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A feature by Daniel Medin
DM: To what extent did the war change your approach to writing? On the one hand the answer seems obvious: Berlin and Amsterdam became settings for your fiction, and the experience of exile a principal theme. And yet I was struck while rereading Lend Me Your Character, since the stories featured in that volume are remarkably consistent, despite having been published originally between 1981 and 2005.
DU: The war did not change my approach toward literature. I have always cared more about how things are written than what is being written about. But the war changed me. It brought with it new themes, preoccupations, and thoughts. And of course: exile, a changed life, a deeper knowledge of human nature, fresh stimulations. These were powerful experiences. However, I had no desire to convert them into a memoir or autobiography.
I would never judge the quality of a literary text by inspecting whether the writer’s experience was real or false; the text itself betrays the author. A careful reader only feels comfortable in the text when the author feels comfortable in there too: it’s a secret communication between them.
A feature by Denis Frajerman
The contemporary French novelist Antoine Volodine has explored the soul’s migrations and the mind’s liminal states—between humanity and animality, between madness and reason, life and death—in over forty books since he began publishing in the mid-1980s. In this article, the French musician and composer Denis Frajerman recollects his friendship and numerous literary-musical collaborations with Volodine over a twenty-year period, the most recent of which was performed last month at the Maison de la Poésie in Paris.
A feature by Lutz Bassmann
Like an eternal wanderer in the Bardo, the post-exotic writer Lutz Bassmann exists in a constant floating state between reality and fiction. He is the primary narrator and protagonist of Post-Exoticism in Ten Lessons, Lesson Eleven, in which his final moments and history are described. He is also the author of several books, including not only The Eagles Reek but also We Monks & Soldiers (trans. Jordan Stump) and a collection of prison haiku. Like his comrades Manuela Draeger and Elli Kronauer, he possesses a deep sympathy for egalitarian struggle. In honor of Post-Exoticism in Ten Lessons, Lesson Eleven’s publication in English, Music & Literature Magazine is pleased to debut several excerpts in English from Bassmann’s as-yet-untranslated The Eagles Reek.
A feature by Nathanaël
] I wish to speak ill of translation and of translators.
] Call it a professional deformation, to abuse, for a moment, the French phrase. In the light of the contemporary pious consensus destined to the martyred translator for undertaking the often anonymous traversal of borders between languages, weighted with pacific significance as the rent frontiers of nations are more explicitly bloodied than they have allowed themselves to be in at least as many years as it has been since the recognized tellers of history have acknowledged the existence of concurrent wars on territories extrinsic to their own . . .
A feature by Paul Kerschen
Can Xue's Five Spice Street is among other things an author’s reflection on her newfound public position. The book was originally published as Breakthrough Performance (突围表演), a purposely self-conscious title for a debut novel. At the same time, 突围 suggests breaking free, an escape from entrapment or other immediate danger, and this raises the possibility that the escape itself constitutes the performance, that a kind of Houdini act is being staged . . .
As the years pass, the winters seem darker and colder, the spring unsettling and fickle, and the rays of the summer sun seem wrapped in a distant, leaden cloud that drains them of energy. As the years pass, the flowers are only flowers by name. Their colours and perfumes largely fade. “Here are some flowers for you,” we say one day to please our aged grandmother. She cautiously holds out her hand, for she can barely see the colours or smell their perfume, but, because we used the word “flowers”, she looks at them as if we had presented her with a bunch of fresh memories and bestows on them a faint smile, slightly sad and distant.
Music of the twenty-first century’s most provocative progression has been the widespread use of digitized audio editing tools, programs such as Ableton and Logic which give a composer or producer endless possibilities to augment sound. Things like sampling, looping, effectation (reverb, delay, phasing, etc.) are largely the result of discoveries made by twentieth-century composers through the use of aleatory occurrence—and more importantly, magnetic tape. If, for example, post-war musique concrètists never had access to tape machines, you wouldn’t have modern pop music. A bold claim, but here are two reasons why. Guitar effects, manufactured processing units modeled off tape procedures, facilitated the psychedelic rock and roll of the 1960s. And the idea of sampling—taking a piece of sound and deploying it repetitiously, this is cornerstone of contemporary pop and hip-hop . . .
A feature by Jason Grunebaum
To read Uday Prakash is to witness profound displacement. It’s not the displacement of a bride and groom migrating from India to the west and negotiating unfamiliar food, or of middle-class youth railing against their elders’ bewildering and intransigent attitudes toward love and marriage. It’s a displacement unleashed by forces both imported and indigenous in the India of today—global, hungry, late-stage capitalism steeped in centuries-old caste oppression—and inscribed on the likes of sweepers, weavers, semi-retired judges, typesetters, servants returned from the dead, sick slum kids, and others unable, or unwilling, to fall in line. Prakash narrates his urgent tales of endangered, recalcitrant beings with attention to both inner lives and external forces in a manner that at once loves and seethes. His gifts as a writer also include permitting himself to meander within the narrative, and to reveal his authorial hand, baldly and unapologetically. This creates additional layers of displacement, and ones that enhance a singular storytelling voice comprised of disjointed, circuitous lives. His gift to the reader amid these dark portraits is an unexpected, wry humor that provides needed perspective and levity. An English reader of Prakash’s stories may wonder where he or she is in the first place. A Hindi reader may remember times of dizzying change, triggering feelings of displacement that once were and continue to be. But both readers will be eager to follow the voice of Uday Prakash wherever he wishes to take them . . .
A feature by Doyle Armbrust
One element that can be traced through Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s catalog is a certain seamlessness, the instantaneous immersion of the listener in a given piece’s sound world. There is no “getting acquainted” period to speak of within the language. Timbre provides the immediate entryway, and the use of pitch is concise but inexorable. While the composer doesn’t often incorporate obscure noisemakers or flurries of novel instrumental techniques, an exception is made here for the rolling of a giant metal wheel across the stage (the tremor). There is a theatricality to the revolution of this steel, as its handler is the only performer on stage save the conductor. Four horns, three trombones, and three more percussionists are instead positioned around the hall, enveloping the audience in pitch-less drafts of wind sound, unisons stretched apart by quarter-tone deviations, and hieratic, ceremonial pronouncements from the alpine bells. The vista is scarred by the wind, but not desolate…nor uninhabited. The question is, inhabited by what?
A feature by Hilary Plum
Hilary Plum: Let’s start with your first novel, The Book of the Sultan’s Seal, just out in English, in Paul Starkey’s wonderful translation. In my work as an editor with Interlink Publishing, I’ve been lucky to be reading and rereading this novel for years, as I acquired it and then saw it through several rounds of editing. This was an exceptionally challenging work for Paul Starkey to translate, since the Arabic undertakes a breadth of linguistic experimentation and intertextual references—to diverse works from the Arabic canon, medieval to present-day—that no other language could really reproduce. Yet somehow, here we are, with this book in our hands. I wonder if you could talk to us, your English-language readers, about the experiments you enacted in the Arabic original, creating a style of narration for the novel that you’ve sometimes called “a contemporary equivalent of ‘middle Arabic’.” What drove you toward this endeavor? And what has it been like for you to see this novel come into being in English?
