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‘So I believe what you were trying to say, is “Thank you”.’
Yes, yes, oh my goodness yes. THANK YOU DISNEY!!! Thank you for a self-referential, aesthetically stunning, witty and finger-snappingly fabulous narrative. Celebrating authentic Pacific mythology, Moana brings the tales to life with the vocal and musical talents of artists whose cultures shine out within the multicultural vibrancy of this narrative.
Auli’i Cravalho voices our eponymous heroine, whilst action goliath Dwayne Johnson blew us all away with his rather impressive vocal talents as the gentle giant Maui.
The story is typically Disney: an individual of tender years, destined for something greater than the containment of their homestyle boundaries, encounters an earth-shattering disequilibrium which they must conquer if a new equilibrium is to be found. The battle isn’t just external, more often than not an internal struggle is the greatest calamity that the protagonist must overcome.
Such is the case for Moana, our feisty teenage lead. The daughter of a chieftan, Moana faces a certain future: the next leader of her people, it is her responsibility to lead her people, preserve her heritage and never leave the sanctuary of her island home. However, our Moana is special: chosen by the ocean for a great task, she has always known something drew her heart beyond the idyll of her home, beyond the role her tribe and family have carved out for her. When destiny literally comes a-calling in the form of a sickness polluting her island paradise, you just KNOW that this is her first test: stay and attempt to fight the inevitable of the impending doom, or strike out on her own against tradition.
Taking a boat, some supplies and a determinedly ineffectual chicken side-kick, she sets out to fulfil the mission she believes herself fated to complete.
So, basic premise outlined, lead character introduced by no fewer than three songs, animal accomplices onboard (literally) and disequilibrium openly running amok. So far, so traditional. But this film does so much more than paint by numbers for box-office success.
It seems that Disney films thrive on positively postmodern elements: artistry, characterization, poignancy, humour, and intertextuality. The self-referential aspect combines humour and narrativity within one delicious bite, and Moana is packed to the rafters with it. Humour comes pouring in from every angle, whether it reflects upon the stereotypical Princess Qualities, intermedial references to other films from the portfolio– heck, even famous works of art come in for the Disney Wink (anybody spot Rodin’s The Thinker?).
So let’s have a look at some of the most evident echoes of the Films of Disney Past.
First up: The Lion King. This was a fairly open parallel, Moana’s father showing his young daughter the physical symbol of her place in the natural order of life whilst looking out over her kingdom from the top of a mountain. Mountain? Pride Rock. The stack of stones? The celestial Kings of the Past. Moana placing her rock on the mountain? The Circle of Life. So far, so simple.
Next? Chinese epic Mulan. Echoes of Mulan’s preparation montage find themselves reimagined in Moana’s rebellion very early on in the film. Father tells his daughter to find her place whilst protecting the family? Bad move, dad. Instead, your daughter will take matters into her own hands: she’ll grab a mode of transportation, symbolically tie her hair out of her face and defy expectation. She will, ultimately, save the day, and you may well have been fearful for her future, but your attempt to control and contain have backfired in a spectacular fashion.
Whispers of Pocahontas weaves themselves in and around the mystic Grandmother: part earth mother, part whip-snapping ball of sass, Moana’s grandmother is the human version of Grandmother Willow. Imparting words of wisdom, teaching her granddaughter to listen with heart and head to the world around her, she becomes the Natural Being symbolic of the world she fought so hard to preserve in an ever-changing age. In the face of disaster, she was Faith. In the opposition of darkness, she literally lights the way for her intrepid granddaughter to follow. Swap bark for gills, and you have it.
Other cinematic references are minor, but noticeable. The Little Mermaid‘s Sebastian is openly targetted by the gargantuan crustacean Tamatoa. The artistic style of Maui’s “Your Welcome” musical number hails the song and dance features of Hercules and the five Muses. Look no further for Finding Nemo references in the variety of aquatic life splashed throughout the film. Pinocchio‘s Jiminy Cricket and Peter Pan‘s mute but spunky Tinkerbell find their inky cousin in Maui’s tattoo, the silent but virulently active conscience for the demi-god. Even the visualised musicality of Fantasia 2000‘s “The Firebird” finds aesthetic echoes in the volcanic Te Ka and organic Te Fiti.
Fourth wall? What Fourth wall? Smashing down the cinematic barrier between character and spectator is not an unknown convention in any film, but the combination of wry self-reflexive commentary mixed in with comedic slapstick gave this device a fresh feel. Maui, the wise-cracking demigod, acts as our Chorus- narrating our experience with the omniscience of a deity but the fatalistic humour of a mortal. He is the medium for both sides of the coin: in-narrative, he is the guidance Moana needs to complete her task, but for the audience, he is our immersive bridge to the action. Find it odd that a teenage girl, with zero wavefinding experience, is The Chosen One? Maui voices it. Perplexed by the mentally challenged chicken? Maui voices it (and attempts to eat it). Cheer on Moana for finding the bravery to admit her faults, but persist despite the obstacles? Cue Maui and mute Mini-Maui tattoo leading a rousing applause for us. Heck, it’s at this stage that we understand how broken the fourth wall is: as Maui conducts the in-narrative applause, we see ourselves reflected in Maui’s inky mortal fans.
There are more socially-fueled elements to this film, too: Moana smashes down gender barriers, taking the position of lead female without needing the romanticism of a destined relationship to qualify her as a protagonist, or disguise herself to prove her worth in the eyes of her people. In fact, she is celebrated as the future of her people in a cyclical awareness of the fertility of The Mother: the film kicks off with the promotion of her future as the leader of her island. First female chief after a long line of sons? No problem, her father will proudly lead her to the top of the island’s tallest mountain, telling her that she’ll add her rock and claim her place just the same.
Moreover, Moana is a teenage girl who ACTUALLY looks like a teenager! Yes, she wears a skirt and shows a bare midriff: is she ripped? Does she boast an impressive cleavage? No? Good! The lack of sexualisation allows her character to shine through, bringing a wholesome joy to the lead. A character who gets by without the need for batting her eyelashes or showing a well-toned calf is exactly what I’d like to see more of, seeing as it brings an ironic maturity to the screen which might have otherwise been missing.
