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On a day when the Panamanian sky is dotted with dove-colored clouds, the Panama Canal spreads out before me, poised for its next performance.I wont have long to wait as the first of the afternoons ships a privately-owned Belgian sailboat enters the intricate series of locks that will allow it to travel from the Caribbean-Atlantic on the north to the Pacific on the south. The canal choreographs a graceful ballet of raising and lowering the boat some 85 feet shifting mind-boggling tons of water, steel and concrete, all in such a way that much of the worlds commerce, or everyday travel, occurs with nary a hitch.Im witnessing this daily dance in real time from one of the canals most tourist-friendly perches, the Miraflores Restaurant, on the top floor of the Miraflores Lock. Between my bites from a plate of paella with octopus, I wave at the deck hands on board the Belgian pleasure craft as it inches toward its ocean destination.I used to take for granted the canal as a faraway engineering marvel. But after this afternoons performance, I wont make that mistake again. The Panama Canal, which I once considered to be the only reason to visit Panama, is now one of myriad destinations around which to build a several-day stay in Central Americas southernmost country. Panama is currently engaged in a full-court press to entice tourists to enjoy all of its charms, from the kinetic, urban sophistication of Panama City, to the sun-kissed getaway luxury of its beach resorts with the entire experience literally fueled by some highly inventive cuisine.Nothing screams Panamas brash new urbanity more than the sight of the capitals gleaming lineup of waterfront skyscrapers.Judging by the towering steel-and-glass office and condo edifices hugging the citys tropical bay, I could be in Miami Beach, or perhaps Dubai.But Panama Citys spectacular skyline, dotted with such dazzling architectural conceits as a building with a green-mirrored glass skin, corkscrewing into the clouds, acts as an apt metaphor for a country very much on the high rise.Indeed, Panama Citys skyline neatly symbolizes a country determined to have more tourists spend quality time in its capital and countryside. Thanks to Panamas recent double-digit economic growth spurred by its role as a major banking haven, plus its launching of several construction projects (including an expanded Panama Canal to open next year), and its negligible crime rate, Panama is now laying out, perhaps, its widest welcome mat ever.Because it all first starts with getting more visitors to Panama, the country has struck deals with as many as nine different U.S. cities to open up routes to Panama City. A building boomFive all-inclusive resorts are scheduled to open over the next five years in the countrys lush western coastal province. Panama City is adding 3,000 hotel rooms this year, and another 1,600 next year. These rooms piggyback onto the recent five-star hotel building push in Panama City with properties managed by such brand names as the Waldorf Astoria and Westin, together with a mini-boomlet in the construction of world-class golf courses.There probably is no more iconic name in a luxury Panama City accommodation than the Bristol Hotel. Instantly recognizable by its Panama hat-wearing bellmen, eclectic wall art and contemporary-chic room decor, the hotel will greet this new wave of tourists with total renovation a new tower, a doubling of its room count and a new rooftop spa.The Bristol also inaugurated a new restaurant, Sal Si Puedes, which is the unofficial launch pad for a revolution in Panamas once overly homespun cuisine. Led by Sal Si Puedes executive chef, Cuquita Arias, along with other Panama City chefs such as Mario Castrellon of Maito and Elias Murciano of Capital Bistro Panama, Panamas current cuisine emphasizes indigenous ingredients (rice, corn, beans, plantains, tropical fruits, hot peppers and seafood) paired in innovative ways to produce the strong, clean flavors of Panamas nueva cocina.For example, in Arias new Panamanian kitchen, plantains become soufflés, the traditional lentil is transformed into a ceviche. And crocodile yes crocodile is deep fried and kicked up with wasabi.Scheduled to open by fall, the Bio-Museum will likely be one of the biggest touristic magnets of a growing Panama City. With its parrot feather-colored roof and sitting prominently at the tip of a causeway presiding over the Pacific Ocean entry to the Panama Canal, the museum bears all the trademark design flourishes of its architect: Frank Gehry. Gehry brought the same whimsy to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. It is widely expected that, just as Gehrys mind-bending museum creation in Bilbao woke up that sleepy Spanish city, this museum could have a similarly transformative effect here.Not far from the new Bio-Museum, I escape the urban hustle and bustle of downtown Panama City by losing myself in the Casco Viejo District. Tailor-made for meandering, Casco Viejos quilt of cobblestone streets, steepled churches, plazas and pastel-colored Spanish Colonial-era buildings most of them now undergoing a meticulous renovation transports me back 500 years to Panamas past.As a UNESCO World Heritage site, Casco Viejo bears an international stamp of authenticity as a quadrant of Panama City steeped in Panamanian history. As such, there is nary a Starbucks or high-rise condo in sight. Everything is walking distance. Im particularly fond of the French Plaza, boasting the French Embassy on one side, and a stunning obelisk reminiscent of the one crowning Paris Place de la Concorde.I find all of Casco Viejos quaintness summed up in the year-old, hip-casual eatery, Tantalo, where I sample more of the cuisine: garlicky eggplant, citrusy tamarindo beef and, the evenings star, one of the most luxurious risottos Ive ever tasted.A day at the beachI catch most of Panama Citys bold new urbanity in my rear-view mirror as I motor 2 1/2 hours to the countrys west to catch the other half of the new Panama: the countrys sole five-star beach resort, the totally revamped JW Marriott Panama Golf & Beach Resort.As I enter the Pacific Coast-bordering Marriott, skirting the countrys only Jack Nicklaus 18-hole golf course, I am greeted by cooling towels and a fruity beverage.My room is something out of a bygone age of subtle luxury, all done in taupe fabric and mahogany-toned wood. The rooms centerpiece is a four-post bed that could have been plucked from a castle. At my first breakfast, I ponder over never-ending choices from a cornucopia of fresh fruit, including mango and guava, to such local favorites as carimanolas (corn cakes stuffed with meat). I cant help but be distracted by the bright fuchsia bougainvillea fringing the hotels lagoon, where a white swan cranes its elongated neck.After breakfast, Im bound for the hotels El Faro Beach Club, where I finally start to understand what kind of an aquatic paradise this resort truly is.I head toward the volcanic black-speckled sand of the Pacific Ocean for a dip into the slightly chilly water.From there, it is off to the first pool next to the ocean sand a lovely infinity model all lined in colorful tiles. The stiff breeze dries me almost immediately before I step into the first of three consecutive lap pools where I will do a dozen laps in blissful privacy.For lunch at the El Faro Beach Club, I start with corvina (sea bass) ceviche and then enjoy an encore of corvina in four hefty grilled fish tacos, accented by dollops of guacamole.As Im in constant need of more relaxation, I seek out the relaxation ritual massage courtesy of the Marriotts luxurious Corotu Spa.The 60-minute experience is relaxation Nirvana. My Marriott resort farewell dinner is served under the stars and a 200-year old Corotu tree.New chef Jose Rodriguezs two-hour, five-course tasting menu leads with a single, succulent sea scallop sitting on a tuft of yucca puree, followed by an ethereally creamy cauliflower soup, a pristine oval of local beef in a heavily reduced Merlot jus and culminates in a chocolate textures dessert that reacquaints me with the pure joys of cocoa.Waterfalls and the rain forestLeaving the Edenic refuge of the Marriott resort is a real challenge, but Alvaro Montenegro, my