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Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik
Publisher: Ballantine Books | Release Date: February 13, 2018 | Pages: 401
Genre: Adult, Historical Fiction | Format: eARC | Source: Publisher via Netgalley
A spellbinding debut novel about the trailblazing poet Forugh Farrokhzhad, who defied Iranian society to find her voice and her destiny
"Remember the flight, for the bird is mortal."—Forugh Farrokhzad
All through her childhood in Tehran, Forugh is told that Iranian daughters should be quiet and modest. She is taught only to obey, but she always finds ways to rebel—gossiping with her sister among the fragrant roses of her mother's walled garden, venturing to the forbidden rooftop to roughhouse with her three brothers, writing poems to impress her strict, disapproving father, and sneaking out to flirt with a teenage paramour over café glacé. It's during the summer of 1950 that Forugh's passion for poetry really takes flight—and that tradition seeks to clip her wings.
Forced into a suffocating marriage, Forugh runs away and falls into an affair that fuels her desire to write and to achieve freedom and independence. Forugh's poems are considered both scandalous and brilliant; she is heralded by some as a national treasure, vilified by others as a demon influenced by the West. She perseveres, finding love with a notorious filmmaker and living by her own rules—at enormous cost. But the power of her writing grows only stronger amid the upheaval of the Iranian revolution.
Inspired by Forugh Farrokhzad's verse, letters, films, and interviews—and including original translations of her poems—Jasmin Darznik has written a haunting novel, using the lens of fiction to capture the tenacity, spirit, and conflicting desires of a brave woman who represents the birth of feminism in Iran—and who continues to inspire generations of women around the world.
Breathtaking and powerful, Song of a Captive Bird is an incredible piece of literature. The novel transports the reader to Iran in the 1940s and 1950s and offers a fictionalized account of the life of Forugh Farrokzhad, a woman who disregarded tradition and found her voice through poetry.
I had a difficult time putting the book down, falling asleep with it in my hands two nights in a row.As a person not well versed in Iranian history or literature/poetry, I found myself captivated by Darznik's portrayal of Forugh and felt transported in time. The narrative flows like prose, and the fictionalized telling of Forugh's life is paired with the political and cultural issues of the time. It is clear that Darznik has conducted countless hours of research, and I learned a lot about Iran during the time period.
I really enjoyed Darznik's style of writing and exposition: foreshadowing that constantly hooked me back in and wanting to see what would happen next. In my opinion this style of writing is difficult to execute and rarely works, but as a person without prior knowledge of the source material it kept me engaged.
Themes of freedom, friendship, love, pursuing that which brings you joy, and not silencing yourself. This novel brings to life a woman who inspired the feminist movement in Iran, and I cannot recommend this book enough.
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher, Ballantine Books, for the digital arc in exchange for my honest review.
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Greeting WetWebMedia Crew, I'm currently moving to a new property and am transporting a fairly water lily collection over. I've been told by previous owner they have a fair amount of axis deer moving thru property.
Do have any predictions on how the water lilies will fair. The house actually has 2 in-ground ponds and I'm moving some above ground stock tanks over. Do you think the deer will be very attracted to the water lilies or do they have a chance of co-existing without netting and/or fencing?
time, I'm a bit worried. I'll keep you posted with any developments. Thanks for the great site.
I am writing to you for advise as I have no idea who else my have answers for me.
I live in Mallorca, Spain, not many people here keep fish so no real help at hand. I have had ponds n fish for many years and I have a problem I never witnessed before.
I have built approx 2 months ago. On Saturday morning, when I got up at 7am I noticed 2 dead koi in the middle of my lawn.
Too far away to have jumped and also I noticed between the 2 fish blobs of bird poo.
My question is this, what other type of bird takes fish and doesn't eat them?
It's not a heron as this is not the time of year and I know herons don't leave fish behind?
They are bandits maybe they can dive to take the fish but the fish were too big to take away or eat??
I got up early the next day, nothing happened , the same the next.
Today, I got up and found 2 more dead fish unmarked except for a bloody fin and another dead fish in the street!?
What can you think of that takes fish out but leaves them?
I still am prone to think seagull? But we also have several birds of prey around.
so I am unable to see how many are missing. I need to ship in new parts to create better filtration and will also put a shade to resolve the green water.
Anyway, I am moving away from my question, pests that behave this way, definitely a bird, any thoughts ??
Thanks for your thoughts. No other types of 4 legged things here that raid ponds.
Definitely some type of bird.
It's happening after midnight and before 6.30am. Herons wouldn't normally leave the koi behind n they don't have any tell tale spear marks on them.
I have spent the afternoon draining my pond n had a headcount and no fish are missing.? So, I have 5 fish taken out my pond on 2 separate occasions n not eaten or taken away????
Koi are not huge , small enough for a heron to swallow in one go. 30-70cm long I guess most of them.
It's a bird because of the Poo at the scene of the crime!
I will have to net it which seems crazy as here we have heron issue in winter but never now. Already it's very hot here 88 degrees today and the herons have an abundance of fish to eat away from residential areas. I net it always Jan n Feb. until mid March.
This house is more exposed so pond more visible I don't know what to think.
Now I just need to tackle the green water!!
Greetings Crew, I'm stocking a 3 million gallon reservoir with mosquito fish Gambusia affinis. How many fish would you recommend stocking?
<Mmm... likely a few to several hundred "will do it" here; with good conditions providing for rapid live-bearing increase.
Do ask help from the D/BLNR or vector control... they likely have a ready stock for free.
I forgot to mention, the surface area is 80,000sf and 6ft deep. Thanks again I do appreciate it.
safely consume the eggs. Thanks again.
<Mmm; you're in Hawaii right? DO contact the Bureau of Land and Natural Resources.
Unfortunately, DLNR didn't have any suggestions on tadpole removal, except for manual removal. I'm a little confused as to how you could be getting me in trouble. I would not able to import fish/inverts that aren't conditionally approved. If you could shed some light on the subject, it would be appreciated. Thanks for your time.
Thanks again Bob. I thought you had a secret biological control, you didn't want to reveal, haha.
Found this in my pond today.
It was about 1/2 of an inch long. I know it is a larva of some kind. Looks like it could be dangerous to fish. Any idea what species it could be?
I did some research. It appears I have a diving beetle larva of some kind.
It had a head just like a diving beetle larva. We do have small diving beetle species here in Arizona. A newly hatched goldfish fry might have something to fear from them. But would an older 1 inch fry have anything to worry about?
I have a 1,000 gallon Koi pond in my back yard. I have had it for 8 years.
I have a fence surrounding my small property and all obvious entrances into the yard have been barred.
The last 2 years, I have been attacked by various critters and my fish eaten.
The first year, a mink took out 12 of my 15 fish. The second year, I bought 3 more fish. That same year, all 7 were taken. I now have no fish in my Koi pond.
I have tried many ways to keep the predators out. Paying big bucks for netting that was supposed to be predator proof, only to find out that they can easily rip holes in it and get in to feast.
I have installed night guard eyes that flash to help keep them at bay, but they don't work when the night time passes and mink or other predators don't care whether it's night or day.
chewed a hole in the net right next to the trap.
I am now not sure I want to go through the heartbreak again of stocking my Koi pond just to supply food for the local wild life.
Do you or any of your pond owners have any ideas for me before I take the whole thing out and plant flowers?
Please try to get me some answers. Many thanks.
I went there, but don't see a link to the electric fence? Help?
We have a pond with a bee problem. They gather every day at our pond to drink. Stung a member of my family the other day. The problem here is we cannot spray with pesticide because of the fish living in the pond. Do you have any ideas on how i can drive them off?
Bee repellants, smoke, water? Anything nontoxic that might help? Any help here would be appreciated. I also e-mailed a beekeeper, but they have no responded yet. Thank you.
Would birds bathing in my pond stress my comet goldfish enough to prevent them from eating?
Would bathing birds harm my pond?
How do I keep birds out of my pond?
Many thanks for considering this. My water lily is full of holes and, on inspection, I saw thin white worms (almost invisible) on both pad surfaces.
I also noticed them crawling around the edges of the pond close to the surface of my half-barrel pond. They appear to hide in the gaps between the boards of the barrel. They crawl surprisingly quickly.
They are up to 1/4 cm in length. On closer inspection they have forked 'tails' that they appear to paddle with. They have dark heads (possibly red) and a pattern in the same colour on midsection of the upper surface of their white bodies.
I'm very curious to know what they are and what to do to protect my water lilies from being destroyed (over 2/3 of the pads have been eaten).
I have found it impossible to identify a curious floating entity on my pond. They float around the pond edge, at the base of my reed mace and around the edges of lily pads. They resemble miniature, grey curling leaves.
On closer inspection they are segmented. When I looked into the pond last night with a torch I was surprised to find white ones floating on the pond (or were they reflecting the light? I'll have to check that one out).
