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John Cattling at War
Material courtesy of Alan Sandall, Frome Rotary Club, and Frome Museum
Rotary Wheel
Historical Market Town "Frome" aids His Majesty's Trawler "John Cattling"
Alan Sandall, Frome Rotarian
This is a snapshot of quite amazing efforts by Rotarians in Frome to live up to their declaration "Service Above Self" during the darkest days of World War Two. It also tells of the efforts of their wives in their Inner Wheel Club, to help Servicemen.
Just four months after war was declared the club "adopted" a trawler, commandeered and pressed into service minesweeping in the Dover Channel. Her name, HMT John Cattling. The Rotarians were not to know she was working in such a "hot spot", which was to become even "hotter".
During the dreadful days of the Dunkirk Evacuation she was clearly a life-saver for many because, being just 276 tons, 125 feet in length and drawing just 12 feet 8 inches in depth, she could go inshore and rescue men. Indeed, she was lucky to survive herself when Stuka bombers sunk two sister ships and badly damaged a third whilst the flotilla was alongside Dunkirk's east mole.
In Frome Rotarians knew nothing of this until a pencil-written letter from the fisherman skipper modestly said he had been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. There was no detail, censorship was strict, but the wily Rotarians noted that the letters were posted in Dover! It is only post-war that it has been possible to find and tell this story.
Within months more of the crew of the John Cattling were decorated, quite an achievement for a small trawler with a crew of 20. A later letter said the John Cattling had been awarded two DFCs, two DSMs and two Mentioned in Despatches.
Reporting to both the Rotarians and Inner Wheelthe Club Secretary said:
"This adoption is one of the best pieces of social service that our clubs have ever undertaken, and I am pleased to conduct the correspondence with the Skippers.
"Although I have never met the men, their simple and direct letters always leave me with the impression that I know them, and I would like the opportunity of meeting them after the war."
Steam Trawler mine sweeper, HMT John Cattling
Early in 1940 the Frome Rotary Club, together with the Inner Wheel, adopted the Steam Trawler John Cattling. Every month they sent the crew a parcel consisting of groceries, toiletries, cigarettes, etc. Also the ladies of Inner Wheel were kept busy with their knitting needles. The crew often requested jumpers, socks, scarves and mittens. It is easy to imagine what these comforts meant to the crew during those trying times, showing one more aspect of the generosity of the Frome inhabitants.
Commander officers From and To
1) T/Skr. George William Aldan,DSC, RNR, 30 Jan 1940 – 13 Sep 1940
2) Skr. George Robert Burwood, RNR, 13 Sep 1940 – 4 Apr 1941
3) Ch.Skr. Albert Winterburn Bowles, RNR, 4 Apr 1941 – 30 May 1941
4) Skr. Tom Smith, RNR, 30 May 1941 to late 1942
5) T/Skr. Joseph Thomas Arnold, RNR, late 1942 to 31 Dec 1943
6) T/Skr. Bertram Carlton, RNR, 31 Dec 1943 – 5 Sep 1944
7) T/Skr. Alfred Halliwell, DSC, RNR, 5 Sep 1944 – mid 1945
Pen picture of Frome's adopted trawler
Letters written by Skippers of the minesweeping trawler, HMT John Cattling, are on display, thanks to the diligence of the Rotary club's Archivist, Roy Sandoe, in keeping and collating the Frome Club's records. Please note that some of the letters are written in pencil, which emphasises the conditions when sent. Note also, that all are C/o the GPO London, a familiar address to sailors who could never say – and probably quite often never knew – where their ship would be when replies were sent from home.
The Brave Men who manned the HMT John Cattling:
The Skipper of the trawler when adopted was George Aldan, who became a Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve, which surely means he was a fisherman mustered into the Royal Navy. Records show the DSC he was awarded at Dunkirk was not for minesweeping. It was for his bravery during the evacuation.
Further research records that whilst in Dunkirk harbour she aided the destroyer HMS Grenade, mortally hit by two bombs. The John Cattling towed her away from the main channel to the edge of the outer harbour where she exploded. John Cattling, herself, brought out 77 troops.
Skipper Aldan was wounded a few months later but not whilst at sea! He was a casualty of German bombers whilst ashore on a brief leave. In a letter he says a bomb dropped five yards behind him, making a 20 feet deep hole! He escaped with four wounds! His modest words were: I received a packet last Wednesday evening and am now taking a little rest cure.! Frome Rotary Club kept in touch and asked the Chatham Rotary Club to visit him in hospital.
As a result a new Skipper, George Burwood, was appointed to the John Cattling, in September, 1940. Skipper Burwood, likewise, kept in touch with the Rotary Club, until he moved on in April 1941. Chief Skipper Albert Bowles was in command for a couple of months and then Skipper Tom Smith took over until late 1942. Letters in the archive show that all found time to respond to the letters and parcels from Frome.
The next Skippers were Joseph Arnold for a year until December 1943, when Bertram Carlton took command until September 1944, with Alfred Halliwell, DSC, becoming the final Skipper before she hauled down the White Ensign.
When Skipper George Aldan recovered from his wounds he took command of another minesweeping trawler, HMT Gwenllian in November, 1940, and was promoted to Lieutenant RNR (Royal Naval Reserve). In 1942 he was Mentioned in Despatches, and on June 6, 1944, he received a Bar to his DSC, "for his leadership, skill and devotion to duty, in an important minesweeping operation of the Humber, January 28, 1944."
Clips from letters to and from "Hell's Corner"
Rotary Secretary:
"We are forwarding our first parcels which consist of an assortment of eatables, smokes and some knitted garments … If at any time you or any of your crew happen to be in our district we can assure you of a very warm welcome."
Skipper Aldan:
"I am sorry I could not write before as we have been busy this week. You have congratulated me, would it make you any more pleased to know that your ship has got two DSC's, two DSM's and two Mentioned in Despatches for meritorious work at Calais as well as Dunkirk.
"Don't you think I am proud of the old ship?
"If you tell the kind ladies who send the parcels it will perhaps help to cheer them up during these trying times. The woollens you sent are just the right size."
"Just a line to let you know you will have a fresh Skipper in the old J.C. as I received a packet last Wednesday afternoon …
"I was lucky enough to have a bomb drop about five yards from me and escape with only a few scratches which was enough to put me here (Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham).
"I hope you will not forget to write to the old Skipper … remember me to the ladies."
"Very sorry to hear of your injuries…
"In writing to the old J.C. today we have sent them another two parcels, and our congratulations for their fine performance which they must have put up to secure the decorations they have at Calais and Dunkirk. We think that every credit is due to you as their Skipper…
"I am writing to the Chatham Rotary Club asking them to visit you in hospital, and only hope that a visit from somebody whom you can treat as a friend will be appreciated."
"I am pleased to hear you have sent the usual parcels to the old J.C. as they were a good lot of lads."
"We have today dispatched two parcels of cakes, sweets, etc., and you will receive direct from Player's a parcel of cigarettes, duty free…
"Our ladies are just commencing knitting for the coming winter months… We recently had a visit from a nephew of one of our members, who served at the Dunkirk show on Malcolm Campbell's yacht "Bluebird", and we were delighted to find that he knew you personally, and the trawler."
New commanding officer, Skipper George Burwood:
I now take the pleasure of thanking you and the members for their kindness to my crew and myself … The mate told me all about your gifts to them. Needless for me to say how grateful we are to receive them."
H.M.T. JOHN CATTLING
c/o G.P.O. LONDON
First of all, let me thank both you and the members of your club for their kindness to myself and my crew. We all appreciate the things you have sent, and realize that to send us the cakes someone must go short of sugar, etc., owing to rationing. We are still policing the channel and the weather has been good to us lately, for which we are thankful.
I have at last managed to secure permission to have the ship and crew photographed and have pleasure in sending you one. I will endeavour to give you a brief summary of the crew. I have numbered everybody off from left to right, starting on the back row.
8) George Burrows, age 29, a Fleetwood fisherman who started the sea at the age of 16, as a deck-hand, working his way slowly up, he is married, with two children, and he is serving as second-hand on board our ship.
9) Tom Buckley, age 21, a Manchester clerk who had never been to sea before in his life, until he joined the J.C., and now thinks there is no other life worth living. He is thinking of getting married on his next leave, he is our Sparks.
10) Leslie Harrison, age 19, from Birmingham, also a clerk, never having been to sea before, and wishing he still hadn't. A young boy, trying to do his bit, he is our "Bunts".
11) Geoffrey Hey, age 21, from Halifax. A woollen spinner, he also had never been to sea before and still does not think much of it. He is one of our stokers.
12) Russel Winney, age 36, from Ipswich, who served in a tailor's shop for 21 years, and was also a great yachting enthusiast. Tried to get in as a writer, but is now using a shovel instead of a pen. He is married and has a daughter of 10 years. He is also a stoker.
