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Daniel Negreanu on Justin Bonomo: "Indoctrinated & Brainwashed Beyond Repair"
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Daniel Negreanu went off on Justin Bonomo in his Monday WSOP vlog, accusing his high-stakes foe of being a "cheater" and said that he's "totally indoctrinated" by his social justice beliefs.
On Friday, after busting his second bullet in Event #50: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em on a runner-runner bad beat, "DNegs" slammed his phone in frustration on the way out.
ICYMI: Runner runner flush knocked @RealKidPoker out of the #WSOP $250k bracelet event.
— PokerNews (@PokerNews)
Most poker players on social media seemed to understand the frustration considering he's down nearly $1 million for the summer, but Bonomo was highly critical and went so far as to accuse the Poker Hall of Famer of "violence" and that incidents such as this could make others feel unsafe at the table.
May take:
— Bonologic (@JustinBonomo)
Negreanu Fires Back
Negreanu began his Day 27 World Series of Poker vlog by defending himself against Bonomo's tweets, and he didn't hold back.
"Someone sent me a tweet where Whacko Bonomo said that if he tied his shoes in front of someone that he wouldn't do it, because he's totally indoctrinated and a lost cause," Negreanu said. "The guy is a completely lost cause."
Bonomo is openly a feminist and a progressive. Much like anyone with strong political or social beliefs, his tweets are often met with criticism from those who don't align with the same ideology, but some feel the high-stakes pro sometimes goes a bit too far in his social justice campaign.
You can include Liv Boeree among that list.
@JustinBonomo This kind of vapid threat inflation is so infantilising and regressive to the perception of women in… https://t.co/nRrlbgDw2p
— Liv Boeree (@Liv_Boeree)
"I want to thank Liv for the tweet because when it comes from a woman, it's a lot more powerful," Negreanu continued. "The way that (Bonomo) approaches women is that he treats women like these delicate flowers and need, oh they need Justin Bonomo's help and protection. Why are you minimizing women so much?"
The Gloves Come Off
After Negreanu was finished going after Bonomo's social justice platform, he moved on to the topic of poker cheating. More specifically, Bonomo's past history in which he was banned online years ago for multi-accounting.
"This guy Bonomo, who is Justin Bonomo?" Negreanu continued. "Justin Bonomo was and forever will be a man who cheated at this game we love, poker. Cheated. Flat out cheated. Since then, he's acted as a moral authority on all things good for poker."
In 2006, under screen name "ZeeJustin," Bonomo was banned from PokerStars for multi-accounting. He was reinstated a few years later after he had confessed and apologized for his past transgressions.
At the time "ZeeJustin" was reinstated, Negreanu was the face of PokerStars, but has since moved on to represent GGPoker. Both players rank among the top three on the all-time live tournament cashes list, according to Hendon Mob. They've faced each other in hundreds of tournaments throughout the years, but they've long had a contentious relationship.
In 2019, Bonomo was critical of Negreanu posting a series of popularity-based polls on Twitter.
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"I've spent most of my life promoting the game of poker to bring in thousands of people so that this f*****g weasel can sit on his couch and make a living," Negreanu said in his recent WSOP vlog of Bonomo.
"I've spent most of my life promoting the game of poker to bring in thousands of people so that this f*****g weasel can sit on his couch and make a living"
Negreanu admitted in his vlog that he acted "like a child" upon his exit from the Super High Roller last week. But he questioned how Bonomo could possibly equate the incident to a "sexist issue." He wasn't the only one. Many on poker Twitter sided with the GGPoker ambassador and ripped on Bonomo for going overboard for criticizing the behavior.
Will Jaffe had perhaps the best analysis of the Negreanu rage incident in his latest hilarious edition of "Tough Conversations."
Many poker players have been critical over the years of Bonomo for his political and social beliefs. Hear more about Negreanu's thoughts on that and more in his latest vlog below.
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Сатыбалды, Сатыбылды или Сатыпалды () — озеро в Жамбылском районе Северо-Казахстанской области Казахстана. Находится в 7 км к юго-западу от села Благовещенка.

По данным топографической съёмки 1940-х годов, площадь поверхности озера составляет 1,01 км². Наибольшая длина озера — 1,5 км, наибольшая ширина — 0,9 км. Длина береговой линии составляет 4 км, развитие береговой линии — 1,11. Озеро расположено на высоте 150,6 м над уровнем моря.

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Озёра Жамбылского района (Северо-Казахстанская область)

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Friday was Dude Night. The Dudes all went to Lewis & Clark, we all lived in Stewart. A few years ago we started getting together one Friday a month, and it became Dude Night. There have been nights when I've been exhausted and didn't feel like going, but afterward I'm always glad I went.
For us, it's a rather casual affair. We pick a pub, alternating East and West sides. We eat. We drink. We talk. Now, I'm sworn to secrecy to never reveal anything discussed at Dude Night, but we start with what's transpired for us since the last Dude Night. Then there's some griping about work, life partners, and the sad condition of the world. They tell me I should be dating more (as the only single guy, I'm supposed to provide an active vicarious social life). Sometimes we weave fabulous plans, like the Time-Share Mistress. Usually we end up gasping-for-breath laughing at something. I'll admit it; it's better than TV.


This promotion / Net Neutrality fundraiser ended with over $19,000 donated to EFF!
And now some web hosting deals, because having websites as a working photographer is no longer not an option.
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+ hosting and domain registration specials Name Cheap. We use NameCheap for domain registrations.
+ Bluehost Hosting Special for $2.65 peer month on a prepaid 36 month term on their Basic plan, plus a free domain. BlueHost is based in Utah so probably not a good match if you are planning to host adult or other controversial subject matter. Which becomes a plus if you prefer a web hosting service that does not host subject matter of that nature.
If you are looking for web hosting for a single website/domain, BlueHost is having a 2-day Birthday Sale on their "Basic" plan. The sale is if you buy a 3-year or 5-year prepaid plan that averages to $2.65 per month. You pay the whole amount upfront. The 3-year prepaid plan is a one-time $95.40 fee, and the 5-year prepaid plan is a one-time $159 fee. Once the 3/5 years elapse, you can renew at the future current prices. It won't renew at this sale price. Only the 3-year and 5-year plans are on sale.
I haven't used BlueHost yet but it is at a similar level as Hostgator which I am using for the main blog. Note that BlueHost is based in Utah, so if you are planning to host any edgy or sensitive or adult material (as it pertains to the laws and regulations of the state of Utah), you may want to look for a different hosting service.
Strategically, you want to buy/register the domain at a different company from the one hosting your website, so you have more flexibility in case of technical or other issues. It's a bit like the triple play of cable companies. The more interlinked things are, the more complicated can be to untangle them if you wish to do so later.
If you are looking for (shared) web hosting service, BlueHost is having a sale, which includes their Plus plan (unlimited websites) for $216 total when you prepay for three years (36 months). This comes out to $6/month but you don't pay monthly. You prepay for the whole duration ($216 upfront) when you sign up. Once the 3yr promotion ends, you will pay the then-current rate (currently it is $10/month).
They also have the "Starter" plan for $126 total for 36 months (averages to $3.50 monthly) that only allows one website and has more limitations. It allows up to five sub-domains, so if you want to experiment/test things (new themes, new gallery plug-ins, etc) before you put them on the main site, you can use the sub-domains.
TIP: it is a good idea to keep your domain name at a different company from your webhosting company (even though this plan includes one free domain). This gives you more flexibility and choices.
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Road users most especially Passengers have expressed concerns over the slow pace of maintenance works on the Yapei and Bupei Bridges in the central Gonja district of northern region.
The two main bridges that connect the north to the southern of the country which has been operational for forty years and without any major rehabilitation works, are heavily deteriorated, prompting the swift intervention of the ministry of Highways on Monday 20th November, to order the closure of the bridges, to make way for major maintenance works.
This development Diamond news can report,has paved way for Okada operators and Engine powered tricycle operaters to cash in on desperate travelers who desire continuing their journeys on that stretch to the South of Ghana.
On a visit by the news team to the area on Tuesday, prices of essential commodities and foodstuffs, had shoot up, a situation the traders blamed, on high cost of transporting it.
Expressing their frustrations to Diamond News at Yapei, the visibly disturbed passengers, made an urgent appeal to Government and the Ministry Highways, to speed work on the two main bridges to ease their transportation difficulties.
Meanwhile the minister of Roads and highways briefing members of parliament about the work plan estimated that the rehabilitation works would last for four weeks, and would cost the state some Ghc4 million.