informative road guide, has fashioned a diverting itinerary back to Panama City. First up is El Valle de Anton, perched 2,000 feet above sea level, in the valley formed by a crater of a long-dormant volcano.Before we get to town, we hike to a waterfall in the valley called El Valle de Anton, a 300-acre lush rain forest. The waterfall is postcard ready, creating mini-rainbows with its spray.El Valle de Anton is dominated by a daily open-air market whose stalls all but groan with abundant stacks of produce: yuccas with their bark-colored skin and mini-bananas the size of swollen fingers.The market also hawks folk art, mostly featuring parrot and toucan emblems, and jewelry formed of coconut shells. All of five minutes away from El Valle de Anton, I throw myself into El Nispero Zoo. Im seemingly inches away from a snaggletoothed Caiman crocodile, Jurassic Park-worthy iguanas, prattling blue-headed parrots and a jaguar that vainly poses for tourists.Back to the cityPanama Citys incomparable skyline, etched on the horizon, signals my final return to the capital.My afternoon at the Bristol Hotel is crowned by swimming in a new lap pool that all but knifes into the skyline of downtown Panama City.The culinary zenith of my entire Panama trip comes courtesy of the Bristols executive chef. Among Arias small bites, her wantons combine Chinese touches, Spanish chorizo and Panamanian mango-hibiscus sauce. Lobster medallions come bathed in a five-herb vinaigrette, while a piece of yellow-fin tuna is counterbalanced by a sweet sauce of roasted corn, coconut and passion fruit.The menu describes them simply as Panamanian desserts, which is like calling the Taj Mahal a white building. Among the selections, Im drawn to the trifle infused with the local Geisha coffee. The following day, the only activity that could possibly continue the blissful experience of that new Panamanian cuisine meal is yet another massage, in the freshly opened top-floor spa of the Bristol Hotel. I opt for the earth and fire hot stone treatment where my masseuse applies gently heated, basalt stones to my legs and back while I listen to soft classical guitar music. The result is a rare blissed out experience where all neurotic thoughts melt away.Andrew Marton now has a growing list of reasons to return to Panama.
When you go Daily flights on United (through a partnership with Copa) leave DFW, through Houston, for Panama City. Where to stay JW Marriott Panama Golf & Beach Resort 340 Calle 3ra Buenaventura Rio Hato, Cocle, Panama 507-908-3333 www.jwmarriottpanamaresort.com Bristol Hotel Avenida Aquilino de la Guardia, Bella Vista P.O. Box 0835-00257 Panama City, Panama 507-264-0000 www.thebristol.com/panama Tour guide Alvaro Montenegro c/o IVA Destination Management Calle 65 Oeste Piso 20 Oficina 2007 Panama City, Panama 507-279-0722 www.ividmc.com
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After years of camping in her back garden in the New Forest, Caroline Mills' parents went wild and jetted her off to Morocco where her dream of becoming a traveling belly dancer was born. Somewhat wizened to the limitations involved in such a job at age 6, she sat on the idea until her 30's when she took her dog-eared passport around Euorpe, S.E Asia and India. Finally settling in Hoi An where she traded in her belly dancing ambition (it never worked out) for the role of writer and associate editor of Live Hoi An magazine, where she passes on her passion for food, fashion and culture to the discerning traveler.
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Hoi An street food tours: Coconut ToursFirst published: 27 Jun 2014
Hoi An's street food tour industry has been rather dominated by the $60-plus, cram 'em in, feed 'em up style half-day trips. Though fun and informative, they can be a big dent in the money belt for a solo traveller and a hard sum to swallow for a family. So we thought we'd try a cheaper … read the full post
Ticket now required to walk Hoi An's old townFirst published: 19 Apr 2014
UPDATE, April 23: The Hoi An people's committee has addressed the press with clearer details on the ticket. Each ticket is valid for 10 days and costs 120,000 VND for foreign tourists or 80,000 VND for domestic visitors. 85% of the proceeds are to be reinvested in the old town, the money paying for renovations, upkeep, staff … read the full post
Family accommodation in Hoi AnFirst published: 31 Jan 2014
Those looking for a Vietnam destination that's great for families should consider Hoi An — it's easy on the wallet, offers loads of outdoor activities, beautiful beaches and boasts plenty of family-focused accommodation. Here are our picks of the best places to stay for those with children in tow. Until recently, if you wanted to … read the full post
Rainy day activities in Hoi AnFirst published: 06 Oct 2013
If you pass through Hoi An during the wet season from October till December you'll more than likely wake up to the pitter patter of raindrops. Luckily, Hoi offers up a stack of rainy day activities though — here's a few. When hotel rooms comes kitted out with an umbrella and every street is patrolled by … read the full post
Han Market, Da NangFirst published: 30 Aug 2013
Cho Han is located in the heart of Da Nang city and offers 28,000 square metres of noisy shopping opportunities. Though Han Market is easily accessible, it's not for the fainthearted or those looking for olfactory pleasure — it's a bit stinky. Han Market opened during the French occupancy of Da Nang in the early … read the full post
How to overnight on the Cham islands independentlyFirst published: 16 Aug 2013
Travellers to Hoi An looking for a little beach time typically end up on the same kilometre of nearby coast: Cua Dai, with those in-the-know tracking down the not-so-secret An Bang beach. Those curious enough to enquire about a trip to the Cham islands are given a choice between dive and snorkelling boat trips. But what about staying … read the full post
Staying safe on a night out in Hoi AnFirst published: 14 Aug 2013
We've been hearing some disturbing stories from late night revellers caught off guard that suggest Hoi An is not the safe place it once was, with motorbike taxi gangs and bar-owning chancers taking advantage of the drunk and confused. Until recently, if you were looking for a misspent night dancing on the pool table till breakfast in … read the full post
Riding Thanh Nam, Hoi AnFirst published: 02 Aug 2013
Thanh Nam fishing village, a short bike ferry from Cua Dai harbour, is a popular stop-off for early morning bicycle tour groups and you can see why: as the sampans park laden with the day's catch it's a vibrant, bustling backdrop of conical hats, pyjamas and of course, fish. Fabulous for photographers, it's well worth … read the full post
Hoi An tailor shop scams: Part 1First published: 11 Jul 2013
If we were to tell you that upon almost every purchase made in a Hoi An tailor shop, 40 percent of the price you pay goes straight out the door into a third party's pocket, would you be a little bit shocked? Or that the average price on cutting and sewing a man's suit is … read the full post
Co Tu hilltribe harvest festivalFirst published: 04 Jul 2013
Live music, dancing, a bucket load of moonshine… This is the basic formula for a good festival the world over, even when that festival happens to be that of an ancient hilltribe village in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Quang Nam's Co Tu tribe are no strangers to a good festival; apparently there are 92 … read the full post


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Ongoing class every Monday night at Green Street Studios taught by Artistic Director Nicole Pierce. Class runs 5:45-7:15 with live music Thorough warm-up followed by long eclectic phrases. Emphasis on clarity, musicality, expression. Students cover a wide range of ages and backgrounds. A good balance of demanding movement in an open, humorous atmosphere....more
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Make a multicolored cutting board using a variety of wood in a variety of shapes, including curves. Using the band saw and basic lamination, cut, ...more
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A brief history on American gun rights for the Canadian high school drop-out.
