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Democrats threaten to skip LA debate over union dispute
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said they wouldn't cross a picket line to participate in Thursday's debate at Loyola Marymount University. Photo by Tami Chappell/UPI | License Photo
Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Several Democratic candidates for president threatened Friday to skip next week's debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in response to a union dispute at the school.
The Unite Here Local 11 union, which represents some 150 cooks, dishwashers, cashiers and servers at the school, is involved in contract negotiations with Sodexo, the company that runs Loyola Marymount's food service.
Collective bargaining negotiations began in March, and workers and students began picketing at the school in November.
"We had hoped that workers would have a contract with wages and affordable health insurance before the debate next week," said Susan Minato, co-president of Local 11. "Instead, workers will be picketing when the candidates come to campus."
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Several of the candidates expected to participate in Thursday's debate said they wouldn't cross the picket line.
Unite Here Local 11 "is fighting for better wages and benefits -- and I stand with them," Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., tweeted. The Democratic National Committee "should find a solution that lives up to our party's commitment to fight for working people. I will not cross the union's picket line even if it means missing the debate."
"We've got to stand together with @UniteHere11 for affordable health care and fair wages. A job is about more than just a paycheck. It's about dignity," former Vice President Joe Biden added.
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The five other candidates who qualified for the debate -- South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, philanthropist Tom Steyer and entrepreneur Andrew Yang -- also agreed not to cross the picket line. Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro also expressed support for the union, though he didn't qualify for the debate.
The Los Angeles debate has already been moved once -- from UCLA to Loyola Marymount -- after a contract dispute involving the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees.
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These are the 29 members of Congress born outside the US
President Donald Trump stepped into the simmering battle between newly elected progressive Democrats and establishment Democrats on Sunday, in a series of tweets bordering on xenophobia, suggesting that freshman progressive Democrats “...go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”
Though he did not mention them by name, the president was apparently aiming his tweets at freshmen Democratic congresswomen of color: Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, New York; Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Michigan; Rep. Ilhan Omar, Minnesota; and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts. Of the four, only Omar was foreign-born, coming to the United States from Somalia. The four women have been among the most vocal critics of the administration’s handling of the border crisis – and a symbol of the Trump administration’s fractious relationship with Congress.
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Omar is one of 29 congressional members who were born outside the United States – 24 representatives and five senators. Twenty-five are Democrats and four are Republicans. This total represents members who were either born outside the United States to parents from another country or those born in another country to American parents.
There are 14 congressional members who were born outside the United States, all of whom are Democrats, who became U.S. citizens. Thirteen of the 14 members of Congress born outside of the United States to non-American parents serve in the House of Representatives. Three of them are from Mexico – Salud Carbajal and Raul Ruiz (California) and Jesus Garcia (Illinois), and two are from India – Raja Krishnamoorthi (Illinois) and Pramila Jayapal (Washington). Other congressional members were born in the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Taiwan, Poland, Ecuador, Vietnam, and Guatemala.
The lone senator born outside of the United States to parents who are not American is Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, who was born in Japan. There are four other senators who were born in other countries to American parents.
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Some members of the president’s Cabinet were also born in foreign countries, including the Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, who was born in Taiwan, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie, who was born in Germany. It is also worth noting that the president’s wife, Melania, was born in Slovenia and is the first first lady born outside the United States since Louisa Catherine Adams, the wife of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president.
Members of Congress Born Outside the United States
Country/place of birth
Rep. from New York
Albio Sires
Rep. from New Jersey
Chris Van Hollen
Senator from Maryland
Dan Crenshaw
Rep. from Texas
David Rouzer
Rep. from North Carolina
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
Rep. from Florida
Rep. from Colorado
Don Beyer
Rep. from Virginia
Don McEachin
Rep. from Minnesota
Jesús "Chuy" García
Rep. from Illinois
Jim Himes
Rep. from Connecticut
Mazie Hirono
Senator from Hawaii
Michael F. Bennet
Senator from Colorado
Norma J. Torres
Rep. from California
Pramila Jayapal
Rep. from Washington
Raja Krishnamoorthi
Salud Carbajal
Sean Casten
Sean Patrick Maloney
Sharice Davids
Rep. from Kansas
Stephanie Murphy
Susan Wild
Rep. from Pennsylvania
Tammy Duckworth
Senator from Illinois
Ted Rafael E. Cruz
Senator from Texas
Tom Malinowski
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Legendary dance artist Peggy Baker returns.
Andrea Rabinovitch
Peggy Baker Dance Projects dancers: Andrea Nann, Sean Ling, Sahara Morimoto
Peggy Baker, an acclaimed internationally celebrated, dancer, choreographer and teacher, returns to the Firehall Arts Centre after a twelve year hiatus with two unforgettable companion pieces. Inspired by the mysterious, interconnected world of insects. coalesce & armour – an audio action tour runs from Jan 8 – 11 and should not be missed by dance enthusiasts.
Not only do we get to experience her trio coalesce performed to an electro-acoustic score by Debashis Sinha but you get to see her dance in a duet armour pairing Baker with Bessie Award winning dancer Larry Hahn.
Both pieces are inspired by Lewis Thomas’ classic series of scientific essays on communication amongst social insects entitled The Lives of a Cell:: Notes of a Biology Watcher (1974). A collection of 29 essays written for th New England Journal of Medicine between 1971 and 1973, Thomas touches on subjects as various as biology, anthropology, medicine, music (especially Bach), etymology,mass communication and computers.One can imagine the underlying theme of the interconnected nature of the Earth and all living things would lend itself to dance well.
coalesce is a complex and unpredictable inquiry into the nature of communication that muses on alternate sensory and movement pathways for eliciting interconnected action. It is danced by three Peggy Baker Dance Projects performers: Sean Ling, Sahara Morimoto and Andrea Nann. Varone’s armour, pairs Peggy Baker in a spare duet that entangles the couple in a primal act of connection.
A series of films by Montreal artist Sylvia Safdie featuring beetles and ants were also a catalyst for the creation of coalesce for Baker, who became fascinated by the elegant, otherworldly connectivity and communication between the creatures.
In the first ‘audio action’ portion of the show, Baker speaks directly with the audience, sharing the inspiration, methods and materials of the choreography, and the dancers demonstrate aspects of it to reveal stages of exploration, development and refinement.
Born in Edmonton, Baker moved to Toronto in 1971 to study at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, a school based in Martha Graham technique, and appeared with them as an apprentice. One of the founders of Dancemakers (1974), and except for a break to study in New York in 1976-77, she remained until 1980 as artistic director. Dancing as a lead dancer with the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in New York (1981-88), she then assisted Lubovitch as rehearsal director. In 1990 Baker toured across the United States with Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project and launched a new career as a solo dancer/choreographer. In her solo programs, Baker mixes her own choreography with work by such choreographers as Jame Kudelka, Paul-André Fortier, Mark Morris and Molissa Fenley.
PRESS for Coalesce
“…a meticulous sense of shape and pattern…where a single shift in movement leads to new pathways.” - Paula Citron, The Globe and Mail
PRESS for armour
“Varone’s choreography is minimalist and suspended in time, like a slice from a longer continuum. Baker and Hahn are here more like archetypes, elemental and distilled representations of the human need for connection.” -Michael Crabb, The Toronto Star
"an intimate, human portrait. Remaining on the floor the dancers cycled through interlocking embraces. Their bodies fit like an endlessly mutable jigsaw puzzle: a universe of two." - New York Times
To buy tickets, contact the Firehall Box Office at: 604.689.0926 or buy online.
Andrea Nann
Debashis Sinha
Doug Varone
firehall arts centre
Larry Hahn
Sahara Morimoto
Sean Ling
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Home » News » Lagos Danfo found in US restaurant With inscription: “Ojuelegba, enter with your change oh!”
Lagos Danfo found in US restaurant With inscription: “Ojuelegba, enter with your change oh!”
On November 5, 2016 12:26 amIn Human Angle, Newsby vanguard
By Ogaga Otaotu
Danfo Bus, a commercial mini bus painted in yellow with two black stripes at the side, is one of the realities that make Lagos notorious. Lagos can not do without it in a day as it conveys thousands of commuters within the metropolis. It is also a means of survival for the owner, the driver and the conductor. It is not out of place to see a danfo bus at a bus stop with the conductor shouting on top of his voice, “Ojuelegba, Ojuelegba straight, enter with your change oh, I no get change oh!”
Oluwafemi Afolayan and our Ogaga Otaotu during the chat at the Buka
The conductor is merely drawing the attention of passengers who may be going towards Ojuelegba to his own danfo bus and warning them to have their correct fare and avoid dispute over having to look for change. It is also a common sight to see passengers and the conductor slug it out in physical combat when the danfo bus develops fault and it’s unable to proceed with the journey as the passengers would insist on a refund of their fare.
One can not talk about what makes Lagos what it is without mentioning the role danfo plays in it. Danfo bus is at the centre of the hustle and bustle of this city of Centre of Excellence.
Danfo bus is therefore one major character that defines the character of Lagos.
This character called Danfo bus has however gone international. This yellow-painted commercial mini-bus in Lagos has been exported to the United States. Trust Nigerians with their business sense. Wherever you find Nigerians anywhere in the world, they make a loud statement with their creativity and identity.
There is a popular restaurant in Clintonhill, Brooklyn run by a Nigerian who gave the restaurant the Nigerian identity. He named the restaurant, Buka which is the name given to a roadside restaurant in Yoruba speaking areas of Nigeria. And right inside the restaurant is parked this yellow-painted Lagos danfo bus with the inscription, “Ojuelegba, enter with your change oh!”
But the question is, what is a Lagos danfo bus doing inside a restaurant in the United States? And what could be the business strategy behind the inscription on it which is typical Lagos?
The owner of the restaurant, Mr Lookman Oluwafemi Afolayan, a native of Ijomu-Oro in Kwara State, who has been living in the US for over 20 years explained the logic behind the presence of yellow-painted danfo bus in his restaurant and the importation of Lagos conductor’s motor park language.
He said “in Nigeria, if you tell anybody you are going to Buka, there is this excitement about it. Buka is not a glamorous looking restaurant but everybody knows you get the best food at Buka. And the story of the danfo bus in the Buka restaurant is the Nigerian story. How can you have a Nigerian story without the danfo? We all know what it is, danfo is a character, and you can’t talk about Lagos without talking about danfo driver, the attitude and everything that happens in it.
“The idea came up when we were trying to renovate the restaurant. I was discussing with a friend of mine and I asked him if we can have a slice of Danfo in front of the restaurant so that people can walk right through it. But we found out there is going to be a lot of legal challenge to it and I thought why don’t we just bring in the whole bus so we can create a space for people to dine inside. And he said yes, that is it. Then I decided to complete the character of Lagos danfo with the inscription; “Ojuelegba, enter with your change oh”.
Mr Afolayan may have decided to create a Nigerian identity for his restaurant, but those who patronise him are not only Nigerians. According to him, “lots of foreigners come here to eat and it’s only Nigerians who would want to eat their Eba and Ogbono soup with fork and knife. These other people when they come, because they have already read about us, they ask for water to wash their hands and dig in. What we have in Nigeria is great, we are very blessed, there is nothing close. We should celebrate it and let the world know about it”.
The restaurant business is doing well, he could testify but not without initial challenges of doing business in a foreign country. He said he started the restaurant seven years ago and it took him nine months to open it even though he started paying rent before starting the business. “It took so long to get all the required legal documents and papers to start but in all it has been good”, he added
On how he has been able to sustain the business over the years, he said the secret is good service to the clients. Pointing to one of his attendants who cleaned one of the tables immediately the customer left, he said the attendant has to clean and wipe the table so that when the next customer comes, she brings him to the table that is already set.
He argued that “in this restaurant business you have to be constantly on your toes. If you come here ten times and you had good Edikankong soup or Efo and you come the eleventh time, and it was too salty, not only will you not come back,you will go about telling your friends about it. So we are constantly providing good service to our clients”.
Mr Afolayan also plans to open another restaurant in New York but which will meet the needs of other nationals of West Africa. It will be called Buka West Africa and there will not only be Nigerian meals but also recipes from other west African countries like Ghana, Benin, Mali, Senegal. “We are almost set, although it is going to be more of a buffet style service”, he added
Having lived in the US for over 20 years, he plans to resettle in Nigeria some day, saying there’s no place like home as he is a proud Nigerian who loves his country.
His final word to other entrepreneurs: “Please do not give up on your dreams. When you dream and you tell someone who says ‘oh wow, that is a great idea’, you better go back and dream again because if it is so great he should tell you, you are crazy to want to do that. And every time someone tells you, you are crazy, know that you are on the right path”.
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Pass with flying colors
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C Hung Only days into the New Year, Bentley Hong Kong - DCH launched the Bentley Flying Spur with an invitation to Bentley aficionados to take a look at what the luxury automaker called "the ultimate luxury Grand Touring sedan." That is a swift response by the Bentley dealer in unveiling the third generation of the four-door luxury sedan. The light-burgundy unit greeting guests at Ovolo Southside...
