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Abilities: Back in the early days on his home planet, SHAFTER was originally considered for the HERCULES sub-group due to his amazing body re-engineering skills and some even rumor he might have helped with the early concepts of combiner technology. A not commonly known fact about SHAFTER is he actually has a yellow belt in Jet Judo…. or as he likes to call it, knocking down anything in the air.
Weaknesses: Going from Bulk to Micro-Bot and back again, SHAFTER always thinks he is top spark in the Oil House, but as a result, he tends to get himself in all kinds of situations he ain't built for, specially when he is the one doing the building.


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Another Great Canadian Babes List (2014)
Posted on August 10, 2014 by Administrator
And now we return to that frivolous but oh-so culturally imperative theme — Hot Canadian Babes!
About two years ago I posted a list of 33 Hottest Canadian Babes (specifically actresses rather than models or other celebrities). Part of the impetus was my feeling (rightly or wrongly) that often such "Canadian" lists could seem a bit skewed only to actresses with a big Hollywood profile, presumably because those were the roles with which the judges were familiar. In other words, they often seemed like lists of the Most Beautiful Canadians…Who Work in Hollywood. Whereas I wanted to use a more level playing field as someone who watches both American productions and Canadian ones, giving just as much weight to an actress who's rarely set foot out of Canada as to a Hollywood starlet. And really, my point is just to get people thinking (since any two people will come up with different lists and often all it might take is one good role to change your perception of a performer).
Anyway, so I thought maybe I'd return to the topic (not the least because according to my tracker, the old pages still get regular visitors). But two years isn't necessarily a lot of time for the old list to become invalid or entirely new faces to emerge, so maybe think of this as an addendum to the old list (in other words, I'm deliberately not including people from the 2012 list — you can still check them out here).
So, the criteria: this is about physical attractiveness, but a factor in that is inevitably talent and/or that ineffable thing called charisma. As I said last time, it's about whether you'd like to see 'em in a scene, and not just walking down a red carpet.
Oh, and just as a follow up to my previous list, and a few actresses who might have landed a few noteworthy roles since then: Kandyse McClure arguably had one of her best, more emotionally complex roles in the first season of Hemlock Grove — though it is a horror series, so be warned (she comes to a grisly end). I mentioned I hadn't seen Jessica Parker Kennedy in too much, but since then I've seen her in a few things, and have been impressed with her range (light comedy to drama). She is a regular in the U.S. R-rated cable series, Black Sails — though her character was poorly treated for some of it (can't say I liked those scenes much). Finally, I had included singer Fefe Dobson last time as a kind of wild card, before seeing her in the movie Home Again — well, she was perfectly good in that (even receiving an acting nomination I believe).
Now, on with the list (in no particular order) — drum roll, please…
Kristin Lehman
Kristin Lehman – I remember first noticing Lehman in a short-lived U.S. series called Strange World and with her slightly exotic looks she always makes an impression. As the star of the current crime-drama Motive she also nicely shows she can hold centre stage.
Laurence Leboeuf
Laurence Leboeuf – a leading actress for awhile, even as a teenager, Leboeuf has always been a classically pretty girl, but recently she seems to be putting enough years behind her that she's seeming like a beautiful woman in series like 19-2.
Jessalyn Gilsig
Jessalyn Gilsig – It's maybe easy to forget to think of Gilsig as beautiful because, y'know, a lot of her characters can be off-putting. Sure, she was a squeaky clean school teacher in Boston Public, but she was also a foul-mouthed woman-from-his-past in Nip/Tuck, the somewhat unstable Mrs. Shuster in Glee, and currently can be seen as a Viking maiden prepared to deal with whatever (figurative) Devil can advance her cause.
Genelle Williams
Genelle Williams – Williams is an example of how one role can re-position a performer in your eyes. After catching her as the willful janitress in the medical drama Remedy suddenly even in things where she has a relatively thankless, undeveloped role (such as Bitten) she holds my attention.
Cherie Maracle
Cherie Maracle – an actress (and singer) who I remember first noticing in the sitcom Blackfly and recently re-caught my attention again on the opposite Thespianic extreme in the gritty soap/drama Blackstone, playing a character who is, as they say, a piece of work — but give Blackstone its due, characters are rarely one-dimensional. I tend to think of Maracle as having a bit of Carrie-Anne Moss thing going for her.
Patricia McKenzie
Patricia McKenzie – McKenzie has an alluring presence but also a kind of innate likeability in a lot of her roles.
Supinder Wraich
Supinder Wraich – I haven't seen Wraich in too much. She stars in the conspiracy-thriller webseries Guidestones and I'll admit, I'm not really a fan of the series — but Wraich's presence makes it a bit easier to sit through. But only time (and future roles) will tell how good she is.
Evelyne Brochu
Evelyne Brochu – Brochu has being amassing a string of "serious" films on her CV such as Inch'Allah and Cafe Flore but
probably her most mainstream exposure (particularly for an Anglophone audience) is in the cult sci-fi series, Orphan Black, where she played the girlfriend of one of the clones (trust me, that sentence makes sense). (Post-Script: Brochu subsequently headlined the English-language CBC World War II suspense series, X Company.)
Yanna McIntosh
Yanna McIntosh – More known as a well-regarded stage actress, McIntosh's film and TV work too often tends to be in small and supporting parts, but can often leave you thinking you'd like to see what she'd do with something more substantial. (Post-Script: check-out the filmed-for-CBC TV Stratford production of Antony and Cleopatra starring McIntosh (and Geraint Wyn Davies) as the title characters — the two really make the production explode).
Emilie Ullerup
Emilie Ullerup – Ullerup has played a variety of roles from butt-kickers to more demure characters, and often seems to shine as characters trying to keep on top of situations that are getting away from her — whether as a Swedish junior pilot not always sure what's going on in Arctic Air or as a zombie hunter saddled with an unstable partner in A Little Bit Zombie.
Francoise Yip
