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Jake Brimmer signs two-year contract extension at Perth Glory
Nick TaylorThe West Australian
Tuesday, 12 March 2019 7:30AM
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Perth Glory have beaten interest from rival A-League clubs to retain exciting young midfielder Jake Brimmer for the next two seasons.
Glory chief executive Tony Pignata revealed they faced stiff opposition to keep Brimmer, who has represented Australia at under-17, under-20 and under-23 levels.
“Other teams were hovering, looking to sign Jake, so we’re extremely pleased to have re-signed him,” Pignata said.
“We look forward to him being an important player for us during the rest of the season and in the coming years.”
Glory first signed Brimmer in 2017 after he had spent three years in the Liverpool academy. German side Kaiserslautern were also interested in his signature.
Glory football director Jacob Burns said Brimmer was a talent to watch.
“Jake is an exciting young player with a very bright future in the game,” Burns said.
“He is continuing to grow and improve under the guidance of Tony Popovic and the rest of our coaching staff and being given opportunities in terms of game minutes.
“It’s fantastic to see him taking advantage of those opportunities by making an impact during those game minutes.”
Brimmer, 20, who has made 33 Glory appearances, said it had been an easy decision to stay.
“I’ve improved under the manager (Tony Popovic) and am really looking forward to another two seasons with Glory," he said.
“The club has taken major steps forward this year and the future looks extremely bright.”
Brimmer and teammate Brandon Wilson are in the Australian under-23 squad for a camp in Kuala Lumpur ahead of three AFC under-23 Championship qualification games in Phnom Penh, where they have been grouped with Cambodia, Chinese Taipei and Korea Republic.
The pair will miss Glory's match against Adelaide United at Cooper Stadium on Friday.
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7 U.S. Politicians Who Really Need A Map
By Kiran Dhillon, July 25th 2014
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Americans are notoriously bad at world geography.
A recent(ish) 2006 survey done by National Geographic showed that 30 percent of Americans ages 18 to 24 could not find the Pacific Ocean, 47 percent couldn’t identify India, and 85 percent had no clue where Iraq was.
But our elected officials fare better, right? It turns out, they struggle too.
Granted, these politicians are on the air with much more opportunity for silly blunders than the rest of us, but some of these gaffes are pretty disappointing.
Take the first three politicians who must know that Africa is a continent, and yet…
1. George Bush
George Bush referred to Africa as a country at a news conference in 2001, saying “Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease.”
2. Sarah Palin
Then Sarah Palin followed suit. There’s no recorded quote, but according to Fox News correspondent Carl Cameron, Palin “didn’t understand that Africa was a continent rather than a series, a country just in itself.”
3. Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum also misspoke when he referred to Africa as “a country on the brink,” when discussing foreign aid during his presidential campaign in 2012.
4. Barack Obama
Barack Obama’s gaffe might be worse than the Africa ones. During his 2008 presidential campaign, Obama claimed he’d been to 57 states, and then didn’t understand a cue from the audience (its very loud laughter) that something was amiss.
5. John McCain
When asked by Diane Sawyer what he thought about the situation in Afghanistan in July of 2008, McCain responded that, “We have a lot of work to do and I’m afraid that it’s a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border.”
If only Pakistan shared a border with Iraq, not Afghanistan.
6. Dick Cheney
In a speech addressing foreign policy in Latin America, Dick Cheney criticized Hugo Chavez by saying, “The people of Peru, I think, deserve better.”
Chavez, I think, was the President of Venezuela.
7. Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney stated that “Syria is Iran’s only ally in the Arab world. It’s their route to the sea,” during a 2012 presidential debate. It’s a comment, according to The Guardian, that Romney had already made at least five times before.
But Syria and Iran do not share a border, nor does Iran need to go through Syria to access the sea—a vast majority of its western border is along the Persian Gulf.
Most of these politicians made their geographical blunders during election years when they were under heavy scrutiny, so it should be entertaining to see what new gaffes arise from the crowd of potential 2016 candidates below.
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My money for worst gaffe is on Marco Rubio, who lubricated his campaign gaffe skills when he got a little thirsty during a response to the President’s 2013 State of the Union address.
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Ford fires back at Tory in funding dispute
Updated: May 21, 2019 6:34 PM EDT
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Premier Doug Ford blasted Toronto Mayor John Tory and council for wasteful spending habits as the dispute with the city over provincial funding intensified Tuesday.
“If John Tory spent as much time going through the city’s finances as he does worrying about the colour of the Toronto sign, he would be able to find some efficiencies and deliver some value for taxpayers’ dollars,” Ford said in a statement.
The mayor routinely tweets about the colour of the iconic Toronto sign outside City Hall, most recently announcing the letters would be green Monday in acknowledgement of Children’s Mental Health Week.
Mayor John Tory was the keynote speaker at the Empire Club of Canada on March 20, 2019 in Toronto. (Veronica Henri,Toronto Sun)
The characteristically mild Tory lashed out this week at the Ford government, accusing them of putting important public health services like children’s breakfast programs and vaccinations at risk with a cut to provincial funding.
Ontario Treasury Board President Peter Bethlenfalvy said Tuesday that his government is trying to protect the most vital services as it attempts to eliminate a $15-billion deficit it inherited from the previous Liberal government.
“We have asked the city and everyone to look for efficiencies,” Bethlenfalvy said. “We’re continuing to fund a lot of programs within the city so we’re not picking a fight with anybody.”
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The Ford government’s message sharpened in tone later in the day after Tory continued to hammer away at the cuts, drawing in support from other mayors and groups across the province.
“These cuts hurt the health of our city and puts at risk our success along with every other community right across the province. That’s why you see the mayors standing up. That’s why you’ll see us continuing to speak out. And why we will be urging others to speak out,” Tory posted on social media.
In reaction to a Tory media conference, Ford issued a statement that quoted Tory when he was the PC opposition leader at Queen’s Park in 2005 saying “today’s deficit and debt are tomorrow’s taxes.
“Instead of looking out for the taxpayer, the City of Toronto has let waste fester,” Ford said. “The City of Toronto spends millions of dollars watering dead tree stumps, hundreds of thousands of dollars on car fleets that are collecting dust, and uses public health resources to conduct ‘shade audits’ of public parks.
“And, let’s not forget, the councillors down at City Hall just recently voted to double their office budgets,” Ford said.
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Stan Wawrinka vs Aljaz Bedene. ATP Cup – Betting Tips and Game Predictions
ATP Tour Upcoming Games Predictions, Betting Tips, Tennis Tips January 9, 2020 by Thomas Hodge
In one of the quarterfinal matches on January 9 in Doha, Stan Wawrinka will meet with Aljaz Bedene. Will the Swiss manage to beat the Slovenian again? – read in our prediction.
In the new season, Wawrinka has only played one match so far. In the second round of the tournament in Doha, Stan easily coped with Jeremy Chardy (6-3, 6-4). Somehow too easily the representative of Switzerland beat his opponent. At the beginning of the match, the Swiss made a lot of mistakes. But, having shot at the cover, Wawrinka began to play much more confidently.
Stan came to Doha to defend his last year’s quarterfinal. A year ago, the Swiss passed here Karen Khachanov and Nicholas Harry. But in the ¼ finals he was stopped by Roberto Bautista-Agut.
Beden played two different matches at these competitions. At first, Aliyaz hardly passed Mikael Imer (3-6, 6-4, 6-3). In the second round, the representative of Slovenia more confidently beat Alexander Bublik (6-3, 7-5). It is worth noting that they managed to win these fights thanks to a confident game on the back line. The submission from the representative of Slovenia is not flying yet. In both matches, her indicator was not more than 58%.
A year ago, Beden did not start the season in the best way. In 2019, he won his first victory in February, at a clay tournament in Cordoba.
In personal meetings, the score is 3-1 in favor of Wawrinka.
In the last three in-person matches, the Swiss defeated the Slovenian in two sets.
Stan Wawrinka vs Aljaz Bedene Prediction
Wawrinka is stronger than those rivals Bedene met in his first two matches. Their Slovenian outplayed thanks to a stable game in the draws. With Stan, such a number is unlikely to go away. In a shootout with such an opponent, Aljaz does not have much chance. The Slovenian serve still flies poorly, and without this component it will be incredibly difficult to resist the Swiss.
Our prediction is Stan Wawrinka’s victory
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Obama’s Middle East War on Progress
Michael Schaus
Earlier this week McClatchy News service had a headline that simply stated there were “Many in [the] Middle East struggling to understand Obama’s Syria policy.” Yep. . . It turns out America and the Middle East finally have some common ground. The President’s childish attempt to behave like a grown-up-President is bound to perpetuate violence, achieve little (or nothing) in regards to Foreign Security, and send all the wrong messages to the thugs, supremacists and terrorist organizations that would like to do America and her allies harm.
While America is preparing to conduct limited strikes in Syria (with no intention of toppling the current regime, building a friendly government, or alleviating the ongoing threat to Israel) Libya is falling into chaos, Afghanistan is being taken over by the Taliban, Egypt struggles with their second coup in as many years, increased terrorist bombings in Iraq threaten to plunge the region into further chaos, and the country that housed Osama Bin Laden’s retirement home (Pakistan) seems to breeding more terrorist sympathizers than Obama’s drones can strike down.
Before some bipartisan committee that can’t say no to humanitarian military intervention, Kerry and Obama insisted we come to the aid of Al Qaida sponsored rebel forces. Without UN approval, without the cooperation of the 40 countries that joined America’s invasion of Iraq, and without a much criticized Collin Powell power-point presentation, the Administration called for Military action. And the Middle East – like most of Europe – seems to have some confusion about a nuanced and schizophrenic history of American intervention in the region. After all, the President’s history on Middle East Policy is more perplexing than John Kerry being for Bush’s Iraq War before he was against it.
After Obama’s administration sent arms, money and technical support to the Al Qaida thugs that overthrew the thug leader of Libya, the American people were fed a series of lies about the circumstances that led to a bunch more thugs killing an American diplomat. And while Hillary Clinton insists that it makes no difference how Ambassador Stevens died, it should be noted that he certainly did not die for any greater purpose. Libya today is a land of lawlessness, chaos, and violence. Oil production, and economic recovery, has virtually stopped as the “new and improved” Libyan government struggles to keep uprisings to a minimum among tribal militia groups.
And you remember that surge Obama conducted in Afghanistan? McCain was a great supporter. . . How did that work out? Well, more Americans have died under Obama’s stewardship of Afghanistan than his “cowboy” predecessor.
Now, as we withdraw US troops in a manner that has been interpreted by terrorist organizations as a “tactical retreat”, violence is once again on the rise throughout Afghanistan. Even the notoriously liberal New York Times has reported on the uptick in bombings and violence. While US troops are expected to be reduced to 34,000 by 2014, the Taliban is slowly recovering the ground that is more-or-less abandoned by the American Military. It may give the leftists in the White House a warm fuzzy feeling to think about the Taliban having a legitimate conversation with Afghan leaders, but it is a cold comfort to the women who will once again be barred from voting, and the children who will be prohibited from attending any formalized education.
And let’s not forget Egypt: A country that made our military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan possible. And when some Islamic Supremacists clamored for a revolution, our President praised them. As the secularist government of Mubarak was replaced with a dictatorially minded Muslim Brotherhood, some in Egypt felt a second revolution was in order. But upon the fall of Mohammed Morsi - a regime that persecuted Christians and Jews in an institutional fashion after Mubarak was ousted – the US Commander in Chief lamented the involvement of Egypt’s Military. The President even continues to demand a “place at the table” for the same group that has beheaded Christians, burned churches, and raped reporters. . . Egypt’s Military, for what it’s worth, has moved to outlaw the Islamic Supremacist group from future political engagement.
Osama Bin Laden’s Death? Well, he was killed in his home. . . In Pakistan. . . Literally yards from a Pakistani military compound. . . And Pakistan was upset we conducted the raid without their express permission. Do we need to continue?
The President’s Middle East Policy has been a series of backing the wrong sides, leading from behind, and tough bark-with-no-bite. After all, where was the President’s ardent support of revolution when secularist demonstrators were being oppressed in Iran? With Drone like precision, our Community Organizer in Chief has managed to avoid any substantial, or positive, move to increase security for America or her interests.
So, yes. . . The Middle East is awfully confused about the Obama Administration’s ego-driven-goalless-action action in Syria.
And so are the rest of us.
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Posted on February 8, 2010 by toykarma
It really doesn’t matter what else i collect, there’s a certain magic that a vintage Bullmark figure holds over me .. call it Bullmark Fever! Gaze upon the most recent case in point, the standard sized ( 9 inches tall ) Bullmark Shugaron from Ultraman Jack. While the figure itself is not that rare, it is often found loose on Yahoo Japan, but what makes this one extra special is that the usually missing original magnet in his hand with the circular metal tray is still intact (!) A detail, I’m sure lost to most, but important nonetheless !
But the cherry on top, is the always missing MAT ( Monster Attack Team ) metal car !!! drool …
Just think about all the kids who had the car, and while in the midst of a Kaiju battle destroyed or lost that metal car.. a fate worse then Ralphie shooting his eye out ! Speaking of shooting your eye out, check out poor Shugaron’s eye on this figure .. yep, blasted out ! I know I had this figure with the car back in the 70’s…in fact I remember my father buying me one in our local San Francisco Japantown … but for the life of me I can not remember what I did with that car (!) My best guess is I traded it away probably for a Mego figure or something …yesh ! Well life is all about full circles and such, so I have another childhood toy back in the fold and can check one off my list. I have a very good friend to thank for it.
This near mint example comes from the original owner who began collecting Japanese Bullmarks in the 1970’s way before any of us so called “new gen” collectors even knew what these were. In fact, Alex is the first guy in the USA to put on an exhibit of Japanese toys back in the late 1970’s in Chicago ! Many thanks to a fellow collector and very talented artist, Alex Wald for letting me add this to the collection. I’m sending you lots of Toy Karma, Alex !
edit: Alex tells me he got this figure in San Francisco in 1976, which would be the same time my dad got the figure for me .. how weird it would be if both Alex and I were in the same store buying Bullmark figures 😉 It is indeed a small world …
UpDated: here’s the original header and paper insert showing the other 2 figures in the series:
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Over the years Mark Nagata has collected thousands of toys and a fair amount of titles. The man behind San Francisco-based Max Toy Company is widely known as: Toy Collector. Illustrator. Magazine Founder/Publisher. Toy Designer. Artist. Author. Husband. Father. But the one description that might fit best is an unofficial one – Kaiju Toy and Art Ambassador. In the Japanese-inspired art and toy area, as well as throughout the larger toy collecting community, Mark is welcomed and recognized for his personal passion and commitment to supporting artists all around the world and the unique works they create. Beginning as a collector in his youth, Mark has had for years a keen eye for great art and a personal interest in collecting that he has spread through a variety of outlets. Trained at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, Mark honed his skills working for himself and for some of the most notable businesses in the country. As a freelance commercial illustrator, he completed works for such prominent companies as Lucasfilms, DC Comics, Hasbro Toys, IBM, Sony, and numerous advertising and design firms, both national and international. Mark’s colorful style graces over 40 cover paintings for R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps book series – Give Yourself Goosebumps. After hundreds of assignments, Mark made the decision to move in another direction, and that choice has led to whole new career as a successful businessman. For four years, the owner of one of the largest Ultraman toy collections in the world co-published Super 7 Magazine showcasing the finest in Japanese toy collecting. “I’d been collecting Japanese toys all along and suddenly realized it would be cool to have a magazine of some type devoted to them,” Nagata says. Mark’s devotion to presenting collectors with a selection of original figures inspired by classic Japanese toys from the 1960s and ‘70s as well as new versions of licensed Japanese characters is at the heart of Max Toy Company. Named for his son, Max Toys specializes in custom and limited editions of “kaiju” (Japanese monsters) toys and artwork. Many of the original toys produced are hand painted by Mark, a tradition that goes back to Japanese toy makers of the past. “Since our target is the soft vinyl Japanese toy collector, which is a very small niche, our runs of toys can be extremely small,” Mark says. “Runs range from 500 pieces of one toy to just one for a hand-painted, one-of-a-kind custom figure.” Through Max Toys, Mark has taken great pains to widen the reach of his two passions – toys and art. He played a significant part in the development of the first group kaiju show in the United States. Held at the Rotofugi Gallery in Chicago, Illinois in 2007, the “Toy Karma” Show featured detailed work from artists from Japan, the U.S. and South America. Participants marveled at the custom-painted toys and art on display. “Toy Karma” led to Mark being asked to be one of the artists spotlighted in the “Beyond Ultraman: Seven Artists Explore the Vinyl Frontier” exhibit at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. The October 2007 show, held jointly with the Los Angeles Toy, Doll and Amusement Museum, marked the first time – in a museum setting – that the influence of Japanese toys on California artists was explored. The exhibit featured more than 30 of Mark’s original paintings, toys and a selection of his vintage toy collection. Mark continued to be at the forefront as interest in Japanese-inspired art and toys expanded in 2008. Prestigious art houses Philips De Pury and Christie’s in New York and London sold Mark’s hand-painted custom kaiju toys in its auctions, spreading this unique art and toy movement into new and uncharted areas of the art world. In 2009, Mark once again took his love of toys and art overseas this time to a receptive and welcoming audience in Tokyo, Japan. Here, Mark curated the “Kaiju Comrades” Art Show, once again bringing together artists from various aspects of the kaiju toy realm in this first-of-its-kind toy art show. The following year found Mark in Barcelona, Spain co-curating with Emilio Garcia “Kaiju Attack,” the European country’s first kaiju art show. As the growth of kaiju art and toys increases worldwide, Mark continues in his unofficial role of Kaiju Toy and Art Ambassador. He has written and had his artwork and toy designs included in several books and magazines, both domestic and international. In 2010, Mark served as guest lecturer on kaiju and the toy-making process at the Morikami Museum in Florida. The San Francisco resident and his art can also be spotted in the first volume of the “ToyPunks” DVD and the “Toys R Us” DVD, while the video for the number one song by Owl City “Fireflies” featured Mark’s popular Kaiju Eyezon character. During this same time period, Mark has spearheaded the “Toy Karma 2” and “Kaiju Comrades 2” shows and has plans for future shows both in the U.S. and overseas. “Max Toys allows me to produce original artwork, new toys and work directly with a lot of talented artists,” Mark says. “Max Toy is a synthesis of toys and art, both life-long passions.”
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Vietnam customs mulls wrecking Volkswagen car with illicit ‘nine-dash line’ map
The Vietnam Motor Show 2019 kicked off at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City on October 23, 2019. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre
The General Department of Vietnam Customs has mentioned destruction as a possible “tough” measure it might take against a Volkswagen car found to have a navigation app containing a map with the illicit ‘nine-dash line,’ while it was on display at the Vietnam Motor Show (VMS) 2019 last week.
During the VMS 2019 that took place in Ho Chi Minh City from October 23 to 27, a visitor discovered the ‘nine-dash line’ depicted on a map used in the default navigation app of a Volkswagen Touareg car on display.
Volkswagen Vietnam later admitted it had borrowed the vehicle from a Chinese partner.
The ‘nine-dash line’ is an arbitrary demarcation line used on Chinese maps to illustrate Beijing’s illegal and unilaterally declared claims to vast expanses of the East Vietnam Sea, including large swathes of Vietnam’s Continental Shelf.
After the issue was brought to public attention, Volkswagen Vietnam took responsibility for the “error,” saying it was taking steps to return the Touareg car to the Chinese partner.
However, simply allowing the evidence to be returned to China would be too “lenient and simple,” a leader of the General Department of Vietnam Customs told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Tuesday.
The official said the ‘nine-dash line’ map seen in the Volkswagen car is a distortion of Vietnamese history and he therefore calls for “the toughest and most appropriate” measures in handling the violation.
The official did not rule out destroying the vehicle as punishment.
As Volkswagen Vietnam has admitted their “mistake,” customs officials will sit down with representatives from relevant ministries this week to discuss what to do with the car, the customs leader said.
Several appearances of the invalid ‘nine-dash line’ have been reported in Vietnam this month.
Last week, Kylin-GX668, a Vietnamese company in the northern city of Hai Phong which distributes automobiles of different Chinese manufacturers, was asked to remove the ‘nine-dash line’ from maps used in the default navigation app of its vehicles, after the maps had been found to contain the illicit line.
On October 19, Vietnamese tour operator Saigontourist were slapped with a VND50 million (US$2,200) fine for issuing pamphlets, which it claimed had been provided by a Chinese partner, that contained a map depicting the ‘nine-dash line.’
Earlier, DreamWorks’ animated feature film ‘Abominable’ was removed from theaters in Vietnam after viewers noticed the ‘nine-dash line’ depicted on a map seen in the background of one scene.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has fined CJ CGV Vietnam, the official distributor for the film in Vietnam, VND170 million ($7,310) and demoted the acting director of its Cinema Department for the incident.
automobile map motor nine-dash line destruction
Russian man plays ukulele after pulled over by traffic police in Hanoi
Confused officers had to use a breathalyzer to check whether he was drunk
This year, for the first time in memory, beer prices are falling as Tet nears
The fines are a result of recently released findings of inspections held at facilities belonging to the three companies in mid-2019
Viettel said it would develop both civilian and military services based on its 5G platform
Fish sauce gelato in Saigon
Yes, it’s truly Vietnamese fish sauce!
Vietnam’s most polluted road
A concrete road through Dai Dong Commune in the northern province of Bac Ninh’s Tien Du Districthas been occupied by trash in recent years and even been dubbed Vietnam’s most polluted road
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Thief stole ancient stones used to build Stonehenge to use as garden ornament
Telegraph Reporters
Stonehenge - AP
Ancient stones used to build Stonehenge are being stolen, police have warned, as one thief took them to use as a garden ornament.
The thief swiped the bluestone last week from the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire, Wales, where some of the stone used for the Wiltshire monument was quarried and transported.
Officers tracked it down to a garden 10 miles away.The person responsible said they weren't aware it was illegal to remove it from the area.
Inspector Reuben Palin said:“This case was quite unusual in that there was actually a witness to the theft, who swiftly started filming while the stone was dug up and put into a car.
“In the past we have had people taking bluestone for the spiritual and healing property it is believed to possess, and in this case a large stone was taken for decoration purposes."
The Preseli Hills are part of the Mynydd Preseli Site of Special Scientific Interest and Preseli Special Area of Conservation.
Local authorities knew bluestone was regularly being taken from the Preseli area but were struggling to find out where it was going. A reminder is now being issued that it is illegal to remove it.
Stonehenge was constructed on Salisbury Plain from two types of stone: 42 bluestones, which are volcanic rock, and the sarsens, the larger standing stones.
Love Island: Mike Boateng’s family say police investigation reports show eagerness ‘to see a black man fail’
Boy, 10, stabbed in front of his mother in Leicester
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untramelled
A Literary Commentary
"…it feels so good not to be tramelled." Joseph Smith
Author: untramelled
#seriouslysoblessed
July 23, 2017 untramelledLeave a comment
One hears that a lot, some form of the word blessing. A blessing, as a noun, seems to function as a reward for pleasing God. “Blessed” as an adjective seems to indicate conviction that God has proffered reward for something done. My contention is concerned with how flippant a manner this sort of language is bandied about. Let’s talk about this.
Used as a noun, “blessing” presents a substantial amount of ambiguity, because it is a relative term. Perhaps this is unavoidable. For example, in the Book of Mormon, the word “blessings” as a noun, as a reward from God, is used to describe such a variety of circumstances as eating raw meat (1Ne17:2), getting a lot of baptisms (Alma 26:3), political liberty (Alma 46:10), as a synonym for civic privilege (Alma 48:12), and material prosperity (Hel.3:25). These examples are in addition to the more numerous instances where blessings represent general divine favor or (less numerously) something that resembles an ordinance.
Regarding its adjectival form, a search in the Book of Mormon demonstrates that it is largely used to indicate the reception of, or potential for the reception of, divine favor.
The pattern is that when people in scripture are or think they are favored, when they are satisfied about their circumstances, material or otherwise, they call themselves blessed, which is, intentionally or otherwise, to claim divine favor for oneself. It is to state that God has actively procured my good (or financial or spiritual or whatever type of) fortune. Same thing in modernity.
In both scripture and modernity, there are surely times when, having proclaimed our blessed status, we actually have been beneficiaries of divine favor, as well as times when we’ve designated ourselves blessed for something God has not provided.
Now, it is not my purpose here to deny the role of God in any genuinely divinely invested activity or withhold glory from Him and Her. Rather, I here call for situational sensitivity.
At this point, what I had originally typed was much longer and more complex than this:
It is right to feel gratitude toward God for everything, but let us exercise caution in our expressions regarding divine intervention on our behalf. Quite nearly always, there is a sizable contingent of hearers, perhaps in the horridly direst of straits (medical, emotional, relational, financial, spiritual, etc), who have not seen such beneficence as have you, whencever it came.
Insomuch as it yields fruit
July 19, 2017 July 20, 2017 untramelledLeave a comment
There are a lot of ways to look at the Church (its history and present-day behavior as an institution) and the Gospel; I want to talk about two. The inspiration for this comes from my reading of the Decisive Treatise of Ibn Rushd (ابن رشد), a Muslim Philosopher who lived in the 12th century AD. In the Latin West, which means throughout Medieval European Christendom, he was known as Averroes. He was born in the same region of Spain as I, Andalusia. Here’s some context:
Not long after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, Muslim intellectuals took up Greek philosophy, particularly Aristotle. The same thing happened in Judaism and Christianity. Unlike those two, conservative Muslim authorities reacted strongly against the use of philosophy, even when used to bolster the teachings of Islam. They were concerned that the sophistication of Greek reason, inclined as it is toward examination, was potentially damaging to the simple faith of everyday Muslims. Averroes felt otherwise.
He observed that some Muslims, actually the majority, benefited by a simple interpretation of the Quran. A much smaller sector, he noted, benefited by buttressing their study of the Quran with philosophy, with all its attendant rigors. He felt it was detrimental to the faith for either type to be forced into the mold of the other. Now, on to Mormonism.
Traditionally, the Church has preferred to control its own historical narrative in such a way as to best, it believed, preserve the faith of the members. With the advent of the Internet, many uncomfortable elements of Mormon history became available to the everyday member. Some members have found these disclosures more difficult to process than others. As stated at the onset – and at the risk of sounding overly simplistic – there are now (at least) two ways to approach the Church and the Gospel.
There are those members who, with varying degrees of success, prefer to maintain the simpler narratives of their youth; others, either happily or desperately, require a more complex approach. Some prefer to view the figures in early Church history as larger than life; others require an explanation for the very human weaknesses they discover. Basically, some prefer John Bytheway, others require Terryl Givens.
Here’s the takeaway: as noted, centuries ago by Averroes, neither approach to the faith is wrong. Each is right insomuch as it yields fruit: “for every thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ” (Moroni 7:16). Honestly, the more fraught with human weakness it turns out all the early and modern leaders were and are, the more miraculous this all gets.
Feeding the Flock by Terryl Givens
July 3, 2017 untramelledLeave a comment
I gravitate toward authors who love and engage the Western literary tradition in their explications, who seek to understand things in terms of the great literature they’ve read. This is my preferred method for studying the Restored Gospel, accepting that our Heavenly Parents have always been inspiring humankind in every endeavor that tends toward the good, true, and beautiful.
For this reason I profoundly appreciate the writing of Terryl Givens; he explicates Mormonism by the light of the greatest minds of Western civilization. While this post is concerned with his most recent publication Feeding the Flock, The Foundations of Mormon Thought: Church and Praxis, I have read others of his work and perhaps will comment on them in the future.
A brief overview:
As noted (in the title), this volume is focused on praxis, a transliteration of the Greek πρᾶξις, which has to do with the manner or mode in which a doxy (opinion or belief, from the Greek δόξα) is implemented. Also as noted (in the title), there is a focus on foundations, aptly plural, as it involves weighing the several influences of Protestant manifestations of Christendom on Joseph Smith’s culture as well as that of the Catholic tradition. Like Victor Hugo, Givens heralds each (Mormon) topic to be addressed with a historically informed preface; also like Hugo, these prefaces are rich and not to be skipped.
Passages significant (to me):
“In sum, Smith’s ‘Restoration’ is not about correcting particular doctrines or practices as much as it is about restoring their cosmic context.” (pg. 27)
This is representative of an important summit in the range of Givens’ thought and appears throughout his written or spoken corpus. Essentially, Joseph Smith reconstituted a centuries-strewn Gospel; truths were never lost, merely fragmented. Thus, existing systems of Christian thought were less often discarded than reinterpreted in Mormonism. Such a view does not diminish Smith’s stature as a prophet; on the contrary it situates him in the great tradition of inspired writers, canonical and otherwise, who have re-purposed the insight of their forebears to inform their respective contemporaneities. See my essay on the nature of inspiration for more on this.
“…’Mormonism’ is the name for an epiphenomenal institution whose reach is universal and timeless.” (pg. 29)
One of the great tenets of Mormonism, as set forth by Joseph Smith and his immediate predecessors (but not so much anymore without qualifiers) is the universal embrace, the catholicism, of Mormonism. Here is one reason for my love for this religion Joseph articulated; not only does it allow me, it practically commands me, to accept the good, true, and beautiful things of all religions and thought systems of all eras. With Mormonism, everything is mine (everybody’s).
“…for Mormons, heaven is relational, not situational.” (pg. 54)
Another pillar of Mormon ecumenism. In our heaven(s) is a place for all, largely unchanged from the nature chosen in life. O, were we to realize the social implications for this mortal sphere as contained in section 76!
“…Smith’s refusal to recognize a fundamental distinction between the old and the new.” (pg. 118)
This is in keeping with Joseph’s prophethood, which is institutionalized poethood.
“Consistent with Mormonism’s view of exaltation as a joint entry of a man and woman into the Heavenly Family, and of God himself as an exalted man and woman, the culminating ordinance of LDS temple theology is jointly received.” (pg. 192)
I have loved to think that every encounter with the Father in history and scripture has actually been with Him and our Mother. In addition, I appreciate that, as often as clarity permits, Givens says Heavenly Parents instead of merely God.
General observations:
I appreciate his relaxed candor when discussing what sources Joseph used when constructing this religion; the forms utilized in the Temple are Masonic (who cares?!).
I noticed (and began marking) instances of what I thought was subdued exultation when a parallel could be drawn between Mormonism and Catholicism. I share that sentiment.
What complaints I have are rooted in the brevity with which a book of this size must treat its foci. It’s message, for it has a message, is timely; hopefully Givens’ literarily informed method of exposition will inspire the kind of wide reading that Mormon scripture has enjoined upon its adherents since the mid-nineteenth century.
On pulpit-(un)consciousness
June 7, 2017 June 9, 2017 untramelledLeave a comment
Oversharing: Excepting spouses, parents and maybe eventually children, nobody needs to know about anybody’s patriarchal blessing. Ever. Private spiritual manifestations? That’s great for you (and me! And everyone else who gets ‘em!); let’s keep them the way they came: private. Chances are that manifestation was tailored by loving Heavenly Parents to your unique understanding, which means it might not make sense to the rest of the ward but now we all have to try and square it with each of our own unique understandings. Also, let’s all keep our sin-baring for our bishops.
Irrelevance: What hath vacation-sharing, missionary-updates, and extended (auto)biographies to do with a testimony?
Inconsiderate: It’s truly wonderful to hear that by your 44th wedding anniversary, all twelve of your children have gone on missions and married in the temple. What about the couple with four inactive children? Or the widowed parent with three kids under 8? Or the half of the ward somehow affected by divorce? What would you like them to do with your glory? Repent? It’s not that your story isn’t something to be proud of, it’s just that most of your ward probably already knows, so to what end are you (re)publishing it?
Posturing: It is quite obvious when a story is shared over the pulpit for no reason other than to flaunt some type of proximity with a general authority. No one cares that anyone has shaken hands/made eye contact/heard their name said by/mown the lawn of/babysat for/shared an elevator with general authorities. General authorities are known to stay in the homes of members; no one cares if one stayed at your house. Especially if you were 3 years old at the time.
Tyranny: It is just vile when someone offers a rebuke in the context of a testimony or a prayer.
So, what’s left to say? This.
May 27, 2017 May 27, 2017 untramelledLeave a comment
The argument has been (and still is) put forth that any similarities the Book of Mormon bears with other literature is evidence of its falsehood. If some part of a verse resembles another piece of writing to which Joseph Smith hypothetically had access, then obviously he copied it into his gold bible. How can it be the most correct book, how can it be more correct than any other book, if it is no more than a conglomeration of other books? This argument is ignorant of two important factors: the nature of inspired truth and Mormonism’s relationship thereto.
Inspired truth is universal. As Aristotle said, commenting on the office of poet: “…οἷα ἂν γένοιτο καὶ τὰ δυνατὰ κατὰ τὸ εἰκὸς ἢ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον.”[1] ([It is concerned with] what ought to be, with potentialities in relation to likelihood or necessity.) Such a characterization effectively summarizes much of Joseph Smith’s prophetic enterprise. Consider his “translation” of the Bible. Joseph knew that pure truth as it exists in the eternal realm is always to some extent diluted as soon as it is put to words or paper; just as the eternal nature of the human soul is obscured by the impermanent needs and superficial fixations attendant to mortality. He was not (only) correcting medieval copyists; he was correcting the Biblical authors themselves.[2] One’s inspired-ness represents one’s capability to legitimately access the divine mind and participate in the frozen dialogue that is scripture. This capability is available to minds operating in either the prophetic or poetic mode.[3] Just as singularly gifted poetic minds are able essentially to interact with, transform, and transmit the work of their great predecessors (think Dante and Virgil) in the socio-cultural idiom of their day, so are similarly gifted prophetic minds able to mingle with their Biblical forerunners (think Joseph Smith and the author of Matthew’s Gospel) and reinterpret them to the rising generation.
Mormonism claims all inspired truth. This rests upon at least two premises: the teachings of the early leaders of the Church and the Mormonism’s brand of dispensationalism. Regarding the first premise: numerous are the statements that can be mustered in demonstration of Mormonism’s universal embrace. In 1843 Joseph Smith taught that, “One of the grand fundamental principles of ‘Mormonism’ is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.”[4] That same year he lent this principle considerably more gravitas by identifying its use as a litmus test of sorts for the genuineness of one’s Mormonism: “We should gather all the good and true principles in the world and treasure them up, or we shall not come out true ‘Mormons.’”[5] Brigham Young echoed this concept: “Our religion measures, weighs, and circumscribes all the wisdom in the world—all that God has ever revealed to man.”[6] Lest we think this idea exclusive to matters spiritual, Young specified on another occasion: “’Mormonism’ embraces all truth that is revealed and that is unrevealed, whether religious, political, scientific, or philosophical.”[7] Over one hundred years later we see the same principle in a statement from the First Presidency: “The great religious leaders of the world such as Mohammed, Confucius, and the Reformers, as well as philosophers including Socrates, Plato, and others, received a portion of God’s light. Moral truths were given to them by God to enlighten whole nations and to bring a higher level of understanding to individuals.”[8] The implication is unmistakable: the fruits of Western (and Eastern) civilization are indispensable to understanding Mormonism. Far from being antithetical to the message of the Restoration, the intellectual summits of the West give the fullest expression to it. Regarding the second premise: Mormonism holds that Heaven dispenses systems of salvific truth at sundry times and self-identifies as only the most recent iteration thereof. Additionally, it posits that the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ was dispensed to humankind in its infancy. From this we may (and must) infer the universal presence of echoes or remnants, varying in their strength, of Christ’s Gospel in all the permutations of human culture.
Mormonism, in light of the nature of revealed truth and its relationship thereto, must present the broadest resemblance to recognized truth in other mediums. In order to be the most correct book the Book of Mormon must reflect truth as expressed in the widest array of sources. Such is its nature, as a universal book. Therefore, demonstrations of similarities between the Book of Mormon and any other medium of expression reinforces rather than diminishes or calls into question its claim to truth. These similarities I call resonances; they are ever-present and establish the universality of the Book of Mormon.
[1] Aristot. Poet. 1451a. Translations are my own.
[2] In light of this statement, those medieval copyists ought to be thanked and praised for the role they played in preserving the Biblical texts to the days of Joseph the Prophet.
[3] For more on prophetic vs. poetic inspiration, please see the essay “Nature of Inspiration.”
[4] History of the Church 5.499
[6] Journal of Discourses 8.162
[8] From a Statement of the First Presidency Regarding God’s Love for all Mankind, February 15, 1978
The other (not lower)
May 21, 2017 untramelledLeave a comment
The New Testament preserves a parable (Matt. 7:24-27 and Luke 7:46-49) about two builders, a wise and a foolish. They are not so termed, respectively, on account of their activities; they both build houses, maybe even the same type. It’s where they build that differentiates them. Building on rock is hearing the commandments and doing them; building on sand is hearing the commandments and not doing them. It would appear there are only two kinds of people.
Two thoughts:
First: The parable demonstrates adversarial, binary thinking, which mindset is lesser than and antithetical to a rounded Mormon perspective. One might object that there must be opposition in all things. The idea of opposition in all things is not wholly expressed by such stark dichotomies as good vs. evil, right vs. wrong, and/or us vs. them. Those pairings represent the Heaven or Hell worldview, which paradigm has no place in the Restored Gospel. Permit opposition in all things to represent complementarity, and not just of the sexes. Difference allows for the formation and solidification of individual identity which, in Mormonism, is eternal and indestructible. Not only is every human person unique, Mormonism declares, every human consciousness (spirit, soul, mind) is and always has been unique; how many conceptions of happiness exist amongst us all? Mormonism revealed our Heavenly Parents’ acknowledgement of the relative nature of our happiness with a pluralistic heaven. For all the flowing prose that describes the three degrees of glory and the respective inhabitants thereof, their difference boils down to sociality or types of relationships. First, let us assert that they differ in glory (D&C 76:71, 78, 81) or physical nature, not in locale; Heaven, like Earth contains all types interacting (D&C 76:86-88), for, “that same sociality which exists among us here will exist among us there, only it will be coupled with eternal glory, which glory we do not now enjoy” (D&C 130:2). Now, one might object, citing the language of section 88, where we encounter the term kingdom accompanied by what appear to be theological zoning laws reinforcing the segregation of heavenly peoples (D&C 88:22-24). The objector ought to keep in mind that all of heaven is kingdom: “…there is no space in the which there is no kingdom; and there is no kingdom in which there is no space, either a greater or a lesser kingdom.” (D&C 88:37). That said, we return to sociality or types of relationships in heaven. To speak plainly: celestial glory is the descriptor assigned to those in procreative marriage relationships; the other (not lower) two glories are defined by whatever degree their respective participants do not maintain such relationships. Now, normative culture promulgates a rather provincial perspective of terrestrial and telestial glory; instead of realizing the implications of a pluralistic heaven, one encounters a repackaged Heaven or Hell paradigm: Celestial Kingdom or Outer Darkness, as if the uppermost border of Outer Darkness starts at the Terrestrial Glory and goes “down” from there. The other (not lower) kingdoms are indirectly stigmatized as though salvation is a competition and second place is first loser. Such a perspective is vicious and unscriptural. Consider D&C 88:32-33. In v. 32 we learn that telestial folk will be quickened and “…return again to their own place, to enjoy that which they are willing to receive, because they were not willing to enjoy that which they might have received.” That we are culturally conditioned to pity these people notwithstanding, ponder the language of this verse: telestial people will enjoy their status. How could they possibly enjoy it? It’s what they want. It’s what they were “willing” or wanting or desirous to receive. But, wouldn’t they have enjoyed celestial status more? No, because celestial glory is not what they wanted: celestial glory is “that which they might have received” but “they were not willing”. But who wants that? Look around; the world contains all kinds of people who willingly do not maintain procreative marriage relationships (for more reasons than we think). But aren’t they an affront to heaven? Are not our Heavenly Parents displeased with them? Look to v. 33: “For what doth it profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon him, and he receive not the gift? Behold, he rejoices not in that which is given unto him, neither rejoices in him who is the giver of the gift.” Far from displeasure, our Heavenly Parents are here concerned with benefiting those who prefer telestial glory; they do so giving the desired gift. Remember, “Our heavenly Father is more liberal in His views, and boundless in His mercies and blessings, than we are ready to believe or receive.”[1]
Second: The kind of thinking embodied in the parable, whether brandished about or self-inflicted, destroys people in (and then right out of) the Church. Before we call one foolish, remember that what land we have for digging foundations is often inherited. Some dig in sand because they have nothing else, some because they don’t know what else to do. As well remember that rock is not always a sure foundation. At Luke 8:13 we learn that, “They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.”
Now let me tell you something I love about Mormonism: it teaches me to embrace truth whencever it comes. In this instance that requires sharing another first century perspective on foundations:
Puta enim duo aedificia excitata esse, ab imo disparia, aeque excelsa atque magnifica. Alterum puram aream accepit; illic protinus opus crevit. Alterum fundamenta lassarunt in mollem et fluvidam humum missa multumque laboris exhaustum est, dum pervenitur ad solidum. Intuenti ambo quicquid fecit alter in aperto est, alterius magna pars et difficilior latet. Quaedam ingenia facilia, expedita, quaedam manu, quod aiunt, facienda sunt et in fundamentis suis occupata. Itaque illum ego feliciorem dixerim, qui nihil negotii secum habuit, hunc quidem melius de se meruisse, qui malignitatem naturae suae vicit et ad sapientiam se non perduxit, sed extraxit. -Seneca, Ep. 52.5-6
(Consider that there are two buildings, quite different in foundation but equal in breadth and splendor. One received solid ground and the work there progressed smoothly. The other exhausted the building materials, being set down in soft, wet ground, and much was wasted in the toil ‘til it reached bedrock. To someone looking, what is accomplished in the first building is apparent, while the great and more difficult part in the other is hidden. Some people have an easy-going temperament and are well-ordered, while others, as they say, must work by hand and are fully taken up in laying their own foundations. I would say the one is more fortunate who never needed to wrangle with himself but that the other merited better regarding himself; he conquered the baseness of his nature and did not lead but dragged himself to wisdom.)
14 years ago to the day, in the sand, I joined the Church.
[1] Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, sel. Joseph Fielding Smith (1976), 257, 240–41.
“Ἕκτορ μή μοι ἄλαστε συνημοσύνας ἀγόρευε:
ὡς οὐκ ἔστι λέουσι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ὅρκια πιστά,
οὐδὲ λύκοι τε καὶ ἄρνες ὁμόφρονα θυμὸν ἔχουσιν,
ἀλλὰ κακὰ φρονέουσι διαμπερὲς ἀλλήλοισιν,
ὣς οὐκ ἔστ᾽ ἐμὲ καὶ σὲ φιλήμεναι, οὐδέ τι νῶϊν
ὅρκια ἔσσονται, πρίν γ᾽ ἢ ἕτερόν γε πεσόντα…” Iliad 22:261-6
(Incessant Hector, hold off declaiming on covenants to me./There are no trusting oaths between lions and men,/nor do wolves and lambs have like-feeling hearts,/but thoroughly do they bear each other evils./Thus twixt I and thee is no regard, nor ‘tween us two/ will there be oaths, before one or other is fallen.)
Such was the wrath of Achilles. If pressed for answer I would give, as the two defining aesthetic pillars of Western civilization, the Bible and Homer. Perhaps the Bible is (and has been) more widely read but Homer’s influence preceded the spread of Christianity by several centuries and underlies its greatest literary monuments. It is easy and somewhat intoxicating to praise Homer; consider Matthew Arnold’s insurmountable estimation: “…he is eminently rapid; that he is eminently plain and direct both in the evolution of his thought and in the expression of it, that is, both in his syntax and in his words; that he is eminently plain and direct in the substance of his thought, that is, in his matter and ideas; and, finally, that he is eminently noble;” (On Translating Homer I:8). While not an entirely unjust valuation, the wise reader would do well to counterbalance such effusions with the prophetic perspective of Simone Weil: “The true hero, the true subject, the center of the Iliad is force. Force employed by man, force that enslaves man, force before which man’s flesh shrinks away.” (from The Iliad or the Poem of Force). So, which is it then? Is Homer the magisterial foundation of all measured writing in the West or a glorification of man’s basest impulse? It is both, which presents no obstacle to the rounded Mormon, who understands that all creation is a combination of finer and coarser materials, of higher and lower inclinations. In terms of drawing out edification please recall the 91st section of the Doctrine and Covenants wherein is recounted the composite–true/untrue–nature of that set of extra-canonical books called the Apocrypha. We are not turned away, as if the presence of a portion of untruth in a written work (or human being) is just cause for the flight of the righteous. On the contrary, to successfully draw out spiritual and intellectual (the same?) nourishment from such a work bespeaks one’s enlightenment (D&C 91:5). In this spirit I return to the above quotation from the Iliad.
Achilles was right: there could be no covenants between the likes of lambs and wolves, no covenant twixt man and lions, ’til one should fall. But One has fallen, and by His death a covenant is giv’n by which a little child shall lead a young lion and the wolf also shall dwell with the lamb (Isa. 11:6, 2Ne21:6). Furthermore, this community will be established in the context of a millennium of peace. The force observed by Simone Weil will diminish for, “They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain” (Isa. 11:9; 2Ne21:9).
I rejoice, even glory, in Mormonism, because it calls me to seek after (and receive) all truth, by whatever means it finds its way to this world and my view.
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Ras al-Khaimah (alternatively Ra'sal-Khaymah or Ras el-Kheima; Arabic: رأس الخيمة Rā's al-Ḫaymah) is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Its name could be taken to mean "Top of the tent" or alternatively "headland of the small hut". The emirate is in the northern part of the UAE, bordering Oman's exclave of Musandam. It covers an area of 1,684 square km. The capital city and home of most residents is also called Ras Al Khaimah. The emirate had a population of 210,063 at the 2005 Census, of which 41.82 percent or 87,848 were Emirati citizens. Latest estimates put the total population at between 250,000 and 300,000. Locals accounted for 97,529 in the population estimate for 2010.
The city has two main sections, Old Ras Al Khaimah and Nakheel, on either side of a creek. It is served by the Ras Al Khaimah International Airport. It consists of a northern part (where the city of Ras al-Khaimah is situated), and a large inland exclave in the south (near Hatta), and a few small islands in the Persian Gulf. Ras al-Khaimah has the most fertile soil in the country, due to a larger share in rainfall and underground water streams from Omani mountains.
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Hugh Jackman Took A Pay Cut So ‘Logan’ Would Be R-Rated
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Logan and The Wolverine director James Mangold screened 40 minutes of Logan at the Butt-Numb-A-Thon film marathon in Austin, Texas. We already know the film has a dark tone — as evidenced by the trailer — and isn’t a “CG f*ckathon.” We also learned from producer Simon Kinberg that it’ll be R-rated, violent, different than other X-Men movies, and “like a western in its tone.” It should be noted that Mangold originally shot The Wolverine as an R-rated movie but also filmed PG-13 versions of some scenes in case the studio refused an R-rating (and they did), but with the huge success of the R-rated Deadpool, Mangold finally garnered approval for an R-rated Wolverine movie with Logan.
But it turns out it took more than Deadpool‘s success to convince Fox to go R-rated with Logan. Mangold told the audience that Hugh Jackman accepted a lower salary to get an R-rated version of the story made:
Mangold said that Hugh Jackman took a salary cut because he wanted to do an R-rated movie.
— Eric Vespe (@EricVespe) December 11, 2016
Hey, Jackman is a committed dude. After all, if the bar ain’t bendin’, then you’re just pretendin’.
Also, it turns out this version of Wolverine is a berserker who’s still swearing like he was in X-Men: First Class.
40 mins of Logan screened with @mang0ld in the house. Full on berserker Wolverine (finally) and more f-bombs than Lebowski.
Well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
(Via Screen Rant)
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Burger King is trolling Prince Harry with a job offer after he and his wife announced their intent to step back from their roles in the royal family (QSR)
Burger King’s official Twitter just jokingly offered Prince Harry a part-time gig at one of its restaurants.
Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, announced Wednesday that they want to “work to become financially independent” after stepping back from the royal family.
Burger King’s Argentina locations are also running ads about “Megxit,” according to Design Taxi.
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Burger King on Monday jokingly offered Prince Harry one of its famous paper crowns on social media, just days after the British royal and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex announced that they intended to “step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family.”
@ harry, this royal family offers part-time positions
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The couple stated their intent to “work to become financially independent” and pursue charitable causes in their announcement on Wednesday. Burger King’s base hourly pay appears to be around around $8 an hour, according to Glassdoor data.
you always have a job in our kingdom https://t.co/D9h23URFXz
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B.C. government admits liability in case of Kelowna social worker accused of stealing from teens
Robert Saunders is accused of defrauding dozens of youth, mainly aboriginal, out of government support money.
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K.L., 26, photographed in downtown Kelowna on Nov. 30, alleges he was a victim of social worker Robert Riley Saunders, who allegedly skimmed the cheques for youth in care. Nick Eagland / PNG
The B.C. Ministry of Children and Families has admitted liability in its response to allegations a Kelowna social worker stole from vulnerable teens.
The government filed the response Thursday to a lawsuit launched by the public guardian and trustee alleging Robert Riley Saunders defrauded dozens of youth, mainly Indigenous, out of government support money.
In the response, the ministry admits vicarious liability and agrees that general damages and court-ordered interest for the plaintiffs are appropriate.
Last month, the government said Saunders was no longer employed with the B.C. public service.
The ministry said it has taken several steps because of the allegations to protect youth, including new financial controls aimed at ensuring money is not misappropriated.
An independent review of the ministry’s financial controls, completed earlier this year, recommended a system change to prevent staff from being able to both order and print cheques without the involvement of a second staff member.
The ministry said in a statement Thursday that since the allegations came to light it has offered supports and services, including counselling to the children and youth who were affected by the social worker’s actions.
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The ministry said it will work with the youths’ lawyers to “address these matters in a manner that does not cause further trauma to the affected individuals.”
In the class-action suit filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Nov. 6, the public guardian and trustee alleged Saunders manipulated the teenagers into an “independent living” program, but then kept the money, leaving them vulnerable to becoming homeless.
The ministry, the director of child welfare, and the Kamloops financial institution where the money was deposited are named in the lawsuit.
The director of child welfare was accused of not adequately supervising Saunders and failing to have protections in place to restrain, control, detect and prevent his misappropriation of funds and benefits.
The lawsuit claims the ministry team did not hold the weekly and monthly consultations with Saunders as required by policy, failing to ascertain whether the children assigned to him received adequate care.
Vancouver lawyer Jason Gratl, acting for the public guardian, told Postmedia they had identified about 24 youths who were victimized by Saunders, but there may be as many as 90, mostly Indigenous young people. He estimated sums of between $30,000 and $40,000 were involved in each case.
The lawsuit said the lead plaintiff, identified only as R.O., was “vulnerable to abuse”and was moved from a stable home environment into an unstable living arrangement in order to make him eligible for government financial benefits.
Saunders allegedly opened a joint bank account with R.O. at Interior Savings Financial Services Ltd. and stole the money deposited by the ministry by moving it into his own account. The suit claims Interior Savings was negligent and in breach of contract for failing to implement adequate safeguards to ensure Saunders could not unlawfully convert the plaintiff’s funds.
None of the allegations has been proven in court.
With files from Ian Mulgrew
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About Timothy Judd
Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto: Khatia Buniatishvili in Concert
September 25, 2019 September 25, 2019 by Timothy Judd
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Franz Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto begins with a hauntingly romantic melody.
We hear it first in the solo clarinet, accompanied by a woodwind chorale. For a composer whose music is often filled with larger-than-life virtuoso bravura, these quiet opening bars seem surprisingly unassuming, perhaps even lamenting. They open the door to the magic and mystery of the piano’s entrance a moment later, in which the melody is outlined in arpeggios which seem to gradually awaken the rest of the orchestra.
Liszt’s A major Concerto unfolds in a single, continuous movement set in six sections. The opening melody is the seed out of which the entire piece develops. In a process known as thematic transformation, this melody returns in a variety of forms, concluding with a triumphant march. We hear the same thematic transformation in Liszt’s sprawling Faust Symphony. It’s similar to the idée fixe of Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique. By the end of the Second Piano Concerto, we have taken a similar dramatic journey with the metamorphosis of this theme, moving from quiet serenity to chromatic ferocity.
In his original manuscript from 1840, Liszt called this work a “concerto symphonique.” While many Romantic concertos set up the solo and orchestra as opposing rivals, this piece feels like a symphony with piano. The orchestra is unusually large for a concerto, including three trombones, tuba, and cymbals. Listen to the way the piano line engages in a conversation among equals. There are some especially beautiful and intimate moments in which the solo cello emerges.
Here is a live performance from June, 2013. The French-Georgian pianist, Khatia Buniatishvili, joins L’Orchestre de Paris, conducted by Andrey Boreyko:
Liszt: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in A major, S.125, Khatia Buniatishvili, Zubin Mehta, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Amazon
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A native of Upstate New York, Timothy Judd has been a member of the Richmond Symphony violin section since 2001. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music where he earned the degrees Bachelor of Music and Master of Music, studying with world renowned Ukrainian-American violinist Oleh Krysa.
The son of public school music educators, Timothy Judd began violin lessons at the age of four through Eastman’s Community Education Division. He was a student of Anastasia Jempelis, one of the earliest champions of the Suzuki method in the United States.
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The artist before the publisher – The story of Apocryphus
By The Portuguese Portal October 28, 2019 October 26, 2019
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In November 2015 two things made me feel a project like Apocryphus was justified. In 2015 a wave of pop culture events swooped the country following the previous year first edition of Comic Con Portugal. And personally, I was in a very good place having come out fresh and charged from “Trojan Horse Was A Unicorn” (THU) project and was juiced up and eager to create something new. Two decades had passed since I last published any kind of comics in Portugal and I felt a bit distanced from the comic market.
I started looking at what the comics market looked like in Portugal in 2015 and found that it was mostly composed by author driven stories published in a graphic novel format by half a dozen publishers and mostly distributed by a single distributor.
Another thing that was noticeable when talking with a few artists was that this situation left most of them highly demotivated to make these graphic novels since we have a very, very small market for this medium and as so, after the distributor share and the publisher share, the author is left with a barely noticeable slice of the cake.
Before I took the step to self publish for the first time, I was an artist (for almost 30 years) and I really wanted to create something more rewarding for the artist.
I started to figure ways to do that and come up with the idea of a project where the artist comes first.
In order to achieve that goal, the hefty slice taken by the distributor would have to stay with the artists. We (the authors) would have to distribute the book within our circle of connections and directly to the readers attending the events previously mentioned.
Even without a distribution the publishing aspect of the book had to be taken care of. This project without distribution had now a very different set of rules and without distribution I simply assumed that no publisher would be interested in picking it up and playing it by the rules I had created for it. It became a high risk gamble with little to no return for a publisher.
A page from the first Apocryphus Volume
There really was no option left but for me to publish it.
Now, for the book to be ready in the shortest amount of time it would be required to become an anthology, an agglomerate of stories created by several artists. That way the production time would be reduced considerably.
But now this means I need more authors to make this book a reality. My absence from the Portuguese market for so many years didn’t help. I was completely disconnected from anyone.
Before looking for the authors I stablished the rules for the anthology:
Every volume will have a different theme around which the stories will converge.
All the authors should produce work that they would be proud of since they also would have to put the book in the hands of the readers while facing them.
I will handle all the production aspect of the book and handle it’s expenses.
The participant authors will pay only the production cost of each book they take for them.
The difference between the production cost and the cover price will belong to each individual participant author.
There are no obligations to the author other than producing their best work.
A page from the second volume of Apocryphus
The authors matter needed to be addressed now, because without the remaining authors this project wouldn’t exist, or the first volume would be a sad book booklet with a single story written and drawn by me.
This made Facebook a precious tool. But not all the authors came from Facebook connections, for instance, Nuno Amaral Jorge is a prolific writer I met a few years back through a common friend and we both agreed on someday working on something together. I had a writer.
A little over twenty-five years ago I helmed a short-lived comics magazine called “Art Nove”. In the short existence of that project I was lucky enough to meet tremendous people that became some of Portugal’s best comic book artists. One of such artists is Miguel Montenegro, a former Marvel Comics and Dynamite Entertainment artist that due to his interest in starting writing found in this project a platform for his own stories. Miguel wrote two of the stories for the first volume and split the art chores between him and Rui Gamito.
Another of those artists is Pedro Potier that without hesitation came to the rescue. Pedro is one of Art Nove’s original three. He created Doc Challenge a time spanning adventurer for the magazine and has a prolific career as an artist, game designer, teacher… A real inspiration to work with. Pedro also brought the talent of Mariana Flores along with him to color his pages.
As soon as I posted the add on Facebook looking for artists and writers for this project, I got a message from a fabulous portuguese artist I had met in that year’s edition of THU, saying that though he had never drawn comics he would love to do a cover for the book. That artist was Carlos Amaral and that message gave a whole new spin to the project in my mind, because the truth is I hadn’t thought about the cover and I saw that as an opportunity to showcase the great artists I knew that didn’t work in comics but were amazing by their own right.
From that add we were joined by the writer Inocência Dias and the writer/artist Phermad. For the overall design of the book, my good friend Pedro Daniel joined the ranks to take the aspect of the book to a whole new level.
As for the theme, I wanted to start with something easy to reach the broader public and thus chose Fantasy for the first volume of Apocryphus – Latin for “Not approved for public reading” that seemed appropriate to the limited distribution the project would have.
In September 2016 I was invited by Rogério Ribeiro to talk in a panel about comics for the event Fórum Fantástico where I presented the idea and talked publicly about the project for the first time.
The book came out in December 2016 and was placed in the hands of the readers during the third edition of Comic Con Portugal.
Apocryphus // Fantasy was well received by the public and was a good experience for the participant authors enough to wish to return for the next volume.
Right after that, I was again approached by Rogério Ribeiro, founder of Fórum Fantástico to inquire if I would be able to release the second volume in the next edition of the event. That would mean that we would have 3 months less to produce the book and after talking with the authors, we set the launch date to September 2017 and immediately started working towards that goal.
Apocryphus // Crime would be the second volume of the anthology.
A few years prior I was part of the Comic Geek Speak community, a very active community that surrounded the podcast with the same name. As a result, I became friends with many, many authors and collectors from all around the world and one of those authors was Keith Cunningham. Keith was trying to break into comics as a writer and challenged me to draw a story for an anthology he intended to create, where he would ask his artist friends to draw his stories and would draw the stories he couldn’t get an artist for. We collaborated in a couple stories and in January 2017 he asked if I would draw another one for him. Fearing that I would compromise either his story or the one I was supposed to draw for Apocryphus // Crime, I instead asked him to write crime themed story for Apocryphus and he’d publish the English version of that same story in his anthology Strange Places.
Pedro Potier returned, but this time brought along the writer/artist Patrícia Furtado to write and color his story.
Miguel Montenegro also returned to the second volume, as did Inocência Dias and Phermad.
Meanwhile, I had been approached by more authors that wanted to make part of this project and so we were joined by the artists Diana Andrade, Filipe Coelho and Daniel Lopes da Silva and the writer Sofia Freire.
The cover for the second volume was brought to life by the young artist Jacky Filipe.
Along came September 2017 and the interest by the public grew and more artists showed interest in joining the project. In that same event I announced the theme for the third volume would be Femme Power where the artists would be required to create stories with female protagonists.
With a theme and date set for the third volume, we marched on to production.
Along with all the authors from the previous volumes a few more joined in: Fernando Lucas, the third original member of Art Nove magazine where he created the fan-favorite character “The Kid”, made a return to comics in this volume, Mariana Flores returned from volume one to write and draw her own story, João Oliveira also joined to write a story and the writer Maria João Lima was paired with artist Ana Varela.
The beautiful cover for volume three was handled by artist extraordinaire Sara Leal which I had considered for the second volume but due to a beautiful coincidence ended up being available to paint this cover.
Fórum Fantástico was scheduled for October 2018 and that is when the third volume was released and the theme for the next installment of the anthology was announced: Sci-Fi. I was in the right place to invite some of the best Portuguese sci-fi writers to take the challenge of writing for comics.
Bruno Martins Soares, Pedro Cipriano, Carlos Silva and Rogério Ribeiro took up the challenge and joined the writers Keith Cunningham, André Mateus, Nuno Amaral Jorge and Sofia Freire on the scripting shores while on the artists side, Marvel and Boom Studios artist Jorge Coelho, Aires Melo, Paulo Montes and Gabriela Silva joined repeating artists Filipe Coelho, Diana Andrade, Daniel da Silva Lopes and myself. Fernando Lucas wrote and drew his own sci-fi story for this volume.
A common friend directed Filipe Augusto towards Apocryphus and upon seeing a piece he did of a destructed Lisbon in a post-apocalyptic environment, I knew I had found the perfect cover artist for Apocryphus // Sci-Fi. I asked him if he would do a wraparound cover like the old science fiction paperbacks, and the concept he presented went way beyond just that, working in so many different levels.
The Fourth installment of Apocryphus was published in partnership with Fórum Fantástico and was warmly received in this year’s event.
Also, in this year’s Fórum Fantástico Apocryphus // Femme Power had the tremendous honor of being awarded with the Adamastor Award thanks to extraordinary efforts of all the authors involved.
To me that award represents the validation of what this project was set to do from inception: Recognize the work of all the authors involved in the project, because without every single one of them, Apocryphus would have been a sad little book with just one story written and drawn by me.
November 2019 will see the launch of the first Apocryphus art exhibition. This exhibition will visit several FNAC stores throughout the country.
Apocryphus will return next year with the theme Monster and keeps growing in interest from both readership and participant authors and I’m very curious to see where this growth will take us.
By Miguel Jorge
Miguel Jorge entered the comics world in the nineties by editing and being one of the original artists of the comics magazine Art Nove and Crash! Illustrated several stories for Keith Cunnigham’s Strange Places and for the mini-series Tales of Discord written by director Paul Salamoff and was Featured in Dark Horse’s book Sakai Project: 30 Years of Usagi Yojimbo along with dozens of the world’s best comics artists. Is one of the artists in the anthology Flip edited by Jack Briglio and published by Markosia. Miguel Jorge will continue spearheading the Apocryphus project as long as the readership continues to grow, and more artists want to be featured in it.
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Rock Climbing Prehab Exercises
26 Jun Rock Climbing Prehab Exercises
Posted at 06:44h in Elbow, Shoulder, Wrist/hand by Craig Lindell 0 Comments
Rock climbing is a sport that has been gaining popularity over the last few years. The diverse range of movement, mobility, and strength the sport requires makes it appealing to everyone from the weekend warrior to the most serious and dedicated athlete. This fast-growing allure has helped catapult climbing into the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The three disciplines that will be included in the upcoming Olympics are sport, bouldering, and speed. Each discipline has its own unique demands varying in power, agility, strength, and endurance naturally inducing risk for both traumatic and overuse injury. In this article, I will highlight the most common injuries seen in rock climbing and demonstrate rock climbing prehab exercises based on research and biomechanics to prevent these injuries.
Finger Injuries
The fingers are so important when it comes to rock climbing prehab exercises. The finger is the most common site of injury in rock climbing accounting for up to 52% of all injuries sustained.1 It is important to understand both the normal anatomy of the finger pulley system and the kinetics (forces and torques that cause motion) of different grips to make a differential diagnosis. The type of finger injury sustained is largely dependent on the type of grip being utilized by the climber. The grip a climber decides to use is determined by the size and shape of the handhold, body orientation, and overall strength. The common grips are closed crimp (A), open crimp (B), open hand (C), undercling (D), pinch (E), pocket (F).
You have to train the crimp with rock climbing prehab exercises! The crimp position naturally creates an uneven distribution of force amongst the fingers, with the largest force being placed on the middle and ring fingers. The ring finger is responsible for controlling the rotational movement along its own longitudinal axis, increasing the likelihood of sustaining an injury compared to the other digits. The size of the handhold available to crimp will also affect the contribution of the flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) and flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) muscles.
Crimp grips generate large flexion moments that cause loading of the FDS and FDP tendons. A smaller crimp that only allows for placement of half of the distal phalanx will increase activation of the FDP compared to the FDS. High force repetitive loading can create microtrauma to the flexor tendon, tendon sheath, or collateral ligaments resulting in pain, inflammation, and swelling.
Annular Ligament Injury
The annular pulleys of the fingers have been reported to be the most commonly injured structures in both sport climbing and bouldering. These fibrous bands of tissue (A1-A5) are important for maintaining close contact between the finger flexor tendon and its underlying bone. The A2 and A4 pulleys have a direct attachment to the bone, making them the most important for maintaining the integrity of the flexor tendon system. Studies have reported the A2 pulley is capable of withstanding up to 400N of force, that’s the equivalent of holding a 90lb dumbbell completely still against gravity. Biomechanical analyses have shown that a crimp position generates up to 450N (102lb dumbbell!) of at the A2 pulley, and 269N at the A4 pulley.
Factors that may contribute to annular ligament injuries include:
Overuse and overload
Decreased shoulder and wrist stability
Decreased finger flexor tendon mobility
Lack of finger specific warm-up
The shoulder is the second most common region of injury following the finger. Shoulder injuries make up about 17% of all rock climbing injuries, and chronic pain has been reported in 33% of elite climbers.3 The most common shoulder pathologies include: superior labral extending anterior to posterior (SLAP) tears, subacromial impingement syndrome, anterior dislocations with bankart lesion, biceps tendon tears or ruptures, and supraspinatus tendinopathy, respectively.
Factors that may contribute to these various shoulder injuries include:
Decreased neuromuscular control and weakness
Glenohumeral and scapulothoracic muscle imbalances
Posterior rotator cuff tightness
Joint capsule laxity
Postural dysfunction
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Modifying these risk factors is a must for any serious or recreational climber that wants to #climbpainfree. Due to the varying risk factors that contribute to each individual shoulder injury, it is important to identify which of the risk factors is most affecting YOUR movement. There is no “one size fits all” assessment, however, improving the strength and dynamic control of the entire shoulder complex with rock climbing prehab exercises will help keep your shoulder in a safer and more optimal position when on the wall.
Increasing strength, motor control, and mobility off the wall is important, but it is crucial that a climber takes these improvements to the wall. Some climbers may do all the rock climbing prehab exercises in the world, but none of that matters if they don’t utilize it when climbing. Following the above exercise with similar body tension and active shoulder engagement on the wall is essential for effective injury prevention. Many climbers climb with disengaged scapulas, or take a break and “dead hang” in a position that compromises their rotator cuff, biceps tendon, and labrum. Although it feels good to take a break and shake out with shrugged shoulders, it is doing more damage than good by increasing the stress on these structures, which can lead to injury.
Lower Extremity Injuries
Don’t forget about the lower body with rock climbing prehab exercises! Lower extremity injuries account for more than 40% of acute rock climbing injuries, and ankle injuries comprise about 20%. Bouldering is a discipline of rock climbing that does not include any ropes or safety harnesses, using only crash pads to decrease the ground reaction force taken on by the body. Considering this lack of safety equipment, lower extremity injuries such as lateral ankle sprains, anterior and posterior cruciate ligament sprains/ruptures, collateral ligament tears, and patellar dislocations are very common in bouldering. Sport and speed climbing also have risks for lower extremity injuries such as fractures resulting from a wall collision. Learn more about what to do after an acute ankle sprain and how to [p]rehab your ankle sprain by clicking here.
The climbing shoes typically worn tend to be sized down to increase proprioceptive feedback and maximize efficacy. The size and shape of the shoe creates flexion at the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) and distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints, while extending the metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joints.
This shoe fit places the foot into a supinated and inverted position. If the foot is already biased in this orientation, it can make lateral ankle sprains a more likely occurrence.
Incorporating mobility work with your rock climbing prehab exercises for the talocrual and subtalar joints is important to ensure that a climber has the available range necessary to safely negotiate a fall. Also, addressing balance impairments has been shown to decrease the recurrence of ankle sprains. Plyometric exercises such as the drop jump can be useful to train a climber’s dynamic balance system and prepare her for a fall. Addressing strength, mobility, and single leg stability should all be performed in a comprehensive prevention program.
Strength to actively absorb the shock
Mobility to avoid abnormal joint positions causing connective tissue damage
Single leg stability
Falls occurring unilaterally
Improve on the wall balance to decrease chance of falling
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Schoffl V, Popp D, Kupper T, Schoffl I. Injury trends in rock climbers: Evaluation of a case series of 911 injuries between 2009 and 2012. Wilderness Environ Med. 2015;26(1):62-7
Chang CY, Torriani M, Huang AJ. Rock climbing injuries: acute and chronic repetitive trauma. Curr Probl in Diagn Radiol. 2016;45(3)205-14
Schweizer A, Hudek R. Kinetics of crimp and slope grip in rock climbing. J Appl Biomech. 2011;27:116-121
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Chris Zipser is a physical therapist with a passion for rock climbing and the outdoors. You can find more of his content by checking out his Instagram page @climbpainfree where he is helping climbers bridge the gap between performance and longevity. You can also email him with any questions from this article climbpainfree@gmail.com
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Cytopathology
Haematology & Transfusion Science
Microbiology & Virology
Molecular Pathology & Genomics
Myelodysplastic syndromes
Haematology expert Professor Barbara Bain looks at morphology and the accurate diagnosis of the myelodysplastic syndromes.
The myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of clonal, neoplastic conditions characterised by ineffective and dysplastic haemopoiesis and a tendency to evolve into acute myeloid leukaemia. Ineffective haemopoiesis is recognised from the usual discrepancy between a hypercellular bone marrow and peripheral cytopenia. It is the result of an increased rate of death of haemopoietic cells by apoptosis within the bone
marrow. Dysplasia describes cytologically abnormal cells in the peripheral blood, bone marrow or both. There are other causes of ineffective haemopoiesis (e.g. megaloblastic anaemia) and other causes of dysplastic haemopoiesis (e.g. exposure to toxic substances and administration of certain drugs and growth factors, HIV infection, copper deficiency and certain inherited conditions).
Accurate diagnosis of MDS can require not only a clinical history, examination of the patient and assessment of the peripheral blood count and film but also examination of the bone marrow morphology and cytogenetic/molecular analysis. The role of peripheral blood and bone marrow morphology is crucial but an assessment of the patient is also important, to distinguish MDS from some of the conditions that can resemble it.
The blood count shows cytopenia (one or more of anaemia, neutropenia and thrombocytopenia) and in addition can show an increased MCV and a bimodal histogram of red cell size (in cases with sideroblastic erythropoiesis).
In the blood film, hypogranular or pseudo-Pelger-Huët neutrophils are valuable signs of dysplasia (but also occur in inherited specific granule deficiency and the Pelger-Huët anomaly, respectively). Blast cells can be present in small numbers. Less common dysplastic forms are macropolycytes and granulocytes with pseudo-Chédiak‒Higashi granules. Macrocytosis is less specific than neutrophil anomalies since it is common in liver disease and with excess alcohol intake. However the presence of both normochromic macrocytes and hypochromic microcytes is strongly suggestive of MDS with sideroblastic erythropoiesis. In such cases a search should be made for Pappenheimer bodies. Platelet abnormalities that can be seen include large and giant platelets and hypogranular platelets; both can also occur in inherited conditions but usually with isolated thrombocytopenia rather than with coexisting anaemia or neutropenia.
Bone marrow morphology
In the majority of cases, the bone marrow is hypercellular. Possible dyserythropoietic features include nuclear irregularity or lobulation, bi- or multinuclearity and megaloblastosis (nuclear immaturity in relation to the degree of maturation of the cytoplasm). Erythropoiesis can also be macronormoblastic – erythroblasts are larger than normal but without asynchrony between nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation. In patients with sideroblastic erythropoiesis, vacuolation and defective haemoglobinisation of erythroblasts may be apparent; an iron stain showing ring sideroblasts is confirmatory (but remembering that sideroblastic erythropoiesis can also be due to lead poisoning, copper deficiency and inherited sideroblastic anaemia). The neutrophil series can show hypogranularity of precursors, due to reduced primary granules, as well as of mature cells. There can be a “left shift” in both erythropoiesis and granulopoiesis with immature cells being present as a disproportionately high percentage; this is the morphological correlate of ineffective haemopoiesis. The presence of micromegakaryocytes provides very specific evidence of a haematological neoplasm so is useful in the diagnosis of MDS. These cells are about the size of a promyelocyte with a small nucleus and platelet-type granules in the cytoplasm. Less specific, but also diagnostically useful, is the presence of megakaryocytes that are mainly of normal size but are hypolobated. Increased numbers of such cells suggests the possibility of deletion of part of the long arm of chromosome 5, this type of MDS being popularly known as the “5q‒ syndrome”.
“ The presence of micromegakaryocytes provides very specific evidence of a haematological neoplasm”
The differential diagnosis of MDS includes megaloblastic anaemia due to deficiency of vitamin B12 or folic acid. Both MDS and megaloblastic anaemias are characterised by ineffective and dysplastic haemopoiesis with a hypercellular bone marrow and peripheral cytopenia. The blood film is useful in making the distinction since oval macrocytes and hypersegmented neutrophils are much more common in the vitamin deficiencies than in MDS. Bone marrow morphology is also useful; although megaloblastic erythropoiesis can be a feature of MDS, giant metamyelocytes are quite uncommon as a feature. Misdiagnosis of megaloblastic anaemia as MDS is a very serious error, which usually results from not considering the possibility of a vitamin deficiency.
Other causes of dyserythropoiesis include congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia, sickle cell disease (particularly in conditions of “haemopoietic stress”), thalassaemia, various infections (including malaria and leishmaniasis) and arsenic toxicity. Ring sideroblasts can result from lead poisoning and from administration of various drugs, including isoniazid.
Other causes of dysgranulopoiesis include the inherited conditions mentioned above and also myelokathexis (an inherited condition with morphologically abnormal granulocytes). Acquired conditions of relevance include HIV infection, administration of G-CSF (granulocyte colony-stimulating factor) and the effects of various drugs including chemotherapeutic and immunosuppressive agents. Drugs that can cause a Pelger-Huët anomaly include tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil; the presence of detached nuclear fragments, resembling the Howell-Jolly bodies of red cells, can be a clue to this diagnosis.
Copper deficiency (including that due to zinc excess) can simulate MDS by causing pancytopenia, macrocytosis, neutropenia and sideroblastic erythropoiesis; anaemia can also be microcytic or normocytic.