I have never seen them change. They crumble or break up if touched.
Perhaps they are clusters of eggs? There is nothing I can find online about these but I have lots of them.
I have an outdoor pond in South Florida (about 3,000 gallons) and recently I have been discovering dead fish laying outside of the pond with the head only eaten away.
or is there another predator that could be lurking in my yard?
I have seen large possums, but I pose the same question here. THIS IS WAR!
I'm getting ready to completely re-construct my pond with all new equipment, so maybe this is the time to install some type of device that will keep the mystery predator out.
I am new to having a Koi pond, and have been doing well, but something has started messing with it. A few days ago the pump was taken apart and not working. A today there were several large rocks that had been thrown into the middle. I retrieved the rocks using my skimmer to drag them to the side then lugging them out. My fish are (understandably) traumatized now, but none of them seem to be hurt or missing. Is it possible for raccoons to move rocks or would they pop open a pump and toss it back?
Hi there. I hope you can help. I have a goldfish that is missing one eye.
hiding behind some rocks, but I noticed the other fish are attacking her.
Any suggestions on how to save her?
I'm afraid they will kill her in the middle of the night while we're sleeping.
Any suggestions would be helpful. Thank you in advance.
Thank you! We found some mesh wiring and cordoned off an area for her.
We will see how she does. Should I add some salt to speed up the healing process or just leave her alone? Thanks again!
I came across your great site when looking for some pond answers and got them.
I wanted to pass along a tip for providing shelter from birds and other predators. It may not be an original idea, but what I did was go to Fleet Farm (a Midwest chain of agricultural supplies and so much more) and bought a coupling for drain tile. Most people are familiar with the 3 inch or 4 inch flexible ribbed plastic pipe for drainage around a house. The coupling I bought is meant to join two sections of 24 inch drain tile used on farm fields!
The coupling is like a 2 foot length of pipe, only joined on one edge by a hinge, and open on the other so it looks like a black cylindrical clam shell with open sides. I cut the hinge so I now had two half pipe pieces. I overlapped the ribs by about 10 inches, then drilled some holes so I could cable-tie the two sections together. I then used a larger drill bit to put a variety of holes for water to flow through (5/8" drill bit). Last, I sanded off any sharp edges. The weight of this Quonset hut means it doesn't need anything additional to keep it on the bottom. I put it in the deep end, and my fish love going through it. If a predator ever came, there is enough room for them, and as I add more fish, I can "expand" the hut. The best part is that it is black, and blends in with the bottom of the pond.
Just wanted to pass it along to you, because you seem to be a real helpful pond guy, and we need more of those.
I have a large Comet which was taken out of my pond by a bird and dropped in dirt. I have put it back in the pond and it is moving around, but it has a lot of dirt stuck on it. Do I need to get the dirt off or will I do more damage?
<I would leave this fish be... the dirt will come off of its own accord.
I was wondering if you can identify this growth on the back of this Koi (I don't know if you can make it out in the picture attached)?
I don't think it's Ich?
Just thought you would appreciate (not enjoy) this picture from today's paper. Poor guy (Koi) looks slightly bemused!
Hi, I have a predator that is taking fish out of the pond, but not eating them. I have found two of my larger comets lying on the grass a foot or so from the pond's edge with no apparent damage from teeth, beaks or claws.
Are my fish jumping out on their own?
I have had an Egret and now a herons visit my pond several times a day.
Last year it was a white egret. Since the fall and through the winter I have had a heron visiting sometimes twice a day. What can I do to discourage them from returning?
Hi, I have a pond outside that is about 200gallons, I have one 2 year old goldfish and 4 others. The two year old is almost 8 inches long and has found a way to stay clear of great white heron attacks while others have perished.
Today I went outside to feed then and saw the great white in the back yard. There were a number of scales scattered around and I saw the big fish still alive hiding under a rock inside the pond, I put my hand in the water and he moved around, clearly scared and injured. There are scales missing on both sides of his body as if the bird grabbed him and he got away. I was wondering if there was anything that I can put into the pond to help him heal and not get sicker.
The other fish, although hiding, seem to be fine and come out when I open the screen door to bring them food.
This happened to one of the other fish abut 6 months ago, but not to this severity, and he is fine now. Do I do anything or just hope for the best and let nature run the course?
I live in Maryland and have a 6000 gallon Koi pond. This fall when cleaning my pond, I found many small leaches under some of the plants and stuck to the liner. Is this something to be concerned about? If so, how should I treat the problem ?
Thank you for your quick reply. I have not seen any of the leaches on my fish, but I thought it was strange that I found so many of them.
They are about 1" long and attach and move like a leach.
I had one stick to my hand.
I just pulled it back off. If it is OK to leave them in the pond, I would rather not add any chemicals. They do not seem to be bothering the fish yet.
As all Hirudineans are parasitic... yours may prove to be problematic with time... Or just die out for lack of a suitable host.
Thank you again. I have read the article and am positive that they are leaches.
I will try and get rid of most of them. I do not want this to become a serious problem. I have read that you can place a small piece of red meat on a string in the pond for a few hours and then pull it out with the leaches still attached. Does this really work ?
I have one other question for you as well.
and slowly bring it out of hibernation. I then brought it inside the house in a 50 gallon trash can. I have a small filter and a light on a timer and the wounds on the fish seem to be healing up. I have had the fish inside for over 2 weeks. The problem is, it does not seem interested in food.
Do you think the trash can is too narrow for the fish to swim, so it is not happy and it will not eat? Do you think this crazy waking up may have been caused by the leaches?
I'm hopeful you can help.
Yesterday morning my Husband noticed a Heron around our pond, he went outside to scare him away, as he approached the pond he noticed "Lippy" was laying motionless by the pond.
the pond on his side. Occasionally he'll thrash around then settle back at the bottom of the pond. Yesterday afternoon I moved him to the small pond (55gal) which was previously his home before we built our 1000 gal pond.
I added salt to the small pond along with Melafix and P.
He is still laying at the bottom of the pond on his side. I don't see any visible signs of damage to him other than the missing scales (lots). What are the chances "Lippy" will survive this ordeal.
I don't want to prolong his misery. It breaks my heart to consider having to euthanise him. Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Hideous things, aren't they! Not my idea of beauty at all. But I can see that they'll sell in droves, even though this species rarely lasts long in "cold" (by its standards) tropical aquaria.
but I do wonder if a cold winter would cause problems in terms of immune response.
I have a pond in my back yard with gold fish in it. It's been there for about 3 years and I have added no fish.
I now have a fish (white lips) that has a large discolored spot on his back with a bump the size of a pencil eraser sticking out about mid body.
thank you for your fast reply. So do you think it could be something that will heal itself and go away or possibly get worse?
I had wondered if something may of gotten to him.
thank you very much, I really appreciate the advice!
One of my fishponds has tiny grey, pin-head sized parasites on the leaves. The other pond is unaffected. I can scarcely see them with the naked eye. I brush them off the leaves and they float right back on. When they die, they are white.
Could you please advise us how Koi would respond if they were visited by a heron. Would they try to hide somewhere in the pond? Thank you for your response.
We can't thank you enough for your quick and informative response! We will absolutely try your suggestions. Thanks again and have a nice day!
Small (2-3" long) worm like, transparent things attached to the sides of my pond. Looks like a transparent caterpillar until fished out. When fished out they just look like jelly and don't do anything apart from slowly dry out.
Any ideas? I've done the search thing and come up nothing much. Leech in my book gives something close but segmented, however your website says the leech stays more or less attached and are usually black?
Many, many thanks. That is exactly what it will be. We can fish them out or leave as wished without fear they will eat the few fish we have left.
This may be outside your area of expertise, but perhaps you can point me in the right direction. My outdoor water garden is home to two goldfish, plus a variety of plants.
The plants have developed a serious whitefly infestation. How can I treat them without harming the fish? Thank you for any advice you can provide.
<Here are some ways you can control them that I have heard of: 1. you can plant certain plants that naturally repel whiteflies like marigolds and basil 2. you can purchase predator bugs like green lacewings and lady beetles (problem is they won't stay around) 3. you can put large amount of sticky yellow tape near the leaves due to whiteflies being attracted to the color yellow, or 4. you can remove your fish from the pond and treat with a pesticide. All of my suggestions I have heard of working but never actually seen in action. Your best course of treatment will probably be pesticides due to them being resilient to other methods. Best of Luck!
Hello WetWebMedia crew. My name is Russell. I once again need your help. I am wanting to build a outdoor turtle pond for the summer. I have all the supplies needed, but I have a problem. I live in Kentucky, a area know for its mosquito problems. So I was wondering how do I keep the mosquitoes out of the pond? Is there a product I can safely put in the water with the turtles to keep the bugs out? I am building the pond close to my house so I need to keep the pond mosquito free. Thanks you for your help.
directory book/s)... for what they use, suggest as a biological control.