Francoise Yip – Yip also amassed some Hong Kong action film roles, as well as her North American roles, though to date has only had a few North American leading parts, such as the indie film Motherland.
Jessica Lucas – another example of an actress who has been classically pretty for a while, but in a kind of teen sort of way. But while watching the recent movie, Pompeii, I couldn't help but find myself thinking I might've enjoyed the movie more if Lucas had played the heroine, as opposed to the heroine's hand-maiden — which has got to be a good sign.
Camille Sullivan
Camille Sullivan – I sometimes think that part of Sullivan's allure is that she often plays attractive women who aren't trying to be attractive (if that makes sense).
Jadyne Wong
Jadyne Wong – a kind of impulsive addition to this list, as I haven't seen Wong in much — but, hey, that can be the point, too. She seems to have slight bent toward comedy (in the sitcom Spun Out she actually got me to chuckle once or twice — and given I don't much care for Spun Out, that's saying something). She has a husky voice that sounds like she should be dubbing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer — and I mean that as a compliment! Giving a quirky individualism to a pretty face.
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Ryan G says:
I'm a little surprised the Tatiana Maslany isn't on the list… or even maybe three different places on the list.
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The funeral service for Peter Meadows will be held at St Lawrence Church, Sandhurst, Gloucester on Thursday 7th February, 12.30PM.
The year of 2013 is proving to be a particularly sad one for the Club as we have lost very loyal Old Cryptians taken away from their families and the Club before their time. In the space of only what seems a short time we have lost Joe Stubbs, Tony Chesson and now Peter Meadows who passed away on Monday after a relatively short illness.
All were dedicated (in their own way) members of the Club in all its aspects and were also sportsmen of the top bracket (locally speaking).
Peter was a fine all round sportsman playing rugby for Gloucester RFC at a time when the local system produced talent which the Town Club greedily grabbed. Pete had more than one string to his sporting bow, he played cricket for the Old Cryptians CC as did Tony and Joe, from 1958 to 1978 as a medium fast bowler and a more than adequate batsman – he captained the Club for 13 years from 1964 – 1976, and like the rest of us drank copious amounts of beer!
For many seasons – up to the end of last year – he was a regular member of "The Cryptics" skittle team – and very rarely missed a game – we now have to find an anchor man for the first half – a very hard act to follow.
Tony Chesson passed away suddenly this morning (21st January 2013). No details concerning funeral arrangements at this time. UPDATE (31/01/2013) Tony Chesson's funeral service will be next Wednesday 6th Feb 12 noon at St Gregory's Church, Cheltenham.
Tony was a great Old Cryptian and after a very successful playing career (perhaps still the top points scorer of the OCRFC), he became an active Patron and regularly attended the Old Cryptians dinner at the school and reunion day at the club.
Terry Price died peacefully at his daughter's home in Somerset on 7th January 2013, his 92nd birthday.
B.T. (Terry) Price has born in Gloucester in 1921, the son of a the manager of a local dairy. After attending Calton Road Primary School he went to the Crypt School where he won a scholarship to go to Cambridge in 1939 to read natural sciences, which led to war service in the Navy on radio direction finding. This was followed by a spell as a Studio Manager on the BBC Third Programme before he joined the team working on the British atomic energy programme at Harwell and later Winfrith. In 1960 he became the Deputy Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence and then Chief Scientific Adviser at the Ministry of Transport. In 1971 he moved into industry as Director of Development at Vickers, and from 1975 until to his retirement in 1987 he was Secretary-General of the Uranium Institute (now the World Nuclear Association). After retirement he devoted himself to finding engineering solution to help in the care of his disabled wife, and in 1990 he wrote a definitive book on the politics and policy of nuclear energy "Political Electricity, followed in 2004 by his autobiography "Political Physicist". A keen musician, for many years he had two pianos and a full size organ in his living room and continued to play until a couple of days before his death on 7th January 2013, his 92nd Birthday.
We have learned of the death of Brian Showell on Sunday 4th November, 2012 in Brisbane. Brian had lived in Australia since the early 1960s. A message of condolence on behalf of the President and Club has been sent to Anne Showell and the family.
We have learned that Michael Owner passed away on 29th August 2012. Further detail will be posted as it becomes available.
On 12 August John (H.J.) Skinner died peacefully at his home in Worthing.
The funeral service took place on 21st August at Brighton Crematorium.
Derek Forbes sadly passed away peacefully on 3rd August 2012 in Prestbury, Cheshire where he had moved from Bromley.
The funeral takes place on 22nd August in Prestbury, but there will be a memorial service at his old Parish Church in Bromley on 9th October. For details please contact Mike Forbes, his son, who can also be reached on 01625 828483, or at 3 Bridge Green, Prestbury, Cheshire, SK10 4HR.
Derek was born in Gloucester on 16th August 1923 and attended the Crypt School. The family lived at 12 Denmark Road until the early 1950's when they moved to London. After school Derek qualified as a public analyst, which is the profession he followed for life with his move to a laboratory in south London. During the war he was in the Royal Observer Corps in the Gloucester area.
His sister Sheila (Dr Morrison) was a Doctor in Painswick until she married the Rev. R Morrison – vicar of Randwick until the mid '80s. Sheila still lives in Stroud.
We regret to inform members that Gordon passed away peacefully in a hospice on Saturday evening, 26th May 2012.
A service is being held at Randalls Park Crematorium, Leatherhead on Wednesday 13th June at 2.45pm. There are refreshments at The Swan Inn, Hare Lane,Claygate following the service.
Peter Farthing (born 12th January 1949) died peacefully on 30th April 2012 in Wrexham Hospital. The Cryptian records that he appeared in the School's superb Dramatic Society productions under Charles Lepper. Peter had a successful career in a leading firm of London solicitors – Clyde and Co. During his time in London, Peter enjoyed membership of several well-known clubs and engaged in charity work. He retired to North Wales where his country life centred on a lovely house in Glyn Ceiriog.


