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IndiaFamousFor » Tourism » National Parks » Periyar Travel Guide
Periyar Travel Guide
Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the prominent natural and wildlife habitats of the country located in the state of Kerala in India. Periyar National Park is a protected area, and a nature reserve located, in between the high peaks of the Western Ghats at the border to the state of Tamil Nadu. The protected area covers an area of was made into the Periyar National Park and Tiger Reserve, as well as an elephant reserve sometimes also called as the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary for housing a wide number of natural flora and wildlife species as mammals, birds, and reptiles.Among the various plants and trees you can spot the dense of tropical evergreen and moist deciduous forests, which are also comprised of grasslands, aromatic eucalyptus bushes, and the park is also surrounded by lake and river ecosystems.
Periyar National Park, Source-:Wiki, Wouter Hagens
Why visit Periyar National Park?
Periyar National Park and Sanctuary is home to some of the ferocious wildlife species and it is also a Tiger Reserve and a wildlife Sanctuary so you can spot numerous and beautiful wildlife here.
This park is entirely decorated with various species of flowering plants that includesalmost140 species of orchid’sand171 species of grass.In Periyar National Park you will be delighted to see and smell the fragrant forests of, rosewoods, sandalwoods, mangoes, jamun, terminalias, jacarandas, tamarind, sacred figbanyans, plumerias, royal poinciana, bamboos kino tree, and teak. You can also see the very rare species of South Indian conifer, Nageiawallichiana. There are many medicinal plants are available in his park such as gloriosa lily in the along with the very common species too. You can also find widespread plantations of cardamom, tea and coffee.
In Periyar it is no doubt that you will have a good time overseeing the most beautiful wild animals such as tigers, leopards, panthers, gaurs, sambars, Indian elephants, nilgiri langur, sloth bear, Striped-necked mongoose, wild pigs, flying squirrel, and many others.
Periyar is also a good place to watch birds and among them you can watch out for almost 265 species of birds that also include the huge number of migratory ones. The common birds which you can spot in this park are the, White-bellied Blue Flycatcher,Nilgiri Wood Pigeon, Malabar Grey Hornbill, Black BazaCrimson-backed Sunbird Blue-winged Parakeet, Brahminy Kite, Nilgiri Flycatcher, Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl, , Little Spider hunter, Rufous-bellied Hawk,Black-necked Stork, Nilgiri Thrush -Eagle, Great Hornbill, Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Oriental Darter and many others.
Periyar National Park Tips and recommendations
In Periyar National Park you can get the country’s freshest black pepper corns so not miss to have them or buy them if it’s possible.
You can spend some adventurous moments in the Periyar National Park that will include camping, trekking, bamboo rafting and sleeping on the trees so you can do it easily and have a great time sleeping with the roars of the tiger all around and nothing can beat this experience which will be really unforgettable.
Periyar National Park Timing & Entry Fees
Monday to Sunday – : 6:00 am – 6:00 pm
For Indian Tourist – : Rs.25/- Per Person
For Foreign Tourist – : Rs.300/- per person
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Dance Academies of Eastern India
Dance Academies of Eastern India displays the numerous dance forms being taught and practised by the dancing stalwarts of Eastern India and their pupil.
Dance Academies of Eastern India are the academies teaching Indian dances that have enriched the cultural map of the same. The Indian dance styles taught in the Indian dance academies swathe a wide assortment, starting from the primordial classical to modern, contemporary styles and in between are the shadow of the folk forms that mingles and merges with other forms to create another distinctive style.
Tanushree Shankar Dance Company
Tanushree Shankar Dance Company is one of the leading dance academies of Eastern India and the brain child of Tanushree Shankar who follows the foot imprints of her husband Ananda Shankar, the able son of danseuse Uday Shankar. Led by the extensively acclaimed dancer and the prime trainer and also the founder of the Tanushree Shankar; the academy boasts of an aroma of bygone heritage and culture of the ethnic Indians. One of the leading exponents of contemporary dance forms in India; her evolving stairs have been prominent enough after the death of her husband. She has carved an unparallel niche of her own modern expression by amalgamating the grace and beauty of traditional Indian dances with the soul of modern western ballet expressions. Tanushree Shankar Dance Company follows the celebrated lineage as much by the folk and regional dance forms of India. Tanushree Shankar's late father-in-law; the legendary Uday Shankar is regarded as a pioneer of modern Indian Dance who performed with ballet greats as Anna Pavlova. The dance styles of Tanushree Shankar Dance Company are extensively influenced by the rich local Indian traditions such as the "Thangta" (Manipuri Sword dance). The troupe of Tanushree Shankar Dance Company travels extensively around the world and the latest notable productions include "Uddharan" (upliftment of the soul) and "Chirantan" (The eternal) which is based on Rabindranath Tagore's music. The Tanushree Shankar Dance Company brings forth a repertoire of dances and dance theatre works set to the pulsating music of the prophetic artist, Ananda Shankar and other contemporary musicians. Their troupe members are all proficient dancers having performed both in India and abroad.
Mamata Shankar Ballet Troupe
Mamata Shankar Ballet Troupe is a Kolkata based dance institute, an integral part of Dance Academies of Eastern India that is engaged in the dual role of performing and imparting dance lessons and choreographic presentations on diversified contemporary themes and folk forms of Indian dances. Her dancing institute even attempts at reinventing dance forms and adding layered bricks upon the walls of structured traditional dance. Her dance troupe is known as Udayan. The strategic location of this dance school is in Hindustan Road of South Kolkata named after the illustrious actress and danseuse Mamata Shankar, also daughter of the dancing Guru Uday Shankar and Amala Shankar. Mamata Shankar trains all her students prudently with all kinds of elaborate dance forms, often a fusion of classical and folk dance styles- contemporary and traditional. Mamata Shankar Ballet Troupe follows the style invented by Uday Shankar, incorporating the intrinsic grammar of classical Indian dance and incorporating the stylistic features of contemporary dance. Such is the poise, the grace of the dancers, and the dedication of the troupe to the creative artistry, that success rams home with adroitness! Hardly constraining with the anchors of rigid classicism, this dance has evolved with time and space. The graceful body movements of the dancers are blended with the expression of vibrant folk dances of India to attain a statuesque quality of lyrics and emotions.
Orissa Dance Academy
Orissa Dance Academy includes persistent classes both for Indian and foreign students to project and opularise Odissi Dance in the country and also abroad. A leading institution in Bhubaneshwar, the dance academy dates the date of establishment in 1975 and invariably aims to foster the Orissan art and cultural heritage through proper and rigorous training. Orissa Dance Academy offers plentiful opportunities for the Odissi dancers to perform on stage. The Academy is divided into two broad sections -one for teaching and other for training. Guru Gangadhar Pradhan, the eminent Odissi Dance exponent and Sj. Dhirendra Nath Patnaik, the eminent scholar had been the catalyst for the establishment of this institution. Guru Gangadhar Pradhan, at the tender age of six, received his training as Gotipua Dancer. After finishing his Natya Acharya in Odissi from Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya under guidance of Guru Pankaj Charan Das, Dr. Minati Mishra and Guru Deb Prasad Das; he also received rigorous training from Guru Kelu Charan Mohapatra. Apart from mastering the delicate nuances and the subtleties of Odissi dancing, he is also a maestro of Mardala player. He is also a recipient of the State Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1993, the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998 and the prestigious Padma shri award from President of India in 2008.
This academy has indulged in major contributions in extrapolating and popularising Odissi dance and music, as well as offering intensive training to artistes residing both in India and abroad. Maintaining a close association with several cultural institutions in India and other foreign countries; the academy upholds a rich edifying legacy. The Orissa Dance Academy has moved ahead with its dignified and dynamic mission to hold many artistes into its cultural realm. Through its comprehensive activities, the Orissa Dance Academy aims at international cultural peace and accord.
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Cough associated detrusor overactivity in women with urinary incontinence
Sinha S1, Lakhani D1
Neurogenic Bladder and Pediatrics
Detrusor Overactivity Stress Urinary Incontinence Terminology Urodynamics Techniques
1. Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Sanjay Sinha
This is the first study that attempts to define different forms of cough associated detrusor overactivity (CADO) with implications for the treatment of urinary incontinence (UI) in adult women. Historically, both surgery and medical management have been used to treat women with CADO without clarity in literature regarding when these are indicated [1,2].
This is a retrospective review of all adult women who underwent urodynamics for UI over a 7-year period (May 2011- February 2018) at a tertiary hospital. Demographic, clinical and urodynamic findings were retrieved for all patients demonstrating CADO. The cough spike immediately preceding detrusor overactivity was defined as the index cough and was assumed to be the cough that triggered the phasic contraction. Patients were stratified into four types (Figure 1) depending on the presence or absence of urinary incontinence during different phases of CADO. Measurements were made from CADO with the lowest height of the index cough which resulted in a leak when more than one CADO was noted. ALPP was the minimum pressure at which leak was observed during the study (not necessarily the index cough).
As per departmental policy, urodynamics was offered to all women planning surgery for stress UI or mixed UI. Women with urgency UI or mixed UI received an initial trial of conservative treatment including bladder training and oral medication with urodynamics reserved for women who were refractory.
Statistical analysis was performed using R statistical program (version 3.1.3).
Out of 7009 studies, 1338 were for women with urinary incontinence including urgency UI (174), stress UI (290) and mixed UI (874). CADO was noted in 29 (2.2%) women including 6 with clinical urgency UI, 2 with stress UI and 21 with mixed UI (p=0.102, n.s.). 11 of these women had associated spontaneous phasic detrusor overactivity during filling. Table 1 shows the characteristics of different forms of CADO. Type I was the commonest but type III was most bothersome as measured by the Patient Perception of Bladder Condition (PPBC) scale despite similar scores on the Urogenital Distress Inventory short form (UDI 6) scale. There were differences recorded in the urodynamic pattern with a shorter latency of onset as well as shorter duration of CADO contraction in patients with type II.
The phenomenon of CADO has long been recognized but remains poorly described. The most recent ICS standardization document includes this finding for the first time but fails to give any details regarding its characteristics [3]. Careful examination of urodynamic traces clearly shows that CADO is not a single condition but a heterogeneous group with different categories of patients having findings with very different implications for management. Some patients with type II and III CADO may benefit from surgery for stress UI but such surgery is inappropriate in patients with type I and IV CADO.
Defining the type of cough associated detrusor overactivity (CADO) has important implications for treatment and may help improve our understanding of this condition.
Duecy EE, Buchsbaum GM, Flynn M. Presenting symptoms and management of cough-induced detrusor contractions. https://www.ics.org/Abstracts/Publish/44/000198.pdf. Accessed April 1, 2018.
Serels SR, Rackley RR, Appell RA. Surgical Treatment For Stress Urinary Incontinence Associated With Valsalva Induced Detrusor Instability. The Journal of Urology. 2000;163(3):884-887. doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(05)67827-5.
Rosier PF, Schaefer W, Lose G, et al. International Continence Society Good Urodynamic Practices and Terms 2016: Urodynamics, uroflowmetry, cystometry, and pressure-flow study. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2016;36(5):1243-1260. doi:10.1002/nau.23124.
Funding None Clinical Trial No Subjects Human Ethics Committee Institutional Ethics Committee- Clinical Studies, Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad Helsinki Yes Informed Consent No
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2 [Open session]
3 [The accused entered court]
4 --- Upon commencing at 5.02 p.m.
5 JUDGE LIU: Call the case, please, Madam Registrar.
6 THE REGISTRAR: Good evening, Your Honours. This is Case Number
7 IT-98-34-T, the Prosecutor versus Martinovic and Naletilic.
8 JUDGE LIU: Yes, Mr. Stringer.
9 MR. STRINGER: Good evening, Mr. President and Your Honours. The
10 next witness is ready. He is, as the Court knows, a videolink witness.
11 He is present in his remote location.
12 I just wanted to make sure that I'm getting an English
13 translation. I'm not hearing anything in my headphones, or I wasn't a few
14 minutes or few seconds before. It's working, okay.
15 Mr. President, this next witness has requested that he be granted
16 two protective measures, that is, pseudonym and facial distortion. And I
17 believe this witness would be Witness UU and has requested those
18 protective measures.
19 I could also proceed to inform the Trial Chamber of the relevant
20 portions of the indictment that this testimony will relate to. First of
21 all, paragraph 7 and paragraph 11 of the background part of the indictment
22 regarding coordination with the army of Croatia, the HV, as well as
23 systematic pattern of discrimination against the Bosnian Muslim
24 population; paragraphs 14 through 17, which relate to the superior
25 authority of both of the accused; the general allegations contained in
1 paragraphs 18 through 21, which relate to international armed conflict and
2 widespread and systematic campaign; paragraphs 27 through 30, 33, and 34
3 of count 1, which relate to the detention facilities, presence of the
4 accused in the detention facilities, beatings of detainees; paragraphs 37
5 and 39, which are part of counts 2 through 5, regarding presence of the
6 accused in the Heliodrom and the use of detainees on front-line positions
7 for forced labour; and finally paragraphs 45, 49, and 50, which are part
8 of counts 9 through 12, relating to torture and beatings of detainees.
9 Mr. President, we have here in the courtroom a sheet of paper on
10 which we have written the name and the pseudonym of the witness, and as
11 well as his birth date, and I believe that Mr. Dubuisson also has such a
12 piece of paper in his possession, and I would ask that he show that piece
13 of paper to the witness at this time.
14 JUDGE LIU: Thank you. Thank you very much.
15 Mr. Par.
16 MR. PAR: [Interpretation] Good afternoon, Your Honours.
17 Mr. President, before we move on to this stage, I wish to say that we
18 shall object to these measures. So before you rule on the application,
19 please allow me to state our reasons, and I would like to do it in private
20 session, if possible.
21 JUDGE LIU: We'll go to the private session, please.
22 THE INTERPRETER: Excuse me, there is some background noise, some
23 interference. I wonder if that can be dealt with.
24 [Private session]
25 (redacted)
13 Pages 6800-6805 – redacted – private session.
1 [redacted]
10 [redacted]
14 [Open session]
15 JUDGE LIU: Mr. Stringer, you may proceed.
16 MR. STRINGER: Thank you, Mr. President.
17 Examined by Mr. Stringer:
18 Q. Witness, you are now being a shown a piece of paper. I simply ask
19 if you can tell us whether on that piece of paper you find your correct
20 name and date of birth.
21 A. Yes. On the sheet of paper is my name, and my date of birth is
22 correct.
23 Q. Witness, as you've heard, the Trial Chamber has granted the
24 request for protective measures, so you are going to be given the
25 pseudonym "UU." And I will ask that during your testimony, please don't
1 disclose to us or say your name or give us any other information which
2 might result in your being identified publicly.
3 Now, Witness, let me ask you, are you a Bosnian Muslim who lived
4 in the area of Travnik and Turbe in Central Bosnia in 1993?
5 A. That's right.
6 Q. And before 1993, did you actually live in Germany for a number of
7 years during the 1980s and early 1990s and work in Germany during those
8 years?
9 A. That's right, yes, I worked there.
10 Q. And then did you return to the Travnik area in Central Bosnia in
11 November of 1991, from Germany to try to start your own company?
12 A. That is correct.
13 Q. And then in 1991 and 1992, were you living in that area, Travnik
14 and Turbe, with your wife and with your nine-year-old son?
15 A. Yes, that is right. I lived there.
16 Q. And finally, on this line of questions, in July of 1992, were you
17 mobilised into the civilian police in the area of Travnik?
18 A. Correct.
19 Q. And was this after the conflict had started in Bosnia-Herzegovina
20 when the Serbs were attacking Muslims and Croats in various parts of
23 Q. Thank you, Witness.
24 MR. STRINGER: Mr. President, I -- at various times during the
25 direct, I'm going to refer to one or two maps. Exhibit number 1 is the
1 big map of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and it's the only map in evidence which
2 contains all the locations that the witness is going to talk about today,
3 and -- although later in the examination, the Trial Chamber will find that
4 most of the places during the direct will be found in Exhibit number 2.
5 But perhaps just if we could -- and it's not as easy to do it through the
6 video-conference link, but I wanted to indicate with the witness and the
7 Trial Chamber the location of Travnik, which is not in the area that the
8 Trial Chamber has heard a great deal about.
9 Q. So, Witness, if Exhibit number 1 is there with you - it's the map
10 which Mr. Dubuisson has - I wonder if you take a pencil, place a circle
11 around the place called Travnik that you've just mentioned.
12 A. [Marks]
13 MR. STRINGER: And for the Trial Chamber's information - maybe I
14 could just speed it along - if you look at the vertical axis on this map
15 and the number "3" on the vertical axis, and then if you move across
16 horizontally to the "E" on the top, Travnik is located just west of Zenica
17 in Central Bosnia, in the area north and west of Sarajevo, at the
18 intersection roughly of the "3" and the "E" on the vertical and horizontal
19 axes.
20 Q. Witness, have you marked Travnik and Turbe?
22 MR. STRINGER: Thank you. Maybe -- Mr. President, in the map the
23 word appears -- big word appearing "Bosnia," for Bosnia-Herzegovina,
24 Travnik's located just under the "S" in "Bosnia." Maybe that would --
25 okay.
1 Q. Now, Witness, I just asked you about July of 1992, when you were
2 mobilised into the civilian police. Can you tell us, at about that time
3 and in the months that followed, did you attempt to leave
4 Bosnia-Herzegovina with your family?
5 A. On several occasions I tried to leave Bosnia-Herzegovina, because
6 I had no problems with going back to the Federal Republic of Germany and
7 considering that many, many years before the outbreak of hostilities I had
8 left to work there. However, when the aggression against
9 Bosnia-Herzegovina started, it was impossible for me to immediately --
10 that is, in the first several months, it was impossible for me to leave
12 Q. Witness, in March of 1993, were you able to get permission then to
13 leave and to go up to Germany?
14 A. I received permission in March 1993, and with this permission, I
15 received a legal travel document from the Ministry of Internal Affairs,
16 because without a travel document, I could not travel.
17 Q. And what was the purpose of this trip, then, to Germany in March
18 of 1993?
19 A. The first and primary reason for my departure was the fear for
20 myself and my own family, because I was facing the war for the first time
21 and the shooting and all that. And to be perfectly honest, I wanted to
22 prepare the ground to pull out my wife and my family also.
23 Q. Then did you travel to Germany on the 31st of March, 1993?
24 A. Yes, I did.
25 Q. And did your wife and your son remain behind in Travnik at that
12 Blank page inserted to ensure pagination corresponds between the French and
13 English transcripts.
1 time?
2 A. Yes, they did. However, they did stay in the area of Travnik;
3 that is, they were about 20 kilometres from the Travnik town.
4 Q. Then did you remain in Germany for approximately two months, until
5 the end of May 1993?
6 A. Correct.
7 Q. And then did you go to Split in Croatia on your way back home from
8 Germany?
9 A. I travelled between Zagreb, Split. That is correct.
10 MR. STRINGER: Mr. President, again going back Exhibit number 1.
11 Q. And, Witness, I will ask you to go back to Exhibit number 1, and
12 if you could place a circle around the place called Split.
14 Q. Perhaps we can then put that on the ELMO and ...
15 Witness, is Split a city that's located on the Adriatic coast in
16 the Republic of Croatia?
17 A. [No audible response]
18 Q. Witness, tell us what happened when you arrived in Split?
19 JUDGE LIU: Yes, Mr. Krsnik.
20 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] Your Honour, I would like to
21 request -- because you don't have the statement that we received, and
22 perhaps we shouldn't just keep giving the same explanation. I kind of
23 assume what the witness will say, but I see no relevance. I see no
24 connection. Perhaps my colleague is leading the witness. What is the
25 connection, Split and these things, with these two accused?
1 So owing to the time that we have - and we have been warned
2 several times - perhaps the Prosecutor can be advised to just skip over
3 everything that is not relevant and to focus on what could conceivably
4 concern these two accused. Otherwise, we are faced with a very long and
5 winding road from -- through the rugged terrain of Bosnia and Croatia, and
6 it has nothing to do with our clients.
7 JUDGE LIU: Well, I think that is a very constructive suggestion.
8 Mr. Stringer, could you lead this witness as soon as possible so
9 that we could arrive at the essential point of this case.
10 MR. STRINGER: Yes, Mr. President, I intend to do that. And with
11 perhaps a little bit of cooperation from my learned colleagues, and
12 perhaps the approval of the Trial Chamber, I could pose questions in a way
13 that would advance us more quickly. However, I must say - and really, I
14 couldn't put it better than Mr. Krsnik just put it - this witness
15 encountered a very long and winding road throughout Croatia and Bosnia,
16 and it is a story which, in part, does not relate directly to these two
17 accused, but it relates very directly, and in our view is very
18 relevant, to other important parts of the case such as the existence of a
19 campaign, widespread and systematic campaign, directed against Bosnian
20 Muslims throughout the region, as well as the involvement of the Republic
21 of Croatia and Croatian authorities. And so that is relevant.
22 It is, as I mentioned, expressly alleged in the paragraphs of the
23 indictment which I cited at the beginning of this afternoon's proceedings,
24 and so there is an interesting story which is relevant and which, in our
25 view, must be told; however, I agree that it is one that perhaps we might
1 be able to move through a little more quickly before we arrive to those
2 parts of the testimony which relate most directly to the accused
3 themselves.
4 JUDGE LIU: Yes. You may proceed.
5 MR. STRINGER: Thank you, Mr. President.
6 Q. Now, Witness, let me just ask you, then, did you arrive in Split
7 on the 31st of May, 1993?
9 Q. And were you also there, then, on the 1st of June, 1993?
11 Q. And were you at the bus station with other Bosnian Muslims who
12 were trying to then get back into Bosnia from Croatia?
14 Q. Could you tell us briefly, please -- although I know this is a
15 painful story for you, could you tell us briefly what happened to you and
16 other Bosnian Muslims who were at the bus station in Split on that day.
17 A. As I was waiting to get a ride to Bosnia by any means, along with
18 the others, either by bus or by getting a lift from either a humanitarian
19 convoy or UNHCR, I saw a large number of civilian policemen of the
20 Republic of Croatia who were checking documents, the documents of
21 civilians at the bus station and across from the bus station in the
22 Emona transit station. I felt no fear or trepidation, because I was a
23 civilian and I had proper travel documents on me with a German visa
24 stamped in it and so on. However --
25 Q. I'm sorry to interrupt you. Let me ask you a couple of questions,
1 then, about that. Were you approached by some members of the Croatian
2 police?
3 A. That is correct. I was approached by members of the Croatian
4 police, and they asked me for my documents. And as I said, I gave it to
5 them without any fear or any anxiety because I knew that I was clean. I
6 gave them my travel document. They looked at it. They read out my name,
7 and they said, "You are a balija" --
8 Q. And --
9 A. -- "Come with us."
10 Q. Where did they take you?
11 A. They took us to the police station in Split, which was right at
12 the -- across from the station and across the railroad tracks and near the
13 ferry station Emona. There is a police station right there.
14 Q. And could you tell us briefly what transpired -- let me first ask
15 you first: Were there other Bosnian Muslims at the police station when
16 you arrived there?
17 A. There were many in the yard. There were women, men, children.
18 And there were a lot of them in the building itself, and I cannot give you
19 an exact number.
20 Q. And what happened to you when you were taken inside the police
21 station?
23 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] Your Honour, I do not want to tire
24 you too much. We heard that this was Split and that this was the Republic
25 of Croatia, and we heard what the treatment was of this body of the
1 Republic of Croatia towards this witness. Again, my question is: What
2 does this have to do with the indictment and with my client? I have to
3 ask that question again.
4 JUDGE LIU: Well, Mr. Stringer, you promised us that you could get
5 over this part of the story as soon as possible so that we could get to
6 the Heliodrom.
7 MR. STRINGER: I'm doing my best, Mr. President. The Heliodrom is
8 at the end. I have been given two witnesses to lead this evidence, and if
9 I have to use every minute of it, over two hours - I'm sorry - to lead
10 this evidence, and I'll use every minute of it, over the objections of
11 counsel if I have to, and I'm going to try to move quickly. But if -- I'm
12 concerned about objections placing me in a position where we're not at the
13 Heliodrom by the end of the time that I have been given. If the counsel's
14 willing to allow me to lead this witness, to put to him leading questions
15 in order to move us more quickly along, then I will do it, but I assert
16 that all of this is all relevant to allegations which are in the
17 indictment, not all of which relate directly to his client. But if we
18 engage in a lengthy debate here while the clock is ticking, then it's
19 going to prevent the Prosecution from leading the evidence. It's an
20 attempt, perhaps, to do just that, but it's all relevant. And unless the
21 Trial Chamber expressly rules that it's not relevant and that it doesn't
22 want to hear this evidence -- this witness's evidence, then I will skip
23 portions of his story. But I would like to lead all of this, all of which
24 is relevant and which will result, at the end, in direct testimony about
25 the accused.
1 JUDGE LIU: Yes, Mr. Krsnik.
2 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] Your Honours, I will no longer
3 object. And whatever he -- the witness is going to stay in terms of
4 evidence, until he comes to the Heliodrom, will have nothing to do with
5 this case and with our client, and that is basically all I have to say.
7 JUDGE LIU: Well, what if I say that before you come to the
8 Heliodrom that leading questions are allowed.
9 MR. STRINGER: Very well, Mr. President.
10 JUDGE LIU: We really hope you could get over this part as soon as
12 MR. STRINGER: I will do my best, Mr. President. Certain aspects
13 of this witness's testimony are a bit difficult to do in leading
14 questions. If I could say, it's -- it's not a pleasant story, but I will
15 do my best.
16 Q. Witness, I'm going to -- I'll continue to ask you questions. I'm
17 sure that you've heard and that you understand the discussion that's taken
18 place here in the courtroom. So let me ask you, when you arrived in the
19 police station headquarters in Split, were you beaten by Croatian police?
20 Was your passport taken away from you, ripped up, and was all the money
21 that you had with you, some 16.000 German marks, also taken away from
23 A. That is correct that I was beaten, mistreated without any reason,
24 as an animal, insulted me, took my money away, tore up my travel document
25 and told me, "You used to have it. Now you don't have it. Isn't that
1 clear?" And another policeman again hit me in the face, knocked me down,
2 and I lost consciousness, and I was covered in blood.
3 Q. Did they also take your personal property, your watch, your
4 suitcases, your gold necklace?
5 A. It is all correct. They took everything away from me, a golden
6 bracelet, a watch, personal effects, papers that I had, luggage,
7 everything.
8 Q. Now, were you then handcuffed and placed in a van along with
9 approximately other -- 14 other Muslim men?
10 A. That is correct. I was placed in handcuffs, and they loaded us on
11 the van, like a police van, with the other civilians and locked us up in
12 that van.
13 Q. And these other civilians, were these other Bosnian Muslim men who
14 were in Croatia for various reasons, who were also then residents or whose
15 families were residents of Bosnia?
16 A. Members of their families lived in Bosnia, and many of their
17 families also lived in Croatia. They worked in the concrete factory in
18 Split or in other towns. They would come and visit them. They lived with
19 them and so on.
20 Q. Now, after you were placed in this police van, were you and the
21 others driven for about four or five years to the
22 Croatia-Bosnia-Herzegovina border crossing at a place called Kamensko?
23 A. That is correct. They took us there without food or water, in a
24 small confined space. And to us it seemed like an eternity. And finally
25 they brought us to the Kamensko border crossing.
1 Q. And at the Kamensko border crossing, were you delivered by the
2 Croatian police officers to approximately 20 HVO military police,
3 soldiers, who were wearing white belts?
4 A. That is correct.
5 Q. And when you arrived then or when you were delivered to the HVO
6 military police, were you and the others then beaten for a couple of hours
7 at that location by the HVO military police?
8 A. That is correct. And moreover, we were beaten by civilians who
9 were ethnic Croats. And the policemen who allowed them to do that, this
10 was done by the civilians who simply found themselves at this border
11 crossing at Kamensko at this time.
12 Q. After that, did these HVO military police, did they place you and
13 the others in a van and take you to the town called Tomislavgrad?
15 Q. And is Tomislavgrad also known as Duvno?
16 A. That is the real name of Tomislavgrad. This is the one that
17 I'm -- have been familiar with for many years. However, later on this
18 town was given a new name, which is Tomislavgrad.
19 MR. STRINGER: Mr. President, on Exhibit Number 1, the town is
20 called Tomislavgrad. On Exhibit Number 2, it's called Duvno.
21 Q. Witness, if you would take Exhibit Number 1, place a circle around
22 "Tomislavgrad." And while you're doing that, I'll ask you the next
23 question.
25 Q. Witness, when you arrived at Tomislavgrad, were you and the other
1 prisoners placed in an old building that was a former convent, and were
2 there already about 50 or 60 other prisoners there when you arrived?
4 Q. And were you guarded by HVO military police wearing white belts
5 during the time that you were at Tomislavgrad?
6 A. Yes, we were guarded by members of the HVO, of the police, that
7 is, while we were detained there.
8 Q. Now, were you and other prisoners, then, placed into a large room
9 which was divided into cages with metal, metal that's used for
10 construction purposes, into an improvised jail in this old building in
11 Tomislavgrad?
13 Q. And after you arrived at this location in Tomislavgrad, were you
14 and the others beaten by the military police who used iron bars and other
15 forms of instruments to beat you and the others?
17 A. They beat us --
18 JUDGE LIU: Please wait.
19 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] Your Honours, just for your benefit,
20 what he circled on the map is not the town that we were referring to, the
21 thing that we see on the map, just so that you have full information. In
22 other words, what witness has circled as the town that he was asked to
23 circle by the Prosecutor is not the town that was referred to.
24 JUDGE LIU: Let's have a look at that map again, please.
25 MR. STRINGER: Very well, Mr. President. If the map could be
1 placed on the ELMO, please.
2 Q. Witness, now we're seeing that you circled a place called Livno.
3 Is that correct?
4 A. Yes, but I cannot find Tomislavgrad, but it is close to Livno.
5 Q. Okay. Livno --
6 A. I don't know if it exists on this map.
7 Q. Were you in the town of Tomislavgrad or the municipality of
8 Tomislavgrad?
9 A. I was in the town of Tomislavgrad. And from what I knew, that was
10 an abandoned monastery or something like that. It was an old building.
11 MR. STRINGER: Mr. President, I can move on.
12 Q. Witness, did you -- during the time that you spent at this
13 location in Tomislavgrad, were you placed in locations where other dead
14 persons were being kept?
15 A. On one occasion, I was carried to the attic of this building where
16 I saw a number of dead bodies of civilians. And on another occasion when
17 I was mistreated and beaten, without even asking me any questions, they
18 just cursed me and hurled insults at my family and the political
19 structures of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They took me outside under a large
20 tree, and under this tree, I saw several dead bodies of civilians lying
21 around.
22 Q. Witness, could you just tell us briefly how often you were beaten
23 there and what was your condition finally when you were taken away from
24 Tomislavgrad some 22 days later.
25 A. Believe me when I say that they came and beat me -- they beat
1 others, too. And they beat me every hour on the hour. And the
2 ill-treatment and battery and provocation could last 30, 40, 45 minutes,
3 up to one hour. I was bleeding; I was looking at the puddles of my
4 blood. And five, six, seven of them jumping off the table on me,
5 ill-treat me, beat me with rifle butts, with fists, with boots, with iron
6 rods, with batons. And I even begged them, "I beg you as friends, kill
7 me. I just can't bear it any more."
8 Q. Now, Witness, you mention that you were carried up to an attic.
9 Is that because you were not able to walk?
10 A. That is correct. I could not walk. I was all broken up. I could
11 not move. All the other prisoners were taken away somewhere - I don't
12 know where - so that I was left alone, and they came and carried me away
13 like a -- like a sack. I was all broken up. I was black and blue. And
14 so they left me in this attic. And as they put me down, I just stayed
15 there; that is, I couldn't turn either left or right. I was hungry. I
16 was emaciated. I was tired. I was in pain. I was in blood.
17 Q. You said that there were other dead bodies in that attic. How
18 long were you left in that attic?
20 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] Your Honours, once again, a
21 question: What does it have to do with my client, and what does it have
22 to do with the indictment? Thank you.
23 JUDGE LIU: Well, Mr. Stringer, your question is too detailed, I
24 believe. You might skip all those questions and details until the Heliodrom,
25 which we are all interested in.
2 Q. Witness, then were you kept in this place in Tomislavgrad for 22
3 days and then transferred to Ljubuski?
4 A. That is right.
5 Q. Were you kept in a prison in Ljubuski?
6 A. Yes. They kept us in the prison.
7 Q. And at the prison in Ljubuski, did you find other prisoners there
8 from places such as Mostar and Stolac?
9 A. I came across many prisoners; not only from Mostar and Stolac but
10 also from surrounding places, towns such as Jablanica, Konjic, Bijele
11 Polje, and so on and so forth.
12 Q. I understand your condition at Ljubuski was so bad that they
13 expected you to die and that you were not taken out to perform labour like
14 the others because of your condition. Is that correct?
15 A. That is correct. They would take me, but I could not stand up. I
16 could not move. I was simply unable to make a single move, and I expected
17 to die any moment. I thought I wouldn't be able to put up with that pain
18 any longer.
19 Q. And, now, after 12 days at the Ljubuski prison, were you and some
20 others transferred to a place called Posusje?
21 A. That is correct. We were taken at night. We didn't know where we
22 were going or why. When we got there, they said, "Posusje." I mean, I
23 would have believed them even if they told me it was Milan, because I
24 was -- yes, I knew all those areas before of Herzegovina, but I was
25 semiconscious. I was barely aware of what was going on around me.
1 MR. STRINGER: Mr. President, I'll just simply refer the Trial
2 Chamber to Exhibit 2, which has Posusje on it.
3 Q. Now, Witness, did you remain at the Posusje detention facility for
4 about nine days?
5 A. Yes, that is true.
6 Q. And were you and others beaten frequently, both day and night,
7 when you were at Posusje?
8 A. They beat us often both by day and by night, but I have to say
9 much, much less than in Tomislavgrad.
10 Q. Were -- the guards also at Posusje, were they members of the HVO
11 military police?
12 A. Yes. They all wore uniforms and white belts. So that was the HVO
13 police.
14 Q. And after nine days at Posusje, were you and some others then
15 taken to a different place in the town of Grude?
16 A. That's right.
17 Q. And did you remain in Grude for about 18 days?
18 A. That is right.
19 Q. And during that time, were you kept in the cellar of an old house
20 on the outskirts of the town of Grude?
22 Q. Witness, did you know why you were being moved around so
23 frequently among these different places?
24 A. No. I could not really understand why they were moving us around,
25 so I cannot say with any certainty. But from what I knew then and from
1 what I know now, they were hiding us from the International Red Cross from
2 Geneva, to avoid our registration, because if we were registered by the
3 Red Cross, then -- well, one knows that then prisoners have their rights,
4 that they may not be ill-treated or killed, they must be given food, and
5 so on and so forth. At least that is what I think. I'm not sure about
6 this.
7 Q. Now, at this place in Grude, were the guards regular HVO soldiers,
8 not military police?
9 A. That is so.
10 Q. And then after approximately 18 days at this house in Grude, then
11 were you taken to the Heliodrom?
12 A. Yes, that is right. They took us in a bus to the Heliodrom.
13 Q. Now, Witness, by my count, that would be approximately the very
14 beginning of August 1993. Does that sound right to you, the date of your
15 arrival in the Heliodrom?
17 Q. Now, Witness, if you -- as best as you recall, can you tell us
18 what occurred when you arrived at the Heliodrom? What time of day was it
19 and what occurred when you arrived there?
20 A. It was around noon. It was daylight. Everybody got off the bus
21 except me because I could not move. So they took me, carried me, dragged
22 me, whatever you care to call it. There were a number of soldiers, a
23 number of HVO, lots of military policemen of the HVO with white belts, and
24 one spoke to us and told us what this was the central prison of
25 Herceg-Bosna, that its name was Heliodrom. And among other people there,
1 I saw Juka Prazina, with his escort. He was wearing black.
2 And they took me, asked me -- they asked, "What's the matter with
3 him?" I dared not say that I had been all beaten and battered in the
4 previous death camps, so that all I said was that I had been involved in a
5 traffic accident. Of course, they knew what was wrong with me. It was
6 just like that.
7 So they took me to a cellar, and then Juka said very loudly and
8 clearly, "No problem. We've got coffin for him. Quite broad. You know,
9 the one from Sarajevo." That's what he said. And in that cellar, I spent
10 a couple of hours leaning against a coffin in the cellar. It was very
11 dark, and it was terrible stench. I don't know how large was the cellar
12 or something. And some people were passing by. And I would every now and
13 then pass out and then recover. And one of the soldiers who were passing
14 by there, he saw me, he kicked me, and I cried out in pain. And then he
15 said, "Look, this one is alive, so take him out of there." And they took
16 me to the second floor of that building, and that was the so-called
17 central prison of Herceg-Bosna.
18 Q. Witness, let me ask you, were there any other coffins in this
19 cellar that you've described, other than the one that you were standing
20 by?
21 A. Well, I would say there were many of them. There could have been
22 10 or 12. I didn't count them. I didn't look around. As I said, they
23 carried me. They just threw me there. And since it was the cellar, it
24 was very murky. And I didn't try even to look or to count, and I didn't
25 see anything else.
1 Q. After you were taken upstairs to the second floor of that
2 building, can you tell us what sort of room you were placed in, how many
3 prisoners were in that area?
4 A. There was a big metal door -- door with metal bars on the second
5 floor with large locks. And you opened that door, and there was a passage
6 behind it, and there were three rooms there. I was in the first one to
7 the left. And there I found about 70, maybe 80, detainees. I was put --
8 thrown into a corner. There were no beds or chairs or tables or
9 anything. We were all there. And I was in the corner of that room, of
10 that area.
11 MR. STRINGER: Mr. President, I would ask that the registrar
12 Mr. Dubuisson show the witness what has been marked as Exhibit 20.10.
13 It's a photograph.
14 Q. Witness, the registrar is going to show you a photograph, and I'm
15 is going to ask you if you can identify any of the buildings that are
16 shown in that photograph. If you see a building where you were kept,
17 place a circle around it, please.
19 MR. STRINGER: Could I ask the registrar to put that on the ELMO,
20 please.
21 Q. Witness, we're looking at the building that you've circled. Is
22 that what you've described as the Central Military Prison and the
23 Heliodrom?
24 A. Well, at least that is what they told us - I mean, members of the
25 Croat Defence Council and members of the military police of the Croat
1 Defence Council - when we arrived. Now, whether they meant this building,
2 that that building was the central prison, or whether the Heliodrom as
3 such was the central prison, I really can't say. But that is what they
4 said, that this was the central prison.
5 Q. Is this -- in any event, whatever its name is, is this the
6 building where you were held after you arrived at the Heliodrom?
7 A. That is the building in which I kept throughout the time I was at
8 the Heliodrom, and I never left that room or that building, nor did I go
9 anywhere. I was non-stop -- I could not move because I was beaten just
10 too badly, so that I spent there a certain period of time. That is, all
11 the time that I was at the Heliodrom, all I could see were those four
12 walls in that room on the second floor in that building.
13 Q. Witness, do you know approximately how many other prisoners were
14 held in that building?
15 A. I can say with certainty that in that room, there were between 70
16 and 80 prisoners. I was one of them. In the next room, there were just
17 as many, around 70 detainees. Indeed, the third one, there were again
18 around 70 people. That is at least what people talked about, the
19 detainees who could go out to go to the toilet, to the bathroom. And from
20 that room, one could enter those other two. But they could not get out of
21 this passage. They could not get past that huge locked door, metal door.
22 Q. Now, Witness, did the other prisoners remain in that room all day
23 with you when you were at the Heliodrom?
24 A. No. Other prisoners were taken at daybreak every morning to work,
25 to dig trenches, to carry things, to build some fortifications. They were
1 driven out every morning and came back in the evening. And as I could not
2 move and I was waiting to die, I thought I would succumb to my open
3 wounds, because I was non-stop in that one room. I could not move, and I
4 was non-stop in that room.
5 Q. Witness, do you know what are some of the locations where the
6 other prisoners worked when they were taken out of your room? What did
7 they tell you?
8 A. I know 100 percent when they came back in the evening tired,
9 hungry, and thirsty, and so on and so forth, some of them would say they
10 had worked in an area called Balinovac. Others said they worked on
11 Santiceva. I don't know what that is or where that is. Others said again
12 they were working near the department store. Others again, that they were
13 on Bulevar. That is what I remember them saying when they would come back
14 in the evening to that room.
15 Q. Witness, do you know who the prisoners were working for when they
16 were working outside the Heliodrom?
18 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] Your Honours, my apologies. Any
19 answer would be speculation, because we just learned that he never once
20 went out of the camp. So I do not think that any other kind of answer can
21 be expected. Thank you.
22 JUDGE LIU: Well, we understand that it will be hearsay evidence,
23 and we'll evaluate this evidence at a later stage. We understand this
24 witness was in the cell all the day.
25 So you may proceed, Mr. Stringer.
2 Q. Witness, let me ask you this: Did you ever see anyone come to the
3 Heliodrom, into your building, into your cell to take prisoners out to
4 work?
5 A. Every morning, uniformed individuals came. They had white belts
6 of the Croat Defence Council, whether they were military police or just
7 soldiers, and they took them away to work every morning.
8 Q. And based on what you saw and what you heard, do you know which
9 units or which persons those prisoners were being taken to work for?
10 JUDGE CLARK: Well, he doesn't really know. He just knows what he
11 was told.
12 I was wondering, without offending the witness and hurting him -
13 he's living through a lot of pain - could we move him on to evidence that
14 affects the two accused? I think he's clearly suffering.
15 MR. STRINGER: Yes, Mr. President -- I'm sorry, Judge Clark. We
16 are at that point right now, and I will try to bring it to greater focus.
17 Q. Witness, you mentioned military police came to take prisoners
18 away. Did you see any other HVO personnel in your area, in your building
19 where you were being held in the Heliodrom?
20 A. Why, I did see soldiers. I saw many with or without white belts,
21 those who dropped in in that room either in the morning or in daytime or
22 in the evening.
23 Q. Did any commanders come or higher-level HVO personnel come into
24 your area in the Heliodrom?
25 A. With my own eyes, I saw on only two occasions Mr. Mladen Naletilic
1 in that room. He was called Tuta. I repeat, it was only on two occasions
2 that I saw him. And several times with soldiers and with those military
3 HVO policemen, I saw Mr. Vinko Martinovic, Stela. Also in that room I saw
4 Juka Prazina - they wouldn't stay long - and I saw other soldiers,
5 military policemen, and so on.
6 Q. Witness, let me ask you, if you can, to describe for us as best
7 you recall each of the times that you saw Mladen Naletilic, Tuta, in your
8 part of the Heliodrom. Can you describe for us on each of those occasions
9 who he was with and what occurred when he was present?
10 A. On one occasion, it was daytime. And as I say, I was alone in the
11 room. And very many of them came; I mean soldiers, uniformed individuals,
12 non-uniformed as well, a few of them. And they were practically at the
13 entrance into that room, next to the door where you go into it. And they
14 were talking amongst themselves. I could not hear what they were talking
15 about or what was the subject they were talking about.
16 And one of that group walked towards me, that is, moving towards a
17 completely different part of the room, towards the corner of that room,
18 and that one had an HVO uniform, and yelled at me and ordered me to stand
19 up. "Don't you see who has come here to this room?" And I said, "I am
20 sorry, sir. Please receive my apologies, but I cannot move. I cannot
21 stand up. I am not well," and so on and so forth. And then he really
22 started bellowing at me, that soldier or military policeman, and trying to
23 make me stand up. And I, like a dog, tried to support me with the two
24 hands, and I tried to hoist myself, but as I was about to stand up, he hit
25 me with his fist in the stomach, and I bled at the mouth again, and I fell
1 down again.
2 And all those others were standing in the corner and talking about
3 something. And that one presumably - I say one; only one who came and
4 ill-treated me and beat me - perhaps he wanted to show off front of the
5 others, to prove his valour, to prove what a tough guy he was, how he can
6 beat a man who cannot -- who is unable to move.
7 So I stayed there on the floor, and he moved away from me, and he
8 asked me once again why was I there. Oh, come on. Why am I there?
9 "Well, you locked me up." What does mean, "Why am there?"
10 And they left that room. They could have been there -- I mean all
11 of them there, 10, 15 minutes. I cannot say exactly, but they didn't stay
12 long.
13 Q. Witness, do you recall the names of any of the others persons who
14 were with Mladen Naletilic on that occasion?
15 A. I remember that Mr. Armin Pohara, Mr. Rusmir Agacevic, and others,
16 other soldiers, uniformed individuals, and so on and so forth.
17 Q. Now, when you said that soldier struck you in the chest, was
18 Mladen Naletilic in a position to have seen that happen?
19 A. He was in a position to see that, and I am quite sure that he did
20 see it, although he was at the other end of the room. And he was
21 surrounded -- there were several of them in a group. But he could see the
22 second -- the other end of the room where this one hit me and ill-treated
23 me. But there were many of them, as I said. They were standing and
24 talking. I don't know really what they were talking about.
25 Q. Now, Witness, you mentioned that you saw Mladen Naletilic on two
1 occasions in the Heliodrom. You've just described one occasion. Let me
2 ask you first: Have you just described for us the first time that you saw
3 him?
4 A. Yes, that was the first time, when I saw him.
5 Q. Do you know approximately how long after your arrival in the
6 Heliodrom this first encounter with Tuta took place?
7 A. Well, it could be perhaps 15, 20 days later. I can't really say
8 exactly, but thereabouts.
9 MR. STRINGER: Mr. President, I think that it may be time for a
10 break.
11 JUDGE LIU: We'll break for 90 minutes. We'll resume at 8.00 this
12 evening. We have been advised if we have two accused, when we break for
13 supper, that should be 90 minutes. We'll resume at 8.00.
14 --- Recess taken at 6.29 p.m.
15 --- On resuming at 8.00 p.m.
16 JUDGE LIU: Yes, Mr. Stringer.
18 Q. Witness, can you hear me well?
19 MR. STRINGER: Mr. President, we're still having some difficulties
20 with --
21 JUDGE LIU: Will you please --
22 MR. STRINGER: -- the devices over here.
23 JUDGE LIU: Will you please try again.
24 MR. STRINGER:
25 Q. Witness, can you hear me now?
1 A. I can hear you.
2 Q. Witness, before the break, you described for us an encounter that
3 you had with Mladen Naletilic, Tuta, in the Heliodrom.
5 Q. And also before the break, you said that in fact you had two
6 encounters or there were two times when you saw Mladen Naletilic, Tuta, in
7 the Heliodrom. So my question to you now is: Could you please describe
8 for us the second encounter that you had with Tuta in the Heliodrom, who
9 was present, as best as you recall, and what happened on that occasion?
10 A. The second time when I saw Mr. Mladen Naletilic, Tuta, at the
11 Heliodrom, again in the same room where I continued to stay, this was in
12 the evening, it was night-time, and a lot of soldiers -- a lot of HVO
13 soldiers entered and the military policemen with white belts. I cannot
14 say the exact number. It could have been approximately 15. And Juka
15 Prazina was among them.
16 On that occasion, I saw Mr. Naletilic and Mr. Vinko Martinovic,
17 Stela. They were at the door to that room. They were talking among
18 themselves. They were saying something. I did not hear at all what they
19 were saying because I was on the other end of the room.
20 At one point, someone in the entourage of one of the soldiers, one
21 of the men who were wearing HVO uniforms, a soldier near the door, hit a
22 young man, a civilian, who was nearby. Another one approached him, and
23 then they were shouting at him something. They were cursing him. They
24 were mentioning Prozor. He was either from Prozor or near Prozor.
25 And Juka Prazina was there with his dog, a German shepherd, and
1 there was a great commotion there. I saw that this young man was
2 bleeding. He was moaning. He was crying. At one point, Juka Prazina let
3 his German shepherd dog loose. He turned him loose, and the dog assailed
4 the young man, but he was pulled out of the room, and I don't know what
5 happened after that.
6 Q. Witness, did this event take place in the room which you've
7 described in which you were held during the time that you spent at the
8 Heliodrom?
9 A. That is correct, because I want to mention I was -- throughout
10 this time, I was in one and the same room.
11 Q. And, Witness, can you tell us, please, the positions of Tuta and
12 Stela, that is, Martinovic and Naletilic? Where were they located? What
13 was their position when this incident occurred with the one prisoner from
14 Prozor?
15 A. They were in a group, all of them together. And Mr. Naletilic did
16 not beat the young man, nor did Mr. Martinovic beat or touch that young
17 man, but they were in that same group of 13 to 15 soldiers. You see what
18 I mean? There was a lot of people there, and as I mentioned, there were
19 about 70 prisoners in the room. Everybody was there in a group near the
20 door just as you entered the room.
21 Q. Did you observe whether either Mr. Naletilic or Mr. Martinovic
22 took any steps to stop the mistreatment of that young man from Prozor?
23 A. I did not see that they had done anything to either -- to stop.
24 Maybe they were talking about it among themselves. Maybe they said,
25 "Don't do it any more." I was at least 12 to 15 metres away. I was at
1 the very corner of it. It was a long room. But as I said, I did not see
2 that anyone took any steps to defend the man, neither the two of them nor
3 anyone else.
4 Two maybe up to three soldiers attacked this young man. I don't
5 know what they were doing and why they were talking among themselves. So
6 I cannot say what I don't know.
7 Q. Now, during those two times when you saw Mr. Naletilic in the
8 Heliodrom, can you describe for us, please, his appearance, how he looked,
9 how he was dressed on those occasions.
10 A. He was wearing a camouflage uniform, and I want to point out that
11 I was in a prone position, so I was looking from that vantage point. He
12 was not a very tall man. He had eyeglasses, beard. And that's all.
13 Q. Do you recall the colour of his hair, the colour of his beard?
14 A. It was kind of greyish, greying.
15 Q. Witness, you said that -- first, let me ask you this: Do you know
16 or did you learn during the time you were at the Heliodrom who the
17 commander of the Heliodrom facility was? Who was in charge of that place?
18 A. Let me tell you, personally I do not know who was the commander in
19 the Heliodrom camp, nor did I hear about who the commander was. The only
20 thing I can say is this: That the other prisoners who were from
21 Herzegovina, Mostar, Jablanica, Konjic, and so on, that they were saying
22 as concerns certain soldiers and certain HVO men in uniform and the
23 military police, when they entered countless of times to the rooms, day or
24 night, those who were in the room with me were saying, "Well, these are
25 the Tuta's men," and occasionally they would say, "These are the Stela's
1 men," that is, that ones belonged to Mladen Naletilic, Tuta, and the
2 others to Vinko Martinovic, Stela.
3 However, I repeat - and I stand by it - I personally do not know.
4 But this is what the men from Herzegovina were saying. They were
5 whispering about it. They were saying, "These belong to this one, and
6 those belong to that one." I personally do not know. I did not see, nor
7 do I know who the commander of the Heliodrom camp was.
8 Q. Now, Witness, also before the break you testified, I believe, that
9 you saw Vinko Martinovic present in the Heliodrom on other occasions. Is
10 that correct?
12 Q. Can you tell us --
13 A. I saw him several --
14 Q. I'm sorry. Go ahead and complete your answer if I interrupted
15 you. How many times did you see him in the Heliodrom?
16 A. I saw him several times at the Heliodrom; that means in the room
17 where I was staying. On all those occasions, he would come in just
18 briefly with his escorts, entourage. I don't know how to describe it.
19 And he would stay there very briefly in the room where I was staying. I
20 don't know what they were saying, what they were talking about, as they
21 had just came in, and then they would go out.
22 On one occasion when I was alone in the room during the day - and
23 as I said, I was gravely ill - a prisoner came, a prisoner who apparently
24 had been at the Heliodrom for six or seven months. That means a lot
25 longer than I was. And I heard that he was fixing the cars or something
1 like that for these soldiers. He was tall and well built. He saw me
2 bleeding from my mouth and my nose. Then he took me by my arms and by
3 force took me to another room and asked that the door be unlocked. And he
4 took me to some kind of an improvised infirmary in the hope that a
5 physician would help me.
6 There was a physician there in a white coat. He was dark-haired
7 man. When I entered that room with him, I saw four or five soldiers with
8 white belts and camouflage uniforms. They said, what were we doing
9 there? What were we requesting? We asked the doctor. And the doctor
10 said that I was ill and that I needed help. And one of the soldiers in
11 white belt cursed my mother, even though he saw me for the first time in
12 his life at that time. And he said, "Well, you came here to get medical
13 treatment in Herceg-Bosna," and he hit me and kicked me in the stomach and
14 head. And there was another one also in camouflage uniform, and he also
15 jumped on me and beat me and knocked me down. I don't know their names.
16 I simply do not know what they are. And there, I saw Vinko Martinovic,
17 Stela, sitting there with them.
18 Q. Now, a few moments ago you described one encounter which you had
19 with Mladen Naletilic and others, including Vinko Martinovic, that he was
20 present. I wanted to ask you now about other times when you saw Vinko
21 Martinovic in the Heliodrom. And particularly, if you could just give us
22 a rough idea how many other times you saw him when you were a prisoner at
23 the Heliodrom.
24 A. In my estimate, I believe I saw him about five or six times in
25 total. I want to point out, on several occasions, he came with some
1 soldiers in HVO uniform, in the room. They were, again, talking
2 something, but I don't know what they were talking about. Perhaps they
3 stayed five to ten minutes in the room, and then they would leave.
4 A moment ago I said when this man almost forcibly dragged me by my
5 arms and when he took me to this improvised infirmary in the hope that a
6 physician would help me, on that occasion I saw Mr. Vinko Martinovic,
7 Stela, with another four, five, or six soldiers in this small room, in
8 this improvised infirmary. And they were talking there. When I entered
9 this room with this prisoner who had brought me there in the hope that a
10 physician would help me, because I was bleeding from my mouth and my nose,
11 one of the uniform soldiers with white belts jumped up and said -- cursed
12 my mother. He insulted me and he said, "You came here to Herceg-Bosna to
13 seek medical treatment." He punched me and kicked me in the face and
14 stomach. And other soldiers jumped over, and they knocked me down on the
15 floor. Mr. Vinko Martinovic saw this, but he himself did not hit me, nor
16 did he approach me. I stayed in that room for perhaps 10, 15 minutes.
17 Q. Witness --
18 A. Yes?
19 Q. -- my next question, then, was: How did you know that this person
20 you're calling Vinko Martinovic, Stela, how do you know that in fact that
21 was who this person was? How did you know it was Stela?
22 A. When he -- when he had come to the room on previous occasions,
23 previous days, the men from Herzegovina who were my fellow prisoners in
24 the room said, "That is Stela. That is Martinovic." Someone said, "This
25 is Vinko Martinovic." Another one would say, "This is Stela."
1 So on several occasions when he was coming to the room, those men
2 who were there with me in the room, these were men from Herzegovina who
3 apparently knew him quite well, and they told me. I myself had never seen
4 this man, Mr. Vinko Martinovic, Stela, before that. I had never heard of
5 him, nor had I had any close encounters or dealings with before that, so
6 I'm saying what the other prisoners who were there in this one and the
7 same room were saying.
8 Q. Now, were there times when soldiers would come -- that other
9 soldiers would come - not Stela personally, but that other soldiers would
10 come - to take prisoners for forced labour?
11 A. There were many soldiers in camouflage uniform and white belts who
12 came regularly every morning and were taking prisoners to forced labour.
13 I want to point out that they would come every day, and in the evening
14 these men would come back. However, also in the evenings, the man in
15 uniform again would come and would be taking prisoners at night, 9.00,
16 10.00, 11.00, even midnight, even one after midnight, would take two or
17 three, sometimes one of them. Why they were taking them, where they were
18 taking them, that I don't know. I had no knowledge of that, but I know
19 100 per cent when, at the break of dawn, four, five, or six would come.
20 "Come on. Get out," they would say quickly, and they would just come
21 out. And as I said, I always stayed alone in that room, behind.
22 Q. Witness, how long did you then remain a prisoner at the Heliodrom
23 complex?
24 A. I stayed exactly 45 days, unfortunately.
25 Q. And could you just briefly describe then where you were taken when
1 you left the Heliodrom.
2 A. One night late at night, they were taking out prisoners from the
3 room and apparently from other rooms. There were a lot of soldiers at
4 that time. It was the largest number of soldiers and uniformed policemen
5 that I saw that night.
6 I was taken, carried. I could not straighten up. I was bent over
7 almost to the ground, and the other prisoners told the soldiers that they
8 needed to help me down some staircase to -- not the main entrance to the
9 building where we had been -- where we had entered when we were first
10 brought into the Heliodrom but another entrance. We saw a lot of small
11 buses like mini-buses and vans, and we were all made to board those
12 mini-buses. And then they drove us a long time, through the night.
13 And at one point, these buses stopped, and we were transferred to
14 large buses, coaches. We were told that those large buses could not
15 negotiate the switchbacks that apparently we had been going on previously,
16 so they used those small buses to get there.
17 We were eventually brought to the mechanical engineering school,
18 and there were some sports fields behind it, and that's where we were
19 brought. And there were a lot of women and children and a lot of
20 civilians there, and there was a lot of screaming and yelling. So we were
21 brought there in this plateau in front of the mechanical engineering
22 school. Again, I heard that from somebody else. Had they told me that
23 this was a soccer field, I would have accepted that, because I had never
24 been to Mostar before, and I did not know these places, the school of
25 mechanical engineering or any other places.
1 Q. Now, Witness, at this location, the school of mechanical
2 engineering, did you join about 300 other Muslims in that location, and
3 then were you all put on buses at that location and moved out to a
4 different place?
5 A. That is correct. Two hours later, in this sports field or the
6 plateau at the school of mechanical engineering, we were placed on the
7 buses. And I personally saw Mr. Juka Prazina there, who had come there,
8 and he was telling everybody, "Don't worry. Everything's going to be all
9 right. I will escort you." I heard him talk to the drivers, giving them
10 some kind of instructions.
11 But we were placed on these buses, and again they drove us for a
12 long, long time without food or water. I could not sit in a passenger
13 seat, but rather, I lay on the floor. And after - I can't say exactly -
14 six, seven, eight hours, they brought us to the city of Sibenik, to the
15 port there. We arrived at the port there.
17 MR. STRINGER: Mr. President, I can inform the Trial Chamber,
18 Sibenik is on the Adriatic coast of Croatia. It is not found on
19 Exhibit 2. It is found on Exhibit 1.
20 Q. Witness, let me go back to asking you a series of questions for
21 the remainder of your testimony in the same manner in which we were
22 working through some of the earliest part of your testimony.
23 When you and the others arrived at Sibenik in Croatia, were you
24 met by Croatian police and also HVO military police?
25 A. That is correct. We were met at the port in the Sibenik -- in the
1 port of Sibenik. There were a lot of them. I can't give you a number but
2 over 50 of them. There was a lot of civilians, too, the civilian
3 population, men, women, who offered us food, some biscuits and juice. And
4 we were allowed to take that; we were not forbidden by either the Croatian
5 police or the HVO. Some people took some of these offerings. Some washed
6 up. And I will never forget that these civilians in the city of Sibenik
7 met us in a brotherly way, in a friendly way, and offered us these
8 comforts in food and drinks.
9 Q. And Witness, then, were you and the others who travelled with you
10 down from Mostar, were you put on a ferry and taken out to a place called
11 Obonjan island?
12 A. That is correct. They put us all on a large ferry and took us to
13 an island, which is called Obonjan. Again, I point out, this is what they
14 said that it is called. I had never been before. This is what they were
15 saying, Obonjan. Fine, it's Obonjan then. We were all brought there
16 non-stop. The civilian police was there, and the HVO police were also
17 there. We were all brought to this island, and there we found, in my
18 estimate, about 1.000 civilians, men, women, children, the elderly, and so
19 on.
20 Q. And, Witness, it's my understanding that you personally spent a
21 little over one month on Obonjan island. Is that correct?
23 Q. And during that time, you and the other persons who were there
24 were sleeping in tents on this island?
25 A. That is correct. We slept in tents on the island.
1 Q. And at some time after your arrival, then, representatives of the
2 UNHCR, the High Commissioner for Refugees, and the International Red Cross
3 arrived along with a representative from the Bosnian embassy in Zagreb,
4 and they arranged for your transfer and the transfer of others from that
5 location to Split, and then on to Istanbul in Turkey; is that correct?
6 A. That is correct. Everything you said is correct, and that's how
7 it was.
8 Q. And you arrived in Istanbul sometime during October 1993, and you
9 remained in Turkey for approximately 10 to 12 months receiving medical
10 treatment for the injuries that you had received; is that correct?
11 A. That is correct. The treatment was long and arduous. I took a
12 lot of medications. I was bedridden for a long time. I received a lot of
13 injection. Also, all my teeth had been knocked out. My ribs had been
14 broken, the left shoulder, the right leg also. And like others, I
15 received adequate treatment there and medical care and so on and so forth.
16 Q. And, Witness, throughout this entire time of your being a prisoner
17 in these many locations, did you have any contact with your wife and your
18 son? Did they have any idea what had happened to you during all that
19 time?
20 A. They had no idea about it, nor did they know anything about my
21 whereabouts or what was happening to me. Also, I assert that I, myself,
22 did not know what was going on with my wife and my only son. And again,
23 as I said, throughout this time, we had no access to the media, the
24 television, radio, or newspapers, nor did I have any other avenue to find
25 out what was going on with my family.
1 Q. And, Witness, I understand that then you were reunited in Travnik
2 with your family in August of 1994 and then you returned to -- you went to
3 Italy in 1996, where you again underwent medical treatment for your
4 injuries. Is that correct?
5 A. That is correct. I did not go back to Travnik exactly but to the
6 area of Travnik. And for a while, I was there. However, as my physical
7 condition and my mental condition worsened, because I had lost over
8 22 kilogrammes of my body weight in these death camps and my condition
9 deteriorated, and in 1996, under auspices of a humanitarian organisation,
10 I went for medical treatment in Italy.
11 Q. And, Witness, my last question to you: During the entire time
12 that you were in these various locations being held as a prisoner, did
13 anyone ever inform you why you had been arrested or why you were being
14 held there?
15 A. I was never informed why I had been arrested, why I had been kept
16 in detention, and why had they so brutally destroyed my life. But I also
17 wish to mention that during this ill-treatment, battery, and all the
18 encounters and everything that happened during my stay in those camps, I
19 can say honestly, because that is something that I could see, that all
20 those soldiers, those military policemen, all those uniformed individuals
21 of the HVO kept saying that my brothers or parents or friends or
22 neighbours in Central Bosnia were beating and slaughtering and persecuting
23 Croats in Central Bosnia. And I realised they were taking it out on us
24 only because we were from Central Bosnia and some others who came from
25 other parts of Bosnia. But whatever the case, those soldiers who beat me
1 and maltreated me, who broke my body, they cursed my Muslim mother, Muslim
2 children, the president, Alija Izetbegovic, the faith, the ethnicity, and
3 that is what I can say about it.
4 Q. Thank you, Witness.
5 MR. STRINGER: Mr. President, I have no further questions.
6 THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] Not at all.
7 JUDGE LIU: Any cross-examination? Yes, Mr. Krsnik. Before you
8 start, I have to remind you that this witness is also a victim, so do put
9 your question in a decent way and in a grace manner; otherwise, we'll stop
10 you. You may proceed, Mr. Krsnik.
11 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] Thank you, Your Honours. Somehow, I
12 must say I always feel somewhat embarrassed when I am warned of things of
13 which I do not think one needs to warn anyone. But now you prompt me to
14 tell you which is my position in this cross-examination, and especially in
15 view of the warning the other day by Judge Clark, so that I will say
16 immediately that in this cross-examination, the Defence will check all of
17 the allegations heard during the direct examination on the basis of the
18 statements and some other documents which we were given today. And the
19 Defence, they are to put it to the witness that he has not been to -- that
20 he was not in a place that he says he was, and the Defence will try,
21 because of the investigative work that we have done, that we have never
22 found him on any list, unlike others. And I shall, therefore, try during
23 this cross-examination to show this Chamber perhaps a different picture of
24 this witness.
25 Cross-examined by Mr. Krsnik:
1 Q. [Interpretation] And my first question will be -- and this time, I
2 will start - that may come as a surprise - from the end of the
3 examination-in-chief. And I will ask you, Witness -- I'm sorry, I forgot
4 to introduce myself. I am counsel for Mr. Mladen Naletilic, Tuta, and I
5 will ask you some questions. And I always do my best to make them as
6 concise as possible in order to elicit the shortest answers and as
7 complete as possible.
8 So, Witness, will you please listen carefully to what I ask you,
9 and bear in mind that we speak the same language, and therefore, make a
10 break -- only after you have heard my question in full, only then start
11 answering, in order to avoid speaking over one another, because in that
12 case, the interpreters cannot do their job. Thank you for your
13 cooperation.
14 Witness UU, isn't -- wasn't the island of ^ Obonjan a refugee camp
15 for all inhabitants, and in particular for Bosniaks who had fled when the
16 war raged to that refugee camp where the Republic of Croatia provided the
17 necessary care for them?
18 A. Are you expecting an answer from me?
19 Q. Yes, please.
20 A. Perhaps for many people it may have been a refugee camp in which
21 the Republic of Croatia offered all the necessary care, but that was not
22 my case, because I and others were non-stop supervised by the police,
23 uniformed and civilian police. And also, why didn't they let me, me and
24 those others, to leave this rock? Because we had a way to go. Why were
25 they kept under surveillance? And we were not allowed to move anywhere,
1 to go anywhere from that camp.
2 Q. And how many days did you spend in that refugee camp?
3 A. In that refugee camp, I spent about a month.
4 Q. And from that refugee camp or settlement, or whatever you care to
5 call it, weren't you allowed to go anywhere you wanted from that camp?
6 A. Throughout that time, we were not allowed to go where we wanted,
7 but later on, thanks to the UNHCR, and the pressure of the International
8 Red Cross, the UNHCR, and other institutions, it was only then that we
9 were allowed to leave, and that is when we were transferred to Turkey.
10 Q. And when did the International Red Cross come there? I mean, when
11 did you see them?
12 A. What I'm saying is that I saw representatives of the UNHCR, and
13 other representatives of the International Red Cross, and a representative
14 of the embassy - I mean, Bosnian - from Zagreb. They came there after I
15 had been there for about a month, I say. They took pictures of us. They
16 made sort of collective passports, collective travel documents, and took
17 our particulars, and it was then that we left.
18 Q. And tell me, please, when exactly did you leave for Turkey, and
19 how long exactly did you stay in Turkey?
20 A. I went to -- I and others went to Turkey in November 1993, and I
21 stayed in Turkey for about a year.
22 Q. So you returned in November 1994 to Bosnia?
23 A. No. To Bosnia I returned in August 1994. But I said that it was
24 about a year.
25 Q. Witness, this is eight months, and there's quite a difference
1 between eight months and a year. But it doesn't matter right now.
2 You say that you spent 30 days on Obonjan. That is what you told
3 us a moment ago. If you arrived there on the 1st of September and if you
4 spent 45 days at the Heliodrom, then it was the 15th of September. That
5 means that you spent more than two and a half months at Obonjan. I think
6 these are significant differences.
7 Do you remember those dates?
8 A. It is difficult for me to remember the dates now, and it was
9 difficult for me then. What I'm saying is I was there for about a month.
10 I was very severely ill, and I did not have a --
11 Q. Witness, can we agree that you said today that you -- that you
12 were at the Heliodrom for 45 days?
14 Q. Now, if you got there on the 1st of August, then it was on the
15 15th of September that you set off to the refugee camp. And if you were a
16 month at Obonjan, then it is the 15th of October. And you told us a
17 moment ago that it was late November.
18 A. No, no. I did not say it was late November. I said November.
19 But it is also possible that we left in late October. So I'm very sorry.
20 Really, I apologise for five or ten days. I didn't keep a diary; I wasn't
21 allowed to, and I wouldn't have been able to.
22 Q. Very well. And tell me, when were you arrested in Split?
23 A. On the 1st of June, 1993, precisely.
24 Q. In all your statements it says the 31st of May. But it doesn't
25 matter.
1 Tell me, do you remember a letter which you wrote to the Minister
2 of the Interior in 1996, that is, His Excellency, the Minister of the
3 Interior -- of the Ministry of the Interior, the Federation of Bosnia and
4 Herzegovina, Mr. Avdo Habib? Do you remember writing him a letter?
6 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] Your Honours, I believe you have that
7 letter that -- if not, then, my learned friend -- I do not have any more
8 copies. Could Their Honours also be given the copies of that letter?
9 There is also a translation into English. You were so kind enough to give
10 them to us today. It was very kind of you.
11 THE INTERPRETER: Unfortunately the interpreters do not have
12 copies of these documents.
13 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] I have questions to ask about this
14 letter, and I should like Their Honours to know what this is all about.
15 MR. STRINGER: Mr. President, the letter that counsel is referring
16 to, we did provide it to the Defence; however, I told or I informed
17 Mr. Meek at the time that we were providing it out of an abundance of
18 caution and that I had no intention of using it during the direct
19 examination and that if they intended to use it themselves, they needed to
20 make the necessary arrangements, so I have only two copies with me.
21 I suppose we could make copies if it would assist.
22 MR. KRSNIK: We have three; one here and your two.
23 MR. STRINGER: Well, I'd like to have one also.
24 JUDGE LIU: I wonder if the witness has one or not.
25 MR. STRINGER: Yes, Mr. President. Again, just being careful, we
1 faxed it to Mr. Dubuisson today, so he does have it.
2 THE INTERPRETER: Could the interpreters please also have copies
3 of the document.
4 JUDGE LIU: We better copy it and distribute it.
5 Well, Mr. Krsnik, we believe it is not the first day for this
6 trial. You must know that if you want to use any document, please make
7 copies beforehand.
8 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] Your Honours, I apologise, but I
9 received it -- and I am really grateful to my learned friend. I
10 appreciate it. I appreciate his giving it to me. But I received it
11 before the hearing started. I looked at it during the break, and I saw
12 some very interesting things in it. There is a very important question
13 here for the Defence. You will hear what it is about in no time at all.
14 But since my learned friend has given it to us, then I thought that
15 everybody had been supplied with this document. Perhaps this was a
16 misunderstanding between me and my learned friends.
17 JUDGE LIU: We believe it is your responsibility to have those
18 documents copied and furnished to everybody in this courtroom because you
19 are using this document, not the Prosecutor.
20 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] Mr. President, I'm sorry, and I
21 really apologise. But my question is: When? It was ten minutes before
22 the hearing. And I went through it during the break, so I didn't have
23 time to do that. And we have to remember that we started at 5.00; now
24 it's 9.00 -- no, no, I'm not trying to defend myself. I'm not trying to
25 defend myself. Now we have this whole story about a letter. All I wanted
1 to do is read a sentence and the witness to answer me. If that is a
2 problem --
4 MR. STRINGER: Mr. President, my only observation is we had quite
5 a lengthy break in which ten copies could easily have been made. It is a
6 document which counsel obviously decided he wanted to use. And his
7 co-counsel was informed that we were simply providing it out of an
8 abundance of caution, and that if they wanted to do anything with it, they
9 would have to make the necessary copies or arrangements. I don't have
10 anything more to add.
11 JUDGE LIU: Mr. Krsnik, if that happens again, we will certainly
12 bar you from using any documents which you did not prepare an extra copy
13 for us, because it takes us a lot of time in this courtroom. And today,
14 we have to sit very late, as you understand.
15 MR. STRINGER: Mr. President, could I suggest, perhaps, there's
16 another area that counsel could move on to, and then we could come back to
17 this point when the copies are distributed.
18 JUDGE LIU: Can you? You may ask other questions.
19 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] Yes, of course. Of course, Your
21 Q. Please be so kind and tell us if the Red Cross ever came to the
22 Heliodrom, the International Committee of the Red Cross.
23 A. Yes, the International Red Cross visited the Heliodrom on a number
24 of occasions.
25 Q. And did you see them?
1 A. Once or twice they came to the room in which I was. But all the
2 prisoners crowded towards the door, towards them, so that they rushed to
3 meet them. And as I was not able to move, I could not stand up, approach
4 them, and try to push my way through those 70 or so prisoners in that
5 room.
6 Q. And only because of that, you mean they simply could not see you;
7 is that what you are saying?
8 A. Well, they could see all 70 of us in that room.
9 Q. Then why didn't they register you?
10 A. They did not register us because the military policemen with white
11 belts pushed them out, and they were also -- they were also wearing
12 uniforms, and they were pushing away the representatives of the
13 International Red Cross. They would be there for 10, 15, maybe 20
14 minutes. So some next to them were maybe registered, but that is all.
15 Q. When was that when the Red Cross came? Was it in daytime or in
16 the evening or at night?
17 A. Once they came in daytime. Once it was late afternoon, as far as
18 I can remember. It was afternoon sometime.
19 Q. And you say daytime. Was it always like that, lots of people in
20 your room? Didn't they go -- you told us today how they went to work
21 daily.
22 A. I did not say 100 percent, that 100 percent of them went every
23 day. I did not say that.
24 Q. You mean that you were not registered because the Red Cross was
25 forced out of your room? Are you saying that somebody dared push out the
1 International Red Cross?
2 A. That is quite true, even worse. They were tearing up the
3 documents of those who had been registered. Soldiers sometimes tore up
4 even that. Now, if they could tear up such documents and drive them out,
5 because had they been afraid of the Red Cross, they wouldn't have kept us
6 under lock.
7 Q. Today, you said -- and I hope to repeat. Did you personally see
8 those registration papers issued by the International Red Cross torn up?
9 A. I did not see it, but other detainees said, "He got mine and tore
10 it, and he was about to tear my arm off, too."
11 Q. But today you said you didn't know who was the Heliodrom
12 commander.
13 A. That, I do not know.
14 Q. That is what you said today when asked by my learned friend.
15 THE INTERPRETER: The witness and the counsel are speaking at the
16 same time.
17 Q. I will now ask Mr. Dubuisson --
18 JUDGE LIU: Mr. Krsnik, you give difficult times to the
19 interpreter. Wait until we hear the answer from this witness.
20 JUDGE DIARRA: [Interpretation] In the beginning, you were doing
21 very fine. We could follow you.
22 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation]
23 Q. I will now ask Mr. Dubuisson to give you the statement that you
24 made to the investigators of this Tribunal. So will you please take it.
25 Witness UU, will you please look at page 7, third passage, last
1 sentence. You say -- in it, you stated to The Hague investigators the
2 following: "During that period of time, Aleksovski was the commander of
3 the Heliodrom." And you say, "Other detainees told me that Zlatko
4 Aleksovski" - and now you are giving the full name, the first and the last
5 name - "was not in command of the Heliodrom in the very beginning and that
6 he came later."
7 Then the next sentence:
8 "We were visited by ICRC representatives in August 1993. Three
9 of them came to our room to register us. They managed to register about
10 15 to 20 detainees, and then Zlatko Aleksovski, together with four or five
11 military policemen, threw them out of the room."
12 In your statement which you gave to the investigators and what you
13 told us today is complete variance. Besides, here the name of the
14 commander is mentioned three times, and his full name, and you point at
15 him as the culprit for the Red Cross's failure to register you.
16 A. Excuse me. I never met Mr. Aleksovski, nor did I see him;
17 however, all that I said in my statement I continue to say under full
18 responsibility that that is what I heard from other detainees. I am not
19 sure about anything, nor did I have any knowledge, nor did I know who the
20 commander was. It was thought that the detainees talked among themselves,
21 now they say this, now they said that, and I didn't attach much attention
22 to that. I say to this day that I do not know who that was, bearing in
23 mind that I was in a very poor state and that I was fainting often.
