Throughout the last 200 or so years of mineral collecting, most collectors, dealers and museum curators have attempted to attractively and scientifically label the minerals passing through their hands. Furthermore, in an implicit recognition of the historical value of such labels, they have often made an effort to retain and preserve earlier labels with the specimens, in addition to adding their own.
In the 1960's and 70's a number of mineral collectors independently became interested in these specimen labels as objects to be collected in their own right. In addition to preserving old labels for specimens in their own collections, which they had always done, they began to seek out the occasional label which had somehow become detached from its specimen, or to buy specimens which were perhaps of more interest for the labels accompanying them than they were in themselves. Hoards of these labels were sometimes given away by uncaring museum curators.
After many years of accumulating such labels, we are now in a position to say what we are about, and perhaps to attract others to this endeavor.
We were among the first to appreciate mineral labels by themselves as collectibles. We must also mention especially L. Neal Yedlin, who freely exchanged with both of us, and whose collection is now in the possession of one of us (Ronald Bentley). Neal devised the method of systematically arranging the labels on 3 x 5-inch filing cards, adding as much ancillary information as possible. John Sinkankas was the first person we know of to have mounted his labels in albums. Paul Patchik wrote several columns in Gems and Minerals magazine regarding label preservation, as did the Kruegers in Lapidary Journal. Bill Pinch once reproduced a series of older labels as part of the literature published in conjunction with the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium; the catalog of Krantz reproduced later shows an awareness of old labels by Arthur Neiderbacher, since deceased.
Mineral labels are a record of those individuals and institutions collecting minerals, as well as a record of changing tastes in label design and styles. They have an intrinsic interest bearing on the historical aspects of mineral collecting. The oldest labels offer a direct record of the growth of mineralogical science, sometimes predating the mineral being named (as, for example, "gelb bleispath" = yellow lead ore = wulfenite) or giving only a chemical composition (green arsenate of copper). Their study is an education in languages, especially regarding the different forms mineral names have taken, and also a memory exercise; both kinds of challenges are useful training for evaluating collections, individual specimens and their probable dates. A label collection can also assist in the authentication of unknown labels, and provide verified examples of the handwriting of a particular collector.
If a new label design is contemplated, it is interesting to scan over thousands of past examples to garner ideas. Also, we believe that some of the labels in our collections may be the only surviving examples, and as such the only tangible evidence for the existence of a particular dealer or collector.
Both authors of this booklet collect labels in almost the broadest possible sense (and quite competitively, we might add). Our goal is to obtain the finest examples of one each of every possible label. We restrict ourselves primarily to printed labels, meaning machine-made to some degree, although this may be just a rubber stamp. Manuscript labels are collected only if printed examples are non-existent or very rare, and then only for very prominent individuals. While old labels may be the rarer and more interesting, any label qualifies; all will be "old" labels someday.
The criteria discussed here are somewhat similar to those employed in stamp collecting (admittedly, the following may get a bit too refined for some people's tastes). The most obvious variation is in size; many otherwise identical labels exist in a series of different sizes, designed to fit in specimen boxes which were, in turn, designed for various sizes of specimens. Different printings of the same style of label can be distinguished by slight or major variations in type style, spacing of the type, flaws in the border, or different border designs. Color variations can also be considered. In fact, if fine distinctions are carried to extremes, especially for those labels that were individually printed, the variants representing a single prolific collector could conceivably run into the hundreds.
The ideal label, we suppose, would be the collector's own handwritten label for a specimen of the mineral species named after him (preferably the type specimen!), and dated (we haven't ever seen one!). Nevertheless, the best and most historically interesting labels show some association.
Speaking practically, considering that label storage can become moderately expensive, the best collection would consist of labels showing the greatest variety in the fewest examples.
One aspect that needs to be considered is the place to be held by blank labels. Usually a label which has been filled in is more desirable, but sometimes the blank label is almost impossible to obtain (for example, Mineralogical Record Auction labels). The cleaner and more perfectly centered on the card stock, the better the label—but those that have cut marks showing are certainly of interest as well. Photocopies of original labels have their place; made from originals that are hopelessly rare or unobtainable, they at least show what exists.
Obviously the place to start is to preserve the labels associated with specimens in one's own collection—without losing the connection between each label and its specimen. A secondary source is trades and gifts; the people listed in the appendix are a good place to start. In our experience, labels are usually freely traded, from duplicate stock, with collectors making their duplicates available to each other without cost or limit. No inequity seems to result, as occasionally there is a label to fill a gap, perhaps unknown, which makes the owner of a large collection quite happy, and willing to trade a large number of more commonly available labels.
In the past, labels have occasionally been sold, usually through necessity. This seems to have become more infrequent in recent years, though, perhaps because interest in label collecting, and therefore the market for labels, has declined. Nevertheless, the law of supply and demand will rule.
Then there are the "label finders"—people who appreciate but don't personally collect old labels, and who scout out interesting examples for collectors. Their finds may be offered at a price or, with the associated specimen, at an exorbitant price—the collector then has a decision to make.
Several museums were found to have drawers full of labels which had unfortunately become disassociated from their specimens, but these troves are long since exhausted. Some museums, unconcerned with the historical value of original labels, have systematically expunged from their collections any labels but their own. In some cases, private label collectors now have better records of labels than the museums themselves. On the other hand, some museums will not release a single label, or, if they do, it will be every label but their own, or only the mutilated examples.
The first preservation technique utilizes file cards, 3 x 5 inches, with the labels mounted in stamp collectors' glassine envelopes. This offers the maximum in flexibility and updating for newly acquired labels. The backs of the labels, which often show pricing and date information, may be studied easily. However, they require considerable time for access, and do not make a dramatic display.
A second method is album mounting, which is harder to adjust as new labels are added, and can get expensive, but makes for easier viewing en masse. Glue and old-fashioned stamp hinges should be avoided. Modern stamp albums have horizontal rows of slots covered by clear plastic in which the labels can be arranged. The only drawback, other than price, is that the label must be removed in order to view the back side. In either case, arrangement is usually alphabetical.
HOW MANY LABELS ARE THERE?
One very rough measure is the rate of accumulation of new labels. This has been slowing down finally for the authors, but nevertheless, when presented with a "random" selection of labels for trade, it is not unusual for the authors to find that as many as 50% of the labels offered are new to their collection. This indicates a tremendous number still outstanding. Yet, we think that between us we have most of the "interesting" labels, representing the most famous collectors, dealers, and museums.
Some remarkable collections exist. For example, the Natural History Museum in London has a specimen of bournonite with nine labels of previous owners. And the Harvard Mineralogical Museum has preserved the labels for the first 77,000 specimens in its historic collection, all carefully mounted in books!
A label collection shows, first and foremost, who cared. Some collectors and dealers obviously took great pride in their labels, utilizing many different styles appropriate to their specimens. The collections show also the deterioration in handwriting, from the beautiful copperplate script of previous years through the uglier typewriting of today. We can easily exhibit here only the highlights from our collections: the largest, smallest, rarest, most beautiful, most interesting associations, most famous collectors, and so on. But we hope thus to interest others, and to convince mineral collectors that these fragile pieces of paper deserve to be appreciated and not lost.


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NEI Video Explains Uranium Mining
While much attention is focused on the waste disposal challenges and recycling possibilities at the tail end of the nuclear fuel cycle, this video produced by the Nuclear Energy Institute explores another crucial step in producing power from today's light water reactors: Mining.
In it, Mark Pelizza of Uranium Resources explains the process of in-situ leaching, as well as conventional excavation and milling. Only about 10 percent of uranium used in U.S. power plants comes from domestic sources. That could change if new mines are approved in Virginia, where state legislators have been rethinking a long-standing ban on uranium mining.
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In Australian ISL mines (Beverley and Honeymoon) the oxidant used is hydrogen peroxide and the complexing agent sulfuric acid. Kazakh ISL mines generally do not employ an oxidant but use much higher acid concentrations in the circulating solutions. ISL mines in the USA use an alkali leach due to the presence of significant quantities of acid-consuming minerals such as gypsum and limestone in the host aquifers.