A clue to the correct diagnosis is the presence of vacuolation of haemopoietic precursors on bone marrow examination. Chemotherapeutic agents can simulate MDS by causing pancytopenia and dysplasia; in the case of folic acid antagonists and drugs interfering more directly with DNA synthesis, there is megaloblastosis. Usually the cause is evident from the history but with patients transferring between hospital or even countries, the clinical history may be inadequate.
The morphologist can play a crucial role in the diagnosis of MDS. Often the clinical history provided to the laboratory is not really adequate and a telephone call or reference to the patient’s electronic records may be necessary to clarify the situation. It is important not only to raise the suspicion of MDS but to be constantly aware of the possibility of conditions that can simulate it. Patients with leishmaniasis and vitamin B12 deficiency have been misdiagnosed and treated as MDS, the latter even occasionally being referred for transplantation.
Fig. 1. Peripheral blood film showing two hypogranular neutrophils, which also have nuclei of abnormal shapes. Note also, severe thrombocytopenia. May–Grünwald–Giemsa, high power.
Fig. 2. Peripheral blood film in myelodysplastic syndrome with sideroblastic erythropoiesis showing anisocytosis (macrocytes and microcytes with some hypochromic microcytes but not clearly dimorphic), poikilocytosis (including teardrop poikilocytes and stomatocytes) and an erythrocyte containing unusually large Pappenheimer bodies. May–Grünwald–Giemsa, high power.
Fig. 3. Bone marrow film in myelodysplastic syndrome with sideroblastic erythropoiesis showing a ring sideroblast. Prussian blue stain, high power.
Fig. 4. Bone marrow film in myelodysplastic syndrome with isolated 5q− showing two megakaryocytes with non-lobed nuclei. May–Grünwald–Giemsa, low power.
Barbara Bain is Professor of Diagnostic Haematology at Imperial College London and a consultant at St Mary’s Hospital, London. Professor Bain is the interviewee on this months IBMS podcast, where she discusses a range of topics, from her route into the profession and her work in diagnostic haematology, to her love of Italian art and her personal collection of images of the martyr St Sebastian.
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Dr. Ralph Stanley to Release New Duets Album
Michael Wilson, Courtesy of Essential Broadcast Media
Dr. Ralph Stanley is set to release an album of duets early next year.
The legendary bluegrass artist will release 'Ralph Stanley & Friends: Man of Constant Sorrow' on Jan. 19 exclusively through Cracker Barrel stores.
The project features two solo tunes as well as 11 duets with some of music's biggest names, including Dierks Bentley, Elvis Costello, Del McCoury, Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale, Old Crow Medicine Show, Robert Plant, Ricky Skaggs, Nathan Stanley, Josh Turner, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings and Lee Ann Womack.
“I have always enjoyed performing with other musicians ever since my older brother Carter and I first started playing music together when we were kids,” Stanley says. “I am excited to share these collaborations with such wonderful artists with our fans.”
'Man of Constant Sorrow' will be available at Cracker Barrel stores and CrackerBarrel.com, as well as through select digital retailers.
Ralph Stanley, 'Ralph Stanley & Friends: Man of Constant Sorrow' Track Listing:
1. 'We Shall Rise' with Josh Turner
2. 'I Only Exist' with Dierks Bentley
3. 'Sweethearts in Heaven' with Ricky Skaggs
4. 'Rank Stranger' with Nathan Stanley
5. 'I Am the Man, Thomas' with Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
6. 'White Dove' with Lee Ann Womack
7. 'Red Wicked Wine' with Elvis Costello
8. 'Pig in a Pen' with Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
9. 'Two Coats' with Robert Plant
10. 'Brand New Tennessee Waltz' with Del McCoury
11. 'Short Life of Trouble' with Old Crow Medicine Show
12. 'Hills of Home'
13. 'Man of Constant Sorrow'
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The Cover 4 Greatest Basketball Moments: Miller Time
September 11, 2013 by James Kaikis Leave a Comment
By most accords, this was the most remarkable game-ending comeback in history to date; but if you ask Knicks diehards like movie director Spike Lee, it was the most gruesome game-ending comeback that no one would even dare to dream.
As most spectators began cheering and preparing to file out of MSG in celebration of the Knicks taking Game 1, Reggie Miller hits a 3-pointer with 16.4 seconds left. Nothing too spectacular about that, I mean, it IS Reggie Miller. The next play, Miller steals the inbound pass and quickly jumps to the 3-point line and knocks down another three! Say, WHAT?! Now the game is tied at 105 with 13.3 seconds remaining. This man just scored 6 points in 3.1 seconds!
“We went numb after his second three. We became totally disoriented. It was like a terrible nightmare that you couldn’t wake up from. I still think about it today. I can laugh about it now. I wasn’t laughing then, that’s for sure,” former Knicks forward Anthony Mason recalls.
The Knicks finally get the ball inbounds to John Starks who is fouled immediately to stop the clock. Starks equals money, right? Apparently, we would ALL lose that bet. Starks misses not one, but BOTH attempts (I’m sure Miller thanked the basketball gods for that one).
We begin to see Miller’s arrogance as he begins taunting Lee, who was sitting in the first-row with the “choke” hand gesture. Miller is starting to feel himself as he knocks down two free-throws to give the Pacers a 2-point lead with 7.5 seconds left. In the final drive of the game, Greg Anthony makes one last attempt to save the day, but embarrassingly falls down en route to the basket. Talk about a comedic ending to a story.
Now, the part that headlines across the country displayed the next day, was the moment that Miller stated the claim that the Pacers will sweep the Knicks after being knocked out by New York in the previous two seasons, then proceeded to run down the locker room tunnel singing “CHOKE ARTISTS! CHOKE ARTISTS!,” an axiom that would be painted across the sports pages of the New York tabloids the following morning.
What makes this event so memorable is the steal. One thing we’re always taught in basketball to play the ENTIRE 48 minutes, no matter the circumstance. As Mason tried to find an open man, Miller was locking down Anthony. As Mason came closer to reaching his 5-second inbound limit he panicked after not being able to find an open teammate and forced it to a falling Anthony which allowed Miller to intercept and jump back five feet to 3-point land. “What shocked me was that Reggie had the presence of mind to not take a quick two-point shot and instead took one dribble and got back behind the 3-point line to shoot a three,” Larry Brown, the ex-Pacers coach, would say years later. “That takes an amazing athlete to do that, a guy who literally has ice in his veins, a guy who loves the pressure and is willing to face the consequences if he doesn’t make the shot.”
The consequences of Miller’s shot had a numbing impact on the Knicks franchise for several years thereafter:
1) The Knicks-Pacers series goes seven games, and Indiana winds up winning as Patrick Ewing – again – misses the pivotal shot, this time a driving lay-up that would have tied the game in the waning seconds.
2) Knicks head coach Pat Riley, devastated by the Game 1 and Game 7 defeats to Indiana, resigns. He is replaced by Don Nelson, who doesn’t even last a full season, despite having a multi-year contract. The series of events leaves the Knicks in disarray.
Meanwhile, Miller solidifies his reputation as one of history’s most feared long-range shooters, a fella who launches it from 25-30 feet without a hint of doubt.
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10 Reasons Why You Should Visit Le Touquet At Least Once
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With its unique French and English blend, stunning natural beauty, seductive art de vivre and that indefinable flair that saw it’s beach named the ‘most elegant in France’, Le Touquet is a place like no other.
Sensational beach
Le Touquet’s most prominent feature is its eight-mile stretch of wide sandy beach opening up on the opalescent Atlantic. The beach is not just a huge open playground for sand castle-building, sunbathing, and long strolls, but is also the stage for plenty of sports and massively popular events such as the Enduropale motorcycle beach race and the beach polo tournament.
Le Touquet beach at low tide ©Patrick Janicek/Flickr
Every year Le Touquet offers sport lovers plenty of reasons to flock to its shores with a full program of sporting events, but for those who prefer to be the protagonists rather than spectators, along the shoreline they’ll find opportunities to indulge in every imaginable sport: sailing, surfing, longe côte aquatic hiking, and of course the fantastic firm sands are the perfect surface for sand-yachting.
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Chic boutiques
Since the very beginning, Le Touquet has attracted a well-heeled clientele, originally from Paris and eventually, once the well-kept secret was out, discerning visitors came from all over. To cater to this market, a multitude of services and retail facilities have set up here, from the best-known brands to incredibly unique designer shops. It is such a relaxing way to unwind after an active day at the beach, browse the stylish boutiques along Rue de Metz and Rue St Jean, and of course stock up on foodie treats to take back home.
Shopping in Le Touquet ©Openroads.com/Flickr
Green fun
Golfers have a choice of three courses, offering breathtaking scenic spots where the sea meets the links. While elegant and perfectly manicured, Le Touquet Golf Course has a relaxed and welcoming feel and a lovely clubhouse that has been entirely renovated to world-class standards. It also includes a bright and modern restaurant with an expansive view of the fairway.
Parcours de la Mer at Le Touquet Golf © Sylvia Edwards Davis
Le Touquet is paradise for horse lovers. Experts and beginners can enjoy a relaxing ride on the beach, looking out on the wide estuary of La Canche river. The equestrian center offers more than 40km of trails and host regular competitions, and if you’d rather cheer from the sidelines, Le Touquet’s elegant racecourse with its distinctive Art Deco stands holds events through the summer.
Riding on the beach in Le Touquet ©Photophilde/Flickr
There’s an incredible selection of dining spots for a town of its size, from high-cuisine gastronomic extravaganzas to a light-as-air crêpe on the go. Being by the sea, the most unmissable gourmet experience is to splash out on an extravagant plateau des fruits de mer, with all the trimmings. It’s a seafood sculpture of the freshest lobster, shrimp, crab, oysters… the best known address is Perards, although each restaurant has its own speciality, and an invariably excellent wine cellar.
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Edwardian elegance and roaring 20s glitz
Its Edwardian heyday brought buildings like Le Westminster hotel and witnessed the birth of Le Touquet as a Franco-British playground, but it was in the 1920s and ‘30s that the resort experienced a significant expansion, evident in the flamboyant Art Deco villas and public buildings such as the market, town hall and the post office.
Westminster Hotel in Le Touquet ©Sylvia Edwards Davis
Shopping is so much fun at the covered market, a local institution. It’s open on Thursdays and Saturdays in the morning and from the moment you approach you’ll be immersed in a festival atmosphere. All senses at the ready to enjoy your favourite foodie treats and explore new experiences, including delicious regional fruits of land and sea.
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Rolling in style
A great thing about Le Touquet is that you don’t really need a car. The hotels, beach, shopping and dining are all within easy walking distance. Even more fun is to exchange your four wheels for two, and rent one of the excellent fat bikes, to profit from the mostly flat and well-marked cycling routes. Next you can roll on a quadricycle, a big hit for families and groups of friends, or glide on a Segway and then go for a thrilling ride on a four-wheel sand yacht on the beach; or a long board, or a skate board, or a dirt-bike, quad-bike, electric bike… Le Touquet is all about having fun in style.
Fun on wheels in Le Touquet ©Adrian Parnham / Flickr
Not least of the reasons to come to Le Touquet right now is our last very convenient item on the list. It is so easy to get here, that it makes it a perfect destination to visit on a whim for a weekend or short break. Arriving by ferry from Calais, the drive is under 50 minutes, and the town is just just hours from Paris, and Lille if you are arriving by Eurostar.
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Top 10 Things To Do And See In Healesville
Tucked away in the northeastern Yarra Valley and an hour’s drive from the Melbourne CBD, Healesville boasts various culinary and natural delights. Representing a merging point between the ancient land and the modernity of man, it is a town which is constantly active. The town is surrounded by mountains, forests and rolling hills dotted with wineries, fruit and berry farms. Join us in planning a relaxing, yet enjoyable trip through Healesville.
Healesville Sanctuary © Gabriel Garcia Marengo/Flickr
Explore Healesville Sanctuary
Healesville Sanctuary is one of the three zoos which form part of Zoos Victoria which focusses on creating a safe space for native Australian animals. Playing an integral part in initiatives nationwide to protect several endangered species, it allows visitors to see this process happening in real-time along with regular presentations with the creatures.
Healesville Sanctuary, Badger Creek Rd, Healesville, VIC, Australia, +61 (03) 5957 2800
Hedgend Maze © Matthew Sims
Weave your way through Hedgend Maze
Perfect for a day out with the kids, Hedgend Maze has it all with a cryptic hedge maze, a mini-golf and Frisbee golf course, as well as an area to search for old bones in the Fossil Dig. With special events all year long, it is always a place which will keep the imagination and curiosity alive.
Hedgend Maze, 163 Albert Rd, Healesville, VIC, Australia, +61 (03) 5962 3636
Healesville Racecourse © Matthew Sims
Experience the Healesville Horse Races
The Healesville Amateur Racing Club is more of a day-long trip out with friends, but you can stop by for a race or two, a snack or a flutter during one of the many meetings they have through the summer season. Their next major meeting is on Saturday, the 21st of November.
Healesville Racecourse, 109 Healesville-Kinglake Road, Healesville, VIC, Australia, +61 (03) 5962 4506
Maroondah Reservoir © PsJeremy/Flickr
Get some fresh air at Maroondah Reservoir
Maroondah Reservoir Park provides great views of Maroondah Dam along with casual walkways through the park or surrounding forests and enough shade to enjoy a packed lunch. During the rainy seasons, you can also watch the spectacular water forced through the spillway.
Maroondah Reservoir Park, 466 Maroondah Highway, Healesville, VIC, Australia, +61 (03) 8627 4699
Rochford Wines © laszy/Flickr
Any of the several local wineries
It is hard to pick one ultimate winery, as they all bring something special to the table, whether it be fresh local food or the finest Yarra Valley wines. For instance, Rochford Wines lies just out of town and also hosts musicians in the regular concert event A Day on the Green. However, there are constant tours from winery to winery throughout the summer season.
Rochford Wines, 878-880 Maroondah Highway, Coldstream, VIC, Australia, +61 (03) 5957 3333
Herd Bar and Café © Matthew Sims
Taste what is on offer at Herd Bar and Café
Bar, Cafe, Restaurant, Australian, Pub Grub, $$$
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Found at the start of the main stretch of Main Street, Herd Bar and Café can cover you all day. You can rock up for a breakfast made from local ingredients and a coffee sourced from overseas or have a moderately priced feast with a variety of international and home-grown beverages. Regardless, Herd is always a friendly and warm place to visit.
177-179 Maroondah Highway, Healesville, Victoria, 3777, Australia
Hot Air Balloons © alison/Flickr
Fly over the town in a balloon
Nothing captures the scope of Healesville and the surrounding Yarra Valley quite like the view at a few thousand feet in the air. Many companies, such as Global Ballooning or Go Wild Ballooning have packages which include breakfast and accommodation along with an exhilarating launch above the trees.
Global Ballooning Australia, 173-175 Swan Street, Richmond, VIC, Australia, +61 (03) 9428 5703
Go Wild Ballooning, 621 Maroondah Highway, Coldstream, VIC, Australia, +61 (03) 9739 0772
Four Pillars Gin © Matthew Sims
Four Pillars Gin
Four Pillars Gin distills and sells its own gin right in the heart of Healesville, plus gives you the opportunity to watch the process in motion with booked masterclasses and tasting. Quickly growing in size and popularity, the team at Four Pillars create their own ‘ginnovations’, including their award-winning Orange Marmalade and Breakfast Negroni Gin. Bookings are essential.
Four Pillars Gin, 2A Old Lilydale Road, Healesville, VIC, Australia, +61 (03) 5962 2791
Healesville national park © Matthew Sims
Rest and recover at Piaf Day Spa
If you are looking for a relaxing day out to reconnect with nature, the Piaf Day Spa is only a hop, skip and a jump from the main part of town. Bordered by the life of the national park, enjoy a massage, facial or body treatments and a day of luxury.
Piaf Day Spa, 711 Don Road, Healesville, VIC, Australia, +61 (03) 5962 2797
Healesville Hotel © Jan Smith/Flickr
Join the locals at Healesville Hotel
Bed and Breakfast, Hotel
The Healesville Hotel is the perfect blend between the rustic and the contemporary. Now in its 14th year, it is renowned for its charcuterie or selection of cold meats, including Spanish salamis and homemade terrine. With a brick exterior, a wooden interior and a spacious beer garden out the back, it offers a wide selection of fresh and local food and wine and is a welcoming place for a casual Sunday lunch. By Matthew Sims Matthew is a recent Monash University graduate with an enthusiasm for writing about the past, present and future of film, television and the arts world in Melbourne. Based in the Yarra Valley, he loves fresh food, a good time out with friends or going for a run.
256 Maroondah Highway, Healesville, Victoria, 3777, Australia
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Powers stresses importances of high four-year graduation rates
Bill Powers makes his annual State of The University Address on the 128th anniversary of UTs inception. Powers stressed the importance of raising the rate of graduation and responded to criticism of UTs research initiatives.
Photo Credit: Lawrence Peart | Daily Texan Staff
Published on September 15, 2011 at 10:02 am
By John Farey
Corrected at 7:10 p.m.: Because of a reporting error, an earlier version of this story misreported the percentage Powers would like to increase graduation rates by.
President William Powers Jr. challenged the University to boost its four-year graduation rate from 51 to 70 percent in the next five years. At the same time, he defended current faculty members from outside critics and suggested concrete plans about a UT medical school in Austin will be announced next week.
During his annual State of the University speech Wednesday, Powers addressed students, faculty, alumni and state leaders at the B. Iden Payne Theatre on the eve of the University’s 128th birthday. He stressed the need to keep tuition costs affordable while operating under an overall 16.5 percent smaller budget and state funding down $46 million from a year ago. Despite tighter economic conditions, the University received the second-highest annual donations of $374 million, only $9 million less than the 2008 record, Powers said.
He said increasing UT’s four-year graduation rates by almost 40 percent would be a huge savings for students, for families and for the University.
“It will take a combination of designing better pathways through the University, incentivizing students to make the right choices and holding students to degree plans that lead to timely graduation,” Powers said.
As more students graduate in a timely manner, other students will be granted entry into the University, Powers said.
Redesigning courses would be a major part of the initiative to improve graduation rates, with $50 million being delivered over five years for research into new degree pathways and curricula that reflect the latest knowledge about the student learning process, Powers said.
Powers said Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, will deliver a collaborative plan for a medical school next week while the University continues talks with Austin health care providers.
“We need to continue to push forward to bring all this together in a medical school,” Powers said. Powers also used the speech, his sixth as president, to defend faculty members who he said were unfairly criticized as being under-productive in a series of external reports last year.
“The faculty are our biggest asset, and we need to recognize that,” Powers said. “They carry an average of 33 percent more teaching load credits than the UT System requires.”
School of Information professor Loriene Roy said she expected Powers’ speech to have a unifying effect on the faculty and was a welcome vote of confidence in the faculty’s ability to improve graduation rates.
“He spoke for the faculty but also for the way we do our work, our writing, our research and our teaching,” Roy said. “The responsibility to get students graduating on time in four years extends not only to the current faculty but to high school advisers, counselors, parents and the students themselves.”
Rhetoric and writing senior Matt Portillo said he worried that the pressure to graduate in four years might detract from the university experience.
“As a fifth-year senior, I don’t think it’s a one-size fits all,” Portillo said. “[A fifth year] allowed me to develop a breadth of experience and insight into myself that I needed to decide what direction I wanted to go in academically.”
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Home Scottish Premiership Motherwell Declan Gallagher teary-eyed over Scotland debut
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Motherwell defender, Declan Gallagher, admits he was close to tears knowing his friends and family were there to watch him make his Scotland debut.
The centre-half put in a solid performance as Scotland won 2-1 in Cyprus.
Gallagher’s wife Niki and four-year-old daughter Shay were in the stands, along with both sets of their parents – and the 28-year-old was a proud man.
Gallagher said: “I was absolutely delighted to get my first cap and also get a win away from home.
“It’s amazing and I am delighted for all the boys as well.
“I knew my family were up the back of the stand a lot of people watching back home and to stand and to sing your national anthem and play for your country is a dream. It was absolutely amazing.
“My missus and my wee one were desperate to come over. My mum and dad were over in Russia and my wife and wee girl are at every game.
“And, obviously, to have my missus’ mum and dad there as well was amazing. I said to my missus after the game, I felt like crying knowing that she and my daughter were there to see me get my first cap.”
Gallagher was dominant in defence and in the air, stopping Cyprus players from getting headers on goal from good positions.
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CDC chief on Ebola: We can’t shut the border
Posted on October 3, 2014 by The Extinction Protocol
October 2014 – AFRICA – CDC Director Tom Frieden on Friday said restricting travel between the U.S. and West Africa would likely “backfire” and put Americans more at risk of contracting Ebola. Appearing on MSNBC, Frieden was asked about potentially prohibiting air travel between the U.S. and West Africa, where the Ebola outbreak is most widespread. He said that such a restriction would likely be ineffective and would make it harder for health officials to root out the virus. “The only way we’re going to get to zero risk is by stopping the outbreak at the source” in West Africa, Frieden said. “Even if we tried to close the border, it wouldn’t work,” the top health official added. “People have a right to return. People transiting through could come in. And it would backfire, because by isolating these countries, it’ll make it harder to help them, it will spread more there and we’d be more likely to be exposed here.” Frieden’s comments come as health officials continue to screen up to 100 people in Texas in connection with Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan, who is in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.
Duncan flew to the U.S. on September 19, but the CDC said that he was screened before his flight in Monrovia and showed no symptoms of Ebola. Health officials say his temperature was 97.3 degrees and that he was not contagious on the flight, meaning his fellow passengers were not at risk. While in Liberia, Duncan had contact with a woman who had the virus and carried her from a taxi, according to The New York Times. On Friday, Frieden said that airport screenings are reducing risks. “There are a lot of checks in place. It’s not perfect,” he said. In several interviews, including at a Thursday news briefing, the CDC director has expressed confidence that the health officials will be able to contain the spread of the virus in the U.S. On Thursday evening, NBC announced that a freelance journalist working in Liberia had contracted Ebola and quarantined himself on Wednesday. –Politico
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29 Responses to CDC chief on Ebola: We can’t shut the border
How can stopping flights to/from West Africa “backfire”? I don’t follow the logic?
Common sense seems to indicate a reduction in exposure. Can someone clarify this for me?
There is a petition on whitehouse.gov to ban flights from West Africa to the US.
I used to think maybe the cdc was just overwhelmed..now i have to wonder…
If you keep a child with chickenpox home from school, yes you would be more likely to get it if you visit their home, but why would you visit their home? That still doesnt change the fact that the school is less vulnerable when kids with chickenpox are not allowed in..
So can anyone tell me how isolating affected countries would “backfire?” I am just wondering, because the way I read that article, that statement makes no sense.
Paula Ferrell says:
I have read this twice and I cannot wrap my mind around this explanation for not shutting the borders. It makes no sense.
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 7:31 AM, The Extinction Protocol wrote:
> The Extinction Protocol posted: ” October 2014 – AFRICA – CDC Director > Tom Frieden on Friday said restricting travel between the U.S. and West > Africa would likely “backfire” and put Americans more at risk of > contracting Ebola. Appearing on MSNBC, Frieden was asked about potentially > proh”
BRING IT ON IN !!! ??? That is ass backward. They really want us all dead. PRAY, PRAY AND PRAY! We have only 4 weeks to stop this Ebola here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rose G says:
Sure why not block the borders. That would cause unrest between everyone and everything. Just let in everyone. No problem, because the CDC director and stage people have it all under control. Let us say this, “If you had everything under control then why does Duncan have Eboa; or is this another false flag?”
well – he’s right…but the peaking of oil was to bring economic collapse anyway – this was it was “natural”. as Jay would say…could it be any other way? rocc
1wanderingtruthseeker says:
They are insane.
See, this is strictly politics, it’s about votes. This guy should be forced to resign, if I have to rely on his information and action call the funeral home now. This is a democrat hack.
lindeetotems says:
Too much tv.
Why do I get the felling that CDC Director Tom Frieden wants Ebola in America. Well he just may get his wish, just heard that they now have a patient in DC. Now watch what happens.
Howard University hospital in Washington, D.C., confirmed Friday that it has admitted a patient — a recent traveler to Nigeria — who has symptoms that could be associated with Ebola.
I for one do not believe this man is being honest with his opinion on this matter. We need to stop traffic from that area of the World until all passengers & goods have been contained, examined, and medically released for the complete length of time needed to be safe.
Joseph Sonny Skies says:
After reading this; I did not know whether to laugh or cry..It made no sense to me but I am just an idiot!
IT IS DIABOLICAL INSANITY!!!! WHEN THEY SELL THEIR SOULS TO SATAN, THE PARADISE HE PROMSES THEM WILL BE A FREE FALL INTO HIS DOMAIN – THE FIRES OF HELL! IT WILL BE TOO LATE FOR THEM NO MATTER HOW THEY SCREAM AND BELLOW TO ESCAPE.
HELL IS REAL, FOLKS. IT’S WHERE UNREPENTENT SINNERS LIVE THEIR ETERNITY. May God have mercy.
It’s called quarantine! They have the power to deny travel visas, require full 21-day quarantine for anyone and everyone arriving from affected areas and they can limit those people to aid workers… should’ve been done months ago! All of that is completely reasonable and would certainly reduce the risk, if that’s what they’re after. Apparently it isn’t. The U.N. seems more concerned about commerce, U.N. just said “it’s very important not to isolate these countries” as it would worsen their political and economic situations. I’m no expert but I have common sense and I firmly believe it is more important to isolate the virus that could worsen those same situations for the entire world and kill many millions more.
Maybe healthcare workers will get organized and make the right things happen… they need respirators, not facemasks, and we all need CDC to do their job.
I agree with Dr. Gil Mobley, the CDC is Lying! “If they’re not lying, they are grossly incompetent,”
We need more of this-> ‘Doctor dons Ebola protection suit to protest ‘asleep at the wheel’ CDC’ –
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/doctor-boards-flight-in-ebola-protection-suit-to-p/nhZk8/?icmp=ajc_internallink_textlink_homepage
Thank you for all you do here!
Robert Oberndorf says:
“Proverbs 17; 19: He who loves a quarrel loves sin; he who builds a high gate invites destruction.” Godspeed everyone, look yourself in the mirror and believe reality as if you were just a small child, just as instructed. Have faith; fear not. Find the narrow gate, see it, understand it, know it, and walk through it. What more can be said than that? There is no need to prepare, if you believe everything will be provided. Breathe, be fearless, love.
Yellow Bird says:
thank you robert… blessings. and a hug one day when we meet on the Other Side
Headline adjustment: “We WON’T Shut the Border”.
“The only way we’re going to get to zero risk is by stopping the outbreak at the source.”
And the only way to do that is . . . to ISOLATE it. This entire article is supposition and prediction (fiction) to justify a lie, some falsehoods, and some other crap. THEY DO NOT CARE.
stevenj says:
How asinine – Restricting travel to the U.S. from countries hit hard by Ebola will backfire and assures that it will spread here? Got news for ya – It’s already here… And how’s it being handled in Dallas doesn’t give me a warm fuzzy… Too many mistakes being made, and their overconfidence is dangerous…
Mark T. says:
That is the biggest load of crap I’ve ever heard. I can’t believe the chief of the CDC can go before the American people and just outright lie like that. He must take most of America for fools to think that restricting flights from West Africa would be ineffective in fighting the spread of Ebola. I guess in a way he’s waving the white flag of surrender. Its here now, no stopping it.
this is the stupidest thing I have heard.truly they are all insane!
aaronwt says:
I think he’s saying by trying to completely restrict the travel that more people will find surreptitious routes into the US.
Aaron, that’s why countries have borders and border patrols. In our case, the borders remain open both north and south. This is a planned genocide of Americans. Plagues call for fasting and prayers – asking God to save our Nation once under God.
Wake up americans! There s more than just you, in life.
Btw … how much money do you make off death disease and war, eh?!
Stop blaming it always on others and playing holier than thou.
Get busy and clean up your own backyards … heaven is watching AND WE VE BEEN WARNED TO WAKE UP for a very long time.
I guess the bell is ringing.
“…Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill as that he knows not it
tolls for him; and perchance I may think myself so much better than I am, as
that they who are about me and see my state, may have caused it to toll for me,
and I know not that…
“And when she buries a man, that action concerns me. All mankind is of one author and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into
a better language, and every chapter must be so translated. God employs several
translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war,
some by justice; but God’s hand is in every translation, and his hand shall bind
up all our scattered leaves again for that library where every book shall lie
open to one another.
“So this bell calls us all; but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness… Any man’s death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
it tolls for thee. . . . ”
from Meditation 17
by John Donne
Wow Yellowbird!
Yes, mankind has asked to be purified and here we have it.
Certainly lots of grieving involved, for both camps of man.
Yes, i do believe the first of the Woes has begun. and with ISIS, perhaps also the second.
We are being called to Watch, to Witness, and to Mourn- history repeats, but now it is for the whole world and not one or two only.
Yet here is our GREAT HOPE: that our Great Creator- Messiah- Redeemer-Shepherd King SHALL PREVAIL. The Days of Darkness will NOT be Forever- Those that are the Darkened Ones will ultimately fall to ruin and all evil be removed from existence. Though the ugliness has its moment of hideous glory, HE That Is The LIGHT OF THE WORLD will return to conquer the Darkness and forever cast away that Hideous Thing which has so poisoned HIS perfect Creation. Praise YHWH Almighty and His Son Y’shua Ha’Moshiach!
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Four men sentenced after being found guilty of badger digging in Pembrokeshire
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By Rhys Gregory On Oct 6, 2019 Last updated Oct 6, 2019
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Three men have been jailed and a fourth received a suspended sentence after they were found guilty of badger digging in Pembrokeshire.
Christian Adam Latcham (d.o.b 02/09/1987) of Cymmer Road, Porth, Thomas Young (d.o.b 16/12/1992) of Pen-Y-Caeau Court, Newbridge, Jamie Rush (d.o.b 13/03/1992) of Beacon View, Trefecca, Brecon, and Cyle Jones (d.o.b 09/11/1987) of Cwrt Tarrell, Newgate Street, Brecon, all appeared at Cardiff Crown Court this week (the court sat as a Magistrates Court) to face one offence.
The four men had previously pleaded not guilty to the offence – which came under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 – that on 24 March in 2018 they attempted to kill, injure or take a badger in the area of Clunderwen, Llanddewi Velfrey.
Back in the early part of 2018 BBC Wales conducted an undercover investigation into organised badger digging in Wales to produce a programme called The Secret World of Badger Baiters which was broadcast on 22 May 2018.
The RSPCA special operations unit were subsequently able to view footage obtained by the BBC including footage of the defendants on 24 March. The defendants had previously stated that they were not looking for a badger but were fox hunting.
At the court hearing this week a member of the RSPCA’s special operations unit gave evidence along with the BBC undercover researcher – who was given anonymity.
On Thursday (3 October), the men were all convicted of the offence and sentenced.
Latcham was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison and ordered to pay a £115 victim surcharge.
Jones was sentenced to 22 weeks in prison and ordered to pay a £115 victim surcharge.
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Rush was sentenced to 22 weeks in prison, disqualified from keeping dogs for life and ordered to pay a £115 victim surcharge.
Young was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison – suspended for 12 months – and was handed a curfew order for 12 weeks. He was also ordered to pay a £115 victim surcharge.
Latcham, Jones and Young are already disqualified from keeping animals for life and this order will continue.
Chief inspector Ian Briggs, from the RSPCA’s special operations unit, said: “We would once again like to thank BBC Wales for their initial work on this case which paved the way for the RSPCA to investigate fully.
“Sadly, people who carry out such activities which inflict pain and suffering on wildlife continue to offend in Wales. This prosecution sends a message that the RSPCA is committed to bringing those who take part in badger baiting and digging to justice.”
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Bernie-Aligned Group: ‘Corruption That Plagues the Democratic Party is Bigger Than One Primary’
Bernie-Aligned Group: ‘Corruption That Plagues the Democratic Party is Bigger Than One Primary’, Washington Free Beacon, Brent Scher, November 2, 2017
(Corruption? In the DNC? In Washington? How could that possibly happen? It’s shocking!
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A liberal group made up of former staffers of Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign has responded to the admission by former Democratic National Committee chairman Donna Brazile that the primary was rigged in favor of Hillary Clinton. They said the “corruption that plagues” the party goes far beyond the 2016 primary.
Brazile, who became the DNC’s interim chairman during last year’s primary, disclosed in Politico on Thursday morning that she was able to find “evidence of internal corruption” showing the DNC rigged the system “to throw the primary to Hillary” during her time as chairman. The evidence came in the form of an August 2015 agreement between the DNC and the Clinton campaign that gave Clinton control of the DNC’s finances, strategy, and staffing decisions a full six months before a single vote was cast.
Saikat Chakrabarti, who was director of organizing strategy for the Sanders campaign and now runs a group aiming to change the Democratic Party, said he wasn’t surprised to hear the admission from Brazile.
“We all knew that the primary was rigged,” Chakrabarti said on behalf of Justice Democrats, a group he founded. “But the corruption that plagues the Democratic Party is bigger than one primary—it’s become a rot set at the very root of a party [that] claims to be for working people.”
Chakrabarti added that the Democratic Party is currently “devoid of message, devoid of money, and devoid of a winning strategy.”
“The people want a party that works for the people and wins,” he said. “We are sick and tired of wasting money on helping a party that wastes it through incompetence and corrupt negligence.”
Justice Democrats says it has seen an uptick in donations—$2,500 an hour—since Brazile’s admission broke on Thursday morning. The group currently has a slate of candidates running for office in 2018, many of them challenging Democratic incumbents.
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Nunes’ investigating digs up trove of Democrat connections to Russia dossier
Nunes’ investigating digs up trove of Democrat connections to Russia dossier, Washington Times, Rowan Scarborough, October 29, 2017
Rep. Devin Nunes, California Republican and chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, exposed the practice of “unmasking” by Obama aides and flushed out the source of payments for the scandalous anti-Trump dossier that drove the Russia collusion
Mr. Panetta told CNN that Congress needs to find out who funded the dossier.
“Well, it’s obviously something that the intelligence committee is going to have to look at,” Mr. Panetta said. “You know, knowing presidential campaigns, they’re big operations and somehow the left hand may not know what the right hand is doing. And that could be the case here, but I really do think that the committee is going to have to get into this, determine just exactly what happened. Who knew what and when.”
On Saturday, the House intelligence committee said it had reached a deal to inspect Fusion’s banking records.
On two fronts, Rep. Devin Nunes has shifted the Russia debate in Washington further away from President Trump and closer to Democrats.
He exposed the practice of “unmasking” by Obama aides and flushed out the source of payments for the scandalous anti-Trump dossier that drove the Russia collusion narrative.
The California Republican’s first tactic: He traveled to the Executive Office Building and viewed evidence that the Obama administration had “unmasked” the concealed names of Trump associates in highly classified intelligence reports during the election campaign.
The chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence talked publicly about his discovery to much derision from Democrats and Washington’s press corps. The unmasking suggested that the Obama White House was spying on a political foe through its legal right to unmask the identities of people unintentionally swept up in surveillance operations.
An advocacy group filed a complaint about his disclosure with the Office of Congressional Ethics. Mr. Nunes responded by removing himself as the overseer of the committee’s Russia probe.
But his legacy lives on. Both the Senate and House intelligence committees have summoned former Obama aides as witnesses. It turns out that Samantha Power, as ambassador to the United Nations, made hundreds of unmasking requests, Fox News reported.
Adding intrigue to her research, she told the committee that other people did some of the unmaskings in her name.
The committee subpoenaed documents concerning Ms. Power, former National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice and former CIA Director John O. Brennan. All deny that they were spying on Mr. Trump.
Mr. Nunes‘ second tactic brought the most immediately result: He flushed out the identities — long kept secret — of some of the financial backers for the notorious Trump dossier that has fed the Democrats’ Russia collusion charges for months.
He did it by signing a subpoena for the bank records of Fusion GPS, the liberal opposition research firm that hired the dossier writer, former British spy Christopher Steele.
The Nunes subpoena touched off a chain of events.
Fusion GPS went to U.S. District Court on Oct. 20 and asked a judge to block the subpoena. That move triggered the first unmasking of the dossier’s financier.
On Tuesday, the law firm Perkins Coie decided it was time to fess up. It filed a letter, written to Fusion’s attorneys, acknowledging that Perkins had hired Fusion with money from the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign.
Perkins, whose attorney Marc E. Elias is the Clinton campaign’s general counsel, urged Fusion to lift the confidentiality of other clients who funded the dossier.
The letter said the flow of money to Fusion started in April 2016 and ended before the Nov. 8 presidential election. Mr. Steele began writing his memos in June. He continued to write and submit dossier memos up until December, meaning there are other moneymen for whom Mr. Nunes would like names.
Because Fusion also has Russian clients, some Republicans have wondered whether anyone in Moscow also paid Mr. Steele’s bills. There has been no proof, to date.
Washington learned of another funder. For months, news reports said the first entity to hire Fusion to conduct Trumpopposition research was a Republican.
The Washington Free Beacon on Friday acknowledged that it had hired Fusion to collect information from publicly available sources. It said the arrangement stopped well before Fusion went to Democrats and received money to pay Mr. Steele.
The Free Beacon, a snappy conservative news website filled with investigative and humorous postings, is funded by Paul Singer, a Republican and big campaign donor. He is also anti-Trump. He backed Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida in the Republican presidential primary race.
Mr. Nunes‘ moves have clearly irked Democrats, who want the investigation confined to suspected Republican coordination with Russian election interference. The Senate and House intelligence committees so far have found no confirmed evidence of Trump collusion.
Fusion’s attorneys, the Washington firm Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, filed court arguments attacking the congressman’s “fishing expedition.”
They said he had no power to act because he recused himself from the Russia investigation. They called his subpoena signature “not part of legitimate legislative activity” and an exercise of “coercive power.”
“The Trump dossier appears to have deeply upset President Trump and some of his allies, including Mr. Nunes, who served on President Trump’s campaign,” the Fusion attorneys said.
Posted in full by BuzzFeed, the dossier accuses Mr. Trump of salacious conduct with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel, a long quid pro quo relationship with Russian intelligence and bribe-paying in Asia. None of those charges has been confirmed publicly.
Mr. Nunes‘ chief congressional critic is Rep. Adam B. Schiff of California, the House intelligence committee’s top Democrat. Mr. Schiff is a big fan of Mr. Steele’s and has repeated his charges in Congress and on TV.
Interviewed last week by CNN’s Chris Cuomo, Mr. Schiff said Mr. Nunes is just trying to change the subject.
“I think, Chris, at the end of the day, what this is about is a technique you see often in criminal cases where the facts are really bad for the defendant, there’s an effort to put the government on trial,” Mr. Schiff said. “So I think Mr. Nunesand the president want to put the government on trial because they don’t want to look at the facts implicating the White House.”
Mr. Cuomo: “That’s problematic when the man that you’re defining that way is in charge of the investigation, is the head of your committee. And it raises the question of when are we going to see what you guys have.”
Mr. Schiff: “It is problematic, Chris, because he had committed to stepping aside and recusing himself from the investigation but has not done that. And so that is a real problem that we have to grapple with every day.”
Mr. Nunes picked up an unlikely supporter in Leon E. Panetta, a Democrat who has served as a congressional representative from California, director of the CIA and secretary of defense.
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Implausible Deniability
Implausible Deniability, American Thinker, Clarice Feldman, October 29, 2017
The aftermath of the 2016 election has revealed the criminality of the Democrats, the perfidy of the Deep State, the corruption of the press, and the bought and paid for motives of the scribblers in the conservative pundit class. And Trump won despite all that. In many ways it reminds me of a Soviet operation called The Trust. If you missed Reilly — Ace of Spies, Edward Jay Epstein describes how the Soviets created a fake anti-Soviet group called The Trust and used it to nab dissidents plotting to overthrow the regime.
Fusion GPS’ dossier was a replay of a classic Soviet disinformation campaign.
“The Trust was not an anti-Soviet organization, it only imitated one.” In reality, he continued, the Trust was a creature of the Soviet secret police. Its purpose was not to overthrow Communism, but to manipulate real anti-communist organizations into misleading the West.
In much the same way, I believe, Russian agents working for the Clintons and the DNC through Fusion GPS and its hireling Christopher Steele provided fake information in a dossier which the FBI (headed by James Comey) and the Department of Justice (headed by Loretta Lynch ) used to craft an affidavit to obtain a FISA warrant authorizing electronic surveillance on people connected, however tangentially, to the Trump campaign. This, after previous such warrants had — and this is unusual — been turned down by the FISA court. Then-president Obama allowed the surveilled communications to be widely circulated throughout the government, so that the names of the targets caught up in the surveillance and their communications were thus widely available for leaking, and were leaked.
As Byron York noted in a series of tweets, here were some of the dossier’s sources:
1/6 — Looking at dossier itself, sure seems Kremlin-linked Russians were participating in anti-Trump effort…
2/6 — For example, dossier Source A is described as ‘senior Russian Foreign Ministry figure.’
3/6 — Dossier Source B is described as ‘former top level Russian intelligence officer still active inside the Kremlin.’
4/6 — Dossier Source C is ‘senior Russian financial official.’
The Trust was funded by émigrés who believed it was legit. And the Russian anti-Trump phony dossier was, we now know, funded by the Clinton campaign and the DNC, which would have us believe that their lawyer Marc Elias, who received over $9 million for unspecified work, did this without their consent or knowledge.
(Fusion GPS was also funded during the nomination period — and before Fusion GPS and Steele were poking around Russia, by Washington Free Beacon, something that it — like Elias — admitted shortly before a likely court ruling that Fusion’s bank account information had to be provided to congressional investigators.) In any event, their work with Fusion GPS ended with the nomination of Trump. They had nothing to do with the hiring of Fusion GPS and the creation and distribution of the dossier.
The Washington Free Beacon is a right-of-center publication, and certainly has done some fine work in the past, but its links to the anti-Trump crowd of the right is unmistakable. The publication is largely funded by hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer, who strongly supports gay rights and open borders. Among its original board members were Bill Kristol, and both the present editors, Michael Goldfarb (formerly deputy communications director for John McCain) and Matthew Continetti (Kristol’s son-in-law) both worked for the Weekly Standard while Kristol was its editor. Kristol, as you may recall, worked hard to promote others to run against Trump for the nomination. Singer financially supported Marco Rubio for the nomination. His aide, Dan Senor, was a senior advisor to vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan and reportedly retains strong ties to him.
I seriously doubt that any candidate Paul Singer would prefer could ever have won the general election. Singer strongly opposed both Ted Cruz and Trump.
The dossier was a means for the Russians at no cost the them to provide the Democrats with disinformation to be used against Trump.
Mollie Hemingway at The Federalist does the most thorough job of clearing the air on the dossier
Space and copyright limitations keep me from quoting more of it, but here are theten things about the dossier Hemingway thinks you should know:
“1) Russian officials were sources of key claims in dossier”
“2) No, the Russian dossier was not initially funded by Republicans”
“3) The dossier is chock full of discredited information”
“4) The dossier was used as a basis for wiretaps on American citizens”
5) The FBI also paid for the dossier
…When Trump asked about the FBI payment, many political journalists feigned shock and outrage that he would make such a claim.
They should not have. Their outlets had already reported that the FBI had tried to pay for the dossier and had, in fact, reimbursed expenses for the dossier. We do not know if those expenses include the payments to the Russian officials for salacious stories on Republican nominee for president Trump.
6) Dossier publisher Fusion GPS works with shady outfits”
7) Fusion GPS’ ties to media are problematic
The principals at Fusion GPS are well-connected to mainstream media reporters. They are former journalists themselves, and know how to package stories and provide information to push narratives. They are, in fact, close friends with some of the top reporters who have covered the Russia-Trump collusion story.
Fusion GPS has placed stories with friendly reporters while fighting congressional investigators’ attempts to find out the group’s sources of funding. Fusion GPS leaders have taken the Fifth and fought subpoenas for information about the group’s involvement with Russia.
8) Jim Comey personally briefed Trump on the dossier, shortly before CNN reported it
What really got the ball rolling on last year’s Russia-Trump conspiracy theory, then, was not the dossier itself but the briefing of it by Obama intelligence chiefs to President-elect Trump in January. Former FBI head Jim Comey admitted under oath that former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper asked him to personally brief President Trump about this dossier. The fact of that meeting was quickly leaked to CNN.
Given the dossier’s many problems, was the entire purpose of the meeting to produce the leak that the meeting happened?
9) Mueller investigation spurred by dossier and illegal leaks from intelligence operatives about Trump.
We know from previous reporting that the dossier of Russia-supplied information or disinformation was used by the FBI to secure a warrant to spy on an American citizen advising an opposing political party’s presidential campaign. We know that this dossier was funded at least in part by the Clinton campaign, the Democratic National Committee, and the FBI. The firm that produced the report was itself funded by Russians.
10) The Steele dossier was a Clinton/DNC-funded operation supported by the FBI and influenced heavily by Russian operatives in the Kremlin The Clinton campaign, the DNC, and the FBI all worked wittingly or unwittingly with Russians to affect the results of the 2016 election. Far from just meeting with a Russian and not getting dirt on a political opponent, these groups wittingly or unwittingly paid Russian operatives for disinformation to harm Trump during the 2016 election and beyond.
Worse, these efforts perverted our justice system by forcing the attorney general to recuse himself for the crime of having served as a surrogate on the Trump campaign, spawning a massive, sprawling, limitless probe over Russia.[/quote]
Fusion GPS was also doing work directly for the Russians, which makes its claims doubly suspect:
You see, the Russian lawyer — often carelessly presented as a “Russian government lawyer” with “close ties to Putin” — Natalia Veselnitskaya, who met with Trump, [sic — actually it was Donald Trump, Jr.] also worked recently with a Washington, D.C. “commercial research and strategic intelligence firm” that is also believed to have lobbied against the Magnitsky Act. That firm, which also doubles as an opposition research shop, is called Fusion GPS—famous for producing the Russia dossier distributed under the byline of Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence agent for hire.[snip]
Yet at the same time that Fusion GPS was fueling a campaign warning against a vast Russia-Trump conspiracy to destroy the integrity of American elections, the company was also working with Russia to influence American policy — by removing the same sanctions that Trump was supposedly going to remove as his quid pro quo for Putin’s help in defeating Hillary.Yet it is rare to read stories about comms shops like Fusion GPS because traditional news organizations are reluctant to bite the hands that feed them. But they are the news behind the news—well known to every D.C. beat reporter as the sources who set the table and provide the sources for their big “scoops.” The ongoing transformation of foundering, profitless news organizations into dueling proxies for partisan comms operatives is bad news for American readers, and for our democracy. But it is having a particularly outsized effect on reporting in the area of foreign policy, where expert opinion is prized—and easily bought—and most reporters and readers are only shallowly informed.
The record clearly belies the Clinton-DNC (Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and John Podesta) claim that they didn’t know about the dossier.
In the first place, it is impossible to believe that they handed over $9 million to their lawyer without restriction or oversight. (Yes, I know the Department of State under then-secretary Clinton cannot account for $6 billion dollars, but this was their money, not ours, and I expect they paid more serious attention to it.) Once the bills are turned over to investigators, we’ll see who signed off on them. And we’ll find out soon whether Fusion was listed as a vendor in campaign-finance filings as the law requires.
Interestingly enough, one of Elias’ partners engaged Crowd Strike, ostensibly to review the claim that the DNC server had been hacked by Russia, and Comey’s FBI accepted their review without ever demanding to examine it themselves.
Daniel Greenfield once again does a fine job of analyzing the use made of the dossier and why Fusion GPS was engaged to dish the dirt.
The DNC, Hillary campaign and Obama Administration used former British intelligence agent Fusion GPS’ Christopher Steele as an interface to create deniability, allowing them, in effect, to launder the dossier and create a pretext for snooping on Trump and publicizing whatever dirt they might dig up on his campaign no matter how incredible the sources and product.
Hiring Fusion GPS and then Steele created two degrees of separation between the dossier and Hillary. A London ex-intel man is a strange choice for opposition research in an American election, but a great choice to create a plausible ‘source’ that appears completely disconnected from American politics. [snip]
The official story is that Steele was a dedicated whistleblower who decided to message an FBI pal for reasons “above party politics” while the Fusion GPS boss was so dedicated that he spent his own money on it after the election. Some figures in the FBI decided to take Steele’s material, offering to pay him for his work and reimbursing some of his expenses. Portions of the dossier were used to justify the FISA eavesdropping on Trump officials and were then rolled into the Mueller investigation. [snip]
But there isn’t supposed to be a link between the Democrats and the eavesdropping.
That’s why Marc Elias, the Clinton campaign and DNC lawyer who hired Fusion GPS, had denied it in the past. It’s why Fusion GPS fought the investigation so desperately. Opposition research isn’t a crime. A conspiracy to eavesdrop on your political opponents however is very much a criminal matter.
A forensic examination of the dirty dossier’s journey shows us that this modern Watergate was a collaborative effort between an outgoing Democrat administration and its expected Dem successor.
Greenfield details how the dossier was used to astroturf and create a demand for an investigation, which ultimately resulted in Sessions’ recusal and the appointment of a special counsel. He reminds us that the Obama administration had done such stuff before, spying on congressional opponents on the Iran Deal. (Recall how that spying was used to tar Congresswoman Jane Harmon); giving money to non-profit organizations to spur the media coverage, whispering tidbits to complaisant media shills, and smuggling billions to Iran. And, as he notes, there was the IRS shutdown of conservative groups (for which they finally apologized this week) and the lies about Libya.
Notably, when they thought the Russia “collusion” fairytale was not gathering enough steam, Steele personally briefed David Corn, the same propagandist who confected the story that Valerie Plame was a covert agent deliberately targeted by the Bush Administration as payback against her husband Joe Wilson.
But even more damning is the fact that Hillary herself started tweeting about the dossier shortly after GPS was hired — even though she claims she knew nothing about it.
The first FISA request was made in June and was turned down. In July Fusion GPS was hired. According to James Comey, the FBI began investigating “collusion” reports in July of 2016, Beginning on August 15, Hillary started tweeting about Trump and Russia. She tweeted again on September 7, September 26, October 7, October 25, October 31. The second request was made in October. It was on October 31 when Corn, now atMother Jones “broke the story of a ‘veteran spy’ who gave the FBI information on Trump’s alleged connections to Russia.” It wasn’t until Buzz Feed published the dossier that we could see how preposterous the story was. Mother Jones was just a small part of the media collaboration in spreading the manure — Slate worked it also, and larger outlets got involved.
Former CIA case officer Lee Smith reveals how shoddy was the dossier:
The dossier was designed to dig up “dirt” on Trump and his associates, but, more to the point, it was clearly intended from the start to do so by manufacturing and nurturing a Russian angle. It sought to discredit Donald Trump and to deceive the public, which suggests that Trump has been right all along regarding something like a conspiracy against him which included the active participation of the FBI and possibly other national security agencies.
The president also comes across as credible vis-à-vis his critics because of what has become evident since the dossier was surfaced. The clearly politically motivated multiple investigations carried out so far in which no rock has been unturned have come up with absolutely nothing, either in the form of criminal charges or in terms of actual collusion with a foreign government. And, one might add, there has been little in the way of evidence to sustain the charge that Russia sought to influence the election and might even have succeeded in doing so. But there is one thing new that we do know now: Russiagate began within the Clinton Campaign headquarters.
Trey Gowdy tweeted: “Did FBI rely on a document that looks like the National Enquirer prepared it?” Looks that way. Andrew McCarthy at National Review tweets “Trump DOJ should declassify & disclose FISA app to show what representations were made to court about source of dossier claims.”
That seems uncontestable.
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Investigate This (3)
Investigate This (3), Power Line, Scott Johnson, October 28, 2017
This is why I believe that the dossier took on added importance after the initial denial of a FISA order. We know, or think we do, that the FBI wanted Steele to do additional research. The focus of that research, however, would have to be to establish “reason to believe” that Trump or persons close to his campaign were “agents of a foreign power.” Only that would get them the FISA coverage they wanted. Lacking those, FISA was the quick route, but it required “reason to believe” that Trump or persons close to his campaign were “agents of a foreign power.” Voila the “dossier” as it apparently featured in the successful FISA application in October, the height of the campaign. And then it came to be used in the attempt to nullify the election (the attempted “coup”?).
Now we know that the Trump Dossier was not just a product funded by Democrats, but was commissioned by the general counsel of the Clinton presidential campaign. After the Trump campaign collusion hysteria fomented by Democrats and their media friends roughly since the election, we learn that Russian disinformation (as it seems to me) disseminated by the friends of Vladimir Putin (i.e., the Russian officials identified by alphabetic descriptors in the dossier) has come to us courtesy of Hillary Clinton herself. Yet John Podesta, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and campaign general counsel Marc Elias have all denied knowledge, either now or in the past. Whole lotta lyin’ goin’ on. As for Hillary herself, well, “she may or may not have been aware.”
But there is more. Rowan Scarborough has reported that the first of the dossier memos was circulated last year in late June. The first dossier memo is dated June 20, 2016, and cites Sources A (“a senior Russian Foreign Ministry figure”) and B (“a former top level intelligence officer still active in the Kremlin”). Sources A and B tout the collusion scenario. Sources A and B were not out to help Donald Trump, were they? They were out to throw sand in our gears or to help Hillary Clinton.
Former CIA Director John Brennan was a key player in the collusion scenario, but he has left much to implication in his congressional testimony. Brennan has acknowledged, however, that “that there were efforts made by the [FBI] to try to understand whether or not any of the information in that [dossier] was valid.”
Following up on his comments yesterday, our friend with two decades of experience in counterintelligence as an FBI Special Agent writes to add “some additional context that may be be useful.” He writes:
Why was the “dossier” ultimately so important for the anti-Trump conspiracy (if you think of a better way of putting it, let me know)? The reason, I think, is that the use of standard political smears against Trump had proven ineffective. Therefore it became necessary to take it all a step further and to attempt to make some superficially credible allegations of action against the national interest (again, the vague allegations of Mafia ties had fallen flat).
We know that that effort began some time in the late Spring or early Summer of 2016 because an application was made to the FISC in June/July. That application mentioned Trump by name–and was rejected. Why FISA? Because a Title III “wiretap” would have required an actual investigation based on a violation of a real US criminal law and a quite high and specific standard in the application for a court order.
Why, you might ask, was that application even made? Why not rely on the flow of info coming from NSA, which notoriously scoops up virtually all electronic communications? The answer is that Trump and all those close to him were US Persons (USPERs). The NSA targets foreign powers and individuals. If those foreign powers and individuals of concern are in contact with USPERs and, in the judgment of NSA, US counterintelligence (basically, FBI) should know about those USPERs, then NSA informs the FBI.
In my own career, outside FBI headquarters, I only saw a handful of NSA referrals of that sort. They were mostly general in nature. They could perhaps be used to initiate a Preliminary Inquiry (PI) to gain a bit more insight into the nature of the relationship between the USPER and the foreign power or individual — if we judged that advisable based on our own knowledge and experience — meaning that typically the NSA info would not rise to the level needed in order to say that there was “reason to believe” (i.e., for practical purposes, probable cause) that the USPER was an actual agent of a foreign power. That means: no Full Investigation (FI), therefore no FISA.
But in the anti-Trump conspiracy that’s exactly what was needed: FISA coverage, “wiretaps.” There was no time to do the painstaking research on Trump and his associates–they needed FISA and they needed it NOW. They’d already been turned down at least once. The NSA info was essentially useless, because what they really wanted was to get conversations between Trump and his associates here in the US–all USPERs–not international conversations (those were either lacking or harmless). Yes, NSA probably scoops up internal US communications of USPERs, too, but to use it without a FI and without a FISA order would be illegal. Therefore, the “dossier.”
For the conspirators the significance of the “dossier” was that it provided supposed “reason to believe” that Trump or those close to him were “agents of a foreign power,” subject to blackmail or pressure by a foreign power, already cooperating with a foreign power. The ability to claim that most of this “information” was coming via friendly foreign intel services with contacts in Russia added a bit of verisimilitude.
A “dossier” that could provide that sort of “reason to believe” would justify a FI and then FISA coverage. And therefore access to Trump campaign related communications (the extent would be dependent on the nature of the FISA order, who were the USPERs listed as targets–Page for sure, Flynn maybe, etc.). NB: Although they were claiming Trump collusion with Russia, what they were really targeting was campaign communications. By claiming that key people were foreign agents they could collect ALL their domestic communications with anybody.
Categories: "Trump dossier", Clinton campaign, Clinton lies, Democrat National Committee, FBI, FISA
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How Obama Used Hillary’s Dossier to Spy on Trump
How Obama Used Hillary’s Dossier to Spy on Trump, FrontPage Magazine, Daniel Greenfield, October 26, 2017
(Please see also, We Need an Investigation of the Entire Justice Department Now. — DM)
Hillary and the DNC hire Fusion GPS. Fusion GPS hires Steele. Steele contacts an FBI pal. The FBI takes up the dossier. And then it’s turned into a pretext for eavesdropping.
How do you legally spy on your political opponents?
At some point in time that question was asked in the White House, at the DNC or in the hotel suites where Hillary and her staff were staying during her speaking tours. It wasn’t exactly asked that way.
But it was asked. And now we know more of the answer.
What Hillary and Obama did wasn’t Watergate. That was amateur hour. Its sophistication is a tribute to the left’s deep knowledge and control of the workings of Washington, D.C. The men and women who planned this and carried it out understood not only government, but had an intimate familiarity with the loopholes in the laws and the networks of contacts that could realize their highly illegal plans.
The eavesdropping on Trump officials carried the ‘fingerprints’ of an administration that bypassed Congress to fund left-wing groups by blackmailing banks into huge settlements paid out to political allies in a billion dollar slush fund and sent pallets of foreign currency to Iran on unmarked planes. A complete lack of ethical norms was combined with the careful use of legal loopholes to protect the actions of the perpetrators even while they were engaging in a criminal conspiracy.
The revolutionary cell is embedded into left-wing organizing. These cells combined into networks across government, the media and the non-profit sector to pursue a collective agenda. The latest revelations about the Trump dossier give us greater insight into how Obama and Hillary’s people conspired to legally eavesdrop on political opponents by breaking up that eavesdropping into a series of legal actions carried out across different cells.
The road that led to Susan Rice and Samantha Power ‘unmasking’ Trump officials began with the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee funding a dossier pushing Trump-Russia conspiracies. The dossier was sourced through Fusion GPS which is notorious for handfeeding material to reporters.
The Clinton campaign was seeing to it that whatever Fusion GPS produced would make its way into media stories without having Hillary’s fingerprints on it. Indeed the only reason we learned that Hillary and the DNC were ultimately behind the dossier was a congressional subpoena that risked exposing other Fusion GPS clients.
But the second reason was far more devious and devastating.
Fusion GPS’ man for the job was Christopher Steele. The former British intelligence figure had connections with FBI people. Hillary Clinton wasn’t just doing “opposition research” as her former press secretary has claimed. The best way to do opposition research in an American election doesn’t involve hiring a Brit in London with contacts in Russian intelligence and the FBI.
That is however the best way to independently produce information that can be injected into an intelligence investigation. (It’s also, perhaps not coincidentally, a great way for the Russians to inject their own material into a presidential election without getting their fingerprints on it.)
Hiring Fusion GPS and then Steele created two degrees of separation between the dossier and Hillary. A London ex-intel man is a strange choice for opposition research in an American election, but a great choice to create a plausible ‘source’ that appears completely disconnected from American politics.
What would an ex-M.I.6 agent have to do with Hillary, Obama or Trump?
The official story is that Steele was a dedicated whistleblower who decided to message an FBI pal for reasons “above party politics” while the Fusion GPS boss was so dedicated that he spent his own money on it after the election. Some figures in the FBI decided to take Steele’s material, offering to pay him for his work and reimbursing some of his expenses. Portions of the dossier were used to justify the FISA eavesdropping on Trump officials and were then rolled into the Mueller investigation.
That is how cells coordinate by breaking up a larger plot into a series of individual actions that just happen to produce the ideal result. Hillary and the DNC hire Fusion GPS. Fusion GPS hires Steele. Steele contacts an FBI pal. The FBI takes up the dossier. And then it’s turned into a pretext for eavesdropping.
A forensic examination of the dirty dossier’s journey shows us that this modern Watergate was a collaborative effort between an outgoing Democrat administration and its expected Dem successor. The effort was broken up into two big pieces. The Clinton side would generate the material. The Obama side would make use of it. Steele was positioned as the interface between the two sides of the effort.
The London detour created and laundered the dossier. Moving the operation offshore tangled the connection between the Clinton side and the Obama side. This was important because what Steele produced wasn’t really opposition research, but a pretext for a government investigation.
That pretext couldn’t come directly from Hillary. But the FBI was too politically divided to generate it.
Obama Inc. needed that pretext, but it also didn’t want to generate it internally. Any investigation of the political opposition was inherently explosive. It was better if the intelligence came from outside and especially overseas. That was why Fusion GPS brought in Steele.
The first FISA request was filed in June. It was shot down by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. That was the same month we were told that Fusion GPS hired Steele. The second FISA request came through in October. That was the month, Steele did his first media interview with Mother Jones.
Two birds were being killed with one stone.
Obama’s Watergate depended on extensive compartmentalization. The process that led to the eavesdropping on Trump officials and their unmasking at the hands of his officials had to appear as ‘clean’ as possible. Susan Rice and Samantha Power could make unmasking requests to the NSA, but they couldn’t be involved in generating the investigation that led to those requests.
Seeding the media with an astroturf campaign through Fusion GPS created the appearance of an organic push to investigate Trump-Russia ties. Targeting the lefty fringe of the media, Mother Jones, The Guardian, would bake in the narrative among a demographic already prone to conspiracy theories.
The operation was vastly more sophisticated than the crude ugliness of Watergate. But it was not unique in that regard. The fusion of government loopholes, political campaigns, media operations, opposition research and covert funding had occurred more than once during the Obama era.
The most recent example of such a fusion before Trump-Russia was the Iran Deal in which members of Congress were eavesdropped on, money was moved around through non-profits to influence the media, a White House operation planted stories in the media and billions were smuggled to Iran. This mixture of influence operation, propaganda, eavesdropping and laundering has likely happened far more often in the previous administration than we know.
The IRS targeting of conservatives, shutdown theater and the Libyan War offer more examples.
Obama’s eavesdropping on Trump didn’t break the norms. They had already been thoroughly broken. The network that is being uncovered, the interfaces between media insiders, top government officials and private interests, demonstrates why Obama Inc. believed that it could get away with it.
It had gotten away with all its old abuses. There was no reason to doubt it could do so again.
America still has elections. The rule of law exists. In theory. But the network being uncovered in the dossier investigation looks very much like something that would be found in a totalitarian state.
The combination of media propaganda, government surveillance and contrived investigations of political opponents is the sort of thing you would expect to find in… Russia. The key players were wary enough that they compartmentalized their conspiracy, breaking it up across the private and public sector, the media, private firms, law enforcement figures and even another country. But that just makes it look like a cross between terrorist cells and organized crime.
And that is what we are dealing with here.
The left’s networks are becoming increasingly malignant. They executed a sophisticated attack on the political process while contriving to blame it on their victims. What the attack reveals is just how much the levers of power in our political system are embedded in the shadowy networks that operate in and around government. And what those networks are willing to do to win.
Categories: "Trump dossier", Clinton campaign, Democrat National Committee, Democrats and "Trump dossier", Democrats and Russia, FISA and Obama, FISA and Trump, Unmasking
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FEC complaint accuses Clinton campaign, DNC of violating campaign finance law with dossier payments
FEC complaint accuses Clinton campaign, DNC of violating campaign finance law with dossier payments, Washington Times, Dave Boyer, October 25, 2017
(But what difference does it make now! — DM)
FILE – In this Oct. 22, 2015, file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Benghazi Committee.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee violated campaign finance law by failing to disclose payments for a dossier on Donald Trump, according to a complaint filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission.
The complaint from the nonprofit Campaign Legal Center said the Democrats effectively hid the payments from public scrutiny, contrary to the requirements of federal law. By law, campaign and party committees must disclose the reason money is spent and its recipient.
“By filing misleading reports, the DNC and Clinton campaign undermined the vital public information role of campaign disclosures,” said Adav Noti, senior director of trial litigation and strategy at CLC and a former FEC official. “Voters need campaign disclosure laws to be enforced so they can hold candidates accountable for how they raise and spend money. The FEC must investigate this apparent violation and take appropriate action.”
Media reports on Tuesday alleged that a lawyer for the Clinton campaign hired Fusion GPS to investigate Mr. Trump in April 2016. The private research firm reportedly hired Christopher Steele, a former British spy with ties to the FBI, to conduct the opposition research, and he compiled a dossier containing allegations about Mr. Trump’s connections to Russia.
The Clinton campaign and the DNC funded the effort until the end of October 2016, just days before the election.
“Questions about who paid for this dossier are the subject of intense public interest, and this is precisely the information that FEC reports are supposed to provide,” said Brendan Fischer, director of federal and FEC reform at CLC. “Payments by a campaign or party committee to an opposition research firm are legal, as long as those payments are accurately disclosed. But describing payments for opposition research as ‘legal services’ is entirely misleading and subverts the reporting requirements.”
Categories: "Trump dossier", 2016 elections, Clinton campaign, Democrat National Committee, Federal Election Commission
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Was it a Hack or a Leak? (4)
Was it a Hack or a Leak? (4), Power Line, Scott Johnson, September 1, 2017
(Didn’t AG Sessions recuse himself? — DM)
“This entire business with Comey setting in motion the steps to get a special counsel named has not been sufficiently investigated. And this story makes it clear that the FBI was lackluster when it came to investigating the DNC. What is Attorney General Sessions doing?”
We have followed the argument presented by Patrick Lawrence in the Nation asserting that the alleged Russian hack of the DNC email was rather an inside job. Lawrence explored the findings of the analysis supporting the thesis Democratic National Committee was not hacked by the Russians in July 2016, but rather suffered an insider leak. Lawrence’s article is here; the most recent report with the analysis summarized by Lawrence is here. The analysis has been promoted by dissident former intelligence officials gathered under the umbrella of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).
Lawrence’s long article in the Nation called for a response of some kind by proponents of the Russia hacking conspiracy theory, but it has been greeted mostly by silence. I am not aware of any analysis directly disputing VIPS.
Since the publication of Lawrence’s long article in the NationThe VIPS analysis has been taken up by Leonid Bershidsky at Bloomberg View and by Danielle Ryan at Salon. The DNC itself responded to Lawrence’s article:
U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded the Russian government hacked the DNC in an attempt to interfere in the election. Any suggestion otherwise is false and is just another conspiracy theory like those pushed by Trump and his administration. It’s unfortunate that The Nation has decided to join the conspiracy theorists to push this narrative.
Ryan rightly commented that the statement “is so lackluster it is almost laughable[.]” Students of logical fallacy may recognize both the argument from authority and the ad hominem in the three-sentence DNC statement. That is pathetic.
Philadelphia attorney George Parry takes up the VIPS analysis in his Philly.com column “Will special counsel Mueller examine the DNC server, source of the great Russiagate caper?” Parry prefaces his account of the VIPS analysis with a useful reminder of the origin story:
Much to the embarrassment of Hillary Clinton, the released [DNC email] files showed that the DNC had secretly collaborated with her campaign to promote her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination over that of Bernie Sanders. Clearly, the Clinton campaign needed to lessen the political damage. Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton’s public relations chief, said in a Washington Post essay in March that she worked assiduously during the Democratic nominating convention to “get the press to focus on … the prospect that Russia had not only hacked and stolen emails from the DNC, but that it had done so to help Donald Trump and hurt Hillary.”
Thus was laid the cornerstone of the Trump-Russia-collusion conspiracy theory.
Since then, the mainstream media have created a climate of hysteria in which this unsubstantiated theory has been conjured into accepted truth. This has resulted in investigations by Congress and a special counsel into President Trump, his family, and his campaign staff for supposed collusion with the Russians.
But in their frenzied coverage, the media have downplayed the very odd behavior of the DNC, the putative target of the alleged hack. For, when the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI learned of the hacking claim, they asked to examine the server. The DNC refused. Without explanation, it continues to deny law enforcement access to its server.
Why would the purported victim of a crime refuse to cooperate with law enforcement in solving that crime? Is it hiding something? Is it afraid the server’s contents will discredit the Russia-hacking story?
Parry also provides a good summary of the VIPS analysis. A friend comments and concludes with one more good question: “This entire business with Comey setting in motion the steps to get a special counsel named has not been sufficiently investigated. And this story makes it clear that the FBI was lackluster when it came to investigating the DNC. What is Attorney General Sessions doing?”
Categories: "Russian hacking of DNC server", 2016 elections and Comey, 2016 elections and Russia, Democrat National Committee, Department of Justice, DNC and "hacked" e-mails, DNC leaks, FBI, Great Trump - Russia conspiracy
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10% non-water user limit
This rule was removed in 2009.
When it was set at 1 July 2007 it was a limit on the proportion of the total volume of water shares in each water supply system that could be held as unassociated water shares.
In each water system there were separate 10% limits for high-reliability and low-reliability water shares.
4% limit
A limit on the volume of annual net trade of the water shares out of an irrigation area in northern Victoria.
The 4% limit for each irrigation area is determined on 1 July at the start of each water year. The limit will be removed from 2014 onwards.
Sometimes called the 4% cap.
See allocation account.
1.Water that is actually available to use or trade in any given year, including new allocations and carryover.
2. The water that is actually in the dam in any given year is allocated against water shares. The seasonal allocation is the percentage of your water share volume available under current resource conditions, as determined by the resource manager.
For example, in a dry year a 50% allocation to your 100 ML water share gives you 50 ML of water available to use or trade. A 100% allocation means that you have your full water share volume available.
In northern Victoria the resource manager uses seasonal determination instead of allocation when allocating water to entitlements. Seasonal determination is the term used in bulk entitlements and Victoria’s Water Act 1989.
Allocation account
An account to keep track of water available for use or trade.
This account records allocations made against entitlements throughout the irrigation season, as well as water trades and use.
The allocation account is sometimes referred to as an ABA as shorthand for allocation bank account. However, the word ‘bank’ isn’t used widely anymore, as it was confused with financial banks.
Allocation bank account (ABA)
The term previously used for allocation account.
The word bank isn’t used widely anymore, as it was confused with financial banks.
But the acronym ABA is sometimes used to refer to an allocation account.
The transfer of a volume of allocation water between a seller and buyer.
Water is traded within a current irrigation season.
Previously this was known as temporary trade and some people still use this term.
Annual delivery allowance (ADA)
A volume in megalitres that can be delivered under the delivery share for a rate set by the water corporation.
Deliveries above this annual delivery allowance attract a higher casual use infrastructure fee for Goulburn-Murray Water customers.
The annual delivery allowance is determined by taking the delivery share number as expressed in megalitres per day, multiplied by 270 for irrigation areas and by 365 for pumped irrigation districts.
Annual use limit
The maximum volume of water in an irrigation season that may be used on the land described in a water-use licence or water-use registration.
Associated works
Works that are used with the primary works. For example, where there is a pump on the river feeding water into a storage dam, the storage dam is an associated work.
An Authority is a bulk entitlement holder under the Water Act 1989, and includes water corporations, the Minister for Environment and Climate Change, and power generation companies.
A lottery used to decide the order of processing applications to transfer water shares where there is high demand and a limit has been imposed, for example the 4% limit on trade out of an irrigation area.
Usually a hole constructed by a licensed driller to reach groundwater.
Bores can also include a well or artificial excavation.
Any person who wants to drill a bore must have a works licence.
Bulk entitlement
A right to use and supply water in a waterway, water in storage works of a water corporation, and groundwater.
The bulk entitlement sets out the amount of water that can be taken or stored under specific conditions or specifications, up to a maximum volume.
Water corporations and other specified bodies defined in the Water Act 1989 can hold bulk entitlements, either as a source bulk entitlement –an entitlement to harvest water directly from a water source - or a delivery bulk entitlement –an entitlement to be supplied water from another water corporation's dam or within a system regulated by the works of another corporation.
Bulk entitlements can be traded temporarily or permanently.
Bulk entitlement holder
Water corporations, the Victorian Environmental Water Holder and other bodies specified in the Water Act, such as electricity companies, can hold a bulk entitlement.
Bulk entitlement holders have to meet conditions and obligations set out under the Act.
Bundled entitlement
An entitlement that includes rights to allow both the take and use of water.
The most common types of bundled entitlements are take and use licences, supplies by agreement, water allowances and registration licences.
An arrangement that allows a water entitlement holder to take unused water allocations from one season into the next season to use and/or trade.
Carryover rules depend on the declared system in which allocations are held.
Casual use
Water deliveries above the annual delivery allowance are called casual use, and attract a casual use infrastructure fee.
Casual use infrastructure fee
The fee that applies to each megalitre of water delivered during the season which is more than the annual delivery allowance (ADA).
Catchment dam
A pond, lake or basin, whether natural or artificial, for the storage, regulation and control of water in an area of land where run-off from rainfall goes into one river system.
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Step Up Your Grilling Game — Use Lava to Cook Your Steaks (Yes, LAVA)
Chris Chaberski
This Memorial Day weekend, a lot of us are gonna haul out our grills from storage, dust 'em off, load 'em up with charcoal and fire up some delicious meats. It's tradition. But tradition sometimes needs an update, and a couple of scientists in Syracuse, N.Y., have elected to toss the charcoal and instead sear their steaks with lava.
Wait, lava? As in molten rock? Like from a volcano?
It may seem a bit dangerous, but it turns out using lava to cook meat works just fine. Hell, now that we think about all the possible perils involved in tossing a match onto a bunch of lighter-fluid-soaked briquettes while a bunch of kids runs around mere feet away, using lava doesn't really seem that risky after all.
Now, you may not have a ready-to-use batch of molten rock lying around -- we're not all scientists -- but if you do, this does look like a fine way to get the job done. And be sure to watch to the end, because if you've ever wondered, "What would it be like to toss a raw T-bone directly into a bowl of lava?" then you'll finally get your answer. And really, who among us hasn't wondered what it would be like to toss a T-bone directly into a bowl of lava?
As long as you're getting a bit adventurous with your grilling, why not do the same with your beer selection? We found five, shall we say, unusually flavored brews for you to try out:
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2017 Porsche Macan adds four-cylinder engine
April 2, 2017 April 4, 2017 admin 0 Comments
The Macan, Porsche’s smallest SUV, is more affordable and more fuel efficient for 2017 and is stocked with more standard equipment, including a rearview camera.