C Hung
Only days into the New Year, Bentley Hong Kong - DCH launched the Bentley Flying Spur with an invitation to Bentley aficionados to take a look at what the luxury automaker called "the ultimate luxury Grand Touring sedan."
That is a swift response by the Bentley dealer in unveiling the third generation of the four-door luxury sedan.
The light-burgundy unit greeting guests at Ovolo Southside, a popular venue for luxury car events nowadays, is a left-hand-drive model flown in especially for the ceremony.
Sources close to the dealer revealed that the first right-hand-drive demonstration vehicle would arrive as early as late this month, while the first deliveries of the luxury vehicle, which comes with a starting price of HK$3.4 million, will take several months.
It was also said that the dealer has been receiving "a strong response" to the new vehicle that was once again "designed, engineered and handcrafted in Great Britain."
As can be expected of a luxury vehicle bearing the Flying B mascot, the latest Flying Spur, which shares many of the mechanics with its Continental GT sibling introduced a year before, boasts some of the most carefully selected materials that have ever adorned the interior and exterior of one.
There are Tier-A wood panels, polished metal trims, and excellent leather upholstery. With the marque going the extra mile, high-quality materials are just the start of the Flying Spur experience.
Some of the car's designs and equipment set to amaze people include fluted leather seats, as well as what Bentley calls the world's first three-dimensional diamond-quilted leather doors and the unique Bentley rotating display.
However, Bentley is careful to remind people that the Flying Spur does not only have old-school charm.
It also wants to emphasize the modern nature and connectivity of the new car.
The new Flying Spur combines state-of-the-art high technology with a modern, ultra-luxurious interior and exterior, emphasized Bentley Motors' board member for manufacturing Peter Bosch.
The car's infotainment system, for example, is compatible with both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto apps.
For rear-seat passengers, the detachable touch screen remote control ensures that the boss can now adjust everything from the seat's massage functions to window blinds with almost absolute grace.
And like the two generations before it, the third generation Flying Spur is a rocket if pushed hard.
Mating with a quick eight-speed double-clutch automatic transmission, the reworked six-liter W12 turbocharged engine - now with a rated output of 635PS - propels the luxury Grand Tourer sedan to reach 100 kmh in a mere 3.8 seconds.
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Globsyn Business School conducted its 15th Annual Convocation at The Park, Kolkata
The Convocation included the parents of the students graduating from GBS and the alumni.
SNS Web | New Delhi | February 18, 2019 4:28 pm
The 15th Annual Convocation of Globsyn Business School was conducted on February 17 at The Park, Kolkata. Over 120 students from Globsyn Business School’s postgraduate management programmes were felicitated at the event. The Convocation included the parents of the students graduating from GBS and the alumni.
Shri (Dr.) M.V. Rao, I.A.S., Addl. Chief Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development, Govt. of West Bengal addressed the gathering and was the Chief Guest of the event. Shri Arun K. Chandra, Managing Director, PC Chandra Group also graced the occasion and addressed the Convocation as the Guest-in-Chief.
Shri Bikram Dasgupta, Founder & Executive Chairman, Globsyn Group, conferred diplomas to the students. While addressing the gathering, he said, “With a journey of over 20 years encompassing education, technology, skill development and infrastructure, Globsyn Group is now focused at evolving GBS into a global B-School with an education edifice that promotes Innovation, Research and Technology. Exciting times are awaiting the students, alumni, corporates and other stakeholders of GBS with the Group now focusing on emerging technologies as a way of life. I congratulate the students graduating today and wish them all the best for their ambitious career.”
Globsyn Business School recognised the contributions of several of their student-volunteers who are a part of the Kalyani Youth Leadership Forum. Their members undertake the B-School’s ‘care for society’ initiatives implemented under the aegis of Kalyani – a Bikram Dasgupta Foundation.
The 15th Annual Convocation also marked Globsyn Business School as the first AICTE approved B-School in India to use Blockchain technology to issue diplomas. The rollout of the diplomas on Blockchain will allow the students and their prospective employers to access the diploma credentials from any geographical location, without any need to send or present physical certificates.
Enhancing on the technology-connect of the B-School, Rahul Dasgupta, Director, Globsyn Business School said, “Globsyn Business School was started in 2002 with a vision to create industry-ready managers for the technology-driven knowledge economy. Having been promoted by Globsyn with deep roots in IT hardware, training and fulfilment, GBS uses technology-enabled platforms and systems in all its operations and processes. With Globsyn now looking at Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analytics and Internet of Things as an area of focus, the students of our B-School can only expect greater dependence on these emerging technologies to further improve the academic delivery process.”
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TOWN BANS REFUGEES
Mayor has said he won’t accept any more refugees following ‘brutal rape’ of 15-year-old girl by three men
Austrian town of Tulin has told regional government they want a parliamentary hearing about the attack which took place as teenager was walking home in late hours of the evening
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Updated: 21 May 2017, 9:50
THE Mayor of an Austrian town has told the government his community will not be accepting any more refugees following the “brutal rape” of a 15-year-old girl.
The child was assaulted by three men with local reports claiming the attackers were migrants who had been housed in the town of Tulin.
Mayor Peter Eisenschenk has said his town won’t be accepting any more refugeesCredit: Youtube
An Afghan national is now in police custody but the other two alleged attackers are thought to be on the run – one has been identified as a Somali man.
The German television news programme Heute reported Mayor Peter Eisenschenk as saying: “For me, there is zero tolerance for criminal asylum seekers who abuse their rights as guests and in view of what these criminals did to the girl, the full severity of the law is demanded.”
He informed the regional government in Lower Austria earlier this week that his town will not be accepting any more refugees until further notice so the crime can be investigated and a parliamentary hearing taken place.
Local reports claimed the police said the girl was assaulted twice having once escaped from her attackers during her terrifying ordeal.
She was on her way home in the late hours of the evening before three men began to follow her and then grab her.
The investigation into the crime saw the local prosecutor's office order 59 male residents of asylum accommodation in the area to submit DNA samples.
A 15-year-old girl was raped by three men, allegedly refugees, in the town of TulinCredit: Alamy
Police have not disclosed any further information in order “not to jeopardize” the ongoing investigation but media reports emerged suggesting the suspects are of Afghan and Somali origin.
The Mayor and his supporters have requested a parliamentary hearing on the issue and said their temporary ban is “too small” a measure to tackle the problem.
Austria is among several other European Union countries in the Schengen zone to introduce border controls following the migrant crisis that reached its height in Europe in 2015.
It was designed as a temporary measure but has continued to remain in place with Austrian ministers asking European officials to grant another extension to allow them to use it for longer.
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THE WINES, THE CITY & THE FALLS
About Argentina
Delve into the most fascinating aspects of Argentina on this inspired 8-day travel adventureEmbark on a Mendoza Wine & Olive tour in Maipu & Lujan de Cuyo and a full day tour of the Uco Valley with wine tastingsDiscover Buenos Aires, the country’s modern & bustling capital brimming with history & cultureExperience a traditional Argentine dinner and evening of Tango at a renowned tangueríaRevel in the 275 falls on the Argentine side of Iguazu Falls National ParkExplore the Brazilian side of Iguazu Falls to the cliffs of the Iguazu River
Arrive in the International Airport where you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Enjoy the remainder of the day at leisure to venture out and explore Mendoza at your own pace.
After breakfast at your hotel, get ready for an exciting full day excursion. Mendoza is renowned not only for its excellent wines, but also as an important keystone in the country’s olive oil industry and this tour offers the perfect combination of both. Your tour commences at the Don Manuel Villafane Winery that focuses on the production of grapes, harvested in small and exclusive vineyards. Continue on to an olive oil factory where you will have a tasting experience. Then, stop at the Luigi Bosca winery, still run by its founding family over four generations. Next, visit Altavista Winery, considered a historical heritage site of Mendoza operating for over a century that offers a glance into old world and modern manufacturing techniques. Enjoy lunch in the garden of the winery (weather permitting). Afterwards, return to your hotel in the city. (B,L)
Start your day with breakfast at your hotel before heading out to the Uco Valley, featuring amazing wineries situated at an altitude of up to 4,920 feet. The altitude of these cultivated lands also features vast temperature ranges between day and night allowing production of excellent wines suitable for lengthy aging. The most widespread varieties showcased include: Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Merlot. There are also a wide variety of white wines, including Torrontes Riojano, Semillon, Chenin, Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay. The excursion continues through the productive area of this important oasis with visits to wineries with lunch included along the way. At the end of the tour, return to your hotel in Mendoza. (B,L)
MENDOZA I BUENOS AIRES
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight to Buenos Aires. Upon arrival you will be met and transferred to your hotel. This afternoon, embark on a half day city tour of cosmopolitan Buenos Aires. See the Pyramid de Mayo, the Presidential Palace, the Cabinet, the Metropolitan Cathedral, and view the symbol of the city, “The Obelisque.” Discover various neighborhoods from San Telmo with its signature tango parlors to European-inspired La Boca, trendy Puerto Madero, and La Recoleta Cemetery with its rich architecture and important figures that are buried there, including Eva Peron. This evening, enjoy an exquisite dinner and traditional tango show at “La Ventana” in San Telmo. (B,D)
Take your time to explore Buenos Aires at your own pace today. The city overflows with riches—historic buildings, excellent food, diverse neighborhoods, beautiful parks, museums, theaters, and much more. We suggest you experience the city through its history, art, gastronomy, and music to treat all your senses. Alternatively, you can consider embarking on one of the many optional tours. (B)
BUENOS AIRES I IGUAZU FALLS
Transfer from your hotel to the airport for your flight to Iguazu Falls. Upon arrival in Iguazu Airport, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Enjoy the remainder of the day at leisure to explore the area. Tonight, tantalize your taste buds with acclaimed Argentine cuisine options including grilled meats and steaks, fresh river fish recipes, and homemade pastas as you dine at leisure. (B)
IGUAZU FALLS
After breakfast today, explore the Argentine side of Iguazu Falls on a full day excursion. Board the train at Central Station that runs inside the subtropical rainforest for 2.5 miles. At Falls Station are two trails: The Upper Circuit, crossing over the top of the canyon and the Lower Circuit, a 1-mile trail that offers waterfall views from eight catwalk lookouts for different perspectives. Then, catch the train to the Devil’s Throat Station and trek on to a suspended platform lookout that delivers Iguazu’s biggest thrill – the tallest and largest waterfall called Devil’s Throat, a 14-fall combination that crashes in a 269-foot sheer drop! (B)
IGUAZU FALLS I BUENOS AIRES TO USA (OR EXTEND YOUR STAY)
Power up with breakfast at your hotel before embarking on a 3-hour excursion to the Brazilian side of the Falls. Venture into Iguazu National Park to tour the park and head up to the boardwalks located at the edge of the cliffs of the Iguazu River. Enjoy the vista of San Martín Island, Devil’s Throat from the observation deck, and the waterfalls of Bossetti, San Martín, and Three Musketeers. This afternoon, board your flight to Buenos Aires’ Jorge Newberry Airport and transfer to Ezeiza International Airport for your departure flight home. (B)
FASCINATING GARDEN ROUTE
FRANCE’S FINE WINES & CUISINE
MALTA, A FOOD & WINE PARADISE
WONDERS OF PERU & BOLIVIA
CRUISING THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS-Catamaran Archipell I & II
Classical Greece
IGUASSU FALLS GETAWAY
COLOMBIAN IMAGES
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Cars submerged amid flooding as UK deals with fallout from Storm Brendan
A car is swept into the sea near Blackpool
Parts of the UK have been hit by flooding in the wake of Storm Brendan, with some drivers seeing their cars submerged in water.
The Environment Agency has issued flood warnings and alerts across the UK, with coastal areas particularly affected.
The Met Office said there will be a reprieve in conditions on Wednesday.
Weather warnings are no longer in place, but strong winds and rain are expected to return on Thursday.
#Mudeford #quay @Bournemouthecho @itvmeridian @metoffice @itvmeridian @StormHour @TheNoisyLobster @HollyJGreen pic.twitter.com/dOXYwpGheo
— steven hogan (@Steve_Hogan_) January 15, 2020
In Christchurch, Dorset, high tides flooded car parks by the quay, with the same happening in nearby Mudeford.
Local resident Steve Hogen, who filmed the flooding in the early hours of Wednesday morning, told the PA news agency: “I’ve lived in Mudeford for 11 years and I personally think the flooding is getting more often and worse.”
Inland, the River Avon burst its bank in places on Wednesday morning, spilling on to roads near Chippenham, Wiltshire, and leaving some vehicles stranded.
“The B4069 is almost impassable with rising water,” said Paul Hill, 42, from Studley in Warwickshire.
