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That’s my preferred method too, but I like to add some extra flavor, like with this Crispy Garlic Parmesan Baked Chicken. Plus, it’s baked in the oven and not fried, eliminating all of that unhealthy grease. Instead of just plain breadcrumbs, they are mixed with fresh and finely shredded Parmesan cheese (lots of it!) and garlic powder. The sharpness and saltiness from the cheese and the fragrant garlic give this baked chicken just the extra flavor punch it needs.
CRISPY BAKED CHICKEN TIPS
A little tip when oven “frying” chicken like this, spray the tops with nonstick cooking spray to give them that nice golden color. You can also broil them during the last several minutes. I actually do both!
If you’re looking to make it just a little bit lighter, here’s a great tip for you: only bread one side of the chicken! It’s how I lightened up my favorite Chicken Parmesan recipe, and I use it any time I want to cut back a few calories. You’ll never even know the difference because you still have that golden crispy breading all over the top of the chicken.
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Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and cover a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper.
Prepare the breading station with three shallow dishes, filled with seasoned flour in one, whisked eggs in a another, and panko breadcrumbs with Parmesan cheese in a third.
Pat boneless, skinless chicken breasts dry before dredging through the flour, then the eggs, then the breadcrumbs.
Arrange breaded chicken on the prepared baking sheet and spray the tops of chicken with nonstick cooking spray.
Bake chicken at 375 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until crispy.
My entire family gobbled this chicken down in minutes. I served them with some lemon wedges which really add brightness to this dish.
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We don’t often have leftovers of this recipe, but when it makes me super happy because I get to enjoy it for lunch the next day. It’s great cold, but if you want to reheat it I recommend doing so in the oven for a short time. The breading will not stay crisp in the microwave. Here are some recipes that go great with this chicken:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cover a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper.
In a shallow dish, combine flour, black pepper, salt, garlic powder and Italian seasoning.
In another shallow dish, whisk together eggs and milk.
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Pat chicken dry with a paper towel.
Set up assembly line to coat chicken in this order: flour, eggs, panko. First dredge chicken in the flour mixture, then in the eggs and then coat with the panko/Parmesan mixture. Once coated, arrange on the prepared baking sheet.
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Garnish with fresh chopped parsley and serve with lemon wedges.
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Sandra Baltazar Martínez has been a reporter with The Santa Fe New Mexican for nearly three years. She is a general assignment reporter with a focus on Latino and immigration issues. She is also a section editor for La Voz de Nuevo México, The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Spanish weekly section that publishes Mondays. In 2008, Sandra completed a master’s in community journalism from the University of Alabama through a Knight Foundation fellowship that worked in conjunction with The Anniston Star. For five years, Sandra worked in Southern California for both Spanish and English newspapers; she was a general assignment reporter for The Press-Enterprise in southern California where she covered the migrant communities in the Coachella Valley.
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Susana Martinez has been scaling walls since she was a kid. At 11 and of a mind to ignore her mother’s warning, she couldn’t stop herself from trying to conquer the garden wall. “I fell and cut my thigh,” Martinez said. “I didn’t cry. I just remember thinking, ‘Oh no!’ I was more afraid of my mom.” It was a moment of truth that has lasted a lifetime in ways big and small. Read full story.
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Oklahoma State Sen. Ralph Shortey said he knew how to identify an undocumented immigrant: “If they are here… and speak Spanish, it’s a pretty good indication that they’re illegal.”
Shortey made the comment at the IJJ’s Immigration in the Heartland conference last March at the University of Oklahoma. Some of the other fellowship participants and I looked at each other in disbelief, but we kept nailing him with questions.
We learned that he wanted to “build a wall around Oklahoma” in order to prevent “illegals” from entering the state. His proposed law, SB908, was dubbed “Arizona Plus.” Immigrants, specifically Latino immigrants, are associated with the Mexican drug cartels, Shortey said, and they prefer to call the cartels for help instead of the police.
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Funny thing is, he acknowledged, he had never met or spoken to an immigrant himself.
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Shortey could have benefitted from hearing the story of a young woman who spoke to us at a local Catholic Church. She had been the only female with a group of about a dozen men, including her elderly father, who crossed the border through the desert without authorization. She didn’t urinate for three to four days, she told us, because she was embarrassed to pull her pants down behind a bush.
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In Oklahoma, an anti-immigrant sentiment has been sweeping across the state in recent years, and it reaches beyond the Latino community. We visited with men and women at a Muslim school outside Oklahoma City and heard that legislators were proposing bills to ban Muslim women from wearing a hijab on their driver license photo. And they recalled the tragic 1995 bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma politicians and police had been quick to ascribe a Muslim footprint to the bombing. Later, of course, they found out that the attack, which killed 168 people, was carried out by a non-Muslim U.S. citizen, Timothy James McVeigh.
After the weeklong conference, conducted by the Institute for Justice and Journalism, I knew that I had to return to Santa Fe to cover our local immigration issues differently –and smarter.
So I started with a profile of the nation’s first Latina governor, Susana Martinez. I wanted our readers to know who this woman, who is tough as nails, really is. She was nice enough to grant me a 2½ hour interview; I rode in her “work mobile” from Albuquerque to Las Cruces and had a conversation on everything from her childhood memories in El Paso to her political beliefs, which include trying to kill a measure that currently allows illegal immigrants to obtain driver licenses. She campaigned on this promise and has brought it up twice to the Legislature, but both attempts have failed. The governor has promised to re-introduce the proposal to deny licenses to undocumented immigrants in the upcoming Legislature. New Mexico is one of three states that give licenses to foreign nationals without authorized immigration status.
I found that she’s approachable, smart, determined and a hard worker. Her family’s past, which includes a Mexican revolutionary, and undocumented paternal grandparents from Mexico, don’t shake her stance on immigration, she said. To her, the law is the law.
Her persona though, parallels that of the five different immigrants – a Korean pastor, a Mexican doctor, a Salvadoran businesswoman, a Mexican philanthropist and an undocumented Mexican family – who live and work in Santa Fe and who were part of the Faces of Immigration package I produced.
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With the excellent coaching, editing and guidance of my project editor, Rob Dean, the New Mexican’s managing editor, I worked, reworked and worked again on making the project strong. Rob is an excellent researcher, so his skills were key to this package. I learned just as much from Rob as I did from the attorneys, demographers and even the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers with whom we met during the IJJ conference.
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"I don't know if I was duped or doped — I probably never will," Gallen wrote.
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"I have come a long way since 2011. But I will never overcome the mental and emotional torment I endured during the eighteen-month period of the ASADA investigation and its consequences. Sixteen members of the Cronulla Sharks playing group were breached by ASADA after they determined — according to their official records — that we "may have used a prohibited substance between around March and April 2011."