The new base model, called simply the 2017 Macan, has the Macan’s first four-cylinder engine and carries a starting retail price, including destination charge, of $48,850. That’s $4,745 less than the starting retail price of the 2016 Macan which came only with V-6s.
There is less power in the new base Macan than in last year’s base model and less power than in the other four 2017 Macans with six-cylinder engines.
But the 2-liter four cylinder is turbocharged, and the 252 horsepower and 273 foot-pounds of torque generated provide plenty of get up and go and strong cruising speed in typical Porsche fashion. In fact, if the test vehicle was any indication, drivers need to keep a close eye on the speedometer, because this new Macan easily gets to 85 miles an hour on highways without the driver realizing it.
The special blended character of this Porsche — part SUV and all sports car — remains intact. This new Macan, at just over 15 feet in length, feels like a higher-riding but still tenacious, road-hugging Porsche, agile and responsive.
The smaller engine is lighter weight than the 3-liter and 3.6-liter sixes, so the base Macan with no options weighs just 3,902 pounds — 210 pounds less than a Macan with a V-6.
The lower weight and fuel efficient four cylinder produced better fuel economy ratings from the US government: 20 miles per gallon in city driving and 25 mpg at legal highway speeds.
The gas tank is sizable, at 19.8 gallons, and the Macan four-cylinder engine uses premium fuel. But for the first time, the Macan’s travel range on a single tank of gasoline tops 400 miles. Even the test Macan, which was driven in a sporty manner and averaged 20.7 mpg, could go more than 400 miles without a fill-up.
After just a bit of turbo lag, power in the test SUV came smoothly and forcefully through the seven-speed PDK automatic transmission, and the engine sounded powerful.
Brakes had strong stopping power, and steering reacted quickly to even slight inputs from the driver.
The array of 19 buttons clustered around the Macan gearshifter in the center console is an impressive presentation, yet easy to understand. (AP)
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(2017). Student perceptions of writing with Wikipedia in Australian higher education. ''First Monday, 22''(6). doi: [http://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7488 http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v22i6.7488] * Digby, G. (2017). Indigenous knowledge challenges [poster]. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indigenous_Knowledge_Challenges-_Gideon_Digby.pdf Wikimedia Conference 2017 - Learning Day Posters] * Shafee, Thomas (2017). Wikipedia-integrated publishing: a comparison of successful models. ''Health Inform, 26''(2). Retrieved from [https://www.hlinc.org.au/images/Health_Inform_Articles/Health_Inform_Vol._26_No.2_2017/Health_Inform_Volume_26_Number_2_2017_-_Thomas_Shafee_-_La_Trobe_University.pdf https://www.hlinc.org.au/images/Health_Inform_Articles/Health_Inform_Vol._26_No.2_2017/Health_Inform_Volume_26_Number_2_2017_-_Thomas_Shafee_-_La_Trobe_University.pdf] * Phillips, M., & Murray, G. (2016). Wikipedia and history: a worthwhile partnership in the digital era? 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51% IT pros cite Cloud/hybrid IT top priority for digital transformation: SolarWinds report
By Virendra Soni on April 12, 2018 No Comments
Cloud computing continues its dominance in the IT agenda of the organizations, with 51% of the IT professionals citing cloud/hybrid IT as one of the top-five technology priorities over the next five years, as per the IT Trends Report 2018 by SolarWinds.
SolarWinds surveyed around 800 IT professionals globally to explore the priorities of existing as well as emerging technologies in their IT strategies.
Top technologies for IT strategy
According to the report, cloud/hybrid IT (95%) was voted as the most important technology among the top-five technologies critical to their IT agenda today.
Automation (86%), big data analytics (75%), internet of things (IoT), and containers (49%), were the other priority technologies for IT strategies today.
The reason behind the dominance of cloud/hybrid IT was that it serves as the underlying technology of other emerging technologies like machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI).
Image Source: SolarWinds
Top technologies for digital transformation
Cloud/hybrid IT was cited as the most important technology for digital transformation over next three to five years, as well as the technology that can offer most productivity and efficiency, and ROI.
Automation was voted as the second priority for digital transformation, as well as the critical technology for productivity/efficiency and ROI today.
Whereas, big data analytics ranked second as the technology for digital transformation over the next three to five years.
It was surprising to find that IT professionals didn’t cite AI among the top five technologies for digital transformation over next three to five years. Whereas, a survey by Fortune had revealed that 81% of the CEOs consider AI and ML as a top priority for their business.
AI and ML adoption to grow in coming years
Only 29% and 21% IT professionals voted artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), respectively, as their top technology priority today. However, the investments in AI and ML will increase in the next three to five years, reaching 37% and 31%, respectively.
Challenges with cloud computing and hybrid IT
As per the report, 58% of the IT professionals said that the implementation, rollout, and day to day performance of their systems, were the main challenges that arose with cloud computing and hybrid IT.
47% of them indicated that their IT environments were not optimized. Of them, 43% said that inadequate organizational strategy, and inadequate investment were the top barriers to achieve optimization.
Containers to address cloud/hybrid IT challenges
A number of challenges arise with cloud computing and hybrid IT. To address these challenges, 44% IT professionals cited containers as the most important technology priority today, while 38% cited containers as most important technology priority for next three to five years.
Also read: IBM predicts five technologies will change the way world works by 2023
“The SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2018 shows IT professionals are focusing in on proven technologies that deliver value today, like cloud and containers, with an eye toward AI for tomorrow,” said Joe Kim, executive vice president and global chief technology officer, SolarWinds.
AI Artificial Intelligence automation big data analytics cloud computing Cloud/hybrid IT cloud/hybrid IT challenges Containers Digital transformation IT Trends Report 2018 machine learning SolarWinds Top technologies for digital transformation
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Davenport Portillo’s set to open June 2019; take a sneak peak inside
Posted 4:16 pm, April 16, 2019, by Elizabeth Wadas
DAVENPORT-- The day some never thought would come is just a few weeks away; Portillo's serving up Chicago style favorites in the Quad Cities. On Tuesday, April 16, 2019, WQAD Channel 8 got a sneak peak inside the building and learned just how much influence a Quad Cities social media campaign had on bringing the restaurant to Iowa for the first time.
Every die-hard Portillo's fan has their favorite food. Fan Dave Levora's choice on Tuesday is an Italian beef.
"It tastes like a dream come true," says Levora.
Eating a Portillo's sandwich in Davenport is something Levora will tell you, he never dreamed of actually happening.
Portillo’s neighbors say they feel forgotten about by city leaders
"I never thought it would happen. I thought people were wasting their time lobbying this place to come here, and now it's here," says Levora.
He's talking about a Facebook page started by a Quad city man that now has more than 16,000 likes. The page was made to gather a Portillo's fan base to try and bring the restaurant to the QC.
The social media support actually worked.
"Most definitely. They told us we're going to do well here, and when we have a community reach out to us, I think if you don't pay attention to that, you're not making a good decision. So it made it an easy choice for us," says Portillo's Director of New Restaurant Operations Jeff Deppe.
Now seated on 53rd Street across from Costco, workers put the finishing touches on "Daven-portillo's." It's the 60th Portillo's to open, and it's the first ever in Iowa. Even the decor inside has a Hawkeye twist.
"You're going to start seeing more and more pop up in Iowa," says Deppe.
The restaurant of dreams is now made possible by the fans, a feat some skeptics never thought was possible.
"They were right. I was wrong. And I'm enjoying Italian beef. In a way everybody wins," says Levora.
The restaurant announced it's looking to hire 200-250 new employees. The interview process has already started at the Homewood Suites in Davenport from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Portillo's in Davenport is set for June 2019.
Topics: Davenport, Portillo's
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Measuring community capacity: an electronic audit tool
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2 nd Future of Australia ’ s Country TownsConferenceBendigo11,12,13 July, 2005 Full paper published in The Changing Nature of Country Towns (order forms located on the conference website) Measuring Community Capacity: An Electronic Audit Tool Brian Cheers, Greg Cock, Lib Hylton Keele, Mellissa Kruger, and Hilton Trigg Introduction In this chapter, we present an electronic template to measure community capacity inrural places. Although the template can be readily adapted for other purposes, it wasdesigned specifically to measure community capacity to support local primaryindustries. The template draws on established rural and community theory andresearch, provides a scientific tool for communities and government departments to profile and increase community capacity, and is based on residents’ on-the-groundunderstandings of the concept. Here we present the template, its outputs, themethodology employed in its development, its conceptual foundations, and its usesfor policy and community development 1 .Several years ago, the Department of Primary Industries and Resources SouthAustralia (PIRSA) sought to develop an instrument to measure the capacity of a ruralcommunity to support the development of local primary industries and economicgrowth. Such an instrument was needed for several reasons. Firstly, it is wellrecognised that community capacity contributes to economic growth and socialdevelopment in rural communities (Luloff 1996, 1998; Flora 1998; Claude, Bridger &Luloff 1999). Secondly, in response to this evidence, governments seek to increasecommunity capacity, or assume that a community already has the required capacitiesto conduct a funded project. So PIRSA needed a tool to measure a community’scapacity and match this against capacities targeted by various funding programs.Thirdly, existing instruments are too subjective, general, or narrow; based on vaguedefinitions of community capacity; uninformed by established rural and communitytheory and research; and/or designed for different contexts. Fifthly, PIRSA requiredcommunity capacity data that could be integrated with other existing databases of, for example, industry capacity, markets, and the natural environment. Finally, aninstrument was needed that is meaningful to, and readily used by, rural peoplethemselves. ________________________________________ This paper was subject to a double-blind peer review process.ISBN number 1920948848Published on-line by the Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities, La Trobe Universitywww.latrobe.edu.au/csrc/2ndconference/refereed 1 For full details of the template and its development see the full technical report of the project (Cheers,Kruger, and Trigg, 2005), which can be obtained from Hilton Trigg at Rural Solutions SA, PortLincoln Office, Port Lincoln Office, PO Box 1783, Port Lincoln SA 5606 or emailtrigg.hilton@saugov.sa.gov.au. So we designed a template to meet the needs of all stakeholders - residents,government, and local industry. Specific aims were to work with two communities todevelop the template, trial it by conducting audits in these communities, and engageresidents in a community capacity building planning process based on the audit. Inkeeping with stakeholders’ objectives, we focused on a community’s capacity tosupport the growth and development of local primary industries and, through this, thelocal economy. Nevertheless, we believe that the template can be used, with minor modifications, to measure community capacity for other purposes, such as supportingthe development of health and human services, or building community capacity per se . Requirements for the template were that it must be based on, and true to, coherentconcepts and frameworks; informed by existing theory and research; as objective, precise, and comprehensive as possible; based on hard data; capable of producingsound, valid, quantitative results and graphic outputs that are easy to interpret anduseful for community planning; user friendly, easy to complete, and engaging; andaccessible to all rural communities using locally available hardware and software.It was developed by a team comprising PIRSA and Rural Solutions SA staff, CRARDsocial scientists, and community participants. We used a participatory case studydesign involving two rural, primary industry-based communities in South Australia. Step 1: Preparation. Initially, PIRSA and Rural Solutions SA team memberscontacted a key local person in each community, visited the communities, andengaged community participants. In each community, participants formed a localgroup to work with the research team. At the same time, we read literature reviews oncommunity capacity and related concepts that had previously been conducted throughCRARD (Cheers, 2002a,b; Edwards, Cheers & Graham, 2003; Cheers, Edwards &Graham, 2004a,b; Edwards and Cheers, 2004) and scanned other literature, searchingfor potentially useful concepts, frameworks, and instruments. Step 2: Conceptual development . A conceptual framework was constructed tounderpin the template, drawing on preliminary work by PIRSA (McClure & Cock,undated, 2003), established rural and community sociology theory and research, and acommunity strength framework (Cheers et al, 2004a, b). We decided to organise theframework and template according to sectors (e.g. primary industries , employment ,and education and training, ) and capacities (e.g. management and leadership ). Wethen drafted a list of sectors in preparation for the first community workshops. Duringthese, we introduced participants to the project, obtained their feedback on the draftconceptual framework and sectors, identified some capacities for each sector, brainstormed indicators for these capacities, and had preliminary ideas about howcapacities might be presented in the template. Following these workshops, theresearch team finalised sectors and drafted a list of capacities. Finalising sectorsinvolved sending the draft list to all community participants for comment followed bytelephone conversations with them. Eventually, a draft matrix of 16 capacities by 11sectors was constructed, which subsequently went through several iterations indiscussion with community participants. Step 3: Operationalisation. Having decided which sectors and capacities would beincluded, we now had to work out how the capacities would be operationalised, or actually presented, in the template. This meant establishing how they were understood by community participants and developing indicators for them. This is what we did inthe next workshops. Following these, the research team finalised capacities, drafted a template format, and drafted indicators for each capacity for finalisation at the nextworkshops. Step 4: Template construction. In consultation with two ‘community advisors’ ineach community, the researchers drafted statements to present each capacity on thetemplate, devised a scale to measure their strength, and drafted indicators for discussion at the next community workshops (see below). During these workshops,we did a final review of capacities and indicators, changed statement wording, madefinal decisions about scales to be used on the template, and reviewed draftdescriptions for each sector (see below). The researchers then finalised capacitystatements, indicators, and scales, sector descriptions, and an introduction to thetemplate. We also finalised the electronic version of the template 2 and enteredexisting statistical data about the communities into it. Step 5: Audits and strategic planning. Each community then conducted a communitycapacity audit. Graphic outputs were generated from the template, which were thenused in planning workshops to review each community’s capacity profile and developcapacity-strengthening strategies. Definition The Aspen Institute (1996) defines community capacity as “The combined influenceof a community’s commitment, resources, and skills that can be deployed to build oncommunity strengths and address community problems and opportunities” (cited inBlack and Hughes, 2001: p.18). According to Black & Hughes (2001: p18),c ommitment is “the community-wide will to act, based on a shared awareness of problems, opportunities and workable solutions” and “heightened support in keysectors of the community to address opportunities, solve problems and strengthencommunity responses”; resources are the “financial, natural and human assets and themeans to deploy them intelligently and fairly”; and skills are “all the talents andexpertise of individuals and organisations that can be marshalled to address problems,seize opportunities, and add strength to existing and emerging institutions”. While thisdefinition is a useful starting point, it fails to distinguish explicitly betweencommunity resources and community capability, does not specify what a community capacity is, rather than, say, an industry capacity; and assumes that the samecommunity capacities contribute equally to all purposes. Various capacities couldwell be more or less useful for the purpose at hand.Our definition builds on the Aspen Institute’s definition, responds to these criticismsof Black and Hughes’ (2001) definition, and focuses on the purpose at hand: tomeasure community capacity to support local primary industries. Community capacity comprises the resources a community has that potentially can be used for primary industry growth, and the community’sability to use these for this purpose in changing economic, social, and environmental contexts. 2 The electronic form of the template was developed by Justin Dixon of Rural Solutions SA inconsultation with the research team. Resources include, for example, financial and human assets, physical infrastructuresuch as facilities, the talents of individuals and organisations, relations between people and between organisations, access to services outside the community, andcommunity attitudes toward local primary industries.What a community resource is depends on how ‘community’ is understood. Becausethe template is intended for use by rural communities, it is based on the classicalunderstanding of a community of place as people living in the same location and their relations with each other (see, e.g., Wilkinson, 1991; Cheers et al, 2004a,b). Here,‘people’ includes social structures such as organisations, clubs, and social groupings. A community resource, then, is inherent in the people, organisations, and relations that comprise the community; the community’s relations with itsexternal networks, partnerships, and organisations; and the servicesavailable to it. ‘Inherent in’ means produced, sustained, owned, and/or used by the people,organisations, and relations comprising the community. Community resources usuallyare not specific to a particular industry or enterprise. Even when they are, they arefreely available to the wider community for a range of purposes.Community capacity can be audited either generically or for a particular purpose. Sothe question arises as to whether community capacity is a generic concept or dependson the purpose of the audit. Can we measure community capacity per se or only acommunity’s capacity to achieve a particular goal? There are three options. Firstly,community capacity can be regarded as constant in a community at a particular timeregardless of the audit’s purpose. Logically, then, the same capacities should beaudited regardless of the purpose and each contributes equally to total communitycapacity. Alternatively, community capacity can be viewed entirely according to a particular purpose (see, for example, Landscape and Social Research, 2003). In thiscase, which capacities are included in an audit, and the relative contribution of each tototal community capacity, depends entirely on the purpose at hand. The third view isthat although the concept community capacity remains the same regardless of theaudit’s purpose, how it is operationalised in a particular audit depends on the purposeat hand. In other words, the same capacities are included in all audits of communitycapacity although how much each contributes depends on the purpose. For example,leadership in primary industry probably contributes more to the community’s capacityto support local primary industries than leadership in religion. Accordingly, therelative contribution of various capacities to total community capacity to achieve a particular purpose is an empirical issue to be assessed as part of the audit. Thistemplate is informed by this view. Rural sociological theory The template is informed by theory and research from rural sociology, notablynetwork theory, and a comprehensive framework of community strength, whichincorporates community interaction theory, entrepreneurial social infrastructure, andsocial capital as these relate to communities of place. Our definition of communitycapacity encompasses both relations within a community, or horizontal ties , and those of local people and organisations with the community’s external environment, or vertical ties (Warren, 1963: pp.237-8). Both are incorporated into the template. So,too, are the strong ties of dense networks of close relationships and the weak ties connecting people and organisations with networks they are not normally part of (Granovetta, 1973). Community strength is defined as people (encompassing individuals, groups, and organisations) in a locality engaging with each other and the social infrastructure 3 for community betterment (Cheers et al, 2004a,b) (Figure 1). People (and organisations) engaging with each other is incorporated into many capacities in theframework (e.g. networks and partnerships). The notion of community betterment focuses an audit on a purpose, whether it is community betterment generally or a particular activity, such as development of local primary industries. Engagement withthe social infrastructure is the concept community capability . Figure 1: Community strength framework (Cheers, Edwards and Graham, 2004a, 2004b) With one possible exception, all components of what is called social infrastructure inthe community strength framework are incorporated into the template. The exception, community narratives , is not included because it is not a capacity as defined here andcannot be measured simply in a quantitative template. Even so, the entire audit can beviewed as a community narrative because it is a story that at least some people in thecommunity are collectively telling about its capacity. Community attitudes , or shared understandings of what is worthwhile in and for thecommunity, appears on the template as a distinct capacity. What is called communityresources in the community strength framework embraces both infrastructure andcapabilities as these are defined in the template framework. Social relations , thefourth component of social infrastructure, includes (1) the patterning of the linksamongst people, organisations, and groups, and (2) social capital . Both areincorporated into the template, social patterning in a number of capacities, especially networks and relationships , and social capital as a capacity in its own right.Flora et al (1997: pp.627-29) identified three dimensions and seven indicators of entrepreneurial social infrastructure, all of which are incorporated into the template.These are the extent to which, in a community of place: • Different opinions, views, and attitudes are legitimated byacceptance of controversy, depersonalisation of politics, and focuson process; • Local resources are mobilised through individuals investing in thelocality both individually and through collective structures; and 3 The term infrastructure is used differently in the community strength and community capacity audittemplate frameworks.
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WYOMING PEAK
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1926: "A fire lookout station was maintained on Wyoming Peak during dry seasons. There was no building. The lookout lived in a tent. A telephone line ran from Grey's River to the top of the peak." (Page 44, 'The Last Saddle Horse Ranger' by S. Edwin Cazier)
1927: A lookout ground house was constructed.
August 2, 1929: "The recent storm has somewhat relieved the fire hazard over the entire forest. However tools have been distributed at strategic locations, per diem guards selected and the necessary preparations made to handle any emergency that may arise. If the situation warrants a lookout will be maintained at Wyoming Peak, where a telephone is installed." (Afton Star Valley Independent)
August 29, 1935: "Although the nights are somewhat cooler than they have been during the past few weeks, the humidity deficiency is extremely high and all forest visitors should exercise extreme care with fire. A lookout is still be maintained on Wyoming Peak and frequent fires are being reported on the Wyoming and adjacent forests." (Afton Star Valley Independent)
September 26, 1935: "A. Verl Taysom arrived home a few days ago from the Wyoming National Forest. He has been a fire lookout on Wyoming peak for the past month or more. He says about two inches of snow fell on the peak last Monday and Tuesday." (Afton Star Valley Independent)
July 25, 1940: "The fire was first reported from the fire lookout on Wyoming Peak by Garland Toland, who is stationed there, at about 3:15 P.M. Wednesday. It was later reported from a lookout in the Teton Mountains." (Afton Star Valley Independent)
August 28, 1952: "The Forest Service proposes to sell, donate, abandon or destroy on or after October 15, 1952, the following property which has been found surplus to Government needs:
Item One: Sherman Ranger Station Dwelling, log construction, 28 ft x 24 ft., shingle roof, four rooms and bath, located at the Sherman Administrative site on Horse Creek above Merris, Wyoming.
Item Two: Combination Toolhouse and Blacksmith Shop, log construction, 28 ft. x 16 ft., corrugated metal roof, at same location as above.
Item Three: Wyoming Peak Lookout building, frame construction, 14 ft. x 14 ft., glassed in on four sides, shingle roof, located on Wyoming Peak east from near head of Grays River.
This property may be inspected at the above locations at any time prior to the date of sale or disposal. Sealed bids will be received at the office of the Forest Supervisor, Bridger National Forest, Kemmerer, Wyoming, until 10:00 A.M., September 22, 1952. Sale will be made to the highest bidder on 'as is-where is' basis." (Big Piney Examiner)
The structure collapsed.
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Sprout: Idle Garden Coming to Android, An interview with Shallot Games
Written by Raine Colubio — Published on Apr 1, 2019
This month, Shallot Games offers the gaming community with Sprout: Idle Garden, an idle clicker that is unlike any other in the market today. If you haven’t found that clicker game you enjoy, this might just change your mind.
What makes it so different? The gameplay is much more involved than other idle clickers -- it’s practically a garden simulator! Here, you get to decide exactly how your garden looks and exactly what kind of garden you want to have, whether it be a communal garden or the best floral farm ever. It hasn’t been long since Sprout has been released, but those who have played it will let you know that it’s the game you should play on your downtime.
We were given the privilege to have a little chat with one of Shallot Games’ co-founder, Reid Scarboro, the game development team behind this zen clicker.
Raine: Ever since Sprout: Idle Garden caught our eye, we have been extremely intrigued about Shallot Games. Can you tell us more about your development team? How long have you guys been developing games?
Reid: It’s just my brother Brad and myself, as far as the full-timers go! Personally, I’ve been making games since I was about 13, starting in Game Maker, though it was mostly exploratory/a hobby at the time. We founded Shallot Games together in 2014 when we decided we wanted to try to turn game development into careers. Since then we’ve been steadily growing our games and our skill-sets, with probably the biggest jump being with Vista Golf in 2017, which we were fortunate enough to have featured on the App Store. Today, we are extremely excited about the launch of Sprout and can’t wait to continue making games that people will hopefully love!
Raine: What made you want to start developing games on the mobile?
Reid: For whatever reason, I’ve always loved handheld electronics. I owned a few palm pilots in elementary school (my life was obviously very complicated in 5th grade, with many meetings, play dates, and pretend weddings to keep up with), and of course, was obsessive about all of Nintendo’s handhelds (still growing the collection today). I wanted to make games for these pieces of technology that I’ve loved for so long, and we currently value the huge number of people who have access to our games.
Raine: Before Sprout, you developed platformers Luma’s Odyssey and Gap Cat, and golf games Vista Golf, Putthole and Vista Golf Rivals. What made you, pardon the pun, tap into idle clickers?
Reid: Gap Cat was made in the wake of Flappy Bird-style games and was our first commercial release. Though it wasn’t pushing the bar at all, we learned a huge amount about the process, which has enabled us to find success in the games that followed. Luma’s Odyssey was a game I created with 5th-grade students at a local school - my girlfriend (Victoria, who will later appear in Sprout) is the art teacher there, and we thought it would be a cool/rewarding project, for both us and the kids. The kids came up with all of the themes and drew the pixel art on graph paper, I translated their art and ideas into the game. For Sprout, we actually didn’t start with building an idle game, I like to think of it as a builder/simulation game first. We knew we wanted to have flowers, enable the player’s creativity, and create a calming environment. The idle mechanics paired very well with all of those things, as they usually tend to remove any stress occasionally found in other genres.
Raine: At the start of the game, we are greeted with a dedication to a certain someone named Victoria. “For Victoria, who paints the world with color” Was she the person who inspired you to make the game? Please tell us the story of how Sprout: Idle Garden came to be.
Reid: Victoria is indeed the inspiration for the game, I created the game for her. She is my lovely girlfriend of a little over three years. Sprout was originally meant to be a Christmas gift (missed that mark by a solid 3 months), though as it evolved, we realized we wanted to flesh the game out a bit more and do a full release. She is an incredibly creative and empathetic artist, who loves flowers, and works very hard in her multiple jobs. I was hoping to capture some of the things that she values and wrap it in a very calming/almost meditative package. The game has come quite a long way since it’s very first playable version. We realized we wanted to share this with a wider audience, as Victoria is certainly not the only one who appreciates an occasional break from the stresses of work, or the beauty that exists in all of the flowers of the world.
Raine: Sprout: Idle Garden is currently only available on iOS, will there be an Android port coming out soon?
Reid: Yes, we plan to launch early access on Android very soon, stay tuned!
Raine: Lastly, are you working on other games now? What other games can we expect from Shallot Games?
Reid: We are taking the MVP (minimum viable product) approach to Sprout. This means we released a very basic version of the game, and plan to release frequent updates based on player feedback to ensure we’re building the game that people want. So for now, we are 100% Sprout. That being said, we have no shortage of other game ideas that we are super excited to get started on!
Thank you so much for your time, Reid! We look forward to what Shallot Games has for us in the future!
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Posted 6:23 am, March 24, 2017, by CNN
The House Republican bill to repeal Obamacare hangs in a delicate balance as concerned GOP lawmakers publicly come out to express their opposition to the legislation.
The bill needs a simple majority — or 216 — to be approved in the House. With no Democrats expected to support the proposal in its current form, House Speaker Paul Ryan can afford to lose no more than 21 Republicans
According to CNN’s ongoing whip count, 27 House Republicans have flat-out said they will vote against the current version of the bill, while 4 more have indicated they are likely to oppose it. That’s 31 lawmakers opposed to or leaning against the bill.
The following whip count continues to be updated as news develops.
1. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Florida) — “I plan to vote no.”
2. Tom Garrett (Virginia) — “Right now I’m a no. I’m a firm no.”
3. Mark Meadows (North Carolina) — The Freedom Caucus chairman remains against the bill.
4. Rob Wittman (Virginia) — “I do not think this bill will do what is necessary for the short and long-term best interests of Virginians and therefore, I must oppose it.”
5. Dave Brat (Virginia) — “I can’t support.”
6. Andy Harris (Maryland) — Opposes in its current form
7. Tom Massie (Kentucky) — Tweet 3/22: Hell no
8. Ted Yoho (Florida) — “I could not support the bill as it is right now.”
9. Justin Amash (Michigan)
10. Raul Labrador (Idaho)
11. Warren Davidson (Ohio) — “If we called the votes today, I would be a no.”
12. Paul Gosar (Arizona) — Told CNN on 3/17 he can’t support the bill “in its current form.”
13. Scott Perry (Pennsylvania) — Told CNN on 3/17: “I whip no, and I’m open for discussion. I want to be part of the team. I want to be part of the solution.”
14. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pennsylvania) — Facebook post 3/19: “I have concluded that, although the American Health Care Act focuses on several much-needed reforms to our health care system, in its current form I cannot support this legislation.”
15. John Katko (New York) — “Despite some promising reforms, I do not support the proposal before the House in its current form.”
16. Walter Jones (North Carolina) — Said Congress needs to slow down; on 3/21 when asked by reporters if he’s going to vote no, he replied, “Absolutely.”
17. Jim Jordan (Ohio) — Told CNN’s Manu Raju he is a “no” on 3/21, he has been very critical and introduced “clean repeal” bill
18. Ted Budd (North Carolina) – On 3/21 – “As currently written, I cannot support the American Health Care Act.”
19. Leonard Lance (New Jersey) — Told reporters on 3/21: “I’m a no.”
20. Mo Brooks (Alabama) — Told reporters on 3/20: “I like where we are and as you know, I believe this is a really bad bill for the United States of America, and I think we are going to kill it.”
21. Frank LoBiando (New Jersey) – Statement 3/22: “Simply put, this bill does not meet the standards of what was promised; it is not as good as or better than what we currently have. Accordingly, I will vote no on this healthcare plan.”
22. David Young (Iowa) – Statement 3/22: “While the American Health Care Act, legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare, is a very good start, it does not yet get it right and therefore I cannot support it in its’ present form.”
23. Dan Donovan (New York) – Statement 3/22: “The legislation would also have a harmful impact on senior citizens.”
24. Charlie Dent (Pennsylvania) – Statement 3/22: “I believe this bill, in its current form, will lead to the loss of coverage and make insurance unaffordable for too many Americans, particularly for low-to-moderate income and older individuals.”
25. Jamie Herrera Beutler (Washington) — Told CNN on 3/23 — “But we can do better than the current House replacement plan, and I cannot support it in its current form.”
26. Mark Amodei (Nevada) – Tweet 3/23 — “We’ve done our homework. We’ve closed on the issue in preparation for a vote tonight. I’m a no on the #AHCA”
27. Andy Biggs (Arizona) – Statement 3/23 – “I cannot support anything less than a clean repeal of Obamacare”
Leans no or has very serious concerns
1. Trent Franks (Arizona)
2. Louie Gohmert (Texas) — “Just one thing is not going to fix it”
3. Mark Sanford (South Carolina) — “Lean no.”
4. Ken Buck (Colorado) — “I’m leaning against this bill as it stands now,” he told CNN’s John Berman.
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The future of Puerto Rico: debt, bankruptcy, & a path forward
Guests: David Skeel, Dánica Coto, and Michael Matza
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by Swami B. V. Tirtha Maharaja
The Lord is the Supreme Soul of everyone. He is pleased with those who behave respectfully toward superiors, make friends with equals and show mercy to inferiors. When the Lord is pleased with someone that person will not remain bound by the influence of material nature, but will attain a spiritual position, where everything is comprised of happiness and bliss. The Lord is unmanifest, omnipotent and self-existent. Everything always remains under His control. He is the Supreme Shelter of all the living entities of this world. Therefore you should take shelter in the Lord with all your heart."
His Holiness Swami B. B. Tirtha was born in 1924 in Assam, India. After completing his MA in philosophy at Calcutta University in 1947, he came in contact with his spiritual master, Sri Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhava Gosvami Maharaja. He was then initiated into the Gaudiya Vaisnava school of Bhakti yoga propagated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the 15th century master of devotional ecstasy. Since then, he has been a full-time monk. After his spiritual master left this world in 1979 to participate in the eternal lila of Sri Krsna, Srila Tirtha Maharaja became the President of Sri Caitanya Gaudiya Matha, which has over twenty asramas in India alone. Since 1997, His Holiness has been traveling the globe several months a year, enlivening all who come in contact with his sweet personality and message of divine love. To date, his books in English include Suddha Bhakti, Sages of Ancient India, Sri Chaitanya: His Life and Associates and the present volume, A Taste of Transcendence.
Sages of Ancient India-The Sacred Teachings of Dhruva and Prahlad is the English rendering of two Bengali narrations, which were compiled by His Holiness Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaj in 1971. The stories of Dhruva Maharaj and Prahlad Maharaj originally occur in the greatest of Indian scriptures, Srimad Bhagavatam, which elaborates upon the science of full-fledged theism. Therein is recounted how Dhruva and Prahlad devoted themselves to God, how they dealt with difficulties on their spiritual paths and how they finally achieved self-realization by the grace of the Lord.
Especially in these modern days, when many people tend to invent new and, for the most part, watered-down ideas about spirituality, it seems important to publish works that shed light on the teachings of the great saints of the past. If we study these teachings carefully, we will find that they contain universal truths that apply to all times and ages. Such is the case with Sages of Ancient India. Although these stories may contain elements that the modern mind would deem mythological, the underlying spiritual message remains a powerful one. As such, this book is more concerned with transcendental truth than with empirical fact.
The prefaces to the first, second and third Bengali editions of this work were written by the renowned Vaisnava saint, His Holiness Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami, who disappeared from our mortal vision in 1999. For the sake of readability we have condensed these three separate prefaces into one foreword. For the same reason we have omitted the many beautiful Sanskrit verses that originally occurred in them. Since we are aware that people who are unfamiliar with the spiritual heritage of ancient India may have difficulty in understanding the technical Sanskrit vocabulary, we have explained some key words in the glossary.
We hope this book will prove to be an inspiration for all those who pursue the spiritual path.
The stories of Dhruva Maharaj and Prahlad Maharaj are now appearing in the form of a book due to the unlimited mercy of Sri Guru, Sri Gauranga and Sri Sri Radha-Nayana-Natha. This is giving us great pleasure. Previously these narrations appeared in the form of articles in several issues of our devotional magazine, Sri Chaitanya Vani Patrika. At the repeated request of many devotees, who wanted to disseminate these stories on a grand scale, it was decided to publish them in the form of a booklet.
When Sriman Mahaprabhu was residing at Gambhira in Jagannatha Puri after taking sannyasa, He listened innumerable times to the stories of Dhruva and Prahlad from His intimate associate, Srila Gadadhara Pandit Goswami. Thus He showed us by His personal example that we should listen very carefully to these narrations again and again. This does not only apply to adults, but to the innocent children as well. We would like these stories to be read to them by their parents, guardians, schoolteachers and well-wishers, because they contain many important teachings regarding the path of devotion.
The holy life of Dhruva exemplifies devotion that was at first tinged with elements of personal desire and then blossomed to complete purity, while the holy life of Prahlad exemplifies devotion that was pure from the onset. Prahlad’s worshipable Lord was Sri Krsnacandra in the form of Nrsimha avatara, while Dhruva worshiped that same Krishna in the form of the lotus-eyed Lord Sri Hari, four-armed Vishnu, holding conch-shell, disc, club and lotus. Actually there is no difference in tattva (spiritual essence) between the form of Narayana (Vishnu) and that of Krishna, yet in the form of Sri Krishna we find the greater amount of love mellows.
We can observe that, among the nine forms of devotional service, Prahlad was able to attain the Lord by engaging in the process of remembering Him. Dhruva’s devotion, however, was mixed with the practice of yoga. Devarsi Narada could understand that Dhruva desired to reach a position that had been impossible to attain even by his father and grandfather before him, and he knew that Dhruva’s mother had suggested to him that the best way to reach his goal was to worship the Lord by performing yoga. Hence, Dhruva went to Madhuvana, the best among the twelve forests of Vrndavana, and purified himself by bathing three times a day in the holy Yamuna River.
On the bank of the Yamuna, Dhruva prepared a suitable sitting place and practiced pranayama by controlling the inhalation, exhalation and retention of his breath, by fixing his consciousness on Lord Vasudeva and by meditating upon and visualizing the very powerful and secret twelve-syllable mantra. He also worshiped Lord Vasudeva with proper puja articles, all according to the instructions of Narada Muni. That place in Madhuvana, near Mathura, where Dhruva prepared his asana, is called “Dhruva-tila” (“Dhruva’s hill”). Pilgrimages are made there during the first day of Vrajamandala Parikrama.
Since the Lord is the Supreme Soul and Internal Guru of everyone, He knew the desire of Dhruva’s heart and arranged for him to meet a devotee teacher in the form of Narada Muni. Devarsi Narada gave him initiation into the mantra and instructed him on the practice of devotional service. After duly receiving initiation, Dhruva surrendered with great faith to the instructions of his spiritual master and, following a path of firm renunciation, obtained the personal presence of the Lord after having worshiped Him for six months.
Sri Hari, who is very affectionate to His devotees and eagerly fulfills their desires, knew Dhruva's strong determination and touched the forehead of His devotee with His Panchajanya, the divine conch-shell that bestows pure knowledge. Then Dhruva, in a state of devotional ecstasy, started to compose beautiful verses. Although he was still an illiterate child, these verses are difficult to understand even for great scholars.
The Lord says:
tesam evanukampartham
aham ajnana-jam tamah
nasayamy atma-bhava- stho
jnana-dipena bhasvata
(Bhagavad-gita, 10. 11)
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura explains this verse by saying, “The infinitesimal living entity will never be able to understand or know the Unlimited Absolute Truth by his own endeavor or study, and will never reach the pure knowledge of Truth through many discussions. Only if the Lord blesses the living entity by His inconceivable potency, will the tiny soul be able to directly see and realize that supreme knowledge. Those who are pure devotees of the Lord can easily meditate on Him because the Lord Himself is enlightening them with His transcendental knowledge. The Lord resides in the heart of His devotee and, by His unlimited mercy, completely dispels the darkness of ignorance created by contact with matter. The pure knowledge which can be attained by the soul through devotion will never arise from mere mental exercises based upon speculation and theorizing.”
Dhruva’s prayers express the gradual detachment from his previous material desires, despite the Lord having agreed to fulfill his wish for opulence by granting him the planet Dhruva-loka, the topmost position above all the three worlds. This planet is in the center of the orbits of the Seven Rsis, the forest hermits and all the stars, including the abodes of the demigods like Dharma, Agni, Kasyapa and Indra.
Although situated within the material universe, Dhruvaloka is a very unique place-a spiritual planet. It is the residence of Sri Hari, like Svetadvipa, Mathura, Dvaraka and so on. This planet is not subject to destruction even at the time of the great cosmic annihilation. The Lord gave Dhruva dominion over his father’s kingdom for 36,000 years. By worshiping the Lord with the performance of the daksina-bahula yajna, Dhruva obtained great material pleasures, and at the end of his earthly reign he had the good fortune to reach the supreme destination. The Lord said, “At the end you will be able to reach My supreme abode-My own planet, situated above the abodes of the Rsis, which is considered worshipable by all other planets. Those saints who reach that place will never fall down from there”.
The Lord, who is very affectionate to His devotees, granted Dhruva the supreme destination, but He did not give the same blessing to his stepbrother, Uttama, and his stepmother, Suruci, who had committed offenses. Uttama was killed by the Yaksas while he was hunting in the forest, and Suruci died in a forest fire while searching for him. Sva-karma phala bhuk puman: everyone reaps the fruits of his own activities.
The piety and devotion of Suniti Devi, the mother of Dhruva and the jewel amongst all mothers, is so extraordinary. Although she could well understand the hateful words that her co-wife Suruci had hurled at the little child she had fed at her breast, she told him, “Dear boy, you should not think that your troubles are coming from Some other person, because every-one in this life simply gets the same sufferings which he had inflicted upon others in previous lifetimes. If you want to sit on the king’s throne like Uttama, you should give up all your hostile thoughts and follow your stepmother’s advice, dedicating yourself to the worship of Lord Hari. Her words were true, so you should sincerely do what she said”.
Suniti had given up all hatred and instructed her son to worship the Lord. Dhruva eagerly accepted his mother’s words and, with her permission, left to execute her instructions. Such was the extent of Suniti’s surrender to the Lord. What mother would be able to allow her beloved little child, the baby she had carried in her womb, to go to the forest to worship the Lord? This world would be so peaceful if all mothers were to follow the example of this great woman. There would be perfect peace on the face of the Earth. And how much suffering King Uttan-apada bore for having ill-treated his son! Therefore the Lord, who is affectionate to His devotees, also blessed them with the supreme destination.
If someone tastes a little of the nectar of Krishna consciousness, he will naturally forget everything else, just as by eating a small quantity of sweets one’s appetite is completely satiated.
We fondly desire that this book will be widely distributed.
Sages of Ancient
India the Sacred Teachings of Dhruva and Prahlad
10 Preface To The English Edition
12 Foreword
18 The Story of Bhakta Dhruva
57 The Holy Life of Prahlad
58 The Birth of Hiranyakasipu
61 The Instructions of Hiranyakasipu
69 The Tapasya of Hiranyakasipu
73 Hiranyakasipu Offers Prayers to Brahma and Asks for a Boon
125 The Prayer of the Devas
128 The Prayer of Prahlad
146 The Glories of Hearing Prahlad Caritra
151 Glossary
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POLICY TITLE: ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPT SERVICES
Effective Date: Immediately upon approval
Policy Summary: This policy establishes how the College will meet its accreditors’ standards for timely and accurate transcript and records services.
1. Academic transcripts are the means through which Fort Lewis College students present to third parties evidence of their completed coursework, level of academic achievement, and academic credentials.
2. Official transcripts are available to students who attended from xxx to the present. Unofficial transcripts are available through the College’s Banner self-service system known as WebOpus to students who attended from September 3, 1991 to the present.
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My London: An Interview with Bonnie Rakhit
The brains behind the hugely popular blog The Style Traveller, Bonnie Rakhit shares her favourite London haunts with us and reveals what events in the city she's most looking forward to this spring.
Former magazine Fashion Editor, Bonnie Rakhit is the woman behind TheStyleTraveller.com, a beguiling mix of great fashion and travel inspiration. Her award-winning blog provides a fashion insider’s guide to destinations all over the world, including the best places to shop in each city and some invaluable packing recommendations. Here, she shares her London address book with guests at Hotel 41, including her favourite British designers and local hangouts.
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“I used to come to London when I was at university and visit friends here. They lived in Clapham and it had such a lovely village atmosphere with pretty cafes, fun nights out and summer picnics on the common. All of my memories of it are filled with sunny days, which is probably why I live in Clapham now.”
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Describe your ideal day in London?
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What London events are you most looking forward to in the coming months?
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LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida teacher was forcibly committed for a mental evaluation after he told his students how he would carry out a mass killing if he were an active shooter.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says Lakeland High School math teacher Keith Cook was taken into custody Monday under Florida’s Baker Act and transported to a mental health facility.
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None of the mice wants to bell that particular cat.
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For the Sunnis of Anbar to be liberated by Shiite militias is like the Catholic Poles being liberated by the Red Army in 1945. Many Sunnis fear a rescue by Shiite militias more than they do the domination of the Islamic State.
America's choices in Iraq, none good, come down to these:
One: Reintroduce 10,000 ground troops and Marines to retake Ramadi and Anbar, and thousands more to retake Mosul and cleanse Iraq of ISIS. Another surge, like 2007.
Yet that does not solve the problem of the Islamic State, which would retreat to Syria and wait for the Americans to leave Iraq again.
Two: Adopt a policy of degrade-and-contain by continuing air strikes on the Islamic State in Iraq, while training and backing the Iraqi army and Kurds in keeping ISIS out of Baghdad and Irbil.
Three: Accept the inevitable—that the Shiite-led Iraq we created by dethroning Saddam and smashing his Baathist state and army is going to be in the orbit of Iran. For we cannot now, without a major and indefinite reintroduction of U.S. forces, alter the existing balance of military and political power in Iraq.
Before the United States replicates the epochal blunder Bush II and the neocons committed, we should look hard at the realities of Iraq and the region, as we failed to do before we invaded.
The relevant realities are these.
First, the Iraqis are incapable of reuniting and pacifying their country themselves. To hold Iraq together and keep it out of Iran's sphere would require a large and indefinite presence of U.S. forces.
How much more American blood and treasure is that worth?
Second, while the reintroduction of U.S. ground forces may be cheered by our Western allies, no NATO troops will be there beside us. As far as the West is concerned, Iraq is America's problem.
Nor will the Turks, Jordanians, Saudis or Gulf Arabs be sending troops to fight ISIS in Iraq or Syria. For them, the greater long-term dangers are: Iran, Hezbollah, Bashar Assad's Syria, Shiite Baghdad, and the Houthi rebels of Yemen, the so-called Shiite Crescent.
Another reality is that neither Syria, nor Iraq, nor Libya, nor Yemen is likely, soon, to be brought together as a unified nation-state under a government supported by a great majority of its people.
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The Turks looked the other way as volunteers entered Syria to join ISIS. The Turks then let Kurds cross into Syria to keep ISIS out of Kobane. Now, according to Assad, the Turks are aiding al-Qaida (the Nusra Front) in establishing its own caliphate in Idlib. The Saudis and Gulf Arabs also, says Assad, aided the Nusra Front in taking Idlib.
And what of us?
Considering the millions of dead, wounded, uprooted, homeless, sick and suffering, American-born and native-born, have our wars and bombings in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen been, on balance, more a blessing than a curse to the people we went to help?
Before we plunge back into these Middle East wars from which, at long last, we have begun to extricate ourselves, we ought to recall the words of that anonymous U.S. officer in Vietnam:
"We had to destroy the village—in order to save it."
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ADF software lets investigators and examiners search for files by keyword(s) using substrings or regular expressions. ADF software allows you to search for keywords in all file and folder names, file content and metadata, and artifact records from other captures.
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Eni SpA (ETR:ENI) has been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the fourteen brokerages that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is €16.43 ($19.11).
Several research firms have weighed in on ENI. Kepler Capital Markets set a €19.00 ($22.09) price objective on ENI and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, September 20th. UBS Group set a €15.00 ($17.44) price objective on ENI and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Barclays set a €16.50 ($19.19) price objective on ENI and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. set a €14.00 ($16.28) price objective on ENI and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada set a €15.00 ($17.44) price target on ENI and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, October 25th.
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ENI stock opened at €13.86 ($16.12) on Wednesday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is €13.88 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is €13.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 58.18, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a current ratio of 1.19. The stock has a market cap of $50.38 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.45. ENI has a fifty-two week low of €12.80 ($14.89) and a fifty-two week high of €16.02 ($18.63).
ENI Company Profile
Eni S.p.A. engages in the oil and gas, electricity generation and sale, and petrochemicals businesses. The company is involved in the oil and natural gas exploration, and field development and production activities, as well as liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations in 43 countries, including Italy, Libya, Egypt, Norway, the United Kingdom, Angola, Congo, Nigeria, the United States, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Australia, Iraq, Indonesia, Ghana, Mozambique, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates.
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Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Harvest Group Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $55,000. MAI Capital Management grew its holdings in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 0.3% during the third quarter. MAI Capital Management now owns 112,588 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,269,000 after buying an additional 286 shares during the last quarter. Lowe Brockenbrough & Co. Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 15.0% during the third quarter. Lowe Brockenbrough & Co. Inc. now owns 17,145 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,087,000 after buying an additional 2,239 shares during the last quarter. Vestor Capital LLC increased its position in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 7.2% during the third quarter. Vestor Capital LLC now owns 26,920 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,846,000 after acquiring an additional 1,806 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Foster Dykema Cabot & Co. Inc. MA increased its position in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 1.2% during the third quarter. Foster Dykema Cabot & Co. Inc. MA now owns 154,040 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,732,000 after acquiring an additional 1,807 shares in the last quarter.
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July 29, 2016 Updated 12:54 GMT
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Iraq integrating controversial Shia militias into official armed forces
The Hashd al-Shaabi was established in 2014 to combat IS [Getty]
Date of publication: 29 July, 2016
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Iraq will pay Iran-backed Shia militia fighters monthly salaries and permit them to use military bases in a bid to incorporate the controversial paramilitary force into the armed forces.
Iraq, Hashd al-Shaabi, Popular Mobilisation militias, Shia militias, military, Abadi.
Iraq will pay Iran-backed Shia militia fighters monthly salaries and permit them to use military bases in a bid to incorporate the controversial paramilitary force into the armed forces, according to Iraqi officials.
"The government will pay the around 80-thousand-strong Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) forces fixed monthly salaries of 910,000 Iraqi dinars ($800)," government sources told The New Arab on Thursday.
"They will be allowed to share official Iraqi military bases, move under the command of the commander in chief and retain the heavy weaponry in their possession."
The sources added that members of the militias will be subject to the military justice system.
National security adviser, Faleh al-Fayadh, will head the newly incorporated forces, which will resemble Iran's Revolutionary Guard, according to the sources.
This week, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi announced that the umbrella group of Shia militias would be integrated into the Iraqi armed forces as a counter-terrorism force.
The Shia militia has been accused of committing serious abuses against Sunnis in cities recently retaken from IS.
The militias have been accused of carrying out abuses [Getty]
Set up in mid-2014, the Hashd al-Shaabi is made up of Shia volunteer soldiers who have fought alongside the Iraqi military to retake Iraqi cities from the Islamic State group [IS].
Human rights groups have alleged that Hashd al-Shaabi troops committed vast human rights abuses during the assault on Fallujah, including carrying out summary executions of civilians or torturing and humiliating other residents.
Military analyst Hatem al-Falahi told The New Arab: "Iraq has been up against a replica of the Republican Guard, which was independent from military and police forces during the Saddam Hussein era. It was allowed to operate as it wanted not under the regulations of the constitution and law."
"We have to ask where will the Sunnis, Kurds and other groups be within this force and whether it will be a purely sectarian regiment,"
"There are many indications that this is a state within the state, such as the incidents during the battle for Fallujah and the militia statements that contradict the official government line," Falahi added.
Hashd al-Shaabi leader, Jaafar Redha, said that Abadi's announcement was for "organisational proposes".
"The talk about the Hashd al-Shaabi gaining official status is merely twisting words. The group was formed by a fatwa from (Top Shia cleric) Sistani and it can only be disbanded through another fatwa."
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Alex Thomson Racing
Alex receives the Chichester Award
02 Aug 2017 By Joe Watson
On Monday night Alex was presented with the Chichester Award at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes. Presented by The Princess Royal, this prestigious award was given to Alex in recognition of his offshore sailing achievements. First awarded to Sir Francis Chichester in 1967 for single-handedly circumnavigating the globe in Gipsy Moth IV. To date, the trophy has only be awarded sixteen times. Other past recipients include Sir Robin Knox-Johnston & Dame Read More
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Registered company name: 5 West Limited. Registration Number: 4856467. Registered address: Unit 12 Haslar Marina, Haslar Road, Gosport, Hampshire, England, PO12 1NU. Company VAT number: GB988278543.
The Doyle brand stands for global leadership in high performance sails as well as having a reputation for being proven innovators in sail technology. Everything we do starts with our clients and our mission to provide sailors around the world with quality sails and unparalleled personal service. No other sailmaker works as hard to satisfy the unique needs of every client and project.
Doyle Sails is extremely proud of their longstanding collaboration with Alex Thomson Racing as the official sail supplier since 2009.
100% built by sailors for sailors
Gleistein Ropes is one of the world’s leading rope manufacturers. Founded in 1824 as a supplier for the vast north German shipping industry, the Gleistein group today provides premium solutions across a broad range of sectors.
In addition to servicing the top class yacht racing market and meeting the needs of the super yacht industry, Gleistein also services both the commercial and recreational marine markets, as well as catering to diverse industrial applications.
With a strong focus on performance, reliability and durability, the company is recognised across the globe for its advanced textile rope production capabilities and innovative finishing technologies. As well as manufacturing a diverse spectrum of synthetic fibre ropes types, Gleistein also provides tailor made solutions for any specific application.
Gleistein is Official Rope Supplier of Alex Thomson Racing.
Founded in 2004, Oceanvolt is a leading manufacturer of clean electric power and propulsion systems for boats.
Oceanvolt offers clean, safe, reliable and state-of-the-art electric motors, which promote sustainability.
Headquartered in Vantaa, Finland, Oceanvolt has received numerous awards for its innovative systems, including a 2017 DAME Award (machinery, propulsion, mechanical and electrical systems and fittings), 2016 and 2013 Pittman Innovation Awards and a 2012 Clean Design Award.
Official Supplier of the Electric Propulsion System and Batteries to Alex Thomson Racing, Oceanvolt’s cutting edge electric motor technology and batteries will be featured in the new HUGO BOSS IMOCA 60 race boat, launching in summer 2019.
Rich Energy is a premium British energy drink.
Both a stand-alone energy drink - fuelling extreme athletes - and a peerless mixer, Rich Energy boasts a clean, crisp and refreshing taste. Made with pure Alpine mineral water and luxury ingredients, Rich Energy takes the energy drink sector to a new level of excellence.
Rich Energy is Official Energy Drink Supplier to Alex Thomson Racing, a partnership perfectly aligned in its commitment to innovation, high performance and endurance.
Founded in 2000, Dream Yacht Charter is a world leader in yacht chartering.
Operating more than 1,000 boats, in more than 50 locations internationally, Dream Yacht Charter offers the largest and most diverse fleet - in terms of model and manufacturer - in the world.
Offering bareboat, crewed and by-the-cabin charters, Dream Yacht Charter also offers the widest range of destinations, from the pink sands of the Caribbean and the tranquil waters of the Maldives, through to the beautiful islands of the Mediterranean.
Dream Yacht Charter is proud to be an Official Supplier to Alex Thomson Racing.
Alex Thomson Racing today added Exposure Lights to the list of specialist suppliers that it will partner with in the lead up to the 2020-21 Vendée Globe.
As Preferred Supplier of torches, Exposure will equip the Alex Thomson Racing team with a complete range of LED spot lights, MOB torches and head torches for use in training and testing, as well as during offshore races including the double-handed Transat Jacques Vabre in 2019 and the Transat New York to Vendée race in 2020.
Base Camp Food has the UK’s widest range of lightweight meals, designed for all outdoor adventures.
They are delighted to be working with Real Turmat to support Alex Thomson Racing.
Real Turmat believe good food is made with patience. Every supplier is handpicked and the origin of every ingredient is known. Perfect cooking, combined with advanced freeze drying processes mean taste, energy and nutrition are locked inside each and every meal.
Helping people all over the world go further, Base Camp Food and Real Turmat are very proud to be a Preferred Supplier to Alex Thomson Racing.
UBI MAIOR ITALIA designs and produces first-class sailing deck equipment according to exceptionally high quality standards. The company combines the newest production techniques with time-tested traditions, and the experience of highly skilled professionals who have made their passion for sailing into a life’s work.
UBI aims to design and manufacture highly functional elements, which ensure the easy management and optimal performance of the boat, thanks to the reliability and long lasting quality of products. For this reason all of UBI’s products are manufactured by the mechanical processing of only the highest grade structural materials.
UBI MAIOR ITALIA is proud to be Preferred Supplier to Alex Thomson Racing.
Created in 2004 by Marin Clausin, Karver Systems specialise in deck hardware. Headquartered in Honfleur, France but with a network worldwide, the business has developed a reputation for its commitment to technological performance and use of robust, ultra-resistant materials.
Through its products - including a high quality furler range, recognised for its advanced performance capabilities – Karver Systems combines simple and efficient technology with sleek design. Karver works alongside a variety of clients across the cruising, super yacht and racing industries.
As a result, major races such as the Vendée Globe, La Route du Rhum and The America’s Cup are marked within the company’s DNA.
Raymarine is a FLIR Systems brand. Founded in 1978, FLIR Systems is a world-leading industrial technology company focused on intelligent sensing solutions for defense, industrial, and commercial applications. FLIR Systems’ vision is to be “The World’s Sixth Sense,” creating technologies to help professionals make more informed decisions that save lives and livelihoods.
Raymarine products are engineered to deliver the very best in visual navigation information and with a legacy of marine navigation technology spanning over 80 years, Raymarine products are renowned today for their ease-of-use, rugged design, and reliability. We are constantly innovating to deliver best-in-class sensors and intelligent navigation systems - making your time on the water safer and fun.
Gochermann Solar Technology is a manufacturer of custom solar arrays with very special features required in solar race events such as the Australian World Solar Challenge and other events around the globe, powering cars, boats and airplanes. The company’s lightweight solar arrays meet and exceed all requirements with respect to optical, mechanical, and electrical properties.
In just six years, Highfield Boats has become the world’s number one aluminium hulled RIB manufacturer. Established in 2011, Highfield Boats has developed into worldwide boat builder with a complete line of rigid-inflatable hull boats (RIBs). Highfield now offers small tenders from 2.4m, all the way up to a full line of heavy-duty RIBs at home on any ocean. With dealers and distributors in 38 countries, Highfield Boats has become the top choice worldwide for families, yacht clubs, even international mariners.
Highfield rigid hull inflatable boats (RIBs), featuring exclusive powder-coated aluminium hulls, can trace their design heritage to the Australian line of Swift Boats. Developed to handle the tough conditions found along the Great Barrier Reef, Swift rigid-hull inflatable boats are renowned for their durability and performance.
Highfield is committed to providing you with well designed, professionally built boats distributed via a network of professionals at very affordable prices
Survitec is a global leader in survival and safety solutions to the marine, defence, aviation and Energy markets. Across its 160-year history, Survitec has remained at the forefront of innovation, design and application engineering and is the trusted name when it comes to critical safety and survival solutions. Crewsaver is a world-leading design house and manufacturer of marine safety equipment and clothing, most commonly known for its award winning lifejacket designs and ground breaking technologies for the commercial and leisure marine, defence & energy industries. Champions of the #LifejacketSafe campaign Crewsaver is the only company to hold an exclusive contract to supply lifejackets to the UK government’s Environment Agency, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) & Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer (SNSM).
Whether pushing the boundaries on the forefront of innovation, defying expectations in design and technology in water sport apparel or kicking back after the race and watching the sunset, Zhik is never far from the water. Zhik challenges the status quo, identifies problems, and finds breakthrough solutions to continually set the benchmark. Tested and proven, Zhik gear is the choice of Olympic and world champions around the globe.
Zhik started through the need for innovation in the dinghy sailing market post Athens Olympics 2004. After building a reputation as the industry leader in the dinghy classes, Zhik set about revolutionising yachting gear for racing sports boats and offshore yachting, which culminated in winning its first entry into the 2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race with Dongfeng Race Team. Zhik has always innovated and is expanding on its research and development with new projects in material science likely to change many facets of performance apparel including eco-friendly alternatives for a more sustainable future. Zhik is now growing to include new technical products that will appeal in a larger set of outdoor and marine applications.
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Allegiant News Releases
Drilling Commences on...
Drilling Commences on Columbus Gold's White Horse Flats Project, Nevada
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, November 10th, 2011. Columbus Gold Corporation (CGT: TSX-V) ("Columbus Gold") is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced at its White Horse Flats gold project in Nevada, USA, where joint-venture partner Navaho Gold Ltd., can earn an initial 51% interest by completing minimum exploration expenditures.
White Horse Flats is located approximately 43 km (27 miles) south of Wendover, Nevada. The property is 13 km (8 miles) east of the Kinsley Mine, which has reported past production from a Carlin-type deposit.
Navaho reports that the drill program at White Horse Flats will test the down-dip extensions of outcropping zones of highly gold anomalous silicification (rock chip samples ranging from 0.32 to 1.82 ppm) as well as a number of structural targets identified from the interpretation of gravity data, collected by Navaho. Approximately 1,500 m (4,921 ft) of reverse circulation drilling will be completed in 8-10 holes. Navaho expects initial results to be received in December.
White Horse Flats covers three small hills and portions of the surrounding pediment. Exposures on the three hills are limestones and siltstones of Permian age, overlain by a cap of silicification. The silicification forms a discontinuous north to south belt approximately 2,130 m long and up to 150 m wide (7,000 ft long and up to 500 ft wide). Silicification varies from weak to strong with common liesegang banding and is almost everywhere anomalous in gold (from 30 to 1,817 ppb gold), associated with anomalous arsenic, antimony, and mercury. The mineralization is Carlin-type.
Detailed surface sampling by Columbus Gold delineated a significant area approximately 165 m long and 60 m wide (550 ft long and 200 ft wide) yielding 16 samples ranging from 0.32 to 1.82 g/t (0.01 to 0.05 opt) gold. The zone is covered with alluvium on its north and east sides.
Historical drilling of 27 holes by Energy Reserves Group located a number of mineralized zones under the valley pediment approximately 550 m (1,800 ft) SW from the area of surface sampling by Columbus. A drill hole intersected 6.1 m (20 ft) averaging 0.64 g/t (0.019 opt) gold from 43 m (141 ft). Another hole intersected 3 m (9.8 ft) averaging 0.5 g/t (0.015 opt) gold from 18 m (59 ft) within a wider interval of 9.2 m (30 ft) averaging 0.24 g/t (0.007 opt) gold on the east side of the outcrop.
Andy Wallace is a Certified Professional Geologist (CPG) with the American Institute of Professional Geologists and is the Qualified Person under NI 43-101 who has reviewed and approved the technical content of this project description. Mr. Wallace is the President of Columbus Gold and the principal of Cordilleran Exploration Company ("Cordex"), which is conducting exploration and project generation activities for Columbus Gold on an exclusive basis.
About Columbus Gold
Columbus Gold is a gold exploration and development company operating in French Guiana and Nevada. In French Guiana, Columbus Gold recently acquired an option to earn a 100% interest in the Paul Isnard gold project, which has a 43-101 compliant 1.9 million ounce inferred gold resource and substantial expansion potential. In Nevada, Columbus is a prolific project generator focused on advancing projects either through joint-venture with industry partners or on its own where exploration risk is minimized and potential is particularly promising. Columbus Gold's president, Andy Wallace has a long and successful history of gold discovery and mine development. The company currently has 13 of its 26 strategically located gold projects in Nevada joint-ventured to major and junior mining companies, including Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited.
About Navaho Gold
Navaho Gold is an Australian-based exploration company focused on the discovery of world-class gold deposits in Nevada, USA and Queensland, Australia. Navaho Gold is clearly focused on 'Carlin style' gold mineralization, and has identified three (3) main project areas in Queensland and has assembled seven (7) projects in Nevada within the areas associated with the Carlin and Battle Mountain - Eureka Trends.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,
Robert F. Giustra
info@columbusgoldcorp.com
This release contains forward-looking information and statements, as defined by law including without limitation Canadian securities laws and the "safe harbor" provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("forward-looking statements"), respecting drilling, and Columbus Gold's or Navaho Gold's general exploration plans. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including without limitation the ability to acquire necessary permits and other authorizations; environmental compliance; cost increases; availability of qualified workers and drill equipment; competition for mining properties; risks associated with exploration projects, mineral reserve and resource estimates (including the risk of assumption and methodology errors); dependence on third parties for services; non-performance by contractual counterparties; title risks; and general business and economic conditions. Forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions that may prove to be incorrect, including without limitation assumptions about: general business and economic conditions; the timing and receipt of required approvals; availability of financing; power prices; ability to procure equipment and supplies including without limitation drill rigs; and ongoing relations with employees, partners and joint venturers. The foregoing list is not exhaustive Columbus Gold undertakes no obligation to update any of the foregoing except as required by law.
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Teyana & Iman
Teyana & Iman Season 1 Episode 5
Before Iman heads back to the league, The Shumperts spend quality time together camping. But one misstep in the great outdoors lands Teyana in a leg brace, forcing her to dance through the pain at Hip Hop Honors.
Serie: Teyana & Iman
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PART XI.
AERIAL NAVIGATION.
ARTICLE 313.
The aircraft of the Allied and Associated Powers shall have full liberty of passage and landing over and in the territory and territorial waters of Germany, and shall enjoy the same privileges as German aircraft, particularly in case of distress by land or sea.
The aircraft of the Allied and Associated Powers shall, while in transit to any foreign country whatever, enjoy the right of flying over the territory and territorial waters of Germany without landing, subject always to any regulations which may be made by Germany, and which shall be applicable equally to the aircraft of Germany and to those of the Allied and Associated countries.
All aerodromes in Germany open to national public traffic shall be open for the aircraft of the Allied and Associated Powers, and in any such aerodrome such aircraft shall be treated on a footing of equality with German aircraft as regards charges of every description, including charges for landing and accommodation.
Subject to the present provisions, the rights of passage, transit and landing, provided for in Articles 313, 314 and 315, are subject to the observance of such regulations as Germany may consider it necessary to enact, but such regulations shall be applied without distinction to German aircraft and to those of the Allied and Associated countries.
Certificate of nationality, airworthiness, or competency, and licences, issued or recognised as valid by any of the Allied or Associated Powers, shall be recognised in Germany as valid and as equivalent to the certificates and licences issued by Germany.
As regards internal commercial air traffic, the aircraft of the, Allied and Associated Powers shall enjoy in Germany most favoured nation treatment.
Germany undertakes to enforce the necessary measures to ensure that all German aircraft flying over her territory shall comply with the Rules as to lights and signals, Rules of the Air and Rules for Air Traffic on and in the neighbourhood of aerodromes, which have been laid down in the Convention relative to Aerial Navigation concluded between the Allied and Associated Powers.
The obligations imposed by the preceding provisions shall remain in force until January 1, 1923, unless before that date Germany shall have been admitted into the League of Nations or shall have been authorised, by consent of the Allied and Associated Powers, to adhere to the Convention relative to Aerial Navigation concluded between those Powers.
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The Great War Diaries - 1918/1919 (King's African Rifles)
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Tuesday 1st. Up shortly after six. Moist & warm already, & the exertion of dressing puts you into a sweat. After breakfast Brown & I went up to Mombasa, had a game of pills at the club, & then went to the bank, which we managed to get into by the back door. We had forgotten that this being New Year’s Day would be a holiday. As a matter of fact, all the shops were shut with one fortunate exception, a British Store where we managed to get what we wanted. We also managed, thro’ the bank, to fix up for the storage of some of our kit — Brown left two boxes, & I one, - with Messrs. V. Mendonza & Bro, P.O.Box …,,Mombasa, (shipping agents). There is no receipt but they will be recoverable no doubt thro’ the Standard bank here, should anything happen to me. I have only some clothes, a pair of boots, mess tunic & tartan slacks etc. in my box. We embarked on H.M.T. Princess in the afternoon. She is a fairly big boat, captured from the Germans at the beginning of the war. I am very lucky in having a cabin to myself, altho’ it may only be for a night. As soon as I had seen the kit aboard I had a bath, a most acceptable thing too, & fine to get wallowing in water again. We left Kilindini just as the sun was going down. There was a stiff breeze blowing & a fair swell running. Dinner — a new year’s one at that, a short stroll on deck, & so to bed.
This was probably the Hamburg America liner KRONPRINZESSIN CECILIE. 8,689
gross tons, 471ft x 55.3ft, speed 14.5 knots. Built 1905 by Krupp, Kiel, she
was seized by British authorities at Falmouth in Aug.1914. In 1915 she was
requisitioned by the Admiralty, renamed PRINCESS and converted to the dummy
battleship HMS AJAX. Jan.1916 to Sep.1917 in service as an Armed Merchant
Cruiser. In 1919 she came under the Shipping Controller, managed by Ellerman
& Bucknall SS Co and in 1923 went to German shipbreakers at Bremen.
Pictures at http://www.greatships.net/kpcecilie_hapag.html
This should not be confused with North German Lloyd's 4-funnelled
KRONPRINZESSIN CECILIE which was a different ship.
Information kindly provided by Ted Finch mariners-l@efinch90.fsnet.co.uk
Wednesday 2nd. Wakened in good time by Haranja’s head at the door. We expected to go ashore this morning so had everything packed & ready by breakfast time. We got into Dar-Es-Salaam about 11 a.m. & dropped anchor outside the bar. The country is low-lying and wooded: what we can see of D.Es.S. amounts to a long white porticoed building on the sea-front, a few smaller ones in the trees & a couple of church spires. The real harbour lies further in, the entrance marked by a stranded steamer which the Huns tried to sink across the channel. On our left lie one or two islands — probably coral.
We hear now we are to be aboard until Friday. I have got a few letters written today and am reading Lavengro.
Thursday 3rd. Spent the forenoon darning socks. Still very hot and moist but there is a fair breeze out here especially at nights. I sat on deck last night for a long time with Lt. Sharpe Intelligence Dept. He has been away from home for 24 years, and has seen a good piece of the world. Of late years he has been trading round about the Lakes and lived with the Kavirondos for several years. Kavirondos belong to two races — Nilotic Kavs. & Bantu Kavs. Their farming — e.g. plowing, sowing etc. is governed by the stars which are interpreted for them by one of the old men of the tribe. He has been among the Masai too. They have been intermarrying with the other tribes for some time & may gradually be changed that way — e.g. they eat rice now, a thing they wouldn’t look at before. They have never learned to work because there’s no work in their country to be done. Their huts are only branches & saplings with cow-dung thrown on top. We got on to talking about religion. Sharpe believes this world is the end of everything, & if he didn’t argue very well about it he was dogmatic enough. He wouldn’t live at home now — too small & confined. Advocates the open air nomadic life as being the happiest, which I suppose it may easily be.
The staff changed its mind and decided that we should disembark today which we did, by means of a small tug and a bit of a scramble. It was dark by the time we got on shore. On the way in we passed the "Konig" which the Germans tried to sink across the navigable channel. The entrance is quite narrow, & then widens out into a capacious bay along the North? Side of which runs the town. In the centre are the two churches, & right & left runs a street of substantial white buildings, Cocoa-nut palms & flamboyant acacias grow along the streets & beach. We walked up to the camp, Brown & I together, & after a bit of a job managed to get a corner in a marquee. We turned in after a mangie dinner. Had to rig up our mosquito nets. A nice cool breeze blowing thro’ the palms and shaking the leaves like heavy rain.
Friday 4th. Up at 6 a.m. and had a bathe in the bay, about 200 ft. from the tent. Water very warm, nearly tepid. Very bad mess here run by a Greek who would be making a fortune if so many officers didn’t get their own back by going off without paying their mess bills. He charges 2R,75 a day, & draws our rations. Very hot and moist today; hardly able to do anything and it’s worse if you sleep: you feel so rotten when you waken.
After tea Brown & I had another bathe. It is worth living thro’ heat like this to have such glorious balmy evenings. The sand here full of land crabs — small ones, with highly coloured pincers. Also saw oysters & littornia rudis? growing on the stems of bushes on the sea-shore. After that we had a ricksha down to the town and back. The buildings, most of them, are very substantial, porticoed with jalousies on the German pattern, & it is queer to see all the German names, notices etc. still up. I only wish this was in Europe & we in a German town. As a matter of fact I believe a lot of Germans are still carrying on trade here. It is only lately that the German hairdresser was closed down I know. A great many of the buildings have been taken over as hospitals for which they seem admirably suited. The front is well lit up at nights — no lighting regulations here. A number of small dhows & one large one were lying just off the shore. The big one was a very queer looking thing with very high poop & forward slanting mast. We turned in early but Stuttaford & Co were in good form so it was some time before we got to sleep. We are for Lindi tomorrow.
Saturday 5th. We marched down from camp at 9a.m.: very hot & thirsty by the time we got to the quay so we had some lime-juice in a café run by as German looking a fraulein as you could want to see. She was also sulky. In the course of the forenoon, at the expense of much perspiration & with the aid of a tug & a lighter, we got out to the "Kwong-Sang", a Chinese steamer of small size, and after a bit of a struggle got aboard. The ascaris are very awkward about climbing & going up or sown stairs, especially if they are laden with a rifle, a bag full of water, a pair of boots slung round their necks, & full marching order in addition. If their boots are on their feet they are worse still. Water is going to be rather a problem on this boat so each man has brought a chagul & water-bottle full aboard, & we have done the same. We have also to look after our own feeding, & live entirely on deck. We managed lunch off tinned stuffs & bread. We left at 3p.m., or thereabouts; a good breeze blowing & as we were running broadside to the swell we rolled a good deal. We had dinner off bully& potato hash, & very good too. Turned in very early, about 7p.m. and had to lie watching the stars because the captain came down in a towering rage that he couldn't see to steer for our lamps.
Sunday 6th. Wakened in the small hours by Brown & Stuttaford who had to move from beside the funnel because of the rain & soot. I slept on till 6a.m., had a bath & dressed in some discomfort, the decks all wet & slippery. We got into Kilwa shortly after breakfast - bully & hash. The approach to the port - Kilwa itself lies 16 miles further up country - is more deceptive than Dar-Es-Salaam. We approached the low coast, with the usual cocoa-nut trees, an opening appeared in front of us, & we passed in with a line of surf on our starboard, breaking on a reef which lay well out from the land. This reef turned up the estuary, fringing it on both sides. We approached to within less than 100 ft., & took soundings, wanting to anchor I suppose but got no bottom, so backed out & after some wandering about a steam launch appeared round a corner further up & we were guided in. We anchored off the village which appears to consist only of a hospital, a camp & a jetty. A lot of M.T.C.[?] men got off here. I believe they have a hard time of it in this country. We lay there all day: it was very cool & cloudy, but there was a pretty bad miff emanating from the ascaris in the forward part of the ship & wafted back to us. A few dug-out canoes came off to sell brightly coloured "cockatoo" fish. We left about 5p.m. & I had another chance of seeing the coral reef. I read Darwin's theory in his 'Beagle' today. I suppose these here are fringing reefs. There is little in the nature of lagoon inside the reef - just low flats (sandy?). at the back of the shore there are large blocks & small cliffs of what I take to be eroded coral. They can be seen at Dar-Es-Salaam, & Kilindini. Also D.-Es-Salaam & Kilwa seem to be on a raised beach, This of course points to elevation along the coast here.
Monday 7th. It didn't rain last night so we rose in comfort this morning. We got into Lindi harbour soon after breakfast. It was a slow job transferring the men & baggage into lighters but we got ashore by about 2 o'clock. Marched to the camp at the back of the town. As usual we found that we weren't expected and that there was no accommodation ready. To add to the pleasantness of the situation it was raining heavily. At last the ascaris were housed & ourselves ditto but owing to some mix-up we could muster only a few biscuits & a couple of tins of bully by way of grub. This is about the first time I have been really dependent on ration & it brought home to me what our own men must have had to put up with in the old days in France when the rations "didn't come up". We managed a kettle of tea later on than which there is nothing better for cheering the drooping spirits. Four of us also managed a very fine bathe on the sands. There were a number of N.C.O.s dragging a net, in which I saw a good number of small fish - mostly an isobilaterally flattened species, & also a 'scabbard fish'. I got a few shells - cypraea, large strombus mitra ? ovula? The high ground on which our camp lies is evidently a coral reef: a similar reef runs along the other side of the estuary, & seems to consist of a number of terraces, each marking perhaps a stage in the elevation. The town is built on a sandy flat, at the foot of the reef, which has evidently been so much elevated as to have preserved it from erosion by the sea: in other words there seems to be more elevation here than at Kilwa, or Dar-Es-Salaam. I have left one of my boxes and my tin bath at a store in Lindi care of "S.S. and T.O.", Lindi. The box would be worth recovering as there's a good deal of kit in it. In view of an early start tomorrow we turned in after packing everything we want for 'the safari'.