Magnus Feels Froggy - Gone Fishin' Hello, <Hi there Magnus on call to help.> If you can give me any advice on he following I would be really grateful as I am extremely upset at the moment. I have had a pond for 5 years. I had 10 six year old large common goldfish, 3 three year old golden Orfe 3 three year old ghosts 4 three year old Shubunkins 6 four year old Koi carp (one very large compared to the others) 20 assorted various aged off-spring from the above 2 4 year old tench Numerous frogs of all ages <sounds like you had a really nice collection of fish in your pond.> I have never had any problems with my pond or fish, and the fish showed no fear of anything as they have been left do what they do with no interference. They always came out to get food when they saw me, and had no fear of the net when I skimmed dead leaves off the top of the water. I went away for four days this week. When I returned, I found the pond greatly disturbed, sediment floating on the top, no fish to be seen. <YIKES!> My immediate reaction was that someone had broken into my garden and had fished the lot out. <This is not a unusual idea, My Aunt had someone stealing Koi from her pond and selling them to Koi dealers. Eventually the person was caught, but she had lost thousands of dollars from the few stolen.> But, there was no evidence of this. Eventually I saw two or three fish at the bottom of the pond, and to my horror, two large goldfish with what looked like scratch wounds down their sides and part of their tails missing. Being really upset, I took the decision to empty the pond, take an inventory and now the fish are safe I am considering re-locating the fish to a relative's pond. I was shocked to find that I only had the following fish left. 2 six year old large common goldfish one really damaged ( eight missing) 3 golden Orfe (none missing) 1 three year old ghost ( two missing) 4 three year old Shubunkins (none missing) 2 four year old Koi carp (one very damaged) (4 missing including the largest) 12 assorted various aged off-spring (8 missing) 2 tench (none missing) still numerous frogs, none damaged <OH MY... I'm So sorry to hear of your loss! that is very upsetting, from one goldfish/Koi friend to another I feel your pain.> I just want to know what would have taken all these fish in such a short space of time, could cats have done this, the water level is quite a bit lower than the outside pond wall, how would they have taken so many?, and there was a lot of floating sediment as though the water had really been dredged about. <There are many animals that can do this to a pond. You hadn't mentioned where you are living, but some areas have some really bother some wildlife. A Florida friend of mine lost his goldfish and Koi to an alligator! while I'm not suggesting this is the case here I would sooner think that this is because of an animal than a person. The sediment could be there because of what ever had been attacking the fish scared them to the deepest areas of the pond and they themselves had stirred up the sediment.> I know herons attack fish, but would they have left what looks like scratch marks on the survivors, and would they have landed in the water (about 3' deep) and taken so many, all the largest? <The four culprits that typically are the dreaded enemies of the goldfish pond are Herons (any fishing bird really), Raccoons, Foxes and cats. (foxes are the least concern really, but I have seen them steal fish out of shallow ponds.) Herons are the worst. They can get into anywhere and will literally fish a pond empty in a short while. They won't leave a pond until they have either emptied it, can no longer catch them, or the other fish are to large to swallow. A heron will try to get any fish into their mouth, and with big fish you can see the scrapes and the scars on their body where the bird had tried to eat the fish but either couldn't get it out of the water, or couldn't swallow it. Raccoons, cats and foxes are bad, Raccoons will wade out to get goldfish, check your fences or garbage cans to see if anything else is disturbed that will show you if you had a raccoon in your pond. These animals will scrape up a fish if they can't catch and hold on to it.> I found no fish bodies anywhere in the garden (but I do have foxes who may have taken them), no dead fish in the water. <if there aren't any bodies in the garden then most likely it was a heron. Fish dead in the water might have been eaten by the other goldfish.> But the remaining fish were extremely timid. I was very attached to all my fish, and this experience has put me off stocking a pond with fish again. Does this sound familiar to you. I really need advice so that I can decide what to do in the future. <Sadly this does sound very typical. My other aunt lost over 5 thousand dollars in goldfish and Koi from her pond by ONE heron in a few weeks time... They repeatedly scared the bird off before it could eat, but it managed to snag a couple fish here and there. They are fast birds and will do damage to the pond fast. Keep an eye out if it was a heron than your culprit will most likely return to the seen of the crime. There are measure you can take to protect your fish, by putting on alarms or sprinklers to scare away the birds. Also you can string fishing line around the pond so that the birds are incapable of flying into or getting to the pond. I would look online at other goldfish/Koi pond owners (preferably local one) and see what measure they have taken.> Thank you in advance of any advice you can give me. Best Wishes Julie Peek <Julie, I'm sorry to hear of your loss, and I do wish you the best of luck in the future. Try not to give up hope. -Magnus.


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'A New Awakening' – Burberry's new film and capsule celebrates Chinese New Year
WORDS Mia Steiber PUBLISHED Thu, 14 Jan 2021
In celebration of Chinese New Year, Burberry has created a limited edition capsule collection. And to accompany the pieces, the house has also created a special film inspired by the great outdoors.
Burberry has always had a history of exploration and a heritage influenced by the outdoors and environment around us. Starring Burberry's ambassadors Zhou Dongyu and Song Weilong, the film called A New Awakening is a timely reminder about the important things in life. It follows the characters on a journey rebirth, framed by sensory discovery. It is a work that captures the essence and spirit of Chinese New Year and the two-week Spring Festival celebrating the arrival of the new season of renewal and regeneration.
Creative director of Burberry Riccardo Tisci said of the film:
"I have always found inspiration in nature and its energy. This film really represents our connection as humans to the outside world and the journeys we take in life, always discovering new things in both our environment and also in ourselves. I truly believe in renaissance; rebirth and new beginnings. For the new year, I think we all want to find love, balance, strength and hope – this is the real beauty in life."
You can watch the film here to experience Burberry's A New Awakening and celebrate the spirit of the Lunar New Year.
As for the unique and limited edition capsule, it features a Thomas Burberry Monogram motif that celebrates the Year of the Ox – the Chinese zodiac sign associated with the earth, power and calm. The pieces include a number of Burberry classics like checked blazers and scarves. But there are also a few unexpected pieces like a horned baseball cap.
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Civil Rights icon inspires students
Masah Mourad, Hajera Naveed, Section Editor, Kabir Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief, and Abby Stockmal, Editor-in-Chief|February 22, 2019
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On Friday, Feb. 15, Carlotta Walls LaNier, member of the Little Rock Nine, spoke to the school about leadership, character, and overcoming adversity.
Last Friday, Feb. 16, a member of the Little Rock Nine, Carlotta Walls LaNier, visited and spoke at Central in honor of Black History Month to share her experiences with discrimination throughout her education. Only juniors watched her speak live in the auditorium because they are currently studying US history, while freshmen, sophomores, and seniors watched a live-stream of LaNier's speech from their second period classrooms.
The Little Rock Nine was a group of black students who attended the all-white Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas. On September 4, 1957, Governor Orval Faubus made a call for guards to block the black students from entering the high school. Other Little Rock students and community members followed the governor's and gaurds' leads and attempted to stop the nine students from entering the school using physical and verbal force.
LaNier was the first black female to graduate from Little Rock Central high school. Since then, LaNier has spoken and written about her experiences of being a symbol for the '60s Civil Rights Movement, and, along with the other Little Rock Nine students, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by Former President Bill Clinton.
LaNier talked about her experiences, and how she felt in the face of the severe discrimination targeted at her and the eight other students. She said she believed that walking outside Little Rock High School might've been her last moments because of how terrifying it was.
"I thought hearing a primary source from an event so important in history was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and it was an amazing speech given by a woman so courageous and strong to be able to live in a time where she was not accepted into society because of her skin color," said Karem Alnatafgi, junior.
Maiwan Amegadjie, junior, was chosen to speak briefly before Friday's crowd, introducing LaNier while also offering her own opinions on today's current racial issues.
"I was scared but happy that I had the honor of presenting there and knowing LaNier's story. I thought her presentation was good and how she didn't focus on leadership but focused on character and it was empowering," Amegadjie said.
In her speech, LaNeir highlighted how important education was for her and why she risked her life to attend school every day.
"I think it was inspiring to have her come to our school. She's from a time period in which we could never imagine the hardships she's gone through. We take for granted the fact that we have such an amazing opportunity to go to a challenging and accepting high school, and having our speaker come tell us her experiences really made me realize how fortunate I am," said Jennah Khan, junior.
In her speech, LaNeir also advised students to serve in the community and become leaders for change. She said students should always speak up, and when the time comes, they should vote because their voices need to be heard. LaNier said students don't realize that they have the power and chance for their voices to be heard, and they often ignore that exclusive opportunity.
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Music has been at the heart of the Mount Marty experience since our founding in 1936. Some of our students might be music majors, others want to take singing or playing piano to a college level. But what we all share is the sense of joy, comfort, and meaning we derive from song.