13) Charles Kuble, age 22. From Barrow-in Furness, who served as assistant cook in cargo ships, so is no stranger to the sea. He is our cook.
14) Earnest Smith, age 25, from Milford Haven. A fisherman starting the sea at the age of 16 years. Married with a young wife and baby daughter. He is our Leading Seaman.
15) Earnest Yarborough, age 24, from Grimsby. Starting as a deck-hand on a trawler at the age of 16. You already know he won the D.S.M. He is married and has one daughter. He is our Gunner.
16) George Macdonald. From Fraserburgh, Scotland, aged 27, was a cooper by trade, also had little sea experience. Married with a wife and three children. He is one of our Seamen.
17) Kenneth Gurdlestone, age 19, from Grimsby, who had just started to serve on trawlers when he was called up, also a Seaman.
18) John Donothy, age 22, from Hexham, he was a house decorator and painter in civil life, who took to the sea like a duck to water, also a Seaman.
19) Frank Binfield, age 21, from Gillingham. He was a traveller for one of the local tailors, and had never been to sea, but now enjoys it immensely. He is our Ship's Steward.
20) George Scrimgour, age 32, from Blythe. He was a Donkey-man in the Merchant Navy, starting the sea at the age of 18 years. A married man with a wife and two children. He is our 2nd Engineer.
21) James Foster, age 27, from Hull. Starting as a spare-hand at the age of 19. He is single but considering marriage. He is our Point Five Gunner.
22) Joe Pendergast, age 27, from Hull. He started the sea as a trimmer at the age of 15, is married and has three children. He is going through for engine-man, and is one of our Stokers.
23) Kenneth West, age 24, from Whitstable. Was a butcher by trade, also a keen yachtsman. He is the man who looks after our diesel engine. He is married with a wife and young baby.
24) Myself, age 34, from Aberdeen, Scotland. Starting the sea at the age of 15, as a deckhand and working my way up the tree until I reached the position of Skipper at the age of 24. I am married, and have a young daughter age 5½. I am Skipper and in charge of the ship.
25) James Mason, age 35, from Milford Haven. Starting the life of a fisherman at the age of 18, and gradually working his way up to Chief Engineer. He is single and does not believe in women and marriage. He is our Chief Engine-man.
26) Ernest Emery, age 24, From Hertfordshire. In civil life was an electric wireman. He had never seen the sea until he joined the J.C. He has done some good work since he joined, being mentioned in dispatches, also thinking of getting married on his next leave. He is our wireman.
27) George Greener, age 26 from Southend, was a cabin boy in passenger ships and always complains when we are not at sea. He is single and intends to remain that way, or so he says. He is another of our seamen.
28) Alfred Littlefield, age 22 from London. Was a flour-mixer in civil life and does not like the life of a sailor. He is our assistant cook.
I have now mentioned all the members of our crew, except the cat, which we picked up from a piece of floating wreckage, from a ship which had just been sunk by a mine. She makes a nice pet and is well cared for by the boys.
As you will notice we are a mixed crowd, but never-the-less get along quite well together. We unfortunately have our longest serving member of our crew in hospital, with a bad accident to his finger. His name is Thomas Weston, age 21 from Birmingham. A glass-blower by trade, and now serving as a stoker on board.
You will realize that being at war the ship has had many changes of crew, but is still the "J.C." which has done so well on the Dover Patrol.
In closing I again wish to thank you all for your kindness, and sincerely hope "jerry" still leaves you all alone,
I am,
G. R. Burwood Sk R.N.R.
P.S. I hope you will accept my apologies for being so long in replying, only we have been waiting for the photographs to come through.
Skipper George Aldan, DSC and Bar
First Commanding Officer of HMT John Cattling was Skipper George Aldan. His bravery at Dunkirk earned him the DSC, (the Distinguished Service Cross). Whilst alongside the harbour wall in the stricken evacuation port, his ship along with others was dived bombed by Stukas. Two sister ships were sunk, another badly damaged, and a destroyer mortally wounded. George Aldan and his 19-strong crew towed the destroyer, HMS Grenade away from blocking the channel, out to the edge of the outer harbour where the destroyer exploded!
The John Cattling, with her crew of 20, herself brought home 77 soldiers. None of this detail was known to the Frome Rotarians.
George Aldan, a fisherman in peacetime, after being injured, moved on to command a sister ship, HMS Gwenllian. In the King's Birthday Honours of 1942 he was Mentioned in Despatches and in April 1944 he was decorated again.
He received a Bar to his DSC for "Leadership, skill and devotion to duty in an important minesweeping operation in the Humber area in January 1944". By that time he was promoted to be a Lieutenant, RNR, (Royal Naval Reserve).
The Rotary Secretary reported to the club in December, 1940, that "We have been able to arrange for the Adoption of his new ship by the Frome Knitting Circle, under the leadership of Miss Burchell."
Six sailors' lives were saved by the John Cattling on May 24, 1940. She picked up an officer and five ratings from a carley float, survivors of the destroyer HMS Wessex, which was bombed and sunk as she left Dover.
Carley floats were made just a few hundred yards from this museum at Notts Industries, Frome, during World War Two. Many lives were saved with the floats. One is an exhibit in the museum.
Sadly Skipper George Burwood was killed on January 13, 1942. During an air raid bombers struck the stone-frigate shore base, HMS Europa, in Lowestoft and a number of Royal Naval men and women died. Before joining HMT John Cattling – succeeding Skipper George Aldan, when he was injured ashore in a bombing raid – Skipper Burwood survived the sinking of his previous ship, another mine-sweeping trawler, in a collision with a mystery ship.
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Supreme Court to decide Ibrahim Mahama's bauxite fate on July 31
Source: dailyguidenetwork.com
The Supreme Court has set July 31 to deliver its judgement on the Attorney-General's (A-G) writ challenging the decision of an Accra High Court to grant an application of certiorari filed by Exton Cubic Group Limited over three mining leases it obtained 'illegally'.
The A-G last year filed the writ insisting that the High Court, presided over by Justice Kweku Ackah Boafo, lacked the jurisdiction to "grant a certiorari to enforce or protect a non-existent right."
According to the Office of the A-G, the three mining leases were not properly obtained by the company, owned by former President Mahama's younger brother and said the High Court should not have granted the application for judicial review filed by lawyers of Ibrahim's company.
An Accra High Court (General Jurisdiction Division) on February 8, 2018, granted the application for judicial review filed by Exton Cubic that was challenging the decision of then Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, to cancel the mining leases of the company by "just the stroke of a pen."
The court held that the minister exceeded his powers when he 'clothed' himself with the jurisdiction to determine the legality or otherwise of the lease.
The same court in its ruling held that Exton Cubic did not have a mining right as the leases were not acquired through the means as required by law.
According to the court, going through the processes leading to the signing of the mining lease shows that the lease did not comply with the statute; the Minerals and Mining Act 2006 (Act 703).
The court also refused two other reliefs sought by Exton Cubic including the application for an injunction restraining the minister from interfering with its (Exton Cubic Ltd's) rights acquired by virtue of the leases, as well as an order of injunction restraining the minister from granting the rights acquired by the mining leases.
A-G's Challenge
Not satisfied with the decision, the A-G proceeded to the Supreme Court arguing that the presiding judge committed a "grave error" in his reasons advanced in quashing the letter written by the minister in respect of the supposed Exton Cubic lease.
Deputy A-G's Argument
"It is our respectful submission that the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources in writing the letter on 4th September, 2017, was only stating the obvious situation of the purported leases being invalid and of no effect for non-compliance with the law. He did not from the wording of his letter, terminate or revoke any lease," Deputy A-G, Godfred Yeboah Dame pointed out yesterday.
The A-G is, therefore, praying for an order from the Supreme Court directed at the High Court to bring its decision to the apex court for it to be quashed.
It says, "The High Court acted without jurisdiction when it heard and determined the suit of the interested party (Exton Cubic Group Limited) in violation of the mandatorily prescribed provisions of Section 27 of Act 703.
Lawyer for Exton Cubic, Osafo Buabeng, opposed the application saying the law did not expressly give any timeline for parliamentary ratification regarding the issue before the High Court and that there must be an existing mining lease before ratification.
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In her foreword to America Is in the Heart — Carlos Bulosan's classic 1946 novel about Filipinx and Mexican migrant workers on the West Coast — the Filipina American novelist Elaine Castillo asks readers, "Do you remember how old you were when you first read a book that had a character who looked and lived like you in it?"
As a white reader, my answer to Castillo's question is most assuredly different than that of readers of color — I can't share the thrill of discovering people who look like me in the pages of Bulosan's gorgeous and brutal autobiographical novel, nor in the other three mid-century Asian American novels that Penguin Classics has just reprinted.
