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By Dylan Smith
This day last year a blue bird blessed my desk and now every new moment opens awake within me like a poem. Today I keep the bird shit desk pushed up against my porthole window in the city. Poems scribbled everywhere. The same shit-stained pages of my manuscript, my Chris Book: Red Crayon // Blue Crayon // Green Crayon // Spring. The Statue of Liberty with its twenty-foot flame is just a pinky-sized shadow out there on the harbor—and now here comes the sun, it’s rising up out of the river. All the clouds above the city burn bright orange sea-blue pink along their bottoms at first, edges shining like the pages of a Holy book, and then it’s the tops of those close, barn-sized clouds that come alive with color again as they burn, and I see the familiar silhouettes of those horse-shaped cranes and the dark buildings beyond them that tower, and with my candle lit and the coffee brewed, I’ll just sit on the ground for a while. Close my eyes. Criss-cross my legs. Take it all in with my breath. My therapist taught me the importance of this routine, how to meditate immediately upon waking. Diane says it’s important that I right-size myself, and that I do so right away—she suggests I even say a sort of prayer as I start. Let go of my will. Try to let the light shine through me. Sometimes I do. But other times what I do is, I just close my eyes and picture Alma. Imagine her waking up behind me in bed, eyes burning golden candles—or like two struck matches as they open perfect fires in her head—and other times I picture her farmhouse on the hill, and above that her forever spring blue woods are always greening, and I pretend to hike up that path toward my candlelit shack where every new morning opens completely new in my head, like a poem, and it’s spring.
Halfway up that path through the mountain woods to my shack was a memorial rock for Alma’s father. Everybody called it Michael’s Rock. A mossy slab of bluestone as impressive as the side of a ship. Art installed these two green benches up there, and I like to hike to them in my head. Take along my notebook and a coffee to listen to the birdsong and sit. An embedded steel engraving holds Michael’s picture. A proper monument with his name and his dates.
Kind eyes. Sky blue shirt. Big smile dappled in the leafy darkness and light.
Today I brought Michael an imaginary flower and was reminded of an early summer session with Diane. What I remember most from those days is the daily rainbow hanging above Art’s barn and the way the new June dew warmed and rose up from the fields all blurry-gray-blue in a thick fog thinning slowly every morning into mist, and how on the long drive to Diane’s therapy office in town, Art told me those rainbows were because of the barn’s position to the sun.
“The sun’s got to be behind you for rainbows,” Art said. Canopies of green leaves created a kind of green tunnel as he drove, and Art threw his thumb back behind us to the east. “Water droplets bend the light. It’s a miracle if you think about it. Try to imagine the mist as trillions of tiny pyramids. They used to be the dew. You have the sunlight shining through each drop and each drop is like a tiny pyramid projecting color out onto the sky. It’s called refraction, Sunshine. Visible light. Every new rainbow is a miracle.”
The landscape widened as we turned onto the painted county road into town. I had a duffle bag at my feet. A pair of underwear, my notebook, some socks. The plan was that Art would take me into town for therapy, then drop me off at the bus station. I’d spend a night or two in the city with Chris. Come back up the next morning with my car. Now the sky opened again all blue and big and roomy, fields and farms rolling greenly into mountains, and the sudden shift in scale made me feel like I’d shrunk. Which made me think of Chris. In the side mirror my eyes looked all puffy. Swollen. Nearly shut. I couldn’t tell if it was from early summer allergies, or from all the beers I’d downed the night before, or what.
Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.
I took out my notebook. Wrote down the word Calamity.
I wrote and rewrote it about a hundred times.
“Speaking of rainbows, Sunshine—ever been to Niagara Falls?”
I struggled to clear my throat.
“No. Not yet. But Alma told me she went up there once with Michael.”
“Well talk about miracles. This side of the falls is even named after rainbows. Any sunny day of the year and you will see one. Guaranteed. All that falling worter. You should make a trip of it one day, Sunshine. Especially now that you’ll have a car again. Was starting to wonder when you’d ever get the balls to talk to Chris.”
I rolled my window down. Tried to wash away Art’s laugh with the mountain air, the morning light.
Diane lived on an old dairy farm two or three miles out of town. Her office was just a bedroom in her house. Art’s truck rocked along her long wide driveway in reverse, stopping just before this big catalpa tree flowering before the deck. Diane stood up there in the shade, waving. Art watched her in the rear view mirror. Rolled his window down. Laughed. Waved back. He picked a piece of straw out of my hair and another off my shirt, then handed me a week’s pay in cash.
It must have been like three hundred bucks. A session with Diane cost fifty. I also had a credit card in my pocket. Art watched me stuff the money into my jeans, which were covered in red and white paint, and the knees of the jeans were caked in dried mud.
“If cleanliness is next to Godliness you’re heading to the city with a pitchfork, Sunshine. If it were me I’d try to bribe Diane with an extra twenty or two for a shower.”
Diane’s office walls were all bookshelves full of textbooks and spiritual books and coloring books and crystals. Tall ceilings. One green couch. She kept this rocking chair in the corner for herself and I sat—well, sometimes I’d lie there with my boots off, staring out at the catalpa tree in the window. I really liked Diane. Her voice was like the silhouette of some far off mountain.
Hillsides for eyes. Wavy gray brown hair. A seven-year-old son named Jacob.
Diane was still getting settled into to her chair. Blue pen in hand. Yellow legal pad in her lap. At the other end of the room, this low red plastic table had a bunch of art supplies all over it.
“Well,” she said. “Tell me. Bill. What is happening up in your world?”
I just stared at my hands for a while. Duffle bag at my feet. My hands looked filthy.
“Alma went away for a while,” I said.
“To the city. To visit Karen.”
“Her mom. I’m going down today too. To get my car back from Chris.”
“Will you see Alma down there too?”
“No. Well, I don’t know. She didn’t say. She says we need to make some distance.”
“Well. Just for now she said.”
Diane scribbled something blue on her pad, nodding.
“And what do you say?”
“What do you mean,” I said.
“What do you say? About needing to make some distance.”
I didn’t know what to say, so I just sat there. Like my hands, my boots looked all busted up and dirty. I unlaced them, pulled them off. Swung my dirty socks up onto the leathery green. I had a good view of the window now, but I just stared at my hands some more. The ends of my nails were ten black lines and the callouses on my palms were eight brown circles. I knew it was only a matter of time with Diane, though. Just a matter of which way to enter the session together—and before I knew it we were in, and I told Diane about how I’d fallen for Alma completely the way we rolled about in my bed together with the thunder and the close dark green clouds and the rain, and how when finally that last spring storm had stopped and day by day the mountain had been greening it was June again, and Chris was gone—and how for that first week of summer, everything in my window had been rainbows. Because Alma was there. I told Diane how the moon was close at night and clean from the rain and full, and how up in my shack these fireflies twirled up in bright splashes of electric sudden neon green like stars, and Alma was there on a blanket on the floor and the radio tumbled out its song and we were dancing screaming naked love and I was sober for a while and we were laughing. Because Alma called them lightning bugs. Haha. I just loved that. I told Diane how the lightning bugs formed brief constellations above my bed, and how Alma named them these non-Latin-sounding names, names like Bird God and Horse Skull Mountain and Love Lamp, and how tattooed to her foot in the candlelight, the phases of the moon were fading.
Then I told Diane about Alma’s shrinking dreams. How I’d never heard of anyone else having those before.
First night after the storm. Purple blue moonlight on the mountain in my window. By now the radio’s batteries had started losing power. Its song just a whisper, faint and wobbly and low.
The shrinking dreams started after Michael died. Made death a kind of shrinking.
Diane nodded. Wrote it down.
I can still remember the smell of coconuts in Alma’s hair. Her chin on my chest. My heart thumping raw.
I told her I suffer from shrinking dreams too.
Lightning bugs burst above us. Alma leapt up.
