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10 amazing ancient forests around the world
Matt Bell,
Baobab forest, Madagascar
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Getting back to nature can be like going back in time, especially if you wander through one of these woodlands—all amongst the oldest on Earth.
Some are old growth, meaning they haven't been molested much by people, while others are forests that have been regenerating on the same land for time periods that make centuries look like seconds.
And a few, like the Bristlecone Pine Forest in California, are made up of some of the oldest existing living life forms.
Lace up your hiking boots, grab your pack, and prepare to enter some of the most ancient places on our planet.
The Tarkine, Australia
The Tarkine
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You can pull freshwater crayfish the size of lobsters out of the rivers in Tasmania's Tarkine forest. That's no exaggeration—the island's isolated Tarkine woodland is a glimpse back to life on Earth 300 million years ago.
It is the second largest swatch of temperate rainforest in the world and home to 3,000-year-old Huon Pines, the second oldest living trees in the world.
Visit today because less than five percent of the trees are protected and the forest is threatened by mining and logging. It's breathtakingly beautiful—a blanket of myrtle, blackwood, sassafras, and eucalyptus trees covering, ferny hills, waterfalls and gullies. Bunk at Bonorong's Tarkine Trails' Tiger Ridge, a hike-in only glamping getaway, little more than half-a-mile into the wilderness.
They lead day hikes through the most beautiful parts of the forest, and you're almost assured to see signs of the Tasmanian Devil— they work with the Tassie government to monitor these elusive and endangered critters.
Otherwise, there are a cluster of rustic towns surrounding the woods to call home—no matter which you pick, spend some time asking about the local Tarkine aboriginals, whose culture, like the forest, is in danger of disappearing.
The Aracuaria Forest, Chile
Araucaria Forest
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The Aracuraria tree, a Chilean pine which can live to be 1000 years old, is thought to have evolved its peculiar upside-down paintbrush shape to ward off plant-eating dinosaurs 180 million years ago.
Chile's since given these Jurassic-era beanstalks National Monument status. The forest is most gorgeous in central Chile's Conguillio National Park and Tolhuacaca National Park, with some astounding mountain backdrops. But you'll also see these trees if you do the Villaricca Volcano summit, the most popular day hike in the area.
You can book beforehand with Amity Tours or Summit Chile, but if you know some Spanish you can also pick up a guide in Pucón.
Head there between November and December and you'll catch the coning season, which yields pineapple-shaped conifers that produce seeds the indigenous Penuenche use in local dishes.
Yakushima Forest, Japan
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The moss-covered stones and nappy roots of Yakusugi trees—Japanese Cedar—have been steeping in these constantly wet woods for around 7,000 years.
This small island's foliage was so beautiful to 17th Century Edo-era royalty, they cultivated lush gardens of it on the mainland. But the wide-trunked trees grow naturally all over Yakushima. Seeing this UNESCO World Heritage site is fairly straight forward—land at Yakushima Airport and either rent a car or take the bus that circumnavigates the mountainous island.
There are hotels along the northern and southern coasts. Shiratani-Unsuiky Park has the most easily accessed iconic spots, including the vision that inspired the backdrop of eco-animé classic Princess Mononoke.
If you hike the extended trails in the park, you can sleep in one of six semi-permanent shelters set up for campers. Look for the Takatsuka Hut, designed out of cardboard tubes by famed green-architect Shingeru Ban. May and October are the driest times to go, but you should still pack for the rain.
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, California
The wind-twisted trunk of a dead Bristlecone Pine atop an arid mountain in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in California's rugged White Mountains.
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Bristlecone Pines look like Middle Earth vacation homes more than any timber in reality, but these groves living at nearly 10,000 feet are the oldest living trees on Earth. The most ancient, named Methuselah, is estimated to be 4,841 years old.
Her exact placement is kept a secret (to protect against vandalism) but you can walk amongst her family at the Inyo National Forest, about a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Los Angeles, in the highlands next to Sequoia National Forest.
Head to the Shulman Grove Visitors Center, where you'll find three brief nature hikes and the biggest known Bristlecone, called The Patriarch. Bring warm clothing if you go in winter.
Daintree Rainforest, Australia
Daintree Rainforest
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Just a few hours flight north of Brisbane and then a two-hour drive up the coast is one of the most picture-perfect stretches of jungle beaches on the planet.