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February 9, 1919 ~ June 23, 2019 (age 100)
Kenneth Floyd Merrill, age 100, of Crosslake Minnesota and Lady Lake Florida departed peacefully at St. Joseph's Hospital in Brainerd, Minnesota on June 23, 2019. Born in Racine Wisconsin, he grew up in St. Paul.
Ken was founder of Merrill Corporation, a printer of financial documents, headquartered in St. Paul. As a youngster, he worked for Western Union, delivering telegrams after attending classes, and busing dishes at Mother Merrills, his Grandmother's restaurant in St. Paul. He began his adult careers at the First National Bank of St. Paul and left to join the service in World War II.
He was later called back to serve in the Korean war.
He was assigned to several posts throughout the country and Philippines, then transferred to the War Department where among other things, was assigned to the Search Light Battalion and as Executive Officer on a mine planter in Boston Harbor. Following five years in service and
reaching the rank of Captain, he returned to the Bank and became Manager of the Foreign Department and International Banking Department. As he began working with securities, he saw the need to provide overnight printing of legal documents, He launched the Merrill Corporation giving speedy and accurate turnaround of documents and stock certificates and providing employment to thousands of people worldwide.
Ken was a member of numerous organizations, primarily serving as officer, instructor or mentor. Ken was an avid fisherman, golfer, hunter, and world traveler visiting the entire globe with the exception of Antarctica. He had a generous nature and was a philanthropist, with
his major focus involving children's medical needs.
Ken will be forever remembered and loved by his wife, Virginia, and his children JoAnn Copeland, (Charles); Sandra Merrill (Dennis Kolasa); Virginia's children, Patricia Terry (Jimmy Ryan); James Terry (Connie); Grandchildren Lori Cook (Rick); Kathy Dean (Steve); Scott Coggins (Jill); Jessamine Baker (Ryan); James Terry IV; Diane McGinnity (Jamus); Joe Steinworth; Elizabeth Steinworth (Chris Holmes); Great Grandchildren Taylor Moses (Dayton); Brianna Dean; Jason Cook; Alex Dean; Annika Coggins; Brielle Coggins; Grace Baker; Rose Baker; Sister in Law, Ramona Speltz; life-long friend and fishing buddy, Dick Lareau and many dear friends. Ken was preceded in death by his wife Lorraine and his brother Robert.
The philosophy Ken lived his life by and shared was "JUST ENJOY!"
Family, friends and others whose lives Ken touched are invited to the Brenny Funeral Chapel, 13782 County Road 36, Crosslake MN 56442 on Sunday June 30 from 4PM to 8PM to reminisce, remember, grieve, support each other, and of course, just chat.
Funeral services will take place at Crosslake Lutheran Church (35960 County Road 66, Crosslake MN 56442) on July 1, 2019 with viewing from 10AM to 11AM with service following.
Memorials preferred to St. Joseph's Hospital, Brainerd Minnesota, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis Tennessee, or Shriner's Hospital for Children, Minneapolis Minnesota.
Private interment.


This month we will be reading I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai.
When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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El tororoí gigante (en Colombia) (Grallaria gigantea), también conocido como chululú gigante o gralaria gigante (en Ecuador), es una especie de ave paseriforme perteneciente al numeroso género Grallaria  de la familia Grallariidae, anteriormente incluido en Formicariidae. Rara y un tanto enigmática, solo habita en Colombia y Ecuador. Es presumiblemente pariente cercano del similar tororoí ondoso, G. squamigera, que se reproduce más al sur. Tiene tres subespecies, una de las cuales podrían estar extinta.

Descripción

G. gigantea es, como su nombre indica, un tororoí de gran tamaño. Su longitud promedio es de 24 a 28 centímetros y hasta 300 gramos de peso, lo que hace que sea con facilidad la más pesada de todos los pájaros clamadores – su rival más cercano, el hued-hued castaño no excede los 185 gramos de peso. Tiene el dorso, las alas y la cola de marrón oliva oscuro. La parte superior de la cabeza hasta el cuello es pálido a medio gris. El plumaje restante es pardo rojizo profundo. Las plumas de la garganta y el pecho están bordeadas de negro, lo que resulta en un barrado oscuro en estas regiones. El pico es oscuro, fuerte y pesado, los ojos son igualmente oscuros, mientras que las patas y los pies son de color gris.

