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- June 26, 2000
- Vol. 53
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No Hard Feelings
Hundreds of Hatfields and Mccoys Settle Old Scores with a Weekend of Softball and Socializing—with No Bloodshed Around
"McCoys are kicking butt!"
So cheered Susan Tanner, a Florida-based McCoy on her mother's side, from the stands of the Pikeville College baseball field, where on June 10 the McCoys, in blue pinstripes, took an early 11-0 lead against the Hat-fields, wearing red, in a most unlikely softball game. The contest was just one of the friendly events that took place at Hatfield and McCoy 2000, the biggest-ever joint reunion of America's most famous feuding clans. Some 1,100 descendants of the West Virginia Hatfields and Kentucky McCoys gathered on either side of the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River, which forms the boundary between the two states, both to revel in the history of the conflict and to rail against the popular perception of the families. "We feel that the feud has helped stereotype Appalachia," says Sonya Hatfield Hall, 40, who organized the Hatfield activities for the weeklong reunion. "There's even a Scooby Doo episode about Hatfields fighting McCoys. But we aren't ignorant, illiterate hillbillies who killed each other and go around toothless."
Well, actually they did kill each other. Over a 12-year period a dozen people died as a direct result of the feud. "It permeated our family conversations," says Hatfield descendant Jane Geniesse, 64, a former journalist who flew from Washington, D.C., for the festivities. "It's not a pretty story. And just simmering under the surface there's lots of emotion still."
One legend traces the feud's origin to 1878, when Randolph "Old Ranel" McCoy accused Floyd Hatfield of stealing one of his hogs. Another has a Confederate Hatfield killing a Union loyalist McCoy in the Civil War. Some believe the flames were fanned by Johnse Hatfield, a dashing rogue who impregnated and then abandoned Old Ranel's beautiful daughter Roseanna in 1881. But the feud was actually "a struggle over land and power," says Altina L. Waller, head of the history department at the University of Connecticut and author of Feud, a definitive book on the subject. As the timber, coal and railroad industries transformed the economy of Appalachia in the late 1800s, the Hatfields and McCoys, prominent land-owning families in the area, clashed on a number of matters. The most notorious dispute followed the 1882 stabbing and shooting death of Ellison Hatfield—brother of the infamous Hatfield patriarch William Anderson, nicknamed Devil Anse—by three McCoy boys in an argument over a fiddle. The fiery Devil and his men later tied the three to pawpaw bushes and shot them to death, the first of several murders of McCoys—characterized at the time as the good guys in the feud—by Hatfields, who were generally viewed as the aggressors. "Did we lose the feud? Oh, sure we did," says Clyde "Bo" McCoy, 31, the affable Georgia minister who organized much of the reunion. "They smoked us, we're 0 and 1. But we're going to get them back at the softball game."
Not that the modern-day Hatfields and McCoys needed uniforms to tell each other apart. "The Hatfields have hook noses, and we tend to be taller," says photographer Jerry Hatfield, 66, of Texas. Adds Ed McCoy, 50, an Ohio mill builder: ""We've got larger ears, and we're heavier. I don't think a McCoy has ever missed a meal." No matter their differences, the Hatfields and McCoys put them aside on Sunday to celebrate the theme of reconciliation; more than 100 met to symbolically toss the sins of their forebears into the Tug Fork. "We're formally putting an end to the feud," says Wisconsin truck driver Billy Jack McCoy, 24, who helped organize the reunion. "This is stuff that happened 100 years ago, and we're over it. Well, most of us are."
In fact, not even sleeping with the enemy—and there have been hundreds of marriages over the years between the two families—can fully eradicate clan loyalty. Consider the case of entrepreneur David Hatfield 30, and executive assistant Paula McCoy-Hatfield, 30, married last year but still separated by their bloodlines. Paula didn't attend the reunion's climactic tug-of-war across the Tug Fork but later admitted—out of her husband's earshot—that "I would've cheered for the McCoys. I'll always be a McCoy." Despite efforts to encourage the families to mingle at the opening banquets—one on either side of the river—only 40 Hatfields were among the 400 guests at the McCoy dinner in Pikeville and even fewer McCoys showed up for the Hatfield banquet in Williamson, W. Va.
All of which set the stage for the big Saturday softball game. Sadly for the Hatfields, it turned into a laugher, with the McCoys prevailing 14-1. But it was at the tug-of-war that the McCoys enjoyed their greatest glory, winning handily and yanking 15 Hatfields into the muddy waters. "Hey," said Texas school bus driver and McCoy descendant Natalie Anderson, 34, "payback's a bitch."
