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Kei Nishikori had a integrate of bold moments early, though managed to get on lane to win his U.S. Open third turn compare over Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in 4 sets during Flushing Meadows on Saturday.
Playing into a New York evening, Nishikori overcame a delayed start after dropping a first, going on to explain a final 3 sets and a compare with small offer difficulty (4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2).
"Today we was flattering assertive and played some good tennis." pronounced Nishikori who reached a tournament's fourth turn for a third time.
"I started personification good tennis after a initial set…I became a small some-more loose and we was personification assertive and some-more loose tennis."
"It was a tough initial set, (I) didn't start utterly good today. But second and third we started returning well, though it was a good match. My competition played a some-more aggressive diversion than we approaching and we started being a small passive."
After starting strongly, Nishikori had a duration blip when an spontaneous blunder on a initial mangle indicate he faced saw him go down 2-3. Mahut combined a mangle with 3 some-more clever use games to explain a initial and put a sixth seeded Japanese on a behind foot.
Nishikori was means to even a compare in a second, violation a 34-year-old universe No. 42 twice in a set as his initial serve, routinely one of his many effective weapons, forlorn him.
Although Mahut got his initial offer commission behind to a critical turn in a final dual sets, it was too late as Nishikori had staid into a match.
The Japanese played effectively from a belligerent as he finished with 37 winners to 28 spontaneous errors while gloomy a Frenchman's diversion that went in a conflicting direction, errors plaguing him in his initial third-round coming during a U.S Grand Slam.
Nishikori subsequent plays 21-seed Ivo Karlovic with a quarterfinal compare adult with his Rio 2016 Olympic Games victor Andy Murray beckoning if both can allege from a fourth round.
"Hopefully, we can redeem well, that's a many critical (thing)," pronounced Nishikori. "Ivo is always a tough opponent, generally here where it is a small bit discerning and a rebound is high."
Nishikori has a 1-2 career head-to-head record opposite Karlovic, though kick a 23-ranked Croat a final time they met, during a 2014 Memphis Open, before going on to win a title.
On Saturday Murray forsaken one set though was means to kick Paolo Lorenzi, while both a Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, won into a fourth round.
Japan's Nao Hibino came behind from a one-set necessity to win her second-round women's doubles compare with her American partner Nicole Gibbs, while Yuta Kikuchi kick seventh seed Lucas Koelle 6-0, 6-1 in a youth boys singles tournament.
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10 Everyday Foods That Are Surprisingly Healthy
People are always trying to eat healthier or lose weight. The media sends out a constant onslaught of new information about what you should and shouldn't eat.
People are always trying to eat healthier or lose weight. The media sends out a constant onslaught of new information about what you should and shouldn't eat.
I love Bozeman for its long winters. I moved here for the snow and mountains but what I didn't expect was how much I would appreciate summers after 7 month long winters! And summers in Bozeman are some of the best. My favorite way to enjoy the summer weather is to relax outside with a refreshing beverage and delicious food. That's why I made myself a handy map with all the restaurant patios in town. Check it out!
The sun is out, your friends are over and the kids are splashing around in the pool. Ah yes, it's summertime, and you're just dying to break out your grill or smoker and throw an amazing barbeque party in your backyard, at the beach, or wherever you happen to be.
Vegetables are what dinner eats--- Colleen and I were talking about spinach making you stronger, don't buy into that hype! Proof of meat making you manlier inside!
Food manufacturers and supermarkets like to advertise that their meals are healthy. But there can be only one "healthiest" meal, and British scientists have looked through 4,000 health claims in an effort to determine what that would be.
I was a little hesitant at first about the Bacon Sundae from Burger King. After trying the calorie packed Sundae I must admit it is delicious. See what Colleen thinks inside.
In an effort to promote healthier eating, the Walt Disney company said on Tuesday that it's banning junk food ads on its TV channels, radio stations and websites intended for children — and first lady Michelle Obama has given the plan her stamp of approval.
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Songs in the Key of D are delighted to confirm their latest show in Jubilee Hall, Blackrock College, Co. Dublin on Wednesday, 7th December at 8pm. Expect to hear the 50 person choir perform songs by acts like The Dubliners, The Fureys, Noel Purcell, Sinéad O'Connor, Bell X1, Aslan, Mic Christopher, Paddy Casey, The Coronas, The Pogues, Glen Hansard and more. Tickets are just €15. This promises to be a great pre-Christmas treat for all so get your tickets now!
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Cutaneous lesions from 12 patients with chronic gonococcal sepsis were studied by light microscopy. The essential histopathologic findings were related to the dermal vessels. Hemorrhage and vasculitis were invariably present; thrombosis was found in 11 of the 12 biopsies. Epidermal changes ranged from mild edema to vesiculopustule formation to necrosis. Gram-negative diplococci could not be demonstrated in any biopsy. The dermatopathologic changes in gonococcemia paralleled those found in meningococcemia. The vasculitic changes in chronic gonococcal sepsis, the difficulty in demonstrating organisms in cutaneous lesions, and the ease with which antigenic material of Neisseria gonorrhoeae can be found with the direct immunofluorescent technique suggest that the Shwartzman phenomenon may be responsible for producing tissue damage.
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Like me, I bet you can't wait for the Winter Universiade Games in 2019 in Krasnoyarsk. What? You've never heard of these games? In truth, neither have I. But the Russian government announced last week that it was planning to spend $492 million to host these games, and the local government in Krasnoyarsk said it would spend another $200 million on them. When the final bills come due, we can expect the costs for these games to balloon into billions of dollars.
For the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia spent more than $50 billion on construction and preparation, most of which went straight into the pockets of Putin cronies. At least people have heard of the Olympics. It will spend billions more to host the World Cup in 2018—and those games are widely known, too. But the Winter Universiade Games? They are organized by the International University Sports Federation and are a multinational sport event for university students. Who knew?
But wait, there's more. According to a report in the Moscow Times, local authorities in St. Petersburg have decided to divert money that would have gone toward schools and hospitals and instead devote it to the construction of the Zenit football stadium and landscaping around the stadium. The stadium, which will cost more than $600 million to build (landscaping and access roads are additional), is for Russia's hosting of the World Cup in two years.
The offices of the contractor working on the construction of the stadium, Metrostroy, were raided this week by Federal Security Service (FSB) agents—probably not a good sign. Making matters worse, St. Petersburg officials reportedly asked Russian airborne troops based in the area to help finish building the stadium; they refused.
