Auto Review: Hyundai’s exceptional Elantra
By Bill Heald - ReminderNews
Feature Article - posted Thu., Sep. 15, 2011
Every auto manufacturer (and, let’s face it, everybody else as well) would love to have a crystal ball to predict what the public will be driving a few years down the road. A perfect example of this is when SUVs took off in popularity in just a few short years. If you had predicted this and built a line of them, you were in a terrific position, whereas if you didn’t, you had to scramble to create models to meet the demand.
These days, there’s in increasing demand for exceptional fuel economy, and Hyundai has foreseen this and brought to market a new line of fuel-efficient vehicles, including the all-new Elantra. This is not only the right kind of car at the right time; it’s as handsome, refined and pleasant to drive as it is wonderfully stingy with a gallon of gas.
Like its predecessor, the 2011 Elantra is a compact sedan, but Hyundai points out it really has the interior room of a midsize. Powered by a new “Nu” engine, this is a 1.8-liter Inline Four with 148 horsepower, and a choice of either a six-speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission. We sampled the automatic (made by Hyundai in-house instead of purchased from a supplier), and while the new Elantra won’t be pinning you in the seat under hard acceleration, the front-drive powertrain is acceptably quick and reasonably refined.
The styling of this handsome sedan is called “Fluidic Sculpture” by the designers, and I mention it here because it contributes to low wind noise levels (although there is a bit of road noise). Ride quality is as good (or better) than any cars in the class, and quick steering along with fairly modest external dimensions make for crisp handling and good maneuverability. Strong ABS brakes along with Vehicle Stability Management and a host of other sophisticated electronic algorithms are standard equipment, making the Elantra a loaded car in terms of safety technology.
The interior of this compact-with-the-room-of-a-midsize reveals a continuation of the fluid, contemporary styling and the kind of detail and workmanship rarely (if ever) found in the entry-level class. The driver’s pod reveals clear, concise instrumentation and easy-to-use controls, all of which have a quality that further imparts a sense of craftsmanship. Our Limited test unit included marvelous leather seating surfaces and heated front and rear seats (which we’ll need before you know it). Room is good for all occupants, and my only complaint with the rear seats is the smallish side window makes the rear cabin seem less roomy than it actually is. What doesn’t suffer from such an illusion is the trunk, which, at just shy of 15 cubic feet, is quite capacious.
If all these attributes aren’t enough to impress you, our Elantra Limited had EPA numbers of 29 MPG city/40 highway, and we saw 31 MPG in a week of mixed driving. This is a lot of car for the money, and the 2011 Hyundai Elantra Limited has a base price of $19,980. With options that included a navigation system, our sticker came to $22,830. www.hyundaiusa.com


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The most expensive bottled water in the world, Acqua di Cristallo Tributo a Modigliani, costs a whooping $60,000 per 750ml.
Some very expensive items in the world cost that much because of how rare and exotic they are while others have simply been turned into luxury products and an example is the bottled water.
$60,000 per 750ml Acqua di Cristallo Tributo a Modigliani is the most expensive bottled water in all the world and the water comes from natural springs in Fiji and France. It is bottled in a 24 karat solid gold bottle and was designed by Fernando Altamirano of Tequila Ley, who is also credited with the design of the Cognac Dudognon Heritage Henri IV, thought to be the most expensive bottle of cognac in the world.
The packaging of this water which is meant to just quench your taste is one of the most expensive parts of the water product, although it is said to have a distinct, tantalizing flavor and softness to the pallet that will impress even the biggest bottled water connoisseurs.
While there are a few different styles, the most expensive bottle comes in 750ml of 24k solid gold. The most expensive bottle of Acqua di Cristallo Tributo a Modigliani is that expensive because every single bottle is sprinkled with 5mg of 23k gold. Aside from the luxury factor, that little sprinkling of metal might actually add to the alkalinity of the water and some people believe alkaline water is better for drinking.
There are other bottles of Acqua di Cristallo Tributo a Modigliani that are much more affordable like the Ice Blue bottle, for instance, sells for only $285. The other designs in addition to the solid gold include gold matte, silver, silver matte, and crystal. All of these are cheaper than the solid gold bottle of water, and they all contain the same water mixture from France, Fiji, and Iceland.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A 67-year-old woman died Sunday after her car crashed into a median on Interstate 90 in Cleveland, police said.
The woman’s car struck the center median about 5:40 p.m. in the highway’s eastbound lanes near the East 152nd Street exit, police said.
An ambulance took her to University Hospitals, where she was pronounced dead.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office has not yet released the woman’s name.
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A security guard at liquor baron Vijay Mallya's 'Kingfisher Villa' in the upscale beach-village of Candolim was found dead late Friday, police said.
A police spokesperson said Saturday that a case of unnatural death had been registered at the Calangute police station following the death of Saraj Kumar Singh, a resident of Bihar, who was posted as a security official at the Kingfisher Villa.
"The body has been taken to the Goa Medical College for post mortem examination," an official at the Calangute police station said.
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iOS users have been reporting problems with excessive battery drain after updating to iOS 11.4.
The update to Apple’s mobile operating system was released at the end of May, adding support for Messages in iCloud, plus some media and entertainment features, such as AirPlay 2 and support for two HomePod speakers to work as a stereo pair.
Safe to say, radically reduced battery life was not among the listed additions.
This TC writer also noticed an alarming depreciation in battery performance after updating to iOS 11.4 at the end of last month — with the battery level dropping precipitously even when the handset was left untouched doing nothing.
We reached out to Apple immediately after noticing the problem — but the company has not responded to multiple requests for comment.
Judging by forum complaints, other iOS users have also found that updating to iOS 11.4 impacts the standby battery life of their device.
In my case checking the (beta) battery health feature in the iPhone settings threw no light on the abnormal performance, with maximum capacity reported as a (healthy sounding) 91%, as well a claim that “normal” peak performance was supported.
The ‘battery usage’ report that’s built into iOS also seemed unable to shed any light on what was causing the battery to drain so fast — listing an app that had been used prior to the previous charge as responsible for the largest chunk of usage. So evidently not identifying the real culprit.
In the end, rebooting my affected iPhone seemed to improve the battery drain issue. Though I can’t be sure whether or not the device has taken a small hit to battery performance as a consequence of the iOS update.
In the middle of writing this report, an additional update — iOS 11.4.1 — has been pushed out by Apple, though it’s not clear whether this explicitly fixes the battery drain issue or not. Battery drain is not listed among the bugs iOS 11.4.1 addresses. But, either way, it’s worth updating in case it helps.
Battery and performance issues have been something of a recurring problem for Apple’s iOS devices in recent years. Again in my case, my affected iPhone 6S only had its battery replaced under an Apple free battery replacement program last year — ironically as a result of a battery fault that caused unexpected shutdowns — so really the battery should have a decent amount of life left in it still.
And as (bad) luck would have it, the iPhone 5 I owned prior to this was also affected by an earlier Apple battery fault. So this is the third battery-related problem to strike the two iPhones I’ve owned over the past five years. Which is certainly unfortunate.
That said, two handsets lasting five years is a testament to Apple’s otherwise lasting build quality. (Albeit, this Samsung-branded portable battery pack has been the unsung workhorse hero stepping in when the batteries conked out, as TC colleagues can also testify…)
Meanwhile after more user complaints last year Apple was forced to apologize for not being more transparent with customers about how it handles performance on iOS devices with older batteries — clarifying that its software in fact slows down the maximum performance of iPhones with older batteries as a power management technique to avoid unexpected shutdowns.
Although it also quickly offered discounted $29 battery replacements to iPhone owners with an iPhone 6 (or later) whose battery “needs to be replaced” — as well as promising to add controls to iOS to enable users to switch off the feature if they choose.
