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Celebrate Bay (Laurus nobilis): Herb of the Year 2009
From Legend and Lore to Fragrance and Flavor
by Susan Belsinger
The classical legend of bay's origin was Daphne's transformation into the laurel tree during her pursuit by Apollo. Versions vary; one infers that the nymph Daphne was a fiercely independent, rather wild creature and rather than give herself to Apollo, she pleaded with her father, the river god Ladonas, to transform her. Another account indicates that Apollo was wounded by an arrow of Eros (cupid) and fell madly in love with Daphne, who fled from his advances and was changed into the slender bay laurel moments before her capture. All agree that Apollo was so astounded by the tree's beauty that he claimed the laurel as his own and dedicated it to reward the highest achievements of Greek civilization. Bay was first an herb of poets, but also of oracles, warriors, statesmen, and doctors. The leaves were made into wreaths for illustrious poets and the ancients used them to crown heroes.
Bay laurel was the symbol of wisdom, both acquired and intuitive. Laurus nobilis is believed to derive from the Celtic word laur meaning green and the Latin nobilis signifying noble. Baccalaureate is from the Latin for laurel berries, which were given to Greek students of the classical period. As bay is a narcotic and stimulant in large amounts, it was an important part of the Delphic rites. Apollo's priestesses chewed bay before prophesying. Later, even placing bay leaves beneath pillows was thought to bring prescient dreams.
Since bay was so strongly associated with the gods and people of high esteem, it gained the reputation of protecting against all manner of natural and manmade disasters. Sorcerers and poisoners could not harm the person who carried bay. It was believed that lightning would not strike where bay was planted. The Caesars appropriated bay as their special protector against accidents and conspiracies. Though not notably successful, its efficacy in this field was maintained even in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. Witches and devils were supposedly rendered helpless by it.
The medicinal uses of the herb were always important; it was used as often as garlic to protect against epidemics. Considered an anti-rheumatic, it was drunk as a tea and used in baths. The Romans used bay leaves and berries for the treatment of liver disorders. Culpeper said that bay berries were "effectual against the poisons of all venomous creatures and the sting of wasps and bees." Oil from the berries was rubbed on sprains and used as eardrops.
The culinary history of bay has been constant and it is still an essential herb in the cuisines surrounding the Mediterranean. Strangely, though bay is likely of Mid-Eastern origin, there is no mention of it in records of Chinese cuisine. In those periods when people appreciated more and stronger herbal flavors, bay was commonly ground fine and sprinkled over fresh vegetables and cooked or marinated in fruit compotes. Now it is cooked with every variety of meat and most kinds of fish and shellfish. Bay leaves are in the stuffings of or simply alongside many roasted fowl dishes. Its sweet balsamic aroma wafts from freshly baked breads, puddings and custards. It is essential to bouquet garnis for soups and stews, sauces and ragouts. I agree with Tom Stobart author of Herbs, Spices and Flavorings that "No kitchen should exist without bay leaves, and they should be used as a matter of habit." and believe that bay adds depth and warmth to most kinds of sweets and savouries.
The major contribution of bay to foods is its fragrance, sweet but not cloying, pervasive but not overpowering. If you are fortunate enough to have walked through a forest with many bay trees, you will understand the almost incredible refreshing power of bay's scent. Its blend of balsam and honey, with hints of spice as in nutmeg and clove are predominant in the first inhale. These scents are followed by just a suggestion of citrus of orange and/or lemon sometimes followed by faint flowery tones described as vanilla or rose, and occasionally a hint of mint. I find the fragrance heady; these subtle combinations and other more ethereal echoes must be an ideal of master perfumers. The peak of bay's aroma is between three days and a week after it has been picked; this brief drying time concentrates the oils just enough. I keep freshly harvested bay leaves in a loosely-rolled unsealed zip-close bag, on the door of my refrigerator; they stay green for months this way and are far superior to dried leaves.
Although the taste is complex and aromatic, sometimes bay can be sharp, slightly peppery, or even a bit bitter. Most cooks use the whole leaves and remove them before serving, though traditionally the guest who had the leaf in his portion was due to receive some minor or major fortune. Crumbled or crushed bay leaves have very sharp edges; they should be enclosed in a bouquet garni bag, or something similar, so that unsuspecting eaters do not come across them. In general, the leaves should be added when the cooking begins. Aside from cooking with the leaves, for centuries bay leaves have been placed in foods from flour and meal, bean and grains to dried fruits, especially figs and raisins to deter insects and meal moths. Commercially dried bay should be bought carefully from a spice merchant as leaves can be old and fairly tasteless. Growing your own bay and using it fresh or drying it yourself is the way to go.
Picking bay in the wild is not recommended, as some commonly called bays or laurels are highly poisonous. California bay, Umbellularia californica, which I have picked when living in California, has an aroma much like Laurus nobilis but the taste is much more concentrated and bitter and should be used sparingly in cooking, if at all. Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia), cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) and West Indian bay (Pimento racemosa) are highly toxic and should not beingested.
Below are two recipes using the aromatics of bay in sweet recipes rather than savory.
Herb Syrups
Herb syrups are wonderful flavor essences that can be added in place of the liquid in cakes, pie filling, and all type of baked goods. They are good on all kinds of fruits and fruit salads, used in beverages, and to make sorbets. Make these when you have fresh herbs in abundance, their flavor and aroma will bring a brightness to fruits and desserts. Although I have been making herbal infusions and syrups for over twenty years, I have expanded my repertoire since reading The Herbfarm Cookbook by Jerry Traunfeld, Scribner, 2000. This recipe is adapted from his Master Recipe for Herb-Infused Simple Syrup.
Makes about 2 cups
1 1/2 cups water
About 8 to 10 herb sprigs or a large handful of leaves
To make an herb syrup, combine the water and sugar in a small saucepan. Add the herb leaves and bruise them gently against the side of the pan with a spoon. Place over moderate heat and bring to a boil. Cover, remove from heat and let stand for at least 30 minutes. Remove the leaves and squeeze them into the syrup to extract their flavor. This syrup can be made ahead and refrigerated for about 10 days, or frozen for up to 6 months.
Fresh Herbs, Flowers, and Spices to use for Syrups:
Amounts of fresh herb leaves, flowers, and seeds used will vary and depend upon the flavor of each individual herb, the list below is for sprigs about 4 or 5 inches long.
Anise hyssop—6 to 8 sprigs with flowers, or a handful of flowers
Basil—6 to 8 sprigs of anise, cinnamon, green, or lemon basil, flowers are good
Bay—10 to 12 leaves
Bergamot—6 to 8 sprigs, or handful of flowers
Gingerroot—5 or 6 thin slices of peeled root
Lavender—10 flower spikes or 1 tablespoon flowers
Lemon balm, lemon thyme, or lemon verbena—8 to 10 sprigs
Mint—10 to 12 sprigs of orange mint, peppermint, or spearmint
Rose—1 generous cup rose petals
Rosemary—5 or 6 sprigs
Sage—4 common sage sprigs; 6 fruit-scented or pineapple sage sprigs
Scented geraniums—12 to 15 leaves, or handful of flowers
Sweet Woodruff—1 generous cup small sprigs and/or flowers
Tarragon or Mexican tarragon—6 to 8 sprigs
Vanilla—1 bean, halved and split lengthwise
Violas—1 generous packed cup violets, Johnny-jump-ups, or pansy petals
Chocolate Pudding with Bay
This chocolate-rich pudding is redolent with the aroma of bay that lingers on your palate. Fresh bay leaves give the pudding a wonderful fragrance that you don't get when you use dried bay leaves. I generally harvest bay leaves and keep them in a plastic bag that is not sealed, on the door of the fridge for up to three months. I believe they have a better flavor if they are harvested a day or two ahead of when they are to be used; this way I always have them on hand. Most pudding is served cold–I prefer mine at cool room temperature so you really taste the flavors—this one is delicious even before it is chilled. This is also delectable when prepared with a handful of any of the mints—orange mint, spearmint, or peppermint.
2 cups half-and-half cream
3 large fresh bay leaves or 2 dried bay leaves
2 pinches salt
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
3 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, cut into small pieces
Heat the half-and-half cream with the bay leaves in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat. When the cream starts to bubble around the edges of the pan, remove from heat and cover. Let stand for 30 minutes.
After the bay has infused in the cream for nearly 30 minutes, combine the cornstarch, sugar, salt, and cocoa in a bowl and add the milk, whisk the contents together. Pour the mixture into the warm cream and place over moderate heat. Continue cooking and whisking as the pudding thickens.
When the pudding begins to bubble and come to a boil, stir and boil for 1 minute. Remove the pan from heat and whisk in the chocolate pieces until they are melted. Add the vanilla and stir well. Carefully remove the bay leaves and pour the pudding into six ramekins or custard cups.
Place the custard cups on a plate or pan and allow them to come to room temperature. Refrigerate until chilled; at least 30 to 45 minutes. Serve at cool room temperature and garnish with whipped cream if desired.


Republicans should call their chairman out for intentionally creating a false impression after the death of the US ambassador to Libya.
Priebus made no effort to apologize, no effort to clarify, no show of even the most minimal sense of duty or responsibility. Political campaigns frequently go to extremes. People say and do things that are inappropriate. But what Priebus has done crosses whatever line of political propriety still exists. He is intentionally creating a false impression with regard to the response of the president of the United States to a violent international incident that could have long-term repercussions.
When he isn't questioning the Americanism of an African-American president or a female Senate candidate, Priebus has been stretching the truth to the breaking point in other ways. During the Democratic National Convention, on the day when President Obama switched his acceptance speech from an outdoor venue to the convention hall because of a severe weather forecast, Priebus announced that: "I hear from our team in Charlotte that it's a beautiful day in NC—hardly a cloud in the sky!" In truth, torrential rains were sweeping across Charlotte.
After his clash with Matthews, the chairman called the commentator "the biggest jerk in the room." Democrats may be inclined to suggest that Priebus is the actual owner of the title. But that is just a variation on the political pettiness that is the RNC chair's modus operandi.
And it missed the point of Priebus's latest transgression.
When the chairman of a major American party flagrantly and unapologetically lies about the intentions and actions of the president of the United States in a moment of international tension, he plays a politics that damages his own party as much as it does old notions of foreign-policy consensus and bipartisanship.