But I can experience a different kind of thrill: that of being blown away by the work of some of these writers and understanding America better through the fierce love and disappointment that courses through their pages.
Bulosan is the best known novelist of the four — his book, America Is in the Heart, has long been celebrated as the Filipinx counterpart to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Bulosan's first-person narrator here is beaten up and dismissed as a "googoo" and "brown monkey" as he tries to organize fellow workers and rides boxcars up and down the West Coast, looking for subsistence jobs in kitchens, laundries and out on farm fields. Yet, the novel ends with the narrator's affirmation that "no man — no one at all — could destroy my faith in America" — a reassurance that no doubt boosted the novel's eventual wide acceptance onto the college curricula.
"Wide acceptance" aren't the words you'd think of in connection with the work of Chinese American writer H.T. Tsiang. His novel, The Hanging on Union Square, was rejected by virtually every publisher in America, prompting him to self-publish in 1935.
I can sympathize with those flummoxed publishers. This book, like much of Gertrude Stein's work, is more fun to talk about than to read. It follows an everyman hero named, "Mr. Nut," over the course of a single night in New York as he wanders into Communist cafeterias, Bowery flop houses and a violent confrontation with a capitalist named "Mr. System" in Union Square.
Forget Mr. Nut; Tsiang's own life story sounds like it would make a fabulous novel or film. He was born in poverty in Shanghai, became a secretary to Chinese President Sun Yat-sen and eventually wound up working as an actor in Hollywood, known for performing an "R-rated, one-man, one-hour adaptation of Hamlet every Friday night … for a dozen years." Tsiang nestles comfortably into the "American Oddball" creative tradition.
Korean-American novelist Younghill Kang didn't need to self-publish: He was taken on by Maxwell Perkins, the legendary Scribner's editor who counted Fitzgerald and Hemingway among his authors. Kang's 1937 novel, East Goes West, is a coming-to-America odyssey that charts the wanderings of its hero, Chungpa Han, as he flees Japanese-occupied Korea for America. Kang is distinguished by his stylistic gusto. Here, for instance, is his rendering of that iconic immigrant moment — Chungpa Han's first sighting of the skyline of Manhattan:
A city of Babel towers, casually, easily strewn end up against the skies—they stood at the brink, close crowded, the brink of America, these Giantesses, these Fates, … No earth clung to their skirts. … [T]hey spurned the earth. And there was no monument to the Machine Age like America.
I saved for last the novel that, for me, is the greatest discovery: John Okada's 1957 book, No-No Boy. Okada was a second-generation Japanese American — a nisei — who served in World War II. His brilliant noir-ish novel dives deep into the fractures in the Japanese American community after the war. Some nisei men, in protest of the forced internment of Japanese Americans, refused to serve in the military and or to pledge allegiance to the U.S. They became known as "no-no boys"; after the war, their community turned away from them, just as it later turned away from Okada's truth-telling novel.
No-No Boy is filled with charged moments and observations: Japanese-American men nervously wearing "I am Chinese buttons"; the crucial difference of an apostrophe that turns the Japanese name, "Ohara" into the Irish, O'Hara; and the constant refrain of "Go back to Tokyo, boy" that our main character, a young man named Ichiro, hears on the streets of Seattle.
No-No Boy is spectacular and troubling and topical. Castillo said of America Is in the Heart, "To not read it is, to put it simply, not to know America." Certainly the same can be said of most, if not all, of these classic Asian American novels.
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This is FRESH AIR. May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and our book critic Maureen Corrigan marked the occasion by reading the four reprints of mid-20th century novels by Asian American authors that Penguin Classics has just brought out in striking paperback editions. Here's her review.
MAUREEN CORRIGAN, BYLINE: In her foreword to "America Is In The Heart," Carlos Bulosan's classic 1946 novel about Filipinx and Mexican migrant workers on the West Coast, the Filipina American novelist Elaine Castillo asks readers, do you remember how old you were when you first read a book that had a character who looked and lived like you in it?
As a white reader, my answer to Castillo's question is most assuredly different than that of readers of color. I can't share the thrill of discovering people who look like me in the pages of Bulosan's gorgeous and brutal autobiographical novel, nor in the other three mid-century Asian American novels that Penguin Classics has just reprinted. But I can experience a different type of thrill – that of being blown away by the work of some of these writers and understanding America better through the fierce love and disappointment that courses through their pages.
Bulosan is the best-known novelist of the four. His book "America Is In The Heart" has long been celebrated as the Filipinx counterpart to Steinbeck's "Grapes Of Wrath." Bulosan's first-person narrator here is beaten up for being a goo-goo, or brown monkey, as he tries to organize fellow workers and rides boxcars up and down the West Coast, looking for subsistence jobs in kitchens, laundries and out on farm fields. Yet the novel ends with the narrator's affirmation that no man, no one at all could destroy my faith in America, a reassurance that no doubt boosted the novel's eventual wide acceptance onto the college curricula.
Wide acceptance aren't the words you'd think of in connection with the work of Chinese American writer H.T. Tsiang. His novel "The Hanging On Union Square" was rejected by virtually every publisher in America, prompting him to self-publish in 1935. I can sympathize with those flummoxed publishers. This book, like much of Gertrude Stein's work, is much more fun to talk about than to read. It follows an everyman hero named Mr. Nut over the course of a single night in New York as he wanders into communist cafeterias, Bowery flophouses and a violent confrontation with a capitalist named Mr. System in Union Square.
Forget Mr Nut. Tsiang's own life story sounds like it would make a fabulous novel or film. He was born in poverty in Shanghai, became a secretary to Chinese President Sun Yat-sen and eventually wound up working as an actor in Hollywood known for performing an R-rated one-man one-hour adaptation of "Hamlet" every Friday night for twelve years. Tsiang nestles comfortably into the American oddball creative tradition.
Korean American novelist Younghill Kang didn't need to self-publish. He was taken on by Maxwell Perkins, the legendary Scribner's editor who counted Fitzgerald and Hemingway among his authors. Kang's 1937 novel "East Goes West" is a coming-to-America odyssey that charts the wanderings of its hero, Chungpa Han, as he flees Japanese-occupied Korea for America. Kang is distinguished by his stylistic gusto. Here, for instance, is his rendering of that iconic immigrant moment – Chungpa Han's first sighting of the skyline of Manhattan.
(Reading) A city of Babel towers casually, easily strewn end up against the skies. They stood at the brink, close-crowded, the brink of America, these giantesses, these fates. No earth clung to their skirts. They spurned the earth, and there was no monument to the machine age like America.
I saved for last the novel that for me is the greatest discovery – John Okada's 1957 book "No-No Boy." Okada was a second-generation Japanese American, a Nisei who served in World War II. His brilliant noirish novel dives deep into the fractures in the Japanese American community after the war. Some Nisei men in protest of the forced internment of Japanese Americans refused to serve in the military or to pledge allegiance to the U.S. They became known as no-no boys. After the war, their community turned away from them just as it later turned away from Okada's truth-telling novel.
"No-No Boy" is filled with charged moments and observations – Japanese American men nervously wearing I Am Chinese buttons, the crucial difference of an apostrophe that turns the Japanese name Ohara into the Irish O'Hara and the constant refrain of, go back to Tokyo, boy, that our main character, a young man named Ichiro, hears on the streets of Seattle. "No-No Boy" is spectacular and troubling and topical.
Elaine Castillo said of "America Is In The Heart" to not read it is, to put it simply, not to know America. Certainly the same can be said of most, if not all, of these classic Asian American novels.
GROSS: Maureen Corrigan teaches literature at Georgetown University. She reviewed four reprints of mid-20th century novels by Asian American authors that Penguin Classics has just brought out in paperback editions.
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GROSS: Tomorrow on FRESH AIR, my guests will be children's book illustrator and author Maira Kalman and her son, designer Alex Kalman. They collaborated on the new book and museum exhibit "Sara Berman's Closet." It's kind of a fairy tale about Maira's mother, Alex's grandmother, who went from a Belarus shtetl to Palestine to Manhattan. At age 60, she left her husband and started a new life and started wearing only white. I hope you can join us.
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Q: Windows 7 BSOD when playing games I get a blue screen of death from almost any game I play (only from games). I can run the computer for days with no problem as long as I don't start any games. The BSOD is
KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR

STOP: 0x7A (0xFFFFF6FC400097E0, 0xFFFFFFFFC000009D, 0x0000000009B76086, 0xFFFFF880012FC758)

Ntfs.sys - Address FFFFF880012FC758 base at FFFFF8800120E000 DateStamp 0xFFFFF880012FC758

Sometimes a different screen comes up but that is the most common. I'm pulling this from a picture on my phone.
This error occurs on every game I've played so far EXCEPT Borderlands 2. I've run harddrive health checks and come up with nothing. I've purchased and used a power supply tester and everything was green. I have literally no idea what could be causing this.
Hardware Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd.
RAM: 16GB DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
HDD: 2 3TB 7200RPM Seagate Barracuda
Any lead on even what I could look at would be helpful at this point. At some point my gaming group is going to finish Borderlands 2 and I would like to be able to play something else.

A: KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR means that Windows can't read data from the pagefile.
The error C000009D means STATUS_DEVICE_NOT_CONNECTED. So Windows lost the HDD and can't read the data. Try different SATA cables.

A: Method 1.
Run the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool. Not sure will that work because this is to check the memory.Method 2. Type "cmd" at search and run Command Prompt as administrator. Then do the following command: sfc /scannow.Method 3. Check can you boot into safe mode. If  not: boot from Windows 7 CD/USB installation drive. As you get "Windows 7 Install now" don't click Install Now. Press "Repair your computer". Get Command Prompt and do following commands:
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bootrec /scanosAfter you done it, boot into Safe Mode and go to Drivers. Click on Sound Card, Video Adapter and Network Adapter and disable one by one. Boot normally and try enabling them.

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Stars Celebrate Two Decades of Glamour with Badgley Mischka
by Marguerite Ruazol April 15, 2009
Badgley Mischka 20th Anniversary
NEW YORK, Apr 15, 2009 / FW/ — Has it been 20 years already when Mark Badgley and James Mischka burst into the fashion scene and took Hollywood by storm?
For those of you who had read the April issues of Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar and InStyle, then you would have seen the 20th anniversary campaign featuring Eva Longoria, Carrie Underwood, Brooke Shields, Lauren Hutton and Anjelica Huston wearing Badgley Mischka couture eveningwear and accessories posed with designing duo Mark Badgley and James Mischka.
Shot by legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, the image used in the campaign feature the tagline "Two Decades of Glamour," symbolic of Badgley Mischka's strong relationship with Hollywood over the past twenty years.
Commenting on the photo shoot, Brooke Shields, stated, "This was a moment in time for me to be here with women that I admire, younger and older and with these two men who really appreciate women and design for them."
Over the past twenty years, Badgley Mischka has flourished into a true lifestyle brand recognizable worldwide. To date, the Badgley Mischka label includes: Badgley Mischka Couture, Eveningwear, Handbags, Eyewear, Footwear, Accessories, Jewelry, Watches, Swimwear, Fragrance, Home, Bridal and Bridesmaids. Badgley Mischka is sold in the most prestigious stores in the world including Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Holt Renfrew.
Mark Badgley & James Mischka met in 1982 at Parsons School of Design in New York City. In 1988, the duo joined for forces and started Badgley Mischka. Both men had an affinity for making women look glamorous. In the Spring of 1999, the first Badgley Mischka collection hit top retailers such as Henri Bendel and Barney's.
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I'm a Mac enthusiast that's been helping friends and family become Mac users for years.
Recently one of my 'customers' spilled a glass of tap water over her MacBook Unibody which was switched on and running at the time. She said most of it went on the keyboard, but the screen may have been splashed too.
She didn't turn it off - it shut down by itself, apparently. She didn't do any of the things you're supposed to do (turning off the power, removing the battery, puttting it upside down to dry, etc.) and didn't tell me until a couple of days later. So it was basically too late by then.
I received the machine a week ago, promptly dismantled it to see if it was wet, but everything was now dry. I left it all this week to dry out, but no change.
The machine boots fine (correct startup chime), but the screen doesn't show anything. It's just white. The backlight works fine but the screen has developed some faint vertical stripes.
I connected the Mac to an external screen today and used Cmd-F1 to get it to display on the external screen. The Mac seems to be running fine apart from the screen issue.
I have now backed it up using Time Machine, but I just can't get the internal display working.
What's next? A whole new logic board, or is it the screen that's defective?
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As you know the first thing is to check out the unit using the ifixit guide. (Link provided) Since the unit works with the external monitor I would check the data cable to the LCD as well as all connections to the display for security and corrosion. Good luck.
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Songa Halstead, left, and Tina Romig from Wadsworth pose for a picture after finishing their ninth 5K this year. Their goal is to do one each month.
Participants in the Run for the Trails 5K in Seville take off from the starting line at 9 a.m. on Labor Day.
Runners approach the finish line around the 25 minute mark. The shade that covered the home stretch provided a cool break for the runners.
SEVILLE — Sonja Halstead and Tina Romig of Wadsworth dressed in matching tank tops that said "I hate running" to a 5K in Seville on Monday.
Despite the sentiment expressed on her shirt, this was not Romig's first time participating in the Run for the Trails 5K.
Halstead and Romig have a goal to do one 5K a month this year and the 5K at Stanhope Park in Seville on Labor Day was their ninth.
The race started and ended in Stanhope Park. Runners did a 3.1 mile loop along Chippewa Creek and Leohr Park.
"It started 18 years ago," said race director Dennis Gordon.
"Basically, it was established for Labor Day as a Labor Day attraction up in the village," Gordon added but the race began primarily in order to fund the building of hiking and biking trails in Seville.
A trail was built in Seville three years after the start of the 5K, which continues to raise money for an expansion of that trail and for other trails in the village.
About 150 runners participated in the race despite the heat, 77 degrees during the race, and the humidity that was prevalent in the early morning hours. Registration for the event began at 7:30 a.m. and runners crossed the starting line at 9 a.m. The race lasted about an hour, although most of the runners finished in 40 minutes or less. The trees and Gazebo in Stanhope provided refuge from the heat for the runners and their families.
The overall awards were divided into two age groups. The overall female and male were for those with the best times.
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Q: Error in Tensorflow Object Detection running on Cloud ML: no module object_detection.train Not sure if this is a bug (file report), or I did something wrong.
System information:
Linux 17.04
TensorFlow version:
1.9.0
Python version:
2.7.13
Command I used:
gcloud ml-engine jobs submit training object_detection_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)  \
    --job-dir="gs://mybucket/train" \
    --packages dist/object_detection-0.1.tar.gz,slim/dist/slim-0.1.tar.gz \
    --module-name object_detection.train \
    --region us-central1 \
    --config /home/me/Desktop/die_detection/config.yml \
    -- \
    --train_dir="gs://mybucket/train" \
    --pipeline_config_path="gs://mybucket/data/pipeline_cloud.config"

