronto, M5S 1Z5 + Google Map
Elbow Room The Play: Saada, Nancy, and Kia are force to hold up in a room with casting assistant Hanna. All awaiting the start of a callback audition for the female lead in the Black action film, Cleopatra Jones. It’s a role that would bring international recognition to any actor who gets the job. Rivalries, injuries, absurdities and mockery manifest themselves as the women jostle for career advantages during the delay. DIRECTOR Conrad Coates CAST Stephanie Smith Shanique H. Brown…
Mystery & Magic at The Rec Room
The Rec Room, 255 Bremner Blvd
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3M9 Canada + Google Map
Join us for jaw dropping moments at our monthly Mystery & Magic series! Featuring one of Toronto's top mentalism duos, Beyond Mental Borders. Supported by some of the best magicians in Canada, this night of magic and mentalism is certain to take your breath away.
CLITORIA: A Sex-Positive Superhero!
Varied date/time event: July 3 - 10:15pm, July 5 - 4:45pm, July 6 - 12:45pm, July 8 - 7:30pm, July 11 - 2:00pm, July 13 - 10:15pm, July 14 - 8:00pm
Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace, 16 Ryerson Avenue
Toronto, M5T 2P3 + Google Map
As the 2015 sex-ed curriculum is scrapped in Ontario, a science experiment gone wrong turning sexually-repressed high school teacher Marianne Parsons into Clitoria. She's a superhero of sex positivity wreaking havoc on her square life, and her square fiancé. Clitoria is the epitome of shamelessness. But Marianne must face the real-life consequences of her newfound sexual liberation. SHOWTIMES (1 HOUR RUN TIME) July 3 - 10:15 PM July 5 - 4:45 PM July 6 - 12:45 PM July 8 -…
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Why is this question about an underwater city off-topic?
This question was closed as off-topic. It's in the middle of being re-opened, but there's no point in fighting to close or re-open until a consensus is reached.
It can't be answered because of a fundamental flaw. In short, it asks answers to calculate the area of a city, but only says how thick the perimeter is, leaving the area contained ambiguous.
However, math is on-topic here.
We have a tag devoted to it, mathematics, as well as physics which often overlaps. We have questions devoted to orbital-mechanics, and dozens of hard-science questions relying on mathematical formulas for answers.
Why is finding the area of a polygon any different from calculating how structurally strong an object would need to be to survive a trip through an ergosphere, or how to get two asteroids to follow each other in stable ellipses?
Don't get me wrong. The question is flawed, and an answer could point that out, but I don't think it's any less fit for the site than other mathematics questions with worldbuilding applications.
Math is math.
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ZxyrraZxyrra
That question is not a math problem
That question has several problems. First off, many people seem to have dismissed the question assuming it was 4th grade math problem. But carefully reading, it is not. It is asking for the area of a square, where no dimension of the square are given, and no internal clues.
So this isn't the case, like the ergosphere question you linked in TimB's question's comments, where there is math to be done and the user is not capable of doing it.
This was explained repeatedly in the comments to John, including by you. John has a history of absolutely refusing to consider critiques of his questions. I have responded to this history by not bothering to critique, and just closing his questions instead. Why waste the time?
So, it is likely that the combination of author and question lead to closure.
You raise a good point about math
Your good point is that, while most people, perhaps, can't solve that ergosphere problem, most people can solve basic 4th grade math. But, just because most people can doesn't mean everyone can. The conclusion is that we should not run people off the forum for asking 4th grade math questions. If they legitimately need help with 4th grade math for Worldbuilding puroposes, we should give those question equal time along the near-impossible hard-science ones.
However, while this is a good point, I'm not sure it is necessarily applicable to the site. I only remember seeing one other question like that....asked by JohnWDailey, of course.
It's off topic for a number of reasons but the main one is very simple:
It isn't actually about world building.
He's already built the city, he's asking a very simple math question with no actual relation to trying to build a world. Imagine if I asked a question saying "I have 10 pennies each 1cm across, what is their total surface area?"