You may have been wondering where I wandered off to the past few weeks (or perhaps not, and are just excited there is a recipe on this page). Well let me tell you, it was nowhere near the hot and humid swamp DC becomes during the summer. I was across the Pond basking under the Sicilian sun. Now, I notice that when I travel and try local cuisine, I often gravitate towards the simple, vegetable melanges that would likely be consumed in humbler homes. Luckily, on the agriculturally-dominant southern Italian island, these are not hard to come by.
Sicily has its own vibe (and cuisine), distinct from mainland Italy, with influences from across the Mediterranean region. Caponata, which is now considered a quintessential Sicilian antipasto (or appetizer/side), likely has roots in Spain and came into being during the early 18th century. Eggplant forms the basis for all traditional varieties of this dish, which is probably a product of Arabic influences and introduced from India. Regardless, this slightly sweet, slightly tart stew (or relish) can be a hearty meal for any vegetarian traipsing around Sicily.
1. Place eggplant in a large bowl and toss liberally with salt. Allow to sit for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 400°F. Toss chopped eggplant with 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a baking dish. Cook eggplant for about 25 minutes or until flesh starts to melt.
2. While the eggplant is sizzling in the oven, heat rest of oil in a large, deep skillet on medium-high heat. Cook onion for 5 minutes until translucent, and then add in garlic, celery, and zucchini. Take off heat after another 5-10 minutes.
3. Once eggplant is done, add to skillet with tomatoes, cooking another 5 minutes or so. Follow with capers, raisins, vinegar, honey, basil, and chili flakes, keeping on medium heat until everything is tender. Finish with pine nuts and olives and serve warm, or allow to cool and refrigerate overnight.
4. Serve with crusty bread and a vibrantly green salad!
See more amazingly tasty recipes on Wellness Weekends...I'm back!


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Fort Saint Phillip es una pequeña comunidad ubicada sobre el delta del Misisipi, dentro de la parroquia de Plaquemines, en el estado de Luisiana, Estados Unidos.

Historia del fuerte
El fuerte de San Felipe es una fortaleza de mampostería fuera de servicio situada en la orilla oriental del río Misisipi, cerca de 64 km (40 mi) río arriba de su desembocadura. Que anteriormente se desempeñó como base militar de Nueva Orleans, a unos 130 kilómetros (80 millas) río arriba.

El primer fuerte edificado sobre este lugar se llamó "San Felipe", fue construido en el  durante el control español de Luisiana. El 20 de diciembre de 1803 pasó a manos de los Estados Unidos, con la Compra de Luisiana.

La fortaleza desempeñó un papel en la protección de los Estados Unidos durante la guerra anglo estadounidense. Favoreciendo la derrota británica en la batalla de Nueva Orleans en 1815.

La fortaleza actual fue construido a lo largo de Fort Jackson, en la orilla occidental del río como una defensa costera de Nueva Orleans y el Misisipi.

El fuerte fue escenario de una batalla de doce días en abril de 1862, donde el ejército de la Unión tomó el fuerte a los sudistas el 28 durante la Guerra Civil estadounidense.

Se declaró Hito Histórico Nacional en 1960.

En la década de 1980, brevemente, el fuerte en ruinas fue el lugar de una comuna llamada Vella-Ashby.

Fort Saint Phillip es actualmente propiedad privada y se está deteriorando cada vez más con el paso del tiempo y falta de mantenimiento. Fue severamente dañado durante los huracanes Katrina y Rita.

El sitio con frecuencia sufre inundaciones, es accesible solo por barco.

Geografía
La localidad de Fort Saint Phillip se localiza en . Esta comunidad posee sólo un metro de elevación sobre el nivel del mar, convirtiéndola una zona proclive a las inundaciones. Su población se compone de menos de veinte habitantes. Esta comunidad se localiza a ochenta y nueve kilómetros de Nueva Orleans la principal ciudad de todo el estado, y a 572 kilómetros del aeropuerto internacional más cercano, el (IAH) aeropuerto intercontinental de Houston George Bush.

Referencias

Localidades de la parroquia de Plaquemines


I have an exciting announcement! Look what arrived!
Squeeeeee! Dinky little hard enamel Dave and Bob pins! They're so cute!
They're both available now in my Etsy store, and are £7 each, or £12.50 for both, and ship worldwide – they're just the thing to pin onto your jacket, jumper or bag – but please don't try to pin them on your cat!
As there are only a few days left of this year, I'd like to thank all my customers for their support in 2016, and to wish you all a happy and healthy new year – see you all in 2017!


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At The 29'th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society July, 2011, Leonard Malczynski published a white paper called "Powersim Studio Best Practices Manual" with colleagues from Sandia National Laboratories and other contributors.
This guide addresses software quality in the construction of Powersim Studio 8 system dynamics simulation models. It is the result of almost ten years of experience with the Powersim Suite of system dynamics modeling tools (Constructor and earlier Studio versions). It is a guide that proposes a common look and feel for the construction of Powersim Studio system dynamics models.
We highly recommend this paper since it give tips on how to better organize your simulation models which is excellent for team work. Also the paper illustrates ways and features to document your modeling work.


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Un port sec (ou dry port en anglais) est une plate-forme de correspondance de transport intermodal directement connecté par route ou par chemin de fer à un port maritime, et fonctionnant comme un centre de transbordement de cargaisons maritimes vers des destinations à l'intérieur des terres.

En plus de leur rôle de transbordement des cargaisons, les ports secs peuvent aussi inclure des installations de stockage et de regroupement des marchandises, des centres de maintenance pour les transporteurs routiers ou ferrés et des services de dédouanement. L'emplacement de ces installations au niveau d'un port sec permet de gagner de l'espace pour le stockage et les services douaniers au niveau du port maritime lui-même.