Tuesday 8th. Up at 5, tea & biscuit, wash, and onto parade. Didn't get away until about 7a.m. Spitting rain. From the top of the ridge (reef) about 15 minutes walk from camp we had a fine view to the west - first a steep declivity, and then a series of low ridges away to the horizon: bush everywhere except for some broad sandy patches in the river bed. Had breakfast of bully, biscuits, bananas and tea at 9a.m. & reached Mingoyo shortly after noon ( 12 miles). Very moist walking. Mingoyo camp on high sandy ground between two small stream beds. A tidal arm runs up from Lindi estuary to Mingoyo where they have a wharf & where our kit was to arrive this forenoon. Owing however to the excellencies of the staff work it didn't arrive until 10.30p.m.when we scrambled for our valises in the stinking inside of a dhow, & after much ado, got to bed.
Wednesday 9th. I am orderly officer for this week so have had to buzz about trying to get our kit and the men's packs. The latter can't be found. Maloney fell foul of the U.L.O. this morning - a relation & namesake of Smuts. Very warm here during the day: some thunder further west. Had a fine sponge down after dinner just before to bed. Mosquitoes are pretty bad here.
Thursday 10th. Packs turned up today to my great relief. We are stuck here for the time being as there are no porters available. Our battalion is from 2-300 miles up & said to be making its way across to join up with Northey's column which has worked up from Nyasaland. In that case it will take us a considerable time to catch them up, anything up to six weeks; and with the rains so near the prospect isn't very fascinating. We had a very heavy shower today. The water ran off the sandy soil like off pavement and we had to get busy with spades and put ditches around the tents. It cleared up as soon as we had things in working order. I had a talk with Smuts tonight. He is a large Dutchman. "I am sick of men" he said, "& supplies & ships: I never want to see them again, after the war is finished. I will be quite content with my garden." I think it's the same with most. They will be glad to go back again to the quiet things when this is all over.
Friday 11th. There was a good deal of rain today. I wanted to go down to Lindi for pay for the men & to get a few things for ourselves. Thro the feeble intelligence of Haranja I missed the steam launch, tho' he didn't, taking my bedding etc. with him, & I had to follow several hours later on a small dhow. I only caught it by hiring a canoe & chasing it. The wind was against us, so after poling about 1/3 of the way down the crew intimated their intention of spending the night on the river & proceeding to Lindi the following morning. This was cheery news for me as I had only a burberry with me and it promised well to be a night of rain. I had the alternatives of the stinking hold beside the crew or the dripping poop and the mosquitoes. I was beginning to set the poop in order when we came in sight of a number of lights on the shore. This proved to be the camp of Arab House. The dhow anchored off it for the night so that they could send me ashore in the small boat. This they did and I inquired for the nearest Mzungu. By great good luck I struck two captains - Watkins R.E. & Skelly M.L.O. - just sitting down to dinner. They invited me in immediately and made me very welcome both to their food and to their whisky. Watkins gave me a tent, bed and blankets - "a home from home". Hospitality is one of the great virtues.
Saturday 12th. Slept rather restlessly as I was afraid of sleeping in and missing the dhow, which was to leave at 6a.m. The frogs in the side of the river made a tremendous noise last night. The mosquitoes didn't disturb me as I expected, altho' I had no net. The small boat picked me up at the wharf & we got under weigh. Arab House, I understand from the hosts of last night, stands on the site of an old Arab stockade which was the rendezvous for pirates & slavers. It is an ideal spot for that - on a low spit of sand among the mangrove swamps, and well up from the sea: the high reef behind would give a fine observation point.
There was a light wind down-stream so our passage was very slow to begin with but quickened when we got down to the broad stretch of water above Lindi. On landing I went up to the Detail Camp & found my boy: I gave a bit of my mind & very nearly my boot as well. I find I am getting very short-tempered. Haranja's face gets most enticing sometimes & I can hardly keep myself from skelping it. He is an absolute fool and looks it. I am surprised that I didn't see the utter stupidity on his face before I left M'bagathi. I wish I could sack him now.
There aren't many things one can buy in Lindi: matches & cigarettes aren't to be had, and soap is very scarce. It's the same all over the country. Very few consignments are coming out from home. We got the steam launch at 12.30p.m. Here again nobody knew when it was to leave not even the M.L.O. The stream is bordered on both sides by belts of mangrove trees. These aren't of one species only altho' the true mangrove seems to be there with its viviparous seedlings. The roots form an impenetrable tangle and the soft black ooze round them would wake walking an impossibility.
Penfold and I walked over to the 4/4th after tea. I called at the 1/3rd. to see Dannie Swanson but find he went to hospital in November. Maloney, Brown, Carter and Stuttaford went on by trolley this morning. They are to try to reach the battalion: if they can't they will wait for us.
Sunday 13th. Very little doing today: I was to have taken a military funeral party, but orders were cancelled. There are a good many crocking it in the hospital over the road - an average of 1 European a day, which is very little of course compared with France, but it gets monotonous hearing the last post. There has been a good deal of rain today. We are having our trials with Haranja and Alexander as cooks.
Monday 14th. Same as yesterday. Sleeping & eating. A few light showers, but more threatening. No word of porters yet. Battalion reported about 1/2 way between here & Lake Nyasa & going west.
Tuesday 15th. No rain today, but sky overcast. Several days since we have seen the sun so it is much cooler. We have taken to feeding under my mosquito net, to keep the flies off us. A small fly, like the common house fly, is the most troublesome and persistent. At night time all sorts of insects come to the lamps: it would be a rare field for an enthusiastic entomologist. We tried unsuccessfully to get a couple of mokes for the safari: the roads are reported to be very bad in places already, and unless we get porters soon, we will run a big risk of getting hung up by the big rains.
Wednesday 16th. Leaden skies today but very little rain. Preparations are being made for the rainy season. The Lindi road is closed to vehicles to prevent it being destroyed. They are cutting down every scrap of vegetation round the camp to keep down the mosquitoes; & everywhere drains are being dug and roofs strengthened. We hear now that the battalion has gone to join Northey at Songia, which is about 140 miles this side Lake Nyasa. Don't know what the ultimate object is, unless they are going down the lake. Von Lettow has made a raid near Port Amelia, chased the Portuguese home & taken a lot of stores There is some rumour of him going to try to get down to South Africa & stir up another Dutch rebellion. Penfold & I walked over to 4/4th. K.A.R. They are leaving very soon for Port Amelia, down in Portuguese East. The walk did us a lot of good, & we found a very tender steak ready for us when we got back here - the first of its kind that has appeared. We talked until pretty late about Spiritualism, the next world, Creation vs. Evolution etc. Penfold suggests that if the brain is what retains our thoughts etc. & the mind simply works over it, then when the brain is destroyed all these thoughts go with it.
Thursday 17th. Brighter today. Had a short walk in the forenoon. Peculiar erosion of sand in sandpit, evidently due to rain. Pinnacles of sand left where protected by small stone like Geikie's slide of the Austrian Tyrol. Got a lot of flakes of flinty stone, as well as of pure quartz, quartzite and hard quartzose grit. Couldn't say whether the flakes are human handiwork, but think not. They have been made from pebbles of above rock. Wonder where pebble bed is. Walked down to 4/4th. for dinner which was some affair. Got back pretty late: splendid night. Fireflies very thick early in the evening but disappeared later. I caught one the other night. The underside of the hindquarters is luminous with pulsating light as if when fly drew breath.
Sunday 20th. Have just got back from Lindi. I started off yesterday morning at 7a.m. We had a very slow journey down, in a rotten little dhow which was part of a tow. Put off a lot of time at Arab House and didn't reach Lindi until 1.30. I managed to get the stuff from Ordnance that we wanted, went along to the Carrier Corps for a cook, and got back to find there were no dhows going up to Mingoyo that night. There was nothing other for it than the detail camp: fortunately I had brought my flea bag & groundsht and so had the ascaris & boys. Had dinner at the Officers Mess there - nothing since breakfast so I made a square meal. Today we managed to miss the tow which by some perversion of the usual rule left before its time. We got our stuff into a small dhow & got away before 9a.m. Had fair good passage until we grounded at 1p.m. just short of Mingoyo & had to sit there in spasmodic drizzle, looking at a margin of mangrove swamp until the tide came up at 6p.m. A pleasant Sunday afternoon, if only we had had a full stomach, but we saw no food at all until after 7p.m.
Monday 21st. Spent the day equipping the draft & details & getting all ready for the start tomorrow. Am now just going to turn in: everything packed & carried over to the station except valises. Have taken on a Yao toto today: also got a Mziba cook from the Carrier Corps at Lindi on Saturday so we have some prospect of feeding decently. Weather cool & dull.
Tuesday 22nd. Wakened at 3.30a.m. Breakfast of bully & tea and got 'entrained' by 6a.m. We can't get porters at Mingoyo so are going as far as Mtama (28 miles) on the trolley. It is a very light railway made by the Germans and very useful to us for getting supplies up. The motive power are Ford driven trolleys, with Indian or Goanese drivers. I enjoyed the run up here very much. The track runs along the Lukeledi valley, now along the top, now down in the bottom. The ground is all composed of the same sandy stuff as at Mingoyo except when it is loamy occasionally. We passed thro' a couple of big rubber plantations lost now to the Germans whether we will make anything out of them or not. At Schadels farm the ascaris are cutting them down to make huts, but I understand that it is an inferior brand of rubber & not now paying. For the rest of the country, it is mostly bush, with occasional patches of bananas, & mango trees here and there. We had a few breakdowns on the way but got into Mtama about 11 a.m. & soon got settled down: for once we were expected. We are to go on tomorrow with a donkey convoy which is to take us as far as Tunduru.
Wednesday 23rd. Up at 5 but didn't get away till after 7 as the O.C. donkeys turned up late with a thick head. Slight friction to begin with which hasn't subsided yet quite. We have a lot of ammunition with us: the loads are put on the donkeys, one on each side in a rope net. The pace was pretty slow. We have come only about 8 miles & took nearly four hours. Road, which is in pretty good condition, tho' sandy, runs thro' Lukeledi Valley. Bush thick in places but mostly rather thin. A few palms (not cocoa-nuts) & bananas: plenty mimosas, many in flower. Arrive Mahiwa 11 a.m. Small camp & hospital, mainly occupied by Indians, on open ground on terrace above river. Camped just on the edge of the bush, among some tall trees. We bro't a tent from Mingoyo for which we are very thankful & will be more so when it rains. Very cool today. Twelve men sick: five including Haranja to go back to Mtama hospital tomorrow, mostly dysentery but Har. has fever. Trying to send remainder forward by car to Missassi. Saw two small snakes today; many queer grasshoppers of sorts here, fine examples of protective colouring, especially in the one which goes snapping thro' the air - yellow while 'flying' & drops to ground green & very difficult to see. Should be very successful with its double adaptation. Just killed a small scorpion on floor of tent. We have brought 11 chickens with us: unfortunately no cock. They are very much at home in the tent & do good work among the ants. We have them carried in a home made basket. Very evident that this part been lately elevated from sea level. Skyline straight as a ruler - just like Picardy: valleys scooped out in plateau. Soil sandy, like Mingoyo.
Thursday 24th. Started 6a.m.from Mahiwa, leaving ten men to go back to hospital. Had a mule to ride today, but found it almost as hard as walking unless I let him take his own time. If I lived among mules or ascaris very long I think my temper would go altogether. I suppose I don't understand them, that's the reason. Pretty hot today. The road runs more or less along the Lukeledi valley. It is in good condition & plenty gangs working on it, - laying metal, trees etc. They are using quartz pebbles , & schistose rocks. Passed several small bosses of the latter. Bush not thick here: bamboos common. The Romans must have tackled rather similar conditions in Britain, & yet their roads are in good order yet: ours will be obliterated in a couple of years. It was a long march today - 14 miles & took us nearly six hours. Got into Ndanda at noon. The boys weren't up so made coffee for ourselves. The tent was soon up, below some trees: the ascaris bivouacing, mostly under their mosquito nets only, beside us. We are near a small stream of very good water. this part of the country is well off in that respect, especially at this season. We have been eating & drinking ever since we came in: breakfast of course was very early & scrimpy. Had a bath in a hole in the ground with a waterproof sheet inside it, - much handier than carrying a bath.
Friday 25th. Rather a violent thunderstorm during the night, with very vivid lightning but not much rain fell. This morning it was drizzly but good for marching. The donkeys were rather done up after yesterday's long trek, but today's was only 5 miles. Consequently we got in about 8.30a.m. to Ndanda. It is a fairly big camp, with hospital in the old German mission buildings. The scenery is rather different from what we have had so far. The Lukeledi which is only a small burn runs behind the camp, & beyond it are two medium sized hills densely wooded to the top. The timber hereabouts is taller than nearer the coast & the bush, what you can see of it from the road, more open. People here are very dubious as to whether we'll get thro' to Tunduru or not. There seems to be some difficulty with regard to porters, & a couple of rivers we have to cross may give trouble. However Penfold is determined to go ahead & we have drawn 3 weeks rations, which ought to see us to Tunduru. From there to Songia is 10 days march. There are very few rations at Tunduru so we will need to go straight through. We put another 10 men, including the new cook, into hospital here - malaria and dysentery. - so we are now down to 37 - having started from Mingoyo with 58.
Saturday 26th. Left Ndanda at 6a.m. and marched till 9 a.m. Pitched camp at Tschikukwa, where there is a telegraph office, a few roadmen, & some water. Very fine day, & good road Ground rather flat, & drainage difficult, so the road will be pretty bad during the rains. They are metalling it with schistose rocks evidently from the rock which forms the hills on the left of the road. Saw some good specimens of Augen-gneiss; parrots & woodpeckers. Camped on the edge of the river bank. The river is only a string of holes with water, but the water is good. Spent the afternoon devising measures for the men's rations - starting with a tin of bully as unit of measure, and a piece of stick with cups tied to it as scales. The Q.M. clerk who was with us turned back at Ndanda sick so we are left to our own devices. Pratley & Cairncross, & S.Major Addey have joined us. Our chickens are a bit of a nuisance: they require careful transport on a donkey, & as we let them run loose when we get into camp, it takes about an hour every night to catch them again. We had a grand dinner tonight - roasted monkey nuts, followed by bully, some green vegetable like spinach which the boys got, and boiled beans, rice & date pudding & coffee. I took on a new boy last night, Light "Willie". I think he is a good one at last. The mtoto Asari, is pathetically stupid & slow but doesn't get on my nerves the same way as Haranja did, who was a sumpf, & I hope doesn't turn up again. By the bye, I owe him 12 rupees.
Splendid moonlight night. Fireflies and frogs galore.
Sunday 27th. Splendid morning. We had a short march of 8 miles today, getting in about 9a.m. Nice camping ground on a clear space near water. The wood is very thin here: we can see over the tops of the trees a number of bald rocky hills - granitic or gneiss I should say. The ground here is sandy, or rather gritty, with small quartz pebbles as main or only constituent. After issuing the rations I had a sick parade. First of all I set out all the medicine I have got so as to impress the ascaris & then had them brought up. A number of them are suffering from diarrhoea & one from dysentery, probably from drinking unboiled water. I have no medicine here for their trouble, so gave them quinine and some pure water. One had lumbago, so I applied iodine but must find something other as I haven't much of that. If they haven't faith I can do them no good, because I have very little medicine for them. There doesn't seem to be much fever among those who are left, altho' Penfold's boy, Alexander, seems to have a touch of it. I wrote home this afternoon but as there are no envelopes I'm going to tie it round a piece of stick. I wonder if it gets there. We killed & ate the first hen today: it is a long time since it was a chicken but went down nicely with greens & beans. My new boy is turning out quite well & is taking the lead in cooking. Today being Sunday, I felt rather good & went for a short stroll by my self. It is a lovely evening with full moon. The nightly noises have got into full swing and the camp is settling down except for an occasional word from the donkey corall.
Monday 28th. We started off at 5.30 this morning by moonlight. Splendid march to Massassi Boma getting there about 8.30. It was thro' more varied country than ever before, as we came right up to the hills I mentioned yesterday. They have perfectly rounded profile, & might easily be taken as glaciated, but it is only the way they weather - in the same way as a block of dolerite, by exfoliation. The tops of the hills were hidden in mist until about 8a.m. & the rising sun caught it & turned it red. It is just at this time of day & in the evening that this life is most charming and one feels inclined to follow it for the remainder of one’s days. We passed the British Mission at Massassi, built close up to a rocky boss, among the trees & commanding a very wide view. There are quite a number of natives living round here, with small shambas of maize & bananas. Massassi Boma, or camp, is on rising ground between a couple of prominent rocky hills. Water is rather difficult to get, otherwise the situation is ideal. We got into some bandas. Picked up other two N.C.O.s who have been waiting to get through. Managed to get some medical stores - aspirin, lead & opium, a thermometer etc. Two men went to hospital today - dys. & fever. Turning in early tonight. We are to rest here tomorrow as over a hundred of the donkeys are sick.
Tuesday 29th. Spent a quiet day. Climbed one of the smaller hills after tea. It is gneiss? as I expected, with acid veins running through. Got a good view of the country all round. It is rather open round about Massassi but more densely wooded further out. It is gently undulating with peculiar isolated, abrupt hills like those I was on - sort of large copjes, or like the Brackside Hills at Reay, on a very large scale. A haze prevented a good view. We are for the road for Tunduru tomorrow at 5a.m. I wonder how many of the askaris will stick it out.
Wednesday 30th. Got away at 5a.m. prompt. Fine morning. Thirteen miles today before we got to water, at Ngongomuthi (Mikangaule). Disturbed some white headed vultures in the bush evidently discussing a carcass of some sort. Four men down with fever - temperatures from 100 degrees to 104. One with dysentery. Have set aside a banda as an hospital: doctored them with aspirin & tea & when their temperatures turned to come down, I started them on quinine. Don't think they will be very fit for tomorrow. Very hot today in the afternoon, but we were in camp by 10.30. Met a large number of porters coming from the Rovuma & Tunduru. There has evidently been a good deal of rain there & the rivers are up.
Thursday 31st. A good deal of rain during the night, which was also disturbed by the donkeys, which happened to be rather nearer us than usual. On account of the rain, the start was delayed until 5.30a.m. when the clouds broke & we had a good march to Mtumbo, on the Bangalla River. The sick were sent on ahead and managed to do the journey all right. The country was as per usual - bush all the way, with a few of these bald rounded hills as a change. They are often very abrupt, & sheer, like Edin. Castle on theWest side. They must be intruded into the general body of the schists surely. We got into an old Indian camp about 9a.m. but put up the tent in preference to living in a lousy banda. There was a decent mess with seats & table. I understand these have been built at many points along the road so we shouldn't do too badly. There were bandas enough & to spare for all the men. I had one for the sick again. Three new cases today, - fever. They won't report sick for fear of being sent back. The spirit is all right, but the result is bad, as they are in a high fever before they come for medicine. Most of them lose heart then. Few of them have any guts when they are ill. I had their equipment & rifles carried on the mules today but the rifles will have to be carried tomorrow as Penfold had a row today with the Donkey man. I am rather anxious about one or two tonight, as their temperatures have gone up & one at least seems rather dotty. I should be inclined to send them back from here, altho' that wouldn't be easy to arrange, but Penfold wants them to try tomorrow yet. Very warm this afternoon, altho' the sun wasn't bright. Quite impossible to rest in the tent, so I went down to the river with a towel, & bathed my feet. The Bangalla river is a watercourse varying from three yards to thirty, and at this time of the year is represented by a series of pools of dirty brown water. Penfold & I went down after tea and poured several bucketfuls of water over us. We thought at first it would be rather dirty, but found later that it was the drinking pool we had struck. The Bangalla is a tributary of the Rovuma. We have crossed over from the Ludeledi valley into the basin of the Rovuma. The watershed is round about the high ground at Massassi.
Friday 1st. Got away at 5a.m. Country rather swampy: road built up on logs, & will be scarcely passable after rain. Marched about 11 1/2 miles to Mbarakwe where we got into a fairly decent camp. Roomy banda did Penfold & me as mess & sleeping apartments. Plenty water in stream near by. Behind the camp there is a high boss of rock which I climbed in the evening with Cairncross. It is practically bare rock & sheer sides: granite surrounding rock biotite schist. The sick all got in in good time altho' I was rather afraid of some of them. I have them now in a couple of comfortable bandas & most of them - 6 of the 10 at least are nearly all right. Penfold has a temp. of102 degrees tonight & seems to be in for fever.
Saturday 2nd. Off before 5a.m. Cool day threatening rain. Passed more of these abrupt rocky hills which we saw from hill top last night. I thought they were a days march away but we reached them in 1 1/2 hours. - Haze very deceptive. Road deteriorating but still good as long as it is dry. Passed spoor of elephants. Penfold still bad today & is in bed now with high temperature. We have camped among the bush on west bank of a decent stream of water. The ascaris have built lean tos for themselves and we have just had a heavy shower to test them. Todays march was full 15 miles & tomorrows possibly 20. All the sick got in to time but if they get a wetting now will probably be thrown back again.
Sunday 3rd Started before 4 this morning by the ‘pale moonlight’. Marched till 9 o'clock. Country more open: occasional hills. Had breakfast and a couple of hours rest. Then carried on to Limessule arriving about 1 o'clock - seven hours marching in all. It must have been very stiff for the sick, altho' they were put on donkeys for the last 2 1/2 hours. Penfold pretty bad too. Limessule is a moderate sized camp on open ground above the river of the same name. We got into an open banda & put our beds up. Very tired.
Monday 4th. Done up today, so didn't get up till late forenoon. Think I did too much yesterday. Have had occasional storms of thunder & lightning last few days but so far have escaped most of the rain. We heard today that the Mohese river, one day's march this side Tunduru is impassable & Brown, Carter & Stuttaford held up there. It is 3 days from here. Heard later they have got through now. We are discarding the donkeys here and going forward with porters which have been hired locally. There seems to be a fair population round about, but hidden away in the bush mostly. They are in straits for food, all their stores having been cleared out by Germans. They are getting seed from our political officers, which should see them through. We have been able to buy a few small tomatoes. Continual bully getting monotonous. The sick are progressing: I discharged four from hospital within the last two days. Two new fevers today.
Tuesday 5th. Didn't get away until 6.30 this morning. Country rather wilder, the track running thro' rocky hills, & across many small streams, some knee deep. The track is just a path now, without any preparation beyond cutting the bush. Pleasant marching in spite of heavy shower in middle of day. Some signs of game - zebra, elephant (spoor), baboon, etc. Good camp 6 miles out, built by 3/4 K.A.R. but we went on anther 5, and are now camped where the road emerges from between two granite bosses of usual type. Flies rather troublesome, among them clegs & tsetses (small variety, which attacks game). We are just going back to the last stream to have a douche. One of the two N.C.O.s has developed bad attack of fever on the road, so the two are being left behind here to come on when he is better. Otherwise a small sick parade today & no new cases. We have now exactly 40 askaris.
Wednesday 6th. Slight temperature last night, & was afraid of fever but it has cleared off. Marched from six to eleven today. Quite cool, sky overcast all day, as it usually is now. We seldom see the sun. The bush very open today, and glades frequent. No sign of game at all and we are too lackadaisical to go out to look for any after getting into camp. This is another old camp of the 3/4th. But the bandas are damp so we have put up the tent. Cairncross has joined our mess, & is a great acquisition because he can turn out some new and wonderful dishes, as well as scones and 'chipaties'. We are all rather off colour today - heavy and liverish. Met an officer ‘coming thro' from Tunduru today, who says the battalion has left Songia for the Lakes. Don't know when we'll catch them as Songia is still about 12 days march away. As long as the weather keeps like this it will be all right, but the heavy rains are due at the middle of this month. We may have to see them out at Songia. I enjoy the marching very much, Penfold and I usually in front with the askaris and as he doesn't talk much we get along fine.
One case of fever today: all the others are now discharged fit altho' some of them still look rather wan. Doctored a few of the porters.
Thursday 7th. Very dull this morning and we hadn't got long started before it rained very heavily: the path became a running stream, & we all got more or less soaked. It cleared up later but the clouds have been low all day, & the sun only looked out for a few minutes in the afternoon. We crossed the Mtitesa river easily enough by a rough bridge which show signs of being soon washed away. We got to the Mohese at 10a.m. which was the great anxiety of the journey as it has frequently been impassable lately & has held safaris up for some days. However we were lucky and found it less than waist deep. We had got the loan of a mule & got across, dry, on it one at a time. On the other side we halted & had a cup of OXO. The Mohese here is about 60 yards broad, with a shoal in the middle. The eastern channel is slightly the deeper. When the river is up, it will spread to include another channel to the west & will then be impassable. From the river to the camp here is 1 3/4 hours march. Altogether today we have done 6 hours, or about 15 miles. We have got settled down & had breakfast about 2.30 p.m. - porridge, sausages, green peas, tomatoes, tea & biscuits. It's really a question of food here. If you can't feed well, you can't keep fit. I am feeling fine now, especially since Penfold cut my hair with his nail scissors.
Friday 8th. Today has been very fine & even hot. We got into Tunduru shortly after eleven, after 5 hours good marching. We were climbing most of the time so finished up pretty high. The village of Tunduru lies in a valley, beside a small stream, with cultivated patches in the trees round about. The camp stands on the edge of the plateau just to the west. It had been cleared by the Germans probably for planting, and they had built a boma & large turreted, barrack-like building of red brick on it. From here there is a wide view to the north and east, over wooded valleys & ridges. To the south & west the view is shut in by the forest on the plateau. No. 3 Coy. 3/4 K.A.R. is stationed here at present, under command of Captn. Jardine. It seems this is to be my company, so my safari days are over for the present. I am sorry not to be going on with Penfold, but as I am to take over the company Lewis guns here there is something to be thankful for.
Most of the 3/4th. have gone down to Lake Nyasa, where we will be following them soon. There is no more news of the Huns breaking north. There have been no mails here for three months or so. They seem to be rather well off tho' as regards food, & there are some vegetables, especially pumpkin which is like turnip, to be had here.
Saturday 9th. Started work this morning. Drill from 7 to 8a.m. Lewis guns 9-11.30 and as it rained in the afternoon there was no parade. There are two Lewis guns here, rather deficient in spare parts, and about three men who know anything about them. Penfold looks like being held up here for some time as there are no porters to be had here. The local men have all been sent in to Massassi to fetch seed, which the British Govt. is supplying them with gratis.
Sunday 10th. No parades today, so spent the day quietly, and getting my banda put to rights. Have been troubled the last few days by a number of painful pimples on my arms & trunk. I thought they were due to "prickly heat", but was suddenly disillusioned when looking at one thro' my magnifying glass I saw movement inside it. Each pimple contained a grey maggot which had to be removed by squeezing. It's a loathsome affliction. I suppose I owe it to sleeping in a dirty banda at sometime, but another explanation I hear is that a certain fly occasionally deposits its eggs on clothes that are laid out to dry & the larvae afterwards work into your skin. Got a short letter away to Mother this afternoon. Have been feeling sort of homesick today, probably because I'm not too fit. And yet I have every reason to be content with my lot: but that seems to be a constitutional impossibility.
Monday 11th. Making some progress with the Lewis guns. The askaris are pretty keen to learn, and not too hopeless. Some of them pick it up surprisingly quick. Their attempts at pronouncing the names of the parts are rather ludicrous but I'm not putting any stress on that. I cut Penfold's hair tonight. It is easier than I thought but one is apt to leave ridges: it is a good job he can't see the back of his head very well. Cairncross left yesterday morning to take over a small post at Undi's, on the Rovuma. He'll be there for about a month, without any other white man.
Tuesday 12th. Rather a better day - quite bright & hot, but a pleasant breeze with it: we are well off in that respect up here. The nights are quite cool & even chilly and my sleeping bag and thin blanket aren’t enough. I find that most of the Lewis gunners don't know the numbers 1,2,3,etc. when they see them, so I have to start teaching them these, like little children. I don't know how they set the sights on the rifle. It requires a good deal of patience but they are very willing to learn & so good natured that I am ashamed every time I get ratty. It's wonderful what they do learn, especially considering the difficulties of the language which is just about as strange to them as it is to us. Asani came in tonight & suggested that he should get 16 rupees a month. I suggested 5. He said No, but I don't think he'll run away. I think he would be rather loyal, & wouldn't like to lose him altho' he's not worth more than 6 rups..
Wednesday 13th. Another very fine day: no sign of rain: sun very hot, especially down at the range where I have been this afternoon. They are putting the company thro' a rough musketry course but as the work is done by three white men and the company numbers about 90, it is very little instruction that the individual gets. Individual instruction is the only way to get first class results at musketry. The shooting is pretty bad. The range is about 130 ft. & half the men get only a couple of shots on the target. Of course they have had very little musketry training, & many have fired only 15 rounds before so we can't expect much. The effect of their fire against enemy in trenches would be almost entirely moral. Seeing that fire is employed by volleys it will be even worse in action than the mere excitement will make it. From the wireless news today it doesn't look as if we will have much chance of trying the effect on the Germans. Their askaris are deserting rather freely; and their columns are said to be moving toward the coast, north of Port Amelia. All news comes here by wireless. There is a station in the next field to us. It is funny to get & to see sent the most trivial messages by wireless. There is a daily communique too which keeps us in touch with the war. We have got orders today to wait here until further orders. We had expected to move to join the battalion on Lake Nyasa in a couple of days. That is postponed for the present and we aren't sorry. This is a fine place but it makes the chance of getting caught in the rains greater than ever.
Thursday 14th. Still very hot. Thunderstorm came up from the East in the evening but passed us by. Splendid cloud effects and brilliant lightning. Have been feeling very fit these last days, and am getting keen on the work and the men. I don't want to have the same reproaches to make my self on that score as with the old No.4 Pltn. which I seldom think of without regretting that I didn't do better by them. The only thing that remains now is to do my best at the job in hand which seems rather trivial after France, but such as it is may as well be done decently. We are doing pretty well for food here. The hens are laying a few eggs, & we usually manage one a piece each morning, There are some fresh vegetables to be got from Tunduru, at the foot of the hill - pumpkin & tomatoes mainly, as well as small lemons and inferior bananas which make weighty fritters. The cook is rather poor at making bread: it is just eatable. There is a fair stock of whisky in the mess, which will be very welcome someday if it lasts. At present an occasional 'sundowner' is very pleasant &, I like to believe, good for one.
Friday 15th. Hot, some rain in the evening. The days are most uncomfortable about 3p.m. - too hot to sleep & too sleepy to read. Had a pretty easy day. I am still reading Lavengro & am wading thro' the 'Origin of Species' & trying to digest it. I am very glad that I brought it with me. Î think that no matter where I was dumped I would be able to get up enough interest to pass the time quite pleasantly with the help of it.
Saturday 16th. Had the company by myself for an hour this afternoon & enjoyed myself thoroughly.
Sunday 17th. The only parade today was a kit inspection. However I got up at the usual time and went for a short stroll before breakfast. This is the best time of the day. The sun is too low to have much heat, & everything looks fresh and green. I picked some of these blue flowers which grow along the roadside,& examined them after getting back to camp. The floral axis is branched & enclosed in a sort of bract which forms a pouch, inside which there is a lot of mucousy stuff which keeps the young buds moist. I exposed this stuff to the sun's direct rays for more than 2 hours & it has only 1/2 evaporated then altho' the plant was withered. I started a letter to Col. Macfarlane today but don't know if I will continue it. I spent the afternoon in 'meditation' and watching one of these long wasp like things with the two drooping legs make a nest of some sort in my banda. It brought in a lump of moist sand in its mouth & kneaded it into position with its jaws & forelegs- first a platform and then the walls. It tested the length every time by shoving its head into the nest & when it had made it as long as necessary, cleaned its whiskers and left. I wonder when it will come back to deposit the eggs or whatever is to go into the nest. Had a game of chess with Carter in the evening which we drew. Felt rather groggy & have taken aspirine. Temperature up slightly.
Monday 18th. Had a day off, which I spent in bed. Think I must have got a touch of the sun: I don't think it's fever.
Tuesday 19th. Moult & Carter went out this morning on a 4 days' safari to see if they can do any shooting. A big herd of elephant was reported near at hand the other day but are believed to have moved away. However they may get some fresh meat for us, which will be very welcome. Captn. Jardine & I are left: I had an easy day after 11.30a.m. I'm reading "The Origin of Species" for the first time and am getting a lot of enjoyment & instruction out of it. I'm very thankful I brought it with me. I have finished Lavengro.
Wednesday 20th. Nothing exciting today. There has been no news for several days. The K.A.R. detachments which have been doing garrison & patrol work down about the Rovuma are all concentrating here and expect then to move on to Songia. The Rhodesian Native Regt. have taken over here, & are finding the posts. I took a photo today of some German porters who arrived here in an emaciated & tattered condition after having run away from the Huns. We have a wood fire in front of the bandas in the evening and sit round for an hour or so before dinner. The nights are so balmy that the fire isn't necessary for warmth. The sky is almost cloudless, & the moon is very bright. I had a mild argument or rather discussion with Jardine after dinner on the question of the origin of man. I was very much surprised to find that he knows absolutely nothing about modern natural science. He was at Cambridge for over two years, altho' he came down before graduating - he never qualified in the matter of residence, but he is a typical 'Cambridge man' with I suppose a typical Cambridge education. Yet he evidently believes if he has ever thought about the matter, that things are created as they stand. If the object of a university educn., as Sclater said one day, is to develop a ‘many sided curiosity’, he certainly hasn't got it, because there were other things e.g. the working of the human brain, that he confessed absolute ignorance of . The proper study of mankind is man.' And yet he is no doubt a very efficient person in his own line. I don't quite see in fact what he loses by his ignorance of this particular branch unless it is a good deal of enjoyment and a certain breadth & depth of view on many things, seeing that the theory of evolution has moulded thought on so many different subjects.
Thursday 21st. Penfold, Pratby & Hosegood are going on to Songia tomorrow, & taking letters with them so I wrote today, one home, one to Louise, and to Mason Macfarlane. There is a political here, living in the 'fort'. He has the supervision of the natives. He was up here tonight. The products of this part in normal times are bees-wax, maize, rice. I don't know if the natives have any system of beekeeping or not. The Germans swept up most of the rice & the shenzis haven't been able to plant much since. P.S. The wax is got from wild bee hives.
Friday 22nd. Was wakened early this morning by the draft etc. leaving. Fired the Lewis Gun this morning but had so many stoppages that we didn't get much done. My own efforts weren't exactly exemplary. MacCunn came in today with this party from Sassaware and with a large monocle. He reminds me of Splosh. I have been thinking tonight that after the war I'll go home & take up Palaeontology seriously. No doubt this idea is partly due to the Origin of Species, but it is always the same when I'm reading scientific works so I think my bent, such as it is, must lie that way: partly it is due to home sickness. The question of utility is going into the background. I have been looking for too obvious a utility. The common man living the humdrum life must have his usefulness.
Moult & Carter returned today from their expedition. They had neither shot nor seen anything except a stinking elephant whose tusks the Political Officer has cut out & is hoping to be able to stick to.
Saturday 23rd. The gun went rather better this morning. I think I'll get a couple of presentable men out of the lot, for each gun. One of my platoon deserted today, after pinching a rifle. I don't expect we'll see him again. The bush is a sure refuge. I sent a cable home today saying I am well. They should have it by about Tuesday. I hope they understand my slang.
The weather is still very warm, and almost too hot for parade at 3.30. There are a lot of clouds about tho' & a good deal of lightning at nights. The moon is very bright and the sky at night heaped with white cumulus clouds.
It is a triumph of cvilization to be in communicn. with home from the middle of Africa, in a few hours time. It is wonderful that "Cairnie Thurso" should be sufficient address: it is also good from an economical point of view.
Sunday 24th. I have had a very pleasant day. I wonder if it has been profitable at all: it is so easy to lie and let your mind wander as it likes over memories grave & gay & I am rather prone to doing it. We have had an absolutely free day & I have scarcely been across the door. I had no book that quite suited my mood. I felt in a perfect Sunday morning mood. I tried to rake up an old Testament but failed. I read about half of 1st. Corinthians, which was probably too much. I have started at the beginning of the 'Origin of Species' again, having read the parts that chiefly interested me. There's a lot I don't understand & far more that I haven't digested.
Cairncross came back from Undi’s today. It is 3 days good trek from here, on the Rovuma & seems to be very low, depressing & unhealthy. The natives are badly off for food, the seed which they have got from the government not having borne fruit yet.
Hindenburg is to be in Paris by 1st. April.
Monday 25th. There is a lot of thunder about tonight & the sky promises a lot of rain. There is no news yet of us going.
Tuesday 26th. Clouds heavy in the sky today: they seem to be gathering for rain. This evening orders came to pack off to Songia at once, so I understand we are leaving tomorrow morning. I am sorry to be leaving this place as we are both comfortable & happy and I don't expect we will move much further than Songia until the rains are over. The main factor in any position in life, geographical or otherwise, is the mental one. Heaven is within us.
Captain M. of the Rhodesian Native Regt. takes over command here. He is a type almost new to me but maybe the outcome of a life spent among an inferior race. He has a sledge hammer way of arguing, starting with "Of course, you know damn all about it" He has been in the police service in Southern Rhodesia for a good few years & has a lot of interesting stories.
The fly affair (hornet?) which I mentioned on the 17th. has been busy in my banda every day since, adding cell after cell & closing them up. I saw it one day evidently laying an egg in one. I broke open one cell tonight & found in it besides a small sort of maggot, a lot of dead or comatose spiders, evidently put there for feeding the young hornet.
Wednesday 27th. Moved out of Tunduru at 10a.m. Porters rather scarce & we had to squeeze well to make them go round. Pretty hot walking. . Had great difficulty in getting the donkeys along: they absolutely refused at some bamboo bridges & getting them thro' the water wasn't much easier. The road lay along a series gradual slopes & rapid descents into stream beds. Pebbles of coarse quartz grit same as I got at Mingoyo strewn all over the ground. Had to wait a long time for grub after we got into camp at 2p.m. Had it in the open air. Developed a temp. of 102 degrees in the evening so am just turning in.
Thursday 28th. Had a pretty rotten night with the aspirin I took. The road was very varied today: up & down the whole way & I saw several good exposures of a pebbly grit, which is evidently the main surface rock of the district. I didn't have a close look at the rock because I rode a donkey all the way. Carter has four donkeys & gave me one for the day. We had a lot of trouble with the others as their loads were always coming off, usually slipping forward on the steep declines or sideways when they trotted. The only thing is to keep them at the walk. I thought of R.L.S. & his ‘troubles with a donkey’.
We had breakfast under the greenwood tree, & I felt quite fit for it. However by the time I got to the village where we had lunch I began to feel seedy. We halted in the town hall & spread our beds. There was a congregation reciting the Koran in a high monotone in a hut not far away. We moved on later a few hundred yards & made camp. My temp. is higher than last night.
Friday 1st. A pretty long march today, about 17 miles but I managed it without taking to the donkeys. We rose a good deal on the day's journey, so that we were a good few hundred feet up at night. The road consists of an interminable number of up & downs, which are very tiring. We had breakfast about 8a.m. & lunch at noon in a deserted shenzi village. A lot of the native huts in this part are built on bamboo piles so that the living room, which is reached by a ladder is about ten or twelve feet off the ground. It is probably to guard against wild animals. There are more signs of native population hereabouts than anywhere I have been, & a lot of maize growing, but even here the people had all left their village & crops, - why I don't know. The last stage was a good two hours march to Mgwali's & we thought we were never going to arrive. The swamp just before reaching camp was fortunately fairly dry. We got in about 5p.m. I am practically recovered from the fever or whatever I had, but am thoroughly tired.
Saturday [2nd.] Today's march was a good 18 miles - from Mgwali's to Cliffs' Camp. We have been climbing slowly nearly all day & have landed in a nicely situated camp on the edge of a cliff which overlooks a great basin in the plateau. It hasn't been quite so hot today, as there have been a few clouds about. The bush is getting pretty thin, especially on the high ground which the path sticks to like a leech. The conformation of the ground is very peculiar. The path runs along ridges which fall away rapidly on both sides, - they have almost been eaten thro' by the heads of the streams. The rock is everywhere that coarse pebbly grit, more often red than not, & containing pebbles of quartz & shist.
Sunday 3rd. Today we have done a little over 17 miles but it didn't seem so long as yesterday as we did nearly 3 hours before stopping for breakfast. 'Chop' halt s are a matter of water: there's no good trying to cook where there's no water. Also the road today was fairly level - very few ups & downs. We are still rising & still on the pebbly grit. There are a few ranges of hills visible but it isn't often we can get a decent view even tho' we are so high up. The men are pretty tired & so am I - quite stiff. Jardine has had a bad leg for several days. Not very much sickness among the men. This should be pretty healthy country being so high up, but very dry in the dry season. We saw no signs of natives today. We are in Prior's Camp now. The water isn't very good. Carter, Cairncross & I are in one banda. Have just had a hot bath.
Monday 4th. Rather cold during the night & this morning when I went out the porters were huddled over the embers of last night's fire. There was a heavy mist which wasn't thoroughly dissipated until after 9a.m. I rode a donkey most of the morning as I am feeling rather tired. The path is on the whole still rising, and we had several extensive views both to North & South, of endless valleys and ridges all thickly bushed with the exception occasionally of grassy valley bottoms. A large 'tripartite' hill to the South looks rather like Donery, - flat topped. We had breakfast about 9.30 at a small stream where the water wasn't too good. We had some difficulty in persuading the donkeys across it. We got into camp here about 2p.m. after rather a wearisome march - mainly because we expected to get in sooner. I have had a good rest this afternoon & hope to be all right for foot-slogging it tomorrow. Today's march was 17 miles. We are rather troubled here with horse-flies & ticks.
Tuesday 5th. Heavy rain soon after leaving camp & we got wet about the legs: ground swampy in places. It cleared up after an hour & we had breakfast in comfort. We have come into fairly hilly country now: the latter part of the road was of the nature of a switch back, We are camped now at the foot of a long decline, with a stream just below us & hills rising on all sides. I think from the configuration of the hills & the fragments of quartz & schist lying about that we have got into the schistose country again. I am feeling very comfortable after a short sleep & a bath.
Wednesday 6th. We passed thro' fairly hilly country today, with many villages, some of them deserted but mostly inhabited. The houses are clustered irregularly among the maize fields, & the path winds round & between them in a most inconsequent manner. The villages stand in clearings which have usually been made by destroying the trees with fire - killing them so that they stand bare & leafless in the maize fields. The natives cultivate pumpkins, tomatoes, cucumber & these small tomatoes. The country here is well watered, at least just now, & probably always has a good supply. We were continually going down into steep valleys crossing shaky bamboo bridges & clambering up the other side. We had an open view several times and got glimpses of high hills on all sides. We are now among schistose rocks again & there is a tremendous lot of quartz about. We got into camp about 12.30p.m. and are having a good slack. The camp is nicely situated on rising ground below the last range which separates us from Songia. We should be there by noon tomorrow. I hope there is a mail for me.
Thursday 7th. We had a pleasant march most of the way today altho' we were later in getting into Songia than we expected. The road was very stiff where it crosses the range of hills & must have been killing work for the porters. We halted on the top and had a very wide view over the country we have been traversing for the last two days. Then we crossed the watershed & saw the hills stretching away to the west towards Lake Nyassa - which of course was invisible, and to the north the flatter ground on which Songia stands. We got in here at 12.30. Songia boma stands on a low swelling piece of ground and is separated from our camp by a shallow valley. We found on arriving that no bandas were ready for us or the men & had to bivouack. To add to the general atmosphere of cheerfulness it began to rain very heavily. We were invited into No.2 Coy. Mess where we had a good lunch, with green peas & most splendid bread. The rain has gone off now & things have dried up a bit. Brown I found just recovering from a bad bout of fever. There is no mail here but eight bags are expected tomorrow. Surely there will be something in it for me.
Friday 8th. A day of rest for us, but beyond being allowed to lie in bed till 8a.m.there wasn't much rest about it. The remainder of the day we spent laying out the new company lines. We have also marked out a mess banda and huts for ourselves. The mail has come & been distributed and not a scrape of any sort for me. I don't understand it: but some of the officers had letters today which were written almost a year ago. In the face of that I can't grouse. There are different rumours as to what we are to do. The general belief seems to be that we are going down to Zomba & Blantyre to do garrison duty, with a possibility of Palestine or Mesopot. In that case, everyone is agreed, it will be for the lines of communicn. as the askaris wouldn't stand shellfire.
We have had one or two sharp showers today & heavy thunderclouds have been passing at intervals. We have a splendid view over the plains to the S.W. and away to ridges of hills which rise behind each other as far as you can see.
Saturday 9th. The building of the bandas which was carried on today was interrupted a good deal by rain. It is raining very heavily just now, so I am taking the opportunity to write up my diary.
As regards the geology of the ground we have passed over, I think, broadly, it consists of a basis of metamorphic rocks - biotite schist, augen-gneiss etc, into which there have been intruded batholiths of granite - e.g. round Massassi & probably in this part too. On top of these metamorphic rocks have been laid down coarse sandstone & grits usually rich in iron, and occasionally hard quartzose sandstones. The whole has then been elevated to form a plateau which slopes up gradually from the coast. I think the sandstone I found at Mingoyo is part & parcel of the same deposits as I got between here and Tunduru. They are about identical lithologically. The big elevated reef behind Lindi shows that there has been a good deal of elevation recently I think, as it isn't much eroded. Perhaps elevation is still going on. I have seen practically no trace of any minerals of commercial value but I have been able only to look at chips on the road. I never had enough energy to leave camp on a geologising expedition.
We are about 5000 ft. above sea level here. The last part of the safari on the 7th. was over some pretty hilly ground, especially at one point where the climb was nearly vertical. Looking back there is little trace of hills in that direction so we must be in a sort of elevated basin here. The night s are pretty cold. We are just about the same altitude and longtitude as Nairobi. Still, it doesn't seem to be very healthy. There is a good deal of blackwater fever about. A good number of the officers have been down with ordinary fever. It seems that once you get fever into your system it only requires a chill to bring it out, so that you can get it without being bitten by a mosquito at a recent date. I don't know how long the 'poison' is potent but I should think there must be a limit.
Sunday 10th. had breakfast in bed this morning and didn't get up until 10.30. I usually feel lackadaisacal after lying in that way & have done so today, & had to fight against the constitutional melancholy. I wrote home today but found nothing much to say. I have been made Mess President for the month as Moult has resigned. I know I'll be no good at the job but as usual I am very keen to begin with. One thing I do aim at is punctuality because I can't stand waiting for my own food & for that reason alone am not sorry to have control of the kitchen for a short time. There is a fair variety of vegetables to be got here if one takes the trouble to hunt for them. Carter & I had dinner last night with the M.G. company. The menu was - vegetable soup; roast fowl, tomatoes, onions, cabbage, baked beans & potatoes: pancakes & jam: strawberries & ideal milk: pineapple: coffee & very good white flour bread. The ration bread here is very good indeed. It is much whiter than what we were getting at home when I left.
Monday 11th. We did a couple of parades today. The battalion is going strong on drill just now: the pace is very hot - about 150 to the minute. The rest of the day we spent on the bandas. The Mess is going to be rather a toney affair: we bricked in the floor today and made some chairs our of motor-spirit boxes, The hen house is finished too, & the hens safely housed in it. Not having wire-netting, a trellis work of thin bamboos has had to take its place & answers the purpose very well.
Tuesday 12th. Parades same as yesterday. The company is really very bad at drill. I have started arm-drill by numbers: it wants some ‘getting down to’. The men are a very poor lot, without soldierly bearing or instincts and it will take a lot of work to instil them. To begin with, we have no really first class N.C.O.s & all the junior ones are practically useless. There is some talk of us going to Palestine but I see no prospects of doing any good there as long as we are in the present state. The other companies may be better off.
I ‘flitted’ into my new banda today. It is very small, but cosy: from my seat at the table I can see across to the hills and all the intervening ground. The view runs to the hazy blue distance. Vivid blue flashes of lightning are flickering behind the dark clouds over the hills just now. We have been experimenting with a new cook today, & I think he will be a great improvement. He has produced some new dishes anyway so we intend taking him on. We have also taken on a mess boy whose sole duty is to look after the mess things & overlook the other boys in their work so far as it affects the mess.
Wednesday 13th. We have had some rain again today, and it promises to be a stormy night. There is a good deal of thunder & lightning about and the wind is rising.
There seems to be some truth in the rumour that the battalion is going to another 'theatre' because an officer is being sent down to Lindi to move all the kit that was left there up to Kilindini. The Company guard was furnished by my platoon today and was 'returned dirty' because the men were unshaved. There is only one blunt razor in the company so that shaving is rather a difficult matter. The company paraded by tribes today, to get a tribal return. The strongest tribes are Nandi, Kavirondo,& Buganda. This company used to be entirely composed of Nandi but there aren't very many left. They are rather a poor heartless lot, with the peculiarity of enlarged ear lobes, like the Kikuyus, which they twist up over the rest of the ear to be out of harm's way. I am beginning to be able to tell a few of the tribes at sight. The Kavirondos are the easiest as they are easily the ugliest. The Bugandas are fairly conspicuous too with their redder skin & protruding chin.
I paid off the old cook today: and sent my orderly & the mess boy Brahmin on a three days search for vegetables.
Thursday 14th. I had rather a disappointment today when I found Asani had pinched some curry powder from my box & then denied it. He was forced to admit it later and said he had been afraid to tell me the truth. He had the wind up pretty badly but I think it was mainly from fear of the kiboko & not shame. I have seen very little of him today. I was getting very fond of him too & thought he was quite honest but I suppose most of them pinch things. He has promised to behave better in the future. We are finding it difficult to live on our rations here - it's giving me something to think about, trying to make ends meet. Subalterns parade this afternoon under the Adjutant, sweating about on the parade ground for a solid hour.
We haven't got properly settled down in our new lines yet & I can't compose myself to write letters. There are always some small things to be done. The cheroni isn't finished yet, & the finishing touches have to be put to the mess still.
Friday 15th. Have been pretty busy today & had no time for reading of any sort. We have been trying to get the lines in order, mainly digging trenches thro' the lines to drain any rain away. It is very difficult to get the men to cut a straight edge even where it is marked out for them; it is the same at drill, - they can't march straight. Dugmore arrived today. It took him 2 months to get here from Nairobi, round by Zomba. He brought a great lot of grub and drink with him, all of which is very welcome because we can barely live on our rations here. The mess has taken over all the stuff. Dugmore seems to have had a varied career. His home now is in South Africa where he has been ostrich farming & poultry keeping, & has done some months on the diamond fields. He spoke of a deep bore well they put down thro' dolerite, shale, diorite & clay & got a good supply of water which rose & fell several feet at exactly the same time as the tide at Cape Town. He was on the Karoo at the time I believe. Cape Town geologists who were interested put it down to the existence of a very large subterranean lake which is affected by the moon. I wonder if this is likely. The tide in any known lake isn't very much: how would sieches[?] bear on the question? I wonder whether deep bore wells usually show a similar var’n? The moon must have some effect on the water table because it has a slight effect on the sold ground.
It looks as if there were going to be trouble between the Portuguese & us. They resent our incursion into their colony & are evidently afraid of our intentions, as Beira especially would be very useful. When Dugmore landed at Beira with his draft he had to hand over all his arms & ammunition without a receipt. There have been several collisions between British officers & N.C.O.’s & the Portuguese police, & our people haven't always come off best.
There has been a very bad cyclone along the coast of Portuguese East & a lot of vessels were wrecked. One small steamer coming from Beira to Chinde with home mails, disappeared entirely. I expect that explains how I've had none since Xmas.
Saturday 16th. early morning parade only today. After that the C.O.'s inspection of the lines for which there was a lot of sweeping up, & then the C.O. didn't come after all. I got hold of a few N.F. stamps today, which should soon be rather valuable as their number is limited. Northey himself is said to have bought most of them up himself so that he has a small corner in them. The 4d. stamps are already selling in London at £1 & 5/- is being offered for the 1d. I have 5 threepenny ones but will probably manage to get some more. We were very busy all evening getting the dinner ready for tonight. We had rather a good menu - hors d'oeuvres(bully & olives on toast); giblet soup; roast chicken; roast potatoes, breadcrumbs, bread sauce, pumpkin & tinned peas; mince cutlets with potatoes & beans; tinned pears & peaches, ideal milk; pancakes, limes & sugar; coffee; & about a dozen different kinds of wines. The worst of it was that I had to go to No. 4 Coy. , being invited there for dinner. I was glad in a way to get away from the job of seeing the stuff onto the table, and had a nice quiet evening, instead of being a wet blanket in an uproarious one.
Sunday 17th. It was a very uproarious night too. Not being one of the party I was able to retire to my banda when I wanted, but not to sleep, for the noise. I am orderly officer today but there is nothing much to do except to rise before 7.30a.m. while every other body sleeps in till 10 or 11a.m. There are no parades of any sort on Sunday, except Tamam[?] and Guard mounting, both of which are taken by the Orderly Officer. It was the first time I had addressed a battalion but it was only to dismiss it. The guard mounting is rather a stunt of the adjutant's; he has all the men who are checked one morning, parade the following but one, & every succeeding morning until passed clean & fit to appear by himself. His standard is ridiculous as it is applied to absolute unessentials, & he misses the necessary things entirely. Having the job of inspecting the guard I was able to liberate most of the defaulters. There were several sharp showers this forenoon but nothing much. We haven't had any rain for several days.
Monday [18th.] Had instruction today in the Barr & Stroud. Don't think it would be of much use in this country, as the field of view is usually very short. We are still on squad & company drill this week. I don't see much improvement coming. Company drill today was pretty hopeless; it is impossible to get the guides to march even in an approximately straight line & some of them know next to nothing about drill. It is the N.C.O.s we will need to take in hand. We got four new ones, who may be some improvement. The C.S.M. - Ajab Sidu Salmi has been returned to Bombo. He is under suspicion of witchcraft but whether that is the cause of his removal or not, I don't know. It seems that witchcraft is still strong enough to cause the death of men, no doubt due to self-hypnotisation. Capt. Morgan was at dinner tonight (not the adjutant). Feeling slightly off colour - like the preliminary symptoms of fever.
Tuesday 19th. Some thunder about today, but not much rain. Bartered a few handfuls of salt for a basket of potatoes and some mangoes. We are getting any amount of vegetables here & living like fighting cocks. The cook is a great acquisition and turns things our very well and punctually.
Wednesday 20th. Beginning to lose my rag with the platoon: must watch myself. I think they try hard enough but can't take it in. I think there is perhaps a slight improvement in handling of arms. There has been quite a cold wind today, but it has fallen now that evening has come.
Thursday 21st. The usual parades today. The company hasn't got together yet at all. The company drill today was appalling & will always be so until correct commands are given. I think we are the worst in the battalion, but on the other hand we have the happiest mess - no rows or unpleasantness in it. I have started reading Huxley's essays which Dugmore has lent me. He has some good books with him. We had a heavy thunderstorm tonight but only got the fringe of it. It passed along the hills in front. The lightning was very vivid. It is raining now & the mess isn't quite watertight. My banda fortunately is, thanks to a second lot of grass which I had put on top. Dugmore tells me that in his native town certain houses which stand on a dolerite reef were frequently struck by lightning: also that at Embamba bay on lake Nyasa, where there is a lot of dolerite, there are frequently casualties from lightning. He supposes it to be due to the iron in the rock.
Friday 22nd. Nothing new today. Drill worse if anything. A good deal of rain this evening and still spitting: fortunately it interrupted our evening parade. Had a humbugging paper on F.S. Regs. to do this evening.
Saturday 23rd. Colonel inspected our lines today & said they were the best in the battalion. That they are so is mainly due to Jardine's energy and fund of ideas, but we all take a little credit to ourselves. Dugmore & Carter went off this forenoon on a two days' safari for game. It has been raining practically ever since they left but now (9.30p.m.) the moon has come thro' & it is a fair night. Capt. Morgan (No. 2 Coy.) & Dodds have been in to dinner tonight, & are still there playing bridge with Jardine & Moult: consequently I have been able to retire.
An order was published today that no more applications for transfer to home units or to other corps would be entertained, & that officers wd. probably be required to serve for 6 months after declaration of a general peace.
Sunday 24th. I have been orderly officer again today but have had a pleasant day for all that. I rather like having to be up about 7a.m. & to be prevented from 'hogging' all morning in bed. I read some of Emerson's Essays today - on 'Character', & 'Books' and enjoyed them far more than I had expected. I tried to read them once long ago before I was ready for them, & that I believe is the reason I never tried them since. His three rules for reading are:-1. Never read a book that is not a year old: 2. Never read any but famed books: 3. Never read any but what you like. I think the last rule is the most sensible: apply it to boys & it includes all the books of adventure that Bill MacLaren used to refuse us: it also brings in penny dreadfuls. It isn't an absolutely correct rule tho' because it doesn't allow for the correction of bad taste.
I meant to do some writing this evening but as usual things came in the way. Carter & Dugmore came back just after tea without any bag, but having seen lion & eland? spoor and had a shot at a water buck..
We are very happy here and I am keen on the work. The feeling of depression which used to humbug me has practically disappeared.
Monday 25th. I had a day in bed today, having strained a tendon or something in my ankle. Consequently I read a good deal and wrote a couple of letters. I wonder whether Huxley's criticism of Darwin's theory has been answered yet or not - that altho' you can match most phenomena of nature by selective breeding you can't - or at least haven't yet done it - produce two forms from the same stock who will be sterile or whose hybrids will be sterile.
There was a heavy thunderstorm this afternoon, lasting for a full couple of hours & with a lot of rain. There is no word now of us moving. It is rumoured that the battalions with which we were to have been brigaded for Palestine have gone into Portuguese East Africa after von Lettow. If that is true we may be here for some time.
Tuesday 26th. Have had another day off & spent most of it reading. News arrived tonight of the big German offensive in France. "The 51st. Div. made a most gallant fight near Bapaume-Cambrai road against repeated attacks." We are all very anxious about the result but feel confident we will pull thro' all right. I wonder how the 5th. fared and whether David was in it, but it's no use speculating.
Wednesday [27th.] There was a short Reuters tonight: news so far good. I don't believe it does any good to pray for the safety of individuals, but we can pray that they be given courage, endurance & faith. The strain that must be on parents & wifes must be tremendous. I didn't appreciate it until now.
I did parades today: we are doing musketry now, but there is no apparatus. There is no local news, nor any new rumours as to moving. The Colonel has a scheme for sending an officer with about 15 men out into the bush for ten days or so at a time, so as to give us practice. Young set off today. This doesn't look like an early shift. The C.O. is busy making a map of the district & I suppose intends using these officers' road reports. We have been trying to buy hens & eggs but altho' we sent several parties in different directions, laden with salt, they have so far come back empty handed. Either there are no hens about, or the natives won't part with them.
Thursday 28th. David's birthday: wonder how he is spending it. There is very little news today - mostly of a bombastic tone, & nothing very definite in it.
A good deal of thunder & lightning tonight. We have a storm of some sort nearly every day but it seldom lasts more than a couple of hours. The rain is not exceptionally heavy.
Friday 29th. No. 2 Coy. left for Tunduru this forenoon, presumably to relieve the Rhodesians: so it seems that we are to be here for some time. I am glad it isn't No.3 who have to go back: the rivers & marshes will be much worse now, and there is almost a certainty of rain every day. We had more thunder & lightning today. Every morning there is a thick bank of mist in the valley beyond Songia, out of which the tops of the lower hills just emerge. As the morning wears on the mist slowly rises, in a level sheet. There isn't enough wind to dissipate it. There are to be no more parades, from 11a.m. this morning until 7a.m. Monday - this being Easter week-end. There has been little news today, but what there was, was good. The German offensive has begun to slacken, & they haven't managed to drive their wedge in between us & the French, which seems to have been their idea.
Saturday 30th. The Germans have got back from us all the ground we gained since July 1916 in the Somme district. Our line is still intact. The Huns are said to be losing very heavily: we must be doing so too. It is queer to think of the old familiar places round about Albert over-run once more by the Huns: Amiens will be wondering if there is to be a second occupation & will know that it won't be such a peaceful one this time. Irma will be anxious about her cottage & Gabrielle about her estaminet. And meanwhile I am here absolutely out of it, as much as if I had a job in the War Office at home. If they are to do away with all exemptions at home, Bob will likely be called up soon, if he hasn't been already. It struck me today, when thinking how I was out of it here, that he has given up more than any of us - first his business and then the army, & without making any song about it. If he goes, Bessie will have to stay at home, or else shut the shop for the time being. In any case it must be a very anxious time, & I am helpless to do any good. However I feel that whatever happens will be for the best. The more we suffer, the more good will we get in return.
I haven't put in a very useful day today, being too unsettled. It is very difficult to write - even home. Things must be in such a different condition by the time a letter reaches there. I walked this forenoon to the top of a small hill north of the camp & had a very fine view. The plateau on which Songia stands stretches very level away to the N. & NNE. To the N.W. & W. it is bounded by line after line of hills more or less rocky, the Southern end I believe of the Livingstone Mountains. The hill I was on is composed of gneiss, with acid veins running along the foliation planes.
I had the interesting experience of being stung by a bee, on the roof of my mouth - fortunately high up, so that tho' I had the wind up for a bit, it didn't swell much. We are rather humbugged by bees in the Mess just now: they come in after the sugar, dates & raisins.
Sunday 31st. I didn't get up until noon today, but read in bed. It is rather comfortless when the wind is from the S.W. & blowing straight into our bandas. I tried to write some letters in the afternoon but with very little success. Everything here seems so trivial in the face of what is going on in France. There hasn't been very much news today: the Anglo-French reserves are expected to put in an appearance soon & it is only to be hoped that they will be able to relieve the pressure.
There was a big Ngoma in the lines tonight. The Acholi and Kavirondo each had a dance going for hours, to the accompaniment of a couple of tom-toms. The dances are not pretty. The performers move slowly round in a circle clapping their hands or beating tin cans, & stamping their feet in perfect rhythm, singing a sort of chant at the same time and making stiff & rather wonderful movements with their shoulders & trunks. The Kavirondo dance was much more vigorous than the other, more of a war dance it seemed seeing the men in this barbarous state, rushing about with sticks, & bayonets & pangas made me wonder that we ever get them to stand steady on parade at all. The African mind is a strange thing & not easily known.
Monday 1st. Orderly officer today. Very cloudy & a lot of drizzly rain: coldish. Got very little reading done today, between going the rounds, and bricking in the entrance to my hut. Jardine got rid of Issa, who has been doing mess boy for a week or two. He didn't like his face, so he sent him away at a moment's notice. It is characteristic of him to make decisions quickly & do the thing at once. We very seldom see the C.O. He was down watching us drill this afternoon. As a rule he is reading, or drawing maps in his banda. He has regular student shoulders, & is a bit of a recluse. MacCunn went to hospital yesterday with jaundice which is a common concomitant of fever, so I may expect it if I get badly laid up. Dugmore is in bed again tonight with fever.
Tuesday 2nd. I sent in application for increase of pay today: having been commissioned 3 years I am entitled to an extra £25 a year. There was a lecture today by the adjutant on company drill. Most of the Chelsea stunts are to be washed out which is perhaps just as well. It is difficult to get uniformity. I am taking the N.C.O.s in "fire orders" but find it difficult to get them to understand the finger-breadth method. They say they understand it all right & then go and make the most hopeless mistakes. Asani has burnt his arm: the new skin is which is coming on is pinky, with large black spots - the pigment glands probably. He says that inside the black skin is a white one. He is black because "it's an order of God". I asked him about God. His idea seems to be that God is up above, & has a hot body (the sun?). He was rather under the impression that He is black. He is the same person as "Shaitani": he sends the rain to make things grow. He doesn't know any way of propitiating Him - if rain doesn't come for instance.
Wednesday 3rd. Off colour today, but don't know whether it is fever, the sun, or just a chill. Shivering, sore head & body. Had to take to bed after lunch & by taking a lot of aspirin had a good sweat. C.O. sent for me in the forenoon. He wants me to go out on patrol tomorrow to the Rovuma, at Makalogi, & beyond. Hope I'm all right by tomorrow morning, as this is just the sort of thing I'm wanting.
Thursday 4th. Very much better today, & would have been fit to go, but the C.O. has given me two days to get quite better. Quite deaf with the quinine I have taken, & my eyes are bad too: must have taken too much.
Have written to a firm in Johannesburg - J.C. Juta - for some books & have sent them a cheque for 20 rupees. I have asked for fairly heavy stuff, as I find that I don't want to read light novels here. Whether it is just a passing mood or not I'm not quite sure.
Friday 5th. Have done very little today. Rheumatic pains in arms, legs & back which I thought were perhaps the symptoms of another attack of fever but I understand how that they often follow it. Cairncross is down with fever again. Brown is going out to build some bridges on the Lindi road tomorrow, so I may have his company for a part of the road. I have just been getting a few things ready , written the kids at Crossgates & sent the 3rd. film to Nairobi.
Saturday 6th. After a lot of running about, I got away from camp about 3p.m. with my safari of 17 askaris & 40 porters. There was a good deal to be thought about but I am always slow at a thing like that. I get obsessed by details & can never do things in the right order. Also I try to do everything & go everywhere myself instead of sending chits & making other people do it. I have twenty days rations and enough calico to do 5 days more. That should see me thro', the C.O. says. I have a guide for the first part of the road. He is armed with a nasty looking spear & is not unpicturesque: he tried a short cut & nearly lost himself in the first mile. I am going to have no more of them. We halted about 5.30 at a good stream & made camp. I have had a grass hut built & intend doing so every day as it is worth the trouble if it keeps me fit: besides, the trouble isn't mine. I have left Asami behind as his feet aren't very good & he gets tired easily. I have 17 chosen men from the Coy. But whether they are well chosen or not remains to be seen. Willie is doing my cooking for me. I have just had a bully beef dinner & feel replete enough, but I can see that rations are going to be a bit of a problem - mine at least. It will depend on what I can get from the country but as regards jam & milk I will need to go very cannily.
Sunday 7th. I didn't know till just now that this is Sunday. We got away shortly after 6a.m. & didn't get into camp until 10, altho' we didn't come far. We are sleeping tonight in the same camp as on the 6th, March . I interviewed three of the headmen here which is part of my job, questioned them as to the crops etc. & arranged for destroying them or hiding the grain that has been brought in, in the case of the Huns coming north again. It is most unlikely that they will come, at least in this direction. There isn't a great amount of food at the present time, but the maize is about half of it ready: there is plenty pumpkins and tomatoes. No goats or fowls at all. Also nearly all the able bodied men have been taken for porters so that the women & the old men alone are left. The weather has been fine today - rather misty & cold early in the forenoon, but later just warm enough to be nice. Handasyde & Grant came into camp in the evening, en route for Tunduru. I managed to increase my milk & jam supply by one tin of each. Funny that Grant should know Mary Cairns & Handasyde - Connie Walker!
Monday 8th. Have had a very long day. Started before 6a.m. & followed a track thro' the Mkokomo Mts. to Mlimamo where we are sleeping tonight. After five hours and a half on the road I had to stop & let the men feed & feed myself too. Another couple of hours brought us here. The porters were very slow but the track is bad & as a rule could go only in single file. That meant losing double time at all obstacles. Raining very frequently, & Scotch mist on the higher parts. Had just got my banda made when the rain set in & it looks like a night of it. Afraid we'll have more sick tomorrow: only 3 porters bad so far. Not much food to be had here altho' for our needs there are plenty. Bought 1 1/2 doz eggs & got some Mohindi & pumpkin for the men.
Tuesday 9th. Left Mlimamo shortly before 7a.m. It was a night of rain & I don't think either the porters or the askaris got much sleep which considering the heavy day they had, was rather unfortunate. We got to the Likonde after an hour's march & found it up & still rising. The bridge had been half washed away and it was only with the greatest difficulty that we got the porters & loads across. The water was 8 - 10 feet deep & a muddy bottom. We had to extemporise a bridge of sorts with bamboos & trees but even this platform was often waist deep below the surface & had to be sorted several times. Thanks to the energy of two of the corporals & some Kavirondos I had with me, we got everything over safely & with only a ducking for two or three porters. It took us 4 hours to get everything over. Standing that long in wet clothes, plashing feet & a steady drizzle nearly the whole time can't have done any of us any good. There are seven porters sick today altho' they hadn't a heavy day as they sat and watched the askaris do all the work. After everything was across I went on ahead with the guide, in my shirt tails with my shorts hanging out behind on a stick to dry. We got to Ligera after 2 1/2 hours marching - about 2.30. It seems rather a populous place - perhaps 40 men, & a good many shambas. I got enough Mohindi (maize), beans & pumpkin off the chief to feed all the men for 3 yards of calico. Later on he brought in a fine big water melon for me. The kids are running about already in the white cloth & looking quite clean: it hides their grotesque stomachs anyway. It has cleared up this evening for a good thing altho' everybody is safely housed, & I have been able to get my bedding & clothes dried.
Wednesday 10th. From Ligera to Msamo's today - about 12 miles. Not bad going until we got into the valley of the Lukimwa which is flat & swampy. There are three villages within about 3 miles. Good deal of Mohindi & Matawa. I was able to feed the men pretty well on 6 yards of cloth, & got some native tobacco for them at the same time. I am very glad that the country isn't going to be laid waste as it would mean chaos for these poor people for this year & next. There was a good deal of rain in the forenoon but dried up nicely later on. Good camp just outside of shambas.
Thursday 11th. Had a very short march today - not much over 10 miles from Msamo's to Mwangata's. We would have gone further but have had to wait until we can get a canoe built to take us over the Lukimwa. The Jumbe Chikwawa has sent along some of his men to do the job but they were late in arriving. The shambas don't seem very flourishing here, & the people rather poor. I saw a man today with bark clothing. They take the bark of the tree & put it in the river & beat & twist it until it gets soft & pliable. He says it will only last three days in the bush. Mwangata himself is a smith & we found him making spear heads. They get the iron from spades or hoes & fashion it into spears. He can make one a day, & sell it for a rupee. He has rather a cute idea for bellows. There is a mixture of Ungonis & Yaos in the Lukimwa & Nyamahoca valleys. The latter seem to be rather backward & cultivate practically Mohindi only. Chikwawa is an alert little man in white shirt, khaki tunic & sun helmet. He seemed rather upset about his men being late. My guide is a good chap & plies the Bwana mkubwa stunt very consistently. We had had practically no rain today.
Friday 12th. Crossed the Lukimwa by canoe this morning: took us nearly 2 hours. Not so bad as the Likonde, anyway. Track very difficult to follow, & even Mwangata himself who was guiding us was occasionally in difficulties. Plenty elephant & game spoors. Didn't get a shot. Had breakfast 1p.m. at a small stream & pushed on for another 1 1/2 hours. Made camp in the bush: no water but had brought enough for a wash & dinner.
Saturday 13th. Arrived Halifa's this forenoon. Busy writing up reports for Songia. Also arranging for crossing Rovuma tomorrow. Took a photo of Mwangata making fire with two pieces of stick.. Also one of Halifa & his minions bartering vegetables for cloth.
Sunday 14th. We got safely across the Rovuma this morning. It is about 100 ft. wide at Halifa's & a fair current running. We got over in a couple of bark canoes, which are perfectly safe & not the flimsy things I had expected. They are made rather uncouthly out of one long piece of bark, kept apart by bamboos & pegged at each end. There is no path leading up from this side to the main road to Makalogi so we have been making our way thro' the bush most of the morning - rather warm & tiring work, altho' the bush is mostly very open, and quite like an English park in places. There have been plenty traces of game and I had a shot coming along at a barapi, whatever that is. It had a pair of very fine horns. I hit it the first shot & had 4 rounds rapid as it crossed our front but didn't stop it. After getting into camp I went out with the guide but with no luck. I have sent a couple of ascaris down to Bwana Issa's on the N. side of Rovuma to arrange for a canoe to take us back. I believe it will take us 5 days to get to Makalogi's. I'll have to wait there at least 6 days & have only 11 days rations, so must supplement them somehow. Halifa's people have been on the river now for 6 years & haven't learnt to catch fish yet., altho' he says there are plenty in it. They are living at present on dry maize, crushing enough just for their daily wants. They have very little else: their diet must be very circumscribed. Halifa himself has some skin trouble for which I gave him some Potass. Permang., Iodoform & Boracic lint, with copious instructions. He seems rather a decent person altho' not above begging for salt. He first of all brought me a water—lemon on & then some tomatoes: I didn't see what he was on for.
It is a perfect night tonight. I have a big fire going. The moon is in the first quarter, not a cloud in the sky. I am enjoying being by myself very much.
Monday 15th. Marched for 5 1/2 hours today thro' very dry country: a few water holes at first & plenty signs of game: later, all water courses, dried up, vegetation rather thorny, but a few palms amongst it, & few traces of game except elephant: earlier in the morning we saw spoor of lion, & leopard as well as different kinds of small game & hartebeest. I was very glad to get into camp, & so were the porters, the roughness of the path being bad on their feet. The boy who is guiding us doesn't no[sic] much about the place, but we are on a cut road so will have no difficulty. Weather still very good: very warm in the middle of the day.
Tuesday 16th. We crossed the Lutambila R. an hour out of camp this morning. There is about 9 inches of water in it, & all the other streambeds were dry until we came near the Legolongo Hills. I shot a dik-dik on the way along. He was standing on the top of a rock, watching us. I thought I missed him but on going up we found some hairs, & about 30 yards away traces of blood. It wasn't easy tracking her as the foot prints are very faint. We came on her after about half an hour & a second shot laid her out. The Nubian corporal immediately dashed up & cut her throat, according to custom. We got to Malakita's village at 12.30. It isn't a very big place & most of the men are away as porters. They cultivate maize only & it's ready now: they are planting a second crop. Some of the magnates of the place turned out in full paraphernalia, one of them in a Hussar's dress tunic which might have done duty at a fancy dress ball in Lisbon or Madrid but I wonder how it came here. I managed to buy some maize & flour for the men, as well as a plateful of fish & a dozen eggs for myself. I have just had a fish supper & very good too. The fish are caught in the river here: they are about the size of gillocks & not oppressed by too many bones. I tried round about for more game in the evening, but beyond falling into the river nothing exciting happened. I took a couple of photos of the assembled villagers. The village is situated at the foot of the Ligarongo hills; plenty of water - as I found.