El canto consiste en trinos rápidos de tono bajo, alrededor de 14-21 notas por segundo. Estas son mantenidas varios segundos, durante los cuales elevan en el tono y se vuelven más fuertes. Los trinos se repiten después de una pausa de unos pocos a cerca una docena de segundos, que varía de forma irregular a lo largo de la longitud de la canción.

El tororoí ondoso (G. squamigera) es un poco más pequeño, con un tono pálido a la región malar y el vientre más amarillo. Su canto es difícil de distinguir, pero en lugar de la simple separación después de un tiempo, termina con algunos trinos adicionales, separados por pausas de longitud creciente.

Distribución y hábitat
En Colombia, históricamente la subespecies G. g. lehmanni ha habitado las dos vertientes de la Cordillera Central, se recogieron varias muestras en los departamentos de Cauca y Huila antes de la mitad del siglo XX, uno (en 1941) en lo que hoy es el parque nacional natural Puracé. En 1988 y 1989, la especie fue registrada en la reserva natural La Planada en el departamento de Nariño, pero la identidad taxonómica de estas aves no ha sido verificada.

En Ecuador, la subespecies nominal anteriormente era más generalizada en la vertiente oriental de los Andes, pero en los últimos tiempos su presencia solo se ha confirmado en el oeste de la provincia de Napo. Anteriormente, fue descubierta (y todavía se puede encontrar en un hábitat protegido) en el este de las provincias de Carchi y Tungurahua. La subespecie hylodroma habita en la ladera occidental de los Andes, en las provincias de Pichincha y Cotopaxi. Dos especímenes viejos supuestamente de hylodroma provienen de un sitio llamado "El Tambo" que no ha sido relocalizado de forma decisiva (pero probablemente es en el oeste de la provincia de Cañar) y de cerro Castillo, en el oeste de la provincia de Pichincha; el primero está a cierta distancia del área de distribución conocida de la especie.

Habita en bosques montanos húmedos, con hylodroma registrada a 1200-2000 , gigantea a 2200 msnm, y lehmanni a 3000  Ocasionalmente, frecuenta ciénagas de bosques nubosos con abundante sotobosque, pastos y bosques secundarios; sin embargo, en general su supervivencia parece depender de bosques primarios.

Comportamiento

Alimentación
Su alimento son en gran medida invertebrados terrestres, aunque los artrópodos no parecen ser de importancia clave. Por el contrario, las lombrices de tierra parecen ser un alimento básico. Escarabajos y babosas también han sido registradas como presa.

Reproducción
Poco se sabe sobre su reproducción. En el Jardín Botánico y Refugio Natural Pacha Quindi, un adulto de G. g. hylodroma fue visto alimentar a un polluelo con una lombriz el 19 de abril de 2001.

Referencias

Bibliografía
  (2004): Interesting distributional records and notes on the biology of bird species from a cloud forest reserve in north-west Ecuador. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 124 (1): 6–16. Texto completo en PDF
  (2002): Systematic relationships and biogeography of the tracheophone suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 23 (3): 499–512.

Enlaces externos

 Videos, fotos y sonidos de Grallaria gigantea en The Internet Bird Collection.
 Sonidos y mapa de distribución de Grallaria gigantea en xeno-canto.
Imagen en ADW

gigantea
Animales descritos en 1866
Paseriformes de América del Sur
Aves de los Andes
Fauna endémica de los Andes