Ports secs en Afrique
  - Casablanca, Maroc (MITA - ONCF)
 - Marrakech, Maroc (Port Sec Sidi Ghanem - ONCF)
 - Fes, Maroc (Port Sec Bensouda - ONCF)
  - Alger, Algérie (plusieurs ports secs, par exemple: El-Hamiz, Sidi-Moussa)
  - Oran, Algérie (deux ports secs, CMA-CGM et MTA)
  - Tixter, Algérie
  - Viana, Angola
  - Mojo, Éthiopie
  - Semera, Éthiopie
  - Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina faso (plusieurs ports secs)
  - Ferkessédougou, Côte d'Ivoire (à partir de 2024)
  - Kaduna, Nigéria

En juin 2020, l'Algérie annonce la fermeture progressive de ses 22 ports secs pour .

Ports secs en Asie
   - Delhi, Inde
   - Kanpur, Inde
   - Sirsiya, Népal
    - Khorgos, Chine Le port sec est 65% chinois, 35% kazakh
  - Multan, Pakistan
  - le nouveau port sec multimodal de Sialkot International Container Terminal Limited [SICTL]
  - Sialkot, Pakistan
  - Lahore, Pakistan
  - Larkana, Pakistan
  - Hyderabad, Pakistan
  - Islamabad, Pakistan
  - Quetta, Pakistan
  - Peshawar, Pakistan
  - Faisalabad, Pakistan
  - Riyadh, Arabie saoudite
  - Port sec d'Aitken Spence à Mabole, Sri Lanka
  - Cikarang, Java occidental, Indonésie
  - Waru, Java oriental, Indonésie
  - Port sec de TengLay, Phnom Penh, Cambodge

Ports secs en Europe

  : Terminal container d'Athus
  : Terminal intermodal de Vilnius.
  : Terminal intermodal de Bettembourg
  : Modul Terminal Pulkovo, Saint-Pétersbourg.
  : Modul Yuzhnyi, Saint-Pétersbourg.

Ports secs en Amérique Latine
  - Port intérieur de Guanajuato - Silao, Mexique - Port sec le plus important d'Amérique Latine
  -  Los Andes, Chili
  - Brasilia, Brésil

Ports secs en Amérique du Nord
  - CentrePort Canada, Winnipeg, Canada
  - Global Transportation Hub, Regina, Canada
  - Port Alberta, Edmonton Capitale, Canada
  - Ashcroft Terminal, Ashcroft, Canada
  - Port de Memphis, Memphis, États-Unis

Voir aussi
 Transport intermodal

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Sterling Village Offers Short-term Rehabilitation Services
When Mary Lou Comley learned that Sterling Village could accommodate her short-term rehabilitation needs, she was "thrilled" and didn't hesitate to take advantage of the on-site therapies.
Comley, 81, wanted to share her family's experience with the community so that others will consider taking advantage of the short-term rehab services at Sterling Village.
The situation began when Comley suffered a major stroke just a couple of days after moving into a Sterling Village Cottage. She was hospitalized in Wichita before returning to Sterling Village – this time in the skilled-nursing area.
She stayed for about 14 weeks, receiving physical, occupational and speech therapies on-site.
"I am lucky the stroke didn't affect my mind or my actual speech but I did have to re-learn how to walk, write and swallow," said Comley, who also needed a feeding tube. "The speech therapy helped with the swallowing problems.
"I am now back to independent living in my wonderful Cottage and feel like myself again."
Before the Sterling Village therapy regimen began, Comley's children had to keep the road hot between Sterling and Wichita. The short-term rehab services close to home solved that problem.
Comley praised Kyla Knapp, physical therapy assistant, and the rest of the Sterling Village staff for the successful rehab treatments.
"They are well-educated and very caring, Christian people," Comley noted. "They also were flexible with their schedules. I appreciate their dedication to daily therapy, even on holidays.
Knapp appreciates Comley's remarks but said "Mary Lou was determined and disciplined throughout the rehab. She made up her mind early on that she would return home to her former level of functioning. And she did."
Comley's experience is a demonstration of what can happen when therapy is available and the patient puts in the effort, Knapp commented.
"Our therapists work directly with each patient to individualize a plan of care," Knapp said. "This teamwork equals success at Sterling Village where the staff cares about the elders' success in meeting their goals. It is great to see them improve and heal."
The Sterling Village team is available for patients such as Comley who suffered a stroke but also for those who have fallen or undergone surgeries such as hip or knee replacement.
"Our patients are usually pleasantly surprised at their good and steady progress," Knapp commented. "All milestones, big and small, are celebrated.
"The fringe benefit is that families are relieved their loved one is receiving therapy close to home. It gives them hope during a challenging time and takes some of the pressure off. Families know their loved one is receiving high-quality therapy that can lead to a return to their previous lifestyle."
Lisa Valentine, Sterling Village community liaison, said Knapp and her therapy colleagues have a "can-do attitude that is contagious. This whole team is awesome because we have consistency and professionalism with Aegis Therapies.
"Our working relationship is one of trust and mutual respect," Valentine continued. "Aegis knows our staff and residents, and we are equipped with therapy resources and equipment on site."
The entire team is focused on continuing "our 5-star-rated care. Patients are treated like family in our small, intimate setting, which results in a very high success rate," Valentine said.
Therapy services are available at Sterling Village to out-patients who don't live there. The staff will help prospective patients determine what services are covered by insurance.

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We offer tutoring not only at the institute but also at your home. If your child is more comfortable in their familiar environment, we have made sure that location is never an issue.