Music is a part of all of our lives, and it's a big part of our liberal arts education at Mount Marty. It's how we learn more about ourselves and other cultures through the wide-ranging span of music in our society. It's also a form of prayer on our campus where soft, angelic sounds are lifted to the heavens as praise and reflection during our annual vespers in the Bishop Marty Memorial Chapel.
You'll perform in campus and community concerts and events, college tours, and the annual vespers concert during the Christmas season. Simply join an ensemble or audition to perform with a more specialized group if you'd like.
Share your God-given, musical talents at Mount Marty!
Concert band. Perform a variety of music in one major concert each semester. As a concert musician, you'll practice twice a week. Anyone can join!
Pep band. Entertain Mount Marty fans at basketball games, and be paid to do so.
Jazz band. Perform everything from 1940s Big Band swing tunes to contemporary rock if you play trumpet, trombone, saxophone, and or rhythm instruments. You'll tour with the Mount Marty choir each spring.
Weed brass quintet. Play at special events on campus and twice a semester at the United Church of Christ (UCC) church in Yankton. As a select member of the group, you'll receive scholarship money from the Weed fund at the Yankton UCC church.
If you've ever tucked away the idea of singing for an audience in the back of your mind, now's the time to muster the courage. If you've felt the elation of practicing for weeks and creating something bigger than yourself, you know what it's like to perform with others. Experienced or not, there's a way for you to discover and share your vocal talents at Mount Marty.
Mixed chorus. Perform a repertoire of music from all genres. No need to audition—just sing your heart out!
Chamber choir. Sing and perform even more as part of a highly select ensemble. You'll tour with the Mixed Chorus.
Smooth benediction. Become a pitch-perfect member of a highly select a cappella choir, singing pop hits, musical theater tunes, and popular oldies. You'll join about 18 to 20 vocalists who work hard to entertain and recruit others.


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This study measures and compares the efficiency of leading tour operator and hotel companies across several Asia Pacific countries. We use an innovative methodology that is based on combining the stochastic frontier and data envelopment analysis in a Bayes framework. We show from the results that Australia, Singapore and South Korea are the most efficient in both their tour operator and hotel industries. We further show that international hotels in the region have a slightly higher efficiency than local hotels. We provide a listing of the most efficient tour operators and hotels in each country and discuss the implications of our findings.
This paper aims to offer more accurate and fresh insights into the level of performance of major tourism operations in the Asia Pacific region. It is well established that tourism is an important economic driver and major source of foreign exchange earnings for many Asia Pacific countries. It also contributes significantly to the employment in these countries, helps in the creation of new businesses, and plays an important role in the revival of regional centers and in achieving environmental sustainability (Wang, 2010). In Australia, for example, tourism contributed $38.9 billion to Australia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2006–07, representing around 3.7 per cent of the Australian economy in the last ten years. The industry holds a high share in terms of Australian employment (4.7 per cent, or 482,800 jobs) and Australian exports (10.5 per cent, or $22.4 billion). The industry has also important impact in New Zealand; it contributes $18.6 billion to the economy each year—9% of New Zealand's gross domestic product. It also makes a large contribution in Thailand, Japan and South Korea and ranks among the three most important industries in Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Indonesia (IBISWorld, 2009). The tourism industry in most of these countries was generally growing rapidly over the last ten years, until recent negative trends affected its growth. For example, the safety fears changed the environment for travel and tourism and threatened the predicted growth of tourism both globally and locally (Travel and Tourism-Australia, 2009). The recent economic crisis also affected business and travel activities, and resulted in less tourism spending (Global Travel and Tourism, 2009). Some measures that are currently being taken by Asian Pacific governments to assist tourism operations include the improvement of tourism competitiveness, facilitation of travel and investment activities, diversification of the economy, and the promotion of innovative launching initiatives (IBISWorld, 2009). We focus here on the efficiency analysis of tourism operations from both the tour operator and hotel industries. Both these industries play an essential role in the tourism industry of the Asia Pacific region. They also present an excellent context for efficiency analysis as they operate in a high competitive environment. The hotel and tour operator industries have both recently experienced a sharp decline in revenues as a result of the economic crisis and drop in international travel. Hotel occupancy rates, particularly in higher-end hotels declined significantly in the second half of 2008. The competition in the tour operator industry also continues to increase with the fluctuation in flight prices, and the political instabilities in some counties like Thailand and India (Global Travel and Tourism, 2009). The present study introduces a sample that allows for a cross-country comparison. The existing literature is replete with studies that are mostly limited to one single country (e.g. Barros et al., 2010, Barros et al., 2009, Chiang et al., 2004, Hwang and Chang, 2003 and Köksal and Aksu, 2007). All these studies have important merits, but the focus on a single country limits the benchmarking comparison (Assaf & Dwyer, in press). It is more important for governments and tourism operators to evaluate how their hotel industry is performing at the regional level, or at least against their major competitors (Blanke & Chiesa, 2009). The methodology used in the study is also unique and innovates on related studies in the area. For the first time we combine the strength of both the data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic frontier (SF) models in one methodology. Specifically, we use the DEA efficiency measures as priors of efficiency in the stochastic frontier model. These priors are then used to obtain posterior estimates of efficiency using the Bayes' theorem. We provide below more details about the methodology. The paper proceeds as follows: Section 2 presents the literature review; Section 3 discusses the methodology; Section 4 describes the data; Section 5 presents the results and Section 6 presents the discussions and concluding remarks.
The main objective of this study was to provide a benchmarking analysis of the hotel and tour operator industries in the Asia Pacific region. Both these industries are extremely important for tourism in the Asia Pacific region. Destination managers have an interest in benchmarking as it is strongly related to strategy development (Bosetti et al., 2006, Kozak and Rimmington, 1999 and Peypoch and Sbai, 2011). Our results are useful for the tourism industry, at least in the countries we analyzed. Apart from benchmarking the different countries, we also reported the most efficient hotels and tour operators in each country. These are essential information for competitors as well as for investors in the industry. It is possible that several other factors have also contributed to the efficiency difference between the countries under analysis. Australia, for instance, which has the highest efficient hotel industry and tour operator industry, ranks consistently among the most competitive tourism destinations in the world, and is also one of the highest ranked in the Asia Pacific region (Blanke & Chiesa, 2009). The hotel industry in this country benefits from excellent air transport and tourism infrastructure and a high number of significant tourism attractions. The same applies to other efficient countries (Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia). Generally, all these countries have well established tourism industries and are also consistently ranked among the top destinations in the world in terms of their tourism competitive index (Blanke & Chiesa, 2009). They also attract annually a large share of international tourism arrivals and receipts. On the other hand, several factors could have contributed to the low efficiency in the hotel and tour operator industries in countries such as India, China, and Taiwan. In China, for example, the quick increase in hotel construction has resulted in supply outstripping demand even before the financial crisis. The occupancy rates have been very low, particularly in relation to 4- and 5-star hotels, where affluent, high spending, foreign tourists traditionally stay. The occupancy rate was also low in India over the last few years. The financial crisis and the terrorism threats, particularly in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in Taj and Trident hotels in November 2008 have had a major impact on the country (Travel and Tourism-India, 2008). In 2008, for example, the occupancy rate was 70%, 5% lower than 2007. Room rates were also particularly low, and despite price cuts and attractive tariffs in premium and budget hotels, people were wary of taking holidays, due to the tourist attacks in the hotels in Mumbai. In summary, it is possible to relate the efficiency of hotel and tour operator industries to several other factors. A major limitation of this study is the small sample size in some countries. We have also limited number of years. Therefore, the results might have been influenced by recent trends such the current financial crisis. Heterogeneity can also be a problem as we compared hotels and tour operators across various countries. Due to data limitation, we obtained more hotels and tour operators in some countries than others. Though we did not estimate the efficiency for every sample separately, the comparison should still be taken with caution.
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Explosive political game on the field of power in Islamabad
It's no secret, the danger to the sovereignty and internal stability of the country do dissension in the highest circles of power. Danger repeatedly increases if the warring parties to seek assistance from other States, haunting, usually, their own greedy purposes.
Pakistan is now torn by profound internal contradictions between the highest civilian and military authorities. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and his entourage set up the coming clearly pro-American, while the highest military circles have a right inverse of persuasion.
In the conditions of constant confrontation plainclothes peak reached extremes, bordering on treason. Fear of the possibility of a military coup forced the president of Pakistan to seek assistance from the United States. He placed his hopes that the Western partners posodeystvuyut him one hundred percent change top General, so that the upper echelons of the military power consisted of priklnnyh obedient to him and to the United States artists.
It should be borne in mind that all this is happening against the background of a very strained relationship with former North American partner.