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MILITARY DRESS: World War II veterans attended a military parade Sunday in Kiev, Ukraine, to celebrate the victory over Nazi troops. (Konstantin Chernichkin/Reuters)
POLES RALLY: Protesters gathered Sunday in Warsaw to sign a petition demanding an international investigation into a plane crash last month in Russia that killed President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and 94 other Poles. Russian officials have the black boxes and are leading the probe. (Jerzy Dabrowski/ONS/ZUMA Press)
A CAREFUL REVIEW: A senior citizen prepared to cast her vote for president Monday in San Juan, Philippines. Sen. Benigno Aquino III led the field of candidates with 41% of the votes. His closest rival is former President Joseph Estrada. (Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters)
GROUNDED: Passengers waiting for a flight to Helsinki rested on cots at Lisbon Portela Airport Monday. The airport reopened Monday morning after a drifting cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland disrupted flights again. (Francisco Seco/Associated Press)
KAGAN FOR THE COURT: Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama escorted Solicitor General Elena Kagan away from a news conference at which Mr. Obama named her his nominee for the Supreme Court Monday. If confirmed, the former Harvard Law School dean would be the first justice without judicial experience since William Rehnquist in 1972. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
SPEAKING ON FAITH: Auxiliary Bishop Josef Gruenwald stressed the need for the Catholic church to regain the trust of the faithful during his first appearance Monday as diocese administrator in Augsburg, Germany. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/European Pressphoto Agency)
BITING: Horses got in on the action as horsemen competed to grab a goat carcass in the traditional Ulak Tartysh race in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday. (Maxim Shubovich/Associated Press)
LIGHTING THE WAY: Workers prepared to place a light Monday inside a building in Mezhdurechensk, Russia, that was destroyed by an underground mine explosion. At least 32 people were killed in the disaster; 58 miners remain trapped. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
CAREFREE: Morgan Edmonds, 3, played on Alabama's Dauphin Island Monday as a crew combed the beach for signs of oil from a well leaking offshore. BP plans to deploy a smaller oil-containment dome and is using chemical dispersants to control oil spilling since last month's explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
PAST MEETS PRESENT: Wearing their traditional attire, indigenous Igorot tribal elder Nicholas Cawed, right, and his daughter, Mia Nichole Cawed, cast their ballots for president in Baguio City, Philippines, Monday. (Jayjay Landingin/Associated Press)
BOMB SCENE: Residents inspected the wreckage of a vehicle used in a bombing in Basra, Iraq, Monday. A series of blasts and shootings across the country killed at least 99 in Iraq's deadliest day so far this year. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)
BEHIND BARS: Pakistani Faiz Mohammad was arrested Sunday at an airport in Karachi, Pakistan, after electrical circuits and batteries were found in the soles of his sneakers. An initial probe found the devices were used to massage his feet, but authorities said they could also be used to construct bombs. Mr. Mohammad, an engineer, was headed to Oman. (Rehan Khan/European Pressphoto Agency)
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"I believe there were no gas chambers. I think that two to three hundred thousand Jews perished in Nazi concentration camps but none of them by gas chambers."-- Bishop Richard Williamson, interview aired on SVT Sveriges Television (Swedish Television), 2009.
"There was not one Jew killed in the gas chambers. It was all lies, lies, lies. The Jews created the Holocaust so we would prostrate ourselves on our knees before them and approve of their new State of Israel.... Jews made up the Holocaust, Protestants get their orders from the devil, and the Vatican has sold its soul to liberalism."-- Bishop Richard Williamson, Speech at Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes church in Sherbrooke, Canada, 1989
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Gymnasts host Aggies for 'Pink Out' Sunday
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Sunday, Feb. 16 — 2 pm AST
Wells Fargo Sports Complex — Anchorage, AK
UC Davis (5-8) at Alaska Anchorage (2-5)
ON TV: Sunday's meet will be aired on a tape-delayed basis on KCFT (GCI cable Ch. 19) at 11 p.m. that evening.
ONLIVE VIDEO: A live, online version of Sunday's TV broadcast can be seen for free at UAA's Stretch Internet portal.
LIVE STATS: GoSeawolves.com
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THIS WEEK'S PROMOTIONS: Fans attending Friday's UAA-Bowling Green hockey game can receive a coupon good for free entry to Sunday's UAA-UCD meet.
All-Time vs UC Davis: UCD leads 39-2 overall, 11-1 in Anchorage
Last Meeting: UCD 191.275-188.275 (1/13/14 at UAA) / Streak: UCD 10 / Notes: The last five meetings have all been in Davis … UCD won its last trip to Anchorage by a 190.050-189.550 count on Jan. 27, 2008 … first meeting was in 1985 … the Aggies are UAA's third-most common opponent, with this marking the 42nd meeting.
'PINK OUT' PREVIEW: The Seawolves will look to upset their longtime nemesis and 4-time defending Mountain Pacific Sports Federation champion in the first of three head-to-head meetings with the Aggies this year (Mar. 7 at Sac State tri-meet; Mar. 22 at MPSF Championships) … Sunday's dual will serve as UAA's annual 'Pink Out' meet to raise cancer awareness … UCD enters with a No. 37 ranking in Div. I, with a 193.713 season average and a high of 195.875 through six meets … UAA enters with a season average of 188.979.
NEW HIGH IN MIDWEST: The Seawolves went 0-3 on their 2-meet road trip the American heartland, losing a dual to Illinois State on Feb. 7 and falling to host Southeast Missouri and fellow visitor Illinois-Chicago on Feb. 9 … despite the losses, UAA set a season-high in the SEMO meet with 190.325 points … on Friday, sophomore Simone Penker paced UAA with a 9.7 on beam and a 9.65 on vault against the Redbirds, while getting all-around scores of 37.850 from sophomore Stefany Bryan and 37.575 from freshman Nicole Larkin … Bryan started the night with the best result of her career, posting a 9.75 on bars to finish third behind a pair of Redbirds … Penker produced her best results of 2014 as the Austrian finished runner-up on both vault (9.65) and balance beam (9.7), helping UAA stay within a point of the Redbirds after three rotations … UAA could not catch up on beam, though, despite Penker and a 9.675 score from junior Morgan Cook … Larkin filled in admirably as the rookie from Kennewick, Wash., produced personal bests on vault (9.5), bars (9.625) and floor exercise (9.7), in addition to the all-around … on Sunday, Bryan earned a 37.900 all-around to helps UAA to season bests overall (190.325), on bars (47.550) and on floor (48.175) … on floor, Bryan and freshman Kallie Randolph posted career- and team-season-highs with identical 9.725s, while redshirt freshman Julia York improved her personal best with a 9.7 … on bars, UAA's European duo of Penker (Maria Saal, Austria) and Marie-Sophie Boggasch (Schwarzenbach am Wald, Germany) led the way with 9.65s, along with 9.55s from Bryan and Larkin … Cook – who was held out of the all-around due to a minor injury for the second straight meet – produced the Seawolves' top placing of the day, tying for fourth with a 9.6 on balance beam, and Penker scored a 9.525 on beam to finish her most consistent weekend of the season … York produced UAA's best vault of the day with a 9.6, while Boggasch and Bryan tallied 9.55s.