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Operating in the status quo is a death blow for retailers. To survive, companies need to evolve. Here are a few steps they can take to drive a successful transformation.
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A successful transformation helps drive efficiency, control costs and inspire innovation throughout the entire organization. But transformation requires more than a simple declaration. To truly drive deep, sustainable value for years to come, organizations must understand and manage associated risks.
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Such a massive undertaking comes with typical pitfalls: weak planning and preparation, unrealistic time frames, poor execution — the list goes on. Couple that with an inevitable sense of "change fatigue" and it's clear why many organizations often fall short of their transformation goals.
Upfront planning is needed across all levels of the organization to ensure success. Organizations must act proactively or risk getting blindsided. For instance, has leadership set the right tone for the transition, as well as a precedent for engagement? Are there clear communications throughout the enterprise ensuring change management plans are securely in place? How realistic are the goals in terms of timing and next steps? To open the door to new opportunities, companies must be able to confidently answer these questions.
Fortunately, the key to a successful transformation already exists within the organization. It starts with culture. Culture is the complex system of interwoven beliefs, values and norms that are reinforced by practices. It's how individuals and teams communicate, solve problems and ultimately, create value for the organization. Transformations may require strong financial and project disciplines but focusing on culture is crucial.
Evolving the Company's Culture
It's a harsh reality, but a reality nonetheless: Transformations will fail if culture remains an afterthought. A recent FTI Consulting survey showed that business leaders with experience in business transformations place significantly more importance on managing people and cultural change.
So how does a company go about changing its culture? It starts by understanding what needs to be fundamentally changed.
For instance, if the company is seeing a loss in market shares due to the costs of production or if it simply isn't keeping pace with evolving customer expectations, these are areas that should be targeted. Next, companies should observe why these things are happening in a specific and measurable way. Observe the practices that drive these factors to the point of failure, be it ineffective leadership or poor coordination. By diagnosing where the pain points are, companies can begin to redesign and implement new operating models, new roles, cultural forums, etc. The result? A culture built around transformational solutions.
Undergoing an enterprise-wide transformation is like trying to turn an ocean liner — it's a huge task that requires a captain's hand. Senior management needs to not only lead the charge, but also operate on the same page as the rest of the organization, following the same standards of accountability and transparency.
While the following factors alone will not guarantee success, leadership can expect to see a higher rate of success when implementing them alongside a robust change management strategy:
Adopt the belief that the current ways are not good enough. Institute a rigorous peer-review process to challenge current practice.
Realize that 20 percent of managers won't make it through the change curve.
Front-load the difficult work. Be deliberate in addressing the hard work sooner rather than later. Remember, 20 percent of the work will drive over 50 percent of the total effort.
Be willing to adjust the plan and expectations when new information is uncovered.
Make quick decisions to avoid slips in timelines and wasted costs. Better to make a "good" decision now than wait around for a "great" decision that might not come.
Address conflicting positions between current initiatives and the future.
Set the tone for change from the top — of resetting objectives and targets.
Want to know what else organizations can do to successfully transform? Discover more in the infographic below:
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To Stop Flooding, New York Needs Spongy Streets
By Justin Davidson
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In the nine years since Superstorm Sandy rolled over New York, pushing walls of water onshore, the city has approached resiliency with a multipronged approach: crossed fingers, wishful thinking, and galvanizing panic. We have some new building codes, a few new parks, tunnels fitted out with floodgates, proposals for ocean barriers, and plans for coastal hills, and offshore neighborhoods — projects so slow, costly, and controversial that they seem designed to maximize procrastination. We have confronted the urgency of climate change — one aspect of it, anyway — with a distinctively New York mixture of big dreams and indolence. In the last two weeks, a new pair of harbingers, Henri and Ida, arrived to remind us that the danger comes from the sky as well as the sea. A multibillion storm barrier won't fend off flooding from biblical rains.
The good news is that adapting the city to an ever-more-relentless rhythm of downpours doesn't necessarily require massive public works on the scale of the Pyramids of Giza. Yes, the sewer system is antique and in need of expensive modernization. The subway will need to build out the more robust defenses it's been testing. But the most urgent, and most fixable, challenge is that we have the wrong kind of streets.
When rain assaults New York, it slams against asphalt first, a 6,000-mile waterproof crust. Unable to soak into the ground, stormwater swirls into gutters and washes past trash-clogged drains. Along the way it picks up a cargo of noxious effluvia and deposits it into whatever depressions it can find: basements, subway stations, Brooklyn. The collision of natural forces with manmade barriers exacerbates the problem. Concrete barriers along the shoulders turn highways into swimming pools. Water that's repelled in one spot pushes off to find somewhere else to invade. The city does the equivalent of mopping up an overflowing toilet with a rock.
We have alternatives: streets designed to let a downpour soak into the ground, where layers of soil, sand, clay, and rock can store it for a while, filter out pollutants, and let it drain slowly away. The techniques are already in use, just not widely enough. The National Association of Transportation City Officials has put out a primer on how to design streets to handle stormwater by making them not just more functional, but also more beautiful and livable. Bioswales — shallow, asphalt-free areas planted with grasses — can ennoble the streetscape even as they perform their plumbing tasks. Some vulnerable areas (Gowanus, say) need costly underground cisterns to prevent large quantities of polluted runoff from dumping right into the waterways, but in the absence of plastified streets and concrete channels, nature does a pretty good job of handling floods on its own. More than seven inches of rain fell in Central Park during Ida's passage, and by next morning the ground was squishy but mostly un-waterlogged.