And it's said that millennia-old Aracuria trees and other tropical pines have mingled with the ancient fern in Daintree for 110 million years. Make your base near the ocean, which is also the Great Barrier Reef—there's everything from cheap hostels to luxury lodges.
Do the Mount Sorrow jungle hike, a 4.5-mile out and back to a beautiful lookout that takes 6-7 hours to accomplish. On the coast, kayak 5 miles out over see-through water and camp on Snapper Island.
For some local culture, check out the National Park, which is run by the Kuky Yalanji Aboriginal people and learn about how they used the trees for medicine with the aboriginal guides at Walkabout Adventures. Spend a day listening to the leaves rustle and the turquoise waves crash on quiet Coconut Beach and then make friends at the Cape Tribulation beach bar, Tides.
If you fall in love enough to miss your return flight, crack a smile (and possibly a beer) and saunter over to the Daintree Rainforest Observatory—they provide free accommodation to volunteers 18 and up.
Bialowieza Forest, Poland and Belarus
Bialowieza Forest
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It always feels like winter is coming in Europe's most medieval forest, even in the dead of summer.
The Bialowiza is the last remaining stretch of old-growth forest on said continent—a 545-square-mile cobweb of Norway spruce and maple trees, silver birch, aspens, oaks, elms, and pines on a floor of decaying, fungi-covered trees, that've been gathering dust for over 7,000 years.
Kings and Tzars used the wilderness as their own personal hunting grounds until Poland and Belarus turned them into a National Park in the early 20th century. One World War shutdown and a Cold War or two later, and in 2015 park-goers could finally cross the border inside the forest without a visa.
Progress! Start in the village of Bialowieza, Poland, where you'll find food, hotels, and tour companies—or, begin in Brest or Kamenets in Belarus.
Rent a bike or just walk, but before moving on, be sure to visit the forest's buffalo, one of the only such herds in Europe.
The Amazon, Brazil and Peru
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For 55 million years, the Amazon has sunk its roots into the terra of northern South America. Logging, slash-and-burn farming, and development have destroyed much of the old growth, but there are still a few ancient parts.
Mainly in the western Brazilian state of Acre and in the eastern Peruvian provinces of Madre de Dios and Ucayali, where un-contacted tribes still live in the jungle as they've done for thousands of years.
Can you visit? Not really. But you can get kind of close.
The Peruvian side is more easily accessed, but even then, your start points of Pulcallpa and Puerto Maldonado are slightly off the gringo trail. From these two cities, you can access Manu National Park and Alto Purus National Park, which some say have the longest living growth in the Amazon.
Waipoua Forest, New Zealand
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Kauri trees stretched towards the sky throughout New Zeland's North Island undisturbed by humans until the Maori showed up in the 12th century.
The huge, 2,000-year-old bushy-topped-trees in the Waipoua Forest are the last remaining tract of land that resembles what it actually looked like pre-man, and it's only a two-and-a-half hour road trip from Auckland.
Too see the oldest—Tane Mahuta—it's a 5-minute walk from the parking lot, but also check out the famed 2-mile Yakas Walk. And probably book the glowworm-gazing tour in the caves above the Waipuoa River.
Before heading back to the big city, spend some on the coastline exploring the Maori history, and hit Dargaville, a small river town nearby, were you can book boat and kayak trips.
Baobab Forest, Madagascar and South Africa
he first time you lay eye on a Baobab tree, one sound will go through your head: The Lion King theme. Then, you'll notice that they're so much bigger in real life than you ever imagined.
Having grown on this soil since before the time of homo sapiens, the Baobab is Africa's tree. No one knows for sure how old they are because their trunks are ringless, but carbon dating says anywhere from one to six thousand years old.
Thirty-one countries in Africa have baobabs, but Madagascar has the most species (six out of the nine). To protect them from deforestation—which is a growing concern in this country—the government and conservation groups have set up small reservesall over the country so that the Malagasy can thrive off the eco tourism they attract, rather than money made from cutting down the trees.
Each tree doubles as a home to the island's menagerie of unique and endangered animals: lemurs, fossas, and aye-ayes, among others. They're highlights on just about every tour of this Indian Ocean island, a three-hour direct flight from Johannesburg on South African Air.
Tongass National Forest, Alaska
Tongass National Forest
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Sunlight drips through a patchwork canopy of elephantine spruce trees, some that are 700 years old, and creates sparkly green swatches on the dewy forest floor—this forest is rightfully referred to as a cathedral.
