Free concert on the Common by US Air Force Heritage of America Band
The Brattleboro Recreation & Parks Department announces a free concert that will be performed on the Brattleboro Common, Park Place on Sunday at 2 p.m. United States Air Force Heritage of America Band will present Heritage Brass, a pioneering symphonic brass ensemble. Bringing the military tradition of brass and percussion to the concert stage, Heritage Brass presents programs that are both exhilarating and intimate.
Representing Air Force professionals serving across the globe, Heritage Brass is comprised of ten brass players and a percussionist. The ensemble presents a diverse repertoire featuring orchestral transcriptions, patriotic favorites, jazz standards, new compositions and distinctive arrangements. Their innovative approach allows them to perform both as a large symphonic group and an intimate chamber ensemble.
In the event of rain the concert will be in the BUHS Auditorium. For information call 802-254-5808.
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Sounding like the bastard offspring of the Austrian Strauss Brothers with a bent for insatiable adrenaline fuelled folk metal and exhausting jazz, Russkaja is a dream or delicious nightmare for those with the wildest adventure in their musical hearts. Fusing and brewing up a storm of crazed polka beats, bedlamic punk rock energy, and a multitude of other instinctive essences from a tempest of styles and sonic cultures, their sound is as distinctive as it is wonderfully challenging. Self-penned as Russian Turbo Polka Metal, Russkaja create music which is a jaw dropping joy and certainly across the fun of new album Energia! ignites thoughts of the likes of Gogol Bordello, P&H, and Kontrust within a unique and wholly addictive individual stance.
Formed by Georgij A. Makazaria (ex-Stahlhammer), the band consists of a group of Russian, Austrian, and Ukrainian musicians. Though begun in Vienna the band has a certain Russian flavour to their near manic creativity, an imagination with a tongue firmly entrenched in its cheek but dripping with enterprise, pure invention, and irresistible anthemic lunacy. Since 2006 the band has played more than 300 concerts across Europe and found major success in their ‘adopted countries’ of Austria and Germany. Four impressive appearances at Wacken Open Air has lit up attention and a growing fever for their sound with shows at Chiemsee Reggae Festival, Nova Rock, and numerous World music and Jazz festivals furthering their brewing presence, thirty Festival events occurring across Europe last year alone. Third album Energia! feels like a trigger to major things for the band as it teases the senses during its irrepressible encounter but then we at The RR are suckers for aural mischief and meddlesome ingeniousness.
With the lyrics predominantly in Russian but with plenty of other national flavouring included throughout, the songs are said to be a postmodern version of Russian folklore; all you need to know is that they make up another thrilling thread to a weave of sensational limb commanding and passion firing brilliance, starting with the title track. The song takes the length of one mere breath to scoop up the passions in a dance of teasing guitar and the bear like vocals of Makazaria. Into its stride the song reaps a ska/reggae swagger to its strolling stride with the horns adding a gentle flame of heat to the brewing urgency of the now romp approaching gait. The sparks of brass instantly bring a grin and warmth to the heart, the trumpet of Rainer Gutternigg and potete (a unique hybrid of trumpet and trombone) of H-G. Gutternigg teasing and guiding to the head bobbing strokes from the guitar of Engel Mayr. Firing up the gypsy inside us all, the song is instantly one of the pinnacles of the album though closely challenged by each subsequent riot of sound and dance.
The following Barada and Radost Moja continue the flush of excitement, the first with a slower walk within sun soaked rays of smouldering brass and sensitive guitar caresses though you sense a wickedness just waiting to free itself throughout. Like a muscular Bad Manners, honestly, the track sways and lights the air with compulsive temptation whilst its successor leaps in like a court jester, a kaleidoscope of aural colours primed to tease and persuade the most potent ardour. Featuring Wladimir Kaminer and Yuriy Gurzhy, the song is a delicious romp of melodic rascality, a delicious devilment of toe tapping merriment with street corner shadows to pounce within the sinewy tones of the chorus. With the drums of Mario Stübler framing all, the firm rim of the song breaks into a sizzling waltz of seductive melodic sunshine before regaining its hold for another muscular climax, and completion of one more major highlight within Energia!, one of so many.
Soaked in diversity as much as crafty imagination, the likes of the brawling punk lined Autodrom with its schizo breath, Violina Mia with the violin of Ulrike Müllner placing its emotive kisses on the ear, and Surrealnaja with the bass of Dimitro Miller finding its throatiest presence within the sweltering whimsy of the polka embrace, all reap distinct and individual fields of invention and musical textures.
The album holds back two more of its greatest moments for the latter end of the release, firstly with the thrash/grind metal coated Dikije Deti. Of course it is not long before the track is flaunting its aural knavery with siren like melodic inducement but punctuates it with explosions of metallic ferocity which seamlessly erupts from the surrounding energetic folk parade. Tanzi Tanzi is another punk n roll bruising veined with unhinged melodic revelry and one more ardour causing triumph.
With only the closer Sorry unable to keep the fires which raged from the opener continuing to burn as furiously, though it is an impressively sculpted piece of emotive adventure, the Napalm Records released Energia! is a magnificent tempest of intoxicating joy. It might not be for everyone but certainly any fans of folk metal and psyched melodic invention will be wetting themselves in delirium for what Russkaja conjure.
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"FREAK" was all Australian coach Ricky Stuart needed to describe Greg Inglis after helping create the Kangaroos first try.
A fast start has proved to be the crucial difference in the 2008 Centenary Test with Australia emerging 28-12 victors over New Zealand at the SCG.
NEW Zealand five-eighth Ben Roberts has been ruled out of Friday night's centenary rugby league Test against Australia because of a hamstring strain.
BRISBANE forward Sam Thaiday has cautioned his club coach Wayne Bennett against attempting the Haka.
ENGLISHMAN Ashley Klein has been appointed referee for Friday's Centenary Test between Australia and New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
THE New Zealand Warriors have held the Canberra Raiders out at a wet and empty Mt Smart Stadium today, taking the match 14-6 in atrocious conditions.
NEW Zealand Rugby League chairman Ray Haffenden has welcomed the announcement by the Rugby League International Federation supporting the NZRL
ENGLISH clubs have been told they must release New Zealand players Thomas Leuluai and Brent Webb for next week's rugby league Centenary Test.
NEW Zealand coach Stephen Kearney today named his team to take on the Kangaroos in the Centenary Test at the SCG on Friday, May 9th.
THE Kiwis will be without one of their main attacking weapons in next month's Centenary rugby league Test against Australia after winger Manu Vatuvei was sidelined for up six weeks.
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AN earlier-than-expected return from injury by Matt Bowen has sparked the North Queensland Cowboys to put in their most dominant performance of the year so far, dismantling the Warriors 48-20.
THE New Zealand Warriors have held out a valiant Newcastle Knights outfit this afternoon in Auckland, victorious by 26-20 at Mt Smart Stadium.
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Following is the full transcript of author Cheryl Hunter’s talk titled “Wabi-sabi: The Magnificence of Imperfection” at TEDxSantaMonica conference.
Cheryl Hunter – TEDx Talk TRANSCRIPT
There are experiences that we share. Things that we all go through by virtue of being human. They unite us, these experiences that we share, and perhaps none unite us more so than, the experience of going through — bad circumstances, having difficult things happen in life.
Sometimes when those circumstances happen our only recourse is to ask, “Why? Why me?” as we try to make sense of life.
I think the reason that those circumstances unite us like nothing else can, is because we can all relate. At some point, at some time, we will all have those kinds of occurrences. I am no exception.