Youssef Rakha: There were two things I wanted to do with The Seal. The first—and maybe it wasn’t the first when I was writing but now that I’m moving into English, kind of the way you move into a house, I like to think it was the first—is that I wanted, from where I was, in post-millennial Cairo, to be part of the larger conversation that is the contemporary novel. By that I mean quite simply world literature today, which though still dominated by a more or less “Eurocentric” ethos is no longer particularly European, and though rife with death-of-the-novel discourse is actually irrevocably novel-bound . . .
A feature by Damjan Rakonjac
To the extent that posthumous musical works only receive their public “resurrection” following the death of their composer, they always have a built-in cachet. Hearing them feels like something of a miracle. With large works such as Górecki’s Fourth Symphony Tansman Epizody (“Tansman Episodes”), the sense of awed curiosity is only compounded: unlike with a poem or painting, their creator never really got to experience them in the first place. They seem to bridge the putatively unbridgeable chasm between the realms of the living and the dead. What Górecki jotted down in his last moments assumes its aural form only now that his hand has been forever quieted. The Fourth Symphony fits that mold well, surveying the various styles he adopted throughout his career. . .
A feature by Rebecca Lentjes
Ashley’s aversion to plot, to “eventfulness,” makes it nearly impossible to say what Perfect Lives is “about.” It possesses none of the tropes of grand opera (betrayal, love, tuberculosis), only the ordinary themes of the American everyday: money, confusion, forgetfulness, time. “They come to talk, they pass the time. They soothe their thoughts with lemonade.” One can imagine Isolde pondering these words in her mathematical mind, the neighbors sipping lemonade before heading home to watch television.
Most of what we can know about Robert Ashley can be found in Gann’s book, but what we can’t know is to be found in the operas. In Perfect Lives, Ashley’s memories are organized into anecdotes organized into episodes that fade away at the end of the day like the sky in Isolde’s backyard. The lines between the everyday and the infinite, between the known and unknown, blur together like the light and darkness along the horizon . . .
Kronos first met Kaija in the summer of 1984 at the Darmstadt Festival of New Music. I remember it was the same summer that we played Morton Feldman’s big and beautiful String Quartet No. 2 there. And it was the same festival where we met Kevin Volans, the South African composer who would go on to write White Man Sleeps and Hunting:Gathering for Kronos—very important works in our repertoire, and among the first string quartets ever by an African-born composer. So in meeting both Kaija and Kevin, Kronos began two very important relationships that summer . . .
Stig Sæterbakken is one of the most important Scandinavian writers of my generation. His novels in many ways resemble paintings by the Danish artist William Hammershøj: scenes of one or two persons in an otherwise empty room, painted in shades of white, gray, and black. The models often turn their back to the viewer. Occasionally you glimpse a pale face in a mirror. There are sometimes endless corridors, and open doors that lead to a room with more open doors leading to yet another room with yet another open door, and, behind that door, darkness.
A feature by Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis: To start off with, Dan, I have a long question. I’d like to ask you something I’ve been curious about for years, actually. It has to do with your work and your life. You teach full time at the American University of Paris, with all that entails, including directing the University’s Center for Writers and Translators and editing its beautifully produced Cahier Series on translation. In addition, you have, for many years now, been one of four editors in the monumental (and highly labor-intensive) ongoing project of producing a multi-volume selection of Samuel Beckett’s vast correspondence, three fat volumes of which have to date appeared. You regularly give public lectures or take part in conferences on this ongoing project as well as on other subjects as various as Muriel Spark, the Scottish Gothic, translation, Primo Levi, etc. You have written a number of articles on writers including Flann O’Brien, Georges Perec, Thomas Bernhard, to name just a few. You have translated numerous works from the French, and written a study of psychoanalysis and fiction, as well as what I found to be a very engaging and thought-provoking—not to speak of amusing—memoir of your last days of psychoanalysis. As if this were not enough, you are also a writer of fiction, with, now, three novels to your credit, the latest being the imminently forthcoming Emperor of Ice-Cream. You also have a life quite apart from literature, of course—family, friends, dinners, outings to concerts and museums, travel. So, my question is, how do you do it?
A feature by Katy Derbyshire
The Berlin novelist Inka Parei has written three books—The Shadow-Boxing Woman, What Darkness Was, and The Cold Centre—all of which I have translated for Seagull Books. Recently, we visited two locations: an absolutely unspectacular, slickly modernized residential building in Berlin-Mitte where Inka once lived—in The Shadow-Boxing Woman it is run down and empty, the book’s protagonist and her neighbor the last tenants before the landlord strips and refurbishes the apartments—and then, a short S-Bahn ride away, the 1970s block built for the Socialist Unity Party’s newspaper Neues Deutschland. These two settings have disappeared and the places themselves have become bland parts of today’s Berlin. As in Parei’s stories, it was less the buildings than the history behind them that ignited our conversation, which continued by email . . .
A feature by Camilla Hoitenga
At this time, she gave me the flute solo Laconisme de l’aile, a piece she had just written in Freiburg, for a Finnish flutist friend of hers, Anne Raitio (now Eirola). I had just been working intensively with Karlheinz Stockhausen on a piece he had revised for me—Amour for flute—and Kaija’s score, by comparison, looked vague, and I remember asking her many questions about what this and that meant and how much time I should take here and there. Eventually, however, I not only played her piece, it became one of the most-performed solos of my repertoire. And I became her “muse” for all subsequent flute pieces!
Galehaut: I am a character.
Violin: Perhaps I am too. I have no physical existence. I am not an object, though I need a certain class of objects—wooden boxes with strings and a bow—to be heard in the real world. I am represented, bodied forth, by these objects, just as you are by a voice, even a silently reading voice. I am not to be identified with the object that renders me, nor with the musician, any more than you are with the voice relating your words, or the reader or actor whose voice this is.
When Kaija Saariaho describes her 1994 composition Graal théâtre as being “for violin and orchestra,” or as a “violin concerto,” we may imagine her to have had in mind a musical instrument in its actuality, including its tuning and its responses, and we may suppose her to have been considering also Gidon Kremer, her destined performer, but she will have been thinking not only of but through these manifest conditions of her work, to me, to an entity whose features are not materials and dimensions, not personality and technique, but sound, and a design for sound, and experiences of that sound through time.
A feature by Jesse Ruddock
Avishai Cohen has been working since he was ten, when his job was to stand on a soap box and play trumpet for a big band. Raised in Tel-Aviv, the youngest of three jazz prodigies in one house, his music is persistently lyrical, often sublime, and intensely playful. Cohen stands out on stage in a way that’s athletic: his lead’s to follow. What the body has to do with the soul can be heard in the tone of his trumpet, that strange precise math of breath and spirit. On Dark Nights, the third and latest album from his trio Triveni—with Omer Avital on bass and drums by Nasheet Waits—Cohen’s tone is clearer than any voice. The songs all go slow but never keep you waiting to find out what they’re trying to mean. This interview took place high above Broadway Avenue in Manhattan, one afternoon before Cohen played three sets through midnight with the Mark Turner Quartet . . .