The spending announcements for the Universiade Games and the Zenit stadium comes at an awkward time for the Russian government. In late May, during a visit to the illegally annexed region of Crimea, Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev spurned pensioners' pleas for an increase in their benefits. "There just isn't any money now," Medvedev explained. "When we find money, we'll make the adjustment." Hurrying away, he blurted out "You hang in there. Best wishes! Cheers! Take care!" His callous answers, not surprisingly, went viral.
Earlier this month at a public forum in Dagestan, Medvedev was asked why young teachers there earn significantly less than police. "I am often asked this question about schoolteachers and professors," Medvedev replied. "[Teaching] is a calling. And if you want to earn money, there are lots of lovely ways to do this faster and more efficiently—like business, for example. But you didn't go into business, now did you?"
Medvedev's insensitive and politically tone-deaf answers are bad enough, but diverting funds from schools and hospitals to finance sports venues is really hard to swallow. Equally incomprehensible is spending half a billion dollars on games—the Winter Universiade Games—nobody has ever heard of. When will Russians tire of the games its leaders are playing with them?


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His musical training began when he was four years of age with piano lessons from his mother and later from a private teacher. Sheng was 11 years old when the Revolution began in 1966. Authorities confiscated his family's piano, for which he wasn't displeased, as it put an end to his lessons. Chairman Mao dictated that schooling would not proceed past junior high and these young people should enter the work force. As there were few jobs available, many young people were sent to the country to live and work with the rural peasant class. Fortunately for Sheng, Mao's wife, Jiang Quing, supported the performing arts and provided funds for performing companies to cultivate new, young talent. He was sent to Qinghai in western China and received a three-year contract with a song and dance troupe with whom he played piano. During his seven years in Qinghai, his musical education proceeded without benefit of learned teachers.
Sheng's formal musical education resumed after the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, with entrance into the Shanghai Conservatory of Music where he earned his undergraduate degree. Prior to coming to the U.S., Sheng's composing talents were being recognized in Chinese competitions. He won first prize in the Art Song competition in 1979 and took first and second prizes in the Chamber Music Composition Competition in 1980. After coming to the U.S. in 1982, Sheng earned a master's degree and a doctorate from Queens College and Columbia University, respectively. He studied under such eminent composers as Leonard Bernstein, Mario Davidovsky, Chou Wenchung, Hugo Weisgall, and George Perle. He continued receiving acclaim from such prestigious organizations as the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim, Rockefeller, Koussevitzky, and Naumburg Foundations, the Tanglewood Music Center, the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, and the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Sheng has held composer-in-residence positions at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Seattle Symphony, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He was also the artistic director of the San Francisco Symphony's Wet Ink 93 festival and was an artist-in-residence at the University of Washington. He has received numerous commissions from many American and foreign orchestras.
The Cultural Revolution and the time he spent in Qinghai proved to be major influences on Sheng's music. Sheng composed H'un (Lacerations): In Memoriam 1966-1976 and China Dreams based on experiences from the Cultural Revolution. Other pieces, such as the opera Song of Majnun and Two Folk Songs From Qinghai, are based on folk songs learned while he was in Qinghai. Sheng is also influenced by the Hungarian composer, Béla Bartók, who himself used folk music elements in his compositions.
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I rent a private property, in June an issue came to light with the rear garden. Small 'shoots' started appearing out of the ground both in the boarder and the lawn area, thinking nothing of it i cut them down and laid weed control fabric in the boarders and laid fresh gravel (at my expense). The lawn shoots were thin enough to be trimmed with the mower.
A week later the shoots returned, grown through the control fabric and much thicker this time round. I had a local gardener come round and take a look, it was evident these are Bamboo shoots from the neighbouring propety, they have a bamboo plant in excess of 10ft tall which has grown underground into our garden.
I reported the matter to the landlord when we had ten spikes up to around 3ft in height (01/08/2016), from this they said they would contact the property involved and go from there, to this day they have only sent a letter to the property in a vain hope he will reply and be happy to remove the large plant.
The spikes in our garden now reach 6ft tall, these are unsuitable for our young child to play around as the shorter ones are very sharp if he falls on them. We plan to leave the property at the end of the year, the landlord has suggested they leave any repairs until then or until the council gets involved.
Is the landlord under any legal obligation to repair this defect due to H&S? The garden isn't safe and thus unusable for us.
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Overtoun Bridge
Overtoun Bridge is a category B-listed structure over the Overtoun Burn on the approach road to Overtoun House,[a] near Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Completed in 1895 to a design by the civil engineer H. E. Milner, the bridge has attracted international media attention because of the number of dogs who have reportedly leapt to their deaths from it, killed on the rocks 50 feet (15 m) below.
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Lord Overtoun had inherited Overtoun House and the estate in 1891. He purchased the neighbouring Garshake estate to the west of his lands in 1892.[2] Carriages had been unable to gain access to the Overtoun mansion along the old eastern approach road as the incline was too steep;[3] work commenced on constructing a new driveway as soon as Garshake was acquired.[4]
Designed by the civil engineer H. E. Milner, the bridge is constructed from rough-faced ashlar and was completed in June 1895. It comprises three arches: a large central arch spanning a deep valley at the bottom of which flows the Overtoun Burn, flanked on each side by lower, smaller pedestrian arches.[4]
Human and animal deaths[edit]
Studies have shown that since the 1950s or 1960s numerous dogs have leaped from the bridge at the rate of about one per year. Dogs that leap over the bridge parapet fall 50 feet (15 m) onto the waterfalls below. The only linking factors for this unexplained event are that dogs mostly jump from the same side of the bridge, in clear weather, and they are breeds with long snouts.[5]
As the unexplained phenomenon received international media attention, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds sent an animal habitat expert, David Sexton, to investigate the causes as to why dogs kill themselves at Overtoun Bridge. Initially canine psychologist Dr. David Sands examined sight, smell and sound factors. After eliminating what a dog could potentially see and hear on the bridge, Sexton eventually focused on scent following the discovery of mice and mink in undergrowth on the side of the bridge from which dogs often leaped, and squirrels in the structure. In a test, the odours from these animals were spread around an open field. Ten dogs were unleashed, representing the most common breeds that jumped off the bridge. Of the dogs tested, only two showed no interest in any of the scents while seven others made straight for the mink scent. Sands concluded that, although it was not a definitive answer, the potent odour from male mink urine was possibly luring keen-nosed dogs to their deaths.[5] However, a local hunter, John Joyce, who has lived in the area for 50 years, said in 2014, "[T]here is no mink around here. I can tell you that with absolute certainty."[6]
The bridge has also been the site of human tragedy. In October 1994, Kevin Moy threw his two-week-old son to his death from the bridge because he believed that his son was an incarnation of the Devil. He then attempted to commit suicide several times, first by attempting to jump off the bridge, later by slashing his wrists.[7]
Possibly in response to lobbying, a sign has been erected reading "Dangerous bridge – keep your dog on a lead."[8]
See also[edit]
- ^ "What is Listing?", Historic Scotland, retrieved 9 April 2015
- ^ "Overtoun: Site history", An Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, Historic Scotland, archived from the original on 14 April 2015, retrieved 14 April 2015
- ^ "Overtoun House", West Dunbartonshire Council, archived from the original on 14 April 2015, retrieved 14 April 2015
- ^ a b "Overtoun House, Bridge at Garshake Drive (Ref:24908)", Historic Scotland, archived from the original on 9 April 2015, retrieved 9 April 2015
- ^ a b "Why have so many dogs leapt to their deaths from Overtoun Bridge?", Daily Mail, 17 October 2006
- ^ "Bridge of Death", The Unexplained Files, 16 September 2014, The Science Channel
- ^ "Father who threw 'devil' baby from bridge sent to Carstairs". The Herald. 1 February 1995.
