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Microplastic Contamination Is Affecting People and Animals in Remote Alaska
Scientists are studying the stomachs of Alaskan seabirds to discover the extent to which plastic pollution is impacting wildlife and human populations in the Aleutian Islands.
Yereth Rosen
A tufted puffin.
(Photo: Ann Morkill Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Coal mines had their canaries. When it comes to microplastics in the ocean, Alaska has its seabirds.
A nearly decade-long University of Alaska project to monitor the ecology of puffins, crested auklets, and other seabirds that flock to the storm-tossed Aleutian Islands has produced crucial baseline information about microplastics contamination in marine waters off Alaska.
Of more than 200 Aleutian birds initially examined, nearly one in five turned out to have some type of organic materials in their stomachs, researchers found.
Further investigation revealed that plastic contamination goes well beyond items in birds' guts.
Nearly all of the birds subsequently examined tested positive for at least one type of phthalate in their muscle tissue, said Veronica Padula, a Ph.D. candidate focusing on plastics contamination. There are many types of phthalates, but Padula tested the birds for the six that are considered high priorities by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Phthalates are widely used to make plastics softer, more flexible, or more durable. They are found in flooring, cosmetics, medical devices, and a broad array of other products. Once ingested, phthalates can mimic hormones and interfere with reproductive functions.
It is not yet clear how the phthalates got into the birds—direct ingestion of plastic, eating other creatures that consumed the debris, or through some other type of exposure.
"This is like a Pandora's Box and it just begs more questions all the time," Padula said at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium, held in January in Anchorage. "What it does say is these anthropogenic compounds are in the environment and that these birds are exposed to them in some way, which is meaningful when you consider the fact that they're endocrine-disrupting compounds."
The seabird-monitoring program, launched in 2009, did not start out as a search for plastics, said Doug Causey, a University of Alaska–Anchorage biology professor and Padula's adviser. Causey has been studying Aleutian seabird populations for decades, hitching nearly annual rides in recent years with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's research vessel Tiglax. He has a permit that allows him to shoot birds for research.
One trend he has tracked is the decline of red-faced cormorants, which used to number more than 70,000 in the westernmost Aleutian islands but are now down to a few hundred.
There are multiple suspected causes for the fall in population of red-faced cormorants and other seabird declines, including climate change and shifts in the marine environment.
The plastics epiphany came in 2013, Causey said. That year, a tufted puffin collected off the remote island of Amchitka was found to have a sharp piece of plastic—possibly from a bottle—lodged inside its body, piercing its stomach wall and scarring its esophagus.
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Discovery of the Amchitka puffin launched the search for microplastics, some of which were so small they had to be detected with ultraviolet light. And detection of microplastics prompted the investigation into the effects of microplastics.
Just as they are indicators of other aspects of ecosystem health, birds would be good indicators of plastics in the environment, Causey and his colleagues figured—and a practical way to start the daunting task of understanding microplastics loads in Alaska waters, where little such work has been done.
"We can't filter the ocean," he said.
The story of plastics in the ocean is not new. The case of the albatrosses on Midway Island in the Pacific Ocean, found dead of starvation but their bodies packed with ingested plastic trash, is well-known. Even in waters off the remote Aleutians, occasional deposits of plastic trash—monofilament lines, pieces of Styrofoam, and other debris—have been documented since the 1970s. Some of it has been traced to Soviet or Japanese fishing vessels. Past research has shown an increase in plastics ingestion by seabirds off Alaska, though the focus was on larger pieces, not microplastics.
Still, plastic loads along the Aleutians have not been noticeably large, Causey said. In their surveys on the Tiglax, crews have seen the occasional nurdle, one of the pellets that manufacturers meld together into plastic products, and occasional items on the beaches, but not much more, he said.
The western and central Aleutians are far from any sizable human populations and any suspected local sources of plastics, Padula said. It is likely that whatever bits of plastic brought there are from elsewhere, broken into small pieces by ocean forces along the way as they travel. They might be so small that, unlike the big pieces ingested by the albatrosses in the tropical Pacific, they pass right through the Aleutian birds' bodies.
"So for us, the question became, what happens in that time when the plastic is inside the bird's stomach," Padula said in her presentation at the marine science symposium.
To measure phthalates exposure, Padula and her colleagues examined muscle tissue from 138 birds of 11 species—red-faced cormorant, tufted puffin, parakeet auklet, common murre, glaucous-winged gull, pelagic cormorant, crested auklet, black-legged kittiwake, horned puffin, pigeon guillemot, and northern fulmar. The birds were taken during field research from 2009 to 2015. Of the 138 birds, 30 had some type of inorganic material in their stomachs at the time they were found.
Padula found no noticeable geographic pattern for phthalate contamination among the Aleutian birds. But she did find an important pattern among species.
Contrary to the situation with persistent organic pollutants and mercury, phthalate levels are not magnified higher in the food web. Instead, the birds that eat lowest on the tropic level—crested auklets—had the highest phthalate levels, she said.
That produced a hypothesis: "These birds, which are plankton eaters, are targeting items that probably are plastic but look a lot like plankton. So they're getting confused by those items," Padula said. Risks appear to be lower for "a bird that's eating a fish that might have eaten some plankton," she said.
Padula and her colleagues are now investigating signs for phthalates in parts of the birds' bodies other than muscle tissue, like feathers. So far, 11 of the birds examined, she said, were females carrying embryonic tissue that tested positive for phthalates. Another discovery, like finding the plastic-containing Amchitka puffin, was almost accidental: Phthalates are in bird eggs.