For its forthcoming iOS 12 update — which was trailed at WWDC, and is due out this fall — Apple says the release will “double down” on performance, slating a slew of refinements, bug fixes and optimizations incoming. So, hopefully, any lurking battery and performance gremlins will soon be kicked into touch.
In the meanwhile, update. And reboot.


The first half of the season-opening game went about as planned for the Hancock College men's basketball team Friday night.
The Bulldogs had control early and led 36-26 at one point before settling on a 40-35 lead at halftime. Hancock shot 52% from the field and over 44% from 3-point range. The Bulldogs got to the line 15 times in the first 20 minutes.
The second half did not go as planned. Hancock shot 43% from the field then, went 2 for 10 from deep and 6 for 12 from the line.
Cuesta went off in the second half, meanwhile, outscoring the Bulldogs 50-34 to pull away for an 85-74 win at Hancock's Joe White Memorial Gym.
Hancock sophomore Amari Stroud, a 6-foot-10 transfer from Chico State, scored a game-high 20 points. Stroud slammed home a high-flying ally-oop from Dillon DePino to give Hancock a late spark in the second half.
But Cuesta kept scoring. The Cougars went 17 for 31 in the second half and made 6 of 9 3-point attempts, while going 10 for 14 from the free throw line.
Both teams played fairly well on offense, though Hancock did commit 18 turnovers that led to 26 Cuesta points. Hancock led by 10 points early in the first half, but Cuesta was just too efficient, hitting 9 of 16 3-point attempts in the game.
Darryl Brooks led Cuesta with 19 points. Manu Trosman added 18, Alex Aguirre chipped in 16 and Japjit Gill scored 12.
Brooks scored 17 points in the second half, while Aguirre scored 12 second-half points, with Trosman adding 11.
Hancock sophomore Nick Chapman made 4 of his 10 3-point attempts to finish with 12 points. Caleb Whalen, an Arroyo Grande product, scored all nine of his points in the first half. Bryce Carver, the starting point guard and a sophomore, had a solid all-around game with nine points, seven rebounds and five assists.
Hancock actually held a 37-31 advantage in rebounding.
The game was the season-opener for both teams, who typically meet in Western State Conference showdowns. However, in the coronavirus pandemic impacted season, there will be no conference play this year. Hancock, in fact, has nine games scheduled this spring. They are set to play host to Bakersfield on Thursday, March 11 with tip scheduled for 6 p.m. They then play at Bakersfield on March 12.


A Pawsome Story of Hope
21 February 2018
Joanne and her trusty companion Frankie spend their days spreading a message of hope in hospitals, nursing homes, even prisons. It is a long way from her darkest hour facing palliative care.
Joanne’s melanoma journey began six years ago when she had a mole removed from her thigh. Four years later the cancer returned in her groin, and she was told she had Stage III melanoma. Despite a second round of surgery, it quickly progressed to Stage IV.
“I have to confess I’m of that generation that did not put any cream on at all, it just didn’t happen,” Joanne recalls. “The only cream I put on was coconut oil, or baby oil. Now that’s probably where that melanoma started a long time ago.”
Joanne vividly remembers the discussion with her oncologist who suggested she get in touch with the palliative care unit. It is a memory she will never shake.
“Palliative care means you’re dying,” Joanne says. “It is a dreadful, dreadful disease.”
Joanne was thrown a lifeline when her oncologist at Melanoma Institute Australia suggested she try what was at the time a new treatment for melanoma. After an extended period of being very unwell, she turned the corner, and now, none of her tumours are measurable.
“Thank goodness I went to the right place at the right time, because otherwise I wouldn’t be here,” Joanne says. “If I had presented five years ago with what I had, then there is no way I would have survived. It is only through the research done at Melanoma Institute Australia that I am sitting here today.”
Joanne and Frankie, her therapy dog, now devote their time spreading a message of hope to others.
“We’ll go anywhere won’t we Frankie, to say there is life, there is hope. The Melanoma Institute has been there for me 24/7 and I have depended on them and I will be eternally grateful for the rest of my life.
Joanne’s is the latest in a series of emotive videos launched by Melanoma Institute Australia, showing the impact of melanoma on everyday Australians. Watch her story here and join her in the fight against melanoma by signing up for a Melanoma March event near you.
A landmark study led by MIA's Dr Willmott is making a difference to melanoma treatment around the globe.
The highly anticipated annual list is the “who’s who” of the scientific elite from across the globe.
The uniquely Aussie awareness campaign ‘Game On Mole’ is back for its second year – with a new look but same important message.
Professor Richard Scolyer receives The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Distinguished Fellow Award.
Professor Long cites as a highlight of her 2-year Presidency, the phenomenal research output by SMR members who have continued to lead the cancer field despite the impact of COVID-19.
Join in the fun of the virtual event, and together we can run over melanoma!
Melanoma Institute Australia features prominently in the latest ‘Expertise in Melanoma’ world rankings, released by Expertscape.
Participate in our online survey and help us understand the support needs of melanoma patients and carers.
Clinicians and their patients now have access to three online risk calculators developed by researchers at Melanoma Institute Australia.
MIA's Co-Medical Director Professor Richard Scolyer has received The University of Sydney Alumni Award for International Achievement.
More than 120 MIA clinicians, researchers and staff came together online to share research highlights.
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As of Monday 27th July all patients and carers/family members coming into The Poche Centre will be required to bring their own mask.
In a recent issue of Cancer Cell journal, Prof Georgina Long AO and Prof Richard Scolyer discuss the challenge of bringing together clinical work and scientific research to underpin successful cancer research.
Clinicians around the world now have access to a new online calculator that predicts the risk that a patient’s primary melanoma has spread to nearby lymph nodes.
Professor Long has been appointed as an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia (General Division) for distinguished service to medicine, particularly, to melanoma clinical and translational research, and to professional medical societies.
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‘We are extremely proud of our ongoing contribution to the global effort to save lives from melanoma, with Dr Silva’s prestigious award proof that we continue to lead the way,'
MIA's Co-Medical Director, Professor Richard Scolyer, has achieved a Google Scholar h-index of 100.


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Date: August 24, 2009 1:18:45 PM EDT (CA) Subject: RE: [DCHAS-L] Safe Storage of Chemicals (RE: Safely filling plastic solvent waste cans sitting in plastic trays) This discussion thread came at a point where we are also looking at secondary containment for our SAAs. Has anyone raised the possible concern about filling plastic containers sitting in plastic trays with flammable liquids (ala the gas station fires caused by same?) Better yet, has anyone found a secondary containment device which would eliminate the need for debate? Thanks, Steve
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Is becoming vegan worth it?
In this brief guide, we will answer the query, “Is becoming vegan worth it?” and will discuss some reasons why becoming a vegan is worth it.
Is becoming vegan worth it?
Yes, becoming a vegan is worth it. Becoming a vegan has many health benefits like decreased risk of heart diseases, decreased risk of cancer and obesity. Becoming vegan also helps your environment from deteriorating and it also helps to conserve the life of animals on the planet.
In Europe, the proportion of vegetarians is the highest in Italy, the UK, and Germany (9%), while in the Netherlands it is 4%. It is also worth highlighting Austria and Switzerland, where the proportion of vegetarians is 3–3%. Researchers carried out a nationally representative questionnaire in the USA entitled the “National Health Interview Survey”. Only 4% of the participants reported using a vegetarian diet and 2% a vegan diet for health reasons within the past 12 months (1).
What Is a Vegan?