“Lot of very risk-taking drivers out there who seem to be diving headlong into the Avon and being surprised how deep it is.”
Clear-up work has continued in Slough, Berkshire, after high winds blew a roof off a residential and commercial building on to the High Street on Tuesday.
Taxi driver Haris Baig, 30, said he had to slam on his brakes as a large section of roof crashed in front of him, telling PA: “It was a disaster. It was a miracle no-one was killed.”
In Orpington, London, scaffolding collapsed overnight on Monday, closing Chelsfield Lane, but no-one was injured.
On Tuesday, a car was pictured in the sea during rising tides in Starr Gate near Blackpool, Lancashire, but was later recovered by the Coastguard.
The Met Office said conditions are set to improve on Wednesday, with a dry and bright day expected for most of the UK except for some showers in the west and in northern Scotland.
The car in the sea from earlier had been removed and has left the area. pic.twitter.com/S5I6grISbH
— Lytham Coastguard (@LythamCG) January 14, 2020
However, wet and windy conditions are expected to return on Thursday, beginning in Ireland and Scotland before pushing eastwards across the rest of the UK – with winds of around 50mph to 60mph on the Irish Sea and between 40mph and 50mph inland.
The Met Office added conditions are expected to settle on Friday and into the weekend, but temperatures are predicted to drop – with an average of around 8C across the country.
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St Faith's Church, Little Witchingham, Norfolk
Little Witchingham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5PA
Open daily 10am to 4pm
Traces of stunning medieval art
Outwardly this is a simple church, set in trees by a lane with fields and a handful of buildings nearby. Yet step inside St Faith's and your view of the medieval world changes. Wallpaintings of vines laden with grapes spiral over arches and ove the wall, edged with deep red. And wallpaintings show scenes from the Bible - some ghostly, others brilliant - stretched across the north wall with a St Christopher at the west end and a St George and the Dragon at the east.
This is an authentic Medieval church - a riot of colour and pattern, with picture stories that could be read by a largely illiterate congregation.
St Michael the Archangel Church, Booton, Norfolk
A fantasy church created by a descendant of Pocahontas
St Nicholas' Church, Brandiston, Norfolk
A delighful round tower Norman church
St Michael's Church, Coston, Norfolk
A church untouched for 700 years
Parking in the lane next to the church. There is a rough grassy path up a slope then through churchyard.
Due to the historic nature of the building there is no heating, running water or toilet facilities. The church is lit with natural lighting.
9 miles north-west of Norwich and 3 miles south of Reepham. Follow Historic Church signs from A1067 Fakenham Road and further signs to church
Nearest railway station: Norwich (10.5 miles).
Why not make your visit more enjoyable and informed by finding out more about this church before you visit? You can download a range of publications below including the relevant county guide, and any walk round guides we have for this church.
Norfolk County Guide 2012
This free of charge short guide contains details of all the churches we care for in Norfolk. Printed copies of the county guide are also available at the church.
Visit Norfolk tourism website: www.visitnorfolk.co.uk
Norfolk Broads Official Tourist Information: www.norfolkbroads.com
Norfolk & Norwich Archaeological society: www.nnas.info
Norfolk Family History Society: www.norfolkfhs.org.uk
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Erin Aleman On New Role As First Female Executive Director Of CMAP
Nereida Moreno
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning/Twitter
Erin Aleman started her role as the new executive director of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning on Monday, July 15, 2019.
After a national search, Erin Aleman was hired as the new executive director of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. She is the first woman to lead the agency, which is tasked with planning the region’s transportation and housing systems.
Morning Shift sits down with Aleman to discuss her background and top priorities for the organization.
GUEST: Erin Aleman, executive director at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
LEARN MORE: Chicago region gets a new chief planner (Crain’s Chicago Business 6/21/19)
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Preparing Chicago For The Effects Of Climate Change
Report: Inequality ‘Impacting Our Economic Growth’
CMAP Seeks Feedback On Plan For The Future
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Black Representation In Japanese Manga and Anime
Galilee Abdullah
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Cover of Volume 1 of the Afro Samurai manga by Takashi Okazaki
When having a discussion around comic books and graphic novels, we can’t leave out the wildly popular world of Japanese manga and anime. In the U.S., anime TV series and films, as well as Japanese manga books, are very popular. Platforms like Crunchyroll and Funimation have brought series like Naruto and Samurai Champloo to audiences around the globe. Black representations in comic books and graphic novels have a controversial and racist past here in the U.S. In Japanese manga and anime representations of Black characters also have a somewhat controversial history.
Shows like Pokémon and Dragon Ball Z have incorporated characters like Jynx and Mr. Popo that have raised eyebrows over racial stereotypes. Japanese anime/manga series like Cowboy Bebop, Afro Samurai and Slam Dunk have also included depictions of Black characters. In this segment from June 2018, we discuss Black representations in Japanese manga and anime with William Bridges IV. He is assistant professor of Japanese at the University of Rochester. Former Worldview production assistant Galilee Abdullah recently won the Excellence in Queer People of Color Coverage Award from The Association of LGBTQ Journalists for this interview.
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Black Comic Books: Nicholas Da Silva and Global Roots
Black Comic Books: Yona Harvey
Black Comic Books: Felicia D. Henderson
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Red Sox get season-high in runs, top Indians 10-3
Sox enter game with the fourth-lowest batting average in the AL
Updated: 11:38 PM EDT Jun 13, 2014
A.J. Pierzynski, Mike Napoli and Dustin Pedroia hit two-run doubles and the Boston Red Sox scored their season-high in runs in a 10-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.After managing just one run in a three-game series at Baltimore, Boston won its second straight over Cleveland, which has lost four in a row.The Red Sox entered the game with the fourth-lowest batting average in the AL. But they are 4-2 after a five-game losing streak that began with three consecutive losses in Cleveland.Xander Bogaerts finished the offensive onslaught with a solo homer in the eighth, his sixth of the season.John Lackey (8-4) struggled early, when he allowed three runs and six hits in three innings. But he gave up just one hit in his next 3 2-3 scoreless innings before being replaced by Andrew Miller and has allowed three runs or less in nine of his last 10 starts.Justin Masterson (4-5) had his shortest stint of the season - two innings plus two walks in the third - 11 days after he had a season-high 10 strikeouts in seven innings against Boston and beat Lackey 3-2.The Indians took a 2-0 lead in the second on Carlos Santana's eighth homer after a single by David Murphy.The Red Sox went ahead with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Masterson walked the first two batters, David Ortiz and Napoli. Daniel Nava singled, but Ortiz was thrown out trying to score by center fielder Michael Bourn. Pierzynski then doubled in two runs and Jackie Bradley Jr. singled in another.Cleveland tied it in the top of the third on consecutive doubles by Asdrubal Cabrera and Michael Brantley.But Masterson again walked the first two batters, Bogaerts and Pedroia, in the third and was replaced by Kyle Crockett. Napoli doubled both runners in, putting Boston on top 5-3.After Brantley's RBI double, Lackey retired 14 of the next 16 batters, allowing runners only on a walk and an error. Cabrera doubled with two outs in the seventh, ending Lackey's night. Miller ended the threat by retiring Brantley on a ground out.Boston tagged three relievers for four runs in the seventh. Bradley led off with a single, Brock Holt singled and both scored on Pedroia's double. Ortiz was walked intentionally and Pedroia scored when Napoli singled to right and Murphy let the ball get away from him for an error. Nava then doubled in Ortiz, making it 9-3.
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A.J. Pierzynski, Mike Napoli and Dustin Pedroia hit two-run doubles and the Boston Red Sox scored their season-high in runs in a 10-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.
After managing just one run in a three-game series at Baltimore, Boston won its second straight over Cleveland, which has lost four in a row.
The Red Sox entered the game with the fourth-lowest batting average in the AL. But they are 4-2 after a five-game losing streak that began with three consecutive losses in Cleveland.
Xander Bogaerts finished the offensive onslaught with a solo homer in the eighth, his sixth of the season.
John Lackey (8-4) struggled early, when he allowed three runs and six hits in three innings. But he gave up just one hit in his next 3 2-3 scoreless innings before being replaced by Andrew Miller and has allowed three runs or less in nine of his last 10 starts.
Justin Masterson (4-5) had his shortest stint of the season - two innings plus two walks in the third - 11 days after he had a season-high 10 strikeouts in seven innings against Boston and beat Lackey 3-2.
The Indians took a 2-0 lead in the second on Carlos Santana's eighth homer after a single by David Murphy.
The Red Sox went ahead with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Masterson walked the first two batters, David Ortiz and Napoli. Daniel Nava singled, but Ortiz was thrown out trying to score by center fielder Michael Bourn. Pierzynski then doubled in two runs and Jackie Bradley Jr. singled in another.
Cleveland tied it in the top of the third on consecutive doubles by Asdrubal Cabrera and Michael Brantley.
But Masterson again walked the first two batters, Bogaerts and Pedroia, in the third and was replaced by Kyle Crockett. Napoli doubled both runners in, putting Boston on top 5-3.
After Brantley's RBI double, Lackey retired 14 of the next 16 batters, allowing runners only on a walk and an error. Cabrera doubled with two outs in the seventh, ending Lackey's night. Miller ended the threat by retiring Brantley on a ground out.
Boston tagged three relievers for four runs in the seventh. Bradley led off with a single, Brock Holt singled and both scored on Pedroia's double. Ortiz was walked intentionally and Pedroia scored when Napoli singled to right and Murphy let the ball get away from him for an error. Nava then doubled in Ortiz, making it 9-3.
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Home South Asia Pakistan Pakistan Minister wants Britain to return Koh-i-Noor to Pakistan
Pakistan Minister wants Britain to return Koh-i-Noor to Pakistan
Fawad Chaudhry. (Photo: Twitter/@fawadchaudhry)
Islamabad: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday asked Britain to return to Islamabad the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond, which is claimed by India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and also Iran.
The 105-carat diamond has been part of the British crown jewels for the past 150 years.
Chaudhry also endorsed the demand that the British empire must apologise to Pakistan, India and Bangladesh for the Bengal famine and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, in which British forces led by Brigadier General Reginald Dyer opened fire on thousands of unarmed and peaceful protesters, including women and children, killing scores of them on April 13, 1919.
“Fully endorse the demand that the British empire must apologize to the nations of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh on Jallianwala massacre and Bengal famine. These tragedies are the scar on the face of Britain,” the Minister tweeted. “… Also KohENoor must be returned to Lahore museum where it belongs.”
Chaudhry’s remarks came a day after British Prime Minister Theresa May expressed regret over the worst bloodbath committed by the British Army during the colonial period, terming it as a “shameful scar” on the British Indian history.
“We deeply regret what happened and the suffering caused,” May told the British Parliament, as India prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of the killings.
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Candidate, Melanie Maher
Conservative Party | Winnipeg South, MB
Rating Comments: Melanie gave perfect answers to CLC's election survey.
Percentage in last election: 38.71% (2019)
Victory margin last election: -3.43% (2019)
Religion / Faith: unknown
Constituency Offices Winnipeg, Manitoba
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info@melaniemaherwpgsouth.ca
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Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Melanie Maher on April 29, 2018.
Do you believe that life begins at conception (fertilization)? Yes
Do you support the conscience rights of health care professionals to refuse to do or refer for medical procedures which they oppose? Yes (based on survey)
If elected, would you vote in favour of a law to protect all unborn children from the time of conception (fertilization) onward? Yes (based on survey)
If elected, will you vote to pass laws protecting people from euthanasia and assisted-suicide, and vote to reject laws that would expand euthanasia and assisted-suicide? Yes (based on survey)
Are there any circumstances under which you believe a woman should have access to abortion? (note: Medical treatments to save the life of a mother and which result in the UNINTENDED death of her unborn child, are NOT abortions. Eg. in case of tubal pregnancy or cervical cancer) No
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Walthamstow Garden Party is presented by the Barbican, Create London, Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture and local residents. It’s a free two day global festival made locally, celebrating and powered by the incredible creativity of Waltham Forest, London’s first Borough of Culture.
The Barbican
Louise Jeffreys, Artistic Director at the Barbican, said: "This year’s Walthamstow Garden Party is a special and important one. Not only are we celebrating Waltham Forest being London’s first ever Borough of Culture, but we celebrate six fabulous years working in the borough, supporting an inspiring network of local organisations and residents to work together to co-create this truly unique event. We are incredibly proud of what we have built together and can’t wait to share it with you again."
The Barbican is a world-class arts and learning organisation in the heart of The City presenting a diverse range of art, music, theatre, dance, film and creative learning events. Committed to ‘arts without boundaries’ the Barbican offers over 50,000 discounted tickets for as little as £5 to 14-25 year olds through its Young Barbican scheme.
At Walthamstow Garden Party, the Barbican continues to build on its history of programming and partnerships with artists and organisations in east London.