Tongass is the largest National Forest in the U.S., taking up most of the south Alaskan archipelago and has some of the most well-preserved North American old-growth forest, estimated to be in the thousands of years old.
Deer Mountain trail, a difficult but popular ten-mile trail, marches right through some of the best parts, but don't go alone—even the shorter routes are challenging (and potentially bear-filled). Find a guide in Ketchikan, the town closest to the fresh air.
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It sometimes feels like our local Children's Hospital is our home away from home.
We start seeing familiar faces when we pull into the parking lot.
We always get a friendly hello as we are walking in and getting checked in.
Then, we head up to "our floor".
I think one of our kiddos has been in just about every room on this floor.
Well, today is Sam David's turn.
He had to be admitted this morning in order to prep him for his bladder and bowel surgery that will take place tomorrow.
So proud of our brave boy!
This one really is no fun at all!
But, the end result is more independence!


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LUCIUS APULEIUS African, an excellent follower of Plato his sect, born in Madaura, a Countrey sometime inhabited by the Romans, and under the jurisdiction of Syphax, scituate and lying on the borders of Numidia and Getulia, whereby he calleth himself half a Numidian and half a Getulian: and Sidonius named him the Platonian Madaurence: his father called Theseus had passed all offices of dignity in his countrey with much honour. His mother named Salvia was of such excellent vertue, that she passed all the Dames of her time, borne of an ancient house, and descended from the philosopher Plutarch, and Sextus his nephew. His wife called Prudentila was endowed with as much vertue and riches as any woman might be. Hee himselfe was of an high and comely stature, gray eyed, his haire yellow, and a beautiful personage. He flourished in Carthage in the time of Iolianus Avitus and Cl. Maximus Proconsuls, where he spent his youth in learning the liberall sciences, and much profited under his masters there, whereby not without cause hee calleth himself the Nource of Carthage, and the celestial Muse and venerable mistresse of Africke. Soone after, at Athens (where in times past the well of all doctrine flourished) he tasted many of the cups of the muses, he learned the Poetry, Geometry, Musicke, Logicke, and the universall knowledge of Philosophy, and studied not in vaine the nine Muses, that is to say, the nine noble and royal disciplines.
Immediately after he went to Rome, and studied there the Latine tongue, with such labour and continuall study, that he achieved to great eloquence, and was known and approved to be excellently learned, whereby he might worthily be called Polyhistor, that is to say, one that knoweth much or many things.
And being thus no lesse endued with eloquence, than with singular learning, he wrote many books for them that should come after: whereof part by negligence of times be now intercepted and part now extant, doe sufficiently declare, with how much wisdome and doctrine hee flourished, and with how much vertue hee excelled amongst the rude and barbarous people. The like was Anacharsis amongst the most luskish Scythes. But amongst the Bookes of Lucius Apuleius, which are perished and prevented, howbeit greatly desired as now adayes, one was intituled Banquetting questions, another entreating of the nature of fish, another of the generation of beasts, another containing his Epigrams, another called 'Hermagoras': but such as are now extant are the foure books named 'Floridorum', wherein is contained a flourishing stile, and a savory kind of learning, which delighteth, holdeth, and rejoiceth the reader marvellously; wherein you shall find a great variety of things, as leaping one from another: One excellent and copious Oration, containing all the grace and vertue of the art Oratory, where he cleareth himself of the crime of art Magick, which was slanderously objected against him by his Adversaries, wherein is contained such force of eloquence and doctrine, as he seemeth to passe and excell himselfe. There is another booke of the god of the spirit of Socrates, whereof St. Augustine maketh mention in his booke of the definition of spirits, and description of men. Two other books of the opinion of Plato, wherein is briefly contained that which before was largely expressed. One booke of Cosmography, comprising many things of Aristotles Meteors. The Dialogue of Trismegistus, translated by him out of Greeke into Latine, so fine, that it rather seemeth with more eloquence turned into Latine, than it was before written in Greeke. But principally these eleven Bookes of the 'Golden Asse', are enriched with such pleasant matter, with such excellency and variety of flourishing tales, that nothing may be more sweet and delectable, whereby worthily they may be intituled The Bookes of the 'Golden Asse', for the passing stile and matter therein. For what can be more acceptable than this Asse of Gold indeed. Howbeit there be many who would rather intitule it 'Metamorphosis', that is to say, a transfiguration or transformation, by reason of the argument and matter within.


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The end, or the start?