A wonderful sense of being consumed, this is what the Vigeland mausoleum offers its unprepared first-time visitor. But the feeling does not fade through repetition. On the contrary, I’d say. As if the knowledge of what awaits you heightens rather than diminishes this overwhelming sensation. And I guess that’s why so many visitors keep coming back: they want to be devoured again. And again. And again. And isn’t that what drives us, repeatedly, toward art in any form, the dream—however often it leads to disappointment—of being overpowered, shocked, overcome by horror and joy, the stubborn dream of becoming one with the object in question, melting into it, rather than standing at a distance watching it, analyzing it, evaluating it, in other words: the dream of being swallowed, digested, and spat out again, presumably dizzy, definitely shaken, thoroughly and utterly confused, as we re-enter the so-called real world?


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The After Bar – USMNT 1 – Costa Rica 0
Planting the Seed of Soccer Across America: Danny Beerseed
“It was a clear black night, a clear white snow” or so I misremembered the opening lyrics to Warren G's “Regulators”. No matter though whether it was white snow or a white moon the United States national team and newly christened captain Clint Dempsey were most definitely “regulators” against Costa Rica last night. The Nats put up with epic proportions of snow and a nearly abandoned match to top the Ticos, 1-0, in front of a freezing, sold out crowd of over 19,000 in Denver, Colorado.
Jozy Altidore made a cutting run atop the 18-yard box in the 16th minute. His shot bounced of a Costa Rican defender, and with the goalkeeper caught wrong footed, Dempsey was there to snatch up the leftovers into the open goal mouth for his 23nd international goal.
If surviving the Denver snow fall was one difficult task the USMNT will face another tall order immediately in their away leg match against Mexico on Tuesday at Estadio Azteca. Mexico is coming off a road shocker, giving up a two-goal-Chicharito-manufactured lead, only to draw at two apiece. The U.S. has already breached the walls of Azteca back in August, but a World Cup Qualifying match against El Tri will certainly be coach Jurgen Klinsmann's and his team's toughest task to date.
The match is on Tuesday, March 26th with coverage beginning at 8:30pm CT on ESPN.
Analysis from some of American soccer's best writers:
Will Parchman (The Shin Guardian) – “Mother Nature 10 – USA 1 – Costa Rica 0: The Blizzard Ballin’ Retro Diary”
Matthew Doyle (MLSSoccer.com) – “Armchair Analyst: Three things we learned from US vs. Costa Rica in the snow”
Grant Wahl (Sports Illustrated) – “Three thoughts on the USA-Costa Rica SnowClásico” and “The SnowClásico: U.S. blanks Costa Rica in unforgettable setting”
Mike McCall (Sports Illustrated) – “Clint Dempsey gives a captain's effort in Costa Rica win”
Liviu Bird (American Soccer Now) – “The Tactics of Victory: Why The U.S. Won in the Snow”
Richard Farley (NBC Sports) – “Klinsmann’s picks: Sure seems like the coach got a lot right on Friday”
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For the past six months, ITV News Political Correspondent Daniel Hewitt has been travelling the country uncovering the shocking conditions being endured by some people and families living in social housing – homes owned and run by local councils and housing associations.
In a documentary - Surviving Squalor: Britain's Housing Shame - to be broadcast on ITV on Sunday, he hears first-hand from residents being forced to live for months or even years in unsafe and uninhabitable properties - some are overrun by damp and mould, others have fallen apart in front of tenants’ eyes.
The documentary asks why some of the most vulnerable in society are being failed by a housing system that consistently ignores their concerns, fails to fix their problems, and offers them nowhere else to go.
One of the country's councils facing a rising housing crisis has admitted it's impossible for them to provide enough new homes to meet ever rising demand.
Councillor Sharon Thompson from Birmingham Council spent three years as Representative for Housing, she says there's "nowhere near" enough housing and a "huge amount" of people in need of a home.
There are 18,000 active social housing applications in the city right now. But the council, one of the biggest in the country, is only able to allocate a few hundred properties to new tenants each month.
"If we look back to 2018, we were in a situation where we were seeing so many homeless people coming forward that in one calendar month that would have been the equivalent of filling four 20 storey tower blocks per calendar month," Sharon says.
"We could never build at that speed."
That gap, she says, results in people living in homes "not fit for purpose" and leaves other "living without a permanent home".
The numbers simply don't add up. Housing charity Shelter estimates 90,000 new social homes are needed every year in England alone, just to keep up with demand.
Last year only 6,000 were built.
"A city the size of Birmingham that has over 1.3 million people [and] 62,000 housing stock in terms of the council," Sharon says.
"Clearly, based on our waiting list alone, it's nowhere hitting the mark. So we need the government to change legislation."
So where does the responsibility lie to house families in liveable, suitable homes?
Sharon calls on the government to do more - it is, after all, the government that funds councils.
"We need them to make it more financially viable for councils to build properties because at the moment the financial model doesn't stack up," she says.
That's a charge that the government denies.
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick told ITV News in July: "This is nothing to do with government funding".
"This is about neglect, this is about a lack of compassion and poor management."
The government says it has increased "English councils’ core spending power from £49 billion to £51.3 billion between 2020 and 2022."
Mr Jenrick described some of the conditions we'd filmed as "shameful" - blaming "the worst instances of councils and housing associations failures".
And what of the housing associations (private companies intended to be non-profit) which own 60% of the property stock afforded to councils?
Over the past six months, our investigation received countless complaints from residents of the country’s leading providers.
Each of them has since apologised, but who holds them to account?
Following our investigation, a government spokesperson said: "We are using the experiences of social housing residents to inform our wide-ranging reforms of the sector, including reviewing the decent homes standard.
"Our reforms will drive up standards and give tenants a clear pathway to raise concerns."
How did social housing get here?
By the start of the 1980s, almost a third of Britain lived in social housing. The Conservative government, under then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, changed that.
Tenants were encouraged to buy their own council homes, and councils were discouraged from replacing them.
The policy meant the country's social housing stock began to drop drastically.
That continued to decline. In 2021, there are more than a million fewer properties than in 1980.
Councils now face a perfect storm with not enough houses and, after a decade of austerity, budgets to maintain existing properties have been slashed.
All this means demand far outstrips supply.
Watch more in Surviving Squalor: Britain's Housing Shame, Sunday 12 September at 10.15pm on ITV. It will be available to watch on catch up afterwards on the ITV Hub.

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Jundiaí City Council has enhanced the possibility of scheduling the application of a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine through the Basic Health Reference Unit (UBS) or through the Appointment Scheduling Center (CAC), by phone 4531-8670.
In principle, this method is available to elderly people over 60 years of age who have received the second dose of the vaccine Six months or more; and immunosuppressed people (aged 18 and over) who received the second dose 28 or more days ago.
According to Maria do Carmo Posident, nurse and epidemiological surveillance (VE) coordinator for the Health Promotion Management Unit (UGPS) of Jundiaí City Council, the additional dose should be determined in advance.
The vaccine for the intended audience with the additional dose is available for scheduling at the UBS reference or by CAC, by phone. Bedridden people will be present at the residence, also with an appointment set by the family,” according to the details.
According to system data Vaccine now, from the government of São Paulo, from more than 628.7 thousand doses of vaccine against Covid-19 have been applied in JundiaíAnd 10,200 Boosters. The city also arrived, according to state data, on Tuesday (12). 82.7% of the adult population was vaccinated with a single dose or dose.