Visit the Barbican
Hadrian Garrard, Director of Create London, said: "This is always one of our favourite weekends of the year. It's such a joy to see this local festival flourish and grow from year to year, especially as it becomes more and more locally owned and run. When we first started Walthamstow Garden Party with the Barbican in 2014, we could only have dreamed it would be the festival it is now. Events like this, which bring communities together are of increasing importance in London and we are proud to be a part of this story."
Create exists to explore the ways artists can contribute to the lives of people in cities. It helps artists to connect more closely with communities through an ambitious programme of projects.
Create's work is primarily focused in east London, home to more artists and art organisations than anywhere in Europe.
Visit Create
Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture 2019
Councillor Clare Coghill, leader of Waltham Forest Council, said: "Waltham Forest Council is delighted to be working with Barbican and Create London for the sixth consecutive year to deliver the Walthamstow Garden Party, a highlight of our London Borough of Culture 2019 year. The Walthamstow Garden Party embodies our themes for this year – Radicals, Makers and Fellowship – bringing together an immense diverse network of Waltham Forest artists, community groups, residents and businesses to deliver a weekend that truly celebrates the best that our borough has to offer."
Waltham Forest is the first ever London Borough of Culture. The award from the Mayor of London will ensure arts and culture is placed at the heart of our communities. The year will explore the theme Radicals, Makers and Fellowship in a collaboration between local residents, artists and creatives producing events, workshops and activities celebrating the borough.
Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture 2019 will highlight the character, diversity and cultures of the borough, the things we have in common and the things that make us different, in a year-long celebration of the real cultures of London by the people who live here
Visit Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture 2019
Walthamstow Garden Party is made possible by the amazing talent, commitment and enthusiasm and hard work of all the local artists, groups, organisations and businesses that get involved. Meet our collaborators for 2019:
Appetite Food Market
Auntie Maureen
Beatroots
Blackhorse Arts
Bongalong
Cat & Hutch
Chapel End Early Years
Choir 17
Curious Wilds
Dave Congreve
Delyth Taylor
Drum Works
E17 Arts Trail
E17 Designers
Eastern Front Soundsystem
Electronic17
Ewan Pearson
Forest Poets
Forest Recycling Project
Friends of Lloyd Park
Greenleaf Primary School
Greenpeace Waltham Forest
Hedge Herbs
Justin Robertson
Layla Rosa
Legends of the Forest
Leyton College
Leyton Orient Football Club
Lloyd Skate Park Jam
Move17
Meet Your Park People
Middlesex University Muslim Cultural Forum
Natural Voices
NBAM
Organiclea
Perky Blenders
Raising the Funking Bar
Raw Academy
Real Food Festival
Samantha Blackburn
Scribble & Smudge
Soul Picnic
Skate Park Users Group
Stories & Supper
The Lloyd Park Centre
The Make Escape
Turning Earth
The Three Valleys Male Voice Choir
This is Rubbish
Urban Flames
Waltham Forest Flames
Waltham Forest Muslim Cultural Forum
Walthamstow Toy Library and Play Centre
We Can Be Hereos
Wild Card Brewery
X7eaven Academy
Arts Council England champions, develops and invests in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich people’s lives. It supports a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries – from theatre to digital art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections. Between 2015 and 2018, ACE plans to invest £1.1 billion of public money from government and an estimated £700 million from the National Lottery to help create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country.
Keep it Free
Last year you contributed £9,579 in donations over the weekend- through cash donations and through the reusable cup scheme. Along with £10,713.69 in contributions from local businesses involved in the event. This contribution has been invested into this year’s festival to support local organisations to develop areas of Walthamstow Garden Party
Image credits © Gar Powell-Evans
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that he’ll “try not to antagonize” Sen. Elizabeth Warren any further after transcripts of candid comments he made about her were leaked this week.
At a livestreamed Q&A with Facebook employees, Zuckerberg talked about leaked remarks he made to employees in July, when he said he was ready to “go to the mat … and fight” if the Massachusetts Democrat becomes president and attempts to break up tech giants like Facebook.
“Sure, I may have said it in more of an unfiltered way, but fundamentally we believe in everything that was in there,” he said of the audio recordings published Tuesday by The Verge. “At this point, I do such a bad job at interviews, it’s like, ‘What do we have to lose?’”
Warren responded to Zuckerberg’s leaked comments by doubling down on her plan to break up Big Tech, saying: “What would really ’suck’ is if we don’t fix a corrupt system that lets giant companies like Facebook engage in illegal anticompetitive practices, stomp on consumer privacy rights, and repeatedly fumble their responsibility to protect our democracy.”
Zuckerberg’s livestream came out as Attorney General William Barr joined officials from Britain and Australia in asking the Facebook CEO to delay plans to encrypt its messaging services, including Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram.
A letter dated for Friday and obtained by BuzzFeed says that end-to-end encryption will prevent law enforcement from being able to track illegal activity on the platforms, and it requests that Facebook allow law enforcement backdoor access into such messaging.
At the Q&A on Thursday, Zuckerberg said that he understands officials’ concerns and that the issue is “one of the core tensions that I think we face.” But a Facebook spokesperson told the Daily Beast that the company will “strongly oppose attempts to build backdoors because they would undermine the privacy and security of people everywhere.”
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Modern Animal raises $13.5 million to make going to the vet suck less
Looking to become the central hub for logistics management, Shipwell raises $35 million – TechCrunch
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Reddit user receives Secret Santa gift from Bill Gates
A Michigan woman got the Secret Santa gift of a lifetime this Christmas -- an 81-pound package from Bill Gates.The gifts included an original manuscript of "The Great Gatsby," signed by Gates; books; toys for her cat and Harry Potter and "Twin Peaks" memorabilia, according to her post on RedditGifts.com. It arrived in a box lit up inside by Christmas lights.Shelby, who asked that her last name not be shared, received the gift through annual Secret Santa exchange on RedditGifts, which hosts dozens of themed exchanges each year. The site is run by Reddit, which runs the popular discussion site by the same name."It's well documented that Bill Gates has been participating for years, but I never, ever thought he would be my Secret Santa," Shelby said. "It's really surprising."A spokesperson for Reddit confirmed that Gates sent the package. The billionaire has participated in the exchange since 2013.Shelby said she suspected something when she received a notification on Dec. 17 that her gift was being overnighted."I got the alert that it was shipping from Washington, and I said to my husband, 'Maybe this (is) from Bill Gates!" Shelby said. "When I looked in the next morning and saw that it was 81 pounds, I thought, 'Maybe this actually is from Bill Gates.'"When she showed up at the FedEx office the next day to pick up the package, she said the employees were excited, shouting "You're the Bill Gates package!" according to her post.Shelby said this was the 95th time she has participated in a gift exchange on the website. Her package arrived emblazoned with "#95."The gift came after a difficult year for Shelby. Her mother died unexpectedly 10 days before her wedding in April."It's been a lot of really high highs this year, and a lot of really low lows," Shelby said.Shelby said the most personal gift from Gates was a donation in her mother's memory to the American Heart Association. Her family had requested donations to the AHA after her mother's funeral."I was really touched by it. It was really thoughtful," Shelby said. "I had mentioned in my Reddit gift questionnaire that my mom had passed away, but I hadn't mentioned the AHA at all."She shared her joy both in a post on RedditGifts and also two YouTube videos, proudly showing off her signed note from Gates."I know no gift will ever make up for losing someone so important to you," Gates' note said. "I hope you and your family find your 'new normal' this holiday season."
A Michigan woman got the Secret Santa gift of a lifetime this Christmas -- an 81-pound package from Bill Gates.
The gifts included an original manuscript of "The Great Gatsby," signed by Gates; books; toys for her cat and Harry Potter and "Twin Peaks" memorabilia, according to her post on RedditGifts.com. It arrived in a box lit up inside by Christmas lights.
Shelby, who asked that her last name not be shared, received the gift through annual Secret Santa exchange on RedditGifts, which hosts dozens of themed exchanges each year. The site is run by Reddit, which runs the popular discussion site by the same name.
"It's well documented that Bill Gates has been participating for years, but I never, ever thought he would be my Secret Santa," Shelby said. "It's really surprising."
A spokesperson for Reddit confirmed that Gates sent the package. The billionaire has participated in the exchange since 2013.
Shelby said she suspected something when she received a notification on Dec. 17 that her gift was being overnighted.
"I got the alert that it was shipping from Washington, and I said to my husband, 'Maybe this (is) from Bill Gates!" Shelby said. "When I looked in the next morning and saw that it was 81 pounds, I thought, 'Maybe this actually is from Bill Gates.'"
When she showed up at the FedEx office the next day to pick up the package, she said the employees were excited, shouting "You're the Bill Gates package!" according to her post.
Shelby said this was the 95th time she has participated in a gift exchange on the website. Her package arrived emblazoned with "#95."
The gift came after a difficult year for Shelby. Her mother died unexpectedly 10 days before her wedding in April.
"It's been a lot of really high highs this year, and a lot of really low lows," Shelby said.
Shelby said the most personal gift from Gates was a donation in her mother's memory to the American Heart Association. Her family had requested donations to the AHA after her mother's funeral.
"I was really touched by it. It was really thoughtful," Shelby said. "I had mentioned in my Reddit gift questionnaire that my mom had passed away, but I hadn't mentioned the AHA at all."
She shared her joy both in a post on RedditGifts and also two YouTube videos, proudly showing off her signed note from Gates.
"I know no gift will ever make up for losing someone so important to you," Gates' note said. "I hope you and your family find your 'new normal' this holiday season."
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Wildlife Parks, Eco-Accommodation, Wildlife Tours
in Australia or led by Australian Operators
Australia is different! According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 87% of Australia’s mammals, 45% of its birds, 93% of its reptiles, 94% of its amphibians, 85% of the inshore fish in southern, temperate-zone waters, and 86% of vascular plants are endemic: that is, they are found nowhere else.
Australian habitats include snow-capped mountains, mountain heaths, tropical rainforest, Eucalyptus forests and woodlands, sandy or stony deserts, low arid shrublands,salt lakes, freshwater lakes, desert grasses, tropical and subtropical coral reefs, species-rich temperate marine habitats, and more, with many variations on each. The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem, with a high diversity of species and associated habitats.
Finding wildlife experiences offered by our members and others
Including tours, eco-accommodation,wildlife parks etc. plus some general information about the various regions
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Tropical – technically everything above the Tropic of Capricorn is in the tropics, but this refers to the wetter regions of high summer rainfall and the associated fauna and flora
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The Winter 2010 issue of The Earth Scientist includes a variety of educational resources, ranging from astronomy to glaciers. Check out the other publications and classroom materials in our online store.
Windows to the Universe Art Archive
Myth Related Art Works
Alphabetical by Painter
Sandro Botticelli, 1445-1510.
Venus and Mars(69K GIF).
Panel (c. 1483). Image courtesy of the Trustees, The National Gallery, London.
Primavera(275K GIF).
Painting (1478). National Museum, Naples, Italy.
Image courtesy of Planet Art.
The Birth of Venus(273K GIF).
Painting (c. 1482). Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.
Francois Boucher,1703-1770.
Diana Leaving the Bath(154K GIF)
Painting (1742). Louvre, Paris, France.
(c) Image courtesy of the Reunion des Musees Nationaux, France.
The Abduction of Europa(186K GIF)
Painting (1734).
Francois Boucher, 1703-1770.
Jupiter in the Guise of Diana and the Nymph Callisto(240K GIF)
Image courtesy of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. (Purchase: Nelson Trust).
The Toilet of Venus(163K JPEG)
European painting (1605). Baroque. Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna, Italy.
Image courtesy of PhotoDisc, Inc. All rights reserved. Images provided by (c) 1995 Fototeca Storica Nazionale.
Jacopo Carrucci
The Three Graces(128K JPEG)
Study. Image courtesy of corel Corporation.
Antonio da Correggio, c.1489/94-1534.
Jupiter and Io(17K GIF)
Image courtesy of Kunsthistorishes Museum, Vienna.
Pietro da Cortona
Detail of Fresco in the Hall of Venus(158K JPEG)
Rococo painting (1641-42). Pitti Palace, Palatine Gallery, Florence, Italy.
School of Fontainebleau.
Diane Chasseresse(74K JPEG)
Painting. Image courtesy of Corel Corporation.
Jean Honore Fragonard
Diane at Rest(130K JPEG)
Mars, Venus, and Diana(102K JPEG)
Image courtesy of Corel Corporation.
Michelangelo [Michelangelo Buonarroti], 1475-1564.
The Creation of the Sun and the Moon(209K GIF)
Fresco(1509-12). Detail of the Sistine ceiling. Sistine Chapel, Vatican.
The Creation of Adam(226K GIF)
Fresco (1510). Detail of the Sistine ceiling. Sistine Chapel, Vatican.
Baldassare Peruzzi
The Rape of Ganymede(184K JPEG)
Renaissance panel ceiling ( c. 1509-14). Villa Farnesina, Rome, Italy.