- ^ Midgley, Dominic (25 June 2015), "What's caused 600 dogs to hurl themselves off this bridge?", Daily Express


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The Knoxville Volleyball Squad will host the Knoxville Invitational today.
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Pella High swept the Knoxville Cross Country Invitational yesterday at Pine Knolls Country Club golf course. The Lady Dutch won with a team score of 33 points with Newton second with 50.
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Will VandeVoort started and Andrew Vander Hart finished a dominant pitching tandem which resulted in Clarke only mustering two hits in an 8-0 victory for Pella Christian in their Class 2A opening round District match-up.
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Rain put a damper on the Knoxville and Pella Christian softball game last night.
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The Knoxville and Pella Christian softball squads get together for a second time this season.
Knoxville's four runs in the ninth inning helped propel the Panthers to a 5-1 extra inning win over Pella Christian last night in baseball.
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A five-day break will come to an end for the Knoxville Baseball Squad tonight when the Panthers travel to Pella Christian to open Little Hawkeye Conference action.
Early morning rain and the threat of more showers out a damper on the 47th Annual Panther Relays yesterday.
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Pella Christian Grade School opened registrations for its Spanish Immersion Program Friday.
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The Pella Christian Lady Eagles play Thursday in the state semifinals for Class 2-A Girls Basketball.
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The Pella Christian Girls Basketball team played in Des Moines today.
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The Pella Christian Girls Basketball Team is headed to the state tournament Tuesday.
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Knoxville finished second in both boys and girls sub state bowling yesterday held at Fairlane Bowl in Knoxville.
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Knoxville finished second in both boys and girls sub state bowling yesterday held at Fairlane Bowl in Knoxville.
The Pella Christian basketball teams improved their stature in the Little Hawkeye Conference last night with the Lady Eagles claiming a 76-30 win over Newton and the boys notching a 62-43 triumph over the Cardinals.
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Pella Christian schools are seeking donations for Haiti.
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Republican Mahaska County Supervisor Ken Rozenboom declared his candidacy for the Iowa Senate in District 40, a new district drawn as a result of the 2010 census.
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Pella Christian was perfect at the Knoxville Volleyball Invitational taking home the team title winning all five matches and by two games to none sweeps.
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In some of its final tune ups before the postseason, the Knoxville Volleyball Squad will host the Panthers Invitational today at Knoxville High School.
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Hulk Hogan took the stand for the second day in a Florida courtroom, answering questions from the legal team defending Gawker. The former wrestling champ is suing the website for $100 million after the site published a portion of a sex tape of Hogan with his friend's then-wife in 2012.
Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, was recorded in the mid-2000s having sex with Heather Clem, the former wife of Hogan's estranged best friend Todd Clem, a radio personality in Florida. The Clems divorced in 2012.
Hogan, wearing a black bandana and matching suit, took the stand again to answer questions from Gawker's attorneys, which focused on how Hogan initially responded to the tape's release. The former wrestler also explained in some detail how the tape affected his life after Gawker posted it.
The defense brought up an interview Hogan gave to Howard Stem about the tape. Hogan said he spoke about the incident only because he was "under heavy fire" from Stern. He added that he never told Stern not to talk about the tape because that's what a guest does on the "character-driven" show.
"You have to take the good with the bad," Hogan said of Stern's show. "That's his show, he's in control … you have to follow his lead, that's how his show works."
Clips were then played from the interview, with Stern hyping up the sex tape and Hogan responding with a joke.
"In that context, I was trying to make the best of a bad situation," Hogan replied, later saying there was talk of cancelling the media tour but that "Howard Stern kind of changes the game for you" when promoting an event like wrestling.
Other clips were shown, where Hogan again answered that he was playing the character of "Hulk Hogan" and not himself.
"In that mode, it's entertainment … you can be a character," he said. "You have the liberty to go way out there."
When asked why he discussed the tape with reporters, Hogan said, "I just didn't have a choice. We were getting barraged with the media … the problem was when we tried to get Gawker to take it down, they wouldn't take it down … it just fueled this fire that was overwhelming."
Hogan was adamant that when he gave interviews he was concerned fans would think it was a publicity stunt. He also said the posting of the 30-minute video changed him forever.
"There were people who thought I might have something to do with this," he said. "If I was in this thing to make money, there were all these offers … no, brother we don't want to make money off this, we don't want this happening."
When the sex tape was posted in 2012, "my whole world went upside down. This tape totally sabotaged me," Hogan said. He admitted that he wasn't able to sleep, eat and just "felt like I was turned inside out."
Even when meeting with fans, especially children, Hogan said it felt like a cloud was hanging over his head, adding that he still feels that way now.
Before lunch, Hogan's past reality show, "Hogan Knows Best," and books about his life were brought up, to which he again said certain private scenes were part of the "good and the bad" of being an entertainer.
On Monday, the wrestler said he had no idea a sex tape was being recorded when he slept with Clem's wife. The filming of the tape occurred before Hogan and his wife Linda divorced in 2009. Hogan is now married to Jennifer McDaniel.