The cooling between the U.S. and Pakistan due to multiple military incidents on the border with Afghanistan, during which killed Pakistani citizens. For example, in September 2010, the South American military helicopters firing was carried out, resulting in the deaths of two Pakistani army soldier. In response to this action Islamabad froze deliveries of military supplies to the end of the joint investigation of the incident. It turned out that the premise of the disaster was the lack of coordination of military operations partners. United States pledged to coordinate all operations with Pakistan near its borders.
But the promise was broken in May 2011 during a special operation to kill Osama bin Laden. And, when asked Islamabad to guarantee that similar violations will no longer be managing the U.S. responded very arrogant. It has become a prerequisite for the upcoming cooling of relations between the former partners.
I must say that the behavior of the U.S. official Islamabad also almost all are not happy about it. I did not like flirting with Islamist movements inside the country and the danger puppet government of Afghanistan. Very bad attitude overseas partner the intentions of Pakistan to do more cramped trade deal with Russia and China. Irritated danger in the address of India.
So Makar, by mid-summer the U.S. Information Service launched a campaign against Pakistan having to discredit Pakistan, saying that Islamabad can not ensure the security of nuclear weapons in their country. On a fully legitimate protest Pakistani intelligence services, accusing the United States of premeditated discharge voltage, which can affect both the international style, and the internal stability of the country, the official said Washington unfounded accusations of plotting terrorist acts. So reputation Pakistan, previously considered completely respectable U.S. ally in the West was completely spoiled, as, in general, and business partnerships between countries.
But the last straw that broke the patience of Islamabad, was the November incident on the Afghan border, with the result that the bombing of Pakistani post NATO helicopters killed May 20 border guards.
The incident forced Islamabad to act very aggressively. Were closed all the way, necessary for the supply of U.S. supplies to Afghanistan. Redirecting traffic caused a six-fold rise in price. In response, the U.S. Congress has frozen the financial aid of 700 million dollars. After the money exchange "pleasantries" of the case between the former partners were in a measured frozen, during which time the South American media continued information war against Pakistan.
In light of the events listed above are not surprising, then, that the appeal of the President Pakistan for help to the United States was seen as a betrayal of the municipal. Even the always priklnny to a civilian government to the Supreme Tribunal was very indignant. There have been a large-scale investigation, during which suddenly were revealed sensational facts involved in the incident of some persons from the president's inner circle. The cases are taken very steep turn. The Supreme Tribunal claimed the president and the prime minister of voluntary resignation.
Agitated in such an acute course of events experts talking about the future of the military coup that, in principle, for Pakistan would not surprisingly.
Another first last week, it seemed that power Asif Ali Zardari is on the line. But suddenly changed its own course of action. Just then Prime Pakistan Gilani begins a bold and tough measures. He sends down Secretary of Defense Khalid Lodhi. Army Chief Kayani and a few senior military officers have been warned.
In general, for Kayani warning not worked, and already for the next day he was lurking convene a meeting of all the corps commanders, and after the meeting directs a civilian government an ultimatum that the continuation of this kind of sanctions against the military does a good finishes.
On ultimatum civilian government responded Foreign Ministry official promise to restore relations with the United States and the Pakistani media quoted unofficial sources said that the U.S. will soon be able to use the previously locked corridors to continue the transportation of cargo to Afghanistan.
The Supreme Tribunal suddenly took a wait-and presentation professionals have started to lean towards the fact that prior to the elections in 2013 Plainclothes power Pakistan remains the same.
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Writing personal stories about war
Tags: war memoir, soldier, veterans writing, memorial
Pat with her Uncle Vern (Vernon Coil), a military hero
Writing about wartime experiences and memories? Some of these resources may be helpful or inspiring:
• My Grandfather's Secret D-Day Journal (Barry Svrluga, Washington Post, 5-30-19) A powerful story in which voices from the past and present reveal a lifetime's emotional history, with a journal from the past bringing the horrors of D-Day vividly to life.
• Veterans History Project (capturing personal accounts of American war veterans and U.S. citizen civilians involved in war efforts, such as USO workers, flight instructors, medical volunteers). You can download the VHP field kit and forms online.
• History Interpreters Keep Alive Memories of Fallen D-Day Soldiers (Bill Hinchberger, Epoch Times, 6-5-19) Cambridge and Normandy count among the 26 U.S. military cemeteries and 30 memorials in more than a dozen countries administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), a U.S. government agency. Most commemorate the service of Americans in World War I and World War II. As the generations who lived through those wars have nearly died off, the agency's mission and "target audiences" have shifted, said Jerry Lefler, deputy director of cemetery operations at the Normandy American Cemetery. "ABMC is making a transition from a mourning to a commemorative agency." "Most of the direct relatives of people from World War I and World War II have passed away," said Lefler. "How do we keep our cemeteries, our story, and the stories of those buried there relevant?" Constant Lebastard added, "We are not teachers. We give people an idea of what happened and make people think."
• Writing War: A Guide to Telling Your Own Story (Ron Capps, CreateSpace). Written by a veteran for veterans, it details the elements of craft involved in writing both fiction and non-fiction. The Veterans Writing Project uses the book in its seminar and workshops for members of the armed forces, active and reserve, who want to learn about writing in order to tell their stories. Capps is also author of the memoir Seriously Not All Right: Five Wars in Ten Years.
• Soldiers Lost and Found: Students Rediscover the Fallen (Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 10-20-12). A generation of Tom Clark's high school history students have been tracking down the families of Indiana's war dead and creating an archive of their stories. "His classroom is like a forgotten corner of the Smithsonian."
• Top Reasons to Record Your Military History (Mary V. Danielsen, Documented Legacy).
• A Year at War (stories of the 30,000 men and women of First Battalion, 87th Infantry, taking part in the Afghanistan surge), excellent New York Times video series.
• Writing the War (Colin Wilhelm, Narratively, 11-14-13) Distraught by his peers' disengagement from a war still being waged, a shaken Afghanistan veteran helps fellow fighters put their war wounds into words.
• If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O'Brien. An intensely personal account of his year as a foot soldier in Vietnam. NY Times review: ""O'Brien brilliantly and quietly evokes the foot soldier's daily life in the paddies and foxholes, evokes a blind, blundering war."
• The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. "They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing--these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight. They carried shameful memories. They carried the common secret of cowardice.... Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to."
• Writing About War: I Hate It but Can't Stop (Don Gomez, Daily Beast, 9-2-13)) Among veterans of war, there has always been a tension between wanting to tell everything and wanting to say nothing at all, writes Army veteran Don Gomez.
• Home Fires (George Packer, New Yorker, 4-7-14) How soldiers write their wars. The new war literature by veterans is largely free of politics and polemics.
• The Last Ring Home: A POW's Lasting Legacy of Courage, Love, and Honor in World War II by Minter Dial. Minter Dial's grandson, named for him, spent years of his own life tracking down facts, and interviewing more than one hundred interviews with experts, survivors, and descendants of the Greatest Generation to tell the powerful story of American prisoners of war in the Pacific.
• Women Writing War: A List of Essential Contemporary War Literature by Women Kayla Williams, Los Angeles Review of Books, 5-26-14)
• Dad's Message Recorded At War, A Gift Given Decades Later (NPR, 1-4-14). See also At 71, finally hearing her father's voice (Susan Reimer, Baltimore Sun, 12-27-13) and listen to the hour-long original show.
• Ben Patton on interviewing military veterans . Listen to 21-minute R.J. McHatton's audio-only interview with documentary filmmaker Ben Patton about the process of making short films about veterans.
• Veterans, Alone Together, Share Stories They Can't Tell You (Lawrence Downes, NY Times Editorial Observer 10-5-08,writing about weekend workshop run by Vets 4 Vets, a Tucson nonprofit that is setting up peer support groups around the country for a new generation of veterans making the transition from "hunter-killer" mode to husband-student mode)
• Harry Lamin's letters from World War I, a blog on which letters from an English soldier are posted by his grandson exactly 90 years after they were written; now the son has died and the grandson has taken over, but there are also links to new blogs that this one inspired. Maybe it will be a model for someone you know!
• Virtual Wall, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (look up Vietnam War casualties by name, place, date, and other details--get more info, add a photo, etc.)
• African American history records (Ancestry.com). Slave narratives, troop records for U.S. colored troops in the Civil War, Freedman's Bank and Bureau records, World War I draft cards, etc.
• After the Wars. Chicago Public Radio's weekly series of short radio stories and images of America's veterans--a Points of View Production by Paul and Ben Calhoun, ed. by Cate Cahan. Click on image to hear vet's story.