People using vegetarian (plant based) diets can be classified into different subgroups. Vegans do not consume any products of animal origin; therefore, they avoid such types of products in their everyday lives, and this attitude is not restricted to their meals. Lacto-vegetarians consume milk and dairy products, as well. Semi-vegetarians predominantly use a plant-based diet, which, however, may be moderately supplemented with the consumption of poultry and fish. Flexitarians are similar to the previously mentioned subgroup; they mostly eat vegetables and fruit, but they do not have to give up on meat and fish. Pesco-vegetarians are considered to be one of the most permissive users of a plant-based diet, apart from ingredients of plant origin, milk, dairy products, eggs, and fish also feature in their diet (1).
Veganism is all about changing our eating habits, no matter how big or tiny. To decrease animal suffering and fight for a more humane society, veganism encourages people to forgo items manufactured from animals.
Food and lifestyle choices are both possible with this product. Meat, eggs, and dairy products are all excluded from a vegan diet, which consists only of plant-based foods. Additional concerns, such as wearing clothing manufactured from plants like cotton or linen, or alternative materials such as imitation leather in place of clothing made from animal skins like wool or leather, are also part of a vegan lifestyle.
It’s also true that veganism isn’t flawless like any other cuisine or lifestyle choice. Commodity crops like maize, sugar, and coffee may also lead to human rights and environmental violations if they are farmed in a way that exploits people and harms the environment, depending on how they are cultivated. Veganism, by its very nature, seeks to minimize damage.
Evidence suggests that a plant-based diet may result in more effective exploitation of economic resources, which may reduce environmental impacts. Concerning environmental protection, the ameliorating effects on global warming and environmental pollution are mostly reported by researchers. It has been confirmed by a growing number of studies that excessive meat production and meat consumption and factory farm conditions impose an unreasonable burden on the natural environment (1). Therefore, reducing or avoiding meat consumption may be more sustainable.
For the remainder of Veganuary, here are 10 reasons why turning vegan is a good idea?
Cardiovascular disease may be reduced by following a plant-based diet
Meat-based diets are higher in saturated fats than vegetarian ones. According to research, meat-eaters have a higher chance of heart disease death than vegetarians.
A number of nutrition guidelines stress the risk factors of consuming red and processed meat in the development of primarily cardiovascular diseases. The cholesterol level and blood pressure in most vegetarians are found at the lower end of the normal range (1).
A vegan diet might provide you with extra energy
With less fat in your blood, you’re likely to feel energized – both physically and figuratively. An excess of fat in your blood may cause arteries to get obstructed, which prevents your muscles from receiving adequate oxygen. As a consequence, you may feel drained of your vitality.
Vitality is considered a key component of healthy physical and emotional functioning and is maximized when an organism is robustly and healthily functioning. Therefore a healthy diet supporting maximal functioning would be associated with greater vitality. Studies demonstrate that vitality was significantly positively associated with a plant-based diet and reduced sugar intake (2).
Eating meat has a negative environmental impact
Meat isn’t only bad for you, it’s also bad for the world. At every scale, from local to global, consuming beef is responsible for “one of the most major environmental impacts,” a United Nations investigation found. A plant-based diet is a more efficient exploitation of economic resources, which promotes the protection of life on Earth (1).
Vegetables may help reduce blood pressure levels
Studies have indicated that meat-eaters had higher blood pressure than vegetarians and vegans. The leading cause of mortality in the world is hypertension, which is caused by an increase in blood pressure. And the elderly aren’t the only ones who need to be concerned. This observation may be due in part to the lower BMI seen in vegetarians. Lower blood pressure levels may also result from the potassium, magnesium, antioxidants, dietary fat, and fiber found in vegetarian diets. Fruit and vegetable intake was responsible for about one half of the blood pressure reduction (3)..
Eating less meat might help you have better skin
When it comes to improving your skin, a plant-based diet is an excellent choice. The antioxidants included in fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains may help prevent wrinkles, brown spots, and other indications of aging by neutralizing free radicals. Fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes contain a complex mixture of phytochemicals possessing potent antioxidant, antiproliferative, and cancer-protective activity (3).
You can lose weight by being vegan
New research found that a vegetarian diet is twice as successful as a meat-based diet when it comes to weight reduction. Evidence suggests that vegetarian men weighed 4.6–12.6 kg less and vegetarian women weighed 2.9–10.6 kg less than their non-vegetarian peers (1).
Eating less meat may help your digestive system function better
A well-balanced plant-based diet is beneficial to your digestive system as well as your general well-being. While removing meat isn’t enough to enhance digestion, it is necessary to prepare vegan meals wisely. Fruits and vegetables are high in fiber, which means you’ll eat more nutrients, feel full sooner, and have regular bowel movements as a result.
In addition, high fiber intake also encourages the growth of species that ferment fiber into metabolites as short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), including acetate, propionate, and butyrate. The positive health effects of SCFAs are myriad, including improved immunity against pathogens, blood–brain barrier integrity, provision of energy substrates, and regulation of critical functions of the intestine. In conclusion, the available literature suggests that a vegetarian/vegan diet is effective in promoting a diverse ecosystem of beneficial bacteria to support both human gut microbiome and overall health (4).
Veganism has been shown to lessen inflammation in the body
The more processed foods you consume, the more likely you are to have high levels of inflammation in your body. Inflammation that persists for months or years, on the other hand, is not natural and should be avoided. Cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease may all be lowered by doing so.
Vegetarians also consume higher levels of flavonoids and other phytochemicals than do omnivores. These antioxidants provide beneficial cardiovascular protection, by reducing platelet aggregation and blood clotting, acting as anti-inflammatory agents, and improving vascular endothelial function (3).
Diabetes risk may be reduced by avoiding meat
In several studies, animal protein, particularly red and processed meat, has been shown to raise the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Omnivores are twice as likely to get diabetes than vegans. Veganism has the potential to end the mistreatment of animals in the meat industry.
Consider doing it for the animals if you don’t do it for yourself. Animals reared for the meat business sometimes grow up in confined, tiny rooms with limited access to the outside world, even though many of these animals are handled humanely.
Higher intakes of plant foods, such as vegetables, whole grain foods, legumes, and nuts, but not fruit juice, have been associated with a substantially lower risk of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes and improved glycemic control in either normal or insulin-resistant individuals (3).
Other FAQs about Vegans that you may be interested in.
In this brief guide, we answered the query, “Is becoming vegan worth it?” and discussed some reasons why becoming a vegan is worth it.
- Fehér, András, et al. A Comprehensive Review of the Benefits of and the Barriers to the Switch to a Plant-Based Diet. Sustainab, 2020, 12,10.
- Jackson, C.E., DiPlacido, J. Vitality as a Mediator Between Diet Quality and Subjective Wellbeing Among College Students. J Happiness Stud, 2020, 21, 1617–1639.
- Craig, Winston John. Nutrition concerns and health effects of vegetarian diets. Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 2010, 25, 613-620.
- Tomova, Aleksandra, et al. The effects of vegetarian and vegan diets on gut microbiota. Front nutr, 2019, 6, 47.

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A good debt collection agency will have an efficient, streamlined way of getting things done. Look for an agency that optimises their processes so that your debt is collected as soon as possible. It’s also a good sign if the debt collection agency you’re looking at goes out of their way to keep you updated on their progress with your debt because it means that they’re more likely to focus on time efficiency.
When it comes to debt collection, transparency between the debt collection agency and their clients is always essential. Being able to oversee the whole debt collection process would bring business owners peace of mind and it also builds a lot of credibility for the debt collection agency.
Check that the agency you’re looking into has staff that are extremely professional in the way that they deal with debtors. It’s important that a debt collection agency focuses on balancing professionalism with a firm attitude to getting debts collected as soon as possible.