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A big day waits on the third day of this month, September 2014 which will be hosted by Sony right before IFA. On the same day, Samsung will also hold an event wherein a plan to announce the coming of Galaxy note 4 will be highlighted its design.
Sony Xperia Z3 smartphone will be hopefully evident to us at the event. Two devices have already been teased by the company to untangle the previous rumors about the Sony Xperia Z3 compact and the Sony Xperia Z3 tablet.
Also, a teaser video for the three water-resistant devices was released and that features a special distinction of the three Sony devices. Moreover, the Sony Xperia Z3 smartphone maybe positioned to the far left while the Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet compact is at the back that makes it far right.
Sony has been rumored in operating a smaller version of its tablet for the accompaniment of the larger 10in version.
Some of the Sony's bestselling products come up with a teaser image full of clues. The first line of the four clues that joined into one image suggests that Xperia Z3 Smartphone will be 7 mm thick. A more intricate and entangled one makes the second line while the third line comprises Sony's highly praised water-resistant technology. The fourth line assumes that the crowd will just translate as it refers to the date. The name of Sony Xperia Z3 tablet has been declined.
Lately, Sony's manufacturing tactics has proved to be quite leaky. Nonetheless, a compatible device for a Bluetooth speaker was out set through the Sony user guide. However, a promotional image of a range new kit has been seen days later including what has appeared previously, 8in slate. Also, feature page for the Xperia Z2 tablet which enlists the the Xperia Z3 tablet compact name has exhibited again by error.
Leaked specs previously suggest an 8in Triluminos display of 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution of the tab, while it generates power from a quadron Snapdragon 801 and a 5,000 mAh battery cell. Further, the tablet has been narrated in which it contains 3GB of RAM and 16GB of onboard storage, plus an 8MP primary camera.
The faulty specs were managed by the techsite Gizmobolt to secure a screenshot before it was fixed; and that the product page was edited, now displays the correct Xperia Z2 tablet name.
In addition, several new devices of IFA 2013, including the flagship Xperia Z1 Smartphone was introduced previously.
Sony will fetch a third flagship (Xperia Z3) to Berlin this September as part of its sixth month development cycle, and with possible new additions such as leaked Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact.


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Suzanne Wells Testimony – Education Public Roundtable – DCPS' Plans for Shaw Junior High School and Banneker Academic High School – November 15, 2018
Posted bySuzanne Wells November 15, 2018 Posted inUncategorized
Thank you for the opportunity to testify today about the recent announcement that Banneker High School would be relocated to the Shaw Middle School site, and discussions would begin about future plans for a new middle school for residents who live in the Center City communities.
Today you will hear differing opinions, some supporting the decision to move Banneker Academic High School to the Shaw Junior High School campus, and others wanting to see the Shaw campus renovated for a middle school. I believe though there is much common ground among those testifying including:
– A flawed public involvement and consultation process was used to reach the decision to move Banneker to the Shaw site;
– Wanting Banneker to be renovated on schedule, and to have a high quality middle school in the next few years for students who live in the center of our city; – Our tax dollars should be spent wisely on school modernizations.
Flawed Public Involvement Process
There was $55 million in the Capital Improvement Plan as late as 2015 to renovate the Shaw Middle School as a by-right middle school for families in Wards 1, 2, 5 and 6. Without discussions with the community, the funding for the Shaw Junior High School was removed, and shifted to another school. About a year ago, in the Fall of 2017, DCPS began a feasibility study looking at moving Banneker to the Shaw Junior High School site. At no point during this time were there thoughtful discussions with parents in the center city area about how the middle school needs would be met, if Shaw Middle School was not renovated as a middle school. It appears there were limited discussions with the Banneker community after the feasibility study was completed in August 2018.
Had there been a genuine and transparent public involvement process, it would have allowed for thoughtful discussion on important issues such as:
– What are the pros and cons for expanding Banneker? And, if it is to be expanded, what is the right number?
– Are additional seats at Banneker really needed when we have an estimated 3000 open seats at our comprehensive high schools across the city? – What more should be done to strengthen our comprehensive high schools in order to attract students instead of adding more seats at a selective school?
– How might creating a middle school at the Shaw site help create predictable feeder patterns from elementary school through high school for residents in the center city?
Renovating Banneker and Creating a Center City Middle School
Nobody wants to see the renovation at Banneker delayed. It will be one of the last high schools in the city to be renovated, and it deserves a stunning renovation.
There is a general consensus that a new middle school is needed for families living in the center of our city.
Our tax dollars should be spent wisely on school modernizations
A recent analysis by Mary Filardo, Executive Director of the 21st Century School Fund, found a renovated Banneker at its current site could comfortable serve 700 students.
Her analysis also showed the current budget of $143 million to renovate Banneker is inflated. Roosevelt High School which was renovated in 2015 has twice the square footage of Banneker, and was renovated for $143 million. Banneker also received an extensive renovation to its third floor in 2017 that included a fully modernized library. Assuming limited renovation would be needed to the library, this could result in further savings and/or allow capital dollars to be used in other parts of the building. If the existing Banneker was renovated at a more reasonable cost than what is currently in the Capital Improvement Plan, the remaining funding could be put toward renovating the Shaw site as a middle school.
In closing, I recommend the city "take one step back before taking two steps forward." The one step back would involve briefly holding off on moving Banneker to the Shaw site, and setting up a public engagement process with key stakeholders including Banneker families, families who would be served by a new Center City Middle School, and representatives from the Senior High Alliance of Parents, Principals, and Educators. The goal of the engagement would be to find common ground and solutions that best meet the education needs of our city. It's only after this engagement that the city can move confidently two steps forward with renovating Banneker and creating a new middle school for residents in the center city.
Maggie Koziol Testimony – Education Public Roundtable – DCPS' Plans for Shaw Junior High School and Banneker Academic High School – November 15, 2018
Jessica Sutter Testimony – Education Public Roundtable – DCPS' Plans for Shaw Junior High School and Banneker Academic School – November 15, 2018


Bio-terrorism is a threat. It's very, very difficult when you have to prepare for something that might not ever happen. So I have been very much involved in the preparedness for bio-defense by developing vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics for the category A and B agents that are the highest calculated risk by our Homeland Security officials.
And what we've done, to try and make that a worthwhile endeavor, is as follows: to use the resources that you would apply to developing these vaccines, and these drugs, and these diagnostics to not only cover infections or microbes that would be deliberately released on the country, but also the broader bio-terrorist. The worst potential bio-terrorist is nature itself.
If you look historically at what's happened with epidemics, and the influenza pandemic in 1918, the threat of SARS [severe acute respiratory syndrome], the HIV epidemic. So nature does a pretty good job of terrorizing the human civilization.
So if you utilize the resources that you can apply to developing specific countermeasures for agents of high probability of bio-terror, but make that be fungible, as it were, to increasing your capacity to respond to any agent, even those that naturally occur.
So yes it's a threat. You can never quantitate [sic] how great a threat it is. So why not spend the money not only protecting against the threat of deliberate terror, but also the threat of naturally occurring terror?
There is comfort in that literally, as the weeks and months go by, our preparedness against this gets better and better. There certainly is the possibility that there will be a bio-terror attack. If you're well prepared and you have the counter measures in place, the impact on people will hopefully be minimal.
I don't think that people need to look upon this as the end of the world, where we would have a bio-terror attack and we all die. The chances of that are so vanishingly small as to be almost not under consideration; but there is the possibility that people could die or get sick from a bio-terror attack. You can mitigate that. You can lessen the impact of it by doing what we're literally doing every week and month now. And that is by trying to develop better countermeasures.
Be prepared for the possible but unlikely.


Offers oral history resources examining life in southern textile mill towns from the 1880s to the 1930s.
The companion to a book of the same name, this website offers selected oral history resources that examine lives in southern textile mill towns from the 1880s to the 1930s. The site is divided into three sections. "Life on the Land" discusses agricultural roots of the rural south, changes in farm labor after the Civil War, and economic factors that caused the transition to mill work in the late 19th century. "Mill Village and Factory" describes work in the mills and life in the company mill towns. "Work and Protest" discusses labor protests of the 1920s, formation of unions, and the textile strike of 1934.
The site contains 15 photographs and nearly 70 audio clips drawn from oral history interviews with descendants of millhands and others involved in the history of the Southern textile industry. There are valuable links to Southern history, oral history, and textile mill history websites. This site is ideal for studying rural southern life and labor history from Reconstruction through the 1930s.