• Lives During Wartime (Home Fires Readers, NYTimes, American Veterans on the Post-War Life, launched 11-10-09)
• Mama Always Comes Home (Debbie Brodsky, Bethesda Magazine, 2-10, on creating a deployment video: a military mom's messages to her children)
• My Son, My Soldier, My Sorrow.(Janet Burroway, St. Petersburg Press 6-13-04). Three essays written over 20 years by a liberal, pacifist mother struggling to understand her conservative son, a proud soldier and member of the NRA
• World War 2: 'We All Had a Piece of Hitler's Desk'. Joy Hunter recalls a remarkable life, working in Churchill's War Rooms and attending the historic Potsdam conference in 1945. (Elizabeth Grice, Telegraph, 9-3-09)
• Singing Away the Wounds of War (Niva Dorell Smith, Narratively) Chuck saw atrocities in the jungles of 'Nam. Chris was attacked by America's allies in Afghanistan. Anni was assaulted back at home. How a legion of traumatized vets are turning tragedy into song.
• Memoirs of war and conflict: A reading list (Writers and Editors)
• More War and Peace stories (Narratively)
• Pasadena Veteran Collects War Stories For Posterity (Jenny Dumont, Pasadena Voice, 9-23-15). If you aren't a writer, find someone to record your story!
Organizations for veterans who write
• Veterans Writing Project . Offers no-cost seminars and workshops for members of the armed forces, active and reserve, who want to learn about writing in order to tell their stories. Their core curriculum is Ron Capps's book Writing War: A Guide to Telling Your Own Story. Written by a veteran for veterans, it details the elements of craft involved in writing both fiction and non-fiction. The Veterans Writing Project publishes a blog and a literary journal O-Dark-Thirty .
• Warrior Voices ( Cecilia Capuzzi Simon, NY Times Education Life, 2-1-13). Veterans learn to write the words they could not speak.
• A Million Strong: Helping Them Through (James Dao, NY Times Education, 2-1-13). Serving the surge in military students puts colleges to the test. Teaching veterans to express their experiences helps them heal.
• Veterans group, Maxine Hong Kingston together use writing to heal (Justin Berton, San Francisco Chronicle, 1-7-08)
• Back From The Brink: War, Suicide, And PTSD (Ron Capps, Health Affairs, July 2010)
• Veterans Writing Project: Nation's Heroes Write of Pain, Personal Triumphs (John Bachman, Newsmax, 5-27-12)
• Warrior Writers (based in Philadelphia)
• Syracuse Veterans' Writing Group
• Veterans' Writing Group of San Diego County
• Black Hills Veterans Writing Group
• Military Veterans Writing Workshop (Writers Guild Foundation)
• The Journal of Military Experience
• The Veterans' PTSD Project , which also has a page linking to resources for veterans who want to write
March 27, 2015 3:09 PM EDT
Pat, what an amazing list of resources for Americans who are reading, writing or researching about wartime experiences. Brava, on providing such an excellent resource.
- Annie Payne
May 25, 2015 1:38 PM EDT
How One Vet is Saving Lives Through Sharing Stories by April Bell (StoryCatcher for iPhone, 5-23-15)The book: Voices from Vietnam: The Tragedies and Triumphs of Americans and Vietnamese--Two Peoples Forever Entwined by the Legacy of War by Charlene EdwardsThe website: Voices from Vietnam (written and photographed by Charlene Edwards, telling her husband Mike's story and that of many others). "The Americans call it the Vietnam War--the Vietnamese refer to it as the American War. By whatever name, it was a great tragedy. And although the shooting stopped in April 1975, the war and its aftermath rage on in a different way--in the consciousness of Americans and Vietnamese alike." Also worth a look: Voices from the Vietnam War: Stories from American, Asian, and Russian Veterans, for which Xiaobing Li spent seven years gathering stories from vets from different cultures and with very different perspectives on the war.
- Pat McNees
Also suggested (not a memoir but in the same spirit): Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq Available on Netflix. Nearly every soldier who survives the Iraq War experiences an "alive day," in which they narrowly escape death on the battlefield. This sobering, Emmy-nominated documentary examines 10 veterans who suffer from "alive day" physical and emotional trauma. Recovering back home, the soldiers discuss the effect their brutal experiences have had on their views of the war and serving their country. The film was executive produced by actor James Gandolfini.
January 01, 2016 6:21 PM EST
A totally different account of war, an oral history (boots on the ground) gathered by Nobel prize winner Svetlana Alexievich: Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War. Must reading for anyone who wants to understand that war.
March 05, 2016 2:31 PM EST
Two novels with an entirely different take on war: Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien. "In Tim O'Brien's novel Going After Cacciato the theater of war becomes the theater of the absurd as a private deserts his post in Vietnam, intent on walking 8,000 miles to Paris for the peace talks. The remaining members of his squad are sent after him, but what happens then is anybody's guess: "The facts were simple: They went after Cacciato, they chased him into the mountains, they tried hard. They cornered him on a small grassy hill. They surrounded the hill. They waited through the night. And at dawn they shot the sky full of flares and then they moved in.... That was the end of it. The last known fact. What remained were possibilities." And the long-classic Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (who said he didn't write an anti-war novel; he wrote an anti-stupidity novel). Heller's classic satire on the murderous insanity of war, brought to life through the unforgettable character of Yossarian etc. -- with a focus on World War II.
December 07, 2016 7:22 AM EST
• A Pearl Harbor survivor spent decades trying to forget it. Then one man got him talking. (David Montero, Los Angeles Times, 12-7-16). Writer Ed McGrath gets Lauren Brenner to talk about his experiences surviving the bombing in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, of the USS Arizona by the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces, bringing the United States into World War II. Of the ship's crew of 1,512 men, only 335 made it out alive. Sometimes memories are so painful that it takes patience and time to get the storyteller to reveal them. Bruner and McGrath's book is Second to the Last to Leave: The Story of the USS Arizona's Greatest Escape.
Just wanted to thank you Pat for putting up my book, The Last Ring Home. It's Memorial Day weekend and my film is being shown on APT/PBS around the US this weekend. Kind regards, Minter
- Minter Dial
A day in your honor. Good to hear from you. Will look to see if it's being shown at the AFI Docs Festival.-- Pat
Marc Leepson moderated (and BIO posted this writeup about) Writing About the Vietnam War, a panel at the Biographers' International conference (2018) that featured Kai Bird (author of The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy: Brothers in Arms, Max Boot (author of The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam, and Heath Lee (author of The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home, due out in April 2019). Leepson is the author of Ballad of the Green Beret: The Life and Wars of Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler from the Vietnam War and Pop Stardom to Murder and an Unsolved, Violent Death. Interesting insights into publishers' changing views of the market for books about Vietnam (they're "in" again). Writes Leepson: 'Before starting her book, Lee had heard that publishers were not interested in books about the Vietnam War. That, she said, is "totally not true now." She thinks the release of the Ken Burns documentary on the war has spurred interest in books on the subject. In addition, wars can be "a great backdrop" for biographies. A war, Lee said, "brings out the best and worst in people," providing a vivid portrait of a subject.'
September 28, 2018 9:46 AM EDT
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah. A powerful memoir of Beah's time as a child soldier during the civil war in Sierra Leone. As William Boyd, in the New York Times, put it, "perhaps the first time that a child soldier has been able to give literary voice to one of the most distressing phenomena of the late 20th century: the rise of the pubescent (or even prepubescent) warrior-killer." First, he and a few friends are separated from their families when rebels arrive in their village, then they spend months scrounging for food and struggling to survive and elude troops "recruiting" boy soldiers, then, at 12, he becomes a boy soldier, along with a small group of friends. As boy soldiers, supplied with all the drugs they can consume, they go on a two-year killing spree. What comes after is also an interesting part of Beah's story.


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As a general rule tracking is the latency defining step. Therefore it is advisable to reject as much background as possible before the tracking module is run.
A version tuned for running on the FD for the conditions at the start of first beam is provided in numutriggerjob-FD_first_beam.fcl.
Numu triggers can be run in the offline world on any file which contains daq hits using the numutriggerjob_straightline_offline.fcl and numutriggerjob_tracker_offline.fcl fcl files. The first of these implements tracking using TrackFit and the second using HoughTracker. For more information on running triggers on offline files see this page.
This tells you that for every 100 events 52 triggers will be issued. The data in the given file were recorded on the far detector at a per buffer node milliblock input rate of 7 Hz, meaning that if we run this trigger our output rate will be ~3.5 Hz per buffer node. Similarly if this trigger were running on every buffer node then the output rate would be 100 Hz (as the full input rate is 200 Hz).
Which translates to a total trigger rate of 14 Hz using the above maths. The two triggers are roughly as efficient as each other so based on this arguement alone we'd run the Hough tracker. However there are other factors to consider.
Which is a bit longer. This is due to the increased complexity of the Hough tracker. If you find that you're running into latency issues then there are a number of things you can do as explained below.
However all of the above will likely affect the efficiency of the trigger and you should be careful of being too aggressive.


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HALAKHA > The Laws of Prayer > The Laws of Prayer - Series 2 > The Structure of Shemoneh Esrei
The Structure of Shemoneh Esrei
Rav David Brofsky
Last week, we raised the question of the apparent tension between the formality and spontaneity of tefilla. We examined this issue through discussing the possibility of praying in the vernacular as well as the permissibility of inserting personal requests and supplications into one's Shemoneh Esrei.
