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There once was a blogger named Yarvin
Some right-wingers found him quite charmin'
But Strange Loop was not
As open in thought
And they found his views quite alarmin'
The strange affair of the Strange Loop Affair is probably not going to be news to some of my readers, but it does bear some discussion. To give a brief summary: quarantine protocols regarding Curtis Yarvin — patient zero of the NR24 Lentivirus (an infection that can linger in the body for years before manifesting symptoms) — were nearly violated by the Strange Loop Tech conference, who had invited him to speak without realizing the potential danger. Such breach of quarantine could have exposed innumerable innocents to the ravages of the NR24 virus.
Despite the fallout from this event, there are fortunately no confirmed cases of infection. If you suspect that you or someone you know has been afflicted with the NR24 virus, please contact the proper authority figures so that swift remedial action may be taken.
A new study has come out that is notable not just for its conclusion, but also its awkwardly worded phrasing. I quote from the abstract:
Overall, 14.3% of female and 10.8% of male students had experienced a pregnancy.
Granted, I didn't go to high school in New York, but in my four years, nowhere near one out of every ten boys found themselves pregnant. Not even close.
Yes, yes, I know what they meant, that's not exactly the point now, is it?
Kidding aside, I'm not able to access the full text of the article, so I had to turn to media write-ups to get some of the more juicy details, but certain things jumped out at me in a dramatic way:
28.6 percent of self-identified gay or bisexual male students, and 37.7 percent of males who'd had sex with both men and women, had gotten someone pregnant, while only 10 percent of heterosexual male students, or those with only female sex partners, had impregnated someone.
On first reading that I assumed that the reporter covering the story had misinterpreted something. I figured there was no way that could be correct. Yet, if no mistakes were made, those are the numbers that the study found. What are we to make of that?
Those are crazy numbers.
Also of interest this week would be the South Africans mercenaries who have been fighting Boko Haram over the past few months. Most of the coverage has done it's best to play up the "these guys must be racists because all South Africans are racist so we can't really root for them even though they are killing people who we will admit to be bad guys" angle, but a welcome breath of fresh air has been the six-part write-up by sofrep.com (Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six).
I suppose it would be almost trite to predict an increased reliance upon mercenaries as the monopoly of the nation-state on organized violence erodes further. I'm almost embarrassed to predict this, as it's so obvious, but even though this is akin to the training wheels of making predictions it still seems worth saying.
The Mitrailleuse has a chart up that attempts to plot the political leanings of various media outlets along with..shall we say..the tenor of their delivery. If you look closely you might just find a few very familiar names among the mess.
Life is absurd. That's half the fun, of course, but there are times when this absurdity grates on a certain kind of person. They might find themselves asking why things are just so strange.
There are many reasons for absurdity, but one of the reasons why things might be made absurd on purpose is as a demonstration of power and a means of enforcing submission. Spandrell touches on one such example from Chinese history in The Purpose of Absurdity. He then goes on to make some clarifications in his follow-up post: The Cause of Absurdity. Both are fantastic reads.
Scott Alexander over at Slate Star Codex put up a gripping post the other day. I would call it a "choose your own adventure" story of sorts, but that would perhaps miss the point. It's not really that on a surface level, and there's much more to it beneath the surface level anyway. Definitely well worth a read.
I shudder to throw out even more links when this edition of the fragments has already gone from a collection of short snippets and half-completed thoughts to a link round-up, but NIO has had a couple good posts this week and I would feel remiss if I didn't give a shout-out to both of them.
The super structure upon which progressive thought resides is the Hegelian theodicy which is heavily derived from Christian theology. Within this theodicy, evil and the negative are overcome by the good and positive in a continuous process of thesis, antithesis and then synthesis until reconciliation of the universe is competed.
–Theodicy, Negative Dialectics, and Post Modernism
Phronima are therefore Gnostic style systems which function as parasites on productive and effective civilisation metaphysical structures. Progressivism proper is a phronima. To this effect Jims observation that –
"Progressivism wears the religions it has devoured like a monster that dresses itself in the skins of people it has eaten."
Is apt, very apt. Genius in fact.
Aeoli Pera: Love the map, thanks for posting.
>"People are going to project themselves onto you anyway. Why not give them more to cling to? The honest ones will always see in you truth and the liars will always assume that honeyed words mask bitter realities and those who speak neither truth nor lies will always see only possibilities. It is tempting to encourage such beliefs and sing the siren song of imagination and illusion."
