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Once the Affordable Care Act became fully effective in 2014, people in Ohio who lost health insurance through a spouse's employer after a divorce had options for coverage, even if they had pre-existing conditions. The new law prohibited insurers from charging higher prices to people with existing health problems when they needed to buy individual insurance plans.
Healthcare politics influencing divorce decisions
Military occupations prone to career stress and divorce
Many workers in Ohio feel stress on the job, which can turn into relationship difficulties. When the career-oriented website Zippia examined U.S. Census data, it looked for the occupations with the highest divorce rates by age 30. Military jobs took three spots in the top 10 careers most associated with divorce. People working as first-line enlisted military supervisors had the highest divorce rate at 30 percent.
Seeking a modification of the child support order
An Ohio parent who doesn't have primary custody of their children will most likely be responsible for paying support to the other parent. These child support payments help the primary caregiver provide food, shelter, medical care and other needs for the children. However, a change in circumstances can make it difficult for a non-custodial parent to meet payment obligations.
Debunking costly divorce myths
The end of a marriage can be a serious legal, financial and personal situation. Since many people have gone through a divorce or know someone who has, they might believe they are also qualified to give advice about how the process works. This may lead many Ohio residents astray with costly and sometimes disastrous misinformation. It is important to debunk several common myths in this regard.
Immigrants make child custody arrangements
While many immigrants living in Ohio are in the United States legally, there are some who have undocumented status. Because of changes in immigration policies, undocumented immigrants who are also parents may be concerned about the welfare of their young children, particularly if a parent or parents are detained or deported.
4 ways a spouse may be hiding assets before a divorce
When facing the prospect of a divorce, both spouses are likely to worry about their individual financial futures. So much so, that it is not uncommon for a husband or wife to attempt to illegally hide assets. There are a number of ways this can be accomplished, and you would be wise to pay special attention to the family's finances when divorce becomes a reality.


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The Wheal Prosper Federation
The Governors' welcome
The Governing Bodies of Cardinham and Lanivet Schools formally joined together on the 1st February to form the Wheal Prosper Federation. Both schools have been working closely since September 2013 when Mr Jelbert became Executive Head of Cardinham School.
More details of the Federation, governing body and policies applicable across both schools can be found on the Federation and / or school websites;
The future:
Becoming a Federation puts both schools in a much stronger position for the future and brings numerous benefits to the education of our children.
As always in education new challenges present themselves all the time. Originally the government stated that they wish all schools to become part of an academy chain by 2020. Though this date has changed the Governors remain active in researching the various possibilities available to us. Being part of a Federation with approximately 215 pupils with good Ofsted grades in both schools make us an attractive addition to any Academy Trust. The Governors believe it is important that we retain our distinctive school character and that we have a named Headteacher. Many smaller schools which have joined Academy Trusts no longer have a Headteacher but are run by a Chief Executive Officer based in a large school. This consideration was important in making the decision to federate.
We want to make the choice regarding the most suitable Multi Academy Trust for our schools and not be forced into something that is not in the best interest of our children. We will keep you informed of how this process is progressing.
Countywide issues:
Government initiatives have made major changes to the future of education. The ongoing drive to make all schools into academies is at the top of the education agenda. There are further significant initiatives;
- The curriculum. A new curriculum was fully introduced from September 2015. Expectations of the standards children should reach have increased greatly.
- Assessment without Levels. Teachers and parents had become very used to levels when discussing children's attainment. This has been removed and assessment against a general expectation has replaced it. Year 6 expectations are considerably higher and have seen a reduction of around 305 of children achieving the appropriate standard.
- Budgets. The government has not increased funding in line with the increasing numbers of pupils in our schools. As a result the allocation per pupil has decreased causing reductions in our school budgets. A 'Fair Funding Formula' removing the post code lottery of school funding is to be introduced; there are concerns this will reduce the funding to small schools.
- The Local Authority. Approximately 75% of funding from central government to Local Authorities will be removed by 2017. Reductions in funding from central government has already seen services provided by the LA reduced to a minimum. Support for many aspects of school life have been removed, for example much of the premises department. Other services have to be purchased for example Special Needs which if still available are bought in (the Educational Psychologist costs £500 per day).
Planning for the future development of our schools, whilst ensuring we manage the budget to provide all the opportunities we wish will take much of the time in governor discussions for the next year.
Further information about our federation and access to the minutes of meetings can be found on our Federation Website.

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Even before I knew I was a fan of pop music - hell, before I even had firm context surrounding what pop music was - I was a fan of Robyn.
And yes, I know that's a bizarre thing for me to say, especially coming from someone not from Europe and who only got passing snippets of what Robyn creating in the late 90s and 2000s... but we did get a few pieces, and the majority of them have held up amazingly well. I'll freely admit that when I was a child and heard 'Show Me Love' I didn't have the slightest clue who Robyn was - and let's be honest, most folks who were adults in North America didn't know either, her distribution and name-recognition stateside has always been shaky - but I knew the song connected on a fundamental level. Fast forward over a decade later and I'm hearing 'Dancing On My Own' in HBO's Girls and while the vocal timbre had subtly changed, the ridiculously intricate and tight pop music remained the same. And that prompted me to go back through whatever albums in her back catalog I could find and it's honestly a little astonishing how consistently great Robyn has been. There have been missteps - I might be one of the few people who find the hip-hop elements on the self-titled album to have aged pretty badly and hurt the album as a whole - but for the most part I've been a consistent fan of her terrific sensibility around melodic grooves and her remarkably keen sense of emotional dynamics.
And thus the past eight years where we haven't had full Robyn albums... well, it's been a long wait. Yes, I heard those EPs with Royksopp and La Bagatelle Magique, but they felt compromised, not nearly the clear organic creative vision I knew Robyn could deliver, and thus I was thrilled to get a chance to hear her newest project, Honey - was it everything we could have hoped for and more?
Okay, there's the thing: for all intents and purposes Robyn gave us a quality pop album. The production is sleek but bubbling and gentle enough to feel organic, the melodies are varied but well-balanced, and there's enough being pulled from gentler electronics to imply a very tasteful listening experience... and I wish I could say it was great. Yeah, bit of a bait and switch with this one, but I can't help but feel that for pop, this album might go down easy but just doesn't deliver much impact or sparkle for me. Don't get me wrong, it's a comfortable listen and will inevitably soundtrack a lot of pretty good parties I'll attend in the next month or two, but I'd struggle to say it rises to greatness, and coming from Robyn, that is a disappointment.
And what's exasperating is that Robyn is so damn good at melodic composition that I want to praise this album a lot more. I've always liked how she straddles the line in her vocal line from plainly emotive to the slicker polish we heard in the late 90s that makes her sound like a unique entity despite the synthetic touches, and I've always loved her commitment to more intricate and interesting grooves. The grainy low-end knock to 'Missing U', the pulsating electronic punch of 'Send To Robin Immediately', how much both 'Because It's In The Music' and 'Ever Again' make terrific use of great basslines that almost call back to her pop-R&B roots, and then there's 'Honey', unquestionably the best song here and while it's a bit dated from hearing an earlier version on the finale of Girls, I still really like it here with the brighter synthline and more prominent, multi-tracked vocals. Hell, whenever we get hints of the glitzier synthpop that I've loved from Robyn in the past, I'm entirely onboard... but that's also not really what this album is, especially when you start digging into the construction of the songs. If anything, it's a lot closer to electronic music, specifically 90s house - hell, they even get the analog synthesizers out for 'Beach2k20' with more of a samba rhythm, and when you realize that some cuts might only have one verse or hook before letting the instrumental ride, it becomes a different sort of experience.