There’s no small amount of political symbolism woven into the film, either. Anybody else see the parallels between the nurturing Mother threatened by the impulsive, destructive Masculine Other and current political events? The future of the world depends on the associative care and nurturing female, but a violent and abrasive male entity drives the vibrancy of life away with a wave of destructive, consumptive darkness that rivals The Nothing. To save our world, we must overlook the external and restore the heart. Something to think on, perhaps?
Moana is a masterpiece of laughs, longing and longevity. The narrative is simple, but a classic for its timeless nature of good versus impending evil. The visual effects are breathtaking, balancing the spectacle of environmental realism with the comforting “cartoon” aesthetic we adore. The songs are well constructed, at once soaring epics AND toe-tapping, brain-worming ditties that you’ll be humming for weeks after the screening (take my word on this, I still am).
A PG, this film tackles some quite adult themes with the panache of the Disney label, neither abrasively offensive nor absent for fear of “polluting” childish innocence. At just under two hours long, it’ll make you want to watch it again immediately after the credits start rolling. As soon as this becomes available for pre-order, I’ll be grabbing my copy with absolute glee.


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I visited this hotel in the old town of Soulliac with Rail Discoveries. They looked after our party of 32 remarkably well. The rooms were cleaned daily, the mattress was comfortable, the towels generous and the ambiance brisk and friendly. We enjoyed excellent fixed four...More
The hotel is very plain; Beige in every respect but some of the staff were very friendly. The main woman on the desk was rather unfriendly and we had yo wait two hours for towels to the pool next door or use our bath towels....More
Started and ended tour here. Rooms are ok and they have a small pool in the hotel next door. Close to centre of town. Food was very good. Service was slower on first visit due to them being extremely busy but much better on return.
We stayed here as part of a cycling tour in June 2017 - so they are well organised for cycling.
The hotel is fairly 'quaint' and individual. The rooms differ. Since it was very hot we were pleased to have A/C.
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Outlander! I just started the series, but my Sis says its great. I’m only 50 some pages into the first one, and she’s right, as usual.
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Cape Town - Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis revealed it will be a "massive boost" to have David Warner and Steve Smith back in the national s
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I lived in San Diego/Escondido/Oceanside for the first third of my life 25+ years ago. The second third was in Los Angeles and the last third has been in the Bay Area.
I'm coming back for four days at the end of the month with a new husband and need to find some worthy eats for us. I'll be researching a book I'm writing on Oysters so my first day will be hanging out with the folks in Carlsbad's aquafarm. But I need to find dinner for us for four nights.
Way back then, my favorites were Piret's (gads, I miss the days of the Mungers!), Ichiban on University, Ida Bailey's in the Gaslamp... There was also a cool bar near Spreckles, a Greek restaurant in Hillcrest (well, anywhere in Hillcrest was cool back then!), and the original Filippi's Pizza Grotto (one of which now exists in Napa and is not nearly what I remember it to be).
The caveat is that while I know Mexican food is plentiful and all the rage, I get enough of it in San Francisco. Okay, maybe ONE Mexican to placate my new brother-in-law who is flying in from Charlotte, North Carolina.
I'm looking forward to showing my husband Balboa Park and the Maritime Museum (we love visiting submarines!) But look for guidance on where to eat! We are staying at the Catamaran Resort and while I'm comfortable driving around, it is unlikely we'll be heading to La Jolla or anything. Just the city.

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Broadcast on ABC Sydney Drive, June 19, 2017 [starts at 2 hours, 28 minutes, 30 seconds into the program]
Jenny joined a panel on the Monday Political Forum on ABC Sydney Drive discussing key issues prior to the announcement of the 2017 State Budget.
Topics covered included train accessibility, housing affordability and homelessness, renter's rights, lock out laws and late night transport options, cycle paths and safety.
Other speakers were: Glenn Davis, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Dr. Tim Williams, Committee for Sydney and presenter, Chris Bath.
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Therapeutic Farriery Days at various veterinary clinics around the country are becoming increasingly popular. Here difficult Therapeutic Farriery cases are brought to the clinic on a specified day. The only stipulation is that the owner’s farrier accompanies the horse. The horse is evaluated and treated through the joint effort of your veterinarian, your farrier and Dr. O’Grady. Follow-up and maintenance is performed on your farm by your farrier. This plan offers success in many cases as everyone including the owner is working together. Veterinarians are welcome to call for further details.
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An image taken by the Sponges Discovery Centre shows a sponging worm.
(Supplied: Spongie Discovery Centre) A new worm found in a jar of Australian fruit, the spineless spongia breiten-bush spiral tube worm.
It is an invasive species that has been blamed for spreading to dozens of fruit and vegetable growers in Australia, causing serious damage and prompting a national debate about the threat to the health of the nation’s agricultural sector.
Sponges are tiny, round, cylindrical tubes that form at the tips of fruit leaves, which can range in size from a few centimetres to several centimeters.
The spongy tubes are usually produced by sucking the juice from the plant.
In the case of spongies, their main function is to suck the sap from the leaves, but also to make sure the plant is in good condition, said Dr Peter Stansfield, a microbiologist from the University of Queensland’s Faculty of Life Sciences.
“We need to get rid of these, because they’re causing a lot of problems for growers,” he said.
Dr Stansland said that while sponge colonies have been found in the wild in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the number of spruce-fir growers in Queensland was “very low”.
“We’re still seeing the same number of colonies,” he explained.
“It’s a very small proportion of the total spruce population.”
The discovery of spunges is not a new phenomenon, and the discovery of the spongie worm was reported in January in a study by Dr Stansfields and colleagues in Australia.
The study found that spongys were present in at least 12 different species of sphagnum mosses, a group of tree-dwelling fungi that are native to Australia.
The researchers reported that they found spongiys in a number of species of bougainvillea, a tree-plant native to South Africa, and a variety of bromeliads native to New Zealand, suggesting that sphagenia breittens could be spread through soil.
Dr Stainsons research team also discovered that sphaeniys can also be found in apple orchard fruit, which are not as common in Australia as in the U.S. but can cause damage to crops and fruit.
