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GIVING his backing for the four hotel projects to proceed, Real Estate & Housing Developer Association, Penang Chapter (Rehda Penang) chairman Datuk Jerry Chan said the blanket 18m height guideline for Penang’s inner city was not imposed by Unesco, as popularly believed.
“It was inserted by the parties involved in the preparation of the dossier to be submitted to Unesco for the World Heritage Site status (WHS) listing application.
“Rehda’s main grievance is that stakeholders such as the various ethnic communities and their chambers of commerce, guilds, and associations were not consulted in the preparation of the state heritage dossier.
“After 2000, Rehda has not been consulted on the drafting of the guidelines for heritage zones,” he added.
The controversy over the height of the projects has prompted Rehda Penang to publish a recent advertisement expressing concern over the increased restrictions imposed in the state’s heritage and buffer zones.
The state planning committee had formulated guidelines in January allowing the development of high-rise buildings over 18m, subject to stringent conditions, said Chan.
“We understand that Malacca in its listing submission did not bind itself to any height restriction,” he said.
Chan noted there were existing buildings higher than 18m such as the Dewan Perniagaan Melayu building on Beach Street and the Bangunan Syed Putra on Downing Street, both located a stone’s throw from Boustead and AGB groups’ hotel projects.
“There shouldn’t be any assumption that Penang would lose its WHS status if the projects are carried out.
“Unesco has to clarify if it was aware of the MPPP approval for the four hotel projects with their respective specified heights.
“If Unesco was aware, then it has assented to the listing not withstanding these approvals,” he said.
Since the listing approval did not impose conditions that these projects had to be cancelled or scaled down, it could be inferred that they were not an issue nor a threat to the WHS status of Penang, he said.
“The authorities should explain who is responsible for the conflicting situation on the approvals and the 18m height restriction.
“Was the height restriction submitted intentionally or a genuine mistake?” he said.
Chan said if the state government believed in the economic benefits to be generated by the hotel projects, it should defend these projects.
Meanwhile, Penang Heritage Trust (PHT) president Dr Choong Sim Poey said the PHT was surprised that MPPP could have failed to apply Unesco heritage guidelines on the four hotel projects.
“The regular meetings of the state heritage conservation committee held since 2000 under the chairmanship of the previous Chief Minister were fully aware of the conservation guidelines of the heritage city.
“All the relevant state and MPPP officers, and Rehda and PHT representatives were part of this committee,” he said.
He added that losing the Unesco recognition would affect all businesses in the inner city.
Choong said: “A price has to be paid for this mistake; either in losing the Unesco status or compensating the developers.
“The state government and the people will have to decide which is the greater price to pay.”
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Not much is known about the lives of the emperors and empresses of the Second Century. Our best primary sources, Tacitus and Suetonius are dead. The Historia Augusta is not known for its accuracy, being a collection of gossip and fanciful tales. Pliny the Younger sheds some light on this period, and Dio Cassius does not appear until the reign of Commodus. What we know about the two Faustinas, Elder and Younger, must be pieced together from monumental inscriptions, legends on coins, and the few cases in which writers actually describe events of their lives.
Faustina the Elder was loved very much by her husband, the emperor Antoninus Pius. They lived happily together during one of the most peaceful and prosperous periods of Roman history. The empire had reached its greatest extent under Trajan in the early Second Century but Hadrian found it more expedient to give up all territory across the Danube for the sake of a strong, defensible frontier. During the next sixty years the empire enjoyed the economic prosperity that is one of the benefits of a powerful and stable government.
Evidence on coins suggests that Faustina the Elder concerned herself with charitable work and the betterment of poor people's lives in Rome. One coin reverse commemorates the PVELLAE FAVSTINIANAE (Faustina's Girls). This refers to a fund Faustina had established to pay for the education of girls from poor Roman families.
Faustina the Elder died in A. D. 141 and was deeply mourned by her husband. Antoninus Pius had his wife consecrated (declared a goddess) and had millions of coins struck bearing her portrait. These coins are some of the most easily obtained Roman coins and the multitude of types and reverse legends contribute greatly to the archaeological evidence for known history of the period.
The author's first Roman coin was a worn denarius of DIVA FAVSTINA. This was a commemorative coin issued after her death. Though it is quite worn, the elaborate hair style, piled high on her head with the hair interwoven with strings of pearls is still evident. The coin displayed with this article is in far better condition and much more of the hair detail can be seen. Most coins of Faustina the Elder can be identified by this distinctive feature not found on the coins of any other empress.
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Northside Festival happens once a year throughout all of Brooklyn and it is "New York City’s largest and most accessible discovery festival". With installments of music and film, there is also a series called NExT-- pannel discussions on Entrepreneurship and Technology. Rad huh? NExT is only a couple of days from June 13th-14th, then music from the 13th-16th and a follow up with film till the 20th. The flyer below suggests some of the amazing up and coming artists performing this year. With major indie headliners, The Walkmen and popstar, Solange, WHY?, Iceage, Majical Cloudz, Bleached, Ratking, Blue Hawaii, Young Magic, Monogold...etc are all joining.
Music passes are only $80 and individual tickets are much cheaper. Everything starts on Thursday so it's not too late to participate. I've already made a schedule of on the Northside Fest website. Click here if you dare to see how much $80 is worth and below is a mini playlist. Get ready to hop around all week!


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The Starman sent shock waves across the universe when he died last month after a courageous 18-month battle with cancer—and while we continue to mourn the loss of this talented artist and creative visionary, we find comfort in knowing that his sparkling light will never burn out.
David Bowie’s bold vision, fierce courage, and revolutionary music continue to live on in the lives and art of his family, friends, fans, and collaborators. A true artist, he continued creating all the way up until his death—and his musical influence will continue to live on long after.
Within days of Bowie’s death, punk-rock pianist and cabaret songstress Amanda Palmer teamed up with pop polymath Jherek Bischoff to create “Strung Out in Heaven: A Bowie String Quartet Tribute.”
Arranged, recorded, mixed, and released within just two weeks, the six-song EP also includes six Bowie-inspired works of visual art. The album also features musical contributions from singer-songwriter Anna Calvi and actor, writer, and director John Cameron Mitchell.
The EP was financed by Palmer’s Patreon supporters, and is being sold for $1 on Bandcamp. Part of the money will go to Bowie’s publisher, and the remaining proceeds from the first month of sales will be donated to the cancer research wing of the Tufts Medical Center in memory of Bowie.
“I was on the phone with Jherek [Bischoff], discussing another project, and I was feeling a bit trapped in the non-productive new-mother cave—so we joked that we should do a flash Bowie tribute,” Palmer wrote in a statement. “And suddenly, we weren’t joking. I had funding from my 7,000 fans on Patreon to ‘make stuff.’ What better ‘stuff’? We started that night, giving ourselves a deadline of two weeks to release it as a surprise.”
And so in the spirit of surprise Bowie tributes, Second Inversion decided to write a surprise album review. Here are all the things we love about this shimmering Starman string tribute:
BLACKSTAR: The album begins with the end: a cover of the title track from Bowie’s final studio album. Palmer and Bischoff turn Bowie’s surreal musical dreamscape into a soulful string lament, with Palmer’s and Calvi’s vocals echoing from opposite ears above layered string melodies. It’s one part mystic hymnal, one part cult cabaret, one part pop poetry, and all parts transcendent.