When I was a kid, I had to get out. I grew up on a horse ranch in the remote Rockies of Colorado and we lived high atop a mountain meadow and in every single direction, except one, miles away in the distance, there was no sign of civilization whatsoever. I loved it, it was idyllic, I spent my childhood atop a horse, but I had to get out, I longed for civilization, for culture.
I longed to wear the clothes that I saw in magazines. Anything other than boot cut Wranglers really. And I longed to go somewhere, where there were people and meet them and see them or know them. Any people that I wasn’t related to by blood.
The city was just calling my name and I had to figure out how to respond. One day I played “Hookie” to come up with the master plan, I hopped on my mini-bike and rode the hour and fifteen minutes to Colorado City, it was the nearest town that had a store.
I picked up a Glamour magazine, as my guide book and sure enough, right there in the pages, was the plan for my life, clear as day. I could be a model, I was tall enough, I mean I was already on the Boys Basketball Team. I just needed to get someplace where they needed models.
Uuhh, I chose Europe. Talked my friend Lizzy into going, we both got a couple of jobs. We saved up.
The big day finally arrived. Now no sooner did we land in France than a man wearing a camera around his neck approached me. He asked me if I was a model. Told me he could make me one if I were to just go off with him and his friend standing over there. That is how easy it is to become a model in France.
Lizzy said, “No way in hell!” Ah, but Lizzy didn’t know anything about my master plan. So I just ditched her, went off for the guy with the camera and his friend. They drugged me. They took me to an abandoned construction site and beat me mercilessly. I had no idea I had made a sound when kicked.
They drugged me again and raped me repeatedly. And they cut me. I had one action available to me which was just to look away. I craned my head as far as I could to the right and just stared at the wall. There was a dancing spot of light on the wall. It must have been a reflection from something outside and it was free, whatever it was.
I stared at the little spot of light with all my might and the harder I stared the more I became the spot of light. I wasn’t the scrap heap of a girl, being torn to shreds, I was just a dancing, little sparkling, shimmer of light, that could fly away at any time I chose. They dumped me in a parking mist three days later.
It was then that the “Why” questions really set in. “Why did I have to come here?” “Why can’t I just be happy staying at home like everybody else?” “Why did God let this happen to me?”
I didn’t tell anybody, I couldn’t tell anybody. I was now disgusting and dirty and filthy and ruined and used up and if I told anybody, if anybody knew what had happened to me, they would know those things, so I didn’t speak to anyone.
I just pushed it all down. I became very, very aloof and removed and was a loner. I eventually did become a model. The profession suited me really well. Never once in all of the years that I was a model, did anyone ask me to have a deep conversation. I had found my people.
The phenomenon of “the grass is always greener” is alive and thriving in the modeling world. Wherever I would go, they would, within a short period of time, want to send me someplace else, because wherever we weren’t was looked at as infinitely cooler than wherever we were.
Paris sent me to New York, Milan to Paris, London to Japan. It was in Japan that the next stage of my journey unfolded. With the exception of the time I was actually shooting, I spent the entirety of my journey in Japan, in the agency itself. They had a massive, completely unused, conference room.
Nobody was ever there except the grandparents of the owners of the agency. They have this fabulous tradition in Japan. They include their elders in their business lives and personal lives. They’re looked upon as a resource for the wealth of information and knowledge that they bring. What a concept!

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Aviation authority wants to allow Boeing 737 Max airplanes entering Vietnam airspace
Vietnam’s aviation authority would consider issuing import certificate for Boeing 737 Max in case countries like China, Australia and Russia lift their respective bans on the aircraft model.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAA) said it would allow Boeing 737 Max airplanes to enter or transit Vietnam’s airspace.
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The information was revealed in CAA’s report submitted to the Ministry of Transport (MoT), citing Boeing’s efforts to address technical issues of the aircraft model and assessment from aviation authorities in the US, Canada, Europe and Brazil.
The CAA said it would continue to follow and update information from its foreign peers in China, Australia and Russia.
According to the CAA, right after aviation authorities in these three countries lift the ban on Boeing 737 Max, the Vietnamese agency would seek the MoT’s approval before issuing import certificate for Boeing 737 Max into Vietnam.
Head of CAA Dinh Viet Thang expected the process would last from six to 12 months, saying Boeing has been working on many solutions to resolve issues leading to two tragic accidents involving the Boeing 737 Max.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it is working on a testing flight plan to assess Boeing 737 Max’s compliance to safety standards to remove the ban.
Boeing 737 Max aircraft was ground worldwide after the crash of two planes operated by Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines in the 2018-19 period that killed 346 people, in which the main issue was related to the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmented System (MCAS).
A number of local airlines have expressed interests in Boeing’s 737 Max model to reduce their dependence on Airbus’ A320 aircraft.
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The title of the 1909 hit song By the Light of the Silvery Moon was not just poetic, it was also prophetic. A NASA spacecraft that crashed into the moon last year has found what appears to be silver, perhaps buried under a small layer of moon dust.
Last October, NASA crash-landed a rocket near the lunar south pole, lofting water in the resulting debris. Newly published studies of this mission, called LCROSS, reveal that about 5.6 per cent of the ejected material was water, and that similar concentrations of water may exist under the surface in a "permafrost" layer. Lead scientist Anthony Colaprete at NASA's Ames Research Center in California estimates that there could be a billion gallons of water within 10 kilometres of the probe's impact site.
Other chemicals were also detected in the impact plume by a spacecraft flying behind the impactor. "We're seeing a kitchen sink of other stuff that may be useful for human exploration," says Michael Wargo, NASA's chief lunar scientist.Along with the surprisingly large amount of water detected, this is all the more reason why we should be going back there asap. To read the rest of the article, click here.


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Ultraviolet light is invisible to the human eye and is measured by its wavelength on the electromagnetic spectrum. Wavelength describes the distance between peaks in a series of waves and is classified by nanometers (nm).
There are three categories of UV light, based on wavelengths. UV-A (315-399 nm) rays have the longest wavelengths, followed by UV-B (280-314 nm) and UV-C (100-279 nm) rays, which have the shortest wavelengths.
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Should Novels Carry Trigger Warnings?
How would you react if you found warning stickers suddenly appearing on covers of novels? Or you saw notices stationed alongside displays of the latest releases, alerting you these books have “emotional content” or “contain scenes of violence”?
I’ve been following a Facebook group discussion on these issues in response to a question by the author Louise Beech. Louise explained that she’d been contacted by someone who’d been “triggered” by content in one of her books and questioned whether there should have been a warning.
Most of the group members (a mix of authors, readers and bloggers) were strongly against the idea of “trigger warnings”. A few people pointed out that they could spoil key plot developments and ruin the suspense. Others questioned the practicality of including warnings: would they have to be on the cover, or would it be enough to place them on the copyright page or somewhere at the back of the book?
More than one of the author members said they would find it impossible to cover every eventuality since different people are affected by different things.
As Louise said it’s a tricky question:
I fervently hope the concept of trigger warnings doesn’t gain traction. It’s not simply a question of aesthetics though I don’t welcome the thought of buying books emblazoned with warning stickers. It’s more a concern about what’s often referred to as the law of unintended consequences. That you take an action for the best of intentions, but the outcome has far wider impact than anticipated.
Authors are not irresponsible people. They don’t set out deliberately to offend or cause distress. But many do publish content that challenges attitudes and opinions or draws attention to issues that might otherwise be over-looked. If their publishers had to ensure “suitable” warnings were inserted into the resulting novel, isn’t there a danger that they become more cautious? Less inclined to take a risk with “challenging” material, particularly from debut authors.
