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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Back in the thirties, they laughed when Walt Disney said that he was going to make a feature length animated film. "Oh, how quaint" the fat studio execs chortled through solid walls of cigar smoke as they sat stewing in their leather-bound rooms "The little cartoon man thinks he can make movies".
The little cartoon man then proceeded to make Snow White, one of the most successful movies of all time. Then, a decade later, Disney announced that he was branching out into live action movies.
"Oh how quaint" the fat studio execs chortled through solid walls of cigar smoke as they sat stewing in their leather-bound rooms "The little animated feature man thinks he can make movies with real people".
At which point Disney fixed them with a steely glare and said "Okay, just for that? I'm going to own you. All of you. It may take decades but I now dedicate my every waking moment to ensuring that one day, everything you own will belong to me. Every movie you've ever made, every studio, every piece of merchandise, every character. You sneeze, I will own the dirty hankie. Every red cent you ever earn will one day BELONG TO WALTER ELIAS DISNEY SO I SWEAR ON THE OLD GODS AND THE NEW."
And they chortled at that because some motherfuckers never learn, do they?
An important step on Disney's path to total global conquest were their live action films of the 1950s. These were usually classic tales of derring do from literature dressed up real nice with a few catchy songs. Probably the best remembered film of this era was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, based on Jules Verne's staggeringly prophetic novel about how big an impact submarines were going to have on all our lives.
Leagues marked something of a watershed moment for Disney's live-action fare as it was the first Disney film to get a really top-tier cast with household names like Kirk Douglas, Peter Lorre and James Mason. In fact, even though Disney had already made several fairly successful live action movies at this point, Kirk Douglas needed quite a bit of coaxing, with his part being substantially altered at his request.
"Okay, so Ned Land should be introduced with two hotties on either arm."
"And he has to win every fight he's in!"
"And everytime he's not onscreen, everyone should be wandering around going "Where's Ned? Where's Ned?"
"And I want my son to play Ant-Man!"
"That is a WEIRD ask, but okay."
As director, Walt hired director Richard Fleischer, much to Fleishcer's surprise as he was the son of Max Fleischer, Disney's long-time rival.
"Don't you hate him?"
"Richard my boy, I keep my friends close, my enemies closer and the people my enemies care about in the same building where I work. Under armed guard."
"Ah. So. Am I a director or a hostage?"
"The job calls for you to fill several roles."
Posted in (1950s), Comedy, Disney, Humour, Long Reads, Reader's requests, Review, Uncategorized and tagged 20000 Leagues under the Sea, animated, animation, Captain Nemo, comedy, disney, humor, humour, James Mason, Jules Verne, Kirk Douglas, movie, Neil Sharpson, review, reviews, unshaved mouse on May 30, 2019 by unshavedmouse. 49 Comments
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)
This review was requested by patron Purr Elise. If you'd like me to review a movie, please consider supporting my Patreon.
Hello all you beautiful readers! This is just a quick word to say thanks for your patience, thanks for all your congratulations and an especially big thank you for all your kind words and wishes for the wee Mump-stricken Mini Mouse (it actually turned out to not be mumps, just a viral infection so that was a relief). Anyway, at long last here is the Tintin review.
The popularity of Tintin fascinates me like a Victorian lady of mysterious background.
I don't mean that I'm surprised that the Tintin books are so stupendously popular across the civilized world.
"Never heard of 'em."
"The devil you say?"
That's just a case of the market rewarding good product. Hergé's Tintin books are visually appealing, well-told adventures with humour that translates very well across cultures. It's not surprising that they sell well. I mean the popularity of the character Tintin himself fascinates me, because he shouldn't work as a protagonist. In my Asterix review I called Tintin "one of the most generic characters in all of fiction" and I stand by that. He doesn't have a single defining trait that you can really hang your hat on. He has the traits a character needs to get reliably in and out of adventures; curiousity, bravery, quick wits and a willingness to help others, and that's about it. He's just Adventure Hero in its most pure and undiluted form with no distinct personality or identifying traits. And lest you think I consider him "generic" because he's a white male, consider that he's not even all that white or all that male. Although nominally Belgian, if I hadn't mentioned it would you even know he was? Does he come across as particularly Belgian?
Other than that time he cut a bloody swathe across the Congo, I mean?
Nor is he particularly "male". You could swap out Tintin for a female character and her dialogue and actions wouldn't seem jarringly out of place. And then there's that matter of his orientation. Despite all the fandom speculation about his relationship with Captain Haddock, I'd argue that there's more textual evidence for Tintin being asexual, (of course, these were originally comics for children published in a conservative Catholic magazine so it's not like you'd expect to see much of the hard fucking, regardless). Tintin is almost defiantly featureless. Even as a hero he's distinctly middle-of-the-road. He's a capable fighter, but he's no Batman. An able detective, but hardly a Holmes. He's a crack shot, but he uses a gun so infrequently you might read several books and never know. And then there's his personal history. Who are his parents? Does he have any siblings? What paper does he, supposedly a journalist, work for?
"You ask a lot of questions, Mouse. People who ask questions often come to sticky ends, I hear."
And it's not like Hergé was just bad at characterisation, the stories are filled with memorable and distinct oddballs. So what gives? Why does Tintin have such appeal?
I have a theory. Do you know which character Tintin actually reminds me of more than any other?
I'd argue that Tintin, like Mario, is less a character in the conventional sense and more like a player avatar, a figure who provides an entry point into the story for the reader and is non-descript enough to allow them to be fully immersed in the adventure. I wouldn't have thought it would work, but then I'm not the guy who's sold 200 million copies worldwide so what do I know?
"Jacques merde, monsieur."
Mais oui. Anyway, 200 million Tintin books have been sold worldwide and they've been read by people all over the globe, including five or six Americans. One of those Americans was Stephen Spielberg who first became aware of the series when reviews of Raiders of the Lost Ark kept comparing Indy to Tintin.
Hergé, luckily enough, was a big Spielberg fan and after his death his widow agreed to give Spielberg the movie rights. A live action version of Tintin went into pre-production in the early eighties, with Jack Nicholson being considered for Captain Haddock. Because it was Hollywood in the eighties and cocaine is a hell of a drug.
That version never got traction and the rights bounced back between Spielberg and the Hergé estate for a few decades until finally Spielberg committed to a CGI motion-capture film with effects work provided by Peter Jackson's WETA workshop.
The movie finally came out in 2011. Got great reviews. Did excellent box office. And then…
That was kinda it. Call it the Avatar effect, where a movie manages to be a huge success while leaving next to no mark of the cultural landscape. Spielberg's been talking about completing the trilogy but it's been eight years now and I don't think there's any real interest or appetite for it. Call it the Avatar effect.
"You already used that."
"It can be two things!"
Posted in 2010s, Comedy, Comics, Humour, Long Reads, Reader's requests, Review, Uncategorized and tagged animated, animation, herge, review, reviews, Spielberg, tintin, unshaved mouse on May 16, 2019 by unshavedmouse. 49 Comments
Hey guys, very sorry but looks like the Tintin review is going to have be postponed as Mini Mouse has come down with a case of the Mumps. Or, as we mice call it, "The Squeaks" (or Mumps rubulavirus). She's absolutely fine (she's had her shots which gave her some resistance) but it means that today's review wasn't ready in time. See you next week!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8, 2019 by unshavedmouse. 16 Comments
Almost seven year ago, I decided to start a blog as a way to practice my writing, develop a profile as a writer and maybe even foster a following.
And I decided to that in the character of a mouse who had been cursed by Walt Disney to review every one of his feature length animated films for reasons that have been lost to history but were absolutely rock solid at the time.
"We had a one-month old baby and you hadn't slept in weeks."
"Ahhhhhh…yes. That was it."
Seven years is a long time. This is an old blog. I realised just recently that I've been blogging as Mouse for almost a fifth of my life. It's brought me an incredible amount of joy and satisfaction and it has been my pleasure and privilege to know you all. Which is why I want you all to know…
"Oh God, are you dying?!"
"What? No!"
Guys? I have good news.
Like. I have really, really, good news.
Guys. I got an agent.
As of three days ago I am represented by Jennie Goloboy of the Donald Maass Literary Agency for my novel, The Caspian Sea.
Yeah. That happened.
Posted in Uncategorized and tagged donald maass literary agency, jennie goloboy, Neil Sharpson, writing news on May 5, 2019 by unshavedmouse. 47 Comments