4. Friendly and approachable staff
In addition to being professional, a good debt collection agency will also focus on being friendly and approachable. It’s important for a business to maintain positive relationships with clients and suppliers, and a debt collection agency should never damage these relationships with their methods. It’s best to choose an agency that has trained, friendly staff that know what it takes to get a debt repaid without ruining business-to-business relations.
Experience is a very important factor to consider when choosing a debt collection agency. An experienced agency is more likely to know how to approach all kinds of debt and deal with debtors appropriately. For this reason, you’d have a better chance of collecting debts. Experienced staff know the best techniques to get debtors to pay and debt collection agencies have greater influence over debtors than individual businesses do.
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This is part of a report from an International study done by Luxury Portfolio, a subsidiary of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World.
Personal wealth has grown substantially all over the world since the offi cial end of the recession in 2010. The latest statistics from the wealth monitoring at Credit Suisse suggest a rapid growth not only of the wealthy, but also the ultra-wealthy. Consider the statistics, below:
The ranks of the ultra-wealthy, at $50 million or more in net worth, have also soared to new heights. Worldwide there are an estimated 123,838 individuals at this prestigious level, an increase of 53% in just fi ve years. What’s more, half of the world’s ultra-wealthy live in North America, which is adding to the count more than twice as fast as Asia-Pacifi c (58% versus 22% growth 2010–2015) and still faster than Europe (39% growth between 2010–2015). The concentration of wealth continues to remain in the West, despite the strong inroads made by Eastern economies. As more individuals enter into the world of wealth, we decided to take a closer look at the Global Top 1%, or in this case, those with a minimum of USD 3 million in assets (excluding primary residence).
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Fake Memories for Sale at the Edge Observation Deck
It‘s a whole operation giving life to the “Edge” observation deck at Hudson Yards. Tickets start at $35 USD. You go through security and into a dark hall where you’re nudged into posing for a camera that takes your photo, no explanation given by staff. After the flash, you are ushered into a fancy elevator clad with high definition displays. “Enjoy the show!”, says the staff member as the doors to the elevator close, referring to the video that plays on the walls as you're lifted to the top.
The elevator doors open. “The deck is right ahead and our champagne bar to the left.” Champagne goes for $21 a pop, $17 if you buy ahead of time with your ticket. At least they thought about giving you something to do other than waiting for people to clear the view of the city where you want to take your selfie. The behavioral disruption caused by people’s cameras becomes the protagonist of your visit. Cameras, they need to be fed your moment. As beautiful an artifact as they are, they afford fetishization at the expense of your senses.
The moment comes when you feel like the visit is done. The purpose is gone. You look for a way out, it’s obviously after the gift shop. You now discover that the exit is controlled. You can’t just go, you have to be let go. You want to get off, but there’s a long line. You start looking for other exits. Eventually you accept it, you got to line up. There’s something abnormal whenever you have to queue up for something, it speaks of inharmony, of scarcity. “Ladies and gentlemen, we have more elevators upstairs with no line”, shouted the security staff. Shouting was the only way people could know about the elevators upstairs, there is no signage.
You climb the stairs, the elevator is there, you feel relief. Another highly-produced video plays on the walls as you’re taken down. In full irony, the video is an animation of the view you would have if the elevator actually faced the city. The video is meant to fill the awkward gap created by a very tall building almost fully inaccessible to the common New Yorker. Ding! The elevator stops.
You're now back at the lobby. Before you leave, would you take a look at this picture? It's a photo of you and your family, photoshopped onto the view of the deck that everyone wants but no one gets because of the crowds. It’s the photo the staff took with zero explanation as you were rushed into the elevator on your way up. It’s a moment that didn’t happen, in a photo booklet that goes for $50. It feels like a lot of money but it feels wasteful, leaving behind a living trace of you.
“What happens to the photos people don’t buy?”, you ask a staff member. “We recycle them”, they reply. It wouldn’t be surprising if they shredded them. The burden is placed on you of leaving the photo behind. The strategy reeks of greed, a place willing to do anything for a chance to make a buck out of it, even if that means siphoning people up through a building that is not meant for them and printing for them fake photos, so they may take a brief look and get a whiff of how it feels to live in a monumental luxury glass tower.


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Molly of Denali
|Molly of Denali|
|Country of origin||Canada|
|Production company(s)||Atomic Cartoons|
|Original network||PBS Kids|
|Original release||Summer 2019|
Molly of Denali is an upcoming animated television series created and produced by Atomic Cartoons and WGBH Kids for PBS Kids and CBC Television. Premiering sometime in 2019, the series will be the first ever nationally distributed children's show to feature an Alaska Native as the main character and protagonist.
- "PBS Kids orders animated series from Atomic Cartoons". Playback, May 9, 2018.
- "Upfronts ’18: CBC debuts 17 new series". Playback, May 24, 2018.
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Have You Ever Heard of Ayahuasca?
I spent two years trapped in my thoughts, my mind set to living in the future: major anxiety.
My mind would look back to when I was fine, when life was a joy. This habit-loop of looking back toward happy memories caused depression to kick in…
I would lock myself in my room–I was looking for answers and living in fear.
Innumerable doctors prescribed all kinds of medication to me. Prozac being the worst. Prozac captured my mind; it locked my focus on death–for three months, suicide permeated my thinking. Thanks Prozac.
This wasn’t how life should be, I deserved more. I kept searching. I was open to anything. Anything that would work to bring the joy back. Seeking advice, looking for help, I sought any information I could.
A Chat Forum Sets me on a Journey
On a chat forum one night–it was a forum for people with problems–something, a word, leaped out. It more or less slapped me in the face. Some guy responded to my plight.
“Have you ever heard of Ayahuasca?”
I thought, what is Ayahuasca? Looking back now, it seems, via the forum, Ayahuasca called out to me. Thanks to the tip I’d got on the forum, I began to research about ayahuasca. Could it help me? If so, where can I try it? Is it safe?
Is ayahuasca safe medically?
“I think ayahuasca is quite safe medically, but because it’s a powerful psychoactive drug, it should be used only under the supervision of someone familiar with its effects. I do not advise using it casually or recreationally, nor should it be used in jurisdictions where it is illegal or its legality is in question. It can be psychologically risky if taken under wrong circumstances.” —Andrew Weil, M.D
I had nothing to lose but my life. I would have to fly to Peru to have the opportunity to try Ayahuasca.
My research had turned up a place called the Hummingbird Center (located outside of Iquitos, Peru in the center of the Amazon), which, via even more research, I felt good about going to–it’d be the place of my first Ayahuasca experience.
Within two weeks of seeing the word Ayahuasca, I had booked my flight to Lima without telling anyone in my family because I was afraid they would talk me out of going. Finally, three days before I flew, I told my family what I had planned.
My mum broke down in tears; my sister was a mess; my dad said, “You are insane.”
It was my last hope. I was shitting my pants.
The Journey Unfolds in Peru
I finally arrived at the Iquitos airport, where an Australian bloke met me and ferried me to the Hummingbird Center.
When I arrived, I was asked to go for a private talk in the moloca with two shamans and the owner of the Hummingbird. I opened-up fully, like never before, and broke down into tears. I thought–fuck it–I’m going to tell them every thing I feel, every crazy thought I’ve had leading up to this, and how I was destroying my family back home. They listened and then let me leave.
I felt good for being honest to myself.
The next night was my first ceremony, there were about 12 people who all sat in a circle. The sounds of the rainforest buzzed all around us. Moonlight cast the shadows of every tree onto the moloca floor. I had a mattress, some water and a vomit bucket.
Time was up. My name was called out. I walked up and drank the mucky brown spine shivering brew, and then I returned to my mattress and sat cross legged, waiting for the effects.