SPACE ODDITY: Palmer’s husband, author Neil Gaiman, provides the countdown to “Space Oddity,” Bowie’s 1969 interstellar single. Weightless string melodies and pizzicato backdrops sparkle like the stars beneath Palmer’s airy vocals in this nebulous outer-space adventure.
ASHES TO ASHES: Palmer and Bischoff strip out the synth from this New Romantic 1980s nursery rhyme and focus instead on its melancholic vocal melodies. Palmer’s theatrical voice floats softly through layers of angular string melodies and deadpan backup vocals—wistful, nostalgic, and “strung out in Heaven’s high.”
HEROES: Of course, the album just wouldn’t be Bowie if it didn’t have a rendition of his 1970s synth-laden serenade, “Heroes.” Effervescent strings propel Palmer’s fervent vocals forward in this heartfelt tribute, with John Cameron Mitchell providing the background vocals for its impassioned climax.
HELDEN: Palmer and Mitchell also team up for an abridged cover of the German version of “Heroes.” Their fiery duet soars triumphantly over a textured string backdrop, paying tribute to a Bowie classic that truly transcends language.
LIFE ON MARS?: Bischoff turns Bowie’s surrealist sci-fi anthem into a lively instrumental string serenade, taking the original heartrending melody and transforming it into a happy and hopeful reminder of Bowie’s boundless musical imagination.
Because that’s the beauty of Bowie: his creative vision extended beyond genre, geography, or language. Throughout his chameleonic career, he created music that could connect and inspire people from all over the globe, and perhaps even beyond it.
“Music is the binding agent of our mundane lives,” Palmer wrote. “It cements the moments in which we wash the dishes, type the resumes, go to the funerals, have the babies. The stronger the agent, the tougher the memory, and Bowie was NASA-grade epoxy to a sprawling span of freaked-out kids over three generations. He bonded us to our weird selves. We can be us, he said. Just for one day.”
In the end, Bowie’s contributions to the world of music extend far past the confines of rock, glam, pop, or classical genres, reminding us that when it comes to art, the sky is the limit—and a creative spirit like his belongs right up alongside the stars. Rest in peace, Starman.
“The man, the artist, exits,” Palmer wrote. “But the music, the glue; it stays. It never stops binding us together.”

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If you were hoping and praying that Emma Watson would be cast as Anastasia Steele in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie, you may want to have a seat: She's not. Watson has all but officially confirmed she's not doing the movie, tweeting over the weekend: "Who here actually thinks I would do 50 Shades of Grey as a movie? Like really. For real. In real life."
Damn, Emma, tell us how you really feel.
Last week, the group of Hackers responsible for leaking Beyonce and Kanye West's personal information, reportedly hacked into a German film company's files and discovered that Emma was "confirmed" to star in the movie. But now Emma's telling us that that's not true. Well, actually, she isn't hard-core telling us that that's not true, as much as she's writing a vague, cryptic tweet that may be construed as making fun of the movie. I dunno. I mean, technically, I guess she still could play Ana, but she sure as shit doesn't sound like she has any interest. Am I making any sense here?
Personally, I don't see Emma in the role, as A) I just don't, and B) I just don't harder. I'm sure Emma would do a bang-up job (heh) as Ana, as she's a fantastic actress, but it really just doesn't seem to be her bag. She's more of a magic wand girl than a whips and chains girl, know what I mean, jelly bean?
Who do you want to play Anastasia Steele?
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Drag racing is a passionate sport purely adrenaline driven; not only restricted to men but even women find it much exciting to be a participant, a by-stander or even co-passenger of drivers racing. Movies like Red Line, Fast and Furious series, Cannonball Run, and Talladega have given it much acceptance and hype among youngsters.
Drag racing is automotive street racing on public roads. It is a competition between two cars or two bikes specially prepared (with modifications and customization) for racing at top speeds. The vehicles compete with each other to reach the finish line before the other. The race starts from a designated start-point following ¼ mile of fixed straight track. In racing concepts like Jr. Drag Racing, the course is set for eighth-miles instead of quarter-mile. This sport is mostly illegal however, in most countries Government organization have been formed to regulate the rules, regulations and safety for this form of motor racing. The vehicles reach unimaginable speed and sometimes the vehicles use a parachute (pre-fitted in the vehicle) to slow down their speed. This innovative idea is accredited to the famous cartoonist Tom Medley.
Drag racing features a tournament like pattern of series of rounds of eliminations. A series of Two-vehicle race follows and the loser in each race keeps being eliminated while the winner goes ahead. This series of rounds continue until the ultimate winner remains.

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Since the 1970s, demand for rice in Africa has tripled. Rice is increasingly replacing other staple foods such as maize,cassava, and sorghum.
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Ross Gumbley’s witty, smart adaptation of the John Buchan classic thriller The Thirty-Nine Steps follows the Alfred Hitchcock film and recent
Feeding off British fears of enemies both within and outside its borders on the eve of the First World War, it’s pumped up into a ripping good yarn. Allan Scott of The Press described Gumbley's version as a “stylish and quite delightful take-off.”
Lindsay Clark of Theatreview praises the craft and theatricality Gumbley brings to making the novel work for the stage. “Gumbley settles for direct storytelling from Richard Hannay, Buchan's hero,” writes Clark, “with frequent cinematic fades into action sequences borne along by stirringly patriotic music and often embellished by wonderful models.
A trio of actors plays a dazzling array of minor roles and the whole experience is delivered with a playfulness that is partly tongue in cheek deflation of the genre, and partly pure inventive fun.”
Adventurer Richard Hannay has just returned from South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his London life - until a murder is committed in his flat, just days after the victim had warned him of an assassination plot that could bring Britain to the brink of war.
An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland, where he must use all his wits to stay one step ahead of the game - and warn the government before it is too late.
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The BLM manages about 623,000 acres, or 37 percent, of Gunnison sage-grouse habitat across the range of the species.
Within Utah, the BLM manages about 4,338 surface acres of critical habitat in the Moab Field Office and 4,979 surface acres within critical habitat in the Monticello Field Office.
The Gunnison Sage-Grouse Rangewide Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment and Draft Environmental Impact Statement consider actions that could be implemented on BLM-managed lands and does not affect state, county, and private lands, or lands managed by other federal agencies except where these surfaces overlie federal mineral estate managed by BLM.
The draft plan considers four alternatives with a wide range of management options.
These options range from leaving management of Gunnison sage-grouse habitat as it currently is, to focusing primarily on conservation by avoiding any impacts to habitat of Gunnison sage-grouse.
It includes a preferred alternative that provides for management flexibility using appropriate measures to mitigate impacts to Gunnison sage-grouse habitat.
Public comments will be used in developing a final environmental impact statement and proposed plan amendments for up to 11 BLM Resource Management Plans, including those for Moab and Monticello Field Offices. The deadline for public comments is January 9, 2017.