There is also the issue about what to include and what to exclude. There are so many topics that could be considered triggers. What disturbs one reader, will not have the same effect on another.
I fully accept that someone who has been the victim of domestic abuse, for example, would not want to read about that type of situation in a novel. No more than someone who has been the victim of rape, or suffered abuse as a child, or endured a severely traumatic incident, would appreciate those scenarios replayed in fiction.
Some publishers do try to flag these topics with a message along the lines “this book contains content that may upset some readers.” But what I’m sensing now, is a suggestion that this is not enough; that more specific and visible warnings are required.
But how does a publisher know where to draw the line? To anticipate every possible scenario, and reflect them all in warnings is surely impractical. Yet if they leave something out, they’re exposing themselves to criticism – and in extreme cases – potential litigation.
The experience of the food industry shows what can happen when a key piece of information is omitted from ingredient labelling. In 2018 the Pret a Manger chain was as at the centre of controversy following the death of a teenager from an allergic reaction after eating one of their baguettes. The label failed to list sesame (to which she was allergic) as an ingredient. Though the company was not required by law to provide a comprehensive ingredient list because the item was made on the premises, Pret’s reputation still suffered.
In a highly litigious nation, like the USA, would the requirement for trigger warnings, make publishers considerably more risk averse? Afraid to leave anything out just in case at some point, a reader threatens to sue because some content, about which they were not warned, caused a severe reaction?
The problem we’re faced with is how one of balance. How do you safeguard vulnerable people without trying to wrap all of society in a protective shield? How do you reconcile a well-meaning desire to avoid causing distress to one group of readers, with the principle of freedom of choice for other readers and freedom of expression for writers ?
Not an easy question for sure. And one I’m still wrestling one. I’d love to know what you think.
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People keep forgetting that TWO customers have died, a 3rd narrowly survived and Pret ignored at least 9 injuries. Changes ONLY came once the deaths became public. Not before. And Pret keeps mislabelling food even now in 2021:
Customer complaints here:
A recent interview with Frank Gardiner (on Graham Norton Friday night) reminded me of this conversation. You may recall that the BBC’s security correspondent, and his camera crew, were ambushed by terrorists in Saudi Arabia about 17 years ago. The camera man was shot dead and Frank, having been shot many times was left for dead but survived. He has recently recorded the story of those events and his treatment and recovery, a programme to be broadcast in the near future. In the interview he related that a friend brought him a movie on video to entertain him in hospital. I can’t remember the name of the movie but it contained a scene in which somene was shot. Surely a trigger if there ever could be one. As must have been remembering the original event for the forthcoming programme. I appreciate that not everyone is as resilient as Frank, but I can’t help feeling that I’m right to ridicule the notion of ‘triggers’ in literature.
Books are meant to be an altogether different experience. They should not contain trigger warnings because that will ruin the element of surprise. If it must be included then i think they should be added at the end of the book so that the reader can choose whether to read or not.
Thanks Arooha, it seems the majority of people commenting here have the same view
I think books should have trigger warnings on the chapters that contain them
regarding Pret not labelling allergen resultun in 15 year od Natasha Ednan-Laperouse’s death and Pret got away because they didn’t break any law, most forget (or ignore) that after Natasha died another customer, mother of 5, Celia Marsh also died from hidden dairy traces in a vegan wrap.
And most peope don’t know that Pret got sued in New York in 2016 by a man who ALSO suffered an allerguc reaction to unlabelled sesame product.
Pret WON the case, but it STILL did not give them a warning sign to start labelling their foid worldwide.
And then Natasha died.
In fact, Pret STILL ignored customer complaints & warnings re: labelling before & EVEN AFTER TWO deaths occured and several injured (new lawsuit coming up November).
Pret ONLY started acting slowly on labelling when the deaths became public via the press and Natasha’s inquest.
I write extensively about Pret as a former employee having survived systemic bullying under HR & top leadership.
I wotked at Pret when 2 people died, I was a Team Leader responsible for health & safety. But not only was I, were we staff NOT informed about the deaths, there wasn’t even as much as a HINT to be more cautious on allergen info or more diligent with labelling.
Absolutely NOTHING was done.
I try to write creatively, but the issue is dead serious:
> https://expret.org/2020/08/29/escape-from-pret <
Thanks for sharing your perspective
A really interesting issue to think about and discuss, thank you for raising it! I think that trigger warnings have their place (as with everything, context matters). In my view, for general readers, that place is in reviews and recommendations, rather than on the book jacket/marketing copy. If a reader knows that they’re particularly sensitive to an issue like, say, domestic abuse, to me they would logically seek out reviews of a book that might have that element to check, and a reviewer’s note will help them make their decision as to whether that book is right for them. I know that, personally, poor treatment of animals is really difficult to read – but I wouldn’t expect a publisher to warn me about that. If I see a book with a dog on the cover, I either avoid it completely or do some research to get an idea of what to expect.
Another context in which I think trigger warnings are responsible and helpful is in academic settings, where readings are required. I recently completed my Masters, and really appreciated when the lecturer took the time to say “just be aware that this week’s readings include depictions of X, please let me know if that’s going to be an issue for you in completing the readings”. While it wasn’t an issue for me personally, I had classmates who – for instance – had recently lost a loved one to suicide, and that heads up was helpful for them (they still completed the readings, but they weren’t blindsided by them). It was never a matter of students avoiding readings that would challenge them, but simple consideration for the fact that people’s personal circumstances are varied and ideally we want to avoid causing unnecessary distress with course requirements.
And welp, I’ve accidentally written an essay – sorry!
I’m so glad to hear that the lecturer took that balanced approach. It counters stories I’ve heard where students have campaigned to have certain topics removed from the curriculum.
It will sound very hard-hearted, I know, but my feeling is that the responsibility should be with the reader rather than the author or publisher. Only the reader knows what is likely to be a trigger for her/him, and every book is extensively reviewed these days on online forums. On Goodreads, you can ask the question from the online community of people who’ve read it. Warnings are too often spoilers – I avoid reading trigger warnings in blog reviews, for instance. And books are meant to challenge us – I don’t want a world in which only cosy books are seen as safe.
Interesting perspective. If I knew that reading about certain subjects would be a trigger I think I would want to make sure I did some basic homework about the book before buying it
I really have a hard time dealing with animals being put into books just to die a horrible death for a plot point. I get anxious when I encounter an animal in a book. But I’m not sure I’d want a label in the book: I will go to reviews or to people I know have read the book, and when I review, if I have read on, I will always discreetly mention that the animal survives or there are upsetting scenes. I think people who read my reviews regularly will know I do this. Other stuff is usually covered well enough in the blurb or genre or signposted in the book.
Several people have commented about looking into reviews etc before buying a book, which is a very sensible approach for someone who knows they would be stressed to read about certain subjects.
If a mention of something in a book triggers a seriously distressing reaction in someone (presumably suffering from post traumatic stress), isn’t the solution to provide that person with the proper psychiatric treatment to help them get over it or deal with it? If a mention merely upsets someone, because they don’t want to read about it, they can always stop reading.
If the person is indeed suffering PTSD then yes we’d hope they are getting support and help but it can take years to recover I’m told. The issue is really those people who get “upset” by things they read about, like the law students in one university who said they shouldn’t be taught about rape cases because they found them upsetting.