Jim Carrey: Not 'Dumb & Dumber,' Just Ignorant
Jim Carrey: Gun Owners Don't Deserve to Live
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Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner made a stop in Charlottesville Thursday night.
He was the keynote speaker at the United Way Awards of Excellence ceremony.
Warner talked about his work with non-profits, as well as how non-profits can work together to make America stronger.
After speaking, he was asked about his political plans for the future.
"I've still got the interest in being involved in public service," said Warner. "I hope that I get a chance to maybe run for public office again, whether it's senator or governor. I haven't decided, but I'm proud of what we were able to do in a bipartisan way when I was governor."
In recent months some have speculated that Warner may run for senate in 2008, or even get on the democratic ticket as a vice-presidential candidate.
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Barbara O'Brien author of "DOGFACE" will join Jon and Talkin' Pets 11/15/14 at 5 PM EST to discuss and give away her new book
If dogs could talk, one phrase they are likely to use is "cheeese." At least, that's what you'll be hearing after pawing through this adorable collection of candid canines called DOGFACE (Viking Studio, October 23rd, 2014, Hardcover & eBook). Like their human counterparts, dogs are expressive, care-free and photogenic. Their smiles, winks, head tilts, ear waves, and even the drooling will brighten even the worst of days.
DOGFACE is a one-of-a-kind collection of photographs that is a must for any dog lover. Author and photographer Barbara O'Brien profiles a wide array of dog breeds in this full-color, one-hundred page collection including a goofy Border Collie, genteel Great Dane, a curious Corgi to name a few. With incredible range of emotion, expression, and of course, cuteness, DOGFACE shows just how human dogs can be, and why they truly are "man's best friend."
Barbara O'Brien, a professional photographer and animal trainer, has spent years photographing canine actors, always looking for the perfect shot. She lives on a farm in Stockholm, Wisconsin, with her family, three dogs, eighteen cats, ten rescue Morgan horses, two ponies, seven sheep, thirty-odd chickens, five ducks, and three very naughty goats. To say she is an animal lover is an understatement.
Kate Benjamin co-author with Jackson Galaxy of "Catification" will join Jon and Talkin' Pets 11/01/14 at 5 PM EST to discuss and give away their new book
'Catification': New book shows you how to make your feline feel at home without littering a room
In their new book, cat aficionados Jackson Galaxy and Kate Benjamin explain how to please your pet with cat-tastic additions that match the rest of your house.
It's time to give your house some cat-titude.
And feline superfans Jackson Galaxy, 48, and Kate Benjamin, 43, know just how to transform your pad into a kitty-friendly paradise without wrecking a room's aesthetic.
Their new book is called "Catification: Designing a Happy and Stylish Home for Your Cat (and You!)."
"We are going to 'Catify' the world," Galaxy told the Daily News of the book, which will be released, claws out, in October. "That is our goal."
The tattooed rock and roller, who lives in Los Angeles, is the host of Animal Planet's "My Cat From Hell" program, and he is all about the "cat mojo."
What makes cats tick, he writes in the book, "is confident ownership of territory and the instinctive feeling of having a job to do in that territory."
Understanding how your cat sees the world is part one of the "Catification" process.
Meanwhile, Benjamin, the Phoenix-based founder of feline-focused Hauspanther design site, specializes in the other aspect of Catifying your house — pleasing your pet without turning your home into an unsightly array of cat towers and litter boxes.
"The people have to like it. It has to function for the people as well as the cats," she told The News. "It has to be easy to clean and something you aren't ashamed of."
As such, the book is filled with do-it-yourself projects, including kitty hammocks, cat patios ("catios") and catwalks, but each with its own aesthetic. And many of them were submitted by other cat lovers.
As for the felines, Galaxy said they need to "find their mojo based on vertical access."
This requires you to "set them up for success," which can be as simple as clearing off your mantle or book case.
You can also rearrange your furniture or think outside the litter box and repurpose something you already own.
The authors say that compromise is key if you don't want a sour puss on your hands. They compare Catification to being an interior designer with a furry client.
"Anybody can do it, and you can do in a way that doesn't make you look like the crazy cat lady," Benjamin said.
From "Catification: Designing a Happy and Stylish Home for Your Car (and You!)"
Arana's Inside Playground
Submitted by: Nico and Katu of Bogota, Colombia
Materials and Budget
"This was not an expensive project; overall we spent around a hundred dollars. We bought wood from a local store, and the accessories — like screws, wood sealant, shelf brackets, flat braces, rivets and a PVC tube — from a warehouse store."
Nico's tips
"The trick for successful construction is having a clear idea of the design before you start."
The Result
"At first Arana didn't pay much attention to the playground. It was a strange thing for her, and she wouldn't go near it, but with a little bit of patience and some food to encourage her, Arana quickly figured out that it was her own special place. Now she uses her playground every single day."
Galaxy and Benjamin are taking "Catification" on the road and will stop at the Union Square Barnes & Noble on Oct. 22.
Teresa J. Rhyne author of "The Dogs Were Rescued (and So Was I) will join Jon and Talkin' Pets 10/4/14 to discuss and give away her new book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Teresa J. Rhyne comes the next chapter in discovering how dogs come into our lives for a reason, show us how to live, and teach us how to love.
The Dogs Were Rescued (And So Was I) is the sequel to the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and international bestselling memoir, The Dog Lived (And So Will I).
It begins with another devastating diagnosis for Rhyne's beloved beagle, Seamus, who successfully fought a malignant tumor just one year before Rhyne herself faced breast cancer.
Rhyne vows to fight again and embarks on some experiments to create a healthier lifestyle for her family. She finds better food for Seamus, and trades cheese and meat for a plant-based diet for herself.
She soon realizes that's not enough for her…or the animals.
As Rhyne struggles to find her place—somewhere between a hippie in a hemp skirt and a hypocrite in leather high heels—she also has to cope with the threat of Seamus slowly slipping away and whether her own health will follow the same fate.
Enter Daphne and Percival—two dogs from dire circumstances who need help. As Rhyne and her boyfriend Chris say good-bye to Seamus, they soon find themselves rescuing a new generation of beagles (and welcoming not one, but two) into their home.
And this turns out to be the best medicine for everyone.
The Dogs Were Rescued (And So Was I) Teresa J. Rhyne October 7, 2014 ISBN: 9781492603382; $14.99; Trade Paper; Memoir
Teresa J. Rhyne is a work in progress (she knows that now more than ever). For the moment, she is a lawyer, writer, speaker, animal advocate, wine aficionado, and, for always, a breast cancer survivor. She lives in Southern California with Chris—her boyfriend, soul mate, and partner in all things—and their two mischievous beagles. And, yes, she's still vegan. For more information, visit http://teresarhyne.com/1-2/
Daphne (a.k.a. Doodlebutt) was rescued from a kill shelter in Los Angeles. She was used by a backyard breeder, shot, and left on the streets. She also was diagnosed with cancer and had a mast cell tumor removed shortly after she was adopted.