And I'll say it right now, I'm just not as much of a fan of it in comparison to Robyn's pop side. Part of this is because her hooks can be so layered and impressive on a melodic level, and when you get a song like 'Human Being' with its drippier melody, it just doesn't evolve in the same way or change up - thankfully 'Baby Forgive Me' does this on its second hook, but even that cut feels underwritten. And that becomes a similar vibe that permeates 'Between The Lines' and 'Beach2k20' - not bad dance or house songs, but they lack the deeper immediacy and well of dramatic emotion that Robyn has always brought to her best pop songs. But even with that, this is not an album that deals in the extremes of emotion, lying closer to the small sophistipop revival in recent years with muted, bubbling tones and a slightly more retro vibe - I don't think anyone could deny the album has consistency and flow and good taste. But the problem is that it doesn't really modulate out of that groove, and the powerful emotional highs that Robyn has delivered before just don't materialize - and yes, I know part of this is because I'm not really a fan of house music to the same extent, but I'd also like to think that she could have pushed these songs in more layered or intricate directions. And then there's some production choices which I just don't like, such as that weird hum that seems ever so slightly off-key on 'Human Being', or how the electronic pitch-shifted vocals on 'Baby Forgive Me' feel very much off key in their resolving note and really only serve to distance the listener from a song that might have gotten more out of minimalism and intimacy.
And that takes us to the content... where for a change of pace with Robyn, there doesn't seem to be much to say. What I've liked about her pop songwriting in the past are the fresh spins she takes on tired concepts to add more nuance, and when you hear that this record follows the loose arc of her breakup and reconciliation with her own partner, I was hoping for a few more details to flesh out the picture. And for the first few songs there's potential: 'Missing U' touches not just on post-breakup blues but also the dazed sense of confusion that comes with that person no longer being in your life and the weird psychic wound of their absence, and 'Because It's In The Music' is a great little cut focusing on the complicated feelings that come through when you share a song with an ex-partner, and I really dug that. But by the midsection of this album when it moves into 'Baby Forgive Me' and the eventual return, the complexity of the writing seems to slip away - yeah, the metaphors of 'Honey' do the job but after that the songs just feel lyrically undercooked. And then there's 'Ever Again', and while I like the composition and groove and vocal production, I'm always wary when someone throws up how she'll never be brokenhearted again - I appreciate Robyn's optimism which flows well with maturity, but it's the sort of song that tempts fate in the same way Ariana Grande's interlude 'pete davidson' did, that's all.
But in the end... look, I'll admit that for listeners who come from more of a house or electronic music background this'll probably satisfy plenty, and Robyn certainly sounds comfortable in this lane. But in terms of the music, it just doesn't grab me as deeply - again, very tasteful, very easy music to like but I wouldn't say I love it, netting a light 7/10 from me and a recommendation, but a qualified one. And it's weird that I can look to Robyn's descendants in this brand of synthpop like Carly Rae Jepsen or especially Shura and find more that grips me in terms of writing and hooks, but hey, if this is the direction Robyn wants to go, all the power to her - it's still good music, and was still mostly worth the wait.


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Last year, five Stittsville streets were required to undergo changes due to duplicate and similar sounding names since amalgamation with the City of Ottawa in 2001. Because of the public safety risk this poses with Ottawa's Emergency Services, the Street Renaming Project was implemented to reconcile these challenges.
Names were suggested by members of the community and voted on by households living on the affected streets. The results were published in my November 4th electronic newsletter and on my website, http://www.shadqadri.com.
Now, as of March 13th, the names for Bell, Elm, Goulbourn, and Meadowland are now officially renamed.
Bell St (from Stittsville Main-Norway Spruce) is now Bobcat Way, Bell St (from Norway Spruce-West Ridge) is now Snowberry Way, Elm St is now Brae Crescent, Goulbourn St is now Henry Goulburn Way, and Meadowland Way is henceforth Turtleback Way. Long Meadow Way retained its name but residents have undergone a civic number change to the 900-series (ex: 23 Long Meadow Way is now 923 Long Meadow Way).
Please begin to use the new names when referencing the streets to emergency services or addressing mail through Canada Post. For any issues related to Canada Post, please contact Customer Service at 1-800-267-1177. For any other questions or concerns, I encourage residents to contact me and City staff, Rebecca Anderson, at email@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Head & The Hand Press
The ethic of The Head & The Hand has always been to bring writers into as much of the process as possible. It's a mission that I created and that has been upheld in such committed and creative fashions by both H&H Staffers and H&H Writers a like. So now that I securely (and sometimes not so securely) straddle both of those worlds with the release of my newest essay collection, Kensington Homestead, that ethic has truly been tested. I'd say about 90% of the time, I'm pretty on point. But when it comes to the ever necessary, and oftentimes effective task of extending the reach of a book tour by blogging about it, that extra 10% becomes a bit more difficult to attain.
This is obviously not because I dislike writing or traveling. Life would be fairly unlivable without the two. But even though my travels have made it into my memoir or fiction work (check out the forthcoming Corn Belt Almanac for a glimpse), I'd much rather allow the experience to exist between me and the people and places I encounter along the way. I don't keep a journal, which makes my wife happy since I don't disrupt our trips with long sojourns into writing mode. And I don't take pictures, which drives my wife nuts because there's never any proof of where we've been and what we've done.
But my latest trip to Boston for a series of book readings involved three very important people who made such an impact on me that I'd like to share with our H&H readers, PR purposes be damned
- Holly Fowler- I didn't know Holly before this trip. What I did know was that I needed to have a local person at the reading I did at Trident Booksellers and Café on Newbury Street in Boston. Of course, the formula to a successful reading is to get a local on the bill to bring part of the crowd, even if the reading is at a place like Trident where they combine the other best pairing with books—food. But asking Holly to read was more than just to get people in the door., I knew straight away that people were going to ask about urban agriculture due to the subject matter of Kensington Homestead. And I knew that I didn't want to be the guy standing up there not able to answer questions like, "How do I get involved in Boston?" or "Can I have chickens in my backyard?" (although I didn't know how many people would want chickens after hearing the Mother Clucker Story). As the Managing Director of Northbound Ventures, I knew that should would be the perfect person to represent Boston. There's always a self-consciousness when asking someone to join a reading, especially when that person is not a writer. But the first thing Holly says when I meet her is, "I'm so glad you reached out. I can't tell you how many times I've done the same thing to complete strangers, and it has always worked out well." That statement set the tone for what was one of my favorite readings in a long time, not just because the audience laughed at all the right parts of the essay, but also because the conversation flowed so well after that. As one of the people contributing to Boston's sustainability plan, especially around urban agriculture, she was there to answer those tough questions regarding regulations and how to get involved, as well as trade notes with me on the difficulties and successes of working with city government, and simply growing food in a city. The last thing she said to me that night was, "I just made a new friend." It couldn't have ended any better way.