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Home » To Impeach or Not to Impeach? And Why is Rep. Jeffries Holding Out?
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To Impeach or Not to Impeach? And Why is Rep. Jeffries Holding Out?
Where do our Congressmembers (and constituents) stand on the impeachment of President Trump?
by Andrea Leonhardt and C. Zawadi Morris August 8, 2019 January 28, 2021
Image credit: BarBus/ Pixabay
To begin an impeachment inquiry or not? That is the question looming over the heads of House Democrats, all of whom are back in their home districts for summer recess.
Perhaps the summer break will offer a chance for them to ask the constituents themselves, although, based on national polls, they should already have a pretty good idea:
According to a recent CNN tally, there are now 118 House Democrats � just over half of the 235 caucus members � who have spoken out in favor of an impeachment inquiry. And a Quinnipiac poll from July 30 found that 62 percent of Democratic voters want Congress to begin an immediate process to impeach.
So where do the House members representing Central and East Brooklyn– overwhelmingly blue districts– stand on an impeachment inquiry?
While Congresswomen Nydia Velazquez– who represents the 7th Congressional District, including Bushwick and Williamsburg– and Yvette Clarke– who represents the 9th Congressional District, which includes Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Prospect Heights– both have been vocal about their support for impeachment of President Donald Trump; Congressman Hakeem Jeffries– who is chairman of the Democratic Caucus and who represents the 8th Congressional District including Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bedford Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Brownsville and East New York, along with the South Brooklyn Neighborhoods of Bergen Beach, Gerritsen Beach, Howard Beach, Marine Park, and Mill Basin– seemingly has not arrived at that same decision.
Center: U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries,
photo credit: Jeffries.house.gov
And some in his district want to know why.
"We have a white nationalist in the presidency– one who upholds racist policies, makes racists statements on a daily basis and emboldens racists to violent acts… And we have a representative who is unsure about whether or not he can join his colleagues who are ready to act on impeachment?" said Reginald Richardson, a Bed-Stuy resident and a high school principal.
Richardson says he's called Rep. Jeffries' office three times to ask why he does not support an impeachment inquiry. But he said he has yet to receive an answer from the congressman nor a return phone call.
"Not only is Central Brooklyn a blue district, it's a black district. It's a black district with black people. It's not only his Constitutional duty, it's his moral duty. And if he can't be clear on that, he has to go!"
But Jeffries' district is not all black… nor blue. The Congressman represents a large swath of South Brooklyn, mostly white, blue-collar neighborhoods, many of whom support Donald Trump.
Still, calls for an impeachment inquiry have grown louder, not only in Brooklyn, but also nationwide, since Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller concluded his investigation and published his report in April. Additionally, the pro-impeachment faction inside the House has gained steam, following Mueller's testimony in front of the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees on July 24.
Rep. Clarke has long been a proponent of impeachment, even taking to Twitter to express her support: �We have to remove Donald Trump from the White House as soon as possible,� Clarke tweeted in May 2017. She then backed articles of impeachment filed by Rep. Al Green of Texas in July. However, the motion was tabled.
In June, Rep. Velazquez, issued a lengthy statement explaining how she arrived at her decision to support an impeachment inquiry:
�Robert Mueller made clear in his report that he believed DOJ policy legally prohibited him from indicting a sitting president,� Velazquez stated. �The special counsel�s report also makes clear that it does not exonerate the president of criminal wrongdoing. I�ve long viewed impeachment as a last resort — not just because it is politically divisive, but also because such a course of action must be grounded in the facts. Given the facts available, I believe an impeachment inquiry is the only path forward. Congress has a solemn duty to hold this president accountable, and I intend to live up to that duty.�
Rep. Jeffries, however, believes it is important Congress allow the investigations currently underway in several house committees continue to play out:
"The Judiciary Committee should continue to follow the facts, apply the law and be guided by the Constitution, as it relates to holding the president accountable for any high crimes and misdemeanors that may have been committed,� said Jeffries in a statement from his office.
However, unlike Velazquez who laid our her reasons for supporting impeachment in great detail, the congressman did not provide BK Reader with any further insight on how he arrived at his position, despite repeated requests.
Reps. Velazquez and Clarke (l-r).
So we asked Central Brooklynites to share their opinions.
Fort Greene resident Derek said he supports the beginning of an impeachment inquiry and wishes Democrats would act more aggressively in pursuing it:
"I don't think it will be successful because of the nature of the process and the numbers in the Senate," Derek said. "But I think the process is important to be able to articulate any potentially impeachment-worthy violations. I think that's a process worthwhile because it would present the case to the public in greater detail."
Ayesha and Keachie, who moved to Fort Greene from Greenpoint two years ago, also favor impeachment. For them, it�s about holding the president accountable. Initiating the process would be a way to document what they believe are impeachment-worthy crimes, they said.
�How much investigation do you need?� asked Ayesha. �There is so much proof already there. I�d say, let�s impeach. I think he needs to be held accountable. But I think they [the Democrats] are scared. Because if they remove Trump, what will be next? It�s Pence. And they don�t want that.�
�And even if he doesn�t get impeached and removed from office, at least there will be a record that the Democrats tried to hold him accountable,� added Keachia.
According to another Fort Greene woman, who asked to remain unnamed, Vice President Mike Pence is a good enough reason not to impeach. She considers him worse than Trump because of his ultra-conservative views, which she feels pose a great threat to women's and LGBTQ rights.
"Do I believe Trump deserves impeachment? Absolutely," she said. "But it's important that Democrats stay on track so that Pence doesn't take over, and I trust Nancy Pelosi that she knows what she's doing. I'd rather let Trump ride out the clown show and get him voted out next year."
But still others, like Richardson, remain frustrated that Democratic legislators are not lockstep about which way to move forward:
"It's not even about him not getting reelected, because if he supported impeachment, he's good," Richardson said of Rep. Jeffries. "This is about him wanting to stay on the good side of Nancy Pelosi to make sure he is selected for the prime chairmanships and leaderships in the party. This is about his personal agenda."
Well, if he's around this weekend, Richardson can ask Rep. Jeffries about it in person: The congressman will be holding a "Congress on Your Corner" on Saturday, August 10, from 8:00am – 10:00am, at 950 Fulton Street, in front of the Adelphi Post Office.
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Fort Greene Resident says:
Jeffries respects the constitution, respects people and is right to let sue process rule its course.
All politicians are about their personal special interests. Jeffries is smart, using intellectual prowess and hard earned respect from his diverse constituency.
If in the Congress and Senate, one who is successful will work both sides of aisle. Jeffries if you�re reading, I support you as does many constituents in your nabe.
The radicals offer no legislation, only a lot of loud white noise. Continue to lay in the cut,let the crazy ones scream all they want.
You are an excellent legislator which respects the constitution. You have Republicans, Democrats, Independents of all incomes, races and people with children with those dynamics.
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There are no pronouns in the Nineteenth Amendment
Aug 12, 2020 12:00 pm by Dennis Baron
House Joint Resolution 1, presenting what would become the 19th Amendment, passed June 4, 1919; ratified by the states Aug. 18, 1920; became law Aug. 26, 1920.
The Nineteenth Amendment reads,
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
It was ratified 100 years ago, on Aug. 18, 1920 – in time for more than eight million women to vote in the presidential election that year.
There are no pronouns in the Nineteenth Amendment. There are two reasons for this:
The amendment, originally proposed in 1878, mirrors the language of the 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, which extended voting rights to African Americans, and which has no pronouns.
Pronouns are ambiguous, especially gender pronouns, especially in the law.
Banning voting discrimination on account of sex as well as race was discussed but ultimately not included in the Fifteenth Amendment, which declared, "the right to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
After two unsuccessful attempts to pass a woman's suffrage amendment in 1868 and 1869, Elizabeth Cady Stanton adapted the language of the Fifteenth Amendment for what she hoped would become the Sixteenth, replacing "on account of race" with "on account of sex." Sen. Aaron A. Sargent (CA) then introduced the amendment as Senate Resolution 12, on Jan. 10, 1878.
Sargent's bill failed, but what eventually became the Nineteenth Amendment avoided pronouns because, although grammarians had insisted for centuries that masculine pronouns could be gender neutral, the masculine pronouns in the various state voting laws were typically interpreted to exclude women.
Susan B. Anthony knew this all too well. Even though she managed to register to vote, Anthony was arrested for voting illegally in the 1872 presidential election. The court clerk had to change he to she in the pre-printed federal indictment form because no one ever anticipated that someone voting illegally would be a women, or as Anthony was described in the indictment, "being then and there a person of the female sex." Anthony, identified by the correct pronoun, was convicted and fined $100 – about $2150 today – which she refused to pay.
Federal indictment charging Susan B. Anthony, "being then and there a person of the female sex," with voting illegally in 1872. The pronoun 'he' on the pre-printed form had to be changed by hand to 'she.'
Courts in the US as well as England cited the grammarians when they ruled that he included she for obligations like paying fines or penalties like going to jail. For example, in 1925, Sabelle Nitti, a Chicago woman sentenced to hang for murdering her husband, appealed her conviction on the grounds that the Illinois capital punishment statute used only masculine pronouns. That gambit didn't work, though Nitti was later freed for lack of evidence. But for rights like voting, grammar be damned, he meant 'only men.' In 1873, the London Times railed against a bill in Parliament to extend the vote to women by insisting that he in the voting act had always been gender-specific: "The exclusion of the sex from political life has hitherto been secured by the simple use of the masculine pronoun." Most MPs agreed, and the bill failed.
Pronoun ambiguity could be specially problematic in the US Constitution. In 1845, the abolitionist Lysander Spooner argued that a woman could not be president because Article II refers to the president as he, and he must refer to a man. But another abolitionist, Wendell Phillips, reminded Spooner that the masculine pronoun in the Fifth Amendment's "nor shall [any person] be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself" protected a woman's right to remain silent as well as a man's. A word is held to mean the same thing wherever it appears in the constitution, so if a masculine pronoun is generic in the Fifth Amendment, then masculine pronouns in Article II must be generic as well. A woman can indeed be president.
Spooner's objection to he-means-she was answered definitively in 1916, when Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to the US House of Representatives. Strict constructionists argued that even though Rankin got the most votes, she was barred from office by Article I of the Constitution, which referred to congressional representatives as he, not he or she. But the House had no trouble with the pronouns and Rankin had no trouble being seated as Montana's first congresswoman.
In 1871, Congress tried to resolve the legal ambiguity of he by passing what came to be called the Dictionary Act, which read in part, "in all acts hereafter passed . . . words importing the masculine gender may be applied to females." A similar law, the Act of Interpretation, had been passed in England in 1850.
The original 1871 'he-means-she' statute is now combined with other legal definitions under the Dictionary Act in the federal code, 1 USC 1.1.
This encouraged suffragists to argue that since he was now legally generic, women had already gained the right to vote. But their argument was rejected by the very legislators who passed that law – all of them men – who pointed to the Dictionary Act's escape clause. He included she in a statute "unless the context shows that such words were intended to be used in a more limited sense."
Anti-suffrage men explained to women that actually, gender-specific he was an act of gallantry. Men took upon themselves the burden of voting to spare women the rough and tumble campaigns, the raucous polling places, and the physically taxing effort required to put a paper ballot into a box. In 1878, Sen. Bainbridge Wadleigh (NH), chair of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, refused to act on the proposed Sixteenth Amendment because – as he put it – voting was an irksome, heavy burden that should not be forced on American women against their will. A few of the western states and territories did permit women to vote – Sen. Wadleigh grudgingly acknowledged that they did so "perhaps with good results" – but most American polling places remained boys clubs until 1920.
In 1872, months before she broke the law by voting, Susan B. Anthony skewered the argument that legal pronouns must be gender specific in a speech to the Illinois Woman Suffrage Association:
If . . . in a penal law there are no feminine pronouns, women should be exempt from the penalties imposed. And if men are to represent woman in [voting], let them represent her in all. If a wife commits murder let the husband be hung for it.
But despite Anthony's snarky hypothetical and the Dictionary Act's attempt to clarify the law, words importing the masculine gender remain ambiguous even today: is he in a given statute gender-specific? gender-inclusive? nonbinary? Since the 1970s, many states have revised their laws to render them gender neutral. But pronouns in the US Constitution remain unchanged. As a result, when Hillary Clinton ran for president in 2016, at least one misogynist objected, "but the Constitution says he." And despite Jeannette Rankin's triumph one hundred years earlier, it's easy to imagine that, had the 2016 presidential election gone the other way, some litigious sore loser would have made an issue of the presidential pronoun.
So to ensure that everyone understands that the right of citizens to vote shall not be abridged on account of sex, the Nineteenth Amendment contains no pronouns.
If you'd like to learn more about the history of gender pronouns, pick up a copy of my new book, What's your pronoun? Beyond he and she, available from Liveright/W.W. Norton here, or wherever you buy or borrow books.
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'The Bitcoin Museum' is an online museum run by Andrew Dobbins, an early collector of bitcoin memorabilia and notably physical Bitcoins. Though he purchased many items himself, The Bitcoin Museum has also received many donations from the creators of physical coins and other Bitcoin items.
Inspired by the 1 gram silver rounds made by MJB Monetary Metals, he created two small silver coins to commemorate important days in the history of Bitcoin, using 'Bitcoin Nerd' as a personal brand. Though the first series sold well, the second version had difficulty selling out the full 1,000 mintage.
amongst collectors. Close to the end of the auction, a member of the community offered Andrew an interest-free 10 BTC loan. This was sufficient to cancel the desperate auction, and many other members of the forum offered loans and even donations which were enough to cover the entire loss. As promised, Mr. Dobbins repaid all loans in full. Though the Bitcoin community can often be harsh, this has been a wonderful example of many individuals coming together to help someone who has long been involved with Bitcoin and contributed to the community.


