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Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914 in Larvik, Norway - April 18, 2002 in Colla Micheri, Italy) was a marine biologist with a great interest in anthropology, who became famous for his Kon-Tiki Expedition in which he sailed by raft 4,300 miles from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. National Geographic best summarizes his life by these words: "He crossed three oceans in primitive rafts and boats to prove theories about where man has been and how he got there... Heyerdahl said his life was dominated by three challenges: to live in harmony with nature and improve it, to make his mark on the scientific community, and to build on his conception of the basic unity of mankind."[1]
Heyerdahls's voyages across the Atlantic and across the Pacific proves that pre-Columbian exchange between Africa, Europe and the Americas and between the Americas and the islands of the Pacific is historically probable and that the ancient world was more aware of the global interdependence of human life than has usually been assumed. While his voyages did not conclusively prove that such exchange actually took place, alongside other evidence, such as similarities in the archeological record and in mythology, it makes it highly likely. In proving that non-European cultures had the technology to cross the world before Europeans did, Heyerdahl also challenged ethnocentric notions of cultural and racial superiority.
Fatu Hiva: Back to Nature is the name of a book, published in 1974, by Thor Heyerdahl, detailing his experiences and reflections during a one-and-a-half-year stay on the Marquesan island of Fatu Hiva in 1937-1938.
On the occasion of their honeymoon, Thor Heyerdahl and his first wife Liv, determined to escape from civilization, and to "return to nature." The couple arrived at Fatu Hiva in 1937, in the valley of Omo'a. Finding that civilization, albeit on a vastly reduced scale, was still present there, they decided to cross over the island's mountainous interior to settle in one of the small, nearly abandoned, valleys on the eastern side of the island. There, they made their thatch-covered stilted home in the valley of Uia.
It was in this setting, surrounded by the ruins of the formerly glorious Marquesan civilization, that Heyerdahl first developed his theories regarding the possibility of trans-oceanic contact between the pre-European Polynesians, and the peoples and cultures of South America.
During several exchanges with an elderly Marquesan man who lived in Uia with them, Heyerdahl determined that, although prior to the arrival of Europeans, cats were not to be found in Polynesia, the Marquesans were nonetheless familiar with the creatures, and indeed, certain of the carved tiki figures seemed very much to represent felines:
To our surprise, the reliefs of two human figures with hands above their heads appeared, and between them, two large quadrupeds in profile, each with an eye, a mouth, erected ears, and a tail. Two quadrupeds!...A cat?...Felines yes, but not rats (173). 'The ccoa was an important figure in the Andean cultures. In the Mayan language, toh is the name for the puma. In Polynesia, toa is the word for "brave." Cats are not native to Polynesia, but somehow feline icons are found in their primitive sculptures and figures. In Samoa, pusi is an English derivative that was adopted with the newly arrived cat. In Fatu-Hiva, the name for cat is poto. The fact that cats seem to display some sense of keen intellect probably caused the natives to name the new arrivals poto after the Polynesian word for smart, poto.
The observation prompted Heyerdahl to ask Tei Tetua from whence his people had come, to which he replied "the east":
"From where?" I asked, and was curious to hear the old man's reply. "From Te Fiti" (The East), answered the old man and nodded toward that part of the horizon where the sun rose, the direction in which there was no other land except South America. (217)
Heyerdahl went on to explore this possibility a number of years later, as is detailed in his books Kon-Tiki, Aku-Aku: The Secret of Easter Island, and Easter Island: The Mystery Solved.
In the Kon-Tiki Expedition, Heyerdahl and a small team went to South America, where they used balsawood and other native materials to construct the Kon-Tiki raft. Kon-Tiki was inspired by old drawings of Inca rafts made by the Spanish conquistadors. After a 101-day, 4,300-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, it smashed into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands on August 7, 1947, showing that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America. The only modern technology the expedition had was a radio, food in the form of military rations, and fresh water in 56 small cans. While en route, the crew supplemented their diet by fishing. The documentary of the expedition, itself entitled Kon-Tiki, won an Academy Award in 1951.
This expedition demonstrated there were no technical reasons to prevent people from South America from having settled the Polynesian Islands. Nevertheless most anthropologists continue to believe, based on linguistic, physical and genetic evidence, that Polynesia was settled from west to east, migration having begun from the Asian mainland.
Heyerdahl claimed that in Incan legend there was a sun god named Con-Tici Viracocha who was the supreme head of the mythical white people in Peru. The original name for Virakocha was Kon-Tiki or Illa-Tiki, which means Sun-Tiki or Fire-Tiki. Kon-Tiki was high priest and sun-king of these legendary "white men" who left enormous ruins on the shores of Lake Titicaca. The legend continues with the mysterious bearded white men being attacked by a chief named Cari who came from the Coquimbo Valley. They had a battle on an island in Lake Titicaca, and the fair race was massacred. However, Kon-Tiki and his closest companions managed to escape and later arrived on the Pacific coast. The legend ends with Kon-Tiki and his companions disappearing westward out to sea.
When the Spaniards came to Peru, Heyerdahl asserted, the Incas told them that the colossal monuments that stood deserted about the landscape were erected by a race of white gods who had lived there before the Incas themselves became rulers. The Incas described these "white gods" as wise, peaceful instructors who had originally come from the north in the "morning of time" and taught the Incas' primitive forefathers architecture as well as manners and customs. They were unlike other Native Americans in that they had "white skins and long beards" and were taller than the Incas. They also had Semitic facial features. The Incas said that the "white gods" had then left as suddenly as they had come and fled westward across the Pacific. After they had left, the Incas themselves took over power in the country.
Heyerdahl said that when the Europeans first came to the Pacific islands, they were astonished that they found some of the natives to have relatively light skins and beards. There were whole families that had pale skin, hair varying in color from reddish to blonde, and almost Semitic, hook-nosed faces. In contrast, most of the Polynesians had golden-brown skin, raven-black hair, and rather flat noses. Heyerdahl claimed that when Roggeveen first discovered Easter Island in 1722, he supposedly noticed that many of the natives were white-skinned. Heyerdahl claimed that these people could count their ancestors who were "white-skinned" right back to the time of Tiki and Hotu Matua, when they first came sailing across the sea "from a mountainous land in the east which was scorched by the sun." There is no ethnographic evidence to back up these claims.
Heyerdahl proposed that Tiki's Stone Age people colonized the then-uninhabited Polynesian islands as far north as Hawaii, as far south as New Zealand, as far east as Easter Island, and as far west as Samoa around 500 C.E. They supposedly sailed from Peru to the Polynesian islands on pae-paes, which were large rafts built from balsa logs complete with sails and each with a small cottage. They built enormous stone statues carved in the image of human beings on Pitcairn, the Marquesas, and Easter Island that exactly resembled those in Peru. They also built huge pyramids on Tahiti and Samoa with steps like those in Peru. But all over Polynesia, Heyerdahl found indications that Tiki's peaceable race had not been able to hold the islands alone for long. He found evidence that suggested that seagoing war canoes as large as Viking ships and lashed together two and two had brought Stone Age Northwest American Indians to Polynesia around 1100 C.E., and they mingled with Tiki's people.
The Kon-Tiki was crewed by six men, all Norwegian except for Bengt Danielsson, who was from Sweden.