You can now use Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus (TACACS+) Vendor-Specific Attributes (VSAs) to manage firewall and Panorama administrator accounts on an external server. Using an external server to centrally manage all administrators is useful in deployments where you don't want to use the firewall and Panorama to manage a subset of administrators. You can manage both authentication and authorization for administrators. For authorization, TACACS+ VSAs enable you to quickly change the roles, access domains, and user groups of administrators through your directory service instead of reconfiguring settings on the firewall and Panorama.
In this example procedure, you configure authentication and authorization for firewall administrator accounts that you manage on a TACACS+ server.
Select DeviceServer ProfilesTACACS+ and Add a TACACS+ server profile to define how the firewall connects to the server.
As a best practice, select CHAP if the TACACS+ server supports that Authentication Protocol; it is more secure than PAP.
Select DeviceAuthentication Profile and Add an authentication profile to specify the server profile you configured and to configure authentication settings.
You must Retrieve user group from TACACS+ to collect user group information from VSAs defined on the TACACS+ server. The firewall matches the group information against the groups you specify in the Allow List (Advanced settings) of the authentication profile.
Enable the firewall to use the authentication profile for all administrators—Select DeviceSetupManagement, edit the Authentication Settings, select the Authentication Profile you configured, and click OK.
Configure an Admin Role profile if the administrator will use a custom role instead of a predefined (dynamic) role.
Select DeviceAccess Domain and Add access domains if the firewall has more than one virtual system.
Add the firewall IP address or hostname as the TACACS+ client.
If you selected CHAP as the Authentication Protocol, you must define accounts with reversibly encrypted passwords. Otherwise, CHAP authentication will fail.
Define TACACS+ VSAs for the role, access domain, and user group of each administrator.
You can access only the web interface pages that are allowed for the role you associated with the administrator.
In the Monitor, Policies, and Objects tabs, you can access only the virtual systems that are allowed for the access domain you associated with the administrator.


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The Federation Press Chooses Agile PDF
By Abe Dane March 20, 2008
We're happy to announce that The Federation Press, one of Australia's leading publishers of legal, social and academic journals and books, is now a Tizra customer and partner. It's especially validating because Federation clearly went out of their way, conducting an international search before settling on us, a new company on more or less the opposite side of the globe.
The decision seems typical of the independent, entrepreneurial, and yet pragmatic spirit Federation brings to publishing. With more than 400 books in print and twenty years in business, they're hardly upstarts, but they still place an emphasis on basics like efficient manuscript turnaround and quick order fulfillment. They're also a great fit with Tizra's innovative online publishing approach because of their international audience, and their focus on broadening access to traditionally esoteric topics through clear writing and creative marketing.
We look forward to helping Federation add an exciting new online chapter to their business!
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2018 Tizra User Summit: What We Learned by Meeting Our Customers Where We Are
By Abe Dane June 25, 2018
They say you should "meet your customers where they are." Well, for Tizra's 4th annual user conference we decided to take a chance and do the opposite. Instead of going to Chicago or DC, where Tizra customers are concentrated, we bet on hosting in our home town of Providence, RI. It's not that we don't love Chicago and DC, but we really felt we could do something special with the home field advantage. As it turns out, we were right.
The Tizra user community is a silo-busting mix of creatives, technologists, content strategists and executives, who share the goal of building, engaging and generating value from audiences with digital content. For this crowd, we didn't want a sterile conference facility. We felt that by giving them a place they could really connect with, we'd help them connect with each other. Providence, with its vibrant tech and design scene, walkable downtown, and non-traditional venues, provided just the funky catalyst we were looking fo…
New Mobile-Optimized Template Simplifies Site Design
Pre-designed templates are increasingly popular as a quick way to get new Tizra sites launched, or to refresh the design of an existing site. A key driver in both cases is keeping up with increasingly high user expectations for ease of use and visual appeal, particularly on mobile devices. To address these needs, we've released a major upgrade to our Bootstrap-based responsive design template. The new version makes it much easier to customize with your own colors and logo, improves mobile interaction with the latest version of the Bootstrap framework, and adds numerous other visual and usability refinements.
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Princeton University Press Partners with Tizra to Take Einstein Papers Online
By Abe Dane October 09, 2013
Unprecedented project will make nearly 30 volumes of Albert Einstein's papers available throughout the world.
October 9, 2013 (Providence, RI) -- Princeton University Press has selected Tizra as the digital publishing platform it will use to make The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein available online. One of the most ambitious publishing ventures ever undertaken in the documentation of the history of science, The Collected Papers will ultimately comprise more than 14,000 papers selected from all phases of Einstein's career and fill nearly 30 volumes.
The online version hosted by Tizra will provide easy, searchable access to the full archive, and will offer features including:
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Whaling in Australia. Australian whaling history, whales of Eastern Australia and whale watching, Byron Bay Whaling Station, scientific whaling for research and international whaling treaties.
copyright Max Egan 1995, all rights reserved.
During the 1790's and early 1800's whaling ships, mainly from Britain, visited ports in New South Wales and Tasmania to unload whale products, but commercial whaling in Australia really developed during the late 1820's.
Whalers obtained oil from the whales for use as lamp fuel, lubricants, candles and as a base for perfumes and soaps. Baleen was used in the 19th century in corsets, whips and umbrellas.
Whaling was Australia's first primary industry. Hunting was initially carried out from small boats and the whales were towed back to a shore station for processing. The main species caught was the Southern right whale; so named because it was slow moving (making it easy to catch), and once killed, the whale would float. It was simply the "right" whale to catch.
By 1845 twenty six thousand whales had been killed and by 1935 there were so few southern right whales remaining that whaling ceased and they became protected internationally.
Before World War II, most hunting for humpback whales near Australia took place on the west coast and in Antarctic waters. Between 1936 and 1938 more than 12,000 humpback whales were killed.
In 1939 a ten year moratorium on humpback whaling was declared to allow the numbers to increase. After the lifting of the moratorium, 18,00 whales were caught and processed (between 1949 and 1963) at Carnarvon, Point Cloates and Albany in Western Australia. The population there was reduced to about 800 whales.
On the east coast of Australia, humpback whaling was initially much less intense and very few whales were taken before 1949.
However, by 1956 whaling stations were operating at Norfolk Island and Moreton Island (near Brisbane) in Queensland, and at Byron Bay and Eden in New South Wales. Between 1950 and 1962 nearly 12,5000 humpbacks were killed and processed along the east coast.
The Byron Bay whaling station operated from 1954 to 1962. During this time 1,146 whales were processed producing 10,000 tons of oil.
The official whaling season each year was from the beginning of May until the end of October. The largest whale caught at Byron Bay was a female 15.9 metres long, the minimum legal length was 10.6 metres.
The whaling industry had become so efficient with modern catcher ships and exploding cannon-launched harpoons, that it finally crippled itself by over exploiting the whales. The intensive whaling left many species near extinction and it is unclear whether the Blue, Fin and Right whale populations will ever recover.
Australia ceased whaling in 1978 when international treaties were signed by most whaling countries. However, some of the signatories to the treaties continue to hunt whales for what they call "research" purposes.
Aerial and surface surveys indicate that, from the estimated 200 to 500 humpbacks left in 1962, about 1,900 now migrate up the east coast of Australia. Humpback whale numbers are recovering slowly and now there are thought to be up to 5,000 breeding in Australian waters.
Humpbacks, along with the Bowhead, Blue and Right whales, are some of the most endangered species on the earth. It is estimated that the world population in 1995 was a little over 15,000.
Whale watching season runs from late June through to late September each year, when Humpback and Right whales move north from Antarctica to their winter feeding and birthing territories.
Mostly you can observe whales from coastal headlands, although you can also check with local fishing and charter operators to see what offerings they have during the season. When observing whales, dolphins and other marine mammals, please follow the guidelines set out by Commonwealth Dept of Envirionment.
You can also visit the Cape Byron Reserve Trust which has lot's of info. and a great view.
Photo © Humpback whale with Mt Warning in background, courtesy of Paul Waters and Lance Hansen, Murwillumbah, NSW.


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Minardi M188 – samochód Formuły 1, zaprojektowany przez Aldo Costę oraz Giacomo Caliriego dla zespołu Minardi na sezon 1988.