- Raghu Krishnan- I have known Raghu for almost a decade now, albeit as one of the scientists who worked with my friend Allison and H&H Editorial Director Linda Gallant's husband Eric. But it was one of those relationships where you don't really know that person beyond the implication of common interest through common friends. So I didn't know what to expect when Linda jumped into the marketing side of things and told me, "I can set you up to stay at Raghu's if you want." Raghu had moved to Cambridge from his adopted city of Philadelphia about a year ago. And aside from the pleasant surprise that he was the kind of guy you could sit at the bar with for hours without running out of fodder for the proverbial "shooting the shit," the shit we were shooting had to do with one of my favorite topics—cities. Of course, Raghu had the usual observations of what it was like to shift an identity across urban lines (i.e. where to eat, where to go, how to find friends across neighborhoods). But Raghu's observations rather quickly went into the realm of "How Cities Work." Over a few beers at the bar, we discussed the ups and downs of Boston's "T" (transportation system). We talked about how transplants fit into the city and how long time residents respond to them. And of course, we talked about how to grow food amongst the many backyards and "Commons" spaces throughout Boston. I'd need a whole other essay to explain what we came up with. But what inspired me was that these kinds of conversations that I have so often in the redevelopment bonanza of Philadelphia is actually on the minds of many people in many cities. Of course, you'd think this to be true. But it's fun when it becomes part of your travel experience.
- Kim from the Café- My last favorite person may sound a bit indulgent, but I don't get out on a lot of book tours, so give me a break. After getting directions from Raghu the next morning for breakfast at the Mass Ave. Diner, I invariably got blown off course and ended up in this sweet café called Café Luna. Again, it's nice when you can travel and find "your type of spot." This means good, dark coffee with free refills and a sandwich where the bread is actually baked on site and the eggs actually taste fresh. I know I sound like a foodie right now, but I'd take a good breakfast over the risk of being pretentious any day of the week. So, I was being served by this woman who was really making my day. It was 7 in the morning and she had a huge smile, good recommendations, and was dance/skipping from table to table. Again, she was not pretentious or eccentric. Just happy to be having a good morning and making mine just a bit better. So she comes up to me at the end and asks if she could see the copy of Kensington Homestead that I'm looking through in preparation for my last stop for a lecture at Tufts University. She gives it a once over, tells me how much she thinks urban agriculture can change the world, and then says, "Good for you." At this point I can't tell if she's saying this to me for reading it or for writing it. My face is not on the jacket or cover, and I'm not famous. But it was kind of a nice feeling for a second. So when she comes back, I ask her name. She tells me Kim. Then I ask her if she wants the book. I don't need to embarrass her with every detail in case she reads this, but she was pretty darn excited that she was getting this book. She showed it to the cook, the hostess, the barista. As I said, I'm trying to not relish too much in this small brush with feeling like a celebrity for 15 minutes. But I think we live in a pretty cool world when someone who wrote a book about urban agriculture can garner such a response.
And I know that I live in a pretty cool world when I get to hit the road and meet such great people. So thanks Holly, Raghu, Kim and Trident Books for a good trip to Boston. See you all next time.
-Nic Esposito


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Bread And Prejudice
Coffee Shop | Right | September 26, 2010
Customer: "Can I have a ham and cheese sandwich please?"
Me: "Would you like that on white or brown bread?"
Customer: "I don't mind. I'm not prejudiced."
Me: "You're not… prejudiced?"
Customer: "Not at all, sure the other day I ate some 'properdoms'!" (That's how she pronounced papadums – the flat crunchy bread you get in Indian restaurants.) "They were lovely."
Me: "Oh good. Now what type of bread would you like?"
(At this point a woman of another ethnicity that had been served by my co-worker leaves. Suddenly, this customer becomes visibly relieved.)
Customer: "Give me some good, God-fearing white bread!"
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text: Wheelchair hockey: how and where to practice it Posted: 28/02/2018 | By Sunrise Medical Wheelchair hockey: how and where to practice it Although it is not considered a well-known sport on our shores just yet, disability hockey is one of the adapted sports with the greatest appeal. One of its great advantages is that it is a team sport which can be practised by people with different degrees of disability, making it into an integrating and social activity, especially for those with severe disabilities. Basic rules for disability hockey The aim of adapted hockey is just the same as those of hockey in any other format: to put the ball (or puck) into the opposing goal and to stop the opposing team from doing the same. However, it does require a greater degree of adaptation, given that it is played using powered wheelchairs and can be practised by people with various disabilities. Adapted hockey teams are made up of four outfield players and a goalkeeper, with two halves each lasting twenty minutes with a ten-minute break to separate them at half time. The first distinctive feature of wheelchair hockey is that the playing field is similar to that of an indoor football pitch (measuring approximately 24 x 12 metres) with an external boundary lined by 20cm high boards that prevent the ball from going out of play. The corners must be rounded. The goals in adapted hockey are lower than those in traditional hockey (measuring 20cm, as with the boundary) and have a double net to prevent the ball from bouncing, so that players with a fixed stick can control the ball at all times. Another of the more distinctive features of wheelchair hockey is that there are two types of players: those with a manual stick (similar to but lighter than a conventional hockey stick) and those that use a T-stick, which is a T-shaped hockey stick attached to the wheelchair's footrest and is used by players who are unable to hold a manual stick. The ball is made from a synthetic material and is perforated in order to reduce its weight. It is also designed in such a way as to immediately retain its shape should it be run over by a wheelchair. If you would like to know more about the rules for wheelchair hockey, about the specific features of the chairs used to play it, about the hockey sticks or any other aspects of the game (fouls, penalties, etc.), you can find further information by consulting the international guidelines for wheelchair hockey (also known as Powerchair Hockey). Who can practice wheelchair hockey and what are its benefits? Wheelchair hockey can be practised by anyone regardless of their disability, as it is designed for powered wheelchair users. The wheelchairs can be adapted in terms of their speed, whilst other aspects of the game can be modified, such as the stick length or the inclusion of additional security such as seatbelts, making it a safe sport for both children and adults. It can be practised by men and women regardless of age, including those with severe disabilities such as neuromuscular diseases, cerebral palsy, poliomyelitis, hemiplegia, tetraplegia or spina bifida. Although it still something of a fledgling sport in the UK, England Hockey has a dedicated page for Flyerz Hockey, with a number of resources and success stories for clubs that have set up across the country. Flyerz Hockey is promoted by England Hockey as a gateway into the sport for people with disabilities, with success stories in places such as Wakefield and Brighton & Hove, encouraging both children and adults to play. As a team sport, adapted hockey requires its members to meet for training sessions, allowing them to build a team bond that helps build relationships outside of the immediate family environment. Team sports also help promote teamwork and organisational skills, reinforcing a sense of responsibility and coexistence, which often translates into a greater sense of autonomy for people with disabilities. Disability hockey clubs and associations in the UK Wheelchair hockey currently has official federations in eleven countries, with each responsible for organising its own national competitions. The IWAS Committee For Powerchair Hockey governs the sport at an international level, as well as several other sports for people with disabilities, a full list of which can be found on their website. There are also six Ice Sledge Hockey clubs with active teams across England and Wales in Manchester, Cardiff and Sheffield, as well as Basingstoke, Kingston and Peterborough. Do you love sport? On the Sunrise Medical blog we also have other articles on different sports such as adapted basketball or wheelchair tennis. If you would like to practice any of these sports with the best equipment, at Sunrise Medical we have a line of sports wheelchairs that come with the option of customising yours with Built-4-Me to tailor yours to your game. Let us help you to find the best one to fit your favourite sport!


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It's a 'killer whale bonanza' in Monterey Bay — and sightings are breaking records
Orcas, popularly known as killer whales, are invading Monterey Bay off the California coast in search of food.