“They’re not as destructive as they are in Australia because we don’t have the same problem,” he told the ABC.
“But they can be quite damaging to apples and bromelias.”
Spongys have been known to cause damage by consuming nutrients in the soil, and they also can be found on a number that are edible, like the sweet potato, potato, cauliflower, carrot and melon.
Spongy worms have been detected in the ground in some parts of the world, including China, where they can also cause problems in the farming sector.
But Dr Stainsland said there was still much that we don,t know about the species and how it might have been introduced.
“We don’t know the exact way it was introduced, and we don.t know where it was coming from,” he added.
There are two possible ways that sphoenia breits could have been transmitted to Australia, he said, the first being through contact with fruit orchards, or from a farmer who may have planted sphaganias.
Dr Shansfield said there were some areas where spongions were not known to have been present.
“If they’re found in areas where we have spongers, we’re probably going to be seeing spongings in those areas,” he noted.
For the most part, he believed the sphaginous spongias were an invasive plant, rather than being a plant native to the continent.
“That’s probably why we’ve seen it in some places in Australia and not in others,” he concluded.


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Def Jam: Icon is the first game in the Def Jam franchise to be released on next-gen systems. Ahead of its release Xbox 360 owners can give the game a try thanks to a new demo that will be available on Xbox Live Marketplace today.
The demo features the gas station level and two hip-hop celebrity fighters, Big Boi and T.I. You'll also be able to listen to hit songs from both artists: Kryptonite (Purple Ribbon All-Stars Featuring Big Boi) and Top Back (T.I.).
Def Jam: Icon is scheduled for release for Xbox 360 and PS3 in North America on March 6 and across Europe on March 16. Too see the game in action head over to Pro-G TV, our new streaming video service.


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Born into Chợ Lớn’s mixed-race Minh Hương community, Trương Văn Bền (1883-1956) was the grandson of a Rạch Giá district chief of Fujianese descent. Being from a wealthy family, he was tutored privately in Vietnamese and Chinese, while receiving a solid French education at the École Municipale française de Cholon and later at the prestigious Collège Chasseloup-Laubat in Saigon. Bền’s business career is said to have got under way in 1901, when he opened a small grocery store next to the canal at 40 quai du Cambodge (Kim Biên) in Chợ Lớn. He soon began to focus on buying products wholesale from Chinese traders and then selling them at a profit to other retailers, enabling him to amass a small fortune.
In 1905, he reinvested the money he had made by constructing an industrial oil refinery in Thủ Đức, and in the following year he also set up rice processing factories in Chợ Lớn and Rạch Các. However, he soon discovered that the real money was in oil production, and in subsequent years the Usine Truong-Van-Ben “Huilerie de Cholon,” with its factory in Thủ Đức and its magasin de depot at 40-49 quai du Cambodge, became one of the most successful businesses in the city.
In 1917, Trương Văn Bền opened a larger manufacturing plant on the Route basse de Cholon (now Võ Văn Kiệt Street) in Chợ Quán, with the aim of increasing production and diversifying his products to include castor, coconut, peanut, sesame, cotton and kapok oils. No expense was spared equipping this factory with state-of-the-art machinery from France and the USA, including the very latest cleaning, husking, grinding, pressing and filtration machines, all powered by steam engine.
By 1920, the factory was producing 10 tons of oil each day, with a focus on the sale of castor oil to pharmacies and hospitals throughout Cochinchina and of coconut oil for export to France and the United States of America. In the mid 1920s, a large percentage of the raw materials processed here came from Bền’s own farms in Mỹ Tho and Đồng Tháp Mười. During this period, Bền also became involved in rubber production, founding the 70-hectare Plantation de Truong-van-Ben in the villages of Linh Chiểu Trung and Phong Phú, 15km from Saigon in Gia Định province (now part of District 9 and Thủ Đức).
As Trương Văn Bền’s business reputation grew, he began to take an active role in the political life of the colony. In 1920 he was elected to the Colonial Council, and after being made a member of the Chambre de Commerce in 1924, he became its first Vietnamese Vice President in 1932, holding this position until 1941.
This was a period in which long-running resentment against the methods and monopolies of both French industrialists and Chinese traders in Cochinchina fuelled a more general movement of Vietnamese economic nationalism, and Trương Văn Bền quickly emerged as one of its champions. In the early 1920s, he took an active role in the successful campaign against the so-called “Candalier project,” a plan by the colonial authorities to lease the commercial port of Saigon-Chợ Lớn to a consortium of French businesses for 15 years, which would have seriously undermined local commercial interests.
In 1926, he was also involved in setting up the Parti travailliste Indochinois (Indochina Workers Party), which sought “to bring together industrialists, employees, owners, traders and workers with the aim of defending their occupational interests” and issued the biweekly newspaper L’Ère nouvelle. While serving on an economics working group of the Grand Conseil des intérêts économiques et financiers de l’Indochine in 1929, Bền is said to have argued strongly for the economic rights of indigenous peoples. Ten years later, he could be found lobbying vociferously against a colonial decision restricting the use of traditional medicines, arguing that insufficient consultation had taken place before its enactment and that the decision should be suspended pending the establishment of a traditional medicine review committee. What made Trương Văn Bền a household name in the south was his decision in 1932 to diversify into the manufacture of domestic soap. According to his son Trương Khắc Cẩn, who served as director of the company from 1970 to 1975, this decision was inspired by a desire to manufacture a product which really served ordinary people. “There are two types of products that almost everyone has to use – paper and soap,” he said. “And my father chose soap.” At that time, locally-made soap was of poor quality and most of the soap used in Cochinchina was imported from France, notably the popular Savon de Marseille brand.
Manufactured under the new company name Xà bông Việt Nam (Savon Việt Nam), Bền’s Cô Ba (Miss Ba) soap quickly struck a chord with local people, partly because of its high quality and affordable price, but also due to the strong appeal to economic nationalism of its advertising slogan “Les gens devraient utiliser du savon de Việt Nam” (People should use Vietnamese soap).