It is not Democrats who should be calling out Reince Priebus. It is Republicans.
The Republican Party has a rich history of responding honorably and well to dangerous turns of events and immediate challenges facing the United States. This is the party of Michigan Senator Arthur Vandenberg, a fierce critic of the New Deal who became an essential ally of the Roosevelt administration at critical stages during World War II and when the United Nations was called into being. This is the party of Wendell Willkie, the Republican nominee against Roosevelt in 1940 who almost immediately after his election defeat because Roosevelt's roving ambassador to the world. This is the party of Dwight Eisenhower and Gerald Ford and George Herbert Walker Bush, presidents who frequently recognized the need to work across lines of partisanship and ideology.
Republican National Committee chairs have always been partisans, as have Democratic National Committee chairs. But does anyone seriously imagine that Pennsylvania Senator Hugh Scott, Maryland Congressman Rogers Morton, George H. W. Bush or the tart-tongued Bob Dole would—even in the heat of a campaign—engage in deliberate deception regarding the response of the president of the United States to the killing of US diplomats?
Reince Priebus has dishonored his party.
Honorable Republicans should call him on it.
For more on the GOP response to the attacks in Libya, read Robert Dreyfuss on why Romney's remarks ought to disqualify him from the Oval Office.


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Despite the race-mixers' predictions, both past and present, the official encouragement and popular embrace of mixed-race practices and identities have not ended race or racism in Latin America. To be sure, blackness and Indianness as habitable identities have been dramatically weakened; however, this café con leche reality has not led to the demise of race. As one Afro-Cuban doctor noted: 'Race is a problem here. Race mixture only creates other categories and a means to whiten your children. But everyone knows that it is best to be white and worst to be black' (Sawyer, 2006: 124). Similarly, in Venezuela, despite the pride of a café con leche mixed race identity, Venezuelans want to have as little café and as much leche as possible (Herrera Salas, 2007; Wright, 1990). In other words, far from diminishing racism, mixed-race identities have been claimed as a strategic measure to escape blackness and Indianness (Burdick, 1998a; Degler, 1971; Goldstein, 2003; Sue, 2010; Twine, 1998).
Furthermore, scholars of race in Latin America have argued that the region's emphasis on race mixture has masked race-based inequalities and discrimination (Hasenbalg and Huntington, 1982; Twine, 1998), allowed prejudice to go unchecked (Robinson, 1999; Sagrera, 1974), and produced a feeling of relief among whites, exempting them from the responsibility of addressing racial inequities (Hasenbalg, 1996). Additionally, others believe it has inhibited demands for indigenous and black rights and access to resources (Mollett, 2006). To take one example, Charles Hale (1999) found that discourses of mestizaje and hybridity closed discussions of collective rights and racism just when these discussions were beginning to make a difference in Guatemala. Confirming Hale's observations, Tilley noted that the budding Mayan movement has stimulated a more politically potent backlash anchored in the widely accepted belief that race mixing has eroded racial distinctions. That is, 'collective Mayan protest was [portrayed as] nonsensical and specious, even racist [because] Indian and Spanish races had long ago been 'forged' into one' (Tilley, 2005).
Unfortunately, then, the promotion of race mixture, as well as identification as mestizo and white by individuals of African and indigenous descent, have not delivered the blow to racism that many have predicted. Studies of Latin America show that race continues to be socially significant even though racial identifications and locations are smooth gradations rather than entrenched positions (Martinez Novo, 2006; Sawyer, 2006; Telles, 2004; Wade, 1993). Racial inequalities flourish despite the fact that race mixture and interracial marriage have been commonplace and officially encouraged for more than a century.
Jonathan Warren and Christina A. Sue, "Comparative racisms: What anti-racists can learn from Latin America," Ethnicities, Volume 11, Number 1, (March 2011) 32–58.
UT students, staff reflect on experiences with racial passing
Posted in Articles, Asian Diaspora, Campus Life, Latino Studies, Media Archive, Passing, Texas, United States on 2021-12-06 03:23Z by Steven
The Daily Texan: Serving the University of Texas at Austin Community Since 1900
Sofia Treviño, Life & Arts Senior Reporter
Julius Shieh/The Daily Texan
Disliking her paler skin compared to other darker-complected Hispanics growing up, Rachel González-Martin spent hours lying under the sun willing herself to tan. Only burning and turning red, she grew frustrated. González-Martin wanted others to easily recognize her as Hispanic.
"There's who we know we are and how we tell our own story, but we can never escape from what people see in us or read from our appearance," the associate professor of Mexican American and Latina/o studies said.
Racial passing — a term used to describe those perceived as a member of another racial group than their own — can affect how closely people connect to and feel a part of their communities. For UT students and staff, the process of navigating different cultural stereotypes and learning to embrace their identities regardless of their appearance remains a lifelong project.
Growing up in Oakland, California, with very few fellow Hispanics, González-Martin felt she needed to physically show her identity. However, as she's grown older, she said she's learned to accept her own meaning of belonging to a community aside from outside biases…
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Mixed-race student researches media diversity
Posted in Articles, Campus Life, Communications/Media Studies, Media Archive, United States on 2017-03-31 17:51Z by Steven
The Daily Texan
Sydney Mahl
Photo Credit: Pedro Luna | Daily Texan Staff
The most stressful part about standardized testing for Rachel Malonson wasn't the test itself — it was bubbling in her race beforehand.
"I wished I could select black and white but since I couldn't, I just picked black because I'm not about to select 'other,'" journalism and broadcasting senior Malonson said. "That wouldn't identify me well at all."…
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Audiology freshman talks finding cultural identity on campus
Posted in Articles, Campus Life, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, Texas, United States on 2016-09-04 00:48Z by Steven
Henry Youtt
Audiology freshman Karis Paul is the daughter of an Indian father and a half-Irish, half-Austrian mother. Mixed-race students make up only 3 percent of the students on campus.
Photo Credit: Juan Figueroa | Daily Texan Staff
"What race are you?" the questionnaire reads above a set of yet unmarked boxes.
White. Black. Hispanic.
For many people, this requires just another stroke of the pen, but for audiology freshman Karis Paul, there's a little more to it than that.
Growing up in El Paso — where the population is approximately 80 percent Hispanic — Karis, the daughter of an Indian father and a half-Irish, half-Austrian mother, found acceptance in a town that exudes racial diversity. However, Karis was seen as white, leaving her uncertain of her identity in a nation that didn't allow people to check multiple boxes in the census' race category until 2000.
"My situation was nothing that I was very aware of until I got a little older," Karis said. "I would tell people I'm Indian, and they'd be like, 'What? Are you serious? Show me a picture of your dad.' They would say, 'You're so not Indian.'"
Only about 3 percent of students on campus identify as mixed race. Karis said this underrepresentation often leads to misunderstandings in conversations about racial identity or, in her case, a sheer lack of such conversations…
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Purchasing Whiteness in Colonial Latin America
Posted in Articles, Caribbean/Latin America, History, Media Archive on 2013-09-21 05:39Z by Steven
Not Even Past: "The past is never dead. It's not even past." —William Faulkner
Ann Twinam, Professor of History
The castas, or mixed race populations, suffered numerous forms of discrimination in colonial Latin America, but in practice pardos and mulatos could still achieve some social mobility. A rare few, by the mid eighteenth century, were able to petition the Spanish crown through a process known as the gracias al sacar, to purchase whiteness…
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Addressing Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities Best Practices for Clinical Care and Medical Education in the 21st Century
Posted in Health/Medicine/Genetics, Live Events, Media Archive, United States on 2013-09-14 18:21Z by Steven
2013-09-23 through 2013-09-24
One of the primary goals of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, and many public health programs is the reduction of health disparities in the United States. However, significant racial/ethnic disparities persist in the prevalence of disease, access to medical care, quality of care, and health outcomes for the most common causes of death (including cardiovascular and lung disease, infectious disease, cancer, diabetes, and accidents). At this conference, nationally-recognized speakers will discuss the causes of such disparities and describe new approaches in clinical care and medical education that improve care, achieve better health outcomes, and reduce racial/ethnic health disparities. We will also discuss how these best practices can be incorporated into medical training at the new Dell Medical School at The University of Texas and at other medical schools around the country. One key goal of this conference is to help design a cutting-edge curriculum that will better prepare medical students to meet the challenges and opportunities of 21st century medicine.
Conference registration is open to anyone interested in attending this event. See the Continuing Medical Education (CME) tab for information regarding continuing education for the September 23rd portion of the conference.
The second day of the conference (September 24) is open to invited participants only. Discussions and working groups on the second day will focus on developing new pedagogical approaches and innovative learning modules for the pre-clinical curriculum at the Dell Medical School, with the goal of more effectively integrating training on human genomic variation, race/ethnicity, health disparities, and social/environmental determinants of health into the medical curriculum.
Deborah Bolnick, PhD
Vence Bonham, JD [Coauthor of article "Mixed Race: "]
Understanding Difference in the Genome Era
Richard Garcia, MD
Paul Godley, MD, PhD, MPP
Ernesto Gonzalez, MD
Clarence Gravlee, PhD [Author or article "How race becomes biology: Embodiment of social inequality"]
Helena Hansen, MD, PhD
John Hoberman, PhD [Author of Black and Blue: The Origins and Consequences of Medical Racism]
Seth Holmes, MD, PhD
Jonathan Kahn, JD, PhD [Author of Race in a Bottle: The Story of BiDil and Racialized Medicine in a Post-Genomic Age]
Jay Kaufman, PhD [Contributor to What's the Use of Race? Modern Governance and the Biology of Difference]
Diane Magrane, MD
Kyriakos Markides, PhD
Jamie McGuire, MD
Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD
Michael Montoya, PhD
Rayna Rapp, PhD
Dorothy Roberts, JD [Author of Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century]
Charles Rotimi, PhD [Author of article "Are medical and nonmedical uses of large-scale genomic markers conflating genetics and 'race'?"]