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OSLO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Norwegian house prices may continue to rise from their current record levels, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told a conference on Monday.
“There is still a housing shortage,” Stoltenberg said, adding that it was important to keep order in the economy to avoid a negative development.
“If we do, they (the house prices) may continue to rise,” he said. (Reporting by Terje Solsvik)

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Note: This is blog 4 of 4 in our HIPAA series.
A wave of breaches in 2016 exposed vulnerabilities at the heart of the healthcare system. This resulted in a new sense of urgency for data security in the industry. Breaches can happen when devices connected to healthcare data aren’t protected, when employees aren’t properly trained, or when data isn’t encrypted or segregated to make it less accessible.
HIPAA compliance is the fundamental building block of better data security for the healthcare industry. This legislation, signed into law during the 1990s and later updated in 2009, provides requirements regarding the confidentiality and privacy of protected health information, or PHI. Of course, it only works if healthcare institutions follow the law and regulations, and implement a compliance program designed to protect the safety of PHI.
The nature and sophistication of cloud computing has the power to revolutionize healthcare and HIPAA compliance. By its very nature, it offers ease of access to patients and healthcare providers, slashes costs for IT departments and improves data security.
HIPAA entitles everyone to access their complete medical record. A cloud environment for a healthcare provider can offer 24/7 access to records, something that’s expected in today’s tech-connected environment.
Many providers offer some form of a patient portal where patients can securely sign on from anywhere. These portals vary in capabilities; some are limited to medical records, while others allow for patient-physician communication and appointment scheduling. The portal should maintain all the security features needed to remain HIPAA compliant.
Costs can drop dramatically with cloud adoption because cloud computing providers can tailor to health care institutions’ needs and scale up and down with the ebb and flow of their business. This reduces capital expenditure in IT and cuts the salary costs of an IT department. The system changes from being capital-intensive to a pay-as-you-go model that prioritizes agility and scalability over large-scale infrastructure.
If a physician or hospital had their own in-house servers, they’d not only have to pay the initial costs to purchase, but also for maintenance and security. Even then, it is unlikely that their security would be as robust as a cloud solution.
Data security is a critical factor for all cloud service providers, and is a major concern for the healthcare industry. A private cloud with segmented data and limit access is ideal for this purpose. It can handle processes like registration, billing, scheduling and customer feedback, and is a good way to begin a migration to the cloud while the healthcare provider and the cloud company build trust together.
There are many benefits of migrating to the cloud—first-class hardware, sophisticated software resources, and IT professionals. Using a cloud service provider like Mozy by Dell will help healthcare providers in their efforts to safeguard against data breaches, comply with HIPAA, and keep costs under control so that they can focus on delivering health services.


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Sustainability and the Environment
The Sustainability and the Environment series provides a comprehensive, independent, and critical evaluation of environmental and sustainability issues affecting Canada and the world today.
In the face of growing anxiety about the environmental sustainability of the world, George Francis, a leading authority in the field of sustainability studies, examines initiatives undertaken in Canada over the past twenty-five years to protect some of our unique environments.
Co-operatives, Sustainability, and Power Sector Reform in Canada
This revealing analysis of Canada’s electrical power co-operatives challenges our understanding of their history and shines a light on their potential within the nation’s electricity sector.
Advocacy and Opportunity for Civil Society
Lays out new strategies for advocacy groups to achieve a sustainable, healthy food system.
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This book compares provincial forest policies on public land across Canada, and considers how they may hinder or enhance the pursuit of sustainable forest management objectives.
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This book provides a comprehensive synthesis of the core concepts, strategies, and tools in adaptive co-management, where adaptive processes, feedback learning, and flexible partnerships that are reshaping environmental governance.
Agricultural Adaptation in Canada
Covering all agricultural regions and a wide variety of commodity production and farming systems, this comprehensive survey synthesizes twenty years of research on climate change and Canadian agriculture.
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Crying Spells With Racing Thoughts From Hyperthyroidism
Been on 25mg zoloft for 8 days for depression. I feel physically better but not mentally better at all. Still have racing thoughts, crying spells.
It takes some time: To get to YOUR BASELINE of mental clarity. From your above statement it seems that you are on your way! May I suggest that you give it 1-3 mos and if no improvement then. Consult you physician to discuss other prescribe options. Sometimes it does take tweaking and trying other medications that is the best fit for your situation. ...Read more
Racing thoughts about relationship be caused by birth control? Crying spells. Depressed. Anxious. Mood swings. PMS symptoms. I was fine until PMSing.
PMS: Hormonal changes affect moods. Consult your Ob./Gyn. ...Read more
First listen...: Mindfulness meditation & relaxation training. .. Quietly pay attention to your thoughts & listen for any specific theme that may be communicated to you... Listen for any emotional feel of it all... If severe, consult with your doctor, a psychiatrist or psychologist and they'll help you explore any underlying issues as well as options. Good luck! ...Read more
Physical symptoms: Can get the mind to wonder and worry over what may be wrong and if the symptoms will interfere w/future plans and events. If you obsess outside of migraine time please see your doc. If you have not been treated for your headaches please see him/her also. Peace and good health. ...Read more
Possibly: Most meditation doesn't seek to "control" or change your thoughts. Instead, you practice compassionately observing various foci of attention such as breath, body sensation, emotions, sounds, thoughts, etc. Through your direct experience you discover that you are not your thoughts, worries, emotions, etc -- but instead, you're the observer of those. With practice, worries do often dissipate. ...Read more
Anxiety relief: We all get over-wound with stress sometimes, and gentle, soothing self-care can help a lot. Too much caffeine, nicotine & processed sugary foods, and not enough exercise, sunlight, sleep & quiet time to take care of ourselves can all trigger anxiety. Try listening to music you love or playing a video game to engage other parts of your brain. If none of this works, ask your family doc for help. ...Read more
No Best: There really isn't one best medication. Typically OCD requires treatment with medication that enhances serotonergic activity in the brain. Most often this involves either a serotonin specific reuptake inhibitor or anafranil (clomipramine). I am unsure what the "racing thoughts" you describe represent-anxious rumination? If mania lithium is serotonergic. Please see a psychiatrist for evaluation and treatment. ...Read more
What can I do to control my trichotillomania, insomnia, racing thoughts, and trouble concentrating?
Why do I have racing thoughts upon waking, and when I go to sleep? I can't quiet my mind before bed.
Intend: You must want an empty mind. Minds are built to think. They resist being quieted. Lying comfortably with eyes softly closed, pay attention to breaths. Silently count an even 4 as you inhale. Count 6 as you hold it and 8 as you blow it out fully thru lips. Repeat. Notice a heavy sinking on exhale. No other words or thoughts. Counting and feeling heavy. As others come, return to those. Again. Again. ...Read more
How much time does it take risperdal and seraquel to work to stop racing thoughts and control anxiety?
Can take 1-3 weeks: It usually takes one to three weeks but sometimes longer depending on the severity of your illness and the response to the medication. Just be patient and work closely with your psychiatrist to make sure the dose is adequate. The symptoms should go away eventually. Best wishes. ...Read more
Is serequel XR a good medication to help treat severe depression with constant negative racing thoughts?