Orcas, which are actually a species of dolphin, are frequently spotted off Monterey in April and May. But this year they are appearing in record numbers to hunt and feed on gray whale calves migrating from Mexico to the Arctic with their mothers.
"That is why we are seeing so many of them this time of year, because as those gray whale calves are migrating back up north, they are coming around hunting, patrolling for them," Britt Simon with Discovery Whale Watching told KSBW.
In late April, observers spotted a group of about 50 orcas in the bay after a family feeding on a gray whale calf were joined by newly arriving pods.
"It was like a big killer whale bonanza," Nancy Black, marine biologist with Monterey Bay Whale Watch, told The San Francisco Chronicle. "It became more of a social event and less about the feeding. Each family group was greeting each other and mixing around."
Randy Straka, photographer with Princess Monterey Whale Watch, told the publication that he'd never seen so many orcas at once.
"It's actually very exciting, and a bit overwhelming," he said. "And a bit like a three-ring circus, not knowing which group to focus on."
The geography of Monterey Bay gives orcas the advantage when hunting gray whales, according to The Mercury News.
"Most of the time gray whales swim tucked up to the shore in shallow water close to the kelp beds that provide shelter from killer whales who prefer deep, open ocean waters," Ari Friedlaender, an associate researcher at UC Santa Cruz, told the publication. "However, due to the contour of the bay at some point whales have to pass over the canyon and out to the expansive ocean to continue their migration leaving them vulnerable to attack by killer whales."
In the past six weeks, orcas have successfully attacked gray whales at least seven times off Monterey, The Mercury News reported. Black told the publication that orcas also feed on seals, sea lions and dolphins in the bay.
"For some people coming out it is a little heart-wrenching for them to see the attacks on these baby gray whales, so we do kind of have to warn people," Erica Wolff with Princess Monterey Whale Watching, told KSBW.


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I have owned and used this canoe year round for two years now, and it is my first and only solo canoe. I look at the Merlin 2 as my canoeing savior so to speak. I was about to give up canoeing after 22 years for two reasons. My canoeing partners were no longer able to go out with me anymore in my tandem and I just had two not so successful knee replacement surgeries which ended with me never being able to kneel while paddling again. My main paddling style was kneeling and I hated to sit. So I decided to give canoeing one last try and bought the Merlin 2 solo. The question in my mind was can I find a solo canoe that I would feel confident in going on a two week trip fully loaded and be ready for any conditions. I was very apprehensive about going solo and although I sometimes miss the camaraderie of tandem canoeing, I must say I enjoy solo canoeing even more now, it is extremely addictive.
I will start off by listing some of the modifications I performed:
I am six foot one inch and weigh 220 pounds and other than my bad knees I am in great physical shape. Even for a big guy like me the canoe doesn't seem small at all; there is plenty of room in this canoe for several weeks worth of equipment and food packs. The Merlin is so light it is an absolute joy to portage and handle alone. I use both a Zaveral carbon bent shaft and a grey owl wood straight for paddles. Although I will use a sit and switch for a nice break on occasion, I mainly use standard canoeing strokes such as the "J" stroke, etc…for paddling.
My first test outing after receiving the canoe lasted less than one minute and made me seriously think of throwing in the towel. Bell places the seat for the Merlin right up at the gunnels for a very high seat meant mainly for kneeling. I almost ended up in the water as soon as I sat down, the boat felt extremely unstable to "me" because it was much narrower than my tandems I was use to and the seat was so high. So I decided to experiment by gradually lowering the seat in inch and a half increments until I was sitting on the bottom of the canoe; then I started raising it back up to find a happy medium, one in which my center of gravity was low enough for the canoe to feel very stable and where I was sitting high enough so the gunnels weren't in my arm pits when paddling and now it feels rock solid. Between the lowered contour seat, the crazy creek seat which you can cinch down snug around you, lightly bracing both of the sides of my knees/legs on the gunnels and the foot brace, I feel "LOCKED IN" to the canoe. This is the first time I have felt like I was part of the canoe and not just riding in one, kind of like a Kayaker must feel.
The acceleration is amazingly quick, and it maintains its speed exceptionally with a nice relaxed paddle cadence. It tracks and holds a straight path very well with minimal corrective strokes, turns quickly and carries a substantial load. I have had a total of around 310 plus pounds in it for a recent trip and the more you place in it as most canoes, it becomes even more stable feeling. Even with this load, it has plenty of freeboard in wind swept waves. When in the water the canoe has a perfect profile for bucking the wind, but I will admit the spray cover helps a lot in the wind and rain.
There is one odd thing I hadn't seen before. The day my canoe was delivered to me from Piragis out in Ely MN to Seattle Washington, there was a little rough line about half the width of a pencil on the outside of the hull right in the middle of the canoe running from one gunnel to the other. I thought maybe the transporter cinched the ends of the canoe down to hard and it being a stiff ridged hull material made it crack, so I called both Piragis and Bell to inquire on this and I was told it is suppose to be there, it is a mold line from casting the black gold lay-up. I admit it did bother me at first, but I could care less that it is there now.
Lastly I am very aware that clear gel coats over colors, especially dark colors like the black gold really show even the smallest scrapes and scratches a lot, so I am very cautious with it. Not just because the boat cost over two thousand dollars, but because I take great pride in caring for the things I own. Any scratch shows up as a bright white line on a black surface. The one thing I was told by the old timers when I first started canoeing was that canoeing is a wet footed activity, and so for the vast majority of my canoeing the bottom of my canoe only touches water, I enter and exit with the canoe in the water and I never run it up on the shore. A good pair of neoprene boots makes doing this comfortable when it is warm or cold out. And although it is impossible not to get any scratches on a canoe, mine are very limited, and it still looks great after two full years of use.
I just returned last evening from an early fall paddle on a local lake and had two otters inquisitively swim around my canoe making their squeaking and chirping sounds for five minutes and then a great Blue heron flew over my head within a couple of feet. If it were not for the Merlin 2, I never would have experienced this magic, and I am thankful for that. I look forward to many more years of solo canoeing thanks to Bell and this boat.
I give the Merlin 2 a 10 out of 10 and two thumbs up, I couldn't ask for a better canoe.
It tracks straight yet turns easily and has good glide and acceleration. I am 5'10'' and weigh a little over 200 pounds and I find it very stable and plenty roomy. It does have some wobbliness on center like all Bell hulls but it firms up quickly when heeled and has very good overall stability once you get used to it.
The finish was not perfect as I found what looked like some light scuffs above the tumblehome crease and I noticed the same thing on another new Bell Magic at the canoe shop. Evidently it occurs in the manufacturing process and it appears to be of cosmetic impact only. Still, for over $2,000 the boat should really be free of any defects, though nothing in this world is perfect. For that reason I rate this boat a 9 rather than a 10.
Having said that I would have to say that this boat does everything well and it may be the best solo boat available if you can only own one solo canoe. Two thumbs up from this canoeist!
I paddle primarily rivers, typically nothing more than class II, and use mostly straight shaft paddles and sometimes a bent if I paddle some long open stretches of water that I want to cover quickly; no hit-and-switch, though. The boat is probably tippy for the novice, but the secondary stability is fantastic. The differential rocker really enhances the tracking, yet it turns quick enough for most twisty maneuvers around deadfall and rock gardens. If you are experienced enough to use weight shifts to change the pitch, such as a high kneel thrust, the turning is incredible. Effortless acceleration, good glide, and at 38 lbs., make this my all around favorite solo.