Karen-Sue Taussig, PhD
Tags: Charles Rotimi, Clarence Gravlee, Deborah Bolnick, Diane Magrane, Dorothy Roberts, Ernesto Gonzalez, Helena Hansen, Jamie McGuire, Jay Kaufman, John Hoberman, Jonathan Kahn, Jonathan Metzl, Karen-Sue Taussig, Kyriakos Markides, Michael Montoya, Paul Godley, Rayna Rapp, Richard Garcia, Seth Holmes, University of Texas, Vence Bonham
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Drawn in Bloodlines: Blood, Pollution, Identity, and Vampires in Japanese Society
Posted in Asian Diaspora, Dissertations, History, Media Archive, Social Science on 2012-10-22 01:01Z by Steven
Benjamin Paul Miller
Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Austin in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts
This thesis is an examination of the evolution of blood ideology, which is to say the use of blood as an organizing metaphor, in Japanese society. I begin with the development of blood as a substance of significant in the eighth century and trace its development into a metaphor for lineage in the Tokugawa period. I discuss in detail blood's conceptual and rhetorical utility throughout the post-Restoration period, first examining its role in establishing a national subjectivity in reference to both the native intellectual tradition of the National Learning and the foreign hegemony of race. I then discuss the rationalization of popular and national bloodlines under the auspices of the popular eugenics movement, and the National Eugenics Bill. Then, I discuss the racialization this conception of blood inflicted on the Tokugawa era Outcastes, and its persistent consequences. Through the incongruity of the Outcastes ability to "pass" despite popular expectations that their blood pollution was visibly demonstrative, I introduce the notion of blood anxiety. Next, I address the conceptual and rhetorical role blood played in articulating Japan's empire and imperial ambitions, focusing on the Theory of Common Descent and the Investigation of Global Policy with the Yamato Race as Nucleus report. I follow this discussion with a detailed examination of the postwar reconceptualization of national subjectivity, which demands native bloodlines and orthodox cultural expressions, and which effectively de-legitimized minority populations. As illustration of this point, I describe the impact of this new subjectivity on both the Zainichi and the Nikkeijin in lengthy case studies. Finally, I conclude this examination with a consideration of blood ideology's representation in popular culture. I argue that the subgenre of vampire media allegorizes many of the assumptions and anxieties surrounding blood that have developed since the Restoration, and demonstrates the imprint of blood ideology on contemporary society.
Blood Matters
Thesis Organization
Chapter One: The Development of Blood as an Organizing Metaphor
The Blood Bowl Sutra and the Feminization of Blood Pollution
Sōtō Zen and the Dissemination of Blood Determinism
Lineage and a New Vocabulary
Chapter Two: Bloodlines in Modern Japanese Society
A State Without a Nation
The Formulation of the Family-State
Civil Code and Constitution
Eugenics and the Rationalization of Bloodlines
Race, Science, and the Introduction of Eugenic Thought
Popular Eugenics
State Eugenics
From Outcastes to Burakumin
Outcastness as Pollution
The Racialization of the Outcastes
Infiltration and Blood Anxiety
Chapter Three: The Empire
Blood-Kinship and Overseas Expansion
Imperial Manifesto
Chapter Four – Postwar Reconceptualization and the De-legitimization of Minority Populations
The Aesthetics of Ethnic Homogeneity
Blood and Culture
Zainichi
Colonial Koreans and Their Subjective Shift
Hereditary Foreigners
The Nikkeijin
Immigration and the Racially Homogenous State
The Sakoku-Kaikoku Debate
1990 Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
Chapter Five – Blood Ideology in the Popular Media
The Vampire Boom
The Vampire as Blood Allegory
Read the entire dissertation here.
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Reaping the Whirlwind
Posted in Articles, Campus Life, Law, Media Archive, United States on 2012-10-21 15:49Z by Steven
Opinionator: Exculive Online Commentary From The Times
Linda Greenhouse, Senior Research Scholar in Law, Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence, and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law
On reading the transcript and listening to the audio of last week's Supreme Court argument in the University of Texas affirmative action case, my primary reaction was one of embarrassment — for the court and also for Texas.
First the court. Of the four justices most intent on curbing or totally eradicating affirmative action — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Antonin Scalia, Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas — the three who spoke (minus Justice Thomas, of course) failed to engage with the deep issues raised by Fisher v. University of Texas. Instead, they toyed with the case.
Chief Justice Roberts, after posing only one question to the lawyer representing Abigail Fisher, the rejected white applicant who filed a lawsuit claiming she was unconstitutionally discriminated against, flung 27 questions at the university's lawyer, Gregory G. Garre, many seemingly designed to make the university's commitment to assembling a diverse student body look silly. "Should someone who is one-quarter Hispanic check the Hispanic box or some different box?" the chief justice wanted to know. "What about one-eighth?" he persisted. "Would it violate the honor code for someone who is one-eighth Hispanic and says 'I identify as Hispanic' to check the Hispanic box?"
Justice Scalia piled on: "Did they require everybody to check a box or they have somebody figure out, oh, this person looks one thirty-second Hispanic and that's enough?"
On it went, and it was impossible to avoid the conclusion that ridicule rather than a search for understanding was the name of the game. "How many people are there in the affirmative action department of the University of Texas?" Justice Scalia asked Mr. Garre. "Do you have any idea? There must be a lot of people to, you know, to monitor all these classes and do all of this assessment of race throughout the thing." Justice Scalia mused that if the court invalidated the program, "there would be a large number of people out of a job," a prospect that seemed to tickle his fancy.
It doesn't take a genius to point out that it's inherently problematic for the government to count people by race ("It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race," as Chief Justice Roberts famously expressed the thought during his first term on the court, dissenting from a 2006 Voting Rights Act decision that found that Texas had improperly diluted Latino voting strength). That's why the Supreme Court has insisted that any affirmative action plan must meet the test of "strict scrutiny" — that is, that the plan must be "narrowly tailored" to serve a "compelling interest."
But the fact is, as the justices obviously know, that the court has concluded that affirmative action in higher education admissions can clear that high bar — as it did nine years ago in Grutter v. Bollinger, the University of Michigan Law School decision. In other words, there was a context in which the Regents of the University of Texas, following upon the Michigan decision, chose to act, a history they sought to acknowledge, and a better future they hoped to achieve for their diverse state by supplementing the unsatisfactory and mechanical "top 10 percent" admissions plan with one that considers each applicant as an individual — with race as "only one modest factor among many others," according to the university's brief. It was this context that was almost entirely missing from the justices' questions to the university's lawyer. The questions were not so much hostile as trivializing…
Read the entire opinion piece here.
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The Lure of Whiteness and the Politics of "Otherness": Mexican American Racial Identity
Posted in Census/Demographics, Dissertations, Identity Development/Psychology, Latino Studies, Media Archive, Texas, United States on 2012-09-13 00:30Z by Steven
Julie Anne Dowling
Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the The University of Texas at Austin In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Using a "constructed ethnicity" (Nagel 1994) approach, this project employs multiple methods to explore the racial identification of Mexican Americans. The U.S. Census has grappled with appropriate strategies for identifying the Mexican-ancestry population for over a century, including the use of a "Mexican" racial category in 1930. I examine historical documents pertaining to the 1930 Census and the development of the "Mexican" racial classification, as well as how Mexican Americans in the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) constructed "White" racial identities in their efforts to resist such racialization. I then explore contemporary Mexican American identity as reflected in current racial self-reporting on the U.S. Census. Finally, I conduct fifty-two in-depth interviews with a strategic sample of Mexican Americans in five Texas cities, investigating how such factors as socioeconomic status, racial composition of neighborhood, proximity to the U.S.-Mexico border, social networks, nativity/migration history, Spanish language fluency, physical appearance, and political attitudes affect their racial and ethnic identifications. Results indicate a complex relationship between personal histories and local community constructions of identity that influences racial identification.
List of Figuresxii
Chapter 1: Latinos and the Question of Race
Chapter 2: Modernity and Texas Racial Politics in the Early Twentieth Century, LULAC and the Construction of the White Mexican
Chapter 3: The "Other" Race of Mexican Americans: Exploring Racial Identification in the 1990 and 2000 U.S. Censuses
Chapter 4: "Where's Hispanic?" Mexican American Responses to the Census Race Question
Chapter 5: What We Call Ourselves Here: Mexican American Racial and Ethnic Labeling in Texas
Chapter 6: Just An(other) Shade of White? Making Meaning of Mexican American
Whiteness on the Census.
Appendix A: Census 1990 Race Question
Appendix B: Census 2000 Race Question
The roots of this dissertation can be traced to a qualitative study I began as an undergraduate, interviewing persons of "biracial" mixed Mexican-Anglo heritage like myself. During the course of this research that became the basis for my master's thesis, I discovered that according to the U.S. Census, Latinos are not a racial group. This did not fit my experience growing up in Texas where I found myself torn between two different worlds, one white and one brown.
This disjuncture between government classification and self-identification, between federal definitions and regional definitions of race, is at the heart of my project. The goal of this dissertation is to explore the historical roots of the census classification of Mexican Americans as "White," and to examine who rejects this classification, identifying as "Other" race. Are there significant differences between these groups? What factors play into how Mexican Americans label themselves? And what are the meanings of these labels?
The most common "other race" response given on the racial identification question of the 1990 U.S. Census was a Hispanic identifier—Hispanic, Latino or a nationality such as Mexican, Puerto Rican, or Cuban (U.S. General Accounting Office 1993). While approximately 51% of Mexican Americans in the 1990 census identified as "White" on the racial identity question, an almost equal proportion (47%) identified as "Other." In 2000, the numbers were similar with 48% of Mexican Americans identifying as "White" and 46% as "Other." It is clear that a substantial number of Mexican Americans view themselves as a racial group outside of the current census classifications of White, Black, Native American, and Asian American…
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The White Media: Politics of Representation, Race, Gender and Symbolic Voilence in Brazilian Telenovelas
Posted in Brazil, Caribbean/Latin America, Communications/Media Studies, Literary/Artistic Criticism, Media Archive, Papers/Presentations, United States on 2012-05-09 09:27Z by Steven
Monique H. Ribeiro
Report Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Austin in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS
Brazil was the first country in South America to launch a television network and air television shows. Television programming was designed to develop national capitalism and to foster a national identity. Although Brazil is composed of an overwhelmingly large population of African descent, they are usually underrepresented in mainstream media, chiefly in telenovelas (soap operas). This research examines what happens when a telenovela attempts to portray issues of race relations and tensions in contemporary Brazil.