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Agnès Varda retrospectives reveal a master filmmaker who was a humanist at heart
By G. Allen Johnson Dec. 18, 2019 Updated: Dec. 18, 2019 6:48 p.m.
FILE — Agnès Varda, the acclaimed French filmmaker, in New York, Sept. 18, 1997. Varda, an emblematic feminist and cinematic firebrand whose innovations predated the work many other filmmakers in the New Wave movement which she was often identified with, died at home in Paris on March 29, 2019. She was 90. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
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Thirty years after she filmed a tribute to her husband and soulmate, Jacques Demy, as he was dying, Agnès Varda made one for herself.
"Varda by Agnès" is her autobiography, the summation of an extraordinary artistic life, and she was able to bask in the glow of a world premiere at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival in February and a release in her cinematic home country of France just weeks before her death at age 90 on March 29.
The Belgian-born Varda made the first French New Wave movie way back in 1955 ("La Pointe Courte"), and followed that with one of the most famous ("Cléo From 5 to 7," 1962). Yet she struggled to get her films made, and her place in the movement that changed cinema forever was neglected for far too long. She was an ardent feminist activist in the 1960s and '70s, pouring her anger, frustrations and love of sisterhood into the remarkable "One Sings, the Other Doesn't" (1977).
Varda ended her career with a terrific run of documentaries and visual art installations, and at long last she received her due from the film world. Last year, she became the oldest person to be nominated for a competitive Oscar — for her lovely, engaging documentary "Faces Places," co-directed by French photographer JR — and became the first female director to receive an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement.
You knew it was coming, and here it is: a comprehensive tribute to Varda's life and career, "Agnès Varda: An Irresistible Force" unspools at both the Berkeley Art Museum's Pacific Film Archive (Friday, Dec. 20, through Feb. 28) and SFMOMA's Phyllis Wattis Theater (Jan. 9 through March 21). In addition, "Varda by Agnès," which will be screened in the retrospective at both venues, opens on a regular theatrical run on Jan. 10 at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco and the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael.
So get to know her (if you're a newbie) or strengthen your connection (if you're a fan) with one of cinema's most beloved figures and a career that was blissfully eclectic. As she says at the beginning of "Varda by Agnès," which kicks off the BAMPFA retrospective (7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20; 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21), she was guided in her creative life by three words: "inspiration, creation and sharing." That last word is a key to her reputation as one of the most humanistic of filmmakers.
"You don't make films to watch them alone. You make films to show them," Varda says. "We need to know why we do this work."
Early on, Varda's work often focused on the fragility of the human condition. In her first film, "La Pointe Courte" (Jan. 9, Feb. 1, at BAMPFA; Feb. 15, Feb. 22, at SFMOMA), the 26-year-old Varda, who began as a still photographer, instinctively knows where to put the camera in this tale of a rocky marriage set in a Mediterranean coastal fishing village. She uses non-actors and actors alike, and her detailed exposition of a fisherman's life, almost documentary-like, recalls Italian neorealism.
"Agnès Varda: An Irresistible Force": Friday, Dec. 20-Feb. 28. $5-$13. Berkeley Art Museum's Pacific Film Archive, 2155 Center St., Berkeley. 510-642-0808. www.bampfa.org. Also Jan. 9-March 21. $5-$12. SFMOMA's Phyllis Wattis Theater, 151 Third St., S.F. 415-357-4000. www.sfmoma.org
"Varda by Agnès": Opens Jan. 10. Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St., S.F. 415-863-1087. www.roxie.com. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415-454-1222. www.cafilm.org
But in its storytelling and editing and the sophistication of the relationship between the married couple (Philippe Noiret, Silvia Monfort) is an announcement of the New Wave to come — five years before Jean-Luc Godard's "Breathless" made it a thing.
While Godard and editor Alain Resnais were fascinated with finding new ways to tell stories by subverting technical norms, Varda — like François Truffaut and Demy — excelled in telling personal stories that subvert narrative conventions. "Cléo From 5 to 7" (Jan. 9, Feb. 29, at SFMOMA; Jan. 11, Feb. 7, at BAMPFA), released the same year as Truffaut's "Jules and Jim" and the same year she married Demy, tells the story of an artist, in this case a pop singer (Corinne Marchand), who spends the two hours she is awaiting a possible cancer diagnosis reassessing her life.
As Varda explains in "Varda by Agnès," there is subjective time, which is elastic by nature because it is in one's mind, and objective time. As objective time ticks away, the subjective time kept in Cléo's mind expands and allows her to become her own person, and not as others would have her.
It's the announcement of an artist who is her own person, and cancer is Varda's way of saying her future is fragile and uncertain, but she will negotiate it on her own terms.
That freedom can also be self-destructive, as Varda seems to be saying in her last great narrative masterpiece, "Vagabond" (Dec. 29, Jan. 30, at BAMPFA; Feb. 1, Feb. 27, at SFMOMA). By following an alienated teenage drifter (Sandrine Bonnaire), Varda appears to be working out anger and frustration at perhaps the failings of the feminist movement and possibly the challenges of her filmmaking career as it stood in 1985.
Varda and Bonnaire discuss that anger and hint at the ideas behind it in "Varda by Agnès," in which the two return to one of the places where they filmed. And Varda explains the importance of tracking shots in the movie to help the audience go on the journey with Bonnaire, who was 17 at the time.
I don't want to neglect her documentary work, which is extensive and often as groundbreaking as her narrative films. She had a strong connection to the Bay Area, heading over to Oakland to document the Black Panther movement ("Black Panthers," 1968), and she even found a long-lost relative living on a houseboat in Sausalito ("Uncle Yanco," 1967). Both play in a shorts program (Jan. 22, Feb. 8, at BAMPFA; March 7 at SFMOMA) in the retrospective.
Her documentary features show great range. "Mur Murs" (1980) depicts Los Angeles murals; "Jane B. Par Agnès V." is a cinematic fantasy biography of actress Jane Birkin; the narrative/documentary hybrid "Jacquot" (1991) works through her grief at Demy's death. There's also the doc "The Young Girls Turn 25" (1993, shown in the retrospective with Demy's "The Young Girls of Rochefort") and relatively recent work such as "The Gleaners and I" (2000) and the autobiographical "The Beaches of Agnès" (2008).
But I'd like to put in a plug for what for me was a recent discovery, the aforementioned "One Sings, the Other Doesn't" (Feb. 8 at SFMOMA; Feb. 23 at BAMPFA). The heartbreaking and empowering feminist masterpiece begins in the 1960s, when Pauline (Valérie Mairesse) helps her best friend, Suzanne (Thérèse Liotard), get an illegal abortion. But the film takes off when, after 10 years apart, they reconnect and become passionately involved in the worldwide women's liberation movement.
But this 1977 gem isn't an in-your-face, crusading political film. It is full of quiet and tender moments — and even musical numbers — as Pauline pursues a singing career while Suzanne, still unmarried, raises her two children. Both have been frozen out by their old-school, disapproving parents, so they turn to each other for sisterly support as they pursue their own independent, unconventional lives.
"One Sings, the Other Doesn't" was Varda's first feature in nearly a decade, and it is among the most under-seen and underrated films of a true master director.
She once characterized a film of hers as "a beautiful summer peach with a worm inside." Message: A passionate and wonderful life often comes at a cost.
For Varda, it was a price worth paying.
G. Allen Johnson is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: ajohnson@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @BRfilmsAllen
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Ransomware in the news again!
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Many of you know of people, or have personally been hit by ransomware in the last couple of years. For those who have not, ransomware is malware that normally encrypts files on the infected machine and demands payment to get them unencrypted.
The latest one, Wannacrypt/Wannacry is not much different. This ransomware was written to target aging Windows operating systems like Windows XP, Vista, etc., since Microsoft is no longer updating them. Many businesses around the globe still use these operating systems and this caused the ransomware to spread rapidly.
For example, on April 8, 2014, Microsoft ended its support of the Windows XP operating system, yet businesses around the globe continue to use it! Windows Vista support ended on April 11, 2017 and is also vulnerable. The latest operating system, Windows 10 isn't affected by this ransomware.
What can you do to help prevent this from happening?
Everyone should educate themselves on how ransomware is distributed and ways to protect themselves from losing their data if they do become infected. Phishing emails have become more advanced and can be difficult to spot. Hackers use official-looking company logos and language in order to trick people into clicking on any attachments or links within the email. If you receive an email that raises suspicions, do not click on any links or attachments within the mail and contact your IT support as soon as you can.
Make sure your computers and servers are up to date with the latest patches and service packs and do not turn off Windows update. When your operating systems reach their end of life make sure to replace or upgrade the computers that are affected. In the case of this particular strain of ransomware, Microsoft deemed it important enough to release an update for their unsupported systems. This is a highly unusual action for Microsoft and should demonstrate just how severe this attack is. You can find more information from Microsoft at: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2017/05/12/customer-guidance-for-wannacrypt-attacks/
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It snowed again today. It was a mere 5 inches (I'm guessing). The first 3 or 4 storms of the season are charming. We stay inside, build a fire and eat warm comfort food while gazing out the window admiring mother nature's beautiful work.
This was the 13 storm of the season. We have ice dams threatening our roof and icicles that could be deadly (if someone where to lie down and wait for them to fall).
Now, instead of hiding inside (like I'd prefer) we're going to go about our life as usual. Snow or no snow, we're going out. And we're going to enjoy ourselves, damn it!
Anyway, I'm obviously missing summer. I've spent a lot of time inside with my little women lately and I've become painfully aware that they're hardly little anymore. The Adventurer is nearly my height. The Butterfly is a true tween now and my little Princess is…not so little. Even though I try to baby her, she's very independent, knows what she likes /hates and has no problem expressing it.
I love the amazing people they are right at this moment, but a small part of me can't help miss the time when they were tiny.
Yes, I miss summer. My good attitude about the cold is wearing thin. There are only 30 days until spring (only?). We can make it. And as for the babies? They'll always be my babies, no matter how tall and independent they become.