While this was an interesting experiment that demonstrated the seaworthiness of Heyerdahl's raft, his theory of the Polynesians' origins is now widely discounted by anthropologists. Physical and cultural evidence had long suggested that Polynesia was settled from west to east, migration having begun from the Asian mainland, not South America. In the late 1990s, genetic testing found that the mitochondrial DNA of the Polynesians is more similar to people from Southeast Asia than to people from South America, showing that their ancestors most likely came from Asia. The Kon-Tiki adventure is often cited as a classic of pseudoarchaeology, although its daring and inventive nature is still widely acclaimed.
However, it should be noted that Thor Heyerdahl never set out to prove that the current Polynesians were descended from South America. According to Heyerdahl, some Polynesian legends say that Polynesia was originally inhabited by two peoples, the so-called long-eared and the short-eared. In a bloody war, all the long-eared peoples were eliminated and the short-eared people assumed sole control of Polynesia. Heyerdahl asserted that these extinct people were the ones who could have settled Polynesia from the Americas, not the current, short-eared inhabitants. However one of the problems with this argument is that traditions involving long-ears and short-ears are found only at Easter Island, and are unknown in the rest of Polynesia.
Heyerdahl further argues in his book American Indians in the Pacific that the current inhabitants of Polynesia did indeed migrate from an Asian source, but via an alternate route. He proposes that Filipino natives (whom Heyerdahl asserted held cultural and physical affinities with Polynesians) traveled with the wind along the North Pacific current. These migrants then arrived in British Columbia. Heyerdahl points to the contemporary tribes of British Columbia, such as the Tlingit and Haida, as the descendants of these migrants. Again Heyerdahl notes the cultural and physical similarities between these British Columbian tribes, Polynesians, and the Old World source. Heyerdahl suggests how simple it would have been for the British Columbians to travel to Hawaii and even onward to the greater Polynesia from their New World stepping-stone by way of wind and current patterns. Heyerdahl's claims aside, however, there is no evidence that the Tlingit, Haida or other British Columbian tribes have any special affinity with Filipinos or Polynesians. Linguistically, their morphologically complex languages appear to be far from Austronesian and Polynesian languages and their cultures don't validate any links to the rest of the peoples of North America.
Heyerdahl built the boats Ra and Ra II in order to demonstrate that Ancient Egyptians could have communicated with the Americas or transferred pyramid-building technology. The original Ra took on water and had to be abandoned. Heyerdahl thought the cause was that a supporting rope present in the ancient design was omitted in construction. On May 17, 1970, Heyerdahl set sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to successfully cross the Atlantic Ocean, covering the 4,000 miles to Barbados in just 57 days. Yuri Senkevich, who was the expedition physician, later became a popular TV host in USSR and Russia. [1]
His next boat, Tigris, was intended to demonstrate that trade and migration could have linked the Indus Valley Civilization in India with Mesopotamia. The Tigris was deliberately burned in Djibouti on April 3, 1978, as a protest against the wars raging on every side in the Red Sea and Horn of Africa. In Heyerdahl's open letter to the Secretary of the United Nations he said in part:
Today we burn our proud ship... to protest against inhuman elements in the world of 1978... Now we are forced to stop at the entrance to the Red Sea. Surrounded by military airplanes and warships from the world's most civilized and developed nations, we have been denied permission by friendly governments, for reasons of security, to land anywhere, but in the tiny, and still neutral, Republic of Djibouti. Elsewhere around us, brothers and neighbors are engaged in homicide with means made available to them by those who lead humanity on our joint road into the third millennium. To the innocent masses in all industrialized countries, we direct our appeal. We must wake up to the insane reality of our time.... We are all irresponsible, unless we demand from the responsible decision makers that modern armaments must no longer be made available to people whose former battle axes and swords our ancestors condemned. Our planet is bigger than the reed bundles that have carried us across the seas, and yet small enough to run the same risks unless those of us still alive open our eyes and minds to the desperate need of intelligent collaboration to save ourselves and our common civilization from what we are about to convert into a sinking ship.[2]
Thor Heyerdahl also investigated the pyramidal mounds found on the Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean. There, he found sun-oriented mounds and courtyards, as well as statues with elongated earlobes. Both of these archeological finds fit with his theory of a sea-faring civilization which originated in what is now Sri Lanka, colonized the Maldives, and influenced or founded the cultures of ancient South America and Easter Island. His discoveries are detailed in his book, The Maldive Mystery.
In 1991, he studied the pyramids of Güímar on Tenerife and discovered that they cannot be random stone heaps, but actual pyramids. He also discovered their special astronomical orientation. Heyerdahl advanced a theory according to which the Canary Islands had been bases of ancient shipping between America and the Mediterranean.
His last project was presented in the Norweigan book Jakten på Odin—På sporet av vår fortid, ("The Hunt for Odin"), in which Heyerdahl initiated excavations in Azov, near the Sea of Azov at the northeast of the Black Sea. He searched for the possible remains of a civilization to match the account of Snorri Sturluson in Ynglinga saga, where Snorri describes how a chief called Odin led a tribe, called the Æsir in a migration northwards through Saxland, to Fyn in Denmark, settling in Sweden. There, according to Snorri, he so impressed the natives with his diverse skills that they started worshipping him as a god after his death. Heyerdahl accepted Snorri's story as literal truth. This project generated harsh criticism and accusations of pseudo-science from historians, archaeologists and linguists in Norway, who accused Heyerdahl of selective use of sources, and a basic lack of scientific methodology in his work. The central claims in this book is based on similarities of names in Norse mythology and geographic names in the Black Sea region, such as Azov and æsir, Udi and Odin, Tyr and Turkey. Philologists and historians reject these parallels as mere coincidences, and also anachronisms. For instance, the city of Azov did not have that name until over 1,000 years after Heyerdahl claims the æsir dwelt there. The controversy surrounding the The Search for Odin[3] project was in many ways typical of the relationship between Heyerdahl and the academic community. His theories rarely won any scientific acceptance, whereas Heyerdahl himself rejected all scientific criticism and concentrated on publishing his theories in best-selling books to the larger masses.
In subsequent years, Heyerdahl was involved with many other expeditions and archaeological projects. However, he remained best known for his boat-building, and for his emphasis on cultural diffusion which is the spread of cultural items, such as ideas, styles, religions, technologies, etc., between individuals, whether it is within a single culture or from one culture to another.
Heyerdahl's expeditions were spectacular, and his heroic journeys in flimsy boats caught the public imagination. But his diffusionist theories were considered eccentric and old-fashioned by some archaeologists. His central claims that migrations linked comparable ancient civilizations have not been supported by more recent evidence. Heyerdahl undoubtedly increased public interest in ancient history and in the achievements of various cultures and peoples around the world. He also showed that long distance ocean voyages were technically possible even with ancient designs.