I purchased a Merlin II in almond with wood gunwales, and gosh - is it pretty. The 15' Kevlar hull is protected by a flawless gel coat and trimmed with furniture-grade white ash and black walnut. Oh, and it only weighs 33lbs! My Merlin came setup for kneeling (seat placed high) and because of superior stability - is my preference. Paddling this boat only strengthened my opinion of what Bell has been able to do. Its maiden voyage was on a relatively calm Mohawk River early in the evening. Having spent more time in Sea Kayaks in the recent past, the boat felt pretty "rolly." The sensation of initial "tippiness" went away after a matter of minutes, and the secondary stability would soon be proven. A few high-speed motorboats flew by and served up a nice helping of 10-14" waves. Head-on into these waves, the boat ran dry and had a very "soft" feel. When the waves ran parallel (which normally makes me very nervous), the hull simply absorbed the wave energy that might have easily tipped a boat of different design. I am by no means a polished paddler, yet this boat was easy to keep on course without switching sides! All I did was flick my wrist a little bit at the end of each stroke, and the boat would track straight and true. This boat moves silent through the water. The slightest lean would set the stems free and I was turning on a dime. Bell's asymmetrical hull and differential rocker really work.
I've read that the Merlin is not a boat for sit and switch paddling, and I'm inclined to agree. While I have not tried it, I'd certainly install much lower seat drops before I would (there are three different seat drops available from Bell). If you're a sit and switcher, you might look at the Magic, which seems to be built for this. If you like a boat that is beautiful to look at and a joy to paddle, look no further than the Merlin II.
Too bad Bell keeps the Merlin II a secret. The photo on their web site is that of a predecessor that doesn't resemble the boat now carrying the name. The Bell catalog is no more helpful -- it has no photos of the Merlin II. And prior to the current catalog, the specs and description were wrong.
The Merlin II is a cruising canoe designed by David Yost. In Bell's line it falls between the sport canoes -- Flashfire and Wildfire -- and the hard-tracking Magic. (All are Yost designs.) Find a Bell dealer and take a look and a test paddle. You may learn to appreciate it as much as I do.


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Sound and Fury combines music, theatre, dance, spoken word and song, in a late-night melting pot of sights and sounds. Experience performance art in a spectacular party format - direct from Canberra, Australia.
The now infamous performance art party started at Art, Not Apart, a trailblazing festival held annually in Canberra. Entering its eighth year in 2018, the festival presents over 200 artists across stages, cinema, galleries, streets and gardens. Sound and Fury was an afterparty for the darker arts - now it's a wild mix.
The party flaunts and fuses a stand-out ensemble of Canberra artists, regularly joined by guest performers. Director Chenoeh Miller has received critical acclaim for many works in Australia and Edinburgh Fringe and directs the performance programs of multiple festivals in Canberra though her company, Little Dove Theatre Art. Her works tremble with an intense, often uplifting humanity.
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Nashville Rock n Pod Expo donor Kevin Williams joins us this week for a talk about Japanese Metal! In this extended episode, Kevin has the knowledge and the tunes you need. Visual Kei, extreme image coupled with music, is a dominant force in Japan. Kevin gives you the backstory of what leads up to the Visual Kei movement in Japan and spins a number of great metal tunes. Japanese Metal Japanese metal and its…Read More


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Plaything? Art? Boat building practice? It is all of those things to me and more. It keeps my hand in sailing as well as providing a beautiful traditionally crafted wooden boat to work on and learn from. I want to use this page to share our experiences with Gratitude.
We found Gratitude for sale in Wick. I was looking for a day sailing replacement of our plastic yacht perhaps more traditional and made of wood. Gratitude looked perfect athough located in the most northerly part of Scotland.
Our inspection trip was like a expedition into the wilds of Scotland. It was our first trip to the Highlands and beyond so we took a few days to get up there. Louise and Mano, the boat owners, were great hosts and inviting us to stay with them in their idyllic home in Lybster Harbour about 20 miles south of Wick.
Gratitude is a replica of a traditional Moray Firth Skaffie fishing lugger built in 1997 by Sandy Macdonald of Ardslignish Boats based at Glenborrowdale in Ardnamurcham, Scotland. Clinker built in larch on oak using plans of the original 1896 Gratitude at 80% full size - LOA 20' (6m) 27' with bowsprit, Beam 7' 8" (2.3m), Draft 2' 7" (0.8m).
It was a few weeks later, after a successful inspection, my son Mark and I trailered Gratitude to the south of England to her new home in Hampshire.
We launched at Deacon's Boatyard on the River Hamble to catch the end of the 2011 season in October ( some would say the season had ended!! ). The sail down the river with an exceptionally high spring tide running, on an unfamiliar boat powered by light winds and a frail outboard, not knowing exactly where our new river mooring was located and assuming this would be completed in daylight hours confirmed our total lack of preparation. Well is was just a simple boat ride down a gentle riverway!!! I will relay the full story of that memorable journey at a later date.
We discovered that wooden clinker built boats do leak and it rains a lot in the winter months ( as well as the summer now ) but the automatic bilge pump worked great except when the battery gets flat. Having a mooring in the middle of the River Hamble did mean that checks were not that frequent and we had great assistance from the Mike, the mooring owner, who did provide a couple of near salvages. This pointed to 2 essentials for the next season - new battery and cockpit cover.
So in that first short season we learned how to sail a lugger ( like a gaff rigged boat but with no lower boom). The sails were much smaller than what we were used to so no winches to contend with. The hull shape with the canoe (pointed) stern created very little wake and she just glided serenely through the water. We did find that our outboard shaft was slightly too short becoming air propelled more often than we liked so a replacement was put on the growing shopping list for next season.
We had to build up our confidence in Gratitude's stability. We had been used to fin keeled yachts which never capsize unless sea conditions are really bad and even then you have to try hard to do so. Even with Gratitude's lead ballasted long keel it was an unknown so we did take it easy in that season's few sails.


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Rome Area Writers is a without-profit, volunteer association in Rome, Georgia, organized with the purpose of encouraging and assisting members with their writing interests. The members are a divers group in age, education, and even aims in writing. Some writer publication, personal needs, or pleasure.
Rome Area Writers began in 1999 with the vision of Dr. James T. (Thad) Matheny an some friends who wished to continued with a writing group after the completion of a class they were taking at Berry Senior College. Under the leadership of Dr. Matheny and with Dr. Ralph Helser as first president, the group grew and developed into the viable, working organization it is today.
Rome Area Writers is affiliated with Rome Area Council for the Arts (RACA) and with the Georgia Writers Association.
Rome Area Writers issues an annual publication, Lavender Mountain Anthology, a collection of works by members. Several members have also self-published books of their own.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer/songwriter Noel Gallagher believes his second solo album, "Chasing Yesterday," includes some of his best ever work with a range of instrumental melodies and an eclectic feel to it.
The former lead guitarist and songwriter with the British rock group Oasis wrote and produced the album that features 10 tracks and rose to the top of album charts in England when it was released in March.
"As a body of work, it's way up there with the best things I've ever done. It sits on a par with "Definitely Maybe" for me," said Gallagher, referring to the debut studio album by Oasis.
"Chasing Yesterday" is a follow-up to 2011's "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds." It is the second studio album since he split with Oasis, one of Britain's biggest bands in the 1990s, following a blowup with its lead singer, his brother Liam.
"The style of this record is different from the style of the previous record because I'm producing it this time and I've got a more eclectic feel, I suppose," he said.