See below: Seroquel (quetiapine) (xr is the long acting version) has been found effective in treating depressive symptoms (like the ones you mentioned) either alone or along with other medications. Racing thoughts are often part of bipolar disorder, which is also treated with seroquel (quetiapine). ...Read more
What is a safer combination latuda (lurasidone) with tegretol or latuda (lurasidone) with lamictal (racing thoughts)?
Hard to say for sure: One has to see what works best for them; that is the only way to really know. Except for the rare possibility of serious rash, I think Lamictal is safer than tegretol. I would prefer the combination of Lamictal and latuda, (lurasidone) but one must try one med first, see how it works for them, and then add the next one if another drug seems necessary. Talk with your doctor and don't obsess about it! ...Read more
I had the flu 3 weeks ago, I do not have all my strength back as well as my appetite. Mentally in depress with racing thoughts. Please help!
Flu: The flu can really knock you people out. And it sometimes takes 2-3 weeks for people to fully feel like they have their energy back. The fevers and muscle aches should have stopped, however. It is not normal to have depression and racing thoughts after the flu - so make sure you check in with your doctor and let them know what is going on! Best of luck to you. ...Read more
How do I stop racing thoughts so that I can focus on the task at hand? Also causes me not to be aware of my surroundings and become disoriented.
Racing thoughts: Can have many causes-from mild anxiety (which counseling can help problem solve) to bipolar/schizoaffective disorders which usually are most of the day to adhd which have onset in childhood/adolescents but may worsen after menopause. Poor concentration can also be a side effect of some meds such as used to treat overactive bladder and beta blockers for blood pressure. Need eval to determine tx. ...Read more
I keep having racing thoughts all day and I can't sleep. Already taking sleeping aids but they don't work? Are racing thoughts and insomnia related?
See you PCP first: Racing thoughts and insomnia can be related. Racing thoughts is a symptom of anxiety. I wonder if you are having other symptoms of anxiety? Some possibilities would be irritability, difficulty concentrating, restlessness, being easily fatigued. It would make sense to talk with your primary care doctor first and then a professional psychologist to address the emotional issues. ...Read more
I have insomnia late at night I tend to become manic, racing thoughts, greatest ideas, does insomnia trigger mania or is the mania triggering insomnia?
Mania => insomnia: Insomnia is one of many symptoms of mania, along w/racing thoughts, grandiosity, etc. Go see your family doc or psychiatrist for treatment. There are many options available to tailor a regimen appropriate for any given individual. Don't wait for mania to get worse & land you in trouble. ...Read more
Racing thoughts: Of bipolar do not always connect and are linear going out. Ocd is characterized by circular thinking, meaning you think about the same thing over and over again, regardless of the speed of the thoughts. ...Read more
Yes, it is difficult: To concentrate or focus when our thoughts race. Please get an exam by your doc to rule out thyroid condition, medication side effects, etc. After that, a mental health professional can help w/stress management. Peace and good health. ...Read more
I understand your concern.
Racing thoughts can be overwhelming, affect clarity of mind, affect concentration on specific tasks and affect functioning.
They can be symptom of Anxiety.
Hydroxyzine reduces activity in the central nervous system. It can decrease racing thoughts, not stop racing thoughts.
See a Psychiatrist for Diagnosis, side effects of medications, dose; and Therapy for stress. ...Read more
Do all your brainstorming/"worrying" well in advance of bedtime, say, in the afternoon. Don't leave any stone untouched, when it comes to these thoughts. Make a list of things to do, people to call, decisions to make, etc. In the evening before bed allow yourself to be "off duty." go to bed sleepy or stay up.
Good tips here: http://healthysleep. Med. Harvard. Edu/healthy/getting/overcoming/tips. ...Read more
See below: What's the emotional feel of it all? Are u worries about stuff? Any specific themes to ur racing thoughts? Or is ur mind just racing meaninglessly? Try deep breathing, mindfulness relaxation, tapping (the free 2012 tapping world summit is up & running now; google it... U'll be glad u did!) why not talk to therapist; they'll help u r/o some important diagnoses and think of individualized options. Gl. ...Read more
Yes: Neurosyphilis (tertiary phase)can present as delirium, mania, paranoia, personality changes, cognitive changes, psychosis or dementia. Symptoms of presenile dementia can include:depression, confusion, memory loss ; impaired judgment. Encephalitis can present in the quaternary phase. ...Read more
Racing thoughts: Racing thoughts are when your mind jumps quickly from idea to idea -- sometimes faster than you can follow them. If you're talking this way also, others may not understand you well, and you could feel impatient. When thoughts speed up this way, it can definitely interfere with concentration. This situation can happen with mania, hypomania, abuse of stimulants, anxiety, and other causes too. ...Read more
Results not out yet: Taurine has putative anti-bipolar properties. The studies have been carried out at harvard and to my knowledge of not been published yet. Tests are being done involving adolescents and adults to see the effect that this chemical may have. We will simply have to wait for the information published. If any of my colleagues has seen that this information has been published I would certainly like to know as well. Best wishes. ...Read more
I seldom see: Thorazine used for any conditions now a days - as it is in an older generation of antipsychotics that have largely been replaced by atypical antipsychotics. I have seen it used in the ER for bad hiccups. In the past it was used for bipolar disorder (racing thoughts might accompany mania or hypomania). ...Read more
Diagnose cause first: Anxiety and racing thoughts can be psychological or physical in origin. The symptoms could be part of hyperthyroidism or other medical issues. If you have no history of anxiety or depression, include your primary care physician in the evaluation to rule out medical causes. ...Read more
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B vitamins are among the group of water-soluble vitamins. Because of the key role B vitamins play in energy metabolism, a certain relation exists between human vitamin requirements and energy expenditure. Needs are increased by chronic inflammatory diseases in particular. In addition, decreased resorption and poor storage of water-soluble vitamins can cause symptoms of deficiency.
The standard method for detecting B-vitamin levels is quantification via HPLC, in which the substance quantity of B vitamins is determined. This may be done in serum, EDTA plasma or intracellularly (in the cruor after separating out liquid blood components). This method does not differentiate between active and inactive vitamin metabolites, however. For example, vitamin B6 represents a combination of 6 interconvertible substances, namely pyridoxal (PL), 1-pyridoxine (PN), pyridoxamine (PM), pyridoxal 5 phosphate (PLP), 1 pyridoxine 5 phosphate (PNP), pyridoxamine 5 phosphate (PMP) and the end product of vitamin B metabolism – 4 pyridoxic acid. It is generally accepted that PLP is the most effective element, although for vitamin effectiveness the ratios of the individual metabolites are crucial.
With ID-Vit®, the blood samples are pretreated enzymatically and put on a microtiter plate in diluted form that is coated with vitamin-sensitive Lactobacillus or Saccharomyces strains. The medium, which is individually composed for each vitamin, contains all the ingredients necessary for bacterial growth except for the vitamin to be measured. When the patient‘s blood is added, the germ grows until the vitamin is depleted. The growth of microorganisms is measured as turbidity in an ELISA reader after 72h and compared with a standard concentration series. The amount of bioactive vitamin is directly proportional to microorganism growth.