24 Q. Witness UU, who was in the room when you were taken to the
25 doctor? Was that the person whom you mentioned to the Prosecutor today
1 when you told us about this time when you were taken to the doctor?
2 A. Nobody was in the room. A detainee from another room came, and he
3 got me by my trunk at my shoulders and practically drew me with him to the
4 doctor in that makeshift infirmary.
5 Q. And who else was there in that makeshift infirmary, apart from the
6 doctor and yourself?
7 A. There were four or five uniformed individuals. Some had military
8 belts, white, and one of them was Mr. Vinko Martinovic, Stela.
9 Q. Witness, please be so kind now as to read the third passage. It
10 begins on the same page. And see how you describe it to The Hague
11 investigators.
12 "The doctor told me to try to stand upright, straight, or to
13 touch the floor with my hands. I told him that I was not able to do
14 that. Then this soldier started beating me. Aleksovski did not say or do
15 anything. The doctor was laughing all the time. I think that Aleksovski
16 enjoyed the scene."
17 So my first question is: What is the doctor's name, if you know
18 it?
19 A. I cannot say exactly what the name of that physician was.
20 However, I can say --
21 Q. Excuse me, please.
22 A. But I can tell you that he was at the hospital in Bijeli Brijeg.
23 Q. So you did not know then what the doctor's name was, nor do you
24 know that today?
25 A. I may have known, but it is possible I have forgotten it.
1 Q. Well, this is what I am asking you, because two lines above that
2 you give the name the doctor. This is: "He carried me to the doctor,
3 whose name was Djeko."
4 A. This is what I heard him being called, but that could have been a
5 nickname. I don't know.
6 Q. And as far as Vinko Martinovic is concerned, there's no "V" or
7 "M." There's no initials, let alone full name of him.
8 Will you please read that whole page, if it's not too difficult.
9 You'll see --
10 A. It's not difficult for me to read it.
11 Q. You'll see that you never mentioned him. You never mentioned
12 anyone except Aleksovski, and this is the fifth time that you mentioned
13 him as a person who was there, who was in charge, and was very close to
14 you -- in close proximity to you.
15 How did he look at all, this Mr. Aleksovski?
16 A. Excuse me. When I came to the infirmary to see the doctor, the
17 person was well built, built up, big muscles, I think that it is the same
18 person who had come to the room previously of whom the fellow prisoners
19 who were there with me said that it was Mr. Vinko Martinovic, Stela.
20 Q. Very well, sir. But, sir, you never mentioned him during any of
21 the events that you described here. No one except for Mr. Aleksovski, in
22 fact, did you mention. That is on the 17th or 18th of September, 1997.
23 Was your memory better in 1997, or is it better now?
24 A. Please, if in 1997 no one asked me or -- how shall I put it? If
25 nobody inquired -- excuse me, but you have to realise that I was ill and
1 that I could not -- that I cannot recall all the details.
2 Q. But tell me, why did you not mention Mr. Aleksovski today
3 regarding these events? That's number one. In fact, you never mentioned
4 him, and you said that you did not know the name of the commander, and
5 half of your statement is filled with "Mr. Aleksovski."
6 A. Today nobody asked me about him, and I have to tell you, I was
7 only answering the questions that were asked of me.
8 Q. I will repeat the question. When you were at the physician's, was
9 Mr. Aleksovski there?
10 A. I cannot remember. There were five or six soldiers. I cannot
11 recall.
12 Q. And tell me now, is what you stated to the investigators not true?
13 A. I'm not saying that it's not true, but my mental state at that
14 time, I cannot recall all the details.
15 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] Your Honours, can we go to the
16 private session for a minute, just in case.
25 Q. When and on which occasion was he at the Heliodrom and with whom?
1 A. I saw him twice at the Heliodrom. He was with Juka Prazina, Armin
2 Pohara, Mr. Mladen Naletilic, Tuta, and the other entourage and soldiers.
3 Q. In other words, Mr. Naletilic, Armin Pohara, Mr. Agacevic were
4 together, and that is when you saw Mr. Tuta with them, what, for the first
5 time, for the second time?
6 A. That was the second time.
7 Q. And was Mr. Aleksovski also there?
8 A. I do not remember that. A number of faces passed in front of me.
9 I don't recall.
10 Q. Will you look at page 6 of your statement, please, the fourth
11 paragraph, first sentence. Here you say that Aleksovski was there too.
12 A. Please. I could not see well, nor were they close to me. That is
13 what the prisoners who were around me said. One of them may have said,
14 "There's Aleksovski too." So I -- that means that I only heard about
16 Q. Now, tell me, how did you know that that was Mr. Naletilic? Were
17 you also told by others regarding him that it was him?
18 A. Yes. The prisoners who were from Herzegovina, from Stolac,
19 Capljina, Mostar, Konjic, and so on.
20 Q. And will you please describe Mr. Naletilic. How tall was he?
21 What was his build?
22 A. I observed him from a prone position. He was wearing eyeglasses.
23 He was not tall. He had greying hair, and then he had his hair parted to
24 the side, and that's all I can say.
25 Q. And what was his build? How much could he have weighed?
1 A. I don't know. I did not weigh him.
2 Q. I know, Witness, you did not, but was he well built? Was he built
3 like you? Was he built like me?
4 A. I think he was not well built. I think -- I can say he was rather
5 thin, than not.
6 Q. Now, tell me, this soldier who hit someone there at the end of the
7 hallway, was that a military policeman? Is that what you said today?
8 When they were --
9 A. Yes. It was either a military policeman or a soldier. They were
10 together in the escort, yes.
11 Q. And do you know why they had come? What were they doing there?
12 A. I don't know why they came. I don't know what they were talking
13 about. I did not hear anything at all. I don't know why they had come.
14 Q. Witness, will you please be so kind and tell me -- I'm going to
15 show you a photograph now. I think it was the same that was shown to you
16 by -- the same one you were given -- you were shown by my learned friend,
17 that is, the Exhibit 20.10. And I will have a couple of questions
18 regarding this photograph.
19 Will you be so kind and tell me where your room was? If you can
20 take a pointer and show it in this building that you call the central
21 prison.
22 A. I'm sorry, but I did not call it. I was told by the men in
23 uniform that that is what it was.
25 A. I did not name it that.
1 Q. Will you please point to your room, the room where you were
2 staying?
3 A. Excuse me. My room was on the second floor. As you go upstairs,
4 and as you walk up, it was to the left, on the left-hand side. I cannot
5 pinpoint the window of that room.
6 Q. You said it was 12 to 15 metres long.
7 A. In my estimate. But the prisoners who were there said that it
8 used to be some kind of a classroom. I don't know how to describe it.
9 Q. Very well. Witness, if you cannot show it, you cannot.
10 A. I definitely cannot. I cannot be completely precise on this.
11 Q. Witness, will you please tell me, the first time Mr. Naletilic
12 came, who was with him at that time?
13 A. The first time there were some men in uniform; some had white
14 belts, some did not. They came. And as I said, they were at the door
15 right inside the room, and they stayed only briefly.
16 Q. No, no, no. My question to you: Who was in his company at that
18 A. He had Mr. Vinko Martinovic, Stela, with him, and other soldiers
19 and military policemen.
20 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] I do not know, Your Honours. I
21 apologise. I do not know if we shall be making a break now or not. I do
22 not know your schedule, Your Honours. How did you plan this hearing?
23 JUDGE LIU: On this schedule, Mr. Krsnik, your time is up, unless
24 Mr. Par will give some of his time to you.
25 MR. PAR: [Interpretation] Your Honours, if we are making a break,
1 then I shall talk with Mr. Krsnik, and we shall see how we shall proceed.
2 JUDGE LIU: Just remember that in the order we issued about the
3 scheduling, the Defence will have two hours together for the
4 cross-examination.
5 We'll resume at 10.00.
6 --- Recess taken at 9.30 p.m.
7 --- On resuming at 10.00 p.m.
9 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] Your Honours, I talked about it with
10 my colleague. I won't take much longer, and then Mr. Par will continue,
11 but we shall fit into the time set aside for us.
12 And now I'd like to go back to that letter. I believe we all have
13 it now.
14 Q. Witness, do you have this letter which you wrote to the Minister
15 of the Interior, Mr. Avdo Habib? If you do, I'd like to ask you -- one,
16 two, three, four, fifth passage in your letter -- no. Sorry, fourth,
17 fourth paragraph. See it? And it begins like this -- I'll try to read
18 slowly:
19 "I left on the 31st of March, 1993. I carry out my tasks in
20 Germany, most of them, and as agreed, I have written to Bosnia after two
21 months."
22 And then you go on:
23 "On my way back to Travnik with complete documentation, I was
24 arrested in Split on the 24th."
25 Their Honours and my learned friends can see in their English
1 translation that the month is illegible. And in the Croat text, it is
2 legible enough to see that it is either the sixth or the eighth month.
3 Everybody in this courtroom and Their Honours can see it, but it is
4 definitely not the fifth month of 1993. It doesn't say "05."
5 So my question to you is: When exactly were you arrested in
6 Split?
7 A. I was arrested in Split on the 1st of June, 1993. And in this
8 letter, it must be the mistake, whoever wrote it, whoever typed it,
9 because I cannot type either on a typewriter or on a computer.
10 Q. Will you then turn to page 2 and tell us -- don't, of course, say
11 it aloud, because we are in a public session, but is that your signature?
12 A. Yes, it is my signature.
13 Q. Did you dictate this letter?
14 A. Yes, I did dictate it. But it is a misprint. You know how it
15 happens. Typos can be found in Globus and Vecernji List and Oslobodenje,
16 and so on and so forth, let alone in an ordinary letter.
17 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] Your Honours, that was my last
18 question. Thank you very much.
19 JUDGE LIU: Thank you. Mr. Par, please.
20 MR. PAR: [Interpretation] Thank you, Your Honour.
21 Cross-examined by Mr. Par:
22 Q. [Interpretation] Good afternoon or good evening, Witness UU.
23 A. Good afternoon to you.
24 Q. My name is Zelimir Par, and I'm one of the counsel for Vinko
25 Martinovic. I will ask you some questions relating to your today's
1 testimony.
2 You said that you saw Vinko Martinovic at the Heliodrom on several
3 occasions and that he was amongst the detainees. Vinko Martinovic says
4 that he was never at the Heliodrom nor did he ever visit any detainees,
5 and we have not heard it either from other witnesses.
6 So my question to you is -- and it is related to the specific
7 incident that you described when a detainee from Prozor was beaten: Can
8 you tell us who else was with Vinko Martinovic on that occasion and whom
9 you allegedly saw? Can you list once again the persons who were with
10 him?
11 A. There was Juka Prazina; there was Mr. Mladen Naletilic, Tuta;
12 Vinko Martinovic, Stela; Armin Pohara; Rusmir Agacevic. But please, I do
13 not know Mr. Vinko Martinovic, Stela. It was what the detainees talked
14 amongst themselves. They said, "Oh, there's Stela." I did not know him
15 personally. I did not know him before. So I could not conclude for
16 myself that that was the gentleman's name. So it was the detainees who
17 were talking amongst themselves and said that yes, it was he, that he was
18 together with the rest of them.
19 Q. I see. I understand that. But on all those occasions that you
20 say you saw him, was it at the same level of your personal knowledge? I
21 don't know if you understand me.
22 A. Yes, it is always the same.
23 Q. And we are still talking about this incident where the man from
24 Prozor was beaten. Do you know who was the first one to hit him, before
25 Prazina and the dog and all that?
1 A. One of the soldiers in a multicoloured uniform. I am quite sure
2 it was not Vinko Martinovic, Stela, who struck him, nor later. Nor later
3 he did not beat him.
4 Q. Very well. Very well. I'm asking you this because of this
5 Aleksovski, you see. In your statement which you saw today, you described
6 this event. And in addition to these names which you gave us, you also
7 mentioned this Aleksovski. You also said that Aleksovski was the first
8 one to strike the man from Prozor.
9 Do I have to show you the statement once again, or can you confirm
10 that it is true that that is what you said in your statement of the 17th
11 and 18th of September, 1997? Is it true that you said that in the
12 statement?
13 A. Well, it is true that I said it, but I cannot remember every
14 single detail after eight years. I'm sorry.
15 Q. Right, right. I understand that. But we are still dealing with
16 this Aleksovski. And I'm asking you now, you omitted him today, and yet
17 you mentioned him in your statement. So my question is: Did you find out
18 later that this Zlatko Aleksovski was charged before this Tribunal for
19 events in Central Bosnia where he was in -- until 1994 and that in 1993,
20 he could not be where you say he was? Is it what you heard about him, and
21 is that why you omitted him from your testimony today?
22 A. I did not hear about that, nor do I have any idea.
24 MR. STRINGER: I object to the form of that question, Your
25 Honour. It assumes facts not in evidence, and I think that we would not
1 be in a position to agree that Mr. Aleksovski could not have been down in
2 the Mostar area during that particular period of time.
3 MR. PAR: [Interpretation] I will rephrase my question, Your
4 Honour.
5 Q. Witness, why is it, then, that you do not mention Aleksovski
6 today, yet your statement teems with this name, especially in relation to
7 Vinko Martinovic? So my question is: Is there any particular reason for
8 which Aleksovski was omitted from your today's testimony?
9 A. No, there is no reason whatsoever.
10 Q. Is there, therefore, any reason why he was mentioned then and is
11 not mentioned now? You've got to explain it to me somehow.
12 A. Well, quite simply I must explain that even then, when I mentioned
13 him, I mentioned him on the basis of what the detainees had told me.
14 Because you must realise that I was lying down on the ground like a sack
15 full of stones. I never moved. So somebody next to me says, "There's
16 Aleksovski." If somebody says, "There's Madonna," I would have believed
17 him. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?
18 Q. Yes, I understand you. But do you understand me when you say the
19 same thing you told me about Vinko Martinovic, that it was somebody who
20 pointed and said, "That is Vinko Martinovic," and that you don't know him
21 personally?
23 Q. But today, you mentioned him, and in the way in which you
24 mentioned him. So my question is: Why this change with regard to
25 Aleksovski? Why didn't you provide a similar explanation for Aleksovski,
1 but he simply vanishes into thin air?
3 MR. STRINGER: My objection, Your Honour, is that this question
4 has been asked already by counsel. It has been asked and answered.
5 JUDGE LIU: We also believe that this question has been asked and
6 answered. You must skip this question.
7 MR. PAR: [Interpretation] Very well, Your Honours. I will do so.
8 Q. We're still talking about the same incident, the beaten detainee
9 from Prozor. But let me ask you something about Rusmir Agacevic. You
10 said that he was also present on that occasion. And my question is: Is
11 there a conflict between you and Rusmir Agacevic?
12 A. No. We have never had a conflict or hatred or argument, never.
13 Q. Very well. Can you tell me if there is or if you know of a reason
14 that somebody -- the reason for which somebody else misused your name in
15 the newspaper and started an argument with Agacevic? Can you explain
16 that?
17 A. Well, there must be a reason certainly, because during the war in
18 Bosnia-Herzegovina and after the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, all sorts of
19 things have been happening and still are happening. You know it better
20 than I do, sir. And it is quite possible that one of the services -- and
21 as you know, and I'm sure you know more than I do, there are about five,
22 six services, and of the secret ones there can be 15, 20 of them, and I
23 don't know how many we don't know about that.
24 Q. Very well. So let us move on now to something else, and that is
25 Stela's men. You said that they came there, took some prisoners away, and
1 so on. Tell me, do you know personally any of those so-called Stela's
2 men?
3 A. No, I do not know any of them personally. I never -- I've never
4 seen them before, and I cannot give you any names.
5 Q. Very well. Tell me -- and do you know about that unit anything?
6 What was its name?
7 A. No, I don't know what the unit was called.
8 Q. Do you then know what kind of uniforms or insignia did they wear?
9 A. What I do know - and again I repeat, please do understand my
10 point - it is those detainees who were together with me. They kept saying
11 that it was something like Convicts Battalion. That is what I heard.
12 As for the uniforms, there were many colours, with HVO patches.
13 Some others may have had some other patches. I don't know. But as I have
14 said, I was seldom close enough to be able to read it on their uniforms
15 and say they had this or that.
16 Q. Witness, I am asking you these questions. Take it easy. Don't
17 get upset.
18 My question to you is whether there is a difference between these
19 soldiers from others. Can you tell these men from others? And I'll ask
20 you the same thing about Juka's men. Did you know anyone from Juka's unit
22 A. No. No, I never did, nor did I ever see anyone from Juka's unit.
23 Q. Didn't you perhaps mix up Juka's and Tuta's men?
24 A. To my mind, they were all the same. I don't know who was under
25 whom and what was he like or what was he.
1 Q. And there is just one more incident we have to cover with a few
2 questions, so will you please focus on the situation in the infirmary when
3 you were beaten. My colleague showed you this part of the statement where
4 Aleksovski is mentioned but not Stela. But I'm not going to ask you about
5 the statement. I'm going to ask you questions in relation to what you
6 testified today.
7 You said - and you will correct me if I'm wrong - you said that
8 you saw Stela sitting in that infirmary whilst you were beaten by two
9 soldiers with white belts; is that correct?
10 A. It is.
11 Q. Now, those soldiers with white belts, were they part of the
12 military police? Do you know that?
13 A. Everybody who had white belts was part of the military police.
14 Q. Very well. And tell us, did Stela have a white belt?
15 A. No, he did not have a white belt.
16 Q. Can we then conclude that those soldiers who beat you were not his
17 men?
18 A. Well, now I cannot really say that they were his men or Marko
19 Markovic's or Juka's or Zuka's soldiers or who they were. I'm not -- I'm
20 not saying that.
21 MR. PAR: [Interpretation] Your Honours, I do not have any further
22 questions.
23 Thank you, Witness.
24 JUDGE LIU: Thank you very much. Any re-examination, please,
25 Mr. Stringer?
1 MR. STRINGER: No, Mr. President.
2 JUDGE LIU: Thank you. Any questions from the Judges?
3 Judge Clark?
4 Questioned by the Court:
5 JUDGE CLARK: Can I just ask Mr. Par a question? You asked about
6 Mr. Rusmir Agacevic. You asked him did he know him and was there any bad
7 feeling between them. Who is this man?
8 MR. PAR: [Interpretation] I shall explain it briefly. Rusmir
9 Agacevic appears in this in relation to the article, and before that he is
10 mentioned in the statement that the witness made. The witness said in the
11 statement that Rusmir Agacevic used to come to the Heliodrom, a man who is
12 a Muslim and who at that time allegedly had some role to play in relation
13 to Muslims there. That is one thing.
14 And in the article that was the subject of all sorts of
15 misunderstandings today -- apart from that, he is an actor in
16 Bosnia-Herzegovina, so a public figure. I do not know if that answer is
17 satisfactory.
18 JUDGE CLARK: Is this gentleman mentioned in the statement?
19 MR. PAR: [Interpretation] Yes, he is mentioned in the statement as
20 a man who was present when this detainee from Prozor was beaten. It is in
21 the witness's statement of the 17th and 18th of September, 1997, and today
22 the witness confirmed to me that this Rusmir Agacevic was present when
23 this detainee from Prozor was beaten and that allegedly Vinko Martinovic
24 was present on that occasion too. Thank you.
25 JUDGE CLARK: Witness UU, in relation to the letter which was
1 shown to us a few minutes ago and which - thank you, Judge - which you
2 were asked about, you talked about going from the centre of Bosnia to
3 Germany for humanitarian assistance. Was this an official task that you
4 were on?
5 A. Well, it was more a private task, but it was also official because
6 that was how I could get out, that is, get my travel documents, only if I
7 said that from neighbours or friends, or I don't know who else, that I
8 would go to them and ask them to send perhaps some food or clothing to
9 Central Bosnia.
10 JUDGE CLARK: Did you tell the officials in Split and thereafter
11 that you had actually been collecting humanitarian aid for the victims of
12 the war in Central Bosnia, or did they know in any way?
13 A. No, they did not know it and didn't ask me, and I didn't tell
14 them.
15 JUDGE CLARK: I think that Mr. Stringer asked you if you had any
16 idea of why you were arrested, detained, and treated so appallingly, and
17 you said you didn't know but you formulated a possible reason, and that
18 was that you came from Central Bosnia, which was the scene of a great deal
19 of brutal behaviour on all sides, I believe.
20 Were the other people who were with you treated in the same way,
21 or were you selected to be the worst treated?
22 A. They treated brutally other men who were arrested. They beat them
23 and insulted them. It just so happened that I suffered most, so that I
24 was unable to move; again, perhaps, I say, because I come from Central
25 Bosnia and because at that time, there was fighting going on in Novi
1 Travnik, Gornji Vakuf. I mean fighting between Croats and Muslims.
2 JUDGE CLARK: In relation to the treatment which was, according to
3 your testimony, meted out to the young man from Prozor, was that the same
4 sort of treatment that you received, abuse because you came from the scene
5 of fighting?
6 A. I think I cannot really say for sure. That could also be it. But
7 I still think that somebody had recognised him, that is, that one of those
8 soldiers in the HVO uniforms had recognised him, perhaps known him before,
9 or perhaps on the spur of the moment, some incident or something had been
10 fabri -- invented or provoked. I cannot really say why this battery, why
11 this incident took place, but it is quite possible that it was as you put
12 it. But again, it is also possible that that soldier knew this young man
13 from before and wanted to take it out on him, or perhaps they staged some
14 incident or something.
15 JUDGE CLARK: I'm always interested, Witness UU, in the
16 application of the Geneva Convention in prisoner of war camps, and I
17 always ask questions in relation to that. Can you tell me again what
18 happened on the day that the International Red Cross representatives came
19 to the hospital -- or to the Heliodrom? To the best of your recollection,
20 can you go through that again for me, please.
21 A. I claim responsibly that two or three persons, when they came to
22 the Heliodrom -- and please understand me. Maybe they had been to the
23 Heliodrom a hundred times. But to the room in which I spent 45 days
24 there, I saw them only twice. Of those two times, what happened in
25 so-called hangars or some other buildings or rooms, I know nothing about
1 that, and I cannot say anything about that. But when they came to the
2 door - and I say this responsibly - and when they started talking - the
3 detainees, I mean, they started saying, "Here's the Red Cross" - they all
4 jumped up these like starving children of Biafra. They all rushed towards
5 them, and I stayed just behind there lying down as a bag, as a chair, as a
6 table, as a rock. Now, can you imagine, it's 50 or 60 detainees
7 surrounding the three of them. You could not see them at all.
8 But I am quite positive that at that time, many soldiers with
9 white belts entered. And after 20 minutes or so, they drove the Red Cross
10 out of that room. Where the Red Cross went then, I do not know. Perhaps
11 to other rooms. Perhaps they didn't; perhaps they did. But what I can
12 say under full responsibility is that this is 100 percent truth.
13 JUDGE CLARK: Witness UU, when the Red Cross came, was there no
14 arrangement made that there would be a desk on which papers could be
15 placed and one of the representatives could sit at a chair and take your
16 names in an orderly manner?
17 A. 100 percent in the room where I was, no table or chairs were
18 organised or anything like that. Now, whether that happened in other
19 rooms in other buildings, in the so-called hangars, as they used to call
20 them, that I do not know. Perhaps yes; perhaps no. I have no problem
21 with that. But I say 100 percent that did not happen in my room, and that
22 normal access of the representatives of the Red Cross was not possible. I
23 never moved to any other rooms. I do not know what happened in the
24 Heliodrom compound except for what I was told occasionally by some other
25 prisoners. If that's what they said it was, I just accepted it at face
1 value, and that's what I stand by.
2 JUDGE CLARK: Am I correct in recalling that you said to
3 Mr. Krsnik that documents were torn up by the men in white belts?
4 A. That is correct. Some prisoners came and said, "What is the use
5 of my being registered by the Red Cross when they tore up this card, this
6 ID card, the card I had?" And the others would say, "It doesn't matter.
7 You are still registered in a computer." This is the extent of the
8 conversations that I was able to hear, and that's how it was.
9 JUDGE CLARK: I'll move on to something totally different, a
10 subject that caused a lot of problem today. I wonder if not the article
11 but the magazine could be placed on the ELMO so that you could see it, and
12 I want you to tell me, do you recognise this magazine? Have you ever seen
13 it or read it? Do you know anything at all about it?
14 A. Excuse me. I do not want to comment on this magazine because I
15 never saw it. I never held it in my hand. And I take full responsibility
16 when I say that this is not my doing, that I have nothing to do with it.
17 And I do not want to make any comment about that magazine because, as I
18 said 1.000 times, it happens every day in the press that Miroslav Ciro
19 Blazevic, a well-known coach, he says, "I do not want to deal with the
20 journalists, with the press any more because they impute all kinds of
21 things." And you know what happens in times of war.
22 JUDGE CLARK: Witness UU, I'm not asking you about the article.
23 I'm asking you about the magazine. And I want you to look at the cover of
24 that magazine and want you to say whether you have ever seen that magazine
25 before. I'm not asking you about the article.
1 A. Yes. Can you please show me the cover of the magazine so that I
2 can look at it, and I will give you my reply?
3 JUDGE CLARK: Just the cover, sir. That's all I want you to look
4 at. We're not talking about the article. I just want you to tell me,
5 have you ever seen the magazine?
6 A. Will you please show me the cover, and I will give you the
7 answer?
8 JUDGE CLARK: Could we see the date, please?
9 A. I saw the cover page very well, and I take full responsibility in
10 saying that I have never read this magazine. I never held it in my hand,
11 and --
12 JUDGE CLARK: That's all I wanted to know, Witness --
13 A. -- not this issue nor any other issue.
14 JUDGE CLARK: It looks like an satirical magazine, from the
15 cover. That's all I wanted you to say, just had you ever seen this
16 particular magazine or the publication before.
17 A. Never.
18 JUDGE CLARK: We can take it off the ELMO now. One last thing,
19 Witness. This is for my own curiosity. How are you now? Have your
20 injuries recovered?
21 A. Your Honour, I will say as an honourable person that I have still
22 serious consequences. I cannot sleep more than two or three hours in a
23 24-hour cycle. I have days and nights when I cannot get up. I feel pain
24 in my legs, in my arms. I do receive some medical help, some medications,
25 some injection. I have to say that I do receive those. But my mental
1 condition, my health condition is close to zero. I feel pain at any
2 change.
3 I mostly suffer from insomnia, and I cannot shake off the question
4 of why I had to suffer when I never belonged to any kind of organisation.
5 I was part of no military. I was not involved in anything. My father
6 only gave me this name 40-odd years ago, and this is why I have suffered,
7 and this is why my family, my mother, my brothers, my sisters, my father
8 are still suffering.
9 And I have these pains day and night, but I am not giving up. I
10 believe that it will improve. The wounds have healed to a large degree,
11 but I'm still not well. I cannot walk for more than ten minutes at a
12 time, and it's hard. But I thank you for asking me this question and
13 thank you for showing understanding for my unfortunate case.
14 JUDGE CLARK: Well, I can appreciate, Witness, that the
15 psychological trauma is continuing, and indeed the sequelae of your other
16 injuries.
17 In all the circumstances, therefore, thank you very much for
18 answering my questions and indeed for coming here today.
19 JUDGE LIU: Thank you, Judge Clark.
20 Judge Diarra?
21 JUDGE DIARRA: [Interpretation] Thank you, Mr. President.
22 Witness, I would simply like to ask you: Did you have any
23 opportunity to check, to verify whether the persons of whom you were told
24 that they were Messrs. Naletilic and Martinovic were indeed these men?
25 A. I had no opportunity to verify whether Mr. Martinovic, called
1 Stela, and Mr. Mladen Naletilic, Tuta, were indeed these men. I had no
2 opportunity to verify it. I did not verify it. And again I take full
3 responsibility when I say that even before that, I had never seen them,
4 and I never had any conflict or any problems with them. And I believe
5 that they had none with me either.
6 JUDGE DIARRA: [Interpretation] So at this point in time, you know
7 that Mr. -- that Vinko Martinovic and Mladen Naletilic passed through the
8 prison, the camp where you were staying because you were told so by the
9 other prisoners who were there with you?
10 A. That is exactly right, because all my knowledge is based on what
11 they told me. And they were talking among themselves quietly,
12 whispering. They were sharing stories, the prisoners who were from
13 Herzegovina, Konjic, Jablanica, Mostar, Bijelo Polje, and so on and so
14 forth.
15 JUDGE DIARRA: [Interpretation] When Juka Prazina turned loose his
16 German shepherd dog on this prisoner from Prozor, this happened in the
17 presence of Martinovic, that is, you said that you thought that this man
18 was Martinovic. Was Naletilic also present there, and how did these
19 people react?
20 A. Yes, he was present. But please, I did not hear what they were
21 talking about, and I did not see what their reaction was. After a period
22 of time, they pushed him out of the room into the hallway, and I will take
23 responsibility in saying that the other prisoners who were there, and I --
24 they saw that Vinko Martinovic, Stela, and Mladen Naletilic, Tuta, did not
25 beat or abuse this young man. But I do not know how they reacted. They
1 were not near me. They may have been 12 to 15 metres away from me. I do
2 not know what they were talking about and so on.
3 JUDGE DIARRA: [Interpretation] Are you the only member of your
4 family who survived these difficult times which took place in your
5 country, or did other members of your family, your brothers, sisters, or
6 parents, also suffered some hard times?
7 A. I'm the only one who had suffered in this way, in a camp. My
8 brothers, my father, my sisters were not in a camp. But, for instance,
9 perhaps some distant relatives or some neighbours of mine may have
10 suffered in another way, may have been wounded by some shrapnel or
11 something, or in conflict with the Serbian army and so on. But of my
12 family, I was the only one who was imprisoned and mistreated and tortured
13 and so on.
14 JUDGE DIARRA: [Interpretation] At one point, you told us about
15 your only child. In a letter which you wrote to the Minister, you
16 mentioned two children. So do you have one or two children, and were
17 these children also children also the victims of the traumas that you
18 suffered?
19 A. I have two children. My children are victims, and my wife, for
20 days and nights -- day and night, they empathise with what I have gone
21 through. They often ask me questions. I often avoid giving them the real
22 truth. Frequently, a small detail may make me raise my voice, or I may
23 turn depressive or aggressive, and the children start crying and run to
24 their mother. I am not trying to beat my children or mistreat them in any
25 way, but these things are happening. It's this so-called post-traumatic
1 stress syndrome. So they are victims because they empathise with me.
2 When I am unwell, when the doctors come to give me injection, when
3 I take medication, when I cannot get up, when at night there's no
4 physician, when I have to wait for the morning in order to be able to get
5 some injection, then they cannot sleep. They cannot have a normal,
6 regular life like children should have. And you will know fully well that
7 they are at no fault in all of this.
8 JUDGE DIARRA: [Interpretation] I thank you, sir, and I wish you a
9 lot of courage and a lot of good fortune to you and your children.
10 A. Thank you very much.
11 JUDGE LIU: Thank you, Judge Diarra.
12 Any questions out of Judge's questions? Mr. Stringer?
13 MR. STRINGER: Mr. President, with your permission, just one
14 question of the witness.
15 Further examination by Mr. Stringer:
16 Q. Witness, let me ask you again, you were asked about how you knew
17 that it was Mladen Naletilic, Tuta, and Vinko Martinovic, Stela. And I
18 just wanted to ask you: The two men whom you're saying are Naletilic and
19 Martinovic, did you see those two men in your part of the building with
20 your own eyes and then learn from others who you think the names of those
21 men are? Did you see them with your own eyes?
22 A. That is correct. That is correct, that I saw them with my own
23 eyes. But I did not know who they were. Then the prisoners told me,
24 "These are Vinko Martinovic, Juka Prazina. That is Mr. Mladen
25 Naletilic," and so on.
1 MR. STRINGER: Thank you.
2 JUDGE LIU: Any questions? Mr. Par.
3 MR. PAR: [Interpretation] No questions, Your Honour, thank you.
4 JUDGE LIU: Mr. Krsnik?
5 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] No questions, Your Honour.
6 JUDGE LIU: Thank you very much.
7 Witness, thank you very much for helping us by giving your
8 evidence.
9 [The witness's testimony via videolink concluded]
10 JUDGE LIU: At this stage, are there any documents to tender into
11 the evidence?
12 MR. STRINGER: Just Exhibit 20.10 as marked, which is /3,
13 20.10/3. I think that the Exhibit Number 1 I think is already in evidence
14 and the Trial Chamber is able to find all the locations --
15 JUDGE LIU: But it was re-marked by the witness himself. That
16 should be a different --
17 MR. STRINGER: That would be P1/1, and we tender that exhibit as
18 well.
19 JUDGE LIU: Thank you. I guess there's no objections from Defence
20 counsel.
21 Yes, Mr. Krsnik.
22 MR. KRSNIK: No objection, Your Honour.
23 MR. PAR: [Interpretation] Also no objection.
24 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] However, Your Honours, the Defence
25 would like to tender the letter, but I do not have enough copies, so I
1 will provide a sufficient number of copies and give it to the Madam
2 Registrar tomorrow.
3 I would just like to announce that I will tender it. That would
4 be D1/40, I believe, Madam Registrar, the letter to the Minister. Then
5 D1/39. And I am going to provide the sufficient number of copies to the
6 Madam Registrar tomorrow.
7 JUDGE LIU: Yes, Mr. Stringer. Any objections?
8 MR. STRINGER: No, Mr. President. No objection to the Defence
9 exhibit.
10 Before we break, I would just like to express on behalf of the
11 Prosecution our gratitude to the Trial Chamber and your staff for your
12 willingness to work late and to do this. We really appreciate it.
13 JUDGE LIU: Thank you.
14 How about that previous statement put forward by you during the
15 cross-examination? We believe that you used that document quite
16 extensively.
17 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] I'm sorry. I will not take it
18 badly. I know that I have -- that I'm running out of yellow cards, but I
19 did not have enough copies. So when we produce enough copies, I'm going
20 to tender that previous statement, too, as our exhibit. And that would, I
21 believe, be D1/40 is our next exhibit.
22 JUDGE LIU: Well -- yes, Mr. Stringer.
23 MR. STRINGER: I just simply want to say, Mr. President, if we're
24 talking about the OTP statement which is dated the 17th and 18th of
25 September, 1997, we have no objection to it being tendered, I think, for
1 the limited purposes which would fall within an earlier decision of this
2 Trial Chamber, although the Trial Chamber can obviously accept it for
3 whatever evidentiary value it deems worth.
4 JUDGE LIU: Well, Mr. Krsnik, you could submit this document to
5 this Trial Chamber, and Madam Registrar will give it an ID number.
6 Whether this should be admitted into evidence, we'll make the decision at
7 a later stage, after we read those previous statements. Is that clear?
8 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] Very clear, Your Honours. I was just
9 going to ask you one more thing: Is your decision a standing decision
10 that only the relevant parts of the statement be taken into account? This
11 is back a couple of months ago, this decision. Because I know that my
12 learned friend only was leading the relevant portions, I believe, if I'm
13 not wrong. My learned friend will remember that -- that the decision, the
14 ruling of the Trial Chamber was only that the relevant portions of the
15 statements be retained, be kept. If that is not so, I'll be happy to
16 provide the full -- to finish a full statement.
17 JUDGE LIU: Well, you used very extensively this previous
18 statement, and you can submit that statement in its totality. We will
19 make the decision at a later stage concerning this statement.
20 MR. KRSNIK: [Interpretation] Thank you, Your Honour. I
21 understand.
22 JUDGE LIU: Well, we will resume at 2.30 tomorrow afternoon in
23 Courtroom II.
24 --- Whereupon the hearing adjourned at 10.50 p.m.,
25 to be reconvened on Tuesday, the 4th day
1 of December, 2001, at 2.30 p.m.
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University of Texas Proves an Excellent Venue for Paleo Imaging Workshop
Fri, 2014-05-02 13:11 -- gnelson
There may be no place better than the University of Texas to conduct a broad-based paleo imaging workshop. This certainly seemed the consensus the week of 29 April at the co-sponsored iDigBio and Jackson School of Geosciences imaging event. More than 50 attendees were treated to three days of presentations, demonstrations, and hands-on CT training, all of which were recorded and are now available on the workshop wiki at https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Paleo_Imaging_Workshop. Thanks to an outstanding planing team composed of Ann Molineux (University of Texas), Roger Burkhalter (University of Oklahoma), Jessie Maisano (University of Texas), and Aaron Wood (University of Florida), every minute was packed with content. iDigBio extends sincere appreciation to Jackson School dean Sharon Mosher for her hospitality, warm welome to participants, and for affording staff time to arrange numerous details that ensured success. We are especially appreciative of her opening the Jackson School to us for our opening reception and dinner.
Day 1 of the workshop included presentations from 20 speakers on a wide-ranging array of topics that included 2D and 3D imaging as well as Tim Rowe's introduction to CT scanning technology and its uses for paleontological research. Photogrammetry techniques were highlighted as were reflectance transformation imaging and 3D printing technologies. Uses for each of these technologies for lab and field-based research as well as for education and outreach were emphasized as were strategies for attaching images to database records. We were pleased that Alix Vance, editor GeoScienceWorld, was on hand to orient us to OpenGeoSci, an open platform for geographic data discovery and visualization. Visit the wiki for the full agenda and recordings of the presentations.
Day 2 offered a fast-track training session on CT scanning led by Jessie Maisano and her staff in the High-resolution X-ray CT Facility at the University of Texas. Participants were asked to contribute samples for scanning prior to the workshop and to briefly explain these samples to workshop participants. Attendees were introduced to a suite of software tools for analyzing and visualizing CT data, with a focus on virtual 3D reconstructions and their use in research. The manual for the CT scanning portion of the workshop is available on the wiki.
Day 3 was devoted to 15 tours and demonstrations ranging from core and SEM imaging to 3D surface scanning, high capacity data storage, various camera configurations, stacking techniques, lightbox and whole-drawer imaging, techniques for attaching images to paleontological database records, and aerial imaging from a quadrocopter.
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‘A gentle innocent soul’ - Family of Lyra McKee pay tribute to murdered journalist
THE FAMILY of Lyra McKee have paid tribute to her “gentle innocent soul” in a moving statement released ahead of the 29-year-old’s funeral.
The statement, written by Lyra’s mother Joan, her brothers Gary and David and sisters Joan Hunter, Nichola Corner and Mary Crossan said: "On Thursday 18th April our beautiful Lyra was taken from us.
"A daughter, a sister, an aunt, a great-aunt, a partner, a niece, a cousin, and above all, a best friend and confidante to so many of us.
"A friend to all, a gentle innocent soul who wouldn't wish ill on anyone. Such a warm and innocent heart, she was the greatest listener, someone who had time for everyone."
"She was a smart, strong-minded woman who believed passionately in inclusivity, justice and truth,” the McKee family added.
"Lyra spoke to and made friends with anybody and everybody, no matter what their background, those of all political views and those with none. This openness, and her desire to bring people together, made her totally apolitical."
"We would ask that Lyra's life and her personal philosophy are used as an example to us all as we face this tragedy together. Lyra's answer would have been simple, the only way to overcome hatred and intolerance is with love, understanding and kindness," they said.
The statement, also supported by their spouses and the nieces and nephews of Ms McKee, went on to thank the local community for their "outpouring of support and love.”
"We ask everyone who knew Lyra to continue her message of positivity and hope, by respecting her memory with dignity and respect,” they added.
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Learning from Viola Davis’ Empowering Moment
Feb 19, 2015 | Feminism, Magdalene, Women
Image Source: ABC Network
[Read directly on Magdalene.co]
by Jennie M. Xue
I’m one of ten million viewers who watch How to Get Away with Murder TV series on a US television network. Viola Davis plays Professor Annalise Keating, who is a lecturer of Criminal Law at the fictional Middleton University.
In one of the scenes, Annalise removes all her makeup with a sheet of moist makeup removal tissue, fake eyelashes, and straight-hair wig. She transforms from a glamorous and ultra-confident criminal attorney to a fragile private woman with sadness and insecurity about her life. That scene has been crowned as one of the most memorable television scenes of all time.
We all have an intense moment when our public life collides with the private one. Whenever I’m in that moment, Viola reminds me to keep calm and carry on.
The society expects women to be poised and helpful. But sometimes we have to be firm, decisive, and fearless. We take off our wig and swap our demure smile with a stern demeanor.
Because life, after all, isn’t always rosy. Yet we need to keep ourselves empowered and allow nothing to chip our best away.
Many feminists are more concerned about external empowerment, while neglecting internal empowerment. We need to be both Annalise the professor-cum-attorney and the default woman in her home without any makeup. We need to feel at ease with who we are in public and in private.
You’re experiencing external empowerment when you can enjoy the freedom to be yourself in public. You can do whatever you want, achieve as high as you can fly, and enjoy all the admiration. But when you’re all by yourself, are you internally empowered?
Even successful and glamorous women take off their facade when they are alone. How they feel about themselves might not be public, but most likely they are just like us. Imperfect. Sometimes scared about uncertainty.
I’d love to see more women and girls getting more empowered internally, instead of externally. Because, whenever the whole world turns its back on us, we are what we make of ourselves.
Learn to empower yourself well, even when there is no one else around. You should feel sufficient with yourself, how you look, how much money you make, and how intelligent you are. You should feel all right all alone and be independent from others’ company. You should feel that you can go anywhere by yourself with two pieces of luggage, a laptop and a smartphone.
You should feel good when you’re admired by others and when there is only yourself around. Internal empowerment requires feeling good about yourself and your surroundings. And there are certain parts of the past that you can’t change, but you can always influence how today ends and tomorrow starts.
If you have a daughter, do her a favor. Prepare her to face the world bravely, with others and all by herself. A community is a good support system, but she is her own true best friend who wouldn’t leave her until the end of time.
I was raised an only child, which explains many things, like not minding being alone and doing things independently without the help of any helpers. I love experimenting with cooking and doing research on various interesting topics. Most importantly, I’ve been trained to make many decisions by myself.
Being decisive courageously is a skill that can be learned. And it’s one of the most valuable skills an empowered woman can have. But how?
First things first, be logical. If necessary, take Logic 101 class and think things through logically, not merely with “gut feeling.” We are a creature with mind, not merely with “gut.” So, use it well.
Second, culture and certain customs play an important part in our decision-making process, but some of them are already obsolete and unreasonable. Make a decision within the current-day context. Not when old customs were formed.
Third, what you think about yourself is more important than what others think of you. If you are at peace with this, nothing can shake your confidence and future.
Be an empowered woman and person, both externally and internally. It doesn’t cost a lot of money to live with an abundant of confidence. With courage, you can make the world a better place, at least from your viewpoint.[]
Magdalene.co, February 19, 2015
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To provide a highly controlled, low-risk environment for our students and employees.
To adopt flexible means that will ensure minimal disruption to the students’ education.
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C. GUIDING PRINCIPLES
The following principles apply to the implementation of the contingency plan:
Recognize the primacy of expert advice: The school regularly seeks advice from the following sources: the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control (US), the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Tianjin Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Local Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Jinnan District), and the Raffles Clinic.
Seek and provide information: The school seeks and validates information from multiple sources including government departments, embassies, UN agencies and inter-school networks. It regularly disseminates information to the school community.
Devise and evaluate strategies: The strategies for combating potential flu pandemics are broadly outlined in a four-stage plan. The Task Force will evaluate and modify strategies in response to changing circumstances.
Provide optional courses of action for community members: The school leadership has neither the expertise nor the authority to make life decisions for members of the community. It will therefore provide optional courses of action, for example in the areas of program completion by students, and contractual decisions by employees.
Control rumors: Members of the IST community are expected to report all rumors regarding the influenza to the Task Force. The Task Force will investigate all rumors and report its findings to the community.
D. THE FOUR-STAGE PLAN
Strict health and hygiene measures in school.
Education and advice for students, staff and parents on the nature of influenza and preventative measures including personal hygiene, vaccination and healthy life style.
Continuously seek information and advice from relevant authorities including WHO, CDC, Raffles, the Chinese/Tianjin governments and foreign embassies.
Purchase and stock maintenance of disinfectant and cleaning materials and other items including face-masks and non-contact thermometers.
Plan web-based academic program and other means for home study, for use in an emergency situation.
Students may not bring drinking cups for use in the classrooms. They should bring drinking bottles or flasks to school each day and take them home daily for washing. The purpose of this measure is to reduce the risk of infection from dirty cups.
All students who have been absent from school must report to the School Clinic to be checked by the School Nurse before re-admission to class. The purpose of this measure, which applies to all students who have missed any school, apart from those on school sponsored trips, is to lower the risk of contagion between students.
When cases of transmission are reported in Tianjin’s surrounding provinces (Beijing and Hebei), or in provinces from which the school caterer sources products, the Influenza Task Force will meet immediately to determine the level of risk and to decide whether or not the school should stop the use of certain food products.
Restrict to school campus of all people who have visited regions declared to have been infected.
If the areas declared to have been infected include Beijing/Tianjin/Tanggu, the security staff will restrict entry to the campus of all people except students, staff, parents, IST drivers and essential suppliers.
If the areas declared to have been infected include Beijing/Tianjin/Tanggu, the school nurse will monitor the health of all students, staff, parents, IST drivers, and essential suppliers upon entry to the school campus.
All students and staff sent home sick with flu-like symptoms will remain at home for a mandatory 5 consecutive days before being checked by the school nurse prior to readmission to school.
Students, staff and parents advised not to visit livestock markets.
Immediately cease the use of certain food products in school, when of transmission are reported in Tianjin.
STAGE 3: REPORT
Comply with all instructions and advice from relevant authorities including Chinese and Tianjin governments and World Health Organization.
Prohibit all visitors to school campus except students, staff, parents, IST drivers and essential suppliers. Parents, IST drivers, and essential suppliers will be restricted from entering the school buildings.
Monitor health of all students, staff, parents, IST drivers, and essential suppliers entering the school campus.
Prohibit entry to the campus of any person who has traveled, or whose family members have traveled, to an infected region.
Upon medical advice, prohibit entry to school campus of any person who has not received an influenza vaccination within the previous twelve months.
According to circumstances, implement additional measures to prevent infection, including cancellation of all field trips, social events and sporting fixtures.
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If the school is ordered or advised to close by relevant authorities such as Chinese or Tianjin governments or World Health Organization, implement the web-based academic program and other home study strategies for students.
Make decisions regarding staff welfare and employment based on staff contracts, applicable school policies, Chinese/Tianjin government directives, advice from WHO, and in the case of expatriate employees, the advice of the United States Embassy.
E. HOW PARENTS CAN HELP
Do not send your children to school when they have a cough, cold, or fever. Students who come to school in this condition will be sent home immediately, and will not be re-admitted until they have completed a period of quarantine of 5 consecutive days and have been checked by the school nurse.
Remind your child about the need to use tissues when coughing and sneezing, and to wash their hands after using the toilet.
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Auction Id – 195205 Antique VIENNA PORCELAIN Coffee Set 19th Century Austria
Auction Id - 195205 Antique VIENNA PORCELAIN Coffee Set 19th Century Austria
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Here is a 19th century delightful antique Vienna porcelain coffee set. It includes 5 coffee cups & 6 saucers, a cream jug and a cabaret tray. They are all beautifully gilded and painted with gilt framed classical court scenes on a pale pink-peach color ground. Each cup, tray & jug of this antique Vienna porcelain coffee set has a different court picture. All pieces (except the tray) have the underglaze blue Bindenschild mark, the tray has an impressed mark: Haas & Cžjžek - Schlaggenwald 1450... The Vienna Porcelain Bindenschild (the shield not a beehive), incorporated in Vienna marks is a symbolic rendition of the center of the Coat-of-Arms of the Royal Habsburg family of Austria. There is no mistaking the unique quality and design of this set, which is sure to make it a treasured piece for any discerning collector. Condition: The tray, 4 cups & 6 saucers are in good antique condition with some wear due of course to age. One cup has a chip on the base (look at the pictures) please see photos and you are welcome to request more for confirmation. Approximate dimensions: Porcelain tray/plate 12 7/8" in diameter, coffee cups 3 1/2"w (with handle) x 2 7/8" in top diameter x 1 3/4"h, each saucer 3 5/8" in diameter, milk jug 6"h x 4 1/2"w with handle x 3 1/4" in base diameter. History: The history of the factory dates back to 1792 when Johann Georg Paulus initiated its founding and in the next year, along with partners J. Pöschl and J. Reumann, began operations. After several years of unsuccessful attempts to produce porcelain, they decided to sell the factory. The factory was bought in 1800 by Luise Sophie Greiner, but her attempt also turned out to be unsuccessful. The turning point was the arrival of her son Johann Georg Lippert, a surgeon from Slavkov, along with Wenzel Haas. Since 1808 the company has been known as Lippert & Haas. By 1819 the company already had a representative office in Vienna (later also in Prague, Brno and Budapest) and in 1831 C. K. Ministry of the Treasury in Vienna said that the products of Schlaggenwald exceeded the quality of Vienna products. The company was appointed as the official supplier of porcelain in 1812 to Emperor Francis I of Austria and his daughter Marie Louise. August Haas died in 1867 and his heir was his son, Georg Haas, who accepted as a partner Johann Cžjžek and the factory was branded with the name of Haas & Cžjžek. After buying a factory in Chodov (Chodau), the company then employed a total of over 1000. In 1908, on the day of the 60th birthday of Emperor Franz Joseph I, title of nobility were granted to Georg Baron Haas von Hassenfeld and J.B. Cžjžek Adler von Smidaich (www.porcelainzone.com/en/factories/haas-czjzek-schlaggenwald). Royal Vienna is the generic name given to items made in a particular decorative style reminiscent of Renaissance paintings and sculptures. Strong elements of Greek Classicism are almost always present and the colour palette seems to be dominated by soft hues and romantic vibrancy. Gilding and elaborate border designs, and sometimes even Ormolu or Metal Mounts, were frequent decorative details that enhanced the superb painting and colours on Royal Vienna antiques. Almost all Royal Vienna porcelain was meant primarily for display and adoration, with the notable exception of some super-fine chinaware that most likely is used quite rarely and on very auspicious occasions. The original and authentic Imperial & Royal Vienna "beehive mark" on porcelain is never symmetrical and is always under-glazed in blue or impressed, with very few exceptions. However, the most common beehive mark used on items in the same style, but made ca 19th century and onwards. The vast majority and most desired Royal Vienna porcelain items are those made from the 1870s to the 1930s. This period witnessed the peak of their production by hundreds of companies & porcelain studios. ***Notice, please, that each computer monitor is different and the real colors may slightly vary*** ****The item will be carefully packed and sent with a tracking number *** ♥ Feel free to contact me and ask any question(s) about this item!♥
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Although not signed to the label, COUNTRY FEVER were invited to join the 'RCA Stars In Concert' tour in November 1969 on a star-studded bill with a number of the label's successful recording artists. Not only were they given their own spot on the show but they also backed both CONNIE SMITH and NAT STUCKEY throughout the tour. Other artists who appeared were; GEORGE HAMILTON IV, BOBBY BARE, SKEETER DAVIS, CHET ATKINS & THE HILLSIDERS.
The tour lasted for two weeks. They played two London dates - 'Walthamstow Granada' and the 'Royal Albert Hall' and venues in Germany, Holland, Denmark, Finland, Sweeden and Norway.
After their performances at the first date on the tour 'Walthamstow Granada' Nat Stuckey announced that he would like to record with Country Fever over here and Connie Smith said that if she could afford them she would take them back to the States as her backing group! Neither materialised, however, Nat Stuckey returned to the US and named his next album after them 'Country Fever'!
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China foils planned Islamic 'Holy War'
5 separatists killed in raid in Xinjiang region; Chinese VP: Safe Olympics means better image for China.
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Chinese police shot dead five members of a radical Islamic separatist group intent on waging "holy war," state media reported Wednesday, as top officials called for an all-out security push ahead of next month's Beijing Olympics. No hard evidence was offered to back up the claim, although a leading terrorism expert said such incidents underscore the significant threat Beijing faces from an al-Qaida-linked radical group fighting for independence in the predominantly Muslim far western Xinjiang region. With the Olympics just weeks away, Chinese officials are ordering increasingly draconian security measures, with a dual ring of hundreds of checkpoints due to go up around the city starting next week. State media accounts of Tuesday's raid in Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi, said two other members of the group were hospitalized with injuries and eight others detained. The group, all members of Xinjiang's indigenous Uighur ethnic group and including five women, brandished knives and swore to fight to the death after more than a dozen police officers surrounded their apartment, the official Xinhua News Agency said. "The suspects confessed they had all received training on the launching of a 'holy war,"' Xinhua said. Xinhua said the group sought independence for Xinjiang and planned to slaughter members of China's majority Han ethnic group who have streamed into the region, 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) west of Beijing, since it was occupied by communist troops in 1949. The report said police had been hunting the gang since it attacked a beauty salon in May and were forced to open fire Tuesday when the alleged radicals charged out of the apartment after tear gas was fired into it. Calls to the police spokesman's office in Urumqi rang unanswered Wednesday, and a security guard at the Chenguan Garden community where the raid reportedly occurred hung up the phone when asked about the incident. Authorities have previously accused Xinjiang separatists of attempting to crash an airliner in March and planning to kidnap athletes and journalists during the Olympics. The Urumqi shootings added to jitters about security for the games in Beijing, which has already taken extraordinary measures to ensure safety. Authorities issued a reminder Wednesday that numerous items would be banned at venues, from long-handled umbrellas to cigarette lighters. At a rally for Olympic organizers Wednesday, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping called security the single most important task for organizers in the run-up to the games. "A safe Olympics is the biggest indicator of the success of the games," Xi, tasked with supervising overall Olympic preparations, said in a speech at the Great Hall of the People, the seat of China's legislature. "A safe Olympics is also a key indicator of the positive reflection of our nation's image," he said, underscoring the massive national prestige Communist leaders have invested in the Aug. 8-24 games. China claims Tibetan forces allied with the exiled Dalai Lama and Xinjiang separatists are seeking to torpedo the games with violent plots, including suicide bombings. No evidence has been provided to support the claims, while critics accuse Beijing of using terrorism accusations to silence even peaceful dissent and often portraying ordinary criminal acts or civil unrest as terrorist-inspired in a bid to win public support. Like Tibetans, Xinjiang's indigenous Uighurs have a language and culture distinct from that of China's Han ethnic majority, and Uighur extremists have waged a low-intensity struggle against Chinese rule for decades. Many have been sentenced to long prison terms or death on separatism charges. Xinhua did not say if the alleged Urumqi gang was affiliated with any known terrorist groups, although Beijing typically blames attacks on the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, or ETIM, a militant group that demands separation from China and which Washington claims is linked with al-Qaida. Rohan Gunaratna, a Singapore-based terrorism expert, said China faces a "significant threat" from the ETIM, but is poorly equipped to analyze and respond to the danger. Harsh Chinese restrictions on expressions of Uighur identity and Islamic practice have radicalized sections of the Uighur population and the ETIM, which operates training bases along China's borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan, has increasingly shifted its focus from Xinjiang independence to global jihad, Gunaratna said. "China lacks sophistication in its approach," Gunaratna said in a telephone interview, referring to recent reports that authorities tore down a mosque in Xinjiang in retaliation for not enthusiastically promoting the Olympics. "They need to build bridges with the Muslim community to isolate the radicals," he said. Despite heavy security, Xinjiang groups will likely still attempt attacks in Beijing to "spoil the mood" of the games, Gunaratna said. In a separate report Wednesday, Xinhua said hundreds of checkpoints would go up next week along Beijing's border with neighboring provinces and at access points to the city's center. Officers manning the checkpoints will be equipped with metal detectors and other specialized gear, along with explosive-sniffing dogs.
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» Film Editing
Suspense the extreme long shot
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In Foreign Correspondent (1940), Johnnie Jones (Joel McCrea) has discovered that the Germans have kidnapped a European diplomat days before the beginning of World War II. The rest of the world believes that the diplomat was assassinated in Holland, but it was actually a double who was killed. Only Jones knows the truth. Back in London, he attempts to expose the story and unwittingly confides in a British politician (Herbert Marshall) who secretly works for the Nazis. Now Jones's own life is threatened. The politician assigns him a guardian, Roley, whose actual assignment is to kill him. Roley leads him to the top of a church (a favorite Hitchcock location), where he plans to push Jones to his death.
Roley holds a schoolboy up to see the sights below more clearly. The film cuts to a vertical shot that emphasizes how far it is to street level. The boy's hat blows off, and Hitchcock cut to the hat blowing toward the ground. The distance down is the most notable element of the shot. The schoolboys leave, and Jones and Roley are alone until a tourist couple interferes with Roley's plans. Shortly, however, they are alone again. Jones looks at the sights. The next shot shows Roley's outstretched hands rushing to the camera until we see his hands in close-up. Hitchcock then cut to an extreme long shot of a man falling to the ground. We don't know if it's Jones, but as the film cuts to pedestrians rushing about on the ground, a sense of anticipation builds about Jones's fate. Shortly, we discover that Jones has survived because of a sixth sense that made him turn around and sidestep Roley. For the moment that precedes this information, there is a shocking sense of what has happened and a concern that someone has died. Hitchcock built the suspense here by cutting from a close-up to an extreme long shot.
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How Anti-White Rhetoric Is Fueling White Nationalism
Thread: How Anti-White Rhetoric Is Fueling White Nationalism
09-04-2018, 07:55 AM #1 | Top
http://thefederalist.com/2016/05/23/...e-nationalism/
By David Marcus
I opened Twitter recently and saw 20+ notifications. Most of the time that means the new generation of white nationalist Twitter trolls are filling my feed with racist and anti-Semitic cartoons. It was the trolls, but this was different. They were celebrating my use of the word “anti-white” in a tweet. They saw it as a victory that a “mainstream conservative” was using this term that for so long has been their calling card.
They had a point. Until recently I would have been unlikely to use the term. Not because I didn’t believe some people harbored animosity towards whites, but because that was a fringe attitude removed from power, which represented little real threat. That is no longer the case. Progressive rhetoric on race has turned an ugly corner and the existence of “anti-white” attitudes can no longer be ignored.
In the past year, all of the following headlines have appeared, in well-read publications:
The White Guy Problem
White Men Must be Stopped: The Very Future of Mankind Depends on It
I Don’t Know What To Do With Good White People
Ten Things White People Need To Stop Saying
Dear White People: Here’s a List of Things We’d Wish You’d Stop Doing
What is new is the direct indictment of white people as a race. This happened through a strange rhetorical transformation over the past few years. At first, “white men are our greatest threat” postings tended to be ironic, a way of putting the racist shoe on the other foot. They were meant to show that blaming an entire race for the harmful actions of a few individuals is senseless.
Then the tenor changed. What started as irony turned into an actual belief that white people, specifically white men, are more dangerous and immoral than any other people. Loosely backed up by historical inequities and disparities in mass shootings, this position has begun to take a serious foothold.
Don’t Ask White People to Be More Tribal
Strikingly, this shift in rhetoric undermines what was once the core of anti-racist efforts. Treating people equally has given way to making all of us ambassadors for our race. This is a classic theme in critical race theory, that people of color carry a burden of representation that white people do not. But foisting the baggage of representation onto white people doesn’t solve that problem. It makes it worse.
Treating people equally has given way to making all of us ambassadors for our race.
White people are being asked—or pushed—to take stock of their whiteness and identify with it more. This is a remarkably bad idea. The last thing our society needs is for white people to feel more tribal. The result of this tribalism will not be a catharsis of white identity, improving equality for non-whites. It will be resentment towards being the only tribe not given the special treatment bestowed by victimhood.
A big part of the reason white Americans have been willing to go along with policies that are prejudicial on their face, such as affirmative action, is that they do not view themselves as a tribe. Given the inequality of resources favoring whites in our society, it is a good thing that white people view themselves as the ones without an accent. Should that change, white privilege (whatever one views that to be) will not be eviscerated—it will be entrenched.
The Tipping Point of Whiteness
All of this comes at a time when the last immigrants from the great wave of white immigration from 1850-1920 have died off. In the past, most whites identified with their European ethnicity: Irish, Italian, German, etc. As white people gravitate away from such identities, many see themselves as a neutral, “non racial” population. The Left criticizes this refusal to see themselves as “white,” but it is far preferable to the alternative: an American white population that views itself as a special-interest group.
The Left criticizes this refusal to see themselves as ‘white,’ but it is far preferable to the alternative.
The recurring, tired refrain that we should have a white history month if there is a black history month, or white student unions on campuses, is unintentionally being given new life by the Left. Celebrations or organizations of whiteness do not exist because we don’t need them. White people do not face the same kinds of systemic discrimination that people of color do. But progressives are doing a very good job of convincing white people that they do.
When parents of Virginia high school students complained about a white privilege video being shown to their kids, they rightfully noted that their kids were being singled out based on their race. The video featured a foot race in which people of color were burdened by impediments while the white people ran free. It was absolutely fair for them to interpret this as a message to their kids saying, “Your accomplishments are easier and less valuable than those of your peers of color.”
Many parents object to this method of teaching about race relations. While some white people, especially those in the academy and the arts, find the acceptance of privilege and its associated guilt liberating, many do not. Privilege theory is also not being offered as one of many ways to confront and consider racism; it is being offered as the central way. This was brilliantly explored in 2010 by the Midwestern Critical Whiteness Collective’s (MCWC’s) article in Harvard Education Review, “McIntosh as Synecdoche: How Teacher Education Focus on White Privilege Undermines Anti Racism.”
Privilege Theory Is the Wrong Track
The McIntosh in question is Peggy McIntosh, whose 1988 essay “Unpacking The Invisible Knapsack” formed the foundation of privilege theory. The essay is mostly a list of ways in which white people receive better treatment in society. The MCWC describes McIntosh’s theory as a synecdoche because it has come to define the totality of education’s anti-racism efforts. It is meant to be the magic pill that clarifies things and sets us on the right course once consumed.
Many disadvantaged white students reject the notion of their grand privileges and resented the key confessional component of white privilege education.
They found that many disadvantaged white students reject the notion of their grand privileges and resented the key confessional component of white privilege education. One case study involved an education student named John, from a small, non-diverse town. In his final essay for the class John explained his reaction to McIntosh: “I got the feeling from it that it was more about trying to make white males feel guilty for things they most likely had no control over. Being a white male I got a little worked up about the whole list since I don’t feel like I have anything to apologize for.”
John rolled his eyes at privilege theory. However, his teacher reported that other ways of exploring racism and multiculturalism such as films on race relations and historical texts broadened John’s empathy towards non-white people. John was able to reject confession while still becoming a better anti-racist educator. This made John’s teacher wonder whether confessional white privilege is the universally beneficial educational tool it is made out to be. The collective found that it is not.
In its blunt conclusion, the collective writes: “McIntosh’s conception of white privilege has been at the center of anti-racist thought and action in teacher education. We argue, however, that McIntosh’s ideas simplify white racial identity in dangerous ways. We also demonstrate that white privilege pedagogy demands confession, but that confession is a dead end. Finally, we propose that white supremacy needs to replace white privilege as the central concern of our anti-racist efforts.”
Abetting White Supremacy
When privilege theory took root in the 1990s, society roundly condemned the outward expression of racist attitudes. This is why the focus shifted to the ways in which white people were racist without even knowing it. Importantly, all white people were guilty of this form of racism. The act of confessing privilege became the means through which white people discovered this hidden racism.
The shift to the privilege model had an unintended consequence that is abetting white supremacy.
But, as the past year has shown us, good old-fashioned white supremacy was not gone; it was simply driven underground. Not only was white supremacy still extant, it was going more or less unaddressed. The shift to the privilege model had an unintended consequence that is abetting white supremacy.
One can teach against white supremacy by encouraging students to treat everyone as equal, or at least as individuals not defined in important ways by their race. Privilege theory does not allow for this approach. It demands that differences be front and center and that we always consider a person’s race in considering him. This focus on “valuing differences” over “the colorblind model” unlocked the door to the white supremacist revival that today’s anti-white rhetoric has kicked open.
White Grievance On the Rise
It surprises many people that an increasing number of white Americans over the past decade believe whites face more discrimination than blacks. Obviously this feeling is inconsistent with economic data. Many have argued that a white fear of losing the dominant economic place in society is behind this belief. But what if the discrimination that white people are feeling and expressing is not primarily economic in nature?
He was upset at having to confess guilt for events he had no control over. Many whites feel this way.
This brings us back to John. What got him “worked up” about privilege theory was not that he’d have to compete for jobs with minorities. He was upset at having to confess guilt for events he had no control over. Many whites feel this way. Moreover, many resent the pedagogical transformations that their history and culture are undergoing. White historical figures once held in too high esteem have swung the other way into utter disrepute. Also, the histories of no other peoples are being held to these lofty standards.
Mohandas Gandhi’s racism, the Black Panthers’ vicious murders, and Santa Anna’s barbarism are understood within the context of their positive contributions. Increasingly, white Americans perceive that Columbus, Jefferson, Jackson, and many other core white historical figures are consistently brought down a peg in order to decentralize whiteness in history. This assault on their history has a deeper impact than many on the Left are aware of, or willing to admit.
Rise of the White Race Baiters
The combination of the confessional and universal aspects of white privilege and the reconstruction of white history has opened the door for white racial grievance-mongers. From 2014 to 2015, the number of active Klu Klux Klan chapters in the United States grew from 72 to 190, a massive increase for a group so closely associated with hatred. Along with these organized efforts, social media has given a dangerous new platform to white supremacists.
One of the key components to the success of this racism is the almost-daily parade of silly micro-aggressions and triggers, specifically on college campuses. Conservative media seize upon disputes over the cultural appropriation of taco night or banning hoopskirts as evidence that minority racial grievance has gotten unhinged.
In emerging white nationalist journals such as Radix, this constant drumbeat of attack against white insensitivity is viewed gravely. What results is a belief among a growing number of whites in the concepts of “white genocide” and “racial realism.”
Both “white genocide” and “racial realism” harken back to the worst elements of American racial history. The former reacts in horror to the races mixing sexually for fear of resulting offspring being impure. The latter pretends to take a cold, scientific look at demography to prove the superiority of the white race. Ideas of this ilk, until recently thought to be confined to a fringe dustbin, have taken on new life in our hyper-racialized society.
Young white men, reacting to social and educational constructs that paint them as the embodiment of historical evil, are fertile ground for white supremacists. They are very aware of the dichotomy between non-white culture, which must be valued at all times (even in the midst of terror attacks), and white culture, which must be criticized and devalued. They don’t like it.
Same Tactics, Different Sides
The result of these societal double standards is for many a desire to lash out against it. For every white college student who dutifully accepts his privilege, many more resent the idea and wish to fight it. The sharpest arrow in their quiver is to be offensive.
In reducing all phenomena to a question of race, both the alt right and the progressive left ensure the dominance of racial resentment as the lynchpin of our society.
This desire to be offensive has given rise to the “alt right.” Supporters of this loosely assembled white nationalist movement understand a playful aspect to its use of slurs. But just as the Left shifted from using anti-white rhetoric as an ironic device to an actual indictment of white culture, so has the alt right come to believe much of its troubling rhetoric.
Do the alt right Twitter trolls really want Jews turned into lampshades, or believe blacks are apes? Many of their supporters say no, that such rhetoric is simply meant to shock the system. They feel oppressed by political correctness and they challenge it, in over-the-top, offensive ways.
If this seems familiar, it should. It is exactly the same approach taken by social justice warriors and purveyors of anti-white rhetoric. The shocking “White Men Are Bad” hot takes serve the same purpose. They are also meant to shock the system. Just as the alt right is willing to denigrate minorities to make plain what they view as racist speech codes, the Left is willing to denigrate straight, white men to make plain what they view as widespread systemic racism.
For both groups the central theme is identity. That theme quickly calcifies into attitudes too brittle to hold up serious discourse. In reducing all phenomena to a question of race, both the alt right and the progressive left ensure the dominance of racial resentment as the lynchpin of our society.
Let’s Find Another Way Forward
W.E.B. Du Bois was born just three years after the end of slavery, but was bullish on the prospects of equality, he writes in “The Souls of Black Folks.”
Work, culture, liberty,—all these we need, not singly but together, not successively but together, each growing and aiding each, and all striving toward that vaster ideal that swims before the Negro people, the ideal of human brotherhood, gained through the unifying ideal of Race; the ideal of fostering and developing the traits and talents of the Negro, not in opposition to or contempt for other races, but rather in large conformity to the greater ideals of the American Republic…
Modern progressives don’t talk about the “greater ideals of the American Republic.” Rather, those ideals have become suspect, empty words used to justify slavery and genocide. But for Du Bois, who was closer to slavery than any of us will ever be, this was not the case. The facile notion that some inherent evil of whiteness must be expunged is anathema to his entire vision of equality and reconciliation.
Put simply, our anti-racism efforts must be refocused away from guilt and confession and towards equality and eradicating irrational judgments based on race. Some on the Left will object, saying that racism is so systemic in society it must be purged before anyone can pretend to treat of others without taking race into account. Some on the Right will object, saying that everything from IQ tests to crime statistics prove something meaningful about the capabilities of individuals based on their race.
Both of these perspectives must be rejected. In their place, we must return to the goal of treating people as individuals, not as representatives of their race.
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my deep level analysis came to this same conclusion two years ago, i posted about it often on JPP. identity politics results in white people identifying whitely, and it's hilarious how minorities think that'd be a good thing for them.
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I told them years ago that they were playing a dangerous game by continually poking the Great White Bear. I told them that whites are still a majority in this country and if you keep fucking with them. If you keep backing them into a corner they will lash out.
You can't tell an out of work coal worker who is struggling to put food on the table for his family that he has "white privilege".
You can't tell the same out of work coal worker that he needs to care about made up global warming
These notions are fine for coastal elites who never had to deal with the consequences of their decisions, but now years of neglect and bullying by the left is resulting in a backlash by whites.
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So the Leftists have managed to turn millenials into white supremacists.
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Southeast snowstorm: 2 deaths, 500-plus Monday flights canceled and 200,000 still in the dark
Sean Rayford
<p>A motorist checks his phone after sliding off the road in the snow on December 9, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. </p>
The brunt of the storm may have passed, but North Carolina residents still face perilous conditions after record-setting snow walloped the state.
"With a mix of snow, ice and rain still coming down in some areas, conditions remain treacherous in many parts of our state," Gov. Roy Cooper said Monday.
The storm, which pummeled the Southeast over the weekend, killed at least one person in North Carolina and grounded thousands of flights in the region, including more than 500 flights on Monday.
PHOTOS: As southeastern winter storm fades, canceled flights and icy roads remain
About 144,000 North Carolina households are still without power Monday morning, the governor said.
In South Carolina, emergency officials said more than 56,000 power customers are without electricity Monday.
With frigid conditions and widespread power outages, Cooper asked residents to check on vulnerable loved ones and the elderly, if possible. He said 15 emergency shelters have opened across North Carolina.
Thousands of airline passengers are stuck
About 3,000 flights were canceled over the weekend due to the storm, but more travel misery is expected, CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said.
Many of the flights were canceled at North Carolina's Charlotte Douglas International Airport and Raleigh-Durham International Airport, as well as Richmond International Airport in Virginia.
"If you are flying today, even if you're flying out of Tampa, your plane may be stuck in Raleigh, so this is going to be a dreadful day to fly," Myers said Monday.
Record-breaking snow pounds the Southeast
Up to 24 inches of snow covered parts of the Appalachian Mountains region over the weekend, CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri said.
Cooper said while the worst of the storm has passed North Carolina, "we need to stay vigilant. We're not out of the woods yet."
"This storm dropped staggering amounts of snow, ice and rain across our state," the governor said. "A year's worth of snowfall or more fell on some places in a little more than a day."
Javaheri said snow showers could remain until mid-afternoon Monday.
And with temperatures dropping below freezing overnight into Tuesday, the threat of icy roads will linger. North Carolina State Highway Patrol warned that even after streets are treated, they can freeze over again.
"Watch out for deadly black ice, especially tonight and tomorrow morning," Cooper said.
Power outage and fallen tree lead to two deaths in North Carolina
A terminally ill woman on hospice care died when the oxygen concentrator in her Haywood County home stopped working after a power outage, the governor's office said.
In the Charlotte suburb of Matthews, a tree fell on a vehicle, causing the car to careen and crash into a church, police said. The driver died, and the passenger was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
In total, 672 crashes were reported during the storm, North Carolina State Highway Patrol said.
The Durham County Sheriff's Office tweeted a photo of a damaged patrol car, warning drivers should be prepared for hidden dangers.
"Another example of the unpredictable happening while driving in #winterweather," the department tweeted. "A chunk of ice fell from an overpass and cracked a deputy's windshield. Thankfully he was ok. If you can't stay home, stay alert. #ncwx #DurhamWeather," the tweet read.
State highway patrol said anyone who must drive should leave twice as much following space as normal behind the next car, in case that vehicle loses control.
Virginia extends winter storm warning
Virginia was also bombarded with snow, and a winter storm warning remains in effect for most of the state until to 2 p.m. ET Monday, CNN meteorologist Gene Norman said.
Over the weekend, the Richmond area got about 9 inches of snow, said the National Weather Service in Wakefield, Virginia. Areas south of Richmond got 6 to 8 inches of snow, Norman said.
Like its neighboring states to the south, Virginia also suffered thousands of power outages and dozens of vehicle crashes.
As of Monday morning, at least 33,000 customers had no electricity, Dominion Energy Virginia said.
And just like in North Carolina, roads are still dangerous in Virginia.
Virginia State Police reported 1,177 crashes since Sunday morning and asked residents to stay off the roads Monday.
State police said it's important to keep streets clear so Department of Transportation workers can access roads.
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NDSU Football: Entz Heads into First Playoffs as Head Coach
Taking What He Learned From Klieman
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FARGO, N..D– North Dakota State football gets a first round bye and home field advantage as a reward for going undefeated and earning the number one seed in the FCS Playoffs.
When the Bison play their second round match-up in two weeks time against the winner of North Dakota and Nicholls State, it’ll be the first time Matt Entz goes into the playoffs as head coach.
Entz says the process of going through what’s to come has been an easy one due to the way former head coach Chris Klieman approached the playoffs and the advice Entz has received from the four–time FCS Championship winner.
“Take it one game at a time. Be thorough. Just keep doing what were doing,” Entz said. “I think we have a really good plan in place. When I say plan I mean weekly plan. We won’t adjust that at all. The only time we ever would is if we have a Friday night game and slotted to play on Friday. Were just going to go about it like our business. That’s how are kids are the most comfortable and at the end of the day, its all about how they feel going into a game.”
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NCAAP Austin President Nelson Linder announcing an investigation into the City of Austin.
Austin NAACP to investigate city amid allegations of discrimination
NCAAP alleges discrimination against the City of Austin.
Author: Shawna Reding
Published: 10:39 AM CDT August 9, 2018
Updated: 3:51 PM CDT August 9, 2018
AUSTIN — Amid allegations that the City of Austin discriminates against black employees, Austin's NAACP announced an investigation Thursday.
In a press release sent Aug. 8, NCAA President Nelson Linder said over the past four years, the city has lost black leaders in the City of Austin, including code enforcement's Carl Smart, former Assistant City Manager Anthony Snipes and previous City Manager Marc Ott. The NCAAP said Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk announced he was replacing his entire executive team, which includes black employees.
Marc Ott resigns as Austin City Manager for job in Washington D.C.
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Linder said "we will also investigate policies that have displaced African Americans by ignoring necessary infrastructure investment in zip codes with Black residents."
"These policies have a historical basis and continue to have a disparate impact as evidenced by the city’s refusal to fulfill its commitment to the African American Quality of Life Initiative and African American Resource Advisory Commission," Linder said in the statement.
NCAAP held a press conference at Austin City Hall on Aug. 9 to announce the investigation.