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Review highlights diabetes risks in COVID-19 disease | Diabetes Qualified
Review highlights diabetes risks in COVID-19 disease
An international review has found that elderly people with diabetes who contract COVID-19 are at much higher (up to 50% higher) risk of severe complications including acute respiratory distress syndrome, multiple organ failure and even death.
However, young people with type 1 diabetes, who have good control of their diabetes and who have access to satisfactory healthcare, seem to be at much lower risk.
The report also highlights that damage to the beta cells in the pancreas, as a result of the COVID-19 infection, could result in causing new onset diabetes due to insulin deficiency. The authors suggest previously healthy people with COVID-19 infection to be tested for diabetes at the time they become ill, as it will clearly influence their medical management and health outcomes.
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Review by Carolien Koreneff, CDE-RN
The pancreas is a glandular organ that lies just behind the stomach, next to the liver. It produces digestive enzymes used to break down proteins in food. It contains alpha cells, which produce glucagon, and beta cells, which produce insulin.
A hormone produced by the beta cells in the pancreas. Insulin is needed by the body to regulate the production and use of glucose.
Beta cells
Beta cells are found in the pancreas. They produce insulin, which lowers blood glucose levels. In Type 1 insulin dependent diabetes the beta cells are destroyed, so the body can no longer produce insulin.


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Hong Kong is a popular tourist destination in southeastern Asia, with a mixture of Eastern and Western cultural influences. It has four main areas: Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, the New Territories and a group of smaller islands. The words Hong Kong mean "Fragrant Harbor," so named because of its deep-water harbor, which has contributed to Hong Kong's success as a center for international trade and finance.
At a little more than 420 square miles, Hong Kong is about six times the size of Washington, D.C. It lies between mainland China and the South China Sea. It is comprised of more than 200 islands, with terrain that varies from steep mountains to flat lowlands.
Hong Kong is subject to typhoons and has yearly monsoons, with rainy, hot weather beginning in spring and lasting through the summer. The winters are humid, mild and cool.
The average life expectancy in Hong Kong is just more than 81 years, which ranks it the sixth highest in the world. For comparison, the United States is ranked 50th, with a life expectancy of 78 years.
The population of Hong Kong numbers more than 7 million people, with 95 percent of the population of Chinese descent and a small percentage of Filipino or Indonesian descent.
The official languages of Hong Kong include English and the Cantonese dialect of Chinese.
Ten percent of the population of Hong Kong is Christian, while the remaining 90 percent practice Buddhism, Taoism or other local religions.
After defeating China in the Opium Wars, The United Kingdom was given control over Hong Kong in 1842. Under British control, Hong Kong grew into an important trade, banking and finance center for all of Asia. The Chinese government regained control over Hong Kong in 1997, awarding Hong Kong status as a Special Administrative Region.
The government of Hong Kong is based on English Common Law and is a limited democracy. While the People's Republic of China maintains control over its foreign and defense policies, Hong Kong is allowed freedom of governance in its financial and social affairs.
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MORIARTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The man accused of murdering his girlfriend in a Moriarty motel has decided not to take a plea deal after all.
Mark Chavez was convicted of a rape and kidnapping that happened more than a decade ago. But on Thursday, he went before a judge for another crime, the murder of his girlfriend in a Moriarity motel.
Mark Chavez is charged with the murder of Tammy Cessna back in 2014. He went before a judge for a status conference hearing just about a week and a half before his trial is expected to start.
Just a few weeks ago KRQE News 13 learned that Chavez was discussing a plea deal with his attorney. However, in court Thursday Chavez decided not to take a plea deal.
In January of 2014, authorities say his room at the Super 8 where he worked was covered in blood. Cessna's body was found in her van that had been parked in the parking lot for days and hauled away by Moriarty police.
Just last month, Chavez was convicted of a cold case rape and kidnapping. Authorities say DNA linked Chavez to the 2006 case where a woman was badly beaten with a chain, a wooden board and a window frame. Chavez faces a mandatory 18 years behind bars for that crime.
Thursday, Chavez's attorney asked the judge to delay trial until the appeal in that case is done. The judge denied the request.
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Jabiru codorensis is an extinct species of stork related to the extant Jabiru. It lived in what is now Venezuela during the Pliocene period and appears to have been similar to its modern relative.

History and naming
Jabiru codorensis is known from two specimens collected from the Pliocene Codore Formation, specifically the E1 Jebe Member. The holotype, AMU CURS 130–5, is a tibiotarsus lacking its proximal end. The second specimen, paratype (AMU CURS 130–5), a tarsometatarsus likewise lacks its proximal end and was found in associataion with the holotype specimen. Due to the proximity of the two specimens it is believed that they stem from the same individual. It was named by Stig Walsh and Rodolfo Sánchez in 2008. While examining the material, they initially thought the bones belonged to a phorusrhacid, a family of large cursorial predatory birds. Although fossil material of the genus Jabiru had been reported in the past, said remains have either been mentioned without source or were later regarded as belonging to the stork Ciconia maltha.

The species name was chosen to reflect the Codore Formation where the fossils had been found.

Description
Although morphologically similar to the extant Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria), this species differs from its relative through the narrower and shorter sulcus extensorius. It also possesses a pons supratendineus which protrudes at a shallower angle and an additional sulcus on the caudal surface of the tibiotarsus. The tarsometatarsus also differs from the modern Jabiru, having a deeper plantar sulcus and a more weakly developed ridge along the fossa supratrochlearis plantaris.

The tibiotarsus is long and slender, growing more slender as it moves away from the proximal end before widening again at the epiphysis at the distal end of the bone. The preserved portion of the bone is  long, but taking into account the missing proximal end it may have reached a total length of . The front (cranial) surface of the shaft is flattened, while the back takes on a more rounded shape. Due to fossilisation the bone is slightly compressed. The sulcus extensorius, a groove on the surface of the bone, is narrow but deep, making up 28% of the shaft's depth in some areas of the bone. The pons supratendineus emerges at a similar angle as in the painted stork, but with sloping sides resembling modern jabirus and storks of the genus Ephippiorhynchus. The intercondylar notch is deep and perfectly round, which identifies the bone as belonging to a stork. Both protrusions of the tibiotarsus that border this notch are equal in size with an oval outline, flattened surface and a prominent notch. In the fossil the distal caudal surface is flattened to such a degree that the transition to the lateral and medial surface of the bone is prominently angled. This trait is shared by only two other known storks, the modern Jabiru and the black-necked stork. There is also an additional depression on this surface, which is unlikely to be caused by taphonomy given its presence on the least compressed part of the fossil, and not found in its modern relative.