'WOLVES HOWL AGAINST OWLS: UAA earned its first victories of 2014 by sweeping a Friday/Sunday dual series against Temple on Jan. 24 and 26 at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex … in the first meet, junior Morgan Cook posted wins on vault (9.65) and in the all-around (38.125) to lead UAA to a 188.000-187.125 win … the Seawolves (1-2) also got solid all-arounds from freshman Brice Mizell and sophomore Stefany Bryan in their home debut … UAA led by only 0.025 of a point with two routines remaining in the final rotation, but Cook delivered a 9.625 and freshman Kallie Randolph earned a winning 9.675 on floor exercise to clinch it … down to just eight healthy gymnasts, the Seawolves got a boost from Cook, who tied freshman teammate Julia York for top honors on vault and posted a 9.55 on balance beam … freshman Brice Mizell, performing her first career all-around, tied Cook for team-high honors on beam with a 9.55, along with a 9.275 vault … Bryan tied for the win on bars (9.55), while freshman Nicole Larkin posted personal bests on bars (9.5) and floor (9.575), finishing third on both events … in the rematch, Bryan earned a career-high 38.150 all-around to pace 190.150-188.100 victory … the Seawolves (2-2) also got all-around scores of 37.850 from Cook and 37.300 from Mizell as they broke 190 for the first time this year … UAA got off to a strong start on vault, taking the top three positions on that event and leading throughout the meet … Cook led the way with a 9.65, while sophomore Marie-Sophie Boggasch and York tallied 9.625s … the Seawolves extended their advantage thanks to Cook's 9.65 and a career-high 9.625 for Bryan on balance beam, and local freshman Kallie Randolph anchored the Seawolves with a winning 9.7 on floor exercise — her fourth straight floor score of 9.675 or better to start her career.
OPENING WEEK HIGHLIGHTS: Sophomore M'rcy Matsunami topped a field of three all-arounders (all Seawolves) with a 38.325 performance at Seattle Pacific in the season-opener, boosted by team-bests of 9.625 on vault and 9.675 on floor … local freshman Kallie Randolph also had a strong debut, tying Matsunami with a 9.675 on floor, while sophomore Stefany Bryan produced a team-best 9.5 on balance beam … at UC Davis, Bryan put up a 36.825 all-around, including a 9.6 on bars … Randolph and junior Morgan Cook tied for a team-high 9.675 on floor, sophomore Simone Penker had a 9.7 on beam and sophomore Marie-Sophie Boggasch had UAA's highest score of the young season with a 9.75 vault.


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A Catholic priest sentenced to 20 years in prison as an accomplice in the 1998 assassination of Bishop Juan Gerardi was paroled on Friday and spoke out to assert his innocence.
"It was hard to spend so much time in prison being innocent," the Rev. Mario Orantes told reporters outside a courtroom in Guatemala City, adding that he plans to resume his priestly duties.
He said he will seek a meeting with Archbishop Oscar Vian in the coming days to receive a new assignment.
Orantes, who served 12 years behind bars, was granted early release based on good behavior.
Another man convicted for Gerardi's murder, retired army Col. Byron Disrael Lima Estrada, was paroled last July.
Lima Estrada's son and co-conspirator, Capt. Byron Lima Oliva, has been turned down twice by the courts in his bid for early release.
Bishop Gerardi, 75, was found beaten to death in the garage of the rectory where he lived just two days after a commission he led released a report documenting 55,000 human rights violations during Guatemala's 1960-1996 civil war, most of them committed by the army.


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"Under the guidance of network pioneer John Bischoff, Roscoe Mitchell, and Maggi Payne, Herndon pursued her experiments with processed voice and explored embodiment in electronic music. Started at the end of Herndon's studies, Movement is a test chamber that hybridizes her modern composition training and undying devotion to club music. To this extent, the influences of Maryanne Amacher and Galina Ustvolskaya are as prevalent in Herndon's music as Pan Sonic and Berlin and Birmingham 90s techno. Still, in line with pop deconstructionists Laurie Anderson and Art of Noise, Movement is purposefully positioned to reach new ears beyond a niche. Honoring a strong tradition of computer composition from Stockhausen to Florian Hecker, Herndon is unapologetic about using a machine as her primary instrument. She builds most of her own instruments and vocal effects in the visual programming language Max/MSP, and sees it as a principled part of her practice to push the most modern processors to their limits. Herndon's ability to sharp turn from synthetic psychosis to hard-coded human sensuality allows Movement approachability for any listener knowingly or unknowingly seeking technological enlightenment." (label info) vinyl version comes with download code
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I love fancy food. Really, I do. I love complicated recipes, exotic ingredients, and dishes that take three days to make.
I have to admit, for all my gourmet inclinations, I also love all sorts of decidedly Not Fancy Foodstuffs. Especially things that make me feel like an eight-year-old again.
For example, I love American Cheese. And not even American cheese from the deli, that's sliced to order from that big brick of cheese.
I'm talking about the processed, sliced stuff that's usually nowhere near the deli counter. The stuff that's next to those wax-encased Laughing Cow cheeses that are so good for some reason. The stuff that, if I didn't know any better, might be made of plastic.
Here's an omelet that puts it to good use. It's got all the ingredients of a good diner omelet, but is about half the size and thickness.
Me being a mouse, you might expect a little cheese snobbery out of me. Not so. You could certainly make this omelet with a range of different cheeses. Any cheese that melts well would do. Gouda or fontina would be lovely. Maybe a little brie. Or even some Stilton, if you like blue cheese with eggs.
This makes a great breakfast or brunch, served with piping hot coffee and buttered toast spread thickly with jam.
Simple Bacon and Cheese Omelet: A note on technique
To me, the key to making a good omelet is to slice all the ingredients very thin, and use a minimal amount of egg. The result is almost like a crepe. Your ingredients cook quickly, and the whole thing is light and airy and won't put you instantly to sleep.
Simple Bacon and Cheese Omelet
1/4 of an onion
1-2 rashers of bacon
1 large mushroom
kosher salt
freshly cracked black pepper
1 jumbo egg
1 tsp. heavy cream
2 slices American cheese (or other cheese)
Makes 1 large, thin omelet. Serves 1 hungry person, or 2 who only feel like nibbling.
Simple Bacon and Cheese Omelet: Cut up your fillings
Dice up the bacon. I used some of this leftover bacon from my Cherry-Port Glazed Ribs Studded with Bacon.