In 2015, when Padula was on St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea and doing work for the local Aleut tribe, community members gave her a gift of six thick-billed murre eggs. The eggs are part of the traditional Aleut diet.
"I ate those eggs," Padula said. But she saved some portions to test for phthalates—and the tests turned out positive. "I consumed subsistence foods that I later detected phthalates in," she said.
On the other side of Alaska, the Sitka Tribe in the southeastern part of the state plans to test shellfish collected at a popular local beach for plastics contamination.
The tribe, with members who are Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska, already tests local harvests for the algal toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. As the water warms, harmful algal blooms are proliferating, and the tribe has stepped up its examination of clams.
Now the tribe is planning to add a microplastics search to its toxin screening. The short-term goal is to examine at least 50 blue mussels and 50 butter clams retrieved from a popular local beach, said Naomi Bargmann, an Alaska Department of Fish and Game technician who is taking a leave from her state job to work on the project.
The Sitka group lacks the ultraviolet spectrometer that other researchers have used to search for the smallest microplastics, Bargmann said. But it can make use of high-magnification microscopes and filters, thanks to cooperation from Mount Edgecumbe High School, a boarding school for high-achieving Native students from around Alaska.
"Right now, we're relying on visual identification," Bargmann said. The group does plan to preserve samples to be eventually tested for phthalates, she said.
A $30,000 grant from EPA's environmental justice program is expected to fund the project, though details were still being worked out, Bargmann said.
This article originally appeared on Oceans Deeply, and you can find the original here. For important news about our world's oceans, you can sign up to the Oceans Deeply email list.
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Voyager to Allow Cash Withdrawals for Customers With US Dollars Held in Accounts
Following the bankruptcy judge approving the release of $270 million in cash deposits, the crypto firm Voyager Digital has announced that it plans to open cash withdrawals starting on Thursday, August 11. After the cash withdrawal gates are open, Voyager customers can withdraw up to $100K in cash via an automated clearing house (ACH) transfer.
Voyager Digital Plans to Open the Withdrawal Gates and Limit Customers to $100K ACH Transfers on August 11
Last month, on July 1, Voyager Digital suspended trading, deposits, and withdrawals, and a week later, the company officially filed for bankruptcy protection. Voyager had significant exposure to the now defunct crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), and 3AC defaulted on a $620 million loan owed to Voyager.
On August 4, 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported that Judge Michael Wiles of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York approved the release of $270 million in cash deposits held by Metropolitan Commercial bank (MCB).
The following day, Voyager detailed in a blog post that it was updating customers on access to cash, and the next steps of the company's reorganization process. Voyager plans to open up cash withdrawals next week, and funds will be disbursed to people's accounts around 5-10 business days later.
"We anticipate resuming access to the Voyager app for cash withdrawals only, starting on Thursday, August 11th," Voyager said on Friday. "Customers with cash (U.S. dollars) in their accounts will receive an email with more details before cash withdrawal access in the app becomes available."
At the same time, Voyager is "simultaneously pursuing a standalone restructuring process and a potential sale of the company." Bidding for the company begins on August 26 and the sale hearing will be "held on September 8th."
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York is also giving Voyager customers up until October 3, 2022 to file claims against Voyager, which includes claims for cryptocurrency holdings. Voyager has also created an Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (UCC) last month.
"Once cash withdrawals are enabled, customers can request withdrawals of up to $100,000 via ACH in a 24-hour period," Voyager's blog post concludes.
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The holiday season is a time to appreciate loved ones and good fortunes, and it often comes with a renewed enthusiasm for giving back. Thanks to a well-established program in Massachusetts, you can dramatically increase your charitable giving this year and directly support vital work within your neighborhood or community.
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CDCs strive to address the racial and economic inequality that is prevalent across Massachusetts by supporting families within their community to ensure that everyone can participate in and benefit from our economy. This is both a challenge and an aspiration for a CDC, whether it is supporting scallop fisherman on the Cape, building housing in Chelsea or helping farmers in Greenfield.
The CITC program provides a 50 percent refundable state tax credit to state-certified CDCs. The minimum donation is $1,000, which yields a $500 state tax credit and can also be claimed as a federal charitable tax deduction. Some taxpayers have used the program to eliminate their entire state tax burden, while also supporting their local community.
If the holiday spirit has filled you with the sense of giving and you are looking for a worthy cause to which to donate, look no further than your own community. The CITC program is also open to corporations, foundations and donor advised funds seeking to make charitable contributions. It is a great way to ensure your dollars are spent locally and have maximum impact. Donations must be received by Dec. 31 to be eligible for this year. To take advantage of this amazing program, visit the MACDC website at https://macdc.org.
MACDC board and staff leaders joined with community development leaders from across the country in Washington DC recently to participate in NeighborWorks America's Excellence in Governance program. The program works with community development organizations over an 18-month to help them improve their board governance practices. Each organization identifies specific goals for improvement and develops a work plan to achieve them. MACDC's board has decided to focus on two issues: (1) helping our board devote more time and energy to generative discussions about deepening our impact and (2) improving the racial and ethnic diversity of our board and other leadership roles. Through the program, we are working to adopt "best practices" from other organizations, change our board culture to focus on the big issues, build stronger relationships among board members, and ensure a welcoming environment for new board members.