I recently hypothesized that Gervais principle "power talk" works like this [DG's edit: post in question here]. A person says something verbally which is meant to trigger one or more associations, which in the end works out as a complex social signaling behavior.
Donovan Greene: I'd say that hits at something essential. Very essential. True "power talk" can get to be far more complex than that, but that might very well be the building block from which all the other tricks and tactics emerge.
Here's something that might help your examination:
It's a case study in (among other things) power talk between two (fictional) alpha males. Great example of how power talk fits in with other factors such as political negotiations and holding frame. You might find it useful as you develop your interpretive paradigms.
Get a little power talk in this weekend. You'll feel better for it.


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Posted by Dexter Francois | Posted in divot shots, Video Instruction | Posted on Monday, January 25, 2010
The fairway divot. You finally get a good drive off the tee box and you ride/walk up to your ball only to find that your ball is resting comfortably in a divot. This happened to me during my round yesterday and there was nothing comfortable about the situation at all.
I like to practice. I could stay out on the range all day if it were up to me. I was a gym rat when I played basketball and now I guess I'm a range rat. I love to see the improvement over the course of time and practice.
When I used to practice for basketball I would put myself in every possible situation that I might face on the court. By practicing under these difficult situation, when I encountered it on the court it was natural for me and I knew how to handle it without panic.
I have been trying to use this same technique for my golf game. I'm still a relative newbie to the game and one of areas I haven't worked on is hitting out of a divot. I like hitting off of a nice lie so that I can see the ball come off the club face cleanly. In reality and especially at my current handicap, I encounter more bad lies than I do good ones.
Looking at that ball laying in that divot, the sweat starting build up on my brow from nervousness, I realized that I need to practice all aspects of the golf swing. And that means putting myself in difficult situations from time to time instead of just practicing from the ideal lies.
I found the following video on youtube. It's a short instructional on how to hit out of a fairway divot. It's going to come up in one of your rounds so you might as well practice it and be prepared when it happens. Better to be prepared than to be surprised.
Have a good one, and always hit your target.
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January 11, 2017
Honolulu African American Film Festival
WHEN: Feb. 4-17, 2016
TICKETS: Regular screenings: $10, $8 museum members. Free for kids 17 and under.
INFO: 532-6097, mailto:email@example.com, www.honolulumuseum.org (publishable)
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HONOLULU, HAWAI'I—The sixth annual Honolulu African American Film Festival kicks off Feb. 4 and features a series of award winning documentaries and Julie Dash's critically acclaimed 1991 film Daughters of the Dust. This year, in addition to a stellar lineup of films, the festival aligns with live concerts, a hip-hop education workshop, the museum's textile exhibition Karen Hampton: The Journey North, and a discussion led by Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza, two of the three co-founders of the national movement #BlackLivesMatter.
Artist, organizer, and Fulbright scholar, Cullors was named "Civil Rights Leader for the 21st Century" by the Los Angeles Times. An organizer and writer, Garza was included in the Root 100 list of African American achievers and influencers between the ages of 25 and 45. The two women, with Opal Tometi, co-founded the global movement Black Lives Matter in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in 2013. On Saturday, Feb. 11, Cullors and Garza speak at Doris Duke Theatre about art and racial justice, and their experience in using art for social change, and how art enhanced #BlackLivesMatter.
"As one of the most significant movements of our times, #BlackLivesMatter has inspired widespread dialogue on racial equality that cannot be ignored, particularly in the arts," says theater director Taylour Chang. "The museum and the Honolulu African American Film Festival committee are excited to welcome Patrisse and Alicia to facilitate conversation about the role art plays in racial justice and social change. We are proud to provide a space for conversations about art and racial justice in order to bridge understanding and cultivate healthy dialogue within the community."
"We are pleased to have the founders of #BlackLivesMatter—a movement that has brought to light the killings of Black men and women by police under questionable circumstances—present at the Honolulu African American film festival to discuss social change, protests, and activism in art," says festival committee member and attorney Daphne Barbee-Wooten. "Art—through books, spoken words, music, paintings, murals and films—has the ability to reach a wide, diverse audience, and it can be used to educate the public on issues like social justice reform. By pairing the film I Am Not Your Negro with the discussion by Ms. Cullors and Ms. Garza, we open the discussion about the need for social change in our justice system."