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Applying essential oils to the body every day in the form of aromatic dressing is one of the best ways we can support our body systems. Giving ourselves an aromatic dressing is a quick and simple way to allow the therapeutic goodness of dōTERRA essential oils harmonize within the cells in our body.
It really is the ultimate form of self care. I have been giving myself an aromatic dressing every day for the last 2 years and have reaped the most incredible health benefits from this practice.
- Listen to your body and what it needs ie. if you’re not well, you might select oils for immune support.
- Select your essential oils, and in a small ceramic, glass, or wooden dish, add a tablespoon of carrier oil or unscented body lotion (I prefer Fractionated coconut oil). Select a total of 5 drops of essential oils of your choice.
- After you shower in the morning and or at night, apply the oil to your entire body, starting at your feet and in large circular motions, work your way up towards your heart. This acts as a pump for your lymphatic system, and aids in circulation and detoxification of the body.
Here is my list of some of favourite oils for for aromatic dressing. Select 5 drops total, and don’t be afraid to experiment with different ratios!
Sleep Support: Lavender, Cedarwood, Vetiver, Lavender Peace (Serenity), Frankinsence
Immune Support: Onguard, Oregano, Lemon, Tea Tree, Frankincense
Stress Support: Frankincense, Balance, Peace, Lavender, Roman Chamomile, Lavender Peace
Respiratory Support: Easy Air, Frankincense, Lemon and Cypress
Energising and Uplifting: Peppermint, Wild Orange, Lemon, Spearmint
Emotional Balance: Siberian Fir, Bergaomt, Frankincense, Peace, Green Mandarin, Cheer, Balance
Hormonal Support: Clary Sage, Ylang Ylang, Sandalwood, Thyme
Meditaion and Prayer: Frankincense
Tension: Peppermint, Lavender, Past Tense, Ylang Ylang
Focus and Concentration: Peppermint, Lemon, Rosemary
Pain Support: Frankincense, Copiaba, Lavender, Peppermint, Ice Blue
Metabolic Support: Smart n Sassy, Grapefruit
Perfume: Whisper, Passion, Peace, Cheer
Keep in mind citrus essential oils (except Green Mandarin) are photosensitive meaning you can be susceptible to sunburn after applying them topically.
I would not suggest you aromatically dress all over the body in high doses of hot oils such as Clove Bud, Cassia, Cinnamon Bud, Oregano, Wintergreen or Ice Blue/Deep Blue. Wintergreen and Ice Blue are safe on the skin diluted but these are more for aches, contraction (pain). You can apply high menthol content oils such as Wintergreen, Peppermint, Ice (Deep) Blue (for even more effect with a drop or two of Frankincense) or herbaceous oils such as Rosemary, Marjoram, Basil, Oregano, or the pepper family combined with Lemongrass to the affected area and base of the spine. Further, add Copaiba and Frankincense to magnify the effects of other essential oils.
Children and babies can also benefit from aromatic dressing. Dilute accordingly, 2.5 drop of essential oils for children and 1 drop total for babies per 10ml of carrier oil.

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New Years Day just released their fourth full-length album Unbreakable. I spoke with vocalist Ash Costello about recording the album, their upcoming first headlining tour, hearing “Shut Up” in an Uber, her non-musical passions and other topics.
Chad Bowar: As we’re doing this interview, the album release is just a couple days away. How are you feeling?
Ash Costello: It’s very exciting. All my nerves have completely subsided now that the snippets of music have been released. I’m seeing the feedback already and it seems like everyone’s really liking what they hear so far. So now I’m just ready.
As you started the the song writing process for the new album, did you have an angle or an approach in mind or did you just start writing and let the chips fall where they may?
I had a total approach in mind. I knew from before we even started writing the first note that I wanted to make a very poppy metal album or a very metal pop album. That was always the goal from day one.
How you came to work with producers Mitch Marlow (He Is Legend) and Scott Stevens (Halestorm, Shinedown)?
Scott I got hooked up with through my record label, but Mitch I actually met at a barbecue and we just kinda hit it off. I consider those two guys two of my very, very close friends now, especially Mitch, who I’ve been working with for quite awhile. So now it’s just like family.
Do you like the comfort level of working with people you’ve gotten to know well, or can tension be a good thing?
Tension is not a good thing, at least not in my world. I’m the kind of person, when I write, I just want to be very open minded. I want the other person to be open minded. I don’t want the word “no” to be a part of the studio. Let’s try everything, try every idea. I like it when it’s a very comfortable, supportive space.
Did you struggle with a track order at all?
With track order, I don’t really care. I let the record label do that one. I was like, you guys, you tell me the order. My input was that I wanted to end on the song “I Survived” because I feel like that really wrapped up what I was trying to say with the album as a whole.
When it came to your lyrics for Unbreakable, I understand you took more of a direct approach this time.
Yes. In the past I used to use a lot of metaphors. For example, one of our more popular songs is a song called “Malevolence” and the first line is “So soft, so gentle. This rose is kind and still.” I was just talking about myself, but why couldn’t I just say that? Why did I have to use rose as a metaphor? I got to the point where I was like, “Why am I hiding what I’m trying to say?” And after some soul searching realized it was because I wasn’t letting myself be vulnerable in that. When you’re putting out exactly how you feel and someone hates it, well that hurts a lot more than some poetry. So it was really hard for me, but I really pushed myself. I wanted to really sing literally this time instead of metaphorically.
As far as your lyric writing process, do you keep a notebook or keep things on your phone for later or do you wait to actually hear the music before you start with the lyrics?
I do both. I have a lot of song titles in my phone. I have a notebook with a lot of lyrics, a lot of song subjects and I save them. And then if a songwriter or a band member has a song and it makes me think and feel something, then I can go back and be like, does this line up with what the song was making me feel? And if I don’t have anything then I just start fresh. So a little bit of both.
With how much the music industry is changing, how do you go about determining if an album is successful? It seems the target keeps changing.
You can’t really gauge album success on sales anymore because sales don’t really represent what’s really going on in the scene, truthfully. I am the kind of person where I’m so close with our fans and I have my thumb so heavily on the pulse of what’s going on in our scene that I can gauge by the reaction if something is going well or something is a flop. But my biggest telltale sign is how many butts do we get in seats at shows and are those butts singing the words? And if they are and they’re loving it, to me I did a good job then.
One of the songs on the album addresses the social media world we live in. How do you deal with life under a microscope and that everything you put out there people see and judge?
I try to just take everything with a grain of salt and not it too personally or too seriously. And I don’t really put that much of my personal life online. I really don’t. It seems like I do and maybe that’s part of why I’m good at it, but I really don’t. I try to keep it about the music.
Later this year you’ll be embarking in your first headlining tour. What have you experienced over the years as openers that you’re going to apply to the bands that are going to be touring with you as your openers?
One of my biggest things is when we used to tour in a van and the other bands had buses, but would still take all the dressing rooms, even though they already had a space. So we are going to be in a bus for this tour and I’m not going to take any dressing rooms. I want the other bands to feel comfortable and have their space. And I just think it’s so shitty to keep a band locked up in their van with nowhere to go. So we’re gonna make sure that they’re happy and that we’re having fun and we’re not segregated from them. Why should you be?
It seems some bands don’t remember what it was like to be opening acts.
Or they do! I’m not gonna mention the band, but there was a band that headlined over us and we had asked for a privilege as the opener. And they said, why should New Years Day have that privilege? When we were the opening band, we didn’t get that privilege, so why should they? So the mentality wasn’t that we didn’t get that privilege, so we want to make sure that the opening band does get it. They were like, no, we didn’t, so they shouldn’t either, which I don’t think it’s a good mentality to have at all.
Later on this year you’re going back to Europe. What is the band’s level of awareness and popularity over there compared to North America?
It’s really good, surprisingly. We’ve actually done two headlining shows in the U K and one in Germany and they sold out and we couldn’t believe it. So we are actually really excited. We have a really good draw over there and I think it’s because maybe over in Europe and the UK goth is more trendy and more popular. So they see an American goth band and I think they just love it a lot quicker than here.
Your current single “Shut Up” is getting a lot of airplay. Do you remember the very first time you heard in New Year’s Day song on the radio?
I do. But my most loved memory isn’t necessarily the first time. It was Thanksgiving last year and we were in an Uber, we were on tour. Uber drivers always ask us if we are in some sort of band. And we always say yes, and sometimes we get played on the radio. If you have Sirius you can turn it on and maybe hear us. And she turned it on right then and there and they were playing our song! That was a really cool moment. It was the first time we were actually in the car to hear it. We had been tagged in videos from fans and stuff. That was the first time we all got to hear it together. So that was cool.
Did she crank it up for you?
She sure did! I think we scared her because we all started screaming and filming and jumping up and down in the car.
You released Diary Of A Creep EP last year that was mostly cover songs. Do think covers like that help introduce younger fans to some classic artists?
Yes. I hate saying this because it feels blasphemous, but a lot of the younger kids didn’t know Pantera. I know to us that sounds crazy, but yeah, so maybe we did introduce them to stuff they hadn’t heard and it was a really good exercise for us. It really helped us start our songwriting journey on a good foot because it helped exercise our songwriting and what we wanted to do, to take songs we love but New Years Day-ify them.
I think that’s the key. So many bands when they do cover it’s a karaoke version of it. You guys were respectful to the original arrangement, but put your own spin on it too.
That was the first thing I said. My exact words were, I don’t want to just do karaoke versions of these songs. I don’t get the point of it.
New Order is one of my favorite bands, and I enjoyed the “Bizarre Love Triangle” cover.
Thank you. That was the hardest one. We did that with Mitch Marlow. I really wanted to do this one because they said you’re picking too many ’90s nu-metal bands. You’ve got to spread it out a little. Okay, I’ll take one of my favorite ’80s goth/new wave songs. So when I played “Bizarre Love Triangle” for Mitch, he’s like, “How am I supposed to do guitars with this?” And I was like, “I dunno, but I believe in you, dude. You’ll figure it out.” (laughs) I was really happy with how it turned out.
What are some of your non-musical interests?
I’m actually very passionate about animal rescue. When I’m not doing music I’m pretty much spending time spoiling my animal rescues that I have. There’s a local animal rescue that we partner with. We’ll sell shirts or will give a free video shout out if you buy something off an Amazon wish list, like a dog bed or a cat treat, stuff like that. So that’s my other biggest passion outside of music and being creative, just taking care of the fur babies, really.
That’s a lot more productive than just sitting around playing video games.
That’s true, even though I love video games. I wouldn’t say I’m passionate about video games. It Is a good way to waste time, I guess. But something I’m passionate about? Definitely animal rescue.
Is there anything else that you would like to mention or promote?
A lot of exciting things are going on right now. It’s going to be a great year!
(interview published April 27, 2019)
Listen To New Years Day – “Shut Up”