While the use of “Việt Nam” in the name of the company was clearly designed to resonate with local consumers, it is possible that the product name “Cô Ba” (Miss Ba) was also inspired by Vietnamese national pride. For while some hold that the real Miss Ba was Trương Văn Bền’s own wife, it has also been claimed that she was the daughter of a Trà Vinh man executed by the colonial authorities in 1893 for killing a French attorney after the latter had made inappropriate sexual overtures to his wife. The appeal to consumers to “buy Vietnamese” clearly worked, for during the late colonial era, Xà bông Việt Nam effectively cornered the market in Cochinchina. Cô Ba soap was also exported to Laos, Cambodia, Hong Kong, New Caledonia and even several African countries. During the 1940s, Trương Văn Bền emerged as the largest and most successful oil and soap producer in Indochina.
Like other wealthy entrepreneurs of his age, Trương Văn Bền was known for his philanthropic works. As early as 1920, he paid for the reconstruction of the Pont des Trois arches (Three-arch bridge) by the Société d’exploitation des établissements Brossard et Mopin, after the collapse of the original bridge two years earlier.
And along with the family of “Tổng Đốc” Đỗ Hữu Phương, Bền contributed regularly and generously towards the restoration and upkeep of the Nghĩa Nhuận Assembly Hall, one of Chợ Lớn’s most elegant Minh Hương temples at 27 quai de la Distillerie (now 27 Phan Văn Khỏe). A naturalised French citizen, Trương Văn Bền left Việt Nam in 1948 to live in Paris, where he died in 1956 at the age of 73.
Left in the care of his sons, the company he had founded went from strength to strength in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1971 it was said to have up to US$90 million in investment capital, with an annual production of 4,000 tons of laundry soap and 1,800 tons of perfumed soap bars.
Today, Cô Ba soap is still manufactured by the Công ty Phương Đông or Orient Manufacture & Trading Joint Stock Company (ORDESCO), which is based in the old Xà Bông Việt Nam factory building at 40 Kim Biên, Chợ Lớn. It is available in many supermarkets and is also on sale close to the factory gates at Cửa Hàng Ngọc Loan, 36 Kim Biên, which charges VND40,000 for a pack of 10, or VND4,000 for one bar if you talk to the shopkeeper nicely! A great “souvenir” for visitors to Chợ Lớn!
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Delhi youngster bats for real gender equality through the reel
The film directed by Shadab Khan, stars actors Iqbal Khan, Shafaq Naaz, Sachin Khurana and Abha Parmar.
Our experiences often find an expression in our creative pursuits. That’s why 17-year-old Devansh Saraf, a self-made filmmaker, felt the need to talk about gender equality and conceptualised the film, X or Y. This Delhiite’s cinematic work takes a deep look at the prevalent misconception about what determines the sex of a child. “When I was in standard IX, we studied that the sex of the child depends on the man and not the woman. I thought that this is an important topic that needs to be spoken about,” says Saraf.
Directed by Shadab Khan, the film is about an ordinary Indian family discovering this fact about the sex of a child. Conceived and produced by Saraf, the film has already won 13 awards nationally as well as internationally, and was recently released on an OTT platform.
Saraf reveals that he interviewed over 50 people, and only 10-12 out of them knew that the sex of a child is not determined by the mother. The story idea also germinated from the patriarchy he witnessed. His parents wanted a son — not because they were unhappy with his two elder sisters but because of the “societal pressure”. “The pressure really got to my mother. At one point, she wasn’t allowed to wear glass bangles at family functions or perform rituals, and was made to eat pearls,” he adds.
The youngster shares he was “shocked” to learn what his “mother went through for so many years”. “It wasn’t even in her control. The fact about X or Y chromosomes of the male — which determines the sex of the child — was something that I couldn’t get out of my head. And that led to the movie X or Y,” he recalls.
Watching the film being made — starring Iqbal Khan, Shafaq Naaz, Sachin Khurana and Abha Parmar, among others — was an “emotional” yet “super exciting” journey for Saraf.
Saraf adds that the message of the film extends beyond a child’s sex: “I’m a firm believer in gender equality, especially when I see my sisters moving mountains with their words. This movie also has a strong message that it’s okay for a woman to pursue a career. When she can contribute an equal share to the household, why stop just because she delivered a baby?”
Ask why he chose the movie route for his message, and he explains, “When a person is given advice, they tend to ignore it. But a movie is a silent yet impactful educator. Taare Zameen Par and 3 Idiots (2009), for example, started a dialogue about important issues in society.
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I’d say paranormal romances are making a comeback, but I’m not sure they ever left. Most of us remember that age of vampire-mania that might’ve begun with Twilight in a haze. But just because like its creatures, the genre lurks in the shadows, doesn’t mean it isn’t watching from afar.
Plus, paranormal romance is so much more than just swoony (shiny) vampires. They are, first and foremost, romance novels. But they use paranormal elements as an integral part of their plot. So there can be relationships with mermaids, vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, ghosts, demons, people with psychic abilities, and so much more in this genre.
But without further ado, let me show you eight books about *literally* falling in love with the paranormal.
8 Best Paranormal Romances to Read Right Now
Janine: His True Alpha by Chencia C. Higgins
Move over vampires, werewolves are a big thing in paranormal romances today (okay, so they have been for awhile). In this book, Janine escapes from her pack after she’s instructed to become the mate of a man she doesn’t love. She flees to a pack of werewolves in West Texas looking for a fresh start. There she finds Langston, a True Alpha who doubts himself as he tries to carry his community forward. And just like in any good paranormal romance, trouble and desire ensue. Janine is a compelling, fun, and romantic beginning to a great series.
Spellbound by Allie Therin
Get ready to swoon with this historical paranormal romance. Yes, you read that right! Set in 1920s New York it follows Arthur, who protects the world from supernatural threats. One day, a powerful amulet arrives and only a powerful psychometric can get rid of it before it completely wrecks the world. So Arthur has to team up with Rory to save everyone. But as they try to save the world, Arthur and Rory start to fall in love. This book is a bit more plot-heavy than others, but it has a sweet romance that pairs beautifully with the historical setting.