Nearly a dozen years ago, as part of MoMA's prescient exhibition "Rising Currents," the architecture firms Architecture Research Office and DLANDStudio proposed webbing lower Manhattan with absorptive green streets. Other designers, too, have imagined weaving nature more inextricably through the urban fabric, not just for pleasure but as a form of defense. In renderings, these ideas tend to look whimsical, like a city planned by elves. But making streets spongier is both achievable and urgent. Digging up and replacing thousands of miles of roadway is a massive task, but it's one that's already underway, all the time. In 2018, the de Blasio administration boasted that it had repaved more than a quarter of New York's lane miles in four years. And that's not counting the utility companies' scattered but ceaseless hole-digging and patching that so enlivens city nights. Those operations could be transformative over time — and not even that much time. Nearly a decade has passed since Sandy, a decade in which thousands of miles of streets might have been studded with bioswales and resurfaced with permeable pavers and porous asphalt instead of one more layer of impermeable flood accelerator.
Those paving technologies are not new, but they are also not fully proven at the scale of a whole city. The literature about them is peppered with phrases like "pilot project" and "further research," a giveaway that progress has been desultory. Porous asphalt is still something of a boutique product, which makes it relatively expensive — a problem that New York might solve almost singlehandedly by creating its own massive market. The enemy is habit. When it's time to repave a stretch of roadway, every transportation department in the world will opt for the cheapest, fastest solution — that is, the one that it's already carried out a million times before. But in the era of climate change, inertia is lethal.
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Today I felt like a change of pace. So instead of drinking tea, I'm going to talk about some interesting book- and tea-themed Kickstarter campaigns that have recently caught my eye.
She Changed Comics
Women are still underrepresented in the comics industry, but that's changing thanks in large part to the women who came before—the women who changed free expression in comics. These women ventured into unexplored creative territories, opened doors for their contemporaries and those who followed, broadened the scope of comics, and faced down those who would silence them. She Changed Comics tells their story!
In She Changed Comics, we'll profile more than 60 women whose work changed the landscape of free expression, from the turn of the 20th century to present day, and include new interviews from the women whose work is defining the future of comics.
What do I think of it? This sounds super interesting, and considering the recent news regarding the departure (aka: unceremonious firing that's got people in an uproar ) of Vertigo editor Shelley Bond, I think it's worthwhile to support a project like this. Plus, at this point the project has already met its funding target, so there's no need to worry about it falling through. The only thing that's keeping me from contributing is that this campaign is in US currency, and if I bought a print edition, I'd have to pay an extra $10 in shipping. The Canadian dollar is in the toilet right now, so it would be pretty expensive to do so.
When does it end? It ends in only 5 days! If you're considering backing this campaign, do it soon.
Learn more about the campaign for She Changed Comics here.
Tea Journey Magazine
Half the world drank tea today. We intend to double that count.
Kickstarter gives us the opportunity to not only share our tea knowledge but to introduce you to a remarkable artisan tea, the first step in your Tea Journey. These teas come from many different lands to meet every level of interest. There are green and white and exotic selections, each described in detail. Tea, as you will discover, is more than a beverage. It is a cultural experience. Tea Journey establishes a bridge from those who craft handmade teas in 35 countries to the growing number of consumers in the West. It gives an identity to millions of tea workers and an opportunity for them to benefit financially from your purchase of specialty tea.
Tea Journey is a collaborative venture, self-financed by editors, writers, tea consultants, tea educators and tea experts globally. The team is led by Dan Bolton, a veteran magazine editor and publisher who has managed six publishing ventures from multi-nationals to startups (see About Us). Dan travels widely in the tea lands, frequently addresses tea professionals at conferences and writes and commissions hundreds of articles each year for the weekly World Tea News, STiR Tea & Coffee and the Tea Biz blog.
What do I think of it? I'm not impressed. When I look at the description of the campaign above along with the reward levels, I feel utterly confused.
Here's why: Tea Journey Magazine is a magazine. But how is it described? As a way to "share our tea knowledge [and] to introduce you to a remarkable artisan tea, the first step in your Tea Journey." This makes it sound like a tea subscription of some sort, rather than a publication.
It's only until we get five paragraphs in to the description that we understand what the tangible purpose behind this campaign is: "Tea Journey identifies the best tea articles found in Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Hindi and Japanese publications. The staff then translates and 'retells' these stories in nuanced English." (By the way: putting "retells" in quotation marks like that? That sounds super sketchy, like you're searching for a polite way to say you're embellishing the truth. When you're translating something, it's already assumed that you'll be doing the work to make the story intelligible and interesting to readers of a different language — there's no need to do any additional "retelling".
Even worse, when I look at the backer rewards, I'm utterly mystified. I can pledge $15 and get a "charter subscription" to the magazine plus a canister of tea. But you have to scroll down to the $30 reward level to learn that the phrase "charter subscription" actually means a year-long subscription that contains 3 issues. Oh, and the $30 reward level only gets you a charter subscription plus an acknowledgement in the inaugural issue — what's the point of that when I can pay half that amount and get the same subscription in addition to a package of tea? Is having your name included in the acknowledgements really worth that much extra?
It's incomprehensible. Seriously.
Finally, I don't understand how this company is going to use their funds. They're asking for $125,000 for three issues of a magazine per year? What plans do they have to sustain the subscriber base to make subsequent years a reality? Plus, that dollar amount sounds like an awful lot to repurpose pre-existing content. It's only when you scroll further down into the description that you see any mention of there being "custom apps for Apple iOS and Android tablets and phones." (Mobile apps cost quite a bit of money to make. I should know; I do work with a major telecom company.) But then in the same breath, they say that the people involved in bringing Tea Journeys to life ("writers and photographers, museum curators, scientists, tea retailers and tea masters") are already financing the project's web design and custom apps.
So where exactly is the money going? Isn't it a bit much to expect people who are new to the magazine to pony up over $100,000? Besides, where are the stretch goals? Stretch goals are a great way to drum up enthusiasm for a project, but they make absolutely no appearance here.