Gallagher also dismissed rumors that Oasis would reform after their acrimonious parting in Paris in 2009.
"In the case of the Oasis rumors, they're all started by people who are around Liam," he said. "Anybody who knows anything about that band knows that it is not going to happen."
His self-titled band, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, will begin the U.S. leg of their North American tour in New York City on May 7 to promote the album.
Gallagher said he loves all the songs on the new album but a few held a special place.
"In the Heat of the Moment" was the first single released from the album, followed by "Ballad of the Mighty I," which features English musician Johnny Marr. "The Dying of the Light" was a tune he wrote in one sitting.
"I love 'The Dying of the Light,' because it fell out of the sky. I wrote it one afternoon, in one evening," he added.
As for the future, Gallagher said he plans to continue to try to write the best songs he can.
"I love the satisfaction of living in a world on a Wednesday where a song didn't exist that you're going to create on a Thursday that's going to change somebody's life, possibly," he said. "You're creating that from nothing."
(This version of the story was refiled to correct title of album to "Chasing Yesterday")
Writing by Patricia Reaney, reporting by Reuters Television by Jennifer Atkinson; Editing by David Gregorio


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Don't you love your iPad for all the efficiency and entertainment it offers on a daily basis? Well, who wouldn't admire an iPad for its excellent features and outstanding performance? Always a subject of immense interest for people, iPads are Apple's iOS-based line of handy tablet computers that fulfill the needs of information, fun, data storage, and much more in an amazing manner. Technology enthusiasts have always appreciated iPads for their unusual abilities. We feel happy about the fact that we live in a day and age when iPads come with a large storage space and a wide screen. Recalling the chapters of the past, we would find a long list displaying different versions iPads have gifted to us.
Did you know that the first iPad was launched in the year 2010? Following the first iPad ever was the "iPad2" which captivated the markets with its dual-facing cameras feature. And later, we saw the "New" iPad, The Fourth generation iPad, iPad Mini, iPad Air, iPad Mini 3, and iPad Pro that was recently launched in September 2015. It is remarkable to find that people from all over the globe have always accepted the iPad generations and are still continuing to do so.
With an increasing need of iPads for surfing the net, reading, connecting with friends, listening to music, recording videos, and taking pictures, it is not only the interest of people that has doubled, the requirement of iPad carts has increased with the same. On a visit to a retail store, you must have seen one iPad on a mic stand, iPad on a desk and iPad on a cart as well. The concept of iPads have taken over businesses as well, and this is one of the major reasons why companies are using iPads for displaying information and taking payments. This calls for iPad carts that are important for storing, charging, transporting, and syncing without any hassle. So, in case you run a retail store and use iPads on a daily basis, make sure you purchase ruggedly constructed iPad carts and mic stands for a safe usage.
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Kefir, The Original Health Drink/
Kefir is a fermented milk product that can be made from cow, goat or sheep's milk. It is distinguished from similar lacto-fermented drinks by its unique kefir grain, a cauliflower floret-like object which consists of a cluster of symbiotic yeasts and bacteria in a polysaccharide matrix known as kefiran. Due to the presence of beneficial yeasts, kefir is slightly effervescent and contains a small amount of alcohol.
Originating in the Caucasus Mountains, kefir was a traditional drink among Muslim nomads who lived in yurt-like dwellings. The origins of kefir are shrouded in mystery. Its nomad propagators claimed that kefir grains were a gift from Allah and passed on their grains as a supreme form of family wealth. The word kefir comes from the Turkish word keif, meaning "feel good." Kefir is the original health drink and "pick me up."
Aside from being an easily digestible and nourishing drink, kefir is an important source of probiotics or beneficial micro-organisms. In addition to the typical lactobacilli found in yoghurt, such as L. acidophilus and L. bulgaricus, kefir contains many unique organisms such as L. kefiri and L.kefiranofasciens, which are distinguished by their ability to colonize the human digestive tract. The organisms in kefir improve lactose digestion and enhance gastric motility and emptying. They also have important antibiotic, anti-fungal and antimicrobial actions against a range of pathogens including coliform bacteria, Staphylococci, Streptococci, Salmonella, and Listeria as well as Candida albicans, the yeast involved in systemic candidiasis. Thus kefir is of great value in food poisoning, bowel dysbiosis and yeast overgrowth. Kefir is also a valuable anti-oxidant and has been shown to possess anti-cancer activity and to promote immunity.
Because the organisms in kefir ferment lactose, kefir is acceptable for lactose intolerant individuals. Those sensitive to cow's milk protein may do well with goats milk kefir, while for vegans or those unable to tolerate any form of dairy product, a delicious and beneficial kefir can be made from coconut milk.
There are many commercially available forms of kefir, but unfortunately these products do not necessarily contain the unique blend of micro-organisms that give the drink its full benefits. Traditionally-made kefir is far superior to its commercial counterpart. It is easy to make kefir at home, since the grains, once the treasured heirlooms of Caucasian nomads, are now readily available from dedicated individuals. Because of its wide range of health benefits, it is well worth spending a few minutes each day to produce your own "feel-good drink."
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This is our job? This is our JOB!! Sometimes we just have to pinch ourselves because life seems too good to be true. Last weekend, we were back for our THIRD installment of the Lady Project Summit After Party. Every year this event gets better and better, an entire day spent with your best lady pals networking, learning, and eating delicious food? Yes, please.
While we usually don't get to escape set up to enjoy the day's festivities, we have our own day jam-packed with creative fulfillment. The Lady Project Summit is one of the few times a year where we get to pull from our wish list of big ideas, try new things and work with other vendors that we've had on our call list for collaborations.
This year, in contrast to the bright neons of last year, we wanted to do something a little softer, a little more romantic. We have been dying to use deeper, more rich colors and tones in our designs; couple that with the opportunity to do macrame on a large scale and it was a no-brainer.
After a few in house creative meetings (read wine drinking, lots of hand gestures and furious sketching), we started our journey in the showroom at Rentals Unlimited. Their linen selections are just gorgeous, and they are always coming out with new ones - it's like Christmas four times a year. While there, we selected a deep indigo blue linen and a silky, shiny copper satin for our hightops we then used these as the inspiration for the rest of the elements at the party.
This year it was important to us that we incorporated florals and greenery into the design, we really wanted to bring the After Party up a notch and there is no better way than having gorgeous arrangements to tie everything together. We brought on the insanely talented Leigh Anne Landman of Anchor & Grace for the floral design. We showed her our color swatches and a few sketches and she got it right away, took it and ran with it. She made our event look like a chic bohemian garden party, all the while laughing and keeping us entertained with her hilarious stories. This my friends, is why you hire the best vendors that you possibly can; you cannot put a value on someone that just "gets" your vision without you having to say more than a few words.
Likewise, we always enjoy working with our favorite Chef, Kait Roberts of Easy Entertaining who creates the most amazing small bites for the After Party. We have been dreaming of 'Kaits Fried Chicken' since we first had it at the Dinner by Dames 4 event in the Fall and nearly tackled Kait when she brought a plate out pre-party for us to nibble on.
The day would not be complete without two special shout outs: to Sierra Barter Co-Founder and Rock Star CEO of the Lady Project, we would not feel half as giddy about this event if it weren't for your enthusiasm and trust in us and our work. We absolutely adore working with you and look forward to our next project together. And to our incredibly talented photographer, Lauren (Halvorson) Nobis, you not only captured our design so beautifully, but checked in with us throughout the day on how we wanted our vision to look on camera and worked with (strong armed) the Vets lighting technician to make sure it worked for the story you were telling and for the look we were creating.