This week, we will attempt to understand the structure of Shemoneh Esrei, and the relationship between the various berakhot (blessings).
The Structure of Shemoneh Esrei and the Relationship Between the Berakhot:
The gemara teaches that the blessings of Shemoneh Esrei were written and arranged in a precise order.
For example, the gemara (Berakhot 32a) teaches that one should first praise God, and only afterwards ask for one's needs.
Rabbi Simlai expounded: "A man should always first recount the praise of the Holy One, Blessed be He, and then pray. From where do we know this? From Moshe; for it is written, 'And I besought the Lord at that time' (Devarim 3:23), and it continues, 'Lord God, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand; for what god is there in heaven and earth who can do according to Your works and according to Your mighty acts?' and afterwards it is written, 'Let me go over, please, and see the good land…"
Furthermore, the gemara argues that the berakhot of Shemoneh Esrei comprise three distinct units, corresponding to the three stages of prayer.
Rabbi Chanina said: "In the first ones he resembles a servant who is addressing praise to his master; in the middle ones he resembles a servant who is requesting largess from his master; in the last ones he resembles a servant who has received a largess from his master and takes his leave."
In other words, the first three berakhot consist of praise of God (shevach), the middle thirteen of requests (bakashot), and the last three of thanksgiving (hoda'a).
In fact, the gemara (34a) teaches that one should not petition for his needs during the first or last three berakhot (see last week's shiur at http://vbm-torah.org/archive/tefila/01tefila.htm) and while if one errs in the first three berakhot, one should return to the beginning of Shemoneh Esrei, one who errs in one of the middle blessings and realizes before concluding need not repeat the ENTIRE Shemoneh Esrei.
Moreover, the gemara (Berakhot 28b-29a) explains the source of the Shemoneh Esrei (literally, eighteen) blessings and how they became nineteen:
To what do these eighteen blessings correspond? Rabbi Hillel the son of Rabbi Shemuel bar Nachamani said: "To the eighteen mentions [of the Tetragrammaton] that David made in [Psalm 29, beginning with] 'Bring to the Lord, you sons of the mighty.'"
Rav Yosef said: "To the eighteen mentions in the Shema."
Rabbi Tanchum said in the name of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi: "To the eighteen vertebrae in the spinal column…"
These eighteen are really nineteen! Rabbi Levi said: "The blessing [against] heretics was instituted in Yavneh…"
Our Rabbis taught: "Shimon Ha-pekoli arranged the eighteen blessings before Rabban Gamliel in Yavneh. Rabban Gamliel said to the Sages: 'Can any one among you compose a benediction relating to heretics?' So Shemuel the Small arose and composed it…"
If so, we might ask ourselves the following questions: To what extent is the order, or even the number, of the berakhot absolute? May one, under certain circumstances, recite the berakhot out of order, or even recite fewer berakhot? Can one who is unable to recite the entire Shemoneh Esrei fulfill his obligation in other ways? In other words, what is the relationship between the different berakhot of Shemoneh Esrei and their relationship to the whole known as tefilla?
One Who Makes a Mistake in, or Omits, a berakha:
The gemara (Berakhot 34a) teaches:
-Rav Huna said: "If one makes a mistake in the first three blessings, he goes back to the beginning; if in the middle blessings, he goes back to "Ata chonen le-adam da'at," ("You graciously grant knowledge to man"); if in the last blessings, he goes back to the Avoda (the blessing of "Retzei," "Be pleased").
-Rav Assi, however, says: "The middle berakhot have no order."
-Rav Sheshet cited in objection: "'Where should he resume? From the beginning of the berakha in which he erred' - this is a refutation of Rav Huna, is it not?"
-Rav Huna can reply: "The middle blessings are all one."
All agree that one who errs in the first or last three berakhot — and we shall define the term 'err' shortly — must return to the beginning of the unit. However, the sages disagree regarding one who makes a mistake in one of the middle berakhot. Rav Huna equates the middle berakhot to the beginning and end berakhot, and therefore rules that one should return to "Ata chonen," the first of the middle berakhot. Rav Assi, on the other hand, argues that "the middle berakhot have no order;" therefore one should return to "the beginning of the berakha in which he erred."
While the halakha is in accordance with Rav Assi, the Rishonim interpret his view in various ways.
Rashi (34a s.v. Ein), as well as Rav Hai Gaon (as cited by the Rif) explains: "If he omits one berakha and subsequently remembers, he should say it even though it is out of order…"
Rashi believes that "the middle berakhot have no order" means that these thirteen blessings, be-diavad, may be said out of sequence. Therefore, one who omits a berakha may recite it elsewhere within the central section of Shemoneh Esrei.
This seems quite difficult in light of the gemara (Megilla 17b) which teaches that "one hundred and twenty elders, among them a number of prophets, established the eighteen berakhot in sequence (al ha-seder)…" According to Rashi, apparently, one who recites the berakhot out of order may still fulfill his obligation!
Some (see Ba'al Ha-ma'or 24a in Rif, for example), explain that according to Rav Assi, while the three UNITS of Shemoneh Esrei — shevach, bakashot and hoda'a — must be recited in order, the individual berakhot, be-diavad, may be recited out of order.
Tosafot (Berakhot 34a, s.v. Emtza'iot) disagree and argue:
The view of the Rashbam and the Rif seems correct, that "have no order" comes to teach only that one should return to the place where he omitted a berakha and continue from there, and that one should not return to "Ata chonen," like the first and last three…"
Thus, according to Tosafot, one who returns to the point at which he erred must repeat the subsequent berakhot which he has already said, even though we normally avoid unnecessary blessings; apparently, in order to fulfill the obligation of Shemoneh Esrei, the berakhot must be recited in a certain order.
The Shulchan Arukh (OC 119:3) rules in accordance with Tosafot and the Rif, and one who omits or errs in one of the middle berakhot must return to the beginning of that berakha and continue from there.
What type of error invalidates a berakha? The Biur Halakha (119 s.v. Im dileg) enumerates two types of errors which disqualify a berakha. Firstly, he explains, one who did not complete the berakha, for example, by leaving out its conclusion, must repeat the berakha. Regarding whether one who omits a central theme, such as the ingathering of the exiles from the main body of the blessing of "Teka be-shofar" ("Blow the horn") there is an argument. Rav Yosef Karo (59:1) rules that one must return to it, but others, including the Vilna Gaon, argue that one need not repeat the berakha, since its conclusion mentions this them.
Secondly, he continues, one who inserts a phrase that corrupts the blessing, such as asking for rain during the summer in the blessing of "Bareikh Aleinu" ("Bless for us"), would also have to repeat the berakha.
In summary, one who omits, corrupts or fails to complete one of the berakhot and has already moved on (either with the concluding formula or by starting the next blessing), must go back and say the berakha properly. During the first and last three berakhot, one returns to the beginning of that unit. During the middle berakhot, one should return to the berakha which was omitted or said improperly and continue from there through the entire Shemoneh Esrei.
Finally, the Chayei Adam, (Rabbi Avraham Danzig, 1748–1820) relates (24:21) to one who has lost his place. During the first or last three berakhot, one should return to the beginning of the unit. However, during the middle berakhot, he asserts, one should return to the first berakha which he is CERTAIN that he has not said. However, he should NOT return to a berakha concerning which he is in doubt whether or not he has recited it.
Incidentally, Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (1899–1985), known as "The Steipler," in his Kehillat Yaakov (1:1), rejects this opinion; he posits that, on the contrary, if one would not say the questionable berakhot, his entire Shemoneh Esrei would be in vain!
We will attempt to explain the position of the Chayei Adam in the next section.
Nineteen Commandments - or One?
Whenever confronted with a mitzva comprised of multiple parts, one must always question the nature of the parts and their relationship to the whole.
For example, regarding the mitzva of counting the omer, the Acharonim (see Minchat Chinukh 306, for example) question whether to view it as forty-nine separate and distinct commandments, or one large mitzva comprised of forty-nine parts. In fact, Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik, in a context beyond the scope of this shiur, even suggests that while there may be forty-nine separate commandments, each one can be fulfilled only in the context of the others.
How are we to view the berakhot of Shemoneh Esrei? Are we to consider these nineteen blessings nineteen separate commandments, which theoretically could be recited separately and independently, but ideally should be recited together and in their proper order; or do the berakhot comprise one mitzva, whose different parts must be recited in a specific order?
The Acharonim discuss the following question. What if one is unable to recite the entire Shemoneh Esrei? May one recite SOME of the berakhot?