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While not technically a forest pest, ticks are more than just a nuisance and can cause serious illness. Lyme disease or Lyme Borelliosis was originally thought to be something you would catch overseas. In recent years Lyme disease awareness has grown and cases of the disease have become more prevalent with cases now being diagnosed in Ireland as well as abroad.
Lyme disease initially presents as a flu-like illness sometimes with a classic 'target' type rash - a large patch on the skin with a red border and pale centre. People may experience dizziness, joint pain and fatigue but this is not always the case. If diagnosed early and treated with antibiotics, Lyme generally causes no problems. However, if it is missed or misdiagnosed, it can develop into secondary or tertiary Lyme disease - a condition that can cause chronic fatigue and other problems. It is important that people are aware of the risk of Lyme disease and take precautions to prevent tick bites or deal with them properly.


Babies prone to dying can be identified using a simple algorithm and given appropriate treatment right when it is needed. The results of this study are published in the journal of Pediatrics.
A simple algorithm could contribute to reducing the high mortality among newborns and babies in the month following their hospital discharge.
In Mozambique, the probability of dying in the first month after hospital discharge is high, particularly for babies under three months of age, shows a study led by the Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by "la Caixa" Foundation, in collaboration with the Manhiça Health Research Center (CISM).
The study also shows that an algorithm based on a series of simple clinical parameters can identify those children at higher risk of dying and that would, therefore, benefit from a proactive follow-up after their discharge. The implementation of these models could contribute to reducing child mortality in low-income countries.
In the last 25 years, the reduction in mortality of children under five years of age has been remarkable but insufficient (50% instead of the 75% target set by the millennium goals).
In low-income countries, children are at increased risk of dying following hospitalization, regardless of their illness, with an estimated risk ranging between 3 and 13% in the month following discharge.
The challenge, therefore, is to identify those children at higher risk in order to follow them up closely after discharge and thereby avoid a considerable number of pediatric deaths.
The research team performed a retrospective study analyzing data from more than 20,000 pediatric hospital admissions over almost 20 years, in the district hospital of Manhiça, a semi-rural area in Southern Mozambique where almost half of the population is under 15 years of age. The researchers determined mortality during the first, second and third month after hospital discharge, and looked for indicators that would allow identifying children at higher risk of dying.
The results show that the average mortality after discharge is high (3.6%), with half of the deaths occurring within the first 30 days. The risk is highest in babies under three months of age and decreases progressively with age.
The study also identifies a series of clinical parameters (malnutrition, diarrhea, clinical pneumonia, etc.) that allow to identify those children at highest mortality risk. Using all or some of these variables, the team used a series of predictive models capable of identifying up to 80% of children at risk of dying after discharge.
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An eight-year-old girl in Udham Singh Nagar district in Uttarakhand has died after taking the albendazole tablets administered during the deworming drive.