Based on a January 2013 US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposal to list the Gunnison sage-grouse as endangered, the BLM began to analyze current conservation measures and consider additional protections for the bird on public lands in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah.
In November 2014, the USFWS listed the Gunnison sage-grouse as threatened.
To review the documents, go to http://bit.ly/1Uusw8C. Comments related to the Gunnison Sage-Grouse Rangewide Draft RMP Amendment/Draft EIS should be submitted by January 9, 2017, using the comment form at: http://1.usa.gov/1Uusw8C, or by emailing email@example.com, or faxing 303-239-3699.
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The safety and success of the creative community during COVID-19 is important to Craft Lake City.Click for Updates
In support of our mission to educate, promote and inspire local artisans while elevating the creative culture of the Utah arts community through science, technology and art, Craft Lake City holds DIY workshops all year long taught by some of Utah’s most skilled artisans. Workshop topics run the gamut from gourmet food to floral arranging to fiber arts. Take a workshop to perfect a skill, kick-start a new hobby, meet like-minded people and support the local maker movement.
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In an effort to protect the health of our creative community, this event has been canceled in line with COVID-19 recommendations. Attendees will be refunded in full. For questions, please email firstname.lastname@example.org. In this NHMU Craft Workshop presented by Craft Lake City, local artisan Heather Leeflang of H Works Jewelry will introduce attendees to metal scribing. Attendees will inscribe constellations onto copper and brass discs, and then hand score the patterns to create personalized charms. After the constellation designs are complete, the charms will be attached to a silver chain to create a necklace to wear or share. Materials will be provided and no experience is necessary.
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25 March 2016
Irish Daily Mirror – Guilt Free Easter Eggs
My sugar, dairy, gluten and guilt free Raw Chocolate Easter Eggs were featured in the Irish Daily Mirror this week:
Make your own guilt-free chocolate Easter egg in just FIVE steps
Delicious and completely free of sugar, dairy and gluten – where has this recipe been all our lives?
Here’s some egg-citing news – there’s an easy way to get your chocolate fix this Easter without the guilt.
These delicious chocolate orange Easter eggs are completely sugar free, dairy free and gluten free.
If that’s not egg-traordinary enough (too much?), the raw Easter Egg recipe from Vita Coco Coconut Oil and nutrition website LifeCleanse is ridiculously simple to make too.
After assembling the ingredients, simply pop it in the fridge for 90 minutes and enjoy some clean chocolate bliss!
Ingredients – what do you need?
- 1 cup raw organic cacao powder
- 1 cup raw organic coconut oil
- 1 tsp organic vanilla extract
- 1 tsp organic acai powder
- 2 drops organic wild orange essential oil*
- 1 pinch organic sea salt
- 2 avocados
*Not all essential oils are safe to ingest, so be sure to use food grade oil.
Recipe and method
- Soften the coconut oil in a small measuring jug or bowl over a bowl of warm (not hot) water. Once liquid, add the vanilla extract and orange essential oil.
- Slowly stir in the cacao and acai. Add a small pinch of organic sea salt and mix well.
- Cut the avocados in half lengthways; remove the stone and spoon out the flesh. (Note: for this recipe we will only be using the skins as natural Easter Egg moulds. For ideas to use up the avocado flesh see here or here.).
- Rub a small amount of coconut oil on the insides of the avocado shells to line them and carefully spoon in the chocolate orange mixture.
- Sit the shells on a plate in the fridge and allow to set for 90 minutes. Once hard, remove from the avocado shells using a warm spoon.

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By Hoobastank. Artist/Personality; Piano/Vocal/Chords; Sheet; Solo. Piano Vocal. Hard Rock. Single. With vocal melody, lyrics, piano accompaniment, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. 7 pages. Alfred Music #25943. Published by Alfred Music (HL.322025).
Item Number: HL.322025
The sheet music for Hoobastank's single “If I Were You.” Rumored to be written about Scott Weiland from the band Velvet Revolver (and former lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots), “If I Were You” is the first single from Hoobastank's 2006 release Every Man for Himself. This sheet music provides the song's lyrics along with piano and chord arrangements.


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Redmi Router AX3 Using Review: Cost-effective Wi-Fi 6 Router
By Steve Lowry 2020-06-10 9924 0
Redmi Router AX5 Highlights
Although the price is cheap, the Redmi router AX5 has not shrunk too much in terms of configuration. Redmi AX3 uses 4-core 64-bit A53 1.2GHz CPU+ single-core 1.5 GHz NPU, computing power up to 11040DMIPS, has 256MB large memory, and 4-channel Qorvo independent signal amplifier. What’s more, the Redmi router AX5 supports the latest Wi-Fi 6 technical standard and has the ability of Mesh networking.
In terms of parameters, Redmi router AX5 has reached the level of middle and high-end routers, but the price is pretty affordable, which will promote the popularization of Wi-Fi 6 technology.
Redmi Router AX5 Design
The Redmi router AX5 is more conventional in appearance and is designed with four antennas. In order to ensure wider and more stable signal coverage, the Redmi router AX5 uses four Qorvo high-performance independent signal amplifiers. Compared with the integrated amplifier, the signal strength of the independent amplifier is increased by 4dB, and the theoretical coverage is increased by 50%.
The AX5 body of the Redmi router uses a large area hollowed-out design, which can release the heat from the inside of the body more quickly.
There are two LED indicators at the top of the Redmi AX5 router, through which we can more intuitively understand the current working status of the router.
There are one WAN port and three-gigabit LANs on the back of the Redmi router AX5.
Redmi Router AX5 Network Test
Through the network speed test, the download speed is 298Mbps and the upload rate is 37.2Mbps at A, 362Mbps at B, 38Mbps at C, and 37.2Mbps at C.
From the test results, there is no big problem when the Redmi router AX5 is used for daily household use. If you have a large area or the router needs to wear multiple walls, then you can consider using the Mesh network to achieve high-speed network coverage of the whole house.
Redmi router AX5 supports OFDMA, MU-MIMO, and other technologies, which can ensure the stability and speed of the network. At the same time, officials said that the system upgrade will be pushed before July 15, so as to support the networking of multiple Mesh, so that the network coverage of large households is more extensive.
Redmi Router AX5 APP
Through the Xiaomi Mi WiFi APP, the Redmi router AX5 can be configured and the system can be updated. Redmi router AX5 will also add Tencent online Game Accelerator (upgraded before July 15) in subsequent upgrades, which can reduce latency and make the game smoother.
In addition, Xiaomi Mi WiFi APP can also optimize the quality of Wi-Fi to provide a more stable network connection in a complex network environment. At the same time, Xiaomi Mi WiFi APP can also open the security center of routing and provide firewall protection.
From the configuration and experience point of view, the price of Redmi router AX5 is relatively cost-effective, if you are still using Wi-Fi 5 or even Wi-Fi4 standard router, then you might as well change to a Redmi router AX5.
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Progression des femmes et mixité dans les services correctionnels au Québec : des transformations possibles ?