Gawker's legal team has repeatedly argued that the video's publication is protected by the First Amendment and that images of Hogan are of interest to the public because he is a celebrity.
In his opening statement, Gawker's lawyer Michael Berry claimed Hogan filed his lawsuit in an effort to get "lots and lots of money." He added that the website's founder, Nick Denton, wanted "the public to have the simple, unvarnished truth…about public figures."
The jury in the Pinellas County Circuit Court will determine whether or no Gawker had violated Hogan's right to privacy when it published the video. The trial is expected to span weeks.


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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Elegant Christmas
This picture reminds me of the elegant Christmases I had at home when I was a child. I can remember my little brother and I anxiously waiting for Christmas morning to open the presents under the tree. My mother would wrap them with beautiful silver wrapping with lovely prints on them and lots of ribbons. We would try our best to guess, rattle it, peep without damaging the wrapper.
I'm grateful to my family for celebrating Christmas and creating warm memories for me.
I hope to do the same for my children.
So, yes, this is a reminder that Christmas is round the corner! What are we going to do this year for an elegant Christmas?
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I love elegant decorating. For many years, I used to buy foil printed wrapping paper and ribbon in a particular color scheme each year so all of the presents under the Christmas tree would match. One year it might be all red prints with silver, another year it might be navy/blue and silver, etc. (I had an elegant tree trimmed with silver and white ornaments at that time.) It made everything look beautiful.
Currently, I tablescape (decorating a dinner table) as a hobby. Last year I made some elegant and gorgeous tables. This is one I made for Christmas last year:
Love your blog and website. It's so nice to have someone wo appreciates the art of living elegantly.


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The Myth of an Irish Cinema
Approaching Irish-themed Films
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Myth of an Irish Cinema by Michael Patrick Gillespie
Book DescriptionFor the past seventy years the discipline of film studies has widely invoked the term national cinema. Such a concept suggests a unified identity with distinct cultural narratives. As the current debate over the meaning of nation and nationalism has made thoughtful readers question the term, its application to the field of film studies has become the subject of recent interrogation. In "The Myth of an Irish Cinema", Michael Patrick Gillespie presents a groundbreaking challenge to the traditional view of filmmaking, contesting the existence of an Irish national cinema. Given the social, economic, and cultural complexity of contemporary Irish identity, Gillespie argues, filmmakers can no longer present Irishness as a monolithic entity.The book is arranged thematically, with chapters exploring cinematic representation of the middle class, urban life, rural life, religion, and politics. Offering close readings of Irish-themed films, Gillespie identifies a variety of interpretative approaches based on the diverse elements that define national character. Covering a wide range of films, from John Ford's "The Quiet Man" and Kirk Jones' "Waking Ned Devine" to Bob Quinn's controversial "Budawanny" and "The Bishop's Story", "The Myth of an Irish Cinema" signals a paradigm shift in the field of film studies and promises to reinvigorate dialogue on the subject of national cinema.
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Picture of Dorian Gray, Paperback (November 2006)
This Norton Critical Edition is the only edition available that includes both the 1890 Lippincott's and the 1891 book versions of The Picture of Dorian Gray, allowing students to compare the two published versions with the editorial guidance of Michael Patrick Gillespie.
Critical Companion to James Joyce, Paperback (July 2006)
Examines the Irish novelist, James Joyce, by exploring his work and influences, including family, friends, relatives, and acquaintances, as well as important places where he lived and worked. This book includes: a biography of Joyce; synopses and critical discussions of all Joyce's published work; and accounts of censorship and legal battles.
Importance of Being Earnest, Paperback (January 2006)
Features reviews and reactions, including six diverse critical assessments of Oscar Wilde and his play. This title is accompanied by explanatory annotations and by an appendix of excised portions. It contains a chronology and selected bibliography. "Backgrounds" includes essays on Wilde and the 1890s by cultural critics.
Reading William Kennedy, Paperback (December 2001)» View all books by Michael Patrick Gillespie
This text provides an introduction to students and others interested in William Kennedy's work. It provides an analysis of Kennedy's best-known works, a firm base for interpretation, and a better understanding of the cultural world that shapes the characters and plots.
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Author Biography - Michael Patrick Gillespie
Michael Patrick Gillespie is professor of English at Marquette University. He is the author of The Aesthetics of Chaos: Nonlinear Thinking and Contemporary Literary Criticism, Ulysses and the American Reader, and Reading William Kennedy, the latter published by Syracuse University Press.
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[Nov. 20th, 2006|
12:19 pm
I have the sweetest boyfrind ever. Yesterday morning, I woke up to a killer of a migraine. Tingling fingers, sensitivity to light and sound, forgetting words (like "sun" and "cancelled"), nauseous hell-on-earth migraine.
My sweet boyfriend calls my instructor to cancel my test, gets me a glass of water and some pain-killers and a cold compress, tapes a blanket to the window to block out the sun, and gives me a back rub. He was going to call in sick to work, but I made him go, so he calls up our mutual friend Crystal to come and check in on me.
I'm feeling much better now, but seriously, how could one ask for a sweeter honey?
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[Aug. 10th, 2006|
01:37 pm
It's raining!
I wish to go outside and dance naked and sing to the goddesses of nature! I want to roll around in the mud and pray to the earth!
I love rain, and it is something that we have been lacking this summer. Grand Forks has had a burn ban because everything's been dry and brittle. But I'm hoping that now things can go back to being green and lovely.
It's the thunder and lightning that is beautiful: crashing against the sky. The rain comes down in streams, splashing and puddling, and full of life.
This is how I feel spirtual: in simple acts of nature. I am well aware the scientific explanation of rain, but that doesn't mean that my primate self, my transendental self, can't love the impression of it.
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[Jul. 21st, 2006|
05:31 pm
The definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results. I would say I am now certifiably insane.
I went to Ted's last night and watched "The Shining". Like all Kubrick's films, it was pretty awesome, but it scared the hell out of me. Brandon's out of town for the night, so at about 3 am, when I'm jumping at every unexplained noise, and every perphrial movement, with no Brandon to strangle in the middle of the night, I was thinking I should have known better.
Eric and I stayed up talking until something like 4 am. I watched comedies until about 6, when it finally became light and I could finally go to sleep. I still had nightmares of that creepy little kid screaming "Red Rum" in his Tony voice.