Much like the tibiotarsus, the tarsometatarsus is a slender bone of great length, exceeding the tibiotarsus with a preserved length of . However it would be shorter in life as it is calculated that the missing element only accounts for an additional . With the exception of the less pronounced cristae hypotarsi, what is preserved of the proximal end is similar to Jabiru mycteria. The shaft of the bone is broader than in the bones of extant Jabirus, however this may be due to the deformation that the bone went through while fossilizing. Here too the sulcus extensorius is narrow and takes up 79% of the shaft's surface. This sulcus widens slightly towards its proximal most end. A prominent ridge is present on the plantar surface of the joints that connect the tarsometatarsus with the metatarsals. It borders the also prominent fossa supratrochlearis plantaris and is much better-developed than in marabou storks as well as members of Ciconia and Ephippiorhynchus, some of which even lack this feature entirely. However the ridge is not as broad as in Mycteria and Jabiru.

The known elements are almost identical to Jabiru mycteria in size, which are known to reach a height of  and a wingspan of .

Paleobiology
Modern Jabirus are widespread across South America, ranging from Honduras to Argentina with an isolated report indicating an animal that made it as far north as Texas. In ints native range Jabirus live in wetland environments and swamps, where they feed on a variety of small animals including reptiles, fish and various invertebrates. The El Jebe Member of the Codore Formation is thought to preserve similar conditions to those that Jabirus inhabit today, which, alongside the similar morphology, may indicate that Jabiru codorensis lead a similar lifestyle to its modern relative. During the Pliocene, the region was a floodplain with both slow moving meandering rivers in the west and a larger river in the central portion of the region.

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Ciconiidae
Pliocene birds of South America
Fossil taxa described in 2008
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Today's class certification hearing will help decide whether college athletes get compensated—and whether the NCAA remains relevant.
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Nearly four years ago, former University of California-Los Angeles basketball star Ed O'Bannon sued (PDF) the National Collegiate Athletic Association and trademark and licensing firm Collegiate Licensing Co. for using his likeness in video games, TV shows, and a variety of other media—all without paying him. O'Bannon had signed a waiver granting the NCAA permission to use his image before starting his career at UCLA, but he argued that the NCAA had violated antitrust laws in partnering with CLC and others to keep student-athletes from getting paid.
Today, the case comes to a major crossroads as a federal judge hears arguments on whether to certify current and former college athletes as a class—a decision that could lead to an enormous restructuring of college sports as we know them.
Law professor Michael McCann has more on the legal issues at play over at SI.com. As it stands, US District Judge Claudia Wilken has three options following today's hearing: to deny class certification, to certify the class for former players only, or to certify the class for current and former players.
If Wilken doesn't certify the class, then individual athletes would have to sue the NCAA; if she certifies it for former players only, the NCAA could survive what would be a pretty sizable settlement. But if Wilken includes current players in class certification, argues Sports Illustrated's Andy Staples, then all hell could break loose for the NCAA:
This is the one over which all those attorneys have salivated. Bringing in current players means bringing in current TV deals. All those contracts with ESPN and Fox that the major conferences nearly tore themselves to pieces over? They'd be in play. Conference networks for the Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC? They'd be in play. McCann writes that this option probably would induce a settlement, but I'm not so sure. Bringing all these elements into the mix would cause a severe spike in the price of a settlement. Had the NCAA and conferences gone to the plaintiffs after the January ruling and offered to set aside a modest cut of the annual profits for athletes—payable upon graduation—the plaintiffs probably would have settled. If this happens? The plaintiffs will ask for the moon.
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Before the American Civil War (1861-65), every state in the Confederacy had stringent laws forbidding anyone to teach slaves reading and writing. In North Carolina, it was a crime to distribute books or pamphlets to slaves. After emancipation, and well into the mid-20th century, schools remained segregated in both the North and South either by law or local customs. The legacy of past discrimination lives on in some of America's poorest communities.
Throughout the years, sport has served as an avenue for upward social mobility for many minorities. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) prides itself on providing athletic scholarships that have helped to democratise and to enhance the diversity of predominantly white institutions. In 2015, the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport reported that 52.9% of football players in the NCAA's most competitive subdivision were black. Only 42% were white. The breakdown for basketball players was similar.
African Americans, who constitute only 13.2 per cent of the American population, are heavily over-represented in athletic programmes that generate on average about US$6.1 billion in revenue a year, thus subjecting them to tremendous pressure to make sports their top priority. A question that is being asked across the United States right now is "what kind of magic does it take for college athletes, especially those from very disadvantaged academic backgrounds, to remain academically eligible for sports?" The answer, many argue, is academic corruption.
Cheating has probably always been a part of college life. What sets the most recent cases apart is that the cheating appears to have become institutionalised. In the case of the University of North Carolina, one of America's finest universities, the school's administration admitted that faculty, coaches, athletic advisors, and others affiliated with the institution were involved. A key player in the scandal was a professor who offered courses over the years that required no attendance and little work except for a paper that was never closely read by the professor. Virtually all students, including many athletes, received A's or B's. University personnel directed athletes into this class.
The University of North Carolina admitted athletes, some of whom could barely read, kept them heavily involved in their sport throughout the entire year, and used them primarily to bring revenue and prestige to their athletic programme. Like the plantation owners of old, the university was more concerned with keeping white folks happy than with teaching their workers how to read. This depiction is partially hyperbole, but draws on what author Billy Hawkins eloquently describes in his book on college sport called "The New Plantation" .
Cheating scandals like the one at the University of North Carolina are not limited to a few rogue universities. On the contrary, some violations of academic integrity are to be expected in any school that requires athletes with limited academic skills to give so much time and attention to sports that an army of tutors and academic support personnel is required to keep them eligible. Even athletes from strong academic backgrounds will seek out academic short cuts.
The NCAA reports that it has 20 academic corruption cases currently under investigation, compared to only one last year. If the commercialisation of sport in higher education continues to grow at its current pace, the pressure to compromise academic integrity will also increase, thus having a corrosive impact on American education at every level. Academic corruption, in addition to a nascent union movement by college players, and plaintiffs lining up to sue the NCAA on antitrust grounds suggest that it is time for the Federal Government to establish a Presidential Blue Ribbon Commission to sort these important matters out. College sport in America is in crisis.
Head to our Corruption in Sport Initiative for Jay Smith's more detailed assessment of academic fraud and US college sports: Academic fraud and commercialised collegiate athletics: lessons from the North Carolina case.