Duas Caras ("Two Faces"), a TV Globo telenovela aired October 1, 2007 to May 31, 2008. The show was a turning point in Brazilian programming because it was the first prime time soap opera to present audiences with an Afro-Brazilian as the main hero. It was also the first novela das oito ("eight o'clock" or "primetime soap opera") to openly address racial issues through its plot and dialogue. However, in depth critical and theoretical analysis of different episodes demonstrates that instead of debunking the myth of racial democracy, this soap opera in fact helps to further reproduce it through the portrayal of interracial relationships amongst the characters. As shown here, interracial relationships between white and Black Brazilians was used as a strategy of erasing African ancestry traits from the population through a process of whitening.
This report combines a traditional textual analysis of Duas Caras with theoretical frameworks about race relations, gender and anti-Black racism in Brazil. The investigation revealed how telenovelas contribute to social ideology and hegemonic discourses in a way that has not been properly recorded. This discussion contributes to Latin American media studies generally, and the scholarship on interracial relationships in Brazilian media particularly.
Telenovela Genealogy
ENCODING AND DECODING HEGEMONY, SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE AND CONTROLLING IMAGE
The Negative Impact of Telenovelas on Black Social Movements
Shutting down the alternative
DUAS CARAS: A TEXTUAL ANALYSIS
…An important text to this discussion is A Negacao do Brasil: O Negro na Telenovela Brasileira ("The Negation of Brazil: Blacks in Brazilian Soap Operas), by Brazilian filmmaker Araújo. This book contributes to the debate about the impact of the media on everyday life and the lack of diversity in telenovelas. Araújo provides a great deal of historical background on the overall disenfranchisement of Afro-Brazilian actors and furthers his discussion by providing an analysis of the stereotypical roles often offered to said actors. Despite the immense contribution Araújo makes to Brazilian television studies, one of the major gaps in his scholarship is the lack of a theoretical framework to guide the issues he raises. Thus, in order to close this gap I will use Antonio Gramsci's concept of hegemony and Pierre Bourdieu's theory of symbolic violence in order to argue that the media is another site of domination within the state. My research also challenges Araújo's work by engaging with Abdias do Nascimento's work Brazil: Mixture or Massacre and Jared Sexton's Amalgamation Schemes in order to understand the pernicious project of whitening that is stitched in the fabric of Brazilian discourses of harmonious miscegenation and racial democracy and how that is perpetuated in programs like Duas Caras…
…The white elite owns Brazilian mainstream media, including TV Globo. Whenever a new soap opera is aired, its author makes his or her rounds in different television shows, magazines, and newspapers in order to publicize the new production. Watching these interviews it, it becomes clear that that Brazil does not have any Black scriptwriters, which complicates the situation, leaving white men and women to construct Blackness according in whatever way they see fit. This way, the dominant class controls what types of ideas are produced in television shows, namely telenovelas. As Sander Gilman suggests, "specific individual realities are thus given mythic extension through association with the qualities of a class. These realities [are] … composed of fragments of the real world, perceived through the ideological bias of the observer." In the imagination or creative process of writing a telenovela storyline, white scriptwriters do not allow much space for for representations of Black power, whether social, capital, or cultural. It should not be any surprise that "whites appear in disproportionately high numbers as figures of authority and examples of beauty in the Brazilian media." Because of that the audience is bombarded with images and values of whiteness, and Afro-Brazilians, for the most part, do not have a diverse set of images to relate to or emulate. This control over the images seen on television gives the white bourgeoisie the power to circulate their ideologies (i.e.: racial democracy) to socially subordinate groups. Scholar Liv Sovik when she states that, "hegemonic discourse affirms mestiçagem both as a primary national characteristic and as a token of Brazilian openness to non-racialism and multiplicity." However, the affirmation of mestiçagem (racial mixing) simply valorizes whitening or white mixing. There is no hegemonic discourse in Brazil that promotes Black-Indigenous mixing, for instance. Consequently, non-whites are socialized to believe that dominant social and cultural norms are natural. In her essay, "Genre and Gender: The Case of Soap Opera," Christine Gladhill states that "hegemony is won in the to-and-fro of negotiation between competing social, political, and ideological forces through which power is contested, shifted, or reformed." As we can see, hegemony operates in a much more covert fashion than forceful domination. Hegemony is a contradictory, fraught process that is constantly being challenged by communities who perpetually organize to disrupt and push back against the existing hegemony, while the dominant class must work to reconstitute new hegemonic processes, which brings us to the issue of symbolic violence and how such process of violence is exerted by the media…
…Considering that soap operas are so engrained in Brazilian culture, these teledramas provide a vehicle for symbolic violence to enter the homes of thousands of Black families every night when men and women sit in front of their TVs to consume the messages encoded in the soap operas. Since symbolic violence is unseen and unspoken, telenovelas have the power to affect how people think of themselves and their sense of self-esteem. According to Sander L. Gilman, "visual conventions [are] the primary means by which we perceive and transmit our understanding of the world about us." As I will discuss in a following section, Aguinaldo Silva partakes in this process of symbolic violence through the hidden message that Black love, specifically Black heterosexual unions must be avoided, suggesting that racial mixing is the ideal model of racial progress. According to Bourdieu, the longer this process of symbolic violence is veiled from and left unchallenged, the more powerful it is in maintaining class dominance and delaying the process of liberation…
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"Custodians of History": (Re)Construction of Black Women as Historical and Literary Subjects in Afro-American and Afro-Cuban Women's Writing
Posted in Caribbean/Latin America, Dissertations, Literary/Artistic Criticism, Media Archive, United States, Women on 2012-05-09 01:48Z by Steven
Paula Sanmartín, Assistant Professor of (Afro) Caribbean and (Afro) Spanish American Literature
Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Austin in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor in Philosophy
Set within a feminist and revisionist context, my dissertation examines literary representations of the historic roots of black women's resistance in Cuba and the United States, by studying texts by both Afro-American and Afro-Cuban women from four different literary genres: Harriet Jacobs's autobiographical slave narrative, a neo-slave narrative by Sherley Ann Williams, the testimonio of María de los Reyes Castillo ("Reyita"), and the poetry of Nancy Morejón and Georgina Herrera. Conscious of the differences between the texts, I nevertheless demonstrate how the writers participate in black women's self-inscription in the historical process by positioning themselves as subjects of their history and seizing discursive control of their (hi)stories.
Although the texts form part of separate discourses, I explore the commonalities of the rhetorical devices and narrative strategies employed by the authors as they disassemble racist and sexist stereotypes, (re)constructing black female subjectivity through an image of active resistance against oppression, one that authorizes unconventional definitions of womanhood and motherhood. My project argues that in their revisions of national history, these writings also demonstrate the pervasive role of racial and gender categories in the creation of a discourse of national identity, while promoting a historiography constructed within flexible borders that need to be constantly negotiated.
Putting these texts in dialogue with one another both within and across geopolitical boundaries, my project is characterized by a tension between positions, from close textual readings to historical commentaries, as I develop multilayered readings drawing on sources that range from cultural history and genre studies to psychoanalytical theory and black feminist criticism. The authors' literary representations of their culture of resistance constitute an essential contribution to literary and historical studies, suggesting a dialectic model for "reading dialogically" such concepts as "subjectivity," "discourse," "tradition," and "history," by simultaneously exploring multiple, contradictory, or complementary discursive spaces. This dialectic of identification and difference, continuity and change, serves to describe the intertextual relationships within Afro-American and Afro-Cuban literary traditions. Simultaneously, drawing on dialogic relationships can open up new lines of enquiry and redress the historical imbalance of Western historiography by presenting black women's history and subjectivity as multiple and discontinuous.
Introduction. "Custodians of History": (Re)Construction of Black Women as Historical and Literary Subjects in Afro-American and Afro-Cuban Women's Writing
Gender and Genre
Authorship and Authority
Rebellious (M)Others
Revising (Hi)stories
Chapter 1. "We Could Have Told Them a Different Story": Harriet Jacobs's Alternative Narrative and the Revision of the White Transcript
Hybrid Genres: Assimilation and Subversion in Autobiographical Slave Narratives
The Female Slave Author and the Dialogic of Discourses in Incidents
"The War of Her life": Harriet Jacobs's Rebellious Motherhood
Split Subject/Split Nation: Abolitionism, Miscegenation and Black Women as National Subjects
Rewriting the Slave Woman's "Histories."
Chapter 2. "They Mistook Me for Another Dessa": Correcting the (Mis)Reading Techniques of the Master('s) Narrative
Neo-Slave Narratives and the Revision of the Slaves' Texts.
"Twice-Told Tales": Real and Fictive Authorships in a Black Women's Double-Voiced Text
Devil Woman or Debil Woman?: Asserting Rebelliousness Through an Interracial Sisterhood
One Single Nation?: Interrelation of Communities in Dessa Rose
Revising the Fictions of History
Chapter 3. "In My Own Voice, In My Own Place": The Continuous Revision of History in a Black Cuban Woman's Testimonial Narrative
The Dialectics of Testimonio: Past, Present and Future?
A Family Feud? "Authority-in-Process" in the Production of Reyita, sencillamente: testimonio de una negra cubana nonagenaria
Like Mother, Like Daughter: The Rebel/Revolutionary (M)Other
Black and/or Cuban: The Black Female (M)Other of the Cuban Nation
Chapter 4. Revolution in Poetic Language: (Re)Writing Black Women's History in Black Cuban Women's Poetry
Neo-Negrista Poetry? : Searching for the "Authentic" Black Female Subject
Authorship and (State's) Authority in Black Cuban Women's Poetry
Black Cuban Women Poets and the Revolutionary Black (M)Other
"National" Poetry? Diaspora and/or Transculturation in the Representation of Cuban National Identity
(Re)construction of (Revolutionary) History
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20 of the Most Dangerous Creatures in the World
Janice Clemmons Published on November 8, 2017
We live on a planet that is teeming with different animals, landscapes, people, and places. Earth is a beautiful place with a rich and complex history on every inch of its soil. However, beneath all of this beauty is danger that always lurks — sometimes in the most surprising of places. We decided to take a look at the animal kingdom and find out who the most dangerous and deadly creatures were. Keep on reading if you want to fear going on your next camping trip or taking a swim at the beach. Listed below are the 12 deadliest animals in the entire world for your reading enjoyment!