Daphne is now cancer-free, slim, trim, and bossy as ever (just ask the neighbor dogs or beagle friends Maizy and Chloe). She channels Seamus with her devotion to food and is equally fond of toast.
Percival spent the first 18 months of his life confined to a steel cage—the victim of animal testing in a pharmaceutical lab. He never walked on grass, saw sunshine, or had a treat or a toy, until he was rescued by Beagle Freedom Project.
Percival is a happy, playful, little imp who loves life with a zeal that surprises everyone, given all he's been through. He loves his squeaks, all people, other dogs, and the occasional treat, but all of that pales in comparison to his obsessive love of Chris.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of print copies of The Dogs Were Rescued (And So Was I) in October 2014 will benefit Beagle Freedom Project.
The very beloved (and diabolically cute) Seamus passed away on March 19, 2013. His story has traveled the world as The Dog Lived (And So Will I) has been translated into six languages. His legacy lives on in helping and humoring others. He touched so many lives and was truly one of a kind. He will never, ever be forgotten.
Cynthia L. Copeland author of "Really Important Stuff My Dog Has Taught Me" will join Jon and Talkin' Pets 9/27/14 at 5 PM EST to discuss and give away her book
Four-legged philosophers that show us every day is a gift.
REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF MY DOG HAS TAUGHT ME by Cynthia L. Copeland
Inspiring and heartwarming, REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF MY DOG HAS TAUGHT ME (Workman, September 2014, $12.95) is a collection of the timeless lessons we can learn from man's best friend. It includes reminders to greet every morning with enthusiasm, to love completely and forgive easily, and to enjoy the ride—even if the destination is the dump, not the dog park. Whether it's a therapy dog exemplifying a life of service to others, a senior dog celebrating her inner puppy, or a mutt reveling in his uniqueness, every dog has wisdom to impart. Remarkable photos capture dogs at ©Blickwinkel/Alamy work and at play, eating with gusto, protecting young charges, mourning lost friends, and celebrating ordinary moments.
Every page delivers a lesson that appeals as much to our hearts as to our minds:
Love is an action word.
©Rita Kochmarjova/fotolia It's not about catching your tail; it's about the fun of chasing it. Nap. Play. Eat. Repeat. There's no such thing as bad weather. Greet loved ones with enthusiasm whether they've been gone ten minutes, or ten months. ©Jay Fleck/Moment Open/Getty Images Scratch where it itches, when it itches.
Bask in a sliver of sunshine. Anything can be a toy. Every meal is the best meal ever! ©JumpStart Studios/Iconica/Getty Images
We may teach our dogs to sit, stay, and roll over, but the "stuff" they teach us every day about love, loyalty, self-confidence, persistence, and optimism is of far greater value. # # # _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________ About the Author—Cynthia Copeland is the author of more than 25 books, including The Diaper Diaries and Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me. Her work has been featured on Good Morning America, selected for Oprah's "O List," and recommended by Ann Landers. She currently volunteers as a dog foster parent, taking pups from overcrowded shelters until permanent homes can be found. She lives in Keene, New Hampshire. REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF MY DOG HAS TAUGHT ME By Cynthia Copeland • Workman Publishing ISBN: 9780761181798 / $12.95 / September 2014 / Paperback / 176 pages
Edward Meyer, VP of Exhibits and Archives, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, will join Jon and Talkin' Pets 9/13/14 at 5 PM EST to discuss and give away his book, Reality Shock!
ORLANDO, Fla. (September 9, 2014) – Prepare for a dose of shock and "awwww" as Ripley Publishing's new book Reality Shock! is now on sale. With all new content Reality Shock! is a mix of "can't bear to look, but can't look away" stories, people, facts and photos. It's just the ticket for teens and tweens, whether they're reluctant readers or constant page-turners. Reality Shock! delivers strange stories, bizarre bits and twisted tales like only Ripley's Believe It or Not! can. The content ranges from cute to creepy; what's "great!" to one reader is just plain "gross!" to another – that's part of the fun of Reality Shock! Sections in Reality Shock! include: • ANIMALS – meet real-life wolf-man Werner Freund, who lives with a pack of wolves and feeds them directly from his mouth • SPORTS – fi nd out why the new British sport of bubble soccer is such a kick • BODY – you won't believe how a 56-year-old grandma can function with 18-inch long fi ngernails; she hasn't cut them in 20 years! • FEATS – Canadian Lonnie Bissonnette is like no other BASE jumper – he hurls himself off bridges in his wheelchair • ART – learn about one photographer's "Snot Shots" – they certainly are something to sneeze at • FOOD – people at one festival dine on octopus – while it's still alive! Reality Shock! makes the perfect holiday or birthday gift for any kid. They'll love pouring over the weird, bizarre and fun stories from around the world – and relish the opportunity to gross out parents and friends. Mom and dad will be happy to see their child with a book that they can't put down, and will likely be unable to resist the urge to fl ip through a few pages themselves.
RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! REALITY SHOCK! IMPRINT: Ripley Publishing
PUBLICATION DATE: Sep 9, 2014
PRICE: $28.95 US / $32.95 Canada
TRIM SIZE: 9 x11¾ inches
Reality Shock! is available through all major booksellers. please visit: www.ripleybooks.com
Rita Zoey Chin - author of "Let The Tornado Come" joins Jon and Talkin' Pets 8/16/14 at 5 PM EST to discuss and give away her book
By Rita Zoey Chin
Simon & Schuster | Hardcover | June 24, 2014 | $25.00
"[A] lyrical debut … Chin deftly creates the palimpsest of [her] stories, past and present, in this candid, graceful testimony to remarkable resilience." —Kirkus Reviews
"At the heart of this brave, beautiful memoir is an extraordinary tale of hard-earned compassion and love. Despite all odds, some of the most broken down souls, human and animal alike, can not only heal but can take wing and soar. Rita Zoey Chin offers us her unforgettable story with richly textured, luminous prose—I fell in love with her book from the very first line."
—Mira Bartók, bestselling author of The Memory Palace
"Unbearably beautiful and unflinching, Rita Zoey Chin's Let the Tornado Come is a brilliant portrait of a life skirting the precipice. She has captured masterfully the maelstrom of her years as a runaway, a wife, a sister, a rider, a searcher. But what shines, page after page, is her resilience, in how every day is built. This is a story full of lightning—sudden, intimate, radiant."
—Paul Yoon, bestselling author of Snow Hunters
"Let the Tornado Come is as riveting as it sounds. In lyrical yet clear-eyed prose, with a gentleness and humility that belie a fierce inner strength, Rita Zoey Chin illuminates the debilitating consequences of childhood abuse and her search for its antidote. At once heartbreaking and heartening, compassionate and wise, Let the Tornado Come is a story about love—its unmatched enormity, its curative power, its reverberating force that, though not dissimilar to the tremors of fear in our heart, can carry us to a place where we are cherished, and in turn, learn to cherish the life in our care."