KVUE reached out to the city in regard to NCAAP's allegations and were given the following statement from City Manager Spencer Cronk:
"I came to Austin knowing of the deep history of racial inequity. It’s something that we’ve only begun to unpack and address head-on. I also know that time is of the essence, and am committed to ensure that our efforts are relevant, meaningful and sustained over time. I believe that the way we’ve realigned our budget to address quality of life recommendations is a step in the right direction, but know that the crucial conversations need to continue both inside the organization and with our community leaders.
From the beginning, I’ve said that we need to amplify the voices of those who may feel unheard or marginalized in Austin. It’s the only path to making Austin the equitable and welcoming city that our Council envisions.”
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Spokane teen rings bells for Salvation Army as his birthday wish
Katerina Chryssafis
Updated: December 24, 2019 7:27 AM
by Katerina Chryssafis
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Christmas is a little over a week away. For one local teen, it’s not just Christmas that’s coming, it’s also his birthday.
Instead of asking for things 16-year-olds normally ask for, he’s using this opportunity to give back to others.
It’s the sound of the holiday and the sound of giving. For Harrison Armstrong, it’s more than that.
“My mother wrote a letter to the commissioner asking him to ring,” said Harrison.
Harrison’s mom Gerriann Armstrong found out he had autism when he was just a little kid.
“Most kids are asking for things like video games, expensive electronics – that kind of stuff,” said Gerriann.
Instead of focusing on ways it makes her son different, she chooses to focus on how it makes him unique.
“When he loves something, he sticks with it,” said Gerriann
One of those things is bell ringing. However, this time he was able to bell ring with someone he considers his hero.
“When I heard from Harrison’s mother that he wanted me to come and ring bells with him here in Spokane, I couldn’t say no,” said Kenneth Hodder, Commissioner for the Salvation Army.
Hodder oversees the entire operation of the Salvation Army in the western United States. He traveled all the way from California to be here for Harrison’s special day.
“It feels really good for him to come here,” Harrison said.
“To receive a request like this was very special. Quite honestly, this has made my Christmas,” said Hodder.
While bell ringing and singing may be common during the holidays, for these two, it’s a day they’ll never forget.
Harrison Armstrong turns 17 in just a few days, but instead of presents, his birthday wish was to ring the bell with Commissioner Ken Hodder of the Salvation Army. Hodder flew down from California to make that wish come true. #4NewsNow pic.twitter.com/GmRVgkjP1B
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Donna Hanna, on behalf and as next friend of Brooke Gabrielle Hanna and Jake Mason Hanna, minor children*, Plaintiffs v. Burt Hanna, individually and as Trustee of The Brook Gabrielle Hanna Trust dated January 4, 1999 and as Trustee of the Jake Mason Hanna Trust dated January 4, 1999, Defendant, Case No. CV 2006-1593-4 (In the Circuit Court of Washington County, Arkansas Civil Division) (November 2007)
US Special Opportunities Trust PLC and Renaissance US Growth Investment Trust PLC* Plaintiff v. Sanders Morris Harris, Inc., Defendant (In the District Court of Dallas County, Texas 193rd Judicial District No. 07-0437) (August 2008)
Balkrishna Shagrithaya*, Plaintiff v. Max Martin, Defendant, Case No. 07-15149 (In the District Court of Dallas County, Texas 162nd Judicial District) (April 2009)
Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC, et al., Ridgewood Energy Corporation, and Ridgewood Capital Management, LLC,* Plaintiff against Perelson Weiner LLP, Defendant, Consolidated Docket No.: BER-L-6092-06 (December 2009)
Vaisala, Inc.*, Claimant, v. Quixote Corporation, Quixote Transportation Safety, Inc., and Transafe Corporation, Respondents, Reference No. 77117 Y 00209 10 (In the American Arbitration Association Dallas, TX) (August 2011)
Synergy Barukh, Ltd.*, Plaintiff v. 3S Services, LLC, 3S Team, LLC, Team Systems, Inc., August Linnartz, Jr., Robert Fudge, Joey Fudge, Mickey Staton, and Philip Levin, Defendants, Case No. 2012-22223 (In the District Court of Harris County, Texas 11th Judicial District) (March 2016)
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Donna Hanna, on behalf of and as next friend of Brooke Gabrielle Hanna and Jake Mason Hanna, minor children*, Plaintiffs v. Burt Hanna, individually and as Trustee of The Brook Gabrielle Hanna Trust dated January 4, 1999 and as Trustee of the Jake Mason Hanna Trust dated January 4, 1999, Defendant, Case No. CV 2006-1593-4 (In the Circuit Court of Washington County, Arkansas Civil Division) (November 2007)
US Special Opportunities Trust PLC and Renaissance US Growth Investment Trust PLC* Plaintiff v. Sanders Morris Harris, Inc., Defendant (In the District Court of Dallas County, Texas 193rd Judicial District No. 07-04837) (August 2008)
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New JMU Nursing partnership brings health care to rural patients
UPCARE Scholars work with health care professionals to provide quality care for residents of Page County, Virginia.
SUMMARY: JMU Nursing students are learning more about the nurse's role in coordinating care for patients while providing health care for a rural area.
By Victoria Martineau, Erika Metzler Sawin and Michele Dombrowski, JMU School of Nursing
The JMU School of Nursing secured $2.7 million in federal funds last year to recruit, admit and retain students interested in pursuing nursing and working in underserved primary-care environments. The first cohort of UPCARE Scholars began work in Spring 2019, and a second group started in the Fall 2019 semester.
The patients in neighboring Page County, Virginia, a federally designated medically underserved area in mental health, dental health and primary care, are benefiting from the developing expertise of students known as Undergraduate Primary Care and Rural Education Scholars. The scholars focus on the registered nurse’s role in coordinating care for patients’ substance use disorder, mental health and varying complex chronic disease needs in partnership with Valley Health Page Memorial Hospital.
Supported by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention program, the program aims to increase the number of BSN nurses working in primary-care settings. Each Bachelor of Science in Nursing student completes four semesters in clinical settings as part of the degree requirements. In Spring 2019, the first cohort of nine UPCARE Scholars began clinical rotations at the rural health clinics. Over the next four years, 56 students will participate in the program.
UPCARE Scholars learn directly from health care professionals during their clinical rotations at rural health clinics.
“Each population is different, just as each patient is different,” UPCARE Scholar Lauren Crebbs said. “An outcome of being an UPCARE Scholar is the opportunity it provides us to broaden our knowledge of the many different populations we may work with in our future careers.”
Working with BSN-prepared nurse preceptors, or specialized teachers, and health care professionals at the rural health clinics, UPCARE Scholars are learning about chronic disease management, preventive care, hospital transition management and health coaching. Along the way, the scholars are also learning about the “heart” of health care.
“From the time we spent there in one semester alone, I could tell that my peers brightened the day of each patient we cared for,” Crebbs said. “In any health care facility I’ve been to, I find that health care providers are often overwhelmed enough as it is with their roles that some patients don’t get as much lighthearted social interaction as they could. With our one-on-one assignment, we had the chance to provide constant care for our patients while also having the time to get to know them, hear their stories and help them create a plan to reclaim control of their health and maintain good health status.”
UPCARE Scholars are also learning about health care access and health disparities in rural areas from the front-line nurses affiliated with Valley Health Page Memorial Hospital Rural Health Clinics. The scholars benefit from a partnership with JMU’s Counseling and Psychological Services, and participate in interprofessional experiences as part of their mental health clinical.
The scholars work on both sides of the hospital doors, said Tina Switzer (’18M), UPCARE partnership liaison. “They have seen patients in the hospital, in their homes and in the clinics—sometimes the same patient in those different settings—to better understand the patient’s experience in a small, rural setting.”
In summer 2019, the UPCARE cohort members expanded their perspectives when they joined Virginia Commonwealth University nursing students for the second week of their own HRSA-funded program, Primary care Improved Outcomes with Nurses in Evolving and Expanding Roles (PIONEER). The students gathered for Primary Care Camp, a weeklong learning activity of exercises designed to teach students and health care professionals about primary care and rural health concepts and nursing interventions.
The unique urban and rural exchange joined students at JMU to collaborate on various topics related to rural primary care, such as quality improvement and financing health care and safety net programs. VCU students visited Page Memorial Hospital clinics, while JMU students visited two VCU hospital system clinics, CrossOver Healthcare Ministry and the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority. Students reunited on the final day at Piedmont Valley Community College for debriefing on their experiences and developed small-group case-study presentations to share with the larger group.
JMU UPCARE Scholar Jessica Discua-Aguilar was excited to participate in the Primary Care Camp, where she connected with PIONEER and VCU student Ikenna Onyeador.
“It was great getting to meet other nursing students from a different school and getting to know the similarities and differences between the UPCARE and PIONEER grants,” Discua-Aguilar said. “Getting to do clinical observations at Richmond was absolutely amazing. I shadowed medical assistants, nurses and doctors. The staff of each of the four locations made sure my peer and I were participating and learning.”
Onyeador added, “The entire week was a phenomenal teaching, learning and networking experience. We got to understand and see for ourselves the true essence of rural health care.”
Although the UPCARE Scholars program is in its early stages, faculty, students and community partners are working hard to grow the network so more opportunities like the Primary Care Camp can become possible.
“A lot of creativity and research, as well as trial and error, have started to bear some quality fruit, and I am excited to be a part of this team,” Switzer said.
While they are developing their nursing skills in clinical settings, some UPCARE Scholars are considering future roles.
“My mind has definitely been opened to the idea of working in primary care rather than a hospital,” Crebbs said.
“UPCARE is definitely an amazing support system,” Discua-Aguilar said. “I am so grateful to be a part of it.”
Published: Friday, October 25, 2019
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Why Do People Become Pagan or Wiccan?
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by Patti Wigington
Patti Wigington is a pagan author, educator, and licensed clergy. She is the author of Daily Spellbook for the Good Witch, Wicca Practical Magic and The Daily Spell Journal.
Those who may not be exposed to Wicca or other Pagan religions may wonder what draws people to those forms of faith, often leading them to leave Christianity or some other religion to follow Pagan belief systems. What is it that makes people choose to worship Pagan gods?
Opening Up the Spirit
This answer to these questions is complex. First, and possibly most important, it is important to remember that not everyone is Christian to start with. There are many, many people in the Pagan community—Wiccans and otherwise—who have never been Christian. Some were raised agnostic or atheist, others in Jewish families, etc. Let's all remember that Pagans are not simply dissatisfied Christians.
The second thing that needs to be mentioned is that, for the majority of Pagans, it's not a question of running away from something, but instead moving towards something. Those who were once Christian didn't simply wake up one morning and say, "I hate Christianity, I think I'll go be Wiccan (or Heathen, or Druid, etc)." Instead, most of those people spent endless years knowing they needed something other than what they had. They spent time seeking and searching until they found the path on which their spirit was most content.
Now, that having been said, why do people become Pagan? Well, the answers to that are as varied as the people who are part of the Pagan community:
Most Pagan belief systems include polarity between the masculine and feminine. Some people find that this balance is more to their liking than a patriarchal community.
A need for acceptance. In general, Pagan groups have no restrictions or injunctions against homosexuality, bisexuality, or another gender status. Someone in the GLBT community needing spiritual fulfillment may be drawn to Wicca or other Pagan paths because they know they'll be accepted without any regard to who they sleep with.
A sense that there's something else out there. For many people, the idea of one single god seems illogical. Many people are drawn to the polytheistic aspects of Paganism.
A need to reconnect with nature. In our fast-paced society, more and more people are becoming aware of a need to get outdoors, away from the city, and reconnect with the earth the way our ancestors did. Many Pagan belief systems, including Wicca, embrace the connection between man and nature and encourages people to find the Divine in all of nature's creations.
Paganism, for the most part, is pretty flexible. There is no set doctrine, no universal big book of rules, and no church hierarchy. This means that people can practice their faith any way they like.
A need for personal empowerment. Most Pagan paths put a lot of emphasis on personal responsibility. If someone makes a mistake, they must learn to live with the results, and they can't weasel out of things by saying it was the will of God.
Regardless of why someone has become Pagan, it's not uncommon to hear people say that finding their spiritual path gives them a sense of "coming home," as though it was where they were supposed to be all along. They haven't turned their back on another faith, but simply opened their spirits to something more.
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Where to go for support if you are feeling suicidal
If you need to talk, here's where you can go
Amy OrtonLocal Democracy Reporter
Signs left on bridge over the A14 to stop potentially stop people who are suicidal
A new suicide prevention campaign has been launched across Leicester and Leicestershire.
The aim of Start a Conversation is to to build a community across the area that is committed to the mental health and wellbeing of its residents - a non-judging environment where care and support is available to those in distress or those bereaved or affected by suicide.
If you need to talk, here's where you can go.
Suicide is preventable.
www.startaconversation.co.uk
116 123 - Free any time, from any phone. Open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
jo@samaritans.org – Replies via email may take longer than a phone call
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Confidential, mental health support.
0808 800 3302 – Free crisis helpline open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
leicestershire-helpline@turning-point.co.uk – Replies via email may take longer than a phone call.
www.turning-point.co.uk
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For children and young people who are worried about how they're feeling and for anyone concerned about a young person.
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A student-run, listening, support and information service.
Leicester Universities Nightline
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Loughborough University Nightline
01509 227 650 - Open 8pm to 8am Monday, Wednesday and Friday during term time.
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A charity dedicated to preventing male suicide.
0800 58 58 58 - open every day 5pm to 12 midnight
www.thecalmzone.net
A charity dedicated to supporting children and young people under the age of 19 in the UK with any issue they are facing.
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Leipzig has music in the air - famous names such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Robert Schumann and Richard Wagner are in some way connected to our city. Walk on the "Leipziger Notenspur", and experience 800 years of music history and learn more about the residences and workplaces of famous composers, such as the Thomaskirche.
With a 600 Jahre alten Universität that was established more than 600 years ago, Leipzig is also the city of thinkers, and a metropolis of philosophers, scientists and not least poets. Also worth a visit is the new Uni-Campus Augustusplatz mit dem Paulinum in the heart of the city!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who studied in Leipzig from 1765 to 1768, immortalised the Auerbachs Keller with the scene "Auerbachs Keller in Leipzig" in his work "Faust". A visit to this world-famous place, which is located in the Mädler-Passage and in particular the historic Fasskeller, is a must. Take your time through this elegant Passage, which was commissioned by councillor of commerce and suitcase maker Anton Mädler (built in 1912 - 1914) - it is a superb example of Leipziger Passagenarchitektur.
For more history, visit the Völkerschlachtdenkmals. This colossal 91 metre high monument rises in a historic location and commemorates the Battle of Nations of 1813. It was inaugurated in 1913, not far from Napoleon's command centre in the middle of the former battlefield. It also offers excellent panoramic views of Leipzig.
One of the original locations of the Peaceful Revolution in 1989 is the Nikolaikirche, one of the city's oldest churches. It was the site of the Monday peace prayers, which formed the starting point of the Monday demonstrations in the fall of 1989, and paved the way for German unification. Bugs, sensory samples, forged stamps and mail-opening devices: authentic insights into the work conducted by the Stasi, East Germany's Ministry for State Security, can be found in the memorial site museum in the "Runden Ecke. Leipzig's district administration for state security was based in this building from 1950 to 1989.
Take a walk through Leipzig to see more fascinating Leipzig museums and collections - for example the permanent exhibition of the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum im Alten Rathaus, one of Germany's most beautiful renaissance buildings, the modern Museum der bildenden Künste or the Art déco jewel Grassimuseum, which was built between 1925 and 1929, and which is home to three interesting museums.
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Leipzig's current art scene can be found in the Galerien der Spinnerei on the premises of what was once continental Europe's largest cotton spinning mill.
Also worth a visit is Zoo Leipzig and the Gondwanaland tropical world, whose exotic animals and plants will take you on an expedition into the rainforest. And if you are looking for water, surfing or swimming, you do not have to go far: Just in front of the city, Leipziger Neuseenland is the ideal destination for sports enthusiasts and those seeking some well-deserved rest and relaxation.
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Preston targeting home comforts to bolster Championship play-off push
Paul Huntington is set to return to the Preston side against Birmingham
Published: 06:00 Friday 19 January 2018
Preston North End return to Deepdale tomorrow hoping they can reproduce some of their recent away form in front of the home faithful.
Alex Neil’s side have spent a considerable time on the road since Christmas, collecting five points from three league games as well as progressing in the FA Cup at Wycombe.
Their one home game in that spell was the New Year’s Day defeat to Middlesbrough, their only reverse since early November.
PNE have gathered one more point on their travels than they have at Deepdale and tomorrow’s clash with Birmingham is a chance to tip the balance the other way.
Although back in 10th place, they are only two points shy of the play-offs.
What would help North End really kick on would be putting together a run of wins, three on the spin last month the best sequence they have managed this season.
“We always go for the three points, we never go out for just the one,” said PNE boss Neil.
“Even at Millwall last week when we equalised late on, I’m pretty sure that was one of the first times Millwall at home had changed system and shape to see the game out.
“Right until the end we were pushing to win it and could have done so.
“We have added attackers to the squad to try and make us more potent at the top end of the pitch.
“Billy Bodin is going to take a little bit of time to settle with him coming to a new league.
“Louis Moult has had the issue with his hamstring but is not far away.
“Once we have him back, he is another good option at that end of the pitch.”
In terms of Moult being available to face Birmingham, Neil is playing a waiting game with the recent signing from Motherwell. Said the PNE boss: “Louis is not far away, we’ll see how it develops before the weekend.”
At the opposite end, Neil’s defensive options should be boosted by Paul Huntington returning to action.
The centre-half missed the Millwall game with a tight hamstring but has resumed training.
Huntington’s return would allow skipper Tom Clarke to switch to right-back.
But Darnell Fisher is not far off a return either, having been sidelined for a month with a hip injury.
With Josh Earl back in training too after a two-month absence, Neil is starting to get numbers back.
Tom Barkhuizen is likely to start, the winger having only been fit enough for the bench last week after being laid low by illness.
The attendance tomorrow will get a boost from a decent away following, Birmingham having sold more than 2,000 of their allocation earlier in the week.
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By Esha Shaunik
[ PGT | GD Goenka Public School ]
Esha Shaunik
PGT | GD Goenka Public School
(for Free) Watch Esha Shaunik’s full Career Talk on Teaching English
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What is Teaching English?
You may be curious about a Career in Teaching English. Almost everyone seems to be talking about How to start a Career in Teaching English, while one should first develop an understanding of What is a Career in Teaching English. Just like you would normally not trust a non Doctor with names of medicines, you should also not trust opinions about Teaching English from non professionals.
Esha Shaunik invested 35 years & 10 months in Teaching English. Esha Shaunik outlines Teaching English as:
Teaching English as a Foreign Language refers to teaching the English language to students with different first languages. It can occur either within the state school system or more privately, at a language school or with a tutor.
How Esha Shaunik got into Teaching English?
While I was doing my MA English, I started teaching in Jalandhar. After that, I pursued M Ed in teaching and since 1980, I was teaching English in various schools and took up various administrative roles too. I have been teaching since 1983 and my last school was GD Goenka in 2016.
Esha Shaunik's Talk on Teaching English
1) Teaching English
Next, it covers Education. In this Talk Education was discussed as theoretical topics needed to excel at Teaching English, and not as Qualifications needed to enter Teaching English. It details these topics within Education for Teaching English:
2) Command over Language
3) Intonation of Words
4) Instinctive Grammar
5) Subject History
Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. Anyone aspiring for Teaching English needs to understand that Skill development is crucial for success. It details these topics within Skills for Teaching English:
7) Oratory Skills
8) Reading Skills
9) Patience
10) Adaptation
11) Interpersonal Skills
Positives of Teaching English are quite interesting. The Talk goes through this list of Positives of Teaching English:
12) Challenging Profession
13) Contribution to Society
14) Noble Profession
15) Work Life Balance
16) Teacher never Retires
After a discussion on Positives, Challenges complete the caricature of Teaching English:
17) Value not Recognized
18) Parent Handling
19) No Hierarchical Growth
In the final section of the Talk, Esha Shaunik talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
20) Teaching English
LifePage Career Talk on Teaching English
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Tanvi Dhingra
English Teacher | Welham Girls, Dehradun
Teaching is all about enlightening minds by sparking a child’s curiosity and moving him or her to think. It’s a multifaceted profession which involves understanding of strengths and weaknesses of each individual and catering for their needs.
"I started teaching in July 2015 and this was my first job and experience in an all girls residential school. I teach English Language and Literature in ICSE and I teach with passion. "
Teaching Hindi
Mrs Sangeeta Rawat
PGT Hindi | Scholars Home, Dehradun
There are several languages spoken in this world, one of them being Hindi. It is one of the most spoken languages in this world. Hindi teaching for an Indian is a great pride and gives a sense of immense satisfaction. It includes the complete knowledge of the Hindi language, where one can read, write and speak it. While teachig Hindi, both Hindi Grammar and Hindi Literature are taught.
"I was born and brought up in Dehradun. This is where I did my schooling from Shri Guru Nanak Academy. I then did my M A and B Ed from Garhwal University. I have been teaching Hindi from 1999 to 2016. I taught Hindi in Asian School and Scholar's Home Senior Secondary School"
Estela Lopez
English Teacher | Oxford Institute
Teaching English is a great challenge, because teaching, whatever the subject one has to teach students, is a permanent challenge. Even more so, English is doubly a challenge because you have to teach children not only to talk but to think in a different language. To teach English, and the cultures of the countries where it is spoken, is to open the minds of children, who perhaps through the language, realize the possibilities they have to know other ways of thinking, other ways of living. In short is to teach them that communication is not only in Spanish but there are other human groups, other human cultures, that have a different language and is good to learn them. And since English is a universal language, not one, but the universal language, the challenge becomes more exciting.
"I studied English because it seemed to me that it was a career that was going to have a lot of job opportunities, and I was not mistaken, and to take advantage of the year i lived with Americans when i went abroad with a student scholarship, which gave me a good level of English to begin with. I studied in the UNT, in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, and while studying English, that was what would allow me to live, I studied philosophy that was what I was passionate about. I graduated as a teacher in English and i got my degree in philosophy in 1974 and 1977 respectively. By paternal suggestion I decided to set up an English academy with which I was able to build my own company, still running today with branches in the south of my province. In addition to teaching English in my academy, i taught English in a private secondary institution and in the UNSTA. Also, along with English, i taught many other things like anthropology, epistemology, logic and psychology, but in fact most of my working hours were dedicated to English. I made several trips to the United States with students from my academy, seeking to have them inmerge in the language, which is necessary to speak it."
Late Pramod Lal
Head, Dept of English | Education Department
Education is something that teaches you how to live a better life. Therefore, teaching is a very important function, in fact we all are born teachers, like mothers, they are the first teachers a child has. Teaching is the sharing of knowledge which comes naturally to a person and it is an unending process that benefits both the teacher and the learner.
"I have been an English teacher for almost 39 years and I was one of the few lucky ones who could enter his profession of choice. I always said that I should be remembered as a teacher or else nothing at all. I observed my teachers and their methods of teaching right from my early childhood and in that way teaching became my passion and the profession of my choice."
Sangeeta Sofat
HOD Commerce Department | Summer Valley School
Teaching English as a Foreign Language refers to teaching the English language to students with different first languages. Teaching English can occur either within the state school system or more privately, at a language school or with a tutor.
"I have done B Com & M Com from DAV College. Post that I did a Diploma in System Management from NIIT. I got placed in a Computer Company by the name Microlipi as a Teacher. Realising my interest in teaching and reading, I decided to pursue MA in English followed by B Ed. I have been an English Teacher with Summer Valley School for 23 years."
Anukriti
Teacher | Doon University
A teacher is a person who helps others to acquire knowledge, competences or values.
"I did my Schooling till 10th from Bal Bharti Public School, Kotdwara. I completed my 12th from Banasthali University, Rajasthan. I did my Graduation and Post Graduation in Chinese Study from Doon University. I have been working as a Chinese Teacher in Doon University since 2016."
Dr Shivika Dutt
Visiting Faculty | UPES
French is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French has evolved from Gallo-Romance, the spoken Latin in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul.
"I have done my graduation in Textile, French & Psychology from University of Rajasthan. I also did Masters and Ph D in Clinical Psychology from University of Rajasthan. I started my own practice in 2011. I am a Visiting Faculty of French in University of Petroleum & Energy Studies."
Sunaina Sangal
Trained Graduate Teacher | Summer Valley School
Teaching English as a Foreign Language refers to teaching the English language to students with different first languages.
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Teaching English refers to teaching the English language and/or literature to students at school or college level. Teaching English can occur either within the state school, private educational institutions or at home, supervised by a personal English tutor.
"After my Bachelors and Masters in English and Psychology, I completed my Masters in Education from DWT College and Ph D from DAV College. Post that, I took up teaching as a career. I have been teaching for over 20 years and I am working as an Assistant Profession at SGRR Degree College, Dehradun."
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Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) refers to teaching the English language to students with different first languages.
"After completing my Schooling from Wimbledon College, I did a course in English from Roehampton University. I have been Teaching English since 2013, and I am teaching English at a Japanese School, New Delhi."
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"After completing my education, I started teaching English as Trained Graduate Teacher and it has been almost 16 years for me teaching the language."
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Teaching English as a Foreign Language refers to teaching the English language to students with different first languages. TEFL can occur either within the state school system or more privately, at a language school or with a tutor.
"After completing my Schooling from Nagpur University, I did my Graduation in Commerce from Nagpur University itself. I also did my Post Graduation in Public Administration. I have also done my B Ed as a correspondence course. I have been teaching English and Social Studies in Welham Boys."
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“It smells good, it smells of Lisbon”
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“Lisboa smells of flowers and the sea”
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Fado in Alfama
The lines above are taken from a “Fado” sung by Portugal’s most famous “fadista”, Amalia Rodrigues. Fado is traditional Portuguese music, often using melancholic or mournful tunes and lyrics about life at sea, or the everyday lives and loves of the working classes. The music will usually refer to some form of “saudade”, which can be loosely translated as nostalgia or a longing for someone or something. Fado can perhaps be thought of as a kind of Portuguese “blues”. Alfama, together with the Bairro Alto, are the “bairros” or neighborhoods par excellence for listening to fado.
Alfama is the oldest district of Lisbon, having survived the great earthquake of 1755, its streets and inhabitants have been the subject of many Fado songs down the years. Today this famous “bairro” includes many excellent Fado restaurants, and some of the best are of the “Fado vadio” variety, where non-professional singers get up and put their hearts and souls on show for all to see.
Alfama stretches across one of the seven hills of Lisbon, which leads from the foot of St. Jorge’s castle and sweeps down to the Tagus estuary. It consists of narrow, cobbled streets and alleys, steep steps lead you from one area of the district to another.
Everywhere you turn there are small patios and picturesque squares. Its traditional churches, shops, markets, cafeterias, restaurants, and buildings, have been maintained by the local inhabitants, many of whose families have been living in this old part of the city for generations. If you want to stay in the historic ‘bairro’ check out our apartments in Alfama
The best way to get to know Alfama is to get lost (as inevitably you will) in its timeless labyrinth of intertwining alleyways. But this is no problem as it will allow you to fully enjoy and experience the sights, sounds, and smells of the oldest part of the city. On your way, you will discover small taverns, traditional shops and plenty of good restaurants.
The Sé Cathedral and Castle São Jorge
Within a very easy walking distance of Alfama are some of Lisbon’s most popular and ancient attractions such as the ancient Sé Cathedral and the Castle. The building of the Sé cathedral began in 1147, since then it has undergone many facelifts and modifications having withstood many earthquakes. The building is now a mix match of different architectural styles including Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque.
The main façade of the Castle looks similar to a fortress, this menacing style was adopted during the reconquest period when the Cathedral was used as a base to attack the Arab enemies. The Castle of São Jorge was originally a Moorish castle that dates back to the 10th century, although there is evidence of fortification on top of the hill as far back as the 2nd century. It was taken over by the Portuguese forces during the Reconquista in 1147 and it was renamed after Saint George in the 14th century by King João I who had married an English princess The warrior slaying a dragon was a popular figure in both countries.
The Nº28 Tram
One of the best ways to get to and from Alfama is to catch the famous nº28 tramcar that will whisk you around the seven hills of Lisbon. The tram is a great way to get from Alfama to the downtown Baixa or Chiado and the other hilly neighborhoods of Bairro Alto and Graça.
Whether staying in Alfama or just visiting the historical streets and traditional restaurants the tram is a great way to get around, certainly atmospheric. Why not take the tram to the top of the hill by the castle and wonder your way around the charming streets of Alfama, check out the Alfama map, although be prepared to find a map of the hilly winding maze of Alfama of little to no use at certain points of your adventure.
Parking in Alfama
As with many other areas of Lisbon street parking is very difficult in Alfama. Not only is it very difficult to find space in the narrow streets of Alfama, strict parking restrictions are also in place. However, there are several designated car parks here is a list of the ones that best serve Alfama,
Santa Apolónia Car park
Address: Avenida Infante Dom Henrique 1100 Lisbon – 24 hrs Mon-Sun uncovered parking with 280 spaces. Disabled spaces available. prices 1 hr for 1€, 24 hrs 16€
Sistemas de Engenharia de Trânsito, S.A. Car park
Address: Doca de Santa Apolónia Avenida Infante Dom Henrique Lisbon – Uncovered parking Mon-Fri 0700-2100, Sat 0800-1500. Prices 1hr for 1.20€ , 2 hrs for 2€, 6hrs 5.60€, max 8€
EMEL Car park Portas do Sol
Address: Rua de São Tomé Lisbon- Covered parking Mon-Sun. Prices 0800-2000 1 hr 1.80€, 4hrs 9€ 2000-0800 1 hr 1.10€ 4hrs 4.50€ (This car park is currently under reconstruction and may be closed to the public)
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SOLO'S ONLINE MODEL SEARCH 2013 FEATURING KIKOMACHINE
Ever dream of becoming a model, but too shy and intimidated to go through all those go-see's? This is your chance! Solo, being a front runner of innovative ideas, invites you to its SOLO ONLINE MODEL SEARCH 2014.
The coveted modeling competition started back in 2009 and has been successful ever since. Yearly, close to 100 model poster entries are submitted to Solo's site , which allows viewers to vote for their fave model. The 2012 grand winners, Ganiel Krishnan and Derek Espinosa, both had the chance to play out their modeling dreams with last year’s Online Model Search featuring Tonton Young’s Pupung. Past featured collections include Tony Velasquez’s Kenkoy, Larry Alcala’s Slice of Life. Solo's Online Model Search is ingeniously launched with its Pinoy Cartoonist Memorabilia Series as contestants are tasked to wear one item from the featured collection and model it in their photo entries. Past featured collections include Tony Velasquez’s Kenkoy, Larry Alcala’s Slice of Life and Tonton Young’s Pupung. This year, it’s all about Manix Abrera’s Kikomachine. Men and women’s apparel ranging from t-shirts, collared tees and shorts are all dawned with graphic images of Kikomachine’s trademark cartoons and beloved characters.
Running on its 5th year, Solo's much-anticipated modeling competition starts on August 15. Contestants, male or female, should submit photo entries of themselves modeling one (1) item from Solo’s Pinoy Cartoonist Memorabilia Series featuring Manix Abrera’s Kikomachine while adhering to the theme: Street Life. Photo entries must also include at least one of the design elements found in the design pack which contestants can download at solo.com.ph. Contestants must then log on to Facebook and upload their entries, all of which will be screened by our moderators, through the Solo Online Model Search App/Tab. Entries can be submitted until October 15 but voting of all approved entries will last until October 27. The contest is open to Filipino citizens at least 16 years old. Contestants below 18 years old must submit a parental consent form before joining which they can send via e-mail. Remember to focus on creativity, photo layout, and styling! After the contest period, 20 finalists (Top 10 males and Top 10 females) will be chosen and invited for an interview. Solo is on the hunt for one male and one female with the most photogenic appeal and the best personality fit for representing the brand. These two individuals will be deemed as grand winners by our panel of judges and will each win cash prizes, gift certificates and of course, bragging rights as they see their images in all Solo stores! Their partner photographers/graphic artists will be receiving cash prizes as well. Model grand winners will also get the privilege to do two photoshoots for Solo’s 2014 campaigns with one of the best photographers in the business, Doc Marlon.
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7 Things I’ve Learned about Hiring at Growth Companies
The LiveHire Team
An Le, Managing Director, Asia Pacific at Dynamic Signal, teaches us what she learned about hiring at Growth Companies.
I’ve been fortunate to do a lot of hiring in my career, both for my direct teams, as well as, building and scaling my companies.
As an early employee at New Relic, I was part of growing the company that soared from 20 people to hundreds during our IPO – and then up to nearly 1,500. As an executive at Yammer, I was with the team during the very fast-paced growth from 200 to more than 500 before we were acquired by Microsoft and became part of that 144,000 global organization. Now, at Dynamic Signal, I came on as employee No. 40 and have been directly responsible for helping us grow to nearly 300 people as COO overseeing HR and Recruiting.
With most of my company-building experience in the United States, I embarked on a new challenge this year and relocated my family to Sydney to start the APAC operations for Dynamic Signal. Different country, but the same challenges. I’ve been struck by the similar obstacles of building and growing a team from scratch in a highly competitive talent environment. So, I thought I would share seven key thoughts on how to tackle these hiring challenges at a fast-growth company as a senior leader.
1. Hiring takes time- prepare for the future now
Every business leader faces a delicate balance. Hiring for the team you will need in the future while remaining conscious of cash flow today.
“Future-proofing” requires that we make projections, hire to plan, and execute the business to that strategy. But as we all know, reality rarely follows our projections exactly and we may end up caught in a place where we’re growing so quickly that we have to double the number of our expected hires in a short time frame.
For me, establishing my hiring processes early allowed me to remain nimble in adjusting to the business’ evolving needs. This means getting my company name “out there” (e.g. social media platforms like LinkedIn) and investing time to build a Talent Pool ahead of hiring needs. I’ve learned that the more effort I invest upfront to build my talent pipeline, the more quickly I can scale the team.
Platforms like LiveHire, support the sourcing and nurturing of candidates via Talent Pools to identify the best candidates before you even need them. This enables a recruiter (like me) to get to know potential candidates and decide if there could be a mutually beneficial fit. Also, I work hard training my staff on how to interview and hire as well as preparing onboarding and training schedules to welcome new hires. Once onboard, employee communications platforms like Dynamic Signal empower the HR team to continue to nurture this journey with their new employees while monitoring their engagement. This creates a single employee experience between Recruiting and HR.
2. Word of mouth only takes you so far
In the early days of any company, the majority of new hires are often former colleagues, classmates, or come through word-of-mouth. Although the interview-to-hire ratio can be incredibly high – nearly 40 per cent for Dynamic Signal – this tactic typically changes when the business moves from start-up to scale-up. This is a pivotal gear change for leaders as they scale their business for growth.
Luckily, employee engagement and recruiting tools are now available that promote your company to effectively scale (and track!) your talent pipelining, referrals and engagement. Creating an organisational Talent Community with role-specific Talent Pools to track and engage these word-of-mouth candidates ensures that when a role is available, the offer-to-accept rate is high. LiveHire has found that candidates hired from Talent Communities are at least 5x more likely to be hired than those from Job Boards and Social Networks, saving significant hiring manager time and recruiter screening and interview time ¹.
3. Building your business network is also about building your candidate pipeline
As a business leader, you are always representing your company. Every individual you interact with, whether it’s in-person or through your social media networks, is a possible candidate. This means always thinking about your Employer Brand. According to LiveHire, Employer Brand is “something that stems from the combination of your internal perception (employee experience), the external perception (candidate experience) and the reality (retention, attrition and employee engagement)”². The first step is building your personal and organisational network through events, blogs, leadership opportunities. The second step is to deliver, monitor and measure impact. Technology such as LiveHire and Dynamic Signal are critical tools for Heads of Recruitment and CHROs. They enable HR to communicate and engage with diverse candidates and dispersed employees. Together, they enable measurement of message impact, which ignites organisational brand, culture and purpose.
4. Your employees are your best hiring allies
An employee’s social media posts generate 8X more engagement than their employer’s brand channels, according to Cisco³. Your employees are well-positioned to amplify your brand awareness by speaking about the company and scaling word-of-mouth recruiting efforts to help you build your candidate pool. A platform like Dynamic Signal helps senior leaders deliver memorable, brand-approved content to their employees, so they can easily share it broadly, allowing every team member to build their personal brand while also building your pipeline of candidates to help grow the company. A tool like LiveHire enables recruiters to deliver that same content to candidates in Talent Pools to create more engaging experiences for them to learn about your company. In this way, sharing highly relevant content at the right moment ensures both candidates and employees have an accurate perception of the organisation’s mission, goals, and values.
5. Your future employees are today’s consumers
You never have a second chance to make a first impression. Your relationship with your future employees can start with a brief, first interaction. For instance, it might be when they learn about you on a LinkedIn post through a former colleague. When this happens, you’re already shaping their view of what it’s like to work at your company. What type of impact they can envision making. And why it’s a great place to work. This broad, positive interaction is exactly what may plant the seed about applying for a position once something that interests them does open.
6. Employees are your most expensive and worthwhile investment
The biggest line item for our business is our people. Although it may be counterintuitive to think about investing even more into the most expensive part of your business, that is exactly what needs to be done. It pays off in the long run. In fact, retaining employees and increasing hiring speed actually reduce costs. We would not have a business without the right people. Keeping them engaged, productive, and happy is an invaluable growth driver to your business. Employee engagement includes effective communications that allow you to connect with your employees on a regular basis, share what’s going on at the company and how they fit in, the impact the company is making and giving them a voice in the organisation. Your most engaged employees are your best advocates. Your best advocates are building your brand and attracting a wider candidate pool.
7. Recruiting and hiring is hard
But as difficult and time-consuming as it may be, these also have been the most profoundly rewarding aspects of my professional career. I’ve been so proud to identify and bring on incredible individuals early in their careers, and then help them blossom into outstanding business leaders.
It’s so special when you’re creating something from the ground floor. For instance, the idea of a true customer success team was something new at Dynamic Signal and in our industry. Experienced SaaS customer success professionals with enterprise-level account experience were hard to find and expensive. I chose to make some calculated bets on capable, talented individuals of diverse backgrounds and took the time to train them. Certain things can be taught, but the desire to learn cannot. Nearly six years later, the early members of that team have grown to become leaders in departments throughout the company.
That’s why I never look at this as “just” hiring. It’s about company-building – and ultimately, people-building.
An Le has been instrumental in the growth of Dynamic Signal, building key functional areas of the business including corporate sales, customer success, recruiting, HR, and facilities. Operationalizing scrappy start-up processes and hiring to scale, An is a key partner in building successful companies that are great places to work. An also built and led the team behind Yammer’s Partner Platform through a successful acquisition by Microsoft in July of 2011. Prior to joining Yammer, An served as Director of Business Development at New Relic, where she led the company’s partner strategy and expanded partnership agreements to fuel revenue growth. Previously, An worked at Mobile Money Ventures, which was ultimately acquired by Intuit. There, she was responsible for the execution of strategic partnership strategies and go-to-market sales channels. An also worked as a Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group following the completion of her M.B.A from Harvard Business School. Additionally, An holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
If you’d like to learn more about how LiveHire can help you to source engage, and hire the best talent, be sure to book a demo with us today. Or, if you’d like to learn more, be sure to chat with your CSM.
¹LiveHire proprietary data from Jan’17 to Mar’19, including 550,000 applications and 8,000+ hires across 78 companies
LiveHire’s Employer Branding Playbook
³ https://blogs.cisco.com/socialmedia/employee-advocacy-marketing-engine-of-the-future
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Mathematical Treasures - Ramus's The Way to Geometry
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Frank J. Swetz and Victor J. Katz
Pierre de la Ramée (1515 - 1572) was a French scholar, philosopher, and mathematician who used the Latin pen name Petrus (or Peter) Ramus. He was a fervent anti-scholastic. As the result of his campaign against scholasticism, he was forbidden by Francis I to publish in philosophy. He turned his attention to mathematics and the writing of school textbooks. In 1569, he published an edition of Euclid's Elements. This is the title page of The Way to Geometry, an English language translation of his work. This translation was done from the Latin into English by William Bedwell and published in 1636. It is obvious that this book is intended for the common craftsman.
Pages 16 and 17 of The Way to Geometry display a series of definitions of simple geometric concepts and terms.
Index to Mathematical Treasures
Frank J. Swetz and Victor J. Katz, "Mathematical Treasures - Ramus's The Way to Geometry," Convergence (January 2011)
Mathematical Treasures from the Smith and Plimpton Collections at Columbia University
Mathematical Treasures from the Smith and Plimpton Collections - Introduction
Mathematical Treasures from the Smith and Plimpton Collections - Index
Mathematical Treasures - Ruffini's Algebra
Mathematical Treasures - Adam Riese's Rechenbuch
Mathematical Treasures - Adriaan Vlacq's Logarithms
Mathematical Treasures - Al-Khwarizmi's Algebra
Mathematical Treasures - Albrecht Durer's Treatise on Mensuration
Mathematical Treasures - Antichissimo di Algorismo
Mathematical Treasures - Ars Magna Title Page
Mathematical Treasures - Austrian measuring rod
Mathematical Treasures - Austrian weights
Mathematical Treasures - Bartholomew Pitiscus's Trigonometry
Mathematical Treasures - Benedetto da Firenze's Trattato d'arismetriche
Mathematical Treasures - Bettini's Aerarium Philosophiae Mathematicae
Mathematical Treasures - Billingsley Euclid
Mathematical Treasures - Boethius's Arithmetic
Mathematical Treasures - Boethius's Liber Circuli
Mathematical Treasures - Charles Bossut's Traite elementaire de geometrie
Mathematical Treasures - Christiaan Huygens' De Circuli Magnitudine Inventa
Mathematical Treasures - Christian Wolff's Treatise of Algebra
Mathematical Treasures - Christopher Clavius's Edition of Euclid's Elements
Mathematical Treasures - Christopher Clavius's Opera Mathematica
Mathematical Treasures - Clavius's Epitome arithmetica practica
Mathematical Treasures - De Divina Proportione, by Luca Pacioli
Mathematical Treasures - Deidier on Arithmetic and Geometry
Mathematical Treasures - Desargues' Sundials
Mathematical Treasures - English gauger's scale
Mathematical Treasures - English tally sticks
Mathematical Treasures - Euclid's Elements in a 14th century manuscript
Mathematical Treasures - Euclid's Elements in a manuscript from c. 1294
Mathematical Treasures - Euler's Analysis of the Infinite
Mathematical Treasures - First Issue of Acta Mathematica
Mathematical Treasures - Francesco Barozzi's Procli Diadochi
Mathematical Treasures - Francesco Ghaligai's Pratica D'Arithmetica
Mathematical Treasures - Francis Maseres's Doctrine of Permutations
Mathematical Treasures - Francisco Feliciano's Libro di Arithmetica
Mathematical Treasures - Franciscus Maurolycus's Arithmeticorum libri duo
Mathematical Treasures - Frans van Schooten's Exercitationes mathematicae
Mathematical Treasures - Galileo's Geometrical Compass
Mathematical Treasures - Galileo's Siderius Nuncius
Mathematical Treasures - Gaspard Monge's Descriptive Geometry
Mathematical Treasures - Gemma Frisius's Arithmeticae Methodus Facilis
Mathematical Treasures - German protractor
Mathematical Treasures - Gerolamo Cardano's Practica Arithmetice
Mathematical Treasures - Giuseppe Alberti's Instruzioni pratiche per l’ingenero civile
Mathematical Treasures - Isaac Barrow's Edition of Euclid's Elements
Mathematical Treasures - Isaac Barrow's Geometrical Lectures
Mathematical Treasures - Isaac Barrow's edition of Archimedes, Apollonius, & Theodosius
Mathematical Treasures - Isaac Newton's Collected Works
Mathematical Treasures - Italian armillary sphere
Mathematical Treasures - Italian astrolabe
Mathematical Treasures - Italian compass
Mathematical Treasures - Jacob Bernoulli's Ars Conjectandi
Mathematical Treasures - Jacob Kobel's Geometry
Mathematical Treasures - Jan de Witt's Elements of Curves
Mathematical Treasures - Jiuzhang suanshu
Mathematical Treasures - Johann Boschenstein's Rechenbuch
Mathematical Treasures - Johann Faulhaber's Academia Algebrae
Mathematical Treasures - Johann Kepler's Rudolphine Tables
Mathematical Treasures - Johann Kepler's Uralten Messekunst Archimedes
Mathematical Treasures - Johann Scheubel's De Numeris
Mathematical Treasures - John Eyre's The Exact Surveyor
Mathematical Treasures - John Ward's Compendium of Algebra
Mathematical Treasures - Jonas Moore's Arithmetick in Four Books
Mathematical Treasures - Jordanus de Nemore's Arithmetica
Mathematical Treasures - Kepler's Epitome of Astronomy
Mathematical Treasures - Kepler's Logarithms
Mathematical Treasures - Korean sangi rods
Mathematical Treasures - Lacroix's Calculus of Probability
Mathematical Treasures - Lagrange's Analytical Mechanics
Mathematical Treasures - Laplace's Celestial Mechanics
Mathematical Treasures - Legendre's Elements of Geometry
Mathematical Treasures - Leibniz - Bernoulli correspondence
Mathematical Treasures - Leonard Digges' Tectonicon
Mathematical Treasures - Leonhard Euler's Algebra
Mathematical Treasures - Leonhard Euler's Calculus of Variations
Mathematical Treasures - Leonhard Euler's Differential Calculus
Mathematical Treasures - Leonhard Euler's Integral Calculus
Mathematical Treasures - Leonhard Zubler's Nova Instrumentum Geometricum
Mathematical Treasures - Lilavati of Bhaskara
Mathematical Treasures - Maclaurin's Geometria Organica
Mathematical Treasures - Margarita philosophica of Gregor Reisch
Mathematical Treasures - Maria Agnesi's Analytical Institutions
Mathematical Treasures - Marin Mersenne's Universal Geometry
Mathematical Treasures - Marolois on Applications of Mathematics
Mathematical Treasures - Mascheroni's Geometry
Mathematical Treasures - Maseres on Polynomial Equations
Mathematical Treasures - Michael Stifel's Arithmetica Integra
Mathematical Treasures - Nasir al-din al-Tusi's Commentary on Euclid's Elements
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Council 'naive' to think child sexual exploitation cases do not take place, leader says
An independent review is due to take place into allegations of historic child sexual exploitation in the borough, dating back to 2012, which have been made concerning ‘shisha bars, taxi companies and children’s homes’
Charlotte GreenLocal Democracy Reporting Service
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Oldham council would be 'naive' to think cases of child sexual exploitation do not take place, says its leader as he calls for people with ‘evidence’ to contact safeguarding leaders.
An independent review is due to take place into allegations of historic child sexual exploitation in the borough, dating back to 2012, which have been made concerning ‘shisha bars, taxi companies and children’s homes’.
In November it was announced that academic Dr Mark Peel, who had originally been commissioned to lead the review, had stepped down before it had begun.
Chiefs said they were writing to Mayor Andy Burnham to request the Oldham investigation be combined with an ongoing review into sexual and criminal exploitation of children and young people across Greater Manchester.
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“Malcolm and Gary will bring their huge experience in children’s social care and policing to the work, and I can assure residents that they will have the full cooperation of the council for anything that they require," he said.
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“If the reviewers do not have full information our ability to learn lessons from the past is restricted and may put young people at risk.
“Child sexual exploitation is abhorrent. It would be naive to think that cases of child sexual exploitation do not take place, and the council and our partners must be equipped to prevent and detect them in all their forms.
“I am grateful to the survivors who have spoken about their experiences, and am confident that if the council or our partners could have done more to protect or support them and others that Malcolm and Gary will identify this.”
Coun Fielding said the terms of reference for the review would be publicly confirmed next week.
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Smith Haven Mall
by 70sKid · June 22, 2013
Only months before the 70s decade rolled in, the Smith Haven Mall opened its doors to the public. Centrally located in Lake Grove, it was a welcome sight to a populace fed up with driving to Roosevelt Field for their shopping. Today, it is much like every other mall in the country. But back in the day, it was quite the sight to see.
For one thing, how many malls today have fine artwork displayed? The Smith Haven Mall included works of art by Larry Rivers, noted sculptor Alexander Calder and psychedelic artist, Peter Max. There were numerous fountains, murals, ponds and sculptures located throughout the structure, including a large fiber optics fountain where small beads of oil made their way down each optic strand. The center of the mall was comprised of a sunken circle surrounded by seating, where they would hold various events and exhibitions.
And then, there were the stores.
Here is a list of businesses that inhabited the Smith Haven Mall in the 70s. It is by no means complete. Should you notice a glaring omission, we hope you’ll share it in the comments section, so we can continue to expand this resource. Also, it should be noted that I’ve only found two pictures of the mall from the 70s (both of which are shown above). If you have any interior or exterior shots from the era, we would love to include them here. (please see our submissions page for more info.)
Without further ado, a list of 70s stores (in alphabetical order):
Abraham and Straus
Andre’s Head Factory
Asian Gifts
Barricini’s Candy
Beefsteak Charlie’s
Buster Brown
Chess King
Family Melody Center
Fanny Farmer
Florsheim Shoes
Food of all Nations
Friendly’s
Herman’s World of Sporting Goods
Import Alley
Kay Bee Toys
Kay’s Jewelry
Lerners
McCrory’s
Orange Julius
Sam Goody
Steak and Brew
Stern’s
Thom McAn
Time Out Amusements
United Artists Movie Theater
Wallachs
Wicks and Sticks
Zum Zum
Today, few of these stores exist. They were systematically replaced by national chains that can be found in just about every mall across the country. The loss of unique shops and the wonderful artwork have left the Smith Haven Mall a shell of its former self, but at least we can remember the glory days together.
I would love to hear your recollections of the Smith Haven Mall from the 70s era, along with any pictures or information you can offer to help us remember the past. Share your stories in our comments section, and if you have pictures to submit, they can be sent to submissions@longisland70skid.com. Thanks!
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Peter C. says:
Ah, good old Smith Haven. So many memories… going to meet Bob Nystrom and Garry Howatt at Herman’s, the McCrory’s time warp, and being deathly afraid of walking all the way into the back of Time Out arcade because I thought I’d be killed.
Oh, and does anyone remember that huge bird cage down one of the wings? Or did I just make that up?
70sKid says:
Great memories, thanks for sharing!
And no, you didn’t make anything up. There did indeed used to be a large birdcage there, although I’m not sure of which wing it was in.
Great site. In was a mall rat hanging out at Time Out. Gene and Joe working the change and tokens. Wasn’t there a little piano shop near the appliance store that was across from Asian Gifts? This was where the bird cages were. Also what was that pizza place that was in the Sears wing? Jimmy was a maintenance guy there. His wife worked as the manager of the cookie factory. Remember IBI security?
Pianoman says:
The appliance store was Layfette’s. (I think that’s how it was spelled-pronounced; Laughy-ettes.). They were a chain store.
Not on the list was also Radio Shack. (There was one in the mall and outside at the Fox Shopping Plaza (Pathmark, Fox Liquors and a jewish deli).
The piano shops were; Wurlitzer and Nelson Varon’s.
There was a “Ticket Master” (where you bought concert tickets) on the mezzanine of A&S. The mezzanine was a restaurant. (There was also a beauty salon.)
the pizza place was expresso pizza
AnalogGurl says:
It wasn’t Ticketmaster, it was Ticketron. And the location moved around the mall over the years. It became Ticketmaster in the 80’s at the earliest, and eventually was located in or near Sam Goodys
The pizza place was called Expresso Pizza. No tables, just a very long counter.
John Vogel says:
I remember Expresso..It was next to the McCrory Entrance on the corridor that was going to house Sears in the future. Pizza was one of the best I’ve ever had.
Oh yeah Expresso Pizza. Wow! There were tables in the back of that place. You may not recall but there were. Yes, they had a long counter that’s for sure.
I remember fish tanks all around too and do u remember outside the mall in the back called cocos
I remember going there with my family until it closed. It was one of there favorites along with Good Steer on the way to the mall. Cocos was great. I believe they were taken over by Village in.n. They are where i am now in the Midwest. I miss New York and my life there!!!
It was CoCos, and next door was a steak restaurant called The Plankhouse
One of my favorite stores in Smithhaven was called Asian Gifts. It was just that. I used to buy this Asian Orange Ginger candy that were wrapped in rice paper. You could eat the candy and the paper it was wrapped in would melt in your mouth. There were head shop items in the back of the store. The owners were really nice.
That was where we could buy “Chinese slippers” those black cotton maryjane shoes we all wore in the early 80’s….
Yes Completley correct
Jean Parisi says:
I love Asian gifts also
Ka says:
OmG yes. Rice paper candy ! They were located up by the register. I can see the older Asian man ringing me up now. Thanks!!
Yes! I thought I was remembering something that didnt exist. I do have fuzzy memories of the big birdcage, must have been around 78 or 79. I thought it was in the center circle but I could be mistaken. On another note, I rode an elephant in that circle when I was 9 in 1980
Ken kmetz says:
Yes the birdcage was there
The bird cage was down the Sears wing out side of dr x pets and buster brown shoes.
Rosalie DeBlanco says:
The bird cage was by Macy if I remembered right
I definitely remember the huge bird cage!!
Kathryn Aldrich Neu says:
My brother worked in CHess King, Used to go to MCCrory’s/Wicks /Sticks. I remember when it opened Batman/Robin came by helicopter. I remember getting a warm salted pretzel in Sears. Andre’s I’m pretty sure is now down here on Hutchinson Island on the Treasure Coast in Florida where I live now.
Thanks for sharing that, Kathryn! I used to love how you could cut through McCrory’s, which had two entrances. Made it a much quicker walk to Time-Out. 🙂
“Cut-through” McCrory’s…..everyone said it that way!
There was a pet shop in there and a shoemaker by the parking lot exit.
There was also a carousel of Brach’s candy by the pound. Everyone would eat them but no one ever paid for it!
Yes. I remember!
Waldman Books and The Cookie Factory. I remember the large one screen theater!!
Thanks for reminding me of those places. Much appreciated! Are you sure the Cookie Factory was there in the 70s?
Saw many movies in the Smith Haven Mall theater, from all the great disaster movies of the era, to the Pink Panther series, and plenty of James Bond as well. (That’s what my parents liked to see). 🙂
Mrs. Fields maybe?
Possibly. Let’s see if anyone else can chime in and help us out. I did all Waldenbooks to the list though!
Great! What about these? (I think they were 70’s but could have been early 80’s)
Record World
I don’t personally remember them, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t there. Let’s see if anyone else can confirm.
I worked at Mrs. Fields and that was early 90s.
Thanks for that info!
Ree says:
How about INTRIQUE? That was 60’s or 70’s and was like a SPENCERS on the other side of mall. I used to go in there a lot and preferred it to SPENCERS. They had some things the other didn’t and I always loved the name. Good Ole Smith Haven Mall. Was so much of my childhood. I remember all those stores and hanging out there all the time. So good to see a pic of it and to find out other people remember it also and fondly.
To answer anonymous below. It was the 80’s for those stores. I worked at Record Town from 1986 to 1988. around there.
Century Mall Theatre.
We started a protest outside the theater. They put too much tanglefoot on their sign that birds fell to the ground. It was a small protest but powerful. They removed it.
After the late movie let out the mall guards would usher you out the side corridor to the parking lot.
Thank you for helping the birds
susan mcwilliams says:
I was there opening day. They had golf carts to drive people from a&s to macys. You need to include g & g shirts….walacks (dad got all his suits there)….. shelleys tall girl shop….danskin leotards…spencers gifts. I remember in the early 70’s miss universe was there.
Thank you, Susan! I’m going to research those a little.
Wow, really appreciate all the comments coming in. Please keep them coming, and make sure you check out the rest of the site. Lots to see here. 🙂
I rememb er dans kin tights…I think it was by sears. There was also a fabric store and a piano storm next to it. I remember because we would go there for mom to buy patterns and fabric and dad would sit outside the store listening to the man play the piano in the store. It was by Macy’s or a&s. Remember the open air restaurant in a&s ? Sears had a restaurant too…
I think the store that sold Danskin was named Parklane. I had a friend who worked there.
Wallach’s and Florshiem.
So many famous people “appeared” at the SHM. If not there then across the street at Korvettes.
From the hill at Korvette’s we would gather to watch the closed circuit boxing matches playing at the Smithtown Drive-in across the street.
The fabric store was Frankel’s. The piano store was Wurlitzer.
Your dad was listening to MY dad playing the piano!
My father opened that store. Both my parents worked there. My sister was “Miss Wurlitzer”. I just hung around creating trouble 🙂
Did you slay ride down that korvettes hill in the snow. It was like a mini Bald Hill
Yes! Sleigh riding down Korvettes hill! I grew up in that development behind Korvettes
Yes, it was Amparo Munoz, Miss Universe 1974, who appeared at SHM. My sister got an autographed picture of her.
Amparo Munoz died at 56 a few years ago
I remember dropping “Salvo” tablets in the fountains and watching the water suds up. I would not be happy if my kids did that!!
That made me smile. Thanks for sharing, Lisa!
We did that, too. Only we used laundry detergent. (I still do it today. Life should be spontaneous and exciting!)
We also used to raid all the coins those starry-eyed lovers and dreamer threw into those “ponds”.
Dlyden says:
I remember the excitement when the mall first opened. Used to cut class and hitch hike to hang out at the mall. I stood outside of A&S to try to get tickets for the concert for Bangladesh, they sold out in minutes. As soon as they sold out Macy’s started to sell the tickets, the crowd turned as one and raced to the other end of the mall. It was all over in a matter of minutes and no I did not get tickets. Sure spent a lot of time hanging out at the mall tho’.
Thanks for sharing those memories! You are not alone; I think a lot of us spent many a day at that memorable mall.
Hey maybe I’m remembering a piece in my childhood that really wasn’t there ( as my big brother says) lol but,
I precisely remember going to a movie theater at the smith haven mall when I was 4/5 years bout 1971 and costumed Snow White and goofy and others would come out and greet the kids .. It was the old movie theater at SHM when you first walked into the mall, it was on the right and always had a gate up so we couldn’t go through the mall..
Does anyone else remember these costumed characters or am I wrong?
Carmen, so glad you found us over here and thanks for sharing those memories!
I don’t remember that specifically, but it sounds exactly like the promotional stuff Disney was doing in the early 70s. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if your memory is correct. Hopefully, someone else can come along and confirm. Thanks again!
I will confirm it.
Life was so thick with excitement!
Love your website! I remember G & G in the early 80’s, not 100% sure about the 70’s though. Pretty sure that Mrs. Field’s store was not around in the 70’s OR 80’s. I remember the Naturalizer shoe store being there forever, and I worked there in the early 80’s. The senior citizens loved it, but it certainly wasn’t the ‘coolest’ place to work! It was me (as a teenager) and a bunch of old men haha…..
Thanks for sharing your recollections, Lisa!
Al Frankel says:
What about Pet Doctor and Asian Gifts????
Thanks for commenting, Al!
I believe the Asian Gifts place was called Import Alley, which is on our list. Or are you thinking of another place?
Asian Gifts was not Import Alley. That was like a Pier One type place. Asian Gifts was just what it said… Asian Gifts. One of my favorites! Holiday Spa… Which became Jack La Lanne’s.
Thanks, I appreciate the confirmations! We’ll update the page soon. 🙂
It was called “Doctor’s Pet Shop”.
I worked at Import Alley.
Walter, the owner, was an alcoholic.
One day he was so drunk he began pulling up ladies dresses (yes, girls wore dresses!) He passed out in the mall in front of the store and I walked over him and down to Different Strokes and took a job there.
They were both “head shops” and sold pot paraphernalia.
Different Strokes was outrageous. I could go on with so many stories!
Brooks brothers was there
Sharon Zeolla says:
Who remembers the elevator at the main entrance before they added the food court?
Ah yes, the elevator that took you to the vast wasteland that was the second story. Rode it many times. 🙂
I rode it during school hours when I was in my teens. Security told my friend and I a person has to be 16 y.o. to be at the mall alone at that time. Security then told us to leave the entire mall premises.
Shouldn’t have been on that elevator… 😛
I was working at Block’s Luggage (formerly Rubin’s) when a black woman threw herself off the “bridge” above.
I remember her shaking and shaking. I learned later she had died.
The SHM was its own little world. Who needed Jerry Springer?
All malls were their own world. I worked for Morse Shoe in the Sunrise Mall on Fourth of July we went through the back catacombs into Bakers back room and kidnapped one of their sales girls..All in good fun. You can’t do that anymore.
The second floor had some corporate offices and The Ministries where kids could socialize and play board games.
“The Ministries” a vast wasteland? I think not! Where else could you lounge around on carpet-covered platforms and bean bag chairs
in a darkened room with lava lamps and eyeball kids from other towns that had also ridden in on the mall bus?… 😉
I am pretty sure there was a store called Asian Gifts in the mall at one time.Maybe the name changed??? The late 70’s early 80’s was the time I would have gone into such a store. However, given my state of mind at the time, anything is possible… Lol
yes Asian gifts was in there Sears wing and if I’m not mistaken a pizza joint was right next store
I seem to remember Friendly’s being in the Sears wing, but not a pizza joint. I do remember Sbarro’s over by Different Strokes though.
There was a pizza place that wasn’t Sbarro’s. If remember correctly it was small but the pizza was good.
It was Expresso pizza. I use to work there from 1979 till it closed in 1984. Best pizza in town.
I think people are remembering Orange Julius. I believe it was next to Asian Gifts.(Hot dogs, hamburgers and smoothies.)
They werent “smoothies”. They were Orange Juliuses!
Yes Friendlys was there, as well, as good old Orange Juilius, and the restaurant inside of Sears.
Al! Do you remember the first couple of summers when the mall opened they used to launch fireworks?? On weds?
Thanks to everyone for all of the suggestions. Keep ’em coming!
I’ve added a few stores to the list today. If you’ve suggested something and don’t see it added, please don’t take offense. For the sake of accuracy, I try to confirm every store from at least two sources before I add it. Not only that it existed, but that it existed there during the 70s. Thanks for your patience!
4 KDS says:
anyone rember the ‘mall moonster” and how the kids were afraid of him. Also remember Frankels,,pet shop.
Rob C says:
I remember the mall monster, and Zappa’s Dungeon.
Craft store (don’t know the exact name)
Huffman Cohen Vision (Turned into Pearle Vision)
Hodor Dinettes
Seamans Bank
Organ store (again don’t know the name but they had a round platform where a guy would sometimes play the organ as it rotated)
Leather shop – not sure if that was 70’s or 80’s
Michael’s Trading Post – used to love to walk past the windows and look at the pocket knives
Sbarro Pizza
Sam Goodys
Many many happy afternoons and evenings spent at that mall, first with my Mom and siblings on Friday (pay day for my Dad) and then later with friends. Never knew “Calder” was a person until a couple of years ago. Still mourning the loss of the center pit and the A&S restaurant that looked out on the mall.
The Mall Monster!!! I forgot all about him!!
I will confirm;
Expresso Pizza.
Cohan’s Optical (later Cohan’s Vision Center)
Hodor Dinettes (They even advertised on TV.)
Seaman’s Bank for Savings.
The organ store near Sears; Nelson Varon’s.
Sbarro’s Pizza
European American Bank (EAB)
Sam Goody’s (Music store – “Goody’s Got it!”
If these are not on the list, add them!
The store that became Pearle Vision Center originally had the name Hillman-Kohan. The name change was announced in a TV commercial featuring basketball superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who himself had changed his name and was using his tremendous height to put up the new sign!
Cindy Schafran says:
I agree that it was much nicer back than. Had it’s own identity. I totally forgot about the birdcage but not that glass elevator. It was so cool at the time. Do you remember Sid’s pants, or perhaps it was called Sid’s Jeans? It had a big-assed pair of jeans mounted at the entrance. I tried to get a job at nuts and stuff. It was a narrow , long store on the right side heading towards Macy’s. Didn’t work out but I did get a job at Carvel in centereach. I would kill if anyone could come up with a pic of old Nesconset general store on Smithtown Blvd. It always smelled like candy when you walked in. Thanks for the memories!!
Audrey PM says:
You are correct – Sid’s Pants! That pair of jeans was gigantic! It was part of the same family of stores as Just Shirts, which is missing from this list. Just Shirts was located in the Sears wing, not too far down from the center on the right side. My brother and a slew of his friends worked there from ’82-’87. They sold men’s dress shirts, acrylic sweaters, and Champion tees and sweatshirts. Manager’s name was Renee – she was so funny! Always taking a smoke break and sipping on her tea from Friendly’s. 🙂
I’m also remembering a couple of other stores not mentioned as of yet. There was a t-shirt shop that you could choose your decal and any lettering that you wanted and they’d create the shirt with that big hot press machine while you waited. I think it was near Foods of All Nations. That was definitely there in the 70’s. Additionally, there was a tobacconist shop that was near the old entrance to the mall, a couple of stores down from the movie theater. The smell of that place was so distinctive!
I worked at Sbarro’s for a few years in the early 80’s – a great spot to be but the uniform was hideous! A green wrap skirt and a red kerchief on my head – what a fashion statement…
Kristine Uribe says:
OMG I just thought of him the other day! He was an icon when I was “mall age”
I also remember the mall monster (he was terrifying), and Zappa’s Dungeon but it was my early teens in the mid 80’s.
The “mall monster”.
I worked at Pathmark and he waited on my line. You could tell he was around because the smell was pungent.
When he got up to me I actually asked him why he wore 2 winter coats (all year) and what looked like motor oil dripping all over him.
The question started a friendship/acquaintance.
He told me he had been in a fire and most of his skin had burned away.
The oil was vasoline (old and dirty because it was a medical “event” to bathe). He had to have it because it coated his flesh and prevented infection. His body could not regulate heat, that’s why he wore 2 coats.
He was the kindest man I met at the SHM and we chatted every time we met there.
It was unfortunate that people actually make fun of him to his face.
(I remember two teenaged girls yelling at him, telling him he was ugly and stunk and using the term “mall monster”.
The man was always in pain and had been through so much.
I learned that he had acquired an enormous sum of money from the accident but it never gave him any comfort.
I will never forget him.
I grew up with him his name is Mike Randazzo he was very kind he became schizophrenic in the mid-70s he was an excellent baseball player He use to drive me in his mothers 1970 sport satilite car had a 383 in it and was supposedly fast but he drove it real slow I’ll never forget that he was a huge fan of deep purple he was a. Very kind person just had mental problems wish they gave him medicine he probably would have been fine all and all he was a good person it’s was just a shame
OMG!! The Mall Monster!! He scared us death, but run-in’s were always epic!
Tom N says:
Asian Gifts was definitely its own place. Went there all the time. Barricinis was another store. And wasn’t there a Bentley’s Luggage?
Rubin’s Luggage (later became Block’s).
I use to deliver papers in the mall to all the stores Asian gifts was down the Sears wing a pizza parlor was right next store and the birdcage was right there too
Thanks for the contribution! We’ve now added Asian Gifts to the list.
OMG! I remember Thom McAn! I believe that’s where I got my “earth shoes”, if that is what they were called! They were my favorite shoes!! And I loved Record World, had to run in to get my 45’s all the time!
Glad we could help you remember, Eileen! 🙂
Thom McAn had a nickelodeon. We used to watch it for a nickel. It was an old, OLD “movie”.
Macy’s had a jukebox in the petite section. They purchased it from my Dad who ran the Wurlitzer piano store.
Macy’s also had an intercom system that broadcasted throughout the mall.
Here’s how I learned about it;
One evening my father sent me out to find my Mom. He needed her back at the store (Wurlitzer). He told me to look in Martin’s (a store of fashion) so that’s where I went. She wasn’t there.
I looked in Macy’s calling out;”Mom! Mom!”
The employees of Macy’s asked if I was lost. I told them no but I was looking for my mom because SHE was lost.
Well they figured I was a cute confused kid and took me upstairs (Macy’s only had 2 floors then) to the main office to broadcast over the mall intercom that a young boy was lost. I argued that I wasn’t lost, my mom was. They laughed.
My father heard the announcement and was furious because he had to leave the store to get me.
It was so horrible at the time but so funny today!
Charlie Matarasso says:
Great site and memories from the Smith Haven Mall! I worked there while I was at Sachem High School in the late 70’s at a store named Intrigue (owned by Spencer Gifts). In the early 80’s I worked at GNC, which I believe was there in the 70’s as well.
Thanks for the kind words and for sharing those memories, Charlie. Much appreciated.
At GNC around that time there seemed to be an endless amount of vitamins, protein mixes, and other supplements claiming a weight lifter can put on a lot of muscle.
mike ulrich says:
I remember across from “time out” there was that pet store…puppies in the window, and there was an stereo store towards the front of the mall I think it was called (lafayetts), also there was a gym in the mall I think a jack lalane or something like that.
Thanks for contributing those confirmations, Mike!
Yes Lafayette’s!! Used to love to stop in and play “Mars Lander” on the TI computers.
Of course I remember Lafayettes,,that where I got my CB and stero for my car. Anyone remember Friendly Frost or the Tobaconist where at age 9 I bought cigars for my father..Ah the good old days.
Also lets not forget the restaurant outside of the mall Coco’s and the Plankhouse…Or good old Service Merchandise as well.
Yep Lafayette and Cocos. There was a Toys R Us and a mom and pop computer shop in that strip mall with Service Merchandise.
My sister (Miss Wurlitzer) ran Lafayettes during her college years. They used to give her the latest equipment to try at home. We had the latest in electronics!
I worked in Toys R Us. When people called the store all the phones rang. it was anyone’s job to answer them.
We had a very mean manager. (He was almost as bad as the manager I had working at Macy’s) One day I picked up the phone and insulted the caller. They demanded to know who I was and I told them I was the store manager and gave them HIS name. He was fired.
Layfayette was in the wing that was the shortest, IIRC.
record world…confirmed
holiday spa….. confirmed
ANTHONY ASARO says:
“DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS” THAT IS THE QUOTE JOHN DOUGAL SR. NAMED THE STORE AFTER !!
Doug Z says:
I can’t count how many movies I saw there, but i know one of them was Disney’s Fantasia… I remember walking out thinking “What the hell was that”…
Now, that’s funny. 🙂 The movie I remember most vividly was Rocky II. The reason being, right as my family was walking into the theater, some kid walked out and said loud enough for everyone to hear “It was so cool when Rocky won!” … sigh.
Thanks for sharing that!
Many more I’m sure but those are what I remember.
Marol says:
Fiddler on the roof. Christmas Eve. With all the Jewish people.
Mark Kristol says:
Rocky in the theatre was awesome!!!
Apocalypse Now !!
Docmg says:
What about smithaven ministries?
I used to live within walking distance of the mall and was in the sixth grade when the first stores (Macy’s and A&S) opened. Macy’s gave out buttons that said “I like A&S the best” under which, in small print, it said “next to Macy’s”. A&S gave out similar buttons with the store names switched. Since the mall was so close to home it was routine to walk over there and just hang out. Loved to go looking in Sam Goody’s, get an ice cream at Barracini’s, etc. There was another ice cream shop in the small hallway just off the main Sear’s entrance, but I don’t remember the name.
One shop that’s missing from the list above is Zum Zum, a restaurant that served German food. It was down near the entrance to Macy’s. I think there was also a Castro’s Convertibles nearby.
Thanks for sharing your memories, John! Always appreciated.
In the late 70’s, maybe 1980 (I was still in high school so that’s how I generally know the timeframe) a Beefsteak Charlie’s opened. All the beer, wine and sangria you could drink. Does anybody else remember this? The reason I remeber is because we were awful – we’d get a big group, drink our faces off and then skip out on the bill, one by one. Kids are so stupid- then we’d go back, the same group of kids, and do it again and again, until they finally nailed us. Duh!
Steak and Brew (which I helped open in early 73 ) went Chapter 11 in mid 1975… They renamed it Beefsteak Charlie’s in September ( same owner Larry Ellman)…I worked there between 73 and 78…. I always enjoyed a slice of pizza down at Espresso Pizza before my shift…lol
Kevin gill says:
I remember riding a baby elephant down in the pit before they filled it in…
Very nice, Kevin!
Me too! Nobody believes me when I tell them that I rode an elephant in the Smith Haven Mall. Why would I make that up anyway?! Thanks for the valedation
Lol yes the Elephant !!
There were elephants. A petting zoo or circus would occasionally frequent the mall.
There were lions (my parents have pictures) and ostriches and lamas and goats. They filled the center ring (the arena) with hay.
The mall smelled like a barn yard!
glenn lutzker says:
expresso pizza on the sears side and hermans side of the mall
nuts n stuff on the macys side
There was also a center booth called “Fluff & Stuff” that sold (“Collect Them All!”) little palm-sized floppy stuffed animals. I collected them all……
Holly Anderson says:
I’ve been reading through all these posts looking for anything about Fluff N Stuff, just to be sure I didn’t dream it up. It was heaven on earth to me! All that Hello kitty stuff and the stuffed animals. I loved it!
Unfortunately my earliest memories are from about ’88-89 when we moved to Smithtown. I was only 4-5 years old, but I do vividly remember many stores. My mom used to always park right by the exit by Time Out. I used to beg her every time to let me go play some games. I do remember the food court having tons of windows all over the roof. It’s all changed now, unfortunately. I went back and can’t even recognize it anymore. KB toys was also a favorite.
Thanks for sharing your memories with us, Rachael!
I remember the big bird cage and the elevator before the food court was installed, I also remember riding an elephant in the center ring area of the mall, which I believe, is where the big bird cage was originally located.
Ah, the many family dinners at Beefsteak Charlies, what I didn’t realize at the time is that it was alll you can drink (beer/wine) on Sundays so no wonder my parents dragged us there, I thought it was for the unlimited shrimp!
It may have been more of an 80’s thing but does anyone remember hiding out in “Zappas Dungeon” and smoking, then spending the day in Time Out playing games?
Great memories, Chris! Thanks for sharing them.
Beefsteak Charlie’s (near McCrory’s outside entrance) had all the beer, wine and BIRCH BEER you could drink. Also; they served peanuts. you shucked and threw the shells on the floor. (I remember the cockroaches well!). Beefsteak Charlie’s became Steak and Brew. (Their sign actually said; “Steak and Brew and Steak and Brew” I don’t know why.)
Coco’s was next to where Chase Bank is now behind the mall. (I think its Fortunoff’s lawn furniture now.)
I don’t remember Beefsteak Charlies having peanuts. That was Ground Round which wasn’t in the mall. We went there all the time. For 19 dollars we got chicken teriyaki and all you can drink beer and shrimp and salad! One time they started new commercials on TV with Charlies son – Beefsteak Chuck. Our waiter told us it was because Beefsteak Charlie had cancer (not true)
Nancy S. says:
Cardinal Ties!! Tiny little tie store, in the movie theater ” wing” , but on the opposite side. 🙂 And Martins Department store! Had an escalator in the middle of the store.
Also, Sid’s Pants was next to Foods of All Nations!
Thanks for that info, Nancy! Always appreciated!
aml says:
Fluf n Stuf
Karen Lachenmeyer Keeley says:
Don’t forget Pants Place Plus. They were next to Macy’s. Spent many a paycheck there!
Don’t forget Zum Zum, Rubins luggage , The plum Tree down by Sears, and orange Julius
etf says:
I worked at lechters in the 90’s but remember a lot from when I was a kid in the 70’s.
This End Up (across from time out) Anthonys Pizza (opposite Orange Julius on sears wing near center) and the Metal foil art Manniquins by the glass elevator that had flashing neon behind them. That used to scare me as a kid. There was an appliance store by sears called Frost King I think (very early 70’s). There was Audio Den, also EAB. There were some old photos of the mall at the mall management office, second floor by elevator when it was run by G + G management in the 90’s. Who knows if Simon management left them up when they took over in the 2000’s.