Wiltshire's Consultation on bus support (£5.1 million per year) and the various options they have in order to reduce that support to £2.6 million (or lower) formally closed at 5 p.m. yesterday.
There have been similar consultations in neighbouring shire counties recently as well Although I'm worried about some of the question that Wiltshire asked, and about the heavy publicity on certain bus types contrasted to the near (or total) absence on Sunday or evening buses, I must congratulate Wiltshire on ensuring that the consultation ran for long enough and with enough publicity for it to generate full inputs. And I must congratulate them too on allowing time on completion of the consultation to incorporate the public view and findings into (I hope) an ongoing positive future.
Reviewing the supported buses to make a 50% saving is no easy task. There may be plenty of spare seats on many supported services at present, but each occupied seat is occupied by someone who's schedule would be changed - a little or massively - by removal of that service. In many cases, as well as inconvenience or extreme inconvenience, service removal would result in extra cost ... personally, to an employer, or to the public purse - the very thing money was supposed to be save from in the first place. And I'll go further; simply removing supported buses will cut traffic transferring to what are at present commercial buses, jeopardising the more marginal ones. Removing support will lead to more people driving; an increase (admittedly not huge) in road congestion, parking issues, and the environmental impact of cars which is already a problem in places like Devizes and Bradford-on-Avon. And it will remove the health benefit that the gentle exercise of walking to the bus gives, and the mental health benefit of getting out and meeting people for some.
I continue to be convinced by the suggestion that reviewing the whole public transport network and looking at it as a planned system, can provide an excellent network with the mandated budget constraints. By looking at the whole it offers an approach for the future on a potential growth rather than a probably shrinkage curve, with commercial operator competition being at contract rather than an individual passenger level; that offers the operators a stable background to plan ahead rather than them getting 56 days notice of changes made by others that could seriously undermine them. An fit encouraged them to work together as passengers carried within a basket of routes they are co-operators on will help meet objectives and bonus levels.
For the passenger, the system offers common (and fairer) pricing, information and ticketing, transport that connects route to route and runs to a much more regular pattern. There will be some losses, inevitably, but overall the picture will be a positive one. And if this can be got it right, subsequent changes will be in the upwards direction, while still in that budget saving level.
The end of the consultation represents a start in much more to be done. "What do the inputs mean" and "How can we achieve what everyone wants" . There has been a lot of thought already into these questions - let's move on and get them fully answered, and implemented!
(written 2016-04-05)
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As I mentioned in the previous post the key storage performance indicators to look out for are 1. High Device Latency (DAVG consistently greater than 20 to 30 ms) and 2. High Kernel Latency( KAVG greater than 2 ms). Once you have identified that you have High Latency you can now proceed to trying to understand why the latency is high and what is causing the poor storage performance. In this post, we will look at the top reason for high Device latency.
The Top reason for high device latency is simply not having enough storage hardware to meet your application's needs (Yes, I have said it a third time now), that is a sure fire way to have storage performance issues. It may seem basic, but too often administrators only size their storage on the capacity size they need to support their environment but not on the Performance IOPS/Latency/Throughput that they need. When sizing your environment you really should consult your Application and Storage Vendor's best practices and sizing guidelines to understand what storage performance your application will need any what your storage hardware can deliver.
How you configure your storage hardware, the type of drives you use, the raid configuration, the number of disk spindles in the array, etc… will all affect the maximum storage performance your hardware will be able to deliver. Your storage vendor will be able to provide you the most accurate model and advice for the particular storage product you own, but if you need some rough guidance you can use the guidance provided in the chart below.
The slide shows the general IOPs and Read & Write throughput you can expect per spindle depending on the RAID configuration and/or drive type you have in your array. Also frequently I'm asked what is the typical I/O profile for a VM, the guidance varies greatly depending on the applications running in your environment, but a "typical" I/O workload for a VM would roughly be 8KB I/O size, 80% Random, 80% Read. Storage intensive applications like Databases, Mail Servers, Media Streaming, … have their own I/O profiles that may differ greatly from this "typical" profile.
One good way to make sure your storage is able to handle the demands of your datacenter, is to benchmark your storage. There are several free and Open Source tools like IOmeter that can be used to stress test and benchmark your storage. If you haven't already taken a look at the I/O Analyzer tool delivered as a VMware Fling, you might want to take a peek at it. I/O Analyzer is a virtual appliance tool that provides a simple and standardized approach to storage performance analysis in VMware vSphere virtualized environments ( http://labs.vmware.com/flings/io-analyzer ).