On Monday, December 11, Governor Charlie Baker stood with leaders from municipal government, business and the housing field, including MACDC, to announce his new Housing Choice Initiative with the goal of producing 135,000 homes across the state by 2025. The Initiative creates a new system of incentives and rewards for municipalities that deliver sustainable housing growth; creates a new technical assistance toolbox to empower cities and towns to plan for new housing production; and proposes legislative changes, through An Act to Promote Housing Choices, to deliver smart, effective zoning at the local level.
The Governor's program builds on the ideas and proposals being advanced by the Great Neighborhoods campaign led by the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance, of which MACDC is an active member. The Great Neighborhoods campaign announced its support for the Housing Choice Initiative and also plans to continue advocating for comprehensive statewide zoning reform legislation. The Governor's initiative also comes at a great time for MACDC as we have just launched our new Suburban Housing Caucus with 13 of our member organizations. The Caucus and its members will be working to encourage cities and towns to embrace the initiative and become designated Housing Choice Communities.
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Carissa and Heather are a couple of very talented individual's with a small printmaking workshop based out of Oakland, California. They specialise in hand printed and assembled objects, all from a farmhouse with a lemon tree.
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The order is supported by some 4,000 employees and 250,000 volunteers mainly Anglican but those of other Christian dominations or religions are accepted into the order and honorary membership is presented to distinguished adherents of other religions. Membership into the Order is by invitation only, except via appointment to certain government or ecclesiastical offices in some realms. People may not petition for admission. It is perhaps best known through its service organizations. St John's ambulance and St John's Eye Hospital group, the memberships and work of which are not limited to any denomination or religion.
The original order was divided into languages (tongues). These were groups based on the tongue, or language, that the group spoke.
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By ADF Last updated Mar 11, 2020
Netflix has commissioned its first African animated series from South Africa's Triggerfish Animation Studio. Zambian writer Malenga Mulendema created the series after winning a competition to find talent from across the continent, Hollywood publication Variety reported.
The series, Mama K's Team 4, revolves around four teenage girls who are recruited by a retired secret agent to save the world. The series is set in a futuristic version of the Zambian capital of Lusaka.
Mulendema grew up watching cartoons and found herself asking why no heroes looked like her and why they didn't live in a world that felt like her own.
"In creating a superhero show set in Lusaka, I hope to introduce the world to four strong African girls who save the day in their own fun and crazy way," she said. "Most importantly, I want to illustrate that anyone from anywhere can be a superhero."
Cameroonian artist Malcolm Wopea designed the characters.
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Last year's blockbusters consisted mostly of sequels and remakes which were generally both financially and artistically (see the Oscars) quite unsuccesful. So what will they be bringing us this year? (Mostly) sequels and remakes, of course!
We've already seen Mission Impossible III, which was decent but not very memorable. And right now the talk of the town is the Da Vinci Code, which is getting slaughtered by the critics, but will probably keep selling based on the massive wave of hype alone. So what else have they got in store?
X-Men 3: will the new director keep the franchise alive? At least all the stars are still there...
Cars: doesn't sound like much of a premise, but it is Pixar...
Superman Returns: I never really cared about Superman, but, hey, why not?
Miami Vice: no Don Johnson, no Edward James Olmos, no Jan Hammer (except for the theme), I seriously doubt it'll work
Casino Royale: a new Bond? Well, we know the franchise can survive a bad Bond anyway, so I'm not worried.
Pirates of the Carribbean 2: almost a no-brainer...
And, as the ultimate outsider, there's A Scanner Darkly. Based on the book by Philip K. Dick I happen to have recently read and featuring Keanu Reeves, Woody Harrelson and Winona Ryder, but done as eh, live action animation? Still, it just might work...


No recent posts for a long time so thought I'd start one,if for no other reason,to see who still pops in occasionally .
Since leaving the Institutional Church(IC) Sundays,esp Sunday mornings are quite a bit different.I used to get up early and head over to the building to perform the various duties I had accumulated over the years,sound tech,worship team etc then hope to get home before noon or at least as close to noon as i could so i could catch the Vikings kickoff.
Now,being home in time for kickoff is no longer a problem.in fact,waking up to a quiet house with no plan or agenda is the norm.the only constant,set in stone thing i do is get the coffee pot going .
this comes to the point of my post.now that we no longer have our sunday mornings filled with "church" what do we do with them?
our sundays are unique to the day and unique to the needs of the family and of course, unique to me. today i am going to TRY to finish our room. cleaning ... organizing ... getting rid of a few things ... changing purses over (what an ordeal) ... stuff like that.
this morning i made a fruit smoothie and swept off the deck, dusted off the chairs and sat out there while our granddaughter and our neighbor's little girl hoola hooped. the cat got to come out for a while with us, so she enjoyed entertaining her strong feline curiosity with taking in the new deck and walking all around and behind the pond. jim left his computer project and came out and joined us for a while. we are having some refreshing cooler weather, so i had to go out on the new deck and enjoy it.
jim has been working, feverishly at times, on a shoveletter that has been growing and expanding larger than he anticipated.
our middle daughter just made a fresh pot of coffee a few minutes ago, and since it is the weekend, i am indulging in sipping a mug of it.
oh, also jim went for a walk early this morning along A1A with our oldest daughter. they really enjoy that time together.
personally, i know that i would dearly love to meet with you guys and have wonderful times and discussions together concerning god, christ as our life, life in general, etc.
our youngest daughter just called and told us that we HAVE put channel 5 on and watch the olympic ice skating, so ... off i go! i am years behind on the world of ice skating! we used to watch it a LOT around here. life distracts as it tends to do and we exchange and trade one distraction with and for another one, etc.