Mince up your onion.
Pick a nice, fat mushroom. Snap off the stem, and slice it as thinly as you can.
Put the bacon in a non-stick pan over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally.
After a minute or so, the bacon will start to let out some fat. Add the onion and mushroom.
Give them a stir to combine, then spread them about evenly in your pan.
Sprinkle on a little kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste.
Let those cook for a few minutes over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, so they brown nicely. While you're waiting, whisk up your egg.
Crack your egg in a medium-sized bowl and add the cream. If you don't have heavy cream, use a little light cream or milk.
Whisk them together with a fork til well blended.
At this point, your omelet filling should be nicely browned, like this:
Turn your heat down as low as it can go. Be sure that your filling ingredients are evenly distributed in the pan. (If they're all clumped in one place, they'll set up like that when you add the egg.)
Pour in the egg.
As you pour it in, pick the frying pan up and tilt it back and forth to coat the bottom of the pan evenly with egg.
You want to wind up with a really thin coating of egg on the bottom of the pan, like this:
Keep your heat on low. Break your cheese up into small-ish pieces and spread them evenly about on your omelet. I've called for 2 slices in this recipe, which yields an omelet that's not overly gooey. (But by all means, add more if you like.)
Raise the heat just a tiny bit and let it cook for a minute or two, until your cheese starts to melt.
When the cheese starts to melt, flip one side of the omelet up with a spatula and fold it in to the center, like this:
Do the same thing on the other side.
Your finished omelet should look about like this.
If you want an omelet shaped like a traditional half-moon, simply fold it over in half instead.
Slide it out of the pan onto a plate. Serve and enjoy!
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Houston Embraces Obamacare Outreach
"Otherwise you would have...organizations going to the same territory, knocking on the same doors, talking to the same number of people, and when you look at Harris County, we've got close to about a million uninsured people, so there's a lot to go around," said Hernandez. "So that's why we want to organize, so we make sure we get to all the different pockets in the county that need to hear about this."
In addition, the Harris Health System is getting involved on a large scale. The publicly-funded safety-net system runs two hospitals and 16 community clinics. It has a lot to gain from Obamacare: It sees 250,000 uninsured patients every year. An estimated 75,000 of those make between 100-400 percent of the federal poverty level, and could therefore be eligible for subsidized coverage on the marketplace.
Although the hospital district did not receive any federal money, it's requiring 300 of its own workers to become certified application counselors under Obamacare, a five-hour on-line training process.
"I think we had to be active and proactive to take steps to make the community aware that the law did pass and that it is starting Oct. 1," said Deborah Boswell, director of community outreach services for Harris Health System. "Many people think because they live in Texas it doesn't count for then, but it does. So we want the uninsured population to know that they have options."
In addition to uninsured whites, black and Latinos, Houston has large populations of immigrants from Vietnam, China and South Asia. Last week Asian American health advocates met to discuss the problem and hear from the city health director and a Medicare official. They shared concerns about people's lack of information and trouble finding interpreters.
Yani Rose Keo works with Cambodian farmers from rural areas southwest of Houston. Many of them are refugees and fearful of what the law means for them as small business owners, and individuals.
"We are scared to death," Keo told the officials. "All the farmers, they have the small backyard - one acre, two acres of land and no insurance."
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Many Strong Voices Highlights Historical Documents on Climate Change Adaptation
August 2012: Many Strong Voices (MSV), a collaboration between coastal communities in the Arctic and small island developing States (SIDS) that seeks to promote action on climate change, is working to ensure that information on historical documents relevant to climate change adaptation is available. As part of this effort, MSV highlighted two historical environment and climate change initiatives.
The first is the Small States Conference on Sea Level Rise, which convened from 14-18 November 1989, in Male, Maldives. The second is the Population and Environment Project in the Eastern Islands of Fiji, which was carried out by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) as a pilot project of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), and which was implemented from 1974-1976.
MSV notes that it is seeking further information on similar historically relevant SIDS events and projects, so that it can establish comprehensive archives. [Many Strong Voices Website] [Small States Conference on Sea Level Rise] [UNESCO/UNFPA Population and Environment Project]


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Delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate's department for external church relations meets with Patriarch of Romania29. June 2012 - 9:44
On June 27, 2012, the delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate's department for external church relations (DECR), while on a visit to Romania with the blessing of the DECR chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk and on the invitation of the Patriarchate of Romania, was received in audience by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, at his residence in Bucharest.
Hierarchical Liturgy celebrated at the Church of the Intercession in Harbin for the first time in fifty years26. June 2012 - 10:48
On 24 June 2012, the day when the Orthodox faithful in China commemorate two hundred and twenty Chinese martyrs who had suffered for Christ in 1900, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God in Harbin. Metropolitan Hilarion was in the People's Republic of China (PRC) on official visit with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and at the invitation of the PRC State Administration for Religious Affairs.
Metropolitan Hilarion begins his working visit to China with celebrating Divine Liturgy in Beijing25. June 2012 - 9:20
On June 18, 2012, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate's department for external church relations, arrived in Beijing for the 2nd consultations of the Russian-Chinese group for contacts and cooperation in religious sphere.
First-ever Orthodox divine service is celebrated in Cuba's westernmost province20. June 2012 - 11:50
On 16 June 2012, the first-ever Orthodox liturgy was celebrated in Pinar del Rio, the Cuba's westernmost province. Rev. Dimitry Orekhov, rector of the Church of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God in Havana, officiated, website of the parish reports.
Compatriots living in Pinar del Rio, parishioners, and staff of the Russian Embassy attended the Liturgy. The choir of the parish in Havana sang.
Metropolitan Hilarion gives free copies of Holy Scriptures to regiments and prisons19. June 2012 - 13:13
On June 17, 2012, DECR Chairman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, after the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the church of Our Lady the Joy of All the Afflicted in Moscow, conveyed 20 thousand copies of Holy Scriptures for free distribution to military units and penitentiaries. The copies were printed with the support of the St Gregory the Theologian Charity. Present at the ceremony were Bishop Irinarch of Krasnogorsk, chairman of the Synodal Department for Prison Service, Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov, chairman of the Synodal Department for Cooperation with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement, and Archpriest Vladimir Silovyev, editor-in-chief of the Moscow Patriarchate Publishers.