Tried following this sample, but with my own data: https://github.com/tensorflow/models/blob/master/research/object_detection/g3doc/running_pets.md
Works fine locally. Running on CloudML Engine, I get a non-0 exit status. From the logs it seems object_detection.train cannot be found.
Source code / logs
E  The replica ps 0 exited with a non-zero status of 1. Termination reason: Error. To find out more about why your job exited please check the logs: https://console.cloud.google.com/logs/viewer?project=730275006403&resource=ml_job%2Fjob_id%2Fobject_detection_20180725_090524&advancedFilter=resource.type%3D%22ml_job%22%0Aresource.labels.job_id%3D%22object_detection_20180725_090524%22
  undefined
E  ps-replica-0 Command '['python', '-m', u'object_detection.train', u'--train_dir=gs://mybucket/train', u'--pipeline_config_path=gs://mybucket/data/pipeline_cloud.config', '--job-dir', u'gs://mybucket/train']' returned non-zero exit status 1 ps-replica-0
  undefined
E  ps-replica-0 /usr/bin/python: No module named object_detection.train ps-replica-0
  undefined

My pipeline.config:
# SSD with Mobilenet v1, configured for Oxford-IIIT Pets Dataset.
# Users should configure the fine_tune_checkpoint field in the train config as
# well as the label_map_path and input_path fields in the train_input_reader and
# eval_input_reader. Search for "PATH_TO_BE_CONFIGURED" to find the fields that
# should be configured.

model {
  ssd {
    num_classes: 1
    box_coder {
      faster_rcnn_box_coder {
        y_scale: 10.0
        x_scale: 10.0
        height_scale: 5.0
        width_scale: 5.0
      }
    }
    matcher {
      argmax_matcher {
        matched_threshold: 0.5
        unmatched_threshold: 0.5
        ignore_thresholds: false
        negatives_lower_than_unmatched: true
        force_match_for_each_row: true
      }
    }
    similarity_calculator {
      iou_similarity {
      }
    }
    anchor_generator {
      ssd_anchor_generator {
        num_layers: 6
        min_scale: 0.2
        max_scale: 0.95
        aspect_ratios: 1.0
        aspect_ratios: 2.0
        aspect_ratios: 0.5
        aspect_ratios: 3.0
        aspect_ratios: 0.3333
      }
    }
    image_resizer {
      fixed_shape_resizer {
        height: 300
        width: 300
      }
    }
    box_predictor {
      convolutional_box_predictor {
        min_depth: 0
        max_depth: 0
        num_layers_before_predictor: 0
        use_dropout: false
        dropout_keep_probability: 0.8
        kernel_size: 1
        box_code_size: 4
        apply_sigmoid_to_scores: false
        conv_hyperparams {
          activation: RELU_6,
          regularizer {
            l2_regularizer {
              weight: 0.00004
            }
          }
          initializer {
            truncated_normal_initializer {
              stddev: 0.03
              mean: 0.0
            }
          }
          batch_norm {
            train: true,
            scale: true,
            center: true,
            decay: 0.9997,
            epsilon: 0.001,
          }
        }
      }
    }
    feature_extractor {
      type: 'ssd_mobilenet_v1'
      min_depth: 16
      depth_multiplier: 1.0
      conv_hyperparams {
        activation: RELU_6,
        regularizer {
          l2_regularizer {
            weight: 0.00004
          }
        }
        initializer {
          truncated_normal_initializer {
            stddev: 0.03
            mean: 0.0
          }
        }
        batch_norm {
          train: true,
          scale: true,
          center: true,
          decay: 0.9997,
          epsilon: 0.001,
        }
      }
    }
    loss {
      classification_loss {
        weighted_sigmoid {
        }
      }
      localization_loss {
        weighted_smooth_l1 {
        }
      }
      hard_example_miner {
        num_hard_examples: 3000
        iou_threshold: 0.99
        loss_type: CLASSIFICATION
        max_negatives_per_positive: 3
        min_negatives_per_image: 0
      }
      classification_weight: 1.0
      localization_weight: 1.0
    }
    normalize_loss_by_num_matches: true
    post_processing {
      batch_non_max_suppression {
        score_threshold: 1e-8
        iou_threshold: 0.6
        max_detections_per_class: 100
        max_total_detections: 100
      }
      score_converter: SIGMOID
    }
  }
}

train_config: {
  batch_size: 24
  optimizer {
    rms_prop_optimizer: {
      learning_rate: {
        exponential_decay_learning_rate {
          initial_learning_rate: 0.0004
          decay_steps: 800720
          decay_factor: 0.95
        }
      }
      momentum_optimizer_value: 0.9
      decay: 0.9
      epsilon: 1.0
    }
  }

  num_steps: 20000
  data_augmentation_options {
    random_horizontal_flip {
    }
  }
  data_augmentation_options {
    ssd_random_crop {
    }
  }
}

train_input_reader: {
  tf_record_input_reader {
    input_path: "gs://mybucket/data/train.record"
  }
  label_map_path: "gs://mybucket/data/object-detection.pbtxt"
}

eval_config: {
  metrics_set: "coco_detection_metrics"
  num_examples: 32
}

eval_input_reader: {
  tf_record_input_reader {
    input_path: "gs://mybucket/data/val.record""
  }
  label_map_path: "gs://mybucket/data/object-detection.pbtxt"
  shuffle: false
  num_readers: 1
}

My config.yml
trainingInput:
  runtimeVersion: "1.0"
  scaleTier: CUSTOM
  masterType: standard_gpu
  workerCount: 1
  workerType: standard_gpu
  parameterServerCount: 1
  parameterServerType: standard

A: I assumed you're using the unmodified object detection sample. According to https://github.com/tensorflow/models/blob/master/research/object_detection/g3doc/running_pets.md#starting-training-and-evaluation-jobs-on-google-cloud-ml-engine, the --module-name should be object_detection.model_main instead of object_detection.train. Could you please double check in your dist/object_detection-0.1.tar.gz file?

A: Copy the train.py from your models\research\object_detection\legacy dir and paste to the models\research\object_detection and cd to models\research and run the following cmd : python setup.py sdist.
This will create a new object_detection-0.1.tar.gz in your models-master\research\dist, your can then run your commands again:
gcloud ml-engine jobs submit training object_detection_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)  \
--job-dir="gs://mybucket/train" \
--packages dist/object_detection-0.1.tar.gz,slim/dist/slim-0.1.tar.gz \
--module-name object_detection.train \
--region us-central1 \
--config /home/me/Desktop/die_detection/config.yml \
-- \
--train_dir="gs://mybucket/train" \
--pipeline_config_path="gs://mybucket/data/pipeline_cloud.config"