On screen is a selection of films that have no shortage of critical acclaim. Entertainment Weekly calls 13th "a titanic statement by a major American voice. Viewing—right now—should be mandatory. While the New York Times' Manohla Dargis proclaimed Raoul Peck's I Am Not Your Negro "one of the best films you're likely to see" in 2016.
When Julie Dash's Daughters of the Dust was released in 1991, it was met with critical acclaim, and it is still having an impact today, most recently on Beyonce's video album Lemonade. The success of the film, which was the first wide release by a black female filmmaker, should have been the start of a storied career for Dash, but, not for lack of trying, she still struggled to get her foot in the door of any major Hollywood studios. Now Daughters of the Dust has been restored for the first time with proper color grading, and audiences can finally see the film as Dash intended.
Closing out the festival is the one-woman play Harriet Returns: Based on the Legendary Life of Harriet Tubman, starring Karen Jones Meadows. Audiences can see the life of the Underground Railroad conductor chronicled on stage, from Tubman's childhood spent in slavery to heartbroken pragmatist.
Another program affiliated with the festival is Soundshop, the museum's hip hop beat making and lyric writing workshop. On Feb. 23 curator of textiles Sara Oka introduces students from Farrington High School to the exhibition Karen Hampton: The Journey North, which students will use as their creative inspiration.
The festival is made possible by the support of the ACLU of Hawai'i Foundation, Hawai'i Chapter Links Incorporated, and the African-American Lawyers Association, the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Hawai'i Chapter, Sisters Empowering Hawai'i, Hawai'i Council for the Humanities, Blacks in Government, Dwight Witlarge, Sandra and Hank Simms, Pacific Tongues, and Hawai'i Women in Filmmaking.
Rounding out the month is the series Women in Film screening Feb. 18 to 22. The program includes two New York Times Critics' Picks and a critically acclaimed documentary that all feature women in front of and behind the camera.
Full Schedule
Opening-night reception: Saturday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m.
$35 general admission, $30 museum members
Guests can enjoy good music, good wine, good food and good company in celebration of the legendary singer, dancer, activist, poet, and writer Maya Angelou. During the reception, Karen Hampton: The Journey North will be open for view. At 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., take a gallery tour and see youth poets perform spoken word pieces in. reaction to the exhibition. Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise screens at 7:30 p.m.
Special thanks to Pacific Tongues.
Read the New York Times review.
Maya Angelou: And
Still I Rise
Directed by Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack. USA. 2016. 114 min.
Saturday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 5 at 4 p.m.
This film—the first documentary about the incomparable Maya Angelou—is an intimate, moving tribute. Referred to as "a redwood tree, with deep roots in American culture," Angelou gave people the freedom to think about their history in a way they never had before. She was a singer, dancer, activist, poet, and writer who inspired generations with lyrical, modern African-American thought that pushed boundaries. This unprecedented film weaves her words with rare archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her exuberant life during some of America's most defining moments. From her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her work with Malcolm X in Ghana to her inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton, the film depicts the life of an American icon. Friends and family interviewed in the film include President Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Common, Alfre Woodard, Cicely Tyson, Quincy Jones, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, John Singleton and Dr. Angelou's son, Guy Johnson.
Miss Sharon Jones!
Directed by Barbara Kopple. USA. 2016. 93 min.
Sunday, Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. + 7:30 p.m.
Sharon Jones says she was told she was "too short, too fat, too black and too old" to be a performer. The powerhouse soul singer finally began to find her place in the spotlight when she was in her 40s, after joining the Brooklyn band the Dap-Kings. The group enjoyed success with rousing hits such as "100 Days, 100 Nights." Then, on the eve of the release of her last album, Jones was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Tour dates were cancelled, the album pushed back and she began a fight for her life and career. Miss Sharon Jones! intimately follows a courageous year in the singer's life. Tragically, the shimmying firecracker was extinguished in November.
Daughters of the Dust
Directed by Julie Dash. USA. 1991. 113 min.
Friday, Feb. 10 at 1 p.m. + 7:30 p.m.
At the dawn of the 20th century, a multigenerational Gullah family—part of the community on the Sea Islands off the Southeastern United States—struggles to maintain its cultural heritage and folklore while contemplating heading north as part of the Great Migration. Gullah are descended from former slaves who adopted many of their West African ancestors' Yoruba traditions.