Thor Heyerdahl was a member of the Foundation for Exploration and Research on Cultural Origins (FERCO). Another member of FERCO, fellow researcher, and writer, Donald P. Ryan, describes Heyerdahl (in 1997):
In Scandinavia and elsewhere, Thor Heyerdahl is revered as an example of many of the highest of human qualities: courage, strength, intelligence, creativity, humility and compassion. He is the confidant of world leaders and at the same time, perfectly at home in the simplest of villages anywhere in the world. Despite his extraordinary accomplishments, he sees himself as an ordinary man and it is clear to me that even fifty years after the Kon-Tiki expedition, he remains slightly embarrassed if not perplexed by his celebrity. Resigned to this unintended role, he has accepted his public responsibilities with dignity. In his writings, Heyerdahl has emphasized the unity of all human beings and other living things on this planet and he has become an advocate of international cooperation and a spokesman for global environmental issues. [4]
Biographer Christopher Ralling wrote,
Apart from heads of state, I doubt if there is another man on earth who would find it so easy, if he chose, to travel the world without a passport. It is not just that Thor Heyerdahl is known and admired almost everywhere, by schoolchildren and scientists alike; in some unidentifiable way he actually seems to have become a citizen of the world. (Ralling 1991, 323-324)
Thor Heyerdahl died at his home in Colla Machari, Italy, at the age of 87 on April 18, 2002; he had been diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor in early April. He died in his sleep surrounded by relatives. Amazingly, according to his relatives, Heyerdahl had made more than seventy airplane trips around the world during the last year of his life.
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ANALYSIS / How absurd can Netanyahu's government get?
Posted by Andrea Pompozzi su 31 marzo, 2009
|By Yossi Verter
Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition negotiations have rewarded us with many absurdities: Avigdor Lieberman as foreign minister; Yisrael Beiteinu in charge of the Public Security Ministry; and the reverse somersault of Ehud Barak.
But we may not have witnessed the grand finale yet: If last night's prognoses become reality and we wake up this morning to a cabinet of 29 ministers and six deputy ministers (for parts of ministries and new ministries), we will know that this is not the dawn of a new day, and that nothing has changed.
What Barak and Ariel Sharon did before him, Netanyahu proved he can do more: more bloated, more wasteful, more hedonistic. Whatever the cost, so long as the lads are happy.
The Science Ministry was split off from the Culture and Sport Ministry. The Communications Ministry was broken into two parts: telecommunications and media.
Education rumor
Last night there was a rumor that the Education Ministry will also be split between "higher education" and the rest. Why not have a minister for kindergarten through sixth grade, and a minister for secondary school? The Education Ministry is known to destroy the careers of promising politicians (Yossi Sarid, Limor Livnat, Yuli Tamir), so this way it can destroy two careers at once.
In 1996 Netanyahu set up a slim government with only 18 ministers. He was always proud of that, and justifiably so. Because he insisted on the principle of an efficient and thrifty government, he was dragged into World War III with Silvan Shalom, who did not get a spot in that cabinet.
Thirteen years later Netanyahu is setting up a fat government with lots of ministries, and only one thing remains unchanged: the fight with Silvan.
Last night Netanyahu was determined not to appoint Shalom to the Finance Ministry, and not to make him Vice Premier.
He tried to find a "creative solution," which is a code word for a minister without portfolio but with a bombastic title and zero authority.
Shalom has already been in a similar situation, right before the Sharon government was formed in 2003. Back then Sharon agreed that Netanyahu would get the Foreign Ministry, and Olmert would be Finance Minister. Shalom was offered education. He turned it down. Several hours before he met with the MKs,
Sharon changed his mind: He decided to betray his loyal ally and appointed Shalom foreign minister. It is doubtful whether a similar turn of events will occur, not least because Netanyahu does not feel he owes Shalom anything.
However, one can never know what final considerations will tip the balance in Bibi's mind. Silvan as head of an internal Likud opposition is bad news.
Endless generosity
Likud's 27 Knesset seats and Netanyahu's endless generosity to Lieberman and Barak have gotten Netanyahu into trouble with his starving party.
During the election campaign, Netanyahu prided himself on his three shining stars: Benny Begin, Dan Meridor and Bogey Ya'alon, the former chief of staff. The three were plastered on the Likud campaign poster. Could they all wind up as ministers without portfolio?
Is it possible that Yuval Steinitz, a close friend of Netanyahu and his wife Sarah, will make do with the Finance Ministry, a code word for upgraded deputy minister? Steinitz had wanted defense, and then public security.
Who will take Steinitz seriously as finance minister, when the real minister will be Netanyahu? The ministers will go to Netanyahu when they want money, and the Histadrut Chairman will talk about strikes with Bibi, and the big magnates will visit the prime minister. Not Steinitz. And this is really inconceivable.

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The weather has been like a roller coaster the past few weeks. Last week it was winter-like in San Francisco with chilly and windy days, whereas this week its been in the upper 70s and low 80s. I am more of a warm weather person, so I am definitely enjoying and trying to soak up the sun as much as possible before Winter rolls around.
This week is the annual Nike Womens' Marathon in San Francisco and I would like to wish my sister and her friends the best of luck! They have been training so hard for this weekend and I know they will do great. See you at the finish-line, or maybe I'll join you at the last mile! ;) And good luck to everyone else whose running the marathon this Sunday.
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Part 1 – Leadership: Vision into Action
How will higher education respond to emerging high school graduates from Competency-Based K-12 schools, who expect transparency of learning outcomes and more authentic approach to assessment?
With the 2005 enactment of New Hampshire State policies stipulating high school student success required the measurement of demonstration of learning, not merely compliance with the Carnegie Unit (measuring seat, schools within the state began to reexamine how and what they were teaching and assessing). They designed high quality competencies and performance assessments that provided a transparent alignment between what students were learning and the skills, knowledge and abilities they would need to demonstrate to move on.
This isn't just a next generation learning phenomenon happening in our home state, but in states across the country. In the years that followed No Child Left Behind and the reauthorization of ESSA, many states sought to ensure they were teaching and assessing what students needed to be successful in their classes and beyond.
As these new graduates are emerging from competency-based high schools and entering colleges and universities across the country — they are bringing with them a high expectation of transferability (understanding how skills relate across disciplines), accessibility (move when ready, any time any place learning) and transparency in what they are learning (how assessments relate to the outcomes driving the learning experience).
Will a traditional college or university experience be enough to keep students motivated and engaged? How will higher education respond to the forces of change occurring in K-12 and the already competency-based business and industry workplace?
In this 5 part series, we will explore how Dr. Andy Lynch, Associate Dean of the School of Business at Southern New Hampshire University, became passionately curious about connecting advances made through technology and instruction for a more equitable and accessible approach to higher education. Although a small improvement for the robust academic delivery of SNHU's on-campus School of Business, he proposes a significant breakthrough for the continuum of learning and a bridge between K-12 and higher education.
In this first episode, we will examine the important role vision and leadership play in moving to a new way of teaching and assessing learning and the recurring theme we hear most often when we talk to people about competency-based education: the need for leadership in ushering this level of dynamic change. How do you translate the vision into the nuts and bolts of doing the good work that moves the transformation forward from a course-centric approach to one that is student-centric?


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Q&A with the LIA Alpine Ski Challenge Fundraiser – Peter Hunt
Peter Hunt, Chief Operating Officer of the LIA has taken his enthusiasm for skiing to a challenging level by teaming up with his colleague Steve Davie and Simon Cook for over 180km of GPS tracked skiing on the Alpine slopes in 24 hours.