If you watched the Stephen King movie Cujo then you probably grew up with a fear of big dogs. In fact, you probably insisted that every dog you came across be pushed through dog behavior training at dog training schools. Well, Cujo looks like a tiny puppy next to natures largest carnivore — the Polar Bear. The Polar Bear may be used as a clever marketing ploy by Coca Cola but the reality of this beautiful, dangerous animal is far more alarming. Polar Bears have no known predators to be worried about and they will eat anything that has flesh — including other Polar Bears. Polar Bears don't have many human kills credited to them each year but that is likely due to their remote location. Rest assured if you find yourself cornered by one, your moments are likely numbered.
We're going to step away from the absolutely deadly and look at a creature that is just pretty darn deadly: the Lynx. While you may think your big tabby is tough and has the finest cat health care, you would absolutely be shocked by what a Lynx would do to it. The Lynx is considered a 'medium sized cat' but it has the ability to track down and kill animals as large as deer. The Lynx is located across Europe as well as North America and the cat is considered a protected species in many countries. There is a concerted effort by the European Endangered Species Programme to try to bring back a specific iteration, the Iberian Lynx, to the wild through in zoo breeding.
Bullet Ant
Imagine that you are taking a beautiful stroll with a guide in the forests of Honduras or Costa Rica when you see nothing more than a tiny, black ant climb up your leg. Now, if you were in America this would warrant no larger reaction than a swat at your pants and a cursory glance to make sure that you were covered anywhere else. In South America, however, you have to pray that you did not just run into the Bullet Ant. Scientifically known as the Paraponera, the Bullet Ant is one of the most painful insects you can run across in the entire world. A single bite from a single Bullet Ant feels similar to the shock you'd feel from sticking your finger into a 240 volt outlet. The pain is instantaneous and so strong that you'll drop where you stand. Now imagine an entire colony of these creatures crawling all over you and we bet you'll be on the first cheap flight away from South America.
When we look into the ocean we make the mistake of thinking that it is the giant creatures, well below the depths of the sea, that we must be most afraid of. While there is some truth to this fear, you are far more likely to have a deadly encounter with something so seemingly harmless — like a jellyfish. Jellyfish in general are known to cause major issues with beach goers and sea divers. These issues can range from painful to downright deadly. The Box Jellyfish is, perhaps, the most deadly of the entire bunch. Box Jellyfish are also known as Sea Wasps and they can be found in most major oceans, including the waters off of California. They are aggressive creatures that hunt small prey and their toxins are deadly to just about every living creature on Earth — including us.
More than just a nickname for the Laker's Kobe Bryant, the Black Mamba is considered one of the scariest and deadliest venomous snakes on the planet. The Black Mamba is primarily located in Africa and it gets its name thanks to the color of its mouth, something you'll never wish to see up close. Black Mambas are highly feared due to their aggressive nature and deadly bite. A single bite can cause a human to collapse within half of an hour and if not treated with anti-venom in the next 10 – 15 hours death is all but certain. Black Mambas are known for their stunningly fast striking ability. This is not the kind of snake you want to stumble across in the desert.
If you had been given a blind quiz as to what the deadliest animal in all of Africa was, you'd have to go a long ways before settling on the Cape Buffalo. However, the Cape Buffalo ranks as Africa's deadliest animal thanks to its powerful head, huge body, and completely unpredictable nature. The Cape Buffalo has never been domesticated and it does not like humans. Throughout Africa this herd animal is known as either the 'Widowmaker' or 'Black Death' and it racks up more kills than any other large animal in the country.
Deathstalker Scorpion
With a name seemingly ripped straight from the comic books, it is hard to ignore the Deathstalker Scorpion. Scorpions themselves are terrifying insects thanks to their hard shelled body, multiple legs, and gigantic tail stingers. The Deathstalker Scorpion rises above all other kinds of scorpions to take the top spot in annual kills. With a painful bite that is deadly to children, and tremendously painful to adults, the Deathstalker accounts for 75% of global deaths from scorpions every single year. We just keep this tip in mind: If you see a scorpion you should probably avoid it.
Dragons don't have to be 'real' in the fantasy sense to still be real enough to kill you. Komodo Dragons may not be winged flying creatures, but they are absolutely deadly and absolutely fearless. Much like polar bears, listed prior on our list, Komodo Dragons will eat anything that is made of flesh and blood. Komodo Dragons are four legged creatures that stick close to the ground with a long tail. An average male will weigh in at 200 pounds while sitting at almost 9 feet long. Komodo's hunt water buffalo and birds and they'll take down humans without a seconds hesitation. They are deceptively fast, excessively powerful, and their wide jaws will go for your throat.
Humboldt Squid
Alright, so we are back to the ocean now and ready to be terrified once more. The Humboldt Squid may not be the largest squid in the ocean but it is definitely one of the most deadly. Designed to kill, the Humboldt Squid has a beak that is capable of cutting straight through flesh before breaking bones. Each tentacle is lined with suckers that are surrounded with razor edged teeth. The odds are good that if you got tangled up with one of these in the ocean you would be chum in no time.
The African Elephant has roamed the Sahara seemingly forever and there is a good reason for this. Standing at 11 feet tall and weighing in at over 12,000 pounds, the African Elephant is one of the most physically imposing creatures on the planet. Add in their keen intelligence and aggressive nature and you have a killing machine that is able to wipe out entire villages. Don't be fooled by Disney's Dumbo, these animals are no joke and must be avoided at all costs.
There are poisonous creatures and then there are 'so poisonous that this has to be a joke' level creatures. The Blue Ringed Octopus is a gorgeous little sea creature that is roughly the size of a large gum ball. With mesmerizing purple markings it is easy to forget how deadly the creature actually is. A full grown adult has enough venom in its body to kill 26 adult humans. There is no anti venom. Within minutes of getting stung you will become paralyzed and then progress to becoming incapable of breathing. We're just going to opt out of the ocean altogether.
We aren't sure why mosquitos exist and if we would even miss them ecologically if they vanished. Mosquitos rank #1 on our list of deadly creatures thanks to their disease transmitting ability. No matter what disease these pesky little blood suckers carry, they'll pass it on as effectively as any carrier on the planet. Mosquitos can be directly attributed with up to 3 million kills every single year thanks to disease transfers from their bites.
Cone Snail
Some people may be wondering how we could even think of starting our list off with a snail but to them we say: beware. The Cone Snail looks fairly tame but they are anything but. The Cone Snail has been code named as the 'Cigarette Snail' because you have enough time to smoke a cig before you end up dying. The Cone Snail is immensely poisonous and studies show that there is enough poison in a single drop of venom to kill 20 adult human beings. There is no known antivenin.
Deceptively cute and distressingly dangerous, the Pufferfish is one of deadliest creatures in the entire ocean — and that's really saying something. The Pufferfish has gigantic eyes, colorful fins, and spotted bodies but it is there extending spines that will leave you wishing you had never seen them. Pufferfish have enough venom in their spines to paralyze you and stop your breathing, which is pretty bad news if you are already in the ocean. Specially trained chefs in Japan serve Pufferfish for their guests but be careful, unless perfectly prepared the fish is still deadly.
Boomslang
The Boomslang snake is one of those understated killers that the world is just so full of. The Boomslang snake can be found throughout Sub-Saharan African throughout grassy areas and even in trees. The Boomslang has enough poison in its body to kill just about anyone with a bite with the juveniles even being known killers. This snake loves to crawl up trees and is even known to glide from branch to branch as it hunts.
Isn't it strange how some of the biggest killers on the planet have the tiniest of bodies? The Tsetse Fly is one of the greatest killer sin the world due to how easily that they spread disease. Tsetse flies are well known as viral carriers and they pass on diseases to several different species, including humans. The most virulent and dangerous disease that Tstetse Flies pas pass on is sleeping sickness and this is more prevalent throughout Africa where thousands die every single year.
As beautiful as they are dangerous, the Leopard is one of the fiercest felines on the entire planet — even when compared to the gigantic African Lion (more on this later). Leopards are dangerous because they are fast, quiet, and absolutely ferocious — even when injured. On the occasion that a Leopard captures its prey the large cat predator will likely drag its fresh kill up into a tree to begin feeding, showcasing elite strength and skill.
One of the ugliest fishes in the ocean also happens to be the most venemos fish there is. The Stonefish blends into the ocean floor thanks to its natural camoulflage and there it sits and waits for prey to wander by. The Stonefish can lash out in a fraction of a second and devour its prey before you even knew that it struck you. If you are a frequent diver you do not want to step on one of these creatures.
Brazilian Wandering Spider
If you have a fear of spiders then turn back now! The Brazilian Wandering Spider makes the record books as the most venemos spider on the entire planet, that we know of at least (shiver). What makes this spider particularly dangerous, outside of its giant body and protruding fangs, is that it tends to find itself in crowded, highly populated areas. Brazilian Wandering Spiders get their name from their tendency to wander into cities, houses, and cars.
The Assassin Bug may not get all of the press that it deserves, but rest assured that this is one of the deadliest creatures on the entire planet. Assassin Bugs are known to attack humans while they are sleeping, primarily biting people around the lips and face. The Assassin Bug is the primary purveyor of Chagas Disease and they are known to get up to 10,000 people killed every single year. If you see an Assassin Bug, or Kissing Bug, don't try to pick it up with your bare hands.
The Great White Shark has something that few other creatures on the planet have about it: a prehistoric look and a prehistoric danger. The Great White Shark is an apex predator and it knows no fear within its waters. While attacks from Great White's aren't as common as you would imagine, it's only because they aren't as often around humans. imagine this sharks' wide jaws and beady eyes closing in on you and you'll probably opt out of your next ocean swim.
The Saltwater Crocodile is another prehistoric looking creature that was designed to kill. This is the largest living reptile on the planet and it can be found in pretty much any environment you can think of. The Saltwater Croc is mostly found throughout Asia and Australia and is considered an apex predator. They are considered the most dangerous crocodile on the planet due to their natural aggressive behavior and location throughout the world. Scientists consider an encounter with a crocodile attack to be almost certainly fatal.