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Apr 25, 2017 @ 09:00 AM — by Sharon B. Mateja, D.D.S.
Tooth sensitivity is often a sign of an oral health issue, especially when tooth sensitivity occurs when chewing. Fortunately, the underlying causes of tooth sensitivity may be addressed with restorative dentistry for improved dental health and comfort. Tooth sensitivity when chewing can be caused by a number of dental issues. For answers to your questions about tooth sensitivity and chewing, or to see which treatments are right for you, contact Rancho Cucamonga, CA dentists Sharon B. Mateja and Brenda Kueckels.
What Are the Common Causes of Tooth Sensitivity When Chewing?
Enamel erosion: The outer layer of the teeth, called the enamel, can erode and wear away when repeatedly exposed to acids from foods, bacteria in plaque, friction from teeth grinding, or aggressively brushing the teeth. Enamel erosion leaves the teeth susceptible to decay and increased tooth sensitivity.
Tooth decay: Tooth decay can corrode the teeth, exposing the inner nerves and blood vessels of the teeth to bacteria and food remnants. Food or other teeth may press against the nerves, causing pain when chewing.
Root canal infection: Tooth decay can lead to an infection of the nerves, blood vessels, and inner pulp tissue of the teeth, resulting in a root canal infection. Root canal infections can cause the nerves to become sensitive to pressure when chewing, causing pain when eating.
Damaged fillings: Damaged dental fillings, whether broken, loose, or cracked, can lead to tooth sensitivity when chewing either from directly pressing against the tooth's nerve or allowing food debris to enter the tooth.
Dental fractures: Dental fractures may cause pain when chewing as a result of broken portions of the tooth pressing against the nerve or allowing food to press against the nerve when eating.
Tooth-colored fillings: Tooth-colored fillings may be used to replace damaged dental fillings or treat new tooth decay.
Root canal therapy: Tooth sensitivity and pain caused by root canal infections may be treated with root canal therapy. Root canal therapy is performed to remove infected tissues from the tooth.
Dental crowns: Broken teeth or severe tooth decay may be treated with dental crowns for restored dental function and appearance, as well as relief from tooth sensitivity.
For more information about tooth sensitivity and chewing or to find out which treatment is right for your dental needs, we invite you to schedule a consultation with Dr. Mateja or Dr. Kueckels at your earliest convenience.


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Miłość ma dwie twarze (The Mirror Has Two Faces) - amerykańska komedia romantyczna z 1996 roku, wyreżyserowana przez Barbarę Streisand, w której główne role zagrali Jeff Bridges i Barbara Streisand. Remake francuskiego filmu Lustro o dwóch twarzach z 1958 roku.

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 Mimi Rogers - Claire
 Jeff Bridges - Gregory Larkin
 Barbra Streisand - Rose Morgan
 Pierce Brosnan - Alex
 Lauren Bacall - Hannah Morgan
 Elle Macpherson - Candy
 George Segal - Henry Fine
 Brenda Vaccaro - Doris
 Austin Pendleton - Barry

Fabuła
Gregory Larkin jest wykładowcą matematyki na Uniwersytecie Columbii, jest bardzo nieśmiały w relacjach z kobietami przez co nie może ułożyć sobie życia osobistego. Mężczyzna po nieudanych związkach opartych na seksualnym pożądaniu postanawia poszukać miłości platonicznej. Postanawia dać ogłoszenie matrymonialne, a na nie odpowiada zakompleksiona Rose Morgan - wykładowca literatury romantycznej. Gregory i Rose decydują się na małżeństwo. Związek ich, początkowo opiera się na przyjaźni, jednak dość nieoczekiwanie między nimi zaczyna się wkradać namiętność i pożądanie. Gregory nie jest z tego powodu zadowolony, Rose przeciwnie.

Nagrody i nominacje
Oscary za rok 1996
 Najlepsza piosenka - I Finally Found Someone - Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Robert John Lange, Bryan Adams (nominacja)
 Najlepsza aktorka drugoplanowa - Lauren Bacall (nominacja)
Złote Globy 1996
 Najlepsza aktorka drugoplanowa – Lauren Bacall
 Najlepsza aktorka w komedii lub musicalu - Barbra Streisand (nominacja)
 Najlepsza muzyka - Marvin Hamlisch (nominacja)
 Najlepsza piosenka - I Finally Found Someone - Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Robert John Lange, Bryan Adams (nominacja)
Nagrody BAFTA 1996
 Najlepsza aktorka drugoplanowa - Lauren Bacall (nominacja)
Nagroda Satelita 1996
 Najlepsza aktorka drugoplanowa w komedii lub musicalu - Lauren Bacall (nominacja)

Linki zewnętrzne
 Plakat z filmu

Amerykańskie komedie romantyczne
Filmy w reżyserii Barbry Streisand
Amerykańskie filmy z 1996 roku
Amerykańskie remaki filmów
Filmy wytwórni TriStar Pictures


The global market value for commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), colloquially known as drones, currently sits at an estimated $552 million, but is estimated to grow into a $4 billion market by 2024–China's drone industry is expected to reach over $11 billion by 2025. Multi-rotor drones accounted for over 85% of volume share for the drone market in 2015. Though military applications are significantly higher, commercial applications for drones, such as construction, are catching up.
The limitation of drone use, however, stems from the legal ramifications associated with UAVs. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations on drones, the operator must be a licensed pilot, drones cannot exceed 55 pounds, must be limited to 500 feet, and cannot go faster than 100 mph.
For NYC, drone application in construction and building repair is already underway and increasing. Drones are highly effective at surveying, 3D modeling, performing inspections for safety and in places that are difficult or dangerous to reach, and giving real-time progress updates on a job site. Considering the projection of UAVs becoming a multi-billion dollar industry in less than a decade, the non-military application of drones is ever more interesting.
3DR, which raised $99 million in four rounds, has collaborated with Autodesk's Forge platform, a set of services, APIs, and resources for developers, and the ReCap application, a reality capture and 3D scanning software designed for use with UAVs, to create drones that can build a color 3D model of a build site – meaning that a project manager could check out, monitor, and assess a site without having to physically be there.
For New York City, a city heavy with construction projects – up 300 percent since 2009 – including Columbia University's Manhattanville campus development, UAVs have applications beyond industry. For emergencies, drones can assist authorities in assessing risk. For example, drones could have been used during Hurricane Sandy to provide video to assess fires and floods, tracking waters and monitoring their retreat, giving a complete map of all of the damage.
said Henry Jackson, deputy commissioner for technology and strategic resources at the Office of Emergency Management. Drones also have applications for the inspection of bridges, roads, and towers–all for a fraction of the price that a helicopter would cost. In New York Magazine, Jon Ollwerther, COO of Brooklyn-based drone manufacturer Aerobo, said "One of New York's biggest problems is crumbling infrastructure, and before you can do anything about a problem you have to diagnose it.
Aerobo is a FAA-approved organization to commercially fly drones. Presently, they support industrial inspection with visible light, IR, and thermal inspection of power lines, cell towers, and wind generators. Ollwerther points to two things, the obvious one being the danger to human life and liability that is eliminated by using an unmanned aerial vehicle – New York City had 12 construction worker fatalities and 472 injuries last year.
Albeit, the use of drones presents a different liability concern for construction companies. The nuance is the amount of money and resources that is saved for companies.
Between the money saved from not having to staff, not having to invest in both the equipment to maneuver and the safety equipment, as well as helicopters and the cameras, savings can be anywhere upwards of $200,000.
Also, an immense amount of time is saved by the drone's ability to provide real-time job site updates. Typically, mapping requires 1-2 months and can often be inaccurate. For a drone, this job can be done within 30 minutes with accuracy within a centimeter.
The use of drones in New York, however, especially in construction, is not only be limited by the FAA, but also by union regulations and from city officials, like City Councilman Dan Garodnick, who wants to ban drone use in all five boroughs. While many are lobbying the FAA for more loose restrictions, drones suffer from an image problem from the general public.
The article points to the news story of the drone that landed on the lawn of the White House, flying completely undetected. This presented a security concern of drones and their line-of-sight flying.
Drone use for NYC construction is completely feasible and there are companies already pursuing the application with both software and hardware. The limitation of drones comes from current government restrictions and regulations on UAV use. Considering that drones cannot go above 500 feet – 46 stories – it becomes difficult for drones to survey many buildings in the city that sit well above that height. As drone technology improves, it becomes more important for both the attitude and the constraints surrounding drones change in order to truly take advantage of everything UAVs can offer.
is a Staff Reporter at Silicon NYC's Startups section and in his fourth year of study at Columbia University as a B.A./B.S. candidate in Music & Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Music Performance. Thomas continues to explore a variety of industries until he gets a contract to be in "Hamilton."