The team is raising money for Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Charity which helps to create a better future for seriously ill children.
Before heading off to the slopes for the Challenge on 24 January, Peter shares his love for skiing and the motivation behind the fundraising challenge.
What was the motivation behind the challenge?
Supporting a great cause and age denial!
Why skiing?
I've skied for 40 years and love the mountains, exercise, fresh air and gluhwein!
I love skiing and being in the mountains, where you can get a wonderful sense of freedom being close to the elements up in the open mountains.
Skiing lifts the spirit with the feeling of excitement as the wind moves across your face at speed.
Why have you chosen the Great Ormond Street Hospitals Charity?
The LIA has supported this charity for a while now and we are continuing to do so through the Challenge. Stories of visits to the hospital by our President and Council members are heart-breaking to hear. Children deserve every chance in life and we hope that our contribution will go some way towards making that happen.
How much are you hoping to raise for the charity?
As much as possible. There are lots of demands on people to donate to this charity, but I will be pleased to raise any amount.
Have you had any experience of doing something similar?
Yes, we did a similar challenge 3 years ago, after which I said that I would never do it again!
How are you preparing for the challenge?
Long walks, training at the gym and a dry January.
What are the main difficulties or obstacles for you in your preparations?
Age- I'm 63 and should know better.
What will you advise someone looking to do the challenge?
The ski challenge is all about strategy, stamina, teamwork but most of it all you must have fun doing it.
You can help Peter beat the amount he raised on his last challenge by donating to the Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity on the JustGiving page set up for the LIA Alpine Ski Challenge at the link.


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Even if you aren't an aviation expert, you know the name Boeing 747—and you can probably picture it, too. That's because every iteration of the airliner has a very distinctive shape, with a long hump in front. But why is it there? Surprisingly, it was born out of insecurity over the future of aviation. See how it happened below, and keep scrolling for more on the business of airlines.
Why A Boeing 747 Has A Hump In Front
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There is one key reason why the United States is militarily involved in the Philippines – natural resources.
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America's Empire of Bases
This is one of the "Best of TomDispatch: Chalmers Johnson on Garrisoning the Planet," reposted on the said site last month, Aug. 9, 2015. A note to its readers said: … Every now and then, in the quieter days of summer, it feels good and appropriate to feature old friends no longer with us. In…
As Ph-US Balikatan starts, protesters hit Aquino for relying on US
"When it comes to modernization, we got a big zero."
Groups slam Aquino, US troops for violation of Constitution in Mamasapano operations
"The special operation in Mamasapano, Magindanao is a U.S. operation from the start."
Groups slam Aquino's buck-passing on Mamasapano clash
Progressive groups lambasted President Aquino, who, in a nationally-televised message, passed the blame to the head of the elite police commando unit for the deadly Mamasapano clash.
Two contrasting treatments
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Two names have become inextricably linked – Jennifer Laude and US Marine Pvt. 1st Class Joseph Scott Pemberton – on that fateful day of Oct. 11. Jennifer was found dead in a hotel in Olongapo City, Zambales, her head submerged in a toilet and her body bore torture marks. Jennifer…
US-based activists slam EDCA
Deployment of overseas US military bases globally particularly in PH "is intended to provide protection and defense of US' economic life blood in Asia-Pacific Region." Bayan-USA
Activists mark 'sham Fil-American Friendship Day' with call for Aquino's ouster
"Years of the United States' domination of our economy, influence in politics and culture, and military intervention, have proved that friendship isn't the sane word to describe the US-PH relationship. Slavery is much more precise." – League of Filipino Students
Kerry Goes to Egypt to Support Murderous Dictator Sisi: 5 U.S.-Funded Nations That Torture, Execute and Jail With Impunity
U.S. military aid goes to wildly abusive regimes.
'Why only now? Why ask for paltry amount?' – Green groups on Tubattaha
"The Aquino government is reducing the issue of USS grounding in Tubbataha as a mere financial compensation issue, disregarding the clear violations of Philippine sovereignty." –Kalikasan-PNE
US participation in Zamboanga City attack, start of deepening US intervention
"In allowing the US military to interfere in Philippine internal affairs, the Aquino regime is paving the way for US interventionism on a larger scale in the future."


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What is 'Big Data' and how should you use it in your business?
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'Big Data' is a buzz topic that you will no doubt have heard before – but what exactly does it mean? More importantly, is it a subject that's relevant to you and to your business? This article answers both of those questions and explores how you and your business can start to use this data revolution to your advantage.
'Big Data' statistics
According to an IBM whitepaper, 90% of the world's data has been created in the last two years1 and that growth rate only continues to accelerate as new digital channels and devices become available.
Social media giant, Facebook accesses, stores and analyses 30+ petabytes of user generated data2.
YouTube users are uploading 48 hours of content every minute.
A staggering 571 new websites are created every minute.
So, what does this have to do with your business? Well, put simply, the rise of big data brings with it some huge opportunities. Most businesses are struggling to make real use of the data at their disposal. They are falling short in both managing their data, but also analysing it and maximising its impact.
How to benefit from 'Big Data'
If you want to be one of the few small businesses who are using big data strategically, then the 4 V's of big data should form a key part of your data strategy:
It's clear that the sheer volume of data that is being created at the moment can be rather overwhelming. Knowing where to even start when it comes to analysing and acting upon it can be difficult.
Start by working with the data you have already and then build from there as your capability increases.
The volume and speed at which data is being created now means that it becomes outdated very quickly. As marketers and business owners, this presents you with an opportunity to stand out and stay ahead of the game. By receiving and acting upon insights as soon as possible, you can make decisions that will benefit both your customers and your bottom line.
With the increase in data volumes, we have also seen huge growth in the types of data available. From geospatial data to website logs, from tweets to visual data like photos and videos. As a small business, this variety of data brings huge opportunity if you can harness its power.
It (almost) goes without saying that your data must be accurate if it is to give you any value at all. According to a study by Royal Mail, poor quality data is costing UK businesses an average of 6% of their annual revenue3. If you purchase data, make sure it has been verified. With regards to your own data, ensure that you have systems and procedures in place to keep it accurate and up to date.
To add further strength to your data hand, we also suggest an additional 2 V's for you to consider…
Data breaches represent a huge risk to any business. Aside from the legal implications, the damage to your brand and reputation will leave you a lot of ground to make up when it comes to earning back your customers' trust.
Stay on top of data regulations and ensure that you do your due diligence when it comes to data security.
Now, more than ever before, your data is incredibly valuable. However, this value will only be clear if you fully understand the data that you have – and how to use it. Put resource into analytics and use the learnings to shape your strategy.