Lots of great info there. Thanks for sharing!
Great job! The stores I miss most….Asian Gifts, Import Alley, Beefsteak Charlie’s and Wick and Sticks…yeah you have your Pier 1s and Yankee Candles, but they just lack something these stores had. Thanks for the memories!
It would be great if you could do something for the South Shore Mall too. I remember as a kid being amazed by the huge bird cage they had in the middle of the place…you won’t see that anymore!
By reading others, I guess it was the Smith Haven that had the birdcage!
wow again will have to think about this but i can remember shooting pucks at john tonelli in the center (prob early 80s). but for sure i bought my 45s at sam goody in the 70s.. my mom loved orange julius, boaties from thom mcann… dang great site
Lynn Herrmann says:
I jnow the mall opened befire April 1969. I git married the and bought all my clothes there for my honeymoon
I remember most of the stores on the list too. Asian Gifts and Import Alley were definitely two different stores. Import Alley was in the hallway very close to Macy’s and Asian Gifts was in the hallway near Sears. Also, on Rte 25 before turning to go down the roadway to park outside of Sears, there was a Korvette’s store too. Does anyone remember that? 🙂
E.J Korvettes.
It didn’t stand for “eight Jewish Korean Veterans as the rumor would have you believe. The founders used their first names initials E and J and Korvettes came from the name of a battleship “Corvette”.
They were a little store in NYC that was laughed at by the large chain stores. Eventually they became the number 1 department store. They made more money from their electronics and record departments. The man who created those departments was Max and he used his name backwards as a brand name for their electronics; XAM.
Korvettes rivaled Billy Blakes, TSS, Modells or Grants and made more money than Sears or Macy’s. Korvettes held the food chain; Hills Supermarkets. (One was located north of the mall in the Rickel’s shopping Center, where Waldbaum’s just closed.)
If you google images you will find one of the SmithHaven Korvettes.
Another tidbit;
The original Macy’s was only 2 stories. When they added the third the architect didn’t account for air flow. The store got so hot many people passed out.
I was working at Macy’s when it went into bankruptcy protection (1992). It was the most unusual business experience I ever had. No one, NO ONE entered that store for MONTHS. Not a single customer. You knew Macy’s was sunk. Once the pending doom hit the media EVERYONE flocked in. They all wanted to see it before it closed. Customers actually cried. During the proceedings, Macy’s was allowed to stop paying creditors. MANY smaller companies closed as a result of Macy’s debt.
Macy’s negotiated with larger suppliers. These companies agreed to restock Macy’s with new merchandise (floor merchandise was 3 years out of date!) so Macy’s could survive and eventually pay up their debts to these larger companies.
The old merchandise had to go. We were ordered to destroy it. They handed us utility knifes and ordered us to slash all the old merchandise.
I’ll never forget how destructive my Macy’s experience was.
Sorry. This is supposed to be a site of happy memories.
Besides being caught shoplifting at Sears (later I became a manager there), this is my only negative memory of the SHM. 😛
Wow, I recall the XAM branded electronics at korvettes. As a teenager, I was Leary of that brand. Always went with name brand.
The mall monster. Rumor was that he was a chimney sweeper. How about Foods of All Nations by Baskin n Robbins? Mcrorys was the best cut through from the Sears wing to I believe the Macy’s wing. That store seemed so huge. The Macys side actually had seats by the food consession. The pizza was scary looking under the heat lamps.
Thanks for the memories, Fred! I ate at the food counter at McCrory’s many times as a kid, although I think I stayed away from the pizza. 🙂
Good move on the pizza. Friendly Frost was the appliance store. We used to play Odyssey video game in there on their tv..lol The Chins owned Asian Gifts. I know lots about the mall because I practically lived there.
I worked at “Art Frame and Photo World” beginning in 1976 (I was 15 but lied about my age…don’t tell Andre! (The salon owner also owned the art store next door.)
We did custom framing, sold art supplies, sold cameras, and developed photos. I worked there till I went to college, and then on college breaks.
A quick story about the bird cage…
One day when I was working a green parrot flew into the shop. I called the pet store…it wasn’t theirs.Then I called Mall security that told me that it must have escaped the big cage in the center and would probably just fly outside and perish in the cold. He told me if I could catch it I could keep it. Had that noisy unsociable bird for years!
I’ll try to post a photo.
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I worked at ArtFrame in the late 80’s and the Craft store in the early 80’s.
I came upon this site because I was just in the Whiney Museum this weekend and they have a whole Alexander Calder exhibit – and I said “Mom didn’t the Smithaven Mall have a Calder sculpture” – forgetting it was actually called Calder Court lol.
How about these stores
Flagg Bros. Shoes
Yes I remember the Mall Monster!
National Shoes is missing from the list.
Didn’t Mcrory’s sell hot dogs? I remember loving their hot dogs (which were probably loaded with sodium). Later on, (90’s) I remember a store that sold a lot of nature-inspired gifts and decor including fancy stones and wind chimes. A lot of native-American inspired stuff. Natural Wonders maybe? And I still have a silver polishing cloth that has the Sterns name on it. Before they closed my mom bought some of their metal clothing display racks and uses them all the time to this day. I worked at the GAP as holiday help in 1998. I saw Titanic for the first time at the smithaven movie theatre and I met a cute guy at Mrs. Fields named David who gave me a free soda. I came back and gave him my phone number and we went out a few times. ; )
Yes, they did sell hot dogs. Ate many of them as a kid. And no, they probably weren’t good for us, but they sure tasted good. Today? Maybe not so much.
My Mom loved Natural Wonders. I remember wacky but cool artwork/decor in food court in the 80s. And VIM!!
And Red Robin and the restaurant in A&S and the soft serve at Barricinis was incredible! And the petting zoo in the sunken in center of the mall!
Sears used to sell candy and pretzels. Would love going there for a treat.
And they used to have a circus in the middle of the mall. Fashion shows also.
Yes I remember the circus in the center pit. They strung a tightrope and trapeze setup across it with a big yellow safety net underneath. It was thrilling to be so close up to the performers!
The SmithHaven Mall had fashion, flower, antique, car, art,and boat shows.
They would feature “stuff” from the girl scouts, boy scouts and local organizations.
The mall, in my memory (as a kid) was a real community place.
John Hopkins says:
Does anyone remember the name of the local (to Long Island) head shops that had the exclusive right to sell the WBAB Homegrow Album?
it was record stop it was on portion road .. by the burger king .. in the strip mall ..we used to cut out of sachem and go buy our albums
Record stop
Had heard as a kid that someone had put LSD in the mustard at McCrorys(?) and some little kid died! Over the years as I got older thought it was a typical urban legend – has anyone else heard of this??
Urban legend.
So is the old; “They were breaking into the mall and fell through the roof and died” story. 😛
I sem to remember Record Town and Record World. Tape World came later.
This is great! remember the Pet store in mccorys.. WAsnt Burger King there for a short time?? N the smell of warm pretzels in sears… Fun! Fun!
wow i do remember the Burger King and i don’t know why we always ate at Sbarros and nothing else… I also remember the wood paths around Macys that looked like roads..i’d just wander around them pretending to be a car.
I used to find the name Bailey Banks and Biddle silly when i was a kid
My second job was there at Kinney Shoes..1984
OMG – this story makes me so happy. I LIVED in this mall in my youth, and started working in Thom McCann at age 16. I also worked in The Cookie Factory, Chess King and His Place (which I don’t think was on your list, but that may have been very early 1980s). Another store you left off, definitely from the 70s, was Sue’s Place – a women’s clothing store. My mother won 2nd place in a chess cake baking contest at Abraham & Straus (in the upstairs balcony restaurant) and Regis Philben gave her her award. I think my mom still has the picture. I will definitely be writing more. Thank you for this.
The clothing store was called; “Susan’s Casuals”. The sign had a flower in it created by NYC artist. Bruce Friedle. When they removed it I tried to get the flower but they destroyed it taking it down.
Friedle work is now becoming quite valuable!
BTW;
The SHM was planned to incorporated a theme of modern art That’s why so much art existed there. (The collage of stuff suspended in front of the elevator is now in a museum. We called it “the legs” I remember it was featured in our 1973 edition of the World Book Encyclopedia under “modern art”)
Also Baker’s Shoes right in the center, between the A&S & Sears aisles.
And, of course, there was a pet store next to Asian Gifts. We bought a great dog there that lived for 19 years!
Beefsteak Charlie’s was originally Steak n’ Stein.
Actually it was called Steak and Brew….. I worked there from the very beginning ((early 1973 ) . Married in July, 1975 and two months after it went Chapter 11… Changed its name to Beefsteak Charlies
And a family friend of ours always used to refer to Steak and Brew irreverently as “Burp and Slurp” …
In the 70’s and possibly 80’s, my dad and I would go to the mall and enter from the entrance currently where the tools are located. You would walk down the isle to the end where the men’s clothing section is currently located. Back then there were appliances along the right side and a candy booth. Dad would get me pistachio nuts or cashews. Then you would walk through the woman’s section and that would lead into the mall. Nowadays they opened up the center of Sears so you can get the the mall through the jewelry section.
I remember in the mall by Sears, there was this fountain with long wire strands that had glistening beads running down the wires. Read in previous posts about it being oil beads. Would like to see a photo of this fountain.
I remember the elevator in the front of the mall with Lafayette electronics, used to love that store! I had a Lafayette stereo record player with radio and 8 track tape recorder. Taped all my albums that I bought at Sam goody.
I remember mc crorys dept store. Anyone remember the toy called squirmels? It was a furry pipe cleaner type worm on a fishing string. It would appear to move between your fingers as if it was alive. Bought it there, had lots of fun making people think it was real.
I remember squirmels!! It came in either orange or neon green. Such a tough choice as a little kid… Both colors were cool!
As of now, 2016, you can still buy squirmels. They still make them!
I seem to remember them dismantling the oil fountain and putting it into a dumpster,
They were very popular in MUCH smaller versions for the home.
They dripped mineral oil on fishing line.
I actually bought one of the recent squirmels.
In mc crorys, I used to get t shirts printed. It was located near the pizza counter. Someone mentioned a comic book store, I remember buying coins (still have them).
There was another store that would do iron on t shirt transfers. Anyone remember the name?
The other T-shirt store was Different Strokes.
When I worked there (Geez! I worked in almost all the SHM stores!) gangs would come in to have t-shirts made. No other company would make t-shirts with gang logos/emblems on them.
I just didn’t care what they wanted I made EVERYTHING for them.
(Besides their over 200 decals to choose from, there was special felt sheets that could be cut into designs.)
These gang members gave great tips!
Michael James says:
Does anyone remember the meeting the Mets there in 1970/71? I was only 7 years old, but remember it was PACKED!
Chris L. says:
I have many memories.
The “piano store” that everyone is referring to is called Wurlitzer. I used to take lessons from there!! I’ll never forget watching and hearing the player piano play music by itself using those rolls with holes in them. It always amazed me.
I also clearly remember getting a portrait made of me in 1976 by the elevator at the front. The artists name was Buche’ or something like that (it was torture having to sit there for so long). I still have the picture!
We used to ride our bicycles there all the time. There was a bike rack at the entrance and that entrance road seemed like it was 1/8 of a mile long! Now, as soon as you pull into the mall you have to turn left or right.
I also remember buying my first 10 speed bike from Sears as well as playing with Pong and Atari 2600 when it first came out.
Lafayette was the coolest store. I bought an electronics kit from there so I could make my own projects. I also remember that they had a tube tester. We had to test the tubes to repair our tv set when the vertical or horizontal hold would weaken…..remember those days?
How about the Cheese that used to hang from the ceiling in Sbarro pizzeria? I can still smell that place.
These memories are priceless! I really hate the Mall since they updated it.
My father opened the Wurlitzer store.
I posted some details on this site.
We moved to Long Island because my father opened the Wurlitzer store.
The lessons you took were on electric pianos. They had tines that plucked when you pressed the keys and an amplifier picked up the sound.
My father left Wurlitzer and started a chain of stores; All Island Pianos, Piano Organ City and Decker’s Pianos (16 stores in all). He later invented the electronic piano (no tines – all electric) and the touch sensitive keyboard used in all pianos today.)
Chris L,: You either took lessons from him or my Mom who worked there also.
There was a corridor behind Wurlitzer that had many lesson booths. (Only one was ever used so we used the rest to play.)
McCrory’s was across the way and as kids we would sneak over there to distract the poor net-headed ladies .and steal all the half-n-half creamers! Mmmmm! Delicious! LOL!
One day we were playing with Kenner’s Piccados in one of the booths. (It was a toy that plugged into an outlet, heated up like a stove and turned “gobble-d-gook” gel into rubber.) We went over to McCrory’s to steal the Half-n-Half forgetting the Piccado stove was on…….
We set the mall on fire!
What a horrible moment – especially for my Dad!
My mother worked in Martins which became Martins/TSS (times Square Stores) for years.
Does anyone remember Friendly Frost (appliance store) ? or the Tobacconist? I remember being 11 and buying my father cigars there. I know it sounds crazy today, but back then all you had to say it was for an adult.
Also the mall had that cool fish tank…That mall was so cool then now it is completely antiseptic and look like any other mall.
Does anyone remember the 2 restaurants off of Nesconset highway in front of the mall Coco’s & The Plankhouse?..which later became El Torito.
In the store Different Strokes there were two levels separated only by a few stairs. The upper level was for adults only as they had various you know what paraphernalia there. I remember as a teenager loitering near the stairs waiting for the store clerk to help a customer. I would then sneak up the stairs and check out the stuff.
john Dougal says:
Ha… my Dad was the owner.
I remember the “stair” up to the display cases. I worked there. Maybe you bought “pipes” from me? (We wouldn’t sell you any if you called them anything else.)
Hello John!
I only saw you in the store when you’d come in and raid the cash registers!
I got the job because my dad knew your dad. (He sold him a piano.)
Everyone employed there was into some sort of “illegal” activity? Hobby?
Addiction?
I was the only virgin in the place…. LOL!
I remember telling very old ladies who wanted to see the paraphernalia that I had to I.D. them!
They LOVED it!
I used to make transfers on shirts for local gangs. No other place would do that for a gang. I charged them the regular price and an additional $20 that I pocketed! (I wasn’t they only one selling stuff and not ringing it up….)
We sold exotic lingerie and the only place to try it on was the bathroom.
I told all the girls they had to come out onto the floor to model it – and they did!
Those were great fun times!
chris sutherland says:
I worked there too in the very early years. Perhaps I sold you a waterbed – or pipe – or some sort of funky oil. What a blast. Great times. Hugh smile just thinking about it 45 years later.
Best to John and Kenny.
The bird cage was in the sears wing and the birds used to get out and fly over peoples heads
I’d love to find a picture of the giant tv you could play in at the Children’s Outlet store…it used to be where i think a Cinnabon is now right outside the exit of Macys.
Does anyone know the name of or anything else about the restaurant that used to be above (I believe) A&S? Was it just “the A&S Restaurant?”
Also, there used to be a comic book shop tucked away inside McCrory’s , don’t know if it had a separate name.
The Abraham and Strauss restaurant had a name but it escapes me.. The shoe department was just before it on the second floor. The restaurant jutted out over the entrance and suspended into the mall. It had a glass wall that folded away and out of view when the store was open.
By the time I worked there the restaurant was closed.
A&S had a small basement level with warped parquet tile. It always flooded and smelled awfully moldy.
They put me to work in the stock room sorting men’s underwear.
The room was to the right of the mall entrance. I was stuck in that dark, concrete, dingy area when all of a sudden the whole building shook!
I came out to see what happened and I was almost run down by stampeding woman!
It was one of the first door-busters events.
I thought the world was coming to an end!
Pianoman, could you post photos from your family’s collection? I am also curious about this mall monster, not sure if I remember him? Any photos? Post photos here or any site, even Facebook. Thank you!
Most of our photos are of the concerts held in front of Wurlitzer.
My sister; Lilli, was “Little Miss Wurlitzer” and would literally walk up and down the pedal board as she played some really funky tunes. She was 7 years old and drew quite a crowd.
My parents have all the photos. (They haven’t opened them since Lilli’s unfortunate death.)
As for the “Mall Monster”, he was one the nicest guy I ever met. I had no reasons to take photos of him. We just had some great chats and I looked forward to him checking out on my register at PMK (Pathmark).
(The cobbler in the back of McCrory’s was also a fascinating old gentleman. He rented space and his equipment was ancient. It was fun to watch him work.)
Tony P. says:
WOW, i remember Joe (dark glasses and all) the shoe guy from McCrory’s. i talked with him every morning, i worked at McCrory’s as the main shipping/receiving guy from 1986 to 1988. at that time i don’t remember a comic book store, but do remember the T-Shirt shop. what memories.
I went to school with a guy named Alan who used to play on the rotating stage- do yo remember him?
The comic store in McCrory’s was called Serendipity. They also had baseball cards.
jan wahnon says:
McCrory’s rented space to Serendipity collectables. The owner was Roxanna Tuoey. I worked for her for a few years. I am having so much fun reading this.
Bakers and G&G were definitely there in the 70’s. I spent my allowance there and at the pizza place that was next to the McCrory’s entrance, I believe. I remember that I could get a slice and a coke for under a dollar. I bought some feather earrings and brown suede moccasins at the head shop near the main entrance.
i remember when it was a grass field. you can see from Rt25 to Nesconset Hwy. I worked at the Circus snack bar late 60s early 70s serving ice cream & pretzels between after school activity (Sachem). There were two stores,striped walls red & white same as the striped shirts we all wore. Good memories!
I remembered across from Time Out when you cut thru Mcoys 2 entrances 1 had a pizza, fries & hotdogs sit down eaterie
Maureen vultaggio says:
I remember the rainbow shop and the mall monster..was a big homeless man who hung around
He actually wasn’t homeless! Believe it or not he had two sons, a wife and a small home !
Connie S. says:
Was that the same guy who was always covered in…something? We called him The Dirtman.
How about fluf n stuf
Or childrens place w that little circle you could fit yourself in?
Also i remembr a western store near theentrance near jack la lanne
As well as fountains while walking along and the overpass thing filled with vines a water fountains and parts of mannequin bodies…
Can remember how thrilled everyone was when the Mall was built, till then we would drive into Roosevelt Field, for Easter and school shopping.
Our family was brought out to Long Island so my father could open the Wurlitzer (pianos) store. As kids we practically lived at the SmithHaven Mall. (The name was derived because the mall was built on the Smithtown/Brookhaven townships line.)
The mall opened in 1969. It was an event.
My sister was Miss Wurlitzer. She was 5 years old and drew crowds walking on the pedals of a theater organ as she played the keyboards. The organ was pushed out into the mall for her performances.
We were “mall brats”.
There are a thousand stories I could tell about our escapades at the SmithHaven Mall, the most interesting is when we accidently set the mall on fire.
We were playing with Kenner’s Piccadoos in the back booths of Wurliter and left the little oven on while we raided all the half and half from McCrory’s.
The smoke billowed out and the fire department arrived and evacuated the mall.
There were regular car shows, antique shows, sidewalk shows, flower shows, fashion shows, RV shows…
(The SmithHaven Mall touted itself as “the largest indoor mall” with the “most events”.)
There were restaurants in Macy’s and Abraham and Strauss (and of course McCrory’s).
Macy’s had a toy, pet, book, and electronics departments.
The myth that there was a tunnel to Korvettes across the street were false. The stories about Zappa’s Dungeon were mainly true. (This was an emergency exit that went way back to a stairway, under some stores and came back up. It was never well lit. It must still exist.)
The property was a horse farm and was originally purchased for about $1.5 Million.
In the 1980’s Prudential purchased the mall for about $16 million. (Ironically the man that owned the horse farm parlayed his $1.5 mil into $16 mil also.) Prudential restored the Calder sculpture (mobile) and brought it back into the mall. (It was rotting in an enclosed fenced area on the SE part of the parking lot for years.) (It was later sold for about $1.5 Million.) (There is a picture of a mural taken at the SHM in the 1973 WorldBook Encyclopedia. Our family has some other pictures of the mall.)
I worked in many of the stores at the mall; Frankel’s, Different Strokes, Import Alley, Macy’s, A&S, Block’s Luggage (formally Rubin’s), Sears, Kay Bee Toys, Herman’s.
Some of the stores on the main list did not open when the mall opened. (Some came in the 80’s) Another artist (omitted from this mall history) was Bruce Friedle (NYC) (originator of the 60’s “sunburst”).Sears was not completed when the mall opened.
Some stores I recollect; Orange Julius, Nelson Varon’s, Buster Brown’s, Frankel’s, Seaman’s Bank for Savings, Kinney Shoes, Striderite, Suzie’s Casuals, Sbarro’s, Life Uniforms, Lerner’s Shops, Dalton Books Kinney Shoes.
My father eventually left Wurlitzer and opened 16 piano stores across Long Island.
I was still a brat and anywhere there was a place to explore, I went! (Billy Blakes, Korvettes, Hills, Gertz, Modell’s (White-Modell’s) Pergaments, FoodFair, etc… I always raided their board records and office files. Billy Blakes was the best fun. They closed before liquidating stock became the norm. The shuttered store was completely filled with stock. It was paradise to a kid!)
Other tidbits;
The corridor leading to the new food court has a second level. The original plan was additional stores on the second floor. (In fact the mall was designed to carry a second level all around.)
I woman jumped off the upper bridge and eventually died from the impact.
The bird cages everyone mentions was originally a cage of monkeys furnished and maintained by Doctor’s Pet Shop. Doctor’s was closed several times for animal neglect.
I could go on and on. It has been fun going back..
Wow Pianoman, thank you so much for sharing that comment. It would seem that you and I have a connection beyond this site.
I am a professional musician who started playing organ around 1974. Because I showed some talent at the time, my parents wanted to invest in a quality instrument. We headed over to the Wurlitzer store at Smith Haven and, after much wrangling while I paced around the store (I was eight) my dad ended up purchasing one of the top of the line models – three tiers, a beautiful instrument. I spent countless hours learning how to play music on that organ and did so for over 20 years.
My sincere thanks to your family for helping to make that possible. I’m glad you have enjoyed the site!
70sKid;
Its really great to hear that.
The SHM came into my life the day it opened and I spent so much time within it. (I think I worked in every store!).
My Dad would appreciate hearing your story.
My father was a concert pianist and violinist. He studied with and accompanied many greats in the industry.
All my life I have heard so many kind words about him from musicians who were helped or inspired by him.
Back in the 60’s I was torn from my safe little life upstate NY and dragged to Long Island because my father had to open Wurlitzer in the SHM.
It was traumatic for me.
Now, reading this site, I can look back with a better perspective of those simpler years and understand that they were wonderful times.
(Especially accidentally setting the mall on fire. Where would this site be if the whole place burned down? LOL!)
I appreciate all the efforts you make to present this site. (Probably more than most people.) I probably contributed more than necessary but
this site is a time capsule and if people don’t contribute then all their memories will be lost forever.
Does anyone remember the name of the make up store in the mall with the hair/nail shop attached? I believe down the sears aisle??? Help!!
Andre’s.
Who operated the mall before Simon in 1995? There has to be photo’s of the mall when they 1st opened in 1969. Robert Moses was on hand. Im wondering if the newspapers or local television stations covered the event. Does anyone have pictures of the inside and outside of the mall during the 1970’s
Anyone remember the great Christmas decorations? They had so many animated elves and white cotton snow and Santa’s workshop. I always knew when the holidays were approaching because dad would say, “Do you want to go see the holiday decorations at the mall?” Then we’d go to Sears and play free video games on the Tv’s there.
I worked in Different Strokes way back then. Great place to be and met a nice bunch of girls that worked there. Made tee shirts, sold jewelry,etc.
Great memories – I remember in the 90s a time when “clubbing” was big (husband thinks I’m crazy) there was a clothing store maybe near Macys that used to have a DJ playing. Cant remember the name… anyone else?
I remember it also, but not the name.
The dressing rooms were in the back and up on a platform. There were chairs below for the guys to sit and watch the woman under the dressing room doors.
It was a very “progressive” place.
(Give your husband a Bronx cheer and tell him you are right!)
My dad used to own Different Strokes.
My Dad also owned a store called Feet Street. Dont see it on the list though.
John, I’ll make sure we add it. Thanks for telling us!
I worked at Feet Street in the late 80s. At that time I believe it was owned by the Bush family who owned Shoes n Things. Spent most of my paycheck there. Loved Foods of all Nations. Saw the Mall Monster all the time. There were so many different stories about him. He kept to himself. Drove a big Lincoln.
Wow — it’s quite gratifying to see many comments already mentioning some of the most memorable things about what I knew as THE mall in my childhood: the artwork, the birdcage that never seemed to cage them all, the Doktor Pet Center (yes, with a “k”), the Wurlitzer store with the rotating platform, the fountains, and so forth. How many times did I cut through McCrory’s to the smell of those hot dogs! We never bought any, though. Our place to eat was the Friendly’s, and it was the first restaurant in which I ever ate on my own.
When I was very little, I often wanted in the worst way to go up to the A&S balcony restaurant, just for the view. My mother would just as often explain that that privilege was reserved for those who’d pay the outlandish price to eat there. (Come to think of it, I rarely saw anyone actually up there anyway!)
My favorite hangouts were the Waldenbooks (one place to kill time while the others shopped), the Time Out (of course, but I watched more often than played), and the KB. For a while, the KB was my chief place to purchase games, until Waterloo opened in Stony Brook. In general, we must have done the most business with Sears; most memorably, we got our first video game console there (an Odyssey), and in later years, a number of the Sears versions of Atari 2600 cartridges. (I laugh to remember that one Play World ad called them “Atari tapes” from their resemblance to 8-track tapes.)
One store I haven’t seen mentioned so far on this thread is Parklane Hosiery — I don’t believe we ever went in there, but it was located right between a department store and an exit corridor; it was just a storefront that I remember often seeing in the background while I was sitting around waiting for others.
Brad;
How interesting…. How would you, a young boy, ever remember about Parklane Hosiery?
LOL! It was there!
My, The things we remember…..:P
Mary Ellen says:
I was there in 1969 as SHM was just opening.I remember Baker’s Shoes and 2 park Lane hosiery stores. My Mom worked at Martin’s (now Penney’s) for many years in the fine China department. In the days of Sunday blue laws,the towns of Brookhaven and Smithtown were operating with 2 different rules. Martin’s, being right on the two towns borders,had to close half the store that was in Smithtown only on a few Sundays.
Wow, Mary Ellen!
I lost thought of the Blue Laws.
My dad was a leader in that fight!
I remember all the summons he got for opening shop!
OMG! What memories just came flooding back! I remember sitting in the center circle of the mall with a friend and smoking cigarettes. We were only 15 and I was practicing blowing smoke rings. Needless to say, my mother happened to be shopping there and saw us. She came right up to me and grabbed me by the ear. The ride home was a doozy! I loved that mall. Beefsteak Charlie’s was awesome! When I turned 18 (the legal age to drink back then), I remember going with friends to eat there and getting the all you can eat peel your own shrimp and pitchers of tap beer. Those were the days!
Dee Olsen says:
Stroll-n-shop/mall information booth/lost & found/security guard station: I worked there with my sister & mother in the 1970’s. Great memories. There was a Tuxedo shop & I remember Joel Gray being there. Also, members of foghat, riff raff, & twisted sister shopping there. And I went to school with the Dougals that owned Different Strokes.
Wow, that was my mall while growing up. I loved that place. Used to hang out there all the time with sister and friends. I remember all those stores. I loved seeing all the interesting things in the ,’Intrigue’store. They were owned by Spencers and was similar but better imo and was down another wing of mall from Spencers. Mcrorys used to sell food too. I didnt care for Time Out..too scary inside. Always went to Sbarro for pizza or Friendlys. Dad used to drop us off at mall and we would be there all day. Artwork was cool and interesting in a way but I didnt like it as a kid. I never really liked abstract so it didnt make sense to me. I remember the giant leg at the entrance and the neon signs of the guy tumbling. I used to think all that was strange..very odd. Found out later on that much of it was done by famous artists like Calder from a boyfriend of mine who knew him. Such fond memories of SHM and of growing up around there in LI. (Ronkonkoma) in ’60’s and ’70’s. when everything felt fresh and new and unexplored..down to earth yet exciting. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
Loulou says:
Does anyone remember what restaurant was at SHM at Friday’s location
That was a Red Robin back in the late 80’s and early 90’s
Way Back When says:
The guy that ran Andre’s Head Factory was the biggest degenerate horseplayer I ever saw. I was a 14 year old kid at the time and used to sneak into the OTB (in the shopping center next door where Pathmark was). Andre would come in with hundreds or thousands of dollars, blow it on the ponies in a few hours and then throw stuff, curse and storm out. Ended up bankrupting that place.
I later worked at the Walden Books in the mall, managed it for a year before I went back to graduate school.
Just a kid says:
That’s SO funny, bc my older sister had a friend who was like, a shampoo girl or something there (they were 10 years older than me) and she used to always say how much she thought her boss did drugs — b/c he was always leaving in the middle of the day, sometimes he’d take cash right out of the register, and he always came back all tensed and hopped up — like he’d get high and then get mad!! This is too funny to realize that he actually just had a gambling problem. I had totally forgotten this until I read your post!!! LOL! (B/c of his behavior she alway’s called it “Andre’s Head Case”). LOL
My mom used to LOVE going to McCrory’s when I was a little kid and she would always bring me along. It remember it would take her HOURS to go from the Macy’s side to the Sears side while shopping! Sometime after the cafeteria on the Macy’s side closed, they opened up a smaller concession on the Sears side selling mostly (only?) hot dogs. Where was the food court before Calder Court opened in the 80s? I assume there was one because my mom would leave me to eat at McCrory’s and come back to join me a few minutes later with some other food from the mall. The food at McCrory’s wasn’t good enough for her but apparently it was good enough for me! Lol
I remember when Spencer’s Gifts was so popular in the 80’s, they opened up a second store in another part of the mall and called it Spencer’s II!
I never understood Spencer’s.
All sorts of things happened at the mall(s) that parents objected to.
Parents are so concerned about exposing their kids to all sorts of “bad” things.
But Spencer’s, where your kid can touch, feel, small and taste the most vulgar things is always so acceptable!
LOL! Go figure!
I always wondered if I put on some of the things they sold right in their stores would they ask me to leave? LOL!
One day I might be tempted to try it. (How does the edible underwear sound?)
DEG says:
My mom worked in A&S for many years and we used to walk around the entire mall while she worked back in the early to late 70’s, McCrory’s, Pet Doctor and Ice Cream in the restaurant up above the A&S Department Store are always good memories.
When did Lum’s restaurant open there? It was across from Marine Midland bank on the Macy’s wing. Thanks.
Johnny Sexton says:
Also the Pet Store…Dr Pet
meant for regular comments. Don’t know how it got here. LOL
Disregard my last comment. I was thinking of Zum Zum. Lum’s was a restaurant in upstate NY (where my parents liked to take us in the 70s).
I didn’t see it mentioned here but there was also a store that sold sewing machines. Not sure if it was the fabric store or Singer. Anybody remember? It was in the sears wing. My dad bought my mother one for Christmas.
Also didn’t see any references to the enormous Christmas decoration in the pit. I absolutely LOVED it!! It was a huge tree type thing with all kinds of characters and reached the ceiling. It was magical to me…
I also remember the “blue laws” that split up the mall, half was closed on sundays and half opened. Some stores had late nights. I worked at Sbarro, Thom McCann and Macy’s. That was the early 80s tho.
Frankel’s Fabric Store next to Wurlitzer.
Upstairs (remember the elevator by the movies at the front of the mall?) was the SmithHaven Ministries, a social services kinda place with a youth center in the back, called The Backroom. I worked there in HS as a Youth Aide. Also worked in Herman’s for seven years. They used to have petting zoos in the big sunken circle in the center. There also used to be a small kiosk that had potato knishes and big soft pretzels.
Chandlers Shoes. I remember my older sisters shopping there.
This is a great blog. Lived in Smithtown from ’68 to ’85.
For some reason I remember, as a young kid in the late 70’s, people from Jack La Lane in the hallway by the movie theater and I’m wondering if it was a gym prior to the movie theater. In the mid 80’s I believe there was Casual Corner and Up’s and Downs. I worked at both in the mid to late 80’s but think they were there years before I was employed.
It was right next to the movie theater I was a member
Has anyone mentioned Buckner’s bridal shop? Nor sure when it opened but I bought my wedding gown there in 1988.
Not sure if this was mentioned, but Foxmoor was a juniors clothing store. It was a western style decor with dark wood. Stayed around well into the 90’s!
Lean ronkonkoma says:
Rainbow? Brooks ? &G&G
Here’s a right up about the mall on a blog called Mall’s of America. It includes a pic.
http://mallsofamerica.blogspot.com/2006/05/smith-haven-mall.html
Never mind the picture, it’s the same one you already have.
Robert Tango says:
Does ANYBODY have a photo of the Neon Diver that was at the exit by the movie theater ?
Does ANYBODY have a photo of the neon Diver at the entrance of the mall in the 70’s ? There was also a big LEG
MALL MONSTER
This site is terrific!
Joseph esposito says:
I worked as a “photographer” in a small booth taking pictues of babies.It was located in the isle/ hallway.Can’t rember the name of it but it’s not on the main list of stores.1974/1975.it was not a store front , really a miniature photo studio .
I had my photo taken there when I was little. They actually used a copy of it in one of their display cases.
that was a part of the Sears portrait studio but it called Cromaloy. I worked there in the late 70’s. The boss was named Ken a raging alcoholic
I remember UPS n downs, a women’s clothing store and parklane a wonderful store that sold dance apparel- ballet shoes, etc. I absolutely loved the mall. My grandmother and i used to watch the great fashion shows they would have in the center. Things remembered has bern there many years and is still there. There was also a Gloria jeans coffee bean. Wonderful, incredible memories
Sorry, there was no Stern’s in the seventies. Stern’s replaced A&S in the mid 90’s. Also there was no Sbarro’s Pizza in the seventies. Sbarros came with the malls renovation in the late 80’s when they added the food court. The Pizza Parlor was halfway between Center Mall and Sears just past the McCrory entrance and it was called Express Pizza. It was one of the first stores in the mall. There was also Century Mall Theater, Flagg Bros Shoes. Also Smithaven Ministries located upstairs. Thanks for jogging my memory with your great post.
Sbarro’s was definitely there in the early 80’s, near the front entrance and across from the movie theater. I worked there from ’82-’84
I remember Sbarros there in the 70s. Must have been one of their first stores in “the suburbs”
I remember Sbarros there in the 70s. Must have been one of their first stores in “the burbs.”
Doktor Pet, StrideRite, Gap and B. Dalton Books are all missing.
I worked at Sbarros in 1978 and it had been there for years before. Remember the fake salamis and provolones hanging from the ceiling?
Also the pet store..Dr. Pet
Any one recall the name of the book store by Sears from the 70’s and 80’s? I recall Waden Books was in the A&S wing.
B Dalton
Walden’s
Omg I know this is an old thread, but my favorite place when I was a kid in the 70s was a boutique store called Fluff n Stuff, had tons of Hello Kitty items and stuffed animals felt magical to me!
When we were kids, my friends and I walked to Smith Haven Mall all the time in the summer. It would take us about an hour.
Here’s a blast from the past: we lived to go to a costume jewelry shop called Gracious Living. My sister worked at Herlou Card Shop in high school. My dad loved Zum Zum hot dogs. My mom was forever dragging us into Frankel’s.
There WAS a real restaurant tucked away up inside Sears on their second floor. They had good cheeseburgers. I remember a lot of white wrought iron in the restaurant, like it was trying to promote some garden party atmosphere.
Casual Corner was a store I loved, but came late 70’s,
Yes I remember that restaurant, it was delicious
SetauketGirl says:
I grew up going to SHM, from 2nd grade on up. In HS, I worked at Mrs. Fields, then Lechter’s from 1988 to 1989. My sister worked at The Gap.
Yes, the Mall Monster. I would always freeze when I saw him. My friends and I were truly frightened of him. Someone once told me he lived in “the dungeon” under the mall.
When I was in grade school, there was a store (Import Alley?) where we’d buy stickers for our sticker collection. They had the best selection of “puffy” and “smelly” stickers.
I bought my first pair of “Zips” at Smith Haven (the first ones with the velcro). I remember we’d shuffle our feet on the playground to make the trade-mark “Z” as seen in the commercials.
At one point, Sam Goody’s had an intimidating machine in-store where you could purchase “singles” and the machine would somehow record your selections onto a mixtape (cassette!).
I once got a spiral perm at Andre’s because I wanted to look like Janet Jackson.
I remember the protests in front of the movie theater when “The Last Temptation of Christ” came out. Still haven’t seen the movie.
My brother was once hanging out with some friends from high school when one of them walked up with a live chinchilla stuffed inside his jacket. Apparently, the friend had stolen it from the pet shop in McCrory’s. They all yelled at him to return it, so the guy went back (or so they thought). — Fifteen years later, my brother ran into the chinchilla-thief at a local bar– turns out the guy never returned it, had kept it as a pet, and the dang thing was still alive.
Brian Vaughn says:
Did not see Fluff n’ Stuff on the list. (Stuffed animals/toys). I may be getting my malls mixed up but I’m pretty sure this store was at Smith Haven Mall
Mr Tux? There was a tuxedo shop
Near A&S
The health spa Jack LaLanne was upstairs
I worked at Carol Jewelers which was around the center of the mall and later Sylann Jewelers until 1979. Great time in my life. My mom for many years worked at Pzaz, an upscale party dress store. I seem to remember some art hung high that had lady’s leg and lips.
I have some great pics of Smithaven Mall from the early 1980s scanned from Kodachrome 64 slides to post.
Christopher Santoro says:
Mom would go and get feta cheese from some import shop in the back in 70’s anyone remember name?
barbara j baldi says:
i worked in McCrory’s many yrs in 1970 and the IRS has no record of me working there ,mmmm and they cashed my check every week .
Liz D’Lio says:
What was the name of the collectibles store in the Macys wing that sold Lladro etc
TG says:
I go way back. Once and very briefly, a non-profit occupied a space that allowed kids (usually drug users or hippie types) to come spend time and chill. Think it was called Smith Haven Ministries. Was on the second floor and didn’t even have a sign at the entrance. Bit of a dive with mattresses on the floor. Went with a friend who was meeting someone else. Also recall a beautiful movable art display that featured mercury beads ( I think) that traveled up and down strings that ran maybe 20 feet straight up. Someone cut the strings and destroyed the piece. Remember the outrage the grownups expressed. I too, was saddened by it. Possibly my first exposure to vandalism.
None of my friends remember the big TV play fort in the children’s outlet with the hole in the wall you could sit in out front..right by Macys..wish there was a picture
EricS says:
I remember the hole in the wall! I remember being very small and getting super cranky if another kid was sitting in it…I mourned its loss.
Not directly Smithhaven related, but there was a Nathan’s in Commack with a tiny door next to the larger door that felt similarly geared to my size. I felt very seen by those features.
M Jay says:
Add Adler Shoes for Men to the list. It was one of the original stores, on one of the corners of the round Central area, a store or two away from Fanny Farmer Candies and around the corner from Singer, where you could buy Simplicity Patterns and, incongruously, a top-20 45 and cheap blank cassette tapes from the “International Recotape Corporation” or IRC. In the mall was an old fashioned Nickelodeon. Three promotional events I recall: NY Telephone has a temporary kiosk where you could test push button “Slimline” phones! Two, for mother’s day when the mall was still quite new they gave away saplings. The crowd was enormous and got restless. It became a free-for-all. We snagged three of them. None survived. Finally, Adler sold Hush Puppy brand shoes. When the mall opened they had a crib on the sales floor with a Bassett Hound puppy that would be given away at some point. They also gave away a transistor radio with every purchase.
Mr Pell says:
I wasn’t born yet in the 70s, but I went here in the late 80s and mid to late 90s a lot and it’s changed so much. The stores are so blah now. The mall had personality back in the 80s and 90s. There was one store I remember going to as a child, it had some weird stuff in it, and lots of bright neon colors, they sold Hello Kitty stuff and lots of it, and judging by the list of stores here I’m guessing it was Import Alley? But I can’t find pictures of that place anywhere. But I miss the mall I knew as a child. The only stores left from back then are Sears and Macy’s. :-/
I think the store you are thinking of was called Ssassy, or something like that. It was on a corner by the food court? It sold stuffed animals and a lot of the Sanrio/Hello Kitty items. It was one of my favorites when I was a kid. Some people have mentioned a store called Fluff n Stuff, and I’m not sure if that is the same store and it changed names?
leather jackets says:
Love this outfit. I think it’s so perfect for the flower show. And those earrings are divine!
I took sewing lessons in 1969 at the Singer Sewing Store. I think it was near A & S.
Jackie Garvey says:
I spent a goid amount of time upstairs in the Ministry. There wasn’t a super religious vibe at the time,just somewhere typical teenager could go to feel okay with the world. Made it through,thanks to that place.
Liam Gibson says:
I remember that the mall closed at 330 on Sundays and around 1030 at night and before the food court the leather shop across from different strokes and Sbarro which back then was the best those stores were out Hangouts waiting out front for a ride or we used to get in the elevator and ride up and down. I miss the days when businesses would close on Sundays the streets in ronkonkoma would be quiet, there used to be an abandoned mall across the street from the front of the mall. I was most definitely a mall rat. All the way to I was in my late teens you would meet friends there. Game room mc crorys ( the cut through)lol I remember the long reflecting pools in the middle of the aisles that people threw change into and sometimes people! Orange Julius hangout. It was such an amazing mall that had character. I have not thought of the mall like this in years thank you for bringing back great memories!!
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The history of the treadmill
Treadmills are a staple of the modern gym, but these devices have been around for centuries.
No one knows for sure when the first treadmill was invented, but three basic types have been around since ye olde times.
The most common involved a horizontal beam, usually strapped to oxen, mules or even human slaves, turning on a vertical shaft. The second type was a vertical wheel with internal steps – pretty much like a hamster wheel, except, y’know, with more nasty whips involved. And the final iteration involved a sloped, moving series of stepped platforms assembled with wooden planks, rope and pulleys that required constant climbing in order to turn.
Much of the Ancient World’s spectacular architecture – from the Egyptian pyramids, to the castles and cathedrals of the Middle Ages – are due to the legacy of the Roman Empire’s Polyspastos treadwheel crane, which allowed four men to lift as much as 3000kgs (and sometimes double that).
By the mid-19th century, farmers were using various types of beast-powered treadmills to draw, pump or lift water, and later, ground grain – most notably in the form of the rotary grain mill. In fact, a horse treadmill’s basic design, which was patented in 1834, is still used today in racehorse training. Even man’s best friend was brought in on the fun – dog treadmills became a trendy piece of kitchen equipment as a means to use centrifugal force to separate milk, churn butter, shell corn or sort beans. Sure, it probably meant dog hair wound up in the butter, but housewives dug ’em!
Then, in 1818, came a guy called Sir William Cubitt – a name that many a convict would come to curse. See, during that time, there existed a notion in penal governance circles that, aside from a daily dose of Bible, hard labour was the only practical way to “rehabilitate a prisoner’s soul and cure them of their criminality and idleness”. So, being an engineer, the son of a miller and, let’s face it, a bit of a sadist, Cubitt invented the prison treadmill. Hapless jailbirds were lined-up on a six-metre paddle wheel and forced to walk up a steep stepped incline that encircled a 2metre cylinder. Chained to a banister for stability, they climbed (depending on their degree of punishment) for up to ten hours a day (roughly 4,300 metres). Countless collapsed from exhaustion and sometimes died, and it became an instrument of fear in English and American prisons. Eventually, after the degree of cruelty came to be understood, it was phased out.
While there was an American patent issued on a treadmill-style ‘training machine’ in June 1913 and treadmills for the home pet took off in the early 1930s, it took until 1952 before anyone decided to reintroduce human application. Studying heart and lung disease, Washington University’s Dr Robert Bruce and Wayne Quinton invented the first prototype of an exercise treadmill. Expounding on their theories, a bloke called Dr Kenneth H Cooper wrote a book called Aerobics in 1968, where he basically said everyone should own a treadmill if they want to stay healthy and live longer. And sure enough, an entrepreneurial mechanics boffin from New Jersey called William Staub, read Cooper’s book and saw a gap in the market for affordable home treadmills – he built one, dubbed it the PaceMaster 600, and called up his buddy Dr Cooper to test it out. Sales went gangbusters, treadmills became a must-have device for the modern exercise buff, and the brand remains iconic to this day.
As for ol’ William Staub? Well, he was an avid user of his own equipment and lived to the ripe age of 97 before shuffling off this mortal coil… Or should we say, jogging off this mortal conveyor belt. Shucks, maybe there’s something to running in one spot after all? Shame the view sucks.
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Miranda Lambert, “Mama’s Broken Heart” (7 percent)
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Love and Theft, “Angel Eyes” (61 percent)
Kree Harrison, “All Cried Out” (55 percent)
Dustin Lynch, “Cowboys and Angels” (42 percent)
Randy Houser, “How Country Feels” (19 percent)
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Q: ARE YOU OPEN ALL-YEAR-ROUND?
A: Yes, we are open 365 days a year.
Q: WHAT ARE YOUR BUSINESS HOURS?
A: Our office hours are from 9 AM to 8 PM (daily). However, from November 3rd, 2019 through March 7th, 2020 our Business Hours for Day-Use and Bath House guests will be from 10 AM to 5 PM (daily).
For more information about our business hours, please visit the Fall & Winter Hours page.
Q: WHAT IS THE CHECK-IN AND CHECK-OUT TIME?
A: Check-in time is at 3 PM however overnight guests are welcome to arrive as early as 1 PM to use the outdoor facilities and sauna. Check-out time for all overnight accommodation guests (cabins, camping and RV sites) is at 11 AM and from the resort at 2 PM. If a guest would like to stay past 2 PM then a day-use-rate applies. Guests who fail to leave the property by 2 PM may be automatically charged a ½ day use fee without prior notice.
Q: WHAT IS YOUR CANCELLATION POLICY?
A: Our cancellation policy varies on Non-Holiday Days & Holidays. For more information about the Cancellation Policy, please visit the Policies page.
Q: IS YOUR WATER ACTUALLY MINERAL WATER?
A: Yes, the water is rich with minerals and the most prevalent is Sodium Chloride; salt. For a more detailed list of all the minerals in our water, please visit the Water Analysis page.
Q: WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE OF THE HOT SPRINGS?
A: The water emerges from the source at approximately 112°F. When it arrives at the outdoor hot tubs the water is between 102-106°F.
Q: IS THE RESORT CLOTHING-OPTIONAL?
A: Only the Therapeutic Hot Tubs (behind the cabins) and the private, indoor tubs are clothing-optional. Clothing, swimsuits or robes must be worn everywhere else including the sauna and guests must be covered up when walking from the clothing optional tubs to their cabins, camping or other facilities.
Q: MAY I DRINK ALCOHOL WHILE I’M AT MERCEY?
A: Although we allow alcohol on the property, you may NOT take it into any tubs, pool or sauna areas.
Q: MAY I HAVE A GROUP AT MERCEY FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY OR OTHER CELEBRATION?
A: Although celebrations are allowed, any group of more than 10 guests must be arranged in advance and our rules for noise, loud music will be strictly enforced. If the rules are broken, we reserve the right to ask the offending guests to leave and no refund will be offered or given. Repeat offenders may be permanently banned from Mercey.
Q: DO YOU ALLOW CHILDREN AND ARE THEY FREE?
A: Yes, we allow children. Children up to their 2nd Birthday are free however, upon from their 2nd Birthday and thereafter, the rate is the same as adults.
Q: ARE INFANTS ALLOWED IN THE SWIMMING POOL AND HOT TUBS?
A: Infants are allowed in the pool and hot tubs as long as they are wearing swimmy diapers. Especially important for brand new parents! Regular, non-cloth diapers are absolutely forbidden in the pool and tubs as they completely disintegrate when fully saturated with water; cleaning the pool takes HOURS to get the little pieces of floating debris out of the water.
Q: DO YOU ALLOW CHILDREN IN THE CLOTHING-OPTIONAL AREA?
A: No, children are not allowed in the clothing-optional area even if the parents are OK with their children being around nudity. Please keep in mind that the tubs are for therapeutic soaking and relaxation and a totally quiet area.
Q: ARE THE OUTDOOR HOT TUBS, SAUNA & SWIMMING POOL OPEN ALL NIGHT?
A: The outdoor hot tubs & sauna are open all night for overnight guests only, however the swimming pool hours vary depending on the season.
SWIMMING POOL HOURS:
* Spring / Summer – March 10th, 2019 through November 2nd, 2019 – 8 AM to 9 PM
Q: IS THE SAUNA A DRY-SAUNA OR A STEAM-SAUNA?
A: It is a dry-sauna and we respectfully request that water is NOT poured on the rocks.
Q: CAN I SWIM IN THE SWIMMING POOL IN MY UNDERWEAR?
A: No. Only swimsuits can be worn while using the swimming pool.
Q: DO YOU ALLOW POOL TOYS?
A: No pool toys, (i.e. balls, Frisbees, squirt guns, air mattresses or flotation devices) other than arm style floaties for children as well as life vests or the “noodles” that we provide are allowed in the pool. For additional information regarding pool toys, please visit the Guidelines page.
Q: ARE THE PRIVATE, INDOOR TUBS IN THE BATH HOUSE OPEN ALL NIGHT?
A: No, the Private, Indoor Tubs in the Bath House are open from 9 AM to 8 PM for overnight guests and reservations must be made in advance for their use.
Q: HOW DO I GO ABOUT USING THE PRIVATE, INDOOR TUBS?
A: Reservations for Private, Indoor Tubs can be made in the registration office.
Q: ARE THE PRIVATE, INDOOR TUBS TUBS FOR TWO PEOPLE, PER ROOM?
A: No, the Private, Indoor Tubs in the Bath House are for one person, per room only.
Q: DO YOU PROVIDE ROBES AND TOWELS?
A: No, we do not provide robes, however towels may be rented for $2 each in the registration office.
Q: DO YOU HAVE MUD BATHS?
A: No, we do not have mud baths at this time however it is in our plan to have them in the future.
Q: DO YOU TREAT THE WATER WITH CHEMICALS?
A: Yes, the swimming pool is chlorinated as required by the Fresno County Health Department however water in the therapeutic tubs comes directly from the source and has no chemicals of any kind.
Q: DO YOU HAVE A HOTEL?
A: Yes, but it is not available to guests at this time. We do however, have 6 Cabins, 2 Airstreams and a group house, called Walkabout.
Q: HOW BIG IS A CABIN AND WHAT DOES IT HAVE INSIDE?
A: The cabins were built in the early 1900’s for employee quarters and are either 10’ X 12’ or 12’ X 14’. They have each been renovated and are essentially a small bedroom with a queen-size bed, linens, towels, night stands, chairs, electric, heat, ceiling fan and a front porch. One cabin, #5, also has a compact, but complete kitchen. For more information about our cabins, please visit the Overnight Rates page.
Q: HOW FAR ARE THE RESTROOMS FROM THE CABINS?
A: Depending on the cabin, restrooms & showers are located within 25 to 75 feet from the cabins.
Q: CAN I PARK MY CAR NEXT TO THE CABIN?
A: Although guests can drive to all the cabins to load and unload, overnight parking is only allowed next to Cabin #5 & #6. All other guests have to re-park their cars in the parking area.
Q: WHERE DO I PARK IF I CANNOT PARK NEXT TO MY CABIN?
A: The main parking area is on the north side of the creek bed which is a relatively short walk to the cabins. For more information about the main parking area, please visit the Resort Map page.
Q: WHAT IS AN AIRSTREAM AND HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN STAY IN ONE?
A: An airstream is a luxurious trailer that has all the comforts of home; bedroom, restroom, kitchen, sitting area, BBQ (propane fuel), fire pit and much more. The maximum number of guests allowed in an Airstream is two adults. For more information about our airstreams, please visit the Overnight Rates page.
Q: HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BE IN THE WALKABOUT HOUSE?
A: Walkabout can accommodate up to a maximum of 7 guests and can be any mix of children and adults. For more information about Walkabout, please visit the Walkabout page.
Q: DO YOU HAVE CAMPSITES AND HOW MUCH DO YOU CHARGE FOR CAMPING?
A: Yes, we have 9 campsites and rates vary by site location as well as for weekdays, weekends and holidays. For more information about our campsites, please visit the Overnight Rates page.
Q: HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN FIT INTO A CAMPSITE?
A: The number of people that can fit into a campsite varies from 4 to 10 depending on the site.
Q: DO THE CAMPSITES HAVE ELECTRICAL OUTLETS?
A: No, only the RV Sites have electrical hook-ups, which can be used for a small fee. Because Mercey is off the grid and produces all its power from solar and a generator, all RV guests must STILL turn their appliances to propane mode and no electric heaters (other than propane furnaces that have a fan) or air-conditioners are allowed to be used.
Q: DO YOU RENT CAMPING GEAR INCLUDING TENTS, STOVES OR SLEEPING BAGS?
A: No, we do not rent any camping gear.
Q: HOW MANY RV SITES DO YOU HAVE AND HOW MUCH DO YOU CHARGE FOR STAYING IN A RV?
A: We have 10 RV Sites and rates vary depending on the site and the number of guest(s) staying in the RV. For more information about our RV Sites and rates, please visit the Overnight Rates page.
Q: DO YOU ALLOW CAMPFIRES?
A: Campfires are allowed seasonally; mostly fall (after the first rain), winter and spring. Typically, we stop allowing fires at the end of May after the Memorial Day weekend however, in-climate (Dry) weather, fires may not be allowed at an earlier date. For more information about campfires, please visit the Guidelines page.
Q: IF I’M STAYING OVERNIGHT AT THE RESORT, DO I HAVE TO PAY EXTRA TO USE THE FACILITIES?
A: No, the use of the facilities is included with the overnight stay.
Q: DO YOU HAVE POTABLE WATER?
A: Yes, and no. Although the mineral spring water is potable, it is mildly salty and is fine for cooking foods like pasta and vegetables but it doesn’t make very good tea or coffee. Guests can either bring their own drinking water or they can purchase bottled water at the registration office.
Q: DO YOU HAVE A RESTAURANT OR COMMUNITY KITCHEN?
A: Unfortunately, we don’t have a restaurant or a community kitchen at this time. Currently we sell snacks, water and a variety of drinks in the registration office.
Q: WHAT DO PEOPLE DO FOR COOKING?
A: Guests can either bring their camping stove or use the propane barbecue that is in a common, outdoor area; we of course provide the propane. Cabin #5, both Airstreams and Walkabout have fully equipped kitchen as well as propane BBQ’s.
Q: HOW FAR IS THE NEAREST TOWN?
A: Los Banos is the nearest town, which is 35 miles away and it takes about 40 minutes to get there.
Q: ARE THERE ANY RESTAURANTS NEARBY?
A: The closest restaurants are in Los Banos; Espana’s – Southwestern Grill, Woolgrowers – French Basque, Black Bear Diner – Family style and there are of course, an assortment of fast food establishments.
Q: WHERE CAN I BUY GROCERIES?
A: In Los Banos (35 miles away) at Save Mart or Walmart.
Q: HOW FAR IS THE NEAREST GAS STATION?
A: 17 miles, going North on I-5 and 26 miles, going South on I-5.
Q: DO YOU OFFER MASSAGES?
A: Yes, for more information please visit the Massage page.
Q: DO YOU OFFER YOGA CLASSES?
A: Yes, for more information please visit the Yoga page.
Q: ARE THERE HIKING AND MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS?
A: Yes. There a relatively short trails (1 to 2 hours) on Mercey’s 144 acres. There are much longer trails on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) property that is ½ mile from Mercey. For more information about hiking trails, please visit the Activities page.
Q: DO YOU RENT BIKES?
A: At this time we do not rent bikes.
Q: IS THERE CELL PHONE COVERAGE?
A: No, there is no cell phone coverage at this time.
Q: HOW FAR DO I HAVE TO DRIVE TO GET CELL PHONE COVERAGE?
A: From Mercey towards I-5, about 8 miles (for sketchy service) and 13 miles towards I-5 where service is very good.
Q: DO YOU HAVE WI-FI?
A: Yes, we do. Although we have a limited bandwidth, so streaming of music or videos is not allowed!
Q: DO YOU ALLOW PETS?
A: No, we do not allow pets. For the safety and enjoyment of ALL of our guests, Mercey is a pet-free zone. For the safety and well-being of pets, they may not be tied up or left in vehicles.
Q: MAY I BRING MY SERVICE DOG?
A: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, (ADA) we of course allow service dogs and, although not required by law, we certainly appreciate service dog owners providing information and documentation showing that their pet is a true service animal. Under the ADA, we may ask the person who has the animal “if it is a service animal that is required because of a disability” and the owner must state what service the animal performs. We do not allow companion or emotional support animals for individuals that DO NOT have a disability. Specifically and as stated in the ADA, “To be afforded protection under United States federal law, a person must meet the federal definition of disability and must have a note from a physician or other medical professional stating that the person has that disability and that the emotional support animal provides a benefit for the individual with the disability”.
Q: DO YOU ALLOW SMOKING?
A: No, we do not allow smoking anywhere on the property. Mercey Hot Springs is a non-smoking facility and there will be a $200 fee for evidence of smoke from any substance in any cabin, airstream or other common-area building. Having a Medical Marijuana card does not exempt anyone from abiding by our No Smoking policy.
Q: ARE THERE RULES FOR THE TUBS, POOL AND SAUNA?
A: Yes, we have established a few simple rules including quiet-times (as specified below) that are always in effect unless you have reserved the resort exclusively. For the benefit and enjoyment of everyone;
No amplified music of any kind – earbuds only please and the volume must be low enough so that other guests cannot hear your music.
No musical instruments of any kind are allowed in the pool, tub and sauna areas.
Tubs are for rest and relaxation but NOT a place to party or have conversations. Please keep talking volume low during the day and refrain from talking entirely from 9:00 PM until 8:00 AM
The pool closes at 9:00 PM and children are NOT allowed in the pool before 8:00 AM
There is to be No smoking of any substance anywhere on the property.
Absolutely no oils, body lotions, food, glass, fruit or alcohol is to be taken into the pool, tubs and sauna.
The Sauna is NOT clothing optional and we ask guests to sit on a towel.
You may, of course take thermoses or plastic bottles with you while using the tubs, pool and Sauna.
Q: HOW FAR ARE THE NEAREST AIRPORTS?
A: Fresno Yosemite International Airport is approximately 1½ hour drive and San Jose International Airport is approximately 2 hours away from Mercey. Driving times, of course may vary depending on traffic and weather.
Q: CAN I HOST A PRIVATE EVENT, RETREAT OR WORKSHOP AT MERCEY?
A: Yes, we can host groups large and small. Although groups of 10 – 20 people need to be pre-arranged, groups of more than 20 people are required to rent the entire resort exclusively. Since we are primarily a “Retreat”, there is limited availability for these Exclusive Use Events each year. Please send an inquiry to guestservices@merceyhotsprings.com including the nature of your group or event, the dates you would like to stay and the number of guests in your party.
Q: IS MERCEY A SANCTUARY?
A: Although Mercey is not specifically a sanctuary, it is a place for rest, relaxation, rejuvenation and healing.
If you have a question that is not on this page, please send us an e-mail to: guestservices@merceyhotsprings.com and we will post your question and our answer as soon as possible.
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This is a travel post.
In the Down syndrome community, there is a famous missive called, “Welcome to Holland.”
It was written in the 80’s by Emily Perl Kinglsey (who was a writer at Sesame Street – you can thank her for a lot of the inclusion that went on there).
A lot of people hate the missive once they are over the shock or grief of having a child with Down syndrome, because in Welcome to Holland, she’s basically saying that we’ll always be sad about having a child who isn’t like what we signed up (to have a baby for), but we’ll find the good in it.
I thought of Welcome to Holland as our plane was approaching the actual country of Holland.
Windmills in the water.
My resourceful-nerd heart beat a little faster when I saw those windmills in the water.
WOW. A country that utilizes clean energy, and has wind farms in the ocean?!
The view from the plane was stunning.
Water, canals, green, carefully cultivated land.
We landed and right off the bat, I was blown away by how tall and handsome all the men seemed to be.
THIS IS WHERE THEY ARE!!
Yes, it seems like everyone in the Netherlands is tall, good looking and wears sensible shoes.
Even the airport bathrooms were beautiful – long, strong doors that closed for full privacy, wonderful automation and sparkling clean.
Micah said the airport reminded him of a cross between a mall and IKEA.
I thought that kind of nailed it.
So, we mosied over to our Air B n’B from the airport – it was in this little village called Bunnik that is outside of Utrecht (which is half an hour from Amsterdam).
You may be surprised by my choice of Bunnik… I know I was!
I had been looking at places at Amsterdam to hang out while my mom was at the Virtues Conference that was to be held in a forest about an hour and a half away from Amsterdam. Amsterdam just seemed too… too much. A Dutch friend of mine in Hilo recommended Utrecht (where he’s from!) and so that’s what I did.
I actually thought that Bunnik was a street in Utrecht, not a village outside of it. Ha!
Downtown Bunnik
Hey Bunnik. You sure are cute.
This wasn’t one of those places that’s set up like a hotel: this was the actual home of a Dutch family.
Our host was this laid-back guy who had Buddhist stuff all over the house and invitations to meditate with books by Herman Hesse.
It was really beautiful.
Lil’ Bunnik was too.
It’s impossible not to catch on pretty fast that bikes are important to the Dutch.
This place is a veritable bike heaven!
Can’t get better than this!
Bikes everywhere, every kind. You name it, if it’s a bike and it’s awesome, it’s here.
The whole infrastructure seems to be built around bikes too. It’s all totally flat, with bike lanes, pedestrian lanes and a tiny lane for cars.
I love that cars get the worst deal here. I mean, this place is built for PEOPLE.
We wandered into a park and played.
I started talking to another mom at the playground.
A super nice (really tall! gorgeous!) young mom and asked her if it was always this way, or if they had some kind of revolution and made their country so accessible and bike-friendly?
She said it had always been that way for her.
Dutch backyard trampoline! with the space for it UNDER
I wonder what it be like to grow up in a country that values people first?
How would that feel, to have our health and well-being, our access, our enjoyment, our pleasure, our education, our comfort to be valued above corporate profit and cars?
I looked around that little village of Bunnik, so full of happy, healthy, vibrant elders on their bikes, these happy, healthy, vibrant young families and happy, healthy disabled people running around in their wheelchairs and scooters, and I just marveled at what they’ve accomplished here, and felt sad about where we are in America.
I see what it could be like.
And it’s NICE.
We went to the local cemetery that first day too – I just happened to pass by and I asked a guy outside what it was (everyone in the Netherlands seems to speak excellent English). He said, “cemetery – you are welcome to go in and see.”
So we did, and we offered a prayer to my brother Dana, and to our ancestors, who while not Dutch, were all from around here, and it felt right and good to pray.
outside the cemetery
Back to Welcome to Holland
When Emily Perl Kingsley wrote “Welcome to Holland,” she was trying to say that having a child with Down syndrome could be a good thing, like Holland could be a good thing even though you really had wanted to go to Italy.
I think Italy sounds cool, but I am frankly enamored with a country that values people to the extent that Holland does.
I love the Dutch practicality, resourcefulness. I love their aesthetics, the flowers everywhere, the deliciously healthy food that’s so readily available.
I think when we say “Welcome to Holland” in the Down syndrome community, it should mean, “welcome to an appreciation of access and inclusion – you’ll never look at the world in the same way once you have a child with Down syndrome, or a disability.”
I think when we experience disability, we are experiencing a unique way of living in this world.
Travel is also a way of experiencing unique ways of living in this world.
Travel expands the way we imagine possibilities, learn how other people structure their worlds, and see how the potential, the possibility.
And with that in mind, I think Holland is the perfect country for both: for understanding and appreciating an entirely different way of living, with a practical, humane way of living.
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Meriah Nichols is a career counselor, teacher and blogger. Single mom to 3 (one with Down syndrome, one gifted 2E), she is also a cat-loving Trekkie who likes her coffee hot and black.
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METER joins Tour of Utah
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PULLMAN, Wash.—It’s been almost two years since METER Group, Inc. USA first signed on as a sponsor with Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia – KTM. This week, the Italian pro cycling team will join 16 other teams in the 2019 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah.
The event kicked off yesterday afternoon with the prologue stage at Snowbird Resort. One of only two weeklong professional stage races in North America, the Tour of Utah covers 477 racing miles and includes 37,882 feet of elevation gain.
“We’re excited to be a team title partner in America’s toughest stage race,” said Christian Hertel, VP of Sales and Marketing at METER. “Especially racing in Utah where METER has several research sites and our sister company, Campbell Scientific.”
The Tour of Utah is an invitation-only event for the top professional men’s cycling teams in the world. This is the team’s first time competing in the Tour of Utah. The seven cyclists racing from the team Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia – KTM are Umberto Marengo, Lorenzo Fortunato, Francesco Bongiorno, Sebastian Schönberger, Edoardo Zardini, Simone Velasco and Dayer Quintana.
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Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon Chris Martin, MD, treats patients for osteoarthritis, spondylosis and other spinal conditions at the University of Minnesota Health Clinics and Surgery Center.
“I treat each patient like they’re a member of my own family.” Orthopedic Spine Surgeon Chris Martin, MD, has a unique, patient-centered approach to spinal care.
January 30, 2018 | By Staff Writer Christopher T. Martin, MD
For Orthopedic Spine Surgeon Christopher Martin, MD, practicing medicine means treating each patient like a member of his own family.
“I know ‘patient-centered care’ is a buzzword phrase in my profession, but I really mean it,” Martin said, “To me, that means spending time listening to your patients, hearing their concerns and being 100-percent available to them.”
Martin, who recently joined University of Minnesota Health, employs his patient-centered care approach to treat a variety of spinal conditions, particularly degenerative arthritis of the spine.
We talked with Martin about his interest in spinal surgery, his work with patients and his efforts to improve the patient recovery process.
How did you get interested in becoming a spinal surgeon?
I always had a strong interest in the anatomy and mechanics of the spine in medical school, and enjoyed my general surgery training. While I was going through my orthopaedics residency, I discovered that I missed working in the general surgery field. Spinal surgery gives me the best of both worlds. Orthopaedic spine specialists operate on many parts of the body. It’s really a varied anatomy, and in order to do it well, you need to understand multiple organ systems and have a strong multi-disciplinary background. I enjoy the whole breadth of spinal care, but if I had to choose an area that was most interesting to me, I would say it’s employing less-invasive treatment options for degenerative conditions of the cervical and lumbar spine.
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Why are you passionate about treating these conditions?
Many, many patients with arthritic spinal conditions see a substantial improvement in their quality of life following medical intervention. The fact that there’s such a good chance of improvement is one of the things that I find most rewarding about this area.
How do you approach treatment for these conditions?
Arthritis in the spine can lead to nerves or the spinal cord becoming pinched. As a result, patients might experience symptoms including pain, numbness, tingling or weakness—or in severe cases even paralysis. We can often correct these changes through surgery. Depending on the severity of the spinal changes we can perform a fusion or a motion-preserving surgery. However, most patients with back pain or spinal arthritis do not need surgery. To accommodate those patients, our clinic offers a full range of non-operative care including therapy, oral medications, and injections."
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Can you explain the difference between these approaches?
Motion-preserving procedures take pressure off the nerves while still preserving the function and motion of the spine. Other patients may have advanced spinal arthritis and must undergo a fusion, which involves the placing screws and rods in the spine. When we need to perform a spinal fusion, I try to take the least invasive approach in order to preserve the soft tissue and muscle around the spine. This allows people to get up and moving as soon as possible after the surgery.
Tell me about your unique approach to patient care?
I spend a lot of time ensuring that my patients are fully informed, understand their options, and know the pros and cons of various treatments. Before and after surgery, I am 100-percent available to the patient and their family, and will help answer or resolve any questions or concerns that might arise. I treat each patient like they’re a member of my own family. I make a sincere and strong commitment to them.
How does your medical research improve your clinical care?
I’m helping develop what’s called an Early Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) process for spinal surgery patients. It’s a multi-disciplinary effort that involves nurses, surgeons and administrators. Our goal is to find ways to reduce pain, speed up recovery and help patients get back to their daily routine faster after surgery. This is really important to me and it’s really important for our patients.
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Steven Finn, Jake Ball dropped as England may field leggie Rashid against Pakistan today
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England captain Alastair Cook announced yesterday that the hosts had reduced their squad for the second Test against Pakistan from 14 to 12 after dropping Steven Finn and Jake Ball
Manchester (UK): England captain Alastair Cook announced yesterday that the hosts had reduced their squad for the second Test against Pakistan from 14 to 12 after dropping Steven Finn and Jake Ball. The fast bowlers, who both played in England’s 75-run defeat by Pakistan in the first Test at Lord’s, were released ahead of the second Test, which starts at Old Trafford today.
England spinner Adil Rashid bowls during a practice session on the eve of the second Test vs Pakistan at Old Trafford, Manchester yesterday
Now fit-again paceman James Anderson (shoulder), England’s all-time leading wicket-taker, and all-rounder Ben Stokes (knee), who both didn’t play at Lord’s, are set to make their Test return in Manchester.
England’s decision means they could give a home debut to leg-spinner Adil Rashid, all of whose three Test appearances to date were away to Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates last year, in support of off-spinner Moeen Ali. "We’re going to name a 12 — Steven Finn and Bally are missing out," Cook told reporters yesterday.
"That means, obviously, Ben Stokes and Jimmy Anderson are back in — and Adil’s going to be in the 12, just depending on what happens to that wicket by tomorrow (Friday)."
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Sudan Protests
Seven killed and scores injured as Sudanese rally for 'march of millions'
Deaths reported as largest protest since last month's violent crackdown takes place despite threats from military council
Sunday's protest in Khartoum was the biggest since a violent crackdown nearly a month ago (AFP)
Mohammed Amin
Seven people were killed on Sunday during mass demonstrations that rocked Sudan as tens of thousands of people protested against the ruling generals, the official SUNA news agency reported.
The country’s ruling military council had warned on Saturday against a “million-person march” calling for a civilian government, claiming the opposition would be responsible for any deaths.
Despite the threat of violence, protesters from around Sudan converged in the capital Khartoum for the rally, less than a month after a deadly military crackdown on protesters.
SUNA, quoting a health ministry official, said "seven were killed" in the protests, without elaborating how they died or who they were.
It said that another 181 people were wounded, including 27 with bullets.
Separately, 10 members of regular forces were also wounded, including three from the feared paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shot by "live ammunition", it said.
Earlier, a doctor's group linked to the opposition said at least five protesters were killed and dozens injured during demonstrations in several cities.
"The death of four martyrs in the city of Omdurman on the road of our victorious revolution brings the number of martyrs to five" in Sunday's protests, the committee said, after it reported earlier that a protester was shot dead in the town of Atbara.
"There are several seriously wounded by the bullets of the military council militias in hospitals of the capital and the provinces," AFP quoted a statement from the doctors as saying.
Every man, woman and child are on the streets#Watch_Sudan_on_June30th #StandWithSudan #مليونيه30يونيو #مليونيه٣٠يونيو
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— Rawa (@Rawaaa_bas) June 30, 2019
In a speech on Sunday, Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, also known as Hemeti, the vice president of the Transitional Military Council (TMC), alleged that snipers were among the protesters and that they had injured at least three members of armed forces and several civilians.
Demonstrators have dismissed Hemeti's claims, arguing that the TMC had previously made similar accusations to justify a deadly crackdown on peaceful protests.
الخرطوم تنتفض#مليونية30يونيو pic.twitter.com/atkmgrfgJC
— Wli (@wmuhaker) June 30, 2019
Translation: Khartoum rises up. Video shows protesters chanting "freedom, freedom".
Witnesses told AFP news agency that Sudanese forces used tear gas against demonstrators in the Khartoum districts of Bari, Mamura and Arkweit, as well as in the eastern town of Gadaref, as protesters chanted "Civilian rule! Civilian rule!".
The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), which has spearheaded protests since December, called on Sunday for protesters in Khartoum to converge on the presidential palace at the centre of the capital.
In Nyala, the capital of the state of South Darfur in southwest Sudan, witnesses reported that the RSF paramilitary group was violently repressing protests there.
"Thousands assaulted in Nyala market with whips and canes by RSF forces, as well as verbal assault to draw them into violence. Market has been shut down and surrounded by RSF vehicles, as well as some police vehicles. Anyone walking around the market is attacked'#SudanUprising https://t.co/0NgQMymCJy
— Munchkin (@BSonblast) June 30, 2019
Observers also reported that armed forces had opened fire at crowds in el-Obeid in the state of North Kordofan; Kadugli in South Kordofan; and Kassala, the capital of the state of Kassala.
The demonstrations mark a resurgence in street protests that had been quelled by the crackdown and could force a decisive showdown between protesters and the military council, despite ongoing joint African Union (AU) and Ethiopian mediation efforts to bridge the gap between the two sides.
A Sudanese military official told Middle East Eye, on condition of anonymity, that government forces were planning to disperse Sunday’s march, the largest since a two-month sit-in outside the military headquarters was dispersed on 3 June.
The military official said the RSF - blamed for the crackdown that killed at least 128 people in June, according to doctors - as well as the army and police will be deployed on the streets of Khartoum on Saturday night.
“The military council has no path other than going further with the use of violence regarding these protests of 30 June and they have actually begun preparing for that, actually.”
The official said they may attempt to avoid using the levels of violence seen earlier in the month, when bodies were allegedly dumped in the Nile and women were raped at the sit-in, but they have been ordered to prevent a sit-in anywhere in the city.
The official said members of the police may resist orders to use violence on the protesters but that could also lead to the RSF, who have a reputation for extreme violence, behaving more aggressively.
Adapting from experience
The opposition vowed to press on with its plans for the nationwide protest on Sunday - the 30th anniversary of the coup that brought former president Omar al-Bashir to power.
Bashir was ousted in April as a result of months of protests but the military council that replaced him was also rejected by protesters, who have demanded civilian rule.
The SPA called on its supporters to commemorate the protesters killed during the uprising.
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Leading SPA member Medani Abas told MEE that they have called on the military to not use violence against the protesters.
“Despite the [military’s] internet shutdown and the ongoing hunting down of activists and protest leaders in the streets of Khartoum, we could reach the people by organising community meetings to address the people in their neighbourhoods,” Abas said, describing how the SPA have rallied support for the protests despite mounting challenges.
He said neighbourhood resistance committees have been vital to communicating with communities because of the internet blackout imposed by the military since 3 June.
One such resistance committee leader, who did not want to be named, said the internet blackout had forced them to meet in person to prepare for the next round of protests.
“We gained a lot of experience from the last six months and we will surprise the government forces with different tactics and tricks,” they said.
Doctors have also been preparing for the protests, setting up field clinics and emergency medical supplies to handle injuries.
“We deployed hundreds of doctors with mobile clinics and small field centres to quickly deal with any emergencies if any violence takes place,” a medical source told MEE. “We have quickly gained a lot of experience in the recent period and we are ready for any scenario.”
The military council on Friday indicated that it could return to talks with the opposition after tentatively approving a consolidated AU-Ethiopian proposal, having previously rejected an Ethiopian initiative.
"A number of points have emerged around it, but in general it is a suitable proposal for negotiations to reach a final agreement leading to the establishment of the institutions of a transitional rule," military council spokesman Lieutenant General Shams El Din Kabbashi said.
The Ethiopian proposal had already been approved by the opposition Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition.