The first wide release by a black female filmmaker, Daughters of the Dust was met with wild critical acclaim and rapturous audience response when it initially opened in 1991. Casting a long legacy, Daughters of the Dust still resonates today, most recently as a major influence on Beyonce's video album Lemonade. Restored (in conjunction with UCLA) for the first time with proper color grading overseen by cinematographer AJ Jafa, audiences will finally see the film as Julie Dash intended.
Read the New Yorker review.
Art & Racial
Justice: Conversation with Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza,
Co-founders of Black Lives Matter
Saturday, Feb. 11 at 1 p.m.
$20 general admission, $15 museum members and students
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors shares her experience in using art for social change, addressing how art enhanced the national movement of Black Lives Matter. The talk will beis followed by the Hawai'i premiere of the James Baldwin documentary I Am Not Your Negro. At 5 p.m., continue the conversation and join us for a welcome reception for Patrisse Cullors. Tickets include pūpū. Drinks will be available for purchase.
Patrisse Cullors is an artist, organizer, and freedom fighter from Los Angeles. Co-founder of Black Lives Matter, she is also a performance artist, Fulbright scholar, popular public speaker, and a 2015 NAACP History Maker. She's received many awards for activism and movement building, including being named by the Los Angeles Times as a Civil Rights Leader for the 21st Century. In the summer of 2013, fueled by the acquittal granted to George Zimmerman after his murder of Trayvon Martin, Patrisse co-founded a global movement with a hashtag. Black Lives Matter is now an international organization with dozens of chapters and thousands of determined activists fighting anti-Black racism worldwide. Google awarded Patrisse with their Racial Justice Grant to support her ongoing Ella Baker Center project developing a rapid response network that will mobilize communities to respond radically to law enforcement violence, the Justice Teams for Truth and Reinvestment.
Alicia Garza is an organizer, writer, and freedom dreamer living and working in Oakland, CA. She is the Special Projects Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance, the nation's leading voice for dignity and fairness for the millions of domestic workers in the United States, most of whom are women. She is also the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter, a national organizing project focused on combatting anti-Black state sanctioned violence. Alicia's work challenges us to celebrate the contributions of Black queer women's work within popular narratives of Black movements, and reminds us that the Black radical tradition is long, complex and international. Her activism reflects organizational strategies and visions that connect emerging social movements without diminishing the specificity of the structural violence facing Black lives. She has been the recipient of numerous awards for her organizing work, including the Root 100 2015 list of African American achievers and influencers between the ages of 25 and 45, and was featured in the Politico 50 guide to the thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics in 2015.
I Am Not Your Negro
Directed by Raoul Peck. USA. 2016. 95 min.
In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, Remember This House. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends—Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. Baldwin died in 1987, leaving behind only 30 completed pages of his manuscript. Now, in his incendiary new documentary, master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished.
Directed by Ava Duvernay, USA. 2016. 100 min.
Sunday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m.
The new documentary from Ava Duvernay (Selma) takes its title from the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which outlawed slavery. Duvernay gives us an in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Audiences can join a post-screening discussion with Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter and executive director of Dignity & Empower Now. The panel will focus on issues of incarceration in United States and Hawaiʻi. Full list of panelists to be announced.
Read the New York Times review.
Harriet Returns: Based on the Legendary Life of Harriet Tubman
Friday, Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
$35 general admission, $30 museum members
This joyous, heart-stopping one-woman play chronicles the life of Harriet Tubman, revealing why the famed Underground Railroad conductor continues to influence people 103 years after her death. In a tour-de-force performance, Karen Jones Meadows plays 31 characters re-creating the world of this spiritual icon, revolutionary, and entrepreneur, from her childhood spent in slavery to heartbroken pragmatist.
Also in February
Women in Film
Feb. 18-28
Audiences can see great films by and about women as the museum kicks off a year-long partnership with Hawai'i Women in Filmmaking. The program includes films that feature women in front of and behind the screen that showcase a common perspective from around the globe.
Special thanks to community partner Hawai'i Women in Filmmaking.
The Fits
Directed by Anna Rose Holmer. USA. 2015. 82 min.
Saturday, Feb. 18 at 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 1 p.m.
This New York Times Critics' Pick is an artful psychological portrait of 11-year-old Toni, a tomboy assimilating to a tight-knit dance team in Cincinnati's West End. The title role is played by Royalty Hightower, the buzzed-about breakout star whom director Anna Rose Holmer discovered through YouTube videos of Hightower's real-life dance team Q-Kidz. Enamored by the power and confidence of this strong community of girls, Toni eagerly absorbs routines, masters drills, and even pierces her own ears to fit in. When a mysterious outbreak of fainting spells plagues the team, Toni's desire for acceptance is twisted.