Nicolas Poussin, 1594-1665.
The Infant Bacchus Entrusted to the Nymphs of Nysa; The Death of Echo and Narcissus(116K GIF)
Painting (1657). Image courtesy of the Fogg Art Museum, (c) President and Fellows of Harvard College, Harvard University Art Museums.
The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite(K GIF)
Painting (c.1610). Image courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art: The George W. Elkins Collection.
Hermes with the Young Dionysus(108K JPEG)
Marble sculpture (c. 340 BC.). Archaeological Museum, Olympia.
Galatea(146K JPEG)
Renaissance painting(16th century). Villa Farnesina, Rome, Italy.
Guido Reni
The Victorious Samson(154K JPEG)
Baroque painting(17th century). Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna, Italy.
Peter Paul Rubens, 1577-1640.
Neptune Calming the Tempest(247K GIF)
Painting (1635). Image courtesy of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums Alpheus Hyatt Fund. (c)1996 President and Fellows of Harvard College, Harvard University Art Museums. To be reproduced only by permission of the Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA.
The Three Graces(98K GIF)
Giulio Aristide Sartorio
The Gorgon and the Heroes(119K JPEG)
European painting (19th - 20th century). Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, Italy.
Titian [Tiziano Vecellio], c.1488/90-1576.
Orpheus and Eurydice(92K JPEG)
Renaissance painting (1538). Venus of Urbino. Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.
Perseus and Andromeda(140K JPEG)
Diego Velazquez, 1599-1660.
Mercury and Argos(140K JPEG)
Image courtesy of the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
Domenico Veneziano.
Study of Apollo(165K JPEG)
Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519.
Leda and Her Two Sons Castor and Pollux(110K GIF)
Painting(c.XV-XVI century). Borghese Gallery., Rome, Italy.
Image courtesy of PhotoDisc, Inc.
Head of Leda(121K GIF)
Aphrodite(89K JPEG).
"Venus d'Arles," Louvre, Paris, France.
Ancient Mayan Calendar(110K GIF)
Ancient carving from Cancun, Mexico.
Eros Punished by Venus(128K JPEG).
Fresco in Pompei, National Museum, Naples.
South wall of the temple dedicated to Surya at Ranakpur, India(118K JPEG).
Panel (c. 1483).
Image courtesy of Corel Corporation
Athena(91K JPEG).
Statue in Vienna, Austria.
Venus de Milo(77K JPEG).
Greek statue. Louvre, Paris.
Neptune(138K JPEG).
Statue in Florence, Italy.
The god Vishnu and the goddess Lakshmi(117K JPEG).
Khajuraho, India.
Pan(84K JPEG).
Statue in Hever Castle, Kent, England.
Flora Picking Flowers by the Sea(114K JPEG).
Fresco found in the ruins of Pompeii, Italy.
Statue, Crete, Greece.
Apollo(46K JPEG).
Roman statue of Apollo, 2nd C. A.D. Citadel Museum, Jordan.
Perseus(72K JPEG).
Vatican Museum, Rome, Italy.
Perseus(110K JPEG).
Apollo Belvedere(107K JPEG).
Venus(99K JPEG).
Museo Borghese in Rome, Italy.
Hou Ji(94K JPEG).
Statuette in bronze depicting the Chinese Prince Millet, Hou Ji.
Image courtesy of the Musee Guimet, Paris, France.
Diana of Ephesus(54K JPEG).
Statue of Diana of Ephesus in Villa d'Este. Italy.
Mercury(37K JPEG).
Statue of Mercury in front of the Domed Conservatory in Sion Park, England.
Statue of Apollo used as garden ornament in Rousham Park, England.
Diana the Huntress(54K JPEG).
Statue of Diana the Huntress used as garden ornament in Versailles, France.
Ganymede(44K JPEG).
Statue of Ganymede used as garden ornament in Vaux-le-Vicomte, France.
The Chinese Moon(523K JPEG).
Detail of an eighteen-century embroidered emperor's robe, that portrays a white hare believed to live in the moon according to the Chinese mythology.
Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England.
Poseidon Soter at Artemisium(77K JPEG).
Greek bronze sculpture depicting the god Poseidon.(c. 575 B.C.). The statue was found in the Aegean Sea in 1926.
Image courtesy of the National Archaelogical Museum at Athens, Greece. (c) Greek Ministry of Culture - Archaeological Receipt Fund.
Symposium of the Gods(172K JPEG).
Left section of the east frieze of the Siphnian Treasure (c. 525 B.C.) depicting from left to right Venus, Diana, and Apollo.
Image courtesy of the Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities in Delphi, Greece. (c) Greek Ministry of Culture - Archaeological Receipt Fund.
Pegasus(110K GIF)
Mural of Pegasus, Turkey.
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MENS ARTISTIC NATIONAL ELITE AND CLUB DEVELOPMENT GRADES 2019
Twelve of Woking’s Boys Squad qualified to represent the South East Region at this year’s National Elite and Club Grades Finals in Birmingham.
The weekend started with the Club Level 6 competition. Sarp Orbay and Joel Ireland both enjoyed good competitions, performing all their routines without major error. The two of them could only just be separated, Sarp (7th) beat Joel (9th) by just 0.05 but together their scores summated to earn the South East team a Bronze medal.
Tom O’Connor was Woking’s sole representative in the Club level 5 competition. He performed routine after routine with technical mastery and style to score an impressive 65.800 and won the competition. In addition to his gold medal, Tom was awarded an invite to the club development reward camp.
Saturday morning started with the club level 4 competition. Jamaal Kashim helped his team to a bronze medal with his stellar performance. Scoring 63.350, Jamaal finished the competition in 6th place and will also join Tom at the club development reward camp.
In his first appearance at National finals, Hayden Blackmun contributed to his team’s gold medal in the club level 2 competition. The standard was high, and Hayden’s score of 61.400 put him in 36th place out of the 63 competitors.
Saturday concluded with the start of the elite competition. Alex Donchev had a mixed day in the Elite level 5 competition. Despite sticking his handspring front somersault vault and performing a good h-bar routine, falls on the other apparatus proved costly as he slipped down to 12th place in the standings. Oliver Porter was competing in the Elite level 4 competition. He was the top scorer on pommel horse but made mistakes on PPP and Rings causing him to narrowly miss out on a podium position and finish in 4th place AA (62.050). This was enough to earn him an invite to the GB squad selection day in December. He will be joined at this day by his older brother Josh Porter. Josh was competing in his final level of the elite grades competition and can be pleased with his 5th place finish helping the South East team to win the bronze medal at Elite level 6.
With Sunday morning came the turn of the Elite Level 2 competition. Woking had four members of the six man team. Jay Coote competed on just five apparatus due to injury, he scored 33.150 AA. Harrison Lamble helped the team with good performances on Floor and PPP, his AA score of 54.000 put him in 31st place. Team mate Max Veo-Creek enjoyed a good day at his first national finals including a 9.850 score on vault. Max finished in 29th position (55.350). The standout performance of the day was by Ben Porter. He delivered seven clean routines including two scores of 9.900 on Vault and H-Bar. Ben finished the competition in third place (64.750), he will join his two older brothers at the National Squad Selection Day as he hopes to gain a place in the GB Foundation Squad for 2020. Collectively, the South East team were winners of the silver medal.
A great weekend for Woking and the South East team concluded with the Region being awarded the Blakeborough Trophy recognising us as the most successful region across the Elite Grades competition. Well done to all involved.
South East Grades Qualifier
Thirteen members of our boys’ squad travelled to Pegasus Gymnastics Club to compete in the South East Grades qualifier. With gymnast entered across nine different categories, it was a busy morning for our coaches but the gymnasts delivered with some good routines. Ben Porter was competing in the elite level 2 category and registered the highest AA total across all the age groups, his score of 65.467 ensured he took home the gold medal and was crowned regional champion. Four other gymnasts were also awarded the title of regional champion in their respective age categories; Oliver Porter (elite level 4), Thomas O’Connor (club level 5), Alex Donchev (elite level 5), and Sarp Orbay (club level 6). There were silver medals for Josh Porter (elite level 6), Joel Ireland (club level 6) and Jamaal Kashim (club level 4). All in all, Woking qualified thirteen gymnasts for the national finals in November, more than any other club in the region. Well done to all the boys who competed, the list of qualifiers is shown below.
Elite level 1- James Fricker
Elite level 2- Ben Porter, Max Veo-Creek, Jay Coote, Harrison Lamble
Elite level 4- Oliver Porter
Elite level 5- Alex Donchev
Elite level 6- Josh Porter
Club level 2- Hayden Blackmun
Club level 4- Jamaal Kashim
Club level 5- Thomas O’Connor
Club level 6- Sarp Orbay, Joel Ireland
The Mental Health Foundation Mens London Open 2019
Woking’s representation at this prestigious event began on the Saturday morning with five of our U14 gymnasts competing in the “Max Whitlock” competition. Josh Porter was the highest placed Woking athlete, despite a fall on H-bar he finished in a respectable 8th place AA (68.85). Sarp Orbay looked much improved and scored 65.10 to take the 19th spot. Woking gymnasts also occupied the 20th and 21st place spots; Alex Donchev (64.350) and Joel Ireland (64.300) showing some good routines. Tom O’Connor had a clean competition and finished in 26th (62.60).
The senior competition that followed, the Westminster cup, was to be the final trial for the upcoming world championships, as such the standard was high with the best gymnasts in the country vying for a spot on the plane to Stuttgart. Jamie Lewis picked himself up well after the disappointment of last weekend’s British Teams to finish in fifth place AA (80.35), he also won a bronze medal for his routine on the rings. Timothy McCarthy was competing on just three apparatus, he completed clean routines on Pommels and P-Bars but unfortunately fell on his new vault. Lorenzo Carrozzo was competing in Woking colours for the final time, an injury at last weekend’s British Teams meant he was just performing on the Pommels. It was not his best routine, we wish Lorenzo good luck and hope he has better fortune as he starts the next chapter of his life at university.
Sunday morning began with the U18 competition. Jasper Smith-Gordon again proved himself to be one of the best junior gymnasts in the world as he twice scored over 14 to take home gold medals on Floor (14.100) and the vault (14.500). Teammate Fraser Griffiths competed on four apparatus and picked up a bronze medal for his rings routine.
Woking had two gymnasts competing in the inaugural “Brewer Trophy” for U12 gymnasts. Oliver Porter performed some great routines but mistakes on Rings and P-bars knocked him just outside the top six. He finished in 7th place AA (67.350) and won a gold medal for his H-Bar routine. Jamaal Kashim did not have the best of days, he suffered a number of falls and ended the competition with an AA total of 54.850 (36th).
The final competition of the weekend was the “Trevor Low” competition for U16 gymnasts. Neither Christian Fuoco nor Rudi Moriano were competing on all six apparatus. Christian’s highest placing was 16th on floor whilst Rudi managed a 17th place finish on rings.
Junior World Championship BRONZE for Jasper Smith-Gordon!
Jasper Smith-Gordon from Woking Gymnastics Club has won a brilliant bronze medal on vault at the 1st Junior Artistic World Championships in Gyor, Hungary!
On the final day of the Championships, Jasper competed fifth in the final and scored an average of 14.183 for his two vaults to guarantee a bronze medal. His first vault scored 14.466, with his second scoring 13.900.
Regional ABSG 2019
Guildford Spectrum played host to the Advanced, Bronze, Silver & Gold competition on Sunday 30th June, welcoming gymnasts from all across the South East region. 24 of our Floor & Vault squad were entered to compete across 3 rounds and all performed to a very high standard.
Round 1 set the bar high with some very impressive performances. At Advanced level, Jamie Simons won bronze in her category and at Silver level, so did Olivia Kraus. A strong showing from Matilda Swift at the Advanced level meant she finished in 7th place, closely followed by Brogan Barrott and Lexi Freeman. Maia Harmsworth, Ada Hanif, Isla Hanif and Josie Prince all also competed well at Advanced, narrowly missing out on top 6 finishes. The Advanced boys showed great composure as they took the maximum number of medals on offer. Rhys Samuel topped his group to win gold, followed closely by Max Pittard in second and Charles Dadswell in third, whilst Jack Dadswell won gold in his category.
Round 2 marked the start of our Bronze and Silver competition. Eleanor Whitaker put in a strong performance to earn sixth place, narrowly missing the qualification score for the Silver level. Leo Bontempo got bronze in his Silver category as did Ella Davies in hers, with Riley Morris and Esme Finch close behind.
In round 3, our Bronze competitors Toby Spencer and Roisin Fellowes finished in 1st and 5th in their respective groups. In the Silver competition, impressive performances from Kate Lee and Alexandra Mulvey resulted in 3rd place finishes in their respective groups. Amy Smith excelled to finish in second in her group, with Olivia Pearson close behind.