We usually attend a local church on Sunday mornings, but were up late (till 3:30 AM) last night due a family medical emergency, so we slept in, had coffee and late breakfast. Then, I worked on one of my B-study.com assignments in Numbers 12 while I listened to the Young Messiah and then Mozart. It's been a nice morning inside on a very cold day out. You know what I mean, Dave?
No football game or ice skating till I can figure out how to get reception without cable.
As Sherri already mentioned, I walked with Christy along AIA this morning. We've been walking every weekend I slept in a bit. Yeah, I didn't get up until 4:30am. I'm normally up at 3am every morning for work, and I enjoy having the time in the dark to myself before anybody else is up and moving about making noise, so I get up once I realize that I'm not going back to sleep. I usually give myself about a half hour before I finally give in to the fact that it's not going to happen.
Sometimes our Sundays are filled with the girls all hanging out, the washing machine running, breakfast or lunch being prepared, movies being watched, etc. Sometimes it's just Sherri and I, but that doesn't happen too often. Mandy and Trinity are usually in and out doing different things.
If you don't mind me asking, what time do you go to work and what do you do between 03:00 and then?
What time do you go to bed? I can't till about 23:00 myself.
My workday at Home Depot starts at 4am M-F. So, basically I have enough time for a shower, breakfast and then out the door. :) I go to bed at 8pm.
I miss the social interaction,usually being the first person there and the one to lock up,i had quite a bit of time in between things to visit,once i got the coffee on of course .
I will say that something struck me in relation to this thread.I was listening to a message mp3 by James Barron today while at work and he said something along the line that Jesus is now our "sabbath rest" so that to "keep holy the sabbath" all we need to remember is that we are doing so anytime by resting in Christ . Kind of makes the sunday morning thing moot.THAT struck me as cool .
That is cool, Dave. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, the social interaction is the main reason I attend our church. I am not involved in any ministry on Sunday or in any leadership position, so I can just enjoy the fellowship.
We're renting a mother-in-law apartment and the antenna is above the main house. The owner doesn't think we'd be able to connect to it. I wonder if an internal antenna would pick up Mnpls, stations. ???
You can get such an antenna online for about 50 bucks. I did. The reception is good with a converter, and totally excellent with a digital TV not needing a converter.
You might try a good inside antenna like Jim said.you are closer to the north side of town so you might have a chance to pick up a few stations.as jim said if you have a newer tv you won't need a converter box. where we are,we would need a rooftop antenna and still would only pick up a couple of stations you might get a couple more.the best thing would be to tap into the roof top antenna somehow but you'd probabl have to get up there,split off the antenna with a splitter and run cable to your tv.probaby not too practical.
Thanks, Dave. Yeah, I'm not sure I can splice into my landlord's antenna. He is talking of getting an amplifier to boost his own reception already.
And, I wasn't sure if the hill would interview with reception here. Before investing in an indoor antenna I would like to know if others find success with one here. It sounds your antenna only picks up a couple of stations.
$23 a month? Who is that with?
The antenna I bought is made for the outside and is mounted on the highest point of my roof. I pick up 30 stations. Of course, many of them are Spanish stations, and many religious, but I get all the locals, plus a few others.
We are on the farthest fringe for recieving the minneapolis stations so would at best pick up only a few stations without a rooftop antenna otherwise,i'd tell the cable company to go away .tim,charter cable has a basic basic package,all the local minneapolis stations,two home shopping networks and one"superstation" wgn out of chicago for 19.99 with taxes the bill is 23 per month.i think installation is another $30.you get about 20 channels with that,maybe 10 of them are decent .


Cardiff and Vale College has teamed up with Marie Curie Cancer Care to encourage more people from black and minority ethnic communities to use the charity's services.
The College is one of the largest providers of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) in Wales. ESOL Course Tutor Veronique Whittle brought together a wide range of the College's ESOL students, reflecting Cardiff and the Vale's multicultural mix, to raise awareness of Marie Curie and design a charity event. The event was part of the charity's new campaign to build stronger links with BME communities.
"It was really interesting and I learnt how I can support the charity. I really enjoyed working on the poster to raise money for the Marie Curie Hospice," added fellow ESOL Entry 2C student Ana Rodrigues.
The ESOL students' work to design a charity event for Marie Curie will result in a fund-raiser being held at the College later this year.


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Classic wooden canoes on the Allagash River in northern Maine (Photograph by Michael Melford/National Geographic Creative)
Intelligent Travel
Adventure 101: Canoeing the Allagash
ByKatie Knorovsky
Take a page out of Henry David Thoreau's book, and paddle on northern Maine's remote Allagash River. "Here was traveling of the old heroic kind over the unaltered face of nature," he wrote in The Maine Woods, his account of a series of mid-19th-century canoeing and hiking trips he took through the New England state's largely uncharted woods.
Today, days still rise and fall with the sparrow's whistle, water lapping against canoe, and the cry of the loon. Canoeing down the 92-mile national "wild and scenic" river to Canada yields wide lakes, waterfalls, Class 1 and 2 rapids, trout-filled streams, and relics from this onetime logging highway, now wilderness waterway.
> Getting Started:
The classic Allagash canoe trip takes seven days, from Chamberlain Lake north to Allagash Village, with 80 rustic campsites along the way. Start those push-ups now to power hours of paddling, often through choppy waters, and a couple of short portages.