The Medicine Takes Hold
Forty minutes after ingesting the brew, I started to see things moving.
My body felt cold. I needed to pee. I got up and started to stumble to the door feeling dizzy. I walked up to a tree and let it out; this is when I started to notice the medicine beginning to work much stronger: the plants were moving. I returned back to my mattress and laid down. A sense of fear and tension overcame me. Dark objects and patterns came into my visions.
I began to think that my journey was a big mistake; that coming all this way to take some brew I’d heard about in a forum was a big mistake.
But, then, a beautiful voice started to sing.
My hearing was intensified and the voice, a female voice, was so powerful. The singing caused my visions to change into pure vibrant colours and my heart felt like it was going to explode. Somehow her voice made me surrender to my tension and fear. Her powerful voice filled me with joy. I was shot into a different world and was shown myself, who I was and what I had been doing to hurt others.
The experience lasted six hours. It altered my thinking and opened my heart in a way I had never experienced before in my life. My whole perspective on life changed.
I couldn’t wait to talk to someone and tell them how I felt and what I had seen: This first ceremony changed my life forever.
When I returned home I met my family with a huge smile and an open heart. They couldn’t believe my transformation. I was crying with joy just to see there faces.
A New Life
After being home for two weeks, my father and I went on a trip together. We visited Thailand and Vietnam. I passed a skydiving and scuba diving course; I never would have contemplated trying these things before. The medicine, ayahuasca, had transformed my life.
When I returned home from Southeast Asia, after two months, I was not feeling myself. I began to realise that what I was eating had a huge impact on how I felt; also, alcohol was bringing back the negative thoughts.
I remembered about someone I had met in Iquitos who was now a close friend, Matej. He had practised yoga and meditation for ten years, my mind clicked at the thought of him and the next day I sent him an email–I began to start my own practise of yoga, my heart reopened and the same feelings I experienced when I heard heard the song in the ayahuasca ceremony came flooding back into my body!
I have now been practising yoga for just over a year and stick to a clean diet. I’ve discovered some great herbs and super foods. I’m also waking-up to the truth of our society. I’m freeing myself from the matrix haa!
Now I find myself always full of energy, and I have helped many people going through the same difficulties–many of my close friends have come to me for advice due to my story and transformation, my new freedom from depression.
At the end of the day, I believe that I suffered because I used to treat others like I was better than them; I ate in a horrendous manner, always going to places like McDonald’s and KFC; I was into drugs and listened to shit music.
I am happy that I went through all the suffering because, I now feel, it’s the best teacher, and it’s there for a reason. I now live my life with a totally different perspective.
Today, there are a few truths that guide my current life path:
- Service to others
- Surrender to tension
- Eat to fuel your body, not fill an appetite
- Do what you love doing everyday
- Let go of greed
- Listen to 432hz & 528hz frequency
About the Author
Ross James Brown’s life turned around after his ayahuasca experience. Skydiving, professional tree house building and other wandering the world are some of the things Ross has accomplished since recovering from depression–by his own account–thanks to ayahuasca’s healing power.

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The pattern was hand drawn by me on a cotton pouch. The twist? The other side of the pouch is colorful Batik!
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21 Jan Flag Burning – An act of free speech or a crime
“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag — if they do, there must be consequences — perhaps a loss of citizenship or year in jail!” – Donald Trump.
President Trump has made up his mind when it comes to flag burning. The United States of America is still debating this controversial issue. The first mentions of demeaning a national symbol date back to 1907. In the case of Halter v. Nebraska. The court stated that a business cannot sell beer with flag labels on the bottles. In 1968, Federal Flag Desecration Law was passed making acts like publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning or trampling of the American flag as illegal, which was then later revoked. In 1974, in Spence v. Washington, the court stated that a person cannot be convicted for sticking a peace sign on an American Flag implying such an act to be protected expression under the First Amendment.
The first sparks flew when in 1984, Gregory Lee Johnson broke state law by burning a flag at the Republican Convention in Dallas. Johnson was fined and sentenced to one year in prison. On June 21, 1989, United States Supreme Court voted 5-4 in favor of Johnson considering his actions as symbolic speech.
Justice Antonin Scalia, later, expressed his views in a public event.
“If it were up to me, I would put in jail every sandal-wearing, scruffy-bearded weirdo who burns the American flag,” Scalia said at a November 2015 event in Philadelphia. “But I am not king.”
President Donald Trump’s proposal of a penalty which includes jail time or loss of citizenship for burning the flag received heavy criticism. Steve Vladeck, a renowned Professor at the University of Texas Law School, stated that Trump’s idea that citizens possibly be expatriated as a discipline is not a plausible solution.
“In addition to ignoring the Supreme Court’s clear teaching that flag burning is constitutionally protected speech, Mr. Trump’s tweet also casually suggests that citizens should lose their citizenship as a ‘penalty’ for such acts,” Vladeck said. “Even if flag burning weren’t protected, it would still be unconstitutional to deprive someone of their citizenship without some voluntary act on their part to renounce their allegiance to the United States or pledge fealty to a foreign sovereign.”
There is a clear distinction between authentic and forced patriotism. Flag burning and desecration is undoubtedly offensive, but it is political in nature. The best manner to fight a political expression is to express disapproval rather than banning the expression itself. If we allow Congress to decide what is acceptable under the right of free speech, it defies the purpose of the constitution and the First Amendment. Even the courts agree when it comes to the expression of free speech. Every citizen can express their anguish or pain through an act of free expression until it is not hurting someone physically or damaging tangible property.
However, certain acts are so condemnable in nature that there is no other way than to altogether ban the activity. To quote such an example – burning of Quran is forbidden as it can lead to hurtful sentiments and disrupt national peace. Similarly, the American flag is a holy symbol representing what we as a country stand for. If we allow burning of our national symbols, it can pave a pathway of hatred and a blatant rejection of government institutions. Our soldiers have sacrificed their lives and are still fighting as we speak to protect the freedom and integrity which our flag represents. Flag burning shatters the morale of armed forces for whom the nation is not just a piece of land but a sacred place and flag, not a piece of cloth but a holy symbol representing their belief.
Burning a flag is a mindset and not just a problem. We need to find a better way to deal with such a complex issue. What do you think?
Should it be illegal to burn the American flag?
Debe LangePosted at 02:37h, 16 October
In July of 2004, there was a bill that was presented to Congress about that very same thing. So how come its not a law yet?
Check out the FLAG CODE for yourself. https://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagcode.htm.
claudiu gPosted at 22:39h, 26 February
Despite of all the opinions here , and i respect to them , I absolutely believe that when it comes to the flag , burning , desecrating , or defacing it should be a felony and punishable by law . Freedom of speech or expression should have limits , of common sense , respect of others , and respect for the millions that lost their life and their families in order to fly that flag high .The flag does not have only a political meaning and it does not belong to any one person , it represents a nation …united
SLPosted at 21:43h, 12 February
The American flag is not anyone’s property. It is the property of the people, and therefore the people have the right to do what they wish with it.
Additionally, the first amendment does not protect only free speech. It gives the freedom of the press, religion, petition, and assembly. Simply put, it grants the right for anyone to express themselves in a peaceful way. Flag burning is relatively peaceful, considering the fact that our ancestors did far worse to protest the British rule. Like it or not, flag burning is clearly protected by the first amendment.
RobertPosted at 20:01h, 19 December
A guy in Ames Ia was just sentenced to 16 years in jail for burning a gay pride flag. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/man-sentenced-to-16-years-in-prison-for-burning-churchs-pride-flag
If it were an American flag it would have been OK…. how does that make sense???
ChadPosted at 03:26h, 16 January
Well, it’s still illegal to destroy other people’s property. And since his vandalism was motivated by prejudice, he racked up a hate crime too.