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The New Chicster Clubhouse: John DeLucie Revives The Empire Diner
by The Daily Front Row May 18, 2017
written by The Daily Front Row May 18, 2017
Mac and cheese with parmesan bread crumbs! Do we have your attention? Chelsea's iconic Empire Diner is back in action under the direction of restaurateur extraordinaire John DeLucie. As the founding partner and chef of The Waverly Inn and the man behind Bedford & Co., The Lion and Bills Food and Drink, he's a superstar in the foodie world. Now he's partnered up with the owners of Cafeteria to add to his (pun intended) empire! He gives us the dish.
Empire Diner is such a legendary New York space. How did you end up reviving it?
Well, like so many things in life, it was sort of fortuitous. Stacy Pisone, who co-owns Cafeteria and who I've known for many, many years, fell upon fate. We were trying to find a way to work together for a long time, and she called me and said, 'Hey, I think I've got a lease on Empire Diner,' and so we figured it out and ended up doing it together.
What are the popular dishes on the menu?
For starters, we have a great crispy artichoke with aoili, we have a beef carpaccio, a yellowtail crudo with cucumber broth, I'm trying to remember from memory [Laughs]. For bar snacks, we have deviled eggs, people love the pigs-in-a-blanket but they are not your typical pigs-in-a-blanket—they're quite fancy and they're done as a pork rillette and rolled in phyllo dough.
How about the main courses?
We have chicken fried steak, a steamed black bass, mac and cheese with parmesan bread crumbs, fried chicken that is coated in sourdough-pretzels. We have a gnarly two-patty burger on a beautiful brioche bun. So we have the "high" and we have the "low"—if you want to eat light, we have a great sustainable tuna dish with caponata, if you want go heavy we have the burger or the chicken fried steak.
What's your favorite dessert on the menu?
Well I'm a dessert wimp, so I like the citrus supreme with housemade frozen yogurt. But people love the coconut cake with buttercream, people love the sundae, the s'mores torte, the matcha crepe cakes. There are some great desserts. We have George McKirdy as our pastry chef.
Tell us about the decor.
We worked with nemaworkshop. We wanted it to have the spirit of the old diner but it had to be decidedly modern. And so we kept the old clock, but there was a lot of stuff that was sort of falling apart, so we had to fix a lot.
What will the changes be in the weeks ahead?
We're open for dinner right now and some time next week we're opening for breakfast and lunch. The week after we'll probably be doing brunch, so we'll be running 21 meal periods a week.
Why does the fashion set flock to your locations?
Fashion people are the first-responders to anything new and cool. They're curious! A lot also happen to live in West Chelsea, so that has a lot to do with it as well!
How do you feel about all of this success?
Whenever you embark on a new project, you just never know. You never know how people are going to respond to it. I sold three of my restaurants, didn't really know where it was going to take me, and here I am in this really, very vibrant, exciting situation. So it's really a blessing.
BY SERENA MINITER
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Movie Review – Spies in Disguise
The messages Spies in Disguise delivers should resonate with parents. First, the young scientist/inventor is called "weird" by the kids at school. Throughout the movie that label is challenged, and turned into a compliment.
The second message the story emphasizes is nonviolent solutions to problems. The spy Lance Sterling solves problems with explosions. On the other hand, Walter solves problems with nonlethal doses of glitter. In the end Lance comes to trust Walter's judgment.
There's plenty of funny hijinks for kids to enjoy and some of the scenes are funny enough to make adults laugh out loud. While Spies in Disguise doesn't have the broad ranging entertainment as most Pixar movies, it isn't one of those movies mom and dad have to flip a coin over who has to take the kids. There's enough here for everyone to enjoy.
About The Peetimes: I have 3 Peetimes spread out nicely. We worked hard to avoid the best (and silliest) action scenes and humor in any of the Peetimes.
There are extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of Spies in Disguise. (What we mean by Anything Extra.)
Rated (PG) for action, violence, and rude humor
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation
Movie Review – Playmobil: The Movie
I'm thinking the little tykes from ages 2 to 6 will enjoy this movie. My great granddaughter, age 6, has been an avid watcher of the Playmobil videos on YouTube for several years. I honestly think children older than 7 or 8 will be bored with this simple animated film.
I found the movie irritating, frenetic, and loud. So loud. Most parents will feel the same way, plus there's no adult humor for us to snicker about, like we see in the fine Lego movies.
I'm sure there is some sort of plot, and maybe even a message to kids in there somewhere, but the dialog was so unintelligible that one can only guess what it was.
An average grade of C is the best I can give Playmobil: The Movie.
About The Peetimes: As with most animated films, this gave me several opportunities to get good Peetimes. Both are of equal length, so let your little one's bladder decide which to use.
There are extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of Playmobil: The Movie. (What we mean by Anything Extra.)
Rated (PG) not available
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Movie Review – The LEGO Movie
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Movie Review – Frozen 2
Obviously, I'm not grading this movie based on how well I personally enjoyed it. I, a 52 year old man, live in a galaxy far, far, away from the target audience of pre-teen girls.
I'm confident that the aforementioned young girls will be delighted with every moment of the movie. In particular, I think my 6 year old niece is going to obsess over getting a water horse doll for Christmas. (Mission accomplished, Disney marketing department.)
That being said, I don't think this movie will have the cultural impact the first did. Again, I'm not the target audience, but it didn't feel like there was a musical number equivalent to "Let it Go" in this sequel.
Plus, the plot felt muddled. The first Frozen had very clear motivations for the characters. Frozen 2 has the plot complexity of a Fast and Furious movie: arbitrary plot devices as an excuse to have another car chase. Except in this movie it's arbitrary plot devices as an excuse for another song.
I would suggest that mom and dad flip a coin to decide who "gets" to take the kids to see this. This isn't Pixar. There's not much adult entertainment. About the only relief we get are a few moments of Olaf wisdom that are chuckle-worthy.
About The Peetimes: No songs were used in the making of any of these Peetimes. 🙂 The three Peetimes we have are all pretty good, but we recommend the 3rd, and last, Peetime. The movie is really about 1 hour and 30 minutes long, not including the 12 minutes of credits.
There are extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of Frozen 2. (What we mean by Anything Extra.)
Rated (PG) for action/peril and some thematic elements
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Sequel
Frozen Adventures You May Have Missed
Movie Review – Arctic Dogs
I just saw a headline that questioned if a child under five should see Arctic Dogs, due to rude humor and lots of action. My question is; would children over five want to see this film? It's not a boring movie by any means. I truly enjoyed it, but it seems that the generation, of which my six year old great granddaughter is a member, is getting more sophisticated in their viewing preferences. My point is, anyone –even those under five will like this film — it provides lots of color and movement, and that's what the kiddies, and some adults, like.
I was happy to see the movie touched on global warming, a subject children should be made aware of as early as possible. Arctic Dogs did a fine job teaching perseverance in the face of adversity — you know, like a fat walrus, with the voice of John Cleese — trying to melt the Arctic. Our little white hero Swifty showed if you want something bad enough, like being a Top Dog, no sacrifice was too large to make. Good for him.
Jeremy Renner did a fine job giving personality to Swifty, and Heidi Klum was excellent as Jade, Swifty's love interest. And doesn't John Cleese make the perfect gentleman villain? But James Franco's character Lemmy just grated on my nerves.
Arctic Dogs will win no awards, but it's still a fun little movie.
About The Peetimes: This is a short movie needing only 2 Peetimes. Let your bladder decide which is best for you.
There are no extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of Arctic Dogs. (What we mean by Anything Extra.)
Rated (PG) for some mild action and rude humor
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Cast of Voices for Arctic Dogs
Movie Review – The Addams Family
Most of my followers know that when reviewing an animated movie, I rate it according to the response of the target audience.
Having taken my six year old great granddaughter to see The Addams Family tonight, I can report that I've reached out to the target audience, and she reported to me that it deserves an A, and also a million 'likes'. There was plenty of young laughter from the audience, and even a little older laughter.
What is my own personal review of this film? I did laugh out loud a few times and chuckled a few times, but my personal joy was seeing how my great granddaughter responded, and all the other kiddies in the audience. That's enough for me.
The Addams Family first appeared on television when I was a sophomore in high school. I thought it was funny then, and I still think it's funny even today.
About The Peetimes: This was a very short movie which really only needed one Peetime. However, I included an emergency break only 10 minutes before the end in case the tiny bladders can't hold it for one more minute.
There are extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of The Addams Family. (What we mean by Anything Extra.)
Rated (PG) for macabre and suggestive humor, and some action
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family
First View Movie Review – The Princess and the Frog
The Princess and the Frog is a suitably good and modern take on the "Princess" theme, with a jazzy little soundtrack and some true comedic moments. But is it moving? Inspiring? Maybe. Tiana, the Princess in question, is a good role model, with a solid work ethic.