And lastly, lots of LOVE for our co-sponsors, Chloe Wine, HINT Water, Narragansett Beer, and RBC Wealth Management.
To find a Lady Project Chapter in your city, click here.
Venue: The Vets, Providence, RI | Event Styling: Champagne & Ink | Floral Design: Anchor & Grace | Photography: Lauren Halvorson Photography | Catering: Easy Entertaining | Rentals: Rentals Unlimited | Beverage Sponsors: Chloe Wine Collection, Narragansett Beer, HINT Water | Additional Sponsors: Maureen Kerrigan from RBC Wealth Management


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Brussels Sprouts in a Sherry Bacon Cream Sauce
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- Dissolve 1 tablespoon of salt in enough water to cover the Brussels sprouts in a bowl, and soak the sprouts in the salty water for 1 hour. Drain off the water, and toss the sprouts in olive oil, sea salt, and black pepper to coat thoroughly.
- Preheat oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C).
- Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until just beginning to brown at the edges, 5 to 8 minutes. Reduce heat to medium; stir in the shallot and mushrooms, then cook until the shallots turn translucent, about 5 more minutes. Sprinkle in the garlic, and cook 1 minute, then stir in the sherry and cream until well combined. Bring the mixture to a boil, and stir until reduced by half. The thickened sauce should coat the back of a spoon.
- While the sauce is cooking, lay the Brussels sprouts, cut sides down, onto a baking sheet, and bake in the preheated oven until the sprouts are browned, about 15 minutes. Transfer the browned sprouts to the sauce, toss to coat, and season to taste with salt and black pepper.
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- Reynolds® Aluminum foil can be used to keep food moist, cook it evenly, and make clean-up easier.
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Per Serving: 371 calories; 30.8 16.9 9 60 2190 Full nutrition
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The sauce was fantastic for the this recipe. I have to add a couple of comments though. The recipe does not mention what to do with the bacon grease after cooking the bacon; I drained the majori...
This was just okay. I had a bag of fresh cranberries that I bought on a whim. Added them to the sauce while cooking. I let them cook until they started to burst. They were great and really a...
The sauce was fantastic for the this recipe. I have to add a couple of comments though. The recipe does not mention what to do with the bacon grease after cooking the bacon; I drained the majori...
#ONE HIT AT MY FAMILY POT LUCK.Added rosted baby carrots and 3x recipe
These are so delicious. I can imagine brussels sprouts haters being converted by this recipe. I did make two substitutions. I used half-and-half in place of cream and button mushrooms instead of...
Excellent! My favorite brussel sprout recipe. The flavors were outstanding. Roasting the sprouts gave them a unique taste and texture that I liked much more than boiling.
I really like this recipe it is really good, I live alone and made the full recipe for myself, it does keep well cold for about a week. I made a few adjustments i quartered the brussels sprouts ...
Wonderful recipe! I have made this several times now. I brought it to Thanksgiving dinner expecting to have leftovers (my family is a little picky) but they all raved about how delicious they ...
The sauce is simply AMAZING! You can can easily substitute green beans or asparagus, and the more bacon the better!
Outstanding!! This recipe makes the most wonderful brussels sprouts my husband and I have even eatern. Perfect comfort food. We will definitely serve this at dinner parties and holidays. I c...
The sauce wasn't as robust in flavor as I'd expected, but still very tasty and satisfying. I would recommend that the brussels sprouts be quartered if they are on the larger side as the oven ro...


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Family Happiness
• Marya Alexandrovna is depressed after her mother dies.
• Sergey Mikhaylych comes to stay with Marya and her sister and governess.
• Marya and Sergey fall in love and are married, and they travel but she gets depressed.
• After Marya has a child, she discovers that marriage is a completely different kind of struggle than she expected.
The Cossacks
• Dmitri Olenin thinks that he will find adventure and exotic women in the Caucasus.
• Arriving in the Caucasus, he finds the Cossacks living near the Tartars.
• Dmitri falls in love with Maryanka, a Cossack woman.
• Maryanka is engaged to Lukashka, but Lukashka is ultimately shot and killed in a skirmish and Maryanka ignores Dmitri when he returns to Russia.
The Death of Ivan Ilych
• Ivan Ilych is a talented young law school graduate, who moves up the ladder to important positions.
• Ivan Ilych marries Praskovya Federovna, who has a...
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One of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes comics concerned the visual record of the past: photographs and videos from before 1930.
When I was little, I thought of the same questions. Luckily, my dad explained technological history – and even bought me a film camera with black and white film. When I first became interested in paleontology, I knew that the black, gray, and brown fossils I examined were only the shadow of the original organism, but I thought we had no way of reconstructing original colors of many organisms. Color patterns, such as stripes on a shell or banding on a feather, have been noted, but is that evidence of original color? What about the diverse array of color found in insects?
Color in the fossil record
In 2008, researchers at Yale University decided to investigate the cause of color banding in an early Cretaceous feather from the Crato Formation in Brazil. Using a scanning electron microscope, they found masses of small (1-2 µm or 0.000079 inches) oval structures that were aligned with the barbs of the feather – but only in the dark areas. In the lighter bands of these feathers, no such structures existed.
When they compared these structures to a modern feather from a Red Wing Blackbird, they found that the modern feather also had these structures of similar size and shape in black areas. These structures in modern feathers are called melanosomes – small organelles which produce and store melanin, one of the most important and common pigments in the animal kingdom. Two types of melanin are found in birds – eumelanin, which produces dark brown and black color, and pheomelanin, which produces red and amber hues. Eumelanin and pheomelanin are found in distinctively shaped melanosomes, and the long oval structures identified in the fossil feather are very similar to eumelanosomes in modern birds.
This was the first evidence that color and color patterns may have a much larger fossil record than originally thought! A flurry of investigations soon began, and in 2010, the first color reconstruction of a dinosaur was published. Anchiornis huxleyi, a chicken-sized dinosaur, was mostly black with some white patterning with a red crown of feathers.
But what about other colors in the fossil record? Melanins produce colors from red to black (think the spectrum of human hair color) – but there are many other colors in the animal kingdom! Other pigments are responsible for brighter reds, such as those seen in Cardinals, yellows, and greens. However, a whole different type of color exists – that which is produced through physical structures (biophotonic nanostructures). Structural color produces some of the most difficult-to-make colors in nature – blues are not produced by any known pigment – along with the entire suite of other colors and also iridescence. In order to interact with light, which is made of nanometer scale waves, these structures have to be very small. Additionally, small changes in the chemistry of the structure can cause changes in the color produced because it changes how light interacts with the physical structure. Animals have developed several different types of these color producing structures, such as multilayer reflectors (two-dimensional layers) and photonic crystals (three dimension organic crystals), and like I briefly mentioned in my first post, structural colors can also preserved in the fossil record.*
During my first year in graduate school at Yale, I was fortunate to meet Dr. Maria McNamara, then a post-doc in my lab. She had been studying fossilized structural color in insects, and had found interesting patterns in regards to both the preserved structure and also the colors produced. First, she had investigated hundreds of colored fossil insects, and the only type of biophotonic structures she found were multilayer reflectors. Secondly, she found that the preservation of the biophotonic nanostructure was directly related to the preservation of the cuticle in beetles – if the cuticle was well preserved, so too was the structure. Well-preserved beetles that lacked a multilayer reflector thus lacked a multilayer reflector in life. Finally, she found that the observed colors in fossil beetles and moths were 'redshifted' (longer wavelengths) from what the thicknesses of the multilayer reflectors suggested, indicating that a chemical change had occurred which altered the produced color.