Wednesday 17th. Very heavy rain during the night so the grass was hung with more than dew this morning. Of course we had a lot more long grass to go thro' than ever before & everybody got pretty wet. However the sun came up pretty hot and dried us. One of the porters bolted at the second halt - this is his second time & if I get him we'll wish he had carried his load. The march was mostly thro' open parkland & not a bit stiff. We got to Mwaga at 11 a.m. in spite of the delay with the runaway. The crossing was managed in a bark canoe - poled this time, not paddled. The river (the Luchringo) isn't very deep here - about 6 feet - but has a fair current and also a good supply of hippos & crocodiles which come up from the Rovuma. I had a shot at one of the former this afternoon but as he was showing only a square foot of nose at the time I couldn't have done him much harm if I hit him, which I doubt. He was right in the middle of the river & came up to snort about every 3 minutes. They come ashore between 7p.m. & 3a.m. & eat grass. We got their spoor today up in the hills a couple of miles away from the river. I am living tonight in a banda built by a European who stayed here for some time last month. We are all pretty tired I think, at least I am, but as we are behind time I can't afford to take a day off as I would like to.
Thursday 18th. Had a lie in this morning after starting off 3 patrols, one up the Luchringo, one down to get in touch with Bwana Issa's and one out towards the Oizulu Hills. In the forenoon I got hold of the jumbe and lugged him up to the top of a hill on the other side of the river & took compass bearings on all the objects he could identify. We had a splendid view of the Luchringo valley & the country to the S.E. It is rather flat for the most part but studded with abrupt rocky excresences from hillocks up to mountains which give a variety to the landscape which it wouldn't otherwise have. We made a detour on our way back, looking for game & hippos, but saw none. I spent the rest of the day round about my bed & wrote up the road report etc. since leaving Halifa's. I managed to get a good deal of information out of the natives, considering my Swahili, the guide usually acting as interpreter. Only I'm not very sure how much reliance can be put on it. They have a very good sense of direction but very little of time, especially such as is kept by a watch. They can understand a sketch map on the sand pretty well & that's how I get most of the information I want. Mwaga has been trying to wheedle my shorts off me and parading his poverty, but I have had to refuse him. I am certainly getting a lot of use out of him & his men but I don't see how I can be expected to pay for services rendered to the Government out of my private wardrobe.
Friday 19th. Had another long lie this morning but got most of a letter home written before breakfast. Dressed about 9.30 & started off for Kumimasuba's village at a great rate as the idea had just occurred to me. We got there in 2 hours, after stiff walking. The assembled male element of the village was discussing the next meal in the village soup-kitchen. This is a Myao village. I got the jumbe to start his women crushing the mohindi & went and interviewed his next neighbour Mperakamoyo, on the other side of the river. This is a very pleasant featured individual and one of the decentest jumbes I have seen so far. He didn't ask for my trousers or for salt. I got about 1/2 a sackful of meal from Kumimasuba's people, & saw some of the women making straw matting, which they pleat very neatly. The people here aren't too badly off for food if it weren't that they have taken on their hands the fugitives from lower down the river who fled on the approach of the Huns. I came back at the same rate & felt pretty stiff by the time we reached camp. There seems to be a good deal of game here but we can't get onto it. The only remaining corporal was out twice today without seeing any & we only frightened one on our way home, without getting a shot. The runaway porter was bro't in today. We have him safely trussed up.
Saturday 20th. Left Mwaga's today, himself guiding us, half under compulsion & half in the hope of backsheesh. Shot a 'swara' on the way down - thro' the heart first time. Got in here before noon (Makalogi) & had a look at the boma where the Portuguese ran way and left for the Germans to burn. Mwaga lived here then too, and he & his fled up the river to their present village. Have been writing up reports again, a thing I don't like. I can't condense. It's a book I have written, not a report.
Sunday 21st. A night of rain & didn't get under way till 7.30. Feeling seedy today, like fever coming on. Took us 4 hrs. to reach Bwana Issa's. very swampy bad piece of country: marched in rainproof, without puttees or socks: uncomfortable. Rain kept off till we got into camp. Fine night now. Hippos snorting near at hand. Just finished reports etc, & letter for home.
Monday 22nd. The days I have nothing to do are the days I feel like doing least. Rather washed out today: lay on my bed and read bits of half a dozen different books, but feel like nothing serious. Some of the men have been out after game but got nothing, altho' there is a good deal hereabouts. There were some baboons in the trees who followed me as I took a short stroll. They were pretty bold and I didn't test them to see how near I could get to them as I believe they are apt to be nasty. Sent a patrol down to the Usanyando River & I hope they find it unfordable as I said it was, in my report. They expect to be back here tonight. Also sent 3 porters back to Songia with my report.
Tuesday 23rd. The Usanyando turned out fordable after all! Had another very slack day, but got the bulk of the porters & loads & all the ascaris over to the other side in the afternoon. Went out after tea & hit another swara. Followed him for a couple of hours by blood & footmarks but tho' we came up with him once or twice, couldn't get a shot & lost him near camp. Will try to pick him up in the morning. I am sleeping on the south side of Rovuma tonight, moving over early tomorrow. Juma Fayalla has come [not] back with the Salamand patrol but he is certain to be tomorrow.
Wednesday 24th. We got that swara this morning but the vultures had been there before us, & there was only skin and bone left. Didn't get a shot altho' we saw some more swara & a baropi (sable antelope). Got the remainder of the safari across the river this morning. When I arrived I found they had built me a nice little hut which made me sorry I wasn't going to stay more than one night. In fact I didn't intend to stay that even but Juma Fayalla didn't arrive until 5 o'clock. According to himself he has been walking ever since he left, but I am inclined to think he is exaggerating. I find it rather difficult to get much out of him. The people here are very badly off for food, in fact they are bordering on famine from their own accounts & living to a certain extent on roots dug up in the woods. Still I see no great evidence of starvation on the stomachs of the population.
I am feeling all right again & ready for the road.
Thursday 25th. Got away at dawn this morning: dull & good for marching. Grass pretty long in places but not so bad as south of the Rovuma. & as there had been neither heavy dew nor rain it wasn't very wetting. We have one of Halifa's men to guide us but he doesn't know the local features here. However it is surprising how little these people sometimes know of their own district. Very few of Issa's people know the name of the big hill which stands just behind their village. My own guide is the most knowing of all the people we have come across and very clever in picking up my own, often obscure meaning, & interpreting it to others.
We reached Matanda at 12 noon - a small stream nearly dry, & altho' it was early I stopped for the day as I can't do the journey to Halifa's any quicker by going further today. We climbed a small hill on the way along and had a last look at Makarogi and the Luchringo valley. Also took bearings on a number of points. It is a lovely evening now: the sun is just on a level with the tops of the trees & sending "her last rays adown the little glen". I have been thinking again today of what to do after the war. The sooner I convince myself that I am not a Darwin or a Geikie the better, & make up my mind to start low down - the lower the better so long as I get a living. I am reading Emerson's Essays which are partly responsible for my state of mind but I hope it will be an enduring one especially as regards Darwin etc. also half way thro' "The Romany Life".
Friday 26th. Another good marching day followed by a splendid evening with a full moon. Arrived at Liunga River after 4 1/2 hours: we are getting along pretty well and according to the map covering tremendous distances. I think there is something wrong with the map. Have been reading Emerson today, on "Self-Reliance" which I have so much need of, as I think too much of other people's opinions. Henceforth I will try to think more of my own and feel tonight in doing so as if fetters had dropped off.
I don't know how the niggers get along on one meal a day. I sometimes come down to a couple, with a cup of tea in the morning but that's about my limit. They certainly don't live to eat. And it's always the same - rice & salt, yet they eat it with a distinct relish. If our civilisation has provided us with a more varied menu it has also lost us the power of living on a simple diet.
Saturday 27th. Did over 6hrs. marching today & feel tired now. Reached the Litiki River. Shd. be at Halifa's early tomorrow forenoon. Country rather monotonous here but not difficult. Suffering from itchiness of hands & face - Willie says due to rubbing of the grass on the skin when wet with perspiration. Quite possible. Was afraid I had transferred some of the Dobie's itch which I have had for a month or so.
Sunday 28th. Got into Halifa's about 9.30 & found Dugmore & Hawkins there. The former going to form a post at Makalogi & the latter come yesterday from Carter, at Likerume. The company is at Namahoka where we go tomorrow. Had food with them, & very glad of a change of diet. They have not much news of France except that the Boche is still pushing. Feeling rather depressed today at the thought of the time they must be having at home.
Monday 29th. Left Halifa's shortly after 6a.m. with Hawkins. Reached Lukimwa about 2p.m. having halted for an hour for breakfast. When coming from Mwangata's I had cut into this path just an hour from this crossing place. The river is fordable here now but I don't think it would be when I came down. Met safari of porters going down with rations for Carter & Dugmore. Had a decent dinner tonight - curried buck & a chicken.
Tuesday 30th. Crossed the Lukimwa about 6.30 this morning carrying my clothes on my head. Arrived in camp about 1p.m. just in nice time for lunch. Found four November letters from home & Crossgates waiting me & very glad to get them. Jardine hascleared a good space in the bush for the camp, & has the women of the neighbourhood clearing the grass & shrubs. There is a substantial mess, & our huts have been practically finished tonight. Jardine has also been busy clearing hilltops so as to get bearings on different points, & be able to make accurate maps: also working at roads, bridges etc.
Wednesday 1st. Three years today since the 5th. went to France & I said goodbye to so many good friends. Did very little besides get banda set in order: also wrote Bessie.
Thursday 2nd. Jardine wants a road blazed straight from the camp here to the ford on the Lukimwa river. Sgt. Robertson went down there yesterday to make bridge & to send back bearing on hill near our camp. As the runner didn’t turn up by lunch time I started off myself, to work from the ford to the camp. Arrived here before 6p.m. so that in actual marching dist. is just about 4 hours. Had a halt for tea on the way. Was surprised to find the bearing of our beacon hill only 26o as it is 25o from camp, so that the bearings practically coincide.
Friday 3rd. Have had a very hard day blazing this blasted trail. Started off at 6a.m. & was soon soaking with the heavy dew. The way I worked was to take a baring & march on an object in line with it, the men coming behind & blazing the trees as I told them. It is a pretty slow process where the bush is thick. Stopped for breakfast and lunch as it was evident it would be an all-day job. Got rather a fright at one point, when I sent Willie up a tree to see the direction of the beacon hill. He picked up the wrong hill & I of course found I was miles out. However on climbing up myself I saw that we were dead right. Willie climbs like a monkey. After crossing the Namahoka the men were so tired that I decided to camp for the night & finish the job in the morning. It was then close on 5p.m. & I didn’t think we could get in before dark. Two very charming kids have come up from the shamba in the valley below, one of them especially with such a fine smile that I wish I could get a photo of him. They were wearing bark cloth which they say may last for a month.
Saturday 4th. We got into camp shortly after 9 this morning, and struck it almost plumb: I was very satisfied with the result. The jumbe’s people got started on it at once, & have cleared about a mile of the road. Jardine seems to expect that it will run absolutely dead straight but that is impossible as we couldn’t always get trees in the correct line. He is very efficient at this sort of job himself & looks for a high standard. I give him my best which is all I can do, but sometimes I find my best isn’t very good. I have slacked all day since I came in, feeling a bit stiff. Spent the afternoon reading one of L.T. Meade’s morbid productions. Hawkins goes out tomorrow to try to establish a helio station N.W. of the Likonde, to get in touch with Songia and Sassawara. He has a very hearty laugh & it is good to be beside him. The cook dished up a fowl at lunch today, which was meant for tonight’s dinner, so Jardine reduced his pay by half. I suppose he did it in the hopes that he would clear out, because they are fed up with him now.
Sunday 5th. Breakfast in bed. Had a look at the women working on the new road this forenoon. They work pretty hard, with their kiddies strapped onto their backs, & getting bumped about as the mother stoops and works the hoe. Climbed the beacon hill in the afternoon & took some bearings. A very pleasant evening. I am usually very blind to the beauties of the woods and I wish it weren’t so. Darned my socks today & read a good deal of the Golden treasury, mainly Matthew Arnold whom I have read very little of before.
Monday 6th. Had the men in the ‘gubbah’ this morning for extended order work: then the Lewis gunners. There is one gun here, the other being with Dugmore. The stores which we ordered from Zomba per the quarter master arrived today so we are well off for chop, cigaretttes & whisky once again. Dugmore’s & Carter’s shares have had to be packed. I am to relieve the former at Makalogi or whenever he has taken up his headquarters about the 20th of the month — unless we get orders to move elsewhere before then. Von Lettow is unofficially reported to be going S.E. across the Lurio R. If that is really the case, our work here is practically finished.
Tuesday 7th. Hawkins came back this afternoon rather ill & has gone to bed. The new road is now 3/4 hour long. The women are to camp along side it at nights so as to be nearer their work.. There is an ngoma practically every night among the shenzis: I don’t know whether it is some festive season or not, but they are brewing drink for a regular blow out one of these days. I hope I am here to see it.
Wednesday 8th. Sham fight today between Hawkins platoon & mine. I had a pretty strong posn. On other side Namahoka which he attacked. I have a lot to learn about bush warfare, & so have the men, especially as regards scouting. No doubt they would be good enough if it was the real thing. Climbed the Garden City in the afternoon & took some bearings but my compass isn’t working properly: it also seemed to be affected by the rocks which perhaps had iron in them. It was quite dark by the time we got back to camp. The view from the top of the hill was splendid, just as the sun was going down, & very peaceful.
Thursday 9th. Dug some trenches & repaired bridges on site of yesterday’s scheme. After lunch, got a big batch of letters from home, up to 28th Jany. & also a number of ‘Groats’ all of which were very welcome. David has got the M.C. tho’ he doesn’t say what for, nor do they at home. Splosh is killed, Addie reported missing, believed killed. Pitman missing. I can hardly believe it all — somehow I can’t appreciate it. I can’t think of old Splosh being dead, for he was so full of life. I was glad to have a letter from Louise from which she seems to be tolerably happy.
Friday 10th. Had a walk down to the Namahoka with Jardine this afternoon. They put a bridge across it today. The road is now about 2 hours long & the worst of the ground is past. Hawkins rather bad today, & getting down in the dumps. Jardine talks of sending him into Songia. Von Lettow’s main force reported making for the Luginda so we may have him up this way yet.
Saturday 11th. Left camp in the forenoon with a few men & porters, to visit Kilanda’s & the other jumbe’s in the Lukumwa valley, & arrange for collecting the food. If the Huns come up this way we have to destroy what we don’t require for ourselves, so Jardine wants it collected now so far as poss. . There is a good deal of dry maize stored on the shambas, but the matani and malezi won’t be ready for a month or two yet. I have brought out Jardine’s tent with me, & pitched it on the valley side near Kilanda’s. Very fine evening & sunset, the light striking the other side of the valley & leaving us in the shade but gilding the clouds overhead.
Sunday 12th. Had an excellent early breakfast and then went along to Linganda’s. The grass as usual very wet: splendid morning, sort of Sunday feel about it. Very little mohindi at Linganda’s — they have had to buy enough from Msamo to keep them going. They cultivate malezi principally. After lunch I went round Msamo’s shambas. The mohindi has been grown entirely on the flats alongside the rivers (Lukimwa & Ludjirikuru): matama & malezi are grown on the higher ground, where it is sandy. Msamo’s people have a good lot of food, all stored in these little lofts they make. As far as I can make out, a man gives each of his wives a shamba to work & she stores her mohindi there. This idea of collecting it all together is going to upset their usual way of working, & they were suggesting difficulties in knowing whose is whose. I came across a number of traps for wild pig etc., made out of a bent branch & a noose of string: when the beast puts its foot in the noose, up goes the branch & he’s caught. He is prevented from biting thro’ the cord by apiece of bamboo which slips down & protects it. Got back to camp here (Namahoka) at tea time. Hawkins up & about but looking thin and white.
Monday 13th. Addensell & 5 B.N.C.o.s arrived this forenoon from Songia. The former comes as 2nd. in command. The N.C.O.s are mainly Scotch — one from the 6th. Seaforths. We celebrated Hawkin’s birthday tonight & had a sumptuous dinner.
Tuesday 14th. Did little today. Getting things ready for safari tomorrow. Divided the chop, paid mess bill (£4-10/-): wrote Standing & sent 10 R.s. to a/c. Wrote Louise.
Wednesday 15th. Left Namahoka this morning after an early breakfast, en route for Bwana Issa’s to relieve Dugmore. Had a pretty easy day, at least it seemed so, partly because we halted for a couple of hours in the middle of the day & had lunch. I am going to give up the practice of going straight on and getting into camp early. I think it’s important to keep meals as regular as possible: besides it breaks the monotony, & rests the porters. No recent signs of game here.
Have two white sergeants with me — Kendall, & Hosie. I wonder how we are going to get on.
Thursday 16th. Marched for 5 1/4 hrs. today besides building a bridge over the Liwawa, which however is only a small stream. Country easy: no steep hills: undulating. Sky overcast & threatening rain. Had half a dozen men with cut feet & legs. Some of them are pretty bad, & the sores are quite old. They can stand a lot of hacking, & lose half a toe with the greatest sangfroid. Kicked a porter today: bad business: must keep my temper better or I’ll be returning to civilization with rather brutal manners. Besides, I don’t think he deserved it.
Friday 17th. Marched good 5 1/2 hrs. today, down to the Nakawale R. Rather interesting country — more varied and one or two extensive views from the higher ground. The path twists about a good deal, from E.S.E. to S.W. The men seem rather tired but I think it’s more moral than physical. I don’t think they are getting a very full ration, & they seem quite sure of it. Signs of elephant having preceded us by a few hours today, probably making for Rovuma. They have a bad habit of following the native tracks & cutting up the path with their huge footprints. We crossed one path which belongs to them alone, & it was, rather strangely, much better walking than the native path. We had breakfast at the Ligunga (2 1/4 hrs.) & then came straight on here. I am having a smokeless day today, to test the strength of my will. This is the worst time of the day — after dinner.
Saturday 18th. Had breakfast at the Matanda: just before we came down to the river we put up a large herd of buck of some sort but the safari was making too much noise, so I didn’t get a shot. Had lunch & a rest at Kipembere stream: pretty warm marching. Got into bwana Issa’s about 4p.m. after 6 1/2 hours. Found Dugmore in good health & form and a good camp. As usual he has been doing himself very well and consequently has had very little fever. Good feeding seems to keep it away. We had a very good dinner, water buck soup: liver & kidneys: banana fritters & tinned pears. He has found how to make a good spinage of green bean leaves, & gets beans all the way from Halifa’s. His men have been shooting a great deal as is witnessed by the number of skins, biltong, horns etc. about the place. He has dug a system of trenches, & has a bamboo canoe under construction.
Sunday 19th. Rather a restless night with hippos wandering about in the long grass in front. Sgt. Kendall & party left for Mwaga’s this morning to relieve Dugmore’s post there. I am keeping Sgt. Hosie here. Dugmore took me round the place in the forenoon. Food is very scarce here, the people living partly on grass seed which they winnow very laboriously. They are very near famine. Dugmore’s boy ‘Ansi’ put up some more delicacies today — fried brains, steak, fritters etc. He is a very good cook. Festo came in today & reported killing two buck ( Grant’s gazelle Dugmore says) with one shot. He was tremendously pleased with himself. A man came down in the afternoon with his finger bitten by a tarantula. Dugmore lanced it with a safety blade. The victim & his friends were much relieved that they had caught & killed the insect as the poison wouldn’t be nearly so potent. A couple of lions in the distance tonight. There seems to be a fair number here.
Monday 20th. Dugmore left about 9a.m. We had our photos taken by the sergeant, in front of the hut, our two orderlies & boys behind. There is still a patrol and the people from Mwaga’s to come in; they are to follow on to Namahoka. Had men out morning & evening for game and got none, which is a bad beginning. No eggs either. We haven’t got quite settled down yet but intend to start regular parades tomorrow. Humbugged by thousands of small ants in the hut: they are everywhere, & tho’ they don’t bite I hate to have them crawling about me. Visited Bwana Issa after tea. His people are very near starvation but their ribs are still well covered & they seem quite happy.
Tuesday 21st. Got the framework of new banda put up today. May move into it when completed as the ants here are getting unbearable. They seem to be living in the grass walls. Had five different parties out today for game & all came back empty-handed. It looks as if the game has got a fright. The meat we dried is half gone already. When it is finished I’m going to put the men on half rations so that they’ll hunt in earnest. Splendid day, & very pretty sunset. The river is especially pretty in the late afternoon & evening.
Wednesday 22nd. Sgt. Pagau, No. 9 Platn. arrived today from Mwaga’s bring six bags of food with him. He reports plenty of food in the Luchringo valley. We have shot nothing today so I sent Alijabulako & 2 askaris a days march up from the river to try for some of the game we saw there on the 18th. Had a chit from Jardine saying no enemy north of Msalu River. Also a wire from home saying David wounded & missing. I have been fearing for something of the sort for a long time. Now that it has come I can’t appreciate it. It must be want of imagination because I’m sure it’s not want of love. I find myself going on with my ordinary work in an ordinary way, & every little while brought up dead by the thought. I believe there is good room for hoping he may be a prisoner and wrote home in that strain, perhaps not very successfully, in fact I found writing difficult.
Thursday 23rd. Have had a full day today which has kept my mind & body busy. After seeing Sgt. Pagau’s party off to Namahoka & looking after sick, went down the river & shot a hippo. He was lying close in below the bank & I fired down on the top of his skull. He came up shortly after & showed his whole head & I let him have another. I fired about seven shots altogether, & after plunging about a bit he turned over, waggled his feet in the air & disappeared. We got him with a canoe & he was towed downstream to the next village. Hard work getting him up onto the bank. Spent the afternoon cutting him up. The men & shenzis very keen & delighted. Several squabbles over tit-bits. Not much fat on him. Askaris got gazelle & water buck this morning so well off for food now. Also some food arrived from Halifa’s (flour, nuts etc.)
Friday 24th. Alijabu returned today empty handed except for the skin of a half-grown boa constrictor or large snake of that sort. No shooting done today. Lay out on the sands across the river in the evening hoping buck would come to drink but we went out too late. Splendid sunset & moonrise on the river.
Saturday 25th. The Bishawish came down from Mwanga’s today with six loads of food. He has been to the Oizulu Hills about 5 days south of here & been in touch with Portuguese Intelligence troops there. We are now well off for food & I will be able to increase the men’s rations. Lay over on the sands this afternoon again, & after waiting for about 1/2 hour a fine doe reedbuck came across. She couldn’t have been more than 50 yards off when I fired & as usual thought I had missed. I fired again & she bolted for the bush. There was a young one following her & I tried a shot at it but missed & it was off before I had time for another. We got the doe dying just inside the bush. Bwana Issa’s son cut its throat, he being a True Believer, and we brought it over in the canoe.
Bwana Issa says his people have used up all the grass seed that is to be found. I have given him permission to send some people across the Rovuma for food. I asked him if he had had any of the hippo’s flesh. He said ‘no’, he didn’t like hippo. They are very conservative in their habits. I find the same thing among the men in camp. A lot of them - Bugandas, Nandis, etc. won’t eat hippo, not on any principle except that they never have eaten it, & neither have their fathers before them. Buganda men from the shores of Victoria Nyanza eat it greedily. This shows how slowly they will adopt new customs if left to themselves.
Sunday 26th. Bishawish left for Namahoka & Sgt. Hosie for Mwaga’s to help Sgt. Kendall who has fever. Looked at the rocks a few hundred yards down the river. They have a thin skin of iron oxide, I think, over them. I believe Darwin mentions something of the sort in the Beagle. Got some small garnets in a vein. Tried the sands again after tea & had a long shot at a buck, hitting him. I came up with him in the bush & tried another shot seeing only his horns but pretty close & don’t understand how I missed. Am sending my orderly out in the morning to see if there is any trace of him. One of the men I sent to Makalogie shot an eland today, not full grown but still very big, & a good load for eight men.
Monday 27th. Sent the men to wash their clothes in the river today & they are consequently looking rather clean, had a go at some guinea-fowl this evening: fired 8 rounds & got one bird but hit at least three. They have wonderful vitality. The men brought in 2 buck today so we are very well off in the meat line. I hope I’m not going to have an outbreak of diarrhoea — two cases at present, one probably dysentery.
Tuesday 28th. Started Lewis gun in earnest today & feel happier for it. Intend having two parades a day, at least for some time. I don’t know what to turn the rest onto in the way of fatigues. Made a pit and screen of branches on the sands today, commanding an all round view & hope to use it with advantage tomorrow. The hippo head which was buried several feet down - so that the ants might clean off the remnants of meat was dug up and carried away by a hyena last night so I have lost the teeth. However it wasn’t a very large specimen & I can easily get another. The hyena must have a wonderful nasal organ.
Wednesday 29th. Threatening rain this afternoon but cleared off in the evening. No game today and no news. Didn’t try the sands today as I don’t know that the game have got used to my shelter yet or not. There are some mussels (Anodonta?) in the river & I have told off a mtoto to collect them for me in the hopes of getting some pearls.
Thursday 30th. Shot another hippo today as we were short of meat. I got him with one bullet, somewhere behind the ear, which was a much better show than last time especially as he was over at the other side of the river. Also hit a big croc. but he got away. Saw a few turtles perched on the rocks midstream. All the men and porters were down cutting up the hippo in the afternoon and we took away as much as they could carry, leaving the rest — one side — for the shenzis. The men are in high spirits in the prospects of a good feed.
Have one bad case of dysentery on my hands & I have run out of medicine for that sort of thing. Don’t know how it is going to end. The scarcity of eggs was explained this morning by Willie finding a nest in the grass with 9 in it so I am well off now. The hens have reverted to primitive type & roost in the big tree above my banda. They have got the length of flying from branch to branch, but mostly get there by tight-rope walking: they roost far out in the small branches.
Friday 31st. The dysentery invalid is slightly better today. I got a shenzi woman to bring some roots which are supposed to be good for the complaint but he says they made him worse. I am giving him a little opium, but why I don’t know. Had some women up grinding mahindi today as I think some of the diarrhoea may be the result of eating the hard corn. Had eight loads of food from Mwaga’s today. We have got all the hippo pretty well dried now & I am going to send it and some of the dried buck up to Mwagas, where they haven’t had any meat ration yet. The man I sent out for honey came back today with a bottle full but not of bee’s honey. It is made by a small kind of fly & has a particularly medicinal flavour & smell.
Saturday 1st June. The glorious first of June has been rather dull & a strong SSW wind blowing promising cold if not rain. Sent a lot of the dried meat off to Mwagas today. Sgt. Kendall there has established a post now at Terera’s one day from Oizuli Hills & they should be in touch with the Portuguese there. One of the men got a new buck on the other side of the river this morning — they call it "Dandara" but it may be koodoo. The horns are very fine and spirally twisted. We got a waterbuck too, so I sent a hindquarter down to the Sultani who won’t eat hippo. He told me yesterday he would rather die, but couldn’t give any reason for not doing so except that he didn’t like it.
The dysentery case is much improved today but I am doubtful as to whether as a result of the shenzi medicine, mine, or sheer neglect. I am starving him anyway. He has been very plucky & hasn’t given in as they usually do.
Sunday 2nd. Up early & went across to see if I could get any of the relatives of the dandara but no luck. Over again at night & hit a waterbuck with good horns. He went down & rolled over with his feet up, & then took to his heels. Night came on & we had to give up the chase. Going out in the morning in hopes of getting him. Has been very dull today again - S.S.W. wind but not so strong. Saw rain up the river tonight.
Monday 3rd. Didn’t manage to find the buck this morning which is pity. We are wounding too many, but the long grass makes it easy for them to get away, & the dry ground leaves no footprints. I was going to kiboko one of the local ‘messengers’ today but he bolted & seems to have cleared out with his wives. I am having his house watched. Tried for buck again tonight. Rather think I hit one again but if so he got away. It is the 6 o’clock aim that is putting me off. I always aim at the belly line instead of at 6 o’clock on the heart itself, so I expect most of my shots go low. Had a shot at a hippo in the dark. He was eating the maize about 50 yards below my hut. I don’t know if I hit him or not but he kicked up a lot of noise & betook himself back to the river.
Tuesday 4th. Tried a ‘drive’ up to Makalogi this morning in the hopes of getting some fresh meat for the people at Mwaza. Afraid unsuccessful. Our people are to sleep at Makalogi tonight. I got a buck tonight — through the head, so I nearly missed him, spoiled his horns. The people are much troubled by hippos coming up at night and eating the young maize. In fact it seems wonderful that they are ever in anything but a precarious position regards food, but they take it very philosophically — it is a matter of Providence.
Wednesday 5th. Hit two buck today & got neither of them: feeling very fed up with my shooting & with having to let wounded beasts go. They will only fall a prey to hyaenas and ? The Makalogi party had no luck either but brought in a small water ….day. We are running short of ? I have very little reading material here unfortunately — an old Hibbert? (1914), & the Jesus of History being my two main diversions. However I am glad to find that I am not slipping back into the old moody habits which made me avoid solitude.
Thursday 6th. Went down the river by canoe this morning after hippo. A lot of them seem to have flitted from their old spot but after waiting some time I got one and followed him down until he me another good chance. Unless they are properly hit the first time they never show more of themselves again than their nostrils. If they are badly hit they come up struggly and snorting & can’t help giving a good target. I got a small bush-buck too on the way down. The men & porters went down to get the hippo ashore & cut him up. They haven’t come back yet, so I suppose they have got him all right. There is so much water just there that there’s a danger of not finding him. The men brought in two other buck today, so I have sent one down to the Sultani who won’t eat hippo. I have promised to shoot some more hippo for them tomorrow as half a one doesn’t go far among them all. The people down on the shambas where I shot the last two are reported to be fattening up and very happy. Am aspiring to be the universal provider — the Carnegie touch.
Friday 7th. Didn’t manage to get a hippo today. They are getting very wary, & keep in the middle of the river, showing very little of themselves. Got 3 river ‘mussels’ today but no pearls: don’t know if they are the pearl-producing kind even. Sgt. Hosie came back from Mwaga’s tonight, bringing a lot of food: I have enough now to last me for 3 weeks, provided I get meat as heretofore. He brought back Sergt. Juma Tangoon back too: the latter is quite broken up between fever & his wife’s death. There has been an epidemic of smallpox at Bombo, & he has lost his sister & child as well. He has brought down a goat & two hens which he intends to sacrifice. He must have loved his wife.
Saturday 8th. Shot a buck tonight. Got him thro’ the neck but even then he travelled about half a mile: fortunately leaving a trail of blood so we were able to follow him up. The Rovuma is following pretty rapidly & big patches of sand are appearing, but in other places there is a good depth of water. There are a lot of crocodiles about & these will prevent a person crossing on foot until the river is pretty shallow — a month yet I should think. The grass is drying up too, & withering: the shorter it gets the better for shooting. Eremia shot a hippo far down the river today and we have brought up some of the meat, which I will send up to Mwaga’s tomorrow.
Sunday 9th. Have had a very peaceful Sunday, reading & writing. However in the afternoon word came from Namaroka, recalling us immediately, & since then I’ve been thinking out ways & means. I have too much food here & goodness knows how much more there is at Mwagas. Also three men here not fit to walk & will have to get carriers for them. I have to leave a party of seven men at each of the fords on the Rovuma — Mwaka’s, Bwana Issa’s & Makalogi. Same runner also brought a few letters — all of January. They took me out of the state of anaesthesia the I’ve been in for some time, and brought them all at home very vividly before me.
Monday 10th. Got some of the ‘walking cases’ away this morning, also Sgt. Hosie & a number of askaris & porters. Unfortunate that I have two more cases today but hope they will soon be O.K. Have got hold of 4 natives to help carry two of the bad cases tomorrow: they will probably take 5 days on the road. They will sling blanket on a bamboo & carry them that way.
Bwana Issa came up today begging for cloth or clothes. It seems he has had a very bad time with the war. An English patrol reached here while the Huns were still in the district, & evidently he had given the former some assistance. The Huns came down on him, carrying him away to prison where he got kibokod & was kept for 7 months. He is about 75 I should think. They drove 25 of his men into the Rovuma & shot them. They took away practically everything he had - implements, pots, ‘tea-pots’, ‘furniture’, 20 packets of tea!, £15, and his Koran. The loss of his book seemed to be as bad as anything as he has’nt had it now for 2 years & asks how he can help losing his intelligence — he was in the habit of reading it every day till 2 o’clock. I asked him what was in the Koran — if it forbade him to eat meat. He says no, but to wash his back every day. These are the orders of God. I asked him about God. He says he is up above. He sends rain or sun according as he wishes but it is no use asking him for either. When a man dies, that’s the end. His mind doesn’t live afterwards — how could it he asked in amazement. However he says the black man’s mind is different from ours. They know only how to cultivate the ground but the Europeans especially the English ------. He had been greatly impressed by an aeroplane he saw at Tunduru.
Tuesday 11th. Went across the river this morning to try for some fresh meat for the road tomorrow, but no luck. Fired at a buck but missed: I have given up firing at their bodies & try for the neck or head which is rather a small target. Got the two ‘stretches cases’ away this morning. We will be arriving at Namahoka in penny numbers. The ants have been a fair nuisance in my bed the last two nights. The tsetses are very bad on the other bank, where the game is, but fortunately they seldom trouble us on this side.
Got a reed buck in the evening — a female. She walked to within 40 yards without seeing us tho’ we were standing up. My orderly carried it to the canoe. I went round another way and unconsciously stalked him, thinking the buck on his shoulder was another, Good job I didn’t take a pot shot. Men & porters arrived tonight from Mwagas. Sgt. Kendall is to come on in a few days: he will have to be carried — too ill to walk. We are a bonny lot. This is my last evening here & I am sorry to leave. I took some cloth to the Sultan tonight, & a little maize. He was pleased & was more profuse in his thanks than they usually are. They are generous themselves & when you give them a present they don’t usually overload you with thanks. I think it is good taste.
Wednesday 12th. Got away at 9 a.m. today. Porters very heavily laden as two of them are sick & not able to carry much. I have brought a number of hippo teeth & a few sets of horns but don’t know if I will be able to take them far. Two of the ascaris gone sick already — both Nandis. It’s wonderful what an unstable constitution the nigger has — especially Nandis. They seem to have very little power of accommodation or adaptation. We got to Matanda — 4 1/2 hrs. Climbed a hill behind the camp in the evening and had a good view of Likoronga Hill on the other side of the Rovuma which latter can’t be much more than 5 miles away. There is practically no water to be had here & what there is, is quite opaque.
Thursday 13th. Had breakfast at Nakaware and reached Ligunga River at 2, where we have camped for the night. The water here is good & plentiful. No signs of game or tsetse, but plenty of these abominable little honey-making flies which persist in getting into your eyes. I can feel the difference in the air already, as we get up to higher ground: quite chilly tonight.
Friday 14th. We are camped at the Liwawa River tonight. The march today was a bit tedious, a good deal of it being uphill. The ridge up which the track climbs after leaving the Ligunga seems to be composed of a quartzose grit which I found fragments of all along today’s march. Soon after starting I got a piece of silicified wood, showing the cells very well. I remember getting a very similar thing between Tunduru & Songia but I didn’t see any cellular structure in it — perhaps didn’t look carefully enough. A microscopic section might help to determine the age of the grit: the wood was evidently dicotyledonous.
I believe this is the 3rd. anniversary of ‘C’ Company’s fateful charge.
Saturday 15th. Arrived Namahoka at 2p.m. & found it deserted except for 2 BNC.os & a few of my own men. All the rest have gone to Salimu’s, on the Njuga about 9 hours west of here. Von Lettow has moved south and we are evidently detailed for road-making. They have built a palatial mess here since I left & it’s a pity to see it empty. I got a Drosera today in a marshy spot. It seemed very similar to our own species at home, having spoon-shaped leaves. It wasn’t in flower. Strange getting a plant like that which grows only in very special ground at places so far apart. Wonder if migrating birds could bring the seed. The two stretcher cases arrived here yesterday. One of them gave a bit of trouble on the road, threatening to die as he had been caught by the same devil as caught his mother. I don’t know exactly what the correct treatment would be but he seems quite convinced of the truth of the idea himself.
Sunday 16th. Left Namahoka after an early breakfast for Salimu’s. Crossed the Likonde after a little over 4 hours march. On high ground all the way, but forest fairly thick & did’nt get a wide view. Have camped at a small stream an hour W. of Likonde. The man with the devil has not arrived in camp yet, so I fancy he is spending the night on the roadside. There are two askaris with him. I find there has been a good deal of sickness at Namahoka while I was away. All the whites were down with fever except Carter, & a lot of the askaris. Perhaps the end of the rains has an effect: I believe insects are supposed to be particularly lively then. I came across similar grit to that mentioned on 14th. on path today. All the ground round Namahoka is probably underlaid by it. Big exposure in Lipya river bed.
Monday 17th. Arrived Salimu’s at 9a.m. Carter down with fever: Dugmore & Hawkins out of camp. Jardine, Addinsell, & Moult in and slightly liverish. We were to have made a motor road from Songea to Ssassawara but orders are now to proceed Nbamba Bay, for Fort Johnstone. Rovuma posts are to be recalled, so Moult & I leave for Halifa’s tomorrow morning to collect them.
Tuesday 18th. Left Salimu’s at 7a.m. with Moult & 10 porters. Followed track leading along the high ground w. of Njuga & Lukimwa. Very little water. Have camped beside a stagnant pool. Bath & dinner and so to bed.
Wednesday 19th. Left camp at daybreak with guide and orderly in order to get to Halifa’s in good time. Did’nt gain much as the guide took the wrong road & consequently I got in only a few minutes ahead of Moult who left a good hour later. Sent runners to Bwana Issa & patrol to Likeruma & Mitimoni. Shot a reedbuck in the evening, on the other side. Not much game to be seen, & grass very long. Indigestion.
Thursday 20th. Had a lie in this morning. Moult went out but got nothing except the sight of some eland. Read Churchill’s From London to Ladysmith. Interesting to contrast it with present conditions. Have passed a lazy day. The people here are observing the month of Ramayan — public service of some sort in a large hut, at 6a.m., 12, 2p.m., sunset, & 9p.m. Very like "Wee Frees" reading the line. They eat only in the evening just now.
Friday 21st. Moult left for Likarume — one day’s march up the Rovuma — this morning. Subsequently orders came in that he is to stay there. The company will be there tomorrow, en route for Mitimoni, so we are evidently going to the Lake that way. I am ordered to be at Mitimoni on the 27th. but that is impossible. Another lazy day: still a bit off colour and dosing myself with Salts. Started "The Mill on the Floss".
Saturday 22nd. Felt the heat very much today & am afraid of one of these turns coming on. Spent the day inside reading, except for a short walk on the other side in the evening but did’nt get a shot. Read part of The Jesus of History in the forenoon. Am beginning to see the necessity for studying the Bible as distinct from merely reading it. There are a lot of things I don’t of things I don’t understand & can’t say this book does much to clear them up. We have splendid evenings here — and mornings, but especially the former. The red tints on the long brown grass, the brilliant quiet sunsets & the reflections in the river are making me fonder of this place than I ever thought to be of any place that is’nt home.
Sunday 23rd. Reading, writing, and generally slacking all day. Five sick men arrived from Bwana Issa’s today. I am sending them on to Mitimoni tomorrow. Expect the remainder tomorrow or next day. Halifa brings me a small present every day — nuts, tomatoes, flour etc. I have nothing to give him in return: he wants clothes but these I cant spare. He is rather a good chap. I find, according to him men’s souls do live after death, so Bwana Issa must be heterodox.
Monday 24th. Alijabu Lako turned up this forenoon with all Bwana Issa men: he has been more expeditious than I expected. He is camped on the other side of the river now: we will cross tomorrow morning and start for Mitimoni. Read all day: troubled with my head and back — fever, perhaps, but I think a touch of sun. Splendid evening, with full moon. Tonight is the end, I think, of this phase: "tomorrow to fresh woods and pastures new".
Tuesday 25th. Got loads across river by 7.30 & marched to Bangalola’s arriving 3p.m.: breakfast en route. Bang.’s is on the Rovuma, w.s.w. of Halifa’s. Track runs along river most of the way, thro’ long grass. Not much shade. Crossed river — took us 2 hours as only one small canoe available: then marched to Likarumi , arriving 5.45p.m. Put up in Carter’s camp: very good banda’s. All very tired. Jardine has swept up all the men of the district so I have to keep the two shenzis I have under guard in case they bolt.
Wednesday 26th. Left 6.30a.m. hoping to reach Mitimoni for lunch, not knowing the distance, arrived 4p.m. — 20 miles. Not much water, especially in later part of journey: porters very tired and self ditto. Country rather monotonous: underlying rock quartzose grit: ground very dry, occasional view of mountains this side Lake Nyasa. On arriving Mitimoni found the company moving across the river (Rovuma) preparatory to starting for Mbamba Bay tomorrow. Officers to cross tomorrow morning. Jardine in bed with fever. Moult & Dugmore gone on ahead to round up jumbes & collect food. Carter & Addinsell here.
Thursday 27th. We got across the Rovuma, which runs by Mitimoni by 7a.m. this morning, the crossing being made in a large bamboo canoe attached to a long rope to either bank. The river is about 50yds. wide here. Mitimoni is rather a large place & is presided over by a woman, with three jumbes under her. Jardine had to be carried on a hammock, slung on poles & borne by 4 porters & must have had a pretty rough journey, as the road is pretty hilly. He is a bit better tonight. We have camped a short distance into the hills: marched 14 miles. Higher hills rising in front so tomorrow will be heavier going. The rock is still grit. We have a pretty big safari of porters including a lot of shenzis from Silimus & Likarume & had to get hold of some women to bring some of the loads here today. The Jumbe of Likarune is also accompanying us as penance for his sins.
Friday 28th. Got away very early this morning: started to rain at once & continued till we got to camp about 11.45. Road very hilly & slippery with rain. No view to be had, because of thick mist. Hills are volcanic — basalt I think. Jardine good deal better today. Very strained relations between him & Addinsell, & things very unpleasant. Cleared up in the afternoon: played Addinsell several games of chess.
Saturday 29th. dry today, fortunately, as we had several hard hills to climb, some parts being almost perpendicular. There is a bara-bara most of the way but it follows the native track all the way & there is no attempt to avoid hills. Had breakfast at a narrow deep stream, which the donkey found it impossible to cross & had to be shot amidstream. He was nearly dead with fly anyway. The valley slopes are very steep, convex, and usually go abruptly down to the edge of the stream. We had a very good view from the top of one hill, back as far as Kuntanda and Legolongo, & forward over the hills towards Nyasa. The hills over which we had come, looked rather insignificant a tumbled mass, without any arrangement altho’ there seems to be a tendency for the long ridges to run N. & S. The hills were very pretty, covered for the most part with trees, with patches of brown grass showing thro’, & dappled with the shadows of clouds. Some of the higher hills were quite bare of trees. Camped on a slope above a good stream. Very good dinner — tomato soup, salmon, chicken fritters. Beat Jardine at chess: he does’nt like the game of attrition.
Sunday 30th. Had a very good breakfast this morning — 3 eggs apiece. Had lunch on the road too, & played Carter at chess. Had a very fine view of Lake Nyasa from the top of the hills. The coast on the other side could just be seen — blue range of hills. The hills run down very steeply to a stretch of sandy flat ground along the lake. The sun was on the Lake, & showed up the valleys to the north of us: heavy dark clouds kept the sun off ourselves & threw the scene below into greater contrast. The descent was very steep and took us a good hour. Granite, basalt, volcanic ash, mica-shist. Camped at the foot among old shambas.
Monday 1st. Left at 7a.m. after hurried breakfast for Mbamba Bay arriving there about 11.30a.m. & picking Moult & Dugmore with the other two platoons on the way. The track lay over the sandy flats and occasionally right on the shore of the Lake. Waves of quite respectable size: the askaris quite delighted when the water came rushing up round their feet. Got a few small shells. Pretty hard going on the loose sand. Good number of native huts along the shore, built of reeds with mud plastered over them. The natives sitting round the doors seemed very dirty, & so was the ground round their houses — not swept like the villages on the Rovuma. Lots of dug out canoes were lying about but nearly all in disrepair: that and some were very skinny specimens, hardly better than skeletons, on the shore gave an impression that all isn’t well here but yet some of the women especially looked well fed and happy. Mbamba Bay is a small cove, with hills at either end: the camp runs right down to the water & backs onto the sandy flats behind: it consists of rows of huts set apart for officers, & N.C.O.’s, & behind that for African troops & porters. There is a very poorly equipped canteen, a post commandant, post office & pier. Had a fine bathe in the evening, the bottom runs down very quickly, & the water is very clear & not cold. Got a bunch of letters and papers from home, up to end of February. It is awful reading them now, knowing what has happened. They are all so full of David and his homecoming: I had to leave off reading several times. It is very hard sometimes to see any meaning in it or find the necessary consolation: if this is the end then there can be none except that he did his duty. Ordinarily I don’t feel much depressed: viewing it from this distance, especially when not actually seeing the sorrow at home seems to be like thinking of something that has happened a long time ago: at least that’s the only way I can explain what looks almost like callousness on my part: it is partly lack of imagination.
Tuesday 2nd. Had a bathe before breakfast, no parades today. Wrote home. Hawkins arrived from Songia this evening, fit and happy. We are going to Limbi, near Blantyre, to rest.
Wednesday 3rd. Early morning parade: rest of the day idle. Caught a cold last night but don’t think it will develop into fever. Climbed a small hill to take photo of the camp and got a dose of buffalo-bean: it seems to belong to a climbing plant, has a hairy outside which leaves its hairs on the skin & sets up great itchiness: it lasts only about half an hour.
A good motor road runs from Mbamba Bay to Songia. A very fast service of cars has been kept up over a difficult road.
Thursday 4th. Embarked on H.M.S. Guendolin — an ex-gunboat at 12 noon, of small dimensions.
[There is quite a lot of history connected with shipping on Lake Malawi. There has only been one recorded battle on the lake that took place at the outbreak of hostilities during World War One. At the time Malawi was a British colony and the colonial authorities, as a show of force in 1899 launched the largest ship on the lake, the HMS Guendolin, weighing 340 tonnes and equipped with two powerful guns. She was built by G Rennie & Co in Greenock, Scotland and reassembled at Mangochi. There were two rival colonial powers with colonies bordering the lake, the Portuguese in present day Mozambique and German East Africa in present day Tanzania. The Germans also had a gunboat on the lake, the Hermon von Wisseman, and the two captains were reportedly the best of friends, often meeting up somewhere around the lake for a drink. In 1914 when war was declared the Guendolin was ordered to destroy the Wisseman. The British captain knew were the Wisseman would be because the two captains had arranged to meet for one of their regular drinks. The German captain was unaware that war had been declared and was completely caught by surprise as the Guendolin steamed up and opened fire, putting the German ship out of action and taking the crew as prisoners of war. The Guendolin remained in government service until 1940 when she was sold to Nyasaland Railways and converted to a passenger ship; she was broken up for scrap four years later.
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There were about 400 native troops on board, & 23 whites. The officers slept on upper deck, in our camp beds: the askaris were packed into every corner. As soon as we got outside the bay we began to pitch, & had a fairly rough crossing to Mkata Bay, on the other side. There we took in 160 porters & the store manager & his wife. We had a stroll on shore. Mkata bay is a mission station, with a large brick built & red-tiled store, but with very little to sell. Behind it is a nice bungalow belonging to the manager — one Miller, evidently of Edinburgh. Bought some bananas, pineapple, papaws & eggs. Left again at 6p.m. Seasick.
Friday 5th. Had a very good night & wakened feeling nearly all right except for my cold. We were fed by the steamer, but rather meagrely. Fine to see their numbers etc. again. The mountains skirt both shores of the Lake, occasionally showing gaps of low ground. Arrived off the Bar at 5p.m. & disembarked in barges. Marched in the twilight & dark to the ferry on the Shiri River & crossed to Fort Johnston. Askaris bivouaced & we were put up at the hotel where we had an excellent dinner and then to bed in white sheets.
Saturday 6th. Carter and I didn’t get up till 8 as we weren’t due to leave before 12 noon. The remainder left about 5.30a.m. We had a very good breakfast and early lunch. Fort Johnston isn’t a big place. It consists of one wide main street, with off shoots. The street is lined by two rows of acacias, & the low bungalows and stores stand back from the road. The hotel seemed to the only two-storied place: most of the buildings are of brick. Saw a number of white women and children, as well as native women in European garments, which is rather ludicrous. We got away about 1p.m. in a good car; there is a very large M.T. camp here with any number of cars, mostly rather dilapidated. We got through to Zomba by about 5p.m. changing cars at Fraser’s Camp: total distance about 85 miles. The road for the first half of the way runs down a very wide valley which seems to be a strict continuation of the Lake valley — mountains running along on either hand. After leaving Fraser’s Camp we ran into very mountainous country, the hillsides scored by v-shaped ravines, tree-clad lower down and showing bare and arid above. Zomba lies at the foot of Zomba Mountain, facing South. The Europeans live mostly along the lower slopes, where are also the Boma and 1st. K.A.R. mess. The village lies lower down, composed mostly of Indian stores, African Lakes Corporn. Stores & now of course M.T. etc. parks and camps — but we had no time to go round the place. We slept in the detail camp & messed with the 1st. K.A.R. They have a very fine place here with splendid view down the valley to Mlanji Mtn. They have also a billiard room and a very fine gramophone which I enjoyed very much.
Sunday 7th. After early breakfast at the Mess, left by car for Limbi where we arrived about 10a.m. travelling most of the way at hair-raising speed. Very cold especially when we ran into thick Scotch mist. The country struck me as very uninteresting , altho’ hilly: it is comfortless, few trees & those mostly stunted & deformed. Plenty cotton growing & lying in bales on road side. This part & more especially the country between Fort Johnston & Zomba is very thickly populated & the natives seem very prosperous — well clothed and well fed. There is also a marked difference in their attitude especially that of some of the women towards Europeans — they have lost coyness and occasionally modesty: some of the children are regular guttersnipes. Limbi is about 1 and 1/2 miles from our camp: small place, mainly Indian dukas: it is railhead for this L. of C. Blantyre is about 6 miles away but I didn’t go over as I have got more cold & being afraid of fever went to bed in forenoon. I wish we weren’t doing this journey so fast: we have no time to see places or to buy things. We are bound for Port Herald tomorrow where the rest of the battalion is. Whether we are to sit down there or push right into the blue, is quite uncertain. Von Lettow seems to be leading them a fine dance once more.
Monday 8th. Left Limbi by Shira Highland Railway at 7.30a.m. The carriages are very poor, not even up to those we travelled in from Mombasa to Nairobi. No cooking apparatus on board & no refreshment rooms. Managed to make tea with water from engine: bought some fruit en route. Travelling very slowly — much worse than our own Highland Ry. Country not very interesting: hilly, with occasionally thick, dry thorny bush. Distant view of Mlanji, its summit high above the clouds: the highest mountain I have seen unless Kilimanjaro. At Chiromo found part of No. 4 Coy. with Simpson, Haslam, & Brown whom I haven’t seen since April. He is now keeping much better. They are guarding Ry. Bridge here & patrolling country to East. Arrived Port Herald about 4.30p.m. Battalion bivouacked beside station, officers billeted in bungalows. Not a big place: 10 whites and one lady, married. Ground very flat: plenty trees in the town, & short European-like grass: close by is Shire River: boundary between Nyasaland & Portuguese East. No. 3 Coy. billeted on verandah of civilian’s house; owner not too pleased: things unpleasant & food late & scanty. Heaps of mosquitoes.
Tuesday 9th. No parades today, Dugmore & Addinsell down with fever. Very warm during day & thick mist in the morning. Books arrived from Jo’burg last night so have now plenty good reading material on hand. No news of the Huns. Nobody seems to know where they are. They have got 2 cannons from Portuguese — captured them along with spare parts. "The enemy is now well equipped in every department." Things seem no nearer an end. Everything topsy-turvy.
Wednesday 10th. Went across the Shire River this forenoon with Jardine & the rest and visited the Portuguese post there. The Portug. fellow has been there about 20 years, and has a couple of black wives and a numerous half caste family, the most loathsome looking things. He is very affable himself. Jardine & he spoke French, with lapses into English & Swahili. We started mapping the Port. side. It is very flat & uninteresting, full of swamp and mosquitoes. The latter are very big & bite all day as well as night. The house we are living in is supposed to be mosquito proof but isn’t.
Thursday 11th. Went down the River about 3 miles by canoe and walked back. The river is very uninteresting, winding about between banks of black cotton soil, with stretches of swampy ground & everywhere very long coarse grass & reeds. There are a good many natives living on the banks, who seem to spend most of their time fishing or standing waist deep in water mending their traps. Got back at 2.30. No. 1 Coy. in to dinner tonight: not very rowdy. My platoon on picket round west side of town. Lost myself trying to go round the posts, even with help of a lantern.
Friday 12th. Addinsell has been laid up for several days with his throat: going to hospital tomorrow. Moult laid up as result of last night & ordered Castor Oil. Spent a pleasant hour after dinner with one of the Scotch residents of the place, listening to his gramophone and looking thro’ his books.
Saturday 13th. Addinsell left for Limbi hospital today. We are rather relieved that he has gone as it clears the air a bit. There is little camaraderie here: we are all far too critical and liable to give & take offence too easily. Not having anything big to think about and no common danger to bind us together, we magnify trifles: but on the whole we are very happy together.
Sunday 14th. No parades today: wrote home & to Logan: read Macaulay’s essay on Clive. Outbreak of chickenpox in No. 1 Coy. which has gone a few miles out into quarantine. Very close today: plenty mosquitoes out & biting all day. Marabout storks building in the trees round about. No definite news of Von Lettow yet, except that he seems to be near the coast somewhere north of Quilimane. No news at all of France.
Monday 15th. Pegging out the new lines today. No.2 & 4 Coys. arrived by train so all the battalion is here now. Brodie in to dinner: reminds me of D.B. K. [That would be JBC’s school friend D. Barrogill Keith, later Sheriff of Orkney] He and Jardine both lived in Uganda before the war. They agree that it is much better run than Nyasaland or B.E.A. but no place for the individual settler. Cotton in Uganda is a native product, & coffee they think won’t do well in the future, altho’ it gets a good price at present. Nyasaland also produces a great amount of cotton. Both countries are handicapped in the matter of outlet, Nyasa produce all having to pass thro’ a foreign port. Labour is cheap in both places — a boy gets 4 to 7 shillings a month. In B.E.A. labour seems much dearer, at least personal boys are. The real power of Nyasaland is in the hands of the African Lakes Corporn. — a Scottish missionary concern.
Tuesday 16th. Orders came today that we are to return to the Bar: there is evidently some possibility of the Huns going north again. We won’t be able to start to move at least till the day after tomorrow. Ordered some books for Jardine from J.C. Jeta. Uproarious dinner tonight, & more uproarious sequel in Black’s house, which I have just slipped away from with Jardine while most of the furniture was still intact.
Wednesday 17th. Moult & I left by train for Limbi en route for Zomba & the dentist. Had a very good journey. Much brighter than the day we came down, & consequently much better impression of the country. Had also the advantage of the company of men who knew the country, on an ex-employee of the sugar factory on the Zambesi, & the other an Italian planter. The main crops of the country are tobacco round Blantyre, tea at Mlange Mountain, & cotton on the low ground from Chiromo southwards. Chiromo used to be the railway terminus, & the river steamer came right up the Shire to there: in fact in early times they came to within 26 miles of Blantyre. Now they can only reach Port Herald in flood time & the railway has been produced from Chiromo to there and then to Chimdio. Before the war there was a scheme for bridging the Zambesi & carrying the railway to Beira. Chimde is inaccessible for boats over 600 tons & the bar is dangerous. The reason for these changes is that Nyasa is drying up. The steamers used to come down the Shire to within 12 miles of Blantyre. There is only sand & reeds there now; sometimes the river flows back into the Lake. The latter has fallen 9 feet within 40 years or so. It is a long climb up from Chiromo to Limbi, up the valley of the Ruo, thro’ fine scenery. We had a good view of Mlange which is about 9000 ft. high. It consists of a high plateau (6000 or so ft.) with absolutely precipitous sides, & two high peaks which were lost in clouds. There is a mission station, & plantations along the southern base: on the plateau there are a few houses for Europeans in the hot season: no trees except cedars in the ravines, & elsewhere short grass. So far as I could make out the hills thro’ which the railway runs consist of granitic rocks with associated volcanic rocks: they weather to a rich dark red earth. Got into Limbi after 7p.m. & walked up to detail camp. Lovely night but cold.
Thursday 18th. By car to Zomba after breakfast. Got a few things at the stores & walked up to Church of Scotland Mission. The church is rather a fine building — entirely brick, & built by native labour. It is on cathedral lines, but without transept: high vaulted roof with dark wooden panels. They have attained to some rude decoration on the brickwork which has a venerable look quite like some of the Cambridge colleges. It has several stained glass windows, and the pulpit reading desk & choir were more like English Church productions than Old Kirk. There’s a small pipe organ too. Round the walls are inset brass tablets in memory of many of the pioneers, including Livingstone. We were shown over the school by one of the ladies. The children come in to start at all ages. They learn to read & write in their own language first — Chinyanza and then go on to English. We saw specimens of their writing, heard them read etc. feeling rather like H.M. Inspectors must do. They go up to Standard VI, which seems to correspond pretty much to our own standard. They are even taught parsing & analysis. The teaching is mainly done by native pupil teachers who get 5 shillings a month. They are trained as interpreters, typists etc. We saw over the carpenters’ shop. All the furniture of the country is made by these natives in solid mahogany: they turn out quite good work. In the mission there are about 15 white men & about same number of women: most of the men have been called up. In Blantyre itself there are about 1000 whites. The town is very well situated, but covers too much ground for convenience.
Friday 19th. Walked into Blantyre with Moult and had lunch & tea at James’s Hotel: played game of pills & wrote home. Morgan, Wiggell & Young arrived tonight from Port Herald, also on dental tack.
Saturday 20th. Sat beside the road with our kit from 7a.m. till 3.30p.m. before getting it aboard a car for Zomba. Got a lift ourselves in a touring car & came along in fine style. The country looking fine under the bright sun. Roads in good condition.
Sunday 21st. Read thro’ casualty lists for April & May today in the K.A.R. Mess. Found David’s name, also C.A. Mackay’s & David Soutar’s, & a number of others, mostly April 16th. & 17th. Wish I knew how they are at home. Went to church tonight — first time since October. Not a bad sermon, but very few people there. Church brick-built, bare & rather comfortless. Have got a hut on the hillside behind the mess.
Monday 22nd. Bought a few things at the African Lakes stores today & read most of the day.
Tuesday 23rd. Have been reading up the war news of March, April & May. Rather depressed all day.
Wednesday 24th. Climbed Zomba Mountain today with Moult & Young, taking lunch in a haversack. The mountain rises abruptly up behind the town, in fact the Europeans have built their houses on the lower slopes. It is a pretty steep climb, to go straight up, but there’s a good motor road winding gradually up. The top is called "the plateau". It is here that the Europeans live in the hot season: there are a number of bungalows. The Plateau is really a basin the sides of which run up here & there into peaks. Quite a number of small streams rise on the hill-sides — evidently from very high-sited springs, & join up into one quite respectable burn which runs down the middle of the valley thro’ thick bush & over many falls. The stream has been stocked with Loch Leven trout which I understand aren’t breeding well tho’ & no fishing is allowed. The Government Forestry Depart. has planted a lot of firs of some sort in the valley, for the sake of the timber I understand, but, incidentally giving the landscape a homelike touch. We fed at the side of the burn & followed it up some distance. I saw tree-ferns, royal fern, ordinary bracken and any number of flowers whose names of course I didn’t know: it was like walking thr’ a Botanical Garden, & the smell often took me back to Edinburgh days. When not sheltered the wind is quite cold up here even at midday.
No. 4 Coy. arrived today. It, & No. 2 & the M.G. Coy. are to march from here to Malakotera’s. No. 1 &3 to go by car at least as far as Namwera’s, East of Fort Johnstone. The Bosche is evidently going North.
Thursday 25th. No. 2 Coy. & M.G. Coy. arrived today: great crush in the mess: they are very good to put up with so many of us,
Friday No. 2 Coy. & No.4 left this morning with C.O. to march to Malakotera’s, going round south end of Lake Shirwa. M.G. Coy. went by car by Fort Johnston.
Saturday 27th. Got 6 pounds from Treasury today. Auction sale of deceased officers’ kits: impossible to bid against M.T.C. men who are rolling in money. So had to do without a table & chair wh. I hoped to pick up. No.3 Coy. arrived after dusk.
Sunday 28th. No. 3 Coy. left by car for Fort Johnstown, en route for Malakotera’s. Wrote Bessie in afternoon & went to church in the evening. Borrowed some books of the minister and so wangled a dinner. He couldn’t give me much help on the point I wished. The native congregation numbers 1500. The elders he says are very strong & thoroughgoing: also that the natives have a deep sense of sin: that they are building their own churches in many villages, defraying all expenses & giving the labour. Parallel with the church is the educational movement: no native is baptized till he can read: so schools are established all over, & are eagerly taken advantage of.
Monday 29th. A rotten wet day, with scotch mist. This is a wretched place in bad weather: no chance of getting warm or comfortable even in the mess. Spent the afternoon below the blankets reading the Koran & James’s ‘Varieties’. No.1 Coy. arrived today, the last of the battalion now.
Thursday 30th. Better weather today. Wrote Mother & Miss Reid. Dentist for second time: won’t have lower plate in just now as it would take too long.
Wednesday 31st. Had 2 molars out today, which I funked badly. Arranged to leave tomorrow, & am glad to get away as this place is getting rather stale.
Thursday 1st. Gen. Hawthorne inspected 1st. Depot today. Got away by 12 o’clock convoy, changing from Hupps to Ford’s at Fraser’s Camp and getting into Fort Johnston at 4.30p.m. very hot: many bush fires. Staying at Mrs. Martins Chigawe Hotel.
Friday 2nd. Walked from Fort Johnston to Hill Camp leaving 9.30 and arriving 2.30, lunch en route. The road crosses the old levels of the Lake for about 4 miles & then winds up the hills. Very good motor road with hairpin bends. Road cut in rubble & rock (metamorphic with volcanic dykes) & in places we got very large biotite flakes. Hill camp practically empty. Telegraph N.C.O. here tells us of two man eating lions in neighbourhood, which have carried off several natives in middle of day. He hit the male last night & followed it all day today, but didn’t get him. Showed us rock-python skin with claws on underside: these not present on ordinary veld-python. Had splendid view of Lake Nyasa & surrounding country as we came up but too hazy to see distance distinctly. Our personal boys are doing guard over the porters tonight as 6 ran away yesterday.
Saturday 3rd. Five hours marching took us to Namwera’s. The road lay thro’ the hills but we had done most of the climbing yesterday: in fact we were going down-hill most of the time. Passed thro’ two fairly large villages with groves of banana trees, the fruit mostly picked & what was left, unripe. The country in front of us looks rather flat with isolated rocky hills. Namwera’s has been a big camp but is now nearly empty. A few of our officers are here trying to get thro’ to the battalion which is 6 days further on, but there are neither cars nor porters, so we have just to wait & see.
Sunday 4th. Spent the day writing, and reading Public Opinion which I got last night from South Africa. It gives a good idea of the stress & strain of March & April, when the German offensive opened. Escort & the two Morgans left for the battalion this morning, and Moult & I have been fortunate enough to get fixed up with porters, and leave tomorrow.
Monday 5th. And the 5th. Year of the war. Left Namwera’s about 8a.m. with 15 porters, Fairly easy march of 4 and 1/2 hrs. to a standing camp which we found empty. The country today has been rather un-interesting and we seem to have left the hills behind: the vegetation is mostly withered up, all the streambeds dry, & a number of bush fires to be seen. Big safari of porters arrived in camp in the afternoon. The road is still a good motor one. We are now in Portuguese territory once again.
Tuesday 6th. Marched 4 and 3/4 hrs. today, arriving just W. of Lujenda River. Very warm marching & road crowded with the safari which came along last night: they are simple straggling along in their own time. Nothing of the country is to be seen beyond the roadside — high grass restricting the view & the land flat.
Wednesday 7th. Crossed the Lujenda & turned south along Lake Amaramba, to camp of that name. The Lake is hardly to be seen from the road, for the trees & high grass: it is about 15 miles by 2. Got good news from France here: then carried on to 4mile camp. Met a sergeant on the road with the most perfect Highland accent — from Inverness. This is a very dirty camp, as porters have been sleeping indiscriminately in all the huts. There is good water here, & plenty of it in a sluggish stream, where there are very fine blue water-lilies & other queer plants. I tried for game in the evening but the grass is too long. There was plenty about last night’s camp, jackal & hippos were kicking up a row, & this morning we got lions & buck tracks quite close, on the road.
Thursday 8th. Marched 17 miles today over very flat & almost water less country. Saw some buck & a buffalo but too far away for a shot. This is the first buffalo I have seen altho’ we often came across their fresh tracks on the Rovuma. He was cantering along, parallel to the road: the porters dropped their loads & made for the nearest trees, headed by Willie. After getting into camp ("21 Mile Camp") we both went out after game, but with no luck. I put up another buffalo but he made off. Ground very dry, only a few water-holes. Very fine evening, with new moon.
Friday 9th. Marched 15 miles today, but it seemed more like 20. Country very dry, a few low hills of granite. Passed thro’ one village where we got a cock for sixpence but without getting the owner’s permission. The women here have the usual nasal ornament moved from the left nostril down to the middle of the upper lip, which consequently protrudes. Very little water at this camp, & what there is is got by digging in the river bed. Plenty game-tracks on the road today, but we saw no animals. They seem to use the road a good deal by night — hyaena, jackal, buck, leopard etc. Moult & I shaved our moustaches off.
Saturday 10th. Got into Malakotera’s about 11 a.m. with the aid of a "tin Lizzie". After some trouble found the company, with them all in good form. Malakotera’s is a Portuguese boma post, with whitewashed embattled fort, and wide ‘market square’. We had expected to remain here at least a few days but orders came in in the afternoon to move tomorrow for Muleterre. There is some word of a small native rising in that quarter. We are in Baxter’s column, along with 1/1st. & 2/4th. battalions. Had to give some thought to getting our loads down to the regulation four.
Sunday 11th. Got away at 6a.m. Rather slow going, as a battalion, like Divisional days at Bedford, & occasionally going very fast. Passed through between some very curious hills. One great hill on the left of the road, rises a solid mass of granite sheer upwards, with all its lines rounded off as if it were a diagrammatic example of a glaciated mountain. The sides of it were all scored with perfectly perpendicular runnels, thro’ some of which water tumbles downwards. At one point what seemed to be two long streaks of carb. of lime issued from a crack halfway up & fell down to the base like two waterfalls, but we were too far off to examine them. We have camped for the night at the foot of this precipice: there isn’t a single piece of vegetation on it & only a few bushes near the top. The camp is very concentrated & I expect won’t be very peaceful to sleep in, but I’m very tired personally.
Monday 12th. A long march today, about 17 miles, & a very tiresome path thro’ long grass, & over occasional rough ground. The path lay between ranges of rocky hills, all with the same rounded lines as the one we passed yesterday, but on a smaller scale. I think the rounding is mainly due to the action of the sun. We crossed the Lurio river about 1.30p.m. — very little water: camped on the other side. The loads didn’t arrive till about 5 p.m. In the meantime I went out for buck but without success. Had a bath in the river at sundown, & am now waiting for the first meal of the day, & very hungry too.
Tuesday 13th. Had a fairly easy march today, of about 11 miles, arriving at Muletere about 11a.m. It is a small place, with a white Portuguese boma lying at he foot of a high rocky hill: there is a good stream of water, & we found a fairly good camp to march into. We pitched our tents, but it was too hot to sleep in them during the day.
Wednesday 14th. Parade in the bush this forenoon: getting down to field work again — advanced guards etc. Very hot indeed in the middle of the day but I think this heat is unusual. It was hot all last night. Wrote home today, & had my hair cut. Capts. Grant & ‘Samaki ‘ 2/4 K.A.R. to dinner.
Thursday 15th. Still very hot but have got into a banda. We expect to be here at least six days as our porters have been sent to Malakotera’s to bring up our food. The Hun is still down near the coast and doesn’t seem to be coming to much harm.
Friday 16th. Visited the 2/4th. who are camped near us here. Saw Straiton, and Sinclair Macpherson, Reay. Fried zebra kidneys for breakfast this morning, but found them rather strong. There is a good deal of game about here, but our men have brought in very little so far. The 2/4th. have got some good sable & kudu.
Saturday 17th. Sham fight in the bush this morning. Hawkins in defence & rest of Coy. attacking. Some good work by our Lewis guns. After lunch Dugmore & I with 12 porters left camp and went south for 3 hours along the line of hills to W. of Muletere. We camped there for the night in a small hollow, in bamboos, beside small stream. Followed lion spoor but didn’t come up with him.
Sunday 18th. Left camp shortly after 6 with orderly & 2 porters each. We struck off in different directions after crossing the Lualo River. The country doesn’t look good for game — very dry, long grass & patches of bamboo. About 8a.m. I came on a herd of 13 sable antelope and 3 hartebeest. I tried a longish shot at the bull but missed. They didn’t take fright tho’ and after about 1 and 1/2 hours stalking I got among them & brought down three. I got back to camp one o’clock & sent out all the porters, who got in at 8p.m. Had a good feed of grilled steak done on the embers. Fine night, with bright moonlight.
Monday 19th. Had breakfast at 6.30a.m. — fried kidneys & rice, etc. Arrived Muletere 11a.m. after very warm march. Good news from France — Bosches losing many prisoners & guns.
Tuesday 20th. Kit inspection, but no issue of stuff, which is sorely needed & has long been indented for. Many of the men are in rags, & when there is a guard to be mounted there is a lot of swapping of clothes to make them look respectable. Orders to move came in tonight: we are going south again, leaving tomorrow morning.
Wednesday 21st. Breakfast at 5.45, marched off 6.30, by same road as Dugmore & I took on Saturday. Very slow going as there were a number of dry gullies to be crossed. Got into camp about 1.30p.m. Very hot. Camped near a stream issuing from hills on right. After lunch went out shooting & came on fine herd of eland. While I was stalking them an askari came up & began shooting at some guinea fowl close by, so I had to take a long & hurried shot & missed. Followed up the herd into patch of long grass, where they began rushing round, not knowing where to go. Unable to get a shot tho’, especially as there were a number of people round about & a lot of shots going. The herd cleared off & we lost them. Shower of rain tonight and threatening more.
Thursday 22nd. Left camp at 5.30a.m. Had a hurried breakfast on the road, & arrived Lioma (13 miles) at 11a.m. Fortunately day very cloudy. Started again at noon & arrived here (11 miles) about 4.45p.m. All fairly tired & a few porters fell out. Have made a perimeter camp, as whereabouts of Huns not known. Lioma looked a fertile place — Portuguese Boma with sisal, rubber, cotton & tobacco. Good road all the way, but a few bridges wanted. Country hilly, but the road follows the valleys.
Friday 23rd. Did about 20 miles today, in two stages as yesterday. Hotter. Everybody pretty tired today, but in good form. Hun reported about 70 miles S.S.E. of Regone two days ago, so we are marching with advanced guard & rear guard, & forming squares at midday halt as well as at night-time. However I don’t think they are very apprehensive of the Hun being near us, as no other precautions are being taken.
Written up on 30th.
Saturday 24th. Shortly after we got into bed last night No. 3 & 4 Coys. and four M.G.s were ordered to Regone. The Hun was reported marching on that place and the 2/4th. were going out to meet him. We got a splendid moonlit night and arrived Regone 7.30a.m. — distance 14 miles. Found 2 Coys. 2/4th. still there. Camped outside the boma, but moved up in the evening to the boma and took up position on the hill. Word had come in that Numarroe — 20 miles out, held by 2 Coys. 2/4th had been attacked. We moved out at midnight in that direction but soon heard Numarroe had fallen & began to meet parties of 2/4th straggling back to Regone. We went forward very slowly in this order No. 2 Coy., No. 1, No. 4, No.3. No. 3 had to look after large safari of porters with reserve ammunitn. etc. so were well spread out.
Sunday 25th. Marched all night a mile an hour and halted at 9.30a.m. to cook breakfast. The place chosen was a basin, quite surrounded by hills. Just getting down to food when rifle fire started between our advanced guard and enemy and there was a stampede among the porters. Most of them rushed down into a small stream & buried their faces in the bank, others got below the little bridge. I thought we were going to lose them all, but they didn’t run far and as the firing died down we got them back to their loads & the column moved on a few hundred yards. We hung about here for some time, No. 3 Coy. not being called on. The firing was not brisk & mostly ours. The Hun was reported clearing out of Numarroe & coming in our direction. The day was misty & drizzly — it had been raining all night. The mist lifted for a little at noon, & we saw the German safari moving along a mountain side across our left flank. H.Q. wasn’t sure whether they were Huns or not so our M.G.s were not allowed to fire. This matter of identifying the enemy is one of the great difficulties. They were afraid Von Lettow was making for Regone so we about turned & boosted back there, my platoon doing A.G. En route we had another stampede of the porters but arrived Regone safely about 6.30p.m. in heavy rain. Fortunately Hawkins had arrived and had food and tents ready for us, fished out our loads from the middle of chaotic mass in the boma square and we got into bed.
Monday 26th. A few rifle shots got us out of bed in a hurry, but only a patrol scrap. Huns reported all round us in the bush. Worked all day putting up barricade of sisal and improving trenches. Huns sniping at us in the afternoon. He brought up a M.G. in the evening and gave us a few bursts which sent us all to the trenches. Late in the evening he crept up to the sisal but thought better of it when we opened heavy fire on him. Manned the trenches all night, but all quiet after this.
Tuesday 27th. No. 1 Coy. went out this morning & worked round the boma. Meanwhile a Hun party 60 rifles or so strong, with 1 M.G. crept up from the Lioma road. No.1 Coy. got on their flank & drove them off, taking some ammn. Etc. off them, & nearly getting a gun. Huns kept on sniping at us giving us bursts of M.G. In the afternoon the whole battalion moved out & wheeled round the boma intending to attack Von Lettow, No.4 Coy. forming screen, No.3 on left flank, and the others completing the diamond. We didn’t go far tho’ for some reason & returned to the Boma for tea. Manned the trenches again at night. ‘Short-Col’ was in touch by signal lamp tonight. Von Lettow’s camp fires visible about 2 miles away. Quiet night. Moult with patrol today got alongside Hun porters on march. They had been passing across our front. Kendall did the same & captured a porter with a box of good loot.
Wednesday 28th. Short Col & R.N.V.R. closed up today and we marched out of the boma at 8.30 to attack, the Huns being reported still in their camp. 2 Coys. held the boma, remainder of force as follows
2 Coys. 2/4th.
| | | | No. 3 Coy. 3/4th.