Love Siren by Ivy Laika
Nothing hits quite like the pining between star-crossed lovers. Love Siren is the story of Serene and Louis, a mermaid and a human who fall in love. But despite their magical connection, they can’t ignore the fact that they cannot live in the other’s world. At least not without making sacrifices. But what price is too high? I’m a sucker for this kind of story, full of yearning and angst. Even though it’s quite short, about 55 pages, it is a sweet, funny, romantic story that incorporates Haitian folklore into the genre of paranormal romance.
Sanctuary: A Noire Immortals Story by Alexandria House
Sam and Temple are immortals. They used to be high school sweethearts, until Sam suddenly disappeared. Years later, they meet again and their romance rekindles. Sanctuary is a beautiful novella about true love that weaves past and present to tell the story of two people who seem destined to be together. It’s everything you want in a romance story, with a unique take on the soulmates trope and incredible chemistry between the main characters. Plus it’s short enough to devour in one sitting.
The Tenant by Katrina Jackson
I’m the biggest fan of ghost stories. I just love to know why those people are stuck in place after they die. The Tenant follows Noel Delisle. He’s having a hard time, getting fired and having no money for rent, when he finds out that his great aunt Sophie died and left him a house in Louisiana. So he moves in, only to find out that the house is haunted. We also have Ruby, an angry ghost who wants to take back her house. No matter that this new Delisle is sort of handsome. Jackson’s book is nuanced and haunting and spicy, and it has two people who are finding their way in the world.
Seduced by Moonlight by Kenya Wright
And we’re back to werewolves! Although this world has several “moon-touched” creatures, one of the main characters and romantic interest is a werewolf. Seduced by Moonlight is a sexy shapeshifter romance that follows Imani, a waitress in small-town Crystal Lake. Life is boring there, until Aiden and his pack arrive. Imani and Aiden fall hard for each other, and they have to find a way to be together and save their home from an old prophecy that threatens to destroy them all. This book has an intriguing plot, angst, chemistry and even illustrations!
Magical Midlife Madness by K.F. Breene
Jacinta gets divorced as soon as her son is off to college. Adrift in her new life, she takes a job as a caretaker in an old mansion with three strange new coworkers. And she meets a cute bartender named Austin. So begins her new adventure of love and magic. What I love about Magical Midlife Madness are the characters. They’re hilarious and real and the midlife crisis seems a bit at odds with the paranormal setting but it works so well! I do have to say that the romance in this novel is a bit more subdued than the others, but it’s definitely worth reading.
Darkest Moon by Linsey Hall
I can’t leave without recommending this last werewolf novel! It’s been ten years since Eve ran away. She was destined to be the Alpha’s mate, but he was too dark, too damaged, and she has a secret that can get her killed. She’s not a true wolf. Now, Eve is accused of murder and there he is blaming her. So she has to work with him to uncover the truth, or be killed for a murder she didn’t commit. But as they work together, something else sparks between them. Darkest Moon is a slow-burn paranormal romance that you won’t be able to put down!

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Radiologists improved their diagnoses of brain aneurysms with the help of an artificial intelligence algorithm developed by medical experts and computer scientists.
Doctors could soon get some help from an artificial intelligence tool when diagnosing brain aneurysms – bulges in blood vessels in the brain that can leak or burst open, potentially leading to stroke, brain damage or death.
The AI tool, developed by researchers at Stanford University and detailed in a paper published June 7 in JAMA Network Open, highlights areas of a brain scan that are likely to contain an aneurysm.
“There’s been a lot of concern about how machine learning will actually work within the medical field,” said Allison Park, a Stanford graduate student in statistics and co-lead author of the paper. “This research is an example of how humans stay involved in the diagnostic process, aided by an artificial intelligence tool.”
This tool, which is built around an algorithm called HeadXNet, improved clinicians’ ability to correctly identify aneurysms at a level equivalent to finding six more aneurysms in 100 scans that contain aneurysms. It also improved consensus among the interpreting clinicians. While the success of HeadXNet in these experiments is promising, the team of researchers – who have expertise in machine learning, radiology and neurosurgery – cautions that further investigation is needed to evaluate generalizability of the AI tool prior to real-time clinical deployment given differences in scanner hardware and imaging protocols across different hospital centers. The researchers plan to address such problems through multi-center collaboration.
Combing brain scans for signs of an aneurysm can mean scrolling through hundreds of images. Aneurysms come in many sizes and shapes and balloon out at tricky angles – some register as no more than a blip within the movie-like succession of images.
“Search for an aneurysm is one of the most labor-intensive and critical tasks radiologists undertake,” said Kristen Yeom, associate professor of radiology and co-senior author of the paper. “Given inherent challenges of complex neurovascular anatomy and potential fatal outcome of a missed aneurysm, it prompted me to apply advances in computer science and vision to neuroimaging.”
Yeom brought the idea to the AI for Healthcare Bootcamp run by Stanford’s Machine Learning Group, which is led by Andrew Ng, adjunct professor of computer science and co-senior author of the paper. The central challenge was creating an artificial intelligence tool that could accurately process these large stacks of 3D images and complement clinical diagnostic practice.
To train their algorithm, Yeom worked with Park and Christopher Chute, a graduate student in computer science, and outlined clinically significant aneurysms detectable on 611 computerized tomography (CT) angiogram head scans.
“We labelled, by hand, every voxel – the 3D equivalent to a pixel – with whether or not it was part of an aneurysm,” said Chute, who is also co-lead author of the paper. “Building the training data was a pretty grueling task and there were a lot of data.”
Following the training, the algorithm decides for each voxel of a scan whether there is an aneurysm present. The end result of the HeadXNet tool is the algorithm’s conclusions overlaid as a semi-transparent highlight on top of the scan. This representation of the algorithm’s decision makes it easy for the clinicians to still see what the scans look like without HeadXNet’s input.
“We were interested how these scans with AI-added overlays would improve the performance of clinicians,” said Pranav Rajpurkar, a graduate student in computer science and co-lead author of the paper. “Rather than just having the algorithm say that a scan contained an aneurysm, we were able to bring the exact locations of the aneurysms to the clinician’s attention.”