You’re right Karen – if someone has a history of trauma (which is the purpose of trigger warnings, and is distinguished from something that a person finds ‘upsetting’ or ‘distasteful’) it can take decades of therapy for them to manage their trauma. What people don’t understand, is that for those with traumatic history, their response when triggered is a whole body response and saying that they can simply stop reading or think about something else is simply not possible.
For the record, I ALWAYS include trigger warnings in my reviews if the book includes any mention of child abuse or rape.
I have a feeling that you have good knowledge of the effects of trauma (I don’t mean through personal experience) so your distinction between the trigger of a previous traumatic experience and a feeling of being upset, is very helpful. I was talking to a former police officer earlier this year who had retired because of PTSD and even though that was 15 years ago he says he still cannot deal with loud noises. The sound of a car backfiring sounds to him like gunfire. For him it isn’t a case of being “cured” but of trying to find coping strategies.
I have strong opinions about this and feel that if I shared them, my comment would require a trigger warning. Picture me staring at the computer screen for twenty silent seconds, slowly shaking my head as my eyes go to my copy of 1984. I wish someone had put a trigger warning on that book! It inspired me to want to keep my eyes open when it would be ever so much easier to have my head patted while the state swaddles me up in blankets and does my thinking for me.
Now I have a wonderful image of you holding head in hand with eyes rolling for extra effect.
With “triggered” stamped on my forehead. 😛
Hey everyone. It’s been a day since my comments here posted, & I don’t know if anyone but Karen will ever see this follow-up, but I wanted to apologize for being flippant above. I do that when I get angry & when I don’t want to go deep. It’s easier to make a joke. A self-defense maneuver, I imagine.
It’s tempting to simply ask Karen to delete my words above, but I think I will explain.
Society is so quick to label what makes no sense to them. To simplify it — bring it down to a tangible level. Society doesn’t like emotions. Society likes you to remain useful, tidy, quiet, orderly, and efficient. If you cannot be that, it likes to label you. If you are not left-brained, it wants to refer to you as some anomaly. If you cry, it wants you to stop. If you protest, it wants to explain you. If you faced something, it wants to make a tidy box for you, & it is so so so tempting when you come out of something to ease into that box.
My dears, that anguish you feel is not an anomaly, & you are not alone in it. That is your human depth. You lived. You survived. And now you can speak to how it feels. You can touch the flame of your candle to another human’s, & say “I lived. I saw it, I faced it, & I lived.” And it is so private. It is so precious to you — I know that. Not to be touched. Not to be tainted by outside interference.
But the idea that society has such a simple view of human experience they would choose to stick a label on a book rather than allow people the dignity and the enormous courage to get up and seek their own experience — terrible, dark, sometimes triggering, sometimes absolutely terrifying — that angers me.
It’s a sensitive topic — I realize this. I’m guessing that many of those who offer “trigger labels” truly mean well. And those who seek them are doing the best they can. My experience is not everyone’s. But as a writer, and a survivor, and a fellow human, the idea angers me. Not because it might not be helpful to know what is in literature, but because it destroys literature’s power. It destroys the human element. We are all, at some level, victims of something. God bless you if you have faced the worst. God bless you as you seek life. Let the journey be guided by loved ones, and friends. Dare to one day look life in the face. Dare to realize people are sometimes stupid — they use your pain as a plot device. They don’t understand. It has never happened to them. Dare to do your own searching.
Don’t let a publisher become your emotion police. These people do not know you. They can say a book contains rape, but they cannot tell you how the author treats that topic. Their helpful label may keep you from the terrible, frightening, emotional triggering book that will save your life.
Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe it will make it easier. My question is — for whom?
I have no credentials and am not prescribing anything here. I am merely explaining why I was flippant above. I know that those who have been hurt could be hurt by flippancy, and I came back because I didn’t intend to make light of you — but of the labeling cloaked as helpfulness. In all honesty, if there is such a thing as triggering, it triggered me. Hand-wringing labels are an insult to the potential terrible “triggering” humanity in literature and to the raw feelings of those who have seen the dark side of life and are stunned by it. I assume they are intended to help, but from one of those they are aimed at, they oversimplify, shelve, and manage what is a private, independent universal experience that must take its own terrible course in order to move at all.
And you — you people who have lived it. Take your time. Seek counsel about literature. Absolutely do things in your own time. It isn’t the course I object to — it’s the idea that anyone in a publishing house can detour you from a book that might change your life.
I agree with someone above that therapy is a necessity. Be guided by someone trained to help you — not by some publishing house who thinks that by telling you “this book contains such and such” they have helped you rather than enabled your desire to hide.
I wish anyone who reads this note the very best of luck in your individual journey. And if anything I say here conflicts with your instincts, ignore me. I speak here merely to explain my flippancy above. My comment was intended, not to sneer at you or your living moment, but at the people who believe they have any idea how to manage your pain. x
And in all honesty, I object more as a writer and believer in literature than a survivor. It is simply that because I have survived, I know how much damage those labels could potentially do.
And with that I leave this conversation, having no idea if I have said what I meant to say. Labels — labels, labels. Where did they come from? How is it possible we are so afraid to speak to one another, over centuries, of all that we have seen? Labels to me are padded rooms. Ever-so safe, ever so carefully stripped of life, ever so colorless.
Even as I write this, I want to list the books that have helped me, and the first one that comes to mind is Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain. Immediately as I typed that just now, I nearly wrote, “But watch out — it is full of grief and violence and may upset you.”
It is so human, to want to protect one another from pain. And possibly I have no idea what I am talking about. x
Thanks Jillian for taking the time to elaborate on your original note. Personally I didn’t view it as being flippant but your new comment shows you have a lot of sensitivity to other people’s feelings
While thankfully I haven’t suffered anything that could leave me subject to being triggered, there are things that I prefer not to read about. But what I don’t want to read might not be a problem for another reader. To try and pre-warn people of the myriad of incidents that might bother them is impossible. I use my common sense when reading the blurb, or a sample or other reviews to gauge whether the book is likely to be my thing. If It transpires it isn’t I either skip those pages or decide I don’t want to read anymore. I don’t want a book covered in trigger warnings or labels. I get more annoyed by books that have any labels stuck on them!
Those two words “common sense” are spot on Jill. We seem to lose sight of this in these kinds of debates….
I’m not a fan. the blurb of a book should be enough. As someone who has suffered trauma, I personally feel that life doesn’t shelter you from triggers and it’s best to work out how to deal with things that come along that cause anxiety, rather than trying to avoid altogether.
Thanks Cathy, good to have the perspective of someone in a position to know what effect triggers could have. Trying to avoid all mention of the problematic issue would be nigh on impossible I imagine.
No! No! No! Have perople been featherbedded for too long? All those books about the war that came out in the 1950s – should people who had lived though the war not have read them because it would remind them of the horrors they’d endured a decade before? It’s okay, I suppose, for reviewers to draw attention to content that might upset some. But for many, such attempts at censorship can be come-ons. I remember as a teenager sneaking in to ‘X’ rated movies. The usual trick was for someone who looked old enough to buy a ticket then go to the toilet and open the emergency exit for me and a few others to come in.
What a rebel you were Frank! But yes, the very fact a book contained something “racy” was enough to make all of my school mates want to read the book – Catcher in the Rye being the key one.
And who would be the warning stickers police? This is purely censorship that rears its ugly head. Under the pretense of “protecting fragile publics” (who decides of someone else’s fragility, btw?) it’s only a way to control what people read and that’s the beginning of the end.
What I profoundly dislike in this idea, apart from its attempt at killing freedom of speech, it’s that it disrespects readers.