That is basically the same question - it even has missing information (thickness) making it impossible to answer. Would it be a worldbuilding question though? Clearly not.
Math is not on topic here
Worldbuilding is on topic here. A question having math or not having math does not make it on or off topic. The important criteria is whether it is about building a world.
Other bad points to this question
There are things that are most likely causing it to get down votes but are probably not enough to get it closed by themselves:
It's a pure "do my math for me" question. It doesn't ask "how do I calculate this", it asks "calculate this for me". The answer is unlikely to be useful for anyone other than the original asker.
It shows no attempt at doing it themselves. What has he already tried? Why did it work or not work? At what point did he get stuck?
The question is not about worldbuilding. It does not require any worldbuilding knowledge or skill. The question is unlikely to be useful to any worldbuilders in the future.
The question is correctly closed and should remain so.
Tim B♦Tim B
$\begingroup$ Can you address why this is different from any more complex physics question? I understand the "bad points" and I'm not saying in any way that this is a good question, but this is applying math to a context that is as related to building a fictional world as any other math question on here. See my example: We have a hundred or more orbital-mechanics questions that are just as equally applied to building a fictional world and yet they are not off-topic. $\endgroup$ – Zxyrra Feb 22 '17 at 13:11
$\begingroup$ It all comes back to my main point. He's already built the world. He's not asking for worldbuilding skills or expertise. He's asking people to do basic math for him. If he can't do the math then that's a shame and I've no problem with him asking for help...however it is not a worldbuilding question so this is the wrong place for him to ask for that help. $\endgroup$ – Tim B♦ Feb 22 '17 at 13:48
$\begingroup$ Link to a specific question and I can go into more detail on why it's different, there's too many variables to discuss the hypothetical beyond what I've already said. $\endgroup$ – Tim B♦ Feb 22 '17 at 13:50
$\begingroup$ For instance, this. It's a better fit for the site, but at the very core, it asks answers to do a calculation (in a world that's already been built, eliminating that reason). Of course it's not as easy as filling a polygon but it's just as on-topic - or not. $\endgroup$ – Zxyrra Feb 22 '17 at 23:24
$\begingroup$ No, it's asking answerers to do a calculation required to build a world (in this case In a hard science setting). That calculation also requires specific worldbuilding knowledge such as in this case knowledge of physics, orbit, tidal forces, etc. This isn't asking about a world that has already been built. It's asking how to build an element in the world. $\endgroup$ – Tim B♦ Feb 23 '17 at 9:09
$\begingroup$ The original question we were talking about above probably could be edited and made to fit within the site. Considering it is bad for many reasons and the author has shown no interest in improving it (and a track record of not being interested in improving their questions) it is unlikely anyone is going to waste their time trying to salvage it though. $\endgroup$ – Tim B♦ Feb 23 '17 at 9:12
$\begingroup$ there is no guideline or restriction on the site that says questions have to focus on a world that has been built as opposed to an element, or vice versa. I agree that it's a bad question but I strongly disagree that this is not about building a fictional world just because they've already finished part of it. $\endgroup$ – Zxyrra Feb 23 '17 at 14:39
$\begingroup$ @Zxyrra I agree with your last point and I would suggest that Tim agrees with you too. Perhaps he could have said it more eloquently but building a particular aspect of a world is certainly on-topic. There is a fair amount of annoyance with the poster in this situation as others have mentioned. $\endgroup$ – James♦ Feb 24 '17 at 19:07
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Schuman Gegan Bründermann Schirrmacher Rittmeyer - Sep 2017
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Title: 1860 United States Federal Census
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Veterans At Home Learn Coping Skills Through The Arts
By Bobbie O'Brien • Apr 27, 2018
Diane Garrison Langston, a board-certified music therapist at the Gainesville VA, is teaching Joshua Lawhorn guitar to help with his symptoms due to post traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury.
Bobbie O'Brien / WUSF Public Media
A gallery of veterans' artwork from therapy sessions hangs above the computer that connects with veterans in the Creative Arts Therapy program at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, FL.
Navy veteran Darlinda Reaves holds up her pencil drawing of a teardrop with a face sketched inside.