“Well in my first one I went to the bathroom upstairs in the farmhouse and heard this peeping,” Alma said. “I found these eggs and two ducklings, a brown one and a yellow one. But Michael came in and filled up the bath with water. I didn’t realize really what had happened until the eggs bobbed and shrunk in the water and the two ducks struggled to stay up on top.”
“Did they go under?”
“Of course—the current pushed them under. One at a time by the faucet. I didn’t act quick enough to grab them out and the second duck—that’s the yellow one, it went under. By the time I pulled them up they had shrunk down to bug sizes with like these terrible thin delicate wings. I placed each one on a towel as delicate as I could but they were wet. They stuck to my fingers. I lost the brown one somewhere in the blue towel and woke up screaming because I’d squished it.”
“Exactly,” I said. “But mine are always shrinking horses. Not ducks.”
“No—no it’s not always ducks. I’ve had shrinking dreams about nearly every farm animal there’s ever been. Horses yes, but also Art kept these goats in the barn when I was little, and I’ve even had a couple about Chris’s stupid chickens—,” but that’s when Diane cut me off.
“Why don’t you tell me more about this, how did Alma phrase it, making distance.”
So I contemplated the catalpa tree in Diane’s window for a while. Leaves were as big as bibles. Clean white flowers the size of your fist.
“Well, I guess reality kind of crept in.”
“The reality of what we were doing. Like the fear of it. Love. The reality of it.”
“Tell me more.”
“All the sudden it was, What are we doing? Oh God. Oh no. Suddenly it was, What do we do about Chris?”
“And so we tried to kind of avoid each other. For the last few days before she left. But it’s impossible. Like some outside energy won’t let us part. I feel powerless against it. Absorbed by it. I couldn’t even get to work until she left.”
That’s when Diane’s son started jumping up and down in a nearby room. I heard his babysitter shush him. I thought about Chris. Those catalpa flowers rubbed against the window and Diane’s face might as well have melted off her head, the way I felt. My vision sort of shook. Heart thumping high up in my neck.
I closed my puffy eyes. Took in a deep breath. That morning I’d looked up the word calamity in my book. Some say it comes from the Latin word calamus, meaning straw, as in a damaged crop. But others think it’s origin is something more obscure.
“How do you feel right now?” Diane asked.
“Hungover,” I admitted.
“So you picked back up.”
“As soon as Alma left.”
“And how have things been in your cabin? In your shack. How have you managed without running water?”
“I’ve been sleeping in Art’s barn again.”
“Where in the barn have you been sleeping?”
“Like down at that bottom bay again. In the bales of hay. Where Chris used to keep all his chickens.”
Diane stayed quiet for a really long time.
Then she said, “I suggest you tell Chris the truth.”
Man, I hated Diane. The titles of her books fell from their spines in pure colorful alphabetic arcs, their letters splashing like confetti all over the floor as I fell deeper and deeper in through her green couch like that forever.
“When you see Chris I suggest you tell him exactly everything you’ve just told me. That you’ve fallen in love with Alma. That it happened completely organic-like, and that you meant no harm by it. Chris can’t hurt you, Bill. Not mentally. Not spiritually. Maybe he can hurt you physically a little, but you aren’t kids anymore. You’ve grown up, Bill. You are strong.”
I looked down at my hands. Jacob screamed and screamed and I wondered what Alma might have looked like as a kid. I decided my hands looked dirtier than usual. Covered in something, like some sickly bluish film. I pictured Alma holding Michael’s hand by a waterfall. A red ribbon in her hair. A rainbow bending bands of light—and then I remembered the job I’d done the day before with Art. Alma’s basement doors had rotted through in patches at your ankles from all the years of rainwater and splashing. These two huge wooden doors painted red. Art and I took the doors to the barn and mixed this two-part epoxy. Art told me they use the same epoxy to patch up holes in boats. Entropy. You mixed the tan putty with the blue putty and like magic, the two come together making wood.
Art called the stuff Bondo. That’s what was all over my hands.
“Art taught me something cool yesterday,” I said.
“He taught me about nuclear fusion. Energy in one nucleus fusing with another. Art says that’s what happens inside stars—like inside the sun. He says scientists are trying to make it happen in their labs now, but that it takes an incredible amount of heat. Art told me it’s really dangerous. The most dangerous thing a human could do. But he said if scientists can make it green, the fusion could save the earth.”
A blue bird landed on a catalpa branch in the window. Diane smiled.
“And what do you think?”
“Well, it made me think of what I like about poems.”
“Which is what?”
“The energy between the letters. The letters forming words. Art’s Bondo made me think of that. The power of the alphabet. The ABC’s. I’ve had that song stuck in my head.”
“And I guess it makes me even more scared to talk to Chris.”
That’s when Diane invited me to close my eyes. We ended every session with the same guided meditation. Diane led me out of the office, down the stairs, then out through a field of overflowing wildflowers in my head. Set out this red blanket in the grass. Invited me to take a seat on it in my head. Together we were to absorb the day’s divine energy. Worship the healing spiritual power of the sun inside us—but instead of doing all that, I just fell asleep.
The next thing I remember is the big kaboom-boom sound of a crash outside. I opened my eyes. Leapt up. The blue bird in Diane’s window was gone. The catalpa tree was shaking. I thought maybe something had exploded, but Diane was at her window, and she was laughing.
Art had backed his truck right up against the catalpa trunk.
His hat in his hands. Taillight smashed to pieces.
Yet somehow Art seemed totally serene. A picture of perfect calm.
Art lifted the largest shard of plastic up from out of the grass. Held it to the light. Like a big rare rock, the shard shone and sparkled as he turned it. His face cast in this wonderful, rainbowy light. Diane and I laughed. You could tell it really amazed him.
“Art is insane,” I said.
“Yes he is,” Diane said. “But insane in the most beautiful way.”
For money Dylan Smith plants flowers on rooftops in New York and has a website with links to other stories online. Oh and check out The Other Almanac. A piece of Dylan’s will be published in print with them this fall.

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Distinct USP25 and USP28 Oligomerization States Regulate Deubiquitinating Activity.Gersch, M., Wagstaff, J.L., Toms, A.V., Graves, B., Freund, S.M.V., Komander, D.
(2019) Mol.Cell 74: 436
- PubMed: 30926242
- DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.02.030
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
- PubMed Abstract:
The evolutionarily related deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) USP25 and USP28 comprise an identical overall domain architecture but are functionally non-redundant: USP28 stabilizes c-MYC and other nuclear proteins, and USP25 regulates inflammatory TRAF ...
The evolutionarily related deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) USP25 and USP28 comprise an identical overall domain architecture but are functionally non-redundant: USP28 stabilizes c-MYC and other nuclear proteins, and USP25 regulates inflammatory TRAF signaling. We here compare molecular features of USP25 and USP28. Active enzymes form distinctively shaped dimers, with a dimerizing insertion spatially separating independently active catalytic domains. In USP25, but not USP28, two dimers can form an autoinhibited tetramer, where a USP25-specific, conserved insertion sequence blocks ubiquitin binding. In full-length enzymes, a C-terminal domain with a previously unknown fold has no impact on oligomerization, but N-terminal regions affect the dimer-tetramer equilibrium in vitro. We confirm oligomeric states of USP25 and USP28 in cells and show that modulating oligomerization affects substrate stabilization in accordance with in vitro activity data. Our work highlights how regions outside of the catalytic domain enable a conceptually intriguing interplay of DUB oligomerization and activity.
Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK; Chemical Genomics Centre, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Str. 4a, 44227 Dortmund, Germany.

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WASHINGTON ― NATO allies are poised to formally oppose the alliance deploying ground-based nuclear missiles in Europe, following U.S. President Joe Biden’s assembly with fellow heads of state set for June 14 in Brussels, Protection Information has discovered.
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The NATO discussions come amid information Moscow will once more suggest a moratorium on the deployment of land-based intermediate- and shorter-range missiles, reported by Russian state media this week. NATO and the White Home didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
The problem has been an open query since Russia deployed land-based SSC-8 missiles, which the U.S. mentioned violated the 1987 Intermediate-Vary Nuclear Forces Treaty. That in flip prompted then-President Donald Trump’s 2019 withdrawal from the INF Treaty. (Russia has claimed the U.S. violated the treaty, which U.S. officers denied.)