When does it end? It's got 38 days to go. Considering it's not even 15% funded, I'm not sure if this campaign will meet its goal. My guess is that several other would-be backers have the same reservations as I do.
Learn more about Tea Journey Magazine's Kickstarter campaign here.
No Sh!t, There I Was – An Anthology of Improbable Tales
Is there a better phrase to start a story than "No Shit, There I Was…"? If you hear someone start with that phrase, you know it's going to be worth listening carefully. That's how all the craziest – and most interesting – stories start.
And then we turned a bunch of speculative fiction authors loose on that phrase.
I mean, these stories – whew. Science fiction. Fantasy. Humor. Even horror. What they came up with is kind of hard to believe.
But no shit, there we were.
What do I think of it? I think this idea sounds fun! However, I must admit I'm biased, as my long-time friend Andrew Barton is a contributor to this anthology, and he's also offering a short story critique as a backer reward. Even better, the pricing on this is really reasonable — you need to pledge only $5 to get an eBook. So go, go! Give my friend your money!
When does it end? This campaign has 23 days to go, and considering it's already over 50% funded, this seems like it has a good chance of succeeding. (Good news for Andrew!)
Learn more about the campaign for "No Sh!t, There I Was" here.
So, do any of these Kickstarters strike your fancy? Let me know (or tell me about others!) in the comments.
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Callixte Nsabimana paraded before media
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Nsabimana as he was brought before the media (Photos by Emmanuel Kwizera)
At about 9.10am on Friday morning, a blue and white van carrying self-styled Callixte Nsabimana who called himself Sankara, pulled in the compound of Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) headquarters in Kimihurura.
Here, about a hundred local and foreign journalists had been patiently waiting for more than an hour.
In handcuffs, Nsabimana was then led into the room by two police officers. He smiled as he went past the group of journalists.
He was clad in sunglasses, sky blue shirt, grey pants and black loafers and stood before the media for about two minutes, in total silence and besides camera clicks, not a word was heard in the room.
He was then quickly whisked back to the van which promptly sped off.
Nsabimana has been a spokesperson of a terror group that calls itself FLN, which has mounted terror attacks on Rwandan territory in which people lost lives especially in areas around Nyungwe National Park.
The first of such attacks happened last year in June in Nyabimata Sector, Nyamagabe District where two people died and property was looted while other items like a vehicle were burned.
Nsabimana would later claim responsibility of the incident in international press.
Nsabimana is led out of the room by security. (Photo: Emmanuel Kwizera)
Another attack was launched a few months later in December, where three passenger service vehicles were attacked by assailants inside Nyungwe Forest.
Two people were killed, while eight were injured and a number of others taken hostage for days before they were rescued by Rwanda Defence Force.
FLN, which is led by another Rwandan dissident Paul Rusesabagina, is said to work in cohorts with other groups like Rwanda National Congress and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
Upon his arrest last month, RIB said Nsabimana was being probed for number of crimes including formation of an irregular armed group, complicity in committing terrorist acts, conspiracy and incitement to commit terrorist acts, taking persons hostage, murder, and looting.
Warning issued
Addressing members of the media; the Spokesman of RIB; Modeste Mbabazi warned those seeking to destabilize the country that there is no place to hide when it comes to bringing to book those sought by the judiciary.
"No place is too far when it comes to seeking justice. Let anyone who wants to destabilize the peace that is enjoyed by Rwandans know that where you may be, you will be brought to book," he said.
When asked whether the suspect could be visited by family and friends, Mbabazi said that it was still too soon but eventually that would be granted.
"Terrorism crimes have a specific law because they fall in a special category. Right now, he is still under investigation but in the future, there may be opportunities for those interested in visiting him to do so," he said.
Nsabimana's lawyer, Moise Nkundabarashi addresses the media. (Photo: Emmanuel Kwizera)
The accused's lawyer, Moise Nkundabarashi, who Nsabimana specifically chose to represent him said that his client was in good health and getting access to whatever he needs in detention.
"My client is being detained lawfully. Every suspect has a right to seek medical attention. He is healthy and getting everything that he needs and as of today, he has not had any sickness," he said.
He pointed out that the full extent of his client's list of accusations was not yet clear since investigations are still ongoing.
"I have spent time with my client before and during his questioning. The crimes that he is being accused of are contained in a dossier that the Rwanda Bureau of Investigations is investigating and they are tied to terrorism. The details of the crimes that he is accused of will be available when he appears in court," he said.
Nsabimana first attracted media attention during the trial of musician Kizito Mihigo, who was accused of working with foreign-based dissidents to conduct subversive activities on the Rwandan territory.
Kizito, who has since been tried, convicted and recently granted a presidential pardon, colluded with Nsabimana to plot assassinations of different officials in Rwanda, among other subversive activities.
Before he fled the country, Nsabimana had been dismissed by the then National University of Rwanda—now University of Rwanda—for what the university called 'making the university ungovernable'.
He was later dismissed from the university.
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TOYAKO, Japan (AFP) — US President George W. Bush on Sunday renewed his call for Myanmar's military regime to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. Bush said he intended to raise concerns about Myanmar as he opened talks in Japan ahead of a summit of the Group of Eight major powers starting on Monday.
"I'm deeply concerned about that country," Bush told a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, the host of the summit. "And we urge the regime to free Aung San Suu Kyi," Bush said.
The junta, defying international pressure, in May extended the house arrest of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who has spent most of the last 18 years confined to her home. The military government also came under criticism for waiting weeks before accepting international relief workers after Cyclone Nargis, which left more than 138,000 dead or missing when it pounded ashore on May 2.
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The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has announced its set times for 2019, signaling the beginning of festival season as well as set conflict complaint season.