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Innovations in live-cell imaging are reshaping scientific paradigms, opening the door to new approaches for scientific inquiry and opportunities for predictive modeling. Emerging technologies allow more in-depth molecular and cellular data collection from living cells and tissues.
Technology advances bring new sets of challenges, including the development of stable processing environments, and analyses of vast quantities of data in robust, transferable methodologies. Live-cell imaging was one of the many technology topics discussed at CHI's High-Content Analysis conference.
Ammasi Periasamy, Ph.D., professor of biology and director, W.M. Keck Center for Cellular Imaging, University of Virginia, discussed what he called the "fundamentally important role" that technology development plays in the advancement of live-cell imaging.
"Gene chips, high-throughput sequencing, and real-time manipulation of macromolecules in living cells have allowed scientists to observe and understand the central dogma that constitute cellular life," Dr. Periasamy said.
"Super-resolution techniques have demonstrated that the wavelength of light does not have to ultimately define the spatial resolution, and 3D localization has been demonstrated, within limited volumes, in super-resolution technology," he added.
Further, Dr. Periasamy said that "improvements of key fluorophore properties, particularly greater photostability, larger Stokes shifts, and smaller sizes, will help to improve current probe designs, which will expand the design space to create a new generation of smart probes. Phytochrome, phototropin, and light-sensitive ion channels derived from bacteria will be used to create tools for live-cell imaging and optogenetics in the near-term future."
However, despite technological developments, even when high-quality image data are collected, the analysis required to obtain robust quantitative information is extremely challenging, as is the assessment of image segmentation and tracking software accuracy, as well as the analysis of very large datasets.
This is an exciting time for biology, according to Anne Plant, Ph.D., chief, biosystems and biomaterials division, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). "Technology has evolved to where we can now probe large numbers of individual cells in the time domain by light microscopy. This capability provides insight into the statistical details of population dynamics, and tells us about the forces that constrain cell response within an environment.
"These dynamic data allow the development of predictive models, and also provide a direct correlation between individual cell response and the fate of that cell," she continued.
Promoter activity varies from cell to cell, and results in variations in cell fate. In addition, the rate at which promoter activity fluctuates with time in individual cells varies.
The time-dependent fluctuations in expression levels for a transcription factor such as Oct-4 can provide a rate constant that allows for the prediction of future expression levels.
"With stem cells, we also are examining the data for characteristic patterns of expression that might provide predictive information, or correlations, between expression level and the observed phenotype," Dr. Plant reported.
"We collect time-lapse image data from many colonies, with as much time resolution as we can, for the longest period possible. This allows observation of the events in stem cells that lead to spontaneous differentiation, and the characteristics of colonies that maintain their pluripotent state," added Michael Halter, research scientist, cell systems science group, NIST. "The goal is to develop tools that will allow routine data collection and analysis at this scale for the stem cell biology community and provide insight into control of stem cell differentiation."
The researchers used inverted fluorescence wide-field microscopes with broad-spectrum light sources, motorized stages and filters, and environmental chambers. They also developed and evaluated automated segmentation and tracking algorithms. Drs. Plant and Halter then used specialized software tools to visualize very large image datasets.
Drs. Plant and Halter noted that two technologies required to improve the quality of live-cell imaging data are the continuous monitoring of temperature, CO2, and O2 at the bottom of the culture vessel where the cells reside, and the reduction of background fluorescence signal present in cell culture media.
David Nolte, Ph.D., professor of physics at Purdue University, also discussed his group's live-cell imaging work.
"We were investigating a full-frame imaging approach related to optical coherence tomography (OCT) using digital holography. Holography is extremely sensitive to minute motions, and we noticed highly developed speckle fluctuations in the images from living tissues," Dr. Nolte said. "As we explored these dynamic processes, we came to understand that the origin was in the multiple types of motion occurring at the subcellular scale."
He noted that "when light shines on things that move, there is a frequency shift, known as the Doppler effect. This is like the effect at a train crossing—the approaching train horn is high-pitched, but as it passes by it becomes low-pitched. When we shine light on living tissues, all the internal motions of the cells cause a similar effect on the light frequency, which we detect and relate back to intracellular motions."
Tissue dynamic imaging (TDI) is the use of label-free and noninvasive intracellular motion as an imaging contrast agent. TDI provides an opportunity to develop a new 3D tissue screen for many types of drugs in early drug discovery.
Intracellular motions are altered by different mechanisms of action and generate drug-response spectrograms that act as fingerprints for phenotypic profiling. A general technique, TDI can be used for a wide range of applications in biomedicine, drug discovery, biology, and in the clinic. Anywhere cells are aggregating and living, this new form of microscopy can provide unique insights.
"No one knows how to get high-quality information out of living tissue, so they avoid asking those kinds of questions. With TDI, we now provide that needed tool, and we foresee a significant growth in live-tissue imaging," Dr. Nolte concluded. "TDI relies on light, and we can go about 1 or 2 mm into tissue. This is much deeper than other light-based techniques, but it is not anything like magnetic resonance imaging."