"The first few days are a huge adjustment for most people, but then the transformation is remarkable," says Lani Cochrane, who runs Greenville-based Allagash Canoe Trips with her husband, a third-generation family outfitter offering guided custom trips.
> Trip Out:
Those who want to focus their energy on paddling—not planning—can hire a guide. Outfitters such as Allagash Canoe Trips and Canoe the Wild lead trips that range from four to nine days. Experienced canoeists who want to go solo can rent gear, park at their chosen end point, and catch a ride to one of several put-in spots.
"The river is mapped out well and flows north," says Pam Farquhar of Katahdin Outfitters, which provides shuttles and rentals from Millinocket. Before going solo, learn how to keep gear dry, brush up on map-reading skills, and pick up camping permits at an entrance station. "Once you launch, there are no provisions along the way, so plan accordingly," advises Dave Conley, a certified master Maine guide.
> Shortcuts:
Favorite four-day routes include Allagash Lake to Chamberlain Bridge—the waterway's wildest segment, complete with ice caves, a fire tower, and an historic tramway to explore—and Churchill Dam to Allagash Village, with Class 2 rapids.
Those without white-water experience can pay a ranger a small fee ($10) to shuttle their gear around the rapids.
This piece, written by National Geographic Traveler contributing editor Katie Knorovsky (on Twitter @TravKatieK), first appeared in the magazine's June/July 2015 issue.


The Minneapolis asphalt batch plant was the first plant location acquired by Bituminous Roadways. In 1946, the company began operations with a three-man crew and this asphalt plant in south Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis asphalt plant has been awarded the MAPA (Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association) Ecological Commendation Award consistently since the year 2014. This award program recognizes asphalt pavement production facilities that best demonstrate safe and responsible environmental practices. The award nomination also takes into consideration design layout, community relations and clean operation.


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Late comedian Raju Srivastav's daughter Antara Srivastav has opened up about the last time she spoke with her father. In a new interview, Antara recalled how at first she thought it was her uncle, who suffered a heart attack and not her father. Antara said that she thought there was a 'mix-up' as her uncle Kaju was admitted to AIIMS when Raju had a heart attack. (Also Read | Raju Srivastav's family thanks Amitabh Bachchan for remembering late comedian on KBC for 'fourth time', pens note)
Raju died due to a heart attack in September 2022. He had been on life support since he was admitted to the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on August 10, 2022. He was cremated in the presence of family and close friends.
In an interview with Times of India, Antara said, "Life never tells you that this is going to be the last time. He was out of town for the last 10 days. A day after my birthday, he had shot for Laughter Champion. We celebrated my birthday and he shared the kind of jokes he'd cracked there. A few days after that, he left for outstation. He often went for tours."
Speaking about the mixup, Antara said, "I thought that my chachu (uncle) had suffered a heart attack on August 10, 2022, when my mom called me with this information. I felt there was a mix-up. My chachu's name is Kaju and in fact, he was very much admitted to AIIMS in Delhi (owing to accumulation of fluid in his brain) when my father met with a heart attack. In fact, my dad had also made quite a few of his stay arrangements. In fact, my chachu was slated to get operated on the same day. And, my dad had been shuttling in and out of the hospital, attending to him- and I thought the news of my father's heart attack was a rumour."
Raju is survived by Shikha, Antara and son Ayushmaan. He was in the entertainment industry since the 1980s and shot to fame after participating in the first season of the reality stand-up comedy show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge in 2005. He also featured in hit Hindi films such as Maine Pyaar Kiya and Baazigar. Raju's last appearance on screen was in the comedy series Hostel Daze season 3, which was released after his death.
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Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit talked about his expectations from the 2023 Union Budget, which was presented on Wednesday. He said that the entertainment industry has always been neglected by the government. Talking to the news agency ANI, Ashoke stated that no government has taken the industry seriously and given it the same importance as other industries. Also read: Ashoke Pandit questions Nadav Lapid's selection as IFFI jury head
Ashoke Pandit said, "The entertainment industry which includes cinema, television, OTT and state shows has always been very hopeful whenever the Budget is about to be announced, this happens year after year. But unfortunately, our entertainment industry has always been neglected by government after government. We have not been spoken about the way other industries are spoken about in the budget, whether it's the textile industry, whether it's the soap industry or health industry. The way other industries are identified, discussed, debated and benefits are thought for those industries, the entertainment industry has not been given that kind of importance or seriousness by any government till date."
"We have been discussing, we have been approaching but unfortunately that seriousness, as far as our industry is concerned, is not there in the politics of this country," the filmmaker added. He further shared how the film industry is operating independently and said, "Whatever battles we have fought, whatever the survival of this industry is, it's all done by ourselves."
He shared his expectations from the upcoming budget, before it was announced by the Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. He hoped that the Modi government will consider the film industry in a 'real sense.' He continued, "Our industry is one of the biggest taxpayers of the country and during all kinds of trouble like during corona we played a very important role by entertaining the people sitting at home, we were responsible for people not getting mentally ill. So this industry has to be taken seriously by the governments and not only use us as promoters during elections or calling for events."
Ashoke called the industry people 'promoters of our country' as they play a crucial role to spread the word about India. Budget 2023 is most likely the last full Budget under the Modi government in its second term with the next Lok Sabha election due in April-May of 2024.
John Legend's newborn baby's name turned out to be a happy coincidence.