No. 2 3/4th.| | | | No.1 Coy. 3/4th.
| | No.4
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} Reserve
R.N.V.R. }
We made another elaborate wheel thro’ the bush, which took an unconscionable time. There was a machine gun somewhere which kept bothering us, but this was the only fire we came under. We found out later, from captured porters, that the Huns had cleared out early in the morning & while we spent the day feeling our way thro’ the bush he was getting a move on, & is away north again. Returned to the Boma & slept in comfort.
Thursday 29th. Moved out of the boma and made camp about 1 and 1/2 miles out. Had pickets out at night in from of Zareba. Huns reported at Mogomo, on road to Lioma.
Friday 30th. Moved out about 4 miles and formed a camp on other side of Luo River. Now in "Fitz-Col." Loads late in arriving. Hawkins rather ill.
Saturday 31st. Transferred to Barton’s Column today. Left at 9a.m. for Mogomo, but only did about 17 miles. Made perimeter camp as usual. Huns reported working south again but nobody sure where. Carter left us as Barton’s Staff Captain, & Moult as temp. Col. Signal officer. Sgt Barrow as R.Q.M.S.
Sunday 1st. At 10.30a.m. No.3 Coy. marched out along Lioma road to find out if Mogomo still occupied by enemy, & to send out patrols from there if enemy gone. We went with screen flankers & rearguard, & had 2 M.G.s. No.11, 12, 9, 10 platoons. Met no opposition & arrived Mogomo 12.30p.m. 1/4th. askaris reported Shorcol had moved on to Lioma. Bartons two battalions moved thro’ us at 5p.m. & we fell in behind 3/4th. Very good news — Huns badly knocked at Lioma, losing 24 whites, 50 ask., 200 porters baggage & hospital on the 30th., & now gone east in disorder. We marched till 7.30p.m. but too dark for night march.
Monday 2nd. Left camp 6a.m. and arrived at scene of fight about noon. Occupied the British camp. Very hot today. Our Coy. 3/1st. to search the ground for wounded & ‘kag’. ‘Kartocol’ in action today to the east but no news yet. Hear that 44 German whites have now been accounted for.
Tuesday 3rd. Left camp 6a.m. after early breakfast. Marched till 11a.m. towards Muletere, then from 2 — 4 p.m. arriving & making camp at same spot as Dugmore & I stayed on 17th. August. Very warm again. Passed thro’ large village, now deserted, & all the millet strewn about the fields & road, wasting & being carried off by anybody who wishes it. Suppose the inhabitants have fled to the hills. Jardine’s feet bad these days & making him irritable. Huns reported north of Muletere — Malema road. Three of his companies not yet located.
Wednesday 4th. No. 3 Coy. did rear-guard today, a slow job with such a long column — about 5000 porters in it. Reached Muletere about 11.30a.m. (10 miles). Rested for a few hours and then went on to "Lurio Crossing", same as on 12th. Aug. Arrived there 8p.m. (10 miles) and had some difficulty in camping in the middle of a shamba.
Thursday 5th. Had a slack day: wrote home: saw Morrison who used to be in No.2 Platoon, 5th Seaforths, now Adjt. 3/1 KAR. Talked with him about old days and got some news of the old boys. Huns reported going N& E along banks of Lurio. Big kiboko parade tonight.
Friday 6th. Marched to stream midway between Muletere & Malema — back over same road. Have left Barton’s column now. Heard stokes guns to North this morning. Met Moodie 1/1 KAR at Muletere. Very hot and dusty on the road. Got into camp after 6p.m. in darkness & very dirty. Now waiting for a bath, but not much water.
Saturday 7th. Arrived Malema 12.30 this forenoon. Very hot and dusty march. Breakfast on the roadside. Bush now practically leafless. Some rather wonderfully shaped hills on our right, like huge boulders rolled together: bare tops, precipitous sides. Crossed Malema river — a fine stream, 30 yards wide, 5 —6 feet deep, clear & strong. Boma on E. bank burnt some months ago. We seem to be making for further East, - perhaps the coast.
Sunday 8th. Spent a lackadaisical day: wrote one letter: church service in the evening, congregation of 10, in the Q.M. Stores.
Monday 9th. Left for Ribane 6a.m. Another hot dusty march, of 15 miles. Rather interesting country, passing round flank of another range of tooth-like mountains, still with all their features smoothed and rounded off. As we are now at a good distance from the Hun we have no picquets out, and don’t dig in at nights.
Tuesday 10th. Marched 21 miles today, getting in at 6p.m., my platoon being rearguard. Not a bad march: not so much dust on the road & more leaves on the trees. We seem to be getting into lower & warmer country, but still passing thro’ hills of same smooth type. Carried water from the midday halt as there was said to be none here but we have found enough for a bath.
Wednesday 11th. Marched about 19 miles: midday halt of 2 and 1/2 hrs. below mangrove tree growing in a dampish spot. Lower parts of stem (or aerial roots) showed numbers of hacks as if with panga. Country still hilly: good camp tonight, beside a field hospital & small clear stream. Moult to hospital with diarrhoea this morning & fearing the worst: Brown yesterday with fever. Jardine very quiet these days & rather fed up with us all I think.
Thursday 12th. Arrived Ribaue 8a.m. Boma has been burnt by Huns: now rebuilding. Not much sign of cultivation. A few shenzi huts round about but people very shy and frightened. Could get no potatoes, but a few bananas & tomatoes. Lay outside the boma all day in very hot sun waiting for rations. Left at 3.30 & came about 4 miles. Just had a pretty good dinner. We are now heading N.E. for the Nampula — Lurio motor road, 4 days away. Moult & Brown left for Mozambique today, much envied by us all.
Friday 13th. Marched about 16 miles today. The road has now become a bush track, & more pleasant. Rather unlucky day for us losing our flour among other things. Plenty water along route today as we were passing thro’ rather hilly country. No news of the Huns who seem to have been lost again: suspected going North on W. bank of Lurio R.
Saturday 14th. 19 miles today: crossed Muenbura River at noon & have been going ENE most of the day: many deserted shambas but practically no sign of natives. Camping tonight about 5 miles from "Nampula — Lurio Crossing" motor road. Late in getting in, No.3 doing rearguard. Water bad here, but daily rum ration now. Penfold went back to Ribane yesterday, sick. Major Carr crocked now & will no doubt be going down the line too.
Sunday 15th. Reached Muenbura boma on the motor road at breakfast time this morning. Marched total of about 22 miles today, getting in 6.45p.m., the afternoon march being longer than was intended as no water could be found. Very dusty on the road and walking heavy: everybody very tired. A good deal of sickness among the men — diarrhoea, fever and fatigue. Von Lettow reported making for Mtarika’s on the Lujenda, having got north of all our columns. Opening up Mbamba Bay again.
Monday 16th. Did only y 9 miles today, starting 8a.m. so had a good night’s sleep. Spent most of the day in a dry stream bed in good shady spot, and came on here in cool of the evening. Some trouble about heavy loads — my box among them. Rations rather short here. Understand we are bound for Medo & then Ngomano on Rovuma. Bosch near Mwembe.
Tuesday 17th. 17 miles: quite comfortable march. Country rather tame. Some good trees near the streams, including vegetable-ivory palms which seem to favour lower country, men brought us some "tamarinds" today — sort of bean with spongy inside: remember we had some in the press in Rose Cottage long ago. We are all fairly well rested now but safari life is beginning to pall a bit — especially the early rising.
Wednesday 18th. Left camp at 7a.m. after breakfast. No.3 rearguard so no hurry. Arrived Lurio crossing 11a.m. (9 miles). River here divided into 4 channels by sandy islets. Said to be plenty crocs.. Cars cross by bridge & pontoon. Camped among big trees on N. bank. 4/4th here too: 1/3rd left today: all going to Medo. Bosch rumoured near Nudi’s on Rovuma.
Thursday 19th. Day of rest: men washing & cleaning up. Wrote home & to Louise. Rather hot here: but no mosquitoes, or tsetses as far as we have seen altho’ there’s said to be plenty fever and sleeping sickness in the Lurio valley. Didn’t risk a bathe.
Friday 20th. Left 6 a.m. Marched 16 miles N.W. thro’ rather dry & quite uninteresting country. Still driving with us a herd of oxen for fresh meat but they are getting very thin, & dying on roadside — when they are cut up usually & brought into camp. There’s very little for them to eat. Got into camp at 1p.m.. Water rather bad. Jardine’s knee showing signs of giving out.
Saturday 21st. Jardine went to hospital today & probably won’t come back as he is fed up. Dugmore in command of Coy. Marched 16 miles: very hot & practically no shade: not so sandy. A lot of diarrhoea today, probably bad water or these oxen. Camped at (left blank). Battn. ordered to Port Amelia and we hear is bound for Dar-Es-Salaam.
Sunday 22nd. This is my 29th birthday. Easy march 15 miles getting into camp noon. Good shade below mango tree. Wrote Bessie: reading Sartor Resartus, & making resolutions.
Monday 23rd. Very easy 12 today, mainly owing to C.O. being down with diarrhoea. Country gently undulating: bush, bamboo & occasional small mangoes. Lay all the rest of the day below a grass shelter. This is war as it should be fought.
Tuesday 24th. Passed thro’ Medo 11a.m. and camped on east side of Moma ( 9 miles today). Big camp round the Boma — signals, supplies etc. Very sandy, hot & no shade: glad to get down into the bush again. Jardine left by car for Port Amelia today: we may see him there. 4/4th leaving by motor for same place today: we are to march ( 128 miles ).
Wednesday 25th. 17 miles today: not very interesting country. Lots of old camps & trenches along the road. Flies getting very troublesome now in the middle of the day. 4/4th still going through in lorries & making plenty dust. Got into camp 4.30. Sky overcast and like rain in the afternoon, Finished Sartor Resartus.
Thursday 26th. 15 miles today, resting for 3 and 1/2 hours at noon as the C.O. has diarrhoea: we would have preferred to come straight on. Country getting lower: atmosphere muggy, but perhaps just temporary: heavy mist last night. Considerable difficulty in getting water — only in holes & not good. Carter started as assistant adjutant today. Very good news from France for some days back — good news from all fronts except this one. Some secrecy as to our final destination: consequently much speculation.
Friday 27th. Arrived Meza ( 6 miles ) at 9 a.m. Drew 2 days rations, rested & cooked day’s food: went on 10 miles, sleeping near water hole with very little water but we brought a lot along with us. Meza is quite a poor place: no sign of natives or buildings except old bandas: just a small ration dump. Rations very bad & many items missing: river undrinkable.
Saturday 28th. 13 miles, reaching Ankuabe 11.30 a.m. Plenty water here, & good. Spent the day in dry stream bed, below the bushes. This life is making me very lazy, but we will soon be at the coast. Some word of a mail arriving tonight.
Sunday 29th. Bosche reported at Haliffa’s, burning villages & collecting food. He has got away from all our people tho’ still some forces about Songia & Lupumba. We marched 17 miles today: water more plentiful, but still has to be got from holes in river beds. Hawkins very fed up these days & no wonder. Gen. Rawlinson reported at Dar-Es-Salaam clearing out staff funkholes and making enquiries. Hope it is true.
Monday 30th. May’s birthday. Got the first sight of the sea at 8a.m. Easy march of 12 miles to Mahiba where there is a large hospital. Very comfortable shelter amongst some dense bushes, but with a good breeze from the sea. Batch of letters today March — May from home, written after opening of German offensive. D. evidently fell 21st. March.
Tuesday 1st. Arrived Mtuge ( 10 miles ), marching over low, thickly bushed country. Very sultry today & some rain in early morning. Rock here sedimentary grit, sandstone, flag & limestone. Saw no fossils. Made camp in bush; very hot & high wind in afternoon.
Wednesday 2nd. Kit inspection, hoping to re-equip here. Bulgaria thrown up the sponge: everybody greatly pleased: good news from France too. Hawkins left for Dar-Es-Salaam — dental treatment, & is to send off my cable. We expect sail about 8th.
Thursday 3rd. Crossed to Port Amelia this forenoon with Herring to buy chop. Pretty rough crossing as the equinoctial gales are on. Tug took over seven dhows & tow rope broke: bit of confusion. Port Amelia bay very big: rather shallow & tide leaves wide flats at least on w. side. The port lies under an old coral reef which has been raised up just as at Lindi but not so as to bring the flats behind it above water. Very hot crossing & I got a touch of the sun. Found Jardine still in hospital & likely to get his ticket. Detail camp, hospital etc. up on top of old reef: very exposed to sun, wind & dust.
Friday 4th. Returned to battalion this evening. Good crossing. Some confusion as regards boats to take battalion . 2 & 4 Coys. have marched round the Bay, arriving P. Amelia today. We will follow suit in a few days. 1/2 arrived at Gaia & camped there today. Dodds reached us with a lot of whisky this afternoon, so some gaiety in the camp.
Saturday 5th. One hour’s parade today: rest reading, writing etc. Very warm midday but high wind. No mosquitoes here. Saw a wild pig for the first time tonight. Dugmore tried a shot but no luck.
Sunday 6th. Out after guinea fowl with Dugmore early this morning: got none. There is a black crested kind here which doesn’t seem to rise off the ground at all & several have been run down by the men. They take refuge in the thickest clumps of bush. Photographed a number of men today as types of the different tribes: hope they come out. Wrote a couple of letters: reading "John Halifax, Gentleman" — a good old book, very full of the glamour of English countryside and home life, and am consequently feeling a bit homesick. This is a splendid evening, with quite a Sunday feel: not such a high wind as these last few days. Very quiet in the company now with only Dugmore & Carter, & the latter mostly at H.Q..
Monday 7th. Left camp at 5.30a.m. to march round to Port Amelia. Road follows high ground round S. end of bay. Number of exposures of sedimentary rocks- from conglomerate to limestone. No sign of fossils tho’. Marched about 12 miles, getting into camp 10a.m.: made shelter under shady tree. Finished "John Halifax". Good many birds here, some quite songful, like thrushes. Dugmore & Carter both rather groggy with diarrhoea which is pretty rife still. Roberts & MacCunn in hospital in Port Amelia with it: Michie ( Q.M. ) pretty bad with enteric. No. 2 & 4 Coys. shd. have sailed today on the Salamis. We’re down for the 9th.
Tuesday 8th. Road climbed up onto old raised coral reef, which runs along parallel to coast & terminates to the N. in the point on which P.Amelia lies. Road here pretty heavy in a rich looking red sand. Arrived P.A. at 11a.m. Many baobab trees along the sea front. No arrangements for our accommodation. Ultimately got into a marquee with some of No. 4 Coy. Played a football match tonight & played very badly.
Wednesday 9th. Went down to the beach in forenoon. Got quite a lot of shells but mostly rolled & water-worn. Old coral beds above high water mark weathering into fantastic shapes. Conus, sypraia ovula? Natica?: turbo etc. etc. Many highly coloured Brittle stars ( 2 species ) hermit crabs, sea slugs etc. Shrimp with trigger-action in its’ big —toe. No signs of living coral. The reef can be seen on the other side of the harbour entrance, tho’ it doesn’t seem to be so pronounced as on this side. Saw Anderson ( Seaforths ) 2/2 K.A.R. in hospital, wounded Chikola lately. Good match between K.A.R. & Hospital — former winning 1-0.
Thursday 10th. Early morning parade: platoon pretty rotten. Very stiff so lay in bed most of the day. Rugby tonight between K.A.R. & hospital, latter winning easily. Osler, who is dentist here & used to play for Edin. University, was playing for them — an unexpected link with the past. We are still waiting here for a boat: we should have sailed yesterday. There seems to be nobody who knows what is happening: no cooperation between Navy & Army: if we don’t hurry up, we’ll be too late to get onto the Central Line. Concert in Y.M.C.A. tonight — rather poor but the sound of a piano is a novelty.
Friday 11th. Down town with Brown & McRitchie. Greek who sells lemonade says he has to save up rain-water for drinking purposes. He must save it a long time. Water here is very bad — quite salt and almost impossible for drinking. K.A.R. beaten 4-0 by hospital. A boat came in tonight, so we are under orders to embark at an hour’s notice. Hope we don’t move till tomorrow. Exactly a year since we left England.
Saturday 12th. Ordered to be on the quay at 8a.m. with all kit. Arriving there found boat not to be loaded until noon. Sat about all day on the beach, occasionally resorting to a little tin tea-shop, & whiling the time away till 3p.m. when we at last got aboard. Usual mix up: very slow embarking: no method at all, & nobody directing operations. Got away at 6p.m. Good breeze blowing, but tho’ we are now well outside there isn’t much sea on. Am sleeping on deck. Ngoma left in front of us today: some civilians still on her who went up to D.S.M. on her last trip & weren’t allowed to land: so they are still occupying cabin space where we are so much pressed for space and time.
Sunday 13th. Sea calm all day: slept and read.
Monday 14th. Arrived D.S.M. 6a.m. Got into harbour 10a.m. & started disembarking at once. As usual no arrangements had been made at the Detail Camp. Had lunch at the Burger Hotel, and bought a V.P.K. camera, for which I paid 45R. ( 3 pounds ) films 1 and 1/2 R. Battalion had to pitch its own camp — small ‘bivvy’ tents. Brandy Bill gone hospital with diarrhoea: Dugmore laid up with fever & not too good myself.
Friday 25th. It is a long time since I wrote up my diary: I am doing it now in hospital — 84th General or ‘Germani’ where I have been sent with a slight attack of fever. No. 2& 4 Coys. with 1/2 M.G.s under the C.O. went up the line before we landed & are now marching from Dodoma to Iringa. The Hun is somewhere about Njombe, south of Dodoma. No.1 & 3 &1/2 M.G.s under Hewitt are still here. Col. Wilkinson & Beamish arrived two days ago & "are getting down to a job of work". After spending a few days in the Detail Camp in great discomfort we moved out beyond & pitched a marquee near the askaris lines. Van Deventer inspected the 2 Coys. on Monday. Dar-Es-Salaam is fairly warm by day but cool breeze in the evenings when everybody comes out to take the air. Quite a number of German ladies, mostly to be seen sitting on the sands in the evening: also some of their husbands & a few officers — prisoners I suppose. Good dinner to be got at the Burger Hotel.
Monday 28th. Still in hospital, but expect to leave tomorrow. Fever quite better but the appendicitis pains wh. were troubling still there. Hospital life very dull. Have been reading Les Miserables & played some chess. Was at church last night — German Lutheran one, whitewashed inside, something of cathedral type. Very rich toned organ and the singing was hearty and good. Very fiery preacher. German hymn books still in the pews. Splendid news from Europe. Talk now of an armistice. The hymns last night were triumphant, victorious ones. No news of Von Lettow. Troops still going up the central railway. Spanish flu is ravaging South Africa. Passenger traffic suspended: no evacuations from here to there. A few suspected cases in hospital here. Saw Ralph McKay here a few days ago: in good form & health.
Wednesday 30th. Came out of hospital yesterday afternoon. Field stunt this morning under Col. Wilkinson versus 5/4 under Col. Harvey. Different feel abut the battalion already. Everybody keen. Visited Ralph: 1/3 down with flu: we are taking precautions to keep our men clear.
Thursday 31st. Left tonight under secret orders at 7p.m. — No. 3 Coy. & 1 section M.G.s by train. Dinner at the Burger before leaving, Jardine & Col. Harvey seeing us off. Pretty good 1st.class carriage, with cold spray, beds longitudinally arranged.
Friday 1st. Arrived Morogoro 9a.m.: breakfast on platform. Picturesque hills behind the town wh. is reckoned a health resort. Native villages high up on N. side of hills ( Uluguru Mtns. ). Kilossa 1p.m. unhealthy. Very hot all day: men crowded in iron trucks must be feeling it badly especially as they’re not allowed out at the stations even to go to cheroni as the C.O. is afraid of desertions. Country from Kilossa to Dodoma ( 9p.m. ) very dry, uninteresting. Dinner here at an Indian shop.
Saturday 2nd. Not so hot today but bad enough. Country flat open bush, very dry. No signs of game but this said to be giraffe country, as shown by very high telegraph poles. Tabora 4.15p.m. Changed trains. Medical inspection revealed 15 cases for hospital, mostly Spanish flu. Willie got it too I think. Owing to red tape on part of Belgians who seem to run this part of the line, we have to wait here till tomorrow. Detrained & extended the company to prevent infection. Myself orderly officer: got a tent up & am fairly comfortable. Remainder sleeping in train & probably dining at the hotel. Glad to have this chance of writing up my diary. We are evidently bound for Bismarkburg, foot of Tanganyika. Bosche reported in Tife. Hope flu doesn’t spoil our tour, which we are all looking forward to.
Sunday 3rd. Great many cases of flu today, including Willie & the cook: all sent to hospital. A general medical inspection brought out a lot more: all the askaris were made to gargle with Pot. Permang. — which they didn’t enjoy. After some hesitation it was decided to send 2coy. 1/2nd K.A.R. to Bismarkburg instead of us. We were very much disappointed but have only 8 N.C.O.s ( mostly L/cpls. ) left with the Coy. Slept as last night, the others round about the station.
Monday 4th. 10 more cases in No.3 this morning. Left Tabora about 7a.m. & marched 11 and 1/2 miles south to Urumwa where there is a water hole & pump attached. Laid out lines which took us all afternoon to measure out, and weren’t well done when finished. Dugmore feeling off colour but thinks it’s only fever. Our kit didn’t turn up till about 9p.m. as the ox wagons had got stuck in the sand.
Tuesday 5th. Men worked on their lines all day, ourselves sitting in the sun, & feeling very uncomfortable. Austria signed armistice yesterday. Dugmore very ill — temp. 106 degrees. Fewer cases among the men.
Wednesday 6th. Dugmore still very ill: temp. 103 — 4 degrees & won’t come down. No ambulance to be got to take him to hospital: all the sick men lying among the bushes: great slackness somewhere. Sun very hot here from 8a.m. to 5p.m. Men’s lines practically finished now. Grass & wood getting scarce.
Thursday 7th. Dugmore a little better today but still high temp. Got him away to hospital today: Carter also. Sgt. Macgregor went a few days ago. Very few new cases among askaris but porters still bad, & at nights great coughing in camp. Started on officers lines today & moved into new mess before heat of the day.
Friday 8th. Got my hut practically finished this afternoon, so am able to escape the heat & do some writing. Great plague of flies here, most probably due to shenzis living round about. Arap Mossuk doing boy & orderly for me with some acceptance. Gargling parade daily for all African troops. Think the flu has about run its course now.
Monday 11th. Armistice signed at 11a.m. this morning: the news reached us at 5p.m. C.O. announced it on parade. I can’t realize it, that the war is finished, probably because we are so far from everything. Had dinner outside, with C.O. etc. Sounds of revelry all over the camp, altho’ I don’t think the askaris know what has happened, except in a vague way.
Tuesday 12th. A full holiday today. Preparations for big ngoma tonight — firewood & native beer in large quantities. 3/4 K.A.R. played West African Ambulance at soccer. We were beat 2-0 altho’ we had nearly all the play. Ross (Edin. Varsity & Scotland rugger) played for them. Had a peace celebration dinner in the evening. The ngoma rather a failure as the women got the wind up and went home.
Wednesday 13th. Lay in this morning. Parade at 4.30 — 6. Company in horrible condition. Von Lettow ordered report Abercorn.
Thursday 14th. Orderly officer. Saw a lot of natives today returning to their villages, having heard the war is over.
Friday 15th. Started bayonet fighting and musketry today. Doing 3 hours parade daily — practically the only hours one can be outside with any comfort. Everybody feeling slack & in spite of all the good news, perhaps a little depressed. Heavy clouds about tonight & some light showers. Rains will soon be starting, according to C.O. Von Lettow surrendered unconditionally 96 miles south of Abercorn, in accordance with armistice.
Saturday 16th. Good game of football against same people as on Tuesday, & beat them 1 — 0. Enjoyed the game very much. A good deal cooler today: heavy clouds, and occasional showers morning & evening. About 50 askaris came out of hospital today. Willie is very ill indeed. I have taken a new boy on trial — Salimu, from Morogoro.
Sunday 17th. Battalion sports this evening — great success. Spear throwing interesting — 50 yards greatest distance but the spears weren’t up to much. They take a short run before throwing. Thundery weather, & a good few showers going.
Monday 18th. Orderly officer. Had a lot of hunting round to do; the C.O. very keen on having everything spick & span. Sports finished tonight. As a rule the men aren’t keen on sports: they’re rather self-conscious. We marched them down to the ground so as to be sure they would get there. Otherwise they would probably have lain in their huts all evening.
Tuesday 19th. By autocar to Tabora today. Thornhill drove me out to the Carrier Depot Hospital where I recovered Dennis the cook. Willie died yesterday. Bought a few things & had lunch at the Tabora Hotel. Tabora lies on the low ground west of the Boma. The buildings are nearly all of the Arab type — solid whitewashed walls, deep windows & heavy doors. Great deal of colour about the market, wh. is just in front of the Tabora Hotel. The latter run by a Greek. Good food. Got back to camp in afternoon. Hawkins laid up with high temperature.
Wednesday 20th. Bush work in the morning, musketry in the evening. We are working fairly hard — at least the end of the war hasn’t slackened things off at all and parade is parade these days with the C.O. always on the go. Very heavy clouds in the evening, a lot of thunder, lightning & rain about. The rains have started now. Spanish flu very bad in Tabora. Rumour we are to go to Bombo, via Mwanza.
Thursday 21st. Orderly officer. Safaris coming up from the south nearly every day: the line is pretty well cleared now. Expect the 4/4th. soon. Dugmore came back from hospital today, looking pretty thin.
Friday 22nd. Carter joined headquarters mess today. He, Hawkins & Dugmore on stout, as all run-down, greatly to their delight. Football match tonight, K.A.R. vs. Ambulance, which we won 1 — 0.
Sunday 24th. Very slack day, & very hot indeed. Wrote most of the day. Askari football match in the evening gave us some amusement.
Monday 25th. Very heavy rain this afternoon, accompanied by abrupt change of wind from N.E. to S.W. Most of the bandas leaked badly. Started teaching Moult, Dugmore & Hawkins chess. Showed McCunn Tosh’s poems today, which he says are "quite in the front rank". ‘War the Liberator’ is on the same level as Rupert Brooke.
Tuesday 26th. Some rain today, & quite cold at midday. One coy.4/4th.arrived today. They are to garrison (i.e. Battalion) Mwanza, Tabora, Dodoma & Irangi. Hear the 5/4th are also for garrison duty. Small mail arrived today, up to August 28th.
Wednesday 27th. One coy. 4/4th. passed thro’ early this morning taking with them all our Mwanza & Kisumu (Kavirondo) porters. The porters were highly delighted. Their singing wakened me. Officers played and beat B.N.C.O.s today 3-2.
Thursday 28th. Brown & McRitchie left this forenoon with 100 men for Morogoro. Later we had orders to move to Tabora 6.30a.m. tomorrow. Played 4/4th.tonight & beat them 1-0: very hot game. Good deal of rain tonight.
Friday 29th. Marched to Tabora today: a fine dull morning. Photographed Sultan Saidi chief of the Wanyamwezi, en route. Hung about the station all day till evening: entrained 6p.m. after hurried dinner on the platform. Accommodated in iron trucks — 4 officers in each. Colonel in guard’s van. All decent carriages being kept for Von Lettow & his minions who are expected one of these days.
Saturday 30th. Very hot in the van: dry waterless country, hardly a leaf or blade of grass to be seen: water courses all bone-dry. Cooked breakfast on the side of the line. Lunched at Dodoma, which is a dreary looking place. Met Carter 2/6th.here. Left 5 p.m. Fine evening.
Sunday 1st. Arrived Morogoro 7a.m. having got stuck on the line for some hours. Camp being pitched at foot of mountains to south of town. Splendid view from my tent. On the left the Crown Prince’s shooting box, in front the camp & his quondam rubber plantation. Further out across the plains another line of hills. Close on the right a small spur behind which 1/3rd. are camped. Splendid water supply laid on in pipes, & a mountain stream below the shooting box.
Monday 2nd. Orderly officer, so had to be up while the others lay in bed. Splendid sunrise, gilding the hills opposite. We are well in the shade of the hills here until about 7.30a.m. A number of officers applied yesterday to stay on in the K.A.R. I am not among them.
Sunday 8th. The whole battalion has concentrated here but there is no definite word as to what is to happen to us. We will probably be disbanded at Nairobi in the near future. Meanwhile we have got settled down here & cleared a parade ground. We start regular parades again tomorrow morning.
The weather has been very hot, especially in the afternoons, when it is almost worse than useless to go to sleep. We are expecting rain and looking forward to it to cool the air.
The people here are Wakami, & cultivate the usual maize mohogo etc. while at the Mission they grow English vegetables etc. Eggs are 7 cents, fowls 1 — 1 and _ R. Fruit not too plentiful: no mangoes.
Mica is mined or quarried in the hills behind. One mine, 2 days up, has closed down since the war finished & paid off 1200 boys. The mica was being used for gas masks etc. I believe it wouldn’t pay a private firm to run it. It is in pegmatite veins & has been worked in shallow tunnels near the camp.
Von Lettow surrendered with 155 whites, 1186 African ranks, 37 M.G.s, 200,000 S.A.A. He & some of his party passed thro’ by train yesterday and spent an hour on the platform where they were met by practically the whole of the German population — women & girls mainly. They looked very fit indeed, their clothes a bit worn certainly but no signs of crumpling up with fever. I couldn’t help admiring them. They are a tough lot.
Today Moult and I climbed the mountain and visited what was the German mission in prewar days. It harbours now 17 German women, & their 20 children, for whose sake they live so high up. The air was quite cool up there and the children looked a good deal better than those who live down in Morogoro. We had a cup of tea, altho’ they were pretty hard up themselves. The lady who entertained us was very well educated — the grand daughter of two Gottingen professors. She thought that things couldn’t be so bad in Germany as they were made out to be. She had very strong feelings, naturally, & we had to be pretty careful. I think the difficulty now will be to convince the German people that the war was carried on dishonorably by their side. I don’t see how general repentance is to be brought about; but insofar as they were misled in that respect by their powers that were, repentance won’t be necessary.
Tuesday 17th. Still in Morogoro, but we hope to leave this week. However we had 3 cases of flu this morning: if it gets worse we may be quarantined again. Besides, D.S.M. is congested with troops waiting for transport. Our B.N.C.O.s left yesterday for Nairobi & Blighty. The 1/3rd left end of last week also for Nairobi.
The time is passing very slowly. It is just as well we have two parades a day, otherwise we would be too slack for anything. As it is, the only man with any keenness left is the C.O.. The days are very hot, especially about midday, & it’s impossible to be comfortable anywhere then. We put the time in reading, sleeping, at cards, chess etc. All are pining for a move, & discharge.
We have had several games of football & beat the 1/3rd.
Saturday 21st. No.1 & 2 Coys. left for Morogoro by train this evening. 3 & 4 left here with John Parker in charge.
Sunday 22nd. Remainder of the battn. entrained this evening & left Morogoro 6p.m. We have 2nd. Class carriage this time. Sorry not to see the country between here and D.S.M.
Monday 23rd. Wakened in D.S.M. Breakfast at the Burger & entertained to dinner there by No.2 Coy. Back by boat.
Tuesday 24th. Paraded today & handed in rifles, bayonets, S.A.A. etc. Men very pleased at retaining their equipment, so as to distinguish them from porters. Had dinner at the camp, & had very quiet evening.
Wednesday 25th. Very hot: unlike Christmas, no such feeling in the atmosphere. Regimental dinner at the Burger, joint with _. Met Lt. Miller 1/5th Seaforths there but he was too tight to have a rational conversation with. The Doc. & I walked home before the evening got too uproarious.
Thursday 26th. Breakages last night came to 10 pounds, not too bad for 2 battns. Bought about 25 pounds of ivory this afternoon, half of which at least I hope to sell at a profit in London. Difficult to know what presents to take home. Nothing distinctly African to be got. Dinner at the Burger, & back by boat.
Friday 27th. Paraded 5.30a.m. Started embarking on ‘Salamis’ at 6.00a.m. Accommodation poor. Three sittings for meals. Left 11a.m.. Very smooth but good deal of rain. Still some cases of flu cropping up. Slept on upper deck.
Saturday 28th. Arrived Kilindini 6a.m. All disembarked by 9.30a.m., after breakfast. Brown & I picked up kit at Mendoza’s. Found I have a bank balance of only 12 cents. Train to Nairobi at 2p.m. Remainder to leave at 4.30. High tea at Sumburn.
Sunday 29th. Pleasant journey, but slow. Usual game: very cold, especially on front of engine where we sat part of the way. Arrived Nairobi 7p.m. K.A.R. band on platform but no welcome from the civilians. They are very apathetic. Moult & I ordered to leave the train here & go to detail camp. Disappointed not to see Uganda etc. Hurried goodbye to platoon: sorry to see the last of them when it came to the point.
Monday 30th. Hawkins & a lot more came up from the station this morning, being redundant like ourselves. To Donnie Rose’s for dinner with John Munro etc. in the evening & enjoyed myself.
Tuesday 31st. Moult went to hospital today with high temp. Hope it’s not flu. Very cold here & weather wet: many have colds: have put on my thick underclothing. Very quiet hogmanay. Went to bed 10p.m.
Wednesday 1st. Game of pills. Time going in slowly. Visited Moult: he is rather bad.
Thursday 2nd. Moult seriously ill with flu & pneumonia.
Thursday 9th. Cabled home today: we were to have gone to Mombasa tomorrow, but put off till Saturday. We are all fed up with being here so long, & getting no local leave. I have been quite off-colour for several days, & fear flu. Sore heads all day however seem to be afflicting others besides myself: I think the altitude doesn’t suit my heart either. I have passed most of the time playing chess or studying it in my tent. Dr. Rendle of the Uganda service is stationed here & a good player. I have learnt a lot by playing with him. That & excursions down town have helped to put the time in. No word of the remainder of the battalion. Moult has got round the corner & getting on now, but fed up at not being allowed to go home with us. He is quite unfit for it tho’.
Have been inquiring into vacancies in Gov’t service here, but found nothing decent going. Salaries 250 — 300 pounds a year, & perhaps 60 pounds house allowance. That’s no good here.
Friday 10th. Wind fairly up today about flu but felt better in the evening & on doctor’s unofficial advice decided to chance the voyage. Packed up, & sold off some of my unnecessary clothing.
Saturday 11th. Left Nairobi 2.30p.m. Platform crowded with officers & civilians. K.A.R. band playing selections. Ralph there too. Fine sight of game on Athi plains.
Sunday 12th. Arrived Mombasa 2.30p.m. after quite a pleasant journey. Embarked at once & by manoeuvering managed to get a share in a cabin on upper deck. Slept on deck: very warm.
Monday 13th. Ashore & settled up with bank in morning. Sailed at 1p.m. in freshening breeze. Boat H.M.S. Patris, ex-Greek emigrant ship. Not too bad but very crowded. Slept on deck again, along with a lot more.
Tuesday 14th. Out of sight of land all day. Sea fairly calm & boat very steady. Making good speed. Not at all squeamish except for some nasty odours. Not too much deck room for exercise. Read most of the day, finishing Trollope’s "The Warden".
Wednesday 15th. Passed close along shore of Italian Somaliland all day. Low, sandy, uninviting: a few groups of buildings at different points. Breeze freshening in the evening, but boat still steady as a rock, for which we are all thankful.
Thursday 16th. No land visible today: wind fresh in the evening but we are still running straight into the swell & not rolling. Getting distinctly colder, especially in the evenings. Full moon.
Friday 17th. Passed close to ‘Ras Hafun’ this forenoon — a broad flat-topped cape of horizontally bedded rocks with small slopes below. Later, at 6p.m., rounded Cape Guardafur, similar to ‘Ras Hafun’. After that had following wind & sea. Saw the North Star tonight for the first time since October last year.
Saturday 18th. Milder today, but mornings creeping in a bit. Ship rolling considerably today, & with list to starboard. No more fresh water for baths. Passed Aden 6p.m. in the distance — long high rocky outline thro’ thin haze was all we saw of it, & now its two light-houses.
Sunday 19th. Passed thro’ Straits of Bab-El-Mardeb during the night. Was up at 3a.m. & saw what I took to be part of them. All forenoon we kept passing small barren, rocky islands, a few with light-houses: also about half a dozen steamers going south. Heavy following swell & wind: boat rolling a good deal & this list makes it worse: racks on the tables. Sea down in the evening.
Monday 20th. Calm sea & quite stuffy today, but later strong head wind rose. Interesting talk with Indian purser — well educated: on religion, colour question etc.: comes from Rajputana.
Tuesday 21st. Little to be seen today: wind ahead but not much sea. The North Star & Cassiopia are getting well up in the sky, & the Plough comes up about 8p.m.
Wednesday 22nd. Running up the Gulf of Suez all day: it gradually narrowing. Some very fine stretches of coast, ridge behind ridge of barren fawn-coloured rock with screes & V-shaped gullies. The further hills could just be seen thro’ a faint haze but Mt.Sinai itself invisible. Reached Suez 7p.m. Been very cold all day and serge uniforms in evidence.
Thursday 23rd. Our luggage was bumped down into a lighter this morning. We got ashore about 3p.m. and had a look around Port Tewfik, at the entrance to the canal, where we had tea & changed some money. French is the common language here, as we found it to be at Port Said too. Train later to Suez, a dirty town with a native bazaar. Took a ‘two-horse phaeton’ to the Detail Camp where we had dinner & boarded the train at 10p.m. for Port Said. Very uncomfortable journey & quite cold.
Friday 24th. Arrived Port Said noon & found the Transit Camp a change from what we have been accustomed to, in being well run. Port Said very cosmopolitan. The native quarter out of bounds. One very good street with handsome shops, hotels etc.
Saturday 25th. Spent most of the day in the town where there isn’t very much to do. Silk stuffs fairly cheap but little ivory.
Sunday 26th. Game of tennis with Hawkins at the Sports Club. Didn’t go to church.
Tuesday 28th. Embarked this forenoon on R.M.S. Ormonde.
THERE WAS A NEWSPAPER CUTTING IN THE DIARY ENTITLED
"A UNIQUE CAMPAIGN"
DISPATCH ON THE EAST AFRICAN OPERATIONS
VAGARIES OF BUSH FIGHTING
A supplement to the London Gazette contains a dispatch to the Secretary of State for War from Lieutenant-General Sir J.L.Van Deventer, K.C.B., C.M.G., Commander-in-Chief,East African Force, in which the operations in East Africa from September 1 to the conclusion of hostilities are reviewed. It is recorded that on August 30 the enemy has been repulsed with considerable loss at Lioma, and on the 31st. had barely escaped from the converging attacks of the 2nd. King’s African Rifles Column east of that place.
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Ernst Zundel on Truth for the Times - The Hidden Holocaust - Spielberg's Fiction
Ernst Zundel on Truth for the Times - The Hidden Holocaust - Spielberg's Fiction In the 1970's, the stories passed down about the WW-2 German prison camps were welded together into a narrative we now call "the Holocaust" - meaning "the burnt offering." Through telling and re-telling, the Holocaust has grown to a multi-million dollar industry, and has changed to mean something particular to Jewish history. It has been used to found a nation (Israel), and to justify many...
Topics: Russel Barton, Zundel, John Ball, David Cole, Birkenau, zeitgeist, Auschwitz, documentary,...
Ernst Zundel and John Ball - About Schindler's List
Ernst Zundel and John Ball - About Schindler's List In the 1970's, the stories passed down about the WW-2 German prison camps were welded together into a narrative we now call "the Holocaust" - meaning "the burnt offering." Through telling and re-telling, the Holocaust has grown to a multi-million dollar industry, and has changed to mean something particular to Jewish history. Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List" is such an example of a compilation of Holocaust...
Postcard From Teresenstadt "Death Camp"
Who would have thought that Jews being held in a "death camp" would be allowed to write postcards to the outside? Yet that is what we seem to have here. I haven't been able to get a complete translation through this style of script yet. If anyone more proficient can help with this, please leave your translation in the "comments" area below. One thing that seems to jump out, as it were, is the comment penciled on the front that mentions of death in the camp are censored. Then...
Topics: translation, german, post card, belzec, cemetary, reality, GPR, forensic, study, Richard Krege,...
Anne Frank's Diary - A Holocaust Hoax
Anne Frank's Diary - A Holocaust Hoax Do 14 year old girls really have multiple sex affairs while hiding from the Nazis and their 'death camps'? Did ball point pens exist in 1943? Can a 14 year old girl change her handwriting four times to look like four different people? Why are there nine different versions of Anne Frank's 'diary'? A real wake-up call for truth movement, 9-11 researchers, etc., on how forgeries and faked 'history' enters the media echo chamber, get made into movies and plays,...
Topics: One Third Of The Holocaust, Hoaxes, cemetary, reality, GPR, forensic, study, Richard Krege, burial,...
Holocaust Photo Hoaxes Exposed - A Series on Faked History
Holocaust Photo Hoaxes Exposed - A Series on Faked History 9-11, OKC bombing; WTC 93 bombing; Lusitania... where do the historical fakery and propaganda hoaxes end? Do they ever end? Where did it begin? One of the pivotal events of the 20th century, one that is still being used to justify wars, genocide, censorship and invasions, is the Holocaust. And to give the Holocaust that extra "zing" that was needed to shape public opinion, it too is riddled with hoaxes and fakery! Check it...
Holocaust Fraud - The Elie Wiesel Stolen Identity Big Information Pack
Holocaust Fraud - The Elie Wiesel Stolen Identity Big Information Pack (Clic the "All Files HTTP link on the left for the pack. The largest file there is the ZIP package.) All the material in one easy and free pack. Check out the amazing story of the world's most (in)famous "holocaust survivor'... who evidently has never been in a concentration camp at all! "PERSON IDENTIFIED AS ELIE WIESEL IN FAMOUS BUCHENWALD PHOTO IS NOT WIESEL Miklos Gruner and "Elie Wiesel" are in...
Topics: David Irving, Russel Barton, Zundel, John Ball, David Cole, Birkenau, zeitgeist, Auschwitz,...
Hidden Holocaust Realities - The Gas Chambers Problem
Hidden Holocaust Realities - The Gas Chambers Problem An independent analysis of legend versus observed reality in the central theme of the Holocaust - the 'gas chambers'. Examines prime evidence usually concealed from view, such as building plans, actual historic photographs, and contemporaneous accounts. No use of Hollywood depictions. Real responses from real engineers. Refreshing approach to pivotal history. In the 1970's, the stories passed down about the WW-2 German prison camps were...
Topics: belzec, cemetary, reality, GPR, forensic, study, Richard Krege, burial, rirual, bones, Judge,...
How and Why Khazars Hijacked the Jewish Faith
How and Why Khazars Hijacked the Jewish Faith Discussion from a mainly Islamic point of view of the history of the Khazars. The Khazars converted en-masse to Talmudic Judaism in such numbers that today, most calling themselves "Jews" have nothing to do with the Biblical Hebrews or Israelites. Even the their religion is but a mangled inversion of Biblical Torah. How did this situation come about, and what are the implications for history? * * * * * * * * * * * * FAIR USE NOTICE This...
Topics: Khazar, khazarian, conversion, israel, zionist, zionism, faith, genetics, research, study,...
Carolyn Yeager - (Hidden) Auschwitz -The Underground Guided Tour
Carolyn Yeager - (Hidden) Auschwitz -The Underground Guided Tour See the parts of the 'death camps' no one really wants you to see. You'll be amazed at what you'll find. No serious student of history should be without this book. I also like Carolyn's style. In the 1970's, the stories passed down about the WW-2 German prison camps were welded together into a narrative we now call "the Holocaust" - meaning "the burnt offering." Through telling and re-telling, the Holocaust has...
Haganah (Jews) and Nazis Worked Together to Form Israel
Haganah (Jews) and Nazis Worked Together to Form Israel The traditional view of the 'Holocaust', is that Adolph Hitler had an obsession with wiping out the Jews. But, if that were the case, why did he sign this deal with the Zionist movement to move northern European Jews (Khazars) to Israel? Why did Adolph Hitler fund the training of the Zionist Irgun force? Something is very wrong with the usual assumtions about Hitler and the Jews. In the 1970's, the stories passed down about the WW-2 German...
Topics: National Socialist, party, political, Transfer Agreement, Norman Finkelstein, holocaust, ww2, world...
THE BALL REPORT - Hidden Holocaust
THE BALL REPORT - Hidden Holocaust An ongoing analysis of aerial photographs. Ground level photographs are used in conjunction with actual WWW-II aerial photographs to give a true picture of what was happening in many of the concentration camps at that time. Not Hollywood sets, re-enactments or propaganda fake testimobnies; just the real thing. In the 1970's, the stories passed down about the WW-2 German prison camps were welded together into a narrative we now call "the Holocaust" -...
Topics: Ball Report, The Holocaust, belzec, cemetary, reality, GPR, forensic, study, Richard Krege, burial,...
Vincent Reynouard - In Auschwitz Open Your Eyes And Don't Listen To The Guides - vol. 1-4
- by Vincent Reynouard
One of several enlightening series resulting from the tireless work of Vincent Reynouard. Evidence-based history, now replacing propaganda based "history." ------------------------ Also see; https://archive.org/details/DidSixMillion-TheTruthAboutTheHolocaust-MythOrFact/page/n0 https://archive.org/details/TreblinkaInvestigation-GroundPenetratingRadarStudy https://archive.org/details/AuschwitzWasNotAdeathCamp-HolocaustSurvivorTestimony...
The Director of the Holocau$t - Khazar Expatriate Billy Wilder
The Director of the Holocaust - Khazar Expatriate Billy Wilder Almost all the films you've ever seen of the Holocaust were staged. Using Allied propaganda as a rough script, directors from Hollywood were shipped to Germany and Poland to direct propaganda films for post-war use. One of the most notable of these was Billy Wilder, director of meny very well known films, such as "Some Like It Hot" with Marilyn Monroe." If you thumb through the photographs and film macabre film clips...
Topics: Billy Wilder, director, films, belzec, cemetary, reality, GPR, forensic, study, Richard Krege,...
Faking It - How the Media Manipulates the World Into War
An excellent production outlining the use of media fakery and outright propaganda to manipulate us into fighting useless wars again and again. Question is, who is behind it? What do they hope to gain from it? Perhaps as the Corporate and Khazar controlled media slowly withers, wars will tend to dwindle with it. Who Rules America - Khazar Media Grip How Khazar Zionists Divide and Conquer The Hijacking of American Christianity - by British and Khazar NWO Globalists - Big Study Package, v1...
Topics: GRTV, real history, manipulation, propaganda, study, incite, Exiles from History, poland, reality,...
Hidden Holocaust Revealed - The 'Mass Graves'
Hidden Holocaust Revealed - The 'Mass Graves' (Sobibor, Treblinka, Belzec) Modern forensic science is used to investigate the areas designated as Holocaust 'mass graves' - the ones that have been the subject of so many reenactments in movies. Only these are the real sites in the real places of Sobibor, Treblinka, Belzec... not movie sets. ("TREBLINKA INVESTIGATION - Ground Penetrating Radar Study" in flv format is listed for download below.) In the 1970's, the stories passed down...
Topics: Mass Graves, cemetary, reality, GPR, forensic, study, class, revelation, burial, rirual, bones,...
The Hidden History of the Holocaust - Massive eBooks Collection - number 2
The Hidden History of the Holocaust - Massive eBooks Collection - number 2 Best I know of for the definitive library of those interested in Holocaust truth. Get past the propaganda, and have a much better understanding of history as a whole. In the 1970's, the stories passed down about the WW-2 German prison camps were welded together into a narrative we now call "the Holocaust" - meaning "the burnt offering." Through telling and re-telling, the Holocaust has grown to a...
Fantastic Holocaust Stories - Historiography Project - Archive 1
Fantastic Holocaust Stories - Historiography Project - Archive 1 A truly amazing look at Holocaust stories taken from a wide variety of sources. A rich collection from the Historiography project. Well organized and easy to find PDF files to dpeed access. Very useful for anyone doing a project or report, or if you are interested in the subject generally.
Topics: real history, Holocaust Education, National Associations, poland, reality, GPR, forensic, study,...
Official End of the 'Nazi's Used Human Skin' Holocaust Legend
Official End of the 'Nazi's Used Human Skin' Holocaust Legend Young and beautiful Ellie Grese (search archive for interesting article on her) was brutally hung after MPs and the official hangman refused to do it. Why? She was accused of making human-skin decorations out of prison inmates. But was any of it ever true? The 'evidence' had almost completely disappeared from the files... until a 'human skin' book was found at last! But what did official testing of the book reveal?
Topics: human skin, lampshades, soap, jewish soap, debunked, trials, poland, reality, GPR, forensic, study,...
Exiles from History - (Holocaust Excerpt) by David McCalden
Exiles from History - (Holocaust Excerpt) by David McCalden You can also find the complete eBook on the Archive with the same title. An amazingly insightful work that really impressed me with McCalden's intellect. FAIR USE NOTICE: This material may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of criminal justice, political, human rights, economic,...
Holocaust Education - National Associations of Forensic Historians
Holocaust Education - National Associations of Forensic Historians Recommendations for more current information and challenging questions, in light of forensics investigations and the Holocaust. Since the late 1970s, the tendency has been for the discussions of the Holocaust to be driven more by politics than by objectivity and research. Recommendations here are for a fuller and more enriching approach. --------------------------- --------------------------- FAIR USE NOTICE: This material may...
Author of Best-Selling Holocaust Book Admits - Survival Story Not True
The amazing story of Moshe Defonscosa. When imaginations become reality, where does it stop? Often it is not found out un til years after the damage has been done. Even then, does it live on? May be used under fair use principles.
Topics: Defonscosa, real history, david irving, newsreel, footage, trials, poland, reality, GPR, forensic,...
Real History and the Fake Survivor Deli Strummer
Real History and the Fake Survivor Deli Strummer What? Why would anybody lie about being a Holocaust victim / survivor? Money? Fame? Respect? Leniency? 80.6 billion in compensation claims money? Here is one amazing and true story woven into the hoax of the 20th century. May be used under fair use principles.
Topics: real history, david irving, newsreel, footage, trials, poland, reality, GPR, forensic, study,...
Carlo Mattogno - The Bunkers of Auschwitz - Black Propaganda versus History
Carlo Mattogno - The Bunkers of Auschwitz - Black Propaganda versus History In the 1970's, the stories passed down about the WW-2 German prison camps were welded together into a narrative we now call "the Holocaust" - meaning "the burnt offering." Through telling and re-telling, the Holocaust has grown to a multi-million dollar industry, and has changed to mean something particular to Jewish history. It has been used to found a nation (Israel), and to justify many exceptions...
Topics: Mattogno, Carlo, black propaganda, bunkers, operation, eichmann, forgeries, supressed, Evidence,...
Holocaust Unveiled - THE PIPER REPORT - Featuring Richard Krege
Holocaust Unveiled - THE PIPER REPORT - Featuring Richard Krege In the 1970's, the stories passed down about the WW-2 German prison camps were welded together into a narrative we now call "the Holocaust" - meaning "the burnt offering." Through telling and re-telling, the Holocaust has grown to a multi-million dollar industry, and has changed to mean something particular to Jewish history. It has been used to found a nation (Israel), and to justify many exceptions to...
Topics: Piper Report, cemetary, reality, GPR, forensic, study, Richard Krege, burial, rirual, bones, Judge,...
The Journal of Historical Review - Newest Issues!
The Journal of Historical Review - Newest Issues! De-propagandized history for the masses. One-stop convenient download for truth movement, occupy wall street... anyone who has decided to "take the red pill," and awaken from slumber. Many are tired of choking on corporate-controlled media garbage; and I can't think of any other single source as useful for them as this journal. Share this package on DVD and jump stick also - it's a polite way of telling the oligarchs to take a hike....
Topics: Journal Of Historical Review, belzec, cemetary, reality, GPR, forensic, study, Richard Krege,...
The 'Diary of Anne Frank' Exposed as a Fraud
The 'Diary of Anne Frank' Exposed as a Fraud In the 1970's, the stories passed down about the WW-2 German prison camps were welded together into a narrative we now call "the Holocaust" - meaning "the burnt offering." Through telling and re-telling, the Holocaust has grown to a multi-million dollar industry, and has changed to mean something particular to Jewish history. It has been used to found a nation (Israel), and to justify many exceptions to morality. Investigations of...
The Holocaust Lie - by David Irving: Historical Fact vs. Fiction
The Holocaust Lie - by David Irving: Historical Fact vs. Fiction In the 1970's, the stories passed down about the WW-2 German prison camps were welded together into a narrative we now call "the Holocaust" - meaning "the burnt offering." Through telling and re-telling, the Holocaust has grown to a multi-million dollar industry, and has changed to mean something particular to Jewish history. It has been used to found a nation (Israel), and to justify many exceptions to...
The Israeli Suicide Bomber You've Never Heard About
- by NYT, Martin Iqbal, TV Herald
Did you ever hear of the suicide bomber from Israel who almost succeeded in blowing up the United States Congress building? No? Here is the true story, which has been buried by the Khazar media for years, and which none of them dare mention even today. Very revealing of the true nature of our "free" press and media. George Orwell had nothin' on them. Now unscrubbed, this account contains original source material documentation as well as a well written synopsis. RELATED: The Nazi Plan...
Topics: real history, OKC, The Washington Post, terrorism, 9/11, ADL, SPLC, reality, GPR, forensic, study,...
Frank Collin - Jewish Leader of American 'Nazis' - History Channel
A special unintentionally helping expose the American "Neo-Nazis" for what they really are - a Khazar-Jewish creation. Thus demonstrating the old addage; "anti-semitism is of use to no one but the Jews". You see, Collin's real name was Cohen, and he was himself a Khazar-Jew. See the library of PDF files below for more details and documentation! Especially relevant today, as the fake attacks continue... Second Shoe Drops - The Sikh Temple Shooting Likely a Government...
Topics: American Nazi, Ashkenazi, thirteenth tribe, twelve tribes, torah, prophecy, government, party real...
Hitler Worked WITH the Zionists
Hitler Worked WITH the Zionists to Help Create Israel The traditional view of the 'Holocaust', is that Adolph Hitler had an obsession with wiping out the Jews. But, if that were the case, why did he sign this deal with the Zionist movement to move northern European Jews (Khazars) to Israel? In the 1970's, the stories passed down about the WW-2 German prison camps were welded together into a narrative we now call "the Holocaust" - meaning "the burnt offering." Through telling...
Topics: Transfer Agreement, Norman Finkelstein, holocaust, ww2, world war 2, germany, jewish, prison,...
Mitt Romney - Globalist Khazars - Mormons - Fake Neo-Nazis and History -- Research Pack
Mitt Romney - Globalist Khazars - Mormons - Fake Neo-Nazis and History Research Pack ===================================================================================== OVERVIEW A brilliant piece of research has revealed that Mitt Romney has long been under the guidance and tutelage if Israeli Khazars. Khazars are a central Asian tribe of people who pretend to most of the Christian world to be the Jews of the Bible. The US has long been a target of these same Khazars, because the economic and...
Topics: American Nazi, party real history, david irving, american nazi, trials, poland, reality, GPR,...
McCalden's Birkenau - The Hidden History of the Concentration Camp
McCalden's Birkenau - The Ground-Breaking Documentary David Cole and company launch an objective and scientific look at the Birkenau "death camps" - without allowing runaway Russian war propaganda to fog the investigation. Video camera in hand, he generously allows us to see the previously hidden history for ourselves. The carefully groomed public narrative is often completely at odds with what is actually present. In the 1970's, the stories passed down about the WW-2 German prison...
Topics: McCalden's Birkenau, David Cole, Birkenau, Auschwitz, documentary, holocaust, revision, history,...
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Seven Causes Organizational Culture Matters
Tradition is the glue that holds together all of our values, our beliefs, our sense of self, and our confidence and belief in the individuals round us, whether or not that’s our family, our place of worship, our community, our nation or our firm. Organizational culture and counterculture: An uneasy symbiosis. Modify the organization to support organizational change. Senior leaders acted as role fashions, explicitly modeling these three new behaviors. High quality healthcare is also influenced by cultural values such as employees’ attitudes toward treating patients, waiting occasions, dignity and respect.
Your organizational tradition is a part of the package deal that prospective staff look at when assessing your organization. Company Culture: The Ultimate Strategic Asset Stanford Business Books. In some way, one can argue that the study of group’s structural design itself is indicative of sort of tradition it has, after all of the culture is a consequence of how the group is controlled and what influences its operations.
This notion of 1 (multiplicity) culture to a company results in the classification of tradition along its path of emergence into nascent, adolescent, and mature varieties, every of which is distinct when it comes to the pattern of the three cognitive parts and conduct.
Previous to the 20th Century, thousands and thousands of people died from illnesses that might have been simply cured by an antibiotic like penicillin. How members of a company conduct enterprise, deal with workers, clients, and the wider community are strong elements of particular person tradition and market tradition. Many elements can contribute to the type of tradition which is noticed in giant organizations and large establishments.
The tradition encourages threat taking, values new ideas, is fast to detect and react to external modifications and rewards ingenuity. Formulate a clear strategic imaginative and prescient (stage 1, 2, and 3). With the intention to make a cultural change efficient a transparent vision of the agency’s new strategy, shared values and behaviors is needed.
Corporate culture is used to manage, coordinate, and integrate company subsidiaries. It is a good idea to take a look at organizational tradition in healthcare establishment by establishment. This includes identifying what current programs, policies, procedures and rules must be changed so as to align with the brand new values and desired tradition.
A lot has been written about altering organizational culture. What our friend J.E. has been experiencing and what brought on him to feel stressed within the first two companies and then pleased and satisfied together with his job in the last two is one thing known as Company or Organizational Culture.
Practitioners are coming to understand that, regardless of the very best-laid plans, organizational change should include not solely changing structures and processes, but in addition altering the company culture as nicely. Tradition relies on shared attitudes, beliefs, customs, and written and unwritten rules which were developed over time and are thought-about valid (The Business Dictionary).
Lindsay McGregor is the co-creator of the New York Times bestselling ebook, Primed to Carry … Read More...
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Seven Reasons Organizational Tradition Issues
A lot has been written about altering organizational tradition. Sense-making has been defined as a collaborative course of of creating shared awareness and understanding out of different people’ views and diverse pursuits.” Notice that this strikes the definition of culture beyond patterns of conduct into the realm of jointly-held beliefs and interpretations about what’s.” It says that an important objective of culture is to help orient its members to actuality” in ways that provide a foundation for alignment of function and shared motion.
Too many employees stroll away from culture-targeted town halls or values discussions questioning how the advice on find out how to be a greater person truly translates into the work they do. To keep away from this disconnect, offer tangible, nicely-outlined examples of how cultural interventions result in improved efficiency and monetary outcomes.
Organizational Tradition Center’s thirty years of expertise of constructing culture, combined with VisionLink process, offers an entire guideline of six important elements of office cultural effectiveness with the power of strategic mapping and the balanced scorecard.
The up to date definition of Organizational Culture includes what is valued; the leadership fashion, the language and symbols, the procedures and routines, and the definitions of success that characterizes a company. For example, if customer service is a focus of the company’s tradition, evaluate how a lot time staff spend visiting customer sites, how a lot interplay they have with customers, what customer support training they obtain and other indicators of a customer support focus.
The three distinct levels of hierarchy are “high”—having a nicely-outlined organizational structure and an expectation that people will work by means of official channels; “average”—having an outlined structure however an acceptance that individuals usually work outdoors formal channels; and “low” —having loosely defined job descriptions and accepting that folks problem authority.
The work of many researchers has found that the first three motives have a tendency to increase efficiency, while the latter three damage it. We discovered that the businesses most famous for his or her cultures — from Southwest Airways to Dealer Joe’s — maximize the good motives , while minimizing the dangerous ones.
Tradition is the glue that holds collectively all of our values, our beliefs, our sense of self, and our confidence and belief within the folks round us, whether or not that’s our household, our place of worship, our group, our nation or our company. By providing the structure through which individuals work — by means of disciplines comparable to organization design, analytics, human sources, and lean process improvement — the formal organization offers a rational motivation for employee actions, while the informal organization enables the emotional commitment that characterizes peak performance.
The above-talked about relevance of organizational culture supports the proposition that, in this competitive and globalized company scenario, there may be huge want of organizational development technique at various workforce departments, as this may enhance the corporate’s culture.
Organizational leaders and HR professionals ought to perceive the national cultural values within the international locations through which … Read More...
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The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story (Hardcover)
By Douglas Preston
Exciting true story of a long lost city in the jungle of Honduras. Using lidar technology, a team of explorers attempt to answer questions long forgotten. Fast paced adventure story with lost treasure, hidden secrets, and scary creatures both seen and unseen. Written with thoughtful historical context, this book will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic: acclaimed journalist Douglas Preston takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of a lost civilization -- culminating in a stunning medical mystery.
Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and they warn that anyone who enters this sacred city will fall ill and die. In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City of the Monkey God-but then committed suicide without revealing its location.
Three quarters of a century later, bestselling author Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a groundbreaking new quest. In 2012 he climbed aboard a rickety, single-engine plane carrying the machine that would change everything: lidar, a highly advanced, classified technology that could map the terrain under the densest rainforest canopy. In an unexplored valley ringed by steep mountains, that flight revealed the unmistakable image of a sprawling metropolis, tantalizing evidence of not just an undiscovered city but an enigmatic, lost civilization.
Venturing into this raw, treacherous, but breathtakingly beautiful wilderness to confirm the discovery, Preston and the team battled torrential rains, quickmud, disease-carrying insects, jaguars, and deadly snakes. But it wasn't until they returned that tragedy struck: Preston and others found they had contracted in the ruins a horrifying, sometimes lethal-and incurable-disease.
Suspenseful and shocking, filled with colorful history, hair-raising adventure, and dramatic twists of fortune, THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century.
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DOUGLAS PRESTON worked as a writer and editor for the American Museum of Natural History and taught writing at Princeton University. He has written for The New Yorker, Natural History, National Geographic, Harper's, Smithsonian, and The Atlantic. The author of several acclaimed nonfiction books--including the bestseller The Monster of Florence--Preston is also the co-author with Lincoln Child of the bestselling series of novels featuring FBI agent Pendergast.
"Preston builds a compelling case for the scientific significance of what the expedition unearthed....The year may still be young, but I would wager a small fortune that Douglas Preston has already written the best snake-decapitation scene of 2017....The book's most affecting moments [center] on the otherworldly nature of the jungle itself....Memoirs of jungle adventures too often devolve into lurid catalogs of hardships [but] Preston proves too thoughtful an observer and too skilled a storyteller to settle for churning out danger porn. He has instead created something nuanced and sublime: a warm and geeky paean to the revelatory power of archaeology....Few other writers possess such heartfelt appreciation for the ways in which artifacts can yield the stories of who we are."—The New York Times Book Review
"A well-documented and engaging read...The author's narrative is rife with jungle derring-do and the myriad dangers of the chase."—USA Today
"Deadly snakes, flesh-eating parasites, and some of the most forbidding jungle terrain on earth were not enough to deter Douglas Preston from a great story."—The Boston Globe
"Breezy, colloquial and sometimes very funny...A very entertaining book."—The Wall Street Journal
"This modern-day archeological adventure and medical mystery reads as rapidly as a well-paced novel, but is a heart-pounding true story."—Shelf Awareness, Starred Review
"A captivating real-life adventure tale... Preston deftly explains the science behind this work and makes it exciting."—Science News
"Be prepared to turn the pages furiously as the heart of every adventurer is opened wide by the thrilling journey outlined in THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD."—The Bookreporter
"A swift and often hair-raising account... Preston pushes "The Lost City of the Monkey God" well beyond the standard adventure narrative."—The Chicago Tribune
"Packed with the power of realism and history unfolding."—The Star Ledger
"Admirers of David Grann's The Lost City of Z will find their thirst for armchair jungle adventuring quenched here... Irresistibly gripping."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"This nonfiction thriller about plunging into the interior of the Honduran jungle is actually true and a perfect read for armchair travelers or would-be adventurers who bemoan the fact that there's nothing left to discover...Douglas Preston's true-life tale includes everything from the latest technology to ancient curses to scientific backbiting and a mysterious illness that came out of the jungle and is headed your way."—The Huffington Post
"Let author Douglas Preston give testimony to the old adage: Truth is stranger than fiction...The Lost City of the Monkey God is more than just an adventure story. It examines such modern issues as the ethics of archeological expeditions, man's destruction of the rainforest and the incessant creep of technology and its effects on indigenous peoples. Readers will find themselves both shocked and captivated by this account of mysteries old and new."—Bookpage
"The Lost City of the Monkey God is a superior example of narrative nonfiction, an exciting, immersive tale of modern science and ancient mythology. Preston captures the complexity of his subject without bogging down in the details, presenting scenes with clarity, purposefulness and wit. It's a great story for a snowy day, an action-packed journey into a hot zone of scientific intrigue."—The Portland Press Herald
"A story that moves from thrilling to sobering, fascinating to downright scary--trademark Preston, in other words, and another winner."—Kirkus, starred review
"Replete with informative archaeology lessons and colorful anecdotes about the challenges Elkins' crew faced during the expedition, including torrential rains and encounters with deadly snakes, Preston's uncommon travelogue is as captivating as any of his more fanciful fictional thrillers."—Booklist
"Best-selling journalist and thriller author Douglas Preston stars in his own true-story page-turner about the discovery of a lost city deep in the Honduran jungle...giving readers an Indiana Jones style adventure that's history, not Hollywood."—Virtuoso Life
"For anyone who dreams of lost times and places--and who doesn't?--this is the book. Revelatory, chilling, creepy, and alive with deadly snakes and insects bearing incurable disease, it's high adventure at its best, and all true."—Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake and The Devil in the White City
"What reader could resist a new book by Douglas Preston called THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD? Not this reader. Preston's book offers rewards for both the mystery fan and the nonfiction aficionado. THE LOST CITY is addictive-fast-paced and riveting, but it's also important. We mustn't repeat the cataclysmic mistakes of the past. Ironically-as THE LOST CITY illustrates-that's exactly what our short-sighted civilization is doing right now."—James Patterson
"If you're going to explore a lost city-in this case one that vultures, poisonous snakes, sand flies, and mudholes have protected for 500 years-you really only want to do it with Douglas Preston. A tale of bravado, chicanery, and impossible dreams, arresting at every turn, no less so in its unexpected, pulse-racing coda."—Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Witches: Salem, 1692, and Cleopatra: A Life
"Douglas Preston, at great risk to his own life, has produced a thrilling and powerful adventure story. Not only does he leave the reader fitfully turning the pages, he sheds an important light on what the Americas looked like before the arrival of Christopher Columbus and on the fragility of our own civilization."—David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost City of Z
"Douglas Preston is one of the most adventurous figures in American letters today. Inured to personal danger, braving venomous snakes and lethal pathogens, he somehow gets it all--the science, the history, the intrigues, the obsessive characters, the electric moment of discovery, and the haunted cries of a once-powerful civilization. Preston's marvelous story is made all the more potent by the astonishing fact that, from beginning to end, it happens to be true."—Hampton Sides, New York Times bestselling author of In the Kingdom of Ice
"A great true adventure, filled with danger, close calls, better-than-Hollywood characters, and a lost world that reaches through time and into everyone's future. One of the best nonfiction books I've read."—Robert Kurson, New York Times bestselling author of Shadow Divers and Pirate Hunters
"The Lost City of the Monkey God is a throwback to the golden age of adventure archaeology, the thrilling true story of a group of explorers penetrating one of the toughest jungles on earth in search of a lost city...and finding it. Preston is a terrific writer of both non-fiction books and bestselling novels, and makes you feel the dark heart of this lost Honduran wilderness."—John Sandford, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Prey series of novels
"One of the best reads so far this year."—The Sacramento Bee
#11 on Amazon's Best 100 Books of The Year List!—Amazon
One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2017 in Fiction!—Publishers Weekly
One of Shelf Awareness's Best Books of the Year—Shelf Awareness
Included in The Texas Library Association's Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List for 2017—TLA
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A Favorite Science Book of 2017 from Science News
Publication Date: January 3rd, 2017
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Deep Purple Reveal New Album Details (Week in Review)
Deep Purple Reveal New Album Details was a Top 3 story on Tuesday: (Classic Rock) Deep Purple's upcoming 20th album will be titled Infinite, the band have confirmed. They announced the name via Facebook and say it will be released next year. The clip also features some of the band's new material. Watch it below.
The news comes after Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover confirmed in October that the band had wrapped up work on the follow-up to 2013's Now What?!. He said in a video message "I have a little bit of news for you - not a lot, but some. I know a lot of you have been waiting for this new album of ours. Well, it's nearly there.
"We recorded it in Nashville in February and we've been working on it and the mixes were finally done a couple of months ago. It'll be out sometime next year - early spring. I'm in Hamburg and it's the first playback to some of the distributors and the record label chiefs and it's very exciting."
He continued: "I know you've been very patient - and so have we. We tour a lot and it's difficult to actually get some time in the studio sometimes. But the album is finished." Watch the video - here.
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Jesus the Snake - Black Acid, Pink Rain (2019)
Style: Psychedelic Rock
Release Date: 11 Jul 2019
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As if to emphasise the impression that nobody in Portugal seems interested in making any sort of music except instrumental psychedelic rock, here's a nice example (another nice example!) of that genre, this time from Braga, not too far from the northern border with Galicia. While it does heat up at appropriate points, much of it is laid back and the obvious comparison has to be Pink Floyd, even if the second and third tracks weren't called Floyds I and Floyds II as a giveaway.
This isn't the nine parts of Shine On You Crazy Diamond, extended to almost fifty minutes and with no vocals at all, but you wouldn't be too far wrong if you imagine that. Certainly the eighteen minutes of Floyds I and II tend to explore that sort of tone, but the style doesn't stay there and the fine keyboard work of Gonçalo Palmas doesn't fit that sort of song. This is both rockier and jazzier, those keyboards often being in that heavy organ style of the early seventies.
For a while in Floyds I, though, I was waiting for the moment when I could start singing, "Remember when you were young". It kept almost arriving but it never quite did, before the song started to explore other destinations. About four minutes in, it livens up and Crazy Diamond could never have had that, given its subject. As much as I like everyone here, I really enjoyed those keyboards, which add an extra dimension to the song.
Floyds II is my favourite here, though it's also the most familiar. It finds a groove almost immediately that emulates that of the cover of Bob Dylan's Going Going Gone which Bill Frisell, Robin Holcomb and Wayne Horvitz played on the Rubáiyát album to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Elektra Records. Find it. Trust me.
Beyond being reminiscent of one of the most exquisitely beautiful songs ever recorded, it's somehow deliciously laid back and subtly progressive at the same time. There are points that remind of King Crimson: chords and changes, as well as the windchimes that are such a tasty touch four minutes in. This one livens up too, an important thing here because each of the five songs on this album last around ten minutes and they need that breathing room.
Duna follows on well. Again, there's that laid back jazz influence but this one has a dalliance with lounge music, as filtered through progressive rock. It's like Focus landed a residence in Las Vegas. Black Acid, Pink Rain gets a lot heavier but it never sheds that mindset. The delightful drums of João Costa kick it off like that Focus residency in Vegas turned out to be in a tiki room and they had to add exotica into the mix. Those keyboards are an emphatic driving force here, but I often got caught up in the roaming bass of Rui Silva.
For those of you paying close attention, I haven't mentioned the guitar yet. Most psychedelic rock albums nowadays are driven by their guitar, often an overtly fuzzy lead. Jorge Lopes does a great job here, but that's not what he's playing. While he's happy to solo away whenever needed, he's a subtle and unselfish guitarist and this album benefits as much from what he doesn't play as what he does.
If that sounds oddly contrary, that's this album through and through. It's a beautiful record worthy of solid exploration, but it's also an album that is easily lost. It can drift away from us, not because it's unworthy background music but because it's worthy background music for a weird trip, especially once those keyboards really start pushing on the title track. I think it's best heard in the wee hours of the morning on a pair of good headphones. I'm planning to try that tonight.
By Hal C. F. Astell at August 28, 2019
Labels: 2019, Portugal, psychedelic rock
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Fugitive Asbury cop in custody
Operation Dead End trial continued, with or without Officer Keith German, but now he is in custody.
Fugitive Asbury cop in custody Operation Dead End trial continued, with or without Officer Keith German, but now he is in custody. Check out this story on app.com: http://on.app.com/2sYyTwk
Kathleen Hopkins and Katie Park, Asbury Park Press Published 11:13 a.m. ET June 22, 2017 | Updated 1:47 p.m. ET June 28, 2017
Asbury Park police officer Keith German, along with alleged gang members James Fair and Haneef Walker, before Judge Joseph W. Oxley in Freehold Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (Photo: Thomas P. Costello)Buy Photo
FREEHOLD - Fugitive former Asbury Park cop Keith German is in custody, according to law enforcement sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
German was apprehended in North Carolina without incident, according to another source who also spoke on the condition of anonymity.
This is a breaking news story. Check back with app.com for more details as they become available.
A neighbor, Terence Macoon, 41, said he saw a U-Haul truck backed into German's driveway two weeks ago, and two people were loading things into it. He said, however, that he thought German was just moving out.
Asbury Park Deputy Police Chief David Kelso confirmed that German, who had been suspended without pay since his arrest in the "Dead End'' case in 2014, submitted his resignation to the city on May 22, a day before jury selection for his trial began.
German is charged with nine offenses for which he could face a maximum of 78 years in prison if convicted on all counts.
The New Jersey court system's public access computers listed German as an "active fugitive," with a bench warrant issued for his arrest the first day he failed to show up for his trial after it started June 6.
MORE: Is Asbury cop AWOL from his criminal trial?
German is accused of tipping off gang members to police investigations in exchange for their help in disparaging a woman who rebuffed his advances. He posted $50,000 bail on Feb.12, 2014.