NATO’s deployment of latest land-based missiles in Europe is theoretical. Stoltenberg first mentioned final 12 months, after a gathering of the alliance’s Nuclear Planning Group, that there have been no plans to take action, although he famous that some allies deliberate to amass new air and missile protection techniques.
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After the Trump administration and NATO dismissed Russia’s proposed moratorium in 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron urged reconsideration of the moratorium.
Biden, whose approval is required for the communiqué, would seemingly obtain reward from arms management advocates however blowback from hawkish nuclear weapons advocates in Congress, ought to the ban on ground-based nuclear missiles in Europe turn out to be official.
Tim Morrison, who oversaw the nuclear portfolio on Trump’s Nationwide Safety Council and is now a senior fellow on the Hudson Institute, mentioned the final administration rejected Russia’s moratorium provide as a result of it thought-about the nation a dishonest associate on arms management. Morrison believes that sacrificing the choice to discipline the weapons in Europe would deny the U.S. bargaining energy on the upcoming Geneva summit.
“If this can be a unilateral concession to Russia, that’s a horrible thought; and if it’s a bilateral concession, that’s not significantly better as a result of you’ll be able to’t belief Russia,” he mentioned. “Why would we take an possibility off the desk we might have sooner or later to reply to belligerent actions by Russia?”


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A patronus, Harry tells Hermione, is acing a test and the warmth of a butterbeer between your hands. It is your friends holding you when you fall, and Ron’s sparkling eyes when you whisper hi. And there’s an otter, swimming, and Hermione is blushing.
A patronus, Harry tells Ron, is Ginny’s shaky smile lighting up the world at the end of second year. It is winning the Quidditch World Cup, unwrapping yet another knitted jumper, and your startled surprise at the sight of Hermione punching Draco in the face. And there’s a dog, chasing the otter, and Ron is laughing.
A patronus, Harry tells Luna, is the feeling of starlight on your skin and grass between your bare toes. It is snow melting through your fingers, the magic your mother used to make, something singing in your heart when you stare at the impossible. And there’s a hare, jumping, and Luna is shining.
A patronus, Harry tells Cho, is Marietta shouting the lyrics of her favourite song, dancing in the rain during a storm. It is the look on Cedric’s face when he saw you at the Yule Ball, his hand holding yours and never letting go. And there’s a swan, sliding, and Cho is crying.
A patronus, Harry tells Seamus, is Dean’s funny expression when he is about to burst into laughter and the sound of a explosion that turns out right. It is the fireworks, bright flowers blossoming in the night sky; and the fire burning in your lungs as you fly. And there’s a fox, running, and Seamus is smirking.
A patronus, Harry tells Ginny, is the world expanding underneath you and the wind playing with your hair. It is dancing and laughing until there are tears on your cheeks, Molly’s disapproving voice and Arthur’s amused eyes after one of the twins’ pranks. And there’s a horse, flying, and Ginny is grinning.
A patronus, Harry thinks, is that weird feeling that lives in his chest when the Room of Requirement glows silver, speaking of times when the world was golden.


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[ Read Online Little House on the Prairie Ó egyptian-literature PDF ] by Laura Ingalls Wilder ó Okay, it s a great American classic, I realize that I read it for the first time in third grade because the pioneer go forth and push westward philosophy is a central feature in the proud American mindset and heritage But it s for that very reason that the value of the book needs to be questioned.
While much of the story focuses on a family s self reliance on the Kansas prairie, the book preceding it Little House in the Big Woods does the same with the exception that the Ingalls family was integrated into a functioning Wisconsin community of relatives and neighbors That book, however, is NOT the famous one after which a television series was made WHY the Ingalls family felt the need to abandon their community and settle in what was in fact disputed Indian Territory other than out of a lust for adventure is insufficiently explained Unlike immigrants of the time, American pioneers like the Ingallses were not driven to the new land by persecution or famine at home They drove themselves there and expected the local Indians to like it or stay out of the way The Indians are portrayed as mysterious savages who are ultimately given what actually belonged to the hard working white family I m not at all surprised it was written in the 1930 s My third grade class was outraged at the injustice of the U.
S government telling the Ingallses to abandon their self made cabin for the Indians, yet no one was outraged in the beginning when they arrived and no one was asked to question this Stories like the Ingallses s are history that cannot be changed or forgotten, but like all history should be constantly questioned I would read this to children and elementary middle school classes, but not without a corresponding story from the perspective of the Plains Indians, and not without asking children important follow up questions to spark dialogue Did the Ingallses have to leave Wisconsin Would you have Why do you think they decided to Were the Ingallses malicious, naive, or justified in their pursuit Can the rural dislike of government involvement be traced back to stories like theirs Why was this story so popular in the 1930 s, 40 s, and 50 s Why is it still popular today Fried Apples and a Lesson in RacismI loved this series when I read them around ten years ago My favorite was The Long Winter A few years ago I went to visit her home in Missouri with my sister and niece She had two houses, but I must say I loved the Sears and Roebuck one best The other one had a wonderful antique mint green stove in it that I would have loved to have owned, except I think that it would not be easy to bake in, and maybe it used wood for fuel My ex mother in law had a wood burning one once when she was renting a house in the country It heated the entire house She didn t bake much, so she didn t have to worry about getting the fire just right I read this book again because I had heard that it contained racist remarks I must not have noticed it before So, Laura Ingalls and her family take off in a covered wagon for parts unknown Laura asked for a papoose, like another child would ask for a puppy Her mother exclaims, I don t like Indians No, you cannot have a papoose Why would Laura even think of owning a papoose I suppose it was just a childish whim And then her father talks about how the government is going to push back or kill the Indians, so they don t have to worry.
So now, what was once an adorable story about pioneers that all children love to an adult, can become a political issue, as it was in the book, Killers of the Flower Moon that came out after I read this book This conversation was mentioned in it in detail.
The fact of racism in this book doesn t ruin it for me, and I am American Indian, but I had a German father I had a friend who was Indian, but she didn t like pioneer stories, which was understandable Me, I love them I have another friend who loves them too, and she is married to a Native American and may be part Indian So I asked members of our book group if they liked pioneer stories, some of us are Indian or part Indian One wanted nothing to do with them because the white man had murdered the Indians Three of us liked them because they were survival books and fun reading They were history We felt that other countries had to deal with these things as well Then some of us who were Indian had family who came to America in the early days Now as to the racist comment, I like what one of the group members said, They were being honest with their feelings, and they were afraid of the Indians, and I might add, They should have been Not all Indians were friendly And Indians had sometimes warred with each other, taking food from another tribe when there was a drought, kidnapping children, etc This doesn t make it right what the Europeans did by coming to here, just as it isn t right for any nation to colonize or destroy other nations I just hope that kids who read these books will get a lesson from their parents on racism, as it would be a good way to teach them Here is an interesting recipe that could have been used by the Ingalls on the trail Fried ApplesFry 4 slices of bacon Remove bacon Slice apples and add to hot bacon grease Brown on each side Serve.
Now whenever I fry apples, I used real butter, but if I used bacon grease, I would eat the bacon along with the apples.
I recently read this to my young son, and he couldn t get enough He s a kid who loves nothing than to spend all day in the woods building forts, so perhaps it s not surprising that he took to this book It s a marvelous adventure story that left me in awe of the sheer indefatigable competence of this family The relationship of the family to the natural world the great prairie that they move to is fascinating, as is their relationship to the Indians Then again, fascinating did, on a rare occasion, turn into something overtly racist in the case of the Indians I struggled with what to do about those passages They were mostly the characters speaking, so one approach would have been to read it and then pause to critique, but I wasn t sure my son was quite old enough to appreciate that So I took the easy way out I skipped over those passages I m still uncertain whether this was the right thing to do Perhaps in the future we ll revisit this and can have a fuller discussion.