Regional Voluntary Championships 2019
Woking had eleven gymnasts competing across five different age groups. In the U9 competition James Fricker finished 4th scoring 65.500. Ben Porter picked up an impressive haul of 7 medals (2 Gold, 4 Silver and 1 Bronze), finishing second AA with a total of 76.250. Harrison Lamble was 7th AA (70.850) earning himself a bronze medal on the vault. There wasn’t much to separate the remaining Woking gymnasts – Jay Coote 8th (70.600), Hayden Blackmun 10th (69.950) & Max Veo-Creek 11th (69.900).
In the afternoon session, Josh Porter and Sarp Orbay were competing in the U14 category. Despite mistakes Josh finished 2nd AA with 68.700, picking up a further 5 apparatus medals, most notably gold on pommel and h-bar. Teammate Sarp scored 61.600 to finish in 3rd AA, he too collected a number of apparatus medals including a silver for his P-bar routine. In the U16 competition Rudi Moriano finished second AA (63.200), earning an additional four apparatus medals (Silver on floor and vault, P-bar and H-bar Bronze). Also competing in the U16s Charlie Rose performed on just 4 apparatus; he completed all his routines without falls and was rewarded with three silver medals. Finally in the U18’s James Miller put in some consistent performances to finish third on every apparatus and earn the bronze AA with a score of 66.150.
Key Steps 2019
Nine of our youngest Floor and Vault squad members took part in the Key Steps competition which took place on Sunday 2nd June 2019. For many it was their first time competing for the club but it certainly wasn’t obvious from the standard of routines that they produced.
Round 1 saw four gymnasts step up to compete in their first major competition for the club. Clara Firth impressively topped her group to win gold, whilst Ferdinand Swift, Babak Adl and Sam Adl locked out the podium positions in their group, taking gold, silver and bronze respectively.
In round 2, Georgina Baddock and Bella Shafiq carried on from where the others had left off in round 1, showing off excellent routines to finish with gold and silver in their category. The boys also impressed, with Declan Freeman winning gold and Emmett Ashley silver in their group, whilst Jan Zaczynski finished 5th in a very close group.
Pegasus Open 2019
Saturday began with the junior competition. Woking’s Sarp Orbay was entered into the U14 category, this was his first time competing on all six apparatus in Great Britain. Despite mistakes on Vault and Pommels, he gave a good account of himself finishing in 12th place (61.350). In the U16 competition Rudi Moriano placed 6th AA (64.400), picking up a bronze medal on the H-Bar. Charlie Rose competed on just four apparatus, winning a silver medal for his well-executed pommel routine.
With Sunday came the turn of the U9’s. James Fricker was Woking’s sole representative in this category. He put in some consistent performances to finish 7th AA. In the U10 competition Ben Porter put together some great performances to finish 2nd AA with 76.100. He added to his medal haul with golds on Floor and Rings, a Silver on Pommels and a Bronze medal on vault. Max Veo-Creek produced six clean routines to finish in 13th (70.150). Harrison Lamble (16th, 69.800) had a mixed day, but he put out some new skills and was rewarded with a silver medal for his Tsukahara on vault. Jay Coote successfully performed his double back from rings and Tsukahara vault for the first time in competition, finishing 18th (68.950). Team mate Hayden Blackmun was just 0.05 behind, finishing 19th AA with 68.900.
Well done to all the gymnasts, and good luck to all those who will be competing at the regional championships next weekend.
Jasper Smith-Gordon Selected for World Championships!
Congratulations to Woking's Jasper Smith-Gordon who has been selected to compete in the MAG Junior World Championships from 27th - 30th June 2019 in Gyor, Hungary.
Surrey Floor & Vault Competition
Sunday 19th May saw over 60 of Woking’s competitive floor and vault gymnasts take part in the Surrey Floor and Vault competition at Guildford Spectrum.
The day began with our Novice gymnasts who all had a fantastic competition. In the Under 8 girl’s category, Poppy Ramshaw, Lexi Harmsworth and Lily-Ann Hodge showed off their beautiful floor routines to place 4th as a team, narrowly missing out on a podium finish. In the Under 8 boy’s category, Mac Griffiths, Max Chidley and Frankie Shapiro collected the bronze medal, whilst Oscar Carr, Charlie Lines and Nicholas Marwood took home the silver.
In round 2, it was the turn of the intermediate gymnasts and they certainly did not disappoint. Maia Harmsworth, Tallulah Gurney and Jessica Robson excelled to win gold in their subdivision, followed closely by Jamie Simon, Amelie Power and Ella Carlson who collected silver, whilst Josephine Clark. Imani Tyler and Sophia Harris claiming bronze. Gracie Beight, Sofia Wieringa and Chloe Neep also took bronze in their category, with Scarlett Davies, Megan Wall and Jessica Wall claiming gold. The last of the girls in round 2 were in the Under 14 category with Holly Scanlon, Penelope Holmes and Freya Baston achieving bronze. The boys also impressed with Rafael Bontempo, Ethan Laurent and James Chandler earning bronze in their category. Harry Longhurst, Archie Johnston and Alfred Swift claimed silver in their category, whilst the Under 12 boys of Rhys Samuel, Ben O’Connor, Joshua Lines and Tom French won gold in their category. Excellent all around scores from Maia, Jamie, Megan, Jessica, Rhys and Ben means that they have qualified to compete at Advanced at the next competition.
Round 3 saw medals awarded for both team performance and individual performance. Elenor Pearson, Tegan Fookes and Lexi Freeman won bronze as a team, along with individual gold for Elenor and bronze for Tegan. In the under 14 girls category, Eleanor Whitaker, Poppy Davies, Fern Johnsen and Brogan Barrott won team gold, with Eleanor also winning individual gold. In the under 10 mixed category, Max Pittard, Charles Dadswell, Faith Lusale and Josie Price took team bronze with Max and Charles winning individual gold and silver respectively, whilst Faith and Josie won individual silver and bronze respectively.
The final round of the day was for the Bronze, Silver and Gold level competitors. In the under 14 Bronze girl’s category, Laura Kersley, Esme Finch and Olivia Kraus took team gold, with individual golds for both Laura and Olivia and individual bronze Esme. The over 14 Bronze girls Daisy Ryan, Olivia Pearson and Laila Greene claimed silver, with individual gold and silver for Laila and Olivia whilst Niamh Strange, Amber Mays and Roisin Fellowes claimed team bronze as well as individual gold, silver and bronze respectively. There were three teams competing at Silver, the first of which was the under 14 girls of Riley Morris and Ella Davies who achieved silver as a team and individual gold and silver respectively. Isabel Fearn, Alexandra Mulvey and Amy Smith won team gold, with all three earning individual silver as well. Jessica Weekes, Ellie Raby and Kate Lee rounded things off with a silver medal as a team, with individual golds for Ellie and Kate, and individual silver for Jessica. Congratulations to Olivia Kraus, Laura Kersley, Esme Finch, Laila Greene and Olivia Pearson for achieving their target score, meaning they will all compete at a higher level next time.
A big well done to all of our gymnasts who competed on Sunday and a huge thank you to all of the coaches and judges that assisted with the competition.
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Don't swallow those New Year diet book myths
Don’t swallow those New Year diet book myths: Experts give verdicts on claim that milk can cause cancer, celery juice heals diseases… and, no, Gwyneth Paltrow, you don’t need a 24-hour fast on just water and herbal tea
Britons buy millions of ‘New Year, New You’ diet and wellness manuals each year
One celebrity doctor believes the food you eat should reflect your personality
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It’s that time of year again. In the coming weeks, millions of us will pledge to banish carbs, take up a new exercise regime and invest in a juicer – all in aid of a healthy kick-start to the year.
At the heart of the ‘New Year, New You’ trend lies a plethora of diet and wellness manuals, lining the shelves of bookshops nationwide.
Britons buy millions of them every year, hoping they hold the secret to fast, effective weight loss and optimum health. In 2020, there are plenty to choose from. However, this year, some authors’ ideas are undoubtedly bizarre.
Take, for instance, the nutrition guru who claims ‘spirits’ told him diseases could be treated with celery juice. Or the celebrity doctor who believes the food you eat should reflect your personality. They may seem like the ideas of a fevered mind, or from a comedy sketch.
One diet book author, Anthony William, says drinking freshly pressed celery juice every day can help fight a number of serious illnesses, such as dementia and cancer. He has a regular column on Gwyneth Paltrow’s wellness site, Goop, in which he writes about ‘healing foods’
But in fact, these authors’ books are some of the most hotly anticipated. And they have an army of loyal celebrity fans, and millions of social-media followers, hanging on their every word.
Their claims are certainly outlandish, with experts criticising some for their lack of credible health qualifications and warning us against following their advice.
Professor Stephen Powis, NHS England’s national medical director, last week urged Britons to avoid ‘fad’ diets. New Year ‘quick-fixes’ are at best ineffective and at worst can be harmful, he said.
Despite such concerns, these books, without fail, reach the bestseller lists, with readers adopting often fantastic and restrictive recommendations – and some readers may well see genuine health improvements.
‘Books about unusual diets will always be popular because they offer people hope and stability, even at times when they feel unstable within themselves,’ says Dr Alan Levinovitz, author of The Gluten Lie: And Other Myths About What We Eat.
But do the books’ health claims really stack up? We called on some of the UK’s leading experts in their fields to examine the claims made in some of the latest, major diet books. If you are one of those considering forking out for one of them – and following the advice they contain – you might want to read their verdicts first.
One key claim: Drinking 450ml of celery juice regularly can heal or prevent a remarkable array of medical conditions – and can even help to reverse Alzheimer’s
THE CELERY JUICE DIET ADVICE THAT COMES FROM ‘THE SPIRIT’
Celery Juice: The Most Powerful Medicine Of Our Time, by Anthony William (Hay House Publishing, £14.99)
Who would want to drink celery juice? Well, quite a few people, it seems – including, no doubt, many of the two million Instagram followers of Anthony William, who claims to have pioneered the practice.
In this book, he says downing glasses of freshly pressed celery juice every day can help fight a number of serious illnesses, including dementia and cancer.
‘There wasn’t a symptom, condition, illness, disorder, or disease that I didn’t see benefit,’ he claims.
William is known as ‘the medical medium’ and says his diet plans are based on messages from ‘the Spirit’. So far, so far-fetched.
But his first book, Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic And Mystery Illness And How To Finally Heal, was a New York Times bestseller and celebrity fans include Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro and model Miranda Kerr.
William has a regular column on Gwyneth Paltrow’s wellness site, Goop, in which he writes about ‘healing foods’. Reports claim he is partly responsible for the 400 per cent surge in celery sales in LA supermarkets in the past year.
Key claims
Drinking 450ml of celery juice regularly can heal or prevent a remarkable array of medical conditions. It can, even, according to William’s book, help to reverse Alzheimer’s, ease multiple sclerosis and stop cancer spreading. The regime is also said to fight infections, soothe the gut, balance the body’s hormones and boost the immune system. The juice does this by removing ‘crystalised toxic salts’ that accumulate in organs, and restoring damaged cells.
Celery must be juiced, rather than eaten whole – this is the only way to access the plant’s ‘healing’ properties.
Gunter Kuhnle, professor of nutrition and food science at Reading University, said: ‘Celery contains fibre, which is nutritionally beneficial, but nothing else to give the effects claimed. I can’t think of anything that benefits nutritionally from being juiced. Usually, juicing is worse – it removes the fibre’
It does contain fibre and antioxidants such as Vitamin C and flavonoids, known to boost the immune system. But there’s no proof that celery, or its juices, are special.
In fact, juicing destroys many of the benefits.
Gunter Kuhnle, professor of nutrition and food science at Reading University, said: ‘Celery contains fibre, which is nutritionally beneficial, but nothing else to give the effects claimed. I can’t think of anything that benefits nutritionally from being juiced. Usually, juicing is worse – it removes the fibre.’
Karis Betts, Cancer Research UK’s health information manager, said extra fibre in the diet does lower cancer risk, but warned: ‘There is no wonder vegetable or food that stops or cures cancer.’
In this book, Ann Louise Gittleman warns: ‘Chemicals in everyday products hijack oestrogen receptors, sabotage energy and trick your body into storing extra fat’
RID YOUR HOME OF POLLUTANTS
Radical Metabolism: A Powerful Plan To Blast Fat And Reignite Your Energy In Just 21 Days, by Ann Louise Gittleman (Yellow Kite, £10.49)
Nutritionist and bestselling author Ann Louise Gittleman claims that one reason so many of us can’t lose weight is down to ‘household pollutants’. In her book, Gittleman claims the only way to battle this is through a strict detox diet. Other suggestions involve aluminium-proofing the kitchen, keeping digital devices away from your body and drinking purified water.
The 70-year-old American, referred to online as ‘a pioneer in dietary, environmental and women’s health’, shot to fame in 2003 with her multi-million-selling book The Fat Flush Plan.