'Dead End' trial testimony continues in Freehold
Asbury Park police officer Keith German, along with alleged gang members James Fair and Haneef Walker, before Judge Joseph W. Oxley in Freehold Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Thomas P. Costello
Alleged gang member Haneef Walker is shown during his trial, along with Asbury Park police officer Keith German and James Fair, before Judge Joseph W. Oxley in Freehold Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Thomas P. Costello
Alleged gang member James Fair is shown during his trial, along with Asbury Park police officer Keith German and Haneef Walker, before Judge Joseph W. Oxley in Freehold Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Thomas P. Costello
Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Joseph Cummings handles heroin packets that were part of the evidence during the trial of Asbury Park police officer Keith German, along with alleged gang members James Fair and Haneef Walker, before Judge Joseph W. Oxley in Freehold Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Thomas P. Costello
Monmouth County Prosecutors office detective Brian Migliorisi watches as Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Joseph Cummings puts heroin packets back in a evidence bag during the trial of Asbury Park police officer Keith German, along with alleged gang members James Fair and Haneef Walker, before Judge Joseph W. Oxley in Freehold Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Thomas P. Costello
Judge Joseph W. Oxley presides over the trial of Asbury Park police officer Keith German, along with alleged gang members James Fair and Haneef Walker, in Freehold Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Thomas P. Costello
Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Matthew Bogner (right) goes through evidence photos with Capt. Barry DuBrosky of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office during the trial of Asbury Park police officer Keith German, along with alleged gang members James Fair and Haneef Walker, before Judge Joseph W. Oxley in Freehold Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Thomas P. Costello
Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Matthew Bogner questions Capt. Barry DuBrosky of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office during the trial of Asbury Park police officer Keith German, along with alleged gang members James Fair and Haneef Walker, before Judge Joseph W. Oxley in Freehold Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Thomas P. Costello
Capt. Barry DuBrosky of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office testifies during the trial of Asbury Park police officer Keith German, along with alleged gang members James Fair and Haneef Walker, before Judge Joseph W. Oxley in Freehold Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Thomas P. Costello
As a result of the fugitive warrant, a number of law enforcement agencies were on the hunt for German, said Cynthia Scott, a spokeswoman for Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden.
"Members of the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office Warrant Fugitive Unit, the U.S. Marshals Service, which includes a member of the sheriff's office assigned to that division, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, as well as our partners in law enforcement are actively pursuing the whereabouts of Keith German," Scott said earlier this month. "This is a top priority, and law enforcement is utilizing its resources in anticipation that this individual will be apprehended and returned to court."
Scott added that it was "rare" for the sheriff's office to get an arrest warrant for a defendant who had fled in the middle of a trial.
MORE: Asbury cop skips his own trial; witness recants testimony
The trial had been proceeding without him.
Also on trial with German are James Fair, 29, of Asbury Park, an alleged leader of a set of the Bloods, and Haneef Walker, 24, of Asbury Park, an alleged member of the Crips.
The case centers on a wide range of alleged gang activity and street crimes, from shoplifting to attempted murder, in Asbury Park in 2013 and early 2014.
German worked for the Asbury Park Police Department for 16 years before he was arrested in the "Operation Dead End" investigation in 2014. He is suspended without pay.
German is charged with three counts of official misconduct and one count each of racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit stalking, stalking, computer theft, unlawful access and disclosure of computer information, and hindering the apprehension of Fair and another alleged who is awaiting trial in the case.
Previous trial testimony and intercepted telephone calls played for the jury so far have revealed that on a day when gang members were planning a shooting in Asbury Park, German was repeatedly calling Fair to inquire about the businesses in Asbury Park where Fair had posted fliers he had supplied him with. A detective produced the flier for the jury. On it were photographs of the woman who had rebuffed German, headed by the words, "The face of HIV."
MORE: Prosecutor seeks to limit photo coverage of 'Dead End' gang trial, citing threats
Of the 53 people charged in the "Dead End" investigation, all but six, including the trio on trial, have entered guilty pleas. Three, including Clayton, 36,are awaiting trial.
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Housing assistance program sidelined
A change in its funding mechanism left the provider of a Sandy aid program temporarily underfunded
Housing assistance program sidelined A change in its funding mechanism left the provider of a Sandy aid program temporarily underfunded Check out this story on app.com: http://on.app.com/1tLBSiJ
Russ Zimmer, @RussZimmer Published 7:06 p.m. ET Aug. 27, 2014 | Updated 7:07 p.m. ET Aug. 27, 2014
In the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, some displaced people were housed in tents at Monmouth Park in Oceanport. (Photo: Press file photo )Buy Photo
Novadebt, in Freehold, administers a housing assistance program on behalf of Monmouth County.
The nonprofit called its clients in the housing program on Monday to cancel their monthly meetings.
The provider didn’t have enough money on hand to cover the expenses associated with the program.
The money was being held by the county, which had been asked to change how it transfers the funds.
KEANSBURG – Jane Kolyer and her three dogs, five cats and two parrots want to go home, but until their Oak Street house is elevated they’ll have to make do in a two-bedroom across town. That is, if the rent gets paid.
Kolyer, a part-time federal employee at Newark Liberty International Airport, said she signed up for the Sandy Homeowner and Renter Assistance Program, or SHRAP, thinking it would be a way to pay for the second residence that she needed for a few months while contractors rebuilt her flooded-out home. She has since figured out the state’s Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and Mitigation program doesn’t move at a pleasing pace.
An angry landlord alerted her to another reality: her SHRAP payments were regularly coming in late.
On Monday, Kolyer, who described SHRAP as her “the biggest nightmare,” was called by Novadebt, one of the SHRAP providers in Monmouth County, and told that September appointments — where a case worker meets with a beneficiary and goes over that month’s bills — were canceled. It turns out a bureaucratic snafu was keeping the money, albeit temporarily, from where it was needed.
“They’re not giving us enough notice to even borrow the money,” she said.
The state has set aside $104 million for SHRAP, which is sometimes called the Sandy Working Families Living Expenses Voucher Program. As of the end of July, more than 9,600 households participated and nearly $61 million was spent.
The program was closed to all new applicants on June 30 because, state officials said, the program needed to limit participation to ensure enough money would be available for people already accepted.
Money from SHRAP can be used to cover mortgage and rental payments (current and past due), utility payments, property taxes, homeowners association fees and essential household items, which includes things such as furniture, washers and dryers, air conditioners and refrigerators. Each household is eligible for up to six months of assistance, capped at a total of $15,000.
Vendors — landlords, mortgage companies, utility companies — are paid directly by the program and vouchers are available for approved retailers. No money goes to the qualifying household.
SHRAP has already come under fire for paying bills late, including mortgages, potentially threatening the credit health of Sandy-affected homeowners who enrolled in the program to help them get their financial footing.
Sandy Shore, spokeswoman for Novadebt, confirmed appointments for all SHRAP beneficiaries had been suspended. However, since that action was taken the delayed money came through and all September appointments were back on as of Wednesday — though she recommends clients should call first to confirm. The problem has been fixed permanently, Shore added.
Novadebt had been paying SHRAP bills from reserves and then treating the monthly influx of cash as reimbursement, Shore said, but that arrangement was untenable for the nonprofit. She said the county was given what Novadebt believed was enough time to switch payment processes without disrupting service. A spokeswoman for Monmouth County could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
The program’s fund “was running low for about a week” but was not exhausted, according to Nicole Brossoie, spokeswoman for the state Department of Human Services. Monmouth County had steered money, at Novadebt’s request, to the credit-counseling nonprofit on Friday and Wednesday, Brossoie said.
Kolyer, who made some calls on her own, concluded: “Everything is being held up in red tape.”
Russ Zimmer: 732-557-5748, razimmer@app.com
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Sotheby’s Flips the Format for Frieze
October 20, 2014 by Marion Maneker
Sotheby’s exciting Italian sale closed with auctioneer Oliver Barker shouting “Viva Italia!” And it is not hard to imagine the elation and relief Barker’s cry signified echoing deep into the company’s ranks. Sotheby’s—which has suffered through several years of repeated drubbings in the Contemporary category by their rivals at Christie’s—neatly inverted the scoring with their Italian sale making nearly the same £40m as Christie’s Contemporary sale. Both houses wound up with evening totals that were similar.
Piero Manzoni’s Achrome at Sotheby’s was a major part of the sale’s value but there was action across the board, especially a number of battles over Enrico Castellani’s surface works.
During the Contemporary portion of the sale, Bloomberg’s Mary Romano noticed a certain European-Asian transfer corridor opening up:
The top lot was a black, brown and yellow abstract 1958 painting by French artist Soulages that sold for 2.6 million pounds to a private Asian buyer, Sotheby’s said in a statement. Its estimate was 2 million pounds to 3 million pounds.
“Asian buyers were out in force tonight,” Alex Branczik, head of contemporary art in London, said in the statement.
Martin Kippenberger’s “Ohne Titel,” a self-portrait from 1992, was purchased for 2.3 million pounds by the Yuz Museum in Shanghai, Sotheby’s said. Its estimate was 2.5 million to 3.5 million pounds.
Coling Gleadell kept score on the emerging artists, including one coming back through the aforementioned China-Europe gateway:
Sotheby’s gave ample space in its evening sale to younger artists, in honor of Frieze week. It obtained a record £110,500 or $177,200 for an eight-part Untitled abstract painting of 2013 by Israel Lund, which it had anticipated with a £80,000–120,000 estimate, and then trumped the record £206,500 given at Phillips on Wednesday for a sculpture by Danh Vō with a new record £314,500 for a six-foot-plus high gold leaf painting on cigarette cases, Numbers (9)(2011). Numerous bidders, including the French buyer of his work at Phillips, and the White Cube gallery itself, lifted it over the £100,000–150,000 estimate.
Further bullish prices for young artists were obtained when rising Chinese art star Jia Aili, who had just chalked up a record $952,000 with a painting that sold to a European buyer at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong, was on stage with a slightly smaller 2009 painting of a helmeted astronaut caught within a jagged geometry that sold to an Asian buyer for £674,500 or $1,081,696, far above a £250,000–350,000 estimate. Another high riser is Romanian painter Adrian Ghenie, and his Duchamp’s Funeral I (2009), surpassed a £400,000–600,000 estimate to sell to an Asian buyer for £1 million or $1.6 million.
Finally, a bit oddly, the Wall Street Journal’s Mary Lane has some thoughts about the Anselm Kiefer market that are strikingly her own:
Mr. Kiefer, 69, has always been a tricky sell given his heavily Nazi-themed works that frequently depict him giving the “Heil, Hitler” salute in a Nazi uniform. One of two Kiefers at Christie’s stalled at $563,000, far below its $660,000 low estimate. A Mandarin speaker paid $1.9 million for his 1999 work “Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom!,” a $981,000 loss on the work’s previous value but reflective of a trend amid Chinese millionaires to buy works confronting Maoist thought. A buyer at Phillips paid $1.3 million for “For Paul Celan,” Mr. Kiefer’s homage to the Nazi-persecuted Jewish poet.
Mr. Kiefer’s London dealer Jay Jopling also has taken an unorthodox step to bolster his artist’s soft market by involving an academic institution in a business deal, according to people familiar with the situation. In a move many art insiders would consider anathema, Mr. Jopling himself joined as a main sponsor, along with BNP Paribas, of London’s ongoing Royal Academy exhibition on Mr. Kiefer. Having works in a prestigious exhibition increases an artist’s public profile—and the value of the works.
Mr. Jopling has been quietly selling around seven of the works currently on loan in the show for approximately $750,000 each, according to people familiar with the matter.
Basquiat, Soulages Works Lead Sotheby’s $45 Million London Sale (Bloomberg)
Pierre Soulages Breaks $4 Million Mark at Sotheby’s (artnet News)
London Caps a Busy Art Week (WSJ)
Sotheby’s $295m Evening Sale Shows a Contemporary Department Coming Into Its Own
Sotheby’s Big Sale Contains Contradictory Market Signals
Will They Buy Online?
The More Things Change in The Auction Business…
Featured in Record Setting Auction, Hirst Spin Painting Tests His Market at Phillips This Week
Oliver Barker and Francis Bacon in The Front Row
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How Artificial Lighting can Improve (or Worsen) Architecture
Written by Matheus Pereira | Translated by Eduardo Souza
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https://www.archdaily.com/928658/how-artificial-lighting-can-improve-or-worsen-architecture
Of the varying aspects of architectural and interior design, lighting is one element that can visually enhance or destroy a space. This influence stems from the wide range of artificial lighting designed for the most widely differing tasks, environments, and purposes, including internal and even external spaces such as facades and landscape projects. Think of two environments with the same dimensions and layout. Suppose that in the first, only one point of light was applied - a general, unspecified point of light in this case - while in the second a light project was performed considering the use of space and valuing certain aspects of the architectural design. Undoubtedly, the second option is a more pleasant space. In the same way, poor lighting design can ruin an environment. But how is it possible to achieve these different results?
In a previous article, we already showed how to calculate the correct light intensity required for each environment. Here, we compile a list of some of the key types of lighting systems.
Direct lighting
Direct lighting. Image © Matheus Pereira
Direct illumination is a method of lighting in which the luminous flux hits a surface directly, permitting no loss in the luminosity of the light due to absorption in the walls or ceiling. Practically, it should be used for work or task areas such as kitchen worktops, work areas, office desks, etc.
Direct illumination should be employed with caution because it can become visually tiring through its creation of “hard” shadows. It is also worth noting that it should not be positioned on surfaces that glare or reflect, such as mirrors or glass.
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Indirect lighting. Image © Matheus Pereira
Unlike the previous method, this lighting system directs the light source to another surface so that part of the light is absorbed and the other is reflected in the opposite direction, producing a soft light without directing bulks of light onto a single surface. In short, we can say that light is reflected off the surface and only then disperses throughout the environment.
© Jonathan Friedman
Overall, this system conveys comfort and visual well-being, and is often applied to relaxation spaces such as living rooms, dormitories, hospitals, and spas.
Diffused lighting
Diffused lighting. Image © Matheus Pereira
In this system, the luminous flux of a light source passes through a diffuser element (which may be milky glass or an acrylic plate, for example), and is directed in all directions without light beams. This system produces few variations in shadows and much of the light reaches the intended surface by reflecting off ceilings and walls, making the ambient lighting quite homogeneous.
© Fernando Lazlo
Effect lighting. Image © Matheus Pereira
In this method, the light source remains embedded in the ceiling or some architectural element and serves to highlight only the light itself, creating a dramatic effect. It is often used indoors in crown molding and outdoors in landscaping or façades.
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Accent lighting. Image © Matheus Pereira
Directed to illuminate points or zones of interest, this lighting system features a light source positioned directly over a prominent object such as a painting or sculpture. It is often employed in residential and commercial environments, but also in museum spaces. It is imperative that the correct lamps are utilized in each situation, because with such direct light projection, certain lamps tend to raise the temperature of the object illuminated, causing deterioration.
© Nelson Kon
Wall Washing
Wall washing. Image © Matheus Pereira
Creating a scenic illuminating effect, wall washing employs a series of light points in a series or by means of a led strip, producing so-called “light washes” on a surface. It is ideal for highlighting facades and enhancing architecture.
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How Can Brands Gear Up During the 2016 Rio Olympics?
Sporting Events Set the bar with Innovative Marketing Campaigns
With the World’s biggest sporting competition well under way and 19 Gold medals under Great Britain’s belt, we take a look at the true value of a well-designed brand and marketing campaign.
How Marketing has Transformed over the Years
In the world of Marketing and Advertising, we constantly see updates, changes and swift movements in the way that brands market themselves. Not to mention the plethora of digital marketing potential amid Global events, such as the Olympics.
London 2012 Olympics, for example, introduced the rollout of digital-first campaigns on a Global scale. The World saw Coca-Cola’s ‘Move to the beat’ campaign, where content was specifically created to be shared across all social media and traditional methods of communication. Visa’s ‘Go World’ campaign was another incentive for people around the Globe to get involved with the sporting experience, inviting fans to show their support for Team Visa athletes and send ‘cheers’ on social media.
But, London was just the start for Social Media and Digital Campaigns. This year brands are using social in much more meaningful ways – we are becoming more participants than spectators. Not only are brands investing more time and effort into their social marketing campaigns, but they are also creating ways for people to participate and interact on a Global level. This leverages fans and consumers to actually be a part of the buzz amid other social users – uploading content, sharing comments and interacting with brands and users through their own choice – that’s the power of social media...
Rio 2016 Campaigns Dominate the Digital World
Coca-Cola is one marketer that has been taking full advantage of every aspect of the Olympic games. As the longest running sponsor of the event, this year the brand is running a stimulating marketing campaign across 50 markets, called #ThatsGold. The campaign utilised footage of up to 79 athletes from a range of 23 different countries.
According to Chief Marketer online: ‘The campaign is built on a basic insight: The outcome of any experience is about the memory you are left with after the experience is over. And more often than not, that memory is captured through videos, photos and tweets – by both the brand and the consumers – and post on social, launching content into cyberspace aglow with followers and fans”. (Patricia Odell, Chief Marketer online, 2016).
Many other brands are also utilising the opportunity to kick off their marketing activity during the World's biggest sporting event. Brands such as Nissan, Lacoste, P&G, Adidas, Panasonic, Kellogg’s and many more have introduced unique campaigns to support Team GB in the run-up to the closing ceremony! It’s highly likely that you will have noticed the sport-dominated social platforms, with further campaigns such as Samsung Mobile and their inspiring #DoWhatYouWant campaign and Nike’s reinvented #JustDoIt campaign to suit the sporting phenomenon.
The list of inspirational campaigns is endless and has definitely raised the bar this year. The shift is truly recognisable in the way that brands are now aiming to tell stories and really connect with their audiences on a personal level – through various digital and social platforms. Where brand campaigns were once focussed on athletes and fans, advertisers appear to be tapping further into cultural trends and personal stories, rather than their product and it’s features.
If you would like to discuss an upcoming marketing campaign for your business or you need to arrange a discussion for further marketing support, please contact our team today on: 01386 570360, or email: designtean@arecadesign.co.uk.
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Journalist, copywriter, editor and author
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I currently work as Global Content Editor for VEON, writing all the global stories for the app, including news, entertainment, fashion, health, music and technology. I also write all the posts for our social media channels.
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I wrote 70+ columns for The Guardian newspaper's comment section, and also scripted and presented a video series on Twitter for The Guardian website, GNews140.
Over the same time period, I wrote travel features for The Sunday Times; features for The Independent and Independent on Sunday; book reviews for The Observer; celebrity interviews for New Humanist; topical comment columns for The Spectator and Daily Telegraph; and comedy features for Esquire.
I have appeared several times on BBC Breakfast, and have also appeared twice on BBC1's Sunday Morning Live, as well as ITV's The Alan Titchmarsh Show, BBC1's The One Show, Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Sunday Programme and iPM, BBC World Service, Radio 2's The Jeremy Vine Show, Radio 3's Night Waves and many more.
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• Night Waves (Radio 3)
• Dilemma (Radio 4)
Goldsmiths College, University of London
MA in Scriptwriting
1999 - 2002
BA Commercial Music (First Class Honours)
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Review: Robert Andrew's Mutable Histories
Robert Andrew, Mutable Histories, The Museum of Brisbane, March 3 - July 16, 2017
Brisbane might not have quite the same cultural capital as Sydney and Melbourne, but its art sector’s efforts to support local talent are increasingly noticeable. With local institutions opening their programs to a greater number of early- to mid-career artists from around Australia, Brisbane is becoming more hospitable to those establishing a career in the arts. Expanding upon the city’s burgeoning artist run initiative (ARI) scene, this development will surely provide Brisbane with a more robust cultural infrastructure.
One institution embracing this shift towards the local is the Museum of Brisbane (MoB). A modest museum located at the top of Brisbane’s City Hall, MoB has been committed to delivering exhibitions that share stories of the multifaceted city for over a decade. While the museum has been on Brisbane’s cultural map for years, its latest exhibition, Robert Andrew: Our Mutable Histories, suggests a desire to situate itself more firmly as one of Brisbane’s key institutions for contemporary art.
In an ambitious and exquisitely executed show, Brisbane-based artist Robert Andrew uses contemporary technology to explore the disjuncture between Anglo-European and Australian Indigenous culture. Andrew, a descendant of the Yawuru people of the Rubibi (Broome) area, grew up navigating the space between these two cultures and his place within it. Commissioned by MoB, the show is Andrew’s first solo exhibition at a public museum, a significant achievement considering the early stage of his career.
Exploring themes of erasure, loss and resilience, Robert Andrew: Our Mutable Histories highlights the ways in which the introduction of written text during colonisation impacted, and continues to impact, the language and identity of Indigenous Australia. Pointing to a loss that will ever define this country, Andrew’s work seeks to further reveal the truth of this history and the future with which it has left us. Comprised of three works, the show has been specifically designed to evolve and change throughout the duration of the exhibition (March-July).
Starting with the most ambitious work of the show, and of Andrew’s career thus far, Data Stratification (2017) is a beautiful feat of engineering. Comprised of three elements, the work remains in constant motion, a meditative act of remembering. On the left hand side of the work a screen displaying an Aboriginal word and English translation is mounted to the wall. To the right of this screen the other two components, a machine and collection of objects, work together, tracing the Aboriginal word pictured on the screen. Producing mechanical-sounding melodies as it moves, the machine, based on a Cartesian system, moves around a restricted plane tracing one letter at a time. Suspended on a complex system of pulleys, the objects to the right shift up and down dependent on the machine’s movements. At the time of viewing, the Yawuru word, Ngaligarra, meaning ‘You Listen!’ was displayed. As the objects—suspended rows of pearl, sticks dipped in ochre, etched sandstone and bluestone—passed by one another, expanding and contracting with the edge of each letter, the work appeared to be alive, literally breathing life back into the traditional Yawuru language.
To the right of Data Stratification sits another time-based work, Ground Up (2017). An installation comprised of four panels and a kind of ‘palimpsest machine’, the work has been programmed to wash away the surface of the panels to reveal a hidden image. The ‘palimpsest machine’ has been a reoccurring component in Andrew’s practice since his Honours year in 2013. The machine works like a reductive printer. As it darts across the panels squirting water, fragile surfaces made up of oxides, pigments and ochre bleed down below the work. As the residue falls to the ground, it forms new and continuously evolving landscapes. Symbolic of the hope change offers, these richly textured surfaces grow both mountainous and fragile. The image that is revealed as the surface crumbles and bleeds is the Yawuru word, ‘BURU’. Boldly stamped across the panels, ‘BURU’ appears to be rising from a mess of almost indecipherable English text scattered across the panels. An act of both remembering and resilience, Ground Up literally removes the white surface on the panels to uncover language that has long been hidden to many.
The final work in the show is modest, a set of burnt boards. A series of 21 pieces, Whitewash Over the Burn (2017) speaks of the Australian history of burning documents to deny truth. Sourced from the artist’s current house, the timber used in this work dates back to 1865, likely milled from trees that existed pre-colonisation. To create the pieces, Andrew has deeply burnt the timber, applied ochres and oxides, covered them with a chalk whitewash, and then carved back into the surface with a CNC router. The carved text, sometimes barely visible in the surface, is from official government documents dating 1900-1950. These documents contain correspondence between the artist’s grandmother and great-grandmother in regards to numerous citizenship applications, rejections and denials.
Repeatedly, the friction between the old and the new, the organic and the inorganic, rises to the surface of Andrew’s dialogue. Through his use of materials, he juxtaposes control, order and restrictiveness against the earthy and organic, presumably referencing dichotomous cultural modes. Employing processes of washing, scraping, burning, writing, removing, remembering and revealing, Andrew reworks his materials in search of a better sense of his place between these two cultures and their histories.
While colonisation sought to eradicate Australian Aboriginal culture through the removal of their languages and other cultural practices, Andrew’s work suggests that culture is more than just language, but rather a complex ‘knowing’ that runs deep within us. A reminder of Australia’s hidden histories and malleable future, Our Mutable Histories is a rich and rewarding exhibition.
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Robert Andrew, Data Stratification, 2017. Photo courtesy The Museum of Brisbane and the artist.
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Robert Andrew, White Wash Over the Burn, 2017. Photograph courtesy Museum of Brisbane and the artist.
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Robert Andrew, White Wash Over the Burn, (detail), 2017. Photograph courtesy Museum of Brisbane and the artist.
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Robert Andrew, Ground Up, 2017. Photograph courtesy Museum of Brisbane and the artist.
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Jenna Green is an artist, writer and producer. With a background in art and architecture, her focus is on how art in the public realm can reflect, challenge and celebrate society. Jenna is the Co-Director of people+artist+place, a new arts initiative that seeks to stimulate and support the production of socially engaged and participatory art practice in Brisbane. www.jennagreen.com.au
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Hedi Slimane: Anthology of a Decade 2000-2010
In a 2003 conversation with then-Interview magazine editor Ingrid Sischy, French designer Hedi Slimane (born 1968) described his beginnings as a photographer: "I started taking pictures before I even began in fashion. I didn't start with clothes until I was 16, but I had my first camera when I was 11. I've always taken pictures, almost like some people take notes or write down their thoughts." As Hedi Slimane: Anthology of a Decade reveals, Slimane's photographs, which traverse the music scene, the New York art scene, street fashion and haute couture, are as fresh as his groundbreaking work in fashion. Drawing on photographs taken throughout the past decade, this volume records Slimane's early years in the fashion industry, before, during and after his tenures at Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior. It was during this decade that Slimane brought to men's fashion an androgynous, rock verve that influenced couture worldwide. This selection of 845 color photographs lays bare Slimane's inspirations for this look, evidencing his attention to both youth culture and more historical groundings in photography; in their composition, these pictures also affirm that the designer's major contribution to contemporary haute couture has been his continual refinement of line and silhouette. Anthology of a Decade is revelatory both as a hitherto little-known instance of Slimane's many talents, and as an elucidation of his work in fashion.
Hedi Slimane (born 1968) was educated in Paris as a political scientist, art historian and as a tailor. From 1992 to 1995 he worked for Jean-Jacques Picart, and in 1997 he was appointed Collections and Art Director at Yves Saint-Laurent. Slimane moved to Dior in 2000, winning much acclaim for his Dior fragrances and skincare lines. In 2008 he moved to the U.S., and began to exhibit his art, and to collaborate with artists and musicians in New York.
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THE LOTUS FLOWER: A TEXTILE HIDDEN IN THE WATER
By Sergio Loro Piana, Pier Luigi Loro Piana. Photographs by Bruna Rotunno.
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View of “Francis Picabia: Our Heads Are Round so Our Thoughts Can Change Direction,” 2016–17. From left: Dances à la source [II] (Dances at the Spring [II]), 1912; Les pins, effet de soleil à Saint-Honorat (Cannes) (Pine Trees, Effect of Sunlight at Saint-Honorat [Cannes]), 1906. Photo: Martin Seck.
MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art
JOINING FORCES with Cathérine Hug of Kunsthaus Zürich, curator Anne Umland of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, assembled roughly two hundred opinion-shifting works by the wildly mercurial Franco-Cubanartist Francis Picabia (1879–1953). Some 125 of them were paintings; the rest comprised drawings, illustrations, film, and period ephemera. The exhibition’s title, “Our Heads Are Round so Our Thoughts Can Change Direction”—a Picabia aphorism—underscored the jarring discontinuities that marked the painter’s seemingly discordant sequence of styles. Perhaps, given the spoiled, vain, uxorious
Francis Picabia and Erik Satie, Relâche, 1924. Performance view, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 1924.
FRANCIS PICABIA is famous above all for his flamboyant stylistic and ideological diversity. This diversity has created a legend. The legend has to do with freedom: Picabia is heralded—especially by artists—as the insouciant trickster deity of modernism, the Aquarian hero of artistic self-determinacy in the face of all sorts of orthodoxies, even (especially) the right ones.
The legend is productive and, given the pictorial efficacy of so many of his best works, deserved. It does, however, confuse the central problem of Picabia’s career. It mistakes the symptom (the artist’s matchless
View of “Raymond Pettibon: A Pen of All Work,” 2017. Photo: Maris Hutchinson.
IN RAYMOND PETTIBON’S HANDS, the pen does double duty—writing and drawing, verbalizing and depicting.This could explain why his massive five-decade survey, aptly titled “A Pen of All Work,” includes only three paintings on canvas. The majority of the more than seven hundred selections on view—which represent a fraction of the estimated twenty thousand works made by Pettibon to date—are his trademark pen-and-ink drawings on paper, which push the medium’s capacity to encompass both line work and protean wordplay. Handwritten texts, ranging from pithy statement to ranting paragraphs,
James Coleman, Working Arrangement—horoscopus, 2004–, eight-channel video installation, color and black-and-white, sound, 54 minutes. Photo: Cathy Carver.
Marian Goodman Gallery | New York
This multipartite show by the Irish artist James Coleman included two fairly new works (Untitled, 2011–15, and Still Life, 2013–16); a mini-retrospective of five works from 1970, the year of Coleman’s first exhibition; a loner work bridging the turn of this century (D 11, 1998–2002); and a work begun in 2004 and still in process (Working Arrangement—horoscopus). The show, then, was a kind of primer, running from early to present in Coleman’s career. And while all of these works were projected images, his signature medium, they involved quite different forms and methods, from 16-mm film (
View of “Wangechi Mutu,” 2017. Photo: David Regen.
Wangechi Mutu
Gladstone Gallery | West 21st St
Absent from “Ndoro Na Miti,” Wangechi Mutu’s latest exhibition at Gladstone Gallery, were her signature collage elements—the magazine lips, eyes, and limbs and the cut-up animal imagery that have previously marked the fantastical, hybrid female protagonists in her work. The only paper on view was in the form of pulp. The Kenyan-born, Brooklyn-based artist mixed it with wood glue and red soil to form many of the austere and otherworldly objects in her show, whose title translates from Gikuyu as “Mud and Trees.” With her striking installation of figurative and abstract sculptures, most of
Richard Oelze, Statt Blumen und Blut (In Lieu of Flowers and Blood), 1963, oil on canvas, 52 × 64".
Richard Oelze
Michael Werner | New York
A determinant piece of good luck during my high school years—the early 1950s—was a class pass offering free admission to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, a privilege I availed myself of virtually every afternoon. This meant I was able to absorb the collections as Alfred H. Barr Jr., the famed founding director of the institution, had installed them—tightly organized according to country and style.
One work in particular stuck out like a sore thumb from Barr’s didactics—Richard Oelze’s Erwartung (Expectation), 1935–36. That piece, loaned to Michael Werner Gallery for this
Sergei Eisenstein, Untitled, n.d., colored pencil on paper, 10 5/8 × 8 1/4".
Throughout his thirty-year career, the Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein made drawings in many different modes for many different purposes. Estimates suggest that more than five thousand images varying in size and finish—some drawn on mere scraps of ordinary paper or on stationery filched from Mexican hotels—remain in his archive or in other private and public collections. Along with filmmaking and film theory, they constitute a crucial, though largely underrated, third pillar of his artistic achievement.
Eisenstein sketched from his earliest years and was essentially self-taught.
Richard Mosse, Idomeni Camp, Greece, 2016, digital C-print on metallic paper, 40 1/4 × 120". From the series “Heat Maps,” 2016.
Jack Shainman Gallery | West 20th Street
Susan Sontag wrote that “photography implies that we know about the world if we accept it as the camera records it. But this is the opposite of understanding, which starts from not accepting the world as it looks.” Richard Mosse’s unorthodox approach to recording the world—beginning especially with his photo series “Infra,” 2010–15, and its related six-channel video, The Enclave, 2012–13, and continuing with his new body of work, “Heat Maps,” 2016–, recently on view at Jack Shainman’s Twentieth Street space—engages with some of the central notions underlying Sontag’s well-known dictum,
View of “Marisa Merz,” 2017.
Marisa Merz
The Met Breuer
“Marisa Merz has always been careful to do very little,” writes Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev in the catalogue to the artist’s first American retrospective, curated by Connie Butler, chief curator of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (where the show travels, June 4–August 20), and Ian Alteveer, associate curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. But the show, titled “The Sky Is a Great Space,” proves that doing very little for a long time is a good way to accomplish a great deal.
After seeing this retrospective, one will find Merz’s accomplishment as hard to define as it ever was, and that
Edward Clark, Untitled, 1988, acrylic on canvas, 56 5/8 × 69 3/4".
Edward Clark
Tilton Gallery
This show of ten canvases and three works on paper ranging in date from the 1960s through 2012 demonstrated, at minimum, an unusual consistency across decades—a consistency of idea and feeling as well as of quality. One might almost speak of a career without development. With nearly any other artist, such a phrase would carry an implicit reproach: a charge of complacency or monotonousness. In Edward Clark’s case, it’s quite the opposite: One senses that he has never ceased casting a critical eye—what Ernest Hemingway famously called the bullshit detector—on his own work. And far
Jenny Perlin, The Crystal King, 2016, 16-mm film, color, silent, 3 minutes.
Jenny Perlin
Simon Preston
The Child of the Cavern, or Strange Doings Underground is one of more than fifty novels in Jules Verne’s Extraordinary Voyages series from the late nineteenth century. In the story, a miner discovers a young woman in a pit and takes her to the earth’s surface for the first time. Despite her wonder at the world above, she returns happily to her subterranean home, astutely declaring that darkness is as beautiful as light. Artist Jenny Perlin named Verne’s book as the point of departure for her exhibition “The Long Sleepers,” but it was clearly more than that: Like a spirit guide, the narrative
Matthew Buckingham, Celeritas, 2009, screen-printed letters on chalkboard enclosed in wooden cabinet, natural light, 27 × 22 × 4". From “January Show.”
“January Show”
Back in 2008, on what now seems like the cusp of a fleeting golden age, the gossip blog How’s My Dealing? boasted a section devoted to the casualties of for-profit cut-and-thrust. DeathWatch collated advance reports of the closing of various enterprises, and reading it now induces twinges of nostalgia for such outfits as Bellwether, Roebling Hall, and Rivington Arms, as well as for much-missed individuals such as the late, great Daniel Reich. As the depth of feeling attached to the list demonstrates, the role played by commercial galleries is far more than purely financial; their influence over
Bonnie Lucas, Smiling Girl, 1983, mixed media, 30 × 21 1/2".
Bonnie Lucas
Since the 1970s, Bonnie Lucas has been reconfiguring the icks and discomforts of feminine aesthetics, revealing the precise flavor of subjugation imposed by sweetie-pie girlishness. Combining frilly garments, plush animals, hair grips, jelly shoes, flowers, bunnies, decorated eggs, wedding cake figurines, sequins, baby toys, and ballet ribbons, the artist constructs unstable bodies that burst open at the seams. “Young Lady,” at JTT, curated by Marie Catalano, was a timely presentation of works made by the artist between 1983 and 1987: intricate, wall-based assemblages she calls “object collages,”
Dragana Jurisic, Paris Fog I, 2016, ink-jet print, 14 × 14".
Rawson Projects
In “My Own Unknown,” photographs formed provisionary sketches of elusive subjects. Launching the second iteration of A Process Series, organized by Jessamyn Fiore at Rawson Projects, in which four women artists received two-week solo shows to “reflect on how politics influences their artistic practice,” Dragana Jurisic seemed to play with the exhibition’s abbreviated life-span through material and displays that foregrounded the ephemeral: instant Polaroids, unframed prints tacked to the wall, handwritten scrapbooks with pasted-in photos. But these notes formed a deceptively complex narrative,
Pipo Nguyen-duy, Untitled F40, 1998, cyanotype, 15 × 11 1/2".
Pipo Nguyen-duy
ClampArt
The show is a kind of wonderland: Fifty cyanotypes, all made in 1998, all untitled, and all portraying flowers, seeds, soil, and water from Monet’s garden at Giverny, France, neatly line the walls of the narrow gallery. They are the creations of Pipo Nguyen-duy, a political refugee from Vietnam and now a professor of photography at Oberlin College in Ohio. One can’t help but admire the sheer beauty of the ghostly images, each hovering in space like a mirage, each coolly composed and self-sufficient, each alive with immediacy and formal verve. The specimens sparkle like stars in a cyan sky.
Ann Greene Kelly, Untitled (bricked chair with drain), 2016, plastic chairs, Magic-Sculpt, steel mesh, fabric, Hydrocal, aluminum, colored pencil, 32 1/2 × 22 × 27".
Ann Greene Kelly
Chapter NY
Of all the words that have suffered the abuses of our new administration’s slippery rhetoric, drain might have it the worst. In October, Ronald Reagan’s “Drain the swamp” refrain entered the MAGA camp’s repertoire of chants, and in January we learned that the promise to kick bureaucracy and big money out of Washington in fact meant building a cabinet of Republican establishment goons and Goldman Sachs executives.
Drains—burdened as they are with the GOP’s semantic disassociations and destabilizations—were everywhere in “May Not Be Private,” Ann Greene Kelly’s second solo exhibition in
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Professor David Kaye
NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow
david.kaye@baker.edu.au
Phone:+61 3 9076 8044
Eureka Prize for Medical Research Translation (2012)
Co-founder, Osprey Medical, USA
Co-founder, Cardiac Dimensions Inc, USA
RT Hall Prize, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (2007)
Eric Sussman Prize for Research Excellence, College of Physicians (2003)
Professor David Kaye NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow
Improving the prognosis and quality of life for heart failure patients.
Research projects and Student research opportunities
Causes, effects and treatment of cardiac fibrosis
Heart failure with preserved pump function (HFpEF)
The role of diet in the prevention of hypertension and heart failure
Atrial fibrillation and heart failure
Cardiac device development
Failing heart, failing kidney: treatment approaches
MicroRNAs and risk of cardiovascular disease
Novel treatment approaches for obesity related hypertension
Gut microbiota versus genetics: role in genetic hypertension and sympathetic activation
Gut microbiota and G-coupled protein receptors in the prevention of cardiovascular disease
Dr Melissa Byrne Dr Po-Yin Chu Ms Frances Fitzpatrick Dr Tilahun Nigatu Haregu Mr Duncan Horlock Dr Niwanthi Rajapakse Dr Waled Shihata
Clinical research staff
Ms Karina Crannitch Mr Vivian Mak Associate Professor Justin Mariani
Students and visiting fellows
Dr Anna Beale Dr Aidan Burrell Dr Shane Nanayakkara Dr Hitesh Patel
About the Heart Failure Research laboratory
Heart failure is the commonest chronic, progressive cardiovascular condition. It is accompanied by severe symptoms, frequent hospitalisation and reduced life expectancy. The features of heart failure relate to the presence of impaired heart muscle pumping (systole) or an inability of the heart to fill adequately (diastole). The condition is particularly common in older people and may develop after a heart attack or may result from many other triggers such as high blood pressure, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, heart rhythm disturbances (such as atrial fibrillation) and chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Symptoms usually develop slowly and include breathlessness and increasing fatigue, although in some cases patients present for the first time with more acute illness.
Research in Professor Kaye's laboratory is directed at improving the prognosis and quality of life for heart failure patients by finding ways of improving the function of the heart and blood vessels. Professor Kaye and his colleagues investigate several of the fundamental abnormalities the cause the symptoms of heart failure. David and his team investigate the causes of heart failure, using experimental techniques that span from basic cellular studies on cardiac muscle cells and cardiac fibroblasts through detailed studies in heart failure patients using specialised cardiac catheterisation techniques. The team are interested in the processes that cause diffuse cardiac fibrosis and they have recently identified a major link between changes in the gut microbiome and cardiac fibrosis. Research in the laboratory is focussed upon the close interaction between the heart and kidney, with a particular focus on the cardiorenal syndrome. Abnormalities of heart rhythm are commonly found in patients with heart failure, frequently causing the condition to worsen. The team investigates the mechanism by which atrial fibrillation accelerates heart failure. The group also has a longstanding interest in the mechanism and role of altered endothelial function as a cause of cardiovascular disease including heart failure.
The Heart Failure Research Group is an internationally recognised leader in the commercial translation of its research at Baker Institute. Research conducted by Prof Kaye and his team has generated a large body of intellectual property leading to the development of medical devices and drug therapies. Companies including Cardiac Dimensions Incorporated (based in Seattle), Osprey Medical (based in Minneapolis and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange: OSP) and Cardiora (based in Melbourne) were all founded on the basis of the group’s research.
Heart failure.
Microbiome and CVD.
Cardiac fibrosis.
Nitric Oxide.
Oxidative stress.
Cardiac devices.
Hemodynamics and cardiovascular physiology.
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With a lineage that goes back more than 50 years and iconic nameplates like Land Cruiser and Hilux, Toyota trucks have come to define the word “tough.” And there are few things tougher than the 2019 Toyota Tundra full-size pickup. With its available 5.7-liter V8 and overbuilt drivetrain, properly equipped Tundras can tow over 10,000 lbs. 1 Grades like Tundra Platinum and 1794 Edition mean you can haul all that cargo in style and comfort too. So whether you’re looking to haul lumber to the work site or simply haul through the desert, there’s a 2019 Tundra built just for you. They say that true strength endures, and we’re here to prove it. Let’s get to work.
1Before towing, confirm your vehicle and trailer are compatible, hooked up and loaded properly and that you have any necessary additional equipment. Do not exceed any Weight Ratings and follow all instructions in your Owner’s Manual. The maximum you can tow depends on base curb weight plus the total weight of any cargo, occupants, and added vehicle equipment. “Added vehicle equipment” includes additional standard/optional equipment and accessories added by the manufacturer, dealers, and/or vehicle owners. The only way to be certain of your vehicle's exact curb weight is to weigh your vehicle without passengers or cargo.
Assembled in Texas
A dedicated team proudly assembles every Tundra in San Antonio, Texas.2 In fact, the 1794 Edition takes its name from the year the ranch on which the Toyota plant now sits was founded. We are committed for the long haul to building the most capable full-size pickup truck on the planet.
2Assembled in Texas with U.S. and globally sourced parts.
Engineered for the U.S.
The journey continues in Michigan, where engineering teams work on the mighty Tundra. Michigan is home to some of the harshest conditions a truck could ever face, allowing the engineering team to make sure Tundra can tackle everything the weekend, the work site and your family can throw at it.
Styled in California and Michigan
Before it rolls down the assembly line or appears in a showroom, Tundra is styled in California and Michigan. We created Tundra with the American consumer in mind right from the start. Inspiration came from all over the nation in designing the legendary Tundra.
Interior and Utility
The optimal blend of functionality and comfort, Tundra’s spacious cabin gives you and your crew plenty of room to stretch out. Premium materials are used throughout for an upscale feel, and an intuitive control layout puts your tech right where you need it.
1794 Edition interior
More than just muscle, the 1794 Edition CrewMax represents a leap forward in full-size truck luxury. This is everything you want in a premium truck, and maybe more. Every part of the interior has been refined, from the feel of the buttons, to the stitching, to the sweeping instrument panel.
Platinum interior
The Platinum CrewMax excels at transporting passengers in the lap of luxury. As you slide into the premium seating surfaces and feel the soft-touch materials that surround you, you'll appreciate a vehicle that's as comfortable as it is capable.
Tundra is available with dual zone automatic climate control with individual temperature settings for the driver and front passenger. We know your truck can double as your office, so this helps keep everyone comfortable.
Fold-up rear seats
To create even more usable cabin space, the rear seats in the Double Cab and CrewMax fold up, instead of flat. This not only creates more room; it also makes it easier to load cargo.3
3Cargo and load capacity limited by weight and distribution.
Opt for available front bucket seats, and you'll get a center console with a covered storage compartment plus a 12V auxiliary power outlet.
Powerful front brakes
A big part of controlling a trailer is having the ability to stop it. Massive 13.9-in. front brake rotors and beefy 4-piston front brake calipers help Tundra keep speeds in check—even when hauling those heavy loads.
Massive ring gear
To handle the torque of Tundra's available i-FORCE 5.7L V8, our engineers fitted the rear differential with a massive 10.5-in. ring gear. This allows use of an aggressive 4.30 rear axle ratio to help amplify and transfer the 401 lb.-ft. of torque the 5.7L V8 produces to the ground.
i-FORCE 5.7L V8 (346 cu. in.)
381 hp and 401 lb.-ft. of torque, a 6-speed automatic transmission, plus a standard Tow Package with added engine and transmission oil coolers equal heavy-duty towing capability.4 Add Double Overhead Cams (DOHC), a 32-valve head design and Dual Independent Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i), and you get an i-FORCE drivetrain that can tow a space shuttle.5
5The 2012 Tundra CrewMax 5.7L V8 is towing far beyond its published towing capacity in a one-time, short-distance event. Never tow beyond a vehicle's published towing capacities. Always consult the Owner's Manual.
Tundra's 4.6L V8 is packed with tech, delivering 310 hp and 327 lb.-ft. of torque via a 6-speed automatic transmission. It also benefits from Double Overhead Cams, a 32-valve head design and Dual Independent Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i), so all the power you need is ready when you need it.
Automatic Limited-Slip Differential
Standard on all Tundras, Auto LSD6 works like a traditional limited-slip differential—with a high-tech twist. Instead of controlling slip mechanically, Auto LSD applies brakes individually to wheels with no traction. And unlike Traction Control, it doesn't cut engine power. This helps give you control and distributes power where it's most effective. Best of all, because the system utilizes the brake system, there are no extra components that add to overall ownership costs.
Active Traction Control
Tundra models equipped with 4WD include an A-TRAC system that optimizes traction across the front and rear axles simultaneously, helping improve grip on low-traction surfaces. This A-TRAC system also allows full use of the 2-speed transfer case, so you always have on-demand access to Tundra’s incredible torque.7
Standard backup camera and Display Audio
Nothing makes a long drive a little easier than some tunes, and nothing makes backing up a trailer a little easier than the wide-angle backup camera.8 Both are standard on Tundra, to make your drive and workday a little bit easier.
8The backup camera does not provide a comprehensive view of the rear area of the vehicle. You should also look around outside your vehicle and use your mirrors to confirm rearward clearance. Environmental conditions may limit effectiveness and view may become obscured. See Owner’s Manual for additional limitations and details.
Integrated Navigation
With Tundra’s available Integrated Navigation9 featuring a 7-in. high-resolution touch-screen display, you’ll find your way, no problem.
9Be sure to obey traffic regulations and maintain awareness of road and traffic conditions at all times. Availability and accuracy of the information provided by the navigation system is dependent upon many factors. Use common sense when relying on information provided. Services and programming subject to change. Services not available in every city or roadway. Updates may be available from your dealer at an additional cost. See Owner’s Manual for details.
The customizable 4.2-in. Multi-Information Display (MID) provides odometer, tripmeter, instant/average fuel economy, distance to empty, average speed, trip timer, and an Integrated Trailer Brake Controller (ITBC)10 monitoring screen (5.7L V8 models). All this right where the driver needs it most: right in front of them.
10The Integrated Trailer Brake Controller is an electronic system that operates in tandem with a properly equipped trailer with an electric braking system. It is designed to help the driver maintain trailer control by increasing or reducing trailer braking based on trailer weight. It is not a substitute for safe towing practices. Factors including speed, road conditions and driver input can all affect trailer braking control. See Owner’s Manual for additional limitations and details
Tundra comes standard with the Star Safety System™, a suite of six advanced safety features that includes Vehicle Stability Control (VSC)11, Traction Control (TRAC), Anti-lock Brake System (ABS), Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD), Brake Assist (BA)12 and Smart Stop Technology® (SST)13.
11Vehicle Stability Control is an electronic system designed to help the driver maintain vehicle control under adverse conditions. It is not a substitute for safe and attentive driving practices. Factors including speed, road conditions, weather and driver steering input can all affect whether VSC will be effective in preventing a loss of control. See Owner’s Manual for additional limitations and details.
12Brake Assist is designed to help the driver take full advantage of the benefits of ABS. It is not a substitute for safe driving practices. Braking effectiveness also depends on proper vehicle maintenance, and tire and road conditions. See Owner’s Manual for additional limitations and details.
13Smart Stop Technology® operates only in the event of certain contemporaneous brake and accelerator pedal applications. When engaged, the system will reduce power to help the brakes bring the vehicle to a stop. Factors including speed, road conditions and driver input can all impact stopping distance. Smart Stop Technology® is not a substitute for safe and attentive driving and does not guarantee instant stopping. See Owner’s Manual for details.
Blind Spot Monitor with Rear Cross-Traffic Alert
As the first full-size pickup to offer Blind Spot Monitor (BSM) 27 with Rear Cross-Traffic Alert (RCTA)14 & 15, Tundra continues to redefine the segment. When the available Blind Spot Monitor (BSM) detects a vehicle, it illuminates a warning indicator on the appropriate outside mirror to alert you to the presence of another vehicle, helping you to determine when it's safe to change lanes. Rear Cross-Traffic Alert (RCTA) works in much the same way. When you slowly back out of a driveway or parking spot, it provides audible and visual indicators to help warn you of approaching vehicles.
14Do not rely exclusively on the Rear Cross-Traffic Alert system. Always look over your shoulder and use your mirrors to confirm rear clearance. There are limitations to the function, detection and range of the system. See Owner’s Manual for additional limitations and details.
15 Based on manufacturers’ data.
Tundra comes equipped with driver and front outboard passenger airbags, side curtain and front seat-mounted side airbags. 45 And only Tundra has driver/front outboard passenger knee airbags. No other truck has that.
16All the airbag systems are Supplemental Restraint Systems. All airbags (if installed) are designed to inflate only under certain conditions and in certain types of severe collisions. To decrease the risk of injury from an inflating airbag, always wear seatbelts and sit upright in the middle of the seat as far back as possible. Do not put objects in front of an airbag or around the seatback. Do not use a rearward-facing child seat in any front passenger seat. See Owner’s Manual for additional limitations and details.
To help keep children safe and secure, Tundra has LATCH, which stands for “Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren.” With lower anchors on the outboard rear seats and a tether anchor on the rear center seat, LATCH allows you to securely mount a child seat quickly and easily.
Toyota is devoted to safety and dependability, and proper vehicle maintenance is important to both. That's why we include a no cost maintenance plan18 with the purchase or lease of every new Tundra for 2 years or 25,000 miles, whichever comes first. 24-hour roadside assistance19 is also included for 2 years and unlimited miles
18Covers normal factory scheduled service for 2 years or 25K miles, whichever comes first. See Toyota dealer for details and exclusions. Valid only in the continental U.S. and Alaska.
19Roadside Assistance coverage is 2 years unlimited mileage. Does not include parts and fluids, except emergency fuel delivery. See Toyota Dealer for details and exclusions. Valid only in the continental U.S. and Alaska.
*MSRP excludes the Delivery, Processing, and Handling Fee of $920 for Cars (Yaris, Yaris iA, 86, Corolla, Corolla HB, Camry, Camry HV, Prius LB, Prius c, Prius Prime, Mirai, Tundra, Tundra HV), $1045 for Small/Medium Trucks, SUVs and Van (C-HR, RAV4, RAV4 HV, Highlander, Highlander HV, 4Runner, Sienna, Tacoma), $1,295 for Large SUVs (Sequoia, Land Cruiser), and $1,395 for Large Truck (Tundra). (Historically, vehicle manufacturers and distributors have charged a separate fee for processing, handling and delivering vehicles to dealerships. Toyota's charge for these services is called the "Delivery, Processing and Handling Fee" and is based on the value of the processing, handling and delivery services Toyota provides as well as Toyota's overall pricing structure. Toyota may make a profit on the Delivery, Processing and Handling Fee.) Excludes taxes, license, title and available or regionally required equipment. The Delivery, Processing and Handling Fee in AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC and TX will be higher. The published prices do not apply to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Actual dealer price will vary.
12019 EPA-estimated mileage. Actual mileage will vary.
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Game Design Concepts: Evaluating the Design
Published by: Amelia Rengo 10/24/2019
We're continuing our series on game design with insights from Jeff Tidball, a veteran game designer and producer, as well as Atlas Games' COO. Have a question for Jeff? Give us a mention on Twitter @AtlasGames.
[What are] Best practices for testing and evaluating a game. — Richard (Facebook). How do you run play tests? What sorts of prompts net you the most productive feedback. —Aser (@aser_tolentino)
These two questions demonstrate the right thinking: That evaluating and improving a game design requires testing it, gathering feedback from the testers, and iterating the design to improve it.
Begin by considering two different scopes of testing, and two types of testers.
By “scope,” I mean, “How much of the game is being tested?”
The longer scope option is easier to define; the whole game is tested.
But some designers — especially those newer to the discipline — overlook that you can test smaller subdivision of a design. This idea becomes crucial when designing, say, an RPG, where it’s completely impractical to test character creation, combat (and its diverse sub-systems like initiative, magic, tactical maneuvering, healing, etc.), advancement, and more in a single play session.
Testing only parts of a design can also work for less ambitious board and card games, too. And frankly, it’s a good idea to focus on one thing at a time. Testing six endgame outcomes, for example, or running set up and unit placement ten times in a row, will give a designer a lot more insight into that area of their design than running three full games, when their attention is diffused across the entire experience.
By “types of testers,” I mean, “What’s the relationship of the people doing the testing to the designer?” There are essentially two options here, although you could argue that there are three.
Blindtesting is when people who might or might not know the designer personally play the game without any input from the designer or design team. The testers learn the game from documentation, answer their own questions by referring to the components, and so on. (Now, one or more members of the design team might be present to observe and record outcomes. Ideally, they wouldn’t be, because their presence can change the feedback, but sometimes it’s not practical to audio- or video-record the testers’ feedback, or observe a test without being observed. If the designer is present, the important thing is that they remain uninvolved, not answering questions, simply observing whether — or, more likely, when — things go off the rails.)
Non-blind playtesting (most frequently just called “playtesting”) is when the designer is present, perhaps playing themselves, explaining play and answering questions, and perhaps altering rules on the fly as it becomes clear that some new option will be more fruitful. Most playtesting is done in this mode, especially early testing of a newer design, or testing of a design that’s currently undergoing a lot of change.
A sometimes-fruitful type of tester — the arguable third option mentioned above — is when a designer does non-blind playtesting with players who are not personally known to them, such as at a convention or meet-up. When you playtest with your friends, you often get the (unwarranted) benefit of the doubt when some element of your design is confusing, not fun, or complete nonsense. People you’re never going to see again are both more likely to expose you to a wider diversity of viewpoints, as well as less likely to exhibit undue care about your feelings.
What should you ask testers? I’ve used a ton of different questions at various times. I like most of the questions in this Gamasutra blog post by Wesley Rockholz. They get at some key concerns I always have for a new design without asking questions that are too on the nose, like whether the game dragged, what the emotional experience of gameplay was like, whether the game is easy or difficult to understand and play, and so on.
For both scopes and all types of testing, and no matter what you’re trying to learn, here’s the cardinal rule of playtesting: You must not offer rationales and explanations in response to comments and criticisms. Write down everything that’s said, and think about it later, when you’re more detached. Explain a rule if needed, but not in a way that negates or explains away an objection or observation. If you must offer a design perspective that you think may have been overlooked and might undermine a criticism, do so well after playtesting is done, and after you’ve thoroughly internalized the idea that the comment was, in the first place, a legitimate response to the current state of the design.
It’s worth noting that it can be very hard to receive negative feedback about something you’ve worked hard on. Receiving feedback calmly is an emotional skill. Cultivate it. You can’t make a game better without learning what can be improved, and learning what can be improved feels a lot like an attack, and an attack on you, especially at first. If your experience is anything like mine, you’ll eventually arrive at an emotional place where, to the contrary, you’re deeply suspicious when people claim to enjoy your game, and you probe them incessantly for broader and broader critique, because you know that something can always get better, especially in very early prototypes. Designs are never finished, goes the quip, only abandoned.
If you’re having trouble with the idea of negative feedback, consider this: It’s a lot better to have a table of your friends tell you what they think is wrong with your design than read a negative review online, where hundreds or thousands of other people will read it too. Not only does the playtest audience comprise your friends, who’re going to like you in spite of your design’s shortcomings, but with playtesting you’re still in a position where you can do something about an issue. If you’ve already published the game? Not so much.
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Rod Stewart was born the working class son of a Scottish plumber in north London. Despite some early close shaves with a number of diverse career paths ranging from gravedigging to professional soccer, it was music that truly captured his heart - and he never looked back. Rod’s is an incredible life, and here - thrillingly and for the first time - he tells the entire thing, leaving no knickers under the bed. A rollicking rock ’n’ roll adventure that is at times deeply moving, this is the remarkable journey of a guy with one hell of a voice - and one hell of a head of hair.
If you think he's sexy - or not - give it a go!
By Ninotchka on 10-28-12
Life at the Dakota
New York's Most Unusual Address
By: Stephen Birmingham
Narrated by: LJ Ganser
When Singer sewing machine tycoon Edward Clark built a luxury apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in the late 1800s, it was derisively dubbed “the Dakota” for being as far from the center of the downtown action as its namesake territory on the nation’s western frontier. Despite its remote location, the quirky German Renaissance-style castle, with its intricate façade, peculiar interior design, and gargoyle guardians peering down on Central Park, was an immediate hit, particularly among the city’s well-heeled intellectuals and artists.
Written 40 years ago
Reckless Daughter
A Portrait of Joni Mitchell
By: David Yaffe
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Joni Mitchell is a cultural touchstone for generations of Americans. In her heyday she released 10 experimental, challenging, and revealing albums; her lyrics captivated people with the beauty of their language and the rawness of their emotions, both deeply personal to Mitchell and universally relatable to her audience. In this intimate biography, composed of dozens of in-person interviews with Mitchell, David Yaffe reveals the backstory behind the famous songs.
Fairly interesting text, maddening delivery
By Brad on 11-23-17
Simon's memoir reveals her remarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the third daughter of Richard L. Simon, the cofounder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster; her musical debut as half of The Simon Sisters, performing folk songs with her sister, Lucy, in Greenwich Village; to a meteoric solo career that would result in 13 top 40 hits, including the number-one song "You're So Vain". She was the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award, for her song "Let the River Run" from the movie Working Girl.
The memoir recalls a childhood enriched by music and culture but also one shrouded in secrets that would eventually tear her family apart. Simon brilliantly captures moments of creative inspiration, the sparks of songs, and the stories behind writing "Anticipation" and "We Have No Secrets", among many others. Romantic entanglements with some of the most famous men of the day fueled her confessional lyrics as well as the unraveling of her storybook marriage to James Taylor.
Includes original music composed especially for the program by Carly Simon and Teese Gohl plus a previously unreleased bonus song from Carly Simon.
©2015 Carly Simon (P)2015 Macmillan Audio
"Carly Simon exuberantly narrates her memoir, which reads like a history of rock and roll from the 1970s onward. Simon's warm and personal style sounds as if she's telling her story directly to each listener." ( AudioFile)
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Gorgeous and Sad
Still trying to decide how I felt about it. On the one hand it was gorgeous. She reads it herself and the audiobook is interlaced with lots and lots of her music throughout. It has to be a completely different experience from reading it with eyes only. In many ways it confirms how sensitive and brilliant she is.
On the other hand it also seems like it was her attempt to come to terms with the fact that she has never come to terms with the failure of her 10ish-year marriage to James Taylor which ended in the early 1980's. Yet she was married again for about 20 more years to someone else, and unless I nodded off toward the end, there's not even a mention of that. There's something disturbing and downright pitiful about how she seems so determinedly stuck in the long-ago.
E. Anderson
Beautifully told with Carly's music.
Beautifully written and narrated by Carly Simon. The book is scored to many of the songs she's written, thanks to the genius of Ken Burns. The music and lyrics enhance the story Carly shares. Interesting insight into her relationship with James Taylor--not the easiest man to love or live with. One of the best audio books I've ever listened to. This particular book demonstrates the power of an audio book over the printed version. So many feelings and subtleties are conveyed to paint a more vivid account of the events in her life. After all the years have past since her divorce from Taylor, you can see that Carly still has a place in her heart for James Taylor.
DIDN'T GET FAR
What would have made Boys in the Trees better?
I'm sure this is a great book, but I could not stand the random guitar and piano that would start out of nowhere and compete with the narrator's voice. It wasn't even background music and it had no dramatic effect because it would start and stop randomly. It was distracting and annoying so I didn't get far and will return this book. Still love Carly!
I Still Read Books
Surprisingly AWESOME Audio.
If you could sum up Boys in the Trees in three words, what would they be?
Entertaining, revealing, thoughtful.
What other book might you compare Boys in the Trees to and why?
"Me" by Katharine Hepburn.
What about Carly Simon’s performance did you like?
Who knew that she'd be as good acting out her life story on an audio as she is singing it out on a record? This is really wonderful. She's got a great voice for storytelling, her pace is spot-on and she brings you right into the story.
I usually find the childhood stories in biographies to be tedious, but this one really is colorful and is just as interesting as the rest. I like the first story of the book, and like glimpsing into the world of her dad, who was the Simon in Simon and Schuster.
I did not expect this to be as entertaining as it was. Listened all the way through and enjoyed the whole thing. She's honest about her flaws and strengths.
Gretchen SLP
She's Not Vain
What made the experience of listening to Boys in the Trees the most enjoyable?
I enjoyed hearing Carly's familiar voice and inflections, which ensure that the story is told as she would tell it to a friend (minus the few details she leaves out of the print version to spare the feelings of still-living family members and friends). While she "overplays the drama" (as Janet Maslin of the NYTimes wrote) sometimes in her writing, with a style slightly overdone, precious, and redundant (stringing together multiple metaphors to describe the same person or event in the same sentence), she is humble and self-effacing enough to prevent that style from seeming overly pretentious.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Boys in the Trees?
The story behind the writing/recording of her hit song You're So Vain...and all of her other celebrity conquests (or, more accurately, their conquests of her). As the title implies, there are a lot of boys, men, and sexual encounters OF ALL KINDS in this book...YOU WON'T BE BORED! One of my favorite moments was when she finished telling her therapist about the night before, which she had spent with Warren Beatty, and her stunned-looking therapist replied.....but NO! That would spoil a hilarious story for you, if I revealed the punchline here.
The singing!! I hadn't known there would be any, and that was a nice surprise.
There are some laughs, some "Oh my ---" jaw-dropping shockers, and some times when listeners who have had some of the author's same experiences might be moved to tears. I felt as if anyone who has ever been through a difficult breakup could relate to the author's pain surrounding the terrible times in her own marriage and divorce. She made that pain especially palpable, as if it is still fresh to her and she has never really gotten over it.
One thing this book MIGHT make the reader feel is a little bit disgusted by the hyper focus on sex. Honestly, as the child of sexually wild parents, and as a little bit of a sexually shy, somewhat sexually conservative person myself, I sometimes found this aspect of the book hard to swallow (pun acknowledged). Let's put it this way: If you are a true social conservative, you should be forewarned that you will probably actively dislike much of Carly's memoir...and if you're a sexually liberated former flower child you may very well love it!
I ended up very much wishing that this memoir had covered all of Carly's life, continuing to the present, not just up until her split from James Taylor. Perhaps there will be a second volume??
Dianne C
Music overlaid over narration
Loved the book; very open and sweet and honest and a great listen except for one thing: music was played during many parts of the narration, which made it (1) difficult to hear and concentrate on the narration, and (2) the tempo and mood of the music being played did not necessarily match what was being conveyed at the time. Very distracting and irritating. Made me wish I had the book instead of the audiobook.
STAMFORD, CT, United States
That husky voice...
I chose this book because Carly Simon was reading it herself, and I have always loved her voice. She did not disappoint, reading with a wistful softness. Her life has been filled with privilege and opportunities, yet she is candid about her anxiety and--something I never knew--her stutter. (Another great book about a stutterer is David Mitchell's bildungsroman "Black Swan Green"). Her childhood was fascinating, filled with artists, writers and musicians who visited her famous but troubled father. Her brief career as a rock star is amusing, and it was fun to hear about how she wrote songs like "You're So Vain." There are a couple of suspenseful set pieces toward the end, as her failing marriage to James Taylor tears her up.
The audiobook includes a lot of guitar strumming and piano, which tended to be distracting. Sometimes I could not follow what Carly was saying because the music was too loud. But this grew on me, and by the end of the book I was moved by the new songs she sang, new to me at least, including the Walt Whitman poem O Captain! My Captain set to music.
Andrea Pro
Music detracted from Story
I chose to return this book after the second chapter because of the distracting loud music that was randomly interspersed through the reading. There seemed to be no rhyme or reason for the music- suddenly music begans playing at the same decibel as her voice so listening was an arduous task for my brain. It was so annoying that I cannot tell if I liked the book or not. This was mostly piano music- I began to dread what would happen later when the story describes the 60's! This one is better to read than hear!
Carrie B.
Boulder, CO, US
Highly interesting and entertaining
This one makes my top 5. The story she has to tell is riveting at every stage. The musical background is very well done and makes it really wonderful as an audible book. Carly is admittedly nervous as a narrator, so I loved hearing her explain that before listening to this book. She's not a professional narrator, but I only thought that added to the authenticity of the memoir. Her story is not a moral guideline of how women should live their lives, but she surely has lived an extraordinary and full life. I enjoyed it so much. I only wish James Taylor would be her friend now, then maybe she could let it go. She adores him maybe more than he deserves.
South MS
Memories of My Younger Daze
Brings Back Memories
What did you like best about this story?
Had no idea that someone with such talent and fame could lack confidence. It made her seem more personable and more like one of the girls. She could have really said some nasty things about many people but she was very gracious about all of them including her ex husband, JT. Glad to know the source of 'You're So Vain'.
Have you listened to any of Carly Simon’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Have never listened to any books by her but do enjoy her music.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Carly is Just Like the Rest of US!!!
I was a little sad to hear that this talented, beautiful woman saw herself as less than she really is. I hope that she will someday understand how meaningful her life was to all of us who are fans of her music.
Quite simply the best audio book I have ever heard
This mixture of honesty ,intensely moving story, and music. The best I've ever heard & I have over 200 titles thanks Carly.Brilliant !
Loved this book. The music was too loud though. At times it was difficult to hear Carlys narration.
Love Carly? Love this
Read by the author in a loving and intimate journey through the early life of Carly Simon. Short pieces of music throughout. More about the life than the music which takes a secondary role which is a little surprising- but a thoroughly enjoyable journey. Have the albums to hand to listen to as she touches on the origins and genesis of her work. A woman to learn from and warm to who writes in a lively and smart style. Never a dull moment. Loved it. Recommended
Valerie Paul
Music much too loud!
Enjoyed the overall story, and Carlie performed it very well, but the loudness of the music completely spoiled it! Hence the reason for 3 stars.
Lucy T.
Wonderful but background music too loud
I was concerned when music in the background started playing quite loudly - I assumed it would die down- it didn't and was rather annoying throughout the whole book. But Carly Simon was wonderful at reading her story - which I loved and highly recommend. Fascinating and heart breaking and funny - everything you want in a great book
One of the best I've ever read.
As a lifelong lover of Carly Simon's music, I was given this book as a gift. I expected to enjoy it- but I had no idea of the challenges which Carly had to endure and overcome. The book completely blew my away. It was beautifully crafted and provided insight to what must have been an extremely difficult life at times, although mixed with times of joy and happiness.
After finishing the paper copy, I bought the Audible version and it brought the book alive. It was wonderful to listen to Carly narrating it. I found myself listening to it as slowly as possible, rationing myself to a few chapters at a time, to avoid reaching the end too quickly.
I would recommend this book to everyone- as there is something to learn for any person in this fantastic book.
Just wonderful
I can't believe reading this book is better than listening along to Carly Simon herself read it aloud. Full of emotion and song, though at times early on, the music balance was a little too loud for me, making it hard to focus on the speech. But this didn't detract from the audiobook as a whole, maybe you just need time to tune into the mix.
It's an open, sometimes raw story but filled with love. I didn't want it to end. I'm a fan of all the Taylors as well as Carly, especially Ben. As well as a stellar performer, she is clearly a wonderful, warm mother. Makes me wish I lived on the island myself, i have happy memories from my two visits in the 90s, though I never ran into them!
Songwriter's story
I knew and enjoyed Carly Simon's early albums pretty well and after a friend's recommendation, looked forward to this. But she's a songwriter not an author and it shows - some good lines but not good sustained writing.
It's interesting enough if you already have an interest. Despite her singing sometimes as part of the audio, it did not grab me.
T. Oakley
Honest and massively enjoyable
This is one of the best audiobooks I've listened to for years. Carly reads her book perfectly, peppering the audiobook with her own music, adding to the emotion and stories.
Carly's life, growing up in the 50s and the trials of her life beyond are fascinating, and her seemingly balanced portrayal of James Taylor left me slightly heartbroken.
This really made me appreciate Carly's massive back catalogue and the meaning behind both the hits and wealth of hidden gems therein. The book was over 14 hours long but still had me aching for more. I listened to the final chapter twice, which is a first for me. Highly recommended, and for the whole experience I recommend having a serious listen to her autobiographical songs outside the book, between sessions!
What did you like most about Boys in the Trees?
any author reading their biography is always special. The nuances, the emphasis's and the emotions show through. Carly has a wonderful singing voice (of course!) but she has a wonderful reading voice too.
What other book might you compare Boys in the Trees to, and why?
Mike Fleetwood, similar era music wise (and behaviour wise?)
Which character – as performed by Carly Simon – was your favourite?
Carly...
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
yes, was hard to leave!! sad when it finished. Can't wait for next installment!
lovely book, well produced, having the musical interludes was a great bonus. Best book I have ever listened too!
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Price of iron ore dips to a new low
March 12, 2015 Newss11_admin Vicky Validakis
As major players in the iron ore sector gathered in Perth for a conference centred around the commodity, the price of iron ore hit a new six-year low.
Benchmark iron ore for immediate delivery in China was last trading at $US57.70 a tonne, down 1.4 per cent.
The price of iron ore hasn’t traded this low since the first half of 2009.
The price fall came as Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton defended strategies to send more iron ore into a flooded market at the Global Iron Ore & Steel Forecast conference, while others at the conference blamed the pair for the plummeting price.
Head of Cliff Resources Lourenco Goncalves says Australia is at risk of going out of business because of the iron ore strategy being employed by the majors, describing the plan as one of “self-destruction”.
"Let's assume that iron ore prices that are now at $US57 go to $US30, it's possible, you're going to have Australia going out of business as a country,” Goncalves said.
But Rio’s iron ore boss Andrew Harding rubbished suggestions that it should curtail its iron ore output in an attempt to usher in a price increase describing the strategy as “economically nonsensical”.
“If we don’t supply it, somebody else will,” Harding said.
Speaking at the same conference, the president of the China Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute Li Xinchuang said the price of iron ore would average around $US60-$US65 a tonne over the next few years.
Li said annual steel production in the country had peaked at 823 million tonnes last year and would fall to 567 million tonnes by 2030.
Locally, undiversified miners have been hammered by investors as the price decline continues.
Fortescue Metals Group, Atlas Iron, BC Iron, and Mount Gibson are all trading at near multi-year lows.
Meanwhile FMG is being reviewed by analyst group Morningstar in light of the depressed iron ore price.
ACCC asks Forrest for a ‘please explain’
Rio and BHP putting Australia’s future at risk: Cliff Resources
Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton defend iron ore strategies
Forrest has another go at BHP and Rio for iron ore oversupply
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Tessa Thompson Is Queer, Confirms Vibrating on the Same Frequency as Janelle Monáe
By Carmen Phillips
8:38am PDT
On screen or off, it always feels like Tessa Thompson wants to let you in. Genuine authenticity is part of her brand. She’s vocal about her feminist politics and speaks out against racial injustice; her roles on screen are carefully curated to read like a “Strong Female Lead” Netflix algorithm; she even finds time to joke about her epic love of goats with fans on Twitter. As open as Tessa feels to us, she considers herself to be fiercely private. She doesn’t talk about her family or personal life in interviews, and she doesn’t address the growing, swirling speculation about her sexuality. That is, until now.
In her cover feature for the digital luxury fashion magazine Net-a-Porter, Thompson quietly comes out to her interviewer over an avocado toast breakfast. True to form, her coming out moment is also thoughtful about her relative privilege. She reflects, “I can take things for granted because of my family – it’s so free and you can be anything that you want to be. I’m attracted to men and also to women. If I bring a woman home, [or] a man, we don’t even have to have the discussion.”
It’s 20GayTeen and Tessa’s potentially romantic relationship with musician Janelle Monáe has been hot gossip all year (it’s definitely something that we’ve gleefully theorized about a few times). Thompson hears us, and she’s been thinking a lot about it. Earlier this week she changed her Instagram bio to a Pride flag with all capitalized word “YES” next to it, a playful winking nod to us all. Choosing to come out now was something she felt conscientious of “in terms of this declaration around Janelle and myself. I want everyone else to have that freedom and support that I have from my loved ones… but so many people don’t. So, do I have a responsibility to talk about that? Do I have a responsibility to say in a public space that this is my person?”
It’s still rare to see a celebrity be this introspective and caring in their coming out, to lead with their heart and be purposeful about the responsibility of their fame, recognizing the huge impact their openness can have on their queer fans. (Also, excuse me while I fangirl squee over the prospect of Tessa Thompson indirectly calling Janelle Monáe “her person.”) She goes on, “It’s tricky, because Janelle and I are just really private people and we’re both trying to navigate how you reconcile wanting to have that privacy and space, and also wanting to use your platform and influence.”
Janelle Monáe came out as pansexual just a few months ago, so does that mean the two are ready to become the Ellen and Portia of my queer black girl dreams? Thompson doesn’t directly answer the question, but is reportedly “tickled” and “unfazed” by our collective love for the possible couple. When speaking of Monáe, she shares, “We love each other deeply. We’re so close, we vibrate on the same frequency. If people want to speculate about what we are, that’s okay. It doesn’t bother me.”
She’s also very proud of the effect that the R&B star’s coming out has had on her fandroids this year, “I get text messages from friends that are like, ‘Would you please let Janelle know I came out to my family because of her?’… I think that work is really helping people and probably saving some lives.”
As for Tessa Thompson on her own, I don’t know where we are going from here. But, I know that we are in good hands. From respected television player, to indie movie darling, to Marvel Superhero Badass — she’s building her career out of sturdy Hollywood stock. At every turn there is pressure to hide yourself, to be smaller, to shut part of yourself down for gain and opportunity. Particularly as a queer mixed race black Latina, the world is not kind. In spite of all that, Tessa Thompson keeps making the much harder choice. She tells her interviewer, “This is not just a job, this is my life… So, I’m like, how do I want to spend it? What do I want my story to be?”
What do I want my story to be? Well, damn. That’s the kind question we can all ask ourselves as we close out Pride this weekend.
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Carmen is Autostraddle's Associate Editor and a black Puerto Rican femme/inist writer. She claims many past homes, but left the largest parts of her heart in Detroit, Brooklyn, and Buffalo, NY. There were several years in her early 20s when she earnestly slept with a copy of James Baldwin’s “Fire Next Time” under her pillow. You can find her on twitter, @carmencitaloves.
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#20GayTeen is truly the gift that keeps on giving <3 <3 <3
TMECE
This is the happiest news I’ve seen in a long time. I love it when your big female celebrity crushes come out. <3
I will read this after work BUT I AM SO EXCITEEEEDDD!!!!!