Read the New York Times review.
Directed by Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami. Germany/Switzerland/Iran. 2015. 91 min.
Saturday, Feb. 18 at 4 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m.
In this inspirational documentary, an undocumented teenage Afghan refugee in Iran goes from timid rapper to empowered activist. If 18-year-old Sonita had a say in things, Michael Jackson would be her father and Rihanna her mother. Living in a Tehran shelter, she superimposes her face on magazine cutouts of Rihanna in a scrapbook and raps about life as a teen in a sexist society. Her family has a different plans for her: as a bride Sonita is worth $9,000. What's more, women aren't allowed to sing in Iran. Director Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami ends up personally involved in her subject's life, reigniting the discussion of the always evolving role of a documentary filmmaker. At the film's core is Sonita artistically arguing against the disastrous forced marriage practices that obstruct her freedom in an impressive, dramatic rap video.
Read the Guardian review.
The Eagle Huntress
Directed by Otto Bell. USA. 2016. 101 min.
Saturday, Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 19 at 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Living on the Mongolian steppe in Kazakhstan, 13-year-old Aisholpan trains to become her family's first female eagle hunter in this New York Times Critics' Pick. And she rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for 12 generations. Featuring some of the most awe-inspiring cinematography ever captured in a documentary, this intimate tale of a young girl's quest has the dramatic force of an epic narrative film.
Read the New York Times review.
Ron Artis II
Friday, Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m.
$25 general admission, $20 museum members
Raised on the North Shore in a musical family, Ron Artis II is one a performer that makes one think "Why isn't he world famous?" after seeing him on the stage. He has recorded almost every genre of music—from rock and blues to jazz and flamenco. Ron has enjoyed music since before he could walk, crawling across his father's piano at age one. Today he loves to create new songs on the spot during his concerts—part of his belief that "music is meant to be lived, as life is meant to be lived." Ron has never been signed to a music label, preferring to be able to create and share the most pure music possible. His music can be found at his homepage or at any of his concerts.
Joining him at this special show will be Forseeable Futures
The Salesman
Directed by Asghar Farhadi. Iran/France. 2017. 125 min. Persian with English subtitles.
Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 1 p.m. + 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 2 at 1 p.m. + 7:30 p.m.
Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi's latest was one of the most highly anticipated films at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won Best Actor and Best Screenplay awards. It tells the story of a young Tehran couple who are amateur actors in a production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. When their Tehran flat is damaged, Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti) are forced to move into a new apartment. An incident linked to the previous tenant of their new home dramatically changes the couple's life.
See the trailer
2017 Oscar® Nominated Short Films
Audiences can see the best in shorts from around the world before the 89th Academy Awards.
2017 Oscar® Nominated Short Films: Documentary
Monday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 23 at 1 p.m.
Friday, Feb 24 at 1 p.m.
2017 Oscar® Nominated Short Films: Live Action
Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 16 at 1 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25 at 4 p.m.
2017 Oscar® Nominated Short Films: Animation
Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 1 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25 at 1 p.m. + 7:30 p.m.
Samson in Stone:
New Discoveries in the Ancient Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel's Galilee
Thursday, Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Since 2011, Professor Jodi Magness has been directing excavations in the ancient village of Huqoq in Israel's Galilee. The excavations have brought to light the remains of a monumental Late Roman (fifth century) synagogue building that is paved with stunning mosaics, including depictions of the biblical hero Samson, and the first non-biblical story ever discovered decorating an ancient synagogue. In this slide-illustrated lecture, Professor Magness describes these exciting finds, including the discoveries made in last summer.
Sponsored by Archaeological Institute of
America, LLEA University of Hawaii
Chamber Music Hawaii: Maligned Master: Setting the Record Straight on Salieri
Sunday, Feb. 12 at 4 p.m.
$35 general admission, $45 premium seating; tickets available from chambermusichawaii.org or by calling (808) 489-5038
Hosted by KHON2 news anchorman and Mozart aficionado Joe Moore, this concert features an octet of Chamber Music Hawaii musicians performing the music of Salieri, including the U.S. premiere of Johann Wendt's arrangements from Salieri's opera La Grotta di Trofonio. Between the musical numbers, Moore will offer commentary on the true relationship between Salieri and Mozart.