Sophie Brière, Antoine Pellerin, Anne-Marie Laflamme et Julie Maude Laflamme
Volume : 75-1 (2020)
This article examines career progression among female correctional service officers and, more specifically, the factors that influence their retention and advancement. Although studies exploring the reality of women exercising this occupation have shown that a male culture and deeply-rooted gender role stereotypes prevail in detention facilities, the advancement of female correctional service officers in Quebec has been very significant since the early 1990s and their job retention rate is excellent. This research seeks to find out whether this progression is based only on women’s ability to adapt to a traditionally male work environment or whether there has been real change in the work environment, human resource management and work processes. We have thus sought to understand this advancement and retention and their impact at the organizational level.
In order to understand how women have progressed so significantly in the Quebec context, several theoretical approaches have been mobilized in a convergent way, such as approaches to gender mixing in the workplace, feminist theories, institutional theory and the theory of change. To this end, semi-structured interviews were conducted with male and female correctional service officers and managers working in Quebec detention facilities. The results reveal that women’s advancement in correctional services has led to an increasing gender mix at work and has had a significant impact in the workplace. Since work teams include both men and women and, with the exception of strip searches, the tasks entrusted to staff members are identical and not based on gender, women are perceived as an integral part of the organization. Moreover, important transformations and changes were found at all organizational pillars and a shift in organizational culture was observed. Lastly, our study also identified some issues that continue to pose obstacles to the advancement and retention of female correctional service officers.
Keywords: workplace gender mix, approach to equality, women, correctional services, diversity.

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Boeing Co. will count on Japanese companies to build about one-fifth of its newest airplane, the 777X. Companies such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries could get more work as the Chicago-based aircraft maker tries to increase production beyond the current 8.3 per month, Reuters reports.
Boeing uses companies all over the world to make parts of its airplanes. But Japan Airlines’ decision to order planes from rival Airbus left some observers wondering if Japanese manufacturers might play a smaller role in Boeing’s next plane.
Japanese companies make about 21 percent of the Boeing 777 and about 35 percent of Boeing’s Dreamliner 787. A Boeing spokesman in Toyko declined to comment.


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Well, like a wrecking ball, indeed. “Bangerz,” the highly anticipated Oct. 4th release from Miley Cyrus, was officially named a Number One record yesterday: It struck the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart, clocking in first week sales of 270,000 albums sold. That’s more than two and a half times the debut of Cyrus’s last album, 2010’s “Can’t Be Tamed“—her last release with Disney-owned label Hollywood Records. Though Cyrus has stated in interviews that she considers this album her first—her debut as an adult, and artist, and what have you.
The album is indeed the long-awaited reward after quite a bit of media saturation, its release following a carefully (and cunningly) crafted year-long PR gambit with one essential endgame: To make Miley Cyrus a massive success. And that certainly seems to be working.
While there are plenty of people who have plenty to say about some of the controversial headlines and whatsits, that’s for another time and another post entirely—one I may entertain, when the dust has a chance to settle and there’s some perspective on how this Miley madness has all played out.
But for now, the music. The brainchild of a hugely impactful celebrity coming-of-age, ‘Bangerz’ is a slick and powerful dose of pop, dragged through the dust of Cyrus’s Tennessee growl and dressed up in the gold chains and Jordans of a generation that overdosed on hip-hop. In fact, the oddest (and also the most utterly satisfying) element of this record is its bizarre mélange of influences and inflections, all of which Cyrus adopts with striking, persuasive professionalism. In early press interviews to promote ‘Bangerz,’ Cyrus cited inspirations in its making, disparate as Dolly Parton, Joan Jett, and Lil Kim, which all actually make an odd sort of sense given the album’s wonderful tendency to wander into the unexpected.
Cyrus’ vocals are adept and wickedly instinctive, and, when you consider the number of styles of singing represented on ‘Bangerz,‘ impressively adaptive. The album’s production, helmed by Mike WiLL Made-It, is a fresh and forward brand of urban eltecro pop-rock that fits Cyrus’s erratic twenty-something desires perfectly, and the pairing is magic for them both.
The album’s grittier moments (“My Darlin’,” “Someone Else“) are its greatest, particularly achy opener “Adore You” and the dark and dramatic “Drive,” all of which are nestled neatly among fun and flashy cameos and the already ultra-familiar pair of Cyrus’s aces, “We Can’t Stop” and “Wrecking Ball.” It’s all hands on deck, with appearances by ’00s mainstays Britney Spears and Nelly, but Cyrus holds her own and stays dominant on her turf.
I recommend it highly, if you’re up for an adventure and enjoy pop music; it’s well worth the $10.99 on iTunes.
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I tried for a while to be more towards the minimalist mentality but I give up. I’m going with who I am – a junker, a collector, a keeper of the memories, perhaps a borderline hoarder – I like my stuff. I have read the books, the posts, and felt the urge to de clutter but beyond cleaning out the laundry room and a few kitchen drawers, I’m done. The thing I really want to do is get far away from this forest of fictitious rules and single-minded guidelines that are all over this World Wide Web and all of this networking, including magazines that shoot pictures of people and places that are, again, retouched snapshots of “reality” . I fear we will lose track of who we are with all of the influence and depictions of people’s lives that can bombard us every hour of every day. And nearly all of it is not for real, but are isolated moments that attempt to tell a story of how things are or should be.
Anyway, I am of a generation where we had time to think about who we were – we spent a lot of time “finding ourselves” and because of this blessed background, I am returning to that concept – we need to be ourselves and I, like clutter. There, I said it…
I also like the patina of my old furniture that has marks from childhood on its lovely scruffy surface and I like the way the post at the end of my staircase is worn and without paint from the hands of my family grabbing it each time they went upstairs and then there are the walls filled with paintings, mine and my kid’s, I even like the five little nails where stockings hung and still remain on the mantle from Christmases past, it is all part of the real story.
It is freeing to let go of that idea that things have to be perfect and that huge misconception that they even can be – perfect is just being you, not a picture in a magazine or a new rule to follow from someone’s post. I hope you do not consider this a rant or another set of internet rules to follow – I just meant this to support you or perhaps encourage you to leave social media alone from time to time and find your real self – that person that is perfectly you.
“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.”

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Glass is sturdy and can support a lot of weight, yet has a light, thin design for an elegant finish.

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European nations have called for a review of Russian ties as evidence mounts that pro-Russian separatists shot down Fight MH17, the FT reports.» Read More
A legal battle over alleged computer hacking of a US marketing company by a News Corp subsidiary has been referred to US authorities by a senior lawmaker, the FT reports.
European leaders could temporarily steal the spotlight from Washington lawmakers Thursday, as they meet in Brussels to discuss the Greek debt crisis and how to keep contagion from spreading.
David Cameron told the British parliament of his regrets over hiring former News Corp employee Andy Coulson, who was arrested over phone-hacking allegations.
British Prime Minister David Cameron addresses the House of Commons over the ongoing phone-hacking scandal.
An influential committee of British lawmakers has condemned News International's actions on phone hacking and accused News Corp's British newspaper wing of trying to "deliberately thwart" the police investigation into the initial allegations.
A positive start to earnings season, including blowout results from Apple, is helping investors shake off worries and start buying the dips. On tap for Wednesday: UTX, AmEx, Intel.