OMG OMG OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
nothing but respect for MY holy trinity
Comment award ?
Dazzlyn
Oh wow. Pls when was this picture of Tessa taken?
Hey Dazzlyn! It’s from the 2017 Emmys!
http://www.tvguide.com/news/everyones-talking-about-tessa-thompsons-technicolor-emmy-gown/
Indigo Annabelle
Can I just have all three of these garments? Ok, maybe also their wearers, but considering how hard it can be sometimes for designers to still design things right for black women, and how badass all of these are, I really just want these garments.
In other news, I’m glad that Tessa doesn’t mind that I’m their third in my head. :p.
More seriously though, I’m happy to know that these two bi/pan black women are happy together and I know they’ve helped me feel awesome as someone who’s also a bi/pan black woman. Even though my family sitch is closer to Janelle’s (hence why I’m using an alias here), I’m happy to know we weren’t all crazy as we saw them together on multiple occasions.
Carmen, another great one, thank you!
annomalia
I officially started doubting my atheism in favour of belief in the pansexual goddess ruling the world who’s just decided to slowly reveal herself in 20GayTeen
Molly Priddy
“At every turn there is pressure to hide yourself, to be smaller, to shut part of yourself down for gain and opportunity. Particularly as a queer mixed race black Latina, the world is not kind. In spite of all that, Tessa Thompson keeps making the much harder choice.”
CARMENNNNNNNNN
MOLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYY!
Carmen!!! I have been vibrating since I read this news this morning. #20Gayteen is truly the gift that keeps on giving. Great piece!
dovelet
silvercake
YESSSS. Number one crush forever and ever amen.
“what do I want my story to be?”
an aspiring actor, who’s queer and nonbinary this really hit hard.
i don’t have a lot to say, but what i would like to say is AAAAAAAH
Love love love this piece! You interjected your excitement and glee without putting words into Tessa’s mouth that she never actually said! Thank you!
What did we do to deserve this? I don’t know, but I sure am grateful ?
Carmen Carmen CARMEN you are so loving and gentle and fantastic about your reporting and I love you for it because I’m just trying not to pass out from this news and you are giving little nuggets that make me fall in love eveN MORE the affirmation that this isn’t just a job, she knows how this affects her fans? that she’s like this work is probably saving lives (casual) and “What do I want my story to be?” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just love this and your work and AHHHHH
LEX!!!!! I just wanna say “!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”, right back at cha! Sometimes there are no words! Just over excited punctuation marks!!!!!
I don’t have much to say either except AAHHHHH!! 20GayTeen just keeps on giving.
This article is so tasteful and well crafted, and it brought me so much joy (in addition to the Queer Tears I was Already Happily Crying)
All this 12 hours after seeing Janelle in Los Angeles?God bless this pride month, God bless 20gayteen, God bless the dirty computers, I am gay and overwhelmed lawd
“I am gay and overwhelmed” is a MOOD
*screaming*
Laneia
carmen i did NOT expect this post to make me cry ??!
Laneia! Your writing made me cry twice this weekend! So I think that makes us even-
This is the fuel that keeps me going. Thank youuuu!!!!
katiek
I love how thoughtfully you wrote this story
Aww, Thank you Katiek!
gay gracie hart
i looooved her interview. it was so queer and focused on what it’s like to live fluidity. and her relationship with Janelle screams that to me, too. i’m still on the polyamory vibe they were serving in the emotion picture, partly because i stand by my assertion that it’s almost impossible to depict polyamory in such a nuanced, complex, emotional way without practicing it in your real life. i felt that here too–that their relationship just can’t be described in bounds of monogamy or partnership, but that it’s clearly intimate and real and deep and multifaceted. that feels like polyamory to me, not that the relationship needs a label but that polyamory can be a non-label, an experience of relationships unbounded and beyond category.
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INOGENI Launches 4K UHD and HDBaseT to USB 3.0 Converters
The INOGENI MAGNI HDBaseT to USB 3.0 (Image credit: INOGENI)
The What: INOGENI, a provider of multi-input videoconferencing connectivity products, has announced the release of the 4KXUSB3 HDMI to USB 3.0 and Magni HDBaseT to USB 3.0 converters.
The What Else: The 4KXUSB3, 4K HDMI to USB 3.0 converter, improves INOGENI’s USB 3.0 dongle series with the addition of this new enhanced capture tool. It features a HDMI loop output, analog audio I/O, and a VISCA port for PTZ cameras. Requiring no drivers, it enables users to capture uncompressed video with audio from HDMI equipment for recording, editing, videoconferencing, and streaming applications including soft codecs such as Zoom, WebEx, Skype, and others. The 4KXUSB3 supports resolutions up to UHD 4K (3840/4096x2160) at 30 fps and 1080p at 60 fps. The internal Digital Fluid technology maximizes frame rate and reduces latency with any PC.
The new MAGNI HDBaseT to USB 3.0 connects an HDBaseT camera up to 100m with a Cat-5e/Cat-6 cable and captures uncompressed video with audio for recording, editing, videoconferencing, and streaming applications. The MAGNI supports PoE+ power source equipment. The HDMI loop output gives users the ability to see the camera content without going to a computer. MAGNI may be used for connecting HDBaseT cameras to a videoconferencing system.
“Both the Magni and 4KXUSB3 converters are highly useful tools for anyone managing a videoconferencing network or just needs to convert HDBaseT or 4K HDMI to USB 3.0,” said Carl Giroux, vice president of business development for INOGENI. “Integrators and their clients have been asking for these products and we’re happy to deliver products that will make their jobs easier.”
The Bottom Line: Both the Magni and 4KXUSB30 converters are available to ship now. These products can be seen at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 7-10 at the LVCC South Hall booth 35824 with the Québec Ministry of Economy and Innovation exhibit.
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Tennessee Government Update – August 23, 2019
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For the second time in the 111th General Assembly, House members elected a new Speaker today. Gathering 94 votes, Rep. Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) became the 83rd Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. The vote took place during a special session called by Governor Bill Lee to replace former Speaker Glen Casada (R-Franklin) who resigned earlier in August after a text scandal resulted in a vote of no confidence by the House Republican Caucus. Casada was not present for the special session.
As part of today’s proceedings, the House deferred taking any action on the expulsion of Rep. David Byrd (R-Waynesboro). Speaker-Select Sexton had requested an opinion from the Attorney General’s Office on whether the House could expel Byrd under the circumstances, but the AG had not responded before the start of the special session. Byrd did announce to the House Republican Caucus this morning that he would not seek re-election in 2020.
As expected, Speaker Sexton did announce immediate changes to the House committee system. Please see leadership changes here.
Heading into the special session, the House Republican Caucus convened on Thursday evening to elect a new caucus chairman to fill the position once held by now Speaker Sexton. In a four-way contest, Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby), emerged as the winner.
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Fewer Argentines on Forbes billionaires list
Number down from nine last year, as nation’s richest hit by depreciation of the peso and recession.
Kat Van Sligtenhorst
The 2019 Forbes Billionaires list, an annual compilation of the world’s richest individuals, was released Tuesday. | Joaquín Temes
The number of Argentines on Forbes’ annual ranking of billionaires has fallen from nine to five individuals, with the nation’s richest hit by the depreciation of the peso and economic turmoil.
The 2019 Forbes Billionaires list, an annual compilation of the world’s richest individuals, was released Tuesday, detailing the net worth of the world’s richest people.
For only the second time in the past decade, the number of people categorised as billionaires by the US magazine decreased from the 2018 statistics.
Asia suffered a drop in representation, while an unexpected surge in the Americas made Brazil and the United States the only two countries to increase the number of billionaires among their ranks. Local presence, given the country’s recent economic troubles, was noticeably lacking.
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Five Argentines made the list this year, down from nine in 2018, while total wealth in the country dropped sharply from US$15.6 billion to US$10.9 billion, the magazine reported.
At its lowest point in 2002, after the financial crisis that rocked the Argentine economy, the country claimed only a single billionaire, with a total wealth of US$1 billion. It wasn’t until 2011 that the number of billionaires rose above one again.
Now, after slow growth from 2016 to 2018, the current economic climate is evident in Argentina’s regression on the 2019 list.
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“Argentina didn’t do so well this year,” said Forbes’ Assistant Managing Editor Kerry Dolan, who oversees the compilation of the list. “It’s a combination of the stock market and weakened currency. Anytime the currency weakens against the dollar, net worth will go down.”
Among the Argentines that did make the rankings is Alejandro Bulgheroni, the oil and gas magnate behind Bridas Corporation, who registered at a net worth of US$3.2 billion at the time of writing. He ranked at 715 in the global rankings.
“Alejandro Bulgheroni is kind of low-key, but very wealthy,” said Dolan. “He seems to be very into the wineries.”
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Shortly behind Bulgheroni is Alberto Roemmers, the majority owner of Argentina’s largest pharmaceutical company, Laboratorios Roemmers. His fortune grew from US$1.8 billion in 2018 to US$3 billion as of the time of writing, placing him 745th.
Eduardo Eurnekian, CEO of Corporacion America Airports, Marcos Galperin, CEO of e-commerce platform MercadoLibre, and Gregorio Pérez Companc, founder of energy conglomerate Perez Companc, also made appearances on the list, each with a fortune listed at US$1.6 billion by Forbes.
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In an unexpected surge, Brazil carried the bulk of Latin American representation this year, registering an impressive 16 new billionaires in 2019 for a total of 58. Their total wealth reached US$179.1 billion.
“Brazil was kind of the surprise, because the country has gone through such turmoil politically and economically,” Dolan explained. “This is the most billionaires we’ve had from Brazil since 2014. There are a lot of newly public companies where the stocks have done well.”
Among those to watch in Brazil, Dolan noted Luiza Helena Trajano, former CEO of retailer Magazine Luiza, who led the company’s highly successful expansion into e-commerce. She also highlighted the Feffer brothers, four billionaire siblings who run paper firm Suzano Papel e Celulose.
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“The newcomers [in Brazil] are quite interesting, particularly in hospitals and health insurance, some retailers,” Dolan said.
In another dramatic twist, 11 percent of those who made last year’s list dropped off, the most to do so since the peak of the global financial crisis in 2009. Amidst forecasts of a worldwide economic slowdown, the billionaires list only seems to reinforce such concerns.
“I’m not in the business of predictions,” Dolan said. “It’s so hard to know how markets will perform. That’s what makes the list interesting to read.”
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SEVEN CLASSIC HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN FAIRY TALES, WITH SIX STORIES APPEARING IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. The Dream of Little Tuk and Other Tales. Translated by Charles Boner. London: Grant and Griffith, 1848 [i.e., December 1847]. 12mo, original blind- and gilt-stamped navy cloth, all edges gilt. $2900.
First edition of Boner's translation of these seven famous stories by Hans Christian Andersen—six of them appearing in English for the first time—illustrated with four plates by Franz Graf von Pocci.
"Hans Christian Andersen was the world's first great fantasy storyteller" (Clute & Grant, 27). His first fairy tales appeared in 1835. "With the passing of each year, Andersen's genius brought forth new 'wonder stories,' and the fame had so desperately craved and striven for became a reality" (Jean Hersholt Collection, 27). "Selections of Andersen's stories first appeared in English in 1846… Andersen's work was immediately naturalized into English children's literature, and was the second great element, after Grimm, in the revival of public enthusiasm for fairy tale and fantasy" (Carpenter & Prichard, 22). This book was the fourth of four English collections of Andersen's tales "translated from the German [as opposed to the original Danish] by Charles Boner, who lived in Germany and commissioned the drawings from [Count] Pocci… There were plain and colored editions of all of them" (Muir, Victorian Illustrated Books, 246). The lithographic plates in this copy are tinted, not colored. The volume includes Andersen's famous tale of "The Little Match-Girl" (first published in Danish in 1845) and six other stories (all first published in Danish in 1847 except for "The Naughty Boy," first published in Danish in 1835). Of the stories gathered here, only "The Naughty Boy" had appeared previously in English translation (in translator Mary Howitt's Wonderful Stories for Children, 1846). "The earliest collections in Danish are of the utmost rarity; the English translations in 1846 and 1847 are almost as rare" (Muir, 52). With 16 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Bredsdorff, 122. Booklabel. Owner stamp.
Interior fine, slight rubbing to cloth. A handsome near-fine copy.
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Saudi Arabia's king has announced that a bridge linking the country to Egypt will be built over the Red Sea.
King Salman said in a statement that the bridge would boost commerce between the two allies.
He made the announcement during the second day of his visit to the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries have supported Egypt with billions of dollars since President Sisi took power in 2013 following mass street protests.
Saudi Arabia regards Egypt as a crucial partner in efforts to build a bloc of friendly Sunni Muslim states as a bulwark against growing regional influence of Shia-led Iran.
King Salman's visit comes amid recent strains in the relationship, with President Sisi taking a less hardline stance against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Riyadh seeking more support from Cairo for its war against rebels in Yemen.
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said the bridge would be named after the Saudi king.
"I agreed with my brother his Excellency President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to build a bridge connecting the two countries" the king said.
"This historic step to connect the two continents, Africa and Asia, is a qualitative transformation that will increase trade between the two continents to unprecedented levels" he added.
President Sisi said it marked "a new chapter on the road of Arab joint action".
A Red Sea bridge linking the two countries has been proposed several times before but has failed to become a reality.
Previous estimates for the bridge project suggested a cost of around $3-4bn (£2-3bn), but no further information has yet been released for the latest plan.
King Salman is currently on a five-day visit to Egypt, where he is expected to announce more trade and co-operation agreements.
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From Diesel Truck to Sports Car
How to build the power to finish fast
By chris carmichael
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Throughout his Tour De France years, Lance Armstrong didn't train to sit on the front of the peloton, trading pulls. He was protected, the leader who lined up behind teammates, waiting for the right moment to make his hard efforts. His job was to win, and his training reflected that role.
That's the way it is in cycling. Domestiques train for support roles, and team leaders train to have the power necessary to deliver victories that justify their teammates' sacrifices. When Lance was preparing for the Giro d'Italia, he was confident Levi Leipheimer would be the team's strongest rider and planned to be a strong asset for Levi. That meant a shift in his training to get him physically and mentally prepared. He rode the Tour of the Gila in New Mexico late in April because of the altitude and the way it fit into his recovery from a broken collarbone, but also because the nature of the race would give him the opportunity to sit on the front and set a high, steady tempo for long stretches.
Overall, Lance spent more power and energy during Gila stages than he would have sitting in the peloton during longer—and even faster—races in Europe. As a result, being a superdomestique at Gila was great preparation for riding the Giro as a supportive teammate.
While Lance's training shifted to focus on teamwork, many amateur cyclists need to shift their training in the other direction. There's been such a focus on building maximum sustainable power that average speeds in all racing categories appear to be increasing. But there seem to be fewer riders who can accelerate and go above that steady-state effort to leave everyone else behind. Diesel engines now dominate amateur races, and the way to beat them is to train like a sports car.
That means adding speed to your stamina. These workouts not only build the power for last-lap attacks, prime sprints and breakaways, but also put you in a powerful and explosive mind-set. You need to feel that in training so you can apply that mind-set during competition.
Last-Lap Workouts
Both of the interval sets below are great for developing top-end speed. Once a week, swap a lactate-threshold or maximum-sustainable- power workout for one of these, and within four weeks you'll have more snap accelerating out of corners and making the jump in a sprint. And with the descending intervals, you'll see an increase in your power for bridging to breakaways or taking last-lap flyers.
Whichever interval set you choose, include it in a 60-to 90-minute moderate-intensity ride. Warm up for at least 10 to 15 minutes, including some one-minute high-cadence, low-resistance intervals to loosen your legs and one or two maximum-intensity 30-second efforts to wipe away the cobwebs and prepare yourself for a high-quality interval set.
#1: Speed Intervals
Alternate between going as hard as you can for 30 seconds and pedaling easy for 30 seconds. Complete five intervals in a set before taking four minutes of easy recovery and beginning another set. Beginners should do two sets, intermediate riders three, and advanced riders two sets of seven intervals. Keep your cadence above 100 rpm for all intervals.
#2: Descending Intervals
In the first 30 seconds of each, ramp up to as high a power output as you can maintain for the rest of the interval. Recovery periods mirror the effort in length (for example, 90 seconds on, 90 seconds off). Beginners should complete this set once, intermediates twice and advanced riders three times. Take five minutes of recovery between sets.
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Everything You Need to Know About Mexico’s Independence Day
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By Tara Caguiat September 13th, 2018
You may be surprised to hear that all the tacos and tequila you consume every May isn’t the celebratory equivalent of Fourth of July for Mexico. Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexico’s unlikely victory over France at the Battle of Puebla, not the country’s independence. So you may be wondering, when is Mexican Independence Day?
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When is Mexican Independence Day?
Mexico’s independence day is actually a two-day celebration that falls on September 15 and 16 and it celebrates Mexico’s independence from Spain in 1810.
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History of Mexican Independence From Spain
Mexico’s war for independence started with a priest known as Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in the small town of Dolores, Guanajuato. Miguel Hidalgo was planning a revolt against the Spaniards but they Spanish got word before he had time to execute his plans. Before the Spanish came to arrest Miguel and his followers, Miguel rang his church bell and called a meeting. Late into the night of September 15, Miguel Hidalgo uttered the Cry of Dolores or Grito de Dolores speech urging Mexicans to take up arms and revolt against the Spanish. And so Mexico’s war for independence began.
Miguel Hidalgo’s followers did take up arms and march all the way to Mexico City, but this was just the beginning of a 10-year struggle for independence. Unfortunately Miguel Hidalgo was captured and executed on July 30, 1811, not even a year later.
Mexico’s independence was not officially declared until September 28, 1821.
Modern Day Celebrations of Mexican Independence Day
Mexico celebrates independence on September 15 and 16 officially, but there’s a patriotic spirit in the air all month long.
On September 15 at 11 pm, President Enrique Peña Nieto gives the Cry of Dolores speech and rings the same bell Miguel Hidalgo rang from the national palace in Mexico City, overlooking thousands of people in the zócalo below. All across Mexico in homes, bars and streets people shout “¡Viva México!” and “¡Viva la independencia!” The Cry of Dolores is followed by the Mexican National Anthem and live music performances by big names in Mexico City and marching bands, mariachi and more in towns across the country. People even set palm stalks on fire in the streets! Red, green and white fireworks fill the sky and excitement fills the air!
On September 16, all businesses close for the public holiday and the streets fill with brass bands, parades, dancing and many wearing traditional dress. Smells of celebratory foods like Pozole Rojo, Chile en Nogada and Mole Poblano Guajolote fill the houses and restaurants as everyone indulges in food, drink and fun!
Whether you’re in Mexico or not, celebrate independence day by cooking up some Chile en Nogada, taking a Bandera Mexicana shot or just shouting ¡Viva México!
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CFO Diane Corrigan: Monitoring the Business of Philly's Largest Hospital
- Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 Print | Email
Since the start of the most recent millennium, Diane Corrigan has served as CFO of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and she has helped the hospital leaps and bounds in terms of its financial standing.
Before Ms. Corrigan joined the organization in 2000, HUP — the largest hospital in Philadelphia with 772 beds and the flagship facility of the University of Pennsylvania Health System — recorded three straight years of losses. Since then, Ms. Corrigan, in conjunction with the hospital's other executive leaders, has recorded operating margins above 10 percent from 2007 to 2011.
Her accomplishments prompted the Philadelphia Business Journal to name Ms. Corrigan as the city's "2011 CFO of the Year" for an extra-large company.
This past June, Ms. Corrigan told Inside Penn Medicine, the newsletter for Penn Medicine, that the hospital was having another positive year. "[HUP] is experiencing some growth in both our inpatient and outpatient sides, especially in our cancer services," Ms. Corrigan said. "We have good net operating margins as well, which means we have money available to reinvest in the hospital, our education programs and our people."
If you have more information or updates for this profile or would like to recommend a leader to be profiled in the future, please contact Lindsey Dunn, editor in chief, Becker's Hospital Review at ldunn@beckershealthcare.com.
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Family members join party leaders at polling stations across Northern Ireland
Ballot boxes are opened at the leisure centre in Omagh last night
Arlene Foster
Steve Aiken and wife Beth
Colum Eastwood with his wife Rachael and children Rosa and Maya
Michelle O’Neill
By David Young
Northern Ireland's political leaders were joined by family members and staff as they cast their votes yesterday.
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DUP leader Arlene Foster voted in Brookeborough in Fermanagh and South Tyrone, where Ulster Unionist candidate Tom Elliott, who was backed by the DUP, was aiming to unseat Sinn Fein's Michelle Gildernew.
Sinn Fein's Stormont leader Michelle O'Neill cast her ballot 40 miles away in her home village of Clonoe in Co Tyrone.
She called in to have a chat with party workers who based themselves in a caravan outside the polling station all day.
In several seats, Sinn Fein joined forces with the SDLP and Greens to a maximise the chances of defeating DUP Brexiteers.
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood was accompanied by wife Rachael and their children Maya and Rosa as he voted in Londonderry.
While Mr Eastwood's party has stood aside to help a Sinn Fein candidate in North Belfast - a move reciprocated by Sinn Fein in South Belfast - the parties are going head-to-head in Londonderry for the Foyle seat.
Elsewhere, Ulster Unionist leader Steve Aiken arrived at Upper Ballyboley Primary School in East Antrim to cast his ballot along with his wife Beth.
Alliance leader Naomi Long voted shortly afterwards in East Belfast.
Mrs Long, accompanied by her husband Michael, was hoping for a repeat of her famous victory in 2010 when she dethroned then-First Minister Peter Robinson.
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The Yemen Project: HAJ 10005 – The Abs Prison Strike
Open sources, including satellite imagery, indicate that on 2015/05/12 sometime after 1515 AST two buildings in Abs were destroyed, and other buildings damaged, in an airstrike by the Saudi-led Coalition (SLC). Although there were multiple reports of different locations being attacked, it was consistently stated that a prison was one of the targets of this attack. We identified what we believe to be this prison in the report.
The Yemen Project: ADE10001 – Fayoush Market Strike
We identified the location of the alleged strike as the al-Fayush market. Using open sources, including images, videos and satellite imagery, we confirmed the strike took place in a livestock market near to a petrol station and multiple other services, such as a Qat market and restaurant.
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Bombing Civilians at Public Market in Syria’s Atarib
This article was collaboratively written by the Syrian Archive Team and Bellingcat Investigation Team Location: Atarib (Aleppo governorate, Syria) Claimed targets: Public market and police building Date: 13 November 2017 First airstrike: ~14:07 local time (UTC/GMT plus 2) Second airstrike: ~14:12 local time (UTC/GMT plus 2) Attacks: 3 alleged airstrikes, 6 thermometric bombs Reported killed: 69 killed…
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The Al-Jinah Mosque Complex Bombing — New Information and Timeline
Bellingcat exchanged information with Forensic Architecture and Human Rights Watch. Both of which carried out separate investigations into the attack. All multimedia information has been archived by the Syrian Archive. On March 16, 2017, around 18:55 local time, a United States (US) airstrike targeted the Sayidina Omar ibn al-Khattab mosque, where reportedly almost 300 people…
CONFIRMED: US Responsible for ‘Aleppo Mosque Bombing’
This is a developing investigation, which will be updated as soon as there are new findings. We are currently waiting for a reaction from CENTCOM and the Pentagon with regards to our findings. Last update: March 18, 2017, 19:41 UTC. This is an investigation into the bombing by the United States (US) of a mosque…
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The How & the Why
By Cynthia Hand
Read by Phoebe Strole and Erin Spencer
Cynthia Hand HarperTeen, HarperCollins 9780062693167
Format: Library CD (In Stock)
3 Formats: Library CD
Release: 11/05/2019 Release: 11/05/2019 Release: 11/05/2019
Runtime: 12.27 Hours
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Audience: Young Adult (12–17)
Publisher: HarperCollins Publisher: HarperCollins Publisher: HarperCollins
"Cynthia Hand is the master of pulling at your heartstrings. The How & the Why tells both sides of an adoption story with love, compassion, and care." —Brigid Kemmerer, New York Times bestselling author of Letters to the Lost
A poignant exploration of family and the ties that bind, from New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Hand.
Cassandra McMurtrey has the best parents a girl could ask for; they’ve given Cass a life she wouldn’t trade for the world. She has everything she needs—but she has questions, too. Like, to know who she is. Where she came from. Questions her adoptive parents can’t answer, no matter how much they love her.
But eighteen years ago, someone wrote Cass a series of letters. And they may just hold the answers Cass has been searching for.
Alternating between Cass’s search for answers and letters from the pregnant teen who placed her for adoption, this emotionally resonant narrative is the perfect read for fans of Nina LaCour and Jandy Nelson.
Author Bio: Cynthia Hand
Cynthia Hand is the New York Times bestselling author of the Unearthly trilogy. A native of southeastern Idaho, she has graduate degrees in creative writing from Boise State University and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. For the past seven years she has taught writing at Pepperdine University in Southern California. She and her family have recently moved back to Idaho, where they are enjoying the fresh air.
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Carmen Miranda, GCIH • OMC (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaɾmẽȷ̃ miˈɾɐ̃dɐ], born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, February 9, 1909 – August 5, 1955) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress, and film star who was popular from the 1930s to the 1950s. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", Carmen Miranda is noted for her signature fruit hat outfit she wore in her American films. ... (see more)
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Home » News » South Cinema » Ramya Krishnan says Queen will be released before Kangana Ranaut’s Thalaivi
Ramya Krishnan says Queen will be released before Kangana Ranaut’s Thalaivi
ByBollywood Hungama News Network
Created: Dec 9, 2019 - 2:35 pm IST
Nearly four biopics on former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa are currently readying for release. While the teaser and first look poster of Kangana Ranaut starrer multi-lingual film Thalaivi was unveiled a few weeks earlier, filmmaker Gautam Vasudev Menon also released the trailer of his web series on December 5. South star Ramya Krishnan who played the role of Rajmata Sivagami in Baahubali is all set to portray the role of Shakthi Seshadri who is inspired by J Jayalalithaa.
The web series is coincidentally titled Queen, a moniker bestowed upon Ranaut after the success of her 2014 film by the same name. Krishnan, however, is unperturbed by the comparisons. Talking to a media house she said that she is aware that there will be comparisons, but their show will release first. Reportedly, the show is scheduled to release on the streaming platform MX Player the coming weekend.
Ramya Krishna said that she immediately agreed to the film after she was offered the role. She said that it’s not easy for a woman to emerge powerful in a man’s world. Krishnan has been a fan of the late Chief Minister all her life but did not get the opportunity to ever meet her.
Also Read: Queen: Ramya Krishnan’s first look as J Jayalalithaa for Gautam Vasudev Menon’s web series unveiled
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Battle Proms celebrates its 20th anniversary
Heidi Finnane
The Battle Proms firework finale
The popular UK picnic concert series the Battle Proms is back in 2017, celebrating 20 years. Here’s all the information you need to know.
The ideal way to while away an evening with friends – the not-to-be-missed summer calendar event, the Battle Proms, with its rousing classical music, choreographed Spitfire and cavalry displays, gun salutes, cannon fire and dazzling fireworks in the grounds of some of the country’s most celebrated stately homes, is back for 2017.
Battle Proms Picnic Concert at Highclere Castle
Launched in 1997 with a performance at Battle Abbey, East Sussex, the open-air Battle Proms takes historical inspiration from the Napoleonic wars and was created to best showcase 200 live firing replica canons. The Proms, which takes its name from Beethoven’s Battle Symphony offers a rare chance to hear the symphony performed as Beethoven intended, with 193 live firing canons, as well as Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture and Battle Symphony – both of which are a signature part of each Battle Proms performance.
Visitors are invited to bring their own picnic spread, then sit back, relax and enjoy the show at one of this year’s program performances at:
• Burghley House in Lincolnshire (8 July), a grand 16th-century Elizabethan house.
• Hatfield House in Hertfordshire (15 July), where Queen Elizabeth I is said to have heard the news of Queen Anne’s death.
• Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire (22 July), the magnificent home of the Marlborough family and a striking Capability Brown-landscaped parkland
• Highclere Castle in Hampshire (5 August), the setting of Downtown Abbey
• Ragley Hall in Warwickshire (12 August), the Palladian-style house and home of the Hertford family
For tickets and more information, visit: www.battleproms.com
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An award-winning tall tower project in Toronto incorporates new Canadian-designed damping technology.
by Doug Picklyk
(this article first appeared in the August/September 2019 issue of Canadian Consulting Engineer)
The 63-storey YC Condos building is a tall slender design with a world’s first damping system.
Toronto continues to be the crane capital of North America. The most recent Rider Levett Bucknall Crane Index places the Ontario capital well above other cities on the construction front, a title Toronto has held since 2017. As towers continue to climb in the city, structural innovation also continues to grow and develop.
In April of this year the YC Condominiums tower, a new 63-storey development located at the bustling downtown intersection of Yonge St. and College Ave, received international acclaim when it was honoured with the 2019 Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Award of Excellence in the structural engineering category, presented to RJC Engineers, project structural engineers, and Kinetica.
In addition, the damping technology used in this tall tower project, the Viscoelastic Coupling Damper (VCD) designed by Toronto-based Kinetica, won the top 2019 CTBUH Innovation Award.
YC Condominiums, developed by Canderel, rises some 664 feet (202.2 metres), standing out along a tall building corridor of the city. The tower is located on a challenging site for design and construction, surrounded by roadway setbacks on three sides and a heritage building on the other. Its relatively small lot footprint (38m by 48m) related to its height gives it an 11-to-1 slenderness ratio.
Designed to be a reinforced concrete building, due to its height, the tower required a supplemental damping system to mitigate wind effects. And in order to maintain the desired condo layouts of the architectural concept, the tower required a damping solution with minimal overall impact on the design.
Early wind tunnel studies by RWDI revealed that a bi-level tuned sloshing damper tank could be used to reduce wind effects on the building. A liquid-filled tank positioned at the top of the building would absorb vibration energy from the structure through the sloshing of the water, dissipating the motion effects on the building.
However, water tanks require valuable floor space that would compromise the tower design, especially for the luxury penthouse suites.
This led RJC Engineers to the Kinetica VCD solution, which is ultimately incorporated in place of structural concrete beams which does not impact the architecture of the building, and frees up space for the mechanical systems and sellable space on the top levels of the condo tower.
A VCD unit in place.
The VCD
Early research and development of the innovative Viscoelastic Coupling Damper (VCD) technology dates back to a collaboration between the University of Toronto and structural engineers at Toronto-based Yolles in the early 2000’s. Today the VCD technology rests with Kinetica, a company operating independently and led by Michael Montgomery, P.Eng., who worked on the development of the technology for over 10 years as a PhD student and researcher with U of T professor Constantin Christopoulos, P.Eng., who also advises with Kinetica.
Tibor Kokai, P.Eng., a principal with RJC Engineers (formerly with Yolles) was also around during the early stages of the R&D of the technology, and his familiarity with the system helped foster the YC Condominium involvement.
The VCD system includes layers of a viscoelastic high-damping material developed by 3M that displays viscous and elastic restoring forces, providing efficient coupling to structural members and damping to the structure.
While this damping material has been used in over 300 tall buildings in multiple configurations dating back to 1969, when it is combined with the VCD it results in significanty enhanced damping properties for high-rises.
The actual VCD systems are manufactured by Nippon Steel Engineering Co. and 3M Japan, where the viscoelastic layers are sandwiched between steel plates, which are bolted to steel beams and then ultimately anchored to reinforced concrete on site.
The YC Condominium tower’s structural system consists of a coupled shear-wall lateral load-resisting system, in combination with a small reinforced concrete core. The VCDs are located in the middle third of the tower, replacing the coupling beams that are most heavily loaded. As the building deforms due to lateral loads (caused by wind and/or earthquake) the viscoelastic high-damping material deforms and dissipates the vibrational energy.
The VCDs connect planar shear walls (shear walls along the same grid) over the corridors and are ultimately boxed in drywall, thus they are invisible once the project is complete.
All other coupling beams on floors above and below the VCDs are structural steel for ease of construction, which is also a Toronto first, to provide an optimal balance of stiffness and shear capacity throughout the height which maximizes the damping produced by the VCDs.
Clean finish
Damping unit concealed in drywall.
During construction, temporary rigid steel sections were inserted as placeholders during the casting of the reinforced concrete and then removed and replaced with the VCD units.
As mentioned, once the structural framework was compete, the walls and beams were finished with drywall completely concealing the VCDs from view.
Since the dampers are integrated into the shear wall system of the building, they do not impact the architectural design, and the VCD performance does not require any maintenance or tuning over the entire life of the structure.
Ultimately the system helped simplify construction while improving human comfort on all floors of the tower by controlling wind or earthquake-induced vibrations of the building.
The VCD systems provided an innovative and superior space-saving damping solution for one of the latest condo towers erected in Toronto.
The building boom in the city continues, the latest count seeing some 120 active cranes across the city, more than doubling the next nearest locations in North America.
The crane at the YC Condos project may be gone, but this new tower and its innovative damping solution represents a landmark for future structural design in the city and for tall towers worldwide.
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Culture | Music
Lady Gaga to perform in Dubai in September
Monsters rejoice
Image: Dubai Bliss
Lady Gaga has confirmed that the UAE stop will be part of her tour’s Asian leg, which now also includes a stop in Istanbul on September 16
Lady Gaga has confirmed rumours she is coming to Dubai with a post on her website – clarifying that the show will take place on September 10 at Meydan.
A formal announcement is apparently due to be made later today at a press conference in the Emirate, which will also mark the arrival of US-based events company AMI Live to the UAE.
It will be interesting to see how the sometimes controversial pop star will be altering her show for the Middle East. Her risqué words, crazy costumes and elaborate productions have given her a reputation for over-the-top antics, and have previously earned her a ban from Indonesia for fear of "corrupting" their youth.
The tour, launched to support the powerful performer’s third studio album, ArtPop, kicked off earlier this week in America, where she will perform until August before heading to Japan.
Tickets for the Dubai concert go on sale from May 15 via ladygaga.com.
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How to Grow Huge Pumpkins
Most champion pumpkin growers have their own methods and secrets for producing the gigantic pumpkins that win pumpkin contests every year. Of course, it is necessary to start with the right kind of pumpkin seed, one that is selectively bred to produce the really big pumpkins such as "Prizewinner Hybrid" which, with the proper growing methods, can produce pumpkins in the 300-pound range.
Pumpkin Culture
Pumpkin plants need a lot of sun. Choose the sunniest place you have; remember that pumpkins are sensitive and will need shelter from wind and frost. Try to protect pumpkins from the worst of the elements by covering them during heavy rains, or putting up some kind of barrier to protect the vines from high winds or using shade tents during summer’s hottest days.
Pumpkins like and need a lot of water, but don't plant pumpkins in wet or dense soil. They need good, well-drained soil. You can dig it up by hand. Don’t use a tractor, pumpkin roots don’t go down very far. Prepare the soil in early spring, as soon as the ground is warm. Fertilize the patch with a good four inches of rotting cow manure. Pumpkins do best in soil that is slightly acid or nearly neutral.
If you live in a part of the country where there is still danger of frost in late April or early May, start pumpkin seeds indoors about two weeks before planting. Sow one seed for every four-inch peat pot filled with grow mix. Keep the pots watered, never let them dry out.
How to Plant Pumpkins
When seedlings have the fourth or fifth leaf, set them outdoors in hills about the size of a pitcher s mound, one plant to a hill. Protect pumpkin seedlings the first few weeks with plastic-covered frames. Space each hill at least 20 feet apart.
Growing Fall Pumpkins and Gourds
How to Fertilize Pumpkin Plants
Pumpkin plants have two kinds of flowers, male and female, which appear in early July. The male flowers show up first, followed by the females. Look out for the first female flowers. Look for vines to be strong and well-established before letting a female flower set fruit. It might help to break off the first female on each vine and wait for the second or third, when the vines are at least ten feet long. A female is easy to recognize: she has a baby pumpkin at the base of each flower.
You need a big vine to produce a big pumpkin, so in a sense you’re choosing the vine before the pumpkin. When you find a vine that’s strong enough and a female flower on the verge of opening, put a bag of cheesecloth over it for the night to keep the insects out. The next morning pick a fresh male bloom, trim off the corolla or outer petals, and rub the pollen-laden stamen in around the center of the newly opened female bloom.
How to Grow Pumpkins
This is just the beginning of a summer of long but rewarding work. What you have started is actually a pumpkin-producing factory. Remember that there are 100 or more leaves to each vine and if you are trying to grow a 300-pound pumpkin, each leaf is responsible for up to four pounds of weight in your pumpkin. Every leaf, every stem, every hair roots is now receiving sunlight, absorbing water, and blending nutrients. All are traveling down the all-important stem to your prize pumpkin.
Giant pumpkins balloon out from the vine and if precautions are not taken, they will tear away and lose touch with their all-important stem. Since vines put out roots at every leaf, tear out the roots of the vine where it is close to the pumpkin. This will give it free room to grow without damage to the vine. Gently train vines away from the pumpkin to prevent it from crushing them, try giving them a nudge in the right direction every day.
When two or three fruits on each plant reach the size of softballs, remove all but the most promising one and start to prune the pumpkin plants. After the primary vine has reached 20 feet, pinch off the tips and the side shoots so the vines won't divert resource from the fruit. Break off all the other female flowers A potential prizewinner is forming. The work of the plant now must go entirely toward nurturing this fruit alone.
It is important to remember that the only thing that will increase the size of the fruit comes out of the vines and the vines must get support from the natural root. For growing really big pumpkins, the most important things to remember are seeds, soil, sunshine, and water.
By mid-August the plants are pulling in water and nutrients at a great rate. Nighttime is when pumpkins do their growing, most expand two inches in circumference every night.
If it’s a dry season, give each plant 15 to 20 gallons of water twice a week. Water in the evening, and water only the base of the plant to keep the leaves dry, which reduces the risk of disease.
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I flew business class with Turkish Airlines for 16 hours and, while the gourmet food was excellent, the rest didn't live up to the hype
Turkish Airlines is the flag carrier of Turkey, operating in over 300 destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. It offers similar benefits as top flag carriers such as Emirates — great service, fairly new planes, and one-stop itineraries to far destinations.
Thanks to a helpful public relations rep, I got upgraded to business class for my flight home to New York. There was a separate check-in desk for business and first class at the Dubai International Airport.
Unfortunately, there was no separate security line for business and first-class passengers. That special treatment is reserved for Emirates. My partner, Harrison, flew home business class on Emirates and had a separate wing of the airport with a dedicated entrance, check-in, and security.
My itinerary had two flights: Dubai to Istanbul and then Istanbul to New York, with a 90-minute layover in between. Since my first flight wasn't until 2:40 a.m., I had a lot of time to kill. Thankfully, my ticket included access to the Marhaba Lounge.
The lounge was arranged with modern armchairs and plenty of seating. It wasn't the biggest lounge I've ever been in, but it was pretty quiet when I stopped in, so it hardly mattered. I got a seat.
The food selection was a mix of Mediterranean dips like hummus, baba ganoush, and tzatziki, as well as pickles, sandwiches, wraps, and a few hot dishes. There was also complimentary alcohol.
The first leg of my journey was on a Boeing 777-300ER. With a fleet of 485 planes, it's anyone's guess what plane you'll get, but Turkish uses the 300ER for many of its long-haul flights. It received the first of its 44 300ERs in 2010, so the planes aren't ancient.
Source: Boeing, NYC Aviation
Like just about any current plane designed for long-haul travel, the overhead bins were nice and roomy. My backpack might not look like it from this vantage point, but I stuff it with so much stuff that it usually has trouble fitting into smaller overhead compartments.
Here's what the cabin looks like. There are 49 seats in Turkish's 777 business class, divided between two cabins. Somewhat notoriously, Turkish's 777-300ERs have middle seats even in business class, which The Points Guy's Zach Honig called "inexcusable."
Source: The Points Guy
Thankfully, I was able to snag an aisle seat despite being upgraded to business class last minute. Before takeoff, a flight attendant offered drinks. I appreciated that they had a tasty non-alcoholic option like a lemon-mint juice.
Turkish has a few different kinds of seats depending on how recently the plane has been spruced up. I ended up with the older version. Each seat has a foot rest that doubles as a storage compartment for you to place things like shoes, your computer, and other essentials you might not want to keep overhead. Newer versions of Turkish's cabin have closed ottomans that provide more storage and privacy for your stuff.
After serving drinks, the crew distributed menus, magazines, newspapers, and amenity kits. The kit was branded by beauty brand Institut Karité and provided the usual business class goodies like a comb, dental kit, eye mask, shoe horn, travel socks, and hand cream by Institut Karité.
The crew also provided over-the-ear, noise-canceling headphones by Phillips. They were high quality enough that I was able to enjoy the movies on the plane and block out some of the noise.
The lie-flat seats were comfortable, though a bit on the hard side. I've slept in better seats on other airlines.
Each seat has a large tray table that you pull out from the center console. It's big enough for a full meal spread or to fit a laptop and a notebook.
The seat position is controlled by a set of seat controls located on the center console. All seats were 22 inches wide with 78 inches of pitch, with a comfortable lie-flat bed. That's considerably more than you'll get in Emirates, which is 18.5 inches wide with 48 inches of pitch — though those seats still extend into 70-inch lie-flat beds.
As I got settled, I decided to take a look at the menu. The menu and catering is provided by Do & Co, which also provides catering for Austrian Airlines. Do & Co has received rave reviews for its food from many flight bloggers, so I was excited to try it out.
Like Boeing's flagship Dreamliner, the 777-300ER changes the ambient light throughout the flight to help your body adjust to your new location. Shortly after take-off, the LED mood lighting changed to a relaxing purple.
The centerpiece of Turkish's business class experience is its "Flying Chefs" program. All of the food in the flight is prepared by inflight chefs with two to four years of experience. There are 112 menu combinations you might get on your flight. The chefs actually come around in a toque and chef jacket.
My flight took off in the middle of the night, so our meal was breakfast. It started with goat cheese, a croissant, veggies, and variety of sides like comb honey, countryside butter, marinated olives, and a sun-dried tomato spread — all sourced from Turkish farms.
The main dish was a "Kasar" cheese omelet with sautéed spinach and herbed potatoes. The omelette was flavorful and tasted fresh.
The bathroom is more or less your standard airplane bathroom, though Turkish does try to jazz it up with plants, scent sticks, and some high-end bathroom products.
It may have been the middle of the night, but I figured a little wine couldn't hurt. Turkish Airlines has an extensive wine menu. For every wine available, there was a description that was a paragraph long, describing the type of grape, region, flavor notes, and pairing suggestions.
I passed out until we landed. Even though we arrived 30 minutes early, my layover was stressful, to say the least. The security line was excruciatingly long, guards refused to allow me into the expedited security line until I argued three times, and I didn't even see that there was a separate business class line, because of how poorly everything was managed. I barely made my flight.
The second leg of my journey, the 11-hour flight from Istanbul to New York, was on an Airbus A330-300. With 75 A330-300s, Turkish relies heavily on the plane for long-haul flights. It's slightly slower than the 777, but it has a similar cabin and seats, depending on the plane.
I boarded the plane as the sun was rising. The business-class cabin on the A330 is considerably smaller than on the 777. It has only 28 seats — and no middle seats. Each seat is 21 inches wide and offers 61 inches of pitch. That's not quite as much as the 777, but still plenty of room.
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The menu for my 11.5-hour flight from Istanbul to New York was far more elaborate than on my previous flight. There was breakfast, dinner, snacks, and an extensive menu of hot and cold teas.
I got a freshly squeezed orange juice for my pre-flight beverage. It wasn't quite as good as the freshly squeezed OJ I got in markets in Morocco, but it was still excellent.
Shortly after take-off, the crew brought around hot towels. I should note that this was done on my first flight as well, I just forgot to get a picture of it.
Turkish Airlines offers up different amenity kits depending on the flight. For my second flight, the kit was created by bath and body brand Molton Brown and the usual amenities, plus hand cream and lip moisturizer from Molton Brown.
The noise-canceling headphones were different as well. Rather than Phillips headphones, we got ones by Denon. The Denon partnership is a newer one, dating to late 2016. The headphones were very good, though I'm not enough of an audiophile to say whether they were significantly better than the Phillips ones.
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The flight attendants were attentive, checking to make sure everyone's internet and entertainment systems worked and setting up the lie-flat beds with sheets and pillows. However, I wouldn't say they were exceptionally personable. It was more or less the same service I've received in economy on most airlines.
The screen was a disappointment. It wasn't sharp or particularly high-definition like I have experienced on even many economy flights. The only plus is that it's slightly larger than what you are likely to experience in economy.
The main way to control the entertainment system was through the tethered remote. It worked well enough, but it was far from the high-res touchscreen remote Turkish offers on its more recently updated planes.
The meal service began about 30-40 minutes after take-off. Given that it was around 9 a.m., we received breakfast. It was a little disappointing as I had just had breakfast on the previous flight. The initial spread — goat cheese, honey, sun-dried tomatoes, etc — was the same as my previous breakfast.
Having gotten a croissant on the previous flight, I decided to try out the Turkish "simit," a circular bread crusted with sesame seeds. It was both crunchy and chewy in a satisfying way, similar to a bagel. Overall, the breakfast was slightly more elaborate than the breakfast on the previous flight. For example, I was able to order a mixed-fruit smoothie on this flight, which tasted like it had just been mixed up moments before.
My second flight offered scrambled eggs with sautéed spinach, mushrooms, and tomato. I don't know if I got a bad plate, but my eggs were dry to the point of being inedible.
For passengers who got hungry in between meals, there was a snack table set up with chips, candy, fruit, and sandwiches.
The snack station is pretty unnecessary, though, with how much food is on offer. A few hours later, the crew started the dinner service. One of the most innovative aspects of Turkish's catering is that crew comes around with a trolley loaded with hors d'œuvres like smoked salmon, roasted red-pepper hummus, and seafood salad.
I got a glass of white wine, a selection of nuts, and a Turkish cheese puff pastry. After the crew offered up fresh bread baskets, I got a creamy roasted red pepper soup and got a few extra snacks from the trolley. I was almost full and I hadn't even gotten my main course yet.
My main course was the steak and fresh arugula salad with grilled tomatoes. It'd be a little crazy to expect a porterhouse sizzling from the pan on an airplane, but the meat was cooked solidly. It was cooked to medium and seasoned well.
The last piece of the dining puzzle was another trolley, but for desserts. The trolley offered a number of traditional Turkish desserts like baklava and burma kadayif (phyllo dough rolled with peanuts), as well as fruit salad, ice cream, and a chocolate ball with mango. Ever the chocolate junkie, I went for the chocolate ball and the ice cream.
A few short hours later and we were touching down in New York. So what did I think?
Having been blown away by Turkish Airlines economy class service a few months prior, I had high expectations for business class. I wouldn't say I was disappointed by the service, but I didn't come away singing its praises either.
The seats are comfortable enough, offer a lot of amount of legroom, and turn into lie-flat beds — which to me is one of the main reason one opts for business over economy. However, the 777-300ER cabin has middle seats for business class, which is absurd for how much a ticket costs. In addition, in comparison to Emirates' business class, each seat has little privacy from other passengers. A business class passenger gets a roomy seat, but there is no privacy screen or pod-like configuration like many other top airlines have.
While there were plenty of movies and television to pick from on the entertainment system, both planes I flew on had older screens and finicky remotes to control them. It didn't bother me that much because I was on a red-eye flight and I slept through most of the flight.
The best part of the Turkish experience — and I think the company knows this — is its dining service. The menus are fun and inventive, with lots of food and lots of options. While my plate of scrambled eggs was disappointing, the rest of the meals were top-notch. I particularly enjoyed the trolley service. It's a fun way to let customers pick exactly what they want.
Whether or not I would fly Turkish Airlines business class again depends on the price. Business class offerings from the likes of Emirates and Qatar Airways are certainly a step above, due to better customer service and newer planes, but the food offerings are comparable.
If a Turkish Airlines business class ticket were considerably cheaper than airlines of that caliber, I'd have no problem jumping to Turkish, but if they are close to or the same in price, I would choose the other airlines.
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If You're Excited For The New "Star Wars" Movie You Have To See This Art
An exclusive look at the art behind The Force Awakens. Excerpted from The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Posted on December 18, 2015, 18:09 GMT
Jarry Lee
Today is a very good day for Star Wars fans. It's the release day of The Force Awakens, the long-awaited latest chapter in the Star Wars film saga.
And for super fans, there's a new, accompanying book about the art and production of the new movie — The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Set to release in conjunction with The Force Awakens in December 2015, the book features exclusive interviews with the entire creative team, imparting insights into director J. J. Abrams's vision, which includes unused "blue sky" concept art, and offering glimpses into roads not traveled. Bursting with hundreds of stunning works of art, including production paintings, concept sketches, storyboards, blueprints, and matte paintings, this visual feast will delight Star Wars fans and cineastes for decades to come.
Take a look at some of the incredible concept art behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens from the new book:
Hangar Bay (Pre-Production / September 2013)
“This Star Destroyer hangar has to look decrepit and huge and old, which was challenging. We went back through the classic trilogy, and the hangar is one of the only Star Destroyer sets you see, the only set that can conjure specific, iconic imagery.” —Ryan Church
"Chase Version 02" (Pre-Production / July 2013)
Doug Chiang
Han Solo's Cockpit Jacket (Pre-production / March 2014)
Glyn Dillon
"We designed quite a few costumes, but again, Han Solo only ended up wearing the short brown jacket. But he had a duster coat, and for a while J.J. and Michael Kaplan wanted the original vest.” —Glyn Dillon
"TIE Loading Wide"
Imperial Rally (“Guided Imagery” Concept Phase / April 2013)
“I just took Olympic Third Reich photos, put them on my computer screen, modeled them in 3-D, and put in little TIE fighters instead of guys. And I switched the flag logo to the Empire logo.” —Yanick Dusseault
BB-8 Treads (Pre-production / August 2013)
BB-8 Face (Pre-production / August 2013)
“Alt Kira (Rey)” (“Guided Imagery” Concept Phase)
Kira (Rey) Bike (“Guided Imagery” Concept Phase / April 2013)
Yanick Dusseault and Iain McCaig
"Snow Crash 01" (Production / September 2014)
"Rey Emerges" (Post-Production November 2014 – January 2015)
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The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Phil Szostak © Abrams Books, 2015
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Austria Travel Guide
Classical music, old-world charm and postcard views
Austria brings forth boundless ways to explore its diverse terrains - choose to stroll through aristocratic palaces, embark on adventurous treks to discover the Alps or just sit back and relax at idyllic little towns. No matter where, bring the legendary music of Beethoven and Mozart along with you to enhance the whole experience. Convenient Austria tour packages will take you through its mountains, valleys and beyond. Despite its geographical location making it a landlocked country, the abundance of water bodies such as the Erlaufsee lake and the Lake Hallstätt’s pristine glassy waters will make you think otherwise. Start planning your holiday in Austria with a group or travel solo. For nothing’s better than experiencing the joy of listening to Beethoven’s 9th and taking a good long sip of fresh water, straight from alpine mountain springs.
Austria is a landlocked country, bordering Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the West, Germany and Czech Republic to the North, Hungary and Slovakia to the East, and Slovenia and Italy to the South. If you’re looking at Austria tour packages and flights from India, you have the option to choose direct flights to Vienna which take just under 9 hours!
The best time to visit Austria depends on how you want to experience it. Summer (June - August) is ideal for extreme sports, hiking and sightseeing. If you’re looking for snow-related activities, Christmas markets, and a deep dive into the local cuisine, then winter (November - February) is the better option. On the other hand, Spring (April-May) is a great time to go on hikes in Austria. It is pleasant all along, however, it does get cold when you reach higher altitudes. Lakes and their surrounding areas are also perfect for picnics.
There are plenty of ways to explore all the nature and history that Austria has to offer. Start at the cosmopolitan capital Vienna, known for its aristocratic palaces, beautiful gardens and the ever-present old world charm. The province of Tyrol (where you’ll also find Innsbruck) is a paradise for outdoor and wellness fanatics and is best known for its ski resorts. Every year, thousands of travellers look forward to a break from city life to take part in thrill-seeking snow sports, followed by long après-ski parties or quiet cocoa in a rustic cabin. If you’re looking for Austria honeymoon packages, consider staying at the pretty village of Hallstatt - live amongst Alpine houses and cute cafes by the lakeside. Or head to the irresistible Burgenland to discover romantic castles and expansive vineyards.
The official Austrian language is German, spoken in a dialect known as Austrian German. In well-travelled areas across the country, you will be able to find many English speakers.
As it’s a part of the European Union, Austria uses the widespread Euro. The Austria currency to INR conversion at this time is 1 Euro = 78.99 INR*
In Austria, the temperature can go as high as 30ºC between June and July and as low as -4ºC in the winter months. In the mountains, the temperature tends to be lower throughout the year.
Austrian weather tends to be cold during the winter and moderate to warm during the summer. Snow can be found abundantly in the mountains during the colder months. If you are planning your Austria travel during the summer, you may still be able to find snowy regions, that is, once you reach higher altitudes. Regardless of the time of the year, it is advisable to bring a sweater and a raincoat.
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Incredible places to visit in Austria
Welcome to the birthplace of Mozart. Peppered with historic gems, a loveable river flowing in its midst and a large castle looming in the horizon, Salzburg definitely makes it on top of our list of places to visit in Austria. It is where fairy-tales and realities of urban life coexist, with beautiful green spaces between concrete roads.
If you’re looking for a unique experience, try taking a cooking class and learn how to make some local delicacies like ‘Apfelstrudel’ und ‘Mozartkugeln’. Or take a day trip to the nearby Eisriesenwelt, the world’s largest ice cave.
Fortress Hohensalzburg
Towering over the cityscape and perched atop a hill, Hohensalzburg is an imposing structure that is easily one of the largest medieval castles in Europe. It’s an 8-acre complex including a courtyard in the centre.
Don’t forget to check out the panoramic terrace, offering you unforgettable views of Salzburg city and The Alps. And of course, visit the prince’s Golden Chamber, adorned with Gothic wood carvings, extravagantly embellished walls, and a ceiling with gold buttons symbolising the stars in the sky.
Mirabell Palace
Considered by many as the most enchanting palace in the country, Mirabell Palace is where couples from all around the world gather for their wedding, thanks to its gorgeous setting and romantic rose garden.
Built by Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich in 1606 in memory of his love Salome Alt, today it houses the mayoral offices and the municipal council of the city.
Hellbrunn Palace
The Hellbrunn Palace served as an amusement park of sorts for the Archbishops of Salzburg. It took only 3 years to build, with alluring grottos, water-powered statues and trick fountains shooting up when you least expect them to.
Hellbrunn promises a great time, especially during summer evenings, when the palace grounds come alive with an impressive display of water, music and lights.
A 500 m tall mountain, the view from atop Mönchsberg is beautiful to say the least, looking over the rooftops of historic buildings and the gardens of Salzburg.
It is named after the monks of the nearby St. Peter’s Benedictine Abbey. There are various exciting hiking routes spread all over the mountain, in addition to the convenient Mönchberg lift that takes you up to the peak in 30 secs. Once you reach the top you can look into the modern art museum and recharge your energy at restaurant M32.
Untersberg is the perfect location for outdoor sports like paragliding and skiing. Bordering Germany, the mountain shadows over Salzburg and peaks at 1853 m.
Hike up at a leisurely pace and use panorama boards as a tool to identify the mountain ranges.
If you want your Austria tour package to be based on adventure and the outdoors, Untersberg makes it onto your list.
Most Austrian holidays rightly include a trip to Innsbruck, the capital of Tirol and one of the most popular skiing locations in the world. The Nordkette range of mountains is so close, that it’s possible to travel from the city centre to alpine pastures in a matter of minutes. Innsbruck has been the proud host of 2 winter Olympics (1964, 1976). It booms with Tyrollean culture, partaking in the annual ‘Almabtrieb', a custom in which cattle, having grazed high up on the mountains all summer, are decorated with flowers and taken back down into the valley. This may just be the best time to visit Austria!
Nordkette Mountains
A part of Austria’s largest nature park, the Nordkette Mountain range can be reached directly from Innsbruck city centre within a few minutes by the Hungerburg cable car, designed by architect Zaha Hadid. There are hikes for every kind of skill and age, taking you around this highly biodiverse park. The lower station of Nordkette is home to a cable car museum.
Maria-Theresia Street
The Maria-Theresia street is a part of Innsbruck’s New Town. In the olden days, it was made up of just a couple of farm houses. Now it gives you a typical panoramic view of the city, with pavement cafes, chains of little houses and a view from St. Anne’s Column to the North. The Maria-Theresia Street showcases the impressive Nordkette range towering majestically over the Golden Roof tiles. Every now and then, a charming little tram passes by, making the scene utterly perfect.
The Golden Roof
Innsbruck's most famous landmark. Not made of actual gold, it is in fact 2,657 fire-gilded copper tiles. The shining golden roof can be seen upon entering the historic old town but it is also well worth taking a look up close. The structure below the roof is richly adorned with a wide variety of figures and images. Drop by the adjacent museum, and you’ll find yourself immersed in the time of Emperor Maximilian.
The Innsbruck Old Town
The best view of the Old Town of Innsbruck is from the Town Tower. Photogenic alleys filled with little Tyrollean houses give you a feel of its history. The Old Town is home to the City Museum and the Tirol Panorama, a 360-degree long mural of the struggle for freedom of Tirol in 1809. After a quick history lesson, take your time to shop at Sillpark, peruse local boutiques and take some souvenirs back home.
It’s hard not to fall in love with Austria’s glorious capital- it’s old-world charm, intriguing facades, numerous parks and of course, Sacher Torte! Vienna is where the greatest works of legends Mozart and Beethoven were invented - fall again under the spell of their music, that seems to easily blend with Vienna’s grandeur and character.
Vienna carries the weight of an extensive history on its shoulders. Going down the streets of the inner city is like exploring Europe’s architectural timeline. From Baroque to Art Nouveau, Hundertwasserhaus to the prominent Gasometers, Vienna showcases it all, a ‘museum city’ of sorts. Even those not interested in architecture will be drawn to glorious facades and historic buildings , each exuding an aura of awe and holding a treasure trove stories. Stories yet to be discovered on your Austrian tour.
Belvedere Palace
Sprawling gardens and a glorious palace at the end of it, the Belvedere once was the summer residence of the famous general Prince Eugene of Savoy. It consists of two quarters: The Upper and Lower Belvedere, merged by a magnificent baroque garden, as symmetrical as man-made structures come!
The palace is now primarily an exhibition space for the world’s largest collection of Gustav Klimt paintings, including everyone’s favourite- The Kiss. It also displays Austrian art from the Middle Ages against the more modern counterparts.
The Hofburg
The Hofburg, permanent residence of the Habsburgs, reflects more than 700 years of architectural history, befitting the character of Vienna. Almost every ruler since its erection demanded alterations to the construction. As a result, the Hofburg is a representation of architectural styles ranging from Renaissance, Baroque to Rococo.
Take the opportunity to learn more about one of its most famous inhabitants, Empress Sisi, at the Sisi museum and view the imperial chambers of each member of the royal Habsburgs. The collection of silverware on display will give you the most intimate look into daily life at the Hofburg.
Classical music is the main part of Vienna’s cultural lifeblood, so it comes as no surprise that Vienna hosts one of the world’s greatest operas.
The Vienna State Opera features 350 performances of more than 60 musical works each season. Its orchestra members also make up the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. If you’ve ever been curious about the opera, this might be the perfect time to attend a performance. Or if you would simply like to have a look at the building’s marvellous interior, go for it. You don’t even need a ticket!
St. Stephen’s Cathedral
An iconic symbol of Austria, St. Stephen’s Cathedral is where Mozart once lived and got married, in addition to being the final resting place of dukes and princes throughout its existence. Constructed in a gothic architectural style, the cathedral has 4 towers which offer a stunning view of the city’s promenade. Its north tower is home to the massive Pummerin Bell. If your trip to Austria happens to coincide with a festive period such as New Year’s Eve, you might witness a rare spectacle- the ringing of the bell. The cathedral’s best feature is the richly coloured and decorated set of ceramic mosaic tiles, covering its roof. Postcard-perfect.
A UNESCO world heritage site, the Schönbrunn Palace served as a summer home to Habsburg monarchs in its heyday. Beloved Bavarian empress Elisabeth, better known as Sisi, spent much of her time in its stables. And if you decide to explore the palace’s interiors, you’ll see the room where a young Mozart is said to have first performed for the empress.
Visit this impressive baroque palace on a guided tour to hear anecdotes and discover authentic rooms, some of which are extravagant, some surprisingly humble. The palace garden is perhaps even more striking than the interior of the complex. It is spread out symmetrically across the area and inhabited by imposing statues of Greek gods such as Neptune.
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Dating trend sabotaging our love life
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by Gery Karantzas, The Conversation
13th Jul 2019 1:12 PM
IF YOU listen to any number of love songs, dating "experts" or plunge head first into a romance novel, you're likely to think it's in our destiny to find that special someone - your soulmate.
But how do you know if you've found "the one"? Will the birds sing? Will you see fireworks or a shooting star?
And for those who are yet to find "the one", should you keep searching, or is it a misguided quest?
According to The Conversation, research into the science of relationships spanning the last two decades shows maintaining a "destiny" mindset - that we are all meant to find that ideal person who completes us in every way - can be problematic for our love lives.
Destiny mindsets affect how we evaluate romantic partners as well as how we maintain lasting relationships.
For some, this mindset can even include a mental picture as to what that person should look like.
We're so sure of what our destined love should look like, dating apps like Tinder base the selection process on that alone. Picture: istock
WHAT ARE THE COSTS OF A MINDSET?
A destiny mindset may make a person less open to developing a relationship with someone who possesses many excellent qualities but does not match an individual's mental picture of "the one".
A person who holds a destiny mindset may be more likely to focus on the potential faults or inadequacies of another, for example, rather than centre on their good qualities.
On the other hand, a person may not pursue a potential love interest in the hope that something better comes along that matches their vision of destiny. By maintaining a destiny mindset, they may reject real opportunities at finding love.
For those in an existing relationship, maintaining a destiny mindset can be associated with relationship satisfaction if the current relationship closely (if not perfectly) matches one's idea.
But if the relationship is not in line with one's vision of destiny, or if the relationship is evaluated as no longer matching one's destiny, dissatisfaction can ensue.
Research suggests people who hold a destiny mindset don't work as hard at their relationships because they have a very fixed view of their partner and relationship. They tend to accept things the way they are - either a relationship is meant to be or it is not - rather than putting in time and effort to make relationships work and deal with relationship problems.
Potential love interests may not measure up. Picture: istock
IS THERE A BETTER ALTERNATIVE?
In contrast to a destiny mindset, some people hold a "growth relationship" mindset. This includes beliefs and expectations that a partner and relationship has the capacity to develop and change over time and problems or challenges can be overcome.
Research to date suggests a growth mindset is associated with more effective ways of coping with relationship challenges and using more problem-solving to deal with relationship difficulties.
People with a growth mindset experience various positives such as greater relationship and sexual satisfaction and have a better, more constructive way of handling conflict. A growth mindset has also been found to reduce the risk of a relationship ending.
Relationships have their highs and lows and take work to maintain. Picture: istock
CAN YOU HAVE BOTH?
Some people recount meeting their partner and knowing they were "the one". But when describing how their relationship has progressed over time, it's clear they put time and effort into it and work on problems when they arise.
These people may hold beliefs about destiny but, overall, hold more of a growth mindset about their relationship.
These couples often acknowledge their partner and relationship has changed, for example, and often note they've helped each other develop and grow over time.
So if you work hard at your relationship, and you and your partner help one another develop and grow, you may get to know each other so well that you feel as if you share one soul. Maybe that's what is meant by a true soulmate.
Gery Karantzas is an Associate Professor in social psychology/relationship science at Deakin University.
This article originally appeared in The Conversation and was reproduced with permission
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The Select Investment Scorecard
Can a select group of equity funds consistently beat the index?
Contrary to popular belief, research proves that two simple screens can uncover a group of funds that, when taking the average for the group, has beaten the indexes over one-, three-, five- and 10-year rolling periods. We call this group of funds Select Equity funds. View the data below to see how the Select Equity funds’ advantage, on average, has grown over longer time periods.
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U.S. Large-Cap Equity | International
Source: Capital Group, based on Morningstar data. Based on monthly rolling periods from July 1996 to June 2016. International funds in the Select Equity group are those in the Morningstar Foreign Large Value, Foreign Large Blend and Foreign Large Growth categories. International index is MSCI ACWI ex USA. The index is unmanaged and, therefore, has no expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
What Are Select Equity Funds?
Our analysis has uncovered two simple screens that identify a group of Select Equity funds that has generated higher returns over time with reduced volatility. Those screens are low expenses and high manager ownership.
We filtered the entire Morningstar database of U.S. and foreign large-cap equity funds for the quartile with the lowest net expense ratios (NER) and the quartile with the highest manager ownership. The Select Equity funds at the intersection of these two groups delivered higher results, on average, when compared to market indexes over time. The American Funds included in these categories have, as a group, done even better.
Read the Methodology below.
We calculated the Select Equity, Average Equity and American Funds groups by building equal-weighted portfolios using the average monthly returns of the constituents and then calculating a growth of $100,000 for the groups and the index for each rolling period indicated (one-, three-, five- and 10-year) over the period from January 1997 to December 2016.
We calculated the percentage of time the Select Equity group and the Average Equity group beat the index by building an equal-weighted portfolio using the average monthly returns of the constituents and then calculating a relative return against the index for each rolling period indicated (one-, three-, five- and 10-year) over the period from January 1997 to December 2016. For example, to derive rolling one-year results for the Select Equity group, we started with the product of the 12 monthly returns for January 1997 to December 1997 and subtracted the product of the monthly index returns over the same period. Next, we ran the same calculations using the 12 monthly returns for February 1997 to January 1998. We did this for every rolling 12-month period through December 31, 2016, and then calculated the percentage of 12-month periods that the Select Equity group beat the index. We used the same process for the Average Equity group of funds.
Compiling the Fund Universe
The database built to represent the universe of both large-cap domestic and large-cap foreign funds drew from Morningstar’s U.S. Open-End Large Value, Large Blend and Large Growth U.S. and Foreign categories, with live and dead funds combined to eliminate survivorship bias. For live funds, only the oldest share class was used. The oldest share class designation used in the screening process does not reflect the recent Morningstar methodology change for funds incepted prior to 12/31/2015, as it is based on a previously existing database of Morningstar fund identifiers. Funds incepted after that date are identified with Morningstar’s new methodology. For dead funds with multiple share classes, the median monthly returns were used. For fee-related illustrations that include dead funds with multiple share classes, the median expense ratios were used. This screening resulted in seven qualifying domestic American Funds (AMCAP Fund, The Growth Fund of America, The New Economy Fund, American Mutual Fund, Fundamental Investors, The Investment Company of America and Washington Mutual Investors Fund) and two qualifying foreign American Funds (EuroPacific Growth Fund and International Growth and Income Fund). Funds are identified as domestic or foreign based on Morningstar categories. A number of the U.S.-focused American Funds can invest some assets in non-U.S. securities; likewise, the two foreign-focused American Funds can invest some assets in U.S.-issued securities.
Tracking Low Expenses & High Manager Ownership
In conducting our research, we searched Morningstar’s database for large-cap actively managed funds that were in both the lowest quartile ranked by expense ratio and the highest quartile ranked by manager ownership at the firm level. For this analysis we relied on Morningstar Direct data analysis software.
Least expensive quartile was calculated using annual report Net Expense Ratio (NER) for all observed Morningstar categories for the 20-year period indicated. For funds with missing expense ratios, gaps between two available data points were filled in using linear interpolation. Linear interpolation is a statistical method used to estimate the values between two known data points in a time series. Highest manager ownership quartile was calculated using weighted averages of Morningstar screens of manager holdings at the firm level. Each fund was assigned the weighted average of its firm manager holding. Funds without values were excluded from the quartile rankings. The combination of least expensive NER and highest manager ownership quartiles (the screened equity core) was the result of a cross-section of the two screens. Only those funds with both the lowest expense ratios and the highest manager ownership were included.
Investors who wish to identify funds that ranked in the least expensive quartile by NER can rely on the following rule of thumb: The least expensive quartile of funds ranked by net expense ratio roughly corresponded with those reporting expenses below 1.00% for large-cap domestic funds and below 1.08% for large-cap foreign funds. Expense ratios for institutional and advisory share classes would be approximately 25 basis points lower, or below 0.75% for large-cap domestic funds and below 0.83% for large-cap foreign funds. Investors who wish to identify funds that ranked in the top quartile by manager ownership can rely on the following rule of thumb: The top quartile of funds ranked by manager ownership roughly corresponded with firms that had 55% or more assets in the fund family complex in which at least one fund manager had invested a minimum of $1 million.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires that mutual funds disclose all fees and expenses in a standardized table published in the front portion of the fund prospectus. The SEC also requires that a fund disclose in its statements of additional information (SAI) certain information about its portfolio managers, including ownership of securities in the fund. Ownership disclosure is made using the following seven ranges: none; $1 to $10,000; $10,001 to $50,000; $50,001 to $100,000; $100,001 to $500,000; $500,001 to $1,000,000; and over $1,000,000.
MSCI has not approved, reviewed or produced this report, makes no express or implied warranties or representations and is not liable whatsoever for any data in the report. You may not redistribute the MSCI data or use it as a basis for other indices or investment products.
Figures shown are past results and are not predictive of results in future periods. Current and future results may be lower or higher than those shown. Share prices and/or returns will vary, so investors may lose money. Investing for short periods makes losses more likely. View fund expense ratios and returns.
Returns shown at net asset value (NAV) have all distributions reinvested. If a sales charge had been deducted, the results would have been lower.
Investors should carefully consider investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other important information is contained in the fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses, which can be obtained from a financial professional and should be read carefully before investing.
Investing outside the United States involves risks, such as currency fluctuations, periods of illiquidity and price volatility. These risks may be heightened in connection with investments in developing countries.
The Capital Group companies manage equity assets through three investment groups. These groups make investment and proxy voting decisions independently. Fixed income investment professionals provide fixed income research and investment management across the Capital organization; however, for securities with equity characteristics, they act solely on behalf of one of the three equity investment groups.
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Lamborghini Aventador SV Roadster – Official pictures and details
Lamborghini has officially unveiled the Aventador Super Veloce Roadster. The impressive supercar was revelaed at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The car features a two matte black quick release panels that each weight less than 6 kilograms.
The car also comes with a familiar aerodynamic body kit an a power retractable rear windscreen.
Under the hood of the Lamborghini Aventador SV Roadster is a V12 engine 6.5 liter unit that is able to deliver 750 horsepower and 690 Nm peak of torque. The engine is connected to a seven-speed ISR transmission and an all-wheel drive system that enables the 1575 kg (3472 lb) roadster to run from stand still to 100 km/h in 2.9 seconds. The top speed announced by the producer is clocked at 350 km/h.
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Guillermo Rigondeaux outclassed Nonito Donaire with nearly flawless execution
Geoffrey Ciani - April 14, 2013
By the mid rounds of the super bantamweight unification showdown between Guillermo Rigondeaux and Nonito Donaire, it became abundantly clear that the Cuban fighter was in command of the action. Rigondeaux was successfully controlling the range, and not just through use of his feet. He also mixed in a varied assortment of head, shoulder, and upper body movement, all of which acted to befuddle and neutralize the uncharacteristically gun-shy Donaire. It was vintage Rigondeaux. He was slipping and sliding, moving and grooving, ducking and dodging, mesmerizing with a hypnotic pawing jab, maneuvering his foe into unfavorable positions, and when opportunity permitted, zapping the Filipino boxer with stinging sharp flush lefts. This dazzling display of finesse and skills left Donaire extremely reluctant to engage, and whenever he did let his hands go Rigondeaux was usually making him miss, sometimes wildly. Guillermo thoroughly succeeded in making an explosive specimen like Nonito look ordinary.
The real test for Rigondeaux came following one of the few flaws in his performance, when he got a little too close in round ten and Donaire clipped him with a well timed thunderous left hook that sent the Cuban crashing down. With question marks often lingering about Rigondeaux’s chin, he was suddenly afforded the chance to prove his mettle and overcome adversity. It was a sink or swim scenario that arose out of nowhere. At first it was difficult to gauge exactly how badly hurt Rigondeaux was, but Donaire dutifully tried to capitalize on the situation and moved in for the kill. Despite his best efforts, however, Nonito never did land the finishing blow. In fact at one point he actually missed a combination of furious shots, all of which were evaded by the elusive Guillermo. After the knockdown, the action more or less reverted to prior form, with Donaire unable or unwilling to make something happen. This was arguably the only round which clearly favored the Filipino, and even then it contained a victory of sorts for Rigondeaux because he quickly regained his composure and showed strong recuperative powers.
Donaire was just never able to establish any type of real rhythm. In the simplest of terms, Rigondeaux made Donaire fight his fight. While Donaire did land some powerful shots here and there, these were usually right hands that followed jab attempts. But Donaire was never really committed to using his jab, and whenever he did land a thudding shot, Ridondeaux almost always responded with a few zingers of his own. The fact that Rigondeaux was able to earn the Filipino’s respect helped set the pace to his liking while simultaneously serving to reduce his opponent’s output. Donaire was inexplicably far too reliant on trying to end things with one mighty blow and this played right into Rigondeaux’s strengths. In the post-fight interview Donaire noted a neglected surgery and ill preparation as reasons to explain his subpar performance, but at the end of the day Rigondeaux proved himself a cut above and exhibited an extraordinary blend of athleticism, smarts, and ability.
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Ultimately this did not turn out to be the super fight that many had hoped for. Indeed, the crowd was often booing the overall flow and lack of engagement. Casual fans do not tend to gravitate towards such encounters with high praise. Regardless, Rigondeaux has still proven himself an elite commodity in the sweet science. He has undoubtedly silenced many critics and shown the boxing world that his name deserves to be mentioned alongside the select few who find themselves in the upper echelons of universally recognized pound-for-pound talent. The former two-time Olympic Gold Medal winner and seven-time National Cuban Champion has now officially made his first big splash under the spotlight in the professional ranks, and while he may not have the most exciting style to watch, he does possess a great deal of skill that manifests itself in the art of hitting without being hit. His best days may well still be ahead, and it will certainly be interesting to see what he does next.
To read more by Geoffrey Ciani you can visit Ciani’s Corner:
www.cianiboxing.com
To contact Ciani:
ciani@boxing247.com
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