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A draft seen by MEE proposed a transitional joint “sovereign council” of 14 members split evenly between military and civilian members with the addition of another independent civilian member to be selected through mutual agreement.
The US, UK and Norway released a joint statement on Saturday saying it supported the mediation efforts and called on the military to avoid the use of violence against protesters.
Sudanese political analyst Salah Aldoma said the coming wave of protests is critical because recent violence has completely collapsed any trust in the military council.
The political science professor at Omdurman Islamic University said the military has been given warnings from the international community to avoid violence but that the FFC is also under pressure to show its leadership.
“The two sides are on the edge of confrontation and to be clear, the whole country is at a crossroads.”
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Iran Tensions
US blames Iran for attacks on tankers in Gulf of Oman
Japanese owner of one vessel, Kokuka Courageous, says its ship was hit twice in three-hour period
Picture purportedly showing Front Altair on fire on Thursday morning (AFP/ISNA)
MEE and agencies
The United States blamed Iran for attacks on two tankers heading out from Saudi and Emirati ports in the Gulf of Oman, but provided no concrete evidence to back up the assertion.
In a news briefing on Thursday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US had assessed that Iran is responsible for the incident.
Pompeo said the assessment was "based on intelligence, the weapons used, the level of expertise needed to execute the operation, recent similar Iranian attacks on shipping, and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication".
The secretary of state's comments came hours after the Front Altair, carrying petrochemical feedstock, caught fire in waters between Gulf Arab states and Iran following an explosion that a source blamed on a magnetic mine.
The Norwegian owner of the Marshal Islands-flagged vessel said its crew was safe.
A Japanese-owned tanker, the Panama-flagged Kokuka Courageous, was abandoned after being hit by a suspected torpedo, the firm that chartered the ship said.
Pompeo also accused Iran of trying to disrupt the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.
The incidents come amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington, which last month accused the Iranian government of planning to attack American forces and interests in the Middle East.
Iran has rejected those allegations, accusing the Trump administration of waging an unjust economic and diplomatic war against it.
'Divers aboard speedboats carried out Fujairah oil tanker attacks,' UN told
On Thursday, Iran's official news agency IRNA said its navy had rescued 44 crew members from the two oil tankers which it said caught fire after an "accident".
"Forty-four sailors from the two foreign oil tankers, which had an accident this morning in the Sea of Oman, were saved from the water by the [navy] rescue unit of Hormozgan province and transferred to the port of Bandar-e-Jask," IRNA quoted an "informed source" as saying.
IRNA reported that 23 of the crew members rescued by the Iranian navy had been taken out of the water.
A spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen said on Thursday that the incident marked a "major escalation".
The spokesman said he believed the attack on the tankers could be connected to an another in July 2018 by the Houthis on an oil tanker in the Red Sea.
"From my perspective ... we can connect it to the Houthi attacks at Bab al-Mandeb," Colonel Turki al-Malki told reporters in Riyadh.
Earlier in the day, the White House said US President Donald Trump had "been briefed on the attack on ships in the Gulf of Oman".
"The US government is providing assistance and will continue to assess the situation," said White House news secretary Sarah Sanders.
Oil prices surge
Crude oil prices surged as much as 4 percent following the incident over worries about Middle East supplies.
Still, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Thursday that Saudi Arabia and the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Aramco, are committed to providing reliable oil supplies to the international market in the wake of the attacks, state news agency SPA reported.
Falih said the energy ministry and Aramco have increased their readiness to deal with attacks.
The tanker association Intertanko said there were growing worries for the safety of ships and their crews sailing through the Strait of Hormuz.
"Following two attacks on member vessels this morning, I am extremely worried about the safety of our crews going through the Strait of Hormuz," Paolo d’Amico, chairman of Intertanko, said in a statement.
"We need to remember that some 30 percent of the world’s [seaborne] crude oil passes through the Straits. If the waters are becoming unsafe, the supply to the entire Western world could be at risk."
Zarif slams 'suspicious' incidents
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the two oil tanker incidents were "suspicious" and called for regional dialogue to avoid tensions.
Zarif tweeted that "reported attacks on Japan-related" oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman had taken place while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was meeting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei "for extensive and friendly talks".
"Suspicious doesn't begin to describe what likely transpired this morning," he tweeted. "Iran's proposed Regional Dialogue Forum is imperative."
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Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement said the Kokuka Courageous was damaged in a "suspected attack" that breached the hull above the water line while transporting methanol from Saudi Arabia to Singapore.
It said the ship was afloat and the crew safe with one minor injury reported.
A shipping broker said the blast that struck the Kokuka Courageous might have been caused by a magnetic mine. "Kokuka Courageous is adrift without any crew on board,” the source told Reuters.
Japan's Kokuka Sangyo, owner of the Kokuka Courageous, said its ship was hit twice over a three-hour period.
The owners said the 21 crew members abandoned ship after an incident on board that resulted in damages to the ship's hull starboard side.
The tanker was about 70 nautical miles from the United Arab Emirate's Fujairah and about 14 nautical miles off the coast of Iran.
'Suspected of being hit by a torpedo'
One of the tankers, Front Altair, sailed out of Ruwais in the UAE, and Kokuka out of the Saudi port of Al-Jubail, according to shipping tracking data.
Front Altair was headed to Taiwan, while Kokuka's destination was Singapore. Both ships' status was "stopped", with the former reaching that status at 06:47 GMT and the latter at 06:21 GMT.
Front Altair’s status was updated to “underway using engine” at 09:05 GMT on Thursday, according to marinetraffic.com.
Taiwan's state oil refiner CPC said the Front Altair, owned by Norway's Frontline, was "suspected of being hit by a torpedo" around 0400 GMT, as it carried 75,000 tonnes of the petrochemical feedstock naphtha to Taiwan.
Frontline said its vessel was on fire but afloat, denying a report by the Iranian news agency IRNA that the vessel had sunk.
The master of the Front Altair ordered the 23-member crew to abandon ship after a blast, International Tanker Management, the technical manager of the vessel, said in a statement. It said the crew were picked up by the nearby Hyundai Dubai.
Distress calls
Earlier, the US Fifth Fleet said it was assisting two tankers after receiving two separate distress calls.
"We are aware of the reported attack on tankers in the Gulf of Oman. US Naval Forces in the region received two separate distress calls at 6:12 am local time and a second one at 7:00 am," Joshua Frey of the Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said.
"US Navy ships are in the area and are rendering assistance."
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All major Gulf stock markets dropped following the news. Saudi's share index declined 0.8 percent, with heavyweight petrochemical maker Saudi Basic Industries decreasing 2.3 percent.
Tensions have risen in the region since Trump, who has demanded Tehran curb its military programmes and influence in the Middle East, pulled the US out of a deal between Iran and global powers to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
Last month, two Saudi oil tankers, a Norwegian tanker and an Emirati vessel, were damaged in attacks near the UAE port of Fujairah, a major oil terminal which lies on the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz.
Presenting a preliminary report to the United Nations Security Council last week, diplomats from the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Norway said the attacks appeared to be have been carried out by divers aboard fast boats who attached mines to the ships.
US National Security Adviser John Bolton said last month that the attacks were the work of "naval mines almost certainly from Iran".
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei told Abe during his visit to Iran that Tehran would not repeat its "bitter experience" of negotiating with the US, state media reported.
"I do not see Trump as worthy of any message exchange, and I do not have any reply for him, now or in future," the Iranian leader said.
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Open Letter to My Family
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September 18, 2017 By Mike Rinder 129 Comments
I dont know what the run-of-the-mill NOI member thinks about this weird mashup of scientology and the NOI, but I do know what L. Ron Hubbard would say.
Mixing practices = squirrel. And there is no doubt this fits squarely within the Hubbard definition of “mixing practices.” Since when does rising up the Tone Scale equate to the “thinking of God”? And what does Doubting Thomas have to do with the Reactive Mind — Thomas refusing to believe Jesus had risen from the dead without seeing proof is the reactive mind at work?
Hey RTC — why aren’t you doing your job? They are even using your Trademarked terms without attribution? Somehow the NOI is allowed to do what nobody else is allowed to do? They go berserk if a scientologist uses “the technology” without acknowledging L. Ron Hubbard and paying a royalty. Let alone an “independent scientologist”…
How do you explain this one Dave?
And when is the leadership of the NOI going to come to a realization that scientology sees them as a “squirrel group” and that means only two things: they fully convert to standard, unaltered scientology, or they are shut down entirely. How long can the charade continue?
Filed Under: Nation of Islam, Scientology Tagged With: David Miscavige, Nation of Islam, noi, Scientology
T.J. says
whoops… this was meant to be a reply to Barbet’s post, below.
Thanks for mentioning this Barbet – here is a link to the news article:
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article174031741.html
This woman talks about how she was brought into Nation of Islam at a young age by her mother, how she spent her childhood isolated in the movement’s private schools and not allowed to socialize with outsiders, then how she was forced to work for higher members for no pay, how she was disconnected from all her family and friends when she left and coerced to return, and is currently in hiding as she fears their retribution – it looks like the NOI and the CoS are not such strange partners after all, as they have very similar methods of operating and keeping members, including child labor and human trafficking.
The UK Daily mail published this story also: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4899614/Muslim-cult-trafficked-woman-decade-child-labor.html
Rebecca Watson says
This is the most racist set of comments I have read in a long time. Why do you assume NOI members would have to have scholarships to afford services? “They were ‘Zulus’, or whatever…”, defines black people by tribal affiliations from hundreds of years ago is . NOI members are Americans now, whose ancestors built this country with their bare hands. Stick to Scientology please.
NOI is not Islamic. It’s a racist, space alien cult, run by a bullshitting, pomaded huckster.
NOI is using a racist, homophobic, narcissistic drug addict’s made-up ” technology” and calling it,
what, therapy? Religion? ” God’s thinking”? I guess there’s a symmetry in a gussied-up, anti-Semitic pimp
using a pill-popping racist’s hustle…
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/active-black-separatist-groups
Joe Pendleton says
Personally (from my own observation), I’ve found that much of the tone scale is valid and useful (maybe not 100%, but most of it ). But again, that’s from my own experience and observation; I grant that others may have observed other phenomena.
I wonder if NOI knows Hubbard’s history on racism? Or that Miscavige used racist slurs to denigrate the African American x Scientologists Jesse Prince.
Maybe we should all email this info to their head quarters.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_racism
Nation of Islam take notice; this is what Hubbard thought about apartheid.
In a letter written in November 1960 to Hendrik Verwoerd, a former president considered the architect of apartheid, Hubbard praises the devastating practice of forced resettlement of non-white South Africans:
I present to you L Ron Hubbard:
‘Having viewed slum clearance projects in most major cities of the world may I state that you have conceived and created in the Johannesburg townships what is probably the most impressive and adequate resettlement activity in existence,’ says the letter, which was brought up during South Africa’s 1972 Commission of Inquiry into Scientology.
Behind the facade of his well marketed messianic PR is another story. A story that is suppressed by Miscavige. But the truth can’t be suppressed forever.
I don’t think the NOI gives a shit about Hubbard’s background or Scientology beliefs. They’re using Dianetics as a mental procedure.
Brian, please stop confusing Nation of Islam with mainstream Islam – it’s a whole different group. Nation of Islam is a small, American-based, black separatist group, founded in the late 1930’s and early 1940’s, and is NOT recognized by mainstream Muslims, they disavow this group.
Aparthied was not considered wrong to N.O.I. – they are FOR separation of the races, they do not advocate ‘race-mixing’, are against marriage of blacks and whites, and one of their tenants is creating an area within the U.S. only for their black members.
The Nation of Islam’s beliefs are nothing like mainstream Muslims, please, educate yourself as to what this group is and believes. Here is a link to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s page on Nation of Islam:
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/nation-islam
While mainstream Muslim include people of many countries and skin colors, Nation of Islam is a strictly black-only group and is rightly classified as a racial hate group. NOI members can become Scientologists, but white people can never become Nation of Islam members. They call while people “devils” and hate Jewish people, gays, and many others. Brian, you have posted before with advice to Nation of Islam, and it is very obvious you have not yet read anything about the group. You are making of the mistake if hearing “muslim” and thinking you know what this group is – once again, it is nothing like mainstream Muslims, who do not recognize or agree with the N.O.I.
Nation of Islam founder Wallace Fard, as well as their current leader Elijah Muhammad, tell their followers that black people lived on a paradise earth until an evil scientist named Yakub created a race of devil white people who ruined it and rule to this day and must be defeated. So it’s no wonder that they can believe the Xenu story of Scientology.
Martin Luther King Jr., the American black activist who advocated peaceful protest, condemned the Nation of Islam with it’s insistence on violent methods and hate speech. The Nation of Islam has a long history of violent crime and leaders have been arrested for murders, child slavery, assaults, and organized crime. I posted links to the news articles several months ago, I wish you had taken the time to better inform yourself on this small, racial superiority group.
Once again, I strongly urge you to educate yourself on what the Nation of Islam is, and stands for, and stop equating them with mainstream Muslims, who do not share their beliefs.
My point is racism, not theology.
Hubbard’s racism and Miscavige’s racism.
whoops, one small correction: Nation of Islam was created by Wallace Fard, continued by Elijah Muhammed, current leader is Louis Farrakhan.
Escaped in 2005 says
Islam itself is a worse cult than Scientology ever dreamed of being, and NOI is simply the most racist and hateful strain of it in the US. Islam is a death cult, a political ideology of domination, submission, and control, whose text was written by a warlord and pedophile. After reading the koran, I can’t even consider it a religion. I have a catalog of the passages in the Koran and the Hadiths that Muslims live by.
Scientology may be evil, but it does not enforce its tenets by the sword and revere jihad.
OhioBuckeye says
Doesn’t it?
The Hole, physical abuse, “Fair Game”…….etc.
Look up any YouTube video where Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan speaks. You will likely be shocked. Hubbard and Miscavige come no where near the racist remarks made by Farrakhan. Their hatred for white people, Jewish people, gay people. My family is very diverse, by marriage and children, we include, white, black, asian, hispanic, native american, and biracial kids of many types. Our family also includes members of many faiths, christian, muslim, catholic, quakers, baptists, as well as agnostics, and hard-core athiests. Every one of our family members, in-laws, etc., are shocked and repulsed by the Nation of Islam’s hatred and stance on racial separatism. Their inside publications, such as their “Final Call” newspaper meant to be seen by black people only, (not available freely) contain some really horrendous propaganda and hate speech.
For some reason, people hear “Muslim” and think they know what this group is about. But the NOI is not a recognized group by other Muslims. The NOI was created in America, 70 years ago, by an American, Wallace Fard, and is not affiliated with the centuries old religious group known as Muslims that has a long history of culture, architecture and faith in ancient lands, in Europe and the East, and the NOI has been correctly classified as a racial separatist movement.
I have had personal dealings with many Nation of Islam members through community organizations and law enforcement. I know their stance on racial superiority and hatred for white people, Jewish people, and their condemnation of intermarriage between people of color. It’s very disturbing.
Do not take my word for it! Look it up yourself. Search Youtube for Nation of Islam speeches. Read articles, commentary and analysis by news media and informed sources. Watch TV interviews with Farrakhan. Listen to what he says, himself. I have read their own publications and literature and watched their convention speeches before solidifying my opinion and stating it publicly. Have you?
I’m not asking anyone to accept my conclusions or agree with me… I’m just expecting people to look up information and inform themselves about this group before making assumptions on what they stand for and believe.
Mike Rinder says
T.J. — thanks so much for taking the time to clarify this. A lot of people have this misunderstanding about NOI.
NOI are their own brand of crazy, no more Muslim than they are mainstream Christian.
Thank you for allowing people to post and share information on your site. Congrats to you & Leah for your Emmy win! 🙂
Yes TJ I am very aware of the difference. The reason I posted what I did was because it was the white folks doing the separating.
My post was simply to point out that the man they get their “tech” from said some things about African Americans that they should know about.
Thank you for clarifying for us TJ.
Do you really think that NOI leadership did not do any research into Scientology and Hubbard before signing their members up for courses? Tony Ortega has photos posted of NOI leaders and Scientologists together taken many years ago and NOI members are not forbidden from reading things on the internet, so I feel pretty sure that no one needs to rush to inform them that Hubbard made some racist remarks. It is more likely that the average CofS member knows very little about the NOI. In the past, the NOI has also aligned with the KKK, as they stated their goals are similar (total separation of black and white peoples) So I just find it strange that you suggested we mail NOI ‘headquarters’ about Hubbard, so kind of you to want to save them from racism. I was going to leave you a link to prove up what I say, but upon Googling it, found a multitude of links and info, so it should be very easy for you to find if you have any interest. Done with this subject now, so no more follow up posts from me. I try to limit my posts to 3 maximum on any subject to avoid annoying anyone else who might not have any interest in the subject, and don’t want to drag it out too long. Adios! Peace to you, and all.
P. W. Dilettante says
Many hundreds (if not more) of former Scientologists have been labeled squirrels and declared suppressive, not allowed to officially practice their chosen religion.
Now open squirrelling is practiced and encouraged.
Hey still-in lurkers, your religion has been hijacked. It no longer exists as originally advertised.
LDW says
Anyone have any data on what happened to the attempted Holy Alliance between the Buddhist community and Co$? It was a big deal at CC when I was there in the late 90’s early 2,000s.
Seems to me this NOI thing started as a PR caper to get the Co$ aligned with other religious groups. Probably with the aim of giving CO$ some legitimacy. Now it may have gotten completely out of Dave’s control to the point where he doesn’t dare try to enforce his own rules of engagement into NOI’s activities.
Strange bedfellows, for sure. Definitely weakens his already tenuous hold on copyright enforcement.
Barbet says
A lady is KC is suing the NOI for 10-yrs of forced labor with no monetary compensation for 40,000 hrs of labor!
Scientology has very effective control mechanisms. I believe the heart of their ‘tech’ is the domination of the memberships will.
NOI leadership has wet dreams thinking about what they could do with that level of control.
henrik jensen (SP:-) says
Sorry cannot see what is wrong with the tone scale, except that LRH claims, that he is the only person that has made such one. There are hundreds of scales, they reflect human behavior. From the Kybalion, to Soren Kierkegaard and Abraham Hicks – there is no reason to burst out in ignorance every time we encounter some tech from the copycat Hubbard. Check the origin and see if it is of some use. Let others know where i really came from or any similar tech.
https://www.cheatography.com/davidpol/cheat-sheets/emotional-guidance-scale/
Teen says
Everything the cult does is self-serving so it makes perfect sense to me that alignments will be attempted with nefarious purpose and with other nefarious organizations. They have a common ideology…….divide and separate earthlings.
Cat daddy says
The Tone Scale of Hubbard is a Tone Scale for Pshychopaths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GIsExb5jJU
T-Marie says
I wonder if the NOI uses the tone level of sympathy being so low to justify being non-sympathetic?
I hate you for saying that T-Marie! We Scientologists know that sympathy is for low toned DBs and tiny thetans. Only implanted wogs think like this.
Ron’s tone scale is “science”– perfect science. We all know that hate is higher toned then sympathy.
Therefore when someone is suffering I hate them for it. If I was to be sympathetic to other’s suffering I would be being reasonable.
We all know being reasonable is anti tech. Anti results. Sympathy is for degraded beings.
Sympathy is a Marcab conspiracy just like love and understanding. In session I cognited that psyches from Farsec and Marcabs work together. They are preparing earth for a space alien Invader Force. Please……. we all must be OT to avert a cosmic disasters.
ON LOOKERS………..WHAT I HAVE JUST WRITTEN COMES FROM ACTUAL HUBBARD WRITINGS AND WHAT SCIENTOLOGISTS ACTUALLY BELIEVE.
Except the Marcabs and psyches working together. That’s my creative license.
Aquamarine says
I’m staying with the “Bodies In The Shop” explanation offered by Joe P. As re the NOI it can’t be about money because NOI is not overall a moneyed group, quite the contrary. Also, someone I knew who had been a frequent Flag PC told me that org staff were instructed that NOI were not to be reg’ged as were the others. Easy does it on them. So its unlikely that money is the motivating factor. Has to be the Div 6 New Public Stat. No other new people are coming in to the cult for services. Also as someone else pointed out, the cherch can now claim to it rich white celebs and whales that it is “helping” African-Americans.
Harpoona Frittata says
The NOI space opera believers and the Xenuvians totally deserve each other and, I genuinely believe, should share their own very special planet together for the next Infinite Eternity 😉
Ha ha ha! Agreed!
moxiemaximus says
Not sure why COB is fooling around with such small potatoes as Louis Farrakhan and the NOI when he could set his sights on aligning with Kim Jong Un and North Korea.
califa007 says
Cha Ching!!
lagunascott says
Sounds like Islamic Sufism.
http://www.nimatullahi.org/what-is-sufism/
Jonathan Mark says
Shouldn’t it be “the thinking of the eighth dynamic”?
Peter N says
I was at Flag when this whole thing started, at that time it was “confidential”. What I see is that NOI is not really a “muslim” religion, it’s just the name. They follow their god and they follow the orders of their leader I think Tony Muhammad and they are mostly black.
He got some basic auditing and some grades and then ordered his entire religion to do the HDA course and set a target to train 1,000 Book One auditors. This is how they want to “make the black people great again”.
Then some of them started to do the Purif and this is just a special project to make the entire NOI use Scientology. They were coming to the Fort Harrison for graduations, Tony was recording videos for them with his directions, etc. And all the crew at Flag was briefed about it and shown the video and how you are not supposed to look them in the eye, as that is one of their religious buttons (not sure how they will do TRs) and generally they were supposed to be treated like VIPs. Just calculate how many new members this would mean if an entire religion started to follow Scientology, that is the main point.
Don’t look them in the eye, huh? Not what Scientology would call “a good indicator”. Maybe the Dwarf will find some Lost Tech from LRH about how TRs can be done without confronting someone. OMG, this – Mike, you’re amazing for coming up with this stuff, but if I didn’t know better and totally trust you I’d think some of it was photoshopped. This NOI event promo, in particular, is just – well , there are no words for how outrageously this flouts LRH! KSW…oh, yeah!
disco george says
Interesting, especially the eye contact thing and the VIP treatment.
BTW — welcome, Peter! Looking forward to reading your blog.
Peter N – That makes sense. The NOI may be playing the CoS rather than vice versa. Buy a book, get some minimal training and start auditing. Who needs a $5,000 e-meter? Half the congregation goes Clear at a tiny fraction of the cost. The NOI doesn’t give a rat’s ass about Elron’s intergalactic conflict story, they have their own story.
There’s an interesting article about Farrakhan in wiki. It says that on Saviors Day in 2013 it was announced that 8,500 members had undergone Dianetic auditing. The organization announced it had graduated 1055 auditors and had delivered 84,424 hours of auditing. Sounds like NOI stats are straight up and vertical.
BKmole says
The tone scale is bogus, now NOI gets to use it to push their brand of bogus, bogus.
Scn911 says
I see this particular NOI activity as a good thing… at least in the short term.
Let me explain: Right now “radical” Islam is invading the west and is being aided, abetted and deliberately shoved down our throats. The media would have us believe that “radical” means “extreme”. What it actually means in this context is simply by-the-book; following exactly the commands and dictates of the violent, war-mongering ideology of conquest espoused by the so-called “messenger of allah”, mohammad… (or one could easily say the messenger of some very evil entity.) An analogy would be “standard tech” in scn. It’s not considered extreme or radical; quite the opposite – it’s simply following the “scriptures” exactly as written. At least in theory.
I have read much of the Quran so I’m not just saying this off the top of my head. Islam is inherently, demonstrably violent and destructive towards all who oppose it; which is exactly why it’s being forced into the west with open arms by the ruling elite to do their intended dirty work via enabling and protecting with “anti-islamophobia” laws and similar bullshit. See M-103 in Canada.. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10313/canada-anti-islamophobia-motion
The Quran is chock-full of violent shit like the following. Seriously, all one need do is look… Surah 8-12 : Remember thy Lord inspired the angels (with the message): “I am with you: give firmness to the Believers: I will instill terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them.”
Although the majority (supposedly +/- 75%) may be “moderate muslims” they are simply those who are either too afraid (multi-generationally) or too rational to do what they’re commanded to do in the Quran & Hadiths, whereas “radicals” are actually toeing the line and doing exactly as the messenger says they must do to please allah. Not surprising on either side of the coin given that the punishment for apostasy is death. So one either does a convincing job of seeming to be a true believer or else actually whole heartedly believes and “walks the walk”. We really do have a serious problem looming here.
But my overall point is that if NOI or any other not-quite-so-“radical” muslim group is trying to raise the awareness or to somewhat raise Islam from its dark-age depravity in any way – I’m all for it. Because as things stand right now, islamazation of the west IS the agenda of the powers that be, for their own destructive purposes of bringing the west to its knees. So the less violent and less insane and less “radical” islam can be made – the better. That is extremely unlikley to ever happen but if anyone can make it happen it will be someone of Farrakhan’s stature.
Based on everything I know and have read, Islam is being deliberately harnessed to destroy the west along with western values and mores.
IMO, pretty well any organized religious ideology is insane and more or less destructive on various levels, but if it seems to help someone and does not require destruction of others – let it be.
Meanwhile, by the degree to which any devious and destructive cults (Islam in particular) can be brought collectively up-tone or made less overtly insane, they will be made less destructive and less of a threat to the rest of us while also buying us time. Reformation of islam is about a likely as reformation of scn — but ppl like Farrakhan are at least putting a chance there. A better choice of words might be “evolution” rather than reformation.
(BTW, my personal view is that The Powers That Be intend to foment and let things get so carried away and extreme that society will, (after thorough media programming) demand and agree that outlawing all organized religion is the best solution and ultimately, TPTB will replace it with whatever they plan to – probably Luciferianism in rouge & lip gloss… but that’s another story.)
I’m curious as to what type of Dianetics they are doing. If it’s R3R,
“Locate an incident of . . .”
“Is their an earlier incident of . . .”
then some of them are going to start running past lives. Might even happen with Book One style auditing.
I wonder how that fits in with going to Allah’s heaven, if that’s what NOI members believe in.
I think the answer is in the comment Peter N made above.
Go to the beginning of the Aftermath and tell me when you are there!
I believe you are right, 911. It makes out easy too expand governmental control and reduce liberties
bixntram says
Scn911, Your analysis of Islam is right on the money; thanks for posting it. However, your last paragraph is a bunch conspiracy theory crap.
Wynski says
Scn911 NOI & its leader preach violence as a means of getting what they want. By its DEFINITION Islam is a politically violent “belief system”. Just there are no “moderate” NAZIs or communists, there are no moderate muslims. Same as there are no meat eating vegans.
Junk Phrases says
Yes, the Koran and collected Hadiths can be interpreted in a myriad of ways, but the NOI forget that Mohammad called anyone of African descent a “raisin head” and basically said all they are to be enslaved O.o that’s why blacks were slaves in Saudi Arabia until the early 1960’s.
Thanks for your comment, Scn911. Now would you bring my fries?
Channeled from Dave through RB upon reading todays post.
From: COB, Eclair-istic Leader, His High Sir SIRNESS, David You-Know-the-Hell-Who
You have the nerve to post ‘How do you explain this one Dave?’ !!!!! Listen, you CSCIMF-whatever, I don’t answer nobody’s questions. I GIVE THE COMMANDS.
AND, FURTHER FAR-FURTHER-MORE, I don’t need no stinking yapping from lost, has-been mega failed minor Go-fers making remarks about me in public. That is ANOTHER high crime, your list of high crimes has now exceeded the 47X expansion limit.
AND WHILE I’M AT IT, whatever it is I say it is always COMMAND INTENTION. AND, I can damn well COMMAND INTENTION away as I will. AND, nobody-the-hell better CI me!!!!!!!!!!!
AND, I want to hear a loud YES SIR from you!!!!!!!!!!
Jill Hunter says
Sorry but what does CSCIMF stand for? I am not being sarcastic. I think I can fill in may of the blanks., but Holey Moley. If I have the rest of those right, Ohhhh…..Myyyyyyy….Goodddd……
Davy slipped his chain…….
BTW I like eclairs…..
Don’e bad mouth them that way.
CSuckingCounterIntentionMotherF………..you get to fill in the blanks.
No offence to eclairs, scones, cronuts, crepes, strudels, baklava, canolli, bear claws, or any pastries of the sweet chewy and fattening varieties. … That does it! off to Dunkin Dounuts!
Savage Dynamic says
CSCIMF = C*ck Sucking Counter Intentioned Mother F**ker
CSCIMF: Cock Sucking Counter-Intentioned Mother Fucker.
One of a number of quaint epithets our favorite World-Renowned Ecclesiastical Leader directs at His underlings when they displease Him.
The charade will continue until there is no monetary upside for the Cult of Scamology. After all, Hubbard violated several High Crimes he designated when he ordered the G.O. to implement Snow White. Crimes, “squirreling” and the like take a backseat to cash under Hubbard’s real philosophy…
Graham says
Hey Bro. Lawrence; have a look at that Tone Scale. Have a look WAAAY down at Minus 8 Hiding. Who do you see down there? Why it’s ‘Slappy’ Dave Miscavige, Tom Cruise and Scientology Media Productions. All as quiet as mice and quaking in their boots.
georgemwhite says
I don’t see any contradictions between NOI and Scientology either. The PDC tapes dispelled any thoughts
in my mind concerning what is viewed by the upper and lower levels of the religion.
I could never like Moxie no matter how much I tried.
Somehow my reply was to another post.
When I said I did not like Moxie, I meant the soft drink.
Sorry if you thought otherwise.
Much Metta
Eh=Eh says
Not you Moxiemaximus, but it gave me pause too!
Brother Lawrence Muhammed … next COB … you read it here first.
Listen people to a story
Written not so long ago
’bout a con man and a midget
And their daily Truman show
On the gold base was no treasure
Just Dave with his heart of stone
Screaming and demeaning others
Till they lost their very soul
Go ahead and hate your neighbor
Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of Hubbard
You can justify it in the end
There won’t be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgment day
On the bloody morning after
Li’l Davey slinks away
Love the poem. It’s poetic truth.
Thanks Betsy. Inspired by the song One Tin Soldier.
TitleWaves says
Really Great job on the poem, Moxiemax! Hmmm, beautiful vision: “Lil Davey slinks away..”
I usually pick up the tune to your lyrics right off. But you had me at the trumpets. The Original Caste–great song.. Thanks for that..
My pleasure TW.
Spike says
Xcellent!
awesomeness!
Thanks T-Marie.
truthwilltriumphblog says
Loved it! Great read…
Lorrie Coleman says
To paraphrase Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, “We are Dave’s reckoning, here to end the borrowed time he’s been living on.”
Tapping my foot to the beat…love it…
Joetheta says
The NOI is based on obliterating white people. They are very open about it. They will tell you that the white man was created by an evil scientist 6,000 years ago. Farakahn tells his young black men that for them to have sex with a white women is the same as,
“laying down with a dog”.
Yet there is Scn whale ,Jim Mather’s kissing ass to Farakahn and his family.
And this is what I don’t get. The NOI founder, Elijah Muhammad, is i’ll bet, rolling in wherever his grave is.. his people colluding with the white devil (and in the case of Mr.Miscavage, I agree, but him only).
Dawn Whitty says
I guess it’s all about the money. An new income stream for them so they break the rules for them?
Mat Pesch says
I don’t even think it has to do with money. I think there is little to no money flow coming from the NOI to Scientology. Honestly, I don’t understand this unusual relationship and what Miscavige hopes to gain.
Here is a link to an article Tony Ortega wrote about the alliance of NOI and Scientology committing a multi-million dollar medicare fraud scam, this could be why they joined together.
https://tonyortega.org/2015/12/17/felony-raps-for-scientologists-running-la-rehab-scam-with-corrupt-educators/comment-page-1/
Chee Chalker says
I would have enjoyed seeing that introduction:
“Crazy white people, let me introduce crazy black people…..”
zemooo says
What can you accomplish when you get a diverse group of crazies together? Stay tuned to this Bat Channel, same Bat Time….or should that be ‘Batty’?
Xenu versus Yakub with Doubting Thomas thrown in, that must have been a rousing discussion.
Cecybeans says
You’re so right – they both have batshit creation stories. And they both want to clear the planet. But of different people and in different ways. It might make for an interesting live debate. Like two rabid dogs circling. These two swiped the wrong way on Religion Tinder.
Cecybeans, I agee conceptually with what you’ve stated but have one bone to pick: what established religion does NOT have a batshit creation story. Going back to the beginning of recorded time with the Phoenicians, coming up thru the ancient Egyptians,the ancient Hebrews, the pagan Greeks, the pagan Romans, Christianity….all have bizarre creation stories. The sanest of the established religions, IMO, Taoism and Buddhism, don’t give crazy reasons for how it all came about, but then, these don’t give you any real reasons. Maybe because they don’t presume to know what they don’t know, which makes them sane in my book.
I did not mean to single them out as being that different, only in the context of the two that had been mentioned (both of which are quite recent and depend on the specific prophetic visions and interpretations of a relatively modern individual, or their unique experience, versus collections of stories handed down by cultural groups over centuries). I’ve studied creation stories embedded in world religions for decades, and while there are many whose creation stories are and may have been taken literally, many of them, even then, knew that these were primarily allegories and parables used to explain creation to the masses – the enlightened priestly classes among them were not that fundamental and often believed they were based on an understanding of mysterious universal forces. They have also been subject to evolution according to geopolitical forces.
After the Age of Enlightenment, when scientific reasoning supplanted the need for such allegory and human recorded history became more concerned with accuracy of fact than in moralizing stories, most religions created afterward have reflected such trends. Yes, there are those religions today who have groups who interpret them in strict, literal and fundamental ways (particularly Christianity and Islam), but those religions have always had groups that studied their philosophy or principles in ways that were less verbatim and more parabolic.
A “religion” like CoS that pretends to be scientific, technologically based and all about what is necessary for the modern, educated, thinking person of today to approach the concept of enlightenment, is not dealing in the need for cloaking knowledge of the universe in parabolic creation myths that have been featured in ancient religious texts – just as often to protect their practitioners from persecution from outsiders as to preserve precepts in ways easy to communicate to the masses.
I find it odd that both of these religions that burst upon the scene after the Age of Science, created fully formed by individuals (both of whom grafted on previous ideologies to bolster the illusion of tradition) use those stories to claim an aura of both universality and of the gravitas of time. But CoS in particular is set up to run more like a corporation selling its philosophy as a scientific method, and is structured like an organization with specific products of enlightenment with price points, and a sales force paid commissions, etc.
Taoism and Buddhism (and Confucianism) were more about a governing philosophy for human behavior that both Lao-Tzu and the Buddha created to achieve spiritual harmony that respected and did not seek to supplant the religious creation stories and traditions in both China and India their founders respectively came from. How their adherents and practitioners developed over time into what we recognize as “organized religion” structures today. It is also why they were able to coexist with religions that had specific creation stories involving mythical or supernatural deities that were all a product of both consensus and time.
The Xenu story was created by a single person to justify the need for a “scientific” method or product, which is much different than origin stories that had cultural, historic or ethnic significance or ties, were promulgated orally and achieved legitimacy by wide acceptance over centuries.
Old Surfer Dude says
I Yawnalot says
Now, that’s a positive attitude I can endorse. There’re all good friends with similar objectives right?
I wonder if they exchange Christmas cards and get together at Thanksgiving?
I can only imagine they’d give their warmest blessing if any of their members wished to serve in the National Guard… well… wouldn’t they?
OSD – LOL! – “pithy”
threefeetback says
Islam is getting permission to use more and more empty churches of all denominations, are your empty cult buildings next? Jihad on you. Tail. Wag. Dog. LOL
Mary Kahn says
Wow. It gets crazier and crazier.
Mary, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
TrevAnon says
To paraphrase a well known saying: Scientology is always crazier than you think 😀
Absolutely! Crazy is a work in progress with Scientology. They break new ground every day and double up on the weekends!
Bruce Ploetz says
The NOI used to say they were just using the “non-religious” part of Scientology, the old Dianetics done in the pattern shown in the book “Dianetics the Modern Science of Mental Health”. Known colloquially as “Book One”. Which came out in 1950. The first Churches of Scientology were incorporated in 1954.
But there is a lot of evidence that the NOI is not sticking to the Book One, non-religious approach. Training completions at Flag sometimes include NOI members, and not just on Book One. The Tone Scale in the background is not the simplified Book One version that just goes from 0 Death to 4 Enthusiasm. It is the full Scientology Tone Scale that goes below death all the way to -40 Total Failure, and all the way up to Tone 40 Serenity of Beingness.
You may ask yourself, how could there be emotional tones below Body Death? The theory is that the lower tones are the emotions of the spiritual being, not just the body. And of course an organization can easily be in Total Failure. Just ask Dave Miscavige.
There is something happening here, and what it is ain’t exactly clear.
Could it be that Miscavige is actually afraid to cross the NOI? Historically this is not too safe. Or maybe he thinks the NOI can be compromised and sanitized eventually and just wants their money. Or something. One certainty is that this cannot end well for either party. When an irresistible force meets an unmovable object, something’s got to give.
Bruce … four words … Bodies in the Shop … Oh, and the faux muslims can’t say no when Calypso Louie says to jump …
🙂 Joe.
Don’t forget CIDP (Cash in Dave’s Pocket).
gtsix says
“Could it be that Miscavige is actually afraid to cross the NOI? ”
He should be.
Python Swoope says
Hey! Maybe midget davey is a fan of………….black lives matter?
peggy2176il says
Nope just” Dave matters”.
Or Dave natters.
“If it’s bringing in money and helping us align with influential opinion leaders, to hell with policy. Let’s get the show on the road!” L. Ron Hubbard as dictated to David Miscavige from Target Two.
Gravitysucks says
I never thought of opinion leaders. Ive wondered if McSavage needed a militant security force because of his McRavaged ranks. He’ll call in favors, right? Thinking Conidential Auditor File.
Rick Pyle says
So, that was LRH’s signal in that Fast Radio Burst from that dwarf galaxy 3 billion light years away Earth received recently!
Yes Rick, and that’s where the materials of OT 9 and 10 will come from.
Major Ron to ground control…
Just disassembling the Helatrobus implant on my way to a distant galaxy. Glad to see my boy Dave has got things in order.
Laughter!
Ha! LMAO!
You’ve nailed it, Moxie. I always keep in mind Chris Shelton’s observation that “it’s all about money”. Rules can be, and are, bent for movie stars, whales, and now the NOI. What is the cherch really getting out of NOI? It’s really playing to all the white sheep, especially the rich ones. It can say ‘Look all the good we’re doing for Black people in the inner city…we transcend all racial barriers…we’re not all just white people… now get your checkbooks out.’
I’m a never-in. Based on what I’ve read and watched, whatever good there is in the ‘tech’ occurs right in the beginning: perhaps increased self-esteem, better assertiveness, improved communication skills, etc., and it’s these “wins” that get people hooked. How this is going to play out with NOI members practicing dianetics I have no idea. I’m guessing that NOI members taking courses are not going to be dunned for money as usual, but will be given scholarships and financial assistance. Having more people of color in Scion is a big win in Miscavige’s reckoning; the presumed pay-off will be more white sheep and whales filling the cherch’s coffers. Not unlike what your local supermarket does with “loss leaders.”
As an aside, NOI has its own “sqirrel” problems. Not all followers of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad are happy with Farrakhan jumping in bed with scientology.
And I’m certain if Muhammad himself miraculously appeared on the scene, his first thought would be WTF?!
Now THAT’S Funny!
And his second thought would be: “Go find your own f___king planet to clear!
1984 says
NOI always seemed weird. If they were serious about Dianetics, they would be interested in their history. Muslims helped enslaved them. They were Zulu’s or whatever. Why would they claim to be Muslin.
cz says
As far as I know, no black person claims to be muslin, which is a piece of cloth. Most of the slave trade focused on people in western Africa. No Zulu’s involved because the Zulus were in southern Africa. Learning a little history would be good for you too.
As for Muslims and the slave trade, Muslims would be a better fit than Christianity. The Muslim slave systems were somewhat kinder. Still cruel, but less so than what was perpetuated in the Christian west. Furthermore, many of the enslaved were originally Muslim. Following Islam is a return to their ancestral roots.
cz, so your answer is what? Why would they be interested in Dianetics?
As for history, I don’t think that they were muslims. Slavery of muslims by muslims was not ok, just ok on non-muslims (which is not very nice). But then muslims could be doing the same as CofS, and inverting philosophy with policy. I won’t justify them.
Cre8tivewmn says
That was nearly what I planned to say.
“How long can this last?”
-Until the money’s gone.
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Valiant Cross Academy: 'Always lead with God'
The hope at Valiant Cross Academy is that it creates leaders that will impact Montgomery and the world.
Valiant Cross Academy: 'Always lead with God' The hope at Valiant Cross Academy is that it creates leaders that will impact Montgomery and the world. Check out this story on montgomeryadvertiser.com: http://on.mgmadv.com/2b3E6Xk
Kym Klass, Montgomery Advertiser Published 10:10 a.m. CT Aug. 10, 2016 | Updated 8:08 p.m. CT Aug. 10, 2016
Scholars at Valiant Cross Academy stand at attention on the first day of school on Aug. 10 in Montgomery.(Photo: Kym Klass/Advertiser)Buy Photo
On their first day of school on Tuesday, the all-boys school in downtown Montgomery located inside River City Church on Dexter Avenue, was filled with sixth- and seventh-grade scholars – with the majority coming from the Washington Park area.
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New all-boys school focuses on rearing at-risk youths
"We just look at it as each of these guys were perfectly positioned by God in the communities that they live in, to make an impact on those communities and the world," the academy's head of school Anthony Brock said before the school's opening day "Morning Village." "We just wanted to start a school for all males to kind of fill a gap and fill a void in some of these young men's lives."
The faith-based school opened its doors in August 2015 with only sixth-graders after two Montgomery brothers invited 30 boys out of west Montgomery and gave them an opportunity to succeed.
The brothers, Anthony and Fredrick Brock, work with the at-risk youth through discipline, self-worth, prosperity and the Christian faith.
The school extended its academics this school year to seventh-graders, and next year, those seventh-graders will stay at the school for their eighth-grade year. Over the years, the school will develop through a 12th-grade program.
Valiant Cross Academy's summer caps exciting inaugural year
This year, 30 more scholars, two teachers and additional staff were brought into Valiant Cross, which last year became fully accredited and also AISA accredited. The school has also "beefed up" its after school time, Anthony Brock said.
"It's now called 'extended day' this year, and will include financial literacy, coding, robotics ... bringing in some music programs," he said. "In Year 2, we're very excited to see our program grow. I'm just elated to get this school day started, get this school year started."
From the beginning, the goal at Valiant was to combat the challenges of a single-parent, low-income homes, drugs and violence.
Key points at the school "that we always thrive on," Brock said, include longer school days, more time on task, being devoted to discipline and structure.
"And of course we always lead with God," he said. "Take Jesus everywhere we go."
At the end of last school year, Brock saw a lot a lot of growth not only in social skills, but in their "relationship with God. Of course, all of them grew academically as well, but that relationship with God is the most important thing here with us, and we see the guys just growing. They're not afraid to talk about God, to pray in front of a crowd."
What is Valiant Cross Academy?
In keeping with the school’s motto “Rise Above," the scholars learn from the beginning that they will “Rise Above” with honor, integrity, discipline and love. They will rise up to lead, to serve, to inspire.
Valiant Cross Academy is a private, all-male school with a Christian emphasis, serving at risk boys specifically from the Washington Park neighborhood. The school has a unique balance of culture and discipline. From the scholars distinct uniforms, effective consequence and award system to the longer school days there is no other school in Alabama that can compare.
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School sports park named after football great Billy McNeill
Billy McNeill's wife Liz, daughter Libby joined Our Lady's High head teacher Dan Cardle and pupils and Councillor Paul Kelly, depute leader of North Lanarkshire Council, to launch work on the new park.
A new state-of-the-art 4g sports pitch at a Motherwell secondary school will be named after former pupil and legendary Celtic FC captain Billy McNeill.
Construction work on the new ‘Billy McNeill Sports Park’ has officially got underway at Our Lady’s High and will be completed later this year.
A member of the famous Lisbon Lions, Bellshill-born Billy and his teammates from that side are already immortalised in North Lanarkshire’s Sporting Hall of Fame.
Sadly, Billy recently passed away after a long battle with dementia. His wife Liz and daughter Libby joined Our Lady’s head teacher Dan Cardle and North Lanarlshire Council depute leader Paul Kelly to launch work on the new park.
The school, founded in 1888 - the same year as Celtic, has had other famous former pupils who’ve reached the pinnacle of footballing success including Billy’s fellow Lisbon Lion Bobby Murdoch and iconic Manchester United boss Sir Matt Busby.
More recently ex-Motherwell midfielder Stephen Pearson and current Celtic defender Kieran Tierney also attended the school.
The all-weather 11-a-side pitch on the current school campus at Dalzell Drive will be used for a number of sports including football and hockey.
Councillor Kelly said: “Billy McNeill is rightly remembered as an all-time sporting great and an inspiration to young people.
“When the decision was made to build a new sports pitch for the pupils at Our Lady’s, it seemed fitting to name the park after the school’s most famous former pupil.
“We are all looking forward to the pitch being completed and providing a first class sports area for pupils and the local community to enjoy.”
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Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
Sunday 20 August 2017.
Podium: Mike Rockenfeller, Audi Sport Team Phoenix, Audi RS 5 DTM
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Zandvoort, Netherlands August 20, 2017
Romain Grosjean (FRA) Haas VF-17 and Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari SF70-H battle for position at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing RB13 at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Sergio Perez (MEX) Force India VJM10 at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Lance Stroll (CDN) Williams FW40 at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Pascal Wehrlein (GER) Sauber C36 and Marcus Ericsson (SWE) Sauber C36 at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Mercedes-Benz F1 W08 Hybrid leads at the start of the race at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Sebastian Vettel (GER) Ferrari SF70-H at the start of the race at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Kevin Magnussen (DEN) Haas VF-17 and Jolyon Palmer (GBR) Renault Sport F1 Team RS17 battle for positi0on at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari SF70-H at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Carlos Sainz jr (ESP) Scuderia Toro Rosso STR12 leads Daniil Kvyat (RUS) Scuderia Toro Rosso STR12 at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Sergio Perez (MEX) Force India VJM10 pit stop at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Romain Grosjean (FRA) Haas VF-17 and Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari SF70-H at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari SF70-H and Romain Grosjean (FRA) Haas VF-17 battle for position at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Jolyon Palmer (GBR) Renault Sport F1 Team RS17 and Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL) McLaren MCL32 battle for position at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL) McLaren MCL32 and Marcus Ericsson (SWE) Sauber C36 at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Romain Grosjean (FRA) Haas VF-17 and Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes-Benz F1 W08 Hybrid battle for position at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Sebastian Vettel (GER) Ferrari, Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Mercedes AMG F1 and Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing in the Press Conference at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes-Benz F1 W08 Hybrid and Romain Grosjean (FRA) Haas VF-17 at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Romain Grosjean (FRA) Haas VF-17 and Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing RB13 battle for position at the start of the race at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari SF70-H and Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes-Benz F1 W08 Hybrid at Formula One World Championship, Rd9, Austrian Grand Prix, Race, Spielberg, Austria, Sunday 9 July 2017.
Date taken: Sunday, August 20, 2017
Location: Zandvoort, Netherlands
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Eagles' Frank Reich compares Carson Wentz to Jim Kelly
Updated Jan 16, 2019; Posted Sep 16, 2016
Gallery: Eagles QB Carson Wentz wins in NFL debut, Sept. 11, 2016
By Matt Lombardo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
PHILADELPHIA -- After a dazzling NFL debut against the Cleveland Browns Sunday, Eagles rookie quarterback Carson Wentz faces his toughest test to date: winning on the road Monday night against the Chicago Bears.
In the friendly confines of Lincoln Financial Field, Wentz sliced and diced the Browns' secondary to the tune of 278 yards and two touchdowns.
Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich put Wentz in some pretty elite company when asked to compare the North Dakota State product to a quarterback who he might have played with or coached, based on his experience thus far with the No. 2 overall pick in April's NFL Draft.
All about Wentz
"Everybody likes to be their own unique guy," Reich said of Wentz on Friday. "Carson is certainly his own guy, for sure. All you have to do is be around him a little bit to understand that he's not trying to walk into anybody's shoes, he's blazing his own trail. He also understands the maturity to understand you can blaze your own trail but at the end of the day, this is a team game. You want to do that. You want to have your personality, your fire, your leadership.
"Physically, he reminds me a little bit of a combination of Andrew Luck -- though, I've never played with him -- just watching him play, but a guy that I did play with in Jim Kelly, the size, strength and just the toughness. The mentally tough, physically tough attitude and not being afraid to stand in the pocket and take a hit. I think Carson showed that, having played with Jim Kelly all of those years, a hall of fame quarterback, you don't want those guys to take hits but it is the willingness on fourth and four with guys coming up the middle to make the play to Ertz and take the hit because that's what it takes to make the play and keep the drive alive, so those are good signs."
Wentz will face a significantly different defensive scheme against opposing coordinator Vince Fangio and a talented Bears' defense, among other challenges of his first away game.
"Going on Monday Night Football in Chicago, obviously a very historic place like Solider Field. It's a great football down there. It's an exciting opportunity for the whole team, certainly for Carson as a rookie quarterback going into that environment. It's a lot of fun and good experience. You just stay focused. There's obviously the crowd noise factor. We obviously work that all the time, we practice it all the time, you just have to keep your poise. Keeping your poise is a big thing. Staying consistent in what you do. Having great communication with the offensive line and just a knack and feel for the silent count. I think that takes time to develop. We've been working on it all offseason and we're excited to put it to the test on Monday night."
As for what the Eagles can build on going into Week 2, Reich was obviously excited by what he's seen thus far from his star pupil.
"I think we got what we expected," Reich said of Wentz's debut. "He's surrounded by good players. Our whole focus going in was just to execute the plan. We thought we had a good plan going in. This game is about players, as coach says all the time, it's very true. They have to execute and don't try to do too much. Plays present themselves. Your natural ability and instincts take over and I think that's what we saw in Carson. It was what we were hoping and expecting. You still have to do it but it was a great team-effort."
Matt Lombardo may be reached at MDLombardo@yahoo.com. Follow him on Twitter @MattLombardo975. Find NJ.com Eagles on Facebook.
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New Jersey and Data-Driven Innovation: Imperfect Together
Colleen O'Dea | August 7, 2017 | More Issues
Garden State just squeaks into top half of states doing good job encouraging and enabling use of new data technologies, digital infrastructure
New Jersey barely made it into the top half of the states doing a good job encouraging and enabling data-driven innovation, according to a new report.
“The Best States for Data Innovation,” a report issued last Friday by the nonpartisan Center for Data Innovation, based in Washington, D.C., ranked New Jersey 23rd based on 25 indicators related to data and new technology availability and usage, as well as the digital infrastructure, technology-related education, and open data-related jobs and companies.
Because data, computers and technology are significant drivers of society and the economy, policymakers should be supporting and investing resources to make their states leaders in data-driven innovation, the report contends. This includes the development and growth of data-driven companies, as well as the use of data to address important priorities, such as improving healthcare, reducing crime, developing sustainable communities, and improving schools.
Long-term implications of today’s decisions
“Decisions that policymakers make today to encourage data-driven innovation will have long-term implications for states’ future growth and their residents’ quality of life,” said Daniel Castro, director of the DCI and lead author of the report. “Early adopters will benefit immediately from using data to make headway in addressing social challenges from energy efficiency to affordable healthcare. By positioning themselves at the forefront of data innovation, states will also be able to grow and attract the right kinds of companies to become hubs of the data economy.”
The center’s analysis is the first to assess state’s relative strength in three categories critical to encouraging and enabling data-driven innovation. It looks at: data, including the extent to which key datasets are available; technology, including the availability of broadband internet and other key digital infrastructure; and the number of open data companies in the state and the size of the data science community.
New Jersey is among the best states in some of the areas the center considers important, and among the worst in others:
2nd for computer science and statistics Advanced Placement tests. In 2015, 14.1 of 100 students who took AP tests were tested in computer science and statistics and they scored an average 3.3 out of 5. Students who take computer science and statistics in high school, in addition to being more data literate, are more likely to major in STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — in college and go into STEM fields.
4th in software service jobs. 2.05 percent of all those employed were working as computer programmers, software developers, and computer and information-systems managers. These jobs are an important part of a state’s knowledge economy and help businesses and institutions collect, share, and analyze data.
47th for the use of “smart meters” for electricity. Not quite 1 percent of all residential, commercial and industrial users had a smart meter, with enhanced, two-way communication technology that provides information to energy providers and consumers about prices, usage patterns, and inefficiencies, in 2015. In only eight other states were fewer than 10 percent of meters smart; Maine had the highest proportion – more than 90 percent.
50th for the percentage of doctors and hospitals using electronic health records. The report ranked this important because it said data sharing is required to reduce healthcare costs, increase patient safety, and improve quality of care. In 2015, 84 percent of hospitals nationally had at least a basic electronic health record system, but only three quarters of New Jersey hospitals had adopted such a system, as had 62 percent of doctors.
New Jersey also got mixed marks for its public data. The highest ranking, ninth, was for legislative data, while the lowest, 29th, was for government finance data, with a ranking of 12th for education data. As for access to government data, New Jersey ranked only 31st, with the report relying heavily on the Center for Public Integrity’s 2015 Corruption Risk Index, on which New Jersey had received a grade of D.
Top-ranked states
The five top-ranked states — Massachusetts, Washington, Maryland, California, and Delaware — are thriving hubs of data-driven innovation, support STEM in public schools, invest in e-government, implement robust open-data policies, and promote the deployment of health information technology.
The CDI called on state policymakers to encourage and enable data-driven innovation by ensuring that high-value datasets are publicly available, key digital infrastructure is widely deployed, and necessary human capital and business resources are in place.
“While the data economy is rapidly maturing, these are still early days,” said Castro. “Policymakers who want to maximize their state’s potential to leverage data for social and economic good should continue investing now in the data, technology, and people necessary for data-driven innovation to flourish.”
It made a number of recommendations that states should take to become better data innovators, including:
Publish checkbook-level government financial data online in open and machine-readable formats.
Develop an open data portal and statewide open data policy.
Develop a publicly accessible all-payer health-claims database.
Work with state utility commissions and utility providers to accelerate the adoption of smart meters.
Support efforts to increase broadband access and improve broadband speeds.
The Best States for Data Innovation: NJ Rankings
CategoryFirstname
Ranking (of 50 states)
Ensuring data is available for use 29
Legislative Data 9
Government Financial Data 29
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John Seelmeyer
The road weariness showed on Rod Hosilyk’s face as he began his presentation to a panel of eight venture capitalists in Reno last week.
The talk by the chief executive officer of Reno’s Universal Combustion Technologies at the Silver & Gold Venture Capital Conference came at the end of a three-week swing that had taken him to one venture capital conference after another across the United States.
His goal: raising $600,000 now and $7 million early next year to get the company that develops pollution-control devices for diesel equipment up and running.
By contrast, Chip Evans was the picture of freshness as he sought investors to put $5 million to $12 million into GreenDisk Technol-ogies, a Reno-based developer of a new technology for computer hard disks.
The presentation, Evans said later, marked the first appeal by the young company for venture funding. In fact, he said, its executives had put the final touches on their business plan only two weeks before he stood in front of the deep-pocketed investors scattered around the ballroom of the Siena Hotel.
Universal Combustion Technologies and GreenDisk Technologies were among the northern Nevada firms that accounted for about a quarter of the 29 companies that made formal presentations and buttonholed potential investors during networking events.
Essentially, the conference works as a dating service at which investors and entrepreneurs can discover one another, said Jon Gregory, president and chief executive officer of Golden Capital Network, the Sacramento nonprofit that organizes the event. Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology and the Sierra Angels also were lead sponsors.
Representatives of about 40 venture capital firms and angel investment groups spent two days in Reno listening to entrepreneurs. Companies seeking funds ranged from cutting-edge technology safe social networking sites for teen-agers, for instance to distinctly low-technology.
Centennial Woods of Laramie, Wyo., for instance, came to the conference in search of capital to finance expansion of its business tearing down old snow fences along Wyoming highways and selling the weathered planks.
Among the technology-oriented presenters, Reno’s S.two was recognized as best of show among Nevada companies.
S.two has developed hardware and software for digital production of movies and television programs.
The company, which is looking for capital to finance its growth, already has cleared the start-up phase and its technology was used in the new feature film “Zodiac.”
Voted best of show overall was Clario Medical Imaging, a Seattle company that’s developed graphic display systems for use by diagnostic radiologists.
The companies that paid $700 each to make a presentation got more than contacts with potential investors.
“We used this as an opportunity to get our presentation ready and see how close to world-class we could make it,” said GreenDisk’s Evans.
Questions from venture capitalists helped hone GreenDisk’s focus. One wanted to hear more about the Reno company’s plan to find a manufacturing partner for its hard-disk technology. Another pushed Evans to detail GreenDisk’s competitive advantages.
After Hosilyk spelled out the plans for Universal Combustion Technologies, the investor panel had only one serious question: How fast can the company gear up to meet demand for its product?
The company expects to sell its pollution-control systems to construction companies and other operators of off-road diesel vehicles who are under increasing pressure from regulators to clean up vehicle emissions.
Under questioning, Hosilyk said one of his big worries is building a management team quickly enough to deal with the company’s projected growth.
The company, which raised $600,000 in capital to cover start-up costs, expects to use a good chunk of the next rounds of financing to fill out the management team and begin production.
After the conference and after he’d had a good night’s sleep in his own bed Hosilyk said the presentation didn’t lead directly to talks with investors.
But he said the company developed some new contacts, and he said the Silver & Gold Conference drew what he called “good quality investors.”
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Atlanta Review - Fall/Winter 2009
Issue Number: Volume 16 Number 1
Published Date: Fall/Winter 2009
Review by: Sima Rabinowitz
“After a disarmingly calm opening, this issue plunges right into the temptations of sex and chocolate, which even Death seems to find irresistible,” says editor and publisher Dan Veach in his “Welcome.” The calm is Catherine Tahmin’s “Small Talk” (“It’s raining and that’s all / we want to know.”); the sex is Michale Myerhofer’s “First Crush” (“Across our little circle jived this ribboned thing / with her anatomical differences / of which we Catholic boys knew nothing.”); Janet Jennings and Mary Soon Lee contribute the chocolate with “The Chocolate Factory” (“You can smell the roast from two miles away”) and “Master of Chocolate” (“After fifty-six years selling chocolate, / he knows what his customers want”). It’s Soon Lee’s poem that brings us death, too, though somehow it seems unfair that it’s the person who sells the chocolate, not the one indulging (“The old woman who leaves her dachshund outside / wants foil-wrapped liqueurs for her sister / and a single hazelnut cream for her dog.”) who must die. (To be fair, death eats her chocolate slowly and allows the salesman “to write a last note to his wife.”).
This issue also includes prizewinners from the International Competition. For the most part, these are accessible, narrative efforts, including the grand-prize winning poem by Michael Lee Philips, “Grip,” a family tale in verse. I was struck by the distinctly different images of death in Soon Lee’s poem and death in Jude Nutter’s “Photography, Germany, 1970” (“in a world where death has not yet connected / the dream and the dwelling place”). Nutter’s stark lyricism (“This girl, bludgeoned by sunlight,”) is one of the issue’s harsh (consider the subject) highlights.
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Islanders masterful in shutting down Penguins' stars
Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins skates off the ice as Anders Lee #27 of the New York Islanders celebrates with teammates on the bench after scoring an empty net goal during the third period in Game Three of the Eastern Conference First Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at PPG PAINTS Arena on April 14, 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Credit: Getty Images/Justin Berl
By Colin Stephenson colin.stephenson@newsday.com @ColinSNewsday Updated April 14, 2019 9:42 PM
PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby had 100 points in 79 games in the regular season. He has zero in three playoff games against the Islanders.
“Really?’’ Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk said after his team’s 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday gave them a 3-0 lead in their first-round playoff series. “I didn’t even know that.
“That’s the thing: We’re not worried about what other teams are doing; we’re worried about what we’re doing. That’s the mentality we need to have and to keep having to have success.’’
Boychuk and his mates have done a masterful job of taking Crosby and his line out of the series. According to Islanders team statistician Eric Hornick, it is the first time the Islanders have ever held Crosby without a point in three straight games — regular season or playoffs.
But Islanders coach Barry Trotz denied tailoring the game plan for the series around shutting down the Penguins’ captain and leaving it to other people to beat them.
“The strategy is to stop everyone,’’ Trotz said. “There isn’t any focus on one particular guy. I think when you’re the ice against anybody in this league, you take care of your own business. I think we’ve been doing that.’’
The Islanders have allowed two goals in the last two games, which means Crosby isn’t the only one not scoring for Pittsburgh.
The Penguins scored the first goal of Sunday’s game when Garrett Wilson deflected a shot by Marcus Pettersson past Islanders goalie Robin Lehner at 12:54 of the first period.
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Jordan Eberle tied the score 28 seconds later and Brock Nelson scored the go-ahead goal 62 seconds after that. Pittsburgh never really threatened to score again.
The Islanders allowed only 26 shots on goal in Game 3, down from the 33 they allowed in their 3-1 win in Game 2 and way down from the 44 they allowed in their 4-3 overtime win in Game 1. And of the 26 shots the Penguins did get Sunday, many of them hit Lehner right in the Islanders logo on the chest of his jersey.
Still, the Islanders spoke, stone-faced, about how the Penguins gave them plenty to worry about.
“Don’t kid yourself. They had some chances,” Boychuk said. “Robin played well again, of course, as always, and he made some nice saves when we needed him to. They still got a lot of chances. He played well and so did the ‘D,’ and we have to forget about this one and worry about the next game.’’
Crosby, who has 66 goals and 185 points in 163 playoff games, said that if the Penguins are going to dig their way out of the hole they’re in, he needs to do more.
“You’ve got to find ways to score goals this time of year,’’ he said. “It’s not easy, but you’ve got to find a way to do it, and obviously, we haven’t done a good enough job of that throughout these three games.’’
By Colin Stephenson colin.stephenson@newsday.com @ColinSNewsday
Colin Stephenson covers the Rangers for Newsday. He has spent more than two decades covering the NHL and just about every sports team in the New York metropolitan area.
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5 Manga and Anime Applications You Must Try
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Manga and Anime is Japanese product that really popular for teenage. We could find out some nice part of cultures inside of them. We have a lot of Manga and Anime that we ever watched such as Candy Candy, Sailor Moon and also Dragon Ball Z. In this post, we would like to tell you more about five great Manga and Anime applications you must try.
Manga Reader
It has excellent ratings and comments in Google Play store. It is simple to use and allow you to access it quickly because of the sources provided there. The application is free and there are no issues about the application. You can download the whole chapters and the language is only in English.
MangaDroid
It has better reviews as Manga reader application in Play Store. It is easy for you to use it because it has a user-friendly interface. Sometimes we will find advertising but it is not a matter. You can add more comics and it is a good tool that could help you as Manga fans.
UnderAnime
It is wonderful and creative application. After reading the comics, you can tune into movies and series with the similar genre. It is really a good application and freely in Google Play Store. It is more than 110 full-length of videos such as Spirited Away that could make you enjoy it.
Drawing Manga Anime
In this application, you can learn about basic Manga techniques for drawing. It allows you to know more about the tutorials and the tips to reproduce Manga comics. It is free and available for you. But for sure, you have to keep practicing.
That’s all folks. It is the time for you to go and search it because you must try them.
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DNA Info.com covers the upcoming Bronx "Ghost Ride" Memorial Ride and @BikeWitness.Org
Street Memorial Project
Tour of City's 'Ghost Bikes' to Honor Bronx Man Killed in Unsolved Crash Updated 5 hrs ago
April 18, 2013 7:31am | By Patrick Wall, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
FORDHAM — Amid the clamor of cars hurtling along Jerome Avenue and trains rumbling overhead, a solitary white bicycle leans against a signpost.
A small plaque attached to the post seems to whisper its message: “Cyclist Killed Here. Rest in Peace.”
Joseph Nelson, a 54-year-old handyman and former bike messenger, was the cyclist killed in a crash near the intersection of that avenue and Fordham Road last April.
Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of his death. Police have yet to announce any suspects in the fatal crash, which an autopsy report ruled was caused by an open car door.
Nelson’s somber memorial, known as a Ghost Bike, was erected by the volunteer group, Street Memorial Project.
On Sunday, April 21, the group will lead its eighth Annual Memorial Ride and Walk, when cyclists and their supporters visit every snow-white bike memorial installed during the previous year.
Joseph’s brother, John Nelson, plans to travel more than 400 miles by bus from Virginia to attend the event, partly to ensure that as his brother’s case file languishes, his memory does not wither with it.
“My brother wasn’t trash. He wasn’t a throwaway or disposable,” said John, 58. “That’s one reason I’m going to make the trip to the memorial — to show people that he was a human being.”
After Joseph Nelson’s crash just blocks from his apartment, local precinct officers responded to the scene.
But the special citywide police unit that investigates serious crashes was not notified until more than a month after the incident, according to an NYPD investigator, in an apparent breach of police protocol.
Since then, police have not found any witnesses or video of the crash, nor identified the person who apparently opened the door Nelson struck, who then left the scene, according to Nelson’s family and their lawyer, Daniel Flanzig.
A police investigator told John Nelson during their final conversation in October that, without any leads to go on, the unit planned to close the case, according to Nelson.
Joseph Nelson, 54, died in a bike crash in the Fordham section of The Bronx on April 14, 2012.
(Family of Joseph Nelson)
“I think it was all a comedy of errors,” Nelson said. “I wasn’t satisfied at all.”
The police did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
The NYPD recently modified the way it responds to traffic crashes like the one that killed Joseph Nelson, according to a letter sent by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly to the City Council in March.
Now, patrol officers will summon the special investigation unit whenever someone is critically injured in a crash. In the past, the unit was only notified if someone had or appeared likely to die.
Also, the number of such investigators will increase. And, in a move long sought by cycling advocates, the unit’s name was changed from the collision to the Collision Investigation Squad.
Meanwhile, Flanzig, the Nelsons’ lawyer who often handles bike-crash cases, has launched a website called Bikewitness.org to help police and crash victims connect with witnesses.
Last year, 18 cyclists and 148 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes, according to the city Transportation Department.
The memorial ride Sunday will stop by 17 of the bike crash sites, as well as two sites of crashes this year and one Ghost Bike installed for any unreported deaths. (The memorial group relies mainly on media reports to install the bikes, which can cause discrepancies between its death count and the city’s.)
Philipp Rassmann, a memorial volunteer who cycles nearly the length of Manhattan during his daily work commute, recently installed Joseph Nelson’s Ghost Bike.
“18, 24 deaths might seem like a low number compared to deaths from other sources,” Rassmann, 44, said in a chat interview. “But those are 20, 18 or 24 individual lives.”
Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130418/fordham/tour-of-citys-ghost-bikes-honor-bronx-man-killed-unsolved-crash#ixzz2Qq3qV5c7
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The Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde slot by Betsoft is a 3D, 5-reel, 30 payline slot that is quite unique from everything else this game provider has released in the past few years.
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New Jersey Property Management Blog
Published By Offit Kurman, Attorneys At Law. All Rights Reserved.
NJ Illegal Apartments & Consumer Fraud, Part 1: Two Remedies for One Wrong?
Published on: July 1, 2013 | by Thomas Major, Esq.
New Jersey tenants are protected by the Anti-Eviction Act (NJSA 2A:18-61.1) and the Consumer Fraud Act (NJSA 56:8-1 et. seq.). Pursuant to Anti-Eviction Act, tenants living in illegal apartments are entitled a statutory relocation benefit of six times the monthly rent (NJSA 2A:18-61.1(g)(2) & NJSA 2A:18-61.1h). On the Consumer Fraud Act side, consumers are protected from unconscionable commercial practices which cause the consumer to suffer an “ascertainable loss.” Violations of the Consumer Fraud Act can trigger a consumer’s right to triple damages; an enhancing remedy in line with the relocation benefit. In the context of illegal apartments, can the Consumer Fraud Act and Anti-Eviction Act combine to give tenants two equally powerful remedies? The answer turns on how the damage to the tenant is characterized.
For starters, the Consumer Fraud Act applies to landlord-tenant relationships. 9 Prospect St. Tenants Ass’n v. Sheva Gardens, Inc., 227 N.J. Super. 449 (App. Div. 1988) To prevail on a Consumer Fraud Act claim a plaintiff has to show (1) unlawful conduct by the defendant; (2) an ascertainable loss on the part of the plaintiff; and (3) a causal relationship between the defendant’s unlawful conduct and the plaintiff’s ascertainable loss. Dabush v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, 378 N.J. Super. 105, 114 (App. Div.) Applying this recipe to illegal apartments looks something like this:
(1) The unlawful conduct is the landlord’s renting of an apartment that either (a) violates the town’s zoning laws or (b) violates the town’s building/housing code laws. Renting the apartment is unlawful because illegal apartments can be unsafe, under-inspected or uninspected; (2) The loss is the sudden incurrence of moving expenses when the town requires that the landlord evict the tenant. The loss may also be a failure of consideration on the part of the landlord to furnish a legal apartment and (3) if not for the landlord’s renting of the illegal apartment the tenant would not have suffered the loss associated with sudden moving and the expense of rent for a place the landlord lacked a legal right to rent.
An important part of this analysis is how the “loss” is styled. For highly technical legal reasons, a stronger case is one where the “loss” is the payment of rent for an apartment to which Landlord had no right to rent (the apartment is illegal, after all). There is Consumer Fraud Act case law that suggests that the CFA is displaced first by other “regulatory schemes” which in this case would be the Anti-Eviction Act and Relocation Benefit. With the loss styled as this “failure of consideration,” a tenant can ask a court to triple the amount of rent paid for an apartment which the landlord should not have rented.
Another important part of the analysis is when or if the Landlord knew that the apartment was illegal. An “innocent” landlord who purchases a house with a basement tenant and later finds out that the tenant’s unit is illegal has a better defense than a landlord who affirmatively rents a known illegal apartment. This is because knowing affirmative acts are more likely to be considered unconscionable than innocent failures of “due diligence.”
Part II of this Post will explain the legal distinction between the failure of consideration and other harm. For now, tenants in New Jersey should know that the law may provide a narrow avenue for recovering rent paid toward an illegal apartment as consumer fraud damages.
Since the facts of each circumstance vary, a landlord or tenant should consult an attorney with his/her specific circumstances. Offit Kurman practices landlord tenant law throughout New York and New Jersey assisting landlords and tenants in avoiding unnecessary and costly delays. The firm’s geographic practice area includes: New York City (Manhattan, New York County, Brooklyn, Kings County, Queens, Queens County, Bronx County, Staten Island, Richmond County) and New Jersey (Jersey City, Hoboken, Bayonne, Hudson County, Newark, Essex County, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, Paterson, Passaic County). The Firm invites you to visit the “Promises” page for our new way of doing business
by Thomas Major, Esq.
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Clash over affordable homes
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Murray McCully criticised over Falun Gong warning
6 May, 2015 11:30am
Foreign Minister Murray McCully is facing criticism over an email his office sent. Photo / NZ Herald
By: Tess Nichol
Foreign Minister Murray McCully is facing more criticism after his office sent instructions telling MPs not to attend an upcoming Falun Gong celebration to avoid upsetting the Chinese government.
The email was mistakenly sent to all Members of Parliament, instead of just National MPs.
Labour's foreign affairs spokesman David Shearer has been joined this morning by Greens MP Kennedy Graham in criticising McCully's office.
"I have a fundamental problem with the executive branch of Government ... presuming to advise members of the national legislature what to do," Mr Graham said on Newstalk ZB.
In the email, Mr McCully's office noted that May 13 was World Falun Dafa Day and the office was aware of at least two celebrations for which MPs could receive invites.
"The Chinese Embassy is likely to monitor attendance at events and can be expected to protest officially should Ministers, Members of Parliament or other officials be present ... Given the sensitivities of this event, [the Ministry of Foreign Affairs'] advice is Ministers and MPs should not attend World Falun Dafa Day events."
Mr Shearer said the request was disturbing given New Zealand's history defending free speech.
"It is outrageous to warn MPs off from attending events. It should not be dictated to by Murray McCully and his ministry because they feel it might upset another country."
The New Zealand Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) Association has also expressed concern over the email.
"The Chinese Communist Party has no right to tell elected Members of Parliament what they can attend.
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"This is a free and democratic society, where elected Members of Parliament should be able to freely exercise their own decision making capacity."
Should New Zealand follow such instructions, it would be "in danger of becoming nothing more than a subservient colonial outpost of the Chinese Communist Party," the association said.
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Realising the opportunities presented by Big Data
We're changing how data is used to drive decisions, empowering our colleagues to better support the ever-changing needs of our 15 million members. With Data now at the heart of everything we do, we’re increasing our capabilities and are looking for data scientists who can solve some of our most challenging business problems.
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We use Data Science techniques to support colleagues in delivering value for Nationwide and our members, identifying opportunities to generate income, reduce costs and maintain legendary service.
The Architecture of Data Science Our Data Strategy
Building Capacity – The Architecture of Data Science
Data Science is attracting attention. Across the world, the need to marry the nuances of statistics with the discipline of programming is recognised as key to improving customer service and keeping pace with changes in markets.
A survey in 2016 concluded that 80% of Data Science is preparing and cleansing data (the 80/20 rule). That survey of Data Scientists became perceived wisdom and a widely recognised problem statement for Data Science.
This is a key issue for any implementation of Data Science. How to provide an architecture that works to minimise this problem is at the heart of any decision made.
Architectural Challenges
From a Data Scientist perspective, it’s not important what actual technology is employed. This is because the models and algorithms that are used are defined mathematically. Therefore, the trusted source of truth is the mathematical definition of the algorithm.
However, for non-functional requirements, this is not as straightforward. For example, the availability and cost of experts for a certain programming language and technology varies heavily. When it comes to maintenance, the chosen technology has a major impact on a project’s success.
Therefore, the challenge is to provide a platform with high interoperability at minimum cost. Choices over selecting a stack of technology by the same vendor as opposed to bringing in “best in class” products for specific functions have to be keenly evaluated.
The benefits of a stacked approach should outweigh those cons of employing separate systems that will need further work to make them integrated.
Productionisation
Another challenge of Data Science tooling is around how to productionise systems and processes where there is a high proportion of proof of concept (PoC) working or hackathons. When it comes to industrialisation and enterprise projects, architectural guidance on technology usage must be in place.
Data scientists are great innovators. They are usually able to rapidly progress to a solution without necessarily having non-functional requirements (NFRs) such as scalability and maintainability in mind. Therefore, there is a need for an architectural framework to underpin their work and ensure that NFRs are properly addressed.
Data science can work well with Agile methods of project management. Prototyping and rapid development means that the discipline can flourish within an Agile environment.
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Check out our jobs and see if helping our members with Data Science at Nationwide is for you.
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The world is a noisy place with constant interactions producing mountains of structured and unstructured data, aptly called Big Data. Data Scientists use their expertise and cutting-edge technology to draw actionable insights from this Big Data and Nationwide has put in place an infrastructure to support them. Senior Business Intelligence Manager Graeme Reed explains.
Rewarding our members
Data scientists commonly find that insights are not used in decision-making, but at Nationwide we are enriching our data enabled capability, with Data Science supporting core business decisions. Investing in listening to our members and analysing how they prefer to do business with us means we can make developments that save them time and money, which is key to what we do as a Society and rewarding for us.
Challenges for Data Scientists can be around the data itself, including how 'dirty' it is, its availability as well as privacy issues. Our Data & Analytics Community has expanded its Data Quality capability to ensure that issues are addressed at an early stage of the data life cycle.