Rupert Murdoch, his son James and Rebekah Brooks, the former News of the World editor who used to run their British newspaper empire News International, face grilling by a committee of MPs later on Tuesday.
he News of the World phone hacking scandal heaped further pressure on the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, on Monday as more questions were raised about his appointment of the paper's former editor Andy Coulson as his director of communications.
CNBC's Kayla Tausche has the update on Rupert Murdoch and his son James reaching Parliament in preparation of a hearing on the phone hacking scandal.
CNBC's Kayla Tausche has the update on Rupert and James Murdoch arriving at Parliament. The big question is whether the Murdochs will be able to survive the scandal at all.
The whistleblower who alleged widespread hacking at News Corp's News of the World has been found dead. Police said his death was not considered to be suspicious.
CNBC's Kayla Tausche has the details on British PM cutting his trade mission to Africa short as the hacking scandal grows.
British Prime Minister David Cameron says he will look into whether 9/11 victims were targeted in the phone hacking scandal.
The likelihood of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp being given UK government approval to complete its takeover of British Sky Broadcasting has "sharply contracted" over the last 24 hours, Alex De Groote, media analyst at Panmure Gordon told CNBC.
The British government will confirm proposals to raise the retirement age of up to six million public sector workers by six years on Friday from 60 to 66.
The UK consumer sector is “extremely challenging” but the Bank of England will probably be forced to raise interest rates later in the year, Adam Chester, chief economist at Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets told CNBC.
Britain’s ruling coalition is to modify its plan for a rigid £26,000 annual cap ($42,190) on the total benefits that can be claimed by any household, amid fears it could force thousands of poor families out of their homes in London, the FT reports.
The UK’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, is coming under increasing pressure to reshuffle his cabinet just days after returning to work from a two-week break.
BMW will invest 500 million pounds ($818 million) in its UK factories as it prepares its manufacturing network for the rollout of its next-generation Mini.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its growth forecast for the UK economy to 1.5 percent for 2011, but has said it continues to support the coalition government’s spending cuts.


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If you’re heading to Pokhara, chances are, you’ll hear about the famous lake, Phewa Tal, and the World Peace Pagoda (Shanti Stupa).
Instead of hiring a taxi to take you to the pagoda and hiring a boat to take you around the lake, combine the two attractions into one!
The women I work with and I decided to take a boat across the lake and hike up to the pagoda. You can hire boats for about USD$10 to get you to the pagoda side, wait for you, and to take you back. Get these boats at the lakeside perpendicular to Barahi Chowk.
From the other side, follow the trail up to the World Peace Pagoda! There are a couple teahouses on the way that you can stop at for a little refreshment.
The hike only takes about half an hour up, and you can do it in trainers or good walking shoes. I wore chacos and was totally fine!
The view from the top of the pagoda will be cloudy and the mountains will most likely be hidden by fog. If you’d like to see the mountains, hiring a bike or taxi for sunrise would be best.
When you’re done, hike back down and take the boat back to lakeside!
This boat/hike day is a great way to spend some time in Pokhara with friends. I highly recommend it!


India is the largest user of groundwater in the world. It uses an estimated 230 km3 of groundwater per year, which is over a quarter of the global total. About 85 percent of rural drinking water needs, 65 percent of irrigation needs and 50 percent of urban drinking water and industrial needs are fulfilled with groundwater. A study, An Untold Story of Groundwater Replenishment in India: Impact of Long-Term Policy Interventions, published in the journal Advances in Water Resources indicates that groundwater depletion in the north and east India will affect over 120 million people in the Gangetic states. The study by Prof. Abhijeet Mukherjee from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Dr Soumendra Nath Bhanja, Athabasca University, Canada compiled the first estimates of usable groundwater storage at the state-level across India using both in-situ and satellite-based measurements.
The in-situ data has been retrieved from a well-maintained network of groundwater-level monitoring locations in India. Groundwater-level data was used from 3,907 in-situ monitoring wells across the country and the total usable groundwater storage was estimated between 2005 and 2013. The study combined borehole data from Central Ground Water Board, rainfall data and satellite data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) launched in 2002.
Groundwater storage depletes in most parts of the country
The estimates show rapid depletion of usable groundwater storage in most parts of northern and eastern India during 2005-2013, losing 8.5 cubic kilometre per year (km3/year) and 5 km3/year of total groundwater respectively. More than 85 percent of the groundwater usage in India is linked with irrigation abstraction practices during non-monsoonal months. Large-scale depletion could have unforeseen consequences in future food security.
India's northern and eastern states such as Assam, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal saw a rapid decline in usable groundwater between 2005 and 2013, raising the risk of severe droughts, food crisis, and drinking water for millions of people, the study found. Parts of the Indus-Ganga-Brahmaputra basin mostly show reducing groundwater levels, whereas parts of western and southern India show increasing trends. More than four metre groundwater decline have been observed during the last decade in the Indian states of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal.
The fertile alluvial plains of the Gangetic basin are densely populated and are conducive for irrigational activities. The rapid depletion of groundwater in the Gangetic basin is linked to surface water quantity reduction in Ganges river during the recent summers. These depletion trends and practices have not only affected the groundwater storage but also declined the flow in the adjoining rivers, including the Ganga, leading to it drying in recent summers. The study indicates that the depletion is positively linked to the practice of water-intensive crops farming in these states and not necessarily related to the change in rainfall patterns.
As per the study, “The rapidly growing demands in these areas are directly proportional to the increasing population, the introduction of water-intensive crops (e.g., boro rice), and changes in cropping pattern (e.g., replacing food crop by cash crop) and coincide with the areas showing highest groundwater storage depletion…In these areas, increases in agricultural food productions have resulted at the cost of non-renewable loss in groundwater volume at an alarming rate.”
Reduction in groundwater withdrawal leads to replenishment in some states
The study indicates that southern and western Indian states like Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh show trends of replenishing usable groundwater storage. The reasons for replenishment include “the reduction in irrigation-linked groundwater withdrawal, change in agricultural practice, increasing artificial recharge and surface water irrigation increase (Bhanja et al. 2017b).
As per the study, Haryana, which gets annual precipitation of 689 millimetres (mm), holds the highest levels of usable groundwater with 3,593 centimetres (cm) while Himachal Pradesh with precipitation of 1,147 mm per year has the lowest UGWS level of 520 cm.
Assam and some parts of eastern India seem to be losing the usable groundwater storage at the highest rate, within the study period, as per the study. Many of these states are now intermittently getting affected by the "groundwater drought" in recent summers. The study suggests that these summer groundwater droughts would intensify in future, to become severe to very severe by 2050, with the possibility of spreading over all seasons. The rapid depletion in usable groundwater storage would accelerate the decline in food production and the availability of drinking water, two of the prime goals of achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030.
The groundwater replenishment in certain states of India could be because of a combination of government policy changes and grassroots efforts of local communities, who have undertaken several projects over the last several years in the form of efficient groundwater management and utilisation policies.
The full text of the study can be accessed here


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Huge demand ensures One Direction add extra Cardiff date
10th December 2014, 8:00 am By Principality Stadium
The world’s biggest pop act, One Direction today announced a brand new date to their massive 2015 UK and Ireland tour.