Eight clinicians tested HeadXNet by evaluating a set of 115 brain scans for aneurysm, once with the help of HeadXNet and once without. With the tool, the clinicians correctly identified more aneurysms, and therefore reduced the “miss” rate, and the clinicians were more likely to agree with one another. HeadXNet did not influence how long it took the clinicians to decide on a diagnosis or their ability to correctly identify scans without aneurysms – a guard against telling someone they have an aneurysm when they don’t.
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The machine learning methods at the heart of HeadXNet could likely be trained to identify other diseases inside and outside the brain. For example, Yeom imagines a future version could focus on speeding up identifying aneurysms after they have burst, saving precious time in an urgent situation. But a considerable hurdle remains in integrating any artificial intelligence medical tools with daily clinical workflow in radiology across hospitals.
Current scan viewers aren’t designed to work with deep learning assistance, so the researchers had to custom-build tools to integrate HeadXNet within scan viewers. Similarly, variations in real-world data – as opposed to the data on which the algorithm is tested and trained – could reduce model performance. If the algorithm processes data from different kinds of scanners or imaging protocols, or a patient population that wasn’t part of its original training, it might not work as expected.
“Because of these issues, I think deployment will come faster not with pure AI automation, but instead with AI and radiologists collaborating,” said Ng. “We still have technical and non-technical work to do, but we as a community will get there and AI-radiologist collaboration is the most promising path.”
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- Smokers and hypertensive individuals have higher risk of sudden death from brain bleed than previously believedon November 14, 2019 at 5:55 am
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- Brain Aneurysm Market 2019: Global Market Size, Share, Future Challenges, Revenue, Demand, Industry Growth and Top Players Analysis to 2026on November 13, 2019 at 6:09 pm
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- Emilia Clarke Praises the EMTs & Nurses Who Were 'Gracious' & 'Kind' After Her Brain Hemorrhageson November 7, 2019 at 4:03 pm
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- World’s first robot-assisted brain aneurysm surgery performed in Torontoon November 7, 2019 at 10:00 am
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- Emilia Clarke thanks paramedics for 'making her laugh' following 'traumatic' brain aneurysmon November 7, 2019 at 5:57 am
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- Emilia Clarke praises nurses who helped her recover from brain aneurysm as ‘unsung heroes’on November 7, 2019 at 5:34 am
Emilia Clarke has praised the nurses and paramedics who took care of her after she suffered from two brain aneurysms as "unsung heroes". Earlier this year the Game of Thrones actor, who plays Daenerys ...
- Emilia Clarke Has Praised The Medical Staff Who Helped Her During Her Brain Aneurysmon November 7, 2019 at 4:46 am
Emilia Clarke has opened up about how helpful medical staff were when she suffered from a brain aneurysm, speaking about how they went above and beyond. It's in People magazine's first every Kindness ...
- Toronto Doctors Perform World’s First Robot Operation for Brain Aneurysmon November 7, 2019 at 3:52 am
Dr. Timo Krings called the lack of availability of specialists in remote areas a “major dilemma.“ Doctors in Toronto have performed the world’s first operation that uses a robotic arm to treat a ...
- Emilia Clarke praises ‘gracious’ paramedics for making her ‘giggle’ through brain aneurysmon November 6, 2019 at 10:45 pm
Game Of Thrones star Emilia Clarke has praised the paramedics who took her to hospital when she was suffering from a brain aneurysm. The 33-year-old revealed her heartbreaking ordeal earlier this year ...
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Dallas Pet Expo -May 20-21, 2017
What an eventful weekend!
Traveled to Dallas to deliver 3 kittens to their new families. Our Miss Bernice and Mr. Bartholomew met their new family and Baby Baruch went to live with his new show family.
They are all adjusting very well.
We also attended the Pet Expo and our litter were such good babies. The sights, sounds and constant attention from visitors never bothered them in the least. Perfect little show kitties!
Miss Abigail competed and received a Best of Breed in Toni Meisberger’s ring!
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NASA has delayed until next Monday the launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, of the unmanned lunar mission Artemis I – which should pave the way for astronauts return to the Moon – due to a leak detected in the line to supply fuel for the SLS rocket.
This was the second delay for technical reasons of the mission, which marks the beginning of the race for a future colonization of the Earth’s natural satellite.03154204
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According to the mission calendar, the next launch window will open next Monday, on the date that the United States celebrates the Labor Day holiday.
“The teams and found a leak of liquid hydrogen while loading the propellant into the center stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket,” NASA explained.03154204
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According to the space mission website, the mission engineers tried to stop the escape of liquid hydrogen, at least three times.03154204
The purpose of Artemis I is to put to the test the capacity of the powerful SLS rocket, which is 98 meters high, and the spaceship Orion, which has the capacity to transport four astronauts.
As happened in the last Monday, when there was the first failed launch attempt, due to a failure in one of the four RS engines-25 of the SLS rocket, the so-called “Space coast”, there was a large audience to follow the operation.
The SLS rocket, with a cost of US$ 4.1 billion (R$ , 2 billion), will put in space the spaceship Orion for a mission of 23 days, 09 hours and 53 minutes orbiting the Moon.
The Orion, the fastest spacecraft ever built, can reach a speed of 23.428 km/h) and will have traveled more than 2 million kilometers when it returns to Earth.
After Artemis I, NASA foresees two other missions with the same name, the second, in 2024, with a manned trip to the Moon, and the third, which will put the first crew on the satellite in more of 23 years.
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Eighteen months after the filing or priority date, the patent application is published on www.swissreg.ch. This means that the application is now available to others. This is known as 'the disclosure'.
The disclosure makes the invention for which you have filed a patent public. The disclosure follows international standards and includes:
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Commercial space for sale in Tom Plezha street in Tirana, Albania
It is located on the ground floor of a new building.
It has a surface of 46.2 m2 organized in one open space and a toilet.
The space is offered empty and can be used for various activities such as different shops, pharmacy, different offices etc.
The glass façade offers good opportunities for marketing.
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Navigating through the urban jungle can be a challenge, but GreenCabs has emerged as a beacon of sustainability, offering a breath of fresh air in the world of cab booking. In this blog, we’ll explore how GreenCabs is not just changing the way we travel; it’s transforming the very landscape of urban transportation.