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Danny Trevathan Slams Cousins for Prime Time Comment
Danny Trevathan took to social media to hit back at Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins
Published Nov 19, 2018 at 2:32 PM
CHICAGO, IL - NOVEMBER 18: Danny Trevathan #59 of the Chicago Bears brings down Kirk Cousins #8 of the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field on November 18, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. The Bears defeated the Vikings 25-20. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
The Chicago Bears already made a big statement with their win over the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, but it appears some of the players weren't quite done Monday.
That's because Danny Trevathan took to social media to hit back at Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins, who told Pro Football Talk his team was the reason the Sunday matchup was flexed to prime time.
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"They're not the reason this game moved to prime time. We are," he said in the interview.
But after the Bears' exciting 25-20 victory, Trevathan tweeted his response.
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"Foreal Cuzzo?" he wrote with a screenshot of Pro Football Talk's tweet.
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— Danny Trevathan (@Grindin_59) November 19, 2018
Did we also mention the Bears' showdown with the Los Angeles Rams was also flexed into the Sunday Night Football slot on Dec. 9?


How disappointing! Injuries are the worst.
I wore microspikes on my driveway this past week. But I still had to slide out to my car (where I store them) to get them.
Good luck with your MRI and best wishes for a speedy recovery.
I've a feeling it's a meniscus tear. We'll see after Tuesday's MRI. The next step will be to see an orthopedic specialist and begin an intensive physical therapy routine. With hard work and perseverance, I should be back on the trails before the end of winter (I hope!).
In the meantime, I'll post some pictures and videos of my home work-out routine. I'm using my cats and dog as weights so I can keep my arms in shape, lol. Also doing a ton of sit-ups.
I loved "Up" and have recently subscribed to your blog. So sorry to hear about your injury, but you will recover. In the meantime, something else that's good will fill the space of hiking and the outdoors.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed UP.
I'm sure I will heal -- hopefully sooner rather than later. I will blog late tomorrow evening about my MRI results, and, in the coming weeks, I'll post about my rehab plan and steady (I hope) progress. I'm optimistic about being back on the trails by the end of winter.


"Songs of Innocence" – A PLL Recap!
Previously on Pretty Little Liars, our girls escaped but it is not forgotten and "A" may still be lurking!
Tonight's episode takes us deeper into what happened in that traumatizing dollhouse. We first see the girls together in the hospital discussing the possibility that Andrew Campbell and Charles DiLaurentis are one in the same. It's easy to think that as a fact, but honestly it's too easy, if you know what I mean.
But what we do know is that Officer Toby caught Andrew and almost slipped up when he wanted to beat Andrew instead of doing his job. Thanks to the new officer in town, Lorenzo, Toby did things the right way. Continuing on with Charles, Alison got around to asking her father the question on all our minds: Who is Charles DiLaurentis? He completely shot it down claiming there is no Charles in the family, but seeing his face, he's definitely lying. Does anyone ever tell the truth? Emily finds herself visiting Sara Harvey in the hospital and honestly, she seems to be the only one curious about the girl. That being said, Emily is not afraid to get straight to the point. She asks Sara if she remembers how she got to the dollhouse, but all the questions seem to be too much. Understood.
When the girls are released from the hospital and sent home, we see the girls struggle with the homecoming. Things start to trigger their awful memories in the dollhouse and honestly my heart broke a little seeing how traumatized they were.
Hanna couldn't look at her own room the same way and coped by getting rid of everything, stripping down the wall paper and getting rid of her own bed. Caleb and her mother are there as her support system, even if Hanna doesn't want to talk about anything.
Aria coped by using all of her energy to make sure Andrew gets what he deserves. At this point we don't know if Andrew and Charles are the same, but Andrew definitely did a number on Aria with how close he got to her. With all the evidence, it's understandable how paranoid Aria is about Andrew. Aria evens tells a lie to the police so that there's a testimony about Andrew, but she realizes that lies are going to get her nowhere.
Spencer's homecoming isn't that great when she finds out that her mother made sure she didn't take the anxiety pills. And you know what? It's with good reason! Her mother is looking out for her and knows that her former problem might come to the forefront with those pills. Spencer even steals a pill from Aria, and that's how we know Mama Hastings was right in her decision.
Emily finds a little bit of comfort by going through her father's things, more specifically his guns. She ends up at the shooting rage with one of her fathers' guns and without a guardian, which of course worries her mother when she finds out. I know she wants to defend herself, her friends and her family, but Emily with a gun in her current state is not the answer.
During their moments to cope, we learn bits and pieces of what actually happened in the dollhouse. "A" made them choose between each other everyday – Choose one or make them ALL suffer. Clearly their relationship isn't in such a good place right now and it's heartbreaking. I know it was against their will, but how do you look your best friend in the eye after playing a part in their suffering?
In the final moments of the episode, Emily steps out of her house to find someone watching from afar. My first instinct is that it's "A", but Emily has the guts to run and see who it is. My nerves didn't really calm down even at the sight of Sara Harvey. The reason she got into this whole mess was because she ran away, and now that she's back out of that hell hole, she ran away again! And she found Emily's address at the hospital? Stalker much.
Honestly, I've learned over the past 5 years to trust no one who conveniently ends up in Rosewood. But I guess it's too early to tell if we can trust Sara or not.
So what do you think? Are Charles and Andrew one in the same or is Andrew a pawn in this game? Can we trust Sara? How is Mona coping?
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Hattusilis III va ser rei d'Hakpis entre els anys 1290-1270 aC, i rei dels hitites segurament entre el 1270-1250 aC. Era el quart fill de Mursilis II, i oncle de Mursilis III.

Títols i família
Va portar els títols de "Labarna", "Gran Rei", "Rei d'Hatti" i "Sol meu". La seva dona principal es deia Puduhepa i era filla de Pentib-sarri gran sacerdot de Lawazantiya però també va estar aparellat amb una princesa de Babilònia i amb una d'amorrita. Se li coneixen nombrosos fills i filles:
 Nerikkaili, casat amb una filla de l'antic rei Ben-Teshina d'Amurru i de la seva primera dona. Ben-Teshina es va casar després amb Gasulawiya, germanastra de Nerikkaili. Va ser nomenat tuhukanti o príncep hereu però després se'l va desheretar.
 Tasmi-Sarruma, rei amb el nom de Tudhalias IV.
 Huzziyas, cap de la guàrdia reial en temps de Tudhalias IV.
 Hannutti.
 Hesni.
 Tatamaru.
 Upara-muwa.
 Uhha-ziti.
 Tarhunta-piya.
 Kilus-Hepa, casada amb Ari-Sarruma rei d'Isuwa.
 Gasulawiya, nascuda d'una dona anterior a Puduhepa i casada amb Ben-Teshina que havia estat rei d'Amurru i Hattusilis el va restablir al tron, i mare probablement de Sausgamuwa, príncep hereu d'Amurru, país del que va ser rei. Va ser també segurament la mare d'una princesa casada amb Ammistamru d'Ugarit, que per causa d'un adulteri es va haver d'escapar a Amurru, però Sausgamuwa, llavors ja rei, la va extradir amb consentiment de Tudhalias IV, i probablement va morir executada.
 Una filla de nom desconegut casada amb un rei de Babilònia
 Meth-Hor-nefret-Ra o Maathorneferure, filla nascuda de Puduhepa, casada amb Ramsès II cap al seu 34è any de regnat, en un acord establert al Tractat de Cadeix
 Una altra filla de nom desconegut casada també amb Ramsès II.

Reis vassalls
Durant el seu regnat es coneixen alguns reis vassalls: Ini-Tesup a Karkemish, Ari-Sarruma a Isuwa, Ulmi-Tesup (Kurunta) a Tarhuntasa, Ben-Teshina a Amurru, Masturi a Seha, Kupanta-Kurunta a Mira i Kuwaliya.

Joventut
Hattusilis (III) quan va néixer estava malalt. La deessa Ixtar va enviar un somni al seu germà amb la indicació de que digués al seu pare que la seva vida seria curta, i que el deixés al seu servei com a sacerdot. Si ho feia, seguiria viu. El seu pare el va nomenar sacerdot de Sausga a Samuha càrrec que va conservar durant tot el regnat de Mursilis II.