16 years though…..that’s one helluVA sentence
kbPosted at 17:19h, 02 December
I’m researching this topic for a civics assignment, and I think that while it should be at least prohibited, it shouldn’t be illegal to burn the American Flag.People may be offended at a politician or someone else, and could burn the flag to symbolize what they think will happen if that person or group is in charge or something.
EPosted at 19:55h, 28 October
It should remain legal.
I don’t think that the government should be allowed to punish a citizen for political expression that they, or the general public disagree with. The point of having rights, under the constitution, is to limit what the government can do to you. One of those rights is freedom of speech. Government doesn’t have to give you a microphone, but they shouldn’t be allowed to take it from you either.
Thomas SchneiderPosted at 01:34h, 03 October
SuePosted at 03:09h, 25 July
A crime. Free speech does not cover destroying our property.

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Africa achieved no polio case for a year – No new case of wild polio reported in the African continent since more than a year.
For the first time, Africa has achieved a year without any new case of wild polio and the continent is on course to be declared a polio free zone. But it will be too early to celebrate the landmark because three years must lapse without a new infection for a region to be announced polio-free. No cases have been reported in the any African nation since 11 August last year, an 18-month-old toddler was reported in the northern province of Mudug in Somalia.
“It is extremely encouraging and demonstrates real progress. However, it must also be taken within context, and with caution,” said Dr. Hamid Jafari, head of the World Health Organization’s polio eradication wing. The global effort to eradicate the disease began in 1998 when more than 350,000 infections of polio were recorded across the globe in about 125 countries. The Gates Foundation and Rotary International are among the biggest contributors to polio eradication.
After the data verification, Nigeria is likely to be dropped from the list of polio-endemic countries, leaving only two other nations Afghanistan and Pakistan. The authorities fear that insecurity in northern Nigeria might prove a major setback in the quest to eradicate the disease. Somalia had gone for six years without a polio case when the capital Mogadishu saw an outbreak in May 2013, that sparked a nationwide vaccination campaign. Somalia reported no polio case this year as compared to last year’s 198 recorded infections. Many health experts have called it a remarkable achievement for the epidemic regions.
Poliomyelitis widely known as polio is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus, which belongs to Picornaviridae family. The disease was first recognized in 1789 and the microorganism that causes it was identified more than a century later in 1908. The virus invades the nervous system and may cause irreversible paralysis.
The infection usually spread from person to person through infected feces, contaminated water, and less likely from infected saliva. Polio vaccine can prevent the disease however a number of doses are required for it to be effective. In 2013, nearly 400 people reported to have the infection as compared to 350,000 cases in 1998.
Next two years will determine whether Africa will be able to make it to the list of polio-free declared regions such as Americas, Europe and South-East Asia. IMAGE/AP


Just for laughs, we’re going to take a look at a slightly-too-complex yet elegant solution to a seemingly simple task: creating a list of 100 fictional company names for a demo database.
Execution order of non-deterministic functions
Here’s a strange insight that I gained when building a test case where I needed some randomized values. In order to generate random values, you can use the NEWID() function, which creates a uniqueidentifier value for each row. But NEWID() comes with a strange behaviour, that some (including me) will consider a bug, while others (including the SQL Server development team) consider it to be “by design”.


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Living in Jamaica, I have had to adopt a sense of quasi-paranoia about my whereabouts at all times. It almost seems ridiculous to mention the two places in the same breath — they seem to be on opposite sides of the safety spectrum. Jamaica, infamous for its violence, can in no way be compared to Georgetown. But I have learned that a person’s safety is never guaranteed, no matter how peaceful his environment may seem.
The recent, brutal murder of a young woman in a nearby Bethesda, Md., athletic clothing store has deeply affected me. The circumstances under which it occurred should have never been permitted: The store was not equipped with any security cameras, and there was no security guard present to protect the women who were closing up that Friday night. The situation one of the young female store clerks found herself in was a vulnerable one, to say the least.
In response, as I have been told by an employee of the same retail chain, corporate heads are making drastic changes to their security policies. Yet I am disappointed that it took a tragedy of this immensity to spark an increase in security measures at the company’s retail outlets. Perhaps they assumed that in an area as quiet as Bethesda, such measures would not be necessary. Too often are seemingly safe environments like these taken for granted.
Last semester’s string of Village A thefts are a perfect example of students’ disregard for their own safety on campus. Most of these robberies resulted from negligent residents who simply didn’t lock their apartment doors behind them. While the school’s campus and its surrounding areas may not be the bustling, high-paced area that is downtown Washington, D.C., it’s important to not allow the so-called ‘bubble’ to be disarming.
The kind of recklessness displayed by some students is simply frightening. Nearly once a week, a Public Safety Alert is sent out, informing the Georgetown community that a stranger assaulted a student late at night as they walked home. While I am not in any way justifying these attacks, it’s naïve to believe that since Georgetown is such an upscale area, one doesn’t need to be as vigilant and cautious as anywhere else.
This considerable disregard for safety is juxtaposed with the growing obsession with crime dramas. A new series premieres almost every season. “CSI,” “Law and Order” and other shows portray some of the most heinous and imaginative crimes on a nightly basis. By accepting violence as entertainment, have we as the viewers become too far removed to internalize what happens in our own communities and adopt more vigilant safety precautions? Whatever the case, students need to do away with the dangerous belief that “It can’t happen to me.”
Movies like “Saw” and “American Psycho” have made me second-guess the innocent-looking man at the bus stop. But I look around, and I can see that nobody else shares these thoughts. American culture seems to foster a false sense of invincibility.
I will concede that it can be hard to keep one’s guard up at all times, especially in an area not known for violence. But I have learned that it is important to always practice the most basic safety precautions. Instead of walking alone, go out in pairs. Keep valuables out of plain sight. Take the extra two minutes and make sure your apartment is secure. After all, prevention is the best cure.
Nneka Jackson is a junior in the College. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF appears every other Tuesday.


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The Carbon Company and the chemical company BASF have concluded the joint research of a new composite material system as an important development step of their collaboration. The system aims at enhancing the cost-effectiveness of manufacturing thermoplastic carbon-fiber composites, for example in injection procedures (T-RTM: thermoplastic resin transfer molding) and reaction injection molding. The composite is based on a reactive polyamide system and compatible carbon fibers. A carbon-fiber surface—or sizing—specially designed for the matrix system as well as tailored thermoplastic reactive systems mean that lightweight structural components for, say, the automotive industry can now be manufactured quickly and easily.
This collaboration between SGL Group and BASF was launched back in October 2012. On the basis of the now-complete material research, the transfer of the special systems made from carbon fibers and matrices into specific applications of customers in the automotive industry is now under way.
As part of this collaborative project, SGL Group developed a new sizing formulation for the carbon fibers. In addition, special processes for manufacturing carbon-fiber-based textiles such as fabrics and braidings were also developed. To produce Non-Crimp-Fabrics (NCF), special threads are used that enable processing in the reactive polyamide system.
BASF's role in this project was to process SGL Group's newly developed carbon fibers using the T-RTM technique and to characterize them comprehensively both chemically and mechanically. The BASF research team is continuing to work intensively on the development of caprolactam-based thermoplastic reactive systems.
Tilo Hauke, head of research at SGL Group: "The interaction of all components is of central importance for innovative composites based on reactive polyamide. With its extensive material knowhow, SGL Group brought a range of tailored solutions for sizings and fiber processing to this collaborative project."