It advocated a two-week ‘juice fast’, and a strict low-carb, 1,200-calorie-a-day, dairy- and wheat-free diet in order to ‘cleanse’ the liver and shed weight. Dr Judith Stern, vice president of the American Obesity Society, called it ‘pseudoscience’. Gittleman sells supplements via her websites for those on her plans.
Gittleman warns: ‘Chemicals in everyday products hijack oestrogen receptors, sabotage energy and trick your body into storing extra fat.’ She says microwaves are ‘not completely safe to stand next to’, while foil and aluminium pans are linked to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
Drinking water should run through a filter in your home to eliminate fluoride, supposedly linked to bone and brain diseases, cancer and digestive problems.
She says that electromagnetic frequencies transmitted by phone networks can be absorbed by plants and rainwater, so ends up in food.
A ‘four-day radical cleanse’, involving consuming just bone broth and vegetable juice, followed by a longer detox, can ‘tamp down health-sabotaging free radicals’ and ‘reset’ the metabolism.
The theories outlined in Gittleman’s book are ‘mostly nonsense’, says Naveed Sattar, professor of metabolic medicine at the University of Glasgow.
‘Your metabolism – how quickly the body burns calories – cannot be reset; it rarely varies.
‘In fact, it actually increases when you put on weight to help burn the extra calories.’
And no mechanism by which electromagnetic frequencies can cause cancer has been identified, according to Cancer Research.
High-quality studies have provided no evidence that low-level radiation harms health.
While 5G does use microwave frequencies, there is no evidence that this affects plants, or infiltrates food. As for detoxing, this has no impact on liver health, says Prof Sattar. ‘It’s not like unclogging an engine. The liver doesn’t work like that.’
In a statement, Ann Louise Gittleman said: ‘In the back of my book, Radical Metabolism, you’ll find documented peer-reviewed journals that substantiate these claims.’
Dr Josh Axe claims that a collagen-rich diet heals damaged tissue in the body and ‘aids gut repair’, bringing about a wide range of health benefits
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The Collagen Diet, by Dr Josh Axe (Orion Spring, £14.99)
Handsome Dr Josh Axe – self-proclaimed founder of the world’s most visited natural health website– claims consuming his recipes will boost levels of collagen in the body.
Collagen is a protein found in skin, bones and muscle, responsible for giving them structure and firmness – and by consuming lots of it in the diet, we can look younger, have a healthier heart and immune system, and even live longer.
Dr Axe says he helped heal his mother’s lung cancer by feeding her collagen-rich ‘bone broth’, and avoiding ‘toxic’ drugs.
His previous books, Keto Diet, which advocates an ultra-low-carb weight-loss plan, and Eat Dirt, which claims millions suffer health problems due to a ‘leaky gut’ without realising it, are both bestsellers, and Dr Axe has more than 100,000 followers on social media thanks to his regular TV appearances.
He also promotes the widely discredited Gerson therapy, which shuns traditional cancer treatments such as chemotherapy in favour of an organic diet, supplements and coffee enemas.
Dr Axe claims that a collagen-rich diet heals damaged tissue in the body and ‘aids gut repair’, bringing about a wide range of health benefits. Eating a low-carb, ‘unprocessed’ meat-and-fish-heavy diet, and regularly consuming ‘bone broth’ – a type of meat stock – alongside collagen supplements can help achieve this, he says.
When broken down after eating, collagen releases amino acids, which turn back into collagen in the body and have a regenerative effect, he says. His diet can also help ‘fix’ leaky gut syndrome – a condition which isn’t medically recognised – in which the gut’s barrier breaks down, causing toxins to leak into the body.
Dr Josh Axe (above) is the self-proclaimed founder of the world’s most visited natural health website. While there is some evidence that collagen supplements can help painful joints, the studies are not all reliable, according to dietician Dr Duane Mellor, senior teaching fellow at Aston Medical School
While there is some evidence that collagen supplements can help painful joints, the studies are not all reliable, according to dietician Dr Duane Mellor, senior teaching fellow at Aston Medical School. ‘It’s unclear whether the repaired fibres are due to the compounds in the collagen supplements, or the result of physical training,’ he says.
A build-up of collagen in the body isn’t always a good thing.
‘How can anyone tell that the body will divert collagen to a healing process, rather than a damaging one? There’s no way of knowing this,’ says Mellor. Prof Kuhnle said he’d seen ‘no evidence’ of collagen’s general benefits.
In a statement, Dr Axe said: ‘There are many strong evidences of the benefits of collagen, and collagen supplementation is generally safe with no reported adverse events.
‘Along with medical studies, traditional Chinese medicine has recommended bone broth which is rich in collagen to support joint, skin, gut and immune health for over 3,000 years.’
According to former psychiatrist Dr Neal Barnard, meat and dairy are a factor in cancer and other ailments
VEGAN SAYS MILK MAY CAUSE CANCER
Your Body In Balance: The New Science Of Food, Hormones And Health, by Dr Neal D. Barnard (Grand Central Publishing, released February 4, 2020).
According to former psychiatrist Dr Neal Barnard, meat and dairy are a factor in cancer and other ailments. His book provides information on how food choices may affect hormones and could worsen or trigger health problems.
There are also ‘hormone-balancing’ recipes including ‘cauliflower buffalo chowder and brownie batter houmous’.
An advocate of vegan diets, Dr Barnard’s videos have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on YouTube – thanks, no doubt, to eye-catching titles such as Dairy Is Dangerous and Eat To Beat Cancer – and he has 67,000 Twitter followers.
In previous books, Dr Barnard argued that dietary fat specifically can cause type 2 diabetes, despite studies disproving this claim.
Dr Barnard says meat and dairy contain hormones which boost the body’s levels of the sex hormone oestrogen.
This leads to erectile dysfunction and breast, prostate, ovarian and testicular cancers. Pregnant dairy cows are said to release oestrogen into their milk so cheese concentrates these hormones further.
When milk is consumed, the body produces a growth hormone which makes cancer cells ‘grow like crazy’ in lab tests, he says. He also writes about links between milk and postpartum psychosis, due to ‘traces of opiates’ in dairy.
Dr Barnard (above) says meat and dairy contain hormones which boost the body’s levels of the sex hormone oestrogen – and that this leads to erectile dysfunction and breast, prostate, ovarian and testicular cancers. Cancer Research UK says there is no strong evidence linking dairy products sold in the UK to cancer
In the UK, all animal products are subjected to rigorous testing for excess hormones before being approved for sale.
Cancer Research UK says there is no strong evidence linking dairy products sold in the UK to cancer.
Dr Mellor said: ‘Studies showing a greater risk of cancer in those consuming dairy may be more linked to weight gain or increased fat in the diet than dairy itself. It’s true dairy causes growth hormones to rise, but that’s true of lots of foods, particularly those high in fat and carbs.’
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Clean7, by Alejandro Junger (Harper One, Kindle edition £11.99)
Another ‘detox’, this time from cardiologist Dr Alejandro Junger, which involves herbal teas and supplements. The seven-day regime ‘strips your diet of energy-restricting foods’ said to cause weight gain and affect sleep.
The doctor is a hit with a Hollywood set including Gwyneth Paltrow and Naomi Campbell.
LA-based Junger claims to have treated his depression, allergies and IBS with a combination of intermittent fasting and removing processed foods such as shop-bought bread and pasta.
Another ‘detox’, this time from cardiologist Dr Alejandro Junger, which involves herbal teas and supplements. The seven-day regime ‘strips your diet of energy-restricting foods’ said to cause weight gain and affect sleep. The doctor is a hit with a Hollywood set including Gwyneth Paltrow (above) and Naomi Campbell. Dr Mellor said: ‘Your body deals with foreign compounds well. Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to make money’
Dr Junger’s cleansing rituals come from ancient Indian Ayurvedic medicine, which involves identifying your personal ‘dosha’ – linked to your personality.
Your ‘dosha’ informs which foods will most benefit or slow down your recovery from illness. Some should avoid raw foods but embrace dairy, for example, others should avoid egg yolks and vinegar.
The plan involves stripping your diet of potential allergens and processed foods then building in ingredients suited to your dosha.
The week begins with a 12-hour fast between dinner and breakfast, building to a 24-hour fast involving just herbal tea and water.
Supposed benefits include mental clarity, weight loss, energy surges and deeper sleep.
We don’t need to detox, as the liver and kidneys remove waste products and toxins.
Dr Mellor said: ‘Your body deals with foreign compounds well. Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to make money.’
However, he does say we shouldn’t dismiss Ayurvedic medicine. ‘Some people do feel a benefit,’ says Dr Mellor. ‘But claiming scientific efficacy is going too far, at this stage.’
The books to turn to for advice you really can trust
Nothing is banned from your plate in behavioural specialist Shahroo Izadi’s book
The Last Diet, by Shahroo Izadi (Bluebird, £10.49)
Nothing is banned from your plate in behavioural specialist Shahroo Izadi’s book.
‘This is the book I wish I had 20 years ago,’ says Izadi, who trained as a psychologist and lost eight stone by eliminating foods she couldn’t eat in moderation.
Most of her recommended exercises have cognitive behavioural therapy at their heart – simple brain-training techniques to change the way you think and behave.
It’s a practical, gentle guide which puts improved mental health at the forefront.
The weight loss, Izadi says, follows naturally.
‘This is the book I wish I had 20 years ago,’ says Izadi (above), who trained as a psychologist and lost eight stone by eliminating foods she couldn’t eat in moderation
The US physician has produced a comprehensive guide to what works and, crucially, what does not
How Not To Diet, by Michael Greger MD (Bluebird, £16.99)
‘I hate diet books,’ begins Greger – and the book gets more refreshing.
The US physician has produced this comprehensive, 600-page evidence-based guide to what works and, crucially, what does not.
On average, plant-based diets are best for long-term weight loss and a long, healthy life, he concludes.
Other evidence-based ‘tweaks’ that accelerate weight loss include eating early in the day, vinegar and eating greens.
Reassuringly, every penny earned from sales of the book goes to charity.
Diet advice doesn’t get much simpler than in this book
The Fitness Chef: Eat What You Like & Lose Weight For Life, by Graeme Tomlinson (Ebury Press, £16.99)
Diet advice doesn’t get much simpler than in this book.
Using idiot-proof graphs and line drawings, the nutrition coach and personal trainer spells out everything you need to know about achieving long-term weight loss.
No faddy diets or quick-fixes here, just evidence-based, scientific guidance on cutting calories without even realising it.
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Authored by U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin
This law protects the integrity of dairy products by enforcing existing labeling requirements. The law now requires that non-dairy products made from nuts, seeds, plants, and algae no longer be labeled or market their products with dairy terms such as milk, yogurt, or cheese.
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Authored by U.S. Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah
U.S. Senator Cory Booker, D-New Jersey
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Dairy Farm Sustainability Act of 2018 (S. 2555)
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In this undated photo provided by David Taylor Sr., he poses with his son David Taylor, right, a former Marine. Taylor Sr. told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he was notified by the U.S. State Department that his son was killed earlier this month in Syria while fighting for a Kurdish militia battling the Islamic State group. (Courtesy of David Taylor Sr. via AP)
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A former Marine who secretly traveled to Syria earlier this year to battle the Islamic State was killed while fighting for a Kurdish militia, his father said Tuesday.
David Taylor Sr. told The Associated Press that his 25-year-old son, David Taylor, told only a high school friend about his plans to join the Kurdish group, and he swore his friend to secrecy. Taylor’s father said he didn’t even know of his son’s plans until after he had arrived in Syria and was training with the group known as YPG.
Former Marine David Taylor poses for an official portrait while in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps/David Taylor Sr. AP)
“I got an email and he said, ‘Pops, don’t worry. I’m with the YPG,'” David Taylor Sr. said in a telephone interview from his home in West Virginia. “He said, ‘I’m doing the right thing. It’s for their freedom.'”
A Kurdish militia group released a video saying Taylor was killed on July 16. The U.S. State Department said in a statement that it was aware of reports of a U.S. citizen being killed while fighting in Syria but offered no further comment. Taylor Sr. said a U.S. consular chief from the Kurdistan Region in Iraq informed him of his son’s death.
Taylor’s high school friend emailed the father after he learned of the death. The friend said Taylor told him during a visit to St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, last February that Taylor believed the Islamic State group needed to be stopped.
“One night he got drunk and told me of the atrocities he had witnessed in the Middle East during his time in the Marine Corps,” the friend, Alex Cintron, wrote in an email to Taylor’s parents.
Taylor’s father shared the email with AP on Tuesday.
“He said to the effect that ‘Isis was the bane of modern existence and needed to be stopped before they destroy any more lives and priceless works of human achievement,'” Cintron said in the email.
Taylor grew up in Ocala, Florida, located about 80 miles northwest of Orlando. He attended college in Florida and West Virginia before joining the Marines. He was deployed in Afghanistan, Japan, South Korea and spent time in Jordan before he was discharged last year, said David Taylor Sr.