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Population genetics of short tandem repeat (STR) loci
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To investigate the population genetics of short tandem repeat (STR) polymorphisms in human populations, we have studied the allele frequency distributions of four STR loci (HUMTH01, HUMVWA31, HUMF13A1 and HUMFES) in 16 different population surveys which can be categorised within three broadly defined ethnic groups: Caucasian, Asian (Indian subcontinent), and African (Afro-Caribbean and US black). We have observed that allele frequency distributions of populations within ethnic groups are similar; consequently, genetic distances are an order of magnitude lower than between ethnic groups. Inbreeding coefficients (F-statistics) and calculations of the number of mean heterozygous loci per individual, along with estimates of variance, did not suggest that the populations were substructured. This included a study of an immigrant Asian population known to comprise at least three different sub-groups. Finally, an indication of the discriminating power is given by calculation of likelihood ratios (LR) of each individual tested across all four loci. Approximately 70% of Caucasians give an LR of greater than 10,000; the test is even more discriminating in Afro-Caribbeans — approximately 90% of tests are greater than 10,000.
Key wordsF-statistics genetic distance populations short tandem repeat (STR)
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Methadone: Truth or Fiction
Methadone doesn't help people; it simply replaces one drug for another.
Truth: The use of methadone decreases the risk of contracting or spreading HIV, or Hepatitis. It decreases the need for illegal activity to support heroin dependence and it allows people to work and establish a family life.
Methadone is valuable because it helps people change their lives to include: Parenting, Setting goals, Working, and Fixing legal problems.
Methadone is not a cure. It is like using other medication to reduce blood pressure. If you stop your medication the physical and often social problems return.
People on methadone keep using drugs and alcohol.
Truth: Methadone does not cure addiction; it reduces withdrawal symptoms. Research shows people on methadone reduce their drug and alcohol use.
Methadone keeps you high for 24 hours.
Truth: A stable dose of methadone allows a person to function without sedation or intoxication. Persons on methadone are able to stay stable and avoid a 4-hour cycle of being high and the withdrawal that goes along with the high.
Methadone is worse to kick than heroin.
Truth: Withdrawal from methadone does take longer than withdrawal from heroin because methadone stays in the body's system longer than heroin. The stronger heroin withdrawal symptoms lasts 3 to 5 days. Methadone withdrawal symptoms are less severe but last long (10 days to 2 weeks). If a person wants to get off methadone, it can be done slowly with a doctor and additional prescribed medication that can help detoxification.


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Yes, there’s been a cupcake craze in the US over the past year or two — it started in NYC, and has apparently spread throughout the country. (You may be interested to know, Chris, that a cupcake boutique has opened in Harvard Sq, next to Tealuxe [was that there in your time?] and opposite the Coop. For really good cupcakes, though — and possible political theorist sightings — the place to go is Kick-Ass Cupcakes in Davis)
Speaking as a Guardian-reading professional middle-class 30-something, who was disappointed that an online “what lesbian stereotype are you?” didn’t return the verdict “1920s lesbian”, I am actually quite pleased by what seems to me to be the cupcake boom going on around me, though I have never visited The Cupcake Shop at the Angel, it is true.
Cupcakes are a big thing for weddings nowadays. We just got married back in February (what a strange place to tell a couple of friends that news…) and so we found out that there’s a fashion for a multi-tier tower of cupcakes instead of a multi-tiered cake, although we had the latter.