The "All of Me" singer and wife Chrissy Teigen welcomed their third child, daughter Esti Maxine Stephens, on Jan. 13. And though John exclusively told E! News correspondent Courtney Lopez that the name was Chrissy's idea, it ended up having a surprising family connection.
As he revealed on the Feb. 1 episode of E! News (airing tonight at 11 p.m.), "It turns out, my great-grandmother was named Esther."
"It wasn't intentionally after someone," John explained, "but once Chrissy told me that idea, I was like, 'Oh, my great-grandmother's name was Esther.'"
Esti's middle name also shares ties to another one of John's relatives. "We wanted to already name her middle name Maxine after my grandmother, whose middle name was Maxine," the 44-year-old shared. "So, it's a lot of my family in the name."
John and Chrissy—who also share daughter Luna, 6, and son Miles, 4—announced they were expecting baby No. 3 in August 2022, two years after Chrissy experienced a pregnancy loss in October 2021.
Pakistani actor Meera Jee will star in the remake of Pakeezah (1972). She is all set to essay the role played by late actor Meena Kumari in the Pakistani remake of Bollywood classic Pakeezah. The film was written, directed and produced by Meena Kumari's husband Kamal Amrohi. The film had late veteran actors Ashok Kumar, Raaj Kumar and Meena Kumari in lead roles. (Also read: Amitabh Bachchan reveals Meena Kumari danced around fountains with real rose water in Kamal Amrohi's Pakeezah)
In a conversation with SAMAA Digital today, Meera Jee said, "I am going to play Pakeezah, 100%." She further told them that they had been working on this project for the last 13 years while the shooting will start from March, 2023. She also said the movie is produced by a US-based production house called Red Lipstick, and the casting is still under process. Earlier, there were rumours that actor Mahira Khan will essay the lead role.
Meena Kumari's film Pakeezah is arguably her best work and among the most beautiful musical dramas ever made in the Indian cinema. The film was made by Kamal Amrohi, who began work on it in 1956 but put it on hold due to their misunderstandings in personal life. Both of them came together to complete the film in 1969 when Meena was severely ill. The film wasn't appreciated in theatres but went on to be a hit after she died almost a month after its release in 1972.
In 2021, Amitabh Bachchan talked about how legendary filmmaker Kamal Amrohi used real rose water in all the fountains installed on the sets of Pakeezah. According to Meghnad Desai's book Pakeezah, Meena charged just a token amount of Re 1 for her role in the film.
Meena was born as Mahjabeen Bano to artists Ali Bux and Iqbal Begum on August 1, 1933. When she was just four-years-old, when Ali Bux started taking her to studios, made her the breadwinner in her family at a very young age. She has starred in several films such as Piya Ghar Aaja, Sanam, Garib, Vijay, Baiju Bawra among others.


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Many companies are claiming that they have started it but those initiatives are isolated or tactical. If not executed properly the only result is failure.
As you will look at weather reports, travel times, flight connections, hotel reviews before going on holiday journey, similarly you will need a road map for navigation from point A to point B.
It is all about starting with baby steps, gaining trust from business by delivering quick value and celebrating and marketing the successes to generate internal buzz.
The roadmap begins with a digital vision, mission & assessment of the digital maturity of your business today. Once the assessment and vision are completed, then next step it becomes possible to identify the systemic gaps that need to be filled. Then those steps can be built into the roadmap.
· Prioritize and break them in small projects to adopt fail fast approach. If anything did not work, just accept the failure, publish the learnings and move on.
Transformation programs may be massive and take place over multiple years, but understanding the ROI for each phase helps keep a multi-year journey on track. With a structured approach, all of the moving parts can be managed and progress sustained throughout this journey.
Finally, you know when you are digital transformed?
Enterprises that adapt, evolve and exploit this new digital reality will thrive, while those that do not, will be lost to the sands of time like Dinosaur.
Originally published at simplified-analytics.blogspot.com on July 2, 2017.


It is with great sadness the family of Reverend John Piercey MacLean, announce his passing at the Nanaimo Hospital on Monday, April 18th, 2016 in his 89th year. He will be deeply missed by his children, Mary (Rod), Beverly (Jim), and Joan (Terry); seven grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.
A Celebration of Piercey's Life will be held at a later date.


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The House Where Evil Dwells / Ghost Warrior (Double Feature Blu-ray / Movie Review)
Blu-ray ReviewShout!/Scream Factory
At some point in the past, there was a boom in samurai films (I think. How else do you explain these two films.) First, we had The House Where Evil Dwells, about a horny Japanese Ghost, and the other is Ghost Warrior (I much prefer the "I'm not even trying" name Swordkill,) a film that predates the Oscar bait film Encino Man by about six years. Both films certainly have their fair share of problems, be it a small budget, cheesy acting, or paper-thin plots, but oddly enough, the films still entertain. If anyone happens to be in the mood for a cheese fest, then what better way than with Scream Factory's Double Feature Blu-ray release.
RUN-TIME: 88 / 81 min
ASPECT RATIO: 1.78:1 / 1.85:1
AUDIO: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono / DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
REGION: A/1
PRODUCTION DATE: 1982 / 1986
RELEASE DATE: Jan 5, 2016
A Double Dose Of Samurai Action!