A sketch of a horse takes on the shape of a heart, one of the drawings created by Navy veteran Darlinda Reaves during her art therapy sessions.
Guitar isn't the only instrument used in the music therapy program, there are drums and keyboard as well.
Without leaving the comfort of his Ocala apartment, Joshua Lawhorn, 28, is getting help with his memory problems by learning to play the guitar.
Lawhorn, who is still active-duty Army, is recovering from post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury after a couple of tours in Afghanistan. He is one of hundreds enrolled in the Telehealth Creative Arts Therapy program offered by the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville.
Diane Garrison Langston is Lawhorn’s music therapist at the Gainesville VA. She connects with him on a scheduled basis for 50-minute sessions that include more than learning new guitar chords.
Recently, they connected via video camera through the VA’s secure internet link. Langston sits in a ground-floor music therapy room at the massive VA complex and Lawhorn is more than an hour away in his living room.
They chat briefly. Lawhorn tells Langston about a video game design course he’s taking and that he cut his finger while cooking so playing guitar is difficult. So, he’s not practiced much.
“There is no requirement for how much he’s practiced,” Langston said. “This is not music lessons. It is music therapy. It’s not supposed to be a stressful thing.”
Lawhorn confessed that he would probably stop therapy if it “became a chore” or if he had to drive to Gainesville for sessions.
Learning to play the guitar is a good coping skill that helps with his lack of focus according to his music therapist.
“Not only is it great for finding gross motor movement because you have to strum,” Langston said. “It’s positive cognitive processing because they’re learning a new language.”
"I’m really able to express myself more and really tell what’s bothering me ... without having to get that feeling of being in a hospital or doctor’s office, where if you say the wrong thing, you’re going to get judged as ‘Oh my gosh, she’s severely depressed we need to give her some drugs,’ " said Darlinda Reaves.
Nationwide, the VA provides Telehealth services to more than 700,000 patients a year. And there are more than 40 different programs including Addiction Services, Women’s Healthcare and Pain Management.
But the Gainesville VA is the first to meld the Telehealth technology with Creative Arts Therapy offering music, movement and visual arts.
“I would say that the body of evidence is thinner than it is for other practices. But, you know, there are some indicators that different engagements in arts can lower your blood pressure can be good for your heart rate,” said Dr. Chuck Levy, Chief of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service at the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System.
Levy, who oversees the Gainesville Creative Arts Therapy program, has pushed it forward saying veterans can’t wait for all the research evidence.
The Gainesville VA has a 5-year grant to mentor other VA medical centers that want to develop Creative Arts Telehealth programs. It’s also working with Sara Kass through the National Endowment for the Arts’ Creative Forces program.
Kass is a retired Navy physician who saw first-hand the value of creative arts therapy in treating service members at the Walter Reed National Medical Center National Intrepid Center of Excellence.
“So often, what we need to do in helping patients with post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury is understanding their story from their perspective. And the arts give us an opportunity to allow them to tell their story in ways that are different than traditional talk therapy,” Kass said.
Board-certified art therapist Heather Spooner, foreground, and Navy veteran Darlinda Reaves, computer image, use a Telehealth connection for their creative arts therapy session.
Credit Bobbie O'Brien / WUSF Public Media
Traditional therapy didn’t help Gainesville VA patient, Darlinda Reaves, a 51-year-old Navy veteran and cancer survivor. She much prefers her visual art therapy from her home in Jacksonville more than a two-hour drive away.
“I find it more relaxing. I’m really able to express myself more and really tell what’s bothering me and what I’m going through without having to get that feeling of being in a hospital or doctor’s office where if you say the wrong thing you’re going to get judged as ‘Oh my gosh, she’s severely depressed we need to give her some drugs,’” Reaves said.
Reaves said she didn’t draw or paint before signing up with Gainesville art therapist Heather Spooner. But the veteran found power in communicating her feelings through her sketches.
Spooner said patients don’t need to have done art and if they’re feeling anxious about putting pencil to paper, she’ll use a simple exercise that doesn’t require the art to look like anything such as “pick a color and create a scribble to show how big their problem is.”