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[Jul. 13th, 2006|
10:20 pm
So, i got a job at K-mart. Well, not so much a job, more like an act of desperation. But, anyway, I am gainfully employed. Half-way through the summer....yeah.
But, it seems that it may be short. GF Hearld seems like they want to give me a better job with more money. So, I hope I get that.
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01:54 pm
Today is Father's Day. For Mother's Day, I wrote her a letter telling her about all the little things I appreciated her doing for me growing up, being low on funds but still wanting to be sincere.
I tried to do the same for my father, but found it to difficult. I love him, and there are so many things that he did and does that garner my respect and admiration. But there are also so many things that he's done... He got a phone call instead, and a superficial reading of what's going on in my life. Here, instead, is my failed letter to my father:
Happy Father's Day
Although I suppose I should call it "Dad's day" because you always hated being called father. Hated it with a fury I never understand, but I supposed it had to do with the fact that it was so formal and you wanted our relationship to be more relaxed. Too bad we can't always get what we want, huh?
It's all of the things you did to me as a child that I never recognized or appreciated that I thank you today. Like coming to every single one of my sports games, even though I sucked, and paying for those self-same sports, even though I hated the bulk of them and only played because you wanted me to be an athlete so badly, and what else was I going to do, right? Thank you for going on all of those Details that forced you to be away from the family. We knew it was to help the family that you and mom foolishly decided to have way too early.
Thank you for trying hard to teach me how to toss a ball, although sporadically. I never had the heart to tell you that I learned more about sports from Sid across the street than I ever did from you, but he was way more patient with me: assuming girls knew nothing about sports, he prepared himself to be patient with me. You assumed that my inferior girl-genes would be overcome by your superior Jerde-genes: you knew it; I was supposed to know it through osmosis. Ironically, I looked forward to and loathed those times you would notice you were supposed to be training me: it was the only time we ever talked or spent any time together, yet I always hated what a disappointed I was to you: I never got the rules fast enough, and my hand-eye-coordination wasn't great. You always said you were proud of me, and I always knew it was a lie. With the exception of the random times I did well in sports, I knew you were never really proud of me. The smartest person in your high school was never important as athlete-you. Those know-it-all egg-head college boys that you work with are still not as good as you: they can't teach what you know out of a book, right? I suppose I should be thanking you for this too: I can understand slightly why there are so many anti-intellectual trends in America because I watched your self-loathing jealousy up close and personal.
Thank you also for teaching me how to manipulate people. You were the master of it: you could be the life of a party. You had a charisma that everyone was drawn to, and the dry ironic wit that people loved and hated. You could make someone feel special with just a compliment and a smile, and you always knew what the insult that would hurt just a little bit more than anything else. You taught me what to look for, and what to do, although I don't think you knew it at the time. I got to watch up-close and personal how you alienated mom from her friends and family, and how you could break her or me or my siblings into tears anytime the thought crossed your mind. I know how you wanted me to be a boy, and how you thought I was a coward: you said so often enough when you were drunk, although it was confidently forgotten when sober.
Thank you for teaching me to shoot. That is genuine: one of the skills I'm glad I have is being able to aim a gun straight. Thank you for teaching me all of the safety rules as well, so I know never to get hurt.
Thank you for teaching me to be careful what I drink. I know that your cruelty isn't caused by being drunk; you're cruel often enough when you're sober. But I know that being drunk can make you worse, and I don't rightly feel like wrapping a vehicle around a tree like you did.
Thank you for teaching me leadership: someone had to shield my sisters from you two arguing. Although, to this day, I shirk responsibility: I could protect them I'd probably just mess anything else up that I had direct control over.
Thank you for practically throwing me into feminism. It was either become a feminist or hate myself for not living up to your wants and expectations of me. You know, the last time you were here in Grand Forks you asked me why I was "so big on the feminist-thing" like it was a fad or something. I felt like yelling at you "Because you BEAT my mother, you selfish FUCK". But I didn't, because even today I am afraid of you. I'm afraid of not doing everything perfect and controlling every small thing around you because you have the capacity to make everyone MISERABLE and walk on egg-shells if you are in a bad mood.
I remember the first time I saw you beat my mom. I'm not talking about the pushing or the slaps; I'm talking serious physical abuse. I was 12. You came home drunk, and I woke up when the screen door slammed (you never seemed to remember how light of a sleeper I was. I've woken up when you or mom came in late for work pretty much every day of my life. I pretended to be asleep on the couch when I was younger to get to watch TV before you carried me up to my room and tucked me into bed). I sat at the top of the stairs, so I could watch and keep my sisters in their rooms. You and mom were arguing over who she dated in high school, and you called her ungrateful lowlife and threw her into the glass-and-pine coffee table. That's when I ran to my sisters' room, so I would be there if you decided to come into the room. You ran out that night, took the truck and drove off because mom hadn't hidden the keys. We went to the old house that night, afraid. It wasn't the only night we hid from you. Thank you for teaching me to fear relationships, at least I'm cautious about the ones I go into.
Thank you from keeping me from peer pressure. I was already so much of a freak because of my weird clothes and keeping people away from my house, there was no point in trying to entice the fickle court of high school popularity. I was able to be my own person because I didn't have a chance in hell of impressing everyone else anyway.
Thank you for making me hate the fact that I was a female. I tried my damnest to be a boy, and now I can compete in a man's environment, but I thank feminism for accepting that I'm female and that's okay. Please quit acting so fucking shocked that I'm not giving you grandkids AND that I'm not a virginal girl. You wanted a boy, you got me: someone that didn't fit into nice little gender roles. Deal.
Thank you for teaching me that hard work was its own reward. That whatever job you do, you should do it the best you could, regardless of the money. Work hard because it's more satisfying, not because you were getting anything from it.
Thank you for realizing you were a fucktard. I realize you're trying to get back into my life as best you can, and make amends to mom, as best you can. However, it's too little, too fucking late. Divorce mom, because that's a lost cause. She doesn't deserve you. I wish you realize that connecting with your daughters is more than money. Don't get me wrong, the money helps, but we need more emotional work (or at the very least, we need the ability to not be doing emotional work for you).
So Happy Dad's Day. Here is my tribute to you, with its respect, anger, hate, self-loathing, and love that I feel towards you.