—Vaddey Ratner, bestselling author of In the Shadow of the Banyan
Rita Zoey Chin was born into a world that roared: a Queens apartment near JFK Airport where the power of the planes that rattled the walls was matched only by the power of her neglectful parents whose violence and out-of-control nature left her with no choice but to run away. Today, Rita is no longer a girl without a home but instead a successful writer and the wife of a promising surgeon. How did she go from hitting rock-bottom to creating a meaningful life for herself? In LET THE TORNADO COME: A Memoir (Simon & Schuster; Hardcover; June 24, 2014; $25.00), Rita candidly shares how she found happiness after her tumultuous upbringing, the debilitating panic attacks that threatened to take it all away in her thirties, and the beacon of light that reassured her that she'd survive once more: her horse, Claret.
Rita first ran at age eleven. In the years that followed, where she was headed wasn't something she knew until she was already on the move: sometimes a friend's house, sometimes a hidden stairwell off an alleyway, sometimes strangers' beds. By thirteen, she was out of the house for good and soon found herself a ward of the court, being sent from one institution to another and running away from most, back to the streets and an adult world of drugs and sex that threatened to consume her. At nineteen, after a three-month-long cocaine addiction, she finally hit rock bottom. Realizing she had to turn her life around or else, she called upon one of her few cherished childhood memories: a herd of horses galloping across a field, beautiful and free. The sound of their hooves hitting the ground never left her and came to represent hope as she began piecing her life back together; the horses comforted her the same way they did whenever her mother kicked her out of the house or her father raised his hand, even during those long, crazy nights spend on the run. Little did she know then just how important her connection with horses would be in the years to come.
Fast-forward just over a decade, and Chin is no longer a girl without a home but instead a prize-winning poet and happily married; she loves her life and is proud of what she's accomplished since her years as a runaway. Without any warning, however, her life is turned upside-down when she is besieged by terrifying panic attacks that worsen with every passing moment. Within weeks, she is incapacitated with fear—literally afraid of her own shadow. Realizing her hard-won happiness is in jeopardy if she doesn't seek help, she turns to a variety of treatments to help ease her anxiety. Eventually, she finds an emotional pillar in Norm, the first therapist to reassure her that the events of her childhood were not her fault.As he helps her through her panic attacks in a way no conventional therapy or doctor (including her husband) had prior, Rita simultaneously finds solace in an unexpected friendship with another troubled soul: a spirited, endearing horse named Claret. "The first time I saw Claret, I fell in love," she fondly remembers. Taking into account her past experiences and calling upon all she had learned about anxiety from Norm, Rita formed a bond with the rebellious, agitated Claret that those around her thought impossible. "In the end, we saved each other," she says.
A riveting memoir that reads like a novel, in LET THE TORNADO COME Rita shares how she applied the hard lessons learned during her tumultuous childhood and adolescence to save the beautiful life she created for herself in adulthood with prose so vivid and raw they could only be written by a true survivor.
About the Author
Rita Zoey Chin's writing has appeared in Tin House, Guernica, The Rumpus, Freerange Nonfiction, and elsewhere. She received her MFA from the University of Maryland and now lives in Boston with her husband, where she teaches at Grub Street, mentors teenage girls, and rides her mischievous horse, Claret.
About the Book
LET THE TORNADO COME: A Memoir
By Rita Zoey Chin
Published by Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: June 24, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 9781476734866 | E-Book ISBN: 9781476734880
Joshua Horwitz author of "War Of The Whales: A True Story" will join Jon and Talkin' Pets 7/19/14 at 5 PM EST to discuss and give away his book
War of the Whales
A True Story
**A July Indie Next Pick**
"Based on years of interviews and research, Horwitz delivers a powerful, engrossing narrative
that raises serious questions about the unchecked use of secrecy by the military to advance its institutional power."—Kirkus Reviews [STARRED Review]
"In this gripping detective tale, science writer Horwitz recreates a day-by-day account of the quest to find the reasons for the mass strandings; their discovery of the probable cause—the U.S. Navy's use of high-intensity active sonar; the Navy's resistance and cover-up of their use of sonar in the area; and the drawn-out struggles between [marine biologist Ken] Balcomb, Joel Reynolds of the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Navy…Riveting."—Publishers Weekly [Boxed Review]
"A gripping, brilliantly told tale of the secret and deadly struggle between American national security and the kings of the oceans. At once thrilling and heartbreaking, this is a landmark book of deep, original reporting which could alter forever how we view our role as stewards of the seas."—Bob Woodward
"A stunning true story that delivers us into beautiful and mysterious depths – of great oceans, top-secret military operations, and the hearts of underdogs who risk it all to save the most extraordinary creatures in the world. In War of the Whales, Joshua Horwitz has written a tale of passion and courage with all the intrigue of the best mystery novels."—Robert Kurson, author of Shadow Divers
"A page-turning plunge into deep seas and deep secrets. A finely braided, tautly constructed
narrative full of science, suspense and unexpected reversals. War of the Whales is
an awe-inspiring book, and an enraging one. You won't be able to put it down."
—Geraldine Brooks, author of March and People of the Book
"Deeply researched, and brimming with colorful and interesting detail, Joshua Horwitz's gripping book reads like a thriller but, in the tradition of the best non-fiction writing, brings to light the secret history of military sonar and its devastating connection to traumatized whales and dolphins stranding and dying on beaches around the world." —Tim Zimmermann, Associate Producer and Co-Writer of "Blackfish" and author of The Killer In The Pool
"War of the Whales tells the astounding true story of how brave men and women, free from fear, spoke truth to the most powerful military on earth to save the most majestic creatures in the oceans."
—Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Founder and President of the Waterkeeper Alliance
"From severed whale heads to top-secret Naval warfare ops, from the blue waters of the Bahamas
to the inner corridors of the Pentagon, War of the Whales is a true-life detective story, military drama and legal procedural of the first order. Joshua Horwitz channels John Grisham and Jacques
Cousteau in a way that will leave the reader inspired, outraged and deeply satisfied."
—David Helvarg, author of The Golden Shore – California's Love Affair with the Sea
The paths of the world's most powerful navy and the ocean's deepest-diving whales collided on March 15, 2000, when veteran whale researcher Ken Balcomb witnessed a mass whale stranding that left its victims dying helplessly from a mysterious unknown cause on the shores of the Bahamas. That heartrending event led to an epic legal battle—with Balcomb and environmental lawyer Joel Reynolds on one side and the U.S. Navy on the other—that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Along the way, the Navy conceded for the first time that its sonar war games had driven whales onto beaches, and agreed to comply with federal environmental laws intended to protect whales and other marine animals.
The product of seven years of research and writing, WAR OF THE WHALES: A True Story (Simon & Schuster; July 1, 2014; $28.00 U.S./$32.00 CAN) is a riveting, wide-ranging, and masterly account of this landmark showdown in courtrooms and the court of public opinion. Author Joshua Horwitz takes readers onto the beaches and the research vessels, into the labs and the courtrooms, behind closed doors at Pentagon strategy sessions, and into the thick of the debate over how to balance the requirements of national security with safeguarding the ocean environment. At the center of his vivid tale are two courageous and sometimes conflicted agents of social change —one a maverick, one an consummate insider —who put their personal and professional lives on the line in order to hold the Navy accountable for the survival of the sea's most majestic and beloved creatures.