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Around the World in 330 days
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Days 57 – 65 (July 24th – 1st August). Churchill and farewell to Winnipeg
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The rail journey from Winnipeg to Churchill is 1697 km in length, takes 45 hours and requires 2 nights on the train. The only other option is to fly from Winnipeg, a 2.5 hour flight. There are no roads after Thompson. Churchill is located at 58.7679° N (approximately the same latitude as Orkney) on the southern-most tip of Hudson Bay, a bay large enough to accommodate the whole of Germany as an island.
Churchill Airport (YYQ)
The history of Churchill includes the usual English vs French argey-bargey and there is a fort which was originally designed to protect the lucrative trade in furs. Less well-known is the long history of the different tribes which lived in the area prior to westerners arriving on the scene and who continue to do so today (the majority of Churchillians are of First Nation origin). As one might imagine this is a continued source of friction even to this day (see below).
Churchill and the isolated lands to the south lie on permafrost, a potentially tricky material upon which to build a railway. Although most people are aware of Churchill in the context of tourism, this wasn't the reason to build a hazardous and expensive train line back in the 1920s, so why was it built at all?
As the journey progresses the scenery changes from crops and herds of cattle to a much wilder mixture of trees, water and marsh land, with beaver lodges seen in virtually every lake and the occasional moose sighting to spice up the journey.
Beaver lodge
Rarely, the train stops and passengers can disembark for a few minutes and some of these places are of interest for their history, wildlife or industry
As we approached Churchill the track became much less stable as the train rocks widely from side-to-side and crawls over some of the more dodgy sections. And the weather deteriorated so that by the time we arrived it was 8C, windy and wet
Welcome to Churchill
Churchill is situated on a peninsula next to the estuary of the Churchill river which flows into Hudson bay, so on one side is fresh water and on the other, the sea.
We booked on 2 tours; firstly a boat tour which took us out to the fort situated at the mouth of the river on Eskimo Point and then went up river to find some of the thousands of Beluga Whales which congregate in the outflow of the river to give birth in the relatively warm and rich waters. Having crossed the river we disembarked and walked up to the fort accompanied by a guide and monitored at distance by a number of bear monitors whose job is to track the polar bears in the area and ensure tourists are kept a safe distance away. This was our introduction to the impact polar bears have on the life of everyone who lives in the area. Unlike the other bear species in Canada, polar bears actively hunt human beings and although many of the bears in the area stick to the coastal areas occasionally a young bear may wander into town, causing havoc before it is either encouraged to leave or is captured and placed in bear jail (more later). It is deliberate policy in Churchill that no-one locks their car or house, in case someone needs refuge from a marauding bear. All round the town the bear alert phone number is advertised and on the outskirts of the town there are signs discouraging people from proceeding any further.
For many of the people on our boat the fort was simply a good viewpoint over Eskimo Point where bears had been reported over the past week.
Eskimo Point
The front door
Our luck was in, despite the freezing cold wind and occasional squalls, a bear was seen to stand up and walk across a grassy area in the middle of the point. Others were seen nearer the rocks along the coast but blended in well to the background making a positive id difficult. Leaving the fort the skipper was persuaded to head out round Eskimo point where a mother bear and young were found.
Bird-wise the trip was also eventful as a Parasitic Jaeger, otherwise known as an arctic skua in the UK (the American name far better reflects the lifestyle of this species), was seen over Eskimo Point. Jaegers don't bother finding their own food, they simply steal it from other birds, primarily Arctic terns, pursuing them remorselessly until they drop it, to the advantage of the skua. To do this they need to be incredibly fast and resourceful flyers and this, plus their dark and sinister plumage, makes them look the part of a piratical bird.
Arctic tern. Courtesy of K.Hyndman
Heading to the river, Beluga Whales were everywhere, the adults are white and when they come up for air it looks like a white rock appearing from the ocean before gracefully curving back under water. Some were accompanied by grey immature whales. The water was very silty so it was impossible to see where the whales were until they actually surfaced so getting a good head shot proved to be a matter of luck rather than judgement and, combined with the choppy conditions it made photography challenging at best.
Returning to land we raced back to the Tundra Inn restaurant to warm up, celebrate our first bear and whale sightings and enjoy the local cuisine. The place was crammed, with both locals and tour groups, as it was "music" night and a local guitar maestro was giving it his all throughout the evening. It was a good way to end our 2 days of travelling.
Day 2 was worse, weather-wise, freezing cold and very wet but luckily we were booked on a tour led by a legend of Churchill tourism, the redoubtable Rhonda and her prehistoric bus.
The not so magic bus
We were to be shown many of the local sites and, hopefully, some wildlife along the way. Rhonda lives in Churchill and has strong views on, well, everything but particularly on how the indigenous peoples have been and are treated. Our 3 hour trip lasted 4.5 hours, primarily because she enjoys taking about all things local. En route to Cape Merry, where we could see but weren't allowed (for bear reasons) to access two more red chairs, we stopped to learn more about the shipping of grain from Churchill, see below.
Cape Merry and the inaccessible red chairs
The grain processing plant
She told us about lichens, ice ages, local politics, the Caribou Fly season, the horror of which alone would be enough to never consider moving to Churchill!
Art is big thing in Churchill, partially through the influence of indigenous peoples..
…and a more recent explosion of murals, linked to beliefs of the local tribes but stimulated by recent events, described below.
Then we saw a crashed plane, called Miss Piggy because of the size of cargoes she flew, a remarkably lucky escape for the crew who all survived. Since then the plane has also been subjected to the local artists.
Stopping at the airport and the disused US military base where the Polar Bear Jail is now located. This is a disused hangar in which Polar Bears are housed during the summer when pack ice isn't present in the bay. During this period young bears can't access seals and so effectively starve until the ice returns and seal hunting can recommence. Young bears often roam the town and if they can't be persuaded to leave then they are imprisoned until the ice returns. Polar bears weren't common around Churchill until the US Air Force closed their facility in the town. That may have something to do with many ex-servicemen having polar bear pelts on their walls….
We visited the rocket launch site where research was carried out into the military implications of the aurora borealis, the arctic marine research centre and visited the Churchill Northern Study Centre, located out on the tundra in the Wildlife Management Area.
Tundra: the Wildlife Management Area
Within the town there is widespread mistrust of the government. Poverty is high, incomes are low and 80% of the population live in housing provided by the province of Manitoba. Despite promises to the contrary the establishment of research labs doesn't benefit the town, tourism doesn't really make much of a difference except to a handful of local families and the loss of the military base was a big blow to the local economy but it was the events of 2017 which really caused a huge international uproar primarily due to the hardship caused over the ensuing years.
In 2017 the railway was washed out south of Churchill. This meant the shipping of grain stopped, the jobs at the processing plant went, the plant was mothballed and declared unsustainable by the US owners. Food prices went through the roof and the town was in crisis. The government did nothing to help and in response the art community reacted by creating huge murals on buildings across the town to advertise their plight. The cry from the people was "know I'm here", they felt neglected and discarded by government.
In the end 2 Canadian companies bought up the grain plant and invested in fixing the railway and grain shipments are due to recommence next year. The town is on the mend and, hopefully lessons have been learnt by the Canadian politicians as when the Prime Minister came to open the renovated grain plant he started his speech with the words: "I knew you were here". Time will tell.
Churchill is also well-known for hosting a wide range of bird species most often associated with the arctic in contrast to the rest of Manitoba. That afternoon I went out birding with 2 people from the bus trip, Kathryn & David from Brandon. For bear reasons we were only allowed to walk round the ponds at the grain facility but found some nice birds.
Lesser yellowlegs
Prairie sparrow
The Tundra Inn restaurant was closed so we ended up at the Lazy Bear Cafe, a teetotal establishment located in the Lazy Bear Lodge, a recently built hotel / shop / restaurant complex built specifically to host organised groups coming up by air from Winnipeg. Flights, a few days accommodation and a few trips thrown in for good measure can leave each participant short by CAN$ 5,000 or more. Nothing is cheap in Churchill except liquor.