I have mixed feelings about this book My mother read the Laura Ingalls books with me when I was a little girl, and I m rereading them for the first time in 30 years Little House on the Prairie is the story of the Ingalls family Pa and Ma, Laura, her sister Mary and her baby sister Carrie taking a covered wagon all the way from Wisconsin to Kansas at about 1870 The author is vague on the timing, such as exactly what year it was or how old she was, but it seems to be written from the perspective of a 6 year old I read in a biography that she played a little loose with the timeline Once they reach Kansas, which was still Indian Territory back then, the family finds a nice bit of prairie and builds a log cabin and starts growing crops But after a year there, Pa gets upset at news that Washington has decided to move the white settlers out of Indian Territory, and the family abruptly packs up the wagon and leaves the cabin behind, heading back to Wisconsin.
I ll start with what I liked about the book, which is the story of the wagon trip and the actual homesteading I have admiration for all the brave pioneers and immigrants and travelers of the world who set out with very few belongings and started a new life somewhere else, surviving on their wits and the kindness of strangers We re going to do well here, Caroline, Pa said This is great country This is a country I ll be contented to stay in the rest of my life Even when it s settled up Ma asked Even when it s settled up No matter how thick and close the neighbors get, this country ll never feel crowded Look at that sky There were some lovely heartwarming moments, such as the Christmas dinner that was saved with the help of a neighbor who met Santa and carried the children s gifts to them Or their loyal dog Jack, who survived a near fatal river crossing The book is filled with charming illustrations, and I had a vivid memory of some of the pictures.
It was fascinating to see the series of steps that Pa and Ma took to frame a house, dig a well, build a barn, make a fireplace, save seeds to grow crops, etc Each event was a big deal and was an adventure For example, Pa and a neighbor nearly died while digging the well because some underground gas almost poisoned them And the whole family got sick with malaria one summer, but luckily a doctor in the territory saved them in time Then there was the day of a massive prairie fire and only quick thinking by Pa Ma saved the house Or the time there was a panther on the prairie who was tracking the family, but luckily an Indian killed it before it attacked anyone.
Which brings me to what I didn t like about the book, which was racism against the Indians I honestly do not remember all the racist comments from my childhood reading The line, The only good Indian is a dead Indian, is mentioned several times Or how Ma was constantly fretting about them, saying, Land knows, they d never do anything with this country themselves All they do is roam around over it like wild animals Treaties or no treaties, the land belongs to folks that ll farm it That s only common sense and justice Did my mother skip those parts when she read these books with me Or did it just not register I understand it was the prevailing attitude of the whites at the time, but it was jarring to read it in a children s book, even one that was first published in 1935 I think this is important because if I were going to read this book with my niece, for example, I would edit out the racist parts, which is probably what my mom did I don t see the need to plant the seeds of an old prejudice in a young child I struggled with whether to give this book a 3 or a 4, but I rounded up out of affection for the series as a whole The first book in the series, Little House in the Big Woods, has been my favorite so far But I will continue to read these books and enjoy the stories of the early settlers.
I ll close with this nice thought from Laura toward the end of the book when the family is leaving the homestead behind Laura felt all excited inside You never know what will happen next, nor where you ll be tomorrow, when you are traveling in a covered wagon.
This is not really a review of the general contents and themes of Little House on the Prairie, but my personal attitudes towards the fact that this book has been and like so many others repeatedly challenged and even at times banned censored mostly due to the way Native Americans are depicted and the attitudes shown towards them.
There are definite issues with Little House on the Prairie, and especially the attitudes towards Native Americans are problematic to say the least However, attitudes towards Native Americans in the 19th century were often very much akin to those shown in the book, and the claim that the only good Indian is a dead Indian was unfortunately common amongst many settlers like the Scotts, who I think, uttered these words Those who would challenge these books and attempt to have them banned are thus not only being censorious, but even worse, are attempting to erase the unfortunate truth that Native Americans were often seen in this way Little House on the Prairie would, in my opinion, be a good starting point for discussions, although I do realise the book could also be used and likely has been used by those against Native Americans to bolster and justify their own prejudices however, this can be and has been the case with many, if not most controversial books, and will likely remain thus.
Frankly, while I have than a bit of trouble with the way Native Americans are depicted and the attitudes shown towards them I especially find the often glowing descriptions of Caroline Ingalls a bit hard to stomach, as she is really quite the stereotyper, much so than Charles Ingalls, although not on the same level as the Scotts , I do very much appreciate the fact that Laura Ingalls Wilder has not tried pretend that attitudes towards Native Americans were different and positive if she had, for example, written stories about the Ingalls family becoming close to and good friends with their Native American neighbours, although this might feel acceptable to our modern sensibilities, it also would be, for the most part, woefully and perhaps even dangerously anachronistic And finally, one must realise that while Little House on the Prairie is considered historical fiction, it was also written at a time when negative impressions of or at the very least patronising and Euro centric attitudes to Native Americans were still very much not only acceptable, but common The book describes the past, but is also of its time, and should be read, appreciated and approached as such.
I also wonder, whether those individuals who believe that Little House on the Prairie should be banned and or censored consider themselves to be educated, to be socially active, to be fighting against bigotry and the like and the answer would probably be a resounding yes for most However, if one strives to ban or censor books, one is behahving and no matter for what reason one attempts to ban or censor a book the same or at least in a similar manner as that against which one is fighting Education, understanding, solidarity will never be reached, nor will the battle against bigotry ever be won by using similarly problematic and draconian means, but through thoughtful discussion and debate in my opinion, banning books, no matter for what purpose, is and always will be an act of bigotry, an act of dictatorial over reaching, an act that destroys freedom and only creates strife.
This book should clearly be renamed Pa s follies as the entire story is about him bumbling from one misadventure to the next.
1 Pa leads the family across a frozen lake Peppin The very next morning the family hears the ice on the lake start to crack and break up By the luck of one day the Ingalls family is spared a frozen death.
2 Pa nearly drowns the entire family crossing a creek into the Indian country.
3 Pa nearly shoots good dog Jack thinking he is wolf after Jack manages to survive Pa s ineptness at crossing the creek.
4 Pa drops a log on Ma while building their house nearly breaking her leg.
6 While scouting out the new homesite, Pa bumbles into a pack of 50 wolves without his gun.
7 The chimney pa builds soon catches on fire.
8 Mr Scott nearly dies while helping to build the Ingalls well when Pa doesn t check for gas.
9 It turns out the new home is built near a malarial swamp which soon leads to the whole family getting fever and ague.
10 The Indians, who Pa maintains are peaceful, keep harassing Ma and the girls when he is away and stealing their food.
11 The Indians, who Pa maintains are peaceful, come withing a hair of deciding to slaughter all of the white settlers.
12 After all of the family s blood, sweat and tears the government forces them to leave Indian country making the entire adventure a complete waste of time.
His name should be Charles In galling Incompetence I am a fan of the Laura Ingall s Wilder books, and I am enjoying them even as an adult, sharing them with my daughter This one moved a bit slowly than Little House in the Big Woods, but I was still fascinated I can hardly imagine a life so primitive Some say Pa was crazy for moving his family away from the Big Woods where they had a solid footing, but the settler s spirit is responsible for the growth and development of our country and is still the heart of the American way Who doesn t look to better the situation of their family even when it means stepping into the unknown Mrs Wilder s detailed descriptions of the hard work and difficulties fill me with awe and respect It was such a different world in so many ways, but still I can relate to the deep family love and commitment that shines through on every page.
A word about some reviews knocking her for her politically incorrect treatment of Native Americans We can and should be disturbed by history It can at times seem unfair, ugly, and even wrong however, ignoring it or rewriting it to suit our current cultural standard is ignorant The truth is, during this period of history there are no easy answers regarding settlers and Indians There was fear, distrust, and wrong doings on both sides Her description is historically accurate It is how she really saw it I do not think we would do our children any service by sugar coating history as some reviewers seem to argue It is by struggling with the injustices of the past that we invaluably inform our judgements and actions regarding the complex questions of today Please let us not rob our children of the hard truth Let us give them knowledge and experience and arm them to do better and be better today.