Governador de la Terra Alta
Durant el regnat de son germà Muwatallis II el rei el va cridar a altres missions. Hattusilis va dirigir algunes expedicions contra els kashka, i son germà el va nomenar governador a la ciutat de Pitteyarika, no lluny de Samuha, però no li va donar les forces militars que Hattusilis reclamava. Tot i així Hattusilis va atacar als kashka i els va derrotar de manera important a la rodalia d'Hahha, on va deixar una estela commemorativa, retornant als hitites les seves terres anteriors; els caps kashka van caure presoners i els va enviar a son germà Muwatallis. Aquesta victòria va decidir a Muwatallis a nomenar-lo cap de la guàrdia reial (el tercer càrrec de l'Imperi hitita després del rei i l'hereu) i també el va fer gran sacerdot del deu de les Tempestes de Nerik Tessub, que era adorat a Hakpis perquè Nerik havia caigut en mans dels kashka i estava despoblada. El rei el va nomenar de fet governador de la Terra Alta Hitita amb Samuha, Pitteyarika, Hakpis, Istahara, Tarahna, Hattina i Hanhana com a principals ciutats, totes a la vora dels territoris kashka.

Conflicte amb Arma-Tarhunta
L'antic governador de la Terra Alta, Arma-Tarhunta, fill de Zida, un germà de Subiluliuma I, va quedar relegat a una posició secundària, cosa que no li va agradar i va començar a difondre rumors de sobre Hattusilis i el va acusar de dedicar-se a la bruixeria. Aquests rumors al final van arribar a Muwatallis que va començar a sospitar de son germà, que va respondre acusant Arma-Tarhunta de ser ell qui practicava bruixeria. El rei els va fer passar una prova religiosa (la Divina Roda) que Hattusilis va superar. Arma-Tarhunta va ser condemnat per bruixeria junt amb la seva dona i els seus fills i van confiscar les seves terres i les van entregar a Hattusilis. Es va fer una excepció, i el rei va declarar innocent a un dels fills, Sippa-ziti, per pietat, ja que Arma-Tarhunta era un familiar i ja era vell, i finalment la confiscació va afectar només a la meitat de les terres, i l'acusat, la seva dona i els altres fills fills van marxar desterrats a Alashiya). Des de llavors Hattusilis va rebre les forces militars necessàries i va vèncer repetidament al kashka.

La guerra de Pishuru (ciutat dels kashka)
En aquest moment a les terres kashka tenia l'hegemonia la ciutat de Pishuru. Ishupitta i Daistipassa, a la Terra Alta Hitita, eren aliades de Pishuru i es van apoderar de les terres de Landa, Marista i algunes ciutats fortificades dels hitites; els hitites no els van poder contenir i els kashkes van continuar avançant al sud creuant el riu Marasanda o Maraššanda i arribant fins a la terra de Kanis (Kanesh). Les ciutats de Kurustama, Gazzuira i una altra el nom del qual no es pot llegir (però que comença per Ha…) es van unir als kashka i van atacar les ciutats hitites de la rodalia. Durmitta també va quedar sota control kashka i va atacar la comarca de Tuhuppiya. Els kashka no van trobar cap obstacle a la terra de Ippasanama (Ippaššanama), i van poder seguir fins a atacar la terra de Suwatara. Només dues ciutats, una d'elles Istahara (l'altra no es pot llegir) van escapar als atacs kashka.

El regne d'Hakpis
En aquestes circumstàncies Muwatallis va decidir crear un regne vassall al nord per són germà Hattusilis, amb l'encàrrec de contenir als kashka. La cort reial es va fer càrrec de fortificar Anziliya i Tapikka, que pertanyien al nou regne, però el gran rei va refusar fer campanya a Durmitta i Kurustama perquè ja era responsabilitat d'Hattusilis, i va retornar a Tarhuntasa deixant a son germà sol amb els seus propis recursos. Les terres del nou regne estaven quasi totes ens mans del kashka i el mateix Hattusilis parla de les "Terres buides". El nou regne el formaven Ishupitta, Marista, Hissashapa, Katapa, Hanhana, Darahna, Hattena, Durmitta, Pala, Tummanna, Gasiya, Sappa, el riu Hulanna, Hakpis i Istahara, les dues darreres en "servitud", probablement administrades però sense formar part del regne). La capital va ser Hakpis. L'autonomia del rei era amplia ja que tenia un territori de frontera en part per conquerir. El nou rei, amb una eficaç combinació de força militar i de diplomàcia va aconseguir en deu anys restablir l'ordre i repoblar moltes regions.

La batalla de Wistawanda
El punt clau de la campanya va ser la victòria militar sobre Pishuru, que havia conquerit fins a Taggasta per un costat i fins a Talmaliya per l'altra, i també havia conquerit Karahna i Marista i havia reunit un exèrcit amb 800 carros de combat i nombrosa infanteria. La ciutat de Pishuru va caure derrotada decisivament a la batalla de Wistawanda quan l'exèrcit kashka es va desbandar a la mort del seu cap. Muwatallis només va enviar 120 carros i no va enviar infanteria. La reconquesta de les ciutats hitites va resultar senzilla. Hattusilis va erigir una estela a Wistawanda. Encara més tard Hattusilis va poder enviar forces a son germà per la batalla amb Egipte que es va lliurar a Cadeix a Síria.

Campanya a Síria
Muwatallis va combatre després de la batalla de Cadeix als petits reis locals. Amurru es va haver de sotmetre de nou i el rei Ben-Teshina va ser enderrocat i es va col·locar al seu lloc un tal Sapili. El rei encara va conquerir Apa (Damasc?) més al sud, i després va retornar a Hattusa. El seu germà Hattusilis es va quedar vigilant a Apa on va romandre un parell d'anys potser fins quan va tornar Ramsès II amb un exèrcit dividit en dues parts: una dirigida pel seu fill Amon Hirhepesef que va dominar les tribus shosu del Negev i la mar Morta i als edomites i es va dirigir a Moab; l'altra part, dirigida per ell mateix, va atacar Jerusalem i Jericó i després va entrar també a Moab i es va unir al seu fill i junts van marxar contra Hesbon i finalment van reconquerir Apa, moment en què Hattusilis va haver de tornar si no ho havia fet abans.

Sausga de Lawazantiya i Pudu-Hepa
Hattusilis en tornar al seu país va passar per Lawazantiya on va fer ofrenes a la seva deessa Sausga i es va casar amb Puduhepa, filla de Pentib-sarri o Pentibszarri, gran sacerdot de Lawazantiya, matrimoni que potser no va tenir l'aprovació reial. Després va tornar al nord, al seu regne d'Hakpis on va fortificar Hawarkina i Dilmuna, però va esclatar una revolta contra ell. Hattusilis, mancat de l'ajut del gran rei, va cridar als seus aliats kashka i va aplanar la rebel·lió. Va restaurar i repolar les ciutats de Durmitta, Ziplanda, Hattena, Hakpis, Istahara i una altra ciutat de nom desconegut. Sembla que Hattusilis va administrar fins i tot Hattusa. Sausga era la deïtat tutelar del seu regne.

Ben-Teshina d'Amurru
Hattusilis va demanar a son germà l'entrega de Ben-Teshina, que havia estat rei d'Amurru, i son germà li va concedir. Hattusilis va proporcionar al rei deposat una residència personal a Hakpis; aquesta relació serà favorable per la recuperació de la desgràcia de la dinastia de Ben-Teshina que Hattusilis més tard va restaurar.

Successió d'Urhi-Tesup
Les disputes successòries de Muwatallis II van ser importants. Urhi-Tesup, fill de segon rang, sense esperances de successió, es va veure empès per circumstàncies especials a una posició en la que semblava l'hereu aparent. Finalment en va ser successor amb el nom de regne de Mursilis III mercès al suport d'Hattusilis. S'havia establert un acord entre els dos homes pel qual el regne d'Hakpis seguia en mans d'Hattusilis.

Conquesta de Nerik
Durant el seu regnat Hattusilis va reconquerir Nerik després de tant de temps en mans dels kashka. El territori conquerit incloïa les ciutats de Nera i Haštira. Des de la ciutat va poder dominar els territoris de la muntanya i la regió d'Haharwa i la ciutat de Marasantiya (Maraššantiya).

Aviat es va produir un enfrontament amb Hattusilis que va acusar al seu nebot d'apoderar-se de territoris que ell havia repoblat (Pala i Tummanna) i de Samuha, i de traslladar a pobladors del regne d'Hakpis a territori del gran rei hitita.

Guerra civil
Segons Hattusilis la situació de conflicte va durar set anys, que ell va aguantar per respecte a son germà (Muwatallis), però quan Mursilis III va restituir la capitalitat de l'Imperi hitita a Hattusa abandonant Tarhuntassa i va intentar incorporar les ciutats d'Hakpis i Nerik al regne hitita i bestreure-les a Hattusilis, cosa que de fet equivalia a eliminar el regne, Hattusilis va reaccionar i es va revoltar; es va encomanar a la seva deessa habitual, Sausga (el centre de culte principal al nord era Samuha), i al deu de les Turmentes de Nerik, on havia restablert el culte traslladant-lo des Hakpis, i va començar la guerra.