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Pro-Ecuador Newsletter: On Death and Destruction: Three Die in Cotacachi
July 5, 2012
A View from the Roof--Three Die in Cotacachi Festival. Three violent deaths on the streets of Cotacachi leads Gary to comment on death in general and the destruction wrought during this age of the Kali Yuga and the end of the Mayan Calendar. Be prepared!
Tear-Gassed Again in Cotacachi: The final days of this year's ritual dancing and celebration during Cotacachi's Dance of San Juan led to violence and death among the revelers. White clouds of tear gas hung heavily over the central park area as indigenous males clashed with policemen. Gary and I were in the midst of the action when the tear gas went off.
Galapagos--Was Lonesome George Gay? Ecuador's giant tortoise is dead at the age of 100 or maybe even 200. He shunned females of all species, especially a Swiss girl student who tried to come on to him. Read the shocking story.
Women's Day at the Dance of San Juan: Also known as the feast of Santa Lucia, this is usually a peaceful day. After a week of carousing and fighting among the men, a calm and joyousness settled over the city as the women take over. This year a group of blonde North American women joined in.
Foundation Casa Victoria--A Childhood Dream Becomes a Reality: The daughter of a former president of Ecuador brings hope and joy to poor children in Quito's Centro Historico. Alicia Duran Ballen's after-school program is helping to revitalize a part of the city that was filled with drug addicts, prostitutes and crime.
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Ecuador Expats Meet Like-Minded Souls: InterNations is a social club for expats who want to party, find foreigners with similar interests, network and have a great time. You must be invited to join. Monthly mixers are held at unique Quito restaurants.
Cotacachi Real Estate--Salinas Finca Price Reduction: More and more expats are looking for farm land in Ecuador. The owner of a Salinas finca has greatly reduced the price of this productive 25 hectare (61 acre) finca with a house, separate brick caretaker house, two large irrigation reservoirs, a swimming pool and jacuzzi, making this one of our very best deals.
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Vacation at Sandals South Coast
Christina Derhammer - Bethlehem, PA
"We both had a wonderful time!"
We both had a wonderful time! Our room was perfect. We enjoyed the view from our balcony on third floor.
Everything was great. Staff, foods, drinks, and so on were awesome! Emma did great job helping us!
Thank you so much for making our vacation more pleasant and relax.


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Rebecca M. Quimby, 69
LIMINGTON — Rebecca "Becky" M. Quimby, 69, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 30, 2014, at her home in Limington.
She was born in Portland on Feb. 5, 1945, the daughter of the late Lorimer and Avis (Conant) Herrick. Becky attended grammar school in Portland and graduated from Portland High School.
She worked at several places over the years including the Hanold Co., General Electric in Standish, Fresh Samantha, and most recently was working as an elder care provider.
Becky was an avid outdoors enthusiast and especially enjoyed fishing, four-wheeling, gardening, and camping. She will also be remembered for the enjoyment she had playing cards and living life to it's fullest with friends and family.
Becky volunteered at Preble Street Resources in Portland.
She was predeceased by her brothers, Roland, Duane Sr. and Stephen Herrick.
She is survived by her beloved husband of 22 years, Steve Quimby; sister, Dee Parvin of Las Vegas, Nev.; stepchildren, Steven Quimby of Gray, Adam Quimby of Old Orchard Beach and Tammy Quimby of Raymond; and a stepgrandchild.
A graveside service will be held on Friday evening, July 4, at 5 p.m., at Hillcrest Cemetery, Plains Road in Hollis.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to: The American Cancer Society, 1 Bowdoin Mill Island, Suite 300 Topsham, ME 04086.


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It's been a while since we've done one of our style challenges and with spring headed our way, I thought now was the perfect time. We've paired up with Lindsay from Lee Lala this go around and we both tackled one of my favorite spring trends…pastels! This lovely mama posts about fashion, food, health and more…She's the epitome of a lifestyle blogger and if you love BonBon, I know you'll have a blast over at her blog.
And speaking of fashion…Let's get to it. I had big plans for my pastels shoot and life just got in the way. So, I ended up in my yard as the sun was starting to set, hence the shades. You know how rough that late afternoon soon can be. Haha! At least the lil' lady bean was slightly off camera providing comic relief. Have I mentioned how much she loooooooves having her picture taken? She was "posing" and the camera wasn't even pointed at her. You gotta love it! That's a blogger's daughter for you.