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A Greenwood doctor accused of attempting to have his ex-wife's divorce attorney murdered has hit another roadblock in his efforts to have the charges dismissed. A judge has denied renewed arguments by Dr. Arnold Smith that all investigative and police actions carried out by the Mississippi Attorney General's Office are unconstitutional. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports that Circuit Judge Breland Hilburn ...Read More »
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Court refuses again to remove judge from murder-for-hire case
GREENWOOD — The Mississippi Supreme Court has again denied a motion from a Greenwood doctor charged in a murder-for-hire case to remove the judge appointed to preside over his case. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports that the Supreme Court issued the order earlier this month. The attorney for Dr. Arnold Smith, William Bell, argued in his motion that Judge Breland Hilburn ...Read More »
Doctor accused of murder-for-hire wants judge removed from case
GREENWOOD — A Greenwood doctor charged in a murder-for-hire case is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to remove a judge appointed to preside over his case. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports that the latest twist in the case came after Judge Breland Hilburn denied another request to recuse himself and levied sanctions on Smith's attorney, William Bell. In Supreme Court documents, ...Read More »
Doctor charged with murder-for-hire to see psychiatrist
GREENWOOD — Prosecutors and the defense team for a Greenwood doctor charged in a murder-for-hire case will talk to a forensic psychiatrist at a state mental hospital about bringing in another doctor to assist in the evaluation of Dr. Arnold Smith. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports that the decision came Tuesday during a court in Greenwood on the progress of Smith's ...Read More »
Doctor charged with trying to kill attorney back in court
GREENWOOD — A Greenwood doctor charged in a murder-for-hire case is scheduled to be in court in Greenwood today for a hearing on the progress of his mental evaluation. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports that Dr. Arnold Smith has been undergoing a court-ordered mental evaluation at the Mississippi State Hospital since June. Smith's trial has been indefinitely postponed. Smith is charged ...Read More »
Doctor's murder-for-hire case postponed, mental evaluation pending
GREENWOOD — A trial in the murder-for-hire case against a Greenwood oncologist has been postponed indefinitely. Circuit Judge Breland Hilburn issued the order this past week because the court is waiting on Dr. Arnold Smith's evaluation at a state mental facility. The case was to have gone to trial yesterday in Leflore County Circuit Court. Circuit Clerk Elmus Stockstill tells ...Read More »
Judge denies bond in doctor/lawyer murder-for-hire case
GREENWOOD — Bond has again been denied for Dr. Arnold Smith but a judge says he may reconsider after the doctor undergoes a mental examination. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports prosecutors told Judge Breland Hilburn that a bed is open for Smith at the State Hospital in Whitfield. They have not said when he might be moved from Greenwood to the ...Read More »
Judge drops capital murder charge against Delta doctor
GREENWOOD — A judge has dismissed a charge of capital murder against Greenwood Dr. Arnold Smith, who is charged in arranging an attack on a local attorney. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Circuit Judge Breland Hilburn decided that prosecutors' indictment of Smith does not support a capital murder charge. Hilburn ruled prosecutors can pursue the lesser charge of depraved heart murder, ...Read More »
Mental exam ordered for doctor in murder-for-hire case
GREENWOOD — A mental examination has been ordered for a Greenwood oncologist charged with capital murder. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Judge Breland Hilburn this past week granted a prosecution request to send Dr. Arnold Smith to the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield. The 70-year-old Smith is charged with murder as the alleged instigator of a plot that ended with the ...Read More »
Doctor's murder-for-hire trial date rescheduled
GREENWOOD — A federal court hearing for a Greenwood oncologist charged with capital murder has been rescheduled for Jan. 25 for U.S. District Court in Aberdeen. Dr. Arnold Smith was scheduled to be in court yesterday to argue prosecutors had no evidence to support bringing charges against him. The 70-year-old Smith is charged with murder as the alleged instigator of ...Read More »


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Tupolev (Russian: Ту́полев, IPA: ) is a Russian aerospace and defence company, headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Basmanny District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. Known officially as Joint Stock Company Tupolev, it is the successor of the Tupolev OKB or Tupolev Design Bureau (OKB-156, design office prefix Tu) headed by the Soviet aerospace engineer A.N. Tupolev. The company celebrated its 90th anniversary on October 22, 2012. The Russian government merged Tupolev with Mikoyan, Ilyushin, Irkut, Sukhoi, and Yakovlev as a new company named United Aircraft Corporation.
The capabilities of PSC Tupolev include development, manufacturing and overhaul for both civil and military aerospace products such as aircraft and weapons systems. It is also active with missile and naval aviation technologies. More than 18,000 Tupolev aircraft were produced for the USSR and the Eastern Bloc.Contents
Tupolev OKB was founded by Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev in 1922. Its facilities are tailored for aeronautics research and aircraft design only, manufacturing is handled by other firms. It researched all-metal airplanes during the 1920s, based directly on the pioneering work already done by Hugo Junkers during World War I.Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky, the largest airplane of the 1930s, was used for Stalinist propaganda.
The first successful all-metal airplane was built of corrugated sheet iron by the German engineer Hugo Junkers (the J-1) in 1915. With the J-3 of 1916 Junkers shifted to lighter construction using corrugated duralumin. In the aftermath of WWI and to evade the terms of the Versailles Treaty that prevented German companies from building warplanes Junkers founded a clandestine aircraft factory in the Moscow suburb of Fili in 1922. This factory was turned over to Tupolev in 1925. Russian sources usually refrain from making the link between Junkers and Tupolev. Tupolev was an able designer, but his first generation aircraft were heavily influenced by his early connection to Junkers. Among the notable results during Tupolev''s early period were two significant all-metal heavy bombers with corrugated duralumin skins, the ANT-4 twin-engined bomber which first flew in 1925 and the four-engined ANT-6 of 1932, from which such airplanes as the ANT-20 were derived (see Yefim Gordon & Vladimir Rigmant, OKB Tupolev. Hinckley, UK: Midland, 2005. pp. 22–28 & 30-34). Tupolev''s design approach in these two airplanes defined for many years the trends of heavy aircraft development, civil and military.
During World War II, the twin-engined, all-metal Tu-2 was one of the best front-line bombers of the Soviets. Several variants of it were produced in large numbers from 1942. During the war it used wooden rear fuselages due to a shortage of metal.
This was succeeded by the development of the jet-powered Tu-16 bomber, which used a sweptback wing for good subsonic performance.
As turbojets were not fuel efficient enough to provide truly intercontinental range, the Soviets elected to design a new bomber, the Tu-20, more commonly referred to as the Tu-95. It, too, was based on the fuselage and structural design of the Tu-4, but with four colossal Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop engines providing a unique combination of jet-like speed and long range. It became the definitive Soviet intercontinental bomber, with intercontinental range and jet-like performance. In many respects the Soviet equivalent of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, it served as a strategic bomber and in many alternate roles, including reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare.
The Tu-16 was developed into the civil Tu-104, which was for some time the only jet-powered airliner due to the temporary grounding of the De Havilland Comet. The Tu-95 became the basis of the unique Tu-114 medium-to-long-range airliner, the fastest turboprop aircraft ever. One common feature found in many large subsonic Tupolev jet aircraft is large pods extending rearward from the trailing edge of the wings, holding the aircraft''s landing gear. These allow the aircraft to have landing gears made up of many large low-pressure tires, which are invaluable for use on the poor quality runways that were common in the Soviet Union at the time. For example the Tu-154 airliner, the Soviet equivalent of the Boeing 727, has 14 tyres, the same number as Boeing''s far larger 777–200.