Who are these people to think I’m not intelligent enough to decide by myself what I want to read? If I’m not sure I’ll like some book, it’s up to me to read online reviews, ask questions to the libraire or the librarian and make my own decision.
Do we really want pre-chewed thinking on our books? I don’t.
For me, there’s no middle ground on this. The answer is no, no, no because the other choice tramples the universal principles or freedom of speech and free will.
Exactly so Emma, there’s a troubling question about who makes the decisions and on what basis. Do they decide that a book containing harm to a person needs a trigger but one that contains harm to an animal is ok. On that basis most of crime fiction would come with warnings but a book for children like Black Beauty wouldn’t. I can imagine a large part of the world’s reading population would struggle with that.
I choose not to read about certain subjects, but do I want a big label screaming from the cover – not really. I do find it annoying when there is no reason to think it is coming and then wham it comes out of the blue, but at that point I can choose to either continue or to stop reading.
Right, there is a choice we have to make on an individual level since the effects of certain topics vary so much from person to person. I have a strong dislike of snakes for example so wouldn’t welcome pages of descriptions involving snakes, but someone else wouldn’t have a problem. Whose preference would prevail??
Snakes come on TV and I just close my eyes! Which brings me back to the subject in question; just don’t open that book if the cover image, blurb, first few lines suggest bad memories. And there are also the reviews on Amazon, Goodreads etc. to indicate any problems to a reader.
I do hope the idea of TW doesn’t gain momentum.Most of us come across many situations, conversations, discussions, whether in society or television, that can bring back unpleasant memories, but surely we can’t be cushioned from them all. Nor should we expect to be. It’s enough that books are put into genres (I include those who cross genres).Let’s leave it at that and trust that people see the cover images, the titles, the blurb, the first few lines of a book… and judge for themselves. No more censorship in our lives – please.
I’m with you Judith. I despair at the trend for wanting everything uncomfortable or unpleasant to be obliterated.
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I’m not sure I agree with you about the good intentions of authors. I get through a lot of crime fiction listening to audiobooks as I work and I think many of them include graphic violence against women in particular, because they or their readers get off on it. The most recent, Odd Jobs by Ben Lieberman had a woman of no importance to the plot stripped and raped in front her husband who had had his knees smashed by a baseball bat before they were both murdered. The blurb says The Sopranos meets Animal House in this darkly comic coming of age novel.
Fair point Bill. I don’t read a lot of crime fiction myself but I’ve seen a number of other bloggers comment on how much of that genre depicts violence against a woman. The example you give seems particularly gratuitous.
Personally I get enough information from reading reviews and the publishers blurbs. What’s next? Newspapers? The nightly news? Magazines? I think adults can figure things out for themselves and I’d be against it completely.
Nightly news sadly has already succumbed – it’s rare to get a news programme now without at least one message, where the presenter/newsreader has to adopt a sad looking/concerned face and tell us that there are helplines available if we’ve been affected by anything in the programme.
another trend of living in a bubble.
read the synopsis if you need, that should be enough. and as Lory said, if you run into something that’s becoming uncomfortable, just stop reading. read an except first if you need, or check it at your library if available. or ask a friend who knows you well what they think about you reading it. anyway, it could be a good growing experience.
if there are such things, I would totally ignore them
If the warning is discretely placed inside the book, it will be easy to ignore (though obviously if they are too well hidden, then they won’t be seen by the very people who want to be warned). If they start appearing on the book jacket though I’ll get very annoyed
This is down to blurb writers, isn’t it? They are often the front lines, along with the cover designers and artists, that help the reader to decide if they’ll pick up the book or not. Also reviewers. Trigger warnings? No! As much use as Three Tiers of lockdown…
Oh now we are getting controversial indeed 🙂 3 tiers of lockdown is unlikely to be around for very long though, whereas once trigger warnings start to become more of a thing, they’d be very hard to eliminate
I think trigger warnings are something the next generation is loudly advocating for. I’m on the fence about it. Everyone has their own specific triggers, and something that triggers one reader may not necessarily trigger another. Also, maybe it’s the type of books I read, but I rarely read something that bothers me. I think triggers make sense for shows and movies, where the violence and sex is in your face, and sometimes graphic (especially in these streaming shows), but not necessary for a book.
I do often come across things in books that I’m not comfortable about, but if they are a key part of the theme, or the issue, then I will want to read on, to understand the point of view or deepen my knowledge. If they are there just for the sake of causing a thrill for example, then I don’t feel like I want to read the book further.
I believe in Trigger Warnings and include them in my reviews ( I even wrote a post of pros and cons). I think the big ones need to be put on back covers…..suicide, abuse, graphic violence, etc.
I noticed one blogger hid the trigger warning behind a text that said “click here for trigger warnings”……I asked her about it and she gave me the code but I haven’t tried it. I think this might be the way to go for reviewers because only those who are concerned would click and see it.
There was a bookstagrammer who was ranting about the fact that not one review she read had given a TW about Ove and his suicide attempts….she was severely triggered when reading the book. Reading about her experience made me even more determined to provide TW. I guess I error on the side of mental health rather than spoiling a plot. But I agree that we can’t know all the possible triggers.
Also, I always put a spoiler alert just before my TW.
I agree that readers need to do due diligence. I scan reviews for subjects I’d rather not read about. Child abuse or stolen children…no thank you!
Maybe an acceptable compromise for bloggers would be to say “ask me about TW in comments” ???
For me, I think I’m going to experiment with the coding to hide them behind a click!
If you’re successful with that coding, I’d deeply appreciate you sharing it with me. 🙂
Debbie…I’ll copy at end of this message what she shared with me….but I don’t know coding so I need to find someone to help me…but with Covid concerns I’ve delayed asking my tech guy to come over…….
to hide trigger warning and reveal with a click : It’s with two html blocks called details and summary
I knew there was at least one blogger who had written about this – just couldn’t remember who it was. Sorry Carol.
I thought at first you were saying you included trigger warnings about the content of your review, but I just took a look at your reviews and can see that you are referring to the book content. The way you’ve done this is very discreet.
There is one blogger I follow that includes a trigger warning for her actual review as the first paragraph of her review!
This seems to be something that I find the younger readers are voicing their views on. I’ve recently been sitting on a book judging panel and the entry requirements for books had so much of a heavy emphasis on the authors providing accurate trigger warnings that I know if put off some very good writers from entering.
I personally don’t need them or want them. A well-written book blurb does or does not ‘sell’ me on the book. I want to be entertained and am happy to go down the rabbit hole with all the ‘risks’ it might involve.
There’s more exposure to horrors on the internet, social media and 24 hour television than I ever had growing up, but reading books that occasionally contained things that may or may not have made me emotional was all part of growing up.
Using triggers as a judging criterion is taking this into a whole different dimension. I can imagine authors feeling this is onerous and maybe even wondering if the more warnings they include, the less favourable their book will be viewed? If something gets mentioned in one phrase does that have to be included or did it have to be a substantial element of the book?
I do appreciate that some people have become extremely sensitized by their experiences and may need to take extra care. However, with books isn’t it relatively simple to just stop reading if you come across something uncomfortable? It’s quite different with movies, I think, which are much more direct and overwhelming. Not to mention life-threatening allergies!
I suppose one would not want to have spent money on a book that turns out to be unreadable. But that’s why I get most books from the library first.
Even with a movie, you can escape the problem scenes (cushions come in very useful for me when I see people perched precariously on the edge of a cliff or tall building). I don’t mean to sound frivolous, just echoing your point that we can skip the offending content usually.