The tour, which went on sale this weekend, has already sold out every single one of its 26 shows. The band will now perform two summer shows in Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium in June, before kicking off the autumn run with an astonishing six dates at The O2 in London.
With the entire UK and Ireland tour selling out in record time, One Direction have added an extra date – Friday 5h June to their sell out tour. Tickets will go on sale 9am Saturday 13th December.
Following already announced dates in Europe, North America, Asia and South Africa, One Direction will bring their ‘On The Road Again’ show home – giving fans the chance to see the band perform songs from their brand new album ‘FOUR’ for the first time alongside all their much-loved hits.
Millennium Stadium tour dates are:
Friday 5th June – Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Saturday 6th June – Millennium Stadium, Cardiff SOLD OUT
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BLUE SUN ROOM FAN FICTION - GENERAL
"River and Mal get closer while others plot to part them."
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TITLE: "A DIFFERENT EDEN"
AUTHOR: Alison M. DOBELL
STATUS: New. SEQUEL to "A SPECIAL HELL"
ARCHIVE: Yes. Just let me know where.
SUMMARY: "River and Mal get closer while others plot to part them."
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"A DIFFERENT EDEN"
A "Firefly" story
Written by Alison M. DOBELL
* * * * *
Her mind awoke seconds before her body. She loved this. Lying sated and content in the warmth of his arms, so happy just to be this close. He was still sleeping though he had woken once or twice in the night she had eased him back into a trouble free sleep that made her heart lighter than air. He was so gentle, his passion deep but not overpowering. A tenderness to him that strangers never saw and friends only rarely. Every journey into the heart of him was a voyage of discovery into herself. A smile graced River's lips before her eyes opened to gaze on the object of her affection. As if she was the alarm that woke him he stirred from his sleep and smiled back. "*Ni hao ma, bao bei*?"
"*Hen hao, ni ne?*"
"Like a baby."
That made her laugh quietly and her humour was another gift to him that he was so glad he had opened. He felt as if every moment spent with her was something so precious and wondrous he could not bear to squander it with anything less than happy thoughts. His smile widened as he realised he was delirious with joy. She knew, even if she could not see it in his face nor read it in his eyes it was in his heart. His mind. He really was hers and nothing in the 'verse could make her happier. Except the one tiny problem of his idea of being honorable and such like. At times the Captain had an almost archaic sense of chivalry. One that usually got him in all kinds of trouble. It was her solemn bounden duty to save him from himself.
"What you thinkin' 'bout, *xin gan*?"
She lay back in his arms, one of his hands gently brushing back the hair from her face. Watching the light in her eyes and marvelling at how someone so fragile could be so gorram strong. A lesson in life, that was River. A gift beyond price. His warm lips gently kissed her neck. She stretched her head back to encourage him to keep going, feeling the subdued laughter bubbling up in him as he obeyed the unspoken wish. "You. Us."
He felt her mood become more serious. "That a bad thing?"
River turned her head so he could see her face clearly. "No, *ai ren*, but it takes some thought."
That amused him. He raised his eyebrows, now gently settling baby kisses across her cheek to the happy curve of her waiting mouth. She wanted to draw him into a deeper kiss but he held back enough to speak a question. "As long as they're happy thoughts, River. Don't want you messin' up that pretty face frownin' and worryin' an' such like. That's what your Cap'n's for, *dong ma*?"
Her eyes sparkled and she turned fully in his arms, splaying across his chest, her hair draping over him, her mouth coming down to meet his and take the kiss he should have given up already. The kiss deepened, both lost in the utter bliss of it. River let her mind go free, exploring him inside while her body explored outside. Loving how responsive he now was to her slightest touch, her change in mood, her darkening passion. They were a match for each other in ways that were so wonderful and unexpected that it moved her beyond tears. Made her heart drunk with his deep wine and longing to drink forever from that wellspring. But she was no thief, she would pay him back in kind all the hours, days and seconds of her life. They made love slowly, each touch flowing into the next. Each heartbeat a shared experience. Each look a library of tender emotions they willingly gave to one another. Building an encyclopedia between them that would leave no part of the other unknown, unexplored or languishing for want of a word, a touch, a brush of understanding.
Each exploration revealed new truths to add to their lexicon. The memories of war and loss still pained him but River soothed the harsh mental images that brought back the scents and sounds of the dead and the dying. Each one a neighbour, each neighbour a friend. She was like a balm blessing him, catching the tears trapped inside his heart before they could fall. Replacing the images that haunted him with ones of happier times so that the trick of memory would not surrender him to his demons. She loved him so much and sensed the height and breadth of his love for her was beyond measure. Never had she expected to love this deep, this rare, this completely. Heart to heart, mind to mind, and soul to soul. She swallowed the sigh of unutterable ecstasy from his lips as he came, her own warm sea washing round him in completion. Their little gasps of joy swallowed in a last tender kiss before he got his breath back.
"River, what you do to me." He murmured softly, his eyes shining on her full of love. His heart so open it made her want to weep.
"It will get better each day." She promised.
He chuckled, amused, thinking she was talking about the sex. "That so?"
River nodded. "*Zhen de*. Each day a little more of what was broken will heal." She said quietly.
His heart caught making his ribs ache. "Heal?"
She gently stroked his face, tilted her head to enjoy how his warm skin shone in the aftermath of their exertions. He looked so very shiny in the afterglow of sex. Did she look like that to him? What did he see when he saw her? "You carry so much pain. Memories that won't let go. Decisions made and others forced on you. Loyalty and betrayal share the same coin."
The light in his eyes flattened with pain. Her eyes never left his, her touch so gentle framed his cheek. "I got a darkness in me, *bao bei*, you don't ever want to touch."
A shake of the head. Determination staring back at him with an intensity he could not always equate with the fragile girl draped over him. "I have touched it," She confessed softly. "And I can help, ease your pain."
The hand moved to still his lips.
"Can't stop me."
"You shouldn't have to..."
"Hush, want to. Too late now."
He froze. "Too late?"
Her smile calmed the sudden spike of panic inching towards his heart. He could not bear it if anything should happen to her. "I can mend you."
"River, you can't mend me." He said gently. "That darkness you mention? It's there for a reason."
"*Wo zhidao*, but that's in the past now Mal. Don't carry it into the future with you. It will only weigh you down. I can help."
"You can't know that River, gifted though you might be."
"*Wo yiding*." She paused. Her smile so gentle he found himself holding his breath. "You help me too." She took his hand and placed it over her heart. "When Simon found me I was broken. Still damaged, but healing now." He could not speak for the emotion welling up in him. She knew. Understood. "Healing." She repeated softly to get the message through. They seemed to connect on a level commensurate with their DNA. Such a beautiful thing. A treasurehouse they had found in their own private Garden of Eden.
They were silent for long minutes, gazing deep into each others eyes. A conversation so deep it was spoken in every cell of their bodies and every thought assailing their minds. A kind of tranquility stole over them like a cloak. A pause in the chaotic 'verse in which they lived. A little sanctuary of calm where no outsider could touch or intrude on them. Together they were complete. Inviolate. River smiled slowly at him, watching the reflection in his eyes grow into an echo on his lips. She had once echoed Kaylee's words back to her, *No power in the 'verse can stop me*. Kaylee had been joking. River had been half-joking when she said it back to her friend. Now. Joining heart, body and soul with Mal it no longer felt like a joke. A new truth solidifed in her mind and she realised that it was now a certainty. This joining made it so.