Which makes me think…Tiana has a job. She works. Do any of the other Disney Princesses work at all, ever? Even the ones that aren't royalty to start with seem to do…nothing. Belle, for example, apparently reads all day, to the amazement of the drooling illiterates around her. Cinderella worked hard, basically as a slave, but I wouldn't call what she did a job.
Aladdin at least has a profession: petty thief. Most Princes only seemed to ride around the country, looking for sleeping Princesses to kiss. But, you know, this review should be about Tiana. 🙂
Tiana wants to own a jazz club in New Orleans, which is a nice achievable goal. She works at least two jobs to get to her dream, and her parents aren't abusive, so it's not like there's an evil stepmother in the picture, for once.
Which leads to the villain: the Voodoo guy. He has no motivation in the plot except to be evil for evil's sake, and he really drags the film down. His stuff is so boring I can't be bothered to look up his name. I know it's hard to make a good villain, but when Disney hits it out of the park (as with Ursula or Scar) magic happens. We start to care about the story.
In The Princess and the Frog, I only cared about the actual 'frog' sections, which are definitely delightful. The swamp scenes with the firefly and alligator are super fun, and emphasize the solid narrative message that looks can be deceiving. Prince Naveen is even quite 'charming' in his selfishness, and he has a nice arc with Tiana, who brooks no foolishness. Good for her.
But there's the redneck scene, which is a kind of throwback to the stereotypical storytelling I'd expect from Old Disney, dragging the movie down. Ugh. (And that's why their sequence makes a great Peetime, having nothing to do with the plot and offering very awkward humor.)
So…I'd call this a middling Princess film. I was pleasantly surprised how Disney incorporated a lower class American heroine that wasn't in love with a man because he was attractive and royal. And I liked how Naveen was sort of a brat, who grew to love Tiana for her personality, not for her beauty.
Altogether, The Princess and the Frog is a nice movie that showcases a young woman of color in a way that never feels racist: her story is not about skin at all, unless you count the green froggy kind.
About The Peetimes: If you can hold off for the Recommended 2nd Peetime at 51 minutes, you won't miss any songs, and the scene in question is really quite dumb. We also provided an early Peetime at 40 minutes in case you really need it (it includes a minor song).
There are no extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of The Princess and the Frog. (What we mean by Anything Extra.)
Rated (G) none
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy
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Movie Review – Abominable
Well, here I sit at my computer, absolutely gritting my teeth….again.
Here at RunPee, I am the animated film expert. I can qualify that statement by telling you I've been watching animated films for more than half a century. I kinda know what kids like and don't like.
Abominable is a kid's movie. It's as simple as that. One critic wrote that the plot of Abominable was 'childish', like that's a bad thing. Those critics that gushed over the likes of Les Miserables and The English Patient are now panning Abominable. Not cool; not cool at all.
Now that I've gotten that off my chest and am no longer gritting my teeth, I'll review this film the way it should be reviewed; from a kid's point of view.
Abominable is an absolute delight. Keeping in mind that little kids respond to sound, color and movement, this sweet film satisfies all three requirements. The sound of violins fill the movie, the color was exquisite, and the action was very much child friendly. So there, my criteria was met in all respects.
Some critics claim that the story was boring, and the theme was over used. The story was anything but boring; it hit on sadness over the loss of someone dear to them, the importance of family values, and eventually healing from the loss. And as far as the theme being over used; no child will ever tire of seeing plush toys coming to life.
I loved Abominable and will be taking my great-granddaughter to see it tomorrow. You do the same.
About The Peetimes: This was an easy movie for Peetimes. The 2nd Peetime gives you an extra 30 seconds that you should put to use, because the movie continues for another 35 minutes and shouldn't be missed.
There are extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of Abominable. (What we mean by Anything Extra.)
Rated (PG) for some action and mild rude humor
Movie Review – SmallFoot
Movie Review – Tangled
I'm only 3/4 of the way through my first viewing of Tangled (yes, my 1st time) and I love it already so much I'm willing to give it an A+. Of course, they could screw it up during the climax and I'll have to change my review, but so far I'm completely delighted.
Tangled: beautifully animated, very funny, and packs in a lot of adventure. I'm stingy with my A grades, and give almost nothing an A+, so this is a good endorsement from us at RunPee.
Great Characters
There's a handsome Han Solo type of rogue. Which…yay! And of course there are amusing animal sidekicks. What's cool is that both the horse and chameleon have a ton of attitude, which Disney doesn't usually do. Actually, their "men" aren't usually 'jerks with a heart of gold', except for Flynn here, and Naveen in The Princess and the Frog. So this is kind of a treat. Ahem.
I smiled a lot, especially with the Snuggly Duck ruffians singing about their dreams. Really. What could be more cute than that scene?
This movie made me happy.
A Great Villain
Then there's Gothel, the 'wicked' adoptive mother. She's an awesome villain. Her songs are totally fun, and she's actually nice to Rapunzel. She really is. She's affectionate, goes out of her way to get Rapunzel a birthday gift, and gives the girl a decent life (albeit as a complete prisoner) with games, books, paints, a great kitchen, craft supplies, a lot of leeway for doodling all over the walls…pretty much anything one can do inside a nicely appointed tower.
Gothel's not evil so much as selfish…but not completely unrelatable. She's not about riches or power. She just wants to stay young and live. Ursula from The Little Mermaid is still my favorite Disney villain, but Gothel is surprisingly interesting. I liked her better than Scar from The Lion King, and he was previously my second favorite Disney villain. Good job, Tangled!
And a Disney Easter Egg or Two
I find one in the movie Tangled: a stylized depiction of Snow White's Poisoned Apple painting on a stairway balustrade in Rapunzel's Tower. Easy to miss, but it's there.
Also, Rapunzel and Flynn show up at the Coronation scene in Frozen, which is pretty cool. Her hair is still short and brown. Disney doesn't want to be a shared universe, but now that Pixar/Marvel have been absorbed by the Mouse, things are changing.
Tangled, Overall
I'll be watching the last part of this movie tomorrow (I have to see Ad Astra tonight to get Peetimes) and really hope Tangled's climax doesn't let me down. I'll be back soon to let you know if this is truly an A+ film.
UPDATE After Finishing Tangled: I'll keep the A+. It met up with my expectations, even though I thought they could have wrapped up Mother Gothel's story a little less gruesomely. Put her in prison or something, like the Stabbington brothers, who were, you know, actually evil. I did love the return of the 'dreamer' ruffians, though. See? Some people are redeemable. (I really would like Disney to stop with the bad parent theme, like they did with Brave.)
Grade: A+
About The Peetimes: This Disney classic was re-released in theaters this Friday. When I do Peetimes for Disney Princess films, I do my best to avoid any songs, which is what most fans want to see. Some exposition or mild plot scenes are chosen instead, but are well-summarized in the synopses. Tangled has 3 good Peetimes, so you won't be lost when you get back from the toilet. Pick any.
There are no extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of Tangled. (What we mean by Anything Extra.)
Rated (PG) for brief mild violence
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Movie Review – The Little Mermaid
The Lion King – Rewatch Review of the Animated Classic
Movie Review – Beauty and the Beast
Without any doubt, the 1991 animated Beauty & The Beast is considered among the best of the Disney Princess movies, or any of the the Disney films. It's from the period known as The Disney Renaissance that started with The Little Mermaid, and ran through most of the 90s. (I think it concluded with The Princess & The Frog.) This was an era that brought a faded Disney empire back into the hearts of people who love stories of adventure, and of Princesses.
Four of the best Princesses came from this creative Disney restart: Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, and Nala (she may be 'only' a lion but as mate of the King, she's royalty). In several RunPee Polls over the years, Belle's always got the top spot as everyone's favorite Princess.
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So I want to give this beloved film an A+, but I just can't, and that's why I've been dragging my heels to write this review. I finally just decided to give my thoughts and say Beauty & The Beast misses that "plus" by a hair…and it's not the hair of Belle or The Beast that brought it down.
What's great in Beauty & The Beast:
Belle is a great role model — she loves books and adventure stories, and isn't afraid to try to protect the ones she loves. She's spirited and speaks her mind intelligently.
Belle's also very nice to the furniture, which is a big deal if you know this classic tale. 😉
The Beast has a meaningful transformation that takes a good slow time to develop (the seasons change over the course of the film). He's delightfully grumpy for quite a while, and his path to compassion feels largely earned. The two will probably make a good couple, and the message of "seeing beyond surface appearances" is profound enough.
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What drags Belle's movie down:
No, my main beef with Beauty & The Beast lies with Gaston. (Also, with the wolf scene, but I'll get to that later.) Gaston is simply a bore. And not in the love-to-hate way. His character sucks life from the screen. Gaston's little sidekick is intensely annoying (again, not in the good way). All the villagers seem like the world's stupidest morons — from the first song Belle, through to the end with The Mob Song. I don't understand how this village can possibly even function, given their apparent level of credulity and ignorance.