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Men's Basketball Loses at Carson-NewmanFebruary 13, 2013
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Lions men’s basketball team lost on the road at Carson-Newman College Wednesday night at Holt Fieldhouse. Kacey Holt led MHC with 13 points and five rebounds.
Carson-Newman (17-4, 10-3 SAC) used a 36-13 run to break open a one-point first half lead and never look back in a 91-59 win over Mars Hill (3-18, 0-13 SAC) Wednesday night at Holt Fieldhouse.
The Eagles turned a 17-16 lead with eight minutes left in the half into a 53-29 advantage four minutes into the first half.
Ish Sanders turned in a season high 28-point performance, while Antoine Davis put up his first double-double of the season and third of his career behind a 17-point, career-high 12-rebound effort. Sanders 28-point outburst equaled Cody Henegar’s performance against the Lions in the first meeting between the schools.
The Eagles dialed up the defensive pressure around the eight minute mark in the first half when the run started. Carson-Newman forced 21 turnovers – 14 of them steals – and converted them to 36 points.
Carson-Newman held nightly double-double machine Khourachi Thiam to three points and 12 rebounds. The senior from Senegal went 1-for-12 from the field and didn’t have an offensive rebound.
MHC will play at Wingate University on Saturday. Game time is set for a 4 p.m. start.

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Our Galveston Marina on Offatts Bayou
Dock at Moody Gardens Marina
Our Galveston marina is a wonderful place to dock your boat while you visit Moody Gardens. Located on Offatts Bayou, our 18 slips are available year-round. Please call 409-683-1299 to schedule your marina reservation.
Boat Slip Directions:
Go down the Houston Ship Chanel, bypass the Texas City dike, and follow the ranges to the Galveston Causeway. Make a left under the Causeway and go back left under the coastline. The use of a depth finder is recommended in this area, since some areas may be very shallow.
Boat Slip Information:
1. One men’s and women’s restroom with showers
2. No fuel
3. No pump out
4. Nearby fuel station located across the way at Pelican Rest Marina.
5. Depth of water near slips is 17 feet.
Please call 409-683-4490 for harbor assistance.


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Minotaur, Jul 20 2010, $24.99
Internationally acclaimed author Raj Chakraborti vanishes at a time when the police want to question him in the murder of a journalist. His sudden disappearance turns Raj from a person of interest to a prime suspect.
He sends a package to his editor in which he explains his latest fiction starring a serial killer hired by the government as an assassin and his fear that reality is stranger than fiction as Raj believes a serial killer turned assassin stalks him. He believes this hired murderer waits for the right moment to kill him. Raj wonders if his past in India in the 1970s has come back to destroy him.
Not for everyone this is a strange Kafka like thriller that grips the reader who will wonder whether the character Raj Chakraborti has gone insane or is being hunted down. Rotating perspective between an “autobiography” and a suspense mystery, fans who relish a well written, but odd tale that appears to break the barrier between fiction and non fiction (or has it) will appreciate this convoluted twisting yet entertaining conspiracy tale of the author on the run from who he believes is a sanctioned government killer.


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For the virtual v/IITSEC event (30 November – 4 December), Cesium, Epic Games, Microsoft and NVIDIA are collaborating on a proof-of-concept demo they call Project Anywhere. The exercise involves adding geospatial awareness to games engines using real-world 3D location data captured by satellites and drones. The end result is aimed at adding unprecedented levels of accuracy, interactivity, and visual quality for simulations, training systems and virtual production environments.
“Instead of just talking about trends and buzzwords, we created Project Anywhere with Cesium, Microsoft, and Nvidia to demonstrate readiness and the convergence between these platforms in a tangible way. Project Anywhere is an illustration of simulation at the point of need—a synthetic environment implementation example to spark new ideas.”Sébastien Lozé, Simulations Industry Manager at Epic Games
Celsium’s geospatial technology, global 3D terrain and data streaming are layered onto high resolution virtual globe as 3D Tiles to Unreal Engine, with the whole demo running on Microsoft Azure with NVIDIA GPUs.