Even before the first flights of the Tu-16 and Tu-20/Tu-95, Tupolev was working on supersonic bombers, culminating in the unsuccessful Tu-98. Although that aircraft never entered service, it became the basis for the prototype Tu-102 (later developed into the Tu-28 interceptor) and the Tu-105, which evolved into the supersonic Tu-22 bomber in the mid-1960s. Intended as a counterpart to the Convair B-58 Hustler, the Tu-22 proved rather less capable, although it remained in service much longer than the American aircraft. Meanwhile the "K" Department was formed in the Design Bureau, with the task of designing unmanned aircraft such as the Tu-139 and the Tu-143 unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.Tu-144 supersonic airliner
In the 1960s A. N. Tupolev''s son, A. A. Tupolev, became active with management of the agency. His role included the development of the world''s first supersonic airliner, the Tu-144, the popular Tu-154 airliner and the Tupolev Tu-22M strategic bomber. All these developments enabled the Soviet Union to achieve strategic military and civil aviation parity with the West.
In the 1970s, Tupolev concentrated its efforts on improving the performance of the Tu-22M bombers, whose variants included maritime versions. It is the presence of these bombers in quantity that brought about the SALT I and SALT II treaties. Also the efficiency and performance of the Tu-154 was improved, culminating in the efficient Tu-154M.
In the 1980s the design bureau developed the supersonic Tu-160 strategic bomber. Features include variable-geometry wings.Post-Soviet Era
With the end of the Cold War, research work was concentrated on subsonic civil aircraft, mainly on operating economics and alternative fuels. The developments include fly-by-wire, use of efficient high-bypass turbofans and advanced aerodynamic layouts for the 21st century transport aircraft such as the Tu-204/Tu-214, Tu-330 and Tu-334.
Among current Tupolev projects:
On 19 August 2009, Tupolev announced that it had a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry to develop a new-generation strategic bomber which "will be a conceptually new plane based on the most advanced technologies".Directors
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I used some of my new DOX inks (Broken China & Cracked Pistachio) along with the Meadow Greens stamp set to create my background. Laurie had mentioned in her video about using outlined stamps to create your background, and after using the ferns from the Meadow Greens set, I can see why that would work better than a more solid image like the ferns. However, this was one of those cards where I had the idea in my head, and it involved the ferns, and they were not outline images. Oh well...after adding the watercolor and some splattering, I still like the way this came out! I embossed the flower on vellum and fussy cut out to add another little bit of dimension to the card. Here's a closer up:
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The Giraffe Suit: Keep your head up, keep your heart strong...
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I dunno much about playsuits cos i dont wear them, but i do see some pj like clothing that are flattering! I love your necklace!!!!ReplyDelete
i know EXACTLY what you mean about small town snobbery haha whereas in the big city no-one bats an eye - you get all sorts of crazy characters here :) loving the giraffes btw.xxReplyDelete
Where I live is the same; constantly getting stares at the bus stop :')ReplyDelete
I love that jumpsuit and that necklace looks great with it :)
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That jumpsuit is lovely! I love how you teamed it with that jacket... gorgeous!ReplyDelete
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Ahhh you look fabulous! But I completely agree with what you are saying! I always thought I'd never wear PJS outside in real life ever...the Liverpool girls do enough of that already! But looking at all lookbooks online lately...I've been umming and ahhing over whether to succumb to the trend or not. And you are convincing me I should! Plus I live in an area too that means if you're not wearing leggings then you bet your bottom dollar you'll get judged. Queue the pitchforks.ReplyDelete
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The program is a consumer-driven community-based rehabilitation and recovery service that provides a wide range of social leisure and therapeutic programs for people with mental health issues. A range of activities and living skills programs is delivered on-site and in the community using our own qualified Support Workers and contracted specialists. The ESA program is based in Maroubra, NSW.
Floresco Centre
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Magic Johnson: World Series or bust for Dodgers
There's just one acceptable goal for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2013, according to new partial owner Magic Johnson.
Hint: It's a lofty one.
"We want to go to the World Series. If we don't accomplish that, yes, it is not a good season for us," Johnson told the Los Angeles Times. "Guys should be saying that. As the ownership group, that is what we are saying."
The same can be said for manager Don Mattingly, whose contract expires after the season. Mattingly, who was not offered an extension when the new owners took over last season, could be on a short leash if the Dodgers get off to a slow start.
"Don has been in this game," Johnson said. "He understands how these things work.
"He knows, if he does his job, he will get rewarded."
Johnson won five NBA championships as the point guard with the Los Angeles Lakers, the last one in 1988 -- which happens to be the last time the Dodgers won the World Series.
The Dodgers roll into spring training with a star-studded lineup and hefty payroll. The Dodgers added $505 million in salary commitments in just four transactions.
New ownership made two blockbuster trades -- with the Boston Red Sox and Miami Marlins -- and acquired two key players Korean pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu and free agent Zack Greinke, who signed a six-year, $147 million contract.
With the projected highest payroll in the majors, it's understandable of Johnson's lofty expectations.
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I had just started my hike, when I saw this bird flying through the air. I am a little disappointed that I didn't get a better shot, but he kind of took me by surprise.
Later, as I hiked along, trying to locate deer, a large woodpecker floated through the air above me. I saw the general area it landed in and headed back toward the spot. I managed to get several nice shots of a Pileated Woodpecker.
This is the female of the species, notable because the second brown stripe below the eye would be red on the male.
So today I saw a Great Blue Heron and a Pileated Woodpecker, and about a half a dozen other birds I haven't identified yet, including an interesting looking hawk-like bird.
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'LYON' ghost sign
Ghost signs are signs and notices relating to shops and businesses from years ago.
They can be painted on walls, and be barely visible today, or may be hidden behind current shop signs, only becoming visible if the shop gets a new sign installed, and the previous one is discarded.
I had been looking at a guy who popped up on a rooftop just along from the Beresford (he was supposed to be there, working on something), when I noticed an outline I hadn't spotted before, looking like a vertical 'LYON' advert which was painted on a back wall years ago.
I'm guessing there may have been a Lyons tea shop somewhere in the street below this, but also wonder what happened to the 'S', since the proper name was "Lyons' Tea".
Maybe it would have been obscured by the roof line of the day, so they didn't bother.
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8 Tips to Keep Facebook's New Algorithm from Making You Feel Like a Muggle
The world of social media is ever changing. It seems there's a new update to a major social media platform almost every other week, but this time, Facebook really has social media managers scrambling. Facebook's team announced a major algorithm update that would prioritize posts that spark meaningful conversations in the comments.
In moments of uncertainty like this, I look to the wise Albus Dumbledore, "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." Let's help you flip that light switch, because with a positive, proactive attitude, you can make the most of this algorithm change.
With the specific changes to the News Feed, posts from friends and family will be favored more than posts from publishers and brands, whether they're shared images, videos or links, etc. This means you will see fewer memes, viral videos and click-bait headlines on your personal profile.
For any publishers or brands, this news leaves almost as bad of a taste as finding out your best friend is a Death Eater. For those not wizardly inclined, your organic traffic will likely suffer.
Now, what Facebook holds most dear are meaningful comments. So what are those? Ongoing conversations and back-and-forth discourse via post comments. No more will tagging a friend or commenting "this is cool!" help a post garner further reach or engagements.
Additionally, it's likely that video will no longer be the number-one media type, as video views are not deemed meaningful. Shares are no longer as relevant, unless someone adds a meaningful comment or starts a discussion in the shared post's comments.