For my pastel look, I styled a mint number that I picked up for a song at Target. It got a thumbs up from the hubs, so I think it's a keeper. I paired my little mint frock with tangerine sandals and my favorite piece of neck candy. I don't think I'll ever get sick of my multi-chain beauty! Now had this not been a date night look, I would have preferred to pair it with my leg lengthening nude heels, but my honey is a flats go, so…
Now that you've seen my look, head on over to Lee Lala and check out Lindsay's take on pastels!


text: blood-brain barrier (BBB) models often consist of brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs) that are co-cultured with other cells of the neurovascular unit, such as astrocytes and neurons, in order to enhance BBB properties. 3:1 mixture of astrocytes to neurons with varying degrees of cellular maturity. BMEC gene expression analysis was conducted using a BBB gene panel, and it was decided that 23 of 26 genes were similarly regulated by either differentiated rat NPC or rat astrocyte co-culture while 3 genes were differentially altered by the rat NPC-derived progeny. Taken together, these results demonstrate that NPCs are an attractive alternative to primary neural cells for use in BBB co-culture models. Introduction The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is formed by the microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs) which line brain capillaries. BMECs are linked by intercellular tight junction protein complexes and lack fenestrae, thus restricting passive molecular transport between the brain and bloodstream. In addition, using specific transport proteins, the BBB maintains ionic homeostasis for proper neuron function and facilitates nutrient and metabolite import and export. The BBB also prevents toxic substances from penetrating and accumulating in the brain by employing a variety of efflux S3I-201 pumps. It is believed that a complex interplay between endothelial cells, astrocytes, neurons, and pericytes leads to regulation of these specific barrier properties within the neurovascular unit (Lok et al. 2007). Many researchers have attempted to re-create the neurovascular microenvironment to probe neural/endothelial cell-cell interactions, study neurological diseases, and screen for brain-penetrating pharmaceuticals. Early models focused on astrocytes to help modulate BBB properties in cultured BMECs because astrocytes were shown to be key modulators of BMEC permeability (Janzer and Raff 1987). Primary astrocytes co-cultured with BMECs can favorably affect BBB properties such as trans-endothelial S3I-201 electrical resistance (TEER) and permeability (reviewed in (Deli et al. 2005)). Pericyte co-culture with BMECs has been shown to upregulate TEER (Nakagawa et al. 2007; Nakagawa et al. 2009), decrease permeability (Dohgu et al. 2005; Nakagawa et al. 2007; Nakagawa et al. 2009), and cause structural reorganization (Ramsauer et al. 2002). Additionally, S3I-201 co-culture of BMECs with both astrocytes and pericytes was shown to enhance this TEER increase and permeability reduction compared to either cell type alone (Nakagawa et al. 2009). Neurons have been shown to impact the correct localization of the tight junction protein occludin in a BBB model (Savettieri Goat polyclonal to IgG (H+L)(HRPO) et al. 2000; Schiera et al. 2003) and reduce permeability, an effect that was enhanced by triple co-culture with neurons and astrocytes (Schiera et al. 2005). Neurons can also increase enzymatic activities of -glutamyl transpeptidase and Na+-K+ ATPase in BMECs (Tontsch and Bauer 1991). Thus, many cellular components of the neurovascular unit can contribute to BBB properties BBB models is the acquisition of neural cells. Astrocytes, neurons, and pericytes are usually obtained from primary culture of brain tissue. Some disadvantages of primary culture include the low amount and purity of cells obtained and the cellular heterogeneity amongst different isolations. In addition, the ages of animals used for the isolation of BMECs (adult), astrocytes (early postnatal), and neurons (embryonic) are all different, making for a laborious process. Furthermore, limited yield and availability of primary tissue from human sources S3I-201 has restricted the development of a widely employed and strong human BBB model. To circumvent these challenges characteristic to BBB co-culture models, we have identified neural progenitor cells (NPCs) as an attractive alternative to primary astrocytes and neurons. NPCs proliferate extensively in the presence of specific growth factors due to their stem cell-like properties while maintaining a stable gene expression profile (Wright et al. 2003), and they have the capability to differentiate into both neuronal and glial lineages under a variety of conditions (Ostenfeld and Svendsen 2003). Because a large number of NPCs.