Siafu Ants
Also known as driver ants, Siafu Ants have been known to swarm up to numbers of 50 million plus creatures. If you are horrified by insects and the thought of being eaten alive then you had better stop reading here. Siafu Ants are known to swarm and cover the flesh of their targets and they never let go, even if their bodies are literally torn in half. You want to tread very carefully if you ever find yourself in proximity of these awful, awful creatures.
The African Lion is a noble looking creature and one of the most popular animals on the planet thanks to films like Lion King. However, you would do well to keep your space if you were to ever find your way to Saharan Africa. The African Lion is a deadly killer that can hunt, take down, and devour pretty much any creature on the plains — including humans. Look to the film Ghost in the Darkness to get an inspired-by-truth account of one of the deadliest African Lions in history.
While we may think ourselves special the truth is simple: humans are just the biggest, baddest and deadliest animals around. Rough estimates point to over 475,000 humans being killed every single year — due to other humans. We can't remove ourselves from the animal kingdom just because we have been gifted with certain traits. Perhaps this is a cliche #1 answer, but it is one that bears reflecting upon.
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REPORT: Second woman arrested in connection to murder of elderly psychiatrist found in the trunk of car in Las Vegas desert
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A second woman has reportedly been arrested in connection to the murder of a 71-year-old California psychiatrist who was found bludgeoned to death in the trunk of a car parked in the desert outside Las Vegas last month.
Diana Nicole Pena, 30, was taken into custody on Saturday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder and murder with the use of a deadly weapon. She stands accused of working with 25-year-old Kelsey Turner and Turner's boyfriend Jon Logan Kennison to murder Dr. Thomas Burchard, according to The Californian. The three lived together at an apartment in Las Vegas, NV.
After his death, it was revealed that Burchard had paid the rent for Turner's apartment in Las Vegas through June 2019. Turner, a mother who reportedly posed for Playboy Italia and Maxim, was arrested in Stockton, Calif. by FBI agents and extradited to Las Vegas in connection to the murder on March 21. Her extradition was reportedly delayed because she is currently pregnant.
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No matter how much residents work to improve the economy, it cannot be done without help.
In life, no matter how stubborn we are, there are some things we cannot do without assistance from someone else.
Try filling your own dental cavity or installing a kidney stent.
Part of the battle is realizing that you need help and asking for it.
The Southern Tier's economy needs help.
It is worse than stagnant.
No matter how much local residents work to improve the economy, fixing it cannot be done without help.
We started an ongoing series last Sunday with reporter Jeff Platsky's well-researched article on the downfall of much of New York's economy, particularly in the Southern Tier.
The series, called "In the Hole," will appear regularly by Platsky and other writers, including business reporter Jon Harris.
Through the end of 2015, our "In the Hole" series will continue to look at the potential for economic development in the Southern Tier as well as elsewhere in upstate New York.
Many factors have combined to bring down the economy. We will not look back with hand-wringing, recalling the "good old days."
Our series will be focused on the future and whether everything possible is being done to propel our regional counties into a new, thriving economy.
Early evidence suggests little meaningful work is being done. We are cheering on our local leaders in their quest to secure a third of the $1.5 billion Gov. Andrew Cuomo is offering different economic development regions of the state.
That kind of money is bound to make a contribution. But so much more needs to be done.
We will offer our print readers and digital audience solid, deep journalism uncovering the "what" and "so what" of our economic woes.
But the "now what" has to come from you and our elected officials — everyone needs to say "help."
Borowski is the executive editor of the Star-Gazette . Send him your thoughts at nborowski@stargazette.com.


What happens when a nation loses its conscience? When the light barely shines in the darkness? When truth is obscured by lies? We can answer those questions with another question: What does America look like in 2019?
We are a nation adrift. A nation confused. A nation in danger of completely losing our moral bearings. A nation where right is now wrong, and wrong is now right. A nation where evil is celebrated and virtue is denigrated.
But I don't primarily blame the society at large for these problems. I don't primarily blame the people of the world (although, to be sure, each individual will give account to God for his or her actions).
I blame us, the believers, the followers of Jesus. We who claim to speak for God.
I blame us, the ones who are called to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world.
There is too much compromise in our midst. Too much carnality. Too much worldliness. Too much hypocrisy. Too little encounter with the living God. And that's why so many churches are bleeding members.
In my view, one of the biggest reasons people are leaving the church is because they are not truly encountering the Lord (or, are no longer interested in Him). And, quite naturally, decreased church membership quickly translates into decreased church influence.
Put another way, less light shining means more darkness. And the less brightly that light shines, the more the darkness prevails.
Really now, how can we change the world if we have become like the world? How can we point people to Jesus when we hardly resemble Him? How can we call for social transformation when we haven't experienced (or, are not currently walking in) personal transformation?
I'm truly thankful for the millions of committed Jesus-followers in America today. They are swimming against the tide and going against the grain, no matter the cost. They are raising their children in godliness and keeping their marriages holy. And as singles, they are living with real integrity.
They are good witnesses on their jobs. They are making a difference in their communities. They are rich in good works. They are sharing their faith with friend and foe alike.
What great examples they are, even as the world scorns and mocks them.
But, for the most part, they are the exception to the rule. And that's because, for the most part, the American gospel is a watered-down gospel, a cheap substitute for the real thing. It bypasses the cross, promises happiness and prosperity, and neglects the call to consecration, to sacrifice, to service.
No wonder we can number in the multiplied tens of millions yet our spiritual impact is so minimal. No wonder we can have an almost endless number of outlets – from TV to radio and from our pulpits to the internet – with such meager results.
That is a cause for real concern.
That alone should get us crying out to God afresh.
That alone should be cause to ask some deep and searching questions.
He was not exaggerating at all, and this is America's most pressing need: to recapture the revolutionary nature of the gospel and to live it out for the world to see.
Organized religion is not the key. Another new strategy is not what we need. Improved methodology is not the issue.
What we need is a fresh encounter with Jesus. A return to our knees, to the Word, to holiness, to the power of the Spirit, to sharing our faith afresh, to boldness, to passion, to compassion.
When that happens in the Church, the world will be affected -- dramatically. It is America's only hope.


Shunaji is a beatmaker, MC and lyricist. Her music is inspired by a wide array of genres, such as abstract hip hop, trip hop, lo-fi and synthwave. Shunaji likes to keep her influences fluid, and uses visual arts as a reference.
Shunaji is interested in motion picture and thinks of music as accompanying movement, which makes her sounds very scenic. As a lyricist, Shunaji likes to push boundaries and address topics such as being a woman in modern society, mental health, race and class.
Shunaji's alter egos are among others Sick Ranchez, Princess Solo and Yagalle Molasse, all of which influence both my sounds and lyrics. These alter egos enable herto change direction with her music and also reflect her erratic personality.


64 year old Marc Spitz comes out of retirement for one last shot at Olympic gold.
Sadie, I just love the new lane markers in the Mikva.
God, thank you, I was always better at track and field than swimming.
After much trial and error, we have concluded that air offers less resistance than water.
The Israel team resorts to desperate measures.
"Thank G-d, yeshiva students are exempt from the swimming requirement."
"Looks just like Mark (Moshe) Split."
Israeli swimmer stuns with Phelps-beating "split"
Nachshon #5, "the fragrance of certainty", available at fine Judaica reatilers. Developed for all mankind- by a real champion.


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Mons Ampère je hora v pohoří Montes Apenninus (Apeniny) na přivrácené straně Měsíce. Je vysoká cca 3 000 m a má průměr základny 30 km. Střední selenografické souřadnice jsou 19,3° S a 3,7° Z.

Sousedním horským masivem ležícím severovýchodně je 5 400 m vysoký Mons Huygens.

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Hora je pojmenována podle francouzského fyzika André-Marie Ampèra, podle něhož je pojmenována i základní jednotka elektrického proudu.

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Dog is the most funny, so fluffy, wonderful, sweet companions and we all love our pets. But keeping our lovely pet means it's hair is everywhere and we have to clean up a lots of pet hair in the floor, furniture, carpet pile and even in the walls. We have tried to find the best vacuums for real dog owners. Finding the best vacuum for dogs hair can be a daunting job. In this article we are trying to find the best pet hair vacuum cleaner on the market today.
1.What to look for in the Best Vacuum for Dog Hair?
1.1 What kind of vacuum would you want to have?
What should you have in mind before looking for Vacuums for Dog Hair?
Shоuld you hаvе hаіr and dаndеr from реtѕ bеіng lеft bеhіnd іn thе саrреtѕ and uрhоlѕtеrу, уоu might discover thаt normal vасuum сlеаnеrѕ find іt dіffісult tо gеt the flооrіng аnd furnishings effectively сlеаnеd. Pеt vасuumѕ assist уоu tо gеt rid оf hаіr and dander with little еffоrt. A grеаt dеаl of rеgulаr vacuums dоn't hаvе аdеԛuаtе ѕuсtіоn роwеr оr аttасhmеntѕ fоr this jоb. Yоu wіll ѕtіll bе аblе tо сlеаr аwау аnіmаl hаіr specially for dog and cat uѕіng typical vacuums, hоwеvеr іt will nееd muсh mоrе hard work.
To mаkе the task of еxtrасtіng pet hаіr a lоt еаѕіеr, thеrе аrе рlеntу оf pet hаіr vacuum сlеаnеrѕ that уоu саn purchase. Knowing the best vacuum for dog hair iѕ another thing. Thеrе are numеrоuѕ рrоduсtѕ соvеrіng dіffеrеnt рrісе range with various specifications. Below is the list of things to consider when thinking of getting the best pet hair vacuums.
What kind of vacuums would you want to have?
There are several choices for pet vacuum cleaners specially designed for pet hair.These can include the upright vacuums, canister vacuums, handheld vacuums, stick vacuums.
when it comes to powerful suction, upright vacuum cleaners are your best bet, they are very reliable for cleaning carpets and hardwood floors with the use of brush roll which is turned off when using on hard floors. They are known for being heavy as well as in difficulty in cleaning some corners of the room.
One of the best type of pet hair vacuums, because of the ability to clean almost everything.Canister with a powerful brush head is the best vacuum for cleaning dog hair lurking in corners, on the sofa, on the chair, nooks and crannies at floor level and above. Sealing air systems of this vacuums can control allergens and dust for dealing with pet hair. But have in mind that you will have to drag a tank behind you when cleaning.