We all need the right tools for the job too, and we have a slice of the £4 billion investment in tech announced recently. We're ensuring tooling for key technical activities is robust and up-to-date, with for example Hive Hadoop and Python3 being rolled out across the business.
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Pathogens news, articles and information:
FDA responsible for rapid rise of deadly pathogens in U.S. food supply
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Discover a device that eliminates pathogens to support alternative cancer therapies
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2/20/2012 - The mainstream media appears to be priming the public consciousness once again for the inevitable release of a highly-deadly pathogen in the very near future. A recent Reuters report explains that many of the world's biosafety level-3 (BSL-3) and biosafety level-4 (BSL-4) laboratories, which house some...
Roundup, GMOs linked to emergence of deadly new pathogen causing spontaneous abortions among animals
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Industrial Farm Animal Production Linked to Increased Human Disease
2/24/2009 - Many health conscious people have made the decision not to eat meat, viewing the consumption of animal flesh as having negative consequences on the body, the spirit, and even the personality. Animal rights activists have been quite vocal in pointing out the deplorable conditions under which animals...
Understanding the True Meaning of Disease
11/4/2008 - There are no diseases, only disease. Singular, not plural. Disease should be perceived as life itself: an infinite number of shapes and forms, springing from the same primordial well. Disease is like life itself because it is a part of life, in the same way that death is part of life, forming a never-ending...
Fight weeds with plant pathogens (press release)
10/23/2006 - Although plant pathogens are typically viewed as detrimental, plant pathologists with the American Phytopathological Society (APS) say plant pathogens may be a successful, eco-friendly tool for managing weeds. "The use of plant pathogens to suppress weeds is considered as one of the alternative...
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Front Psychol. 2016 Jan 5;6:1977. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01977. eCollection 2015.
Acoustic and Categorical Dissimilarity of Musical Timbre: Evidence from Asymmetries Between Acoustic and Chimeric Sounds.
Siedenburg K1, Jones-Mollerup K2, McAdams S2.
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology, Schulich School of Music, McGill UniversityMontreal, QC, Canada; Signal Processing Group, Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics and Cluster of Excellence Hearing4All, University of OldenburgOldenburg, Germany.
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology, Schulich School of Music, McGill University Montreal, QC, Canada.
This paper investigates the role of acoustic and categorical information in timbre dissimilarity ratings. Using a Gammatone-filterbank-based sound transformation, we created tones that were rated as less familiar than recorded tones from orchestral instruments and that were harder to associate with an unambiguous sound source (Experiment 1). A subset of transformed tones, a set of orchestral recordings, and a mixed set were then rated on pairwise dissimilarity (Experiment 2A). We observed that recorded instrument timbres clustered into subsets that distinguished timbres according to acoustic and categorical properties. For the subset of cross-category comparisons in the mixed set, we observed asymmetries in the distribution of ratings, as well as a stark decay of inter-rater agreement. These effects were replicated in a more robust within-subjects design (Experiment 2B) and cannot be explained by acoustic factors alone. We finally introduced a novel model of timbre dissimilarity based on partial least-squares regression that compared the contributions of both acoustic and categorical timbre descriptors. The best model fit (R (2) = 0.88) was achieved when both types of descriptors were taken into account. These findings are interpreted as evidence for an interplay of acoustic and categorical information in timbre dissimilarity perception.
acoustic modeling; auditory representation; categorization; dissimilarity ratings; timbre perception
10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01977
Experiment 1: Mean familiarity of signals generated by nine different combinations of c-source (x-axis) and c-filter (color-coded), see text for a description of c-source and c-filter. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals.
Acoustic and Categorical Dissimilarity of Musical Timbre: Evidence from Asymmetries Between Acoustic and Chimeric Sounds
Front Psychol. 2015;6:1977.
Mean dissimilarity ratings for Experiment 2A, Set 1 (A), Set 2 (B), Set 3 (C), and Experiment 2B, Set 3 (D). Rows determine the first stimulus, columns the second.
Hierarchical clustering of mean dissimilarity ratings from Experiment 2A, Sets 1 (A), Set 2 (B), and Set 3 (C), as well as Experiment 2B, Set 3 (D), using the complete-linkage method. Color-coded groups are specified by a 70% linkage cutoff.
Experiments 2A and 2B. (A) Mean rating asymmetries across the three sets, and the subsets of Set 3 with the pairs recording-recording (RR), transformation-transformation (TT), recording-transformation (RT). Errorbars indicate 95% confidence intervals. (B) Inter-rater agreement as measured by mean Pearson correlation coefficients. Errorbars indicate 95% confidence intervals obtained by bootstrapping.
Mean pairwise dissimilarity ratings for Set 1 (observations; y axis) and predictions based upon acoustic descriptors (A), audio and categorical predictors combined (B), and category membership of the instruments (C). Data points 1 and 2 in the left panel are discussed in the text.
Bootstrapped regression coefficients (standardized) for complete models (acoustic+categorical descriptors) of Set 1 (A) and Set 3 (B, depicts the model that predicts both orders of presentation). (Black) circles correspond to temporal envelope descriptors, (blue) squares to spectral descriptors, (white) diamonds to the four categorical descriptors (within recordings), (green) triangles (Set 3) to across sound category (rec-trans) comparisons. Enumerations of variables corresponds to Table . Categorical variables correspond to (C1) instrument family, (C2) excitation 1 (impulsive, continuous), (C3) excitation 2 (struck, pluck, bowed, blown), and (C4) resonator type (string, air column, bar). RT encode recording-transformation pairs, TR the reverse. Error bars correspond to bootstrapped 95% confidence intervals.
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Why Your Restaurant Should Offer Student Discounts
Soften the blow to a student's budget and they could become loyal patrons for years to come.
Target special deals during off-peak hours to students, who are more flexible when it comes to meal times. (Photo: Lucky Business/Shutterstock)
by Meg C. Hall
Interested in bringing in more of the high-school and college crowd to your restaurant? One surefire way to attract more business from students is by offering them a special price.
According to a recent report from student affinity network UNiDAYS, titled “Gen Z: What Restaurants Need to Know,” 93 percent of students say they are more likely to try a restaurant that offers a student discount.
“When it comes to where and how they eat, Gen Z students prefer going to restaurants over dining halls or cooking. Almost 48 percent of survey respondents don’t have campus meal plans, and 18 percent of them eat out even though they have meal plans,” explained Marisa Allan, UNiDAYS’ vice president of innovation.
Here are a few reasons giving students VIP pricing can help your restaurant create loyal customers for years to come — before they even start adulthood.
Get a head start on tomorrow’s market
Currently comprising 26 percent of the U.S. population, Gen Z is anticipated to grow to 40 percent by 2020 — which means this group will have a significant influence over the future of your restaurant. What’s more, UNiDAYS estimates Gen Zers already hold about $44 billion in spending power and wield considerable influence on the $829 billion that their families spend on them.
Although the oldest among them are just finishing college and launching their careers, student-aged consumers are a demographic to not be ignored. Winning their hearts and creating loyal customers today can have a long-term impact on your restaurant in years to come.
Reach a captive audience
College students love dining out. They are not “broke” and “penniless,” as conventional wisdom dictates, but have money to spend and time to experiment with new restaurants, said Allan.
Aside from tuition and bills, students spend the majority of their disposable income (78 percent) on food, and nearly half (48 percent) say they try a new restaurant at least once a month.
While they may eat out a lot, Gen Z isn’t bad with managing money. In fact, Allan said this group tends “to be more financially savvy and responsible than previous generations. They are willing to spend but expect value.”
Engage with these adventurous young eaters by giving them a financial incentive to visit your restaurant and focus your messaging on the value of the meal their getting for such a great price.
Capitalize on off-peak hours
Offering special deals for students specific to off-peak hours can be a win-win, bringing more business to slow shifts. Students are more willing to be flexible when it comes to meal times, especially when it means saving money. Almost all respondents to the UNiDAYS survey (91 percent) said they’d be willing to visit a restaurant at an off-peak time in order to get a discount.
“This reveals a big opportunity for restaurants to help boost slower dayparts and offset higher labor costs during off-peak hours with campaigns designed to draw foot traffic from students at those times,” said Allan.
“We recommend sponsoring activities on campus and advertising on digital or print newspapers that go to the students.” -Jay Bandy (Photo: Jay Bandy)
Show loyalty to your community
Jay Bandy, president of restaurant consultancy Goliath Consulting Group, advised viewing student discounts as part of your restaurant’s larger strategy to engage with the local community.
“It’s a way to show you’re a part of the university community. This is critical in university towns and when you are near a university in a larger city,” he said. “The further out the restaurant is to the school, it is important to determine if the discount pulls in students or you are discounting without driving additional traffic. In this case, we recommend sponsoring activities on campus and advertising on digital or print newspapers that go to the students.”
Allan echoed this sentiment, and suggested restaurants “look for local chapters of student-run organizations that have an ample following. Perhaps explore philanthropic efforts to donate a portion of your proceeds to help the local community.”
Instead of setting a flat percentage discount for students, Bandy recommended creating special deals, such as a $5 student lunch combo, adding on a free beverage or doing half-price appetizers with an entree purchase.
“The restaurant wins by offering items where they can be profitable and the student gets a value for their money,” he said. You can even extend the deal to faculty and staff, which “can help with getting more business from the university when the students are on break.”
Is it right for you?
Bandy warned that student discounts aren’t a good fit for every restaurant. If there’s enough demand for your food from the student segment, a discount may not do much to drive additional traffic.
Student discounts are great for word-of-mouth marketing and can help you create a connection with this young generation early in life — one that will hopefully continue for decades to come.
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OSA Publishing > Optics Express > Volume 4 > Issue 2 > Page 67
James Leger, Editor-in-Chief
Slow molecule detection or Ramsey fringes in two-photon spectroscopy : which is better for high resolution spectroscopy and metrology ?
A. Amy-Klein, L. F. Constantin, R. J. Butcher, C. Daussy, P. E. Durand, G. Nogues, and Ch. Chardonnet
A. Amy-Klein,4 L. F. Constantin,4 R. J. Butcher,1 C. Daussy,4 P. E. Durand,2 G. Nogues,3 and Ch. Chardonnet
1Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers (UMR 7538 CNRS), Université Paris 13, Av. J.B. Clément, F-93430 Villetaneuse
1.Permanent address : The Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OHE, UK
2.Present address : L.E.T.M, Université de Bretagne Sud, 4 rue Jean Zay, F-56100 Lorient
3.Present address : Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, ENS, 24 rue Lhomond, F-75005 Paris
A Amy-Klein
L Constantin
R Butcher
C Daussy
P Durand
G Nogues
C Chardonnet
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•https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.4.000067
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Focus Issue: Laser controlled dynamics
High resolution spectroscopy
Hyperfine structure
Multiphoton spectroscopy
Line shapes and shifts (020.3690)
Metrology (120.3940)
Multiphoton processes (270.4180)
Spectroscopy, high-resolution (300.6320)
Original Manuscript: December 3, 1998
Revised Manuscript: January 12, 1999
The CO2 laser locked onto a saturated absorption resonance of OsO4 provides a secondary frequency standard in the 10 μm region, with an accuracy of 50 Hz to 1 kHz. For averaging times less than 100 s its stability performance is better than the Hydrogen maser. This paper deals with the present attempt to increase this performance by using a two-photon molecular resonance as a reference. We begin with some preliminary and promising results on a two-photon line of SF6 leading to characteristics similar to those obtained with a saturation line of OsO4. Then two alternative methods to increase the resolution are presented : optical detection of slow molecules and a new development of the well-known Ramsey fringes. Metrological features are analyzed for both methods.
©1999 Optical Society of America
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Fig. 1. Experimental apparatus. Frequency modulations at f1=90 kHz and f2=4.9 kHz are applied to the EOM. AOM : acoustooptic modulator, P : polarizer, OI : optical isolator.
Fig. 2. a) Beat signal between the lasers, each stabilized onto the same two-photon R(47) resonance of the 2ν3 band of SF6 fitted with the best Lorentzian b) Square root of the Allan variance of the beat note frequency, divided by √2 in order to describe one of the two equivalent stabilized lasers.
Fig.3. Hyperfine structure of the P(4)E line in the 2ν3 3 band of SF6 a) Pressure P=10-2 Pa, power PW=60 mW, accumulation time t=3 s/point, modulation frequency f=2.2 kHz., depth 400 Hz, 2f-detection b) Central component. P=10-2 Pa, PW=12 mW, t=6 s/point, f= 120 Hz, depth 200 Hz.
Fig. 4 a) Experimental scheme for two-photon Ramsey fringes ; AOM : acousto-optic modulator, b) Schematic of the 3 levels involved in the P(4) E resonance.
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OSTI.GOV Journal Article: High-field electroluminescence in semiconductor tunnel junctions with a Mn-doped GaAs layer
Title: High-field electroluminescence in semiconductor tunnel junctions with a Mn-doped GaAs layer
We investigated high-field electroluminescence (EL) in semiconductor tunnel junctions with a Mn-doped GaAs layer (here, referred to as GaAs:Mn). Besides the band-gap emission of GaAs, the EL spectra show visible light emissions with two peaks at 1.94 eV and 2.19 eV, which are caused by d-d transitions of the Mn atoms excited by hot electrons. The threshold voltages for band-gap and visible light EL in the tunnel junctions with a GaAs:Mn electrode are 1.3 V higher than those of GaAs:Mn excited by hot holes in reserve biased p⁺-n junctions, which is consistent with the hot carrier transport in the band profiles of these structures. Our EL results at room temperature show that the electron temperature in GaAs:Mn can be as high as ~700 K for a low input electrical power density of 0.4 W/cm², while the lattice temperature of the GaAs:Mn layer can be kept at 340 K.
Hai, Pham Nam [1]; Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-0033 [2]; Yatsui, Takashi; Ohtsu, Motoichi; Tanaka, Masaaki [1]; Nanophotonics Research Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 [2]
Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan)
Journal Volume: 116; Journal Issue: 11; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
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Hai, Pham Nam, Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-0033, Yatsui, Takashi, Ohtsu, Motoichi, Tanaka, Masaaki, and Nanophotonics Research Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656. High-field electroluminescence in semiconductor tunnel junctions with a Mn-doped GaAs layer. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4895700.
Hai, Pham Nam, Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-0033, Yatsui, Takashi, Ohtsu, Motoichi, Tanaka, Masaaki, & Nanophotonics Research Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656. High-field electroluminescence in semiconductor tunnel junctions with a Mn-doped GaAs layer. United States. doi:10.1063/1.4895700.
Hai, Pham Nam, Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-0033, Yatsui, Takashi, Ohtsu, Motoichi, Tanaka, Masaaki, and Nanophotonics Research Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656. Sun . "High-field electroluminescence in semiconductor tunnel junctions with a Mn-doped GaAs layer". United States. doi:10.1063/1.4895700.
title = {High-field electroluminescence in semiconductor tunnel junctions with a Mn-doped GaAs layer},
author = {Hai, Pham Nam and Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-0033 and Yatsui, Takashi and Ohtsu, Motoichi and Tanaka, Masaaki and Nanophotonics Research Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656},
abstractNote = {We investigated high-field electroluminescence (EL) in semiconductor tunnel junctions with a Mn-doped GaAs layer (here, referred to as GaAs:Mn). Besides the band-gap emission of GaAs, the EL spectra show visible light emissions with two peaks at 1.94 eV and 2.19 eV, which are caused by d-d transitions of the Mn atoms excited by hot electrons. The threshold voltages for band-gap and visible light EL in the tunnel junctions with a GaAs:Mn electrode are 1.3 V higher than those of GaAs:Mn excited by hot holes in reserve biased p⁺-n junctions, which is consistent with the hot carrier transport in the band profiles of these structures. Our EL results at room temperature show that the electron temperature in GaAs:Mn can be as high as ~700 K for a low input electrical power density of 0.4 W/cm², while the lattice temperature of the GaAs:Mn layer can be kept at 340 K.},
journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
volume = 116,
Visible-light electroluminescence in Mn-doped GaAs light-emitting diodes
Journal Article Nam Hai, Pham ; Maruo, Daiki ; Tanaka, Masaaki - Applied Physics Letters
We observed visible-light electroluminescence (EL) due to d-d transitions in light-emitting diodes with Mn-doped GaAs layers (here, referred to as GaAs:Mn). Besides the band-gap emission of GaAs, the EL spectra show two peaks at 1.89 eV and 2.16 eV, which are exactly the same as {sup 4}A{sub 2}({sup 4}F) → {sup 4}T{sub 1}({sup 4}G) and {sup 4}T{sub 1}({sup 4}G) → {sup 6}A{sub 1}({sup 6}S) transitions of Mn atoms doped in ZnS. The temperature dependence and the current-density dependence are consistent with the characteristics of d-d transitions. We explain the observed EL spectra by the p-d hybridized orbitals of the Mn d electronsmore » in GaAs.« less
Luminescent photoelectrochemical cells. 6. Spatial aspects of the photoluminescence and electroluminescence of cadmium selenide electrodes
Journal Article Streckert, H.H. ; Tong, J. ; Ellis, A.B. - J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States)
Samples of single-crystal, n-type CdSe emit when excited with ultraband gap excitation. The emission band (lambda/sub max/ approx. = 720 nm) is near the band gap of CdSe (approx. 1.7 eV); its energy, decay time, and temperature dependence are consistent with its description as edge emission. Photoluminescence (PL) spectra can be dependent on excitation wavelength and show evidence of self-absorption effects: PL spectra obtained with 457.9-nm excitation are broadened in the high-energy portion of the band relative to spectra obtained with more deeply penetrating 632.9-nm excitation. Measured PL efficiencies, theta/sub r/, are approx.10/sup -4/ in air at 295 K. Whenmore » CdSe is used as the photoanode of photoelectrochemical cells employing aqueous polychalcogenide electrolytes, emission is quenched by the passage of photocurrent resulting from ultraband gap excitation. Electroluminescence (EL) can be observed from CdSe when the semiconductor is used as a dark cathode in aqueous, alkaline peroxydisulfate electrolyte. The EL spectrum is similar to the PL spectrum, suggesting the involvement of a common emissive excited state. Differences in the breadths of the spectra, however, indicate that, on average, EL is produced nearer to the semiconductor-electrolyte interface than PL under comparable experimental conditions. Measured EL efficiencies, theta/sub EL/, approaching 10/sup -3/ at -1.50 V vs SCE are comparable to PL efficiencies measured at this potential in hydroxide solution and provide evidence that the emissive excited state can be efficiently populated in an EL experiment; these lower-limit estimates of theta/sub EL/ and theta/sub r/ decline in passing to potentials near the onset of EL, approx.-0.9 V vs SCE. Spatial features of these comparisons are discussed.« less
Structural defects and recombination behavior of excited carriers in Cu(In,Ga)Se{sub 2} solar cells
Journal Article Yang, J. ; Du, H. W. ; Li, Y. ; ... - AIP Advances
The carriers’ behavior in neutral region (NTR) and space charged region (SCR) of Cu(In,Ga)Se{sub 2} thin film based solar cells has been investigated by temperature dependent photoluminescence (PL-T), electroluminescence (EL-T) and current-voltage (IV-T) from 10 to 300 K. PL-T spectra show that three kinds of defects, namely V{sub Se}, In{sub Cu} and (In{sub Cu}+V{sub Cu}), are localized within the band gap of NTR and SCR of CIGS layer, corresponding to the energy levels of E{sub C}-0.08, E{sub C}-0.20 and E{sub C}-0.25 eV, respectively. The In{sub Cu} and (In{sub Cu}+V{sub Cu}) deep level defects are non-radiative recombination centers at room temperature.more » The IV-T and EL-T analysis reveals that the injection modes of electrons from ZnO conduction band into Cu(In,Ga)Se{sub 2} layer are tunneling, thermally-excited tunneling and thermionic emission under 10-40, 60-160, and 180-300 K, respectively. At 10-160 K, the electrons tunnel into (In{sub Cu}+V{sub Cu}) and V{sub se} defect levels in band gap of SCR and the drifting is involved in the emission bands at 0.96 and 1.07 eV, which is the direct evidence for a tunneling assisted recombination. At 180-300 K, the electrons are directly injected into the Cu(In,Ga)Se{sub 2} conduction band, and the emission of 1.13 eV are ascribed to the transitions from the conduction band to the valence band.« less
ZnO PN Junctions for Highly-Efficient, Low-Cost Light Emitting Diodes
Technical Report David P. Norton ; Stephen Pearton ; Fan Ren
By 2015, the US Department of Energy has set as a goal the development of advanced solid state lighting technologies that are more energy efficient, longer lasting, and more cost-effective than current technology. One approach that is most attractive is to utilize light-emitting diode technologies. Although III-V compound semiconductors have been the primary focus in pursuing this objective, ZnO-based materials present some distinct advantages that could yield success in meeting this objective. As with the nitrides, ZnO is a direct bandgap semiconductor whose gap energy (3.2 eV) can be tuned from 3.0 to 4 eV with substitution of Mg formore » higher bandgap, Cd for lower bandgap. ZnO has an exciton binding energy of 60 meV, which is larger than that for the nitrides, indicating that it should be a superior light emitting semiconductor. Furthermore, ZnO thin films can be deposited at temperatures on the order of 400-600 C, which is significantly lower than that for the nitrides and should lead to lower manufacturing costs. It has also been demonstrated that functional ZnO electronic devices can be fabricated on inexpensive substrates, such as glass. Therefore, for the large-area photonic application of solid state lighting, ZnO holds unique potential. A significant impediment to exploiting ZnO in light-emitting applications has been the absence of effective p-type carrier doping. However, the recent realization of acceptor-doped ZnO material overcomes this impediment, opening the door to ZnO light emitting diode development In this project, the synthesis and properties of ZnO-based pn junctions for light emitting diodes was investigated. The focus was on three issues most pertinent to realizing a ZnO-based solid state lighting technology, namely (1) achieving high p-type carrier concentrations in epitaxial and polycrystalline films, (2) realizing band edge emission from pn homojunctions, and (3) investigating pn heterojunction constructs that should yield efficient light emission. The project engaged established expertise at the University of Florida in ZnO film growth (D. Norton), device fabrication (F. Ren) and wide bandgap photonics (S. Pearton). It addressed p-type doping and junction formation in (Zn,Mg)O alloy thin films. The project employed pulsed laser deposition for film growth. The p-type dopant of interest was primarily phosphorus, given the recent results in our laboratory and elsewhere that this anions can yield p-type ZnO-based materials. The role of Zn interstitials, oxygen vacancies, and/or hydrogen complexes in forming compensating shallow donor levels imposes the need to simultaneously consider the role of in situ and post-growth processing conditions. Temperature-dependent Hall, Seebeck, C-V, and resistivity measurements was used to determine conduction mechanisms, carrier type, and doping. Temperature-dependent photoluminescence was used to determine the location of the acceptor level, injection efficiency, and optical properties of the structures. X-ray diffraction will used to characterize film crystallinity. Using these materials, the fabrication and characterization of (Zn,Mg)O pn homojunction and heterojunction devices was pursued. Electrical characterization of the junction capacitance and I-V behavior was used to extract junction profile and minority carrier lifetime. Electroluminescence from biased junctions was the primary property of interest.« less
Visible-light photoconductivity of Zn1-xCoxO and its dependence on Co2+ concentration
Journal Article Johnson, Claire A. ; Cohn, Alicia ; Kaspar, Tiffany C. ; ... - Physical Review. B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Many metal oxides investigated for solar photocatalysis or photoelectrochemistry have band gaps that are too wide to absorb a sufficient portion of the solar spectrum. Doping with impurity ions has been extensively explored as a strategy to sensitize such oxides to visible light, but the electronic structures of the resulting materials are frequently complex and poorly understood. Here, we report a detailed photoconductivity investigation of the wide-gap II-VI semiconductor ZnO doped with Co2+ (Zn1-xCoxO), which responds to visible light in photoelectrochemical and photoconductivity experiments and thus represents a well-defined model system for understanding dopant-sensitized oxides. Variable-temperature scanning photoconductivity measurements havemore » been performed on high-structural-quality Zn1-xCoxO epitaxial films to examine the relationship between dopant concentration (x) and visible-light photoconductivity, with particular focus on mid-gap d-d photoactivity. Excitation into the intense 4T1(P) d-d band at ~2.0 eV (620 nm) leads to Co2+/3+ ionization with a quantum efficiency that increases with decreasing cobalt concentration and increasing sample temperature. Both spontaneous and thermally assisted ionization from the Co2+ d-d excited state are found to become less effective as x is increased, attributed to an increasing conduction-band-edge potential. These trends counter the increasing light absorption with increasing x, explaining the experimental maximum in external photon-to-current conversion efficiencies at values well below the solid solubility of Co2+ in ZnO.« less
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Councillor Adrian Owens says that a new Skelmersdale community group including people involved in the town’s primary schools have received an in principle agreement from Lancashire county council to lease the all-weather pitch at Glenburn. The community group has identified the start-up funding required but now West Lancashire College are the stumbling block.
Cllr Owens continued, “We understand that West Lancashire College own the access road and car park adjacent to the 3G pitch which would be needed for access and parking for users of the pitch. The College are citing ‘health and safety’ reasons for refusing to allow use of the access road and car park. The Community Group commissioned a report from me, as a health and safety professional which clearly showed how the everyday and low hazards from what is essentially a piece of tarmac could be adequately controlled.”
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Genomic ‘Dark Matter’ Bridges Gap Between Parkinson’s, Other Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Study Finds
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Researchers from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School found more than 70,000 genetic sequences that do not encode proteins — called transcribed noncoding elements (TNEs) — active in dopamine neurons that are gradually lost over the course of Parkinsons’ disease.
Their findings indicate there may be a connection between these noncoding elements active in dopamine-producing neurons and genetic risk variants of Parkinson’s and other neuropsychiatric disorders, including addiction, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder.
“We found that a whopping 64 percent of the human genome — the vast majority of which is ‘dark matter’ DNA that does not code proteins — is expressed in dopamine neurons in the human brain,” Clemens Scherzer, MD, a neurologist and genomicist who directs the APDA Center for Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Research and leads the Precision Neurology Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said in a press release. “These are critical and specialized cells in the human brain, which are working sluggishly in Parkinson’s disease, but might be overactive in schizophrenia.”
The study, “Enhancers active in dopamine neurons are a primary link between genetic variation and neuropsychiatric disease,” was published in Nature Neuroscience.
Using a new technique called laser-capture RNA sequencing, which allows researchers to analyze the entire RNA content of dopamine neurons cut out from human brain sections with a laser, Scherzer’s team analyzed more than 40,000 dopamine-producing neurons extracted from 86 post-mortem brains of subjects without a clinical diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease.
Data revealed that dopamine-producing neurons had a total of 71,022 TNEs, 33% of which were active enhancers — regulatory sites that work like “switches” to turn on the expression of specific genes in neurons. Many of these TNEs had never been described in the brain before, and most (57.5%) were exclusively expressed in human dopamine neurons, and not detected in other types of nerve cells.
Interestingly, a high percentage of the TNEs described were enriched in genetic variants of several neuropsychiatric disorders, including not only Parkinson’s, but also schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and addiction.
“This work suggests that noncoding RNAs active in dopamine neurons are a surprising link between genetic risk, Parkinson’s and psychiatric disease,” Scherzer said. “Based on this connection we hypothesize that the risk variants might fiddle with the gene switches of dopamine-producing brain cells.”
Scherzer’s team has compiled all the findings in a publicly available database called BRAINcode they hope will contribute to advancing studies focused on defining disease targets and biomarkers for Parkinson’s and other neuropsychiatric disorders.
“It has clear applications for the genetics of more than 20 million patients in the United States alone with perturbed dopamine systems, in narrowing the search window for functional associations and therapeutic nodes, and for defining the regulatory networks that underpin this archetype of a human brain neuron,” the researchers wrote in the study.
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Tag: roads
Pilgrim Camps on the Hajj Roads to Mecca
Posted on 5 July 2016 5 July 2016 3 Comments
By Claudine Dauphin
The Desert is green! My arrival in Jordan on 13th April 2016 coincided with hail, strong winds, lashing rain and intense cold, turning the semi-arid desert immediately south of Amman into a green carpet (Fig. 1). Courtesy of global warming, three days later, it was full Summer and a ‘‘baptism by fire’’ at 38°C in the shade for my first day of fieldwork on the camps of the Darb al-Hajj al-Shami, the ‘‘Syrian’’ Pilgrimage route running from Damascus to Mecca and bisecting Jordan lengthwise.
Fig. 1 A green desert, mid-April 2016 (Photo and © C. Dauphin)
Following the central ridge of Jordan, which was densely populated in Antiquity, the original ‘‘Mediaeval’’ road (7th-15th centuries) incorporated stretches of the Iron Age and Nabatean Kings’ Highway and of the Roman Via Nova Triana. It was replaced in the 16th century by the Ottoman route further east into the desert, with which the Hijaz Railway competed between 1900 and 1918 (Figs 2 and 3).
Fig. 2 Hijaz Railway Mafraq Station (Photo and © C. Dauphin)
Fig. 3 Original Hijaz train carriage in wood, exhibited in the courtyard of The Jordan Museum, Amman (Photo and © C. Dauphin)
In 2014, I had followed the Ottoman Darb al-Hajj by taxi and on foot from Ramtha on the Syrian border southwards (425 kms or 264 miles), section by section between historically-attested stop-overs, whilst checking the changes in the landscapes pre-detected on geological and pedological maps, aerial photographs and Google Earth. This Spring, I put my steps into those of Ottoman pilgrims returning from Mecca, starting at the fort of Qala’at Mudawwara (Fig. 4) on the border with Saudi Arabia, thus reversing the order of the 12 stop-overs, and focused on the open-air encampments, which I had reconstructed on paper from the descriptions of 19th century travellers, J.L. Burckhardt and Ch. Doughty, Arab, Persian and Indian illuminated manuscripts and miniatures, and early photographs.
Fig. 4 DAoJ surveyor Qutaiba al-Dasouqi looking down to the Ottoman fort of Qala’at Mudawwara. The pilgrim camp filled the vast expanse surrounding it (Photo and © C. Dauphin)
How is it possible to locate the bases of tents and hearths in a wilderness of sand and rocks? Setting information, culled, with an official permit, in the archives of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan (DAoJ) against RAF 1953 aerial photographs provided by the Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre, I applied British methods of Historic Landscape recording and interpretation (walking the entire area, detecting features thanks to slanting afternoon light, recording by GPS, measuring, drawing and photography). DAoJ surveyor Qutaiba al-Dasouqi and I plotted access from the main Hajj road or via secondary paths, determined the extent of each camp and defined its natural limits (wadi or terracing), recorded hearths, traces of tents, enclosures for the camels, donkeys, mules and horses of the Hajj caravan, which in its 16th-18th century heyday, comprised some 60,000 pilgrims and 80,000 camels.
Fig. 5 Goats feeding on bushes on the Darb al-Hajj at Qala’at al-Hasa. The kerb is visible between the two goats (Photo and © C. Dauphin)
Most exciting was recording al-Hasa: under a blazing sun, walking across the Ottoman bridge, along the Hajj road with its revetment of pebbles and flint (Fig. 5), and its drainage system, past the Ottoman fort and onto the pilgrim camp, measuring the circuit wall of an immense camel enclosure, picking out the faint outlines of octogonal and rectangular tents between artemisia bushes, with a cooking-hearth outside the entrance of each tent, gave me a real sense of Time abolished, a feeling of reaching out to the daily routine of 18th century pilgrims on the Darb al-Hajj. My greatest reward, however, was the discovery of the actual Hajj road (Fig. 6) running past Qala’at Daba, between the pilgrim encampment (also a First) and the modern tarmac road, and uphill towards Zizya.
Fig. 6 View of Qala’at Daba from the just-discovered Hajj road in the foreground. Between it and the Ottoman fort, to the left, lay the pilgrim camp (Photo and © C. Dauphin)
In comparison, the camps of the Mediaeval Darb al-Hajj were more difficult to reconnoitre and delimit securely, the majority of them having been absorbed by sprawling urbanisation (Ramtha, Qasr Shabib in Zarka, al-Thaniyya now part of al-Karak, and Zizya), which has eradicated nearly all evidence of pilgrims’ resting places. It required a much greater leap of imagination to give physical substance to descriptions of the camps by Mediaeval Hajj pilgrims, such as the famous Ibn Battuta (Tangiers 1304-Morocco 1368-69 or 1377) who travelled on the ‘‘Syrian’’ Hajj road in 1326.
As dusk fell on the faint traces of the pilgrim camps, the ears of my imagination could still hear the clatter of the cooking and eating in front of the tents, the growling of camels and the neighing of horses, donkeys and mules, as they settled down to sleep before yet another gruelling day’s walk to the next stop-over on the road to Mecca.
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Bigg Boss 13: Hindustani Bhau Says 'Asim Riaz's Love For Himanshi Khurana Is One Sided'
Hindustani Bhau, in an exclusive chat, reveals that Asim Riaz used to be behind Himanshi Khurana. Himanshi never loved Asim back the same way.
December 16, 2019 00:00 IST Bigg Boss 13: Hindustani Bhau Says 'Asim Riaz's Love For Himanshi Khurana Is One Sided'
Bigg Boss 13 saw Hindustani Bhau aka Vikas Pathak make an exit from the house this week. Hindustani Bhau's stint inside the house was very entertaining initially; however, later, he was criticised a lot for his sleeping pattern. In an exclusive chat with Pinkvilla, Bhau revealed that he was missing his family a lot inside and used to cry under his blanket. He also spoke about Asim Riaz and Himanshi Khurana's relationship, his fight with Sidharth Shukla and more. He answered about the criticism he received for sleeping inside.
Hindustani Bhau revealed that he was told by his doctor to rest as his health was suffering due to eating only vegetarian food every day. His body wasn't used to the kind of food that was given inside. He also went on to open up on Asim and Himanshi's brewing love story inside. He said, "Asim used to be behind Himanshi, although he knew that she is engaged. I have told Asim about this and asked him to be in limit. Himanshi too had explained to Asim. It is a one-sided love. Himanshi never loved Asim back. She is only committed to the man she is engaged to marry."
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Presented by Theatre Passe Muraille in association with Pandemic Theatre and with support from b current
Jiv is Canadian. Jiv is Indian. And Hindu. And West Indian. He’s Trinidadian too. Or maybe Jiv is just colonized. In Take d Milk, Nah? Jiv Parasram (Dora nomination for Outstanding New Play) blends personal storytelling and ritual to walk audiences through the intersections of these cultures.
A refreshingly candid and delightfully funny look at race, religion and nationalism(s), Take d Milk, Nah? examines what divides us – and what we’re willing to accept in the desire to belong. The show returns to Passe Muraille after a sold out run in 2018. Oh, and there’s a cow.
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What are pilots saying about the latest aircraft accessories? Our flight accessory and electronics reviews shed light on some of the latest electronics for pilots.
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Aspen Evolution EFD1000 Pilot/Pro PFD
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Lightspeed Zulu
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Garmin GPSMAP 396
The wunderbox that brings satellite uplink weather and radio capabilities to the cockpit
Fourteen years ago, when I met Tim Casey of Garmin International, we were at the Paris Air Show, and Carl Pascarell and I had just ferried the prototype Sino Swearingen SJ30 jet across the Atlantic to Le Bourget Airport with little more than point-and-shoot VHF radios. Like most prototypes, the first SJ30 was having its share of systems problems, and electrical glitches had burned up both of our VLF/Omegas on the eastbound crossing. By definition, we were flying IFR above 35,000 feet and needed a method of positively identifying our position for the trip back to San Antonio, Texas.
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Marc Rayman • May 6, 2014
Dawn Journal: Explaining Orbit Insertion
Dear Compedawnt Readers,
Less than a year from its rendezvous with dwarf planet Ceres, Dawn is continuing to make excellent progress on its ambitious interplanetary adventure. The only vessel from Earth ever to take up residence in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, the spacecraft grows more distant from Earth and from the sun as it gradually closes in on Ceres. Dawn devotes the majority of its time to thrusting with its remarkable ion propulsion system, reshaping its heliocentric path so that by the time it nears Ceres, the explorer and the alien world will be in essentially the same orbit around the sun.
In December, we saw what Dawn will do during the “approach phase” to Ceres early in 2015, and in January, we reviewed the unique and graceful method of spiraling into orbit. We described in February the first orbit (with the incredibly cool name RC3) from which intensive scientific observations will be conducted, at an altitude of 8,400 miles (13,500 kilometers). But Dawn will take advantage of the extraordinary capability of ion propulsion to fly to three other orbital locations from which it will further scrutinize the mysterious world.
NASA / JPL-Caltech
Dawn thrusting toward Ceres
Artist's rendition of Dawn thrusting with its ion propulsion system as it approaches Ceres in 2015.
Let’s recall how the spacecraft will travel from one orbit to another. While some of these plans may sound like just neat ideas, they are much more than that; they have been proven with outstanding success. Dawn maneuvered extensively during its 14 months in orbit around Vesta. (One of the many discussions of that was in November 2011.) The seasoned space traveler and its veteran crew on distant Earth are looking forward to applying their expertise at Ceres.
As long-time readers of these logs know so well, the ion thrust is uniquely efficient but also extremely low. Ion propulsion provides acceleration with patience. Ultimately the patience pays off, enabling Dawn to accomplish feats far beyond what any other spacecraft has ever had the capability to do, including orbiting two extraterrestrial destinations. The gentle thrust, comparable to the weight of a single sheet of paper, means it takes many weeks to maneuver from one observational orbit to another. Of course, it is worthwhile to spend that much time, because each of the orbital phases is designed to provide an exciting trove of scientific data.
Those of you who have navigated around the solar system, as well as others who have contemplated the nature of orbits without having practical experience, recognize that the lower the orbital altitude, the faster the orbital motion. This important principle is a consequence of gravity’s strength increasing as the distance between the massive body and the orbiting object decreases. The speed has to be higher to balance the stronger gravitational pull. (For a reminder of some of the details, be sure to go here before you go out for your next orbital expedition.)
While Dawn slowly reduces its altitude under the faint pressure of its ion engine, it continues circling Ceres, orbiting in the behemoth’s gravitational grip. The effect of combining these motions is that the path from one altitude to another is a spiral. And as Dawn descends and zips around Ceres faster and faster, the spirals get tighter and tighter.
RC3 to survey
Dawn will make five spiral loops during the month it will take to fly from its RC3 orbit (at 8,400 miles, or 13,500 kilometers) to survey orbit (at 2,700 miles, or 4,400 kilometers).
The first coils around Ceres will be long and slow. After completing its investigations in RC3, the probe will spiral down to “survey orbit,” about 2,700 miles (4,400 kilometers) above the surface. During that month-long descent, it will make only about five revolutions. After three weeks surveying Ceres from that new vantage point, Dawn will follow a tighter spiral down to the (misleadingly named) high altitude mapping orbit (HAMO) at 910 miles (1,470 kilometers). In the six-week trip to HAMO, the craft will wind around almost 30 times. It will devote two months to performing extensive observations in HAMO. And finally as 2015 draws to a close, it will fly an even more tightly wound course to reach its low altitude mapping orbit (LAMO) at 230 miles (375 kilometers), where it will collect data until the end of the mission. The ship will loop around 160 times during the two months to go from HAMO to LAMO. (We will preview the plans for survey orbit, HAMO and LAMO in May, July and August of this year, and if all goes well, we will describe the results in 2015 and 2016.)
Designing the spiral trajectories is a complex and sophisticated process. It is not sufficient simply to activate the thrust and expect to arrive at the desired destination, any more than it is sufficient to press the accelerator in your car and expect to reach your goal. You have to steer carefully (and if you don’t, please don’t drive near me), and so does Dawn. As the ship revolves around Ceres, it must constantly change the pointing of the blue-green beam of high velocity xenon ions to stay on precisely the desired winding route to the targeted orbit. The mission control team at JPL will program the ship to orient its thruster in just the right direction at the right time to propel itself on the intended spiraling course.
Aiming a thruster in the direction needed to spiral around Ceres requires turning the entire spacecraft. Each thruster is mounted on its own gimbal with a limited range of motion. In normal operation, the gimbal is positioned so that the line of thrust goes through the center of the ship. When the gimbal is swiveled to another direction, the gentle force from the ion engine causes the ship to rotate slowly. This is similar to the use of an outboard motor on a boat. When it is aligned with the centerline of the boat, the craft travels straight ahead. When the motor is turned, it continues to propel the boat but also turns it. In essence, Dawn’s steering of its thrust is accomplished by pivoting the ion engine.
A crucial difference between the boat and our interplanetary ship is that with the former, the farther the motor is turned, the tighter the curving course. (Another difference is that the spacecraft wouldn’t float.) Dawn doesn’t have that liberty. For our craft, the gimballing of the thruster needs to be carefully coordinated with the orbital motion, as if the motorboat operator needed to compensate for a curving current. This has important implications at Ceres. Sophisticated as it is, Dawn knows its own location in orbit only by virtue of information mission controllers install onboard to predict where it will be at any time. That is based on their best computations of Ceres’s gravity, the planned operation of the ion propulsion system, and many other considerations, but it will never be perfectly accurate. Let’s take a look at two of the reasons.
HAMO to LAMO
Dawn will complete 160 revolutions in two months as it follows a tight spiral from HAMO (at 910 miles, or 1,470 kilometers) to LAMO (at 230 miles, or 375 kilometers).
Ceres, like Vesta, Earth, the moon, Mars, and other planets or planetary-type bodies, has a complex gravity field. The distribution of materials of different densities within the interior creates variations in the strength of the gravitational force, so Dawn will feel a slightly changing tug from Ceres as it travels in orbit. But there is a noteworthy difference between Ceres’s gravity field and the fields of those other worlds: Ceres’s field is unknown. We will have to measure it as we go. The subtle irregularities in gravity as Dawn descends will cause small deflections from the planned trajectory. Our ship will be traversing unknown, choppy waters.
Other phenomena will lead to slight discrepancies as well. The ion propulsion system will be responsible for changing the orbit, so even tiny deviations from the intended thrust eventually may build up to have a significant effect. This is no different from any realistic electrical or mechanical system, which is sure to have imperfections. If you planned a trip in which you would drive 60.0 miles (96.6 kilometers) at 60.0 mph (96.6 kilometers per hour), you could expect to arrive in exactly 60.0 minutes. (No surprises there, as it isn’t exactly rocket science.) But even if you maintained the speedometer as close to 60 as you could, it would not be accurate enough to indicate the true speed. If your actual speed averaged 60.4 mph (97.2 kilometers per hour), you would arrive 24 seconds early. Perhaps that difference wouldn’t matter to you (and if it did, you might consider replacing your car with a spaceship), but such minuscule errors, when compounded by Dawn’s repeated spirals around Ceres, would make a difference in achieving its carefully chosen orbit.
As a result of these and other effects, mission controllers will need to adjust the complex flight plan as Dawn travels from one observational orbit to another. So it will thrust for a few days and then stop to allow navigators to get a new fix on its position. When it points its main antenna to Earth, the Doppler shift of its radio signal will reveal its speed, and the time for radio signals (traveling, as all readers know so well, at the universal limit of the speed of light) to make the round trip will yield its distance. Combining those measurements with other data, mission controllers will update the plan for where to point the thruster at each instant during the next phase of the spiral, check it, double check it, and transmit it to the faraway robot, which will then put it into action. This intensive process will be repeated every few days as Dawn maneuvers to lower orbits.
The flight team succeeded brilliantly in performing this kind of work at Vesta, but they will encounter some differences at Ceres. Sunlight is even weaker in that remote part of the asteroid belt. The giant solar arrays will generate less electrical power for the ion propulsion system, so the whisper-like thrust will be even fainter. In addition, Ceres is more massive than Vesta, so its gravitational hold is stronger. Of course, the team has developed plans to account for these and other differences as they guide Dawn from one orbit to another.
The reward for these particularly challenging parts of the mission will be new perspectives on Ceres. The distant landscapes, barely even hinted at by observations for more than two centuries, will come into sharper and sharper focus as Dawn spirals closer. At each new orbital perch, the explorer will reveal exciting new details, allowing new discoveries and new insights. Everyone who is curious about the cosmos is welcome to join the journey as human ingenuity and curiosity take us far, far from home to an uncharted world.
Dawn is 9.2 million miles (15 million kilometers) from Ceres. It is also 1.61 AU (149 million miles, or 241 million kilometers) from Earth, or 620 times as far as the moon and 1.60 times as far as the sun today. Radio signals, traveling at the universal limit of the speed of light, take 27 minutes to make the round trip.
Dr. Marc D. Rayman
4:00 p.m. PDT April 30, 2014
P.S. This is the 100th Dawn Journal, so this seems like a good time to end. This will be the last one.
P.P.S. Until next month.
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LJ: 2014/05/07 05:04 CDT
What are the plans at the end of the mission? Stay in LAMO, crash to Ceres, move to more stable orbit (higher?) with option to monitor for any changes over longer period of time, there are probably not enough supplies (and funds) left to visit some other object?
Marc Rayman: 2014/05/07 03:39 CDT
LJ, The primary mission is planned to end in June 2016, after about three months in LAMO. If the spacecraft is healthy and if NASA chooses to invest its limited resources in an extended mission, we will continue gathering data there. Ceres is so large and such a fascinating place, we will not run out of productive, exciting investigations. We will not crash (or land softly!) on Ceres because of planetary protection restrictions. (Actually, the gravity is high enough that getting to the surface from orbit is energetically pretty expensive. Ceres isn't just another little asteroidal chunk of rock; the gravity is significant.). Our extensive analyses show that LAMO is likely stable enough that it is a good place to remain, and there is no need to go higher. Because of the limitation for comments here, I can't go into more detail, but I wrote a little more about this in response to questions on my February and March blogs at http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal.asp Marc
Bob Ware: 2014/05/07 09:39 CDT
Thanks for the update! Also, you scared me! Your P.P.S. was below my tool bar initially so I freaked out at first! LOL!! The I asked why?! LOL again.... I also love your 'dawn' words.... I'd guess your keeping a list of them for the distant future finale party for the team!
Thanks for the explanation! Planetary protection restrictions completely slipped out of my mind, Ceres does seem to be quite different from the other objects in its neighbourhood. So hydrazine amount is the most limiting factor now. I was hoping Dawn could be left hibernating in a spin stabilized state for a year or two and then reactivated for another quick look of Ceres. And thanks for all the public outreach efforts, all the way back to the Deep Space 1 mission. Ljubo
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The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
2016 Grants & Grantees
We are pleased to announce our 2016 grants in support of the Philadelphia region’s cultural organizations and artists. 53 grants totaling more than $10 million will provide funding for 12 new Pew Fellowships for individual artists working in a variety of disciplines; 36 Project grants for the presentation of exceptional cultural programs offered to a wide range of audiences; and 5 Advancement grants to support bold organizational initiatives led by exemplary arts and culture organizations. Browse the full list of grantees and use the sorting menu below to view by grant type.
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Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture
(Dis)placed: Explorations in Poetry, Art, and Music Composition
Four artists of Arab heritage will come together in an international collaboration to create new poetry, music, and visual art works grappling with notions of displacement.
The Barnes Foundation
Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie
With the city as its subject, this gallery exhibition, along with newly commissioned installations in unexpected Philadelphia locations, and citizen-created photos and videos, will capture urban life in novel ways.
Erin Bernard
The History Truck W.I.C. Work/Shop
Informed by first-person accounts of the Women, Infants, and Children (W.I.C.) nutritional assistance program, this mobile exhibition and series of public programs will explore the lived experience of welfare and expand the Philadelphia Public History Truck’s programmatic focus.
That Which Is Fundamental
The first multi-concert retrospective of Julius Eastman, an African American composer who was active internationally in the 1970s and 80s, but who died at age 49, will include rarely-performed works that showcase the composer’s broad compositional practice.
Choral Arts Philadelphia
1734–1735: A Season in the Life of J.S. Bach
A recreation of 18 rarely-performed cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach will be performed as originally intended: in an arc spanning the Christian church calendar and the seasons.
Kyle “JustSole” Clark
The Life of a Just Sole
Bringing together some of hip-hop’s most influential pioneers, Clark will present what he calls his “physical autobiography” in a dance-theater performance blending street dance techniques with spoken word narration and video.
Andrea Clearfield
Fellow, composer
Clearfield creates deep, emotive musical languages that she says, “synthesize disparate elements into a musical whole,” in works that explore themes ranging from freedom and oppression, to ancient cultures, religion, health, and technology.
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Transmissions and Transformations: Injecting Art into Medical Humanities Exhibitions
Integrating contemporary art within the Mütter Museum’s approach to medical humanities interpretation, an exhibition plan will be developed to focus on the centennial of Philadelphia’s influenza pandemic.
Christopher Colucci
Fellow, sound designer, composer
Colucci’s sound designs for theater are distinguished by their sense of musicality, and what he describes as a “sensitivity to the power of sound to evoke the ineffable.”
DataArts
Advancement Grant
A new, user-friendly technology platform will enhance and streamline DataArts’ data collection and analysis tools, used nationally by thousands of cultural nonprofits to drive data-informed decision-making.
Ryan Eckes
Fellow, poet
Eckes’ poetry documents the voices and histories of urban life through narrative-driven, investigative, and experimental texts that draw from sources such as news archives, personal accounts, and corporate correspondence.
EgoPo Classic Theater
Lydie Breeze Cycle
The world premiere of Tony Award-winning playwright John Guare’s Lydie Breeze Cycle, an epic trilogy about an American family, set between the Civil War and the birth of 20th-century industrialism, will be performed in a consecutive cycle for the first time.
Composing the Tinnitus Suites: 2016
Informed by personal experiences with tinnitus, this collaborative performance series and electroacoustic installation will explore hearing damage, anchored by a handcrafted 20-foot long instrument of piano strings, amplifiers, and a mixer.
Fleisher Art Memorial
Bring Your Own Project
This creative “place-keeping” project will put Fleisher’s spaces and resources into the hands of Southeast Philadelphia community members, in an effort to make exhibitions more responsive to area residents and to preserve and promote the diverse cultural life of immigrant-rich neighborhoods.
The Franklin will undertake an expansive, two-year digital media initiative that will expand the organization's interpretive programming and audience engagement, through new technology platforms and a collection of stories that connect audiences to the impact of science on the lives of everyday people.
FringeArts
Brett Bailey: Macbeth Performances and Residency
South African theater artist Brett Bailey will visit Philadelphia for a three-week residency and the US premiere of his adaptation of Verdi’s opera Macbeth, set in the Democratic Republic of Congo, presented in collaboration with Opera Philadelphia.
Kelsey Halliday Johnson
Making/Breaking the Binary: Women, Art, & Technology 1970-1985
This exhibition will survey a generation of pioneering female artists in relation to the technology innovators who helped shape the information age.
Fellow, visual artist
Hayes blends various mediums—including video, performance, installation, and photography—to probe the complex intersections of history, politics, gender, and speech within private and public spaces.
Headlong
The Quiet Circus
A year-long series of participatory performances at Washington Avenue Green will activate a one-acre site on the Delaware River waterfront that served as the entry point to Philadelphia for immigrants in the early 20th century.
I is for Institute
An investigation of the idea of “institutionality” in the context of contemporary art will inform future curatorial and programmatic initiatives, in an effort to increase audience engagement with the ICA and its programs.
Jazz Bridge
Philadelphia Real Book Concerts - New Music in Jazz and Blues
Legendary Philadelphia jazz musicians—including guitarists Pat Martino and Monnette Sudler, pianist Dave Burrell, and saxophonist Jimmy Heath—will headline a four-part concert series inspired by the first published collection of compositions by the city’s jazz artists.
Lela Aisha Jones
Fellow, choreographer
Jones’ choreographic practice fuses personal history, diasporic movement, social commentary, and interdisciplinary methods, drawing from, in her words, “the individual and collective lived experiences of blackness.”
MJ Kaufman
Destiny Estimate
An experiment in narrative structure that combines several forms of storytelling, physical language, and a cappella choral music, this world premiere play will investigate “questions of prophecy, fate, and predestination,” says Kaufman.
Mark Kendall
Fellow, filmmaker
Kendall’s poetic cinematic voice permeates his experimental documentary films that reflect on journey and transformation, globalization and global warming, and, as he says, “the everyday conditions of our everyday lives.”
Jennifer Kidwell
Fellow, theater artist
Kidwell’s poignant, performer-driven theater work addresses the complexities of race and notions of American history with sharp intelligence and wry humor.
Michael Kiley
An immersive, participatory vocal performance, developed from the sounds, stories, and movements of individual bodies, will place audiences amidst performers, creating an intimate experience of group voice.
Matthew Levy
Fellow, musician, composer
Levy’s performance practice and compositions bridge modern classical music with rhythmic and improvisatory aspects of jazz, guided by his dedication to exploring the saxophone’s genre-defying capabilities.
David Ludwig
The world premiere of composer Ludwig’s song cycle for soprano, presented by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, will channel the voice and inner life of an imagined medieval “anchoress,” bridging Renaissance and contemporary musical languages.
Tiona McClodden
Fellow, visual artist, filmmaker
McClodden’s interdisciplinary work traverses documentary film, experimental video, sculpture, and sound installations, to explore elements of race, familial histories, and social change.
Jymie Merritt
Recognized as a pioneering jazz bassist and composer who has played with numerous musical luminaries over his 60-year career, Merritt composes work that brings forth collective improvisation within a complex rhythmic and harmonic language.
New Paradise Laboratories
Hello Blackout!
This world premiere will integrate contingency—accident, chance, and improvisation—into the ensemble’s physical theater style, with live music by composer and Pew Fellow Bhob Rainey.
Nichole Canuso Dance Company
Body of Text
Choreographer Nichole Canuso and her ensemble will engage in an interdisciplinary discovery process with an oral historian, a writer, and a vocal teacher to develop new performance techniques that integrate movement, voice, and personal history.
Opera Philadelphia
Opera Philadelphia will implement a new business and program model that will feature an annual season-opening, multi-venue festival, launching in fall 2017, supported by new marketing strategies and a broad range of performance offerings designed to draw audiences from both inside and outside the regional metropolitan area.
Pennsylvania Humanities Council
Chester Made Cultural Exploration Zone
This multi-part project will animate Chester’s downtown cultural corridor by engaging the local community, along with experts in public history, placemaking, and tactical urbanism, in a series of events and programs interpreting the city’s underground history.
People’s Light
An in-depth market analysis and new approaches to diversified programming will attract new audiences and deepen relationships with existing patrons, in an effort to position People’s Light as a vibrant civic center for its region, with theater at its core.
Rowhouse Workshop
This exhibition and website will investigate Philadelphia’s long history of row house development as an architectural territory to be mined for physical and social histories, new ideas, and urban innovations.
Thaddeus Phillips
100 Billion Nights
Performance art, pop-up storybook design techniques, and a cinematic score will combine in a visual theater work for children and adults devised and performed by Phillips, in collaboration with visual artist Steven Dufala and composer Juan Gabriel Turbay.
Philadelphia Assembled
Dutch artist Jeanne van Heeswijk will invite audiences to reimagine the city through a series of interactive pop-up art experiences across Philadelphia, laying the foundation for an installation that will activate the Museum’s public spaces.
Philadelphia Mural Arts Program
Monument Lab: A Citywide Public Art and History Exhibition
“What is an appropriate monument for the current city of Philadelphia?” Five temporary public artworks, created by artists Ai Weiwei, Zoe Strauss, Kara Crombie, Kaitlin Pomerantz, and Alexander Rosenberg, and on-site “laboratories” for public feedback will consider this question and notions of monumentality within the civic sphere.
Creating Empathy for Animals in Diverse Audiences
A discovery process to study the connection between anthropomorphism and empathy for animals will inform how the Zoo can leverage its large and diverse collection of animals to encourage visitors to become conservation-minded, civically engaged advocates for animals and nature.
Pig Iron Theatre Company
A Period of Animate Existence
A symphonic theater hybrid for actors, classical musicians, and intergenerational choirs will offer a meditation on life and planetary cycles, set in a time of rapid ecological and technological changes.
Please Touch will research and develop a new set of blended digital and hands-on exhibitions, education programs, and marketing and distribution strategies designed to expand the Museum’s range of audiences, increase the frequency of visits, and enhance its programs for children ages 2 to 11 and their families.
Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
Revisiting a Better Philadelphia: 1947-2017
A contemporary restaging plan will be developed to showcase the Philadelphia City Planning Commission’s 1947 Better Philadelphia Exhibition—a pivotal historic project that helped define the future of urban redevelopment.
PRISM Quartet
Breath Beneath
PRISM will explore the artistic possibilities that arise at the intersection of saxophone music, technology, and time-based visual art, to lay the foundation for an evening-length production.
Heidi Saman
Influenced by Italian neo-realism’s emphasis on working-class protagonists, Saman’s films examine cultural identity, family, class, and daily life among Arab Americans.
South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)
Where We Belong: Artists in the Archive
A multidisciplinary cohort of artists will consider how SAADA’s materials can inform new works that grapple with questions of identity and belonging, and create a platform for overlooked histories.
Tempesta di Mare
Reclaiming Telemann
A two-part concert program, with a live talk show hosted by Live from Lincoln Center’s Fred Child and an accompanying studio recording, will offer a renewed perspective on the artistic legacy of baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann.
Temple Contemporary
Symphony for a Broken Orchestra
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang will create a new composition for 1,500 broken instruments gathered from Philadelphia public schools, to be performed by a 600-member orchestra comprised of students, teachers, and professional and amateur musicians.
Tiny Dynamite
The Lamellar Project
A live and digital theatrical experience will question the impact of technology on human connectivity as two actors perform their roles on separate continents—one live in a theater and the other projected through a live-streaming video feed.
Tokay Tomah
Fellow, traditional African vocalist, musician
Tomah uses traditional folk songs of compassion, trust, and reconciliation to generate collective strength and foster dialogue about critical issues facing Liberian immigrant communities.
Alex Torra
¡BIENVENIDOS BLANCOS! or WELCOME WHITE PEOPLE!
This Spanish-language, ensemble-devised performance piece will examine American privilege and the complexities of cultural identity, informed by Torra’s personal experience as a Cuban American.
WHYY, Inc.
WHYY/First Person Arts Storytelling Project
Journalism and first-person storytelling will intersect in a multi-media project featuring a series of public radio broadcasts and podcasts, presented in collaboration with First Person Arts.
The Wilma Theater
Adapt!
This world premiere play, written by the Wilma’s artistic director Blanka Zizka, invites audiences to consider the immigrant experience and questions surrounding identity, homeland and exile, the idealism of youth, and the compromises of adulthood.
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Find 'Life's Little Luxuries' at This 2020 Gilbert Convenience Store
The Classic Phoenix Steakhouse Where You Can Ride a Slide and Eat Rattlesnake
Lauren Cusimano
"Beef and brew with a view" is the unofficial slogan at this Phoenix institution.
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Lauren Cusimano | January 24, 2017 | 7:00am
Welcome to The Essentials, our catalog of indispensable and quintessential Phoenix food and drink. From now until May, we'll be sharing 50 dishes, drinks, and food experiences that make up the culinary backbone (and personality) of metro Phoenix. This list is highly eclectic, mixing classics with newer and lesser-known favorites. But all The Essentials have one thing in common: We think they're required eating (and drinking) in metro Phoenix.
Now up, a cowboy-themed dinner spot known for more than its steaks.
43: Dinner at Rustler's Rooste.
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Rustler's Rooste is the kind of place you take out-of-towners when they’re not the Scottsdale or hip, urban Phoenix type — or even if they are. It’s a cowboy restaurant with large sides, cooked-to-order steaks, and mason drinks. But there are several features unique to the Rooste, including live country music, a big shiny slide, and an incredible view of Phoenix from the restaurant's perch on South Mountain.
The Rooste has one of those legend-has-it backgrounds we treasure here in metro Phoenix. The site is said to have been a hideout for cattle rustlers (hence the name), later established as “Arizona’s Legendary Cowboy Steakhouse” in 1971.
Dinner here starts at 5 p.m., and the early bird gets the view. Waiting diners are escorted to the back of the restaurant where – depending on the time of year – a colorful Arizona sunset may already be underway. During your trek to the table, you’ll notice the reflective slide running parallel to a set of stairs. Your answer is yes, adults can go down it, too, assuming you don’t mind waiting your turn behind a group of kids.
Your meal starts with a cloth-wrapped basket of warm Indian fry bread and crumbly biscuits accompanied by little cups of cinnamon and plain butter. Your server will ask if you want anything from the full saloon, and if you’d like to start with the well-known Authentic Rattlesnake appetizer – which comes with Prickly Pear Cactus Fries and chipotle ranch. You’d be remiss to decline either.
Entrees here come in the form of protein and lots of it. The Southern fried chicken may draw envious glares, while the copy under the 10-ounce Rustler's Cut sirloin swears it’s a “steak that cowhands consider the finest tasting anywhere.” Other cuts from the chuckwagon include the Trail Boss porterhouse steak, the No Bones About It prime rib, and the Original St. Louis-Style Barbecued Pork Ribs. Plates come with corn on the cob, a shareable bowl of salad, and a little cauldron of cowboy beans.
Dessert here is not to be overlooked. Most tables get a complimentary serving of seafoam-green cotton candy, arriving in what is clearly an old coffee can, but don’t let that put you off your final course. If you have the family along, we recommend the giant (we mean giant) Nine Layer Chocolate Cake.
Rustler's Rooste is often the setting for weddings, banquets, anniversaries, and birthdays. There’s also a gift shop, ahem, General Store, slanging boot-shaped koozies, scorpion paper weights, and T-shirts adorned with “I ate the snake” to announce your dedication to the famed appetizer. It's truly some essential casual wear for any returning visitor to the Valley.
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49: "Dragon" Dumpling Burger at Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour.
48: Dizzy Fig Empanada at Republica Empanada.
47: Linguine Carbonara at Avanti.
46: The Food Court at Mercado de los Cielos.
45: Chicken Feta Salad at George’s Kitchen.
44: Spinach & Cheese Chimi Burro at Mi Patio Mexican Restaurant.
Lauren Cusimano is Phoenix New Times' food editor. She is a journalist based in Tempe with more than 10 years of experience writing and editing. She enjoys eating wings, riding bikes, going to dive bars, talking too much about The Simpsons, and falling asleep while reading.
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Fish and chips key to shark conservation
The humble feed of fish and chips has a crucial part to play in the battle to save declining shark populations.
Conservationists say the "flake" fish sold at the local chippy could actually contain a mix of unknown shark species.
Macquarie University conservation biologist Dr Adam Stow urged sustainably-minded consumers to pay more attention to what they were eating.
"Flake, which is the primary ingredient in your fish and chips, is gummy shark either from Australia or New Zealand," he told AAP.
"But evidence is mounting that mis-labelling occurs quite frequently.
"By and large people want to consume in a sustainable way. You can only do that if you know what you're eating."
New research released by Sydney's Sea Life aquarium on Wednesday showed the illegal shark trade and commercial fishing were Australians' biggest concerns when thinking about shark conservation.
"The market for shark products has increased dramatically and will have a devastating impact, while shark finning is another big issue globally," Dr Stow said.
The Sea Life research also showed that, of the 1000 Australians surveyed, more than 70 per cent were scared of sharks.
The ecological importance of shark populations was just one reason to put more effort into conservation, Dr Stow said.
"When you remove those animals out of the ecosystem there can be a whole bunch of cascading effects.
"For example off the east coast of the United States the removal of sharks increased the population of stingrays.
"That increase in stingrays caused a decline in scallops which then had an impact on fisheries."
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PNNL to Lead New Grid Modernization Projects
PNNL will lead three new grid modernization projects funded by the Department of Energy. The projects focus on scalability and usability, networked microgrids, and machine learning for a more resilient, flexible and secure power grid.
Future Cyberwarriors Converge at PNNL to Protect Critical Energy Infrastructure
Seventeen teams from regional colleges and universities gathered at PNNL Nov. 16 to put their cyber skills to the test by protecting critical energy infrastructure against simulated cyberattacks as part of DOE's CyberForce Competition.
PNNL, Sandia, and Georgia Tech Join Forces in AI Effort
Three powerhouses in the realm of artificial intelligence have become partners in a new research center created by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Keeping High-Performance Computers Cybersecure
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is leading efforts to address next-generation computing’s critical role in protecting the nation from cybersecurity threats.
Making it Modern: PNNL Infuses Innovation into Nation's Electric Grid
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are helping to lead transformation of the nation's century-old electric grid by developing new technologies to enhance its reliability and security.
Symposium explores smart city evolution
In November, Northeastern University Seattle (NU-Seattle) hosted "Smart Cities: Critical Infrastructure Protection" to explore technology and policy opportunities and challenges facing the smart city evolution.
Getting More Out of Control All the Time
Developing the World Debut of the IAEA's International Training Course on Protecting Nuclear Facilities from Cyber-Attack
From Laboratory to Marketplace
PNNL has been honored with three awards for excellence in transferring technologies to private sector by the Federal Laboratory Consortium.
Effects of Local Water Extraction and Reservoir Regulation on Drought in the United States
A Triple-threat against Cyberthreats
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Price when reviewed TBC
Quick verdict
In the DJI Phantom 3 it's really one of those "you pay for what you get" products. The clue's in the name: it says it's Professional and having used it we can't argue with that. It's a true 4K high-flier.
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Easy to fly
YouTube live-streaming at the press of a button
Safety features for beginners
1.2 mile range
Great stability for capture
Less lens distortion
Can't remove the camera
Phantom 2 owners can't use their old batteries
No frame-rate greater than 60fps (1080p) or 30fps (4K)
Drones are really starting to take off (if you'll excuse the pun) with them turning up everywhere from conceptual futuristic home delivery services to TV news. So whether it's using them for fun, or for profesionally capture - and they've been used to record footage in wildlife documentaries, adverts and major Hollywood movies - one of the better known companies fuelling the excitement is DJI.
Its latest drone, the DJI Phantom 3 Professional, is its most refined drone yet; a high-flier if you will. It offers 4K recording alongside a host of other features such as easy flying modes and even the ability to livestream to YouTube at the press of a few buttons. The Phantom 3 Advanced, which isn't the subject of this review, is the same body but with 1080p capture instead of 4K.
So is it the DJI Phantom 3 Professional the drone to go for if you're keen to capture the world in ultra-high definition?
DJI Phantom 3 review: Design
If you've seen the company's previous drone offerings - the Phantom 2 Vision drone, for example, which we reviewed back in 2013 - then on the surface the Phantom 3 doesn't look much different.
The drone consists of a main body with four propellers, landing legs to give it stability on the ground, and a camera fitted to a moveable 3-axis gimbal which is mounted beneath. No separate camera purchase required here.
Also in the Pantom 3's box is a large dedicated remote control that gives you all the functions you need to fly it, including the ability to hold, and even charge, a smartphone or tablet to act as a viewing screen.
Well made, the DJI Phantom 3 certainly looks the part and we like the fact you can quickly and easily remove the propellers to allow for tight packing in a rucksack - DJI even includes the option to buy one.
The battery, which is intelligent enough to tell you when it's running out, is easily accessible and swappable. Which is a good job, as with an estimated 23-minutes of life per charge you'll need to be ready to swap those batteries often. Spares can be purchased, including the Pro Professional two battery boxed option (yep, DJI is doubling-down on the use of pro) which costs a little more but is an obvious choice.
We found that battery performance does depend on what you are doing. Just fly and you'll get the most time out of it, capture 4K footage and you'll notice a dip, but we didn't feel at any point that we were ever in a worrying situation.
The only fiddly component to the whole Phantom 3 experience is changing the microSD card because the thing is so darn small, but it's no harder than doing it on any action cam.
Although the Phantom 3 is tricky to crash - yet we still managed it - we can happily report the unit is strong enough to take a bit of a beating on ground collision. Parts are replaceable if needed, so a damaged propeller doesn't necessarily mean it's the end of the world.
DJI Phantom 3 review: Pro camera
As mentioned the main reason to opt for the Professional model of the Phantom 3 (not the Advanced) is the ability to record in 4K. The footage is fantastic, though, helped along significantly by the drone's stabilising capabilities.
That's 3840 x 2160 pixels, with the option to capture of 24, 25 or 30 frames per second (fps). The unit also offers 12 megapixel stills. It's also possible to capture 1080p with the addition of 48, 50 and 60fps options, but nothing faster than that. As the Advanced model offers 1080p 60fps, we'd have liked the Professional to offer 1080p 120fps for some excellent half or quarter time playback.
With the Phantom 3, DJI has ditched the fisheye lens found on previous models which serves two main purposes in your favour: first, you won't need to worry about editing your final footage as heavily due to distortion; second, you're less likely to get the drone body appear in any shots. The lens offers a 94-degree angle-of-view which is somewhere around a 22mm equivalent (so it roughly "doubles" the standard human vision equivalent).
In addition to the recording capabilities it's also possible to livestream in 720p directly to YouTube. Yes, that breaking news story or kids party footage live to grandma who can't make it, will never be the same again.
Once you've captured some of the footage you can use the DJI Go app on your smart device (iOS and Android only), and in particular The Director feature that will edit together several clips for you to be shared immediately.
DJI Phantom 3 review: Flight performance
Regardless of whether or not you record 4K, one of the biggest features and successes of the Phantom 3 is its flight performance. It is so easy to get this drone up in the air and flying that you'll probably think you're not actually doing anything. Of course trained professionals will get even more out of it.
Hold the auto take-off button and the Phantom 3 will take off and then hover around 1m off the ground waiting for your next command. At the end of the flight there's a come home button that will bring it back to the exact same place you started thanks to on-board GPS. And for newcomers there's a safety mode that restricts its capabilities until you get more confident.
How confident? Like 1.2 miles away confident.
All the while, if you've opted to connect your phone or tablet to the accompanying controller you get live 720p high-def footage so you can see what's what and there are a plethora of stats presented on the screen so you can geek-out even further. The live view really makes a difference looks crystal clear at this scale.
In terms of camera controls, it's possible to rotate it at the press of a button to toggle between forwards and downwards, or the angles inbetween.
Once you have mastered flying, the controls make for a very smooth ride - with some practice anyway - ensuring that the DJI is one of the easiest drones we've flown to date; it certainly feels a lot easier than earlier models we've flown. Maybe we're just getting better, but intuitive controls can't be sniffed at.
Even indoors, and as long as you've got some space, you'll find it fairly easy to fly, although those propellers are so powerful that you will kick up any lose papers or dust that happens to be lying around. You untidy urchin.
The DJI Phantom 3 Professional is a joy to use and one of the most accessible drones we've flown. The mass of pro-spec features, approachability and ease of use make this a real winner.
We could argue the catch is the price, but even at £1159 for the one-battery Professional option it's actually well priced for a professional 4K video capture tool. Of course you then need to factor in an iPad or Android tablet (we tested with an iPad Air 2) for the screen's live view.
There are cheaper drones on the market, of course, including DJI's own Standard version or lower ranges, but they come at the expense of ditching 4K capture, GPS and some other features.
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Caroline, Baroness de la Motte Fouque’: “The Castle on the Beach”
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Excerpt, “German Stories: Being Tales and Traditions Chiefly Selected from the Literature of Germany.” 1855.
THE CASTLE ON THE BEACH
On the shores of the Baltic, among many other once flourishing, but now deserted villages, there are still seen the remains of one little hamlet, whose mouldering cottages and unweeded gardens, not many years ago, formed a striking contrast to the neatness and beauty of a Castle in the vicinity, which lay close upon the beach.
No symptoms of neglect or poverty met the eye there; the walls and roofs were well-preserved; the agricultural implements were evidently guided by no sluggard’s hands; the cattle looked clean and well-fed; and the best economy showed itself in the house and in the field. The ponds full of limpid water were well-stocked with fish; shrubs and ivy bordered the green turf, and a thousand flowers bloomed freshly in the gardens which surrounded the residence of Count P___, who lived in the Castle with his wife and four children.
The wretched inhabitants of the adjoining village had long comforted themselves with the thought, that their friendly and wealthy neighbor, whose active benevolence they so often experienced, would long remain their liege lord. But a gradual change of matters took place at the Castle; several of the servants were dismissed, others taken into the establishment; the family gradually retired from public life; and at last they seemed purposely to shun the slightest occasion of intercourse with the world.
So striking an alteration in the situation and conduct of the family at the Castle could not fail to be made the subject of much conversation, particularly in the house of Samuel, who kept a small tavern in the village, where the wretched peasants would often barter their little harvest for ardent liquor, and seek to drown the miseries of a painful existence in intoxication and riot.
“Times will change again,” said Natango, an old man of three score and ten years, as he heard the wind howling overhead. “They will change,” he repeated, observing some of the party shaking their heads.
“Yes, yes,” replied another, “times will change when there is no longer an aching head amongst us. Many things change in their world; but few of them for the better.”
“Now, shame on you,” rejoined the old man, “for a chicken-hearted fellow!”
“In good truth,” exclaimed a third, “I know not who may in these times keep a good heart! Will you, my old friend, with all your talking, take staff in hand, and step where the road is broadest?”
“Why man,” replied Natango, “it will not come to that either!”
“Not come to that!” exclaimed the other, rising from his seat with the air of one who knows something which he does not choose to communicate. He added nothing more, but leant his back against the wall, and drawing a deep whiff of his pipe, threw out a volume of smoke from his lips, the ascent of which he endeavored to check by a violent motion with his hand.
Samuel was seated opposite the parties listening eagerly to the conversation which was going forward. For although he seemed to be taking little or no interest in the matter but sat with outstretched legs, his arms supported on his knees, and his head bent lazily down under his matted red locks, yet he ever and anon raised his pale countenance deeply marked with the small-pox, and fixed his little green ferret eyes on the speakers, with a keenness which bespoke more real interest at heart than he chose to profess.
“My last penny against your pipe, Michael,” cried a young lad, “but I know what you mean!”
“Do you?” replied the first, shrugging his shoulders. “You always hit the nail on the head!”
“For this time at least,” rejoined the other. “Did not I see you yesterday as you came down the hill so dejectedly, with a head full of abundant projects for distant voyages doubtless, which the ship then passing had suggested? You went along the side of the Castle-garden, and you found Olga seated near the wall, under the oak which the count’s grandfather planted. The poor old body did not at first return your greeting, for her eyes were covered with her apron, and she had not perceived your approach; but when you stopped, and again called, ‘Good evening, Olga! How are you? Why thus alone here?’ she only answered you with a nod, and lifted both her hands to heaven, as if she would have said, ‘God above only knows how I am.’”
“Well,” interrupted Michael impatiently; “and what more?”
“This more,” replied the other. “You sat down beside her; and, perhaps, your own heart felt as oppressed at that moment as hers.”
Here Michael drew a deep sigh, and allowed the clouds of smoke to obscure his sorrowful countenance.
“At first,” continued the other, “you did not speak, and Olga remained weeping in silence. At length you inquired gently, ‘Have you had any dispute with your mistress, Olga?’—‘Oh, heaven forbid, heaven forbid!’ answered she sobbing. ‘Seventeen years have I been in the Castle, and during all that time I never had an evil word from old or young! It is just on that account I weep,’ she added with a stifled voice.”
“And where have you been hidden,” interrupted Michael, peevishly, “that you overheard all this? Who set you to listen to us? Say, who told you?”
“My stars,” replied the youth, “it was only chance which led me there at the time! You remember it was about the gloaming, and surely there was nothing strange in my stopping, when I heard weeping and lamenting at such an hour, and looking about me to see what was the matter!”
“What was the matter?” repeated the first. “Nothing was the matter; and you might have spared yourself the trouble!”
“But something will be the matter,” added the youth, “and we will all live to see it. The count is about to leave this place,” he added with some vehemence; “that is the secret, and you can no longer conceal it; for though they are at trouble enough to hide it, it begins to peep out.”