As much as I wish I'd gone to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, I don't know any magic. At Marriner, we do have a couple of tricks to help you make the most of this change.
1. Invest more in social media advertising.
Yes, Facebook advertising will likely be pricier now, but it's your best bet to ensuring that website traffic from social doesn't take a hit. With Facebook ads, try targeting your existing followers to make sure they don't miss important content or using Messenger to alert them to new posts.
2. Rethink your content.
Social media managers will need to start being even more strategic with which content they use. It will be difficult to find or develop quality content that can elicit the necessary conversations on Facebook. Work with your team to ideate some new tactics and content to engage viewers more.
We're avid advocates for testing new ideas—just make sure you review your results and continue to refine your approach. If you're having difficulty finding or developing the same amount of quality content, revisit your posting frequency. To ensure you're being focused and thoughtful with content choices, less might be more for some.
3. Try out Facebook Live.
Many brands are wary of Facebook Live for all the operational and PR risks its poses. Well, Adam Mosseri, head of News Feed at Facebook, reported that Live videos could total six times as many engagements as non-Live videos. This is one of the only forms of videos that is still being favored as is in the News Feed. Now's the time to drink the Felix Felicis (a liquid luck elixir) and bite the bullet.
4. Reconsider your KPIs.
For many brands, total engagements were a key metric for determining success. With the change, let's use an analogy to compare the different engagement metrics. Comments are worth a $20 bill. Shares are a $5 bill, and reactions are a $1 bill. We suggest narrowing in on comments explicitly with your KPIs moving forward.
5. Step up your influencer marketing.
Influencers tend to get a lot of genuine engagement already and are ranked better than brands in the News Feed. That's why this update will likely not affect them very much. Per Digiday, now that there will be even less brand content in the News Feed, influencer posts might garner even more attention. Try partnering with influencers to create quality content and then advertise that content on Facebook.
6. Don't try to play the system.
Facebook states that posts with engagement bait are demoted, but there's been some speculation about what exactly that entails, such as "like this post," "comment with," "tag a friend," etc.
Additionally, some people might try to game the system by turning to fake engagements or spamming. You risk more than you could gain by going in and commenting from your personal profile or by using an automation tool, or bot, to automatically comment on your page's posts. Facebook's algorithm is smarter than you are.
7. Focus on building a social community.
Stop thinking of social media as just a means to distribute content and drive website traffic. That approach will no longer work. To survive on Facebook, you need to explore ways to get your followers to interact with each other in post comments, not just with your page. As a result, post copy should be more creative and engaging to help elicit conversation in the comments.
8. Convert followers into "see-firsters."
My last tip is to remind page followers about the value-added content you offer on your page and suggest that they check "See First" in the options for their News Feed to make sure they don't miss out on any valuable offers or insights. The more enticing of an incentive you have, the more likely your page followers are to act.
The bottom line is that with a positive attitude and some out-of-the-box ideas, you can proactively make the most of this algorithm update. Time will tell exactly how this change will affect your Facebook page. As you try out new concepts, just remember to track results, optimize your approach and repeat! And, of course, continue to keep up to date on social media news to stay ahead of the curve.
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World Environment Day is designated and organised by UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme).
The UNEP website explains, "World Environment Day is an annual event that is aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action. World Environment Day activities take place all year round but climax on 5 June every year, involving everyone from everywhere."
"World Environment Day celebration began in 1972 and has grown to become the one of the main vehicles through which the UN stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and encourages political attention and action."
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Discussion in 'General Gallery' started by mitsugirly, Apr 27, 2009.
There's a park with 3 neat tree sculptures. I thought I'd share.
Just a little history on the artist of these tree sculptures:
Todd C. Smith:
As a child, he climbed trees nomore than the average kid. Mostly, he enjoyed drawing and painting. When it came time for college, he choose a small liberal arts school in Massachusetts where he majored in Fine Art. During the day he went to class and refined his drawing and painting skills. At night, however, Smith climbed the trees and buildings on and around campus. In his junior year, Todd decided to create artworks that presented the world-from-the-trees perspective that he had experienced on his nightly climbs.
In 2007, Smith was awarded the Work Exchange Fellowship position at the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts in Floyds Knobs, Ind. In this 400-acre nature sanctuary, Smith began his Dailyclimb project, through which he has climbed a tree every day since April 5, 2007. His projects's blog, which includes information about his Park Fiction installation, can be viewed at Daily Climb.
Cicadas, who must climb trees to exist, have directly influenced Smith's Exuvia series, which include the fourt sculptures in Dublin's Coffman Park. Cicadas molt their exoskeletons, leaving their shells in the trees, something that Smith, a LaGrange, Ky artist, explores as a physical manifestation of his artistry.
Smith is wrapped in cellophane and packing tape to creat a cast, which is covered in fiberglass cloth and resin to form his own exoskeleton, purposely creating shells (Exuvia) that play with reality.
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Here we are at the beginning of another new month! May is one of my favorites... the flowers are blooming, the temps are warming up, and summer is in view. But before we launch into May, let's look back at April... time for Month in Review! April was busy here, so this was another five-book… Continue reading Month in Review: April 2019 Wrap Up
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Hello, readers... and happy March! I'm going to try something new, and start doing a monthly wrap-up post of everything I've read. Here are the books I read this February! Murder & Metaphors by Amanda Flower (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐) This is the third installment of the delightful Magical Bookshop series from Amanda Flower.… Continue reading Month in Review: February 2019 Wrap Up


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Chicken Teriyaki
- 4 chicken breasts, skinned and boned
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated ginger
- 1 clove garlic, grated
- Pinch of sea salt
- For the Sauce
- 4 tablespoons sake
- 4 tablespoons mirin
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil plus 2 tablespoons extra for frying
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- 1 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon chilli flakes
- For the Garnish
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted
- Coriander leaves
- Plain rice, to serve
1. Prepare the garlic, ginger and mix with the salt.
2. Score the chicken fillets with a sharp knife and rub the chicken with the garlic, ginger and salt making sure you also rub the inner scored parts of the meat.
3. Place in a deep dish or bowl.
4. Meanwhile mix the sauce ingredients together in a small jug and pour the mixture over the chicken.
5. Heat a large non-stick frying pan until hot and add the extra sesame oil. Cook the chicken with the scored side down first for 2-3 minutes and turn.
6. Pour the sauce over the chicken and cook until the marinade thickens slightly and the chicken is cooked through, but be careful not to overcook it, as it will become dry.
7. Heat up leftover rice or microwave packet of pre-cooked rice and tip onto a serving platter.
8. Place the chicken on top of the rice. Toast the sesame seeds in the pan and sprinkle over the chicken, garnish with coriander leaves.


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The Raising of the Cross
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Brigida, Naples. The commission was received about the time Giordano was leaving for Spain and was largely carried out in the early years of the 18th century by his pupil, Giuseppe Simonelli. But the modello was executed whilst still in Italy and a full decade before Simonelli commenced work.
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Archeologists have discovered a new Mayan calendar - the Beach Babes Bikini Edition - that provides a new, and more reliable, date for the end of the world: June, 2014.