Meet Laura Ingalls, The Little Girl Who Would Grow Up To Write The Little House booksPa Ingalls Decides To Sell The Little Log House, And The Family Sets Out For Indian Country They Travel From Wisconsin To Kansas, And There, Finally, Pa Builds Their Little House on the Prairie Sometimes Farm Life Is Difficult, Even Dangerous, But Laura And Her Family Are Kept Busy And Are Happy With The Promise Of Their New Life On The PrairieTTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE Is The Second Book In The Laura Years Series Back Cover So entertaining and so racist.
Is this the book where we start to learn how flawed Ma and Pa really are Pa is certainly a happy go lucky guy with no foresight taking his wife and daughters away from their family into the middle of nowhere which by the way belongs to Indians , almost getting them drowned, burned and sick of malaria And Ma, only concerned with propriety and never saying no to Pa s foolish ideas I d be really worried to be married to someone like Pa, even though he plays his fiddle well and is handy with an axe.
A honey covered lullaby of a book Yum Slurp Racism never went down so good Beautifully written, and read aloud by a champ but Whoa, Bessie even the characters express a smidgen of ambivalence about wresting land from the natives Won t the Indians be mad, Pa And what s with the child wanting her father to steal a Native American baby for her


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“The COVID-19 pandemic continues posing serious challenges for the whole world. From the very beginning, our government has been taking robust and practical measures to protect the population and to minimize negative impact of the pandemic,” said President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the General Debate of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on the theme “Building resilience through hope - to recover from COVID-19, rebuild sustainability, respond to the needs of the planet, respect the rights of people, and revitalize the United Nations”.
The head of state said: “Azerbaijan has launched immunization campaign since mid-January this year. Vaccine doses used per 100 people makes more than 80 percent. The socio-economic stimulus package worth almost $2.7 billion has been released to support COVID-affected people and business.”
“As a result of well-planned measures, the situation with pandemic has been kept under control and the quarantine regime has been gradually eased in our country. Azerbaijan’s extensive efforts against the pandemic have been internationally recognized. In 2020, the World Health Organization hailed Azerbaijan as an exemplary country in fighting the pandemic,” President Ilham Aliyev noted.
“Azerbaijan carried out all these activities with its own financial resources. We have also made voluntary financial contributions to the World Health Organization in the amount of $10 million and provided financial and humanitarian assistance to more than 30 countries to support their fight against the coronavirus. Furthermore, we have provided more than 150,000 vaccine doses to 4 countries, free of charge,” the President added.
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The Income Tax department here in Maharashtra has said there was no inquiry or investigation pending against former BJP president Nitin Gadkari.
The department’s reply came in response to a Right to Information query by New Delhi-based activist Sunil Dalal, who sought details of any pending Income Tax probes against the Bharatiya Janata Party leader.
Dalal pleaded before the IT Appellate Authority that he was not demanding the names of IT officials carrying out the probe, but merely whether there was any pending inquiry against the BJP’s candidate for the Lok Sabha election from Nagpur.
Accepting the plea, the department gave a clean chit to Gadkari in April.
This vindicated Gadkari’s oft-repeated stand that the allegations of wrongdoing levelled against him in January 2013, when he was about to get a second term as the BJP president, were “baseless and politically motivated”.
“The timing of this malicious and sinister campaign, mounted through a motivated high-voltage media blitz, was part of a conspiracy to tarnish my image,” Gadkari then maintained.
BJP sources said the clean chit raises a question mark over the veracity of the operations reportedly undertaken by the Income Tax department in January 2013, which were described by the media as “raids, searches and inquiries” into Gadkari’s affairs.
Gadkari did not take the developments kindly, which resulted in him losing out on a second term as party president.
He openly warned then that after the BJP government came to power in 2014, “I would not spare any of them”, referring to the Income Tax sleuths who reportedly investigated him and his businesses.


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Most young people in the UK experience a sharp decline in their subjective well-being during their first years at secondary school, regardless of their circumstances or background, new research shows.
Academics from the Universities of Cambridge and Manchester analysed the well-being and self-esteem of more than 11,000 young people from across the UK, using data collected when they were 11, and again when they were 14.
The adolescents’ overall ‘subjective well-being’ – their satisfaction with different aspects of life (such as friends, school and family) – dropped significantly during the intervening years.
It is widely accepted that young people’s well-being and mental health are influenced by factors such as economic circumstances and family life. The research shows that notwithstanding this, well-being tends to fall steeply and across the board during early adolescence.
That decline is probably linked to the transition to secondary school at age 11. The study identified that the particular aspects of well-being which changed in early adolescence were typically related to school and peer relationships, suggesting a close connection with shifts in these young people’s academic and social lives.
In addition, students with higher self-esteem at age 11 experienced a less significant drop in well-being at age 14. This indicates that structured efforts to strengthen adolescents’ self-esteem, particularly during the first years of secondary school, could mitigate the likely downturn in well-being and life satisfaction.
“Even though this was a large, diverse group of adolescents, we saw a consistent fall in well-being,” Katsantonis said. “One of the most striking aspects was the clear association with changes at school. It suggests we urgently need to do more to support students’ well-being at secondary schools across the UK.”
Ros McLellan, an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge, specialist in student well-being, and co-author, said: “The link between self-esteem and well-being seems especially important. Supporting students’ capacity to feel positive about themselves during early adolescence is not a fix-all solution, but it could be highly beneficial, given that we know their well-being is vulnerable.”
Globally, adolescents’ well-being is in decline. In the UK, the Children’s Society has shown that 12% of young people aged 10 to 17 have poor well-being. Dr Jose Marquez, a Research Associate at the Institute of Education, University of Manchester, and co-author, said: “Until now, we haven’t fully understood how universally poor well-being is experienced. The relationship between well-being and self-esteem has also been unclear.”
The researchers used data from the Millennium Cohort Study, which involves a nationally representative sample of people born between 2000 and 2002 and incorporates standard questionnaires about well-being and self-esteem. They then calculated a well-being ‘score’ for each student, balanced to control for other factors that influence well-being – such as economic advantage, bullying, and general feelings of safety.
While most adolescents were satisfied with life at age 11, the majority were extremely dissatisfied by age 14. By that age, the well-being scores of 79% of participants fell below what had been the average score for the entire group three years earlier. “This is a statistically significant drop,” Katsantonis said. “It goes far beyond anything we would classify as moderate.”
The study also captured information about the adolescents’ satisfaction with specific aspects of their lives, such as schoolwork, personal appearance, family and friends. This suggested that the most dramatic downturns between 11 and 14 were probably related to school and relationships with peers.
Despite the overall fall, students with better well-being at age 14 tended to be those who had higher self-esteem at age 11. The pattern did not apply in reverse, however: better well-being at age 11 did not predict better self-esteem later. This implies a causal link in which self-esteem seems to protect adolescents from what would otherwise be sharper declines in well-being.
“Supporting self-esteem is not the only thing we need to do to improve young people’s well-being,” Katsantonis said. “It should never, for example, become an excuse not to tackle poverty or address bullying – but it can be used to improve young people’s life satisfaction at this critical stage.”
The researchers identify various ways in which schools could support this. At a basic level, Katsantonis suggested that celebrating students’ achievements, underlining the value of things they had done well, and avoiding negative comparisons with other students, could all help.
More strategically, the study suggests incorporating more features that promote self-esteem into England’s well-being curriculum, and stresses the need to ensure that similar efforts are made across the UK. Recent studies have, for example, highlighted the potential benefits of mindfulness training in schools, and of ‘positive psychology’ initiatives which teach adolescents to set achievable personal goals, and to acknowledge and reflect on their own character strengths.
McLellan added: “It’s really important that this is sustained – it can’t just be a case of doing something once when Young people start secondary school, or implementing the odd practice here and there. A concerted effort to improve students’ sense of self-worth could have really positive results. Many good teachers are doing this already, but it is perhaps even more important than we thought.”