A reluctant whistle-blower and a lone gunslinger
Ken Balcomb was an unlikely and reluctant whistle-blower. As a young man, he had done two tours of duty in the Navy, working with sonar in submarine detection, and had taken an oath of secrecy. Fascinated by marine mammals, he later became a leading authority on the relatively unknown beaked whales, species that inhabit the world's deep underwater canyons, as well as orcas, or killer whales. Balcomb was loyal to the Navy and recognized the need for a robust national defense, but believed that it could be achieved without flooding the oceans with whale-killing sonar. As Horwitz explains, whales and their smaller dolphin relatives depend on their own extraordinarily sophisticated forms of bio sonar for navigation, hunting, and courtship. An ocean flooded with manmade noise – from shipping, oil exploration, and military sonar – can make it difficult for whales to forage, communicate, and even survive. As the saying among marine scientists goes, a deaf whale is a dead whale.
Joel Reynolds, a superb litigator with a passion for environmental justice, had already made a name for himself as an attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Staffed with legal gunslingers like Reynolds, NRDC was one of the groups that had made environmental law sexy in the 1980s by suing corporate polluters on behalf of its members. In 1994, Reynolds had won a lawsuit against the Navy for its use of underwater explosions in marine sanctuaries, which violated marine mammal protection laws. When he uncovered evidence of a secret Navy sonar system, he suspected that it was linked to a rash of mass whale strandings around the world but lacked a trail of physical evidence to support a lawsuit. Perhaps, he hoped, that trail might begin in the Bahamas.
The war begins
Horwitz follows the dramatic unfolding of this tale from Day 1 of the Bahamas stranding, where Balcomb, his fellow whale researcher and then-wife, Diane Claridge, and their volunteer helpers tried to rescue the stranded whales. The next day, in search of forensic evidence, they had to wrestle the whales' remains away from sharks, sever their heads, and stow them in a friend's restaurant freezer. Weeks later, only the last-minute intervention of a friendly Redcap at the Miami airport (whose daughter was a marine biology student) enabled Balcomb and Claridge to fly the frozen heads safely to Boston. There, Darlene Ketten, the world's foremost whale forensic pathologist and expert on whale hearing, examined the heads in her lab at Harvard. The CT scans revealed pools of blood from brain hemorrhages, though Ketten was reluctant to speculate on the cause.
But Ken Balcomb needed no further convincing. He had photographed Navy destroyers in Bahamian waters during the days following the strandings, and knew from personal experience that these warships were equipped with high-powered sonar transmitters. Soon—much to the displeasure of Ketten and others in the scientific establishment and their Navy patrons —Balcomb was standing in front of the cameras on 60 Minutes and at a press conference in Washington, D.C. Backed up by dramatic and disturbing video footage he had recorded during the Bahamas strandings, he stated, "I believe the Navy did it." Balcomb's claim was soon bolstered by a groundbreaking study published by Jim Mead, the eminent curator of marine mammals at the Smithsonian, which documented the historical connection between naval exercises around the world and beaked whale strandings.
Meanwhile, Joel Reynolds pursued a relentless pressure campaign, backed up by the threat of litigation, with lawyers from the Navy, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the Justice Department. Top naval officers like Rear Admiral Dick Pittenger were charged with protecting America and its ships and sailors from attack by undetected enemy submarines. Understandably, they had a different point of view than the Navy's civilian leadership, who grasped the political necessity of trying to find some accommodation with Reynolds and the wider Save the Whales movement, which had grown into a mass coalition of whale and dolphin lovers, ocean conservationists, and animal rights activists.
Horwitz writes of this culture war over whales: "It defied the admirals' comprehension that they had to kowtow to a roomful of lawyers and regulators. They had built and trained the most powerful Navy in the history of maritime warfare, had outlasted the fearsome Soviet armada during a four-decade Cold War, and now they were being called to account because a dozen whales had stranded during a training exercise?"
But in order to retain its hard-earned Cold War sonar assets the peacetime Navy had to promote itself as a good steward of the environment – in part, by ingeniously retrofitting its sound surveillance systems to measure climate change in the ocean. However, two years after 9-11, in the most patriotic, pro-military political climate since WWII, NRDC and Balcomb won a major courtroom victory, forcing the Navy to drastically curtail the planned deployment of its LFA (Low Frequency Active) sonar system that would have flooded most of the world's oceans with high-decibel sound.
Taking the fight to the Supreme Court
In response, the Navy turned to Congress and the executive branch for sweeping national security exemptions from a host of federal environmental laws, including the Marine Mammal Protection Act. In the meantime, evidence of the damage to whales from military sonar continued to mount. In 2003, Balcomb witnessed another mass stranding, this time of pilot whales on San Juan Island in Washington State, where he regularly spent his summers monitoring the endangered killer whales of Puget Sound. Balcomb videotaped a pod of orcas in extreme distress in close proximity of a U.S. Navy destroyer, which only ceased transmitting high-decibel sonar after the Coast Guard intervened at Balcomb's request. In another major victory for Reynolds and the NRDC, a federal judge ordered the Navy to negotiate a settlement over the use of sonar in training exercises that drastically restricted its zones of operation off the West Coast.
After losing again in the Court of Appeals, the Navy asked the White House to intervene, turning the fight over the use of military sonar into a constitutional confrontation over the separation of powers. When an executive order signed by President Bush was struck down by the courts, the Navy asked the Supreme Court to grant the case a hearing, which the Court agreed to do. In November of 2008, just weeks after Barack Obama's election, the Roberts Court ruled, by a closely divided vote, that the national security concerns of the Navy admirals should trump the requirements of federal laws protecting whales. However, the Court did uphold many of the specific restrictions sonar trainings that the lower court had placed on the Navy.
A new level of national discussion and accountability
While Reynolds and his allies had suffered a legal setback, litigating the sonar case in front of the Supreme Court had elevated the topic to a level of national discussion that would have been unimaginable even a few years earlier. Reynolds felt confident that they were slowly but surely reining in the Navy's use of whale-killing sonar in training exercises. They needed to keep pushing for better safeguards, but the Navy's obligation to comply with federal environmental laws was no longer in dispute.
Furthermore, in the years since the Supreme Court decision, consensus has built inside the research community—including among many of the Navy's own researchers—about the threat that noise pollution, including military and commercial sonar, poses to whales. In particular, research has revealed that much lower sound levels than previously believed cause changes to migration patterns as well as foraging and communications habits. Most importantly to endangered cetacean species, research has also shown that chronic noise pollution depresses their rates of reproduction.
The mass strandings—and the war—continue
Meanwhile, whales continue to mass-strand around the world in the presence of military and commercial sonar. In 2008, sixty dolphins stranded in Cornwall, England, during sonar exercises being conducted by the Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy. That same year, more than one hundred melon-headed whales were driven ashore in Madagascar by sonar being used to explore for oil and gas by the ExxonMobil Corporation. In 2011, at least ten and possibly dozens of beaked whales stranded or washed ashore dead on the Greek island of Corfu following a major Italian military exercise nearby. And in April of 2014, during joint exercise among U.S., Israeli, and Greek navies offshore from Crete, five beaked whales stranded and died.