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James is a free-lance writer based in Lawrence, Kans. and an out-of-control baseball fan, partial to the Royals. In his sixth annual abstract, he uses his knowledge of statistics and his vast patience for trivia to compile all sorts of ratings, lists and musings on the major leagues. Want to know which team blew the most leads last season? (California: 28.) What player hit the most career home runs without ever driving in 100 runs in a season? (Bobby Murcer, 244.) At which ball park the fewest runs were scored per game in 1981? (The Astrodome: 5.33.) He could go on and does, with chatty analysis and excessive, if forgivable, speculation about front-office debates over player movements. Obsessive fans will love this book, and James is already working on elaborations. He has a formula for measuring pitchers' styles. For example, "R-AEFHM-OR-TX-115 +-A-FHN-J" means "He's a right-handed pitcher who starts his motion standing straight up and facing the batter with his legs spread wide apart..." Not everyone will want to pursue the calculations. (Ballantine, $5.95)
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If there is one thing I can't stand, it is showing my office – aka the bird room – to visitors. First of all, it is never clean enough. Second of all, it is never clean enough. I could slave away the day before, and the bird area is a mess by the time someone comes to my house. Or, I can wait until the last minutes and frantically try to clean it down an hour before someone comes over, and it is still messy by the time they get there. It is too hard to explain to a non-bird person that mess is just part of living with birds. I have wooden floors, so I put a covering down all over that part of the floor. Not only do I have to vacuum up the debris, then clean up the poop, but I then have to wash it all down. Meanwhile, the birds are fascinated, looking down at me, perhaps munching some food as they watch the entertainment and just drop it right down on the floor.
There is also bird-owners blindness. This is when bird people are so used to the mess the birds make that they stop really noticing it. So I know that sometimes mess that I find acceptable might be offensive to any screaming clean visitor. This "blindness" also happens with parents of young children. You go to their house and shudder at the disorganized chaos they spent an hour frantically cleaning up before you came. My birds don't really love visitors anyway. Visitors are never polite enough to stand back and greet the birds calmly. They always want the bird to perch on their hand, whether the bird is interested or not. I always have to have the same conversation, "Stay away from the birds at first, they need to get used to you." Nowadays I just try to bypass that room altogether, which hasn't quite worked – the lure of pretty feathers and all. I have a feeling pretty soon I'll just be rudely saying, "Don't go in there, it is off limits." This way I don't have to stress out over every tiny sliver of food or poop that rains down every moment, and I can just enjoy my birds and enjoy my visitors.<< Read the Previous Entry Read the Next Entry >>
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5 January 2011: The International Potato Center (CIP) has signed a renewed agreement with the Pisaq Potato Park's Association of Communities.
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Patterson Lake Update
Fission Energy (FSSIF.PK or FIS on the TSX Venture) and Alpha Minerals (ESOFD.PK or AMW on the TSX Venture) released a joint project update on February 7th, disclosing that additional mineralization has been encountered in the first two step out holes of the winter season. This news is confirmatory in nature and reinforces the view that the Patterson Lake property has the potential to host a significant and shallow uranium deposit. The full press release can be viewed here.
Of note, hole PLS13-027 intersected a 37 meter thick interval of well-developed mineralization, including a total of 4.35 meters of "off-scale" radioactivity. Off-scale readings occur when the measurement device "pins" at its highest reading. Off-scale readings are typical of high-grade deposits.
In the prior best hole of the 2012 fall program, the longest off-scale intersections totaled 2.1 meters (versus 4.35 meters in this hole), so an initial comparison is favorable. Assay results are always needed to confirm grades, but given the descriptions given there is no reason to believe that this mineralization is any different than what was encountered before in terms of grade potential.
Both holes were drilled about 15 meters west of the prior discovery holes, and they extend the strike length by that distance. In uranium deposits, a "step-out" method like this is generally used in the delineation phase. Given that the first step outs appear to have hit similar (if not more robust) mineralization, this is a positive development. Given the shallow depth and early indications of grade in the 1% range, the market has started to perk up and take notice.
The biggest outstanding question is in regards to the size of the deposit. Only more holes will provide that information. Given the size of the boulder field, the grade of the boulders, and the geophysical and geological data I have presented in prior articles, the potential for size is there. Key Lake has been suggested as a potential deposit analogue, which is a 200 million pound deposit. I'm not saying that this is going to be 200 million pounds, but that's what is on the table in terms of "size of the prize" and is what investors have to balance when considering the risk versus reward.
In terms of upside, a $10 per pound valuation would roughly be in line with what Hathor Exploration was bought for in late 2011, so a "blue-sky" project valuation would be in the $1-2B range (50% to Alpha and 50% to Fission), depending on what is ultimately proved up through drilling at Patterson Lake. In terms of downside, no one really knows that there is anything economic there, so investors really need to consider this as risk capital. You simply cannot know the size until you have drilled the last hole. In the meantime, much like a Sherlock Holmes story, only deduction can guide current "fair value."
The more data the market gets the more accurately Patterson Lake's value will be known, but investors will "pay" (one way or another) for that information in the market. All I can say is that based on what has been seen so far, the geological model is holding up, and that's what I want to see. Results should come fairly frequently now that the drill program is underway and if FIS/AMW start to get any indications that the mineralization continues farther west and/or onto the lake, I would expect attention to grow around the story.
Always remember the risks in junior mining companies, as these are highly speculative ventures. I encourage people to read my prior article on this project to see my thesis on this project, as understanding the data is critical to making an informed decision. Given the data so far, I continue to be encouraged. The companies are drilling in an area up ice of the largest boulder field discovered in the Athabasca basin, with boulders grading up to 40% U308, with proven mineralization in the basement along the edge of a large resistivity low with coincident EM conductors with significant untested strike length. I know that's a mouthful, but it is a textbook example of what you would want to see if you were a uranium explorer, full stop.
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A number of years ago, Congress passed a number of changes to the Social Security disability laws that made disability claimants ineligible for benefits if alcohol or drug abuse was a material contributing factor to their disability. As a result, most claimant's lawyers are very reluctant to accept as clients individuals who are active alcoholics or whose doctors discuss in medical records abuse of narcotic medications.
Are there any circumstances when an alcoholic or drug abuser might still qualify for disability?
You may be surprised to learn that the answer to this question is "yes." If the alcoholic or drug user can prove that he/she has a mental or physical condition that leaves that claimant unable to work, and that this other condition exists independently of the alcohol or substance abuse, he/she can win. In such a case, the claimant' s disability would remain even if substance abuse was absent from the picture. Such a distinction can be difficult to prove, but it can be done, especially if the claimant has a long treatment record from a treating physician and that physician is prepared to go on record drawing those lines.