At least in The Lion King (who has a great main villain), the hyenas — also depicted as intellectually challenged — are amusing in their henchmen evilness. They also don't just blindly follow whoever talked the loudest.
Anyway, all the scenes at the castle are simply gold, and if the movie focused more on the title characters and said furniture, we'd have a perfect film. Cogsworth and Lumiere aren't quite Pumba and Timon, but come close. And that doggy footstool deserves a special mention: what a delightful idea!
There's enough story to be told in the main narrative without manufacturing the Gaston side plot.
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To be fair, I know they were trying to show that the "good looking" guy was a big jerk, while the scary, hairy Beast has a heart of gold, but the movie spent too much time with Gaston, his motley crew, and the idiots with the pitchforks. Either spend less time away from the castle, or make the other parts better. Too much creative time is squandered.
What about the wolves?
I did say I was going to mention the wolf scene. For one thing, it makes a great Peetime, since no one is seeing Beauty & The Beast for the action. But I also don't understand Disney's problem with wolves. Wolves don't attack people. They especially don't attack people riding giant Belgian Draft Horses like Philippe. I happen to like wolves and support their reintroduction to the wild, and was vastly disappointed with Disney maintaining their 'wolves are evil' stance in the 2017 live action Beauty & The Beast.
You know who gangs up on people like that in real life? Other people. They could have made the remake with a band of outlaws and moved away from the whole wolf thing… This is a personal peeve, and I won't take marks from the film for it, but I do think it's worth mentioning.
The animated classic, overall:
Had Beauty & The Beast been solid throughout, with an interesting villain and henchmen, it would be an easy A+ film. The Little Mermaid and The Lion King handle this effortlessly. The castle scenes are so fun and compelling, though, that I'll say Beauty is probably the third best pre-Pixar Disney Princess movie, coming in with a high A score.
About The Peetimes: The Disney classic is being re released to theaters on Friday. It was hard to make Peetimes, since I assume people want to see the songs in this 1991 classic, and there are a lot of them. I also didn't want to have you miss the romantic parts. I chose 2 Peetimes during the silly villager songs, and one during an action scene, leaving you free to enjoy the best parts of the film.
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To start off, the 1989 original Disney animated classic The Little Mermaid is in the cinemas and you should absolutely catch it while you can. Take the entire family. The Danish version of Hans Christian Anderson's tragic story doesn't rear its head at all, so you'll be safe.
The Little Mermaid is my absolute favorite animated Disney movie that manages somehow to offend almost no one.
I know there are issues with the upcoming live action remake, but that's not what I'm talking about here.
And the songs are among the best the studio ever made. I know them all by heart. When I take my sister to see this again on Sunday we'll have a hard time not singing along, out loud. Unless everyone sings them too — then we'll belt them along with the rest.
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Although the sea scenes are luscious, especially within the limited animated style of the time, it's the fun and gentle humor that I love so much. If you're a fan of Finding Nemo, this undersea adventure should also be on your must-watch list.
Lastly, for now, Ursula the Sea Witch is one of Disney's best villains. Might be their best ever. I have to think on that.
GO SEE THIS IN THE THEATERS NOW. And you might be introducing a 'whole new world' to an old classic. (To mix my princess movie metaphors).
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About The Peetimes: This animated classic is being re-released in theaters Friday. All 3 Peetimes are good. Make SURE to use them, so you don't miss the outstanding iconic songs in this wonderful musical.
There are no extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of The Little Mermaid. (What we mean by Anything Extra.)
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We would all like to believe that our city streets are safe and drivers follow the law and fully stop at all stop signs. The reality is that too many drivers ignore or do not fully stop at a stop sign. This type of driving behavior from another vehicle can result in personal injury to you, damage to your vehicle, or personal injury if you were a pedestrian.
When you are out driving, it would seem to be a logical response to stop when you see a large red sign directing you to do just that. Unfortunately, thousands of people are injured each year in auto accidents that occur when a driver neglects to stop at the designated sign. In Texas, Houston vehicle accident lawyers and auto injury attorneys stay busy in their efforts to protect the rights of innocent victims who have been injured in these types of Houston car accidents. Often they result in serious side-impacts or even rollovers. Accidents that occur at intersections with stop signs are often caused by some very preventable driving behaviors.
Houston traffic accident lawyers are kept exceptionally busy by this type of driver who may be found driving at a high rate of speed, making illegal lane changes and tailgating those who are attempting to drive at the posted speed limit. These same drivers may find themselves speeding toward an intersection, see the stop sign and decide they can make it through before any other cars arrive at the intersection. Any driver who makes the conscious decision to simply ignore a stop sign for whatever reason is not only breaking the law, but they may also cause an accident that causes serious injuries or even a fatality.
Houston auto accident attorneys have pointed out that some ordinary drivers will sometimes intentionally run a stop sign if it appears to be safe. In most cases, these are completely law-abiding citizens who may have properly stopped at the same stop sign dozens or even hundreds of times before they make the decision to ignore it. This most often occurs when motorists believe that a stop sign has not been placed in a particular location for reasons of safety. These stop signs are instead considered to be a nuisance used to interrupt the steady flow of traffic and better regulate the speed of travel on a particular roadway.
Driving should be considered an important full-time job for any driver, and it is not just teenagers who may find themselves engaged in distracted behavior that may lead to simply not seeing a stop sign. Drivers who choose to drive while attempting to use a cell phone to talk or text, become overly engaged interacting with their passengers or pay more attention to their snack or radio station than their driving are all more likely to miss a stop sign completely and cause an accident.
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COVID's second wave worsens food insecurity in East Africa
By Richard Wetaya
Uganda again faces the specter of inflation, supply disruptions, higher prices for staple foods and hunger as the country endures a 42-day lockdown imposed to halt a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Concerns are now being raised that without significant government interventions, the entire East African region could suffer chronic food insecurity due to disruptions in agricultural production and markets, drought, unemployment, the pandemic and conflict. Farmers and the urban poor are especially hard hit.
A June 2021-January 2022 FEWS NET food security outlook report indicates that Uganda's farmers are now getting lower farm gate prices, especially for staple perishables like cooking bananas, horticultural commodities and poultry products. Farmers who supply food to urban areas reportedly are earning less income than usual from crop sales due to low prices, limiting their ability to access other non-food needs.
Thirteen counties in Western Kenya, all of which are grappling with spikes in new coronavirus cases, face the same adverse outcomes as the tight government containment measures instituted in June continue.
Uganda, like other African nations, has been experiencing an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths, principally fueled by a populace that has grown lax in observing health protocols and the spread of new highly transmissible variants. The Delta variant accounts for 97 percent of samples sequenced in Uganda, which currently has 87,227 confirmed cases and 2,104 deaths, according to the WHO Africa regional office. The situation is worse in Kenya, where statistics from the health ministry confirm 187,525 cases and 3,716 deaths.
In 2020, when the pandemic's first wave hit, the two East African countries imposed strict transport restrictions that substantially disrupted food and commodity supply chain links between their rural and urban areas, creating serious food security risks. Joshua Opita, an agricultural and livelihoods expert, told the Alliance for Science that people in both countries were pushed into food insecure zones.
"For the most part, that state of affairs played out in informal urban settlements where thousands who rely on daily income sources to purchase food reside," he said.
A 2020 analysis by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, an innovative multi-partner initiative for improving food security, nutrition analysis and decision-making, showed that 17 percent of Kampala's 3.5 million residents, or 292,330 people, experienced adverse levels of acute food insecurity and had increasing food consumption gaps and reduced dietary mixture. Kampala is Uganda's capital city. The initiative's August-December 2020 analysis for Kenya indicated that 6 percent of the population, or 852,000 people, faced acute food insecurity.
In the days following Uganda's most recent lockdown, fears grew among sections of the country's poor that the negative impacts of the first COVID-19 lockdown would reoccur.
Their fears were soon realized. In the districts of Kampala and Wakiso, which have been the epicenters of Uganda's deadly second wave, the price of staple foods like tomatoes, cabbage, cassava, yam, rice and corn flour, among others, skyrocketed immediately after the lockdown took effect.
"The most significant shock was a price hike," Opita said. "Food prices shot up, but at length, they have come down, drastically. Profitability at various food markets has been affected as the purchasing power of the urban poor and rural consumers reduces. As a direct consequence, food traders and producers, particularly those who supply food to urban food markets, have been getting low profits. With retail outlets closed, many of the country's food producers are also hard-pressed in getting the requisite inputs for their farms."