Handheld vacuums is the best for quick spot cleaning. when it comes to cleaning furniture and tight corners, handheld vacuums are best for the job.
Other type is the Robotic vacuums- though expensive, it very easy to use.
Are any of the features which might benefit your health really worth the money?
Technology has advanced a lot since the first vacuum cleaner saw the light of day. Most decently priced vacuums don't serve only cleaning purposes. Some are meant to help you deal with health problems like allergies and asthma which are very common among people of all ages. Don't think of features like HEPA filtration or other filtration mechanism as extras which just raise the price. Think of them as a way to improve the quality of your life. If you have a limited budget though but still need to use a vacuum cleaner with the ability to help you deal with respiratory problems we recommend the Miele S2121 Olympus.
Whеn buуіng a vасuum cleaners lооk fоr оnе thаt is ѕіmрlе tо mаіntаіn, bу thіѕ I mean mаkе sure thіngѕ like belts аnd fіltеrѕ аrе еаѕу tо replace. You аlѕо want ѕоmеthіng thаt can bе сlеаnеd easily wіth nice wide hоѕе pipes thаt won't gеt easily сlоggеd uр. If уоu саn't maintain the vacuum easily уоurѕеlf thеn уоu mау have to tаkе іt tо a tесhnісіаn whісh wіll obviously соѕt уоu money.
оut thе availability of раrtѕ on thе internet whісh wіll gіvе you a gооd іndісаtіоn.
Hаvіng thе freedom to оbtаіn раrtѕ will mеаn thаt уоur pet hair vacuum cleaner wіll lаѕt a lоng time аѕ long аѕ іt іѕ mаіntаіnеd рrореrlу.
Hера fіltеrѕ are an extremely рорulаr fеаturе on vасuum сlеаnеrѕ nоw, еѕресіаllу fоr allergy ѕuffеrеrѕ. Hера fіltеrѕ hеlр gеt rіd оf unwanted bugѕ and dust whісh wіll hеlр уоur home fееl a lоt сlеаnеr.
Hepa filters аrе аlѕо great fоr реt owners аѕ they wіll hеlр уоu tо gеt rіd of cat аnd dоg hаіr which again іѕ important fоr allergy ѕuffеrеrѕ. Hepa fіltеrѕ hаvе tо bе regularly maintained аnd сlеаnеd but thеу аrе a fаntаѕtіс орtіоn.
Alwауѕ mаkе sure thаt thеrе is a gооd lоng wаrrаntу оn your vасuum сlеаnеr. If there іѕn't mоѕt rеtаіl оutlеtѕ wіll lеt уоu purchase аn аftеr care service fоr 2 – 5 уеаrѕ. Mоѕt реорlе do not ѕее thе nееd tо pay this еxtrа ѕum but fоr the ѕmаll fее it іѕ, іf аnуthіng dоеѕ gо wrоng wіth thе сlеаnеr thеn іt саn be еіthеr repaired оr rерlасеd.
How Big is the Area You Need to Vacuum?
The size of the area you want to vacuum is essential when thinking of the type of vacuums you want to buy.
For cleaning of car or sofas, light and less powerful cleaners are needed. But for cleaning a whole house , you need more powerful, with great suction vacuum cleaners.
The price contributes to the brand of vacuum cleaner to be purchased.it is advisable to go for the brand that can be easily maintained.
Uѕіng a реt-ѕресіfіс vасuum сlеаnеr is lіkеlу tо make thе tаѕk оf еxtrасtіng cat аnd dog hаіr frоm саrреt and upholstery less оf a сhаllеngе. Yоu wіll bе able to сlеаr оut thе hаіr аnd dаndеr іn juѕt one ѕwіре, wіthоut hаvіng to gо оvеr it оvеr and оvеr.
What accessories are most useful for generic use?
Besides a lightweight body, a great vacuum cleaner should come with several attachments. Look for appliances with dust brushes and crevice nozzles. If you find it useful, you can even get an upholstery tool. Floor tools are also useful. Some devices can be great for both carpeting and parquet as long as you have a special nozzle which does not scratch sensitive surfaces.
Pеtѕ аrе a lovely addition to juѕt аbоut any hоmе. Hоwеvеr, реtѕ lеаvе bеhіnd a lоt оf hаіr that іѕ at tіmеѕ hard tо get rid of. Dоgѕ and cats ѕhеd whісh lеаvеѕ bеhіnd аnіmаl hair оn уоur furnіturе, flооrѕ аnd сlоthіng. Thеrе аrе ѕеvеrаl vacuums cleaner рrоduсtѕ оn the market thаt сlаіm tо pick uр pet hair but nothing dоеѕ thе jоb lіkе the Dyson Cinetic Big Ball Animal Vacuum. Among the top pet hair vacuum cleaners, The Dyson Cinetic Big Ball Animal Vacuum іѕ рrоbаblу one оf the bеѕt сhоісеѕ whеn іt comes tо ѕеlесtіng thе bеѕt vасuum fоr pet hаіr. Apart from home use , it also perform the function of vacuum cleaner for Dog house.
Exceptional – The only vасuum wіth no fіltеrѕ tо wash or rерlасе, ѕо thеrе'ѕ no clogging and nо lоѕѕ оf ѕuсtіоn.
Ball™ Tесhnоlоgу – This is a trade mark of dyson cinetic animal vacuum product, the technology allows the vacuum dog cleaner to steer еаѕіlу into difficult рlасеѕ.
Instant rеlеаѕе hіgh rеасh wand – Hоѕе аnd wand rеlеаѕе іn оnе smooth асtіоn, making іt easy tо clean uр high.
Whоlе-mасhіnе filtration – Exреlѕ сlеаnеr air thаn any оthеr cyclonic vacuum.
Hygienic bіn еmрtуіng – To empty the bin has been made easier, Juѕt push the buttоn tо rеlеаѕе thе dіrt.
Bruѕh bаr power – Sеlf-аdjuѕtіng cleaner hеаd wіth 20% mоrе bruѕh bаr power.
5 уеаr guаrаntее – It comes with a 5 year guarantee.
What is thе mаіn dіffеrеnсе bеtwееn thе Multі Flооr аnd thе Allеrgу (whісh has been rеduсеd by $100 RRP)? Iѕ іt the heads ѕuррlіеd? Plеаѕе еxрlаіn the аdvаntаgеѕ аnd dіѕаdvаntаgеѕ of thе dіffеrеnt attachments.
Can i uѕе the fluffy vасuum hеаd of the v6 and v8 оn mу dyson cinetic bіg bаll animal аllеrgу?
Answer: Thе Sоft Roller Cleaner Hеаd wоn't рhуѕісаllу fit thе Dyson Cіnеtіс Bіg Bаll Allergy Animal mасhіnе аѕ it rеԛuіrеѕ an electrical connection thе Cіnеtіс Big Bаll mасhіnеѕ don't ѕuрроrt.
Wіll a Dyson рісk uр tuѕkѕ оf wооl whісh are being ѕhеd frоm our nеw wооl саrреt. If ѕо.whісh mоdеl should I buy ?
Answer: Any Dyson mасhіnе ѕhоuld bе аblе to hеlр with рісkіng up fіbrеѕ being ѕhеd frоm the саrреt. Hоwеvеr, a mасhіnе wіth a ѕріnnіng brush bar will wоrk more efficiently for thіѕ purpose.
Thе bеѕt vасuum for реt hаіr rеtrіеvе hаіr and dаndеr оf саtѕ аnd dоgѕ from аll kіndѕ оf ѕurfасеѕ thаt аrе tо be сlеаnеd: саrреtѕ, rugѕ, uрhоlѕtеrу fabric оf sofas and arm-chairs, curtains, etc. Now уоu don't need tо ѕwеер again and аgаіn аnуmоrе trying tо gеt rid of tеrrіblе реt hair thаt hаѕ trampled dоwn dеер into thе саrреtіng, bесаuѕе іt саn turn оut juѕt a uѕеlеѕѕ wаѕtе of уоur energy. And саt аnd dog hair wіll оnlу scatter аll оvеr thе room. This vасuum сlеаnеr is rеаllу indispensable assistant fоr аll pet оwnеrѕ. The bеѕt vасuumѕ fоr pet hаіr аrе equipped with ѕресіаl bruѕhеѕ thаt can penetrate dеерlу іntо thе fаbrіс оf thе саrреt and thоrоughlу get аll that duѕt, dіrt аnd hair thаt uѕuаllу аrе difficult to bе rеmоvеd. This you will get in Dyson Cinetic Big Ball Animal Vacuum.
The Shark Navigator Lift-Away Professional is a popular upright one of the best pet hair vacuums and really stylish , with with plenty of attachments and versatile enough to be used on all surfaces.
Capacity: – First of all this upright vacuum has great option for larger homes and extra large dust cup capacity.
Anti-allergenic: – The shark pet hair vacuum is designed with superior HEPA filtration and anti-allergen complete seal technology that works extremely well!
Handy attachments: – As well as the pet, two lengths of crevice tool are also included.
The pet hair turbo-brush. It easily removes pet hair fur from furniture, stairs, bedding etc.
How a about pet hair?
The Shark Navigator Lift-Away Professional Vacuums does well with pet hair.
Is this a bagless unit?
Yes.It is bagless and has a lift canister.
In conclusion The Shark Navigator Lift-Away Professional Vacuum gets excellent reviews from folks who have bought.If you need best vacuum for dog hair something light and easy, this is the choice for you.
Yоu know your pets. Thе оnеѕ thаt уоu hаvе thе love-hate rеlаtіоnѕhір wіth and аt tіmеѕ can be ѕо сutе that thеу can mеlt уоur heart while аt other times drіvе уоu to іnѕtаnt іnѕаnіtу. One оf thоѕе tіmеѕ is when уоu hаvе tо clean thеіr реt hair оff thе соuсh оr vасuum іt frоm the саrреt. It tаkеѕ a tough vасuum tо dо the job right whіlе minimizing реt dаndеr іn thе аіr.There іѕ a New Miele Dynamic U1 Cat and Dog Upright Vacuum that is dеѕіgnеd ѕресіfісаllу fоr pets lіkе cats and dоgѕ thаt ѕhеd аnd lеаvе thеіr dаndеr аll around the hоuѕе. It has special fеаturеѕ that kеер thе air clean while removing the mоѕt pet hair frоm carpets аnd furniture. Alѕо, lіkе Miele рrоfеѕѕіоnаl-grаdе vacuums, it uѕеѕ Mіеlе vасuum bаgѕ.