On our way to the Lazy Bear we got talking to a local who was originally from Newfoundland. His cousin was the blacksmith in the Viking Village referred to in a previous blog.
Our final day in Churchill. Sunny, calm and hot. We walked to the beach where the capelin were out and the gulls and terns were frenziedly diving in and taking advantage of this huge food source. As we were leaving the Belugas started arriving on the scene, powering across the bay to join in the party.
May require some imagination…
Back on the train for the 2 day marathon to Winnipeg.
At one of the scheduled stops Helen was asked if she wanted to call "All aboard!" when the train was ready to depart. This consisted of standing on a step, twirling an arm around your head and shouting as loud as possible. I don't think we left anyone behind!
Arriving in Winnipeg only 3 1/2 hours late, we caught a taxi to Louise and Gary's who kindly lent us their home (they were at the lake for the long weekend) for a couple of days on solid ground.
We also got the chance to see the family again and to say our goodbyes before heading West.
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F1 2019: Point for fastest lap to be introduced at Australian GP
Driver with fastest lap of race will gain an extra point - provided they also finish in the top 10; Extra 21 points available in 2019
Last Updated: 12/03/19 10:02am
F1 will award a bonus point to the driver who sets the fastest lap in races in the 2019 season.
The new rule will come into effect at the season-opening Australian GP on March 17.
The extra point will only be awarded if the driver who sets the race's fastest lap also finishes in the top 10.
F1 last awarded a point for fastest race laps in 1959.
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A point will also be awarded to the Constructor of the driver setting the fastest lap.
The change means an extra 21 championship points can be accrued over the course of a season.
Martin Brundle's view
"It's another dimension to look out for and rewards speed, which is what Formula 1 is all about," said the Sky F1 commentator and analyst.
"I like the concept, especially if somebody like a Ricciardo, a Raikkonen, or whoever, can sneak in and steal an extra point off the front-runners because they're watching each other too closely and pacing themselves.
"I quite like the idea of pushing people along so they can't coast too much."
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The sport's current points-scoring system for the top-10 race finishers has been in place since 2010, with the little-loved double points format of Abu Dhabi 2014 proving a one-off experiment.
Fastest lap points were awarded during the course of F1's first decade from 1950, but only race finishes have since counted.
Valtteri Bottas recorded the most fastest race laps in 2018 with seven. Six of those came when the Mercedes driver finished in the top 10, meaning he would have scored six extra points over the season in the same scenario as 2019.
While the idea of points for pole position has been floated in the past, only Sunday's results continue to be counted.
"I'd probably consider more points, such as for pole position, but I think there's already enough incentive in that respect," added Brundle. "The nightmare scenario there would be that championship got collected on a Saturday afternoon."
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Wild Animal Suffering: An Overlooked Problem?
Preventing wild-animal suffering will become more and more important - and difficult - as technology advances.
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As we recently shared in the Faunalytics Library, there is an increasing amount of attention being paid to the suffering of wild animals. The last article that we covered looked at the issue of wild animal suffering from the perspective of speciesism, noting that since humans already intervene in nature for our own ends, we should not be opposed to intervening in nature to help wild animals when they need it. This article looks instead at the specifics of wild animal suffering, including details of why and how animals suffer in the wild. It's an important issue to address, but there are limitations to how much humans can help.
First and foremost, the author notes that exact statistics are often hard to compile, but that "the numbers of wild animals on which humans have an impact is simply too large for animal advocates to ignore." It's noted that even though "intense suffering is a regular feature of life in the wild," humans should be looking at both short- and long-term research to help improve the welfare of wild animals, whether it's direct intervention or through special technologies. The author establishes this as an ethical necessity on the part of humans, who have so often intervened in nature for their own (usually exploitative) purposes.
From here, the author discusses issues relating to predation — "death by other means" — and the "hard life" that most wild animals experience. What may be contentious for some is that the author suggests that, for wildlife, happiness may be outweighed by the overall suffering that they endure over the course of their lives. The assertion is based on the assumption that all wild animals endure cold, hunger, disease, fear of predators, and other stresses on a regular basis. Furthermore, nearly all species reproduce in excess, meaning most members of the species don't survive long after birth and may even die (often painfully) before they can experience much happiness at all. The author notes that "the strategy of 'making lots of copies and hoping a few come out' may be perfectly sensible from the standpoint of evolution, but the cost to the individual organisms is tremendous."
The author of this article takes some interesting twists and turns in his review of the subject, even going into a discussion about wild animals and suicide. However, the most important conclusion may be that the author believes humans should feel compelled to make wild animal suffering an advocacy issue. It's noted emphatically that "humans presently lack the knowledge and technical ability to seriously 'solve' the problem of wild-animal suffering without potentially disastrous consequences." Also, that "faster technological progress in general is not necessarily desirable." There is a careful balance to strike between trying to use technology to improve wild animals' lives, and doing so in a way that is smart and effective.
The author also notes that advocates may need to tread cautiously on this issue because "there may be a danger here of raising the wild-animal issue before the general public is ready. Indeed, the cruelty of nature is often used as a reductio by meat-eaters against consequentialist vegetarianism." Still, the author notes, it is "crucial" that at some point animal advocates move "beyond farm, laboratory, and companion animals." There is a tremendous amount of suffering that occurs in nature and, in the author's words, "humans have an obligation to exercise their cosmically rare position as both intelligent and empathetic creatures to reduce suffering in the wild as much as they can."
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Local NHS organisations are urging the community to go blue in support of the National Health Service which turns 70 on 5th July 2018. Staff, community groups and businesses are being encouraged to show their support by dressing in or decorating their workplaces in blue, holding their own tea party or sharing their memories of the NHS over the last 70 years.
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust (NCUH), Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) and North Cumbria NHS Clinical Commissioning Group are working together to celebrate this occasion, along with our partners and the community.
Unison and the NHS are hosting an event in Carlisle City Centre from 10am-2pm with stalls from NHS services, partners and third sector organisations. Come along to find out more about services, how you can improve your health and celebrate 70 years of the NHS.
A service of celebration and thanksgiving for our NHS locally is being held at Carlisle Cathedral on Sunday 1st July from 6.30pm. The service is open to all staff and members of the public and will be led by the Bishop of Carlisle James Newcome.
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Would any local businesses like to show their support for the NHS? Create a health-themed display, host a Big 7Tea party or "go blue" for the day – either wear blue or decorate your place of work! However you want to get involved, let us know what you are planning to do – email communications.helpdesk@cumbria.nhs.uk|.
We are still looking for interesting stories from our local communities - we are aiming for 70 NHS stories over 70 days! For example, have you worked in the NHS for a long time and can talk about how things have changed over the years? Were you there at a key moment in the history of the local NHS, such as the opening of a hospital or new service? Has the NHS gone above and beyond to help you or a family member during a period of ill health? Any old photos also welcome! If you have a story to tell, please email communications.helpdesk@cumbria.nhs.uk|.
Stephen Eames, Chief Executive of CPFT and NCUH, said "The birth of the National Health Service is an important part of history, and this is a great opportunity to celebrate all the good things about the NHS over the past 70 years, as well as look to the future.


Well, I normally join a women's only gym (and it's almost 1hour journey from my home!) Fitness First in Chalk Farm/ London, so I don't wear headscarf then, because members are all women. However, passing the hallways or any other 'mixed gender' territories, I wear a headscarf!
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Oh! I love the t-shirt! and the headscraff is so beautiful!
ohh i like the grey slouchy top!!