Baking Beetles
I began working with her on a project looking at the preservation potential of structural colors in beetles. We wanted to test whether temperature and pressure – two variables involved with fossilization – had any effect on the structure and its ability to produce color. To do this, we ran a series of experiments on two types of beetles, each with a different form of biophotonic nanostructure, that tested changes in response to temperatures from 25-270°C and pressures from 1-500 bar (1-500 times atmospheric air pressure at sea level) – in essence, we baked beetles! After the experiments, we calculated what color should be produced by analyzing images taken using transmission electron microscopy, which gave us the thickness of the layers in the multilayer reflectors, and the chemical composition of the beetles. Here is what we found:
What effect did this have on the color?
We found that as temperatures and pressures increased, the color became blueshifted (smaller wavelengths)- until temperatures were increased to 250°C. At that high temperature, no color was produced – no peak was measured at all (bottom right in the figure above) – even though a multilayer reflector was detected. But how did this compare to the fossils? Weren't they all redshifted? Why wasn't the multilayer reflector that was baked at the highest temperature producing color?
The bottom row in the above figure connects the results of the experiments to what Maria had seen in the fossils – overall, the color produced was more blue than what the analyses on the thickness and contrast (a proxy for chemical composition) of the structure. However, look at the differences between the black peaks (predicted) and the red peaks (observed) – the red line is in fact redshifted from the calculated color!
When molecules are exposed to temperatures they are not made to be in, they change to become more stable in that temperature. In our experiments, the high temperatures caused the molecules in the biophotonic nanostructure to change. Although the thickness of the different layers had become more compressed, causing the color to be made from smaller wave lengths (blueshifted), chemical changes to the proteins and lipids then redshifted the color. The final color was the result of both physical and chemical change! The beetle baked at 270° maintained a multilayer reflector, but the high temperature changed the chemistry so much so that light no longer interacted with the structure in a way that produced color. This explained why fossils could be black but retain a multilayer reflector – the structure was preserved, but chemical changes altered the organics so that it no longer produced any color! We also did the experiments on a beetle with a three dimensional photonic crystal, Pachyrrhynchus reticulatus, and found the same thing, even though there had been no fossil with this type of structural color identified at that point (but now there is!)
Larger Picture?
What does this study say about color in the fossil record? First, reconstructing color from fossils is more complicated than it might first appear. Even apparently well preserved multilayer reflectors may have undergone physical change due to pressures – thus changing how the structure interacts with light. How much of a change a multilayer reflector undergoes is very difficult to understand. However, analyzing the chemical composition – to determine how the chemistry changed – may allow us to determine how much chemical changes might be influencing color. Secondly, our experiments showed that the physical structure can survive despite being altered so that no color is produced. This means that structural color may have a much larger fossil record than we recognize now – we just have to start looking at black beetles! This will allow us to more fully explore the evolution of color in insects!
While the investigation into colors in the past is still in its infancy, we have already made great strides in reconstructing the appearance of ancient animals. Perhaps, with time, we will be able to better reconstruct ancient life in true color – and some of the most famous organisms given a full make over.
*For a wonderful summary of structural colors, see this article in the Yale Scientific Magazine about fossil weevil with preserved color (McNamara, Saranathan, Locatelli, et al. 2014).
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The FBI has warned top law firms that cyber criminals "see attorneys as a back door to the valuable data of their corporate clients". Depending on the type of law firm, these clients may be businesses that generate international interest around matters like acquisitions and patents. But yet, despite the warnings, the legal industry is still lagging when it comes to data protection.
As a result, law firms are facing increasing pressure to button up their cyber security presence – not only from authorities, but now also from their clients. Some clients are requiring time consuming audits or mandating data privacy compliance, during a time when IT resources are already spread too thin.
Over the last decade, it has become increasingly apparent that law firms are one of the hottest targets for cyber criminals seeking to benefit from sensitive client data. In 2016 alone, hackers have demonstrated that they are after the treasure trove of personal information within the legal sector, as proven by recent data breaches at law firms including Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, and Mossack Fonseca.
The incident at Mossack Fonseca just scratched the surface of the lack of cyber security resources within the legal sector. In fact, over 2.6 terabytes of data was stolen without Mossack Fonseca detecting any sign of theft, and a total of 11.5 million sensitive records were stolen overall.
These data breaches – which made international news headlines – all demonstrated that most law firms do not have basic cyber security controls in place for detecting and mitigating data breaches. To counteract the lack of IT resources, law firms should immediately take five steps, as outlined below, to help keep sensitive client data protected from malicious and sophisticated cyber criminals.
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This year we presented something very new for you 2015 Land Rover Vision Concept. Power is what many want from their vehicles, but also the aesthetic appearance. Because this time the story will throw on the 2015 Land Rover Vision. Although it might not field a Defender, a luxury Range Rover Evoque or sports as there is no doubt that the model is perhaps the most important product of Discovery Land Rover.
2015 Land Rover Vision Concept
Since its launch in 1989, over one million customers discovery has found buyers all over the world, making it the best-selling model of the company, however, the British carmaker preparing major changes for 2016, and so will the iconic Defender will be replaced with more modern model, and Discovery will be one step closer to the luxurious Range Rover. Discovery offer will also share in the two models, and the standard model with three rows of seats and a small Discovery Sport with two rows of seats and as a direct replacement for the model Freelander/LR2. What can the audience expect we can state at this year's auto show in New York, where he introduced the concept of Vision that without major changes, should represent the next generation of Discovery. At first glance, it may be noted that Vision follows the school of design companies, particularly in the form of the front part, which provides distinctive LED headlights and a mask with a model Range Rover and Evoque .
2015 Land Rover Vision Exterior and Interior
This concept provides so-called "suicide doors" for easy entry and exit of the audience, but the chances are small that this design detail could occur in serial production. Vision also offers a very high roof at a time when it seems that companies are competing to do aerodynamic lines to a great extent, and as a result we get a product that will be among the leaders in the class- room in the rear seats and the trunk. Vision introduces several innovations and attracts the most attention, Remote Control Drive.
As its name suggests, this system allows the owner to control his vehicle, at low speeds, and when it does not find it on the remote control. There is a famous off -road system of the British giant, which can be fixed in several different versions depending on the substrate, And he is able to scan the surface and I give you suggest that the system is best for driving .
Although Vision can handle all terrain obstacles, Land Rover is not ignored even those customers who never leave the asphalt. This concept is equipped with comfortable leather seats, electric najmodernijiom technology and long selection of standard and optional equipment.
Land Rover Vision Engine
Land Rover did not want to reveal too much mechanical detail, so that it does not know which engine is hiding under the hood, Vision, and will mention that the Discovery is currently available with two petrol 3.0L V6 and 5.0L V8i diesel 2.7L and 3.0L, both V6 engines, with a choice of six-speed manual gearbox and six-and eight-speed automatic. The audience could not meet the standard model at one of the major European Motor Show in 2015, when sales started a year later. Under the command of the Indian giant Tata, Land Rover and sister company Jaguar, returning to the market in a big way. Expectations are that Discovery should continue with the success that the British car manufacturer back to the old ways of celebrating.
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