THE HOUSE WHERE EVIL DWELLS
1982 / 1.78:1 / NEW Transfer
A century ago, a samurai brutally murdered his adulterous wife and her lover before taking his own life. Now, the Fletcher family has found what they think is their perfect Japanese home – not knowing it's the same house where the murders occurred. But as strange events escalate and the ghosts of the dead begin to toy with the living, the Fletchers discover they've become unwitting players in a horrible reenactment… one which they may not survive! This chilling ghost story stars Edward Albert (Galaxy Of Terror), Susan George (Straw Dogs) and Doug McClure (Humanoids From The Deep) and is directed by Kevin Connor (Motel Hell).
GHOST WARRIOR (aka SWORDKILL)
1986 / 1:85.1
While exploring a cave, two skiers find the body of a 400-year-old samurai warrior entombed in ice. He is brought to the United States in a hush-hush operation and revived through cryosurgery. Unfortunately, he is then forced to battle for his freedom, dignity and life. This Charles Band production stars Janet Julian (King Of New York, Humongous).
Starting off the review, we have the haunted house flick The House Where Evil Dwells. In this case, the "Evil" in the title is three long dead Japanese people. You see, many years ago, a samurai walked in on his naughty wife hooking up with some other samurai. The husband wouldn't have any of this and goes on a killing rampage, slicing up his wife and lover. He then proceeds to commit Seppuku. Because some sort of weird nicknack object, that was bought from a witch by the wife (well, I say bought, but really a poke in the eye is what really happened,) this object somehow kept these ghosts trapped in this house. Years later, Ted Fletcher and his wife and daughter move into the same place. Before you can say naughty sex time, the wife is possessed by the cheating ghost and goes to work on hooking up with Ted`s brother. From there, we get a few random scenes of ghosts being annoying, like flipping over bowls or possessing soup (no really). Besides causing oneself to cheat or become extremely efficient at martial arts, these ghosts really aren't that bad or scary. Honestly, I wouldn't mind being haunted by an extremely horny hot Japanese Ghost once and a while.
The House Where Evil Dwells can be a little slow at times, and the ghosts really are the worst spirits this side of the afterlife. They don`t do much and the movie never explains why the three of them are acting out together, as clearly, they didn`t seem like the best of friends when they were alive. However, when the ending rolls around and we get a few hilarious, albeit, gnarly scenes, I felt like it was worth the sit-down. Plus, we get a good helping of boobies to saté your tastes.
Next on this Double Feature Blu-ray is Ghost Warrior, about a frozen samurai who is woken up in the present day of 1986. Like a fish out of water, the samurai, known as Yoshimitsu, goes about killing anyone that steps in his way (don't worry, they are mostly bad guys). One woman, Chris Welles, is chasing after Yoshi to stop him from hurting more people and to keep him out of the hands of the law.
Really, that's all the movie is about. It's a story we've all seen before and honestly, not much happens. A few people get sliced and diced, but besides that, we have a lot of scenes of Yoshi walking around and looking confused. It's not a terrible movie as far as terrible movies go, but I feel like the movie would've been better off if the samurai was some sort of evil killer who goes on a rampage. On a fun note, though, be sure to catch the easter egg involving The Dungeonmaster.
The House Where Evil Dwells and Ghost Warrior are presented on Blu-ray from Scream Factory, and they've never looked better. The films have been cleaned up nicely, with no noticeable visual issues or audio problems. The budgets for the films are a bit low, so you have to understand what you're getting into, but looking at these transfers, Scream Factory did a wonderful job.
Michael Tatlock· May 19, 2017 ·3 min read
Mondo Weirdo/Vampiros Sexos – Review (Cult Epics Blu-ray/DVD/CD)
The only special features are trailers. Booo!
Trailers for each film
Scream Factory may be scraping the bottom of the barrel sometimes with these Double Feature releases, but, this time around, enjoyment can be found, especially in The House Where Evil Dwells. They aren't the best films and some may find them boring, but overall, if it was found for the right price (let's say $15), they are worth the purchase.
Two zombie brains out of four zombie brains is not bad at all.
Zombie brains for the amount of boobies you see. One was kind of shadowed.
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Any parent can tell you that traveling with kids is not for the faint of heart. Whether it involves long flights and schlepping through airports, or just staying the night at a nearby relative's house, changes in routine are tough. And sleeping in a new or unfamiliar setting can sometimes be unsettling for babies and toddlers who don't relish being away from their own bedroom and their own crib.
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Thanks to all who attended our first Master Plan meeting: Shawn Brodeur-Stevens, Linda McCracken, Ed Thomas, Joanne Thomas, and Bob Allen. Our next meeting will be August 3, Friday night at Town Hall at 7 p.m.
Each group member present volunteered to take parts of these tasks, and will report on whatever progress is made by the next meeting--THANK YOU!!!!
Thank you all for your willingness to serve, and let's try to enjoy this process.


1. The project of statement was thought over and prepared, under order of Mariinsky Theatre, by director Boris Persiyanov.
2. 4 sketches of scenery, under order of Mariinsky Theatre, were executed by the artist Vladimir Aref'ev.
3. The Banda wasn't orchestrated as the instrumentation depends on real opportunities of the given theatre.
record: live from the concert performance in Mariinsky theatre, 2017.