GreenCabs takes the road less traveled by maintaining a fleet that is exclusively eco-friendly. From hybrid vehicles to electric cars, every ride with GreenCabs is a step towards reducing the environmental impact of urban commuting. The commitment to an eco-conscious fleet reflects the company’s dedication to creating a cleaner, greener cityscape.
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The GreenCabs experience begins with the touch of a button. The user-friendly mobile app and website provide a seamless booking process, allowing users to schedule rides with ease. Real-time tracking, instant confirmations, and an integrated payment system contribute to a stress-free experience, proving that technology can enhance both convenience and sustainability.
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What inspires you as a writer? I’ve been thinking a lot about inspiration and where story ideas come from as I participate in Tara Lazar’s PiBoIdMo Challenge. I’ve been brainstorming with other PB writers in this challenge for a few years now, with varying degrees of success. But this year I’m well past my 30 ideas and feeling excited about quite a few of them.
I think this year is a little different for me, because I’m writing EVERYTHING down, like Corey Rosen Schwartz suggested in her post, and because I’m actively seeing out ideas. In years past, I used to sit at my computer, fingers on the keyboard, with my eyes gazing out the window. What was I looking at? Not much, I live on a pretty quiet street. I had some squirrel ideas pop into my head and a snowy scene or two would make it onto my list, but I rarely came away with more than a handful of ideas I was super excited about.
This year, I’m an idea machine and Pinterest has helped with some of my ideas. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not sitting at my computer all day scrolling through Pinterest. I still listen to the funny kid at Target while pretending to read a K-cup box, I actively study the stacks of picture books I’ve hoarded from the library, and I’ve gained inspiration from the wonderful PiBoIdMo posts put up each morning. But sometimes there’s a special something in my heart, a memory or an experience that I’d like to share with kids, but I’m not sure how to turn it into a marketable picture book story.
When I was a kid, a friend of my mom’s gave our family a Gingerbread house for Christmas. This beautiful creation was an object of utter fascination for me. I spent hours taking it in, staring at the candy decorations, smelling the warm, cozy scent of the gingerbread, and wondering why in the heck my mom wouldn’t let me gobble it up!
Since then, gingerbread houses and gingerbread cookies have held a special place in my heart. But how do I want to share this special gingerbread experience with others? What story would make a great gingerbread picture book?
For inspiration, I when to Pinterest. There are probably a bazillion pins of gingerbread houses and cookies on Pinterest. Of course there are building instructions, recipes, and decorating tips. There are pictures of houses, ranging from graham cracker shacks to palaces fit for a gingerbread king. (Hmm, is that an idea?) I even came across pins that surprised me and sent my idea machine down a different track, a knitted gingerbread house ornament, for example. It was eye candy for my imagination and I came up with a bunch of ideas for gingerbread themed picture books.
I personally keep a few boards for inspiration. One is full of kid-friendly illustrations that spark my imagination. Two of my story inspiration boards are set to private. One is filled with pins related to a middle grade novel I’m working on—pictures of setting, articles for research, pictures of items I imagine are important to different characters, and so on. The other is a board where I pin any ol’ thing that sparks a story idea for me.
So if you’re a writer or illustrator looking for inspiration, consider creating a story inspiration board of your own. And seek out other writer’s and illustrator’s boards. You’ll be amazed at what you find.


West Ham insist they will not break the bank to retain star keeper Rob Green and captain Matthew Upson.
The duo have 18 months left on their existing Upton Park deals and both are yet to agree on extended terms.
Hammers' new co-owners David Gold and David Sullivan have already hinted the pair could be sold in the summer unless they sign extended contracts.
Gold insists their immediate priority was to strengthen in order to maintain their top flight status, having brought in the likes of Mido, Benni McCarthy and Brazilian forward Ilan before the window closed.
West Ham's hierarchy will now sit down and look at contract proposals, however, Gold insists West Ham will not be dishing out lucrative deals that they cannot afford.
"Our priority was to work hard until the transfer window closed," Gold told the Daily Star.
"We wanted to get a few players in. Now we've done that we have to ensure Premier League survival.
"We can now sit down and look at players' contracts. With regards to Upson and Green, it depends on our finances.
"We will do everything we can to retain our best players, but at the same time we can't spend money we don't have."


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From an artistic and historical point of view, the set of houses on Horný val is a group of non-homogeneous and uncoordinated buildings hemmed in by two parallel streets: Horný val and Pivovarská. From a historical viewpoint, Horný val represents what was originally a peripheral street near the town’s outer fortifications and of which there remain only the remnants of the original houses on older basements. The oldest well-preserved buildings on Horný val can be described as two-storey housing; these houses can possibly be dated back to the seventeenth century. Building no. 5 can be considered as Renaissance-Baroque and as such should be included in the state list of monuments for its architectural value.
What was originally a townhouse is part of the development in the western part of the street. Lengthwise, it is at right angles to Horný val street. The house is accessible from Horný val street and has a through passage into the courtyard. The courtyard is connected to the plot of land on Pivovarská street no. 6. The building has a ground floor and a basement; its layout has three wings. The building materials are roughly hewn quarry stone covered with a lime and sandstone plaster. The vaults are made of stone. The attic is ventilated and can be accessed via a narrow corridor in the style of a ramp. The basement can be accessed directly from Horný val street using a passageway with a beamed ceiling and an opening into the attic. The west-facing face has one storey and is divided into three; the wooden entrance gate is on the right-hand side. The interior façade – facing the courtyard – also has one storey and is divided into three. The building is well maintained. It was built as a three-wing townhouse, probably in the first half of the seventeenth century. The roof structure of the originally Renaissance building had to be replaced on several occasions in the Baroque period, mainly after fires in the town. In the twentieth century, the doors and windows on the courtyard façade were also replaced. The front rooms had stone vaults; the back rooms later had beamed ceilings. The composition of the masonry in the attic is proof that it is the original building. The wooden ceiling beams were load-bearing, but originally there was certainly a wall between the two wings on the eastern side of the building, severely damaged by fire. The second stage of construction was linked to the fire of 1744 or 1756. At that time, the wooden ceilings were damaged and replaced with new ones. In the twentieth century the layout between the two wings in the eastern part of the building was modified for reasons unknown, and certain changes were made to render the centre of the residential wings more practical. Doors and windows were replaced on the façade facing the courtyard.