In the first weeks following the imposition of the lockdown, Kampala also witnessed running battles between the country's security forces and apprehensive businessmen. Many of the businessmen, whose shops had been closed, argued that the new lockdown would play havoc with their incomes, thus affecting their ability to provide food for their families.
Analysts said the traders may have been speaking for hundreds of the country's underprivileged urbanities, including the informal and transport sector employees and youth, who are at loose ends as they wait for financial support from the Ugandan government.
Each individual designated as vulnerable will not get relief food rations, as was the case last year, but cash to the tune of sh100,000 (US$28). A total of 501,107 people are expected to receive the bailouts, with the first recipients getting payments on July 8.
Agnes Kirabo, executive director of the Food Rights Alliance, takes issue with the government's cash intervention.
"These cash transfers will be a short-term emergency response and short-term interventions, such as food rations, can only be effective if there are long-term investments in building strategic food reserves," she noted. "What the country needs are medium-term and long-term interventions, without which the current food security situation may become permanent."
Peter Businda, an agribusiness expert concurs.
"The money set aside by the Ugandan government does not commensurate with the needs of most of the country's urban dwellers," he said. "Most urban households have between three and six members and besides food, they have other expenses. To that end, the money earmarked for the households will not suffice unless the government is telling vulnerable households to cut down on their food consumption by having one meal a day and purchasing non-nutritious foods of poor quality that will last till the next disbursement. Because this pandemic is not about to end soon."
East Africa: food insecurity hotspot
Several food security monitoring groups, such as the Africa Food Trade and Resilience Initiative and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), contend that East Africa will remain a food insecurity hotspot as new COVID-19 variants continue to spread.
In the 2021 food security monitor edition 13, which provides an overview assessment of the food security outlook in East, West and Southern Africa, AGRA contends that East Africa will remain in a crisis food security situation, driven by below-average agriculture production, below-average rainfall, ongoing conflicts and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The June 2021-January 2022 FEWS NET-Kenya Food Security Outlook Update indicates that poor households in the country's 13 counties that are under lockdown will face increased food insecurity and reduced food access due to declining employment and income-generating opportunities.
Jane Nalunga, executive director of the Southern and Eastern Africa Trade, Information and Negotiations Institute in Uganda, contends that the situation will get worse, especially in urban areas.
"With other waves on the horizon, the number of food-insecure people in the region will likely triple and the situation may be worse than it was last year," she said.
In 2020, strict COVID-19 containment measures in the region exacerbated the food security situation, as a recent study on the pandemic's net impact on household income and food security in Uganda and Kenya reveals. The study, titled COVID-19 implications on household income and food security in Kenya and Uganda: Findings from a rapid assessment , found the proportion of food insecure respondents increased by 38 percent in Kenya and 44 percent in Uganda.
The agricultural economists who conducted the study explained that the situation in Kenya was made worse by disruptions in regional markets, given the high ratio of food imports to domestic production.
David Kabanda, executive director of the Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights, said that while the current 42-day Uganda lockdown may help slow the spread of the new coronavirus variants, it will do little to improve the country's food insecurity status quo.
"The lockdown has exacerbated an already difficult situation," he said. "The money being promised to vulnerable groups within the population may help in the short-term but it will not extricate many out of their food insecurity woes. Greater efforts will be needed throughout the region to address food insecurity. The governments of Kenya and Uganda should improve agriculture input supply chains to mitigate the pandemic's impact on agricultural production."
Image: Uganda's military forces distribute food to Fred Mauso and his family during the 2020 COVID lockdown. Photo: Godfrey Kimono
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Was a Red Carpet Event Flooded Due to Heavy Rains in Los Angeles?
The sopping carpet supported the post-apocalyptic vibes of the show premiering at the event.
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A red carpet event in Los Angeles was flooded due to heavy rains in early January 2023.
Los Angeles, and Southern California in general, are known globally for their hot, dry climates, but early 2023 ushered in an historically cold, wet winter. That was on display on the night of Jan. 9, 2023, during a red carpet event for HBO. A video circulated on social media showing "The Last of Us" star Pedro Pascal giving an interview while standing in a sloshing puddle:
The video showed actual events that occurred during the show's premiere at the Regency Village Theater on L.A.'s Westside.
The series is set to premiere for the general public on HBO's streaming service on Jan. 15, 2023. And as entertainment news site Variety observed, "Los Angeles' pouring rain and red carpet flooding leaned into the post-apocalyptic ambiance" of the show.
The show is based on a PlayStation video game by the same name, and is set in a post-apocalyptic future, the theme of which might strike close to home for many in the post-COVID-19 world. Here's how HBO described it:
The series takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
Joel is played by Pascal and Ellie is played by Bella Ramsey, who won hearts with her portrayal of the tiny but mighty noble Lyanna Mormont.
"The Last of Us | Official Website for the HBO Series." HBO.com. https://www.hbo.com/the-last-of-us. Accessed 10 Jan. 2023.
Weakland, Russ. 'The Last of Us' Cast on Video-Game Adaptation Challenges and Why a TV Series Was Better Than a Film." Variety, 10 Jan. 2023, https://news.yahoo.com/last-us-cast-video-game-193521263.html.
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Bethania Palma is a journalist from the Los Angeles area who has been working in the news industry since 2006.
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Book Review: The Ghosthunter's Daughter by Caroline Flarity
Sixteen-year-old Anna sees things from another world, the spiritual world, a skill that isn't exactly useful in high school. It's bad enough that her mother, possessed by a demon, took her own life when Anna was a child, a loss she remains tortured by. Now her father makes his living "clearing" haunted objects, and Anna's job as his assistant makes her a social misfit. Most kids in her suburban New Jersey town refer to her just as "Goblin Girl."
Only Freddy and Dor remain loyal friends. But Anna's so focused on her own problems, she's missed that her connection with Freddy is moving beyond the friend zone.
As junior year approaches, a rare solar storm lights up the night skies and the citizens of Bloomtown begin to act strangely: Anna's teachers lash out, her best friends withdraw, and the school bullies go from mean to murderous. When Anna realizes she can harness this evil power, she sets out to save Bloomtown and the only family she has left.
But to do so, she must keep her own increasingly dark urges at bay.
I did not expect to enjoy this book as much as I did. The Ghosthunter's Daughter exceeded my expectations in terms of the magic system, proved me wrong when I thought I knew what was really going on in the plot, and Flarity earned my respect and kudos for realistically including mental health and societal issues.
Anna is tough and opinionated and the narrative is very witty at times. Although her mother's possession by a demon, her subsequent death, and the fact that Anna can never escape the stigma of her father's work as a paranormal investigator have hardened her, Anna is believable and I liked her most of the time. The high school Anna and her two best friends, Freddy and Doreen, attend is mean. These kids, and certain teachers, are the type that makes headlines for bullying and sexual assault. The people at school were scarier than the Trickster spirits and Shadow Men that Anna deals with on a semi-regular basis.
Many aspects of the magic system are familiar, such as the use of salt and holy water as supernatural pest prevention. I liked that Anna and her father had to cleanse spirits in accordance to the entity's own spiritual beliefs, but the best part was the incorporation of a scientific element through Electromagnetic Fields, their effects, and the ways paranormal beings can manipulate them. It's also refreshing to have characters admit that they don't know everything, and that there's no way to find the answers to questions like where demons come from. However, I did find it odd that Jack had to buy holy water when he might've been able to get it from a priest instead.
The Ghosthunter's Daughter also highlights mental health issues through various different characters. Jack's hoarding is…wow. When Anna went into the basement, I was stunned. As funny as Anna's bitterly sarcastic jokes about Jack's Crap are, Flarity still conveys the desperation and compulsivity of Jack's hoarding with heart-breaking clarity. It's also damn good to read a book that raises the topic of the negative psychological effects of pornography.
The overall sense of realism in The Ghosthunter's Daughter, good pacing, and intriguing plot made this a tough novel to put down. I highly recommend it.
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Caitlin has loved fantasy from a young age. She started writing in earnest because she couldn't find the book she needed to read.
Caitlin enjoys listening to music, watching anime, researching random subjects so she can be a better know-it-all, and playing the odd game.
She lives in South Africa with her son.
Her work received highest honours in the 2017 SAWC Short Story Competition.