I find the images of movies get in quicker and are harder to eradicate than with books, since they are generated from the outside and don’t involve my own will and imagination. But yes, it is possible to avoid them to some extent too. For those with real trauma, though, even a brief sight or sound can cause flashbacks and panic attacks. And maybe in extreme cases even reading a few words can have the same effect, but I hope that condition is rare.
This is indeed a controversy. I think Debbie and Malcolm (comments above) and both on the right track. A look at the publisher’s descriptions should alert potential readers of the general subject matter, and, yes, people have been reading for centuries without trigger warnings.
If you have trigger points (and, really, who doesn’t?) be sure to read the synopsis, go online and find reviews and discussions about the book. Do your due diligence.
Often when I come across content that “resonates” with me, I find that I can be more empathetic to the situation being described. If I find I’m becoming to upset, I stop reading that particular material. That first little bit isn’t going to kill me as a physical allergy would.
Leave off the labels. (Excepting – please tell me when your “historical fiction” is really just a romance in historical costume )
Totally agree with you about romance disguised as histfic!!!😂
*shakes your hand*
Did anyone in the Facebook discussion know why, after people have been reading books for centuries, we suddenly “need” (according to some people) these trigger warnings?
It saddens me that increasingly people feel they should be protected from absolutely everything in life that is not pleasant. Or that we have to have messages at the ends of programmes along the lines of “if you’ve been affected by some of the issues raised, call….. ) even if the issue was barely mentioned.


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Growing up, there were not a lot of books about Hanukkah or most Jewish holidays. My children do not understand this because they are lucky enough to have so many wonderful Hanukkah tales to pick from. As fans of The Night Before series of books by Natasha Wing, we were excited to receive an email asking us to review her latest book. The Night Before Hanukkah is the latest of Ms. Wing’s 22 children’s books which include popular favorites like The Night Before Kindergarten which has sold over 1.5 million copies since it was published in 2001.
The Night Before Hanukkah – Written by Natasha Wing – Illustrated by Amy Wummer
Published by Gosset & Dunlap October – ISBN 9780448481401 – $3.99 – Ages 3-5
Like other books in The Night Before series, The Night Before Hanukkah uses the familiar rhyme and pattern from The Night Before Christmas story. The focus of the book is on the family within it and how they celebrate Hanukkah. The beautiful illustrations by Amy Wummer help to make Wing’s words come alive. We are able to see this Jewish family get ready for The Festival of Lights the night before the eight day celebration. Then, we follow along to see their traditions each evening when the family lights their menorah. We are able to watch them play the dredel game, eat chocolate gelt, listen to the story of the Maccabees, devour latkes, and more.
Once again, Natasha Wing has hit it out of the park with The Night Before Hanukkah. The book shares the essence of this Jewish holiday. Kids will be able to identify items that they do with their families, and others that may be new and different. She also incorporates traditions that the family has continued from generation to generation, which is important to the Jewish community. I know that I will be taking this book in to share with my son’s second grade classroom. I think the kids will adore listening to a story and hearing how JSL does many of the same items with our family. I definitely recommend this book to young readers to learn more about this holiday even if you do not celebrate Hanukkah.
Have you read any of The Night Before series? I would love to know what if your favorite and why. As always, Tuesday Tales is all about sharing our love of books. Please let me know what you have read recently. Link up to your book posts in the comments below. Include something you read on your own, with a child, or someone else.
Disclosure: As noted above, I received this book from the author to review. No other compensation was received and all opinions are my own.


Regulating Devices of the State System of Industrial Instruments and
Regulating Devices of the State System of Industrial Instruments and Automation
devices to hold constant or change, in accordance with a prescribed law, the parameters of machines, installations, and technological processes. Regulating devices are produced in lots by the instrumentation industry of the USSR. They generally include an amplifier of input signals coming from the measuring transducer (sensor), a null-indicator to compare the values of the regulated parameter with the assigned nominal value, a control-law driver, and a programmer for regulation according to an assigned program. They also generally include a converter for adaptive control, a unit to amplify output signals that act on the actuating mechanism of a regulating device with a control element, a power-supply system, and auxiliary devices. Particular functional elements may be absent, depending on the purpose and type of the regulating device.
In terms of design, regulating devices are built as individual blocks of standard dimensions with standardized mounting and connecting dimensions. Moreover, there must be standardization in the levels of input and output signals and in power sources. Standardized electronic, pneumatic, or fluid-jet modules—the functional elements—are placed in the blocks. The modules are assembled from standard semiconductor, membrane, and valve elements of electric, pneumatic, and hydraulic automation. The blocks are installed in standard cabinets, wall-mounted containers, and on consoles equipped with setting devices, keys and buttons for manual control, and signal and measuring indicators that show and record the values of the regulated parameters. Regulating devices also include the sensors of the regulated parameters and actuating mechanisms.
The regulating devices of the State System of Industrial Instruments and Automation include integrated systems for single-channel electric control, centralized (multichannel) electric monitoring and control, pneumatic monitoring and control, and fluid-jet control. Integrated regulating devices are used both as individual regulators and as part of automatic control systems for technological processes.
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Department of Neighborhood Advancement
City Hall Building
801 Crawford Street, 4th Floor
Fred R. Brusso, Jr., Director
For several years, the City’s efforts for neighborhood improvement services have been divided across several different departments, reducing our effectiveness in helping you and your neighborhood. Recently, City Council expressed a desire to place more emphasis on the quality of our neighborhoods, knowing that great neighborhoods are the backbone of great cities. The Permits & Inspections Department’s Environmental Inspectors have recorded many successes in protecting Portsmouth’s neighborhoods. They received the Achievement Award from the Virginia Municipal League for the Derelict Structures program and we want to continue building on these successes. In response, City Manager, John Rowe reactivated the Department of Environment Services, and has renamed it the Department of Neighborhood Advancement (DNA). Like the term "DNA", our neighborhoods contain the genetic code that is the very core of the character of our City.
We are dedicated to the improvement and quality of our neighborhoods. Our department brings together all people whose mission is the advancement of our neighborhoods. Our Mission will be realized by:
- Engaging all citizens including the civic and religious leaders and the faith-based community.
- Coordinating staff including, Inspections, Police, Fire, Engineering, Public utilities, Public Works and Parks, Recreation and Leisure Services for all issues that impact each neighborhood.
- Recognizing that each neighborhood is unique and that diversity must be preserved. protected and celebrated
Please visit our web page in the future as it is still under construction.

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The 1995 Toyota 4Runner fuel system is equipped with Multiport Fuel Injection (MFI) system. The MFI system is composed of three basic subsystems: Fuel, Air Induction and Electronic Control Systems. The Multiport Fuel Injection (MFI) system receives signals from various sensors indicating changing engine operating conditions such as: Intake air volume; Intake air temperature; Coolant temperature; Engine rpm; Acceleration/deceleration Exhaust oxygen content etc. Read more [...]


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This Joyful Eastertide
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|Full name of work:||This Joyful Eastertide|
|Composer:||Lonneke, Michael (1943 - ), American|
|Lyricist:||Geo. R. Woodward (1848-1934)|
|First line:||This Joyful Eastertide|
|Instruments:||SATB Choir, Violins I-II, Flutes I-II, Trumpets in D I-II-III, Tympani, Cello, Bass Viol, Organ|
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|Comments:||This Anthem for Easter is based on the old Dutch tune, "Vruechten," found in the *Psalmen Davids* collection from 1685. Upward|
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The new Ageing Cluster: Transforming our approach to understanding ageing
Ageing is a complex biological process with a wide array of impacts on our bodies, whether in healthy ageing or in development of age-related diseases. Age-related illnesses are one of the most challenging disease areas we face, with remarkable increases in the size of the older population projected over the next few decades. As the number of people likely to be living with diseases such as dementia, cancer and heart disease will increase, it is crucial that we improve our understanding of the molecular and cellular determinants of healthy ageing. The new National Mouse Genetics Network Ageing Cluster aims to improve existing models of ageing to provide a resource for development of interventional strategies that improve quality of life in later years.