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Sudden and persistent downpours didn't dampen the messages at the Network Rail Plug & Play event at their Westwood training centre in Coventry.
The event attracted over 140 delegates from Network Rail and its Contractor base learning the messages of how Plug & Play technology has developed to now being deployed at level crossings, in signalling and at switch & crossings. We displayed a range of our equipment, all now integrated with the Plug & Play equipment. This display included:
- Signalling Location Case, Marshalling Box, LXC/LCU
- Unipart Dorman LED Signals with the 10 year maintenance free aspects
- Greater lumens output WigWag with plug coupler interface
- Points Interface Location (PIL)
- Break-Out Box (BoB) and S&C BoB
Although wet, the delegates had the opportunity to have a go with the plug couplers and chat with our experts on how the technology has now become 'mainstream' and is now in service on the rail infrastructure.
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Through a major ongoing partnership with the National Forest Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service, the Wetlands Initiative is doing significant restoration work this year within a new area at the Forest Service’s Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie called the South Prairie Creek Outwash Plain.
The National Forest Foundation (NFF), a nonprofit chartered by Congress to promote the health and public enjoyment of the National Forest System, has targeted restoration of the outwash plain as part of its nationalTreasured Landscapes conservation campaign. Midewin, located near Joliet an hour’s drive south of Chicago, is one of 14 National Forests and Grasslands where the NFF is supporting restoration and community stewardship efforts through this campaign.
The NFF selected TWI as the organization to carry out the on-the-ground restoration of native wetland and prairie habitats on the outwash plain, and is providing major funding for this work. Meanwhile, the NFF is overseeing the removal of 55 concrete ammunition bunkers that still remain on the outwash plain, dating from when Midewin was the site of the Joliet Army Arsenal. Sixteen of the bunkers have been removed to date.
“As the bunker removal progresses, it opens up new areas for us to move in and restore,” said Gary Sullivan, TWI senior ecologist and the project manager. “We’re working on about 320 acres now, and eventually the goal is to transform the entire outwash plain back to a landscape of high-quality wetlands and prairies.”
The name “outwash plain” refers to an area where glacial meltwater has re-sculpted the landscape, making it relatively flat and depositing gravelly sediments. South Prairie Creek flows through this outwash plain at Midewin and then into the Kankakee River.
The South Prairie Creek Outwash Plain was once a rich mosaic of wetlands, prairies, and meandering streams, but it has been extensively altered by manmade features like drain tiles, old road beds, and drainage ditches. These changes also opened the door for invasive species, which have overrun the native plant communities in many areas. TWI is reversing the drainage, removing invasive plants, and planting a great diversity of native grasses and wildflowers on the outwash plain.
In 2013 and 2014, TWI disabled more than three miles of agricultural drain tiles that were artificially draining a portion of the outwash plain and also removed gravel road beds and drainage ditches that were disrupting the area’s natural water patterns. With hydrology restored on the initial targeted acreage, native plant communities are reestablishing. To enhance the area’s biodiversity, this month TWI is scattering seed of native species over about 100 acres of ground and will plant many plugs (seedlings) in the early summer.
The ladies' tresses orchid.While ecological restoration is a multi-year process, these efforts are showing early results: “Last summer we saw a huge flush of sedges [grass-like wetland plants] in an area that was not wetland before, so we’re definitely seeing a response to the hydrologic restoration,” said Dr. Sullivan. “This coming year, the wetland areas will fill out more and start looking great.”
TWI is also working to protect and expand populations of rare native plants that have persisted in remnant habitats on the outwash plain, such as the ladies’ tresses orchid. This showy orchid, with spiraling white flower spikes that give off a strong scent like vanilla, is a fairly sensitive species that can’t be transplanted readily. To expand the plant’s footprint on the site, TWI is collecting seed from the orchid to be spread in other areas once they’re restored sufficiently.
The Wetlands Initiative’s current work at South Prairie Creek continues through September 2015, with additional restoration expected in coming years. This effort helps achieve the goals of the shared 10-year vision for Midewin, which was developed in 2011 by all the Midewin partners through a process led by the NFF.
Once intensive restoration of the outwash plain is finished, it will become part of a much larger natural corridor of restored habitats on Midewin’s west side, connecting with TWI’s Lobelia Meadows restoration site and four previous TWI–Forest Service restoration projects. This vast corridor will provide critical habitat for rare bird and wildlife species and allow the public to experience Illinois’ original prairie landscape on a scale found nowhere else in the region.
Read about NFF’s Treasured Landscapes campaign at Midewin:
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What Is Cosmetic Tooth Bonding?
Tooth bonding is a dental procedure where composite resin is applied to any of your teeth that needs repair. This procedure is very affordable when compared with other procedures like veneers and crowns.
What Is Tooth Bonding For?
Bonding is one of the simplest and most affordable cosmetic dental procedures. Bonding requires the use of composite resin which can be remodelled and designed to match other teeth around it. Bonding is very useful for cosmetic procedures to enhance the appearance of a chipped or discoloured tooth. It is also useful in filling up spaces, increasing teeth length, or correcting the shape.
Bonding is also used as a cosmetic substitute for complementing fillings or safeguarding a part of a tooth’s root that becomes exposed as a result of tooth recession.
Tooth Bonding Candidates
Almost anybody can be a suitable candidate for bonding since many of us have had a minimum of one cosmetic issue. The only requirement is to have a healthy underlying tooth. Bonding is majorly a cosmetic procedure and doesn’t fix issues such as cracked teeth, decay or alignment issues that are impeding biting, and so on.
How Tooth Bonding Works
Step 1: Preparation
Dental bonding requires some preparation in advance. It does not typically require the use of anesthesia except in cases where a decayed tooth is being filled which will require drilling in order to change the shape of where the chip is at proximity to the nerve. A shade guide will be used by the dentist to select the colour of the composite resin which will perfectly match the tooth’s colour.
Step 2: The Bonding Process
The next step is to roughen the tooth’s surface and apply a conditioning liquid. This step is required to ensure that the bonding material conforms with the tooth. The resin having a similar colour as the tooth will then be applied, shaped and smoothed to the required shape. The material is then reinforced with a blue, bright laser or light. The dentist then continues to trim, mould, and polish the material after it is hardened to perfectly fit the other tooth surfaces.
Step 3: Procedure
Dental bonding procedure can be completed between 30minutes to 1 hour per tooth.
Step 4: Be Weary of the Risks and Caution
The bonding material, i.e. composite resin does not have similar strength as the natural tooth. The material can be easily chipped by biting nails or chewing pens or ice. Bonding can last up to several years before a repair can be required. But its durability depends on your oral behavior and the strength of the bonding.
Step 5: Result
After the bonding procedure has been completed, you should begin to feel something unusual about your teeth. You might begin to feel something significant in the mouth until you adjust to the new structures. However, the feeling will fade with time. It is vital to steer clear of probing this area while you feel this sensation. Constant probing can lead to soreness or fatigue of the muscles.
Dental Issues that Cosmetic Tooth Bonding Can Fix
Repairing Damaged Teeth
Dental bonding is useful in repairing the appearance of a cracked or chipped tooth by filling the missing areas of the tooth with a composite material. The material used for bonding usually has less strength in contrast with the natural tooth which makes it important to avoid chewing hard objects like a pen or nails after a bonding procedure.
Complementing Decayed Teeth
The use of silver fillings for cavities in the tooth doesn’t usually look pleasing to the eye but bonding materials completely conceals the fillings.
There are situations where our tooth enamel gets discolored or stained but this discoloration can be fixed with bonding to create a whiter and uniform smile.
Fill Up Spaces
Gaps or spaces between the teeth can be filled with bonding material which will offer your teeth a more uniformly spaced appearance.
Benefits of Cosmetic Tooth Bonding
If you have very little spare time, the best procedure you can perform is dental bonding. You only require one dental visit for the treatment and the overall procedure can take between 30 minutes or 1hour per tooth.
Anesthesia is not usually required in dental bonding except when a decayed tooth must be filled. Also, bonding only requires a tiny removal of the enamel to roughen the tooth surface so that the material can easily adhere to the teeth, unlike crowns and veneers.
Today, several individuals are fascinated about enhancing their smile but this is usually very costly to most of them. Luckily, some procedures offer similar benefits like costly ones but are very affordable. Similar to professional teeth whitening, dental bonding is also more affordable than crowns or veneers. Furthermore, most of the cost incurred in dental bonding is usually covered by dental insurance policies particularly structural and cavity-filling procedures.
Useful in Adjusting Your Smile
Dental bonding is very effective in repairing issues with gaps and simple misalignment in the teeth without needing costly braces. The bonding material can be applied by your dentist to ensure that its look is uniform, symmetrical, straighter, and conceal any existing.gaps. This procedure is a very fast orthodontic repair without requiring painful braces.
Oral Health Advantages
The bonding material used in dental bonding is effective in treating cavities and several other tooth issues. It can inhibit the spread of tooth decay and reinforce tooth walls. Also, the bonding material develops a solid bond with the inner areas of the teeth which will enable the composite resin to efficiently fortify the decayed teeth.
Porcelain Veneers versus Dental Bonding
Both treatments can be used for addressing most of the cosmetic concerns. But veneers are a better alternative for a more significant or intense issue.
To enable porcelain veneers to easily adjust with your smile, a little part of the enamel must be removed from the teeth by the dentist. But tooth preparation is not required by dental bonding.
Dental bonding is usually carried out with a composite resin material having similar color as the tooth. Porcelain veneers are a special and custom recovery process developed from long-lasting ceramic material created in a lab. Ceramic materials are usually durable and stain-proof.
Porcelain veneers are usually more durable than dental bonding with the appropriate care. A good routine of oral hygiene is required and ensure that you reach out to us for constant maintenance to increase the longevity of any option you opt for
Dental bonding is much more affordable than porcelain veneers. But always remember that it is not stain-resistant and further cosmetic procedures might be required to ensure its whitish appearance. You might also need to regularly replace the bonding material as opposed to the veneer. We have customizable and affordable options for both procedures.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Is the Difference Between Dental Bonding and Dental Veneers?
Dental veneers and dental bonding are two distinct procedures although they have some similarities. This FAQ is the most significant. Firstly, dental bonding is a temporary procedure without having any effect on the natural tooth. The composite resin only protects and improves the appearance of an existing tooth.
Why Is Dental Bonding So Popular?
Dental bonding is a very easy and straightforward procedure compared to other similar oral treatments. It does not take more than an hour for a single tooth. Additionally, it is very affordable and does not require much enamel removal compared to other treatment options.
How Many Visits Will I Need to Schedule?
Generally, only one visit to the dentist is required for dental bonding. During treatment, the composite resin will be shaped, which does not require any waiting time or additional visits.
Do Bonded Teeth Require Special Care?
Bonded teeth only require good oral hygiene habits without any special maintenance. Teeth should be brushed at least two times every day, floss every day, rinse once or twice with an antiseptic mouthwash daily and visit our dentist regularly for cleaning and checkups.
Will Dental Bonding Match My Teeth?
Composite resin material is an ideal bonding material that can align with the color of the teeth. This will conceal the dental procedure carried out on the teeth. It is a natural treatment that can help you appear and feel at your best in public places.
How Long Does Bonding Material Last?
Your oral habits and the intensity of the bonding are factors that will determine the longevity of the bonding materials. However, bonding materials can last between three to ten years before a replacement or retouching might be required.