“And that can open up a conversation,” Spooner said. “So much of art therapy is about metaphor. So being able to relate to people on ways that are just not the way we think verbally. But there’s another level to how we perceive the world. We don’t always put clearly into words.”
Meanwhile, the Telehealth Creative Arts Therapy program is also expanding to 10 locations including Fort Hood, Texas, Camp Pendleton in California and Camp LeJeune in North Carolina.
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'My battery is low and it’s getting dark': Mars Opportunity rover ends 15 year mission
Opportunity was only supposed to survive about 90 days. A dust storm eight months ago ended its unexpectedly long life.
Author: MARCIA DUNN , AP Aerospace Writer
Updated: 6:47 AM EST February 14, 2019
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, was pronounced dead Wednesday, 15 years after it landed on the red planet.
The six-wheeled vehicle that helped gather critical evidence that ancient Mars might have been hospitable to life was remarkably spry up until eight months ago, when it was finally doomed by a ferocious dust storm.
Flight controllers tried numerous times to make contact and sent one final series of recovery commands Tuesday night along with one last wake-up song, Billie Holiday's "I'll Be Seeing You." There was no response from space, only silence.
Science reporter Jacob Margolis tweeted that the last message NASA got from Opportunity basically translated to, “My battery is low and it’s getting dark.”
Thomas Zurbuchen, head of NASA's science missions, broke the news to members of the Opportunity team at what amounted to a wake at the space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, announcing the demise of "our beloved Opportunity."
Given the silence from space, "it is therefore that I'm standing here with a sense of deep appreciation and gratitude that I declare the Opportunity mission as complete," Zurbruchen told a packed auditorium. "It's an emotional time."
This illustration made available by NASA shows the rover Opportunity on the surface of Mars.
The golf cart-size Opportunity outlived its twin, the Spirit rover, by several years. The two slow-moving vehicles landed on opposite sides of the planet in 2004 for a mission that was meant to last 90 days.
In the end, Opportunity set endurance and distance records that could stand for years, if not decades.
Trundling along until communication ceased last June, Opportunity roamed a record 28 miles (45 kilometers) around Mars and worked longer than any other lander — anywhere, ever.
Its greatest achievment was discovering, along with Spirit , evidence that ancient Mars had water flowing on its surface and might have been capable of sustaining microbial life.
Opportunity was exploring Mars' Perseverance Valley, fittingly, when the fiercest dust storm in decades hit and contact was lost. The storm was so intense that it darkened the sky for months, preventing sunlight from reaching the rover's solar panels.
When the sky finally cleared, Opportunity remained silent, its internal clock possibly so scrambled that it no longer knew when to sleep or wake up to receive commands. Flight controllers sent more than 1,000 recovery commands, all in vain.
With project costs reaching about $500,000 a month, NASA decided there was no point in continuing.
"This is a hard day," said project manager John Callas. "Even though it's a machine and we're saying goodbye, it's still very hard and very poignant, but we had to do that. We came to that point." He added: "It comes time to say goodbye."
As it became clear the rover was about to be declared dead, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said that he was encountering people "a little choked up" but that the general mood was one of celebration.
Scientists consider this the end of an era, now that Opportunity and Spirit are both gone.
Opportunity was the fifth of eight spacecraft to successfully land on Mars so far, all belonging to NASA. Only two remain working: the nuclear-powered Curiosity rover, prowling around since 2012, and the recently arrived InSight, which just this week placed a heat-sensing, self-hammering probe on the dusty red surface to burrow deep into the planet like a mole.
Three more landers — from the U.S., China and Europe — are due to launch next year.
Bridenstine said the overriding goal is to search for evidence of past or even present microbial life at Mars and find suitable locations to send astronauts, perhaps in the 2030s.
"Here's, I think, an important thing to remember," Bridenstine told the AP. "There are a lot more missions to be done and there are a lot more discoveries to be made. And while it is sad that we move from one mission to the next, it's really all part of one big objective."
TEGNA's Travis Pittman contributed.
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