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Katie Couric's wedding will be a 'small dinner in New York' as she reveals that her fiance is in charge of the plans
- Couric revealed that her second wedding is going to be a low-key affair
- The anchor, 56, is engaged to financier John Molner after he proposed over Labor Day weekend
- The couple said that they would wait until after her younger daughter goes to college in the fall so that she can 'enjoy' her last year of high school
- Was at the Sundance Film Festival over the weekend for the debut of her documentary on obesity
Katie Couric has revealed that she is keeping her wedding plans on the low-key side, saying that her fiance is the one planning the event and it will be limited to family and close friends.
It will just be a small dinner in New York,' the talk show host revealed to The Hollywood Reporter at the Sundance Film Festival.
'Actually, he's the wedding planner!' she said of fiance John Molner.
The wedding with be the second one for both parties, as Molner is divorced from his first wife, Jane, and Couric lost her first husband, Jay Monahan, to colon cancer in 1998.
Just a quiet night in New York: Katie Couric revealed that her fiance John Molner (seen together at the Met Ball) is planning their wedding which will be held at a restaurant in New York
New venture: Couric made the reveal while at the Sundance Film Festival where she has a documentary debuting, seen here on Sunday with her producing partners Stephanie Soechtig and Laurie David
The former Today Show host announced her engagement to her boyfriend of two years over Labor Day Weekend, and while she gleefully showed off the ring on morning shows in September, the formal planning process was put on hold as she had some major career developments over the past few months.
Her eponymous afternoon talk show was cancelled after two seasons and now she has been named as Yahoo!'s 'Global Anchor'.
The switch led to a pay cut, as her contract with ABC for her talk show was estimated to be around $20million per season and now she will earn $6million through the Yahoo partnership, but the work is expected to be part time.
Making the announcement: Couric, 56, got engaged over Labor Day weekend and promptly shared the news with George Stephanopolus
Wedding bells: 'I'm betrothed, I'm engaged to be married,' she said, debuting her stunning diamond ring
New venture: Couric was recently named Yahoo's Global Anchor
She has also expressed her interest in working on more documentaries as she says the films 'are replacing journalism in some cases'.
Couric, 56, was in Utah for the premier of her first such documentary, Fed Up, which looks at the food industry's role in America's obesity problem.
She did not give any indication about when her wedding will take place, but when she first announced her engagement, she said that they would likely wait until her younger daughter Carrie leaves for college.
Carrie turned 18 on January 5, and will likely graduate this spring meaning that the aforementioned dinner could be happening in the coming months.
'I want to get her off into the world and enjoy her last year at home,' Couric previously said to People magazine.
Couric has two daughters from her first marriage to Jay Monahan who died due to colon cancer in 1998. She has had a few serious relationships over the past 15 years but this is her first engagement.
Lovebirds: The 50-year-old financier popped the question to 'America's Sweetheart' over Labor Day weekend last September following a two-year courtship
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Arrecife being the capital of Lanzarote is very popular with tourists. It is a vibrant city with a cosmopolitan culture and a true shopping haven for some real bargains.
Arrecife Hop on Hop off bus routes:
There are two bus routes available:
- The Red Line:
- The Blue Line:
The Red Line starts from Charco San Ginés with stops at Calle Real, El Almacen, Playa El Reducto, Intercambiador Guaguas / Cabildo, Arrecife Gran Hotel, Real Club Nautico, Castillo de San Gabriel (History Museum), Marina Lanzarote and finishing at the Castillo de San José (International Museum of Contemporary Art).
The Blue Line Starts from Charco San Ginés with stops at the Castillo de San José (International Museum of Contemporary Art), Estacion de Guaguas, Teatro Insular, Intercambiador Guaguas, Arrecife Gran Hotel, Real Club Nautico, Castillo de San Gabriel (History Museum), finishing at Marina Lanzarote.
The attractive red hop on hop off train is new to Arrecife and Lanzarote, making the capital more easy to travel around for visitors. The train links two bus stations and the restricted access road along the seafront with the main tourist attractions in Arrecife like the Marina Lanzarote.
Price of the ticket: €4
The Arrecife Hop on Hop off bus/train is a great way to visit all the historic monuments and places in the city during the day. Get down at the Arrecife Gran Hotel and have a scrumptious dinner buffet at the Buffet Restaurant or have a fine dining experience with your loved ones at the Altamar Restaurant with a la carte menu and an extensive wine selection.
All in all the whole experience of sightseeing on a hop on hop off bus is cost-effective, easy and fun. Go try this awesome mode of transport and let us know your experience.

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Doctors & Clinics in Fort Worth, TX
The Medical Clinic of North Texas, P. A. Is a dynamic physicians' group situated in Dallas-Fort Worth. MCNT offers knowledgeable, caring doctors who focus on preventive medicine to keep you healthy. With nearly 50 locations throughout the Metroplex, MCNT has a doctor's office near you. Our physician specialties are Family Medicine, Sports Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychotherapy, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Neurology, Podiatry, Geriatrics, and Infectious Diseases.

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As the tittle says Running Xen: A Hands-on Guide to the Art of Virtualization is now available to buy, physically of course. So, if you want a copy just follow this link to find out how to get it.
There’s also a complementary website where you can find information about the authors, chapters resources and some other interesting links. Obviously, the authors want some feed back, that’s why they set up a readers list to discus about the book, send your feed backs, errata, and any other topics related to the book.
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Sadly, we’ve had to say goodbye to film and martial arts legend Sony Chiba. The actor appeared in more than 125 films, including Kill Bill and the 1970s Street Fighter film series. He’s also made his mark on the world of anime and games, appearing in spinoffs and adaptations of some of the greats.
Here are a just a handful of those roles — from video games onstage to a decades-running manga star. How many have you seen?
Duke Togo in Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon
Takao Saito’s record-holding manga series Golgo 13 is still running strong today. It was running just as strong 44 years ago, when it got a second feature film to its name. Actor and singer Ken Takakura played the role of the stoic assassin Duke Togo in the 1973 film. When it came time for the sequel, Sonny Chiba stepped into the role.
Assignment Kowloon sends Golgo to Hong Kong to take down a drug dealer. Meanwhile, he’ll have to watch out for Smith, a detective with a personal vendetta against the assassin. Chiba nails Golgo’s look — and, of course, he shows off his fighting skills.
Ezra Sennett in BIOHAZARD THE STAGE
Just about anything can get a stage production in Japan. That, of course, includes BIOHAZARD (a.k.a. Resident Evil), which has had multiple live stage outings. In 2015, Sonny Chiba joined the cast of BIOHAZARD THE STAGE, which sees Chris Redfield investigating a terrorist attack at an Australian university. Chiba plays the university president, Ezra Sennett.
Sadly, we’ll likely never get to see a recording of this play in full. And as it’s a brand new story written for stage, much of it will be lost to time. But we at least get the video above, featuring Chiba in full costume as he invites people to come to the show.
Hattori Hanzo and Yagyu Jubei — multiple times
Historical figures show up a lot in anime, in a lot of different forms. Amongst them, and high on the list, are master fighter Hattori Hanzo and the mysterious feudal samurai Yagyu Jubei. Sonny Chiba has played both — more than once!
Chiba had a recurring role as Hanzo in the Shadow Warriors series, which got a hat tip in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill. (This Hanzo is not the actual Hanzo, of course, but is apparently a descendant.) As for Jubei, he played the role in the film Shogun’s Samurai and the TV series adaptation The Yagyu Conspiracy… to name just two.
Our thoughts are with Sonny Chiba’s family, and of course with fans around the world who are mourning his loss and celebrating his career.


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In the simplest way possible, Life Insurance is a product that provides your family with money when you are not around to financially provide for them. It is important to consider buying Life Insurance so that you are better prepared to face life's uncertainties.
A Life Insurance plan helps build a shield of protection for your family. Buying Life Insurance secures your financial future and relieves you of stress, as well as protect your loved ones’ life goals.