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15 Celebrities with Autism you didn't know: Autistic celebrities and Iconic Stars
Home » Entertainment » 15 Celebrities with Autism you didn't know: Autistic celebrities and Iconic Stars
Autism is a brain disorder that makes a person act differently around other people. Autistic people may find uncomfortable in social life and find it hard to communicate with others. But Autism doesn't mean a barrier for greatness. There are several great people and celebrities with Autism that have faced immense success throughout their careers. Most of these individuals suffering from Autism/ASD have made such a great impact on our world. A few such names are Elon Musk, Albert Einstein, Wentworth Miller, Sir Anothony Hopkins and many more. Keep reading to find out the most famous celebrities and iconic personalities with Autism you didn't know about
AutismSpeaks.org defines Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication. According to the Centers for Disease Control, autism affects an estimated 1 in 54 children in the United States today.
Autism will act as a barrier in people's lives. But some people break that barrier to fulfill their dreams. Here are some star personalities and celebrities with autism, that have overcome their challenges and inspired many people.
1.Alexis Wineman
Wineman is the first autistic woman to compete in Miss America. She was diagnosed with autism at age 11. Alexis has won two titles, Miss Montana and Miss Cut Bank, in 2012. Now, she has become an influencer, speaker, and autism advocate for children who suffer from autism.
Alexis Wineman – Celebrities with Autism
Autistic traits of Wineman: Extreme Shyness, Afraid of people
2. Peter Howson
Peter Howson is a Scottish painter. He was England's official war painter during the Bosnian war in 1993. Peter was diagnosed with autism at a young age. He believes that his loneliness inspired him to paint. But also, his loneliness has made him a drug addict.
Peter Howson
Autistic traits of Peter Howson: Afraid of people
3. Wentworth Miller (#3 Celebrities with Autism)
Wentworth Miller is the newest member to enter the list of celebrities with autism. The "Prison Break" actor revealed that he had been diagnosed with autism to his Instagram followers. He has shared a post telling about how he was diagnosed with it. Autism has taken over his life during the last year's quarantine. But he thinks that isolation had helped him to find new gifts in life. Wentowrth Miller is without a doubt one of the most famous Celebrities with Autism that has gained great success.
4. Sir Anthony Hopkins
Sir Anthony Hopkins, the Oscar award winning actor has never been shamed to know that he was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. He has infact stated that Autism has helped him to observe people and deconstruct himself into that particular character
5.Clay Marzo
Clay Marzo is an inspirational character for people with autism because of his success in sports. He has shocked the surfing world with his double joint spin. Clay was diagnosed with Asparagus a form of autism in 2007. He revealed his disorder after starting his career. However, he still continues his career successfully.
Autism traits of Clay Marzo: unconventional behavior, Afraid of people
Clay Marzo
6. Bill Gates
Bill Gates could be one of the richest men in the world with autism. It is yet not confirmed about the Autism of Bill Gates. But the medical experts state that his monotonous voice, body language, and the way he acted in meetings are signs of autism. However, Bill has never spoken about his autism, but he donates his money to autistic people to overcome autism.
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7. Elon Musk ( Celebrities and stars with Autism)
Elon Musk is one of the famous entrepreneurs in the world. Recently, he revealed that he suffered from Asparagus- mild autism. He spoke about his diagnosis while hosting the Saturday Night Live show. He said that he has suffered from this diagnosis since childhood. However, Elon made fun of his autism in the monologue of the show.
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8. Susan Boyle ( Celebrities with Autism)
Susan Boyle is a famous Scottish singer who has three Guinness World Records for fastest-selling albums. She has live with brain damage since childhood. In 2012 she realizes that she had been diagnosed with Autism.
Autism traits of Susan Boyle: Feeling awkward in Public, Struggled in school
9. Daryl Hannah
Daryl Hannah is an American actress who starred in films like Blade Runner, Splash, Wall Street. She was a famous actor before transitioning to a quieter life. Hannah has said in interviews that her autism has left her shyness in public events. At the time she was diagnosed, doctors have recommended she stay at home, but she started her carrier without considering it.
Autism traits of Daryl Hannah: Extreme shyness, Emotionally isolated
10. Dan Aykroyd ( #8 Celebrities with autism)
Who doesn't know Dan Aykroyd. Dan is the co-creator of the film ghostbusters. He has starred in films that gross $300 million. This famous star was diagnosed with autism at age 12. Sometimes he credits autism because he believes that it helped him to create characters in ghostbusters. He said that at the time he was acting, he knows to control his autism.
Autism traits of Dan Aykroyd: Getting upset into minor changes
11. Temple Grandin
Everybody who researches autism will come across the name Temple Grandin. Grandin has diagnosed with severe autism, and she couldn't talk until she was four years old. Her autism has raised her to fame because of her inspirational speeches about overcoming autism. But now, she is a professor in Animal Science at Colorado University. There are films made about her life, and even she has named as one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People."
Autism traits of Temple Grandin: Hard to talk, Repeating words, unconventional behavior
12. Satoshi Tajiri
The name Tajiri doesn't ring a bell to you at all. But you will know him as the creator of pokemon. Tajiri thinks of autism as a gift because his loneliness helped him to create such a world-renowned game.
Autism traits of Satoshi Tajiri: Afraid of people
13. Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg is a legendary director, producer, and screenwriter in Hollywood. In 2012 during an interview, Spielberg opened up about his autism spectrum. He reveals the problems that he has to face in school. He was two years late to talk, and he also always feel embarrassed in front of the class.
Autism traits of Steven Spielberg: Delayed in learning to talk,
14. Lionel Messi
Messi is one of the greatest soccer players in the world. There are many rumors about Messi's autism. But Messi has not confirmed it yet, so it is hard to believe. Any way his behavior doubts everyone. When Messi was in school, he was nicknamed a little mute by his peers because of his extreme shyness.
Many players have talked about his lack of social interaction and shyness even, great players like Maradona and Pele.
Autism traits of Lionel Messi: Extreme shyness
15. David Byrne ( #15 Autistic Celebrities)
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It's a jungle out there. Just kidding it's just my backyard, but my blouse certainly gives me jungle fever. I'm embracing the wild side of me in today's post. Instead of just featuring the cheetah print pattern why not feature the whole animal and several of them. Keep on reading to explore my outfit details and the jungle behind me… Who knows what I might find.
How fierce is this white button down blouse from Madewell? The cheetahs really make this outfit. Without the cheetahs it would just be a plain white button down…BORING! Busy animal prints can be overwhelming, but so fashion forward. This print is a totally refreshing change from the usual floral or paisley print and polka dots or stripes.
Next, denim skirts are a huge trend this summer and can be easily transitioned into the fall, when that time comes, but no rush because I still want to enjoy more of the summer. My button up denim skirt from H&M totally embraces that 70s vibe. I love the button details in the middle, which add a little something to the denim skirt.
To give my Madewell blouse more of a shape and to show off the button detail of my skirt I decided to half tuck the blouse. There's really no method to tucking your blouse, the messier the better. Make it look like you didn't spend hours trying to make it look perfect (even if you, did I won't tell).
Speaking of vibes, I am all about spreading those good vibes. Sometimes it's hard to remember the importance of staying positive and spreading positivity so my Charlie Charming good vibes charm necklace reminds me to spread those good vibes. Plus it matches perfectly with my outfit.
To keep with the 70s trend, I am wearing my new favorite embellished block heels from Charlotte Russe. They are my go-to summer sandal because they go with any outfit.
Finally, you can't wander the jungle without wearing your favorite pair of aviator sunglasses.
Oh my! Look what I found in the jungle while I was exploring. It's some sort of weird species. I think it's a lion, maybe a tiger, no wait it's a ferocious three-year-old West Highland Terrier named Griffin. He is completely harmless, more like a diva that didn't want his picture taken. But how cute does he look in my sunglasses. Maybe the blogging world is calling his name…GriffinForStyle.
It's not hard to tell from my three back-to-back denim related posts, that lately I'm obsessing over all things denim. Sarcasm aside denim is a major staple in any wardrobe. Today I'm not focusing on jeans or a denim dress but an oversized vintage denim jacket to which I added my own personal style.
Overall, this outfit just makes me feel cool. I'm convinced it is the jean jacket because it is not an ordinary denim jacket but a denim jacket with a variety of patches. I discovered that iron on patches were a huge trend in the 80s. Pretty much anywhere there was space on your favorite shirt, jacket, or jeans, you could put a patch on it. The 80s must have been a fun decade but I hardly remember it (haha just kidding, 90s baby right here). Fashion is all about bringing past trends back so I proudly wear my patched up denim jacket.
My denim jacket is from Brag Vintage, a UK based vintage clothing store selling the highest quality vintage and retro women and men's clothing and accessories. They are constantly updating their collection, so every week you can find a new and unique treasure waiting to be part of your wardrobe.
There is no better place than Amazon to find a variety of iron on patches. I had a blast picking out which patches I wanted to include and I decided to add some music influence, my love for New York, and other quirky patches like the eye and the alien.
All eyes should be on my jean jacket, hence the eye patches and there is no better way to pair this jacket than with a basic white and black shift dress from Target.
As for footwear, no shoe is cooler than a pair of high top Vans, so I think these sneakers perfectly tie together this vintage look. And for an extra boost of coolness, I decided to wear my colorful mirrored sunglasses.
Remember with a little online shopping and a creative eye anyone can revamp a basic piece. A great way to start is by taking a pair of old jeans or a thrifted jean jacket and put your creativity to work to transform it into a hip new look. I am so inspired to do more of these DIY fashion looks. Who knows what will be next. Until then, I'll stay a part of the cool kid club and wear this jacket. Send me a comment and let me know about any of your DIY fashion ideas. See you all in my next post.