In 2012, the U.S. Navy filed for permits to expand its sonar training ranges up and down the East and West coasts – including new testing ranges for mines, torpedoes, and other underwater explosive devices. The Navy's own Environmental Impact Statements predicted millions of marine mammal "takes," or exposures to these tests, including nearly a thousand deaths and 13,000 serious injuries. In December, 2013, Fisheries granted the Navy its requested permits. Within a month, in separate lawsuits, NRDC and Earthjustice, along with half a dozen co-plaintiffs, sued the Navy and Fisheries for violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act.
A major new work of narrative non-fiction, WAR OF THE WHALES is at once an enthralling piece of natural history, a gripping David-and-Goliath legal battle, an eye-opening chronicle of secret Cold War military activity, an environmental call to arms, and a probing examination of the conflicting demands of the environment, the law, and national defense.
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Joshua Horwitz is the co-founder and publisher of Living Planet Books in Washington, D.C., which specializes in books by thought leaders in science, medicine, and psychology. The co-author of two previous books of nonfiction, he lives with his wife and three daughters in Washington, DC.
WAR OF THE WHALES: A True Story
By Joshua Horwitz
Published by Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: July 1, 2014
Price: $28.00
E-Book ISBN: 9781451645033
Learn More about Joshua Horwitz at www.WaroftheWhales.com
Visit Simon & Schuster on the web at www.simonandschuster.com
Laurel Braitman - author of Animal Madness will join Jon and Talkin' Pets 6/28/14 at 5 PM EST to discuss and give away her new book
How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves
Laurel Braitman
Simon & Schuster | Hardcover | On Sale June 10, 2014
"Science historian and senior TED fellow Braitman takes measure of the emotional thunderstorms that cramp or even curtail the normal lives of animals….There is much here that will remind readers of Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson—a gift for storytelling, strong observational talents, an easy familiarity with the background material and a warm level of empathy….Engaging….Sparks curiosity."—Kirkus Reviews
"Illuminating….Braitman's delightful balance of humor and poignancy brings each case to life….[Animal Madness's]continuous dose of hope should prove medicinal for humans and animals alike."
—Publishers Weekly
"This is a marvelous, smart, eloquent book—as much about human emotion as it is about animals and their inner lives." — Susan Orlean, bestselling author of Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night, and The Orchid Thief
"Braitman shows us sides of the animal mind few have imagined, and in doing so, opens our eyes anew."
—Virginia Morell, author of Animal Wise
" Laurel Braitman deftly and elegantly makes the case that animals have complex emotional lives. This passionate, provocative, and insightful book deeply expands our knowledge and empathy for all species—especially, perhaps, our own." — Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, M.D. and Kathryn Bowers, Co-authors: Zoobiquity: Astonishing Connections Between Human and Animal Health
"ANIMAL MADNESS is the sanest book I've read in a long time. Laurel Braitman irrefutably shows that animals think and feel, and experience the same emotions that we do. To deny this is crazy—which is why this fine book should be required reading for anyone who cares about healing the broken inner lives of both people and animals." — Sy Montgomery, author of Good Good Pig
"Braitman assembles the shattered pieces of others' minds into a thoroughly considered and surprising realization that many familiar animals possess the same mental demons that haunt us. This insight challenges us to accept that our ancient kinship with other animals is as apparent in our psyche as it is in our physique." — John Marzluff, author of Gifts of the Crow
"Humane, insightful, and beautifully written, Animal Madness gives anthropomorphism a good name. Laurel Braitman's modern and nuanced definition of the word helps animals, helps people, and bolsters the connection between the two. Her thought-provoking book illuminates just how much we share with the creatures around us." —Vicki Constantine Croke, author of The Lady and the Panda
"Only a writer as earnestly curious as Laurel Braitman—so irrepressibly game to understand the animal mind—could draw this elegantly on both the findings of academic scientists and the observations of a used elephant salesman in Thailand; on the sorrows of a famous, captive grizzly bear in nineteenth-century San Francisco and the anxieties of her own dog. Animal Madness is a big-hearted and wildly intelligent book.." —Jon Mooallem,author of Wild Ones
"Researchers have long ignored animals in need, especially in the wild. However, just as we suffer from a wide variety of psychological disorders so too do other animals. But they make a remarkable recovery when they are cared for, understood, and loved." —Marc Bekoff, author of Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed and editor of Ignoring Nature No More
Charles Darwin developed his evolutionary theories by looking at physical differences in Galapagos finches and fancy pigeons. Alfred Russell Wallace investigated a range of creatures in the Malay Archipelago. Laurel Braitman's lessons started closer to home—by observing her pet's odd behavior. When Braitman's anxious but beloved Bernese Mountain dog Oliver jumped out of a third-story window in a fit of panic and nearly died, the germ of what would become Braitman's life passion began: She would go to the ends of the earth to learn about emotionally disturbed animals and the ways they heal, often observing incredible parallels with human healing. In ANIMAL MADNESS: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves (S&S; June 10, 2014), Braitman shares the fascinating, inspiring stories she uncovered – and comes to the conclusion that humans and many other animals are astonishingly similar when it comes to mental illness and recovery.
Braitman's dog Oliver was the poster canine for disturbing behavior: He snapped at flies that only he could see, ate inedible items like Ziploc bags and towels (well past puppy-dom), and licked and gnawed on himself compulsively. One afternoon, when left alone for only a few hours, Oliver chewed through a metal window screen and leapt from the third floor. He was badly injured but survived. Stunned and confused, Braitman set out to understand what was driving Oliver to such extremes, and if he could be helped. Ultimately she was unable to solve his but along the way she met with dozens of veterinarians, animal behaviorists, neuroscientists, and fellow pet owners; combed through the archives of our country's oldest natural history museums; and traveled the globe to learn from other people's unique experiences with animals, such as human psychotherapists with gorilla, bonobo and orangutan patients, and Mexican whale-watching guides who've witnessed the emotional recovery of once-violent California gray whales. Through her research, Braitman discovered a form of continuity between humans and other animals that – first as a biology major and later as a PhD student at MIT – she'd never been taught in school. It turns out that many nonhuman animals, such as obsessive parrots, self-harming dolphins and anxious gorillas, can lose their minds – and when they do, it often looks a lot like human mental illness.
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With the ground-breaking authority and compassion of a Temple Grandin or Jane Goodall, Laurel Braitman takes us to a new frontier in thinking about animal psychology. ANIMAL MADNESS encourages us to understand and embrace the emotional life we share with animals – both in madness and in healing.
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MIT PhD in the history of science, Laurel Braitman has written and performed live for Pop Up Magazine, The New Inquiry, Orion, and a variety of other publications. She is a TED Fellow and an affiliate artist at the Headlands Center for the Arts. Laurel lives on a houseboat in Sausalito, California, and can be reached at AnimalMadness.com. Follow her on twitter @LaurelBraitman.
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'House of Commons Journal Volume 7: 19 February 1657', Journal of the House of Commons: volume 7: 1651-1660 (1802), pp. 493-494. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=24572 Date accessed: 27 November 2014.
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Thursday, the 19th of February, 1656.
Hornchurch Parish.
Leave of Absence.
Restraining Buildings.
House to sit.
Ways and Means.
Relief of Edwards, &c.
Prisoners and Creditors.
Chancery Court.
Seditious Books.