The new Cluster is co-led by Walid Khaled at the University of Cambridge and Laura Greaves at Newcastle University. Walid’s team is interested in understanding the early steps of tumour initiation and how ageing and tissue resilience impact this process. His team became one of the first to use single-cell RNA sequencing to identify changes in the normal and preneoplastic mouse and human mammary gland, and he co-leads the Human Breast Cell Atlas Initiative. Laura, who is also a member of the Mitochondria Cluster, is focused on understanding how age-related changes in mitochondrial metabolism contribute to ageing and age-related disease. Her group are particularly interested in how these changes have a role in colorectal cancer.
With ageing impacting so many systems, it was important that Walid and Laura surrounded themselves with Cluster members with expertise across a wide range of ageing-associated issues. Dervis Salih, at the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL, explores how common genetic variation in the human population drives immune cell interactions and neuroinflammation related to the ageing brain, and age-dependent neurodegeneration, such as Alzheimer’s disease. Michelle Linterman, at the Babraham Institute, is studying how different cell types collaborate in the germinal centre to generate a robust antibody response following vaccination and infection across the lifespan.
Karen Suetterlin, also at Newcastle University, leverages age-related phenotype changes in monogenic diseases to gain insights into disease physiology and healthy ageing, with a particular interest in neuromuscular disease and skeletal muscle physiology. Masashi Narita’s group at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute focuses on the cellular stress response with particular emphasis on cellular senescence, the functions of senescent cells, and how they impact on immune response and tumorigenesis.
The aim of the Ageing Cluster is to construct a time-resolved high-resolution map of age-associated phenotypic, cellular, and molecular changes in the mouse. Building such a multi-omic map that captures so many different types of data and combines it with phenotypic data from mice is an enormous undertaking and will require a different kind of technical expertise. Nicholas Schaum, also at the University of Cambridge, works on the creation of large-scale, state-of-the-art datasets for use by the research community. Previous projects include Tabula Muris Senis, the first organism-wide single-cell resolution ageing atlas, and Rejuvenome, a multi-omic and longitudinal phenotypic atlas of ageing interventions in mice.
Similarly, technical expertise is required in the capture and interpretation of transcriptional, epigenetic, and protein changes. Anne Ferguson-Smith, also at the University of Cambridge, is an expert on genomic imprinting and her team studies the epigenetic control of genome function with particular emphasis on epigenetic inheritance. In addition, although the support of the Mary Lyon Centre — as the hub of the Network — will be of great importance to the development of a minimally invasive physiological phenotyping platform that quantifies the deterioration of biological function across the life course in mice, many of the Cluster’s members already have extensive experience of combining and comparing work done in mice with human studies.
Preventing age-related disease with new scientific data and approaches is an achievable goal that would circumvent the financial and personal toll of an unhealthy population. The Ageing Cluster’s approach will enable us to identify conserved and potentially modifiable modulators of healthy lifespan. This will highlight the translational opportunities that could be revealed by studying ageing in the mouse.
Professor Patrick Chinnery, Executive Chair of the Medical Research Council (MRC), said:
“The MRC National Mouse Genetics Network Ageing Cluster will transform our approach to understanding ageing and how to promote a healthy lifespan. This is only possible through a cross-disciplinary collaboration across the UK.’

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WWF works to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife, collaborating with partners from local to global levels in nearly 100 countries.
Snow leopards live high in the Himalayas—one of the least forgiving environments and among the most challenging places to study— making our critical efforts to assess their population incredibly difficult. Fortunately, skilled scientists in India completed the first-ever rigorous examination of the country’s snow leopard population, estimating that 718 of these iconic big cats live within the country’s borders.
Findings in the Snow Leopard Population Assessment will contribute to understanding snow leopard ecology and the importance of their high-altitude habits. India joins Bhutan and Mongolia as one of the first countries to establish their snow leopard population. India’s large-scale assessment was highly intensive and required surveying over 10 million acres of the habitat and deploying about 2,000 camera traps that produced thousands of photos.
“India's study marks a leap forward, not just for the 718 majestic cats counted, but for conservation itself," said Dechen Dorji, senior director for Asia, Wildlife Conservation. "This landmark effort, spanning vast and rugged Himalayan terrain, provides crucial data to guide their protection. It's a triumph of collaboration, perseverance, and scientific rigor, offering immense hope for safeguarding this elusive protector of the High Himalayas. It marks an important milestone in our collective efforts to ensure their survival and that their landscapes thrive for generations to come.”
WWF-US collaborates closely with WWF-India and supports the capacity to research and survey some of the key landscapes vital for the snow leopard. The report underscores the Himalayas' critical role as a refuge for snow leopards and emphasizes the importance of international collaboration like the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program.


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Igwe Ambrose, a 65-year-old landlord, was jailed for life for defiling his tenants’ two daughters, aged seven and 11.
Ambrose, who allegedly inserted his fingers into the private parts of a minor, has been charged by the Lagos State government with four counts of sexual assault by indecent exposure and penetration of a child. The offenses were committed between January and June 2021 at Shagari Estate, Ipaja, Lagos.
Justice Abiola Soladoye Ikeja of the Sexual Offenses and Family Violence Court on Monday, November 20, ruled that the prosecution proved the allegations against the accused to be baseless. Abiola later sentenced Igwe to life imprisonment. Soladoe described the defendant as a dirty old man who touched and groped the survivors’ br*asts under the guise of helping them with their schoolwork. He said the suspect has been identified and evidence from survivors has shown him to be a liar.


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James “Jay G P Bangz” Perez, is a Native American producer from Bakersfield, California. Jay P taught himself piano, after discovering music production at 14 in the group home where he lived.
Jay G P Bangz is a RCAA Gold Record producer, has his music featured in Marvel Comic’s movie“Black Panther”, and has worked with various artists including; RJ, Mozzy, Y.G. 400, and E-40. Founder and President of FMBS; Jay P created a collective of music producers with one singular goal; to make beats slap; forever.
While currently working on various projects including production courses and VST’s, Jay P likes to spend time with his family, and friends.

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2020 jeep cherokee release date – The year 2020 will likely be large for automobiles. When I say automobiles, I mean SUV cars. Within this report, we will introduce the 2020 Jeep Cherokee.
They’re likely to have redesigned, new Cherokee in bulk production in 2020. And that time, they declared it will be self- driving than ever. That is plenty of time for individuals to guess and predict, however, some of the attributes are already well known. So, let’s start with the outside since the initial impression is the most important.
2020 Jeep Cherokee Exterior
Though this car is a year off, we know a few of Its attributes. Also, we already have the idea of the concept and also the looks of this. We know that Fiat group does not like to alter winning formula in order we could expect something similar to the newest versions.
The first thing that you notice on a vehicle are its own predecessors, and they If it persists with being centered on 2018 Cherokee, we should also anticipate the”Switchback” trademark lighting. Long and thin lenses still ought to be the portion of its back taillights.