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Fear, it's something that grips us all every now and then as we go about our day. Fear that you won't pass an exam, fear that you might trip and break a bone in the snow, fear of the unknown, fear you won't get your dream job…the list goes on really.
I watched a gory film the other night which led me to thinking about how certain things scare me in life, that combined with the beautiful song by Ben Howard – The Fear made me then realise;
Fear runs my life!
But the big issue is the fear of something happening to me because of my diabetes! So technically that also means diabetes runs my life in a way I don't want it to.
I should probably explain that in a long winded way 😉 Just to keep your brains occupied hahaha
You see I am a self proclaimed wimp. This whole snow issue has thrown me out the last few days, sent my mind into overdrive and for whoever has had the pleasure of venturing outdoors with me probably drove them mad. You see I step on the snow and then thing I'M GOING TO SLIP AND DIE. Which result in me walking like I have a stick up my bottom. Failing that I think to myself my pump is in my pocket if I go down that goes down with me = wet pump or a smashed pump. To be honest I'm probably not giving it credit enough, it is most likely able to survive me falling over in a bit of snow/ice.
Another thing that scares me in the silliest way is roller coaster rides. I suppose everyone is slightly scared of roller-coaster rides that it may come off the track its on a you may plummet to your death, or that the harness will break and result in death or similar. But want to know what gets me the most? The fear of having a hypo or hyper whilst on a ride, collapsing and not being found in time. Thinking about it logically it is stupid really, a ride isn't that long and if I checked my sugar levels before I went on it I am sure I will be fine. Well I know I would; I have been on rides before but still it's funny how the mind works.
But although my fear has prevented me from doing things it has also stopped me from being reckless in life. I suppose most teenagers have times when they do idiotic things and I'm not saying I'm perfect cause I damn well am not and there is many stories my family could tell you all to back this up. However unlike a lot of people my age that I know my diabetes has prevented me from doing a few things such as;
Getting completely off my face most weekends – I'm not saying I don't drink I do but I know my limitations and the few times where I have been reckless have been a learning curve and taught me that although I have never ended up hospitalised if I took it a step further I could have. Everyone does stupid things when they are drunk but I can't risk acting like a twit when it comes to my diabetes and doing silly stuff like "pretending" to take my sugar levels or using my phone. Clever I know
Taking drugs – I can proudly say I have never touched a drug and until someone pointed it out recently didn't even know what weed smells like. I have been to parties where people have been high and seen people doing drugs but have never wanted to. Also if I'm honest I wouldn't know how it would react with my diabetes and I want to live to an old age and not end up in hospital really so I have avoided it like the plague. It has never really appealed to me either, if I wanted to change my mood then I'd go to sleep and hope I woke up feeling different. Never works but is worth a try.
I'm sure there is many more things but the one that is my biggest diabetic fear is ending up in a coma. I avoid being hospitalised with my diabetes, not that I've ever needed to be. But even the suggestion of having to go in when I had the novovirus this year was a big no no. Six years without being hospitalised for anything diabetes related in my eyes is a brilliant achievement which I hope to carry on for many more years. Yet if I'm honest what keeps me from ever rebelling against my diabetes is that I'm so bleeding scared of ending up in a coma and possibly loosing my life. The though actually makes me slightly panicky and emotional.
So I suppose really fear can be a good thing. It prevents us from overstepping some marks but sometimes the fear can eat away at us. So maybe I do need to man up slightly, mess around in snow a bit more and if I fall over I fall over. Experience more theme parks, stop fearing what people think of me, and live my life out of the confines of fear. But remember not to over step the mark.
I wonder how many things you (my lovely readers) actually fear, if you take the time to sit down and think maybe you'll be surprised cause I can tell you I was. Some of the thing's I wrote down were random, weird and laughable. But to me in my head they create a little bit of fear. Some don't prevent me from living my life…actually most don't but there is the worry that one day they might.
So do me a favour, write down things you are scared of and see if you can get over your fears or just make them known to you. As I've realised now I know my fears some of them I can try to get over and who knows life my be that little bit better.
I hope you all had fun in the snow and enjoy the prettiness of it. I also hope it did not stop you from enjoying your weekend and getting out…or maybe you didn't want to and it gave you a reason to be lazy.
I wish you all a lovely week ahead and look forward to hearing any feedback. I hope you all enjoy this Sunday Blog and thank you for reading. It means so much to me 🙂