Raising Money.
Assessment for Scotland.
Petition from a Person in custody.
Leave of Absence.
A BILL for dividing the Parish and Vicarage of
Hornchurch in the County of Essex, into several
Parishes and Vicarages, for the Ease and Conveniency of
the People; and for endowing the Vicarages, and raising
an additional Maintenance for Ministers of Vicars of Romford, and Havering; was this Day read the First time.
Resolved, That Mr. Luke Robinson have Leave to go
into the Country.
Ordered, That Mr. Pedley be added to the Committee
for Building: And that the Committee do sit this
Ordered, That this House do meet and sit at Eight of
the Clock every Morning.
Ordered, That at Ten of the Clock every Day the
House will take the Business of Money into Consideration.
Resolved, That every Morning, after a private Bill
read, the House do receive Reports from Committees till
Ten of the Clock.
An additional Bill for the Ascertaining and effectual
Setting forth the Lands and Houses in Ireland, in Consideration of Losses sustained by Anthony Edwards, and
other the well-affected Inhabitants of the City of Gloucester, was this Day read the Second time; and, upon the
Question, committed to Major Aston, Captain Crofts,
Doctor Clarges, Captain Halsey, Mr. Nest, Mr. Bond,
Sir Rich. Onsloe, Mr. Atkins, Mr. Margetts, Mr. Bisse,
Master of the Rolls, General Disbrow, Mr. Throckmorten,
Mr. Waller, Mr. Gyles, Captain Hatsell, Colonel Edward,
Major-General Whalley, Mr. Lloyd, Judge Advocate
Whalley, Mr. Collins, Mr. Highland, Captain Scotton,
Mr. Pert, Mr. Dunch, Sir Christofer Pack, Mr. Berkley,
Major-General Jephson, Colonel Hewson, Captain Mason,
Major Morgan, Colonel Cowper, Mr. Pury, Major Wagstaff, Mr. Bampfeild, Colonel White, Lord Evers, Colonel
Bridges, Colonel Zanchy, Mr. Lister, Colonel Carter:
And are to meet this Afternoon at Two of the Clock
in the Duchy-Court.
Ordered, That the Bill for Prisoners and Creditors, be
read the Second time on Monday next.
The Question being put, That the Report touching
the Chancery, and the new Rules there, be made on
Tuesday next;
The House was divided.
The Yeas went forth.
So it passed with the Negative.
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do grant his Warrant, to
seize upon such seditious and Popish Books as the Committee shall appoint under the Hand of the Chairman.
A Bill for an Assessment upon England, at the Rate of
Sixty thousand Pounds by the Month, for Three Months,
from the 25th of March 1657 to the 24th of June then
next ensuing, was this Day read the First time; and, upon
the Question, ordered to be read the Second time on
Saturday Morning next.
Resolved, That the House be resolved into a Grand
The House, according to former Order, was now
resolved into a Grand Committee, upon the Raising of
Four hundred thousand Pounds.
Mr. Speaker left the Chair.
Mr. Downing took the Chair.
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.
Mr. Downing reports, from the said Grand Committee,
a Bill for the Assessment on Scotland; and that they
desire Leave to sit on Tuesday next.
Resolved, That the House be resolved into a Grand
Committee on Tuesday next, upon the Business of Four
hundred thousand Pounds.
Resolved, That the Bill for the Assessment for Scotland
be read on Tuesday next.
Resolved, That the Report of the Bill for Recusants
be made on Monday.
The humble Petition of Anthony Hilary, a Prisoner in
Newgate, was this Day read; and was as followeth:
Most humbly sheweth,
THAT whereas by the Instigation of several Persons,
your Petitioner did exhibit to your Honours certain
Articles, in nature of a Charge of Delinquency, and other
Matters, against Thomas Burton Esquire, a Member of
Parliament; which the Petitioner doth now positively recant, with a hearty and unfeigned Remorse for the same;
for that your Petitioner is now fully convinced and satisfied in his Conscience, that he hath injured and wronged
the said Mr. Burton by the Exhibition of the Articles
Your Petitioner humbly desires your Honours would
be pleased, upon his Recantation and Acknowlegement
of the Wrongs aforesaid, to grant him a full and absolute
Release forth of the said Prison of Newgate. And he
shall pray, &c.
Resolved, That the said Anthony Hilary be discharged
of his said Imprisonment: And that the Keeper of
Newgate do discharge him, accordingly.
Resolved, That Mr. Stanley have Leave to go into the
The House adjourned till Saturday Morning, at Eight
of the Clock.
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The 12 ounce hamburger patty tasted more like meatloaf than a burger. Would have been good with mash potatoes and gravy. But not at all what I wanted when I ordered a burger. I guess the price, just $9 for 12 ounces, should have tipped me off.
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This is a clean and attractive looking establishment. Wait staff are rushed and unfriendly; their main aim being to get you in, get your money and see your back. Food is ok; fair amount of choice, looks good but not tasty.
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Had an hour to kill so dropped in yesterday, a Saturday, for a light breakfast only to learn that it wasn't possible. $10 minimum, the waitress said, "It's on the menu." Actually, the printed menu said $5 minimum. "Not on weekends -- it's brunch." As I'd already had tea (a tea bag on the side of strange-tasting water), and it definitely wasn't worth $10, I ordered an omelet It was huge with minimal flavor and arrived with mushy home fries. I ate less than half; it just wasn't good -- especially for a total of $16 with tip. Never again.
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Down in Grand Central area and used to stop by this place for a good sandwich so I figured I try it again. Wow, talk about going down hill. The most unappetizing pastrami sandwich I ever tried, in NYC of all places. Never again.
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I just placed an order online... 10 minutes later I get a call telling me I am out of their delivery zone. Bloom's is on the corner of 40th and lexington... my office is on 44th and 5th ave... 6 small blocks is out of the delivery zone? Really! Where do they deliver to, the offices infront of their building? Damn shame
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My hopes were high for this place, given its proximity to Grand Central Terminal, and because they are members of the Gluten-Free Restaurant Awareness Program and offer a full gluten-free menu. The decor is top notch. A visually beautiful place. Unfortunately, it all went downhill fast. It started with the waitress who started taking our order, had recorded one or two items, was asked if they still offered homefries at that hour (12:15pm) she left to find out, serviced two other tables, only to return several minutes later and ask us ... "are you ready to order?". My wife asked for 3 eggs over easy. She got 2 over easy and 1 over hard. My son ordered a "well done" burger only to get one that was rare in the center. So we gave it back to them. Mind you ... he had taken one big bite out of it so his germs were now on the burger. What did the kitchen do? Put the partially eaten burger on the grill, and return it to us well done. We found this unappetizing, not for us, but for subsequent customers. Don't know if it's a violation or not. The manager said it was not so I'll leave it at that. My son chose not to eat his burger; not knowing what else had been on the grill before his burger, regardless of how hot it is.
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Went here for lunch and felt very rushed by the waitstaff. Prices are expensive. Ordered the smoked salmon/Lox platter, and for a $20 plate, got a bagel that had the texture of a frozen supermarket bagel and stringy, "bits and ends" pieces of salmon. All in all, it was a poor experience, and I would not go back to this place again.