Looking from the sides, the body line will appear more muscular. One New thing is definitely the brand new D- pillar with”shark fin” design. It also ought to have another old feature, and that is skylight sunroof similar to older versions. Wheels must be pushed to the exterior the body so that it might secure better handling. The general size of the car ought to be similar to the models which are currently in Jeep dealerships.
We know that Jeep barely ever makes significant changes to its Exterior, and that’s a trend that we believe should continue with the 2020 Jeep Cherokee. If we could simply describe the interior of the SUV using only one phrase, that will becozy. There’s a whole lot of room, including reduced – leg space and foldable back seats, which can be meaningful once you are traveling on a longer space.
The most important thing about the interior of the car is its gadgets. A twelve-inch vertical center screen is still only an option, but we believe it would be a terrific factor in a car this big. It will, of course, have a 360-degree view from the interior. It should use Uconnect systems because of its applications and programs. Wi-Fi ports and wireless Bluetooth relations ought to be a part of the vehicle, also. Even though this SUV is, most of all, an off-road car, it offers the comfort of taxi cars, and it really is a car for every single terrain.
The motor remains relatively unknown, but there are some powerful Indicators that 2020 Jeep Cherokee should use the Pentastar 3.6- liter V6 fuel, V6 eco diesel 3- liter and 5.7-liter Hemi V8 engine. 6.1-liter Hemi should just be accessible with SRT type of vehicle. The 1 thing that we could see is the”torque” four-cylinder-turbo-plus-electric-motors setup to push the mileage of this SUV up, and it should also offer a copy to the gas.
2020 Jeep Cherokee Release date
The release date of 2020 Jeep Cherokee version Isn’t yet defined, with Some predictions going as far as 2022, and other ones calling as soon as this season. Still nothing official from FCA. Whenever it turns out, it’ll be a revolutionary automobile, in the sense of more self-driving, if nothing else. So, although launch date still remains cloudy, we are hoping to see it on roads by the end of 2020, to be honest. Once more, this isn’t final date; those are only our predictions.
We said that the best thing about this car is its own safety and relaxation. However, the worst thing, undoubtedly, is the price. First of all, Obviously, this Depends on so many things, from motor variant to gadgets set up, but The real price we should expect is somewhere about $35,000 to $40,000. It Won’t be economical, but definitely a bit Less Costly than other SUVs from its position.


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Faster, faster, he needed to go faster as the demon nipped at his heels, that cold laugh echoing in his spark, seeping into every inch of his frame, but it wasn't fast enough. He was still there, so close, too close. Engine screaming at the effort he kicked himself to go even faster despite the warning his systems were bombarding him with as he tore through the darkness not knowing where to go, just to get away. Far away. It was too close, he couldn't get away, he couldn't run to freedom. The demon was still there, that laugh mocking him, teasing him, torturing him. Then it suddenly stopped as quickly as it started and he found himself staring at the ceiling of the med bay.
Gasping, he rolled over and purged, right into a waiting waste container. For a moment he stayed there, hunched over the side of the berth, chest heaving and tanks lurching madly threatening to rebel once more but eventually they settled and he rolled back onto the berth looking up at the ceiling again.
"Bee," a voice called and he looked over to see Ratchet walk back in after his talk with Prime, or whatever mech he went to tell, about his traitorous deed. Not bothering to respond, the young mech turned away unaware that he was still shaking.
"Frag. Did you just purge?" he asked, noticing the new mess that was thankfully in the container and not the ground. Nodding Bumblebee rolled back over as his tanks churned and purged again.
"Easy Bee," Ratchet said quietly as he ran a quick scan over the youngling, "frag this would be easier if I had Barricade's spark signature. I can't get a full scan since it is no longer completely your spark."
Groaning at the mention of the demon's name Bumblebee pulled back and slipped off the opposite side of the berth onto unsteady legs.
"And where the frag do you think you're going youngling?" he asked, wrench already making its appearance looking as if it had been there all along.
"Can't…can't stay here…" he whispered, backing away from Ratchet.
"No…nonono…can't. He's here…"
"You're alone Bee, he can't get to you here."
"Not safe, never will be," he whimpered, optics darting around checking the shadows waiting for the tormentor to appear, "he's here Ratchet, he'll always find me and I can always FEEL him."
"You really believe that Ironhide and Prime would let the slagger anywhere NEAR here let alone with in a hundred miles of this base! Even IF the fragged up glitch got into MY med bay you can bet he'll get a happy welcome greeting with my wrench being shoved so far up his fraggin aft that if I were to wiggle my servo I could move his slaggin mouth as if he were no better than some SLAGGIN PIT-SPAWNED INSIGNIFICANT HUMAN VENTRILOQUIST DUMMY!" the medic growled, his rant managing a small fraction of success at putting the youngling to ease when Bumblebee realized any Decepticon would be hard pressed to get past their pissed off CMO, "as for 'feeling' the slag-sucking fragger, I came to teach you how to block the bond."
The small mech paused and studied the medic for a moment, "you can teach me that?"
"Of course I can. Just who do you think you're asking youngling?" he snorted, "now zip it and listen."
"Now push! Push against him with all the strength you have," Ratchet instructed watching Bumblebee closely hoping this simpler method of blocking would succeed and give the smaller mech a chance at keeping his sanity intact despite the Con's influences.
Clenching his jaw tight, Bumblebee felt the black presence within him and began to push it down. He fought and he screamed within, struggling to force his other half into submission and finally be free. Yet, the darkness pulsed strongly back at him refusing to be so easily controlled by a youngling but Bumblebee was stubborn and not going to give in easily. Barricade may have violated him, Barricade may have taken half of his spark, but Barricade would NOT control HIS life too and in the end the young Autobot's determination was victorious as the darkness surrounding his spark suddenly gave way and fell back allowing, for the time being, to be suppressed.
"There, you're done," the CMO said once he noticed the small mech's frame suddenly relax while the fearful look Ratchet thought would permanently remain etched on Bumblebee's faceplates instead quickly subsided and before vanishing completely. True the youngling wasn't back to his original carefree self, but it was a huge improvement and now the spy wasn't in danger of being taken control of or harming himself through fear.
"Right, can I try and recharge now?" Bumblebee asked truly exhausted from the internal battle but certain he wouldn't be plagued with nightmares again.
"You fraggin better recharge so I can fix those slaggin holes in you properly tomorrow."
With a nod the small mech slipped off into recharge and this time rested, undisturbed by hellish visions.
I'm sorry it's such a short chapter but it was necessary one. The next should be longer.
I want to say thanks to all those who have stuck with me this far despite the LONG gap since my last update. Blocks and life has definitely gotten into the way recently and the holidays are coming back up so I have no clue if I can get anything out quickly again. Also, be on the look out for my other stories being updated within the next week. The long awaited chapter for Nightspark is finished...FINALLY but is getting some last minute checks before it's release. Also Broken Sparks is about 3/4ths of the way there while Incompatible is an unknown. Its finished but I'm far from happy with it.
Again, thank you to all the continued support from you guys and I'll try not to take too long for the next update.


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"We had taken a pledge of Janta curfew on 22 March which we as a nation fulfilled with the responsible contribution of each Indian.
The result of the two-month study of these countries, and what these experts are saying is that social distancing is the only option to combat corona, i.e. remain apart from each other and stay confined to your homes. There is no other way to remain safe from corona. We have to break the cycle of infection.
Social distancing is for every citizen, every family and for every member of the family
From 12 midnight today, the entire country will go under a complete lockdown for the next 21 days. To save India and every Indian there will be a total ban on venturing out of your homes : PM Modi urges today.