The first weekend starts Friday, April 12, with Childish Gambino headlining and beloved K-pop group Blackpink and actor/rapper/singer/songwriter Jaden Smith among the acts. The lineup for Saturday, April 13 includes Weezer and Idris Elba before Tame Impala wraps up the night on the main stage while Bassnectar closes out the Outdoor Theatre Kid Cudi ends the evening at the Sahara Tent. And on Sunday, April 14, you can see Khalid, Bad Bunny and Lizzo before Ariana Grande closes the festival.
Here's a look at the close-up schedule, images courtesy of Goldenvoice.
And last, but certainly not least, here are the Do Lab set times for Weekend 1.
An encore performance happens at the Empire Polo Club Friday, April 19, through Sunday, April 21. And the April 21 show includes an Easter Sunday special performance with Kanye West in the campground Sunday morning.
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Today is the 2nd of April, and so some of you may know that also means it is World Autism Awareness Day. Autism Awareness day was launched 9 years ago to raise awareness and conversation about the people living with autism around the globe. with this in mind, I have decided to share my own personal experience with autism.
Before getting to my own personal journey of loving and knowing someone on the autistic spectrum, I think it's important to first describe what it is to those of you reading who are less familiar. Essentially, autism is a social development disorder which affects the cognitive, communicative and interactive ability of the brain. People with autism struggle with heightened sensory stimulation and need a lot of attention and support from their parents, teachers and siblings to ensure they can lead the most productive and happy life possible. Raising awareness is not the main goal at this point–understanding is, and even more important–acceptance. So this Autism Awareness Day I ask for all of you, to appreciate, love on, or simply accept those living with autism.
In 2004, my mum called my sisters and me into her bedroom. With the composure only a mother can have, she told us that our baby brother, Fewa, had 'special needs'. While my sisters asked questions, all I could do was think about what this would mean for me, the already overindulged, youngest of three girls. Thankfully, my selfishness quickly wore off and Fewa quickly became the centre of our family. The role of an older sister always entails some sort of responsibility. However, the role of an older sister to an autistic sibling is a great deal more work. At first, it seemed like every day with him was a challenge, especially for my mother. I remember seeing my mum helping Fewa with simple tasks like brushing his teeth, helping him to get dressed, or feeding him lunch, with each day ultimately ending in exhaustion. Our family has been so blessed to have help from carers, but no one can deny the resilience my mother has had raising Fewa. It is the thing I most respect about her.
Every day, I see him becoming more independent. Our relationship is becoming less one-sided; I can truly say that we are friends. Fewa doesn't need anyone's sympathy. He is the most genuine and caring person I know. This is probably why I have never seen Fewa's autism as necessarily and totally negative, it is a unique characteristic that adds to the complexity of the person that he is.
I am not naïve or unrealistic. I certainly have some gnawing worries about the future. Fewa will always need support of some kind. At age sixteen he still requires 24 hour help. I would say that the biggest misconception about autism is that people who have it are socially inept geniuses – Rain man, anyone? Yes, that is true for some autistic people, but there is a reason the official term is "autism spectrum disorder". It is a spectrum, and it can range from children who are not able to speak at all to children who can go to normal schools.
No matter what I do, I need to build my life with Fewa in mind. My parents won't be around forever, and his care and well-being will become the responsibility of me and my sisters. It is true that consideration for Fewa will always affect the decisions I make in my life. Despite this, Fewa is by no means a burden. These worries do not reduce the immense love I have for my brother who has brought so much joy and shown me the purest form of love. To quote The Bard, "Love sought is good, but given unsought is better." It is Fewa's unconditional love that has shaped me into the woman I am today – a sister, a teacher, a carer and a best friend.
I would love to hear your experiences with autism or your questions so please comment below!
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Temi i really love the way you accepted fewa..like some siblings wont..i am an occupational therapist and i deal with special needs children..and i must confess initially i didnt like my profession but after few experience i fell in love with it, and yea they change you!!!..BTW am a huge fan..
Thank you for this piece, it highlights how it can happen to any child. It shows it is not something we should be ashamed or afraid of, but with the right support we can help those with ASD to intergrate in some way. I hope others of African heritage continue to increase awareness, understanding and to reduce stigma. I have a child with autism based in the UK so this is a poignant piece for me. However, I do wonder about those in Africa who may not have access to the same resources, how are the kids treated? Is there any support?
Amazing piece!!! I am a Montessori Teacher and i work with children with autism(different spectrum) so i can relate. I am not trying to sound patronizing but i have found working with children with autism rewarding and yes they change you.
Thank you soooo much for sharing your wonderful and inspirational story. I am a mother as well as a provider. The more people talk about this the better we all feel. Many thanks goes to your dear family for their love for other families living with Autism especially those struggling in one way or the other. God bless.
Thank you so much, it means so much. I wish you and your family the very best.
I'm a mum with autistic twins . They are still really young so I can't say it gets easier just yet . One of them is in mainstream school and gets along just fine , the other is completely non verbal , goes to an autistic school and we still struggle with his needs as it can be hard to guess what someone wants when they don't talk, but I guess living in the UK makes a massive difference to our lives .
I worry about their future, however, it's out of my control , there's nothing else to do except live our lives as best as we can . Oh well, thanks for sharing your story.
Dear Laitan, thank you very much for sharing. I can't imagine the difficulty you must face raising 2 autistic children. I agree that living in the UK can have a huge difference regarding the life of an autistic person (the stigma that remains in Nigeria is frightening). I wish you and your little ones the very best with everything in the future.
Thank you. Completely agreed, people with autism have so much warmth in them – it is so so crucial to reciprocate this love and affection.
I admire you,my sis is going to be 25 years tomorrow and every time I think about her condition I break down totally,the aspect you said 'parents won't be around forever ' gets me thinking always like what am I going to do as I am the second child while she is the first, it's definitely a roller coaster of emotions in which only those directly involved would understand. Thank you for rendering a voice.
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