Sippa-ziti, fill d'Arma-Tarhunta, el fill de Zita, el germà de Subiluliuma I, l'antic rival d'Hattusilis, va ser nomenat comandant de l'exèrcit del gran rei a la Terra Alta Hitita. La guerra civil va suposar una divisió del país, sobretot al mateix regne hitita en especial. Masturi rei de Seha es va aliar amb Hattusilis, que també va tenir el suport d'Ulmi-Tesup (Kurunta), germanastre de Mursilis III i que havia estat criat per Hattusilis. Mira i Kuwaliya, i Ahhiyawa estaven aliats amb Mursilis III. Bona part dels kashka, amb els que havia signat tractats, van donar suport a Hattusilis. Mursilis III va enviar a un home anomenat Rime-Tesup a l'oest per buscar els màxims suports, però en general la part occidental va proveir de poc ajut a Mursilis; Millawanda probablement va restar inactiva, i Ahhiyawa, al no rebre el suport de les seves ciutats, no va poder donar cap ajuda al rei hitita.

Sippa-ziti va tenir problemes; probablement va quedar assetjat a Hallawa, i va haver de demanar a Mursilis que anés a rescatar-lo; el rei va enviar a un home anomenat Anani-piya. Es van produir combats a Kusuriya (Kuššurriya) i es va lliurar una batalla de carros en la que va participar el governador del País del riu vermell que probablement va canviar de bàndol. Els fets no es coneixen amb claredat però del relat d'Hattusilis es veu que alguns dels seus aliats van abandonar Mursilis que va quedar-se en posició defensiva. A la part final de la guerra, Mursilis era a Marasantiya i va haver de fugir d'allí i va anar cap a Samuha, on Hattusilis el va perseguir. Uns traïdors es van oferir per matar Mursilis, però Hattusilis va rebutjar l'oferta i va avançar cap a Samuha, on segurament Mursilis ja havia estat fet presoner per la seva pròpia gent quan Hattusilis va arribar. El van entregar a l'oncle, que llavors va ser reconegut com a "Gran rei" amb el nom d'Hattusilis III.

Inici del regnat
Hattusilis III quan va iniciar el seu regnat va reconstruir el palau d'Hattusa (la ciutadella de Buyukkale) que havia estat damnat durant la guerra. A Mursilis III se li va donar el govern d'unes ciutats fortificades a Nuhase, i va privar la seva descendència dels drets al tron. Va restaurar Ben-Teshina com a rei d'Amurru. La meitat de les terres de la família d'Arma-Tarhunta que conservava el seu fill Sippa-ziti les va confiscar i les va i dedicar a la deessa Sausga de Samuha. El fill d'Hattusilis III, Tudhalias (després rei amb el nom de Tudhalias IV), va ser nomenat sacerdot de Sausga i rei vassall d'Hakpis.

Wilusa, Ahhiyawa, Millawanda i Lukka
Wilusa havia estat aliada d'Ahhiyawa i havia lluitat al camp de Mursilis III, i ara de fet restava independent. A Lukka la situació és poc coneguda però aparentment hi va haver desordres i la regió es va posar sota direcció d'un home anomenat Tawagalawa, germà del rei d'Ahhiyawa. Tawagalawa ha estat identificat amb l'homèric Etèocles, fill d'Andreos d'Orcomen. Tawagalawa va començar a atacar territori hitita de manera que Hattusilis III va perdre aviat el control de la situació al sud-oest i la gent de Lukka va arribar al riu Hulaya, districte fronterer amb capital a Hawaliya i als districtes veïns de Natas, Parha (després Perge a Pamfília), Harhasuwanta i altres llocs, de manera que tota la costa fins a Kizzuwatna va quedar fora del control del rei hitita. Els districtes fronterers de Wasuwatta i Harputtawana van caure en mans de rebels ajudats per Lukka.

Creació del regne de Tarhuntasa
Piyama-radu de Lazba va envair territori hitita des Millawanda i va conquerir la terra del riu Hulaya arribant fins a la Terra Baixa Hitita, fins a Nahita. Hattusilis va marxar contra els col·ligats i els va expulsar de la Terra Baixa i el riu Hulaya però sense arribar a la costa occidental ni probablement a Pamfília. Llavors va nomenar al seu nebot Ulmi-Tesup (Kurunta), fill de Muwatallis II, rei d'un gran territori del sud-oest, amb capital a Tarhuntasa que va governar sota el nom de Kurunta. El regne limitava al nord i oest amb Pitassa, Ussa i terres hitites, i cap al sud i sud-oest eren terres a dominar "en direcció a la ciutat de Šaranduwa a la terra del riu Hulaya". En els següents anys Kurunta va dominar fins a la costa al sud, i a l'oest fins al riu Kastaraya (Kestros) i la ciutat de Parha (Perge), a la plana de Pamfília.

Relacions amb Assíria, Babilònia i Egipte
Amb Assíria es van produir algunes dificultats diplomàtiques pel retard en els regals d'homenatge, i fins i tot el missatger assiri Bel-qarrad va ser detingut, però finalment es van restablir les relacions. Hattusilis es va queixar d'atacs a Karkemish (a Emar i la terra d'Ashtata) que realitzaven la gent de Turira, territori que els hitites consideraven sota domini assiri , encara que el rei d'Assíria no ho sabia segur.

Mursilis III va planejar fugir a Babilònia des del seu exili però Hattusilis se'n va assabentar i el va desterrar probablement a Alashiya, d'on es va poder escapar i probablement va fugir a Egipte. Les relacions entre Hattusilis i Kadaixmanturgu de Babilònia eren bones. Amb Egipte van ser inicialment bones però van empitjorar quan Ramsès II es va negar a extradir a Mursilis III. Kadaixmanturgu li va prometre cooperació activa en una eventual guerra contra Egipte. Però finalment la guerra mai va esclatar.

Submissió de Piyama-radu
Al final del regnat, Wilusa va esdevenir altra vegada vassalla del rei hitita. Kurunta de Tarhuntasa es va entrevistar amb el rei d'Ahhiwaya a Millawanda i es va acordar la retirada dels aqueus de Lukka, que va retornar a control hitita i els caps locals es van afanyar a proclamar la seva lleialtat al rei de Tarhuntasa i al gran rei hitita. Entre els que es van sotmetre i havia Piyama-radu, que era a la ciutat de Sallapa quan va escriure a Hattusilis, que havia anat a Lukka a afermar la seva autoritat, i se li va sotmetre. Hattusilis va enviar al seu hereu a Millawanda on es va trobar amb Piyama-radu i ambdós van pujar a un carro amb Piyama-radu al davant en signe de submissió. Però Piyama-radu no es fiava dels hitites i va rebutjar comparèixer a presència d'Hattusilis a Hattusa si abans no era reconegut rei, cosa que va suposar una humiliació per al príncep hereu; Piyama-radu va mantenir la seva lleialtat però a distància. Hattusilis va anar a l'oest i quan va arribar a Wiyanawanda, li va escriure i li va dir que li enviés un delegat a la ciutat de Yalanda (sota control de Piyama-radu) per fer l'acord; però Piyama-radu va enviar a son germà Lahurzi, que va fer una emboscada als hitites a tres llocs propers a Yalanda, però els hitites van poder arribar a la ciutat; Lahurzi es va retirar i la ciutat va ser destruïda.

Des d'allí Hattusilis va anar a Apawiya i va escriure a Piyama-radu a Millawanda ordenant-li comparèixer. També va escriure al rei d'Ahhiyawa protestant per les activitats de Piyama-radu des Millawanda, subjecte d'Ahhiwaya; el rei aqueu va donar permís al rei hitita per fer comparèixer a Piyama-radu. Va donar ordres a Atpa, el governador de Millawanda, i Hattusilis es va dirigir a aquesta ciutat, on va entrar com a gran rei i allí va comparèixer Tawagalawa per oferir la seva lleialtat al rei. Atpa va escoltar les queixes contra Piyama-radu però l'acusat va agafar un vaixell i es va escapar. Hattusilis es va dirigir llavors al rei d'Ahhiwaya i li va fer una relació de les ofenses de Piyama-radu. Atpa i el rei d'Ahhiyawa que probablement seguien donant suport a Piyama-radu, van tractar de disculpar-lo; Hattusilis va exigir el retorn del set mil presoners (civils) fets per Piyama-radu a terres d'Hatti, intentant un acord que evités la guerra, acord que finalment es va establir. Però Piyama-radu ja havia anat al nord i actuava a la costa de Wilusa, on hi havia establiments aqueus, intentant crear-se un regne allí, a Masa i Karkissa (o a Karkiya, Cària). Hattusilis, per mitjà del rei d'Ahhiwaya va oferir altra vegada a Piyama-radu la submissió a canvi del perdó. No se sap com van anar els esdeveniments, però finalment Ahhiwaya va capturar a Piyama-radu i el va entregar als hitites.