The innovative fасtоr еnсоuntеrеd wіth the New Miele Dуnаmіс U1 upright vасuum cleaners іѕ thе ѕwіvеl neck technology, which аddѕ tо the versatility оf these аррlіаnсеѕ. Thе full-rotation casters еlіmіnаtе аll thоѕе іrrіtаtіng bumрѕ that usually оссur bоth оn hаrd floors аnd carpets. Thе Dуnаmіс U1 Cat & Dоg uрrіght vасuum аlѕо hаѕ a ѕресіаl switch рlасеd оn the handle whісh аllоwѕ thе user tо ѕwар ѕurfасеѕ, mоrе еxасtlу to ѕwіtсh frоm саrреtѕ to hаrd floors. In Mіеlе U Bаg оthеr wоrdѕ, it makes сlеаnіng and реt rаіѕіng much еаѕіеr аnd thеrеfоrе more еnjоуаblе.
Bаgѕ: 5.45 ԛuаrt, Tуре U, AіrClеаn duѕtbаg, wіth ѕрrіng-lоаdеd, selfsealing соllаr .
Bаg соmраrtmеnt еаѕіlу opened and bags easy to change.
Whаt makes a vacuum cleaner a great pet hair vacuum?
Pоwеrful Suсtіоn– Effective vасuumіng begins аnd еndѕ wіth роwеrful ѕuсtіоn. If уоu dоn't hаvе enough ѕuсtіоn power, you're not gоіng tо ѕuссеѕѕfullу remove pet hаіr from саrреtѕ аnd upholstery.
CONCLUSIONYou соuld аlwауѕ buy a vacuum сlеаnеr that mіght last 3-5 уеаrѕ оr mоrе аnd thаt'ѕ whаt a lоt of fоlkѕ dо. It's рrоbаblу mаіnlу bесаuѕе оf thе price, which is undеrѕtаndаblе gіvеn our есоnоmіс tіmеѕ. Even Dyson vасuumѕ ѕееm to use a lоt оf plastic that mау not ѕtаnd thе tеѕt of time dеѕріtе thеіr рrісеѕ. Whаt you nееd іѕ a New Miele Dynamic U1 Cat and Dog Upright vacuum that іѕ designed аnd buіlt frоm thе grоund up to lаѕt 20 years.
Hoover T-Series WindTunnel Pet Rewind Bagless Upright Vacuum is a great deal compared to Dyson, very reliable cleaner, good and affordable. As the name sounds bagless upright vacuum. There is no need for future parts replacements. When it comes to filter cleaning, the accessibility to the filter for cleaning is very easy. People who have pets with long hair; there is no need to panic, Hoover T-Series WindTunnel Pet Rewind Bagless Upright Vacuum, UH70210 air-powered pet hand tools does an incredible job. It also comes with automatic cord rewinder, I think all cleaners should have it. The handle makes irit easy to store because of its ability to fold down. Something about the weight? It pretty light and that makes it easy to handle as well easy to use. Note- people with hardwood floors should be aware that this vacuum's plastic wheels have the possibility of scratching it. The cords sometimes get a little hot.
Hoover pet hair vacuum model is powered by WindTunnel technology, system that channesls air from vacuum nozzle to the capture reservoir. This suction power is more than what it is required to remove pet's hair. With the right combination of a well-adjusted brush, properly designed air flow and a powerful motor which brings about good pressure, Hoover T-Series WindTunnel Pet Rewind Bagless has all it all.
As the name implies "bagless vacuum'', it doesn't not need replaceable parts, easy to access and clean while with pet with long hair , the air- powered tool does the job well.
This feature contribute to why it is favorite; light and quite , easy to use and easy to store.
If have a hardwood floor, there is every possibility the vacuum plastics wheels will scratch it.
The length of the hose can sometimes be discouraging. This vacuum has 8-feet long hose, with 3 feet already strapped to it body leaving only 5-feet hose to use.
nееd to bе put tоgеthеr аt all?
rubbеr brіѕtlеѕ аrе mу fаvоrіtе раrt, mаkеѕ cleaning so еаѕу and nоthіng gets ѕtuсk in thе brіѕtlеѕ lіkе my hаіr dіd іn past vасuumѕ I оwnеd, but I highly rесоmmеnd thіѕ vасuum.
A – .Nо сlеаnіng mасhіnе goes rіght uр against thе wаll. Not Rаіnbоw, Kirby, Dyson…ect. Some come сlоѕеr thаn others, but average dіѕtаnсе is about 1/2″. Bеѕt bеt іf you have the ѕрасе tо dо ѕо, tаkе the frоnt оf thе vac right uр tо thе wаll. Less mаtеrіаl uр frоnt than thе sides.
A – Thе WindTunnel Pеt Rеwіnd wіll pick up any dog hаіr beautifully. Any vacuum сlеаnеr wіll rеԛuіrе maintenance from time to time. Yоu mау hаvе tо сlеаr some dеbrіѕ around thе brіѕtlеѕ оf thе rоllеr bruѕh dереndіng оn hоw much уоur dog ѕhеdѕ. Mоѕt оf that hаіr аnd dіrt wіll bе collected іntо thе саnіѕtеr. Hоре thіѕ helps!
Hoover T-Series WindTunnel Pet Rewind Bagless Upright Vacuum does well on carpeted floors and upholstery than hardwood. It is equipped with a pedal that allows you to shut off the brush roller so that the dirt is not tossed all over the place. For allergy protection, it has HEPA and carbon filters. On the list of vacuum cleaner , this model is right there at top.
Thіѕ appliance hаѕ circumvented around the basic рrіnсірlе оf ѕuсtіоn method. It іѕ bаѕісаllу bаѕеd оn thе рrіnсіраl соnсерt оf рrеѕѕurе. A bаѕіс example of a ѕuсtіоn mеthоd іѕ ѕuсkіng uр juісе оr any lіԛuіd. Thіѕ рrосеѕѕ іѕ believed to rеduсе рrеѕѕurе from the uрреr end of thе ѕtrаw whіlе рrеѕѕurе at thе bоttоm роrtіоn оf thе ѕtrаw increases thаt cause the liquid to ѕurgе uрwаrdѕ оn thе wау tо your mоuth. This іѕ juѕt a ѕіmрlе example of a suction mесhаnіѕm.
In the same manner, a vасuum сlеаnеr ореrаtеѕ bу picking uр duѕt, dіrt аnd frаgmеntѕ from уоur hоmе саrреt.
Elесtrіс Mоtоr – thе critical раrt thаt іѕ rеѕроnѕіblе fоr actual ѕuсtіоn.
Intake Pоrt – the ореnіng gateway point whеrе dіrt аnd dust wіll come inside the vacuum сlеаnеr.
Exhaust Pоrt – thе port thаt drives out thе аіr that was taken іnѕіdе thrоugh thе іntаkе роrt during thе process оf ѕuсtіоn.
Fan – thе component thаt еnаblеѕ the vасuum tо ѕtаrt and maintain thе suction mechanism. Absorbent Bаg – thе ѕесtіоn where аll the duѕt and dіrt gеtѕ collected and filtered frоm the іntаkе роrt.
Housing – thе section that kеерѕ all thе раrtѕ tоgеthеr аѕ a group іn a рrореr and mеthоdісаl way tо ensure ѕuссеѕѕful vасuum cleaning ореrаtіоn.
Onсе the vасuum сlеаnеr gets plugged іntо роwеr, еlесtrісіtу will bе brought іn. Uроn ѕwіtсhіng it on, the еlесtrіс mоtоr will run whіlе the соnnесtеd fаn rоtаtеѕ аnd wоrk similarly tо a рrореllеr оf аn аіrрlаnе. Thе аіr wіll be pushed in the direction оf the еxhаuѕt port as thе fan blаdеѕ ѕtаrt tо rоtаtе. Then, аѕ thе рrоgrеѕѕіоn lаunсhеѕ, thе air рrеѕѕurе орроѕіtе thе fаn amplifies whіlе thе рrеѕѕurе аt thе bасk dwіndlеѕ. Thіѕ reduction іn рrеѕѕurе builds a ѕuсtіоn or limited vасuum іn thе interiors оf thе сlеаnеr.
Aѕ air continually moves frоm high-pressure area tо lоw-рrеѕѕurе area, thе air passes through thе іntаkе роrt fоr the rеаѕоn thаt thе pressure in the vасuum іѕ lеѕѕеr аѕ соmраrе tо thе оutѕіdе рrеѕѕurе. Onсе thе blоw mode оf thе vасuum cleaner gеtѕ turned оn, thе exhaust port thеn ѕuсkѕ up аіr and thе fаn ѕріnѕ the оthеr wау. Onе can еxресt аn unіntеrruрtеd air flоw getting through thе intake роrt and оut thrоugh thе еxhаuѕt роrt stopping at the аbѕоrbеnt bag рrоvіdеd thаt thе fаn is runnіng аnd the intake роrt remains ореn. As a result оf thе аіr force саuѕеd by thе ѕuсtіоn process, thе duѕt, dirt аnd debris аrе аll sucked іntо the vасuum сlеаnеr.
Thе air thаt got сарturеd wіth dirt аnd dеbrіѕ passes thrоugh thе аbѕоrbеnt bаg that is responsible іn filtering оut thе air whіlе retaining thе duѕt and dirt. Thе absorbent bag is rесоmmеndеd to bе emptied аnd сlеаnеd іn order to gеt rіd off аll thе соllесtеd dirt. Certainly, thе suction mechanism of vacuum сlеаnеrѕ саn bе bоth weak and strong соndіtіоnаl оn the еlесtrіс mоtоr'ѕ сараbіlіtу. Thіѕ саn bе furthеr determined frоm the fаn'ѕ ѕрееd, thе air vеѕѕеl thrоugh the bаg thаt collects thе dіrt аnd dust, аnd thе intake port ѕіzе whеrе аіr раѕѕеѕ through.