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Posted by argentumvulgaris in Nature Ramble. Tagged: Australia, Irukandji jellyfish, Irukandji syndrome, jellyfish, Keesingia gigas, venomous. 2 comments
More of a swim this week…
New jellyfish discovered: giant venomous species found off Australia
WA specimen of new Irukandji jellyfish sparks particular scientific interest because it has no tentacles
An example of the Keesingia gigas jellyfish. Photograph: John Totterdell/MIRG Australia
A giant and extremely venomous jellyfish found off Western Australia's north-west coast has researchers stumped because it appears to have no tentacles.
Keesingia gigas is one of two new species of Irukandji jellyfish recently discovered by the director of Marine Stinger Advisory Services, Lisa-ann Gershwin.
While Irukandji jellyfish are normally only the size of a fingernail, Keesingia gigas is the length of an arm and believed to cause the potentially deadly Irukandji syndrome.
The condition can cause pain, nausea, vomiting and in extreme cases, stroke and heart failure.
Gershwin said Keesingia gigas was first photographed in the 1980s, but a specimen was not captured until 2013, near Shark Bay by the marine scientist John Keesing, after whom the jellyfish is named.
Gershwin said in all of the photos the jellyfish did not appear to have tentacles and that the specimen was also captured without them.
"Jellyfish always have tentacles … that's how they catch their food," she said. "The tentacles are where they concentrate their stinging cells.
"Some of the people working with it through the years actually got stung by it and experienced rather distressing Irukandji syndrome."
Gershwin said the species could shed its tentacles as a means of defence, like some bioluminescent jellyfish that drop their glowing tentacles in order to distract predators, but there was no evidence that any Irukandji had that capability.
"I think more probably it does have tentacles but by random chance the specimens that we photographed and obtained don't have them any more," she said.
"I think it's probably a fairly tame explanation – I just don't know what it is."
Irukandji jellyfish have been found as far north as Wales in the northern hemisphere and as far south as Melbourne and Cape Town. Sixteen species are believed to cause Irukandji syndrome, four of which are found in West Australia.
Source: TheGuardian


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Fringe Season 5
The critically acclaimed Fringe explores the ever-blurring line between science fiction and reality, where hybrid monsters tear through sewers, thieves walk through walls and portals open to parallel universes. Unable to police a world in which science has advanced beyond our wildest dreams - and nightmares - FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham seeks help from eccentric 'fringe' scientist Dr. Walter Bishop and his jack-of-all trades son, Peter.
Under the direction of Special Agent Phillip Broyles and assisted by Agents Astrid Farnsworth, Charlie Francis and Lincoln Lee, the Fringe Team investigates unusual incidents that defy human logic and unimaginable events that threaten our very existence on a universal scale.
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Fringe, the series that Rolling Stone calls the "most exciting drama around," returns with a brand new season of endless impossibilities exploring the depths of the mysterious saga that holds millions of viewers in its hypnotic grasp. Shape shifters, cryonic heads, belly-dwelling beasts, and shadows that turn victims to dust inhabited the last season.
Season Three plunges further down the rabbit-hole as we rejoin our three unlikely partners - FBI Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but damaged scientist Walter Bishop, and his jack-of-all-trades son Peter - on mind-bending investigations, battling threats lurking at the border between science and science fiction. The world of the impossible is alive and well in what The New York Times describes as "the most satisfying, coherent story arc of any science-fiction-flavoured primetime drama."
From J.J. Abrams (Lost), Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman - the team that brought you Star Trek, Mission Impossible: III and Alias - and executive producers Jeff Pinkner and Bryan Burk comes a new drama that will thrill, terrify and explore the blurring line between science fiction and reality.
When an international flight lands at Boston's Logan Airport and the passengers and crew have all died grisly deaths, FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham is called in to investigate. When the search nearly kills her partner, Special Agent John Scott, a desperate Olivia searches frantically for someone to help, leading her to Dr. Walter Bishop, our generation's Einstein. There's only one catch: He's been institutionalized for the last 20 years, and the only way to question him requires pulling his estranged son, Peter, in to help. Under Special Agent Phillip Broyles, our trio will discover that what happened on that fatal flight is only a small piece of a larger, more shocking truth.


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How Big Can Ant Colonies Get?
Humans are not the only species that have colonized the planet. The modest ant has spread out on every continent – including Antarctica – and has built massive colonies underground. The sizes some of these colonies can achieve are astounding. Fortunately, the average ant colony is a fraction of the size of the colonies listed below.
➢Brazil, South America
An abandoned colony of leafcutter ants was found in Brazil 26 feet below the surface. While no one knows what caused the ants to leave the colony, the ant city was preserved when scientists carefully poured concrete into the tunnels. The colony was about 500 square feet and probably held millions of ants. Because of the size of the colony; it contained paths, highways, and gardens.
➢"California Large" Colony
Argentine Ants (an invasive species that have even been found in Antarctica) are the source for a North American colony scientists refer to as "California Large." This colony on the California coast covers more than 560 miles.
Argentine ants are often the species involved in supercolonies because they recognize other Argentine ant colonies as being the same species. Instead of attacking each other, the different groups of ants will cooperate to expand their nests, leading to mergers.
➢Hokkaido, Japan
Once believed to be the largest ant colony in the world, 45,000 redwood ant nests were connected through tunnels creating a colony covering 670 acres in size. Scientists believe the colony began more than a thousand years ago and contained about 1.1 million queen ants and 306 million worker ants at its height. However, urban development has shrunk the colony to half of its maximum size.
➢Melbourne, Australia
Argentine ants only arrived in Australia sometime in the 1930s. Since then, they have created a supercolony in Melbourne that is 60 miles across. The colony is home to millions of ants.
➢Southern Europe
This group of Argentine ants in Europe took the record for the largest ant colony ever found. In 2002, the Guinness Book of World Records named this the largest ant colony in the world. This colony covers 3,700 miles that range from the Atlantic coast of Spain up to the south of France. According to researchers studying the colony, it contains 33 distinct yet connected ant populations. Within those populations are millions of nests and billions of worker ants.
Imagining how intricate ant colonies are can be difficult for the average person who only sees a small mound of dirt on a sidewalk or driveway. Anthill Art has turned anthills into actual works of art by pouring molten aluminum into a colony. After it cools and hardens, they dig up the sculpture and water blast it to remove dirt. They try to do this to abandoned colonies… but ants have been killed while creating the aluminum sculptures.
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Mission Paganini with Yury Revich
Firebird's next concert on 22 October sees the return of internationally celebrated violinist Yury Revich and the world premiere of his arrangement of Paganini's 24 Caprices alongside music by Donizetti and Puccini.
Buy tickets to see Mission Paganini with Yury Revich
Following a magnificent performance of Paganini's Violin Concerto no. 2 which enraptured Firebird's audience in June, the internationally celebrated violinist Yury Revich returns with much anticipation.
Yury has arranged Paganini's 24 Caprices – dazzling gemstones of the violin repertoire – for solo violin and orchestra and has offered Firebird the honour of premièring them on 22 October.
''Yury Revich played with full-blooded authority, fleet-fingered dexterity, innate musicality and substantial accuracy…'
Yury plays a 1709 Stradivarius and performs all over the world, with orchestras like the Royal Philharmonic, the Russian National Orchestra and La Verdi Milano at such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie and Vienna Konzerthaus.
This tour through the Caprices promises to be a spectacular virtuosic feat. We extend the Italian theme with Donizetti's capricious Overture to Don Pasquale.
Straight from the stages of Opera North and English Touring Opera comes Sky Ingram for two of Puccini's most adored arias.
Tuesday 22 October 2019, 7:30 pm
Donizetti Overture to Don Pasquale
Paganini/Revich The 24 Caprices
Puccini Quando m'en vo' (from La Boheme) & O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)
Conductor George Jackson
Violin Yury Revich
Soprano Sky Ingram
This concert has been generously sponsored by Rory Graham in memory of James B Cairns
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The Daily Show Pitches a Bird Box-Inspired Solution to R. Kelly's Continued Fame
In doing so, the nightly program also returned to one of its most time-honored traditions: critiquing the media for a very bad habit.
R. Kelly's ability to skate past allegation after allegation of sexual misconduct, apparently without suffering any serious consequences, continues to baffle bystanders. Although the singer has been accused of holding women against their will in a cult-like environment—allegations he has denied—his career has hardly slowed down, unlike those of other men swept up by the #MeToo movement. That's likely why Lifetime's tabloid-y but effective new docuseries, Surviving R. Kelly, broke ratings records last week.
The problem? Even as the documentary has generated buzz, Kelly's music has reportedly seen a spike in sales. And this isn't even the first time Kelly has seen a rise in popularity despite negative P.R.: last year, streams of Kelly's music rose, despite Spotify's decision to remove the singer from its official playlists.
The Daily Show—specifically, correspondent Roy Wood Jr.—has a theory as to why this is happening and, better yet, a proposed solution. Before he got to that on Monday night, though, Wood kicked off his segment with a blunt response: "First of all, fuck R. Kelly. Like, just get that out of the way."
"There's no way to watch this documentary and still be a fan of this guy. And to be honest, I think the only reason he's been getting away with this as long as he has is because he was doing it to black girls," Wood continued.
It also doesn't help, Wood noted, that when news broadcasts discuss the allegations against Kelly, they tend to use clips of his music within their reports. Critiquing the media is a time-honored tradition at The Daily Show, and Wood happily upheld it.
"You can't talk about R. Kelly's supposed crimes and then play 'Ignition'!" the comedian said. "That song is irresistible. You're sitting there, watching the news all angry—'How could this monster prey on these innocent . . . Ooh, my god—that's my jam!'"
"Stop playing his music, and just tell us what he did," Wood continued. "Can you imagine how hard it would have been to stay mad at Bill Cosby if every time they reported on his crimes, they did stuff like this?"—before rolling a clip of Cosby making a funny face on The Cosby Show.
That's when Wood proposed his Sandra Bullock-inspired solution to this whole nightmare.
"I can tell you what I'm gonna start doing," he said. "Have you seen Bird Box yet? Bird Box is a movie about a white lady cussing at her kids in a rowboat. And from what I learned in this movie, it's that if you don't want something to get to you, you've got to block it out. But instead of covering my eyes, I'm gonna start covering my ears—and I'm gonna call it The R. Kelly Challenge. That way, people can focus on what he did and not get seduced by his music." Seems worth a shot.
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I can't think of anything better than having a lie in on a Sunday morning and then having a freshly cooked breakfast! I love pancakes, but lately Ive been trying to be a little bit healthier, so I've been making Banana Pancakes instead.
What makes these even better is that they only have 3 ingredients, and they are sooo simple to make.
First you need to cut up the banana into a bowl then mash is up with a fork. Then add the eggs and mix until the mixture is creamy.
Heat up the pan and oil.
I used this cute little measuring cup to place the mix onto the pan, as it is very runny so it makes it a bit less messy!
I started off with quite small pancakes to see how they would turn out first, then once you get the hand of how to make them you can try and make them a bit bigger.
Be careful when you're flipping the pancakes over as since the mix was runny they're a bit fragile, so make sure they're golden brown on the other side first.
You can add any toppings you want to them, I added a sprinkling of cinnamon, a drizzle of maple syrup (well maybe I was a little bit generous with the syrup…!), and some raspberries.