The Shulchan Arukh (OC 593:2) rules:
The berakhot of Rosh Ha-shana are intertwined, as are those of Yom Kippur. If one does not know how to recite all of them, he should NOT recite the ones which he knows; rather, he should not recite any of them…
Based on this, the Magen Avraham writes, "This implies that during the rest of the year if one knows one berakha, one should say it, as the berakhot do NOT invalidate each other…" (The Biur Halakha cites Acharonim who disagree.) It seems that the Magen Avraham believes that, be-diavad, one may view Shemoneh Esrei as nineteen separate, distinct and significant berakhot. Those who disagree either believe that the nineteen berakhot form one long mitzva, or they at least hold that their individual significance depends upon their juxtaposition amongst other berakhot.
In light of this question, we might wish to reexamine the opinion of the Chayei Adam cited above. The Chayei Adam rules that one has who lost his place should skip to the first berakha he is CERTAIN was not recited. We noted that the Steipler points out that if one has indeed omitted a berakha, then ALL of the berakhot were said in vain!
One might suggest that the Chayei Adam, in the spirit of the Magen Avraham cited above, intends to ensure that the person recite as many berakhot as possible. As for the possibility that he may have truly omitted a blessing, he might respond that even if he indeed omitted a berakha, he has still fulfilled the mitzva of each berakha recited, even if the additional mitzva of tefillat Shemoneh Esrei, a whole and organized unit, has not been fulfilled. Since the law is that one who is in doubt whether he has fulfilled the mitzva of Shemoneh Esrei does NOT repeat the tefilla, here too, he should merely recite the berakhot that he is sure were not recited.
Next week, we will discuss whether one may fulfill the obligation of tefilla by reciting a prayer other than the "official formula" known as Shemoneh Esrei, consisting of the nineteen berakhot instituted by the Kenesset Ha-gedola.
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We should not leave the debate on developing countries hunger to be dominated by biotechnology scientists and by the private firms.
The biotechnology scientists are generally very specialised people. They are sometimes so hyper-specialised that, even in biology, their knowledge could be very narrow. Because of this specialisation, they are not at all competent on the complex question of the developing countries present or future hunger. If the debate on this question is left to them, it will be poor and dangerous. A good example is the way in which some projects on genetically modified (GM) rice are often presented : many people, eating rice, are suffering from a lack of vitamin A, the solution is very simple: a modified rice that integrates a beta-carotene gene. This type of mechanical reasoning is perhaps adapted to molecular biology methods but it is quite insufficient to assess a social question and to propose adapted solutions.
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The basic question is how it is decided which research has to be done, for whom and with which priority. If we leave this decision to the biotechnology scientists or, worse, to the private biotechnology firms, the risk of mistake is considerable. But, where are the counterbalances to the force of this discipline (molecular biology) in the biological sciences and to the weight of the private companies, which is much more powerful than the public research institutions and always more involved in the functioning of these public institutions?
The private companies have evidently got too much power and weight in deciding what research has to be done, what technique has to be developed and, more generally, what world we live in and what future is prepared.
Concerning the poorest people of the developed and developing countries, and worst, the hungry people in the world, this situation is dramatic. Who is ingenious enough to really believe that this group of people could interest these companies? The use that they make of the hunger in the world has something very indecent about it. It's evidently a marketing operation...and it works: the present or planned future hunger is one of the most-used arguments for the development of GMOs. It becomes the alibi of public institutions and the public research itself.
Reductionism, simplism, unique thought, technological approach, miraculous GMOs are sweeping out all the reflection and experience accumulated on the question of development.
As someone involved in Biotechnology (with forest trees currently, but for scientific explorations only [Dr. Fenning has previously sent some good contributions to Conference 2 of the Forum on biotechnologies for the forestry sector....Moderator]), I would like to point out that I do not disagree with any of the issues raised in previous messages, but in tone maybe slightly.
It is indeed most important to keep in mind the problem, and then to seek out, test, and apply appropriate solutions (whatever they may be), rather than to try to bend a situation to suit the 'solution' one wishes to use. It is a classic human error (including many scientists !) to become technologically dazzled into using the latest whizz-bang technology, when sometimes a simpler approach might be more successful.
That said, there will probably be occasions where the application of biotechnology (not just transgenics, of course) will yield a worthwhile benefit, and as such its' use should not be ruled out either. Ultimately, as our view (and knowledge) of biotechnolgy matures, we will be free to use it - or not - as and when needed, as with any other tool, in developing and developed countries. For example, it is correct to note that insufficient iron and b-carotene in the diet of people in many areas overly dependent upon rice could be met by general improvements in diet or by handing out tablets, but as this has not happened, giving those people something which will let them help themselves might be no bad thing (i.e. the modified rice). But I will not hazard a guess as to how this example will work out yet.
As noted, the difficulties in food supply in some areas of the developing world today are not due to lack of overall availability, but rather due to complex interwoven political, social, cultural, climatic, and economic issues. But as populations and expectations of living standards continue to grow, this may not always be the case. Also, even in the many areas where supply is adequate, 'conventional' agricultural practice can generate problems - for example the issue of pesticide poisoning - and so alternatives should always be under consideration.
In short, one should not wait for a predictable crisis to occur before looking for possible solutions, without being prescriptive about what they may be.


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US sanctions: Pakistan refuses to work on gas pipeline project with Iran
Under present US sanctions on Iran, it is impossible to execute the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project and Pakistan has conveyed it to Iran, said Mobin Saulat, the Managing Director of Inter State Gas.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday informed Iran in writing that it cannot execute the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project as long as Tehran is under United States sanctions regime, the Arab News reported.
According to Mobin Saulat, the Managing Director of Inter State Gas, "Under present US sanctions on Iran, it is impossible to execute the IP [Iran-Pakistan] gas pipeline project and we have conveyed it to them [Iran] in writing recently."
In February this year, a new round of negotiations were launched between Pakistan and Iran after Tehran formally issued a notice to Islamabad and said it is moving an arbitration court against Pakistan for failing to lay down the pipeline in Pakistani territory in the time frame stipulated in the bilateral agreement. "We have time till August this year to legally respond to Iran's legal notice and settle the issue through negotiations," Saulat said. "We are hopeful to find a solution through discussions with Iranian officials." Saulat further said, Pakistan is still committed to executing the project, but only if international sanctions on Iran are lifted. "We cannot risk US sanctions by going ahead with the project as America has clearly said that anybody who will work with Iran will also be sanctioned," he said. Saulat said, Iranian authorities are of the view that US sanctions did not apply to the IP gas project, adding that Pakistan had thus sent Tehran a questionnaire to ascertain exactly how that was the case. "We may not have a weak case if Iran moves the international court," Saulat said. "We are trying to handle it professionally."
President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed new US sanctions targeting Iran's revenue from export of industrial metals and threatened further action unless Tehran "fundamentally" changed its behaviour. According to the agreement signed between Pakistan and Iran in 2009, the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project was to be completed by December 2014 and would deliver 21.5 million cubic meters of gas per day to Pakistan.
The pipeline was to be constructed using a segmented approach, with Iran having to lay down the pipeline on its side and Pakistan to build the pipeline on its territory. Under a penalty clause of Gas Sales Purchase Agreement, Pakistan is bound to pay $1 million per day to Iran from January 1, 2015, for failing to build its part of the pipeline. If Iran takes the case to an arbitration court, Pakistan is likely to have to pay billions of dollars as a penalty.


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"I am so happy to be a product of Manteo High School and to be back here as an administrator. I love being back in my hometown and seeing so many familiar faces. The culture of MHS is like no other; we are all a family. Tradition is strong, and I take pride in that. I never thought in a million years when I left MHS in 2003 that I would be walking these halls 16 years later. Never say never! — Ms. Hudspeth
Discipline: Since Ms. Lee was an assistant principal in 2003, discipline at MHS did not change much until Ms. Hudspeth took over the job last year. One difference, though, is that Ms. Lee used to sit outside the school in a gold minivan that the students called the "Gold Chariot." Seniors at the time could leave campus for lunch, and there was a daily game of cat and mouse between underclassmen trying to sneak out in somebody's trunk or students trying to sneak back in late and Ms. Lee trying to catch them.
Transportation: Before First Flight opened, all of the students who lived on the beach all the way up to Duck would have to get all the way back down to Manteo High School. Just like today, not many of them rode the bus; instead, a lot of people carpooled. Everybody knew everybody when there was only the one high school, so getting a ride wasn't a problem. Nonetheless, Ms. Hudspeth knew one student who lived in Carova in Currituck County who drove to MHS every day instead of to Currituck County High School.
The Lee Factor: During Ms. Hudspeth's first week as Assistant Principal, Mr. Luciano was gone, so she and Ms. Lee spent that week together as the only administrators in the building. Ms. Lee had been Ms. Hudspeth's AP, so working with her as a colleague made for an interesting week. Ms. Hudspeth has several family ties to Manteo High School though her mother taught here and her father was principal after the split so she already had a history with Ms. Lee. Coming here felt like coming full circle back to her home.
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