Tractat amb Egipte
En el 21è any de regnat de Ramsès II, cap a l'any 1259 aC, el faraó va rebre a la seva capital Pi-Ramsès a tres missatgers hitites: Tili-Tesub, Ramose i Yasupili (el darrer enviat del rei de Karkemish) per la signatura d'un tractat d'eterna amistat entre Hatti i Egipte que culminava sens dubte prèvies negociacions entre ambdues parts. Es coneixen alguns detalls d'aquest acord. El tractat establia l'amistat, la promesa de no iniciar hostilitats, una aliança defensiva, el suport als fills d'Hattusilis en la successió, i l'extradició de fugitius, i s'establia la manera en la que els presoners entregats havien de ser tractats i on els fugitius anteriors al tractat n'eren exclosos. Aquesta clàusula va ser proposada per Mursilis.

Relacions amb Babilònia
A la mort de Kadaixmanturgu de Babilònia les relacions amb aquest país es van deteriorar. Hattusilis va exigir al nou rei Kadaixman-Enlil II (que era un menor i estava controlat pel seu visir Itti-Marduk-balatu) la protecció dels descendents de Kadaixmanturgu al que qualifica com "el seu germà" i amenaça de conquerir Babilònia en cas contrari. Els babilonis es van sentir ofesos i van respondre que no escrivia "com un germà" sinó com si Babilònia fos el seu vassall. Amb Assíria les relacions es devien deteriorar a la mort d'Adadnirari I i la revolta de Mitanni que potser va tenir ajut hitita. Quan Kadaixman-Enlil II de Babilònia va arribar a la majoria sembla que les relacions amb Babilònia van tornar a millorar i en una carta el rei hitita explica que Itti-Marduk-balatu, era un home diabòlic al que els deus havien deixat viure massa temps. Segons els babilonis els missatges a Hatti s'havien interromput per l'activitat destructiva dels nòmades akhlamu i també dels assiris. Normalitzades les relacions, Hattusilis va enviar una filla seva a Babilònia per casar-se amb el rei i ell mateix es va casar amb una princesa babilònia.

Enllaços matrimonials
Les relacions amb Egipte es van normalitzar amb la signatura del Tractat de Cadeix, que també va portar a un enllaç matrimonial entre Ramsès II i una filla d'Hattusilis III, Maathorneferure, al 33è any de regnat del faraó. La princesa va ser enviada a la terra fronterera d'Aya per l'enllaç. Les promeses de la seva dot van ser monumentals però després els hitites no van poder complir. La reina Puduhepa va escriure al faraó dient que els magatzems estaven buits i que Urhi-Tesup (Mursilis III) havia donat el que quedava a la gran deessa, i que si no la creia podia preguntar a Urhi-Tesup que era a Egipte. L'any següent la princesa hitita va entrar a territori egipci i a l'altre any es va casar amb Ramsès II que va proclamar la seva bellesa i va declarar que l'estimava més que a cap altra. El matrimoni va residir a Pi-Ramsès però amb el temps Ramsès va enviar la princesa a l'harem d'el Faium. Ramsès va invitar a Hattusilis va fer un viatge oficial a Egipte però el rei hitita no es va mostrar gaire entusiasmat; el faraó va suggerir trobar-se a Canaan i escortar-lo fins Pi-Ramsès, i finalment el viatge es va fer. Metges egipcis van assistir alguns destacats hitites entre ells Kurunta. Egipte també va enviar gra en un any d'escassetat a Hatti. Hattusilis encara va enviar una altra filla a casar-se amb Ramsès II.

Els kashka
Durant el seu regnat els kashka encara donaven alguns problemes i Hattusilis com a rei va fer contra ells 15 campanyes i el seu fill, com a general, en va fer una dotzena.

Corregència i mort
Cap al final del regne, el seu fill Tudhalias va ser corregent amb ell, i el va succeir a la seva mort.

Referències

Reis hitites

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Unable to negotiate with 123.123.123.123(IP of server): no matching key exchange method found. Their offer: diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
To solve this, I thought of trying this: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/340844/how-to-enable-diffie-hellman-group1-sha1-key-exchange-on-debian-8-0
unfortunately, I can't edit the file here: "C:\Program Files\Git\etc\ssh\ssh_config". It says "Unable to save .., Error: access is denied"
chmod won't work:
$ chmod 777 ssh_config
chmod: changing permissions of 'ssh_config': Permission denied
OS: Windows 10, git version 2.28.0.windows.1

A: Try and add a %USERPROFILE%\.ssh\config with a legacy SSH option:
Host 123.123.123.123
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Then open a new bash session and see if the error persists.

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If you recently lost a loved one, the prospect of writing thank you notes to everyone who sent flowers, made a donation, or attended the funeral might feel like an impossible and overwhelming task. And if that's the case, experts say you shouldn't feel obliged to send them at all.
"When you are grieving, there are a ton of other things to deal with, and if you can take one thing off your list, I would recommend that this should be it," says Ben Michaelis, PhD, a clinical psychologist and author of Your Next Big Thing. "It's tough enough to lose a loved one; we don't need to make it harder by imposing social obligations on them.
That said, some people find the experience of writing messages of gratitude to those who helped them during a difficult time to be cathartic and helpful with the healing process. For others, it might be a tradition in their family or culture. "But don't feel that it's a requirement or that you're behaving in bad manners if you don't send one," Page says.
If you do decide to send thank you notes after a funeral, these tips from etiquette experts can help you determine who to thank and how to go about it.
While it's certainly not required to send a thank you card to every person who attended the funeral—especially if hundreds of people were there—it is a thoughtful gesture to write a note to anyone who truly went above and beyond.
Page recalls a group of neighbors who got together and ordered a meal delivery service for a bereaved family on their street so they wouldn't have to cook dinner for three weeks. Although thank you notes are not required, in a situation like this one, she says, a card would be a thoughtful way to acknowledge the generosity of those people.
After thanking those who made an extraordinary effort, you might consider sending a card to anyone who contributed something tangible, such as if they sent flowers, made a donation to a charity in honor of your loved one, or brought over a home-cooked lasagna.
As for funeral home staff or anyone else who assisted with the logistics of the service, "it's not necessary to send a note, but it's a nice touch," says Page.
Short, simple messages thanking funeral attendees for their love and support are completely acceptable. "You can tell the person, 'I saw you [at the funeral], and I just want to thank you for coming and sharing the day with me and my family,'" says Elaine Swann, an etiquette expert and founder of the Swann School of Protocol in Carlsbad, California.
Being authentic in your message and describing the positive effect their contribution had on your life will make them feel good that they were able to make a small difference. "They had to make some time and energy to think about this [gift] and put it together, so just acknowledging and being grateful for that is good," says Page.
Does it have to be a handwritten card?
Although there's nothing wrong with sending an email, Page prefers handwritten cards (or stationary, if you have more to say), especially if someone went to extra effort to send flowers or a gift.
"We get so many emails nowadays, and they can get lost in the shuffle," she points out. "We read it, then it's gone." On the other hand, people tend to display handwritten cards on their desk, mantle, or dresser and look at them for a period of time, making the message of gratitude long-lasting.
Jacqueline Whitmore, an etiquette expert and founder of the Protocol School of Palm Beach, says pre-printed cards are acceptable, too, particularly for very large services or if you're simply feeling too overwhelmed to hand write dozens of notes. "Sometimes, especially if a death was unexpected, you cannot get handwritten notes out, but you might be able to do a printed card that you express your thanks and sign your name to," she says.
If sending a physical card is too stressful but you do want to make a point to thank someone who sent a gift, calling them on the phone is fine as well. "I wouldn't encourage anyone to leave a voicemail as a thank you though, so if you want to make a verbal thank you, make sure it's directly to the person as opposed to leaving a message," says Page.
This is really up to the bereaved, experts say. "People know that there's a lot that goes on after a death, especially if you're the sole executor of the will," says Whitmore. She recommends aiming for six to eight weeks for those people who made an extra effort, but adds that that's certainly not a hard and fast timeline.