Similarly, I have won a couple of cases on behalf of alcoholics who have severe liver disease arising from drinking. In one case in particular, I remember seeing blood chemistry test results that clearly documented liver failure in an individual who continued to poison himself with alcohol despite the very negative health implications.
On the other hand, Social Security judges will look much more sympathetically on a case filed by an active alcoholic or drug abuser if the claimant is making a sincere effort to treat the addiction.
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Jonathan Ginsberg represents Social Security disability claimants in Georgia. In practice for over 29 years, Jonathan publishes a widely known disability blog, a podcast and several disability web sites. In 2004, Jonathan published a "how to" book about Social Security disability called the Disability Answer Guide. Jonathan lives with his wife and 2 children in Atlanta.
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Attention, my fellow beauty lovers! Looking for some new inspiration and information? I've rounded up the top beauty apps, and BONUS, they are all free. Now, get to downloading.
Good Guide App 1 of 8The Good Guide App is perfect for searching beauty ingredients. Just scan the product barcode, and the app will tell you everything you need to know.
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KEO International Consultants design for the prestigious headquarters for the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) has been given the go ahead. KEO's winning design created a 220 meter iconic tower lifted 6 floors above the ground with a podium structure housing all public facilities including an auditorium, that slips through the base of the tower. The podium structure inspiration is drawn from the traditional form of the dhow, representing Kuwait's link and heritage to the past, while the tower manifests its soaring global presence into the future.
The design also incorporates sustainable design elements including wind turbines and photovoltaic panels meeting KIA's brief of creating an efficient building, a benchmark for future towers in the region. The estimated $200m building with over 130,000 m2 of area will be built on a site located in the heart of Kuwait City.
The KIA is Kuwait's government investment arm, estimated to hold in excess of $200 billion of assets, and is reportedly one of the largest Sovereign Wealth Funds in the World. KEO's design team was lead by Principal Designer, Raj Patel, who described the design as an opportunity to reflect the strength, stability, dynamism and futuristic outlook of the Kuwait Investment Authority. KIA clearly expressed their goals for their building to be a state-of-the-art facility, but also stressed the importance that it was to be innovative, functional, flexible and have a pleasant working environment.
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Highly Recommended!
I cannot say enough about this great little spot. I have been to Paris many times and this was my best overall experience from a hotel perspective. We had a superior queen room -small but perfectly fine by Paris standards. The room was beautifully decorated with great attention to detail in the design and finishing touches. It was extremely quiet and the beds were very comfortable with great linens. The staff was extremely friendly and helpful without exception. Fantastic location on a quiet side street behind the Rue de Rivoli across from the Tuileries metro station. We got a great rate on Expedia which was fortunate as I otherwise probably wouldn't have stayed there as I thought that their rack rates were a little high. I travel quite extensively throughout the world and in terms of hotels have seen them all from top to bottom. I am pretty picky and don't usually like to recommend hotels as everyone's tastes are different but I have no hesitation in recommending this place and will definitely stay there again.
A consummate delight
My husband and I stayed here in July 2004, and it has spoiled us for any other hotel in Paris. This hotel exceeded expectations on all levels. At check-in, we were greeted warmly and escorted to our room (none of this "here's your key the elevator is on your left.") The entire hotel is attractively designed, with beautiful and tastefully furnished rooms. The beds are very comfortable, there are flat-screen TVs and ample storage space. The rooms are also impeccably clean and well maintained (turn down service is included.) The staff were always pleasant and attentive. The hotel location is both very convenient (walking distance to the Lourve, Orsay, theatre district and metro lines) and charming. I wear my reputation as a "hotel snob" as a badge of honor, and this is the first hotel I have been moved to write a review of - our experience was simply that enjoyable.
Plaza Paris Vendome: The ideal luxury hotel
We decided to stay at the Paris Plaza Vendome for the last night of a two and half month stay in Paris and could not have been more thrilled with our experience. Upon arrival, we were personally escorted to our room by the hotel staff, who showed us how to use the brand new flat screen television with dvd player. The entire hotel was quiet and the service made us feel as though we were the only guests present. The concierge arranged for fantastic dinner reservations and made sure that our taxis arrived on time; we never had to lift a finger. From the luxurious Frette linens, Bulgari toiletries, and fluffy robes and slippers to the unbelievable pool, sauna, hammam, and exercise area (also with flat screen tvs), the brand new Plaza Paris Vendome is the ideal luxury hotel.
A jewel worth the money
After reading a lot of reviews on this website, I was scared about choosing a hotel for my 6 months pregnant wife and I, for our first trip to Paris in May 2004. So we exceeded our budget and chose the Plaza Paris Vendome hotel, and we were so glad that we did. The hotel is newly built (or rebuilt) just 7 months before our trip. It has a modern look and feel and is very elegant. The location is terrific, a minute from the garden of Tuileries which is by the river and walking distance from the Louvre, Musee d'Orsay, the Concorde, Place Madeleine etc. The staff was very cordial and helpful. The room they showed us first had a very slight noise coming from the AC and I hadn't even noticed it but the receptionist who had accompanied us to the room was horrified at it and insisted that we take another room. The room was of course small as is the norm in Paris, but very nice. There was sufficient storage space, a wall TV and a nice bathroom. The only jarring part of our stay was that the bath tub had a small glass partition separating it from the rest of the bathroom while the rest of it was open. So you had to be careful while taking a shower to not spill water outside the tub. That was a little weird but very manageable. The Bulgari toiletries were great. The staff helped us with whatever we needed including booking a boat cruise and Moulin Rouge tickets. There was nice shopping and cafes nearby. ATMs were easy to find. All in all, we had a great time and none of the fears we had before about visting Paris turned out to be true. Unlike some other comments we read, despite booking the hotel on Expedia (where we got a room rate of $285 as against the rack rate of Euro 460 or $550), the staff was exceedingly friendly. Would highly recommend this place.