After his discharge, he came to the United States and visited family and friends in West Virginia, Philadelphia and Florida.
Last spring, he asked his father to drive him to the airport because he had decided to visit Ireland, where his family has ancestral ties.
Taylor Sr. received periodic updates from his son about his travels in Europe until there was a period of silence for several weeks. Soon afterward, Taylor Sr. soon afterward received an email from his son, saying he had joined the Kurdish militia group.
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Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayeb said Muslim clerics were developing efforts in opposing extremist religious thought through reinforcing values of tolerance and the acceptance of the “other”, in a Tuesday briefing with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.
According to a presidential statement, the Grand Imam highlighted the importance of enhancing values of citizenship, freedom, and social and cultural diversity, in accordance with reshaping a religious discourse that upholds the tolerant principles of the Islamic religion.
Efforts aimed at renewing the religious discourse come within a campaign aimed at confronting terrorism, amid attacks that took place in Egypt in recent years, namely deadly bombing of churches.
The two parties further discussed means of boosting the role of Al-Azhar’s commissioners abroad and the increase in scholarships offered by Al-Azhar to foreigners.
The meeting asserted the necessity of respecting other’s beliefs and the religious variety.
Al-Azhar faced a storm of criticism following the attack on two churches during Palm Sunday celebrations early in April, which claimed the lives of 45 people and injured dozens.
Criticism against Al-Azhar has increased by public figures and media outlets after President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s speech, which asserted the need to renew religious rhetoric and form a new body to fight terrorism.
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It takes a special kind of person to head up creativity for a Fortune 500 company. Besides the credentials-on-paper required to land a role like this, it requires a healthy dose of courage and confidence to make decisions which cause ripple effects from coast to coast. Todd Waterbury is that special person. He’s Chief Creative Officer of Target, a role in which he is constantly reinventing what self-expression looks like for both the retailer and its customers by way of marketing.
Todd is a proponent of trying new ideas in order to learn, far from adhering to the butt-in-seat policy so many organizations have in place. His fearless exploration has landed him innovative partnerships with brands like The Grammys and Vogue, and he even has some creative work in permanent collections at the Guggenheim and Museum of Modern Art.
Todd thinks as most of us strive to write, which is to say with one choice word after another until a string of intricate sounds weaves into a beautiful tapestry. On Thursday, January 17, 2019, Todd’s eloquence and wit will be on show as he and three other panelists discuss how they explore to survive in their respective industries. Todd will be joined by CEO of CaringBridge, Liwanag Ojala; polar explorer Tyler Fish; and rapper and spoken word artist, Dessa at Third Thursday: Exploration with Studio/E.
We caught up with Todd in anticipation of the panel to give readers a small taste of his creative pursuits.
How do you know when an idea is worth pursuing?
The three most important qualities are: First, can it easily be described on a Post-it note? Second, does it feel both inevitable and unexpected? Third, does it immediately, and easily, inspire other ideas?
What is creativity?
The best definition is one I found in a 2006 New York Times Op-Ed piece written by Thomas Friedman, in which he quoted Marc Tucker, who heads the National Center on Education and the Economy: “One thing we know about creativity is that it typically occurs when people who have mastered two or more quite different fields use the framework in one to think afresh about the other.” I love the clarity of Marc’s perspective, and how it underscores the value of transposing and dreaming.
Target is skilled at speaking to the heart. What drives this fluency?
The importance of empathy, inclusivity, and generosity, and what it means to our guests.
Why do you explore?
As a creative leader, one of the most important parts of my job is to help teams identify and craft powerful questions. Exploring is synonymous with questions, as one only needs to look at what the first five letters of the word spell:
Q U E S T.
What fuels your curiosity?
The fundamental, innate desire to understand origin. Asking ‘Why?’ and ‘How did this come to be?’ Through this inquiry, through this journey, the unexpected connections that emerge — they are the threads that begin to reveal our drive to explore and expand the limits of our potential as humans.
Water is to survival as exploration is to:
Creativity.
“How Emotions are Made” by Lisa Feldman Barrett, followed by a constant backlog of The New Yorker issues.
When you’re feeling stifled, how do you tap into your creativity?
Lawrence Weschler wrote a book about the California artist Robert Irwin, entitled Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees. This title reveals a powerful wisdom, which is that only when we cast off our biases, our assumptions, even our ‘mastery’ are we able to see the subject (or approach the problem) in a useful and human way.
Come see Todd’s eloquence and creativity in action as he engages in a dialogue about exploration with Tyler Fish, Liwanag Ojala, and Dessa on Thursday, January 17, 2019. Mia’s Third Thursday: Exploration with Studio/E is free and open to everyone.
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Heaven and Hell: Powering the Clockwork a Revelation from Episode 6.4
In her novel Angels on Fire, Nancy Collins referred to Heaven as the “Clockwork” and Angels as the individuals that maintained the gears of the universe. But Clocks don’t run with out energy, whether it is a coiled spring or electric power, something needs to turn the gears, and I think that in Season 6 we are going to learn that the energy that turns the gears of the Supernatural Universe is human souls.
In Supernatural, we have seen time and time again human life as the power source for mystical activity, but what if life is incidental and death is used only as a method of accessing the real power, the human soul? We know from Crowley, “The Devil You Know” and “Two Minutes to Midnight” that he requires a Soul to power his search to find Death, Crowley’s claim is supported by Balthazar in “The Third Man”, here an Angel is acting like a Demon laying claims to human souls because of the power they hold. So, what power does a human soul hold? What can raise the dead, grant, talent and skill? My theory is that the soul holds a small amount of the pure power of creation. From Castiel we know that Angels well at least Archangels exist in Heaven as a “multi-dimensional wavelength of celestial intent” or which is just another way of saying the pure power of creation or Grace. This suggests that Anna’s explanation in “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and “Heaven & Hell”, was only partially accurate, Anna true form is pure Grace, she could bleed away a large portion but some still had to remain for her to exist. She probably also kept enough of it to cause a barren woman to conceive. Taking this a step further implies that a human soul in the Supernatural Universe is grace, creation given personality and bound within human form.
So how do Demons, Gods and Angels access that power? I think that there are several ways, probably the easiest and least elegant is as I mentioned earlier is sacrifice of a life. We see the first hints of this possibility in “Home”, “Faith” and “Scarecrow” I must admit the first time I saw these episodes I just enjoyed the action as an extension of typical horror genre archetypes, but now looking back at these episodes through the filter of Season 6, even if it is Ret-con, it is delicious to see how well the pieces all work together to support the over all theory. In “Home” we see Mary as a ghost, her tragic death has caused her to linger, no one would have pr known she was there until the appearance of a poltergeist caused her to manifest as a protective spirit, an extension of the hunter that she once was. In the end of the episode, she sacrifices herself, burning out the remenant of her soul that allowed her to remain as a ghost to defeat the poltergeist and protect her sons. A theory that is giving that is given credence in Seasons 5’s “Dark Side of the Moon” as neither she nor John can be found in heaven even though we know John escaped hell, but more about John later. In “Faith” the preacher’s wife is using a Reaper to save deserving lives, but the Reaper can’t just reverse death, he needs the power to do so and as a Reaper he can see and touch a soul only when someone dies or is in a near death state, he essentially accesses the power of the soul by exercising his ability to bring death. Finally, in “Scarecrow” we are getting a more traditional interpretation of soul as a power source, this time through the sacrifice of human life to the Vanir a ritual that must be done yearly so that the Vanir may insure healthy harvest and prosperous town. These are the first three examples but they are supported through out the next 5 seasons as John like Mary uses up the remains of his fading soult to tackle Azazel and save Dean, then fades out forever as the last of his grace dissipates in a few pale sparkles, in Season 3, “A Supernatural Christmas” introduces us to the pagan Yuletide divinities, longing for the sacrifices of the past, a theme repeated in Season 5’s “Fallen Idols” and “Hammer of the Gods”. Season 4 has “Criss Angel is a Douche Bag” is an episode where sacrifice is used in return for the power to avert death, we don’t know exactly how the spell works, but to be consistent with the Supernatural Universe I suspect it forces a Reaper to act on behalf of the caster. And while we are speaking of Reapers, in "Death Takes a Holiday" people who don't have their souls collected still live and Sam and Dean take a littlle Astral trip where they learn to channel the power of their soul, something that should have come naturally to Dean since he already had practice having "full on Swayze'd that mother" back in "In My Time of Dying"
The second way to pull power from the soul is the method most Cross Road’s Demons and now Balthazar use, call it a lien against the soul. The more liens the more power available to pull upon. Part of the reason that there is a time limit on the claiming of the soul may be a pure sales tactic, maybe 10 years is the point which seems so far away that most people entering into the deal think its enough until the time is up and only the really desperate are willing to make a worse deal. Another possible reason, which actually works better with Balthazar, and history’s non-violent Gods, is that the soul seems to be a somewhat renewable resource when it is encapsulated in fles. When it is dedicated and bound to you either through a contract or a religious commitment, the Demon, Angel, Deity can call on the soul's power at will and as long as they did not overdraw upon their contractees/worshippers they have a continual resource at hand. Some of the evidence supporting this theory comes from “The Third Man” where Castiel can read who holds a marker on Aaron’s soul, and from ”Weekend at Bobby’s”, where Crowely’s contract is inscribed into Bobby’s very flesh. Other indications are the fact that in the “Cross Road Blues”, “Time is on My Side” and “No Rest for the Wicked” no matter where the contractee tries to hide, its like they are fitted with a Demonic Lojack. Demons drawing power from souls would fit nicely with Lilith, “the new power rising in the west”, holding all the contracts and how with her passing and Lucifer’s second fall why Crowley, “King of the Crossroads” is now King of Hell. Which still raises the question why collect the soul after 10 year if it is a renewable resource. My theory on that is that Demons do not practice conservation that they draw and draw on the soul until finally the body can’t keep up and changes either physical or more likely mental start occurring that no longer can be hidden. Another option is that if the body is overdrawn, no additional power can be called on with out having the soul freed from the flesh, which brings me to the third way to gain power from the soul.
This is actually where I started when the idea came to me for this Meta, as much as I loved “Weekend at Bobby’s” the whole Ret-Con of how burning the Demon’s bones destroyed the demon drove me wild. No matter what theory I cooked up I could not squeeze that square peg of a fact into the round hole that was the Supenatural’s Mythology, that is until I considered what happened in Hell, and in Heaven for that matter , and what might actually be going on. In many faiths and mythologies there are stories of Humans transcending, finding that spiritual path or in the case of heroes, physical path to becoming more, something greater than they were to begin with. If we translate that into the Supernatural Universe then the soul’s power its grace can also grow. Angel’s on the other hand are static, unless God gives them an upgrade, the grace they have is the grace they had when they were created, nothing more or less. Where as with Demon’s their grace has been all but burned from them, and only the faintest ashes remain. Ruby tells Dean in “Malleus Maleficarum”, “There’s a real fire in the pit”, and from Dean’s own mouth in Heaven and Hell that every day they would tear him apart and put him back together. What if all this damage to the soul is a way to squeeze out every last essence of grace possible from a soul for use by Demonic Agents on earth or higher level Demons ? I suspect this is how and why Lucifer created Lilith. Other uses for the stolen grace maybe to feed Lucifer in the pit or perhaps this stolen grace is how higher level Demons keep themselves together once their bones decay to dust. The resulting essence once almost all the grace has burned away is the black smoke we have seen through out the series. We can then take the theory a step further and suggest that Sam or Lucifer drinking demon blood is drinking the last traces of the soul’s grace thus giving him the power boost and that is why Crowley and most demons are afraid of having their blood consumed by someone who can access that power because it destroys them. Come to think of it, this also explains what Famine was doing. If this is the case, then burning a demons bones destroys the last bit of fragile connection they have left to what they once were, where as many ghosts or newly dead still have all or most of their soul’s grace left.
If we look at the other end of the spectrum, in Heaven soul’s are constantly reliving their happiest memories. These feelings of happiness the positive energy they produce maybe how Heaven harvests the energy of the soul with out destroying it, a continually renewing resource. But because Heaven needs positive energy souls can not interact with each other, since no matter how much you love a person there will be times of discord and bad feelings and these do not add to the energy bottom line. The truth of the apocalypse is both sides are vying for the energy left in human souls, Heaven wants to tuck us away as a permanent battery ala Matrix, where Hell wants to just burn us up no conservation required.. This makes Hell the internal combustion engine and demons the car exhaust, while Heaven has an electric engine driven by the batteries that are human souls..
I like this theory, it actually makes me content about the one big problem I had with “Weekend at Bobby’s” answers a few but not all the objections I had with “Hammer of the Gods”, even works well with Gabriel, the only thing it does not do is explain Jesse from “The Children are Our Future”. Jesse is still a very square peg in a round whole. If anyone has a way to get him to fit this theory I would love to hear it, because I have yet to make him fit any theory.
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