“God forbid!” interrupted Samuel. “Leave the country! And what is to become of the Castle? Is it to be sold by public roup? Perhaps it is already bought by some one. Or do they give it up to their creditors?”
“Their creditors!” exclaimed Natango, clasping his emaciated hands together, “Good God, child, who are they who would dare to chase the worthy nobleman from his paternal inheritance?”
“Why,” replied Samuel, “when the most honest man that breathes is no longer able to pay his debts, he stands just in the same situation as the most dishonest; his character for honesty is forfeited in the eye of the law, which proceeds to deal with him accordingly. The creditors keep strictly to the law; and they have a right to do so.”
Natango shook his head, and shaded his white hairs from his eyes already filled with tears. “The more’s the pity that he who is only unfortunate should so often appear as if he was a cheat. Where is the man who is always able to do what he wishes or has the heart to do? I think we all know how difficult that is! But there are many creditors in the world who act better than Samuel thinks they have a right and ought to do, and who give that indulgence to an honest man which often enables him to weather his misfortunes. Well, well, time is passing onwards, and all may yet grow clearer again!”
“All are not so hopeful,” interrupted the young lad; “and there are few, indeed, who have such a sense of justice as to take the will for the deed. Among us country-people that may do sometimes, and a word spoken before witnesses may be as binding as a lawyer’s paper; but I have been in the army, and I have been quartered in towns, and I know everyone there cares only for himself, and trusts as little to another as he can.”
“Tell me, my good friend,” whispered Samuel, who by this time had edged near to Michael, “is the estate to be sold by public roup? Did you hear any talk of this in the town; and is the day fixed?”
“Curse on your tongue!” roared Michael. “If I hear such a word drop from your ugly—Sold by public roup! And are we, think you, all to go into the bargain? Is it so? No, it is not so! It cannot be!”
“No! No!” exclaimed several voices at once. “Are not the fields and gardens all flourishing as ever? And does not our lord, the count, look as calm and composed as ever, and not like one whose breast is oppressed by care as by a millstone? The count knows well where to steer his ship!”
“A prudent helmsman,” resumed Samuel, “never allows his brows to darken, or his eye to flinch, though he may see the vessel running right against the rock; he wears a good heart in his face at least, till all is lost, and neither prudence nor firmness can any longer conceal the worst. Why, I knew long ago,” added he, with a cunning look, “that it would come to this. The ground was loose—the building could not stand. Where there is no foundation, there is no stability.”
“No foundation!” exclaimed Michael angrily; “You fool, the ground about here affords the best foundation of any along the whole beach. That is not the reason.”
“You do not understand me,” said Samuel. “The father had got himself involved; the son succeeded to his estate; war, bad times, want of money—in short, if you can count your fingers you may be at little loss to reckon how matters must now stand up yonder.”
These last words had been addressed to deaf ears. All sat silent and sore grieved at heart for a few minutes, and then slipped out one after another from the tavern. They felt themselves overshadowed by the same black cloud which seemed to darken the count’s fortunes, and many an anxious interrogatory was addressed to Michael, who had not chosen to speak his mind freely before the cunning old man, and now bitterly upbraided the youth for the imprudent exposure he had made of the count’s situation.
However, most persuaded themselves that all would yet be as they wished it, and others consoled themselves with the hope that the dreaded moment was yet far distant. Only Michael and Natango continued to cast anxious looks on the blooming gardens and glittering windows of the Castle. They saw the vines winding richly around their props, and the rose-bushes glittering with fragrancy, but they both felt that all was not right and as they could have wished it.
“It is impossible,” said the old man, still lingering at the gate of the garden, and casting a melancholy look on the countess and her children, who passed near to him among the bushes. “It is impossible! They cannot intend to leave all this!”
“They must—I say they must,” replied Michael, shaking his head, and f moving off to another road.
Natango felt the painfulness of that little word must. He leant against a willow, and revolved in his mind all the vicissitudes he had experienced himself, and his country’s history had exhibited since the Seven Years’ War.
At the period of the count’s birth, Natango was a servant in the Castle, and had been sent in great haste with a sledge for the physician who resided in the neighboring village. He remembered freshly the bustle and anxiety of that night, and the joy which the appearance of a son and heir occasioned in the parents’ hearts. The young count went abroad in early life, but remained the only child of his father, and his return was anxiously prayed for by the tenantry, who found it difficult to deal with the old count now in his dotage. Before his return, however, the war had broken out, and its events brought with them serious injury to his paternal inheritance. At its close, the count, who served in the army, hastened home, and by his industry and good management soon restored his fortunes; at least, he was never heard to complain, and every one believed him happy and contented.
These and a crowd of associated recollections now passed like a dream through the mind of the old domestic. “And shall all this,” he cried, “be forgotten as if it had never been?”
At this moment, the youngest child of the count, a boy of about nine years of age, darted past Natango, like an arrow, upon his little Lithuanian pony. He wore the dress of a Cossack; his little cap with its long calpack descended on one side over his luxuriant locks; in his hand he couched, as if for the attack, a light lance of elder-wood, fashioned by his own ingenuity; and with a loud hurrah he charged upon his elder brother, who appeared descending the hill with a letter in his hand, with which he hastened towards his parents, now at a little distance.
Natango knew not what passed betwixt the count and countess, for they spoke in a foreign language; but he saw the countess frequently cast her looks pensively on the ground, and it seemed to him as if she was endeavoring to soothe the agitated feelings of her husband. A lovely little girl held the skirts of her father’s coat, and sought to engage his attention by her innocent prattle; and at a little distance the eldest daughter, Louisa, walked dejectedly with her beautiful eyes filled with tears, as she ever and anon raised them from the ground, and looked up to the trees and battlements of the Castle.
The count took the letter, and hastily breaking the seal, exclaimed with emotion, “After tomorrow then!” and stepped aside into an adjoining alley to conceal his feelings. The countess anxiously repeated the words, “After tomorrow then!” and she then severally embraced her children, who came pressing around her.
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Caroline, Baroness de la Motte Fouque’: “The Castle of Scharfenstein” – Epilogue
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Excerpt, “GERMAN STORIES:Selected From the Works of Hoffmann, De La Motte Fouque’, Pichler, Kruse, and Others.”By R.P. Gillies, Esq. in three Volumes.Vol. I.London:1826.
THE CASTLE OF SCHARFENSTEIN
From Felix to Julius
I hasten to prepare you by the first possible opportunity, for an event of which the rumours will soon be afloat, both in town and country, and which will, of course, cause very material changes. Julius, the reigning Duke’s crimes are now frightfully avenged on his own head. I reflect with horror on that web of evil, which he has himself twined so industriously, and which, in the end, is only to supply the means of his own destruction. But you must now judge for yourself.
About eight days ago, the Duke, who since that attack of illness after the masquerade ball, has been always rather in bad health, was sitting in the dusk of the evening, in a small cabinet, at the end of a long suite of apartments. His temper is so variable, that those around him never know what he would like or dislike. Consequently, no one would venture to bring him lighted candles, unless he had rung for that purpose. So that, as chance would have it, the Duke having fallen asleep had forgotten the hour, and all his usual arrangements.
Meanwhile there came into the palace court an old grey-headed man, who ran hastily up the back staircase, and gave the pass-word and signal in such manner, that, in the dark, the guards never discovered that he was a stranger. So that the private door was directly opened, and he went forward to the chamber of our drowsy sovereign. The Duke was instantly roused by the noise his unexpected visitor made on entering the room, started up all in a tremor, and called aloud in a voice of the utmost anxiety and consternation, “Has he escaped? Has he come hither?”
Now the old man being by this time as much affrighted as the Duke, began also to vociferate, till at last, both standing opposite to each other, broke out into a fit of mad laughter. Which, at the same time being accompanied by all the symptoms of deadly fear, inspired the listeners with horror; and the nearest attendants, on looking in, perceived that their visages were abdominably writhen and contracted.
The groom of the chambers had indeed watched the whole transaction from the next room, and was so much agitated that he ran away for the physician, who came immediately, and tried every means in his power to bring the unhappy men to their senses. But it was impossible to make them listen to any third party. The same paroxysms of terror and utter madness were renewed, tall at last they were quite exhausted, and fell into a sleep or stupor so still, that it was like that of death.
As for the mysterious old man who caused all this disturbance, Leonardo the physician recognized in him at once the castellan of Scharfenstein, and being well aware of the circumstances there, he concluded that some fatal blow had been struck against the Duke from that quarter. At the same time, he endeavored to guard against any more outbreakings of such alarming madness. He therefore made the castellan be removed to another room, in hopes that such paroxysms would not recur, unless brought on by some outwardly exciting cause.
But though thus separated, no sooner had the Duke and the old man awoke from their unnatural slumber, than their eyes began to roll, and they seemed anxiously to look for each other. They continued under the influence of raging delirium, till they were again brought together, after which the same mad grimaces and laughter were renewed as before.
Since then their condition has remained equally perplexing and disastrous — notwithstanding all that the physicians have tried against it; so that with deep sorrow they were at last obliged to inform the Duchess that her son was incurably insane. She now sees the kingdom deserted, without any ruler, and yet begs that the ministers will, for some time at least, suspend their choice of a regent.
Meanwhile, the people begin to murmur, rather formidably, that Prince Charles is neither mad nor guilty. Even here, one may trace that inward born apprehension, that anticipation of truth, which, though it can be suppressed for a time, is yet a principle inherent in the human mind. Though they dare not speak freely, yet no one doubts in his heart that the Duke’s malady is an awful judgment against him, for the sufferings that he inflicted on his brother; and it is certain that a ministerial deputation will immediately be sent to Scharfenstein. It may be well, therefore, that you prepare the Prince for this visit, and assure him that the people have placed all their hopes on him.
Julius, dare any one in this world ever decide that he stands at the goal of his allotted course? Everywhere, and at all times, man but gropes in the dark; even when, by self-denial, and the renunciation of hopes which had been fondly cherished, he thinks that he must infallibly secure peace, he is disappointed — there are duties yet to be fulfilled betwixt him and the grave. But I shall not detain the courier for the sake of moralizing!
There remains but little to be added to the preceding letters, but that little dissolves every cloud, and for the rest, all is sunshine. As Felix had anticipated, the Prince found that the voice of Providence called him to the throne; and though the busy world, with all its goings on, was now more than ever disagreeable to him, he did not hesitate to obey the summons. The scene was, indeed, moving, when the old Duchess welcomed at court her son, who had been so long an exile, while the Prince’s dignified figure and quiet demeanor announced to every feeling heart how he had striven against his own passion, and conquered.
As to the Countess Julia, some time elapsed before she could be persuaded to leave her retirement. The veil that Providence had drawn betwixt her and the outward world, was, in her estimation, a token that she should ought never to change her mode of life. But wonderful and inscrutable are the mysteries of the connection between mind and bodily frame, acting and re-acting on each other!
In her excessive grief, her eyes became dim, till, for a time, their sense was wholly lost; but it was found that this evil was not irremediable. Once more she had regained some perception of the daylight. An English physician, who then passed through the capital, was employed, and completed her recovery. It is needless to add, that she remained the only female friend and confidante of the reigning Duke Charles, who, from the mere consciousness of her being near to him, drew inspirations of courage, energy and perseverance in all his undertakings.
As for Julius, he was, in every respect, happy and fortunate. Distinguished for his admirable conduct, both in private life and as a soldier on the battlefield, it came to pass in after years, when his beloved parents were united in death, when also the former Duke rested under a magnificent monument, and the sovereign power merged into another principality, Julius was appointed prime minister, and continued to behave with such spirit and propriety that he was respected even as much as if he had himself been on the throne.
Caroline de la Motte-Fouque’
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Caroline, Baroness de la Motte Fouque’: “The Castle of Scharfenstein” 5b of 6
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Chapter V, Part 2 of 2
Just before my departure for England
arewell, farewell, my beloved native land!
You cast me from you, cruelly, it is true. Disguised, and like an abandoned criminal in the darkness of the night, I must quit the walls of this town. No one here will regret my departure, and all will soon forget the poor guilty Julia, as if she had never been.
Guilty, indeed, I am; therefore, oh heart! be steady and unshrinking in thy penance; and Heaven will prove a just and merciful judge. That happiness which, in my levity and presumption, I wished to possess against the will of Providence, has been wholly taken from me. Be it so then; let my resignation, if possible, prove an atonement, and may I be guided henceforth by the pure influence of the Christian faith — by self-denial — voluntary suffering, and submission of spirit.
But my dearest Charles! I hear that they have invented wicked falsehoods to delude you! Truly, you cannot be reproached for believing them, for Heaven alone knows by what snares your life has been environed. I weep only because you cannot weep — because you cherish anger even against your faithful Julia, instead of compassion and forgiveness. If these words could only reach your ears, the truth would be felt in your inmost heart.
Alas, Charles! we shall now look anxiously forward to a far different journey from that which we had planned to India. Our wanderings are like those of the pilgrims, of whom it is said, that they advance two steps, and lose one, on their way to the Holy Land. But let us not be wearied or despondent, though the way be long, for at one time or another we must come to our journey’s end.
Farewell! Farewell!
Here, Felix, there occur some lines half obliterated, on which I cannot venture; for the tears of heart-felt affliction have imprinted on them the sacred seal of mystery. How could we sport as we have so often done with this life, which, if the curtain be drawn from its concealed truths, is so frightfully tragic? I am, in truth, so disturbed and agitated, that it seems as if I could never more obtain even one hour of rest. What then, is our whole existence in this world, but a ceaseless conflict and alternation of crime and repentance?
Once more my feelings are completely changed; the balm of divine peace and consolation has been poured out profoundly on our heads; but, to understand me, you must hear all that passed last night, though I almost dread to set it on paper, as if it could not be real, and the spell might be broken!
It was late in the evening, when I was summoned to the Prince. I found him no longer confined to his bed, but resting on the sofa, just as he had appeared at our first interview. He seemed, with anxious inquiry, to read on my features the emotion that had been produced by the perusal of the manuscripts.
“Julius,” said he, “It is now my duty to give you an explanation of much which you cannot yet have even guessed; therefore, take your place, and listen quietly to what I have to say.”
The Prince then roused himself from the reclining posture in which I found him, and, with the fire of youth in his eyes, he leant forward and addressed me.
“Even though we should deny the personal existence of malignant demons in the world, yet we cannot doubt the influence of that one omnipotent spirit of evil, who tempts us into crimes — renders the ground, as it were, hollow beneath our feet, and, depriving us of reason and recollection, forces us into the gulf thus prepared for our destruction.
“What, then, would become of us, if it were not for the assistance of Divine Providence, by which our very enemies are sometimes turned into agents for our rescue? My heart was always too warm and too susceptible — the restraints that I laid on myself were feeble and easily broken through, — and alas! that barrier being removed, I did not fall myself alone, but forced along with me an amiable and angelic being into misery.
“Julia’s affection, indeed, was of such a character, that it ought to have shielded me against all the poisonous calumny of the world. But the belief in another’s innocence — such is our deprived nature — is an impression very easily disturbed. Could you have supposed that Julia’s devotion to me, and the unshrinking confidence with which she had received my addresses, formed the means by which our infernal adversary led me on to discontent and suspicion?
“It would have been long, indeed, before the Duke, with all his agents, could have brought me to this. Gabrielle had been constantly endeavouring to fan the fires of jealousy into flame, but in vain. My mother, too, deceived and misled by every one, accused Julia of blamable levity; for she thought, that before my arrival, the innocent girl, if she had not encouraged, yet, in consequence, perhaps of her timidity and inexperience, had submitted to receive attentions from the Duke, even that an understanding and mutual confidence still subsisted betwixt them.
“At last, my brother ventured one day, in a strain of bitter irony, to laugh at my romantic passion. He heaped insult upon insult, till at last he boasted, though with an air of contempt and indifference, that Julia had granted him many private interviews. I had never, in my life, been subject to anger; therefore was by no means on my guard against an attack of this passion. I knew not how its raging waves collect unobserved, till at once they break over our heads, and now, therefore, I fell an unresisting victim.
“Quite frantic with rage, forgetting all considerations, so that I thought not of revenge, but only of destruction to myself and all others, I rushed sword in hand against my brother. He parried my attack with a wave of his arm. He stood quietly and scornfully, and his looks of just reproach moved me in such manner that a complete revolution took place in my mind, and I threw myself at his feet.
“For a long while, indeed, I knew not what I did, nor what passed around me; and, on recovering my senses, I found myself in a chamber, of which the door was locked. Even then, I scarcely knew what had happened, nor could form any distinct thoughts or wishes. But late in the night I heard, under the floor, the noise of a carriage driving into the castle court. Soon afterwards, an officer, rather advanced in years, whom I had till now never seen, entered my room. He showed me the Duke’s written command, that I should go with him to Scharfenstein — to which I made not the slightest objection, for, in my despair, all circumstances were to me become indifferent.
“On my arrival here, I fell into a kind of melancholy stupefaction, that blunted my senses almost against every impression. The crime into which my ungovernable rage had betrayed me made me feel a kind of contempt even for all mankind. Above all, however, I detested myself, and that Julia whom I had so fondly loved. Even these impulses were feeble and imperfect. At that period I could scarcely be said to live. I had only faint glimmerings of thought, and these I wished to avoid rather than encourage. Years passed away in this mood, to which another succeeded that was far more insupportable.
“This was the consciousness of reviving strength, and the decrease of my dark melancholy, followed by intense paroxysms of hatred and revenge. I thought of wreaking vengeance on Julia, and escaping from the horrid bondage in which I now suffered. At length nature seemed to give way under this struggle, and I became very ill, of which news probably were sent to the capital, for the Duke’s physicians came to visit me. I had a great distrust of his remedies, and steadfastly refused to follow his prescriptions. The fear of poison was then never absent from my mind, and the love of life increased, as the hope, by degrees awoke, that my situation might yet be completely changed.
“In one respect, the change indeed came. I recovered, and, with returning health, came back the energies of my mind, and I acquired a victory over those passions by which I had been tormented. With regard to my own conduct at the last meeting with my brother, I reflected on it with deep humiliation, for I was more than ever conscious that I had been in the wrong. As to Julia, my emotions were now more of sorrow than of anger; yet, on this point, I was forced to acknowledge myself still as a mere ordinary mortal. When I thought of her, I could not be tranquil, and therefore sought repose by endeavouring, however, vainly, to avoid the recollection of her altogether.
“Yet, as if even this might not be, the parrot was then brought hither. I knew not from whence he came, but accepted the bird willingly as an amusement in my solitude. No sooner was he seated in his ring, that he screamed aloud, “Pardon — oh pardon!’ and ‘Farewell — farewell!” These words came from her, said I; but, alas! at that time I was far from giving to them a proper interpretation. I thought they were the expressions of a guilty, faithless woman, while it was she who had been injured, and who thus nobly forgave me!
“And yet, strange to tell, the tones moved me almost as much as if I had indeed heard her own voice; for Julius, there is a universal presence in recollection. I felt it in every whispering of the air through the window. Now and then I thought of my flute, on which, in better days, I had so often played in Julia’s presence. I longed for it, and requested that it might be brought to me, which was agreed to; and, with the flute was sent almost every thing that had been left in my cabinet in town — so that I found myself established here as if I had been at home. At last came my favourite dog. I could not help bursting into tears; when, recognizing me, he barked aloud for joy — put up his paws on my shoulders, and laid his head on my bosom.
“So unconquerable,” said I, “are the impressions of attachment, even in irrational creatures, — it is principle that God has implanted in all beings — but for the human race alone, it is reserved to be faithless.” At that moment, it seemed as if the voice of some invisible monitor said to me, “Love may be injured, but it is an amaranthine flower; it is immortal; preserve it, then, like a sacred relic in thy soul, and it will be restored to its first perfection in Heaven!”
“Henceforth, not only could I bear to think steadfastly of Julia, but her image constantly hovered around me, like a glorified visitant from the habilitations of the blest. Her faults and errors belonged only to this earth; but the Julia whom I loved was mine for eternity. These thoughts, for the future, were to me like the rainbow’s arch of forgiveness, hope and promise, succeeding a dark tempest in the sky. I have been better both in mind and frame; have been little disturbed by temporal cares, and my affections were indeed fixed on another world.
“But then, Julius, you made your appearance. The general whose name you mentioned as your father was Julia’s guardian. This circumstance, and even the sound of your name, of course, broke in greatly upon my repose — for a thousand questions occurred to me, which I would have wished to ask. But fearful that the truth would not bear investigation, I timidly repressed them all. It was the will of Providence, however, that, by your means, the veil of mystery should one day be withdrawn; and now I may ask of you, do you know, or can you guess whether the unhappy Julia yet lives? Or – but I cannot help faltering when I speak of this — how her heart was reconciled to her sad destiny and mine? Conceal nothing, my dear friend, however agonizing the truth may be. I can bear it better than suspense.”
I was on the point of making the Prince acquainted with my own dim recollections — of the letters which my mother used to receive, from an unfortunate sister resident in England, and all the rest, which has been already described to you. When the physician, who had not been here for several days, made his appearance. There was somewhat reserved in his looks and demeanor, which immediately struck me; and he in his turn was visibly surprised by the improved looks of the Prince. “What miracle has wrought this change?” said he. “I find his Highness’ pulse beating like that of a healthy young man, and there is not the slightest symptom of fever. “
“It will be well,” said the Prince, “when you have thus restored me to the strength of youth, if you can protect me also from its mental delusions and disquietude.” The physician, after some other questions, finding that his advice was no longer required here, rose to take his leave, and seeming in great haste, refused the Prince’s invitation to remain all night, as his business called him hence. He had been appointed by a lady, who was now very ill, for a visit at that hour, and he could not keep her waiting any longer. “You are perhaps going farther by the same road,” said the Prince, “and may return by our castle?”
“Your Highness will excuse me,” said the physician, “my visit thus far was to you alone, but why should I conceal that there is a patient whom I am now to see on my homeward route whose recovery altogether depended on that of your Highness.”
“You speak in riddles,” said the Prince.
“In short,” replied the physician. “there resides in this neighbourhood a very beautiful, though blind lady, who lives, as she says, altogether by the notes of your flute, which fall cheeringly as that sunlight which she can never more behold, into the darkness of her world, and change her wearisome night into bright morning.”
At these words the Prince turned pale, and looked anxiously at the doctor.
“In direct terms,” added the latter, “I must explain to your Highness, this unfortunate lady says that all the pleasantest remembrances of her youth are awoke by your music — that these form now the only solace that she has left to support existence. That in listening to you she beholds every scene or image, once more in the most vivid hues, as if all had been restored. But now, since the flute has been for several nights neglected, she has fallen into a state which one might well call a living death. All this was revealed to me by an old nurse who attends her, and who begged me to say whether the beloved music would be heard again, or was indeed silent forever?
“I now hasten to her with the information, that since your Highness is quite recovered, your evening amusements will doubtless be resumed.”
“Who is the lady?” said the Prince in a faltering voice.
“She is an English emigree,” said the physician, “who came many years ago to reside in this forest, having purchased an old ruinous castle, of which she has since been a constant inmate. It is said that early affliction and constant weeping deprived her thus untimely of her sight.”
“It is she — it is Julia!” cried the Prince, bursting into tears, and throwing himself into my arms.
“For Heaven’s sake,” said I to the physician, “let me go with you on your visit! A thousand cherished recollections crowd upon my mind, and hopes that may yet be realized. I must see the lady.”
“You can see her indeed, without leaving this room,” said the physician, leading me to the window. “Mark yonder in the moonlight. Her form is distinguishable on the wild rocky cliff, where she never fails to watch at this hour, in hopes that the music will be heard once more — and bring back youth and sunlight to her imagination.”
The Prince had now opened the lattice. He knelt down with the flute in his hands, and tried to wake its wonted notes, but could not — sobbed aloud — bent down his head for some moments in silent prayer. Then, as if supernaturally tranquilized, resumed the instrument, and without once faltering, poured forth such an exquisite stream of sorrowful modulation, that the effect was unearthly. It was like the voice of a beneficent spirit, lamenting over the misfortunes and errors of mankind.
I could not remain any longer within the doors. I ran down stairs and across the court. The draw bridge fell at my signal. I rushed forth, and never halted in my breathless course till I had reached the summit of the rock and stood beside her. I cannot describe what follows; the impressions of all that passed are remembered like those of a dream. The first words that she uttered, proved to me that my hopes have been well-founded. She fell fainting into my arms and, scarcely aware of what I did, but acting by mere impulse, I bore her down the cliff. I know not how the distance was got over; but I never relaxed in my efforts, nor awoke to self-possession and consciousness, till I had brought her into the Prince’s apartments.
Felix, what a moment was that when they met again, though they could not mutually behold each other!
“It is morning,” said the Countess, when she first recovered from her swoon, and breathed once more on the bosom of her beloved.
The clear light of day has indeed broken out around us — and as you, Felix, may doubtless have anticipated, it is proved that I am the offspring of this ill-fated and yet now happy marriage. Oh dearest mother, how sincerely my heart now feels your affection, and how grateful I am for the counsels that you afforded me! No longer am I at any loss to explain the mysterious voice that of yore spoke to me in solitude, or the unconquerable yearnings of my spirit, even in childhood, after that rank in life, and that domestic happiness of which it seemed that I was debarred forever.
How deeply moving was her appearance now! Her head from long habit declined in melancholy — her dark eyes shrouded by their impenetrable veil! The Prince looked at her with emotion to which no words could give adequate utterance. “Oh, my beloved Julia,” said he. “How much has my attachment cost you? Those beautiful eloquent eyes?” With those words, he kissed them gently.
“My dearest Charles,” answered she. “Heaven has yet allowed us to retain all the freshness of our youthful feelings. Though I have spent many years in darkness, and you have been shut up within prison walls. The malignant influence of the world has not destroyed those emotions, and I was almost happy, when I knew that you were so near to me and could reckon you still mine.”
“You should be informed, Felix, that at the period when she appeared to me as a traveling dealer in Nüremberg toys, she had just then ventured back to her native country, and saw me for the first time since the month of my birth. “So then” said she to herself, “I have a son, and he is a stranger among strangers. Who knows whether he will ever find his way back to his father’s capital — and to his proper sphere in life?” Soon afterwards, she entrusted me to her old friend Madame Nägelin, who had accompanied her to England, and who brought me to my mother’s guardian. He was at that time traveling with his wife, being sent as a diplomatist to a distance country, where he remained for several years. The Count received me very willingly, and after his return, I passed, without exciting any suspicion, for his own son.
So, then, Felix — such are the intricate ways of Providence. I have been here appointed as my father’s watcher. I have been to him at last like a peace messenger from Heaven, inspiring him with new hope. Indeed, with a tranquility and confidence. Who can measure or appreciate the deep inscrutable plans of Supreme Power?
You will ask me, perhaps, what is to happen farther; but I have nothing more to relate. We are all of us at peace, and contented with our lot. The Prince is a state prisoner, and the Countess Julia remains, or seems to remain, a female hermit as before. It is requisite to keep up appearances, and no other course was under existing circumstances at our command. Yet, in those two hearts, how deep and placid is now the feeling of boundless unanimity and confidence! To them, henceforth, what is all the world, with its anxieties, tumults and intrigues? They know not even that it exists.
Felix, it is needless to attempt a delineation in words of that which is quite indescribable. But I would wish to feel as much of all this, as it is possible for a looker-on to feel by sympathy.
However, that the sky might not remain at present altogether free from clouds, the crafty castellan has contrived to make his escape from Scharfenstein. Whither has he directed his flight? What new misfortune will he contrive to raise up against us? It cannot, however, be quite overpowering, and, whatever may happen, I am prepared and resolute. At the worst, I shall betake myself as a dernier resort to the old Duchess, in whose presence possibly the whole truth may be brought to light.
Perhaps I alone must do penance for the short interval of cheerfulness which I was the means of affording to these two sufferers. But I must confess, my feelings as to present and actual experiences have been such, that, for some time past, I have had little room left in my mind for speculations on the future.
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Recollections of the Julia de__
20th December, 17_
h, Heaven! The days of peace, joy, and delightful illusions are now past!Aye, this is indeed that love, of which the mere reflection, as it is described in romances and poems, has so often agitated my heart.And how fearful is this reality!Amid the dreadful conflict of feelings by which I am assailed, I know not whither to turn for support and consolation.If I dared speak to the Duchess!But no – that is impossible – she is far too elevated in rank to be made a confidante, and the Countess is unfortunately very ill.Either of them might assist me; but as to Madame Nägelin, though good and kind-hearted, yet, in the affairs of this world, she is helpless as a child.
That unfortunate hunting party at Scharfenstein!
From the very onset, I was afraid of its consequences; and yet, the day was so beautiful, our drive thither, and our amusements there so inviting! Alas! Why must joy and sorrow so often travel together? By how many people in the town must our brilliant appearance have been envied! Every window was crowded with admiring spectators, all watching our grand sledges, our fine prancing and richly caparisoned horses, hung with bells, which sounded so delightfully in the still morning air.
And, as to myself, did I not forget all the past, and every thing else in the world, so totally was I engrossed by this new pleasure? Did not my heart heave with rapture, when I flew, swift as an arrow, along the smooth glittering road, and the Prince sitting behind me, guided our course so adroitly and securely. The town soon lay far behind us, and we came always deeper and deeper into the dark regions of the pine forests, where, how strange was the contrast presented by the silent loneliness of all nature and the lively ringing of our horses’ accoutrements!
What I then heard or said, truly I could not repeat; the time passed away like a fairy dream. Only, I well remember that when we were mounting the steep ascent to Scharfenstein, the Duke, who was driving his mother also in a sledge, came up with us, and shouted wildly that we might keep out of his way. Then, for the first time, my dream was broken, and my heart was again awoke to fearful and gloomy apprehensions.
The party assembled in the castle at a sumptuous dejeune a la fourchette. Here, it happened that the Duchess was forcibly reminded of the pleasant days that she had spent in early life with her late husband at Scharfenstein. She pointed out his portrait and her own, and then asked the Duke whether he had no thoughts of ever bringing home a princess to share in his prosperity?
His dark brows immediately contracted, and he threw back his head with an air of disdain. “Where is there any woman,” said he, “by whom this heart could be understood? As well might you expect to use the fires of Hecla in the narrow chamber of a cottage, as to confine me with the trammels of domestic life!”
His mother looked at him mournfully, and meanwhile the young prince’s eyes were anxiously searching for mine. I answered him kindly in the same manner; and though I could have controlled my words, yet my looks unavoidably betrayed that I was glad to cling to him as a friend. The Duke’s expression was indeed so strange and ill-timed, that the whole party seemed perplexed, and lost in my mysterious apprehensions.
Soon after this, however, the bugle-horns were heard from the castle court, and the hunt was immediately to begin. Our breakfast party dispersed, in a short time we reassembled at the outward gate, where the Duchess and all the other ladies mounted courageously on horseback. At that time Prince Charles came to me and said in a low voice, “Will Julia, then, fulfill the promise which her looks already made to her too happy lover?” Heaven forgive me, I spoke sincerely and answered him “Yes.”
But how fearful are the consequences that this word may bring on him and on me! In a few minutes afterwards, the Duke came up at a hard trot, forced himself betwixt us, — took hold of my horse’s bridle, and forced me to ride away with him into a wild thicket. There he broke out into such passionate vehemence of language, accompanied with such tones and gestures, that I might have fallen senseless at my tormentor’s feet, had it not been that the whole party came right after us, and the sport then properly began.
I cannot tell what happened through the rest of the day. It was not till late in the evening that I recollected myself, when I was seated in a carriage with the Duchess; and I knew that a wearisome life of suffering and conflict was before me. Oh happy days of youth and hope — how soon your illusions have passed away — and an inward voice almost warns me that it is forever!
30th February, 17__ (in the following year)
When I now read over the preceding pages, it seems as if many years had elapsed since I wrote them. What bitter tears have fallen to efface their traces! That Julia who wrote them is no longer the same. Her once childish and smiling countenance is become gloomy and pale; her tearful eyes look dimly on the glimmering twilight of the past. Tormented both by her own emotions and the passions of others, she is an unhappy being; held constantly in suspense between the respectful homage of an ardent lover, and the persecution of insolent tyranny. Which of these two is indeed to prevail, and how can all this end?
Under a mask of icy coldness, the Duke’s whole existence labours under the frenzy of passion which threatens every moment to break out. As for his mother’s conduct, it is guided alternately by compassionate sympathy, and the mere pompous formality of high rank. She has sent me warning messages by the Countess, and has threatened me with being deposed and exiled from court. In return, as far was I from expressing my regret on that account, that I only begged permission to go for a few months into voluntary retirement.
My request would be taken into consideration was the answer, for she cannot venture to provoke the Duke by any decisive measures. Even this woman, firm and exalted as she seems, trembles in the presence of her eldest son. How or where, then, shall a poor helpless girl, such as I am, hope to be secure against his anger? As for thee, my only beloved Charles, least of all must thou know the cause of my terror; and Heaven grant that no apprehension of the truth may find its way to thy mind!
1st May 17__
How have I strength to carry through that which I deemed utterly impossible? Am I awake, or has it not all been but a dream? If I can believe my senses, we were privately betrothed in the church of St. Mary. The good Madame Nägelin was a witness to the ceremony, and in few days we are to set sail for India. In his arms, after this long interval of doubts and fears, I shall greet a new world. I shall behold him ever with me, and no human power shall…
2d May
Shall part us, I would have written; but I was interrupted by a summons to attend the Duchess. I found her in tears, and she could hardly tranquilize herself so as to speak with me. “Julia,” said she at last, “It is you alone who can restore to me my lost peace of mind. You have indeed been the cause of discord in the family of your benefactress — but I well know that this is not the result of any design on your part. You have been misled by the too great susceptibility of your own heart, which is yet young and inexperienced. But it is your duty to recall it from wandering.
“Promise me to exert your utmost skill and ingenuity in order that Prince Charles may get the better of his present mad passion. For, believe me, Julia, the feelings by which he is actuated are not justifiable. It is but a base and selfish attachment that can thus contend against the dictates of reason; for he knows well that his rank forbids him to marry the daughter of a subject. If he really loved you, he would fly from your presence.
“Therefore, my dear child, you must prove that you are too pure and too proud to encourage in him these dishonourable and unworthy purposes. I placed the utmost confidence in your virtue, and I now beseech you, let me not be disappointed. Say, Julia, shall the Duchess have thrown herself on your generosity and implored you in vain?”
I now fell at her feet, and clung to her garments. I was on the point of disclosing to her the whole truth, but a single thought of the consequences that this might bring on Charles, closed my lips and my heart. I wept, without making any answer, kissed her hand, and retired from her presence like a condemned sinner.
Incapable of telling a direct falsehood, I have yet deceived her, for, by her looks I read plainly that she considered my excessive affliction as a proof that I had determined for the future to avoid those errors which had thus rendered both her and myself so unhappy. Such, alas! are the evils — the curse, I may say – which follows duplicity and concealment. One act of necessity leads to another.
What I have experienced and suffered today no language could even faintly express. Oh merciful Heaven! How has this fate come at once like a thunder-cloud over us! Prince Charles has been arrested by order of the Duke, and dragged away from the capital.
Lately an obscure rumour spread that the former had, under the influence of a temporary fit of madness, drawn his sword again his brother. Alas! poor unsuspecting Charles! Couldst thou but have known that the wicked Duke has, for a long time, had no object nearer to his heart than that of accomplishing thy destruction!
Those who wish to bring about a reconciliation between the brothers, say that Charles is mad, and is only to be pitied for what he has done. All this I have learned from Madame Nägelin, who is the only one with whom I now can speak in confidence, and who goes out from time to time to bring me intelligence. Madness, indeed!
Alas, how deep and acute feelings, — how the noblest attributes of the human heart are misunderstood and calumniated in this world! — But the world adds more in the present instance. People insist that a wildness and inconsistency have for a long time been visible in his demeanour. My beloved Charles! They have discovered that thou art insane, because thou art not like others, cold-hearted, insensible, and a hypocrite! But why should their words disturb him or me? Could he but regain his liberty, and were I but once more in his presence all might yet be well!
Madame Nägelin has again gone to visit one of her acquaintance, and till she returns I feel so terrified that I cannot for a moment compose myself. I sit here as if in prison, like a proscribed and condemned criminal. No one comes to inquire for me; the chambers of the Duchess are closed against me, and my guardian has been for some time absent on diplomatic business. How shall I support this unexampled suspense and misery?
Oh, Heaven! That was, indeed, too much!
The Duke here in my apartments! How could he bear to look at me, or I at him? Before I had time to reflect, unexpectedly, and sudden as fate, he stood before me. “Julia,” said he, “my visit is, no doubt, as unwelcome as it is unceremonious, and, perhaps, you have already cursed me in your heart?”
I was so terrified that I could not express my indignation. I trembled in every limb, and even held up my hands imploringly, but could not speak.
“Unhappy girl,” said he. “Your presence has at length rendered us all miserable. Our domestic peace is undermined and ruined. But do not think worse of me than I deserve. I can yet forgive, if you will prove that you repent of what you have done.”
I turned from him with a kind of horror.
“Reflect,” added he, after a little time. “Reflect, that Charles must, from henceforth, be dead to this world. You are unavoidably and forever separated from him. The court — your family — even people of middling rank will look on you with distrust and aversion. Wither, now, can you turn for refuge?”
“Banish us both then!” cried I, throwing myself at his feet. “Grant us but the favour that we may leave this country, and never more hold any intercourse with its inhabitants!”
The Duke laughed scornfully. “So, then,” said he, “the melancholy brain-sick fool has infected you with his own absurd fancies, and their influence has become thus deeply rooted in your heart? Go – go!” added he scornfully, quitting my hand, which he had taken to raise me up. “You are too childish to love, or to be loved by any man. It is only good for nothing fantastic coxcombs that you can encourage.”
Wounded to the heart by such expressions in contempt of my betrothed husband, I felt, at that moment, not only the conscious rectitude of Charles, but was even inspired with a share of his pride. The Duke had, indeed, said every thing that was possible, in order to degrade himself in my estimation. He had just now uttered a more insulting falsehood, and it seemed to me as if my whole frame were clad in iron armour.
I despised him too much to care for his menaces. He was already at the door on his retreat, and I covered my face with both hands, that I might now see him; when, suddenly, he turned back, and ran to me with great impetuosity.
“Julia,” cried he, “without my aid, you are utterly lost. Do not deceive and betray yourself … for if you had but the courage to be happy, and would follow good counsel, all might yet be retrieved.”
I shuddered at these words. I was unwilling to allow my thoughts to dwell on his meaning, which was but too evident. In this contention I was quite confused, and know not what I answered. I heard, for a while, the Duke’s vehement thundering voice. It tormented me, though I did not attend to the sense of what he uttered. But, at length, all was silent; he had taken his departure, and I was left quite alone.
Yet, no! I should not have said this! Heavenly Father, thou are with me still, and also with Charles. Oh! May thy merciful support and guidance never forsake us!
Madame Nägelin is arrived, and has come without news, for Martin, the Prince’s valet, was not to be found. In a short time, however, my guardian is to return home. I depend much on his counsel. What will his decision be? What can I do now?
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From the Diary of the Countess Julia de____,
After her entrance into public Life.
Thursday Evening, 10th Sept. 17__
That I am now actually here in the great capital, and thirty leagues from home, appears to me still like a dream. I had said to myself a hundred times on the way, that I should of course find a scene and mode of life the most different possible from all to which I had been accustomed at my aunt’s castle. But of what consequence was all that self-preparation? The ideas that I had formed were in reality nothing, though the good Madame Nägelin did what she could to assist my imagination.
She talked to me of streets, squares, theatres, casinos, arsenals, churches, crowds of people, noise, and confusion; yet, notwithstanding the picture she had drawn, I was quite confounded when we drove across the large illuminated Place de Parade down to my guardian’s house. Already on the high road from the last post-station, I could sometimes scarcely refrain from bursting into tears, all that we met with was so new, and I felt myself so much like a stranger, — like an intruder, in the world.
We met at every turn so many finely-dressed horsemen, so many grand equipages, and every one — even to the foot-passengers, stared so boldly into our carriage! Perhaps all the people could read in my pale and bewildered countenance what passed in my mind, for I saw that many of them laughed ironically, which doubled my confusion.
At the town-gate one of the Duke’s equipages passed by us on the way to the palace, which we saw at some distance. Our postillion directed our attention to this, — pointing to the carriage. “Her Highness the Duchess dowager,” said he; and I must confess that at this moment I felt a kind of triumph in the thought, that, in future, I, too, should be driven about in such an equipage. I was half-impelled to say to our talkative postillion that I was a demoiselle d’honneur at court, but conquered the propensity.
If such thoughts were blamable, it was not long ere I underwent the proper penance of a terrible embarrassment. I had leaned too far out of our carriage to look after the Duchess, when a young man in uniform passed quite close to me on horseback, and taking off his hat, bowed with great politeness. I felt that I blushed deep as crimson, for my cheeks even burned painfully as I drew back my head. “That was the Grand Duke himself — God bless him!” said the postillion. Good Heaven! how I trembled in very limb at these words! What must his Highness have thought of my boldness, and even indecorum!
At this house, my timidity and confused manners are treated with great indulgence, and, on our first arrival, my guardian came down stairs in the kindest manner to welcome us. How tranquil and firm he looks in the midst of all the bustle by which we are here surrounded! I was glad to give him my hand for protection, and he led me up stairs to the room that was appointed as mine.
“You will rest yourself here for a little while,” said he; “The Countess will soon be with you. I shall go to her and announce your arrival.” When he had retired, I begged of Madame Nägelin that she would not leave me; but she said, “It is now full time that I should learn to take care of myself. Besides, the rules of society in high life rendered it impossible that she could be always with me, as she was not entitled to move in the same circles. She knew her duty in this respect, and would, therefore, from the first moment, withdraw to her proper distance.”
It seemed to me that she was rather irritated, because the Count had not shown her much attention. But her vexation is this, — that on our very first entrance into what is called the world, the pleasant connections and habits of private life are disturbed and broken! Must this of necessity be so! — It is methinks, rather an evil omen!
As for the Countess, she seems to me in her demeanor somewhat too stiff and solemn; but, perhaps I do her injustice. Her looks and manner may be influenced by ill health; at least her complexion is very pale. Madame Nägelin thinks this is but the effect of the white and red paint which she must wear when she attends at court, hearing which, I answered, that I should never, as long as I lived, learn to disguise myself in that manner. She laughed rather ironically, and said, “I would change my mind in due time; for youth soon passed away, more especially with those who moved in the gay circles.”
Alas! this is but a sombre prospect! One cannot then enjoy life with impunity; and this reminds me of our very good priest’s favourite simile of the “thorns that lurk under the fairest flowers.” But in truth I can believe it all; for one’s mind feels here so restless and unquiet. Today I have particularly suffered on that account. The Countess desired me to go with her to the drawing-room, where she introduced me to many strange ladies and gentlemen. I trembled through every limb, and in my terror and confusion could not utter a word. Indeed I knew not what to say, and could only walk, bow, and curtsy like an automaton.
Besides, my face had not recovered from the cold air on our journey; my cheeks must have been as red as scarlet, and my hair was not properly arranged. One chance reflection that I caught in the mirror had completely ruined my self-possession that I might have otherwise retained, and I looked ashamed and confounded at the neatly adjusted dress and tranquil aspect of the ladies around me. I became quite distraught; and in a little while self-reproach was added to my other distress, for I could not but confess that the pain I now felt was but the result of mortified vanity, or perhaps some worse failing. How unfortunate, if for the future, I am doomed often to discover such dark shades in my own character!
No — it surely cannot be absolutely sinful to take delight, as I have done, in the beautiful sights and varied amusements that are found here! At last I feel my spirits elated, and I am quite happy. “All this,” I have often said to myself, “is the result of human labour, — contrivance — or, in a word, of genius. How powerful — almost unlimited — is this genius, and how great and good that omniscient Ruler from whom all such gifts proceed!” And never have I felt myself more inclined to devout reflection than now, when my heart is thus filled with joy and gratitude.
Yesterday, I went to hear high mass sung in the great church, where, for the first time, I saw the Duke’s family assembled together. There appeared to me somewhat remarkable and affecting in this, that under the influence of such solemn music I should first behold those persons on whom my future lot and fortunes in life depend. I was particularly struck with their dignity of appearance and demeanor, and still more by the unaffected humility and sincerity of their devotion.
Through the whole assemblage, indeed, I was glad to perceive the most respectful conduct; and it seems to me as if such meetings were more requisite here , than in the serenity of the country, where one’s mind need never be disturbed from religious impressions. Yet, if among the woods and fields my heart was moved to devotion, here my attention is doubly fixed and concentrated.
The solemnity that awaits me tomorrow, is of a very different kind. I am presented to the Duchess, and this will cost me no little share of anxiety and trepidation. Meanwhile, I have learned from the Countess the circumstances that led to my being chosen as a maid of honour, which place she herself held for twelve years. Some months ago, when she was married, the good old Duchess requested the Count, her husband, to find some young person of his own family to replace the lady of whose service he had deprived her. He suggested me, and his proposal was approved of.
How one event always entwines itself in this world with another? We never know when or how circumstances, over which we have no control, may throw us at once into a situation wholly new, and perhaps uncongenial; but all this must be the work of a beneficent Providence, however, strange it appears to me!
I wish fervently that the hour of my presentation at the palace were only past. Those old swarthy walls, ramparts, and towers, inspire me with a kind of horror, and I felt this particularly today when I drove past them in the Countess’ carriage. She pointed out to me some lofty windows and said, “Mark, Julia, you will be living there soon. These were my apartments. May your time be spent there as contentedly as mine was, and may you leave them as gratefully and happy!”
I know not how it happened, but when she pronounced these words, her tone was very plaintive, and the tears rushed into my eyes as I looked up again at the windows. Alas! Why did my kind-hearted guardian make choice of me for this duty? Methinks he could scarcely have found any one who was less fitted for living at court.
19th September 17__
I can scarcely help laughing now at my childish fears of yesterday. My embarrassment, indeed, was soon over; for the Duchess is all kindness and condescension. She looked at me most favourably, when I made my curtsy before her; cast a significant glance of satisfaction at the Countess, then embraced me, and said, “How much I love these timid downcast eyes,” for after the first moment, I had indeed looked awkwardly on the ground, and felt that I blushed deeply. Afterwards she desired me to take my place on an ottoman that was opposite to her, and describe how I had lived till now, and how I had filled up my time in the country.
Perhaps my story was not given in the proper court style, for my hearers often looked at each other, and the Duchess often smiled. She listened very attentively, however, and doubtless was not dissatisfied; for she herself took the trouble of leading me through all the principal apartment, explaining to me the paintings, portraits, and statues with which the palace is richly adorned. She showed me also many specimens of the most curious mechanism; set the musical clocks in motion; and at last, because I expressed great wonder at a little golden bird, that, when wound up, clapped its wings, and sang like a bullfinch, she forced me to accept it as a present.
This has delighted me beyond measure, and at least ten times today I have wound him up, and the pretty creature has entertained me with his music. How kind was it in the Duchess to indulge my childish fancy in this manner! Doubtless she well knows how to win the hearts of those about her; for there was nothing she could have offered me by which I would have been so perfectly enchanted.
I was much struck by her manner when she spoke of her son the reigning Duke, to whom she is obviously much attached. His portrait, large as life, hangs in her own chamber; and though she directed my attention to it only as the likeness of our sovereign, yet it was easy to perceive, that she regarded it with all a mother’s pride and fondness. I was glad to perceive this, but I cannot say that I by any means admired his countenance. He has a cold proud expression, a look of imperious authority, that excites in the beholder dislike rather than willing obedience.
The looks of prince Charles pleased me far better; I should say that he had a liveliness of disposition, and kindness of heart, of which the other is devoid. In his picture, however, he is represented gazing with rather a mournful expression on the wide sea, and distant blue sky, which fill one side of the canvas. Prince Charles accompanied our troops to the East Indies, and for the last three years has been absent on this foreign service. The thoughts of his being thus so far remote were perhaps more than the Duchess could bear to dwell upon; she went hastily past his portrait, which I would gladly have contemplated for a long time.
Well, I shall soon have leisure enough to study all the paintings, for, in a few days, I am to begin my regular attendance. The Duchess will not allow of any further delay; and, I must confess, that my impatience is such, I can hardly wait so long. How rapidly one mood of mind is changed for another in this world! But, a little while ago, I feared that which I now so ardently wished for; but, I trust, it is not merely my own vanity, and the dazzling pomp of the court, that has thus changed my mind. No!
The unexpected condescension of the Duchess, her kindness, which is like that of a mother, and the security that I shall enjoy under her protection — these are considerations which might surely have a natural influence over my feelings; and Heaven will protect me from the sin of irrational and childish fickleness.
23d September
The Lady Gabrielle, who is premiere dame d’honneur, is much older than I am. Of course, she has not so fresh a complexion, nor such lively spirits; but, as to these last circumstances, she herself seems to be of a different opinion. She dresses precisely as I do, wears roses in her hair; and trips up the great staircase fast enough, indeed, but not without so great exertion, that, when she comes to the last steps, she is quite exhausted, and totters, panting and breathless, into her own apartment.
I behaved so incautiously, that on one occasion, when this happened, I could not help laughing at her. Observing how I was amused, she gave me a very severe look, and turned away without speaking; but, since then, she has often scolded me, and has exposed me to many vexations.
I suffered most from her conduct yesterday evening, when the Duchess had the pleasure of a visit from the Grand Duke – on which occasion, the circle happened to be pretty numerous, and more formal than usual. The Duchess, however, who was in a gay humour, proposed that every one in the company should assume some historical or theatrical character and, for the rest of the evening, keep up a conversation suited to the part so chosen, which would, of course, give rise to the most laughable associations, and meetings of incongruous heroes and heroines.
I was terrified at this plan, as I knew not any part that I could play, and, even if I had known one, would have been unable to fancy myself anything else but what I really am. When I was sitting there quite puzzled, and vainly considering what I ought to do, Gabrielle began to laugh. “Now, Countess,” said she; “have the fairy tales of the nursery, or the fetes champetres of your aunt’s rural abode, left no beau ideal in your mind, such as you could now impersonize for our amusement?”
At these words I blushed so violently that I durst not lift up my eyes, or attempt any answer, while the Duke, rather, as I thought, in a tone of irritation, called out, “Mademoiselle Gabrielle, you say that a nursery tale is to afford the character to be adopted by the Countess. Of course, then, she will decide upon Cinderella, who started from her seclusion and solitude like a beautiful flower from the bud, completely eclipsing the charms of her elder sisters, and beholding all the princes of the earth at her feet.”
Hearing this, Gabrielle immediately turned pale, and retired into the background. The Duchess followed her with an angry look; but towards me, too, her regards were by no means so kind and encouraging as usual, though, being quite unconscious of having committed any fault, I could not comprehend for what reason she should be offended with me.
It seemed, however, as if this little interruption had broken in upon the good spirits of all the party, so that the intended games were, of course, given up. The Duke continued to speak in a tone of sharpness and irritation; the Duchess herself was half embarrassed, and I was, of course, quite downcast and afraid. Music at length began, and this brought all into the usual train. Gabrielle sang, and the applause that she obtained from every one, by her full clear voice, indemnified her amply for the slight vexation that she had met with before; while, on the contrary, I remained, through the whole evening, retired and in confusion, not venturing to address to her, or to any one else, a single word.
When, on returning to my own apartments, I related what had happened to the good Madame Nägelin, she shook her head doubtfully, as if she thought that this affair might lead to very serious consequences. “I well know,” said she, “what effects arise from such petty jealousies, among people of the world, and I heartily wish my Julia had never provoked any such hostility; for, of all the enemies to which we can be exposed, affronted Vanity is the most dangerous, because it is in secret always that she plans her revenge; we are ruined before we have had time to suspect that we are in danger.
Besides, vanity, my child, gives birth to vanity. It flatters us in one way, even if we should feel pain in another, to be exalted and triumph over our neighbors. Julia, Julia,” added she, in a serious tone, “be therefore on your guard.”
Certainly I shall act according to these hints, and, today, in the first place, I shall wait on the lady Gabrielle. Perhaps I shall yet be able to win her confidence by respectful behavior, and by praising (which would, indeed, be no more than just) her talents in music, and her superior knowledge of the world, to which I cannot make any pretensions. Even if these methods should fail, yet, in my own conscience, I can remain tranquil, for I have never, in thought, word, or deed, injured this irritable lady.
1st week of the Carnival, 2d October
Formerly, when I read in romances of the festivities and splendour which I now witness, I always supposed that the author had made a free use of his poetic privileges, and had invented much of the pageantry which he described. How little did I then expect that I should one day find a realization of all these dreams! Were I to speak of the opera alone, how could I express what delight it has afford me?
I need not attempt to describe what I felt; – the scenery – the actors – the grouping – the situation, and the story so brilliantly developed, would, of course have been enough, alone, to rivet my attention; but, when such impressions are strengthened and concentrated, when the scenes as it were, acquire tenfold life, by means of the most enchanting music, this union in one place, and for one purpose, of many noble arts, appear to me the most exquisite of all princely enjoyments. I was here so confounded and wrapt up in what passed before me, that it was long before I remarked how the Duke was constantly gazing at me through his glass.
To say the truth, this manner of his is always very disagreeable, and I am glad to appear as if I did not take any notice of his conduct. However, between the acts, his Highness maneuvered so as to have a place next to mine, and whispered, “Has then the Countess Julia eyes and ears only for this passing stage play, and can nothing more serious engage her attention?”
I knew not what to answer; it seemed as if he expected that I should understand him, though he would not be at the trouble to explain his meaning. “I thought,” said I, “that we were all met here in order to enjoy the opera — I did not know that any other object…”
“So, then,” said he, interrupting me, “the mere framework of the picture contents you?” He looked dark and frowningly, and I was about to tell him that his words were an absolute riddle, but just then the Duchess called to us. She kept me for a long time fixed beside her, asking what I thought of the opera, and a hundred other questions, so that I escaped by this means the continuance of a tiresome dialogue with the Duke.
I must not forget to mention that one evening before this, when we had gone to a tragedy, his conduct had given me much annoyance. The play was Othello, and Desdemona’s grief moved me indescribably, so that I could not help shedding tears, which the Duke remarked; and, as I thought, he laughed at me scornfully.
“Whom are you weeping for?” said he. “Is it for her who has kindled these flames of jealousy and revenge? Or for the unhappy man who feels them burning within him, and consuming his vitals? Of what consequence are a few woman’s tears, compared with the nameless torments which he suffers? Women only know the difference between a clear and cloudy sky; but we must have either Paradise or Pandemonium. This Moor utters not one-half of the rage which I could express.”
I trembled at these frightful words, and was indeed so much discomposed, that I could scarcely sit out the remainder of the tragedy. Alas! Why is it so ordained that this proud and violent man should so often disturb my best and most innocent enjoyments!
In a few days there is to be a masquerade, and for a long time past this has been almost the only topic of conversation. Remembering what I have heard and read of such entertainments, I cannot deny that my curiosity is raised, and yet I am afraid of the licentiousness and confusion to which they are said to give rise. If the Duke only — I scarcely know what I would say — if he would not be so wild and overbearing! When he comes near me, I am so confounded and perplexed, that my usual good spirits quite desert me.
Besides, who knows what construction the world may put to his presumption, which always gains confidence from my timidity. This very morning, Gabrielle assailed me with a volley of ironical questions. She spoke of stolen confidential converse – of significant glances – of suspicious whispers, and so forth. Well, Heaven is my witness how gladly I would dispense with all such attentions, and how thankful I should be to any one who could show me the means of escaping from them.
5th October. After the Ball.
What an evening was that of yesterday! In the grand illuminated hall, amid the rose-coloured light, and the crowd of masks, was I not altogether changed, not only in dress, but even in feelings and character, and are such changes allowable? I fear not; for even now, I can scarcely recollect again what I was or what I ought to be. How did it happen then?
Aye … the Duchess had transformed me into a kind of Indian fairy-queen, and I was to play the part of Titania. My ornaments were fantastic enough. I had a diamond crown in my hair, over this was thrown a light purple veil, so long, that it extended from the crown of my head to the ground. My other dress, which I thought was cut much too short in the skirts, was of a bright sparkling silver stuff. I had besides, a pearl necklace and ear-rings; a golden sceptre twined round with lotus flowers in my right hand; and, in the other, a fan of palm tree leaves from the banks of the Ganges. In this grand attire, they placed me before a large mirror, and with shame, I must confess, that my heart beat quickly with a feeling of triumph, at the brilliant figure which I made there.
At last the waiting-maid brought me the small half mask of black silk, which, though it cannot in reality prevent our being recognized, yet gives to the wearer a feeling as if she were under a veil of mystery, and renders one’s spirits, therefore, more bold and buoyant. The Duchess examined my dress carefully before I left my room, and expressed satisfaction at my appearance. Yet I know not how it was — all at once she seemed to hesitate, and the tones of her voice changed as if some painful apprehension had come over her; till, as if determined to resist such an untimely mood of mind, she hastened away to her carriage.
Arrived at the rooms, how astonished and confounded was I at first, by the infinite variety of figures, many graceful and attractive, but far more that were beyond description hideous and absurd. I was glad to cling for protection to Gabrielle’s arm, who walked proudly and confidently through the saloon in an antique Spanish dress. The Grand Duke had disdained the trouble of assuming any character, appearing in a black Venetian mantle, with a mask indeed, though every one knew him, and his humour seemed a strange mixture of gaiety and chagrin. From the first moment of my appearance, his regards were directed at me, and continued fixed in such manner, as to rob me of all self-possession.
“Why then, beautiful Julia,” said he, “have you assumed an empire only over the fabulous spirits of the air? Would you thus appear to mortals only by fits and starts, in your uncertain wanderings? Yet beware! For fairies sometimes fall under the power of more potent spirits, and there are influences in the world of which you know not yet.”
While the Duke thus spoke, and I wished heartily that I could escape from him, there arose through the ball-room a strange murmuring of voices and involuntarily we were obliged to move as the crowd drove us on, till I perceived that all this attention had been excited by the figure of a tall graceful Bramin. He had just then made his entree, and was looking round on the motley groups. At last his eyes lighted on me, and he immediately hastened up, took my hand, and led me towards the Duchess.
“This brilliant fairy queen,” said he, “calls me from my own land of dark superstitions into a new sphere of light and joy. For her sake, then, I cast off, along with these garments, my old faith and all the prejudices of my country, in order to bend submissively beneath the sceptre of this gracious and beautiful empress.”
With these words, throwing aside his Bramin attire, he presented to us the figure of a handsome young knight, with the eastern insignia of the order of St. John. “CHARLES — Charles!” exclaimed the Duchess, and he threw himself at the feet of his enraptured mother. She could say no more, but that single tone of her voice, as she pronounced his name, had deeply moved every heart in the assembly.
“The Prince — the Prince returned from India!” was now called aloud, and echoed through all the rooms. In her great joy, the Duchess kissed and embraced me as well as her son. “Dear little enchantress!” said she, “thy appearance tonight with thy diamond crown, and palm-tree leaves, was a kind of foreboding what happiness would come to me from the shores of the Ganges.”
The Prince also continued to address me in the most flattering terms; but the Duke’s expression and looks, which I just then met (for he had taken off his mask), were horrible, and I felt quite overpowered by this unexpected scene. It seems the Prince had contrived to obtain leave of absence, and had come home alone, when no one was aware of his intention. The army will not return for many months.
Afterwards I had the honour of being his partner in the dance, and he begged that I would make allowances for his awkwardness, as during his long absence, he had been quite unaccustomed to such amusements. But how little did he require to make any such apology! He danced so lightly — so simply and gracefully! Surely he is far handsomer than his picture, though it was by my recollection of it that I was enabled at the first glance to recognize him.
It seems now as if I had seen and known him all the days of my life, and as if I could share with him all the cherished thoughts of my own heart; – but how little resemblance there is between this Prince Charles and his brother, whose looks are always as dark and threatening as a thunder-cloud? Since Prince Charles returned, the Duke once said to me, “Forget not Othello!” and his tone was such, that my blood ran cold in every vein.
There is one part of my own conduct, with which perhaps I ought not to be quite satisfied. The Prince requested that I would allow him to keep the mask which I had laid aside at the supper-table; and I gave it to him without hesitation. “It would serve,” he said, “as a remembrance of the day when he returned home, and of the remarkable coincidence between his Asiatic habiliments, and mine as an Indian fairy.
“This dark shrine,” added he, “empty as it now is, will not fail to remind us of the angelic beauty that greeted me on my first entrance here, and in these hollow circles, unmeaning as they would seem to others, I discover still the radiance of two bright eyes, that I shall evermore behold, in hours when they no longer behold me.” I felt the delightful influence of these words penetrate to my very heart, but that I had not done right in giving him a present, as if to encourage such flatteries, was not long after very painfully proved, when the Duchess happened to ask what I had done with my mask?
Alas! instead of venturing to tell her the truth, I was silent and embarrassed, — till at last I had recourse to deception. I stooped down as if I would search for it under the table — and then, with a faltering tongue stammered out, “I have lost it.” This, indeed, has left a sad stain on my conscience, and I know not when it will be effaced.
Julius to Felix
10th February 17__
he Prince has now become very ill, and I could not bear to see him thus neglected.Of course, a physician was ordered from the neighboring town, and to this necessary measure, the castellan dared to make a violent opposition.What I long anticipated and wished for has come to pass.I have quarreled with him; and, in virtue of my commission from the Duke, he is now under arrest, and in bondage, so that I may act as I please.
No one can interfere with my audience of the Prince, and I shall not desist till I have learned by what fearful mystery he is thus rendered ill and miserable, for that mental depression is the cause of his malady, there can be no doubt.
At last, Felix, wonderful changes have occurred, and the former mysteries have dissolved. As the Prince lay on his sick-bed, he gave me to understand that there were important concealments in the apartment lately occupied by the castellan (at least, though he did not say so directly, yet I gathered so much from his conversation).
Accordingly, I acted on his hint, and persevered on a strict search, till, under a moveable sliding board of the floor, I found a small box, which was locked, and without a key. It was too light to contain money or jewels. I poised it for a few moments reflectingly in my hand, then suddenly broke open the lock. I found many letters and packets, on which was written, “To be given to the Prince, when his last hour approaches.”
With these I ran to the sick man’s chamber. “Here,” said I, “is a treasure, which as a trust has been discovered in good time, and will restore your highness to strength and spirits.”
The Prince looked feebly at the papers; he seemed to recognize the hand-writing, and a deep blush came for a moment over his pale features. For a little while, he sat up in bed, but suddenly pushed the box from him, exclaiming, “Away, away with it!”
“Nay,” said I. “May I be allowed to suggest that these manuscripts must doubtless contain information of importance, or they would not have been so anxiously concealed and withheld from your Highness?” Then I described to him how I had been led by his hints of the morning to find the papers, and how carefully the castellan had guarded the treasure that had been entrusted to him.
The Prince seemed to reflect deeply. At last, with an indescribable smile of melancholy resignation, he said, “Of what consequence would this be to me now? Were I to read these letters, what effect would they produce, but only to revive passions that had long been conquered, and force me to dwell on injuries that have long been forgiven?”
“It might be so,” answered I, resolved not to give up my point. “But what if the reality were different from which your Highness believes it to be? If that peace of mind, which has been acquired in solitude should not be looked on as confirmed, until you have investigated the whole truth? Nor could it be without a special purpose that Providence has now brought these papers to light.”
“Young soldier,” said the Prince, visibly agitated. “How comes it that you are thus so earnest and persevering in your admonitions to me? From the first moment indeed of your appearance here, that inward peace, which I had with such difficulty gained, has been disturbed and broken. What recollections and conflicts have you not already awoke in my mind!”
“Might it not be concluded then,” said I, “that I have been sent hither by the special ordinance of Supreme Power, and who can tell how far my commission extends, and to what important consequences it may lead!”
“You speak with great confidence, young man,” answered the Prince. “But the arrangements of Providence are inscrutable, and the presumption that in every occurrence we can read a special interposition for or against us, and a revelation of the duties that we must fulfill, may be too often proven but a sinful delusion of our own minds.”
“Yet,” said I, “the truth at least is always to be sought after and honoured. That impulse, so deeply implanted in the human heart to break through the veil of mystery, cannot surely be a snare laid for our destruction.”
He looked at me with deepened emotion. “But how,” said he, “if my sight has now become too weak to bear with that truth which you would have me to disclose? If we should too rashly…”
“Nay,” said I, “your Highness would scarcely now resolve to close your eyes on that which is already half revealed, when you are at this moment so near the light.”
“Aye, indeed,” he interposed, “You are in the right — it must be so. — But you cannot imagine with what fear one at my advanced age perceives the approach of novelty; how reluctantly one sees the fabric, which had been sedulously built up, and so long cherished in his own mind, on the point of being destroyed, and the hand of a stranger meddling with his joys or his sorrows!”
With a visible inward conflict, he now drew the papers towards him, and looked at them more attentively. “What is here?” cried he. “A letter from my brother!”
He broke the seal in vehement haste, and the feebleness of his malady seemed completely to have left him; his eyes gleamed, and with all the impatience of youth he glanced over the contents. Rapidly he turned over the first leaf, and a deep blush of anger suffused his expressive countenance. Afterwards he became all of a sudden deadly pale, let the paper fall from his hand, and looked at me for some time in silence.
At length, pointing to the letter, and with an almost convulsive quivering of the lips, he said, “You may learn there the mystery from which you compelled me to draw the veil, and judge (if youth be capable of judging) how one must feel, who, after twenty long years of ceaseless conflict and suffering, discovers that he has all this time been the victim of treachery and deception!”
He gave me the letter, and at the same time made a signal that I should retire. Here follows a transcript; and you may imagine, Felix, how its contents must have agitated the unhappy Prince.
“Brother, — in the hour when these papers will be delivered, you will probably be free at last from those vain passions and struggles to which you have hitherto been subjected. This world, with all its delusions, will then lie behind you like a far distant country through which you have once travelled, and whither you cannot return.
“You will retain, however, as I hope, the full power of reasoning on the past; — you will judge as a man! though now freed from all his perturbing desires and impulses. With these hopes, and because I would not, that, with the veil still over your eyes, you should pass from this world into the next, I shall withdraw the obstacle, and reveal to you at once the whole truth.
“Good credulous man! You allowed yourself to be deceived. You mistrusted her in whom you should have confided, in order to escape destruction, and placed yourself in the power of those who made sport of your weakness.
“Should love see only itself alone, and think but of its own rights? Revenge, you should have known, is a passion as powerful, and as imperious. You were, indeed, far from being able to understand a disposition like mine; but now you will comprehend me better, and all the rest, when I tell you, in three words, that Julia forsook the court, and her native land, faithful, pure, and spotless.
“Should you rightly consider what is due to a prince’s care of the public weal, you will perceive that this disclosure could not have been made earlier, for had this been done, such was your want of caution, that we should have been both exposed and obnoxious to censure, and the people would not have been greatly edified by the quarrels and weaknesses of their rulers. But, indeed, the consequences would have been ruinous, and the preservation of public tranquility demanded some sacrifice.
“Who, then, was to be the victim? Your fall, or mine, was inevitable. Lay your hand on your heart, and say, Whether, in my situation, with the reins of power in your hands, you would have let them go, in order that the capricious passion of another man, even of a brother, might be granted?
“That which had already happened betwixt us — the discoveries I had made, and the resentment I had conceived against you, were past and irrevocable. Your vehement temperature, and my disposition, spoiled by indulgence, the necessity of attending to the public weal, and apprehensions of the stains that might be cast on our family honour — all these circumstances fell at once into overwhelming combination, or rather contention.
“At that time, indeed, no kindness nor rational expostulations could have acquired any influence over you. Therefore I adopted the stratagem of changing the passion by which you were actuated into another of a very different character. Jealousy is a poisonous serpent that attacks the brain, and nestles there rather than in the heart. You were lost as soon as you gave way to these new impulse.
“The madness by which you were then assailed brought you completely under my power. — At a moment when you knew not what you said or did, you had threatened my life, and thus your own was forfeited if I had chosen to bring you to trial. To such measures, indeed, I felt invincible repugnance, but a barrier of separation was now raised up betwixt us, which could never be broken through. —
“We could not, so long as we lived, ever meet again; and I was contented, if by the public you were looked on as insane, and morally dead, without bringing you to trial for high-treason. I granted you, therefore, a safe and secluded asylum at Scharfenstein, well knowing that the delusion under which you then laboured, would hold you as securely as if you had been bound with adamantine chains in your prison. I was satisfied that you would make no attempt to return to a world, in which, since you had been thus disappointed in the object of your affection, you no longer found any interest or attraction.
“Now, at the close of your life, I give you back those peaceful recollections of which I deprived you, and the bond of mutual accusation should be cancelled betwixt us. The Diary of the beautiful Julia, which her guardian wished to send you, along with other papers and letters, on account of your madness, remained in my hands. The perusal of them will reveal to you the feelings of a heart that was indeed too tender and sensitive for this world, and that, by mere timidity perhaps, was led into errors.
“But her life and character will have, by this time, wholly changed; her dreams, like yours, will have passed away. For, what are all these impressions to which we attach so much importance, more than delusions arising from a certain state of the nerves and blood, — mere physical impulses, powerful in youth, but which afterwards decay, as if they had never been?
“In early years, such delusions are, indeed, like pictures, exhibiting beautiful and seductive forms with all the richness of colouring that imagination can bestow. In old age, these representations change into a hard stern outline, from which every glowing tint has faded away. We move, then, along the straight and joyless path of necessity, till all is dark, or till a new morning dawns on our souls. May this last be your lot, and may the Divine light refresh and strengthen you. Farewell!”
Prince Charles, then, had been attached to a lady of inferior rank, and the family pride of his elder brother had interfered to prevent their union. Methinks, there may have been other motives, — but of this more hereafter. Meanwhile, Felix, may I beg of you to reflect a little, and tell me what would man become if reasons only, without emotions of the heart, were to be his ruling attribute?
My answer is, he would be a demon — an incarnate devil, who would persist in talking of right and wrong, fitness and unfitness, though the hearts of all around him were breaking, and his own to boot. How admirably connected, and dovetailed one into another, are the crimes revealed in this letter; how artfully woven, I should rather say into a net, by which the guilty wretch is himself caught, and never thinks of resistance, but rather exalts in his own iniquity, persuading himself, all the while, that he is in the right!
But, after all, Felix, the devil himself is, in this world, sufficiently contemptible. He never understands any thing beyond his own limited sphere. There are mysteries in the soul of man for which he is wholly unprepared, and the complicated machinery and ordinances of Providence, in which consists what we call Fate, are hidden, probably from the devil as much as from us.
These are to him like covert walks in a mine, over which he strides, like a pompous actor in a theatre, without reflecting that all his schemes may be defeated, and he may fall headlong into the hidden labyrinth. How deceitful and hollow this reigning duke appears to me, and how strange it is to feel that a heart yet beats in that corporeal frame which he parades before the public! — Poor deluded wretch! — Felix, to how many criminals might these words be applied?
For the last twenty-four hours I have lived in the most tormenting disquietude. The Prince had locked himself up in his chamber, and would not see any one.
In vain did I watch day and night at his room door. I was never admitted; till, about an hour ago, his bell rang, and I hastened to answer the summons. He received me with a smile of the utmost composure and beneficience. “Do not be afraid,” said he. “I am not more indisposed, either in body or mind, than before; somewhat more excited, perhaps, but that also will soon be over.
“I am, however, like a blind man restored to sight, who must, for some time afterwards, remain in the dark; for the world which now opens on me is a scene so new and unexpected, that I must have time for reflection, ere I can find my way through its paths. Therefore, you must allow me to pass the whole of this day alone. I do not now want medical advice nor food, but will ask for both in due time; also for the pleasure of your society — only I must not be disturbed at present.”
I bowed, and was retiring — when he added, “You are not offended, then, by what I have just said? — I know that you are anxious on my account, and, therefore, wished you to see that I am not ill, and to be aware what is most requisite for me under present circumstances — that is, solitude.”
With these words he had kindly given me his hand, and seemed conflicting with some emotion which he could not venture to express. Yet a smile hovered on his lips, and at last he collected the papers which were lying strewed about on the sofa, and gave them to me, saying, “Read these, Julius! Your kind heart will be almost as much affected as mine has been, and vibrate between pain and pleasure. You must feel the conflict that I undergo, before I can profit by your friendly sympathy.”
I have now read the papers, Felix, and here following, you shall have a copy of these confessions of a heart as pure and innocent as it was sensitive and suffering. Alas! why was a being so childlike and angelic ever enticed to move in the dangerous paths of the world! As she engaged in its pleasures, could no guardian spirit warn her what a destruction was prepared under her feet? —
If I am not mistaken, I have heard before the name of this lady. Methinks, too — but no — it is needless to set such confused phantasms on paper. They are but shadowy remembrances, which I am striving in vain to unite with present impressions. Whatever is deeply interesting, one would willingly bring home to himself, and believe that it is connected with his own personal experiences. But this is all groundless. Read, then, what here follows.
6th February 17__
He is not mad; or if he is so, then I too have lost my senses amid the gloom of these pine-tree forests.But you must hear, in the first place, what happened today.
We had one of those mild evenings that sometimes occur in the month of February, and which irresistibly entice us abroad by the pleasant promise and anticipation of approaching spring.I went down to walk on the terrace.The river murmured so soothingly in its ceaseless course! Great flocks of water birds were wheeling over the forest marshes; and the air was filled with humming insects.
Thus it seemed that Nature was unobserved and gradually preparing for her triumph over winter, and her approaching days of jubilee.I would have gladly taken a ramble out among the mountains; but, for reasons inscrutable, I felt as if spell-bound within the castle walls; and I cannot bring myself to hunt or shoot. Every such enjoyment of freedom seems like a cruel mockery of the unhappy prisoner.Therefore, I am contented for the present to walk up and down in the allee of trees on the outer rampart.Here, dark-green ivy in clustering thickets overspreads the castle walls and forms a complete mantling over a small chapel, whose lofty round cupola and shining cross, that still caught the twilight, seemed as if floating in the air and detached from the darkness.
I was quickly contemplating this building, when behold!The prince all of a sudden made his appearance on the terrace, attended by the castellan and two valets.He was visibly struck by my presence, and greeted me at first with an air of coldness and hauteur.This was but the effect of transient indignation against the mere passive instrument of tyranny; in another moment his wonted courtesy and bienveillance returned.
As if to make amends for his first coldness, he drew near to me, and, in a manner equally affable and polite, he said, “How sincerely do I regret, on your account, the melancholy retirement to which you are here condemned!Your time of life seems indeed ill adapted to such duty, — for one who still has claims on what is called the world, must have absolutely despair.”
“Prince,” answered I, “how narrow-minded and contemptible I must be, if, in this place, I could for a moment think of myself alone!”
During this discourse, we had begun to walk together on the terrace.The sky was now bright with stars and by their light the Prince seemed to be attentively scanning my figure and features.Was it the effect of my deep inwardemotion reflected in my countenance that interested him, or was he struck merely by the appearance of one who was at least so different from the gaoler to whom, for twenty-one years, he had been accustomed?However this might be, I could perceive, by a gleam of lingering twilight that came on his features as we turned a corner of the rampart, that his lips quivered, when, rather abruptly, he put the question. “Young soldier, what is your Christian name?”
I repeated it twice before he made any answer.“A son of the General?” said he.“But that cannot be; he had no children.How old are you?”I said that in a few months I should be twenty-one.“Aye, so,” answered he.“That indeed is possible, and Julius is your name?Julius … yes … I heard correctly.”Here a long pause occurred, and I was too much perplexed to speak, fearing that I might excite some attack of his malady.But he resumed in a quiet mournful tone.