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[Apr. 6th, 2006|
10:49 am
Every year, as soon as the bulk of the snow melts, and a suitable Saturday can be found, hundreds of University of North Dakota students decend on University Park to participate in the near-ritual traditon of Springfest. In recent years, this event was not sponsored by anyone: a few bands just "happen" to show up, port-a-potties just "happen" to appear, and a few hundred people just "happen" to decide on the same day that they wish to go to University Park and drink. This year, Student Senate decided to sponsor it, and Suite 49 decided to provide the alchol.
One of the reasons that the Student Government was getting involved in something that has been a largerly informal event was Grand Forks passing a City Ordinance requiring a permit to have alchol on public properties. Before, people just brought their own booze, and it was a "share and share alike" event. Now, there is going to be a segregated beer garden for those above 21, and anyone who wishes to drink may only drink the beer that Suite 49 is providing, because of another city law that says that beer gardens must be segregated by age.
Call me cynical, but I think that if they could have gotten away with it, the city of Grand Forks would have banned the event entirely. I also think it was the fact that we had a business this year sponsoring us had more to do with us getting a permit than the City Council's great concern for the University students. Grand Forks has shown time and time again that they like our money much more than they like the individual students.
My freshman year of college I became aware of the ambivilamce and downright hostility the community towards us. I thought that they liked us: coming into the city, I saw businesses everywhere proclaiming "Welcome back students" and signs posted everywhere saying "Student discount". The whole community seemed to be welcoming us with open arms.
Then I heard about the voting policies of fair Grand Forks, the city that seemed to be welcoming our students so openly. Most cities have elections in November, but not Grand Forks: they're elections are held in June, when a quarter of the students are gone, and the information on how to register seems to be want to be kept a secret, because they never publicize it. My suspicion the Grand Forks citizens are distrustedful of students knowing how to take part in the democratic process was further exerbated by the 2003 city-wide vote on whether or not the city should build a water park, and UND students were actively discouraged from voting. A Grand Forks Hearld letter to the editor was titled "Water Park Supporters Struggle For Campus Votes, Students Don't Know Much About It And May Not Care To Vote" (Oct 23) and told university students not to vote because we didn't have "a stake in the community".
Then there was the problems at the Ralph Englestead arena. Some citizens complained that the UND students were too rowdy, too vulgar, and they couldn't take their little kids to the hockey game. President Kupechella caved in to their demands, and the students were given a lecture reminiscant of a Kindergarten class to sit down and shut up. Now we weren't allowed to stand except for when they said we could, now we couldn't cheer except the cheers that weren't "vulgar", and now there was a security guard standing at every game by the student section that was going to sumarily boot our nalgas if we didn't tow the line. Instead of getting to enjoy the university hockey team, our team, university students, adults, were being treated as if we were infants.
Then there's the rezoning of the area around the Univeristy to single-family houses, so university students could not live near our own university. Many students came out against the rezoning, and it still did not matter, the rezoning passed by a large margin, limiting where students could live while we are furthering our education.
Then there's the businesses not giving anyone a decent wage because they can exploit the steady stream of student laborers, the credit card companies that decend on the campus every fall and spring trying to tempt us out of our money, the apartment owners that overcharge for apartments because none of us have built any credit, the police department making money hand over fist from ticketing the university students, the list goes on and on.
University students number 13,200 people according to wilikepedia.com, which is over a quarter of the Grand Forks population. We bring money, jobs and labor to the community. We deserve to be treated with respect, not contempt.
Those signs I see every year might as well say "Welcome back Student's money" because that's what they really mean.
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[Mar. 29th, 2006|
04:47 pm
I love Firefly, I love Firefly Joss Whedon's awesome, lalala. I'm so purchasing both of them if I ever get any type of finances.
Anyway, I "borrowed" Brandon's Firefly series this weekend, and got to thinking about it today. In one of the episodes, Mal and Wash get kidnapped by this Russian mob-boss that's out for Mal's blood. In it, everyone picks up weapons and attempts to rescue them, including this girl named Kaylee.
In a later episode, Kaylee makes the comment that she didn't do much good. Mal kisses her on the forehead and goes "I ain't have no problem with the idea of you not killing anyone".
This comment, to me, is strange. Mal kills people all the time. Mal respects Zoe, a woman who kills all the time. Why is it so important to him that Kaylee doesn't not kill?
The only explanation is that I can tell is that he likes Kaylee as she it: without guile, open, more or less innocent. The very first episode he goes "There ain't a power in the 'verse keep Kaylee from being cheerful. Makes you kinda one lock her in storage with duck tape over her mouth". He says it like it bothers him, but he's smiling.
Which kinda gives a layer to Mal. He wants to protect Kaylee, protect the innocence that she represents. It's a little odd on his exterior character.
Weird thought.
Anyway, Brandon said something that made me want to rip off his clothes and take him right in the middle of the living room, (even though he has mono). See, Brandon used to be a martial arts instructor. HE told me that what he frequently liked to do was go "Good job, you punch like a girl". When the boy would get offended or confused, he would ask one of the females to come over and "demonstrate" for him. The girl would get a happy-evil look in her eyes, run over and punch them. The guy would then pick themselves off of the ground and recognize the compliment.
*Sigh* so sexy: inverting gender roles and encouraging young women.
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Pixie Power!
[Mar. 24th, 2006|
03:01 pm
Brandon's little brother is here in Grand Forks. He came in on Wednsday. So everyone knows what this means! (No, not that he gets to spend some quality time with his little brother, who cares about that?) It means PIXIE POWER!
See, when Bryce comes over, or we all go to Brandon's folk's house, we get to play D&D with Brandon DMing. I like when Brandon DM's, he makes the game really interesting, and gives us plenty of time to interact with each other.
But the CHARACTER. I play a Pixie Sorcerouses named Della Lightfoot. Della is freaking AWESOME. My speciality is Evocation (boom spells for those not in the know). I likey boom-spells.
Yesterday, we played at Jon's house: me as Della, Bryce as Pint (from the land of half), a Halfling shadow dancer, Jon as Lord Walter something-or-other, a human necromancer (Della spent the entire night calling him "Tall, dark and creepy" or some varient thereof), Nikki as Leaha, a human ranger with a huge wolf as a mount, and Panzer (like the tank), an NPC ghosted by Brandon, a very intelligent construct has sworn undying alligance to Walter. We defeated an undead lyricist, 4 gargoyals, got past a Death Knight and his drake, a stone goleum, and 4 vampires, destroyed a dark artifact, put a girl's soul to rest, and met some gods. Very cool.