The results between the ID-Vit® assay and the HPLC method showed a good correlation for the 5 established vitamins. Only with vitamin B2 no correlation was recognizable, possibly due to the fact that the metabolites flavin mononucleotide and flavinadeninnucleotide are effective here. However, deviations were found in all vitamins, especially in the limit range of the standard values, which can be explained by the different levels of active and inactive components. In 5 to 15 % of the cases, functional deficiencies were found which could not be detected by conventional substance analysis. This affected both blood levels and intracellular levels.
This test measures the vitamin B metabolites actually effective in vivo. Bioactivity is thus of more indicative value than level measurement when the indication is to be provided for a substitution therapy or for controlling therapeutic success.
Use of the ID-Vit® test is recommended for gauging supply status when plasma, serum or intracellular levels are in the grey area.
|Thiamine is resorbed from the intestine passively through diffusion and actively through transport. Pyrophosphorylase converts it into thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP), the biologically active form of the vitamin. Thiamine is a coenzyme in pentose phosphate metabolism in the liver and the erythrocytes. In the nervous system, it is essential for energy metabolism and the biosynthesis of lipids and acetylcholine. Clinical signs of vitamin B1 deficiency include neuropathy with disturbed sensitivity, burning feet, muscle weakness, muscle spasms, central coordination loss, mental changes such as fatigue, lack of concentration, impaired memory, ir-ritability, depression and cardiovascular disorders with tachycardia and ECG changes.|
|In its biologically active forms of flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), vitamin B2 is a cofactor of numerous redox enzymes. Riboflavin derivatives from food have to be released from their protein binding under the influence of gastric acid before absorption in the small intestine. Clinical signs of vitamin B2 deficiency include inflammatory skin and mucous membrane changes, slow wound healing, thromboses, arteriosclerotic changes and increased homocysteine.|
|Vitamin B6 is effective as pyridoxal phosphate in numerous enzymatic reactions across all areas of metabolism, particularly as a cofactor in the transamination, decarboxylation, dehydration and cleavage reactions in amino acid metabolism. Vitamin B6 is especially important in the derivation of serotonin from tryptophan and as a cofactor of diamine oxidase (DAO). The primary clinical symptoms of deficiency are neurological disorders (ataxia, paresis), insomnia, irritability, disturbed sensitivity, inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes, neuritis with burning pain, blood count changes (cytopenia, microcytic anaemia), histamine intolerance, impaired enteral trace element resorption and increased homocysteine.|
The most important vitamin in the group of B12 vitamins is the coenzyme B12, which functions as a cofactor of various enzymes. Cobalamines contain the trace element cobalt as the central atom. The biologically inactive form is cyanocobalamin (= vitamin B12), which is converted into the biologically active form, adenosylcobalamin (= coenzyme B12). Besides adenosylcobalamin, methylcobalamin (methyl-B12, MeCbl) is another biologically active form.
Early clinical symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency can be seen in tingling and cold sensation in hands and feet, exhaustion and concentration disorders. Deficiency symptoms can cause diseases such as pernicious anaemia and damage to the central nervous system (funicular myelosis). A possible link also exists between B12 deficiency and dementia.
|Folic acid is taken in from food as a precursor for the active coenzyme tetrahydrofolic acid (THF). Like vitamins B6 and B12, THF plays a central role in C1 metabolism. Due to its function in DNA synthesis, folic acid plays an important role in the formation of new cells, including immune cells and intestinal epithelia. Folic acid deficiency primarily affects rapidly dividing cells, such as haematopoietic cells, which, as with B12 deficiency, can lead to pernicious anaemia.|
Vitamin B1: 1 EDTA tube (uncentrifuged)
Vitamin B2, B6, B12 and folic acid: 1 whole blood tube or centrifuged serum
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Of the South African cricketers who are presently in Adelaide, and who are soon to engage in the first Test of a much anticipated three-match series against Australia, how many would know about the man who helped to start it all?
Of late, the South African minister for sport has made it a prerequisite of selection that the team should include six players of colour, but 50 years ago, no one with a hint of "colour" was allowed any nearer a Test match pitch than the "cage" - an enclosure that kept them segregated from their fellow white human beings.
It has been a long, hard and often painful journey. Along the way, many fine cricketers of all backgrounds have had ambition thwarted. In the coming weeks, the joy on the face of Temba Bavuma when he makes a score, or Kagiso Rabada when he captures an Aussie wicket, will delight all but the most extreme of politically motivated white South Africans. Up above, looking down on it all, will be the pioneer of a movement that began in England in 1964 and, in his own case, reached a remarkable crescendo four years later.
Basil D'Oliveira was a Cape Coloured cricketer of special ability who made his debut for Western Province in the non-white provincial tournament of the late 1940s at the age of 16. In a club match, he once made 225 out of a team total of 236 in little more than an hour. Legend has it that he hit 16 sixes, and a whole lot of fours from the other balls bowled. He bowled lively medium pace and ruthlessly exploited the uneven matting surfaces on which these ostracised lovers of the game found their fun. Unsurprisingly, the standard of cricket was pretty ordinary, but for a decade D'Oliveira stood above it, a colossus of the only game he could find in town. Frustrated beyond measure by the apartheid policy that drove the South Africa of the day, in 1959 he wrote to John Arlott, the liberally outspoken English broadcaster and journalist, and asked for help. Arlott was moved by D'Oliveira's story and helped to secure him a job as a pro in the Lancashire League for the 1960 season. After a dodgy start in cold weather and on damp pitches, he got the hang of things - so much so that he pipped a gifted fellow by the name of Garfield Sobers to the No. 1 spot in the league's batting averages.
Incredible as this now sounds, D'Oliveira was asked by the secretary of MCC, Billy Griffith, if he would declare himself unavailable for England and pledge allegiance to South Africa
The next season was barely any different, neither were the next two. In 1964, Worcester signed D'Oliveira on the back of Tom Graveney's kindly words and after a year of 2nd XI cricket while qualifying for British citizenship, he made his first hundred for the county on a tricky early-season pitch. The technique acquired on the matting back home and forensically close attention paid to the ball itself, rather than the peripherals, allowed D'Oliveira to finish eighth in the national batting averages as Worcestershire won their second consecutive championship title. To the astonishment of all those cricket people back home - whether black, white, brown, pink or just green with envy - in the summer of 1966, "Dolly" was picked for England.
This was the moment he caught the eye of a young boy playing Test matches in the street outside his London home. Stumps were chalked on the wall and Basil's first Test match hundred was replicated with that child's enthusiasm for thrilling back-foot drives and a generally fearless approach to the game. The following summer, D'Oliveira was in the team to face the Australians, and though England lost the first Test, he finished unbeaten with 87 in the second innings when England were bowled out for 253.
I was that boy and I was fascinated by this man and by his bat, upon the face of which was a logo hitherto unseen. I scraped off the bat-maker's logo on my own piece of willow and drew, or painted perhaps, my own version of the deep black triangle that pointed down to the bat's toe. It was another ten years before I was to learn that this Duncan Fearnley bat was made by a man who existed, a former county cricketer who lived and breathed the game from his small factory in the middle of Worcester, which supplied handmade bats to some of the world's finest players. I came to know Duncan well and was never to use any other make of equipment during my own playing days.