Bob Bauer is HorseRacingFLA Tampa Bay correspondent and handicapper. He is a former thoroughbred racing reporter for the St. Petersburg Times and a former publicity director for Tampa Bay Downs.
Wide-open may be the best description of this year's renewal of the Belmont Stakes.
The third jewel of the Triple Crown is known as the test of champions because of the grueling twelve-furlong distance that these sophomores will attempt, most for the only time in their career.
Add in the fact that there is but one Grade I winner running and he may not be at his best right now. That horse is Gormley, who won the Santa Anita Derby, and later finished ninth in the Kentucky Derby.
Then, we have 5 others in this dozen-horse field who have taken lesser Graded Stakes and have displayed varying degrees of talent and distance ability. They are Irish War Cry, Tapwrit, Senior Investment, J Boys Echo and Multiplier.
Listed below in order of preference are a quartet of three-year-olds who appear to have the goods to get it done this Saturday.
Numbers in front of names are post positions. Morning line-odds are in parentheses.
2 – TAPWRIT (6-1) First, give this grey son of Tapit a pass for his last pair of starts. In the Kentucky Derby he was one of several runners who endured a rough trip over the Churchill Downs quagmire. Prior to that, he was unprepared for the break but improved in Keeneland's Blue Grass Stakes. Three races back, his sharp four-length score in the Grade II Tampa Bay Derby shows what this one is capable of, and a repeat of that effort could land him in the Belmont winner's circle. He showed a liking for the Tampa Bay track (1 win, 1 place) that is known to be a deep and demanding surface, perhaps similar to the big sandy. He is a closer, but more importantly he can get position mid-pack and stalk what should be a contested early pace. World-class conditioner Todd Pletcher has put him through a trio of good drills at Belmont and regular rider Jose Ortiz has the return call and can work a Tampa-like trip. A lot to like here.
7- IRISH WAR CRY (7-2) The morning line favorite boasts a lifetime 4 for 6 record and is another who should be forgiven for (a tenth place finish) the Kentucky Derby. Some ask the question, which Irish War Cry will show up this time? The good Irish War Cry captured Gulfstream's Holy Bull and Aqueduct's Wood Memorial (Grade II events) by more than 3 lengths each. When less than good, he lost by double digit margins. This year his form shows a nice win followed by an ugly loss and then the same pattern repeats itself. Able trainer Graham Motion has worked him twice at Fair Hill and he may bounce back from his Derby defeat here. The son of Curlin is bred for the distance and could be leading down the backstretch after the early leaders sort themselves out.
4 – J BOYS ECHO (15-1) His last couple of races are also throw-outs. He was a victim of bad starts in the Kentucky Derby and Blue Grass Stakes. Three races ago, he earned one of the top speed figures here winning the Grade III Gotham Stakes over Aqueduct's Inner Dirt track and may be this good. The Aqueduct efforts also show potent late pace ability, always important at this distance. Veteran jockey Robby Alberado, who has guided this offspring of Mineshaft to both lifetime wins, is back in the irons after recovering from injuries. Wouldn't be surprised to see him coming late at a big price.
10 – MULTIPLIER (15-1) Earned an outstanding speed figure taking the Grade III Illinois Derby in his first stakes try after a Maiden victory. Next, he had some trouble and was steadied in the Preakness, his only time finishing off the board. Gets blinkers on for trainer Brendan Walsh who is handy with marathon runners. Recommend using in exacta and trifecta boxes.


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The Austin Youth Basketball Family depends on each other for advice, word of mouth referrals, and feedback about the people who help our children grow. I recently had a miserable experience that many parents may be able to relate to.
Our daughter was very ill last week… extreme vomiting for 5 days, dehydrated, wimpering in her sleep during her fevers, and getting a bit worse every day. We struggled to get an appointment with a doctor as her pediatrician was out of town. We finally were able to secure an appointment with Dr. Daniel Howard. We arrived late after getting stuck in Thursday traffic on Mopac. We were the last appointment of the evening so it forced the doctor to stay late. Dr. Howard was compassionate, an excellent listener, and performed a half hour exam. He then ordered bloodwork which extended our stay and some more tests. His family was waiting for him to come home. He proceeded to outline our options and the fact that he had no conclusive answers. He told us we needed to see our pediatrician tomorrow and when we explained she was on vacation with no replacement, he made room on his schedule the next day. He was genuinely concerned about my daughter.
Again, we were his last appointment of the day on a Friday. He ordered yet more bloodwork after carefully explaining our options and his concerns. He had the work rushed to the lab and told me he would call me that evening when the results were rushed to him. He called me that evening just before 9pm with the results that Ellie appeared to be improving and to stay the course and be in touch on Monday.
When our children are truly sick and you feel like no one has answers, it is good to know that doctors like Dr. Howard still care enough to go above and beyond to care for our most treasured possessions. He was exceptional. So is his resume. Check it out: Stanford bachelors degree, Masters in Public Health, MD from prestigious Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Here is his number: 512.901.4016.
I enjoyed a wonderful Father's Day with a little girl who was quickly recovering. Thank you Dr. Howard!
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