Also when sizing your storage make sure your storage workloads are balanced "appropriately" across the paths in the environment, across the controllers and storage processors in the array and balanced and spread across the appropriate number of spindles in the array. I'll talk a bit more about "appropriately" balanced later on in this series as it varies depending on your storage array and your particular goals/needs.
Simply sizing your storage correctly for the expected workload, in terms of size and performance capabilities, will go very far to making sure you don't run into storage performance problems and making sure your Device Latency (DAVG) is less than that 20-30ms guidance. There are other things to consider which we will see in future post, but sizing your storage is key.
PS. This week I'm at the HP Discover Event presenting with Emulex, a VMware Partner, Session TB#3258: The benefits and right practices of 10GbE networking with VMware vSphere 5 @ 2:45 June 6th. If you are at the show come by and say Hi. I'll also be at the VMware Booth in the main expo hall most days.
Have the numbers been verified? How come in the RAID performance picture the 15k drives get 175 iops max while the drives do 200 iops? 25 iops lost by the RAID controller in raid 0?
How come a SAS 10k drive have the same latency as a 7200 drive?
– FC 10k and SAS 10k don't have the same latency?
Good Observations!! The data points came from several public sources online, you can actually do a quick web search and find several other articles, all have basically the same numbers. For the disk types and IOPS & Latency chart, notice that the use case for each drive changes which also changes its I/O profile (Block Size, Read vs. Write, Sequential vs. Random). The IOPS and Latency were rough based on the use case these drives are typically seen in. So the seemingly inconstant values come from the different I/O profiles being used. But Again, all of these numbers are just ballpark estimates to offer just a general idea of what to expect in terms of storage performance. Storage arrays obviously have a lot of dynamics that effect performance (cache, paths, front end & back end processor speeds, disk types, number of spindles,…) so it is highly recommended to work directly with your storage vendor to get the best estimate for the particular storage array that you have.


I am a pediatrician joining MSF for my first mission in Aweil, South Sudan.
I graduated from the University of Florida College of Medicine, where I was inducted into the Chapman Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, recognizing humanism in medicine. I was also a student leader for medical mission trips to Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.
I completed my pediatric residency training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, where I was on the medical staff for Camp TLC for children with spina bifida. And just before joining MSF I was a Pediatrician at All Children's Hospital, Johns Hopkins medicine, and I was able to join the World Pediatric Project on a neurosurgical mission trip to Guatemala.
I am looking forward to my time working in Aweil.


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Kambankool is an ideal and traditional food for summer season because it is a natural coolant. Our last two generations have shifted away to rice based food completely. However people are going back as kammankool's health benefits are known. Even there are road side shops selling kammankool.
Kammangool is very easy to prepare once you start the first time. Try and enjoy the benefits of kammangool this summer without fail.
1. Clean and remove the stones from the pearl millet.
2. Wash them thoroughly for 3-4 times. Soak them for 3 hours.
3. Then drain the water completely using the juice strainer. This will take 10 -15 mins.
4. Now make it into a coarse powder using the dry mixie jar. Just pulsing for 3-4 times is enough. You should not grind it into a fine powder.
5. Heat 4 ½ cups of water in a large bowl. When the water starts boiling, keep the flame at simmer. Then add the ground pearl millet flour little by little and mix them quickly without making lumps.
6. After all the flour is added, mix them gently and close the lid of the pan. Cook till the mixture become soft and thick. Mix them occasionally to avoid sticking at the bottom of the pan. This will take 13-15 mins. You should keep the flame at simmer throughout the process.
7. After they are cooked switch off the flame and allow them to cool down completely.
8. Add 5 cups of water in a pressure cooker. When the water starts boiling, keep the flame at simmer. Then add the ground pearl millet flour little by little and mix them quickly without making lumps.
9. Close the lid of the cooker and put the whistle. You can cook for 5-6 whistles in medium flame.
10. Once the pressure has gone, open the cooker lid and mix them gently and allow it to cool down completely.
In this method the rice sticks at the bottom of the cooker.
11. Heat 4 ½ cups of water in a large bowl. When the water starts boiling, keep the flame at simmer. Then add the ground pearl millet flour little by little andmix them quickly without making lumps.
12. Heat enough water in a pressure cooker, keep the pan (from 11) inside the pressure cooker. Cook for 6-7 whistle in medium flame.