"Much as I'm likin' this, River, I got me some crime to arrange."
"We got paid didn't we?"
He dropped a little kiss on the end of her nose. "That we did, *xin gan*, but Trent didn't pay well an' I wasn't much for askin' for more."
She nodded. Understood that the people on Deliverance were having a hard time making ends meet without having to find more funds to satisfy their transport needs. She knew too that he had cut the amount down to the bone so as to take as little as he could for the job. He would have done it for free had it come to it but Alex Trent insisted they be paid so paid they were. Now that left a hole that needed filling in their finances. Ship needed fuel, crew needed food and even the illusion of coin jingling in their pockets was better than no illusion at all. She knew how it was but letting the Captain get up would leave her with empty arms.
Inara Serra gave the matter some heavy thought. Going about her mundane morning tasks helped her to think. Being a registered Companion she would never tackle a problem of this magnitude head on. Besides, River was beyond intuitive. It took care and preparation to keep her thoughts a calm pool beneath which her mind would be impenetrable to the young genius. She had not anticipated this turn of events and part of her was angry for not considering the possibility. But who would have thought the chivalrous Captain of this *lese* piece of *fei hua* would fall for the brain damaged girl? Of course, the Captain was more than a little damaged himself though that was through the trauma of war rather a genius protegy's rite of passage.
She pursed her lips thoughtfully as she finished applying her make-up. Her orders were clear and unequivocal as were Book's. That their separate missions had brought them both to this ship had seemed an odd but useful coincidence. Now she wondered if it were anything of the sort. The girl was obviously more than she seemed but that was no more than they had expected. It was the *baichi* Captain that had surprised her. Had her handlers been right? Could he be one of the ones they were looking for? And if he was, how could they use that information to find the others?
Wash turned his head at the measured footfall, knowing the Captain's tread but wanting to see his mood. He was pleasantly surprised to see that the man was smiling. Not a big, all-out razzle-dazzle smile, but the little tender one that sneaked out when a heart was all kinds of happy. It spoke of a deep contentment that no amount of frowning could belie. He found himself grinning back. Happy for the Captain and happy for River, though how that pairing would turn out was anyone's guess. He knew he was just a romantic fool at heart but he couldn't help it. Seeing people happy filled him with joy. Zoe, not so much. For now it was just him and the Captain and a view of the Black.
"How we doin' for fuel, Wash?"
"We're good, Captain. Good but not great."
"We need to refuel but have enough to make any of a dozen planets ahead of us."
"Let me see."
Wash turned in his seat and pulled up the details. For a couple of minutes they reviewed each planet in turn. Discussing the pros and cons and the likelihood of finding suitable work. Neither heard Zoe enter the bridge until she spoke. The Captain all but jumped. He shot her a look of annoyance, the frown deepening as she smiled pleasantly back at him. "You enjoyed that far too much." He accused.
Zoe stepped passed him and gave Wash a kiss, her hand coming to rest on his shoulder, his laughing eyes looking up at her with happy devotion. She repeated her question. "Where are we goin', sir?"
"Not sure yet but Lauren looks good."
He was pleased by her slight frown as she tried to place the planet and couldn't. Anything that knocked that smug look off her face was fine by him right now. He knew it was petty but he *was* the Captain.
"Small no-count world. Don't got much but a few minerals an' some mighty fine ore so they trade for all their needs. Too minor to even blip the Alliance radar so they're as good as beyond the Rim."
"We're gonna *trade* with them?"
He shook his head. "*Bu qu*. Got nothin' to trade in kind. No. We're gonna offer ourselves up as transport so *they* can trade."
Wash pointed out another planet. "This is Rainbow. Only a couple of hours out from Lauren. It's a pretty wild and wet world from what I can gather. Most are farmers."
"Each got somethin' the other wants." Mused the Captain. "'Cept niether got a transport ship, *dong ma*? We go down, fix a fee, play shuttle for a time then move on to Richmond to refuel an' resupply."
Zoe gave it a thought then nodded. "Sounds good, sir."
"Wash? Set a course for Lauren. When we're in com range open a channel. Might be best to send a wave ahead to be sure of our welcome before we land."
* * * * *
Shepherd Book found Simon in the commons area. Breakfast was long over and it was hours too early for the mid-day meal. He was fixing a mug of tea. No one else was about. Simon picked his mug up and took a slow sip of the hot liquid, using the motion to observe the Preacher without it being too obvious. The man had a tension about him that was rare. His control was better than this which meant something had stirred the man up and he had a pretty good idea what that something was. Not that he intended to make this easy for him. The Shepherd poured himself a mug of tea. The silence stretching between them until to leave it any longer would be uncomfortable.
"Simon, I was hoping to have a word with you."
The doctor raised an eyebrow and took another sip of his tea. His look telling the Preacher to go on though no words passing his lips.
"I'm concerned about River. This relationship with the Captain is wrong."
Even though Simon had been expecting this conversation he did not think the Preacher would come right out and say it. That he did made him wonder. He kept his voice mild, watching Book surreptitiously while affecting a calm that was fleeing from him with every moment in the Preacher's company. "She seems happy."
There. A flash of anger on the Preacher's face. Simon did not react. He was accruing information. "It isn't right."
Simon shrugged. "I can't say I was happy when I found out."
"You should talk to her. Explain why this is a bad idea."
His suggestion surprised the doctor. "Why me? If you're so concerned why don't you talk to River?"
"Because she's avoiding me. She knows I disapprove."
"Shepherd, I don't doubt you think you have my sister's well being at heart but as she announced at dinner she isn't a child any longer. I can't tell her what she must and must not do, what she can or cannot have. River is 18. I know she's been damaged, hurt, and I will do anything to prevent that happening again but - to my amazement - I don't see the Captain doing anything to harm her. I know I don't always approve of him or what he does but he is a good man. I know that now. And if anyone can see the good in someone my sister can. I think it's a little late to try to stop this if this is what she wants."
"That's what worries me." Said the Preacher in a heavy solemn voice. It was time to take a chance. "I don't think she knows what she wants."
Simon stared at him. Tempted to do just what the Preacher said but then an image of a happy, smiling River filled his mind and he couldn't do it. The other thing was that she had been doing so much better since being with the Captain. Why that should be he had no idea but he wanted to find out. It had been River's insistance that he stopped medicating her. For the time being. Reluctantly he had agreed but the effects so far had both astounded and delighted him. Mind you. Every step forward he celebrated quietly, not knowing when there would be a relapse or how bad it would be. He should warn the Captain what to expect but had the feeling the man would cope. How, he did not know. Now here was the Preacher wanting to bring River back to square one. Never mind the fact that in doing so he would almost certainly break her heart. "Enough people have been telling my sister what to do." He said quietly. "I'm not going to add to that list. This is her life, Shepherd. I'll be here if she needs me, that will never change whether she stays with the Captain or moves on. If you still have a problem with that then I suggest you take it up with her."