The best of the best
The perfect ending to a romantic 3 week trip through Spain and France. My wife and I stayed here from May 21-26, 2004. We decided to splurge ($300 per night) and we walked into the hotel and knew it was worth every penny and then they upgraded us without asking. Beautiful hotel, no expense was spared, glass roof in lobby, fireplace in library, incredible pool, steam room, gym in the basement, rooms were impeccably designed, no detail forgotten, large room, great views, terrific bathroom and the service was outstanding, especially Janet at the front desk. One block from the Louvre and convenient to everything, the perfect place to end a very romantic trip that was my wife's treat. Can't wait to go back to Paris and this magnificent hotel!!
Excellent if a little flawed
Stayed at this hotel for valentines weekend and couldnt have asked for more. Booked an deluxe room on-line and that what we got, a room with lounge area 2 YES 2 full bathrooms, 2 Flat screen TV,s and small traditional french balconies. We paid for three nights what it should have been for one night, absolute bargin. Pool was shut which was dissapointing. Service was a little off at times, ordered breakfast room service but only came with one set of cultery??. Hotel booked us a restraunt nearby I then asked for a car to be ordered, was shown to the car but the driver set off but didnt know where we were going, the hotel hadnt told him, had to get out of mad taxi and ask policeman, would expect hotel to tell taxi where we were going after all I was a stranger to the area and the language. Also on last day their a problem with the hot water (their wasnt any) this meant cold shower but effected the whole hotel, nearly all of our room service was knocked off the bill, which was good, all in all I would not hesitate to go back to this very luxurious well located hotel. Very impressive
Understated luxury and excellent location
This hotel is a real find. Excellent location in the heart of Paris.
Short walk to the Louvre. Convenient for Musee D'Orsay, Tour Eiffel and Galeries Lafayette. Recently refurbished in contemporary style. The hotel is stylish but welcoming. I stayed here in February 2004. The room was quiet, clean and extremely comfortable and staff were friendly and efficient. The small swimming pool in the basement was closed. Not cheap but highly recommended.
A touch of glamour
I've just come back from a weekend in Paris, having stayed at this hotel. I've been to Paris a few times and this has been by far the best hotel that I have stayed in. The rooms are beautifully decorated, modern and clean. Staff are friendly and speak very good English. The Pinox restaurant was delightful, as was the Chinese themed bar. I would recommend this hotel to anyone who is looking for a little glamour in the heart of Paris.
A Lost Treasure
My son and I stayed here in April 2002. It is in a sensational location, on a quiet street but only 200yds from the Tuileries Garden (and metro), very close to the Louvre and just across the Seine from the Musee d'Orsay. It was undergoing a refurb (so the room was basically new) and then actually closed over the winter. However from what I can see on the web, when it re-opens soon the prices will be at least double what they were before (we paid 160 Euros for a twin room including breakfast). Highly recommended, the staff speak good English and are friendly, but I suspect now it will be in much more upmarket price bracket.
Nice place to stay while in Paris
I have stayed at this hotel twice now and plan to stay there again. A nice hotel. clean, close to sites, close to metro and shopping, close to opera and resturants. The only thing missing is a lounge but I hear it is on the way. I would highly recommend this establishment.
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Your doubts on aikido are most likely justified. This does not mean that Aikido is of no value from a martial aspect, just that it will take longer and not be as effective as some of the other options. When people have doubts the question they ask themselves should always be - why do I train? If self defence is your *primary* goal, there are better options out there. The problem is that there are many other reasons to train Aikido, but often these reasons are harder to articulate than "self defence" so it's easy to devalue them in your mind. Ask yourself - if you had very good self defence but were not still doing aikido, would that make you happy or would you still miss the training?
Which leads me to my next point - this is not an either or situation. for many years I trained Aikido and then for several years I trained both Aikido and BJJ. I found that each art helped the other - the BJJ made my aikido more effective and the Aikido helped my BJJ flow more the way it should. So you can go out and crosstrain in something else - make it something complimentary and watch how both arts grow together. Be careful about throwoing out the baby with the bath water.
The only reason I'm not still training both is that with a young family I also need to be hanging out with, time is a problem :-)
Also there's no way you're too old to start something new. I have older people than you walk through the door of our BJJ club routinely.
There are some people (some of them on this thread) that will try and convince you that if you try to look outside of Aikido, or if you find Aikido not realistic enough for you, that it's your fault and you are somehow deficient in your aikido training. This is rubbish.
I'll say that again, this is rubbish. Don't let anyone tell you that looking to expand your knowledge beyond the confines of an aikido dojo indicates any kind of failing on your part. It is a very positive and courageous step - and something you should be firecely proud of.
The kind of doubt, questioning, and critical thinking that leads to this step is the thinking that drives progress.
Don't buy into the "but you've only been doing it for 5 years - you' can't expect it to work yet" nonsenese either. If self defence is of interest, 5 years should be enough of an investment to see a significant return. I'm often stunned that some people seem to think that telling someone in their 30's that this art is so subtle it will take 20 years to show results, is some sort of selling point. Three's plenty of arts that will give you very good unarmed self defence capability after 5 years.
Having said all of that.
Bullshido jumped the shark some years ago. where once it was a useful site dedicated to uncovering what amounted to MA fraudsters, now it's a pack of self congratulatory back slappers who need hear no more than the name of the art you do to deride it's effectiveness if it doesn't fit the mold.
I know of several people that have used Aikido effectively in physical altercations. I have used it effectively at times on the BJJ mat.
Understand also that Aikido isn't like other martial arts. It's not so much about winning the fight as getting out of the way of a fight. Which means most of the time when Aikido is deployed effectively, it's not in the sort of environment that is likely to be caught on tape.
I was reading through an old black belt magazine the other day (circa 1996) and there was an article by a well respected martial artist at the time recounting an incident where he'd had to deal with multiple attackers in a bar. He talked about the importance of not trying to "win" a fight, but just get out. He talked about throwing people aside as they came at him, not to beat them but to create space to move and escape. It sounded alot like Aikido.
The martial artists name was Rickson Gracie.
My reccommendation - find something that you think you might like from the alive arts - muay thai, judo, BJJ, wrestling, boxing, sambo etc. But keep doing your aikido as well, at least for a year or two (after the initial bloom of the new art has died down) and then make your own informed choice.
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