Misogyny, as Oxford dictionary describes is the “Dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women“.
After Julia Gillard was voted into the role of the first female Prime Minister in 2010, she brought to attention some important details. In 2012, Julia was “driven to make a powerful speech on misogyny, which reverberated around the world.” Marian Sawr states that “the arrival of a woman Prime Minister helped bring into the open the gendered nature of politics.”
“Many conservative and libertarian women also take a remarkable amount of sexual-political abuse …women are expected to hold liberal views just by virtue of being female — [which] can become a license for allegedly progressive men to demean and dehumanize women who decline to play that part.” This identity-based discrimination needs to be acknowledged by the public, rather than being a secret known only to people in these important workplaces.
One potential magnifier of this issue, of course, is the Internet, which by its nature, creates what feels like a consequence-free zone for the abuser, where women are supposed to read these comments and “shrug it off”, says Ross Douthat from the New York Times, well, it’s easier said than done.
The fact that “two thirds of women journalists face intimidation” has created a large debate, why have these threats been suppressed? Why is no-one talking about it? Sixty-four percent of the 875 female journalist respondents to the International Women’s Media Foundation’s online survey said they had experienced “intimidation, threats, or abuse” in the office or in the field. Female journalists don’t want to be abused in the course of our employment— the majority of women who are harassed do not report what has happened to them, despite the fact that more than half of them confirmed that the experience had a psychological impact.
“This kind of Trolling is a certain kind of evil: the rationale is inconsistent, the victim often random, the motives unfathomable to any decent person. But the vast majority of the targets for obscene, violent abuse are female.” The victims often not wanting to read their email or check their twitter in fear of this online cyber-bullying style of abuse attacking them.
Women bloggers call for a stop to ‘hateful’ trolling by misogynist men | World news | The Observer . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/05/women-bloggers-hateful-trolling. [Accessed 15 May 2014].
Misogyny and misrepresentation . [ONLINE] Available at: http://pnz.sagepub.com/content/65/1/105.short. [Accessed 15 May 2014].
Turning around the online abuse against female journalists – Taipei Times. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2014/01/16/2003581387. [Accessed 15 May 2014].
Sexual harassment in journalism: A new study shows that the majority of female journalists have been abused, threatened, assaulted, or harassed.. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/12/03/sexual_harassment_in_journalism_a_new_study_shows_that_the_majority_of_female.html. [Accessed 15 May 2014].
Twitter opens a new world of abuse aimed at women. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/twitter-opens-a-new-world-of-abuse-aimed-at-women-20140214-32qyf.html. [Accessed 15 May 2014].
Two-thirds of women journalists face intimidation, abuse: Survey – The Hindu . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/twothirds-of-women-journalists-face-intimidation-abuse-survey/article5418827.ece. [Accessed 15 May 2014].
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The War On Women: The New York Times. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/opinion/sunday/douthat-the-war-on-women.html?_r=0 [Accessed 14 May 2014].


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We Call Bullshit on “Community" Banks
Mike's colleague and BFF Lauren Windsor joins The Politics Guy to talk about her most recent reporting on a Senate bill to deregulate Wall Street. Because we TOTALLY need another financial crisis...
A Pile of Crapo
Politicians tend to kick ass when they take on the big banks on Wall Street. So why are some Democrats sucking up to them right now? It’s dumb politics, and worse policy, to lessen the oversight we have over the big bank conglomerates. Mike wants to know: what are you fools thinking?
How Democrats Could Blow the 2018 Elections
A month ago, Democrats were growing more confident they would have a great election year in 2018. Between the president’s dismal approval rating; big wins in Virginia, Alabama, and elsewhere; and other factors, it was looking pretty good for us. But after a month of scattered Democratic messaging, and after folding like a cheap suit on the shutdown fight, no one is feeling as confident. While I think the Monmouth poll that has made Republicans giddy is worse for Democrats tha
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Jeff Zients, the incoming White House chief of staff, met multiple times in 2016 with President Biden's son Hunter Biden who is facing criminal and congressional probes into his past business dealings.
According to emails obtained from Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop and verified by Fox News Digital, Zients met with Hunter Biden twice in February 2016 and on another occasion in May 2016, just months before President Biden, the vice president at the time, was set to leave the White House. President Biden also attended the first two meetings which both took place at the U.S. Naval Observatory, where the vice presidential residence is located.
During the first meeting — which took place on Feb. 12, 2016 — Zients, Hunter Biden, then-Vice President Biden met with David Rubenstein, a billionaire and founder of hundred-billion-dollar asset management firm The Carlye Group. Rubenstein is also the member of a series of other organizations including the World Economic Forum, Council on Foreign Relations and Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.