Because I'm awesome, the party SO would have died without me. I'm the one who spotted the trap, I'm the one who earthbound (and destroyed by putting it to sleep) a gargoyal, I earth-bound a master vampire and blasted a few of his fledgling. (of course, we probably wouldn't have lived if ANYONE hadn't been there, but :p I'm feeling happy). But the weird thing is, again it's my non-combat spells that are much more useful than my boom spells. Mind you, most of my big-boom spells are electricity or magic based (not much good against vampires and stone beings), but still...it seems like my characters always follow support, chaotic goods. I'm not the leader, I'd rather make smart ass comments than come up with real plans, I'd rather talk instead of fight, I'm more concerned about lives than I am about loot. Annoy me enough, I'm more likely to embarass you than harm you. My sorcerouss is one bad-ass little pixie: she didn't study or anything to know about magic, it is in the very essence of her soul. All she did was bend her mind around the knowledge that the world is what SHE made of it. Since the world is that of her creation, she feels compelled to enjoy it, and make sure others can enjoy it too.
My bard is a spellcaster as well, after a fashion. She sings, and in that music there is magic (a little more literally in D&D than in reality, but you know). She didn't learn this magic, she heard it in her soul, and spent time honing it until she could share it with the rest of the world.
These are not characters that exist to gain power, or money, or anything: they exist because they want others to play the game they're playing (life, in case your not following along). Not to win, to enjoy it. Life is a game of touch football that you play and don't keep score, and only follow loose rules so no one can cheat, and no one wins or loses.
My bard has a beautiful voice: when she sings even dragons stop to listen. She learned draconic because dragons facinated her, she found it dreadful fun to be able to amuse a dragon. That's the only reason to work towards anything her life, because she thinks it'll make things more fun.
My Pixie has an insatiable curiosity. The curiosity makes her strive to find the answer to anything, which is why she works hard if ever. Something strikes her curiosity, she will focus on it until she is sated: needling, spying, cajolling until she learns what she needs to know. The creature who cannot keep a focus on Leaha's talking for more than 10 second intervals can sit and hover for hours watching a single leaf fall during the autumn, trying to determine why the leaf falls.
Both characters are willing to die for complete strangers: why not? Della would tell you, I've enjoyed the game. Why deprive the chance of someone else to play who may have not enjoyed it yet? Both characters are willing to kill, but find that a horrible violation of the game. Killing is like having to play a referee; it's not fun, and if everyone would just quit trying to ruin everyone's good time it would be completely unnecessary. But they'd do it if necessary: push a pixie too far and you might feel the hairs on the back of your neck stand up (quite literally, that's what happens when she convinces the lighting to fall from the sky). Make the bard angry, she will hold you in place while she finds someone to beat the ever living hell out of you. And if you do piss her off, she will find someone to beat you up (someone who will willingly, happily, and with enthusism complete that task) and if you live, she will make you wish to kill your own self.
This is interesting to me: what does this say about me if these are the characters that I play? How much is my imagination, and how much of it is a part of me, or what I want myself to be, coming out? Della and Leandra are seperate, distinct characters (Kalli too, but I haven't mentioned her, so screw it), but they share a lot of similarities. Are those similarities me?
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[Mar. 19th, 2006|
01:37 pm
I've decided to no longer subject my friends to my random musings on politics and feminism. Instead, I've decided to going the blogsphere, a third-world country if you will, on blogspot. For those of you who are indeed interested in reading this, the new blog (which as of right now, has no posts) is:
New posts will happen quickly, and I'll probably double post some of my favorite entries into it.
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Women vs. Men
[Mar. 8th, 2006|
10:33 am
At Hugo's blog, there's a debate running around about "masculine" and "feminine" and all of which that entails. It's kinda interesting to see how people percieve themselves.
See, I don't really "get" the whole "masculine" thing. I'm not all that concerned about whether or not my actions are female enough or not, so I can't really understand this nervous, homosocial behavior in men. I've known enough guys, am close friends with enough guys to know that they are NOT that different from "women" even though they claim to be. There are some things about men that I won't understand (does it really hurt that much to get kicked in the balls?) because I was growing up percieved to be female, not male. So there really is a limit on how much I can empathize with them, which is unfortunate. Just the same that I can't fully empathize with others of a different race, or really: anyone.
Race and gender are meaningless to me...except, that they were MADE to be part of my identity. I am white and female. I didn't get this choice in my part of my identity, it was FORCED, reinforced, and encouraged on me. And to some degree, I've m ade my peace with that. I can accept that I am female, and what have you.
But it's not really a portion of my identity I embraced. There are many aspects of my identity I embraced: nerd, acedemic, feminist, I worry about continuing (to some degree...mostly it comes easily). But I would never worry about maintaining being a girl: it's not ME, it's something others percieve me to be.
I don't understand why it's really particularily necessary: a human is a human. Let them pick their own joys and identities. Quit putting this pressure to be something they're not.
Screw it, work's over, enough random musing.
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Soren Thirslund
This wooden fragment discovered in Uunartoq, Greenland, in 1948 has long been thought to be a sun-compass used to determine direction. Could crystals have been applied to make it work after dark?
Credit: LOC
Monsters Ho!
We all enjoy a tall tale. Cultures with seafaring traditions are especially ripe in what seem like the tallest sea monster tales of all: hydra, kraken, sirens, scylla, leviathans, assorted serpents and mermaids. Usually the stories are never confirmed and usually baseless.
Then again, some of the tales are based on something, or so we are learning as marine scientists plumb the depths and discover some pretty weird creatures. The bottom line: There really are bizarre, unexpected, totally startling monsters found in the seas. And the very worst of these is the most unexpected.
Credit: LOC
Japanese Serpents
Sea monsters are truly global. This one from Japan serves as the villain for the classic maiden in distress, who awaits rescue by her hero. The poor monsters are almost always cast as the bad guys. And so they usually end hacked to pieces; fish food.
But is there any truth behind these sea serpent tales?
Credit: NOAA/ Bloodydecks.com
Improbable, But True
Maybe it's the oarfish. It looks too monstrous to be true. It can grow many meters long, has strikingly bright silver scales, scarlet fins and some ornate headgear that more than explains why some call it a roosterfish. If only it were a reptile, it'd be a true sea serpent.
Alas. It is a fish. A very weird and beautiful fish, but still a fish.