Josef R. Wünsch, head of Structural Materials and Systems Research at BASF: "In close collaboration with plant manufacturers as well as tiers and automotive OEMs, we are working on the development of robust polyamid 6 carbon-fiber composite systems. The mechanical characteristic values arising from the interaction of the fiber and matrix are crucial input parameters for our simulation tool Ultrasim®.
We are currently working intensively on enhancing our simulation expertise for reactive systems so that we can provide our customers with expert support for part design and optimization."
Thermoplastics-based carbon-fiber composites combine the properties of carbon fibers such as high rigidity and low weight with the familiar processing advantages of thermoplastics, allowing them to be formed, recycled and welded. This helps make carbon fiber technology an even more viable proposition for large-scale production in a number of different applications.
At BASF, we create chemistry – and have been doing so for 150 years. Our portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products and crop protection products to oil and gas. As the world’s leading chemical company, we combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Through science and innovation, we enable our customers in nearly every industry to meet the current and future needs of society. Our products and solutions contribute to conserving resources, ensuring nutrition and improving quality of life. We have summed up this contribution in our corporate purpose: We create chemistry for a sustainable future. BASF had sales of over €74 billion in 2014 and around 113,000 employees as of the end of the year. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN). Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com.
Компания Proterra недавно заявила, что их 12 метровый электроавтобус Catalyst XR с нулевым выхлопом проехал 258 миль (413 км) на одной зарядке во время испытаний компании Michelin, проведённых на полигоне LPG (Laurens Proving Grounds) в Лоренсе (Канзас).
Патент на изобретение зарегистрирован в Государственном реестре изобретений Российской Федерации. Речь идет о получении сополимеров акрилонитрила, которые широко используются в производстве углеродного волокна.
2 сентября 2015 года Научно-технический центр «Эльбрус» прошел процедуру добровольной ресертификации «Евро Стандарт Регистр» и подтвердил соответствие требованиям международного стандарта ГОСТ ISO 9001-2011
Сегодня системный подход к менеджменту является необходимым условием постоянного процесса совершенствования производства, устойчивого развития компании и повышения ее конкурентоспособности.


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A chapter in the history of the world.
Genetically altered forms resembling living organisms.
The forms are part of an intimate landscape experience.
An inspired desire to capture something of a living presence.
A thread runs through the work linking the pieces, best described by the notion of the eternal tree as a metaphor for the idea that we are nature and nature is us. Linked in every way. What is one is also the other.
Discovering nature as ourselves has found our place as participant, not as an unconnected force but remembered from within. Precisely what that thread is or where it is taking me is unknown to me. The content of this journey is revealed by way of each work, so it is both intriguing and unknowable at the same time.
Words regarding the work tend to dilute.
The work feels connected, as if it should "be". The forms have taken on some kind of pertinent presence.
I always sense a kind of familiarity in the work, when I feel good about it.
Explanations miss the point. The forms are simply there. It has a presence but requests no explanation. Little point in wondering what it's for.
The work does not require a response and is neither self conscious nor invasive. It is silent, but that does not mean nothing is said.
Engagement and participation are encouraged by a slow and contemplative journey through the work. In 1998, I made a sculpture called Garden of Eden and a number of installations since have made reference to the idea of a garden. The Garden as metaphor for the environment.
Ken Scarlett, well-known curator and arts writer pointed out in his essay A Sculptural Journey published in a catalogue of my work called Images in the Mirror and I quote: - "The virginal, pure white of the work is somewhat misleading, for the Garden of Eden has been defiled, there is a hidden cynicism, an implied criticism of society and it's neglect of the environment".
So if it happens that an artist "says" something he does so by subjecting content to invention and metaphor.
Everything reminds us of something, intended or not, to free himself the artist must break away from whatever went before. Especially in his own work, take another step, move on, don't remain in the same place, take a chance. Art is not made in a comfort zone.
Keenness of vision is a means to an end, that end being the transformation of things seen in a coherent and personal universe. So what you make of it depends on the keenness of your personal vision.
Events inform content. Content by implication constructs. Art evaluates "being there", linking events at the edge to living the chaotic silence of our personal space.
Some constructs are strange and unfamiliar. The work contains elements of the known and the abstract. The relationship between the pieces is intriguing but unknowable. Components relate to other components by the presence of being there but no amount of dialogue will explain what is there.
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Why Stevie Nicks Wrote Kanye West a Heartfelt Letter
Always great to see legendary artists stay on top of current music and still be able to tour. Nicks found out during a recent Huff Post interview that Kanye West is obsessed with her solo material.
Stevie Nicks responded by saying…Why does my music touch artists like Kanye West? I would say, a) I didn’t know that but I like him very much and, b) I actually wrote him a letter once after his mom died.
I wrote him a three-page letter that was about how I felt about losing his mother and what she must have meant to him and the way that he lost her in such a crazy way. And I never sent it to him because I thought “Oh, be’ll just think this is stupid and what does this girl want with me and what is she writing about my mother for.?”
And so I never sent it. So I’m very interested and touched by the fact that you say that there is some love from him towards my music and I might just have to type that letter up and send it off now. You can read the entire story here


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With the demise of the viharas, gone forever were the days when education would be open for all (castes) and not restricted to a minuscule minority. Gone too were the universities, till the British arrived and started building the new ones after the European pattern. There was a long period of the Indian version of the dark ages when social reaction triumphed.
To come back to the trip to Nagarjunakonda, which has been reconstructed on an island after the original site was submerged under the waters when a dam was built over the Krishna river. There is a reconstructed Buddhist monastery as well as megalithic mounds. On the banks of the river there is a place called Anupu that has some of the reconstructed sites. The picture below is taken at Anupu and is the reconstruction of the amphitheater, possibly inspired by the ones in Rome. Though the association is hypothetical, the place is named after acharya Nagarjuna, the founder of the Mahayana school of Buddhism. More on him in a later post. For now, here are some pictures from the trip.
Amphitheater at the monastery, Anupu
A Buddha statue and a stupa, Nagarjunakonda
Cheerful people on the way…
Sunset over the past
More pictures here.
4 thoughts on “A Pilgrimage”
With the demise of the viharas, gone forever were the days when education would be open for all and not restricted to a minuscule minority.
Any idea if the students of the Viharas entered married life?
As far as I understand it was restricted to only monks. But your point is well taken, I should have said education would be ‘open to all castes’ and not ‘open to all’.
I believe this was the case with both Jainism and Buddhism. I’m not sure how this would have prevented Brahmins from structuring a caste society. There was no Buddhist or Jain community identity (I think Jain communities were established after 8th century, restricted to few castes, in south and north-west). I’m also not sure of the ability of celibate education to bring about any social change. For an analogy, we can consider Mongolia where by 1920, 50% of the male population were supposedly Buddhist monks.
I suppose, by ‘open to all castes’, you mean, after the ascendancy of Brahmanical Hinduism in India. Prior to that I suppose there was at least one Varna or caste that of Brahmins. I believe many of the Buddhist and Jain monks were Brahmins or so had been dutifully recorded(including mythical/historical Nagarjuna).
The point I was trying to make was that the viharas and ancient Buddhist universities were great attempts at taking education to broader sections of society. They were not ideal and cannot be compared with modern education. The social reaction that set in after Buddhism did not attempt to even carry forward these legacies. None of the subsequent religions- Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism attached any importance to spreading education systematically.

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Confined together in the Citadel, they struggle to counter myth and superstition with logic and reason. Is the Curse of Peladon about to strike those who form a union with the Federation? Has the Royal beast Aggedor risen to defend the planet's independence? And could one of the delegates actually be working to double-cross the others? The Doctor and Jo must work fast to solve these and other questions, and at the same time stay alive.