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Dr. Michael Walter is one good gumshoe. The University of Alberta medical geneticist has cracked the case of WDR36, a gene linked to glaucoma.
Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness in which cells in the optic nerve die, preventing the brain from understanding what patients see. Scientists have long suspected a link between WDR36 and glaucoma, but have been unable to figure out what the gene does and why some people with variations of the gene get glaucoma while others don't.
Walter unravels this mystery in an article, published in the April 1, 2009 print edition of the journal, Human Molecular Genetics, based in Oxford, England.
Walter and his team investigated a yeast gene that is extremely similar to WDR36 but much easier to experiment with. They introduced the suspected WDR36 variations into the yeast gene and tested its ability to function, and discovered that WDR36 wasn't working alone. The gene variations only affected the yeast when there were simultaneous changes to another gene, called STI1. Walter thinks that STI1 is only one of many other genes in which mutations must take place in order for WDR36 to cause glaucoma.
"Our results suggest that glaucoma is polygenetic, which means there have to be changes in several different genes in order for WDR36 to cause the disease," says Walter, a professor and chair of the Department of Medical Genetics in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.
This explains why only some people who have WDR36 gene variations get glaucoma. This may also lead to further research to uncover the other genetic accomplices. "Only 10 per cent of glaucoma cases are caused by known genes, so the genes involved in this polygenetic interaction may help to explain the other 90 per cent," says Walter, who is also a professor in the Department of Ophthalmology.
In addition, Walter uncovered what WDR36 does in normal function. The gene helps make ribosomes, specialized molecules that
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AN EVENT is being hosted at Greasley Sports Centre in Newthorpe to give people the chance to have a say on changes facing the NHS.
A series of four ‘Voice for Health’ events will take place in Nottinghamshire to give people a chance to become involved in shaping future services.
Karen Watkinson, assistant director of strategy, planning and assurance, said: “With services commissioned locally, patients and the public will have greater opportunity for involvement in commissioning decisions. These events are provided to explain the proposed changes within the NHS and give people the chance to ask questions and raise concerns.”
The event will take place on March 2 at 10am.


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‘Flawlessly constructed, Jeremy Saulnier’s refreshingly original revenge thriller is a captivating triumph’
The use of vengeance as a motivating factor has a long history in film. Cinematically speaking, it’s as old as the hills and generally as predictable as a wasp on speed. Yet with Blue Ruin, Jeremy Saulnier has managed to create an edge-of-your-seat revenge thriller that is refreshingly infused with originality.
Macon Blair plays Dwight, a straggly-bearded drifter who lives in his car, rarely communicates with anyone and spends his days hunting for food in dumpsters. When he is informed that the man convicted of murdering his parents is being released from prison, Dwight decides to drive to Virginia and avenge his mother and father. As ensuing events spiral out of control, old wounds reopen, family becomes pitted against family, and Dwight is forced to resort to more violence to protect his sister (Amy Hargraves) and her children.
Blair is masterful as the near-silent protagonist. The film is almost wordless during the opening 20 minutes as Dwight’s brooding persona is established; his dishevelled appearance lends him a diffidence that is somehow intimidating. This foreboding meekness is not lost when he exchanges the unkempt beard and faded clothing for an office-worker’s neatly combed mop and some good ol’ beige slacks, and the disparity between his appearance and his activities is a rich source of undefined apprehension. Blair expertly manages to simultaneously convey timidity and unpredictability, an skin-crawlingly effective combination.
This unsettling tension seeps through the entire film and one is uncomfortably aware that Dwight is not acting scrupulously. What begins as a tale of righteous retribution mutates into something altogether nastier. Hostility is met with resentment. Violence begets violence. Saulnier skilfully shifts the focus from Dwight’s seemingly moral crusade onto the corrupting nature of retaliation, the undignified perpetuity of grudge-holding. There is no catharsis, only a galling awareness of something rotten.
On the surface, Dwight is an archetypal antihero, lacking in charisma and charm yet likeable for his shyness and incompetence. Yet there is more; his determination is somehow repellent and the aforementioned incongruity of his appearance and intentions, far from endearing him to the viewer, renders him mildly detestable. That said, there is something appealing about Dwight and his humble ineptitude. One cannot help but sympathise with his puppy-dog eyes and eternally miserable demeanour.
Saulnier instils the film with a captivating sense of impending tragedy. Blue Ruin drifts from scene to scene with apparent languor yet one is never relaxed. There is an oppressiveness to its steady progression, a descending air of inevitability that effortlessly draws the audience in and accompanies the plot’s unfolding ugliness perfectly. One feels helpless in Saulnier’s grip, teased by every shot.
Blue Ruin is a film flawlessly constructed. Jeremy Saulnier’s impressively authoritative direction and Macon Blair’s laudably nuanced performance perfectly compliment a fascinatingly immersive plot.