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In case you missed it, Kissing Max Holden sold to Swoon Reads/Macmillan!
What a whirlwind these last few weeks have been! I'm thrilled, grateful, overwhelmed (in the best way), and just really, really relieved.
You see, I was starting to think this publishing thing might not happen for me. I've been at it a long time. I've had a lot of almosts and not-quites and so many incidents of um, maybe… wait, actually… no, thanks I'd need a bazillion blog posts to cover them all.
Real talk: It's been a challenge to press on, to keep at it through years of polite declines. It's been tough to keep writing through persistent disappointment. I've considered giving up more times than I can count.
Kissing Max Holden's sale hasn't come easy.
When I started my first manuscript in 2008, I was convinced it would be The One. I would field multiple offers from agents, and then my tome (let's call it what it was) would sell at auction and be loved be all, the end.
That manuscript didn't sell, or even score me an agent. It was really, really bad.
I wrote a second manuscript, the plotless, melodramatic story that, after many years and many rewrites, would become Kissing Max Holden. Even then, messy and flawed, I loved it. I queried it, and while it was received with more enthusiasm than my first effort, it didn't go anywhere.
It was around this time that a lot of my writer friends were starting to sign with literary agents and (seemingly quickly and with very few hurdles) began to sell their books. I was thrilled for them. Truly. But I'd be a liar if I said I wasn't a little jealous, too.
I wrote a third manuscript — a ghost story, my strongest yet — and signed with an agent. She submitted the manuscript to editors. It didn't sell, but that was okay because it's not uncommon for first-books-on-sub to go unsold. I started working on that plotless, melodramatic manuscript again, the future Kissing Max Holden, because Jillian and Max were still in my head. But then I had to set it aside because things went awry with my then-agent, who I ultimately left.
I was discouraged – I felt like I'd taken a huge step backward – so I worked harder. I signed with a new agent, Victoria Marini, who is awesome. I wrote a new manuscript, a bleak tale with three 3rd-person points of view and a tragic ending. Drafting it was difficult but fulfilling, and editors generally liked the story, but not enough to buy it.
So, I went back to my previous manuscripts; I was looking for familiarity, for comfort. I worked on the ghost story I'd first been signed for, and the manuscript that's now Kissing Max Holden. I developed characters. I raised stakes. I intensified relationships. I improved pacing. I rewrote, and rewrote, and rewrote. My work improved and, in the meantime, I experienced some submission close-calls. But no successes.
Years had passed since I started writing and, honestly, I felt like I'd done my time in the trenches. I'd congratulated my more triumphant friends with sincere smiles and undeniable pings of envy. I'd waded through some serious BS and a lot of rejection. Surely it would be my turn soon.
I wrote on, because what else was I supposed to do?
I branched out; I drafted a story about an epic road trip, and worked on a NaNoWriMo project with bits of verse. I read a lot. I revised a lot. I went on a writing retreat. I traded manuscripts with my talented CPs, and learned from their writing. I tried to focus more on the craft, the art, the experience, and less on the business.
Still, Jillian and Max and their complicated romance lingered. Kissing Max Holden was my second attempt at a novel, and the first time I felt like I might be able to make it at this writing thing. Authors often talk about the "book of their heart" – a story that is personal and particularly significant. To borrow from Beth Revis, a project that is "ripped from their soul" and means more than any other. For me, that book has always been Kissing Max Holden. Even as I wrote new stories, lovely stories that made me proud, I couldn't let this story go.
See, the Swoon Reads model is different. Instead of manuscripts languishing in slush piles or on editors' desks while writers wait and wonder and stress, Swoon Reads puts power into the hands of real readers. It works like this: Writers upload their manuscripts, promote them as they see fit, and hope Swoon Reads members will read, rate, and comment. Manuscripts that are highly rated are read and considered for publication by the Swoon Reads staff.
To me, Kissing Max Holden felt like the perfect Swoon Reads story – it's about falling in love, after all. And so, after several months of research and consideration, I uploaded my story to the site. Then I (anxiously) waited for the November 15th deadline – the date after which the Swoon Reads staff would start considering manuscripts.
While I waited, I did two things: I started a new story (it's currently sitting pretty at 30K words) and applied to be a substitute teacher in my daughter's school district, mostly because I was tired of piling all my eggs in the book deal basket.
Seriously. What if it never happened?
Wouldn't you know it — I got an email from Swoon Reads just as I was leaving school after my very first day of substitute teaching.
They wanted to talk about Kissing Max Holden.
I had a delightful chat with Swoon Reads staffers Lauren and Holly — about my story, its strengths and weaknesses, revision ideas, and an actual publishing contract. My heart was pounding and my head was spinning, but there was never a question in my mind as to whether I would choose to work with Swoon Reads; I couldn't wait to work with Swoon Reads!
Lots has happened between then and now: emails with my agent, emails with Swoon Reads, phone calls with my husband and my family, a celebratory pizza-and-Bud-Light dinner, revision brainstorming sessions, and a mock-up book cover drawn by my daughter.
Everyone's journey is different. There is no right or wrong road to publication. Don't be afraid to try knew things – to take chances!
Positivity is crucial. Surround yourself with people who want you to succeed as badly as you want to succeed yourself.
Timing is very much a factor. So is luck.
Nobody is judging you for how long you've been at it — except for, maybe, you. Keep your eyes on your own paper is very good advice.
If you seek representation, sign with a competent, encouraging, savvy agent. Trust your intuition.
Be kind. Be gracious. Return favors. Say thank you. People will remember you and the way you've behaved.
Write the sort of book you want to read. Your story has to interest you before it'll interest anyone else.
Related: Write the sort of book that'll stretch your skills and your creativity. Learn. Grow.
Find smart, supportive CPs. When in doubt (or in need of a boost), turn to those CPs.
Always have your next project(s) in mind.
Finally, all the gratitude to my husband and my daughter, my parents and my in-laws – thank you for believing this would happen. Victoria – thank you for sticking with me, for your savviness and positivity. Alison, Temre, Riley, Elodie – thank you for years of friendship, emails of commiseration, and words of encouragement. You (and your writing) inspire me. Tracey, Amie, Jessica, Liz, Erin, Amanda, Jolene, Jaime, Kate, Taryn, and Christa, thank you for your support and feedback and enthusiasm. My writing is better because of you. And to everyone who read, rated, and commented on Kissing Max Holden over at Swoon Reads… I owe you oodles of cookies!
I'm so happy you are finally able to make this post! Thank YOU for sharing and being an inspiration yourself. 🙂 Hugs hugs hugs!
Such a great post. I'm adding KISSING MAX HOLDEN to my TBR-list with a giant star next to it!
Congratulations on the next step in you journey.
Very encouraging, which I needed today. thank you.
Words cannot even begin to describe how proud we are of you….
Thanks for sharing your story w/us! Gives me hope. =) I've been writing for seven years, and have written four books. I'll be querying the third book soon, and keep thinking surely this will be when I get an agent/or publishing deal. But it might not be. And that's okay! Sometimes it just takes awhile to get where you need to be. Congrats again, Katy!
Katy, I am simply overjoyed to see this post!! As a writer, it is so incredible to see someone with SO MUCH talent and dedication get the recognition they deserve! As a friend, there is absolutely nothing better than seeing something wonderful happen to someone you care very much for. Thank you for sharing this post with us all, Katy! It is honest, encouraging, and so very inspiring! Thank you most of all for letting me walk alongside you these many years. You did it!!!!! And there is so much more to come 🙂 P.S. Regardless of the beautiful covers ahead, I am pretty sure none will ever compare to the one C made for you – so, so precious!!
I'm one of Liz's CP, so I've heard your name over the years. I'm so excited for you! This is a wonderful story.
And what a cool model for a publishing house–I didn't know there was anything like this. Congratulations, and I'm excited to read KISSING MAX HOLDEN when it comes out!
Congratulations! Your post is an inspiration to keep my chin up and my eyes aimed forward because sometimes this whole getting published thing is haaaaarrd!
Yay, Katy! I love reading these types of blog posts. I'm so excited for you! Enjoy every moment!


Jiu Jitsu Filmmaker Stuart Cooper joins EBR for episode 59, with special co-host Rose Gracie.
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