The course of time has shown that the building underwent two important stages and one which brought only functional changes. The original layout was preserved in the building. Despite the Baroque reconstruction, it retained its original concept and remains today one of the most functional buildings in the block of houses on Horný val from a construction and architectural point of view. The building is an example of fine architecture built on an original narrow plot of land probably in the middle of the seventeenth century. Its height and volume make up a single unit with the original surrounding buildings. The building’s heritage value mainly lies in its Renaissance core with well-preserved period features, as well as features from subsequent periods.
The house originally bore the number 135 and was part of a house which stretched all the way to Pivovarská street. In 1849 it was owned by the Hulus family. Jozef Grunbaum and his seven-member family lived in today’s house no. 5. The house was acquired by the important Žilina Adamica family whose descendants still own the house today. Lida Mlichová’s bookbinding workshop has been here since 1994. Her workshop successfully continues the work of the present owner’s father Ján Vrtílek, who was active in Žilina from 1928. They both received numerous prestigious Slovak and international awards for their bookbinding work.
Source: Mgr. Jozef Moravčík, Mgr. Peter Štanský
Lida Mlichová’s bookbinding workshop is situated in Rosenfeld palace in the present.
It can be visited
■ exterior during a guided tour of TIO Žilina.
Position of the monument on the map: B4/C4


Former spinner Danish Kaneria believes that Pakistani batters have failed to dominate a second-string New Zealand side in the ongoing five-match ODI series between the two nations.
He noted that barring senior players Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, and Imam-ul-Haq, the remaining batters have flattered to deceive. Kaneria also expressed his displeasure over the Men in Green’s defensive approach with the bat.
The 42-year-old pointed out how Imam took 107 deliveries to score 90 runs in the recently concluded third ODI at the National Stadium in Karachi on Wednesday, May 3. He claimed that Indian batters Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan would have scored over 200 runs in those many balls.
Speaking on his YouTube channel, Danish Kaneria remarked:
“Apart from Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, no other batters have scored runs. Nobody has been able to score big runs. You are facing a weak opposition, go and score 350–400 runs against them. It’s just tuk-tuk cricket.
“It’s so slow that I feel like fast-forwarding it. Imam scored 90 off 107 balls. If Suryakumar Yadav or Ishan Kishan had played 107 balls, they would have scored a double century.”
Notably, Pakistan have already pocked the five-match series by clinching victories in the first three encounters.
Pakistan beat New Zealand by 26 runs in the 3rd ODI to win the series
New Zealand won the toss and chose to field first in the third ODI against Pakistan. Imam-ul-Haq was the top performer with the bat for the home team, scoring 90 runs.
Skipper Babar Azam also chipped in with a fine half-century, mustering 64 runs from 62 balls as Pakistan finished at 287/7 after 50 overs. Matt Henry picked up three wickets, while Adam Milne and Cole McConchie bagged two and one scalps, respectively.
New Zealand’s run chase started on a promising note, with openers Will Young and Tom Blundell stitching together an impressive 83-run stand. With his 65-run knock, Bundell was the top scorer for New Zealand in the contest.
McConchie also contributed significantly, remaining unbeaten on 64. However, the visitors were ultimately bundled out for 261 runs, suffering a 26-run defeat.
Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Mohammad Wasim Jr picked up two wickets each. Agha Salman finished with a solitary dismissal to his name.


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Kia plans on making a splash this year at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show with its surf/skate-themed 2012 Rio hatchback. This gnarly Rio is the result of a partnership between Kia and Antenna Magazine, and is touted as being a “one-of-a-kind retro ride aimed at totally radical surfing enthusiasts.” To start off, Kia… Continue Reading...
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According to a report by the National Academy of Sciences published May 2, the incidents of so called “air rage.” Air Rage is unreasonably aggressive behavior against cabin attendants and fellow passengers. It is closely related to the increase in First Class seating.
It appears that air rage is actually triggered by economy class passengers being confronted by the fact that a privileged group is having better food, more comfortable seating, and generally better treatment than they are getting – this causes the normal tensions caused by the cattle car crowding of economy class seating to boil over when there is any additional problem.
According to the report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, “researchers found that flights with a first-class section were nearly four times more likely to have air rage incidents in their economy class, and that these incidents of ‘belligerent behavior’ or ’emotional outbursts’ became nearly 12 times more likely among first-class passengers and more than twice as likely among economy-class passengers if people were made to board from the front of the plane and walk through the first-class section together.”
“Stark differences in class,” are thought to be the base cause of various recent incidents and not just in airplanes.
But as common as incidents seem when you see daily news reports on TV, the number of air rage incidents has actually declined to only about 112 REPORTED incidents in 2014, down from more than 300 incidents reported in both 2001 and 2004 as pointed out by The Washington Post.
Air rage is obviously an irrational act since it is usually a complaint about something over which the aircraft crew has absolutely no real control. It can be punished by a fine of up to $25,000, even a jail term in some cases. Until fairly recently, most incidents weren’t really punished, which could be another contributing factor in the past increase and the current decrease now that a zero tolerance policy is in place on many airlines as well as the FAA.
It is, of course in the interest of the airlines to make first class much more attractive than economy and to make economy class seating a generally miserable experience in order to encourage more people to pay a much higher fee to fly in relative comfort.


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Gary Innes With Hamish Napier, Steve Byrne & Veggie Stovies!
Thu 16 Nov 2017
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Highland born accordionist and member of award-winning super group Mànran, Gary Innes, will perform his second solo album ERA alongside Hamish Napier and Steve Byrne at Comar.
This album marks an era of change in Innes’ life after retiring from his beloved sport of Shinty, getting married and the birth of his two nieces. The performance will include some of the top musicians and singers on the Scottish traditional music scene.
An Tobar Café will be open from 6.30pm serving veggie stovies and delicious puddings for £7.50, no booking required.