Discovering the calendar also proves that the Mayan's much publicized prophesy that the world would end on December 21st, 2012, was based on an out-of-date calendar.
The new calendar was unearthed during the excavation of a Mayan palace deep in the jungles of Guatemala. Within the huge structure is the bedroom of a Mayan royal prince. While working in the room the archeologists found the prince's bed. The Beach Babes Bikini Calendar was tucked beneath the remains of the bed's straw mattress.
"It is incredibly well-preserved with intricate carvings of Mayan beach babes, the finest we've seen from the Mesoamerican civilization," said Dr. Pedro Digall, head of the scientific team that discovered the calendar. "Miss August 2000 will knock your socks off."
Since the last Babe on the calendar is Miss June 2014, this is thought to be the real date for the world's end. "She is dressed in a skimpy black bikini and a skull necklace, symbols of death," said Digall.


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The Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne
Ages: 6-9 years old
On their way home from school, Jack and Annie stumble across a mysterious tree house in the tallest tree in the woods. Inside the tree house are old books, and new books. And books that can take you into new worlds with new adventures. For Jack and Annie, they are taken into the long lost land the dinosaurs.
Jack is the older brother at 8 and a half years old. Annie is the rambunctious, and curious 7 year old. In the first installment in a series of over 70 books in the span of a decade, Jack and Annie explore the land of the dinosaurs, making friends and trying to find a way home before they become dinosaur dinner. The Magic Tree House series began in 1992, and I feel like that the last children's librarian to read this title. The series incredibly popular with kids. I would highly recommend this book to young readers that enjoy either adventure or fantasy books. Jack and Annie are very simple characters, and there are no greater themes underlying the story. It is a simple adventure story of a boy who loves to learn and a girl with a world of imagination at her disposal. I think these two kids are very lucky. Who wouldn't want to find a mysterious tree house filled with books that can take you anywhere in space or time?The Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne Random House, 1992 ISBN 0679824111 68 pages


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Theology Matters: Importance of Jesus' Suffering and Death
"What is the great importance of Jesus' suffering and death?" Another way to formulate this question is to ask, "Why did Jesus have to suffer and die the way he did?"
For two thousand years the mystery of the cross has occupied the thinking of the greatest Christians: St. Peter, St. Paul, Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Catherine of Siena, Julian of Norwich, Teresa of Avila, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Richard Hooker…you get the point. There are a lot of them.
So, "Why the Cross?" Why did Jesus suffer and die in the most excruciating and humiliating way possible? Well, here's one way to get at the question.
- S. Lewis rightly points out that this world is enemy-occupied territory and the Christian story is all about how the world's rightful king has slipped clandestinely behind enemy lines. Jesus, of course, is that rightful king. He is God in the flesh, and he is calling all of his followers to "take part in a great campaign of sabotage" (Mere Christianity). I like the militaristic imagery that Lewis uses because it illustrates both what the Jews were looking for in their Messiah, and who Jesus really is.
The Jews believed that when the Messiah arrived he'd regroup the scattered tribes of Israel, getting them into good fighting condition, and then mount a victorious military campaign against Israel's enemies—namely the Romans. Well, Jesus does regroup the scattered tribes, albeit in a symbolic way. He gathers twelve disciples around himself. And he says and does things to get his followers into good fighting condition. He does this not by teaching them guerilla warfare or hand to hand combat, but by teaching them how to do spiritual warfare. He gives them authority over the devil (Matthew 10:1; Luke 9:1,10:17). He not only teaches his followers spiritual warfare, he also leads them into battle. Jesus has come into the world to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8b).
For the most part the Jews missed it. They didn't recognize their Messiah when he came. But the devil didn't miss his arrival. He recognized him. Almost as soon as the king has landed the enemy goes on the march against him.
Remember that peach of a man named Herod? When he gets word from wise men that there's been a "child born king of the Jews," he's frightened, "and all Jerusalem [is frightened] with him," says St. Matthew. (Let the reader understand.) Herod is the king and he's not about to let a little child upset his gig. So he goes after Jesus, but fails to cut him down. However, he slaughters many innocent children in the attempt (Matthew 2:1-18). Like I said, "Great guy."
The combat resumes after Jesus' baptism. The devil goes out to meet him in the wilderness. He's clever with his timing too. He meets Jesus after he's fasted forty days and nights. Jesus is famished. How would you like to meet the devil when you're exhausted? I wouldn't want to meet him if I were well rested. Anyway, the enemy comes at Jesus with one cunning temptation after another, but he successfully resists, and the devil leaves him—for the time being (Matthew 4).
Then Jesus enters public ministry. From the beginning he's opposed. Of course, there are those who cheer him, but they grow fewer and fewer as his mission unfolds. Jesus goes to his hometown. Time to celebrate the boy-made-good, right? Hardly. They take offense at him. In return, Jesus is amazed at their unbelief and his ministry among them is hindered because of it (Matthew 13: 54-58). Ultimately, Jesus is a man with real authority, which threatens the Pharisees, and so they plot to kill him (Matthew 12:14).
By the time we reach the Passion narrative(s), all the evil forces, seemingly every form of human sin and dysfunction, come out to meet Jesus. Judas, one of the twelve, betrays him. The other disciples fall asleep in his greatest hour of need. Peter denies even knowing him. The Sanhedrin, meant to be a dispenser of justice, carries out an act of great injustice. Pontius Pilate knows the truth, but he refuses to follow through on it. The temple and Roman guards, full of blood lust, unleash on him a grotesque beating. Finally, as this innocent man hangs naked, nailed to a stake of wood, there's the crowd standing by to mock him (Matthew 27).
"By his own goodness and perfection, Jesus draws out the ugliness of human sin" (Bishop Robert Barron). It's a bleak picture of the human race, isn't it? And please don't start with any nonsense that you're the one exception. Friend, be honest with yourself. I mean really honest with yourself. You've supped with the devil. We all have. We've all crucified this innocent man.
Jesus is crushed by the evil of the world. He dies. He's buried.
If that's the end of the story, the answer to "What is the great importance of Jesus' suffering and death?" is "It's of no importance whatsoever" (1 Corinthians 15:13-19). But thanks be to God it's not the end of the story! In the resurrection, Jesus conquers evil with God's love. When he returns to those who had abandoned him, he speaks peace, shalom, to them (John 20:19). Through Jesus' death and resurrection, God has swallowed up all human sin. The cross of Jesus shows us our sin. "The author of life came, and you killed him," says St. Peter (Acts 3:15). But in the resurrection of Jesus, God conquers the sin of the world with his infinitely greater hesed, i.e. loving-kindness and tender mercy.
What is the great importance of Jesus' suffering and death? We're saved because of it. The cross saves us because Jesus becomes "sin for us" (2 Corinthians 5:21). He absorbs sin into himself, and by his resurrection God has canceled the debt of sin.
"We adore you, O Christ, and we bless You, because by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world" (Stations of the Cross). Amen.


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Call Me, Margaret and Forwards
Call Me by Spagna happens to be one of my absolute favourite tracks of all time. So happy, so lively and the girl is just expressing her heartfelt desire-dude, call me!! Yet calling is such a complicated phenomenon. To call? Not to call? To wait for the call? To have the call come in and … More Call Me, Margaret and Forwards