“It is, perhaps, some confirmation of the soul’s divine origin, that Time, which destroys all things, has, as it were, no power over itself . I scarcely know what to say. But there are moments of recollection so vivid, that the gulf of years, which should lie betwixt us and our former existence, seems annihilated; as, for example, your presence has carried me back so completely into the sphere of old circumstances and connections, that every impression of that period is renewed as fresh and vividly, as if the events had happened but yesterday.I was well acquainted with your family, therefore you must forgive my questions.To young men, however, such details and retrospects are often very tiresome, and I must now bid you good night.”
With these words he turned, and was on the point of disappearing as suddenly as he had come, when, quite overpowered by the kind condescension of his manner and the plaintive tones of his voice, I stept up to him. “May it please your Highness not to think more unfavourably of me than I deserve. My time and attention are here wholly at your disposal.Through the few days that I have spent here, my only wish has been to prove to you how little my own feelings and inclination are in unison with the painful task that has here devolved on me.I begged that I might be permitted the honour of a personal interview, but was answered that your Highness never saw any visitors.”
The Prince here smiled bitterly.“No doubt, young man,” said he, “they have told you more than this.But enough for the present.It is needless to waste time on these circumstances which are now unchangeable.Good night … Julius.”He wished to have pronounced my name … but his voice faltered; he could not utter another syllable, and, with hurried steps, retired into the castle.
About an hour has passed since that interview, and I now hear him again playing the flute.Always the same deep melancholy, and longing notes!But how gentle and harmonious are the modulations!How rounded and correct are the pauses in his composition?For these notes are wholly his own, and, by Heaven, Felix, such music cannot be the result of madness!Though, indeed, it may be the natural effort at lamentation of a broken heart.What could he mean, however, by that excessive emotion, when he repeated the name of Julius?Was he at that moment under some delusion of his malady, which any external circumstance was sufficient to develop and exasperate?
Well, I must see him tomorrow again.I cannot bear this uncertainty, and not only the painful suspense under which I suffer, but the respect and attachment which I feel towards him render it indispensable that I should have another interview.
That accursed castellan!He never left us for a single moment; or, if he went, his place was supplied by one of those tall cut-throat-looking spies, dressed out in orange livery, who pretend to act as servants.Is this because the old fox wishes to hold the reins of power in his own clutches, or, out of sheer malevolence, he is resolved that the unhappy captive shall be debarred that slight consolation which he might derive from my presence and sympathy?However this may be, I shall not endure any continuance of double gaolership.Either he must be set aside, or I shall contrive my own dismissal from the castle.
By this commencement, Felix, you perceive that I have again been with the Prince.He received me in a handsome cheerful apartment, with windows looking out on the river.The walls are furnished with tall cases, having glass doors through which are visible many books; also guns, swords, pistols, and all sorts of accoutrements for the chase.In one of the windows is placed a spacious cage for singing birds divided into compartments; and shadowed over with exotic plants.In another, I saw a large grey parrot swinging about on his golden ring, who stretched his neck and turned his head expressively as he wondered at my presence.
The prince was reclining on a green moreen sofa. At his feet lay a roe-coloured greyhound.Before him stood a massive writing table on which was a confused heap of books and papers, a star and a ribbon, some withered flowers; but one object attracted my attention more than all the rest.This was a black mask – a kind of half vizor, such as ladies wear at a carnival assembly.And I looked at it – I know not why – with a kind of horror.
The Prince rose from the sofa, and came forward a few steps to meet me.“You perceive,” said he, “that my abode here is by no means so dull and melancholy as you might have supposed.In this room, I have collected round me all those objects which are likely to revive my best associations.If, by the tyranny of circumstances, one is shut out from the crowded walks of life.Yet the kingdom of the mind remains as free to him as ever.”He took his place again at the table, and made a sign that I should draw in a chair near him.
The fine old greyhound wakened up at my approach from his deep winter sleep, looked at me attentively for a while, then turned round to lick the hand which his master held out to him, as if he could say, “It is you alone that I know and confide in.”He composed himself as before for slumber, and the Prince said, almost in a faltering voice, “Sultan is an old faithful friend, and should he die before me, I should miss him sadly!”
At that moment, the parrot, having already uttered several inarticulate screams, pronounced in a clear intelligible voice, the words, “Pardon … oh pardon!”and, directly afterwards, “Farewell … farewell!”
“There,” said his Highness, “you now hear the only language to which I am accustomed, and it may sound strange enough in your ears.It is a real and impressive language, however, and thus it is that Nature, in a thousand different ways if we but make her our confidante, supplies the balm of sympathy, or diversion of thought in our affliction.
All this while my heart beat with such unwonted and unaccountable anxiety that I should certainly have exposed myself to the remarks of the castellan, had not the Prince, perceiving my disquietude, and, perhaps, agitated himself by painful impressions, turned the discourse by a determined effort to subjects ordinary and indifferent.He inquired if the horse which I had brought with me was a favourite – whether I was a lover of field sports, and why I had not taken advantage of the fine opportunity for shooting excursions which the woods round Scharfenstein afforded?
I followed his lead for some minutes, and answered his questions very calmly.However, he directed my attention to the book-cases, from which he took down a rare and curious fowling-piece which had belonged to his father, describing the grand hunting parties which had in former days been held at this castle, and the notable exploits that had been performed in the chase.The contrast between the diversions of which he spoke, and his own forlorn state, was to my feelings quite overpowering.I forgot all regular form of parlance, and exclaimed, “Good Heaven!Such was the mode of life once led here, and you are now…”
“Hush!”said he, with a warning look at the castellan, who just then presented his detestable visage at the door.“My brother,” added he, in a continued whisper,” has, no doubt, been much mistaken when he made choice of you for a confidant.You are, indeed, the most unfit person that could have been selected for his purposes.Be therefore on your guard, for your rash zeal might soon lead to your own destruction.”
I was confused, and ashamed of my inconsiderate conduct.He had now placed himself at a window, stood for a while with his arms folded, and then said, “Perhaps there is no one situated in the busy world whose life has afforded more varied sensations than I have experienced in this deep solitude.
There is no storm and conflict of passion that I have not encountered, and at last I have triumphed; for the bitterest hatred, and deepest sense of injury have declined into mild emotions of compassion and forgiveness.Now, then, my worthy young friend, you may be assured, that, even were it in my power, I would not willingly leave the secluded scene, where this existence, so monotonous in appearance, but so varied in reality, has been protracted for twenty long years.To me the world, with all its inhabitants and pleasures, is now dead – even as if I had never shared in its delusions.”
I have never, in the course of my life, felt so much respect and attachment towards any individual as for the Prince at that moment.I know not why this should be, but I could almost have thrown myself at his feet.Oftentimes he, too, seemed to be contending with his own recollections, and fixed his eyes on me with an expression of deep melancholy, so that methought they were even filled with tears.Is he determined never to trust any one with the secret history of his misfortune … or is it that he dare not speak?– Well, I shall not rest till I have tried every possible means of dispersing this cloud of mystery.I could not return to my former station in the capital with that weight which I now feel on my spirits.
This morning he has used some expressions to which I listened with horror!Would that it were possible for him to recall them!The prepossessions that I had cherished are now frightfully deranged, and my inward conflicts are worse than ever.Felix, he accused himself today as the greatest of criminals, adding, that he was thankful to Heaven for the mercy shown to him, inasmuch as he might thus be permitted to await in solitude and peace the natural end of his life!What crime, then, can possibly weigh upon his spirit, which is now evidently so pure and so blameless?Let the truth be what it may, even the transient allusion to these circumstances must have distressed him much; for he is at present very ill, and today I could not see him.
Indeed I have also become, for the first time in my life, an invalid, or, as you will say, un malade imaginaire.The atmosphere of this prison still oppresses me; and I shall for once take a long ride into the woods – and so, perhaps, my spirits will recover their wonted tone.Yet, after all, how is that possible?Who can even breathe freely in this abode of inscrutable mysteries, dark passions, and conflicting emotions?
If he, in truth, is a criminal, with those eyes so full of benign intelligence and affection … with that mildness and tone and demeanor as if he were at peace with all the world … who is then to be trusted?
I rode out as I intended, and have been, Heaven knows where!There are numberless roads through the forest, and I followed at haphazard the first that offered; but seems it not Felix, as if it were fortune’s especial pleasure and determination always to throw difficulties and riddles in my way, so that I can never get free from the nets by which I am entangled?
I had wandered about for some time without consideration whither I was going – I thought only of riding on chance through the lonely forest; till, having passed a high rocky eminence, I saw rising out of the fir woods a second old castle – another hunting seat, of whose existence I had never before heard, and indeed, it seemed to be almost in ruins.I determined to examine this mansion more narrowly; spurred my horse, rode up, and came in due time to an iron gateway.“Is it possible that any one lives here,” thought I, “or is the old building neglected and desolate in this frightful forest?”
I halted, of course, and, for a long time, remained gazing at the coat of arms that was carved in stone over the portal. When, to my surprise, the door of the inner keep was opened.I saw a lady descending the staircase.A boy was with her, and she had her hand on his shoulder, so that I perceived at once she was blind!She stood for some time in the doorway, as if to enjoy the mild noonday air, and I had time to watch her with attention.She was evidently no longer young; but her figure was still fine and graceful.I could not at first see her features as her head was bent forward, and shadowed by a large English straw hat.
Probably the child had informed her of my presence; for at last she turned her head towards me; seemed at the same time to ask him questions, and I doubted not that he was describing to her my appearance.Her large eyes were now visible; but there was no lustre; she could not behold me, and this look of anxious search, that could find no object, touched me to the heart.Now, Felix, was it merely that innate compassion and natural sympathy which one human being feels for another in distress, by which I was agitated … or what it an absurd wandering of imagination?I know not why my feelings that for many years have been more allied to careless levity, than to any deeper impressions, should now be at every moment so easily excited.
But I could not help believing that the features of this lady were well known to me.That it was the same incognito from whom I had received the book of moral maxims, and whose recollected voice yet sounds like sweet music to my ears.I strove against those ideas, believing that all was but delusion; till a faint smile came over her countenance – a smile that has often appeared to me in dreams, and could never be mistaken.My heart heaved, and I felt inspired by new and irresistible emotions.It was fortunate, perhaps, that the lady now returned into the castle, and the gate was closed after her, for in the end all has turned out but a fiction of my own brain.
Soon afterwards, a young chasseur came riding up, and I asked him if he knew who lived in that desolate ruin?He answered rather boorishly, as if sneering at my question.“Aye, forsooth, it is inhabited by a blind English lady, who likes to nestle with the bats and owls in old moldering walls.She has been there now for a long time, and it is said that she was not always blind; and that she thinks living among the green woods will perhaps restore her eyesight.
She is now quite used to the place, and will probably never leave it.What seems odd enough, is that, during the day, she never comes beyond the gate; but at night, even in all weathers, through the rain and snow storm, a little boy that stays with her must lead her out to yon high cliff near Scharfenstein, where she sits for hours together and listens to the mad prince that plays on the flute.”
An English lady!It is very strange.The recollection steals over me sometimes I used to see my mother reading letters, and weeping bitterly; then, if I inquired why she was so sad, she used to answer.“Your dear unhappy aunt in England has written to us again.”I knew not and know not yet the real history of this relation; but now, as in a dream, the thoughts of England, and the unfortunate aunt, collects like a melancholy cloud before the mind’s eye; and out of this cloud steps forward the tragical figure of the lady at the castle, altogether forming a most mysterious union of intricate associations.
But then, Felix, is not your heart also moved, when you reflect how the mournful notes of the midnight flute-player touch responsive chords in her bosom, who is thus by darkness shut out from the world?Can you feel how the two prisoners are attracted to each other in sad sympathy?“Even in all weathers, through the rain and snow storms,” said the unreflecting chasseur, who, of course, could never have understood how one could take as much trouble for the sake of listening to music, as he would do in order to capture a stag or wild boar.
Methinks I see her, as he described, at her station on the rocks.Oh how anxiously she watches every cadence, and accompanies every note with the deepest throbbings of her own heart!The Prince never fails to take his flute at the same hour.Who knows what unexplained intercourse of soul, what a bond of mutual aid and consolation may thus have been established betwixt her and the unfortunate Charles.”
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Letter from Julius to Felix
29th January, 17__
o then, it is your opinion that Fortune has at last become reconciled to me, and that, for the future, we are to continue on good terms!On the contrary, this capricious queen-regent, has just now determined on exposing me to one of the severest trials of patience that I have for a long while encountered.You will say, no doubt, that my being stationed here is a mark of the Grand Duke’s favour, a special proof of the confidence he reposes in me, and so forth.However, if his Highness could find no better method of showing his good intentions, than that of forcing me away at my time of life from all the gaieties of the capital, to reside for – Heaven knows how long – in this desolate wilderness, only to watch over his insane brother, this is a step in the ladder of honour, which, for my own part, I should have been very glad to leave out altogether.
You may laugh perhaps at my discontent, but I can assure you, Felix, my present situation is one, which few people, whether old or young, would very calmly encounter.Shut up within these horrid dark walls, I feel as if I could scarcely breathe; even from the first moment that I beheld this ghastly old castle, — the prison of a maniac – I have been depressed in spirits to a degree for which I cannot well account, and such as I had never before experienced.
You know that we had been quartered for some time in the barracks at Marienthal.It was night, therefore, when we arrived in the neighborhood; — both men and horses were a good deal fatigued, and not without grumbling in our hearts, did we plod after our guide, through the trackless forest, while the wind swept lamentably through the heavy branches of the pine trees, that showered down snow and icicles on our heads.The men became at length so tired, that they gave over their catches and glees, by which they had for some time beguiled the way, and nothing was heard, except the rushing wind, and monotonous stamping of the horses; nothing visible, unless when a transient gleam of star-light caught on the burnished helmet of a trooper.
So we laboured on, always uphill, till we arrived at a level glade, where the ground was clear, and we could distinguish the grim old castle, in all its melancholy and loneliness.We were stopt at the outer portal (for the bridge was drawn up) and waited, till there came a grey-headed invalid, coughing and groaning, out of his ruinous wooden lodge.He held a lantern in his hand, and had a short stump of a tobacco-pipe in his mouth; as for his useless weapons, they were only visible, hung on the wall of his smoky cabin.
I produced the Prince’s written order, at sight of which, he pulled off his small skull-cap, such as old men wear under their hats, and in a hoarse croaking voice, gave the word for the bridge being let down, which was accomplished with a vile creaking of the rusty chains and hinges, and we trotted across the main portal, whose heavy wings were laboriously opened by another old man.I saddened at the death-like stillness which reigned around us when we entered the wide castle court.
No mortal appeared, not a step was heard, and the windows were then all dark, while the loud “hollah!” of our own troopers was reverberated from the gloomy walls.At length we perceived some spectral and shadowy-like movements through the windows, and after a tiresome interval, the castellan made his appearance on the great staircase, attended by two servants with lights in their hands.Impatiently I ran up the steps, commanded the astonished old man to show me a chamber suitable to the rank with which I was to be henceforth invested at the castle, and read over to him, as rapidly as possible, the Duke’s orders.
“How then?” cried he, staring at me as we stood on a landing-place, “and all those soldiers are to remain with us?The castle is at once to be so powerfully garrisoned, only for the sake of the poor sick Prince?If any inadvertence on my part has caused this new arrangement…”I would have tried to pacify him on that score, however, he added in a cool tone of confidence, “At all events, through the course of twenty-one years that I have been here, I am not conscious to myself of having committed any very great oversight!”
“Twenty-one years!”My very inmost heart seemed to re-echo the words.Twenty-one years of an abode like this!The thought was overpowering; and, more than ever discontented, I followed the old man, who was a grey-headed, shriveled, and stern-looking wretch, through the long half-dark corridor.There, when he opened the outer door of a suite of apartments that were to be mine, and, with a vile constrained motion of his arm, intimated that I should enter, the notions of an executioner, a prison, a scaffold, and so forth, rose all at once on my mind, so that my blood ran ice-cold in every vein, and I made a sign that this detestable conductor should retire.
I now found myself alone in a spacious chamber, and walked up and down for a long time, wondering at the strange fashion of the now faded, but once costly furniture, till a most suspicious-looking fellow (who is perhaps dumb, for I could not extract from him one syllable) came and lighted the fire in a large open chimney, for there are here no stoves.The castle had been furnished only for a hunting residence, that would be neglected all the rest of the year, after the season of the chase was over…And, yet, to have lived invariably here, like the poor insane Prince, for twenty-one years!There is somewhat like the scorn and mockery of Fate, in this contrast between what was intended, and what has really come to pass!
I had asked for writing implements, and have scribbled all this to you within the last half hour.If I speak aloud, the desolate walls seem to answer to my voice in a strange hollow echo, and I cannot bear to look on them.It is almost frightful to see the red damask hangings with their gilded borders glittering in the fire-light, for even in this I could imagine a kind of ghostly sarcasm.How long may it have been since even a human step was heard, — since a voice sounded or a heart beat, whether gladly or sorrowfully, within these apartments!
Over the doors, and elsewhere, are hung family portraits, and that which fronts me at this moment represents a young man in a hunting-dress, with a cheerful smiling countenance, on which it seems as if worldly care had never imprinted a single trace.His hair is, in the old mode, stiffly frizzled and powdered, and on his head, he wears a little three-cornered hat with a white feather.His coat, too, is cut in the most formal fashion, with turned up yellow lappelles, yet the expression of his countenance gives to the tout-ensemble an air of careless freedom, as with one arm turned back, he points over his shoulder towards the woods in the background, in which probably he has just performed some notable exploit in the boar or stag-hunt.If I am not mistaken this was the present Duke’s father.
Not far from this gay sportsman, over another door, I see the portrait of a lady done in crayons.The colours are of course somewhat faded, yet it is easy to distinguish the fine features of our present old Duchess, taken while she was yet in the bloom of her youth and beauty.She accompanied her husband in all his excursions, and this castle was perhaps the scene of her greatest happiness!In the portrait she is represented as Diana, with a hunting spear in her hand, and a crescent moon fixed on a little green hat, turned up smartly on one side with a band of pearls, which (the hat I mean) hangs archly enough over her left eyebrow.
This fantastic production (doubtless of a French artist), this Diana with her spear and her crescent, — reminds one of the with innocent self-delusions of children, who build fairy palaces of chairs and tables in the nursery, make themselves into kings and queens with spangles and peacocks’ feathers, and dwell there as in some far-famed Eldorado!The looks too of the Duchess are here so childlike and unconcerned;– she loved and was beloved; what more was wanting to her contentment in this world?If it were true that moods of mind are hereditary, how could she have given birth to sons whose dispositions are so dark, and so fearfully opposed to her own!
As to the unfortunate being who is now confined here, there certainly must be some deep mystery in his fate, which has not even been guessed at.You know there was of late a rumor spread about, that, in his lucid intervals, he had made vehement attempts to obtain his liberty, — that he wished to resume his former station in the capital, — and that, to his disordered imagination, nothing less seemed satisfactory, than bringing a legal accusation against the Duke for having kept him in confinement. In all this, however, I can assure you, that there was not one word of truth.In fact, it was a dream, — literally a mere dream, that led to my being sent hither, and this I have learned on the authority of the old physician, Leonardo.
During the night, after a grand masked ball at the house of the Prussian ambassador (who now inhabits the palace that belonged formerly to the insane Prince Charles), the Duke was taken ill.Leonardo, of course, was summoned, and found him under an attack of fever, — very restless, and talking so incoherently, that the old man pretends he could not remember a word of what his Highness had said.Towards morning he was exhausted, and fell into a deep slumber, not awaking till mid-day, when he arose, went to the window, and looked around him with a very strange and perturbed expression.
After seeming to reflect for some time, he made a sign for the physician, who was in the room, to come nearer.“Mark you,” said he, in a tone of irony, “can you resolve this question?Is it certain that dreams are always the result of intemperance or disordered nerves, and that they may not be supernatural warnings of some evil to come?”
The physician hesitated, not knowing whether the Duke alluded to himself, or only started a subject, pour passer le tems?“Last night,” rejoined his Highness, “it is true, that contrary to custom, I supped heartily, not to excess, indeed, but yet without attending to my usual rules.At the same time I drank some glasses of strong Sicilian wine, after which I felt the blood circulating like fire through every vein, and it seemed, for a short interval, as if I had shaken the cumbrous load of years from my shoulders.All appeared to me as in days of yore.But for such moments of renewed youth, one, at my advanced age, must do penance afterwards.
I have had frightful dreams through the night, and methought, all the while, my insane brother Charles held me in his arms firmly embraced.”The Duke turned pale as he pronounced these words, and seemed, with difficulty, to regain self-possession. “Now,” added he, “if any credit is to be given to these fantasms of a heated brain, I should conclude from them, that some misfortune threatened us at the Castle of Scharfenstein.Just before I awoke, methought I was on a shooting excursion in the forest there, and saw a large bird wheeling in circles round its grey weather-beaten towers.
I raised my fowling-piece and took aim, but the distance was too great, and I did not fire.The bird descended, however, and lighted on the river.There I perceived that it was a noble white swan, — but as he coursedgracefully along the stream, methought his track was red with blood, and I felt, at that moment, as if some one plunged a dagger into my heart.”
Absurd as this dialogue with old Leonardo will seem to you, take notice, Felix, that, within two days after this, I received orders to repair to Scharfenstein.I was chosen, forsooth, for this service, because the Duke had before shown me favour, and because he had confidence in my prudence and fidelity.Well, no doubt he has been kind to me!My parents died when I was but a child, and his Highness paid for my education at a military college, and gave me afterwards a commission in his body guard.Such, it must be allowed, is the truth; but then, my father had been a faithful servant to this Duke’s father, and, for the most part, I have looked on the kindness shown to me but as a payment of a just debt, and scarcely thought that it demanded from me any very deep sense of gratitude; for probably I could have acquired for myself a livelihood in the world without his interference.
Heaven knows how it happens that I have never felt any special attachment to our Sovereign, and least of all, here.His conduct throughout is very strange; and many times there are suspicions that irresistibly force themselves on my mind, of some concealed guilt, of which the world has never dreamed.
The night is now very quiet, and the moon has risen.I had gone to the window, from whence is visible the river, just under the terrace, winding its way through the rocky cliffs, and gleaming in the silvery light.I could not help remembering the Duke’s vision, and imagining to myself the white swan bleeding as he sailed through the water.But who in the world can it be that here plays that flute?For a long time already I have been watching the protracted melancholy notes that come from an opposite wing of the building.How, if it were the madman?
The windows on that side are all firmly secured with iron-work; but they are dark too, as if no one were living there.If I have judged correctly, the tones are not steady in one place; they seem to advance and recede.Methinks I see a lonely exile moving slowly to and fro in his chamber, while that favourite instrument supplies an echo to his grief, and he breathes through it all those expressions of suffering and painful remembrance in which no one is allowed to share and sympathize.Unhappy prisoner!How the thoughts of your being so near oppress and affect me!
I have now seen him; but it is impossible, Felix, to describe to you adequately, the impression made on me by his looks.My heart still beats quick when I think of him.It was midday, and the guards fell to be relieved in the inner court.I was stationed at a window looking down upon them, when suddenly there opened on the opposite side of the quadrangle, a folding door, with glass panels, that leads into a balcony.The Prince soon came forward, and took his station, leaning on the front of the iron balustrade.Involuntarily I started and trembled at this apparition.
Tall, dignified in demeanour, very pale, yet, with an aspect quite tranquil and rational, he regarded the unusual appearance of the soldiers.A smile, more of surprise than bitterness, stole over his features.He seemed comparing his recollections of the past with what now took place before him.It was as if he said to himself, “So then, such is the way of the world now-a-days!”
Gradually his features became more animated, and he seemed to take more interest in what was going forward.He wears still the uniform of his old cavalry regiment; a head-piece with a plume of feathers, military gloves, and field-officer’s boots; the left hand rested on his sword-hilt, and the right was pressed on his bosom, as if aided to support his frame, now thin and emaciated.On his appearance, the guard immediately grounded arms; but, with a courteous gesture, he intimated that he could dispense with this homage, and at that moment looked, indeed, like a king.
He stood for a while as if he were considering the uniform, the discipline and duty of the little troop, — then he raised his very beautiful eyes, and, with an expression of soul, which one must have beheld in order to appreciate, his regards were directed to the steep rocks of the fortress, and then away to the distant country, through which he never more might wander.– I shall never forget that gaze.Was this, perhaps, one of his lucid intervals?For, in truth, there was not once in his countenance the slightest trace of insanity.
In the course of this morning, I endeavoured to obtain a personal interview with the Prince, though, indeed, this formed no part of my commission; however, the castellan assured me that he never saw any one, and that, if a stranger offered him a visit, it was always rejected with indignation and vehemence.But he may have his own reasons for this.By whom have such visits been offered?To myself, however, it is of little consequence, for it is not impossible that within a month my services may be at an end; the Duke by that time may have forgotten his dream, and supplied its place with some new fancy, in which case, every thing here will be restored to the old footing.
How frightful!Have you ever fully considered the dark, deep, and maddening impression which is made on the heart of a prisoner, by the notion that his fate is utterly unchangeable, — that he is shut out from the pleasant walks of life forever?— The very idea of this is to me so overpowering, that I cannot dwell on the subject; indeed, I am very unfit for my station here.A wild lonely country proves by no means salutary to one of my disposition; for many strange and wayward feelings, which were repressed and kept under subjection, when I mixed with the busy world, are now roused to an undue strength, when aided by the gloomy influences of external nature. –
The gay imagery of real life is thrown into the back ground, and the dim dark phantoms of the mind are too powerfully developed.Among other thoughts, it recurs to me, that, even in my gayest moods, I have never been perfectly content or happy.Do not mistake me, Felix – I have not forgotten the many hours of merriment and careless dissipation that we have passed together, — but then, those were but fleeting intervals.Consistent happiness depends on domestic felicity in a family circle, and this I have never known.
I was only four or five years old when it happened that my attendants dressed me out in a full suit of black, and in a lamentable tone, I was given to understand that my father was dead, — that he had fallen in the field of battle.I wept as I saw others do, though without rightly knowing wherefore, for as to my father, I only recollected his having spoken to me once, when he was returning from parade on horseback, and his saying, “Mark you, Julius, so you will ride the great horse one day, when you grow taller.”Such was the meaning of his words, but what he then addressed to me was an absurd rhyme, that nurses use, when they rock a boisterous child on the knee.
Of course I thought of nothing afterwards but riding the great horse, as gentlemen’s sons should ride; but after my father’s death, my situation became sadly changed.One evening, my mother, who was a pale-visaged invalid, took me on her lap, and after we had sat for some time in silence, she pressed me to her heart, and in a tone of deepest affection, exclaimed, “Poor unfortunate child, what will now become of you?”These words, which I have never since forgotten, affected me even at that time, so that I burst into tears; it seemed as if there were in my mind dark anticipation of the hard fate that awaited me, and I was carried, still crying, to bed.
Not long after, we journeyed from our town residence to a remote village among the mountains, — where the country was very beautiful – and we took up our abode in the clergyman’s house.At such an early age, one soon becomes accustomed to any change in circumstances.I played with his children, and rambled about very contentedly, while my mother had gone back to the capital, in order to take the situation offered to her of gouvernante to the young Princess, with whom she went into Italy, where, after a few years, she died.
The pleasure which I had taken at first in my childish plays, was soon embittered by the scanty food, and other discomforts of the family with whom I was boarded.Scarcely separated from the servants of the household, I was doomed to hear their rough language and noisy disputes every hour of the day; while their talk was of swine, geese, sheep, and oxen – but never, by any chance, of fine horses or young gentlemen learning to ride.In the very house itself, there was established a large crib for poultry, and we children were called on to assist in much menial drudgery, in which I acquitted myself so ill, that I was often heartily scolded.As to good clothes and fine linen, to which I was also partial, as well as to horses, I was never allowed to wear them.
The clergyman’s wife, if I complained on that score, used to answer tartly, that for the trifling pension which I paid, it was not in her power to afford those luxuries.The kind-hearted old preacher used at such times to pat me on the cheek, and gave me in secret some bits of his sugar which had been allowed him for his own morning coffee, telling me to be good and patient.He himself bore his cross in silence.Yet I could not help becoming every day more fretful and discontented, not being able to understand why I was to remain so very long in that small and ill-appointed house.
One evening, I was sitting on the threshold, cutting a large tube of elder tree, which I laboured to fashion into a post-boy’s horn, endeavouring to make it sound like a bugle which I had heard just before in the forest, where some travelers were passing by.Heaven knows what mysterious longing that signal had awoke in my heart!About an hour afterwards, there came a lady in a very plain dress, like that of a citizen’s wife or daughter, — with a covered basket on her arm, who entered by the court gateway, and directly made up to me.
Milord, the large mastiff dog who was chained in the court, rushed out in great wrath from his wooden camp, and snapped at her dress; however, I started forward between them, – struck Milord heartily with my bugle horn of elder-tree, and expecting that the lady must have something very fine in her basket, I was eager to lead her into the house.She looked at me for a few moments without saying a word, and, perceiving that she trembled, I believed that she was still afraid of the mastiff – I took her hand therefore, and brought her into the parlour, in which we found the old clergyman, while, in order to offer some apology for her coming, she had drawn the cover from her basket, in which there was a great collection of Nürnberg toys, men on horseback, coaches and horses, guns, swords, and beasts of all shapes and sizes.
Of course, all the children who had now burst into the room, gathered round her in admiration; but the clergyman’s wife soon put an end to their hopes.“Nothing – nothing, good woman, we have no need for such things here.”With these words she spread out both her broad hands over the basket, that we might no longer be tempted by the sight of treasures which we were not to possess.At this, the strange lady smiled a little, and in a soft and genteel tone of voice, to which I had been here but little accustomed, she said, “Nay, nay, – but my goods are very cheap; allow every one of the young people to take something from my stores.
I shall not demand any money, but only a cast-off piece of dress from the youngest who is here present, for he is just about the same age with my own boy.If I might beg also a lock of his hair, it would be better still, for he reminds me so of one whom I shall not see for a long while again, and he has been so kind in protecting me from your great watch-dog!”All hands had already been plunged into the basket, and, much against her own inclinations, the old lady was forced to go to the wardrobe, and bring into the room the worst and most useless of my worn-out dresses.
By that time, I stood triumphant with a blue painted saber, and a bronze-coloured fowling piece.The stranger looked at me for a while, seeming to rejoice in my feelings, then she took the clothes and ringlet of hair that were now offered in return for her goods, examined them, folded them up, and took them down again as if unwilling to depart; — at last, turning to me, stroked my forehead to part my wild straggling locks, said, in a voice scarcely audible, “God be with you dearest child,” and abruptly retiring, she disappeared.
I remember well that through that whole evening, I sat retired in a corner with my newly purchased toys, — in a very perplexed mood; I knew not whether to laugh or weep, but felt a confused impression, that I was now quite forsaken and alone in the world.It was the sword perhaps that made me think of former days, and awoke manifold associations which I was altogether unable to arrange or interpret.
This had happened on a Saturday evening, and next day, the family and all the servants were at church.My playmates were roving about in the fields, and I was left sitting on a stone under a lime tree, at some distance from the village.I happened to be gazing intently in that direction, when I saw the stranger lady that had given us the toys come out of an inn, and walk for some time along the high road, till at last, on perceiving me, she turned from it, and came up to the place where I was stationed.“So, Julius,” said she in a low timid voice, “I have found you alone! – Yesterday, O could not thank you, my dearest child, for your kindness to me, but, in token of my gratitude, I must beg that you accept this small remembrance.”
She now gave me a beautiful book, in a red binding, with a gold claps fashioned into the shape of two hands joined together, with an engraved motto, “Trust in God.”On touching a spring, the volume flew open, and I found that it contained a great number of separate blank leaves, of the finest French paper, all embossed, and with some religious or moral maxim inscribed on each.“Look you, Julius,” said she, “these leaves are intended for a journal, and there are just as many of them as there are days in the year.You can supply their places, however, with others, to fit the volume, in case any of these should be lost or written out.
Above all, do not forget the maxims; — read one of them as a lesson every morning, and ask yourself at night whether you have remembered and fulfilled through the day the admonition contained therein.Then, under the original inscription, add, in your own hand, ‘yes’ or ‘no’ – or any other remark which your own conscience may dictate.In order to act up to our duties in the world, it is necessary that one should use some method of this kind – that we should have some outward as well as inward monitor.Do not neglect, Julius, to take such precautions now when you are young; thus in early life, you will rend self-examination a regular habit, instead of having to acquire it afterwards by laborious effort.Wilt thou do this my dear child?”
Every word of her address was uttered in tones of the most heartfelt affection.She seated herself beside me on the grass, and took me in her arms; I wept, and was confounded by that kindness, such as I had never experienced since my mother’s departure.Suddenly and abruptly she let me go, and in the next moment had disappeared in the neighbouring wood.I was terrified; I started up and ran after her; but, notwithstanding all my endeavours, my cries and lamentations, she was absolutely gone.I threw myself on the ground in an agony of grief; and, not long after, when I heard the notes of a bugle again sounding from the woods, till they died away into the blue realms of distance, my agitation increased almost to distraction.
Time, that blunts all feelings, at length weakened the impression even of this adventure.Yet, though weakened, it could not be effaced.Amid the cold and heartless goings-on of the world, it was then only that I had felt as if there were some one could take a real interest in my fate, — who looked on me with affection, and sympathized in my distresses.– It was more from instinctive feeling than from reflection, that I was afterwards induced to keep a strict silence as to what has passed.The book which I had received from the lady was placed every night on my pillow, and by day it carried it in my bosom.
It was my companion, too, at the military school to which the Duke’s recollection of my father’s services soon afterwards induced him to send me.Oftentimes, indeed, I forgot to consult the leaves at the hours appointed; but frequently, too, a single glance at them completely roused my faculties, when indolence was ready to steal upon me; and the natural obstinacy of my heart was softened when I read over some of the moral rhymes, which I could never do without remembering the gentle and musical tones of the Unknown, which inseparably blended with the words.No doubt, I might have neglected all my studies, and given myself up to dissipation, had it not been that Providence had supplied me with this means of self-warning and guidance.
Now, in this wilderness, where I find another heart as lonely and suffering as mine has been, and where, as I have already said, the gloomy influences of external nature break the habits that social life had induced, all my old feelings of perplexity and harassing reflections are awoke.Uncalled and unsought for emotions crowd upon my mind; some, indeed, welcome and pleasant, but many that bring along with them bitterness and discontent.Indeed, one is in solitude too much occupied with himself, and yet it is only by means of this intermediate conflicts, that he can again obtain tranquility and a better mood of mind.
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Mark Rutte arrives at a European Council summit in 2018 | Jack Taylor/Getty Images
Dutch PM Mark Rutte: I’m not after a top job in Brussels
Even if Merkel and Macron put pressure on him the ‘answer is no.’
By Eline Schaart
11/16/18, 2:59 PM CET
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte scotched rumors that he has eyes on a senior position in the EU, saying: “I will stay. I am not going to Brussels.”
Rutte, who has been in power for eight years, told Dutch radio on Friday that he wants to finish his job in the Netherlands — his current mandate runs until 2021.
He said he already has influence in Europe. “Because I have been here for so long time and know everyone, [I] can try to … work on solutions, such as with the migration crisis and the euro.”
Rutte has been tipped as a potential candidate for president of the European Council, a position that becomes open next year along with a host of other top EU jobs. Rutte is a member of the liberal political family, which said it will present a slate of candidates for top EU jobs in a move designed to push back against the Spitzenkandidat system for picking the European Commission president,
But Rutte said he wouldn't swap The Hague for Brussels even if German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron put strong pressure on him. "I won't do it,” Rutte said. “The answer is no.”
Rutte said he might have triggered the speculation by once saying that if he took a top European position, he would rather be president of the European Commission than of the Council. "I once answered the question and perhaps the misunderstanding arises from that," he said.
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After Brexit, populists set to outnumber Greens in European Parliament
The change will improve Euroskeptics’ standing in the chamber, but is unlikely to alter the overall status quo.
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Carles Puigdemont and Antoni Comín were not paid between July and December 2019.
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Dairy Product Markets in Africa to 2020 - Market Size, Development, and Forecasts
Published: Apr, 2016 | Pages: 560 | Publisher: Global Research & Data Services
The report package Dairy Product Markets in Africa to 2020 - Market Size, Development, and Forecasts offers the most up-to-date industry data on the actual market situation, and future outlook for dairy products in different African countries. The package includes dairy product country reports from the following countries:
Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania
- What is the current size of the dairy product market in different African countries?
- How is the dairy product market divided into different product segments?
- Overall dairy product market size, 2009-2020
- Dairy product market size by product segment, 2009-2020
- Growth rates of the overall dairy product market and different product segments, 2009-2020
- Shares of different product segments of the overall dairy product market, 2008, 2014 and 2019
- Market Potential Rates of the overall dairy product market and different product segments
Milk oils and fats
Curdled milk and cream, kephir, buttermilk and other acidified or fermented milk and cream
Lactose and lactose syrup
- Gain an outlook of the historic development, current market situation, and future outlook of the dairy product market in different African countries to 2020
1. Market for Dairy Products in the Country in Question 6
Cheese 8
Milk and cream 9
Milk oils and fats 10
Casein 11
Curdled milk and cream, kephir, buttermilk and other acidified or fermented milk and cream 12
Lactose and lactose syrup 14
Whey 15
Yogurt 16
Other dairy products 17
Cheese 20
Milk and cream 21
4. Dairy Product Market Size Compared to Market Growth in Different Countries 31
Table 1 Demand for dairy products in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Table 2 Demand for dairy products in the country in question, by type, 2009 and 2015 (share)
Table 3 Demand for cheese in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Table 4 Demand for milk and cream in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Table 6 Demand for casein in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Table 7 Demand for curdled milk and cream, kephir, buttermilk and other acidified or fermented milk and cream in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Table 8 Demand for ice cream in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Table 9 Demand for lactose and lactose syrup in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Table 10 Demand for whey in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Table 11 Demand for yogurt in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Table 12 Demand for other dairy products in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Table 13 Demand for dairy products in the country in question, 2016-2020 (US dollars)
Table 14 Demand for dairy products in the country in question, by type, 2009, 2015 and 2020 (share)
Table 15 Demand for cheese in the country in question, 2016-2020 (US dollars)
Table 16 Demand for milk and cream in the country in question, 2016-2020 (US dollars)
Table 17 Demand for milk oils and fats in the country in question, 2016-2020 (US dollars)
Table 18 Demand for casein in the country in question, 2016-2020 (US dollars)
Table 19 Demand for curdled milk and cream, kephir, buttermilk and other acidified or fermented milk and cream in the country in question, 2016-2020 (US dollars)
Table 20 Demand for ice cream in the country in question, 2016-2020 (US dollars)
Table 21 Demand for lactose and lactose syrup in the country in question, 2016-2020 (US dollars)
Table 25 Market Potential Rates of dairy product industry in the country in question
Graph 1 Demand for dairy products in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Graph 2 Demand for cheese in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Graph 3 Demand for milk and cream in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Graph 5 Demand for casein in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Graph 6 Demand for curdled milk and cream, kephir, buttermilk and other acidified or fermented milk and cream in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Graph 7 Demand for ice cream in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Graph 8 Demand for lactose and lactose syrup in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Graph 9 Demand for whey in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Graph 10 Demand for yogurt in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Graph 11 Demand for other dairy products in the country in question, 2009-2015 (US dollars)
Graph 12 Demand for dairy products in the country in question, 2009-2020 (US dollars)
Graph 13 Demand for cheese in the country in question, 2009-2020 (US dollars)
Graph 14 Demand for milk and cream in the country in question, 2009-2020 (US dollars)
Graph 15 Demand for milk oils and fats in the country in question, 2009-2020 (US dollars)
Graph 16 Demand for casein in the country in question, 2009-2020 (US dollars)
Graph 17 Demand for curdled milk and cream, kephir, buttermilk and other acidified or fermented milk and cream in the country in question, 2009-2020 (US dollars)
Graph 18 Demand for ice cream in the country in question, 2009-2020 (US dollars)
Graph 19 Demand for lactose and lactose syrup in the country in question, 2009-2020 (US dollars)
Graph 20 Demand for whey in the country in question, 2009-2020 (US dollars)
Graph 23 Dairy product market size compared to market growth in different countries
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11 sneaky Good Omens Easter Eggs hidden in the opening credits
The Chattering Order of St Beryl! Crowley's 1926 Bentley! DEATH! What have you spotted in the Good Omens opening titles sequence?
By Flora Carr
Thursday, 14th February 2019 at 1:26 pm
Are you ready for the apocalypse? After watching the opening credits for Amazon Prime Video’s Good Omens, we can’t wait to see how the world will end.
Based on Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s bestselling novel, Good Omens follows demon Crowley (David Tennant) and the angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), an unlikely celestial pairing who band together to prevent Armageddon.
Although the series won’t be released until Friday 31st May 2019 (and even later on BBC2), there are more than enough Easter Eggs in the newly-released opening titles to tide us over until then.
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Chattering nuns
When celestial field agents Crowley and Aziraphale (busy living their cushy, comfortable lives among mortals) discover that the Antichrist, harbinger of the apocalypse, is being sent to Earth, they both determine to jointly raise the child so that he can’t choose between Good and Evil when the time comes.
They’re aided (or rather, hindered) in their dastardly plans by The Chattering Order of St Beryl — whose Twitter page, followed by Neil Gaiman himself, we really recommend you check out. We also recommend you visit their website and click on the section ‘Dark Lord’ (note: headphones advised).
So it comes as no surprise that two nun-like figures appear early on in the opening titles.
Crowley’s car and Aziraphale’s antique book shop
If there’s one thing that the demon Crowley loves in this world, it’s his 1926 Bentley. It’s kept in mint condition (well, at least for now it is), and any tape left in the cassette player system for more than two weeks turns into the Best of Queen.
The car appears in the sequence alongside Aziraphale’s antique bookstore, tucked away on a London street, where the heavenly angel only sells books as a last resort.
Flying Saucers? DEATH?
Things, predictably, go a little awry in Crowley and Aziraphale’s plan, resulting in a misplaced Antichrist left to grow up among humans, totally unaware of his powers. When he reads a magazine about conspiracy theories – including one about little green men in spaceships – strange things start to happen…
Below the flying saucer (which seems to have very big buttons sewn on its sides?) in the screenshot above, we also have our first glimpse of Death himself, a favourite among Terry Pratchett fans.
He’s riding a skeletal horse and is accompanied by another member of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (most likely Famine).
A fishy explosion
In the animation, Aziraphale transforms the flying saucer into an exploding cascade of fish — a reference, perhaps, to the untimely demise of the Bikers of the Repocalypse (not to be confused with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse), who in the novel encounter a rather unfortunately placed heap of fish on the M6.
First look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Satan
As if Good Omens weren’t already pretty perfect, Amazon only went ahead and hired Benedict Cumberbatch to voice Satan. Gaiman has previously explained that Cumberbatch will voice “a giant, animated Satan” who is “400 foot high”, and it looks as though the title sequence has provided us our first sneak peek at what Satan might look like (answer: ugly as, well, sin).
The underwater shot also shows all of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, from left to right: War (a red-headed war correspondent), Death, Famine and Pollution.
A devilish M25
As part of their pact on Earth, Crowley and Aziraphale claimed responsibility for different towns and parts of the world. And it comes as no surprise that a rather devilish architect was behind the creation of the M25 London Orbital…
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Shadwell and Madame Tracy
The end of the world makes strange bedfellows, none more so perhaps than Sergeant Shadwell, one of only two remaining members of The Witchfinders Army, and his next-door neighbour, Madame Tracy.
Madame Tracy, whom Shadwell refers to as the ‘Painted Jezebel’ and ‘Whore of Babylon’ (but sneakily accepts the trays of food she leaves outside his door), also works as a medium on Thursdays, and has a Native American spirit guide called Geronimo.
You can see both Shadwell and Madame Tracy during the opening titles, riding on Madame Tracy’s scooter.
The Antichrist’s dog
No Antichrist is complete without a loyal hound of hell, right? And after a brief cameo in the series’ trailer, we have another glimpse of Adam Young’s (aka the Antichrist’s) loyal pet, whose inspired, dastardly name is… Dog.
Good Omens opening titles
What other Good Omens references have you spotted?
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The text below is an essay written by AA Bronson as the introduction to the book, Queer ZInes.
New York City, 4:25 am, Friday, October 3, 2008.
I am sitting in the dark listening to the soft subtle snoring of my boyfriend, Mark, as I write this text. I am thinking of the Queer Zine exhibition and book that Phil Aarons and I have been thinking about and working on for some time now—let me be clear, this was Phil’s brainwave, not mine—and as this book will be released in a mere 20 days, it is time to write an introduction.
In this brief introduction, I‘d like to piece together a patchwork quilt of ideas and histories that someone some time should develop into a coherent history. They are the bits and pieces that have concerned us here as we have assembled this story.
In the late 1960s, an almost shockingly explicit underground newspaper appeared amidst the plethora of underground newspapers that had swept the Western world. SUCK, from Amsterdam, emerged from a freeform sex commune of the period. Many of the underground newspapers came from communes, but this one was unique: it was edited equally by men and women (a notable contributor was Germaine Greer), straight and gay, and it used a kind of diaristic method that emerged from feminist thought and practice of the period. In other words, what happened in the pages of SUCK—and a lot went on in the pages of SUCK—was a kind of dramatization of sex life in the commune that incorporated intellectual thought and theory, radical politics, and sex into one unique voice.
At about the same time, on the Lower East Side of New York City, Ed Sanders Fuck You Press and his magazine, Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts became a kind of portal into a world that married the Fugs and their anarchistic ecstatic political musical rantings with the writers of the New York School, the Beat Generation, with, yes, more sex. A kind of continuous political/polysexual tirade animates the mimeographed outpourings of this small press and sets the tone for alternative publishing in New York City for decades to come.
We are used to the kind of journalistic voice that includes a self-reflexivity in the text, in which the journalist does not hide her own presence in the story, and drops the pretense to objective reporting. The Village Voice championed this style of journalism in New York City in the mid-70s, particularly in the writing of the lesbian Jill Johnson. Her dance column was infamous as a rambling diaristic diatribe, weaving together dance theory and reportage with her own sexploits and amorous adventures and battles, radical politics and social musings. It’s frankly amazing that this voice thrived in a venue as public as the Voice. Although the column did not last a long time, we all heard her, and Jill Johnson’s influence was remarkable in my generation.
It is during this time that Boyd McDonald published the first issues of Straight to Hell, and began selling them in the gritty newsstands and sex shops of the city.
6:17 am, Monday, October 6, 2008
I have been thinking about precursors to the queer zine: Audrey Beardsley’s The Yellow Book, for example, although it dates back more than 100 years; Jack Smith’s The Beautiful Book (1962) more clearly steers the course for queer zines to come, with its very personalized and often erotic photos of Smith’s peripatetic scene; and Walter Pfeiffer’s 1970-1980 (1980), the now infamous diaristic photobook of the artists scene from Zurich in the 70s, with its hyper-erotic close-ups of beautiful Swiss boys, is a clear model for today’s European zines.
But ultimately, the best models for the zines themselves are other zines: they are a community in constant communication.
7:14 am, Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The explosion of punk zines from Britain in 1976 was a phenomenon without precedent. Together with self-published vinyl singles, a flood of zines circulated amongst the punks themselves and sold in the shops that they frequented, notably one bookshop in Camden Town, London, whose name I have been unable to remember. (This bookstore was also one of the few outlets for cutting-edge conceptual art journals of the period). Stephen Willats was an artist who began to collect this material in the mid-70s, and he drew it to my attention at the time: his contribution was crucial in assembling the Punk issue of FILE Megazine in 1977. The best known of the British zines was Sniffin’ Glue, but it is the hundreds of lesser zines that are interesting as a phenomenon. And although a sort of broadened and quite flagrant image of sexuality emerged, and SM regalia became part of the punk look, the queer zine as such took a while to emerge from the pack. The British punk overlap with the fashion and cultural scene, most visible in Vivienne Westwood’s involvement with the Sex Pistols, and perhaps Derek Jarmen’s film Jubilee (1977), had a visibly queer or at least gender-confused component. In New York, Punk Magazine itself began in 1976, but always maintained a strictly magazine (and jock-ular) format, although an adventurous and constantly changing one.
Let’s consider the fashion and culture worlds for a moment: In the mid-70s, Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren transformed their little clothing store at World’s End, London, into SEX, appropriating leather and rubber fetish gear from the sexual underground and propelling it to center stage. The look was gender-confused and androgynous. The primary salesperson became the poster girl for the punk aesthetic: she was noted for riding the tube from the outer reaches of London each morning, dressed in a rubber miniskirt and no underwear, with a startlingly tribal Mohawk and extreme eye makeup. As Vivienne developed her brand with Seditionaries (1976), she incorporated the drawings of Tom of Finland into her clothing, a look she popularized with the Sex Pistols. Vivienne was known for her ongoing scathing commentary on the world around her: at one point, during a falling out with John Lydon, she covered the front of her shop with plywood and hand-wrote a vitriolic diatribe upon it. This independent and outspoken voice, I would argue, provided a role model for the punk zine.
In assembling the components for this patchwork quilt, we shouldn’t forget the importance of William Burroughs, an American beat writer who achieved enormous fame in France, and yet was largely overlooked in the USA until the mid-70s, when his book Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead (1971) began to attract attention with a youthful proto-punk audience. Burroughs connection to young people, especially young queer men, grew through the late 70s, and Burrough’s cut-up method became a touchstone for many of the queer zines of the 80s.
5:29 am, Thursday, October 9, 2008
I have been communicating with GB Jones about the content of this book, in particular about the contribution of women and also about the intent of zines in general: to create one’s own culture. I want to emphasize the contribution of women to the phenomenon of independent publishing but especially to the phenomenon of queer zines. It is a practice that comes out of the traditional woman’s occupation of writing diaries. Germaine Greer’s writings in SUCK are exactly that, as are Jill Johnston’s writing in the Village Voice of the mid-seventies. The memoir is a form that has been studied in feminist critique of literature, but I doubt that the critics have examined SUCK—or our queer zines, for that matter. And I wonder whether they have noticed that the lessons and methods of feminism have been picked up more quickly by queer men than straight (that feminism has been championed by gay women goes without saying).
Garrick, our designer, is asking for this text, and so I am aware that I must end this soon. In fact, I would like to finish this morning. So let me add the last few pieces of the jigsaw puzzle that I feel absolutely must be represented—any others someone else will have to add to the mix at a future date.
The pamphlet first appears in the English language in the 15th century. In the 1580s pamphleteering exploded: gossip and slander mixed freely with ideas and opinions about current events and politics, and the pamphlet spread political ideas about democracy and self-determination. Of course it was the invention of the printing machine that made this possible.
In the latter half of the twentieth century, a sequence of technological advances makes self-publishing easy again. A short list of zine technologies: the web offset press made the explosion of underground newspapers of the mid-sixties possible. The mimeograph machine, designed for use in schools and institutions, produced small-run poetry journals through the mid to late sixties—The Fuck You Press specialized in quick ‘n easy mimeo publishing. By the mid-70s, the plain paper copier appeared, resulting in an avalanche of photocopied zines, including most of the earliest punk zines. The personal computer creates the more polished look of zines today; and direct digital publishing and publishing on demand are altering the face of short-run publishing yet again.
5:22 am, Friday, October 8, 2008
What I have not mentioned in this introduction is the queer zines themselves: as an early example of the diaristic, I choose John Jack Baylin’s Fanzini: the first issue seems to me particularly delicious. J.D.s, by GB Jones and Bruce LaBruce, carries that wanton, flaunting voice to a high art in the late eighties. Many zines of the late eighties and early nineties should be written about—Scott Treleaven’s This is the Salivation Amy, or Vaginal Davis’ Fertile La Toyah Jackson Magazine, for example—but I leave it to someone else to undertake that analysis. As for the current crop, Paul Sepuya’s SHOOT retains the diaristic, although it has lost the use of words; while Calvin Holbrook’s HATE carries the pamphlet as gossip-monger to its logical conclusion. I hesitate to identify the most original voices today: they are, after all, engaged in conversation.
Dear Reader, we hope these pages incite you to a closer reading of Queer Zines. If we have done our job well, you will immerse yourself in zines, indulge a bad habit of buying subscriptions to publications that you fear may fold at any moment, and hopefully end up disagreeing with our choices: for there are hundreds of zines more waiting to be discovered and waiting to be published.
Queer Zines provide a model for living: this century, release your strident inner voice. It is essential to creating culture, and creating culture makes us human.
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S.T.H. : Straight to Hell
New York, NY: B. Miller, 2010
The Salivation Army Black Book
New York and Toronto, NY and Canada: Inc. and Art Metropole and Printed Matter Inc., 2006
Charles Flowers and ed.
New York, NY: Bloom, 2007
Gert Jonkers, Jop van Bennekom and editors
Butt Magazine : International Magazine for Homosexuals
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Butt Magazine, 2005
Nayland Blake and D-L Alvarez
Brooklyn: Cirlce & Square, 1991; 2012
John Jack Baylin
Fanzini Goes to the Movies
Vancouver, Canada: J.J. Baylin, 1974
Shoot This Is a Magazine
Brooklyn, NY: P. Sepuya, 2006
A.K. Burns and Sophie Mörner and editors
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Top Publishers, Summer 2013
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Fanzini 1975
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Gaylord Phoenix
Jackson Heights, NY: Secret Acres, 2010
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Original Plumbing
San Francisco, CA: Original Plumbing, 2013
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Brooklyn, NY: FAQNP, 2012
Philip Aarons and AA Bronson
Queer Zines, Vol. 1
New York, NY: Printed Matter Inc., August 2013
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Titijaya, China Railway Enters East Malaysia
Titijaya Land Berhad is pleased to announce that the Company has today entered into a Framework Agreement ("FAâ€) with CREC Development (M) Sdn Bhd ("CRECDâ€) to collaborate on a property development project known as The Shore, Kota Kinabalu.
A filing with Bursa Malaysia today (Feb 27) shows that the collaboration between Titijaya and CRECD records the provisional intention of both parties, with respect to the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commission Agreement, joint marketing collaboration for The Shore, as well as participation in business opportunity offered by Laksana Wawasan Sdn Bhd, beneficial owner of the Proposed Ascott Hotel.
Concurrently, Titijaya also signed a Serviced Residence Management Agreement with The Ascott Ltd ("Ascottâ€) for The Shore. Under the agreement, Ascott will manage the serviced residence components of The Shore, for a contract period of 15 years.
CREC is one of the world's largest construction companies, developer of Bandar Malaysia, as well as JV partner with Titijaya on a project in Embassy Row. On the other hand, Ascott is the world's largest international serviced residence owner-operator with over 26,000 units in key cities around the world.
Speaking after the signing of FA with CRECD, Tan Sri Dato' Lim Soon Peng said: "By entering into the FA, The Shore will be able to leverage on CREC's strength in the construction sector to further enhance the built quality and project implementation. In turn, CREC stands to tap into the growing property market in Sabah through collaborations with Titijaya. With the strong CREC presence in China, The Shore shall attract more investors from China, particularly those who favour the commercial and residential property industry, as well as hospitality property investment.â€
"Having The Ascott group on board, whom has deep presence in Greater China, will surely help elevate branding and augment the future development value of The Shore, and attracting tourists from Greater China, such as Mainland China, Hong Kong & Taiwanâ€, he added when asked about the signing with The Ascott Ltd.
The FA between Titijaya and CREC has signed a share sale agreement ("SSAâ€) for the proposed acquisition of entire issued share capital ("Proposed Acquisitionâ€) of Sri Komakmur Development Sdn Bhd ("SKDSBâ€) for a purchase consideration of RM70.9 million. SKDSB is the registered owner of 3 parcels of land in Sabah, measuring a total of 75.44 acres, which has a cumulative market value of RM172.64 million. The Shore is located in Kota Kinabalu, with a total land area of 1.82 acres. The SSA will be satisfied via internally generated funds and bank borrowings.
Commenting on the Proposed Acquisition, Titijaya Land Berhad Group Managing Director Tan Sri Dato' Lim Soon Peng said: "This Proposed Acquisition enables Titijaya to immediately gain access to 75.44 acres of prime land within the high-growth and fast maturing central development spine of Sabah. The Land is situated in the prime area of Sabah, strategically located near notable local landmarks such as The Bank Negara Building, Royal Malaysia Custom, Bukit Padang Hospital, Sabah Golf & Country Club, among other buildings of local major government bodies.â€
He added that The Shore takes up just 1.82 acres of the total 75.44 acres of land that the Company has acquired from the Vendors. Thus, Titijaya and CREC are both keen to explore the possibilities of further collaborations in the property development scene in Sabah, to establish more new landmarks in the state.
"Additionally, there are more direct flights to Sabah these days, which provide greater connectivity from various countries. This will further promote the tourism industry and ignite a vibrant business environment. The Sabah state government has also been very encouraging in promoting its tourism industry to make it another major source of income for the state, to drive its economy. All these efforts and catalysts shall certainly help to improve the demand for commercial and residential properties in Sabah" he added.
Located on the last vacant land in the heart of Kota Kinabalu City Centre, The Shore is a new waterfront premium class hub that entails luxury mixed-use commercial hub docked within a prime waterfront enclave of Kota Kinabalu. Its unique U-shape design makes it the first of its kind within the vicinity. With 25 storeys in total, the development shall comprise 561 units in built-up sizes ranging from 409 sq. ft. and 541 sq. ft., with a price tag starting from RM453,000.00. The project is expected to be completed within 48 months from the commencement of construction.
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Shedding pounds may help improve psoriasis in overweight patients, study finds
Recent research into the relationship between weight and psoriasis may give you extra encouragement to eat healthy during 2016.
11/30/15 | Melissa Leavitt
Ringing in the New Year with a resolution to lose weight? Recent research into the relationship between weight and psoriasis may give you extra encouragement.
According to a study conducted by a research team in Denmark, losing weight may lead to a reduction in psoriasis severity in patients who are overweight. On top of that, skin improvement might stick around even after the diet is over.
Tipping the scales of psoriasis
The study put overweight psoriasis patients on a strict diet, and then followed them for about a year after the diet ended.
For the first part of the study, 60 overweight people with psoriasis were divided into two groups. Half of them were put on a low-calorie diet for four months. At first, participants ate only 800-1,000 calories a day. After about two months of that, they spent another two months eating about 1,200 calories a day.
“The first eight weeks is not very much fun. It really takes a lot of discipline,” said Dr. Peter Jensen, a dermatologist at Copenhagen University Hospital and the lead author of the study.
(He should know—he actually tried the diet himself to better understand what his patients were going through.)
The hard work paid off. According to the results of the study, published in May 2013 in the journal JAMA Dermatology, the patients on the diet lost about 15 kilograms—or roughly 30 pounds—more than the patients who weren’t on the diet.
Weight loss happened quickly and helped keep patients committed to the diet, Jensen said.
“In the beginning, patients are wondering, ‘Will this work for me?’ But they can tell straightaway, and see in the mirror straightaway, which is really good. That encourages them to go on.”
Another thing patients noticed in the mirror was an improvement in their skin. As reported in the study, patients on the diet saw a reduction in their psoriasis severity. Although the reduction did not reach statistical significance, according to Jensen, the improvement was noticeable to patients. The majority of patients, he said, reported that they looked and felt better even before Jensen or the other researchers had a chance to measure that improvement.
“They were telling me before we even got to that, ‘I’m better, and I’m so happy. I look a lot better than I did before,’” he said.
What happens when the diet stops?
For the second part of the study, Jensen and his colleagues investigated whether patients kept seeing clearer skin even after the diet stopped. This time, the patients who were in the control group during the initial study were invited to do the same low-calorie diet. For a year afterward, patients met with a nutritionist about once a month but weren’t on a formal weight loss intervention, Jensen said.
About half the patients dropped out of the study. Those who didn’t regained about 5 kilograms, or 11 pounds, Jensen said. But, as he reported at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology meeting in October, they still maintained their skin improvement.
The fat-inflammation connection
Jensen and his colleagues first got the idea to study the effect of weight loss on psoriasis severity after seeing the results of other studies indicating that obesity increased the risk for psoriasis.
“We thought, what happens if we turn the tables around? What happens if you lose weight?”
The connection between weight loss and psoriasis severity might be explained by the relationship between body fat and inflammation, Jensen said.
Inflammation in psoriasis is driven by pro-inflammatory proteins, known as cytokines. Cytokines play a key role in the immune system’s inflammatory response. These cytokines also lead to the inflammatory reaction seen in autoimmune diseases like psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
Cytokines can also be, as Jensen explained, secreted by fat, which goes by the technical term adipose tissue.
“One hypothesis in the literature is that as you become more obese or overweight, the adipose tissue secretes inflammatory cytokines. These cytokines are also key cytokines in psoriasis pathogenesis. So the obesity kind of fuels the psoriasis,” he said.
Jensen thinks there is a possibility that in overweight patients with more severe psoriasis, weight loss could bring about an even greater reduction in inflammation—and a bigger improvement in psoriasis.
What about treatment?
Jensen and his colleagues did not directly analyze the impact of treatment. Patients enrolled in the study could be on any treatment, but they had to be on the same treatment for at least three months, he said.
Other researchers are looking at the connection between weight and psoriatic disease, and how treatment fits into the picture. A March 2014 study in the British Journal of Dermatology found that diet and exercise, combined with treatment, could reduce psoriasis severity in overweight patients. Another study, published in June 2014 in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, found that weight loss and treatment may work together to improve psoriatic arthritis in overweight patients.
One more reason to stay healthy
Jensen hopes to conduct another weight-management study in the future. In the meantime, he said, he tells his patients who are overweight that there is evidence suggesting that losing weight may improve their psoriasis.
“I will say to them also that evidence is clear that if you gain more weight, there is risk that your psoriasis becomes worse.”
In addition, he said, he reminds patients that people with psoriasis have increased risk for issues like cardiovascular disease, another reason to stay on top of their weight. Heart disease, diabetes and metabolic syndrome are some of the comorbidities, or related conditions, associated with psoriatic disease.
“I always emphasize that it’s important for us all to live a healthy lifestyle, but it’s even more important for patients with psoriasis because of their increased cardiovascular risk,” he said.
Editor’s note: The National Psoriasis Foundation does not endorse this or other dietary interventions for the treatment of psoriatic disease. Always consult with your doctor to determine the best dietary plan for living with psoriatic disease.
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Melissa Leavitt, Ph.D., is the former associate director of scientific communication for the National Psoriasis Foundation.
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Star Wars spaceship lands at Disney’s ‘Solo’ premiere in Hollywood
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The movie begins rolling out in international theaters on May 23.
Alden Ehrenreich, 28, stepped into the role of Han Solo made famous by Harrison Ford in the original “Star Wars” trilogy that began in 1977. Ehrenreich plays a younger Solo just beginning his pilot training and seeking his own spaceship when he becomes involved in a dangerous mission in the galaxy far, far away.
Disney is hoping audiences embrace the movie after reshoots midway through production. Ron Howard finished the film after original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired.
“This was a very unusual circumstance, and I decided to take it on frankly as a kind of a challenge,” Howard said on the red carpet. “I’m so glad that I jumped in.”
Stars including Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover and Woody Harrelson posed on the carpet alongside the furry wookiee Chewbacca and a handful of Stormtroopers.
Box office experts predict fans will turn out in force for “Solo.” The movie could bring in as much as $185 million over Memorial Day weekend, which would be a record for that holiday period, according to BoxOffice.com.
Fans around the world have debated how Ehrenreich, little known beyond a well-received performance in quirky 2016 comedy “Hail, Caesar,” will take on one of the most iconic roles in cinema.
At Thursday’s premiere, audience members cheered at key moments such as when Han meets his eventual co-pilot Chewbacca, takes control of the Falcon for the first time, and comes face-to-face with fellow smuggler Lando Calrissian, portrayed by Glover.
Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in five “Star Wars” films, also attended the premiere, as did Billy Dee Williams, who portrayed Calrissian in “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi.”
In “Solo,” the younger Lando “doesn’t know what he’s quite doing yet,” Glover said. “I think he understands how to survive and make that look good. He knows how to make surviving look sexy.”
Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Additional reporting by Omar Younis; Editing by Catherine Evans
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It’s Brisbane’s birthday this week and to celebrate, we’ve found homes for sale that are connected to some of the state’s major players from Sir Samuel Griffith to Queensland’s first ...
Celebrate Brisbane’s birthday with a home full of history
Debra Bela
Brisbane celebrates its birthday on Boxing Day and we reckon there’s no better place to live. Photographer: Liam Kidston.
BRISBANE will celebrate its 117th birthday as a city on Boxing Day and to mark the occasion we’ve found three properties of historical significance that have added to its rich tapestry.
Built in 1880 for Queensland’s first resident Supreme Court Judge, the Honourable Justice Virgil Power, Valda used to reside upstream from Shafston House in East Brisbane and was known locally as ‘Queen of the Eastern Suburbs’.
Valda, at 50 Grandview Rd, Pullenvale
It’s fretwork pediment over the front entrance and handpainted murals of water birds in the hallway are documented by the National Trust of Australia.
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It is now surrounded by 2.5 acres of laws and gardens at 50 Grandview Rd, Pullenvale where it has been restored, extended into a five-bedroom house and landscaped with garden rooms in the ‘Edna Walling’ style.
A quaint children’s playhouse on the grounds of 50 Grandview Rd, Pullenvale.
The ballroom is now a large formal living and dining room, there are floor to ceiling bay windows, and a large country kitchen with Rosieres Paul Bocuse range cooker.
The property is listed by Rachael Spinks of Spinks & Co Residential Brisbane.
In Brisbane’s western suburbs, the history of 100 Dillon Rd, The Gap is documented by The Gap Historical Society as it was the original Dillon banana and avocado farm in the area.
There’s a dam at 100 Dillon Rd, The Gap.
The 6.48 hectare property features a 10 megalitre dam with a working heritage irrigation engine and pump and can sustain six head of cattle. All this is just 13km from the Brisbane CBD.
The architect-designed house has six bedrooms, two fireplaces, a media room and large kitchen with granite benches and modern appliances.
The architect-designed 100 Dillon Rd, The Gap.
Outside has a lap pool and plunge pool with a kids slide, and a large orchard with citrus, mango, avocado, olive and macadamia trees.
Graham Symes of Ray White The Gap says the property could become an income producing property for the neighbourhood once more and is inviting offers.
In the inner city, Matt Lancashire of Ray White New Farm has listed a waterfront house on land that was once part of Sir Samuel Griffith’s Merthyr Estate.
The property at 17 Griffith St, New Farm.
Sir Griffith became Queensland premier in 1883 and was later appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia.
Former Queensland premier Sir Samuel Griffith.
He lived at Merthyr House on Llewellyn St, New Farm and for a time, this part of Brisbane was the suburb of Mertyr.
On the market for the first time in 20 years, The Ripples at 17 Griffith St, New Farm was designed in 1928 by architect Eric Percival Trewern and is on a 739sq m waterfront block.
The property has a private pontoon and city views and the four-bedroom house has been designed in the Spanish Mission style.
It is on the market for $5.9 million.
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Enthusiastic Crowd Packs the House for Richmond Trail Forum
Phil Riggan
February 2, 2017 · 5 minute read
Crowd of more than 100 people at the Byrd Park Round House for the Richmond Trail Forum, Feb. 1, 2017
The first Richmond Trail Forum took place Wednesday night at the Byrd Park Round House before an enthusiastic overflow crowd of more than 100 people. Many identified themselves as cyclists, runners, hikers, volunteers, and dog walkers.
The well-received six-member panel included Nathan Burrell, superintendent of the James River Park; Mike Burton, city trails manager; Andrew Alli, city trail technician; Michael George, Richmond Road Runners; Dennis Bussey, James River Hikers; and Greg Rollins, rvaMORE. The forum was moderated by Brantley Tyndall, community outreach coordinator for Sports Backers’ Bike Walk RVA.
“We are an outdoor recreation mecca in Richmond,” Burrell said. “We have a multi-use system that we are all happy to share.” [Read more about the history of the development of Richmond’s trails in our preview of the Richmond Trail Forum.]
See a video from TijoMedia’s Brandon Montijo that rolls through some historic moments in the timeline of Richmond’s trail network.
The trail network includes the James River Park loop, Ancarrow’s Landing (AKA Poop Loop), Forest Hill Park, Dogwood Dell, Powhite Park, Larus Park, and more trail is on the way. The system is maintained by James River Park and city trail crew — a total of about seven staffers — and thousands of volunteer hours.
“We live and die by the volunteers,” Burton said, thanking the many volunteers who were in the building.
Richmond Trail Forum, Feb. 1, 2017
Burrell said the JRPS welcomed more than 1.4 million visitors in 2016, according to the network of counters at almost every parcel of the park system. Park staff is able to tell the difference between cyclists and pedestrians, which helps them determine who to best manage the trails. Bikes are in the minority, with more than 2/3 of the visits coming from pedestrians in most areas of the park.
“We know when people are out riding wet trails. We know,” said Alli, jokingly to big laughs from the crowd. He said the counters show that the numbers of riders and pedestrians are generally lower during and after periods of rain. Users on wet trails can cause damage and require more maintenance, which was a big part of the evening’s discussion, which included several topics.
The panel emphasized that pedestrians have the right of way on the trails, though many runners and walkers tend to give way to bikes.
“Cyclists should yield to other users,” he said. “Downhill does not have the right of way either. I know you want to bomb down the hill, but we need to give way to hikers.”
Bussey said, “it is helpful to [hikers] when bikers give us a head’s up about how many riders are passing through.” Alli mentioned that bells have become more popular, but a good “rider up” will do fine too to warn anyone on a trail when approaching a blind spot.
The most common conflict on the trails comes the potential for bike-on-bike collisions, Burton said. The trail crew has worked harder to minimize blind corners and trims back vegetation where needed to keep trail corridor sight lines clear.
Earbuds are not encouraged — for runners but especially cyclists. “You are oblivious to your surroundings with earbuds,” Alli said. For what it is worth, according to VDOT, an earbud in one ear is allowed.
A question about unleashed dogs in the park brought a strong response from Burrell, who said “your dog is supposed to be on a leash. Not just in the James River Park, but anywhere around the city.”
Dogs are supposed to be leashed in the city, according to city ordinance. He said keeping your dog on a leash is important for wildlife in the park too. “Typically everyone’s dog that is off a leash — that dog is not next to you, but wandering around the park. Your dog interacting with animals creates negative tension” and can cause more problems than dog owners realize.
At the beginning of the year, the city began an experiment at the Poop Loop by running the trails in one only direction on alternating days of the week. The park offers “a diversity of speeds,” Rollins said, and “we figured we’d experiment out there and see what happens.” If it continues to go well, he said that Dogwood Dell and Forest Hill Park trails could become directional trails as well, although the James River Park loop would likely be too difficult to manage because there are so many entry points.
Trail sustainability was a big topic and the panel answered many questions about their guidance on trail maintenance. Factors in management include measuring resource management, economic impacts, and social impacts. Burrell said that decisions are always a balancing act. “We’re not an amusement park. Trail features are not removed because people can’t ride them,” he said.
“For us, it comes down to staffing,” Burton said. Do they have the resources, the time to accomplish maintenance and what would be the benefits for alterations to the trails.
“Typically, when we are accused of removing technical trail features, it is due to erosion,” Burton said. “We can’t ignore that it is eroding…We all ride, we like this stuff too.”
Alli said that typically, many sections are “social trails,” indicating that they have developed over time before the park officially began maintaining trail. Often they follow the straightest line — especially on sloped sections of trail — and staff has tried to redesign them to make them more sustainable. They use features like rocks and bumps to slow riders in any areas of the trail network.
The panel answered a question about the brown trail markers throughout the city’s network. The markers help pinpoint an emergency response and have helped to cut response times from 30 minutes to closer to 5 minutes per call. The signs are documented and maintained in part by help from volunteers from the James River Hikers.
Burton answered a question about the highly popular new T. Tyler Potterfield Bridge, which saw more than 35,000 visitors in its first month, between the opening date of Dec. 2 and Dec. 31. He said the next logical step is to finish the loop on the south bank of the river and connect with Belle Isle by way of making drastic improvements to the Missing Link Trail, which is planned for in the city’s Richmond Riverfront Plan.
“It is very much a needed connection to Belle Isle,” he said. “We cannot ignore the glaring need in the trail system,”
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Research into how people with lived experience can best contribute to mental health services has been recognised for its impact by industry.
Dr Louise Byrne from RMIT University won the top early career researcher prize at this week’s Mental Health Service Awards of Australia and New Zealand for her contributions to advancing mental health service quality.
Byrne’s research explores the factors that support effective employment of peer roles in multi-disciplinary mental health service environments.
A key to best practice service delivery is the use of ‘peer’ roles – people with a lived experience who are employed to use their unique knowledge and perspectives to contribute to more effective service delivery.
Louise Byrne receives her award from by the Hon Greg Hunt MP, Federal Minister for Health.
However, lived experience roles are often poorly understood, under-supported and lacking positions of authority with which to advocate for change, Byrne explained.
“As a lived experience researcher, I have experienced many of the barriers facing others in designated roles,” she said.
“I am therefore deeply committed to understanding best practice strategies for lived experience employment and ensuring this information is communicated effectively to industry.”
“My program of research represents the most comprehensive study of lived experience workforce development in Australia, and most recently included Fulbright research in the United States, based at Yale University.”
Byrne is a Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow in RMIT's School of Management, as well as being a Fulbright Scholar.
The Mental Health Service Awards of Australia and New Zealand are presented every year by The Mental Health Services Learning Network to recognise and encourage best practice, excellence and innovation in mental health service delivery.
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Grand Forks, North Dakota: Fabulous Kegs Drive-In
An eat-in-your-car beanery whose kegs stand about 20 feet high. Though once resembling freak gourds or Munchkinland houses, current incarnation is back-to-basics barrels.
901 North 5th St., Grand Forks, ND
On the west side of business US 2, between US 2 and US 81. Exit 141 east off I-29. Corner of North 5th St (US Rt 2 Business) and 9th Ave North.
Fall Hours: M-F 11 am - 7:30 pm, Sa 11 am - 4 pm, Su/Holidays Closed. (Call to verify)
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Fabulous Kegs Drive-In
The Fabulous Kegs Drive-In was closed for the winter during my visit, but no stucco as was reported in 2007.
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Kegs Drive-In
The Kegs will be getting a "face lift" this summer. They will be stuccoing the kegs and remodeling the inside. I am happy to hear it is getting fixed, but am worried that it might get defaced.
They have since removed the old Neon. A real bummer!
[Zack Petrick, 03/24/2007]
Here's a file photo of one of the old drive-up menu boards, with specials and pricing revised with paper and a handy label gun. Two sloppy joes, fries and a regular drink for $3.45?! Ah, 1991....
The Kegs Drive-In
Alternately called "The Kegs" (a sign on the building) and "The Fabulous Kegs" (a smaller sign in the parking area), it's difficult to find by looking up references on the web, or even locally, as the some people know it by one name and some by another. It sits within a solidly residential area of Grand Forks, away from most of the modern commercial stuff. I missed out on the food, sadly (Labor Day), but the menu sure looked good for the price.
[Jim Heverin, 10/30/2005]
Fabulous Kegs Drive-In - Barrels
We like any restaurant where the ONLY way you can eat is in your car, but this Halloween-orange oddity is especially chummy. The kegs stand about 20 feet high and look more like freak gourds or Munchkinland houses than kegs. And the "Monsterburger" at $1.85 was a steal: a triple-decker with double meat, lettuce, tomato, melted cheese and mayonaise.
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