Credit: NASA/GeoEye
Largest Serpent of All
There are also other, newfound "sea serpents" our sea-going ancestors never imagined. This one was spotted by a satellite coiling off the south coast of Japan's Hokkaido island.
What do we know about it? 1) It's arguably one of the largest organisms on Earth, 2) It swallows ships, engulfs islands and generally does what it wants, and 3) We're darned lucky it's made of plankton.
Research into such massive blooms and the individual plankton cells that comprise them has revealed surprising cooperation among the microorganisms. They appear to operate like more than just floating individual cells. They live and die for the greater good, it seems. So they may be, in fact, a gigantic watery superorganism.
Now that's a cool monster for you: You can swim in it and never know you've been in the belly of a beast.
Credit: LOC
The Hokey Hybrids
Mermaids and mermen have always been the stuff of fantasy. Where did the fantasies come from? There are some standard answers to this question, which have always seemed rather inadequate. For instance ... (next slide, if you please) ...
Credit: Getty Images
The manatee has often been called the source of mermaid myths. It's a mammal, so it breathes air. But who would ever mistake a manatee for a sleek and beautiful mermaid?
Could it be love-starved sailors with poor eyesight? There was no shortage of these fellows in the days before optometrists.
Credit: beats me
Grandpa Fish
Another possibility is that merfolk were inspired by fish with roughly human-looking faces, like this fellow. Some fish can look humanoid. That would be enough to get superstitious sailors started.
Credit: NOAA
The Kraken Strikes
How about giant, ship-destroying squid and octopi? These monsters were old hat even to the easily freaked-out. Most folks figured they were historical exaggerations.
That's until some very large and unusual squids started washing up or being hauled in by marine biologists in recent years. Colossal squid are meters long, pretty amazing beasts. Still, they have never been known to lift ships out of the water.
And since were on the topic of squids ...
Credit: MBARI
Spider + Bat + Squid = Sea Monster
Do you remember when this one hit the headlines? It's not so gigantic, at four meters long, but it was observed 3,380 meters down in the Pacific Ocean near Oahu. It's pretty big to have gone unseen before its May 2001 discovery.
So what else is out there? It's pretty clear marine biologists have only just begun discovering what lives in the deep sea. The more time they spend searching, the more they will find. But none would dispute that the nastiest sea monster to ever rise out of the sea is ... (drum roll please) ...
Credit: NOAA
Deadliest Sea Monster Ever
You might have guessed it: Human garbage. Yep. It's the ugliest, most alien-looking, fatal and pervasive monster in the seas. Garbage patches have been getting a lot of attention lately. These are areas on the seas where currents and winds tend to concentrate floating garbage.
Viking sailors may have been able to navigate after sunset, despite having no magnetic compasses and relying on sun compasses, says a team of researchers from Hungary and Sweden.
The trick may have been to combine the power of a sun-compass, which is a sort of modified sundial, with that of sunstones to create what they are calling a "twilight board."
"The recently identified calcite crystal found between the navigational tools of 16th-century European ship wreck hints that they could play some role in marine navigation" reports Balázs Bernáth and his colleagues in the Proceedings of the Royal Society A.
Animals Navigate With Magnetic Cells
To test out if such twilight boards might have existed, the team examined a fragment of an 11th-century dial found in Uunartoq, Greenland, and attempted to extrapolate its features into something that would allow Viking navigators to detect the position of the sun from the twilight glow on the horizon passing through two sunstones.
If the Uunartoq dial is a fragment of a twilight board, the notches in the upper part would indicate true north, instead of a few degrees off, as has been interpreted by others. Lines scratched into the dial fit the path of a low shadow on March 10 and 31, which straddle the equinox. The dial would be used along with two calcite "sunstones" that would find the position of the sun below the twilight horizon. Image adapted from Bernáth, et al., PRSA
If the difficult technique was employed, it could have allowed navigation well after sunset, since the twilight glow can last all night long at high latitudes in summer. Sunstones are recorded in Viking sagas as being employed to navigate on cloudy days, although what the stones were and how they worked remains lost knowledge.
The first step in regaining that knowledge was taken a few years ago by physicist Guy Ropars of the University of Rennes in France. Ropars and his team experimented with a potential sunstone that was recovered from a British ship which sunk in 1592. They applied partially polarized laser light on the calcite crystal -- similar to the kind of light that would make it through clouds (direct, unfiltered sunlight is not polarized).
By turning the crystal they found that a single angle where the crystal splits the light and transmits both unpolarized and polarized light beams at equal strength. This angle of equal brightness of the two beams of light in the crystal could be used by navigators to then determine the angle of the sun in the sky -- without actually being able to see the sun.
Future Navigation Could Be By Touch
The twilight board would have used the same approach, argues Bernáth, but instead of being used during the day to navigate under clouds, it would use the light in the sky after sunset, along with a specially marked dial, perhaps one like that found in Uunartoq.
"Developing a twilight board is surely not beyond the capabilities of sea-faring people," Bernáth opined. "Sunstones are mentioned in written sources and they could be used during civil twilight, although it is not trivial how one can accurately estimate the position of the sun with them."
Ropars, for his part, is somewhat doubtful that the twilight boards existed.
"(Bernáth and his team) propose to use simultaneously two calcite sunstones in two different directions for determining the Sun position, inducing inevitably a loss of accuracy," Ropars told Discovery News. "Moreover this method seems to be difficult to be applied by Vikings."
The bottom line, according to Bernáth, is that there are just not enough Viking navigational artifacts to prove the case. Small navigational tools would likely not preserve well, but he holds out hope that something important might exist, unrecognized, in some modern museum collections.


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Lot 468: A women's surveying group.
Photographs: Cabinet Cards & some Civil War
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Description: A women's surveying group. A class from Monmouth College, Illinois. The professor is surrounded by students with their surveying instruments. I can't recall ever seeing a period photograph of woman surveyor. By Root, Monmouth Illinois.
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Any Taro connoisseurs out there? Here on the west coast I have found a
supplier of 2 types of Hawaiian Colocasia esculenta, but they are used
mostly for poi. My husband is from Jamaica and he claims the Asian or
Polynesian varieties are too soft. I guess there is a "Red Coco"
(actually Xanthosoma violaceum?) that is grown in Jamaica. Does anyone
know if this is the variety that is popular in Jamaica? Does anyone
know where I could find a plant? Thanks for your help!