13. After pressure has gone, take the pan from the cooker and mix them gently. Allow it to cool down completely.
How to store the cooked rice?
14. After the rice has cooled down completely, make apple size balls from the rice and keep it in a bowl. Add enough water to immerse the balls in the water.
15. Keep it one day at room temperature; otherwise you can refrigerate it for 3-4 days.
16. Wherever you want to make kool, take required balls and add enough water. Mix them well with ladle.
17. Add required salt, buttermilk and chopped onion. Mix them well and serve.
Serve it with raw mango pickle or moor milaga.


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Now that you've made mayonnaise at home as well as a couple jars of pickles sitting pretty in the fridge, there's only one logical step. I think you know where this is going… Tartar sauce!
I'm not sure exactly when ketchup cemented itself as the go-to condiment for fries, or as the sauce of choice for hamburgers and hot dogs alike. All I know is, it's not a BBQ without a big red, plastic squirt-top vessel of Heinz ketchup.
No longer are pickles reserved for pregnant women's cravings, nor are they the sad soggy looking entities thrown into school lunches of yesteryear. From cayenne-spiced pickled cauliflower to smoky okra pickles laced with curry powder to the no-frills classic dill, a newfound pickle craze has paved the way to a new generation of pickle consumer….
Ever go to the grocery store and walk through the bakery with all those beautiful, rich cakes, and start craving a piece of chocolate cake. Not an entire cake, but just ONE piece?
It's a basic question to determine preference of peanut butter, one that doesn't even require mention of the subject to prompt an answer. And we all have our answer, don't we?


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ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION APPLAUDS NEW YORK STATE FOR INCLUDING COBRA SUBSIDIES FOR ARTS WORKERS IN NEW YORK STATE BUDGET
New York -- Actors' Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has issued a statement in response to New York reaching a budget agreement.
Equity worked closely with lawmakers on the challenges our members face in retaining healthcare during the ongoing pandemic. The result is a budget that includes a renewal of the COBRA subsidy program for members of the arts sector with $2.4 million funding, an increase from last year, as well as improved terms of the program.
"We are so grateful to New York State lawmakers, especially Assemblymember Kevin A. Cahill and Senators Liz Krueger and Robert Jackson, for working with us to improve the COBRA subsidy program for New Yorkers," said Kate Shindle, president of Actors' Equity Association. "Equity members earn our health insurance one work week at a time, and employment is still far below pre-pandemic levels. This subsidy will not just prevent actors and stage managers from losing their health insurance and having to look elsewhere; critically, the coverage Equity members earn provides far better support than most plans when we are working - as we often do - in states where we don't live full time. We will also continue to push for universal health care so that no American has to confront the insecurity and fear of being dropped by their insurance provider during a global health crisis."
In addition to the increased funding, the new COBRA program includes:
An increase in the income eligibility threshold from about 200% FPL to 400% FPL.
An increased subsidy reimbursement from 50% to 75% of the COBRA cost.
The COBRA subsidy will now be available for various new tiers of coverage unions introduced during the pandemic
Expanded access to the program for 12 months of coverage over 5 years. Previously, the program was capped at 12 months total lifetime access.
Background: While the union has long supported universal federal health care coverage, during the pandemic Equity has been advocating for a full federal COBRA subsidy since April 2020, which first passed in the American Rescue Plan Act. The union also focused its efforts on New York State's subsidy, which will continue to dramatically lower the cost of COBRA for members of the arts and entertainment sector.
ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers. Equity endeavors to advance the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits (health and pension included). Member: AFL-CIO, FIA. www.actorsequity.org #EquityWorks


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Kate Winslet got a Bafta award last night for her role as Johanna Hoffman, Apple PR guru, in the semi-biopic Steve Jobs.
Danny Boyle's movie won in the best supporting actress category, although it was nominated for "Best Adapted Screenplay" and "Best actor".
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Kate Winslet thanked Danny Boyle, Michael Fassbender and Johanna Hoffman :
"I really am quite overwhelmed actually,"she said. "Danny Boyle you were amazing to work with. Thank you for casting for me when you really didn't have to. Michael Fassbender you led us through this; I don't know how you did it you are a brilliant brilliant actor. I [also] want to mention a woman who would prefer to remain anonymous the real Johanna Hoffman, who was a devoted and loyal friend to Steve Jobs."
She already got a Golden Globe for the same role, earlier this year and she's received an Oscar nomination as well.
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In the 1960's, as a child, Carol Bryant was rescuing stray animals and finding herself bringing them home to her parents house in Burlington and later the family moved to a farm in Waterdown. The passion continued to grow with Carol and in 1993, Carol started her pet grooming business, Bryant's Pet Grooming.
On Sept 2009, Stephanie Joelson, purchased Bryant's Pet Grooming Services, and she is in the process of name changing to Stephanie's Pet Grooming, has continued on with Carol's legacy and is equally passionate about animal care.


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I love fun facts, those things you don't necessarily need to know. They don't make you cleverer, but once you know them, you enjoy the fact that you do. And so I've collected a few fun facts about KLM to share with you. I hope they'll make you smile.
Longest versus the shortest route
KLM and subsidiary KLM Cityhopper fly directly to 162 destinations on five different continents. Did you know that Amsterdam and Brussels are only 170 km apart and that this is the shortest flight? The longest direct flight is from Amsterdam to Buenos Aires, Argentina. It will take you almost 14 hours to get there by plane. The cities that are furthest apart from each other are Amsterdam and Denpasar, Indonesia. This route is operated with a short stopover in Singapore and covers a distance of more than 12,000 km. This is almost 68 times more than our shortest flight.
All our KLM aircraft have a name (Cityhopper excluded), alongside their aircraft registration number. Our A330s are named after famous city squares; our first A330 was named after De Dam in Amsterdam. The Boeing 737s are named after birds, 747s after famous cities and the 787s after flowers. And, because the environment is so high up on KLM's list of priorities, we have also named aircraft after national parks (777-300ER) and UNESCO heritage sites (777-200ER). One tiny exception at the moment is a 777, registration number PH-BQA. This bears the name of one of KLM's founders, Albert Plesman.
99 KLM houses
The combination of Delft Blue, Bols Holland gin, and the Netherlands' cultural heritage, has long made the little KLM houses cherished items among our World Business Class passengers living here and abroad. We already have 99 houses. On the 7th of October we will present our 100th house, a special milestone. All passengers who travel Business Class on an intercontinental flight are presented with one of our KLM Houses during the flight. But did you know that we have been giving presents to our passengers since 1952? However, it's only since our 75th anniversary that we have been making a new house every year. The houses are all miniature replicas of real buildings. Next time you walk through Amsterdam, you may well see one of these houses.
Fokker and KLM
KLM has been a major Fokker customer since the aircraft manufacturer's early years. In 2010, KLM Cityhopper had more Fokkers in service than any other airline. Since then, KLM has replaced the Fokker 100s with more fuel efficient Embraers. The Fokker 70, which was the last aircraft to be built by Fokker, flew its final flight at the end of October 2017, bringing more than 97 years of KLM Fokkers to an end. You can read more about the farewell of the fokker here.
Orange pride
What is the Netherlands' favourite colour? Orange, of course. The Royal Family's name is "Oranje", Dutch for orange, but until 2016 we had never had an orange aircraft. A picture of a Boeing 777-300ER with an orange lion on it was posted on social media in 2015 and the response was so positive that we decided to make our Photoshopped adaptation reality. Here is the "Orange Pride".
Interesting facts & figures
Have you ever wondered where a Boeing 747 is arriving from, or a particular Fokker 70? If you have the flight number, the KLM App can tell you where it departed from. But how fun it would be, and useful, if you could see from the flight number which region the flight was coming from. Boeing 737s and our KLM Cityhopper aircraft, of course, only fly within Europe. But the A330s, Dreamliners and other types… well, they fly a little further. KLM's intercontinental flight numbers contain three figures. Flights beginning with a 4 (e.g. KL422) have come from the Middle East, those starting with a 5 from Africa. If a number begins with a 6 it has come from North America and a 7 from South America and the Caribbean. Finally, flight numbers beginning with an 8 have come from Asia.
Extra fun fact
Another fun fact is that most flight numbers with uneven numbers depart from Amsterdam, while those with even numbers are the return flights to Amsterdam.
If you have any more fun facts about KLM for me, please let me know. I just can't get enough of them.
Posted by: Niels Hager | December 1, 2017
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If I'm not mistaken, KLM's 737's are named after birds. The famous cities are reserved for the 747's.
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Saw an exhibition in Haarlem of the history of KLM a couple of years back – lovely town -interesting exhibition in amazing church location.
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So much enjoyed reading these fun facts, great blog and wonderful airline!
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