Let us begin with a simple thumb rule – everyone needs Life Insurance. A life insurance policy ensures financial support for your family, assuring you of a stress-free life.
Let us tell you just how important it really is to have a life insurance plan in place.
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Life comes with its own set of surprises, and it is always a smart choice to financially secure your family from unforeseen situations. A life insurance plan is a must to safeguard your family’s financial independence, and simply for peace of mind.
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It’s easy to get into debt, and more difficult to get out of it. Losing an earning member could bring a financial crisis on the family. To avoid getting your family into heavy debt, you can use your life insurance payouts to clear off loans such as vehicle loans, personal loans, etc.
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Everyone has goals set out for their future, big or small. A Life Insurance policy helps you achieve your primary goals such as securing your children’s education, a dream house, etc. So, for people looking for something more than financial security, there are investment products available for you to create a savings pool for your family’s future.
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Let your retirement bring you a joyful second innings. A retirement plan assures you of a regular income and zero financial stress, letting you maintain quality of life and spending every joyful moment with your family.
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Tom Yum Soup Thai Food Paste Cooking Spicy
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The set of Tom Yam is only natural dried herbs and spices:
• Galangal Root – 50%;
• Kaffir Lime Leaves – 35%;
• Lemongrass – 10%;
• Thai Pungent Chili – 5%.
How to cook:
• Boil Water 500ccGalangal Root – 50%;
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Vivo V21’s rumored April 27 launch date has been confirmed, Vivo V21 may be released at the end of this month
The Vivo V21’s rumored April 27 launch date has been confirmed. According to a Moneycontrol study citing industry sources, the Vivo V21 may be released at the end of this month, on the same day as the smartphone is expected to be released in other global markets. The launch comes at a busy time for the smartphone industry, which will soon see the release of devices like the Oppo A74, Realme 8 5G, and Xiaomi Mi 11 in the coming weeks.
In comparison to last year’s launch, there are a few main differences that are expected this year in Vivo’s V series smartphones. Although Vivo launched the Vivo V20, V20 SE, and V20 Pro in India at the same time last year, the report claims that Vivo would initially only launch the V21 in India, with the V21 Pro and other series variants to follow at a later date.
The Vivo V21 is expected to have a 44-megapixel front camera with eye-tracking autofocus, which the company has previously marketed with the V20 series. A 64MP quad rear camera with optical image stabilization and a night mode are among the other claimed features of the V21 series. In line with Vivo’s latest aesthetic of making slim body smartphones, the company is reportedly going to market its devices as the slimmest 5G smartphones on the market.
Despite featuring features such as gimbal stabilization in flagship devices such as the X60 Pro and X60 Pro+, Vivo has adapted to and retained a modern design language that includes a slim body. Meanwhile, the V21 is expected to be a premium mid-range smartphone priced around Rs 30,000, with a camera-centric user interface similar to that of its predecessor. More information about the device’s specifications and other important details will be released in the coming weeks when the device is expected to be released in India.


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Family in Flavian Epic offers an exploration of family bonds depicted in the epics of Valerius Flaccus, Statius and Silius Italicus, and examines their links to the epic tradition and Flavian Rome.
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2015 GOVERNMENT CHANGES TO WATER HEATERS WILL AFFECT YOU
In 2015, all manufacturers of water heaters that are sold in the US must conform their equipment to new energy efficiency standards. This applies to all residential, gas, propane, and electric water heaters. Why should you care? Because water heaters as we know them won’t look the same. Here’s the who, what, how much it’s going to affect you, and what you can do right now.
Who made the new rulings?
The National Appliance Energy Conservation Act (NAECA) was approved by Congress and is administered by the US Department of Energy (DOE). This is the same organization that oversees the EnergyStar program. That translates to: this is serious business and a real change for all water heaters sold in the US.
What are the new water heater regulations?
Water heaters produced after April 16, 2015 must conform to new energy efficiency standards. These translate to a mandatory increase of 3% – 30% greater efficiency vs. current models. The amount varies by tank size based on formulas. The larger the tank, the more the efficiency is required. The gains in efficiency are small, but given that the vast majority of homes in America have a water heater; small can add up to big savings for the environment.
How does this affect me?
If you have a tankless water heater with an efficiency rating above .82, (all that we sell are at this level), good news, your water heater already complies. However if you are in one of the hundreds of thousands of Texas homes, condos and apartments with a standard tank water heater – please read on!
In order to gain the efficiency, manufacturers will be adding additional insulation to water heater tanks. This will impact you as follows:
1. Fitting it in your house. Unlike the new light bulbs that fit in the same sockets as incandescent ones, the new tanks are not going to be the same size. While the actual dimensions of new models are not available until January, we know that tanks will be taller and wider. We guess about 2 inches wider. If you have a tight closet or a small door, you may have to relocate your water heater, or take off door jambs to bring it in. And sorry, we (or any installer) would have to charge for that if we did it. There will also be new and larger venting required for some gas water heaters.
2. Manufacturer price increase. All of the manufacturers will have to re-tool production lines, and this is expensive. Combine that with increased materials cost from adding more insulation to tanks and we anticipate retail price increases in the range of $100.
3. Custom install solutions needed. To fit some homes and apartments may require creative planning on the part of your installer. For example: If a 50 gallon tank won’t fit, a 40 gallon tank with an added mixing valve may produce the hot water you need. Fortunately our team has the experience to do that.
4. Some larger sized tanks may be discontinued. If you have a large size electric tank (66 or 80 gallon) or 75 gallon gas water heater, some of these are being discontinued. While new products may come along to replace them, the installer community has not yet seen them.
What can I do right now?
Standard water heater tanks last around 8-10 years. If you are thinking it’s time to replace or if you have an older tank located in a tight closet (hello condo & apartment dwellers!), we recommend doing it sooner than later.
Three choices for replacement
1. Upgrade to tank water heaters that already qualify at the new energy efficiency levels, (gas or propane).
2. Replace with your same tank style and size while still available.
3. Consider a move to a tankless water heater.
For gas water heaters, models are available today that meet and actually exceed the new standards. Tankless water heaters are an available option as they run on gas or propane and meet the new energy standards. We also carry super-efficient standard tanks, for example, Rheem Power Damper water heaters. They are Energystar rated and exceed the new efficiency standards, saving you even more on your water heating costs. This type of water heater costs a bit more than today’s standard gas water heater, but we expect it to be closer in price to the new gas water heaters. So you can start saving energy now, at around the price you might pay nex.
Current hot water heater tank styles can still be installed after April 16, 2015 but inventory will eventually run out. Installers and suppliers are stocking the last of the available current style tanks as we know many people will want them


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“How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news.” This passage from the book of Isaiah figures prominently and repeatedly in Osman Kartal’s novel about the hunt for a lost gospel written by Jesus himself. Those who read The Jesus Gospel might also apply the prophet’s words in describing the postman who delivered this book to them, or the friend who passed it on as a gift, for Osman Kartal’s novel is just that: a gift, and a wonderful one at that.
Despite the title, this is not a work of faith, although faith and religion each play a vital role in the plot. The Jesus Gospel is part treasure hunt, part Cold War spy story, and part adventure novel—a lively mix of genres, to say the least.
Kartal has borrowed ideas and themes similar to those found in an Indiana Jones or National Treasure movie, or a Dan Brown or Robert Ludlum novel. Yet from these, Kartal has crafted a fresh and thoroughly engaging story all his own. His hero, Frankie Karter, may be Kartal’s alter ego, and if that is the case, then Kartal has succeeded where many authors fail when they attempt to insert themselves into a book. Karter feels and acts like a real person, with all the flaws, foibles, and false assumptions that plague normal people who are thrust into abnormal circumstances. What Karter believes is true, the reader also comes to believe is true. And when Karter discovers he has been tricked, fooled, and bamboozled, the reader also feels that kick to the gut, and neither sees it coming until it hits.