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,Looking for a group to run, jog or walk with or just looking for an excuse to exercise? Come fly with the Flying Irish Running Club! We are a group of fun runners, walkers, joggers, and sloggers that meet up each week for a social run of 3+/- miles. Families and well-behaved dogs are welcome! We started off as a crazy idea of trying to organize a group run for friends that has now turned into the world’s largest social running club. We now have approximately 150-200 people joining us every week for our run and, get this: ITS ALL FREE! (Please support our host venues by purchasing beverages/food. We also appreciate your club merchandise purchases since these are how we pay for necessities such as insurance, trail fees, and this website!
Our Mission: The Flying Irish Running Club is dedicated to the furthering of an active lifestyle through running in a social setting and strives to positively promote the sport of running. The Club is committed to provide fellowship, camaraderie, encouragement, guidance and to help people enjoy running in a social setting.
We are organized as a 501c3 nonprofit under Washington State law so that means we have a Board of Directors who are voted on in a biannual basis that oversee the operation of the Club.
We meet every Thursday night at 5:45pm. Our official season goes from the first Thursday in March until Thanksgiving. Our Annual Meeting and End of the Season Party is the Thursday following Thanksgiving. Sign up for our weekly email (March-November) and/or follow us on Facebook to find out where we’ll be running from each week.
For further details please see our Membership page.
WE ARE THE FLYING IRISH AND WE RUN SPOKANE!!
History of the Flying Irish Running Club
It all started back in 2005 when the Flying Irish Running Club’s founder, Peter, came up with a grand idea that running should be a fun and social activity. Sure Spokane is a great running community with some of the top High School cross-country and track teams in the nation and the mega-running event in Bloomsday but what about a weekly activity for the average person? Unfortunately there wasn’t much available in Spokane, let alone the rest of the country, at that time. So with this idea starting to take form, Peter approached Tim O’Doherty, owner of O’Doherty’s Irish Grille in downtown Spokane, about an idea that he had. Tim was able to be convinced by Peter’s crazy idea that a decent amount of people would meet up for a run each week. So Tim went along with the idea and the Flying Irish Running Club found its first home.
The first ever run for the Flying Irish was on March 2, 2006 with a group of 9 runners with Peter later claiming that most of which were his family that he had persuaded to come. By the end of that first year, however, the Flying Irish had grown to a total membership of 202. But the highlight of the first year was the introduction of the shirting ceremony. It was already decided before the first run that to earn the Club’s shirt you had to run 6 times, which is based off of Jeff Kaline’s jersey number that hangs on the wall at O’Doherty’s. The only thing was, there wasn’t a plan for any official ceremony. Well, after the first of the shirts were handed out in mid-April one runner who had just received his shirt decided to jump on top of the bar at O’Doherty’s and tell an Irish joke in similar fashion to how you earn the right to put a $1-bill on the wall at O’Doherty’s after singing a song. The runner may or may not have had a few glasses of the “black stuff” before commencing on with the beginning of the tradition that has been done by thousands of other runners since.
The Flying Irish called O’Doherty’s home for 6 years before it ultimately had to move on to a larger hosting area to accommodate the huge growth of the Club. In those six years the Club saw a growth to over 2,500 people running each year with an average of 375 per week with that being far larger than what the total number of people who ran in the first year alone. Also during those years the number of routes grew from the 6 original ones to over 12 different routes. It was a sad day to leave O’Doherty’s but the Flying Irish still goes back “home” a couple of times a year for Legacy Runs.
But as before, the Flying Irish Running Club was never ready to settle and it keeps on trying to improve itself to live up to its reputation as the biggest and best social running club in the world. The 2013 season saw numerous changes for the Club including: a new logo, the addition of a Club Coat of Arms, a new website and the biggest one of all: the move to make the Flying Irish a nonprofit organization. All these changes will enhance the experience people have when they run with the Flying Irish Running Club.
With the 2014 season in full swing we stepped up the Flying Irish experience even more with the addition of the 50-run sweatshirts, new 33-run singlets, hats, a Flying Irish tent to have at local races so that our members can socialize a little more and to top it all off our very own beer: Flying Irish Pale brewed locally in Spokane by Iron Goat Brewery.
Flying Irish Running Club Records and Milestones
*All records are as of November 28, 2020 unless otherwise indicated.
First Official Run: March 2, 2006
First Run Attendance: 9 Runners
Total Number of All-Time Official Flying Irish Runs: 502
Total Number of People Who Have Run With the Flying Irish: 11,293
Most People to Run in One Year: 2,503 (2013)
Most Total Runs in a Year: 16,567 (2013)
Largest Single-Run Attendance: 633 (3/14/2013)
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400 Run Club
Karen Cobean, Eddie Thompson, Mike Tonkyn, Chrystal Wachtel
500 Run Club
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Super Easy DIY Giant Spider Will Up Your Halloween Decorating Game
Back when I was a young mom and living in Princeton, IN, I would throw incredible Halloween parties. It included Halloween-themed food, crazy good costumes, and of course decorations everywhere. I usually answered the door, for each guest with a spooky candelabra in hand.
Every year, I tried to top myself. My teacher friends all pitched in too. One of my friends was the Home Ec teacher so she made creative, delicious, and fun finger foods for the parties. When I say finger food, I'm not seriously mean it. One year, she actually made pigs-in-a-blanket look like real fingers. She was the best.
I, on the other hand, was the master of decorations. Setting the tone was my forte'. Candles were lit with scary scenes in each corner, and haunted house vibes throughout. I achieved that look and feel with my creative use of cobwebs.
One year, I can remember being extra proud of my webs. Many, at the party, commented on how realistic they looked. One little boy, who was around 7 years old at the time, thought they looked so real, he told his mom and was a really bad housekeeper. LOL
To be completely honest, some of the cobwebs WERE real and yes, I'm not the best at keeping my house clean. Maybe, that's why I love my haunted house Haloween parties so much. I didn't have to clean the house before the party. ;-)
I tell you if I had known how to make these giant spiders go along with my incredible cobwebs, my parties might still be happening. If for no other reason than to see the spiders.
The DIY spider photos jumped out to me in a Halloween craft Facebook group I belong to and I had to reach out to the creative designer. This is what she said in her post status.
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Guyana’s senior men’s rugby team that is popularly known as the ‘Green Machine’ will engage debutants to the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Championship; Guadeloupe, for the South Zone title this Saturday at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground on Vlissengen Road and Carifesta Avenue.
To this end, the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has been preparing for the past month for this championship match with three trial matches at the National Park athletics track that saw over 40 athletes showing up to show their worth on each day.
When Kaieteur Sport contacted the coach of the ‘Green Machine’, Kenneth Grant-Stuart, he revealed that he has selected 27 players that will be encamped from last evening before being reduced to the final 23 by tomorrow.
The list of the 27-players in training are as follows: Jason Tyrell, Rickford Cummings, Rondel ‘Bull’ McArthur, Jose Felicien, Kevon David, Richard Staglon, Jamal Angus, Vallon Adams, Ryan Gonsalves, Godfrey Brooms, Avery Corbin, Peabo Hamilton, Lancelot Adonis, Jamal Darrel, Joseph Rahaman, Cyon Kitt, Phabian Joseph, Kiefer Lopz, Selwyn Henry, Osie Mckenzie, Ronaldo Mayers, David Garrett, Ryan Dey, Glenroy Pool, Cloyd Prowell, Jamal Junior and Sean Philips.
Should Guyana get a likely victory over Guadeloupe, the Green Machine will then host North Zone winners Bermuda (who defeated Jamaica 43 – 14 on March 9th) next month for the RAN overall title.
There will be no promotion or relegation after these matches since 2020 is expected to be the first qualifying round for Rugby World Cup 2023 and as such, only full members of World Rugby will be able to compete in 2020.
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