None of us knew it at the time - and only a very few predicted the seismic knock-on effect of D'Oliveira's selection - but England's scheduled tour to South Africa the following winter was already in jeopardy. John Vorster, the South African prime minister and an especially hardline apartheid activist, had already flagged his disapproval of D'Oliveira's presence in the England side around the corridors of Lord's.
Incredible as this now sounds, at a dinner before the second Test, to celebrate the 200th match between England and Australia, D'Oliveira was asked by the secretary of MCC, Billy Griffith, if he would declare himself unavailable for England and pledge allegiance to South Africa. Basil was furious. His 20-year story - from the rough grounds of the Cape, where there seemed to be no escape and no hope of fulfilment, to the lush turfs of England's green and pleasant land - was on course for a happy ending. Griffith blew that notion apart, though not half so devastatingly as the selectors, who omitted D'Oliveira from the 200th Test. Try to imagine this moment for yourself; it is difficult, for it so beggars belief. Basil was dropped by England because the prime minister of South Africa said so.
D'Oliveira bats on his way to 158 at The Oval•Getty Images
He returned to Worcester, but for a month or so couldn't make a run. Then, in a world of mysterious ways, a mysterious thing happened. With England still one down in the Ashes series, the selectors named a team, and unusually, with it were named three replacements. Two were bowlers, the third was D'Oliveira. The bowlers broke down, Roger Prideaux - who, incidentally, was later to emigrate to South Africa - pulled out of the match with a virus, and Basil was back.
Peter Oborne, in his award-winning Basil D'Oliveira: Cricket and Conspiracy, insists that it is the greatest innings ever played. After all, says Oborne, he played it "against an attack comprising... Vorster and South African cricket at its most corrupt, supported by the weight of the British establishment...No other innings in test history has done anything like so much good".
After a storm on the last day, England won the match when Derek Underwood brilliantly exploited the wet pitch. Dolly captured the breakthrough wicket and "Deadly" did the rest. D'Oliveira's innings made headlines all around the world, which meant there was a serious problem. Announce D'Oliveira in the team and risk the wrath of Vorster or leave him out and live with a backlash on the home front. The tour party to South Africa was to be named within a couple of days. The selectors, along with those in their corridors of power, debated long into the night. They announced a team without Dolly and tears fell down the cheeks of a gentle, delightful man.
I say gentle, and by that I mean of nature. He sure loved a party, though by the time I roomed with him on a short tour to the Middle East in 1980, I was told he was easing off. He must have been something at his best then, because often was the occasion that he hit the hay as I was emerging from it. His stories were gold, his love of life irresistible. We laughed and laughed. He was still using a bat with the black-triangle motif, as by now was I - three stumps angled in a V and joined across the top by two bails.
Basil was brave, he was feisty and he was strong; he was young, gifted and he was coloured. And he knew he was right, so he blazed a trail that eventually helped to change the order of the world
D'Oliveira's omission shook things up all right. The newspapers were on the warpath, the public weren't far behind, and the MCC called a special general meeting. This national debate featured in both parliament and church. Three weeks passed before another mysterious thing happened. Tom Cartwright, a medium-fast bowler of note, was declared unfit for the tour. Basil, a batsman whose bowling was handy but no more, was chosen to replace him. Vorster went ballistic, calling it "not the team of the MCC but of the anti-apartheid movement". He got a standing ovation at the National Party Congress. The tour was off.
In 1970, South Africa were due in England. No chance. The anti-apartheid movements in Britain now had more than just scraps from which to feed. Peter Hain, a young liberal, led a campaign against the tour and the government stepped in to cancel South Africa's invitation. A Rest of the World team, which included four Springboks, came instead. Though Australia went to South Africa in 1969-70, the return visit, in 1971-72, was aborted. Another Rest of the World team replaced that tour.
For 20 years South Africa remained in isolation. The pain was clear and present. Names that might have adorned the history books, names of all origin and background, were denied. It had taken the sporting authorities 75 years to make a stand against an evil discrimination and a relatively small group of sportsmen suffered for it. After D'Oliveira many a South African cricketer came to reside in and play for England. They say sport and politics should not mix. Sport and politics are joined at the hip.
Basil passed away on a November day five years ago. He was 80 they say, which tidies up the uncertainty about his age. He is missed around Worcester every day. Indeed, he is missed everywhere. He was brave, he was feisty and he was strong; he was young, gifted and he was coloured. And he knew he was right, so he blazed a trail that eventually helped to change the order of the world. Fabulously, he was named one of South Africa's ten cricketers of the 20th century. He was made CBE in England in 2005 and has a stand in his name at New Road, Worcester. Series between England and South Africa are now played for the Basil D'Oliveira Trophy.
Had the ministry of sport insisted on six players of colour in Basil's day, he would have been a shoo-in and played alongside luminaries such as Roy McLean and Johnny Waite, Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards and Mike Procter. As it happened, it was Geoffrey Boycott and John Edrich, Ray Illingworth, Alan Knott and John Snow who became his team-mates and friends. Not one of them would have a bad word to say about this man who crossed a Rubicon and inspired a generation.
The quota system, as it has been called, is not universally popular because there is potential in it to compromise the quality of the team. It is important for South African sport in general that heroes are born out of winning teams. But no one can argue about the thinking or the direction. All Basil would ask is that it is applied with common sense and fairness to one and all.


Danish historian finds unknown Andersen fairy tale
By Jan M. Olsen | The Detroit News
For years, the somber fairy tale about a lonely candle who wanted to be lit dwelt in oblivion at the bottom of a box in Denmarkís National Archives. Its recent discovery has sent ripples through the literary world because it is believed to be one of the first tales ever written by Hans Christian Andersen.
A newly found manuscript of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen which has been located in Odense, pictured in the State Archives in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The famed Dane wrote nearly 160 fairy tales in his life, including classics such as "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Mermaid." The tale of the candle may have been written when he was still a teen, experts say.
Retired historian Esben Brage said Thursday that he found the six-page text on Oct. 4 while searching through archive boxes that had belonged to wealthy families from Andersenís hometown of Odense in central Denmark.
The handwritten copy of the tale, entitled "Tallow Candle," and dedicated to a vicarís widow named Bunkeflod who had lived across from Andersenís home, had been left seemingly untouched at the bottom of one of the boxes.
"I was ecstatic," Brage said. "I had never imagined this."
The short story tells the tale of how a tallow candle seeks help from a tinder box to be able to ignite itself. A senior curator at the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense said the work is likely one of the authorís earliest, written at the age of 18 ó seven years before his official debut in 1830.
"I often get calls about stuff thought to have been of Andersenís hand. Most of the time, it is not. This time I was thrilled," Ejnar Stig Askgaard told the Associated Press. "This is a very early attempt at prose by Andersen, who was then 18."
Askgaard said Andersen regularly visited the Bunkeflod widow, reading to her and borrowing books from her, even after he moved to Copenhagen to attend university.
"The text is not at the level of the more mature fairy tales that we know from Andersenís later writing," Askgaard said. But "we see traces of Andersenís history in the text, the language and the themes in the manuscript ... it all fits with him, it all bears his fingerprint."