The Preacher just looked at him then allowed a drift of sadness to clothe his features. He gave a solemn nod. "Very well. I had hoped to avoid anything confrontational but I will speak to her."
The Shepherd moved towards the door and was surprised when Simon walked passed him and blocked his passage. "Speak to her all you want, Shepherd, but I have to tell you this. I may not be over the moon about this relationship but I won't let anyone force River to do something she doesn't want to, *dong ma*?
Jayne Cobb was grumbling. Not as loudly or as cussedly as Kaylee expected but grumbling all the same. She did not bother to hide her smile as he held the engine block in his strong muscled arms. "That's it, Jayne, just lift it a little higher will ya?"
"Don't see why ya couldn't use the ruttin' winch."
She half shrugged, knowing the complaint was not really meant. He just didn't want her to think he was soft or at anyone's beck and call least of all hers. "Ya know why, ain't got room. 'Sides, you're better'n any winch, Jayne."
He hid the flush of pleasure at the unexpected praise. This time when she asked him to lift one end a little higher to bring the whole thing level there was not a murmur from him. Kaylee's smile broadened. At heart Jayne Cobb was just a pussycat. Not that she would tell him. Even pussycat's had claws if they were a mind to use them.
The Shepherd came across River exiting the Captain's bunk. His brows drew together in disapproval. She frowned back.
"Got nothing to say to you."
"You may have nothing to say to me but I have a lot to say to you."
She paused and changed her mind about walking away. "It's not your place to tell me who I can or cannot love."
"I'm just trying to protect you."
"No. You're trying to control me."
He carefully hid how much her words disturbed him. "The bible says..."
"Let my people go!"
The Shepherd's eyes narrowed slightly. "This isn't Egypt on Earth-that-was."
"No, this is what happened to the Garden of Eden."
The Shepherd gave her a baffled look. "River?"
"And you are the serpent."
He looked shocked. Grave. Offended almost. "That's not very funny, River."
She gave him a long sober look. Her expression sombre as if she were weighing his soul in a set of scales and found him wanting. "No, it is not."
Lauren was an education. Not the shiny Core type neither. This was grit and grime and lots of elbow grease and sweat. A mining colony but thankfully not one afflicted with terminal maladys. The people looked fit and healthy even though their lives were rough. At least no Alliance boot was jammed down on their necks making it hard for them to breathe. Freedom had a price and none knew that better than Malcolm Reynolds. The undulating landscape told the story of the old open cast mines that had long since been abandoned after being stripped of their treasures. Every year they had to sink deeper into the planet's mantle to extract the minerals and ores that had once lain so close to the surface you could almost reach out and gorram touch them. Hardly no effort involved. Times change but needs don't. They still needed to live and eat. Still needed to trade in order to do so.
Pepper Rawlings was a huge barrel chested giant of a man. The leader of the miners he took it upon himself to question Serenity's Captain. Mal was glad. Once he had assured Zoe and Jayne that no one was going to murder him if he stepped three feet from them the tension level lowered considerably. River and Simon were ordered to stay hidden aboard the ship. The Captain did not want anyone planetside that didn't need to be. Zoe shot him a look which said 'are you sure you know what you're doing?' The grin he flashed back at her was more irritating than comfort but Jayne seemed happy enough to take the Captain's reassurance. He leaned back on a fence post and waited, eyes watchful, one hand hovering almost casually within reach of his gun.
Pepper walked away from the ship and over to some wooden tables and chairs outside a big dusty hut which the Captain rightly took to be a saloon bar that had seen better days. *Diyu*. The whole of Lauren had seen better days and that included the people that lived there. Mal was getting mighty weary of seeing good folks forced to scrape a living from the back end of the 'verse just to be safe from Alliance hands. Made his blood boil more with each minute. They took a seat outside, the miners seemingly as addicted to daylight as most folks on Shadow were to a bright sunny day. Mal supposed if he were forced to spend most of his life underground he would be passionate about every second he could spend under the clean open sky. No doubt about it, confinement of any kind made a man almost poetic about freedom.
The Shepherd did not like this. "Are you sure there's no other way, Inara?"
"Just do it. I'll keep a look-out."
"Why me? Why don't you do the search and I'll keep watch?"
She looked at him in frustration. "Because I'm wearing perfume."
The Preacher frowned. "I don't understand..."
"The Captain doesn't wear perfume."
The dime dropped. "Oh, *perfume*. Of course."
Inara watched him push open the hatch to the Captain's bunk. He still looked a little nervous but not enough to challenge Inara. He knew his duty even if he did not always like or understand it. He paused just before his head was due to disappear. "What am I looking for exactly?"
She leaned down so she could speak softly, her tone urgent. "Any connection to the Phoenix."
"As in the mythical bird?"
"This would be documents I take it?"
She resisted the urge to hit him. "Anything means *anything*."
The Preacher asked no more questions and quickly disappeared down the ladder closing the hatch behind him. The latter had been Inara's idea, the better to muffle any sound the Shepherd might make while he was rumaging. If they got caught there was no way they would be able to explain what they were doing. Bad enough to catch one of them but both of them? How would they be able to explain why they were searching the Captain's quarters? No. This was their best chance yet and Inara was not going to let it slip through their fingers for want of the nerve to do it.
CHINESE GLOSSARY: (Mandarin - Pinyin)
*ni hao ma?* = how are you? *bao bei* = precious/treasure *hen hao* = very good
*ni ne* = and you? *xin gan*/*ai ren* = sweetheart *dong ma* = understand *diyu* = hell
*zhen de* = it's true/really *wo zhidao* = I know *wo yiding* = I'm sure *lese* = crappy
*fei hua* = rubbish/nonsense *baichi* = idiot *bu qu* = no (lit. no go)
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The researchers measured the ratio of nitrogen isotopes, which have the same number of protons but differing numbers of neutrons, that were preserved within the carbonate shells of a group of marine microfossils called foraminifera. The investigators found that nitrogen concentrations indeed declined during the cold periods when iron deposition and productivity rose, in a manner consistent with the dust-borne iron fertilization theory. Ocean models as well as the strong correlation of the sediment core changes with the known changes in atmospheric CO2 suggest that this iron fertilization of Southern Ocean plankton can explain roughly half of the CO2 decline during peak ice ages.
Although Martin had proposed that purposeful iron addition to the Southern Ocean could reduce the rise in atmospheric CO2, Sigman noted that the amount of CO2 removed though iron fertilization is likely to be minor compared to the amount of CO2 that humans are now pushing into the atmosphere.
"The dramatic fertilization that we observed during ice ages should have caused a decline in atmospheric CO2 over hundreds of years, which was important for climate changes over ice age cycles," Sigman said. "But for humans to duplicate it today would require unprecedented engineering of the global environment, and it would still only compensate for less than 20 years of fossil fuel burning."
Edward Brook, a paleoclimatologist at Oregon State University who was not involved in the research, said, "This group has been doing a lot of important work in this area for quite a while and this an important advance. It will be interesting to see if the patterns they see in this one spot are consistent with variations in other places relevant to global changes in carbon dioxide."
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