The plot is rich, and full of twists and surprises. The action takes place in Soviet Georgia, Communist Poland, Margaret Thatcher’s Great Britain, and Pope John Paul II’s Vatican City, among other places and times (including flashbacks to the eras of Stalin, Hitler, and the early church). The cast of characters is sprinkled with memorable thugs, such as a “driver” who tells the hero rather threateningly: “you are coming where I go.” There are also the requisite sidekicks who help the protagonist elude the bad guys and discover the path to the treasure.
Kartal knows how to pen a good phrase: “His blood was cold enough to chill wine,” and “He’d need to be some Russian girl acrobat on steroids to get out of this one.” Yet he also knows when to restrain himself. The quips, like the action, come in measured doses, with pauses just long enough to allow the reader to savor and digest what has happened before being served the next course.
Osman Kartal’s The Jesus Gospel is a well-written, exciting, and, best of all, thoroughly entertaining work of fiction. Read it now before someone makes a movie out of it.
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The vast majority of games today were postponed due to the heat index.
Somers is flexing its muscles early in the season, posting a second straight shutout by defeating visiting Lakeland 5-0 Wednesday.
The Tuskers have outscored their opponents 10-0 in the first two games of the season. Tuskers coach Keenan Deegan gave a lot of credit to the defense.
“We always talk about playing team defense”, Deegan said. “Everyone’s got to play defense and everyone’s got to play offense. We try to work the ball. We don’t kick it out of bounds. We work from the outside to the mids and vice versa when we lose the ball. Everyone has to find their man and do their job. I think that’s why we’ve been successful defensively.”
Freshman Ciara Ostrander scored twice for the Tuskers and freshman Melina Couzis had a goal and an assist. Deegan has been impressed with the way both have played.
“They’ve been consistent,” Deegan said. “We talk about consistency and not just having that one big game. If we can be consistent in what we do, it will go along way.”
Jessica Rosenblum and Hannon Ebert both scored as well. Julia McNamara made one save.
Julia Anna Smith made 10 saves for Lakeland.
Best of the rest: Bailey McCollum had a goal and two assists in Haldane’s 3-0 win over Poughkeepsie. Jessica Harrison had a goal and an assist. Kate Lahey scored.
Somers 5, Lakeland 0
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In a brilliant move aimed at reducing unemployment rates, the Nigerian government has announced plans to establish both physical and virtual job centers throughout the nation.
This initiative, revealed by Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, during a recent ministerial press briefing, is part of President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s broader efforts to address job creation and skill development challenges.
The introduction of these job centers is poised to serve as a vital resource for both unemployed and under-employed citizens, offering access to job availability information and essential work preparation training.
This initiative underscores the government’s commitment to not only tackle unemployment but also enhance the workforce’s skill set.
The government is also launching the National Talent Export Programme (NATEP) alongside other strategic programs.
NATEP, which was unveiled at the 78th United Nations General Assembly, aims to match Nigerian skills with global job opportunities, with a target of creating one million jobs for Nigerians.
This program is currently in the final stages of its setup process, signaling imminent operational commencement.
Another noteworthy initiative is the Skill-Up Artisans (SUPA) program, managed by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF). SUPA is designed to empower 10 million Nigerian artisans by providing them with enhanced skills and professional licenses. This program, in collaboration with international partners such as AHK of Germany and City & Guilds of London, promises to offer vocational certifications that meet international standards.
The Ministry of Information and National Orientation, in partnership with the Nigerian Diaspora Commission, is also set to launch the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Initiative and a Diaspora Investment Fund. Furthermore, the establishment of a new “Catalytic Investment Unit” aims to streamline diaspora investment facilitation, further boosting economic growth and job creation.

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Gretchen Wilkins has been practicing and teaching architecture for nearly twenty years, based in Michigan, Melbourne and Ho Chi Minh City. Her work focuses on the integration of productive industries in cities, experimenting with new formal, spatial and socioeconomic patterns of density and mobility. In particular the ‘Future Factory’ project reconsiders factory buildings for high-density sites and cooperative urban programs. She is also collaborating on the FarmHD project – design research funded by the Australia-China Council to propose architectural models for high-rise, high-volume food production in super dense cities, beginning with Hong Kong and Melbourne. The latter city’s long-celebrated livability ranking also provides a framework to both critically assess the formal and informal metrics of urban livability, as well as experiment with new models of them.
Gretchen Wilkins is Head of Architecture at Cranbrook Academy, commencing in the Fall of 2018. Prior to this she was an Associate Professor of Architecture at RMIT University, acting as Head of Design at the Vietnam campus and before that Director of the Master of Urban Design program based in Melbourne. Before arriving to Australia she taught at the University of Michigan, and has guest taught collaboratively at several universities in Europe and Asia. Her design practice includes built work, awarded competitions, international publications and funded design research. This body of work focuses on issues of density, industry and mobility in rapidly transforming cities. She earned her PhD from RMIT University and Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan.


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Abelard and Heloise
One of the most famous gravesites at Pere Lachaise is that of Abelard and Heloise
It’s a little let-down when you find this grave, kind of out-of-the-way, kind of “rickety” with metal pole supports propping up the crumbling concrete awning.
It is a wonderful and tragic love story. A Medievel version of Lolitta? The deepest love, intervening forces which should have destroyed them. Even so, their love is eternal and there are letters.
Abelard, a famous Paris scholar tutors, falls for Heloise, a very promising young pupil.
They experience the most intense love, while evading her uncle.
This becomes a problem when Heloise becomes pregnant and moves to a nunnery
Abelard is then hunted-down, castrated, eventually becoming a Monk at St. Denis
They live the remainder of their lives apart
A series of letters continue to evidence their classic tale of forbidden love


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CNN’s Smerconish Asks Let Grow: “How Does Independence Boost Kids’ Mental Health?”
“American kids are growing up in a culture that has told their parents to worry about everything, so parents are always supposed to be with their kids. That’s what’s new. And this constant supervision seems to be driving kids crazy.” — Lenore Skenazy, President, Let Grow
On his CNN show this Saturday, Michael Smerconish told viewers he’d been exploring every angle of the youth mental health crisis…when it came to the impact of social media.
But the angle interesting him on Saturday was something else: How the lack of independence and free play in kids’ lives might be a “stealth” contributor to kids’ unhappiness. He wondered if giving them back the chance to do a little more on their own could be a quick but effective fix.
Lenore of course said that’s exactly what independence is — bracing! Invigorating! Hope-giving! Right now, kids are stunted by “safetyism.” Lenore read aloud some quotes from suburban 7th graders talking about activities they’d like to do but had not tried yet — at age 12 or 13:
*I was hesitant to try walking my dog alone because I was scared that he would get loose from the leash or a scary man would take me.
*I was afraid to try and cook because there’s an open flame and I could get hurt.
*I was hesitant to use a sharp knife as my parents had never let me before.
That IS anxiety, said Lenore: The fear of not being able to handle things.
But when schools give students The Let Grow Project (the free homework assignment that tells kids, “Go home and do something new, on your own!”) things change fast. The fact that The Project is homework makes it easy for parents to step back. That allows the kids to see for themselves — and show their parents — just how competent they can be. And from competence grows confidence!
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Bravo! Is the anxiety so new, or rather the stifling reaction from adults and kids alike? I/we were NOT overly confident w/ much of my activity, my parents’ own activities. We expected to encounter much failure in learning: expanding our abilities, activities, where boundaries belonged, where/when we should push past them. Much I hadn’t mastered or perhaps hadn’t tried at all. But we didn’t knee-jerk capitulate to coinciding fears, never pushing ourselves, barely letting kids HAVE a progressive upbringing. Leaving us dangerously unprepared to navigate what we’d likely encounter at some point. Including, e.g. first aid knowledge; navigating roads, traffic, vehicles. We were well aware that drunk drivers esp. were a menace, killing extended family; injuring my mother for life. But this didn’t keep us home, or me off my bicycle.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/books/review/revisiting-wisconsin-death-trip-50-years-later.html Fear mongering harkening back over 120 years