The Danish language "Doedningen" from 1830 had long been considered Andersenís first fairy tale. That story was later re-written and published again in 1835 as "The Traveling Companion" ó a grim tale about death.
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As noted here, our man in the NYC Council, Steve Levin, would like to see filming in Brooklyn Heights take a chill pill and be still for a while.
This dispatch from a BHB contributor shows that filming in the neighborhood can be more that just a small inconvenience. NBC’s shoot Monday for the show Smash appears to have gone beyond the pale:
There is always a lot of filming in Brooklyn Heights. I have to be very aware of what the signs say because productions have now started to have varied times when the permits take place.
I saw they are going to film NBC’s Smash around the block where my car was parked and the parking would be locked off as of 10 PM tonight. I knew I was good because I was leaving to take a friend to the airport at 9:30 this morning.
As planned I went to get my car with my dog in tow. I tossed the three cones that were up against my tire to the side so I could get out and then I was going to move to the other side and put them back from where I left.
As I’m opening my car door two men over six feet tall start walking aggressively near me screaming that I didn’t have to toss the cones like that. Um, did they want me to run them over? They were no where near me until I moved those cones and it wasn’t like I went wild and chucked them at another car I tossed them about a foot and made sure no one was coming as they were up against my car like every other car on the street. Mind you this is over 12 hours prior to the permit taking effect and over a day before filming will begin.
The men continued to come towards me. One of them with a Jamaican accent starting screaming racial slurs at me saying that I wasn’t from this country, was a stupid ch***, etc. Then both of the guys stood next to my car on the passenger side (that was the street side), while I quickly put my dog into the car. The Jamaican guy then saw her and started to threaten my petite French bulldog. I got into the car quickly as he continued to block my door and pound with his keys on my windows and they both screamed at me.
I hauled out of there, having to wait until I was a block away to pull over and put my dog securely into her car bag. Then I dropped my friend at the airport and stashed my car in another neighborhood until Smash is done filming because who knows what they would do.
On my way home, I saw a policeman so I spoke to him and explained what happened. He asked me if the man had dreads- he did. Apparently that guy has been harassing other people all day in the neighborhood!
Why is it I felt some relief to know I wasn’t the only one? Why am I a taxpaying citizen subjected to someone who may or may not be legal in my neighborhood who is essentially a visitor? Why did two grown men think it was okay to, in tandem represent their employer this way? I’m sure it wasn’t the first time, if the guy continues to behave that way all day. It’s a bad look for Smash and for NBC. One thing I will tell you this was more alarming to me than the season finale of Smash where the director tells the producer it’s his decision who the lead is and she should shut up- hello, that is so not realistic and who, unless it was a name, would ever pick an unknown the day of a show launch, over Megan Hilty? Come on! Well, now I’m definitely not going to watch the show anymore and may silently scoff at NBC promoting itself as the network of diversity!
I can watch 30 Rock on Hulu!


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Boried about finding in a legitimate way your diamond ? This Xray mod is here for you !
In 1.13 his is a mod for the Rift Modloader, you need to download Rift to use it, not Forge!
In 1.13.2 Rift by Chocohead is needed, you can download it here
5 keys (can be changed in config)
- X : toggle Xray
- C : toggle Cave Mode
- R : redstone mode
- H : toggle fullbright
(No light needed)
N - Open Xray menu
Here you can enable/disable Xray, Cave Mode, Redstone Mode, Fullbright and location on the HUD and add/remove to /reset Blocks lists of cave, redstone and Xray mode
You can create you own mode in Xray by adding in the xray.json in "customModes" names of new modes:theType
Types are :
EXCLUSIVE: like in Xray and Redstone mode
INCLUSIVE: like in Cave Mode
"customModes": [ "myMode:EXCLUSIVE" ], "Custom_myModeBlocks": [ "minecraft:tnt" ],
Will create a custom mode call "myMode" with the type Exclusive and show only TNT
Xray Mod is a Minecraft mod that allows players to see through blocks and easily locate valuable resources. While some consider it cheating, others argue that it's just another mod that enhances gameplay. In this article, we'll explore the controversy surrounding Xray Mod and whether it's ethical to use in Minecraft.
Minecraft is a game that allows players to create and explore virtual worlds. However, some players have taken the game to the next level by creating mods that enhance gameplay. One such mod is Xray Mod, which allows players to see through blocks and easily locate valuable resources such as diamonds, gold, and emeralds.
However, the use of Xray Mod has sparked controversy in the Minecraft community. Some players argue that it's cheating and gives an unfair advantage, while others believe that it's just another mod that enhances gameplay. In this article, we'll explore the debate surrounding Xray Mod and whether it should be considered cheating or just another mod.
What is Xray Mod?
Xray Mod is a Minecraft mod that allows players to see through blocks and locate valuable resources easily. The mod works by changing the texture of blocks, making certain blocks transparent and allowing players to see what's behind them.
Xray Mod is often used by players who want to quickly find valuable resources without having to spend hours mining. The mod is particularly popular in multiplayer servers, where players are in competition with each other to find resources.
The Controversy Surrounding Xray Mod
The use of Xray Mod has sparked controversy in the Minecraft community, with some players arguing that it's cheating and gives an unfair advantage to those who use it. They argue that players who use Xray Mod are not playing the game as it was intended and are essentially taking shortcuts to achieve success.
On the other hand, supporters of Xray Mod argue that it's just another mod that enhances gameplay and makes the game more enjoyable. They argue that Minecraft is a game that allows players to create and use mods, and Xray Mod is no different from other mods that allow players to enhance their gameplay experience.
The debate over Xray Mod has become so heated that some Minecraft servers have banned its use, while others have allowed it. Some servers have even created their own versions of Xray Mod that limit its functionality to prevent players from using it to gain an unfair advantage.
Is Xray Mod Cheating?
The question of whether Xray Mod is cheating is subjective and depends on individual perspectives. Some players argue that it's cheating because it gives an unfair advantage, while others argue that it's just another mod that enhances gameplay.
Ultimately, the decision of whether to use Xray Mod comes down to personal ethics and how one wants to play the game. Some players choose not to use Xray Mod because they feel that it takes away from the experience of exploring and discovering resources on their own, while others choose to use it because it makes the game more enjoyable.
Xray Mod is a popular Minecraft mod that allows players to see through blocks and locate valuable resources easily. However, its use has sparked controversy in the Minecraft community, with some players arguing that it's cheating and gives an unfair advantage.
While the debate over Xray Mod is ongoing, it ultimately comes down to personal ethics and how one wants to play
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Starting tomorrow (11 December), the number of travel routes of ferry services from Kuala Kedah and Kuala Perlis to Langkawi will be increase.
According to the statement by the Director of the Department of Marine Malaysia Northern Region, Mohd Hafiz Abdul Majid, this allows tourists to visit the island using the ferry service as usual according to the schedule.
The increase in the ferry route followed the request of the public who wanted the ferry operator to increase the sea transport service after PKPB (CMCO) was relaxed.
Starting tomorrow, the ferry frequencies from Langkawi to Kuala Kedah will be added to four trips while Langkawi to Kuala Perlis to five trips, compared to the current two one-way trips.
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