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In a pretty good Shaw season, Patrick Galligan’s enthralling turn as a small town draper gone mad was a defining moment of the year. One of the well-stocked festival’s most reliable talents, the Best Supporting Actor nominee’s powerhouse performance in The Sea redefined him as not just a sure-fire company man but as one of its most note-worthy stars.
Can you remember your first experience with theatre?
Growing up, I acted in more theatre than I attended. There was a play or musical every year from grade 5 or 6 through to the end of high school, and I would usually act in it. But I didn’t think about it as a career possibility at the time.
What actors and actresses have always inspired you? Are they the same today?
I can think of two sources of inspiration (there are many, of course):
When I was in theatre school (MFA – York ’88) we watched a NFB film of Stratford’s 1957 production of Oedipus Rex with Douglas Campbell. There is a moment when Oedipus discovers what he has done and lets out a wail. And even watching a crappy print of a 30-year old film in a classroom, I heard Douglas Campbell cry a wail of such agony and despair that it took my breath away. Seeing that, I knew I wanted to do classical theatre.
And the summer after graduating theatre school, I saw Robin Phillips’ Young Company at Stratford, where a company of actors (including Susan Coyne, Nancy Palk, Stuart Hughes, Albert Schultz, among others) were playing major roles with a veteran (William Hutt). I saw King Lear and Twelfth Night and was so affected by the experience I had, by the beauty of the language, the quality of the performances and the stagecraft, that I decided acting Shakespeare was the only thing I wanted to do.
How did you get started at the Shaw Festival?
So if I only wanted to do Shakespeare, how did I end up at Shaw, right?
Well, you go where the work is. I had been at Stratford in 2002, but when Jackie Maxwell asked me to be part of her first season as Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival in 2003, I jumped at the chance. (The fact that I didn’t get an offer from Stratford made the decision that much easier.)
What was your first big role at the festival?
I had nice roles from the beginning, but my first major part was Osbourne, in Journey’s End in 2005. Lieutenant Osbourne is a middle-aged school teacher who finds himself on the front lines in 1917, just before a German advance wipes his company out. I think my grey hair helped me get that part, because the role calls for it. Christopher Newton did a beautiful job directing and it was a very special production.
Tell us about your My Theatre Award-nominated role in The Sea. Were you conscious of planting the seeds of madness throughout your early scenes?
Hatch, the character I played in The Sea, is a middle class merchant living in a small coastal town and who is being crushed economically by the most powerful character in the play, Mrs Rafi. He also believes that the town is being invaded by aliens. These two things are connected, of course. Like a lot of us, Hatch has constructed a narrative to explain why his life is not going the way he wants. He creates someone/something to blame for his misery, it just happens to be from another planet. For me, the key was realizing Hatch is very human and very much like any of us, if we were pushed into as desperate a situation.
How did you approach the transition into the character’s manic breakdown?
I tried to be really logical about it. Hatch doesn’t believe he is mad – there is a rationale behind every action he takes, from destroying yards and yards of expensive fabric, to mutilating a corpse on the beach. I had to find the connection, the logic behind each of Hatch’s “mad” actions.
What was it like working with director Eda Holmes?
I am so grateful to Eda. She created, with our brilliant set designer Camellia Koo, the perfect world for The Sea. By using choreography and long lengths of sea-coloured silk she evoked both the savage destruction of the sea and it’s life giving, redemptive quality. She also guided us between the stifled interiors of the “town” scenes and the expanse of the “beach” scenes, which grounded us in the world of the play. She is super smart, wildly creative, thoroughly prepared and collaborative; what more could an actor ask for?
Shaw Festival productions tend to be fairly literal but The Sea was a bit more impressionistic with an inventive use of space. How did those elements influence your work on the production?
Productions at the Court House tend to be more abstract, it’s the nature of that particular theatre. The stage is tiny, there are no wings or flies and you are surrounded by the audience, so a naturalistic set is really not an option. I think those demands can be very liberating and in such cases both the performer and the audience have to fill in the blanks.
The Sea had a strong mix of established talent (like Fiona Reid) and up-and-comers (like Wade Bogert-O’Brien). As one of the veterans, is there much of a culture of mentorship at the festival?
There is no formal mentorship program at Shaw and perhaps that’s unfortunate, but what the company does offer is a true ensemble, where everyone is supportive, open and ready to learn from each other, through all levels of experience.
Do you have a favourite moment from that production?
The scene where I got to cut yards and yards of fabric was the highlight, no question.
You also appeared in one of our favourite plays of the season- When We Are Married with an all-star ensemble of Shaw veterans. Tell us about working with that incredible cast.
At the risk of tooting our horn, When We Are Married is an example of what the Shaw does very well. It is a true ensemble play, where there are really no leads and every character gets a turn. Joe Ziegler directed this play with detail and depth, and the cast loved performing together.
What’s your favourite role you’ve ever played?
That’s a tough one. It’s a bit like asking a parent to choose their favourite child. Every one is a gift.
Do you have any dream roles you think are perfectly suited to you or something completely against type you’d love to try as a big challenge one day?
It’s been 13 years since I did any Shakespeare and I’d love to see what I could bring to it now. And I’d play just about anything of his.
Who are some of your favourite people on the Shaw stage professionally and personally?
In my 12 seasons at Shaw, I’ve forged relationships I’ll keep all my life. But my best friend down here is Ben Campbell. We’ve known each other and worked together for 25 years. I am thinking of him because he is opening King Lear in Calgary as I write this and will be missing the 2015 season because Lear continues this summer at Bard on the Beach in Vancouver. Also, it was his father that I saw play Oedipus on film many years ago.
Do you try and see every play in the season? What were some of your favourites of 2014?
Absolutely. I make a point of seeing everything in the season, if I can. Not only do I think it is important to support and celebrate my colleagues’ work, but I often learn something and make a connection to the ideas I am working on.
My favourite in the 2014 season was Cabaret, I thought it was the best thing I’d ever seen at Shaw.
What are you set to play next season at the Shaw?
Right now I am in rehearsals for Peter and the Starcatcher, which is a wild prequel to Peter Pan. Later, we start The Twelve Pound Look by J.M. Barrie (the author of Peter Pan), the lunchtime show this season.
Any word on what the productions will be like?
Peter and the Starcatcher is like nothing I’ve ever done. We start as a group of 12 actors telling a story that has pirates, sea battles, shipwrecks, hurricanes, desert islands and “starstuff” – and that’s just the first act! If we can pull it off it will be magical.
Is there anything you’d like to add?
Yes. Thank you!


Victoria does have lots of lovely, classic old buildings but it also has it's fair share of high rises and this one is particularly infamous in the downtown core for it's unimaginative and unattractive exterior. It's probably as close as we get to 'slums' here in the garden city where affordable housing is a major challenge for many. Of course that means it is even more of a challenge to photograph. - Fern
Situated on the far west coast of Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria is the capital city of the Province of British Columbia. Its benign climate (the warmest winters in Canada) and placid lifestyle make it a favorite retirement location as well as a popular tourist destination. About 400,000 people live in Victoria and adjacent communities. Click the photos to see them larger!


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It’s almost 100 years since the tomb of King Tutankhamun was discovered in the Valley of the Kings.
He has become the most famous Ancient Egyptian pharaoh in the world, thanks to the incredible condition of his final resting place and the grave goods found alongside his body.
King Tutankhamen (Tutankhamun) was the young pharaoh whose ancient tomb and opulent artifacts have fascinated generations since they were first discovered.
For many, “King Tut” is the ultimate symbol of ancient Egypt’s glory.
Tutankhamun ascended the throne at age nine, ruling until his death at age 18 or 19.
His tomb was found by British Egyptologist Howard Carter in 1922.
“This year in 2022, we are celebrating not only in Egypt, all over the world with the discovery of Tutankhamun a hundred years (ago). It is the centennial of the discovery tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun. He drove the entire world crazy because of the intact objects that were found inside his own tomb,” says Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt.
The discovery of the 3,000-year-old tomb was a watershed moment in archaeology.
Tutankhamun’s outer most coffin is made from wood and gilded with gold.
It was found alongside thousands of other treasures, undisturbed by graverobbers.
“The tomb of Tutankhamun was the only tomb (that) was discovered almost intact in the Valley of the Kings. That’s such a nice long story. When (Howard) Carter discovered the tomb on November 4th 1922, he found 5,398 pieces. Most of them, they were gold. The tomb itself is a very modest tomb, it’s a very small tomb comparing with the rest of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings,” says Waziri.
Mystery has surrounded Tutankhamun since his discovery, from a supposed curse on his tomb to uncertainty around how he died.
But in 2005, researchers took CT scans of his body and were able to shed some light on that particular puzzle.
“He died because of this accident and chariot and the left wheel and stuff like this. And he died on the second day of this accident,” says Waziri, adding that the pharaoh also had severe malaria and weak bones.
Tutankhamun and his grave goods will eventually go on show together at the new Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza when it opens.
“It will be the first time in history to see those 5,398 pieces displayed in one museum,” says Waziri.