The order of the opera was, of course, a very serious matter. Ultimately, "The "Captain's Daughter" swallowed four years from my life. Two people were at the source of this idea: the director and artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater, Vladimir V. Vasiliev and his consultant, composer Eduard Lazarev. I am deeply grateful to both of them for they did for me. Then, at the Bolshoi Theater, the project was strongly supported by Peter Feranec–the chief conductor. I have almost no one else to call. The conditions were set simple: to be silent about everything, and, no information to anyone. Everything had to remain between us only. When the project moved to the Mariinsky Theater, exactly the same –I'm grateful to Alexander Tchaikovsky, Vyacheslav Lupachev–those people who supported me and led me by their hands. In Mariinsky and other people I can name, but, of course, first of all–Valery Gergiev. Although he never put my opera there, despite numerous public announcements, but in 2016-2017 he iniciated two concert performances.
Initially, the idea of "The Captain's Daughter" was not very attracted me, I must say honestly. And I'm a little afraid that this was a "reversal" of the plot, a bit cruel, based oh that. I have some kind of hidden antipathy to Pushkin, but this should be explained for a long time. This is partly done in my comments to the opera. The scenario plan has developed quite easily, although, of course, there have been a lot of changes there. The main thing that I immediately realized that the denouement of Pushkin does not suit me, and that the main image of the opera is a snowstorm, corpses under the icy and snow-covered Vladimir road. And that Shvabrin is the author's voice.
The record from the concert performance in 2017 also can be found.


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Repost-From Slate Star Codex: 'I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup'
April 24, 2019 / chr1
Now, here's an interesting read:
'But the best thing that could happen to this post is that it makes a lot of people, especially myself, figure out how to be more tolerant. Not in the "of course I'm tolerant, why shouldn't I be?" sense of the Emperor in Part I. But in the sense of "being tolerant makes me see red, makes me sweat blood, but darn it I am going to be tolerant anyway."
In the spirit of the piece, some quotes gathered over the years:
So much of our lives is defined by what/who we are against.
"Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world."
-Minogue, Kenneth. Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. (Pg 111).
On the many dangers of political idealism, and using political theory as the limits of your field of vision:
'We may sum this up by saying that the more the style of what used to be called politics becomes theorized, the more political problems come to be reintrepreted as managerial. Working out the least oppressive laws under which different and sometimes conflicting groups may live peaceably together is being replaced by manipulation and management of the attitudes different groups take towards each other, with the hope that this will ultimately bring harmony. In other words, in the new form of society, human beings are becoming the matter which is to be shaped according to the latest moral idea.'
Some Oakeshott: The problem of thinking you know more than you actually do:
'But my object is not to refute Rationalism: its errors are interesting only in so far as they reveal its character. We are considering not merely the truth of a doctrine, but the significance of an intellectual fashion in the history of post-Renaissance Europe. And the questions we must try to answer are: What is the generation of this belief in the sovereignty of technique? When springs this supreme confidence in human 'reason' thus interpreted? What is the provenance, the context of this intellectual character? And in what circumstances and with what effect did it come to invade European politics?'
Oakeshott, Michael. "Rationalism In Politics". Rationalism In Politics And Other Essays. Liberty Fund, 1991. Print. (Pg 17).
"The likings and dislikings of society, or of some powerful portion of it, are thus the main thing which has practically determined the rules laid down for general observance, under the penalties of law or opinion. And in general, those who have been in advance of society in thought and feeling, have left this condition of things unassailed in principle, however they may have come into conflict with it in some of its details. They have occupied themselves rather in inquiring what things society ought to like or dislike, than in questioning whether its likings or dislikings should be a law to individuals. They preferred endeavoring to alter the feelings of mankind on the particular points on which they were themselves heretical, rather than make common cause in defence of freedom, with heretics generally. The only case in which the higher ground has been taken on principle and maintained with consistency, by any but an individual here and there, is that of religious belief:…"
John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (New York: Barnes & Noble, 2007), 8-9.
Watch out for the assumption of rational and knowable ends, and the one-stop-shop of modern doctrines promising radical liberation. All that's left is to implement such knowledge into systems that will lead all men to some point outside of themselves.: A Few Thoughts On Isaiah Berlin's "Two Concepts Of Liberty"
The radical and rationalist project, anarcho-syndicalism and libertarian socialism: Repost-From Michael Totten At World Affairs: "Noam Chomsky: The Last Totalitarian"
Positive and negative rights are also a part of Leo Strauss' thinking (persona non-grata nowadays), and Strauss thought you were deluded if your were going to study politics from afar, as a "science." There has been much dispute about this: Update And Repost- From YouTube: Leo Strauss On The Meno-More On The Fact/Value Distinction?'
Bonus quote:
"More recently Richard Rorty made an attractive attempt to reconcile the most avant-garde postmodern theory with a defence of the institutions of the Western liberal democracies, but the Mill of On Liberty still reigns supreme."
Update & Repost-From Darwinian Conservatism: 'Haidt's Vindication of Fusionist Conservatism and Aristotelian Liberalism'
Jonathan Haidt At Minding The Campus: 'Campus Turmoil Begins In High School'
Also On This Site: From Nextbook: Philosopher Of Science Hilary Putnam On The Jewish Faith
—Martha Nussbaum suggests re-examining the religious roots of the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams (Williams College)…perhaps to prevent excessive and ideological secularism?: Martha Nussbaum Channels Roger Williams In The New Republic: The First Founder.
—Daniel Dennet (Christianty paved the way for much of science, it's time to keep moving on) debates Dinesh D'Souza (who ironically brings up both Nietzsche and Kant to support his religious arguments…to his detriment?): Dinesh D'Souza And Daniel Dennett at Tufts University: Nietzsche's Prophesy.
From Slate